Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-07-05
Letter from Washington,
Washington, July 25. 1870.


by scores of people from early morn
till late at night, daily, at their board
ing houses and at the Capitol. They
have no time to attend to their coun-
try cousins. Instead of inviting dis
cusSion as they do at the beginning of
the Session, they place themselves on
the defensive and with adroitness
scarcely known only to shrewd CLEv-
Err politicians they manage in plead
ing way to dispatch their business,
thereby dispatching their visitors, by
the simple utterances Of the monosyl-
ables, yes or no.
We have had no rain here in ten
days, and the weather has become
dry and hot. Vegetation is maturing
rapidly, and vegetables and fruits of
all kinds are plentiful and cheap
New potatoes rs cents per peck,
green peas (late) in the pod, 10 cts.
per peck; cabbage, onions, turnips,
&c, proportionateIy low. Rasberries,
blackberries and cherries from five to
eight cents per quart.
The Hon. David r. Heaton, NJ. G.
from the second district,.N. c., died
this morning at his residence in Wash
ington. He has been ill for several
weeks past, but not until a few days
since did his family and friends dis
pair of his recovery. A committee
of seven from the House of Represen-
tatives will accompany his remains to
Newbern, N. c., where they will be
inferred, at his own request, in the
soldiers cemetery Of that place.
Mr.. Hcaton was a native of Ohio,
and was a member Of the Senate of
that State in 1866; he moved to
Minnesota in 81 and served three
terms in the Senate of that State
During the war he was appointed to
Government position in Newbern, n.
c., which he held until he was elected
to the Fortcith Congress from that
district.
The income tax is bound to go W
this pull sure. The Senate by a vote
Of "a to 10, has adopted an amend
ment striking out entire from the ta2
bill, the income tax. The least the
House can now do in its furthcrance
is to non-concur, which, owing to thC
little time remaining this session foI
legislation, will allow the income ta2
to expire by limitation with this year
The action of the Senate on the in
come tax question is by no mean
unsatisfactory to the private feeling
of the majority Of the members Of tn
House. This will clear the skirts O
s much further responsibility in tn
r matter. They have all along bee
r very nervous over this question. Th
l. wealthy portion of their constituent:
/ whose incomes are greater, look t
O their members to vote for its repea
while those OF small incomes, mostl
e exempt from paying any income ia
n who constitute the majority, look t
!. their members to do quite diferer
4 thing,
D. The vexed question of the Georgi
4, muddle, is, it is hoped, near its en-,
Il The House yesterday, after spirite
% contest over the Georgia bill, whiC
was pretty much the same in detail ;
those that have preceded it on Il
n same subject at various stages of Il
#, present session, agreed on a bill
e admit the State to representatiC
Il at once in Congress, to repeal a
&c laws prohibiting the organization {
k, the militia, and to declare that Il
TT bill shall not be construed so as
rs prevent an election as provided
in the constitution of the State. Tt
n. leaves the status of the present leg
v. lature still an open one for itself al
the courts to decide, and is in shoI
perpetuation of what is known
d. the Bullock rule in Georgia.
IL amendment for a new election Il
rs fall was lost by some forty majority
u the bill now goes back to the SeDat
u The bill for equalization Of bopnti
Is which passed the House several da
Y since, is exciting no little interC
us among the soldiers here who will
y affected by the passage of this bill.
a A meeting has been held during I
week in its interest, and addressed
Generals Cobb of Wisconsin, Stoug
n' ton of Michigan, Turner of New 70
y and others of note, strongly advOc
!" ing the passage Of this bill as the m,
~ equitable one ever introduced in G.,
ne gress for the benefit of the soldie
An appropriate resolution was pas:
for the appointment Of commit
:. Of two from each State to await
=, their respective Senators urging
. passage.
In brief this bill provides that ev,
soldier who served in the late '
cd shall be paid, after deductiDg
ID. bounties previously paid, the sum
en- eight and one-third dollars per mo
ire for the whole time served.
w General Walker, superintendent
for r the Census Bureau, is sanguine t
of he will be able to make prelimin
ley report showing the actual populat
The of the several States, in season
% determine the Congressional Apo
20 ments in the several states.
nd 1t is quite certain that one or II