Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-04
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The Nashville CuStOmhOuSe.
Fish Cling to Resign Again
Collection of the War Tax.
Promised Peace on the Plains
Explosion at Fort Monroe.
A Negro Riot in Kentucky.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-The Board crea-
ted by act of last Congress, to approve the
plans for all the public buildings in the
United States viz: Secretary of the Treas
urv. Postmaster General and Secretary of
the Interior, met to-day at the Treasury
Department and organized. Acting Sec
retary Richardson represented the Secreta-
nv of the Treasury. The Board approved
the plans of the supervising architect for
the new Courthouse and Postoffice at Oma-
ha. and Columbia, S G. They declined to
take action at present in regard to the new
Customhouse at Nashville, it being i'm
possible in their opinion TO erect suitable
building within the limits of the present
appropriation.
The Internal Revenue receipts for sew
eral days past have been very heavy, aver
aging about one million per day. To-day
over that amount.
Democratic Congressional Commit
tee
The Congressional Democratic Execu-
tive Committee has perfected its organiza-
ton for campaign work, with its headquar-
ters at the capital. The Committee is en-
gagged in distributing documents on the
tariff question, in exposition of Republi-
can legislation on behalf of special in
terests.
The Cotton Crop.
The Agricultural bureau thinks there Is
good reason for estimating the cotton crop
for this year at trife less than three mil
lion bales. On the South Carolina coast
and in Alabama the crop is sunusually good,
andthe arrival of new bales in market ex
ceeds that of last year.
The Indians.
Advices from the Dacotah agency and
from Cheyenne, Wyoming, show that the
fears of an Indian war are pretty well dissi-
pated. A letter received at the latter place
from Port Fetterman. says that contrary to
the general belief of the military officers,
they find that Red Cloud has been sincere
in his efforts TO secure peace. The Big
HON mining expedition, of which that chief
complained so much, safely reached its
destination unmolested. The action of
Congress in making appropriations for full
filling treaty speculatiOns, together with
the lateness of the season, will, it is be-
ieved, contribute to prevent an Indian
war, even If the Indians did not seem bet
ter disposed towards peace than they were
two months ago.
Collection of the Direct Tax In the
Southern states
Boards of commissioners were appointed
South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Loui-
siana and Texas, and proceedings have
been had in each of these States for the
collection of its quota of the direct tax-in
all $40, 600, 900. All compulsory proceed
ings have, however, been suspended since
August 6, 1866, in pursuance of an order |
of the Secretary of the Treasury of that !
date He subsequently directed that the |
records and papers of all the commission
ers. except those of South Carolina, should
be transmitted to the office of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. Of all
these boards only two commissioners be-
longing to the board for South Carolina now
hold Office, and these remaining commits
sioners are occupied only in the manage |
ment of the lands acquired by the govern |
ment in that State. The books and papers |
transmitted by the commissioners, except |
those of South Carolina, betray a lack of |
system, but disclose their proceedings
with sufficient clearness TO enable the COM |
missioner to resume the collection of the |
tax. From this remark must be excepted |
the records of the commissioners for taxes, |
which are ''lamentably imperfect The |
commissioners for Alabama had completed |
a list of the lands in that State, but had |
report that tl:ey had made assessments in |
only four counties, and it appears |
that in several other States the |
assessments have not been extended
throughout the State. The officers
of the internal revenue in Virginia, Ten
nessee and Florida have been instructed to
make complete descriptive lists OF lands
held in those States, with their values, and
have been authorized by the Secretary of
the Treasury to take charge of them and
collect both rents in arrears and rents ac-
cruing. This work is in progress. That
the balances due not only from the States
lately in insurrection, but from the North
ern States which are in arrears, should be
exacted, appears to be a matter Of constl-
tutional obligation. Charles 2. James,
counselor at law, who has these cases IN
charge, says: In the case of LOugh-
borough VS.. Blake g Wheat, 323), the
Supreme Court of the United States stated
the law on this question in very positive
terms: If direct tax be levied at all, 1t
must be laid on every State conformably
to the rule provided in the constitution.
Congress has clearly no power to exempt
any State from its share Of the burden.
Condition of the Jews in ROumania
Letters have been received here with
reference to the heretofore reported mas
sacre Of Jews in ROumania, In which it is
stated that art. q of the new Constitution
Guarantees freedom of conscience to all.
Four hundred thousand Jews have in
Roumania one hundred and seventy-six
synagogues; forty-fve thousand one hun
dred and ffty-two Catholics have sixty
three churches twenty-eight thousand nine
hundred and three Protestants have twelve
houses of worship; eight thousand one
hundred and seventy eight Armenians
CGregorians), eleven churches, etc. If
religious persecution existed The Jews
would not be allowed to have synagogues,
or to worship in the manner prescribed by
their religion, and the prosecutions OF
malefactors would be extended to the hon
est portion of this Jewish population.