The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-03-18

| There Is a prospect OF the aboll'
ton Of the income tax. 1t is thought
that on a count there would prove
lt) be a majority Of Senator's and
Members in favor, of striking this
tax from among the sources Of rev
enue. Apropos of income tax, a
question having arisen concerning
Bringham Young's return of his in
come in the minds of the Revenue
officers in Utah, his return was sent
on to Washington, to Revenue Head
Quarters. 1t is substantially as
follows: Rents 1887, Interest on
Bonds $50 total S44o. Exempt
$1,000. Taxable income, MI; amount
at 5 per cent, nil. The immense
property he controls he says is not
his, but belongs to the church.
Quite heavy SNOW storm befell
us here last Sunday afternoon, and
into the night; but not 3 trace of the
snow except the mud into which it.
melted, had turned the dust of the
streets, remained to monday after
noon. A lsughably sorry figure was
cut in one of our streets that after
noon by q farmer with his wife driv.
ing homewsrd in his sleigh! He was
a native of Maryland; I take it, from
his grey suit and the direction he
was driving. His span OF horses
looked half-fed, and the sleigh was a
bungling home made contrivance.
Ifhis forecast in farming is generally
as shrewed and as justified by the
events, as his dependence on snew
lasting for sleighing on the 7th OF
March, in this climate, it is no won
der that his appearance indicated no
more thrift. Spring Weather was
Predetermined on, more than week
before that. A week ago last Mon
day exactly, l saw wild ducks on the
Potomac, close by Washington, to
be estimated bf acres literally. And
1 guess these birds know when it is
spring But We have had some of
the sharpest weather of the whole
winter during the last ten days, the
ducks to the contrary.
Our extra thousand of poor in
Washington, that is, the surplus ne
g'oes, freed people, fugitives, &C.,
wlo have crowded hither during
these last upturning years, have to
thank God for the generally mild
weather of this winter to help out
the laundering wisdom of those, to
whose charge, the poor creatures
have been specially committed, Gen
o. o. Howard at their head. The.
moment the rebellion had surrender
e |, the policy clearly should have
been, to encourage these surplus
thousands, who here, were doomed
by compulsory idleness, to leave the
city, and to find farm lands either to
work for wages, or for themselves,
where they could procure their own
support, and learn the way of indie
pendent life as freemen. Tony know
ledge, lands could be bought for them
at from 81 to $40 an acre, within
f ON Is to 50mlles from the capitol.
BIT no; four long rows of houses
must he. in the eastern portion of the
city, erected for them, room enough
as they huddle brutishly together
to lodge, at least 1000, and there
they must have charity rations.
And SO they live, developing promis-
cuous vice, in idleness and promis-
cuous lodging, and their proclivity
to steal, both of slavery, until they
have become a loathing and pest
20 all that portion of the city. The
charity was humanity conceived, of
course. but it was most u-iudged;
ascould prove by facts not exactly
suited to ears polite.
Bingham and Butler have been at
swords, points ever since the latter
charged Mrs. Surratt's conviction
upon the former as an illegal act, 1t
was therefore a great triumph, for
Judge Bingham to succeed with his
amendment to the Georgia bill, in
spite of the genef:>ll's s opposition; and
as great a modification to the Gen
eral. The General showed good
deal of feeling on the matter in the
House on Tuesday last.
Sensible ground, that oftheHouse
Committee on Indian affairs in favor
of abolishing all treaty stipulations
with the Indians, Of removing them
all to reservations, and making them
self sustaining.
1 am very happy TO be able to
state that Hon. John CoYode is
completely exonerated from the
charge Of receiying OF bargaining for
any consideration whatever for
cadetship.
I happen to be acquainted with a !
young lady here in Washington who
has been teacher ofa school in Mass.
where the colored lad Cha's Sumner
Wilson appointed to-a cadetship by
Gen, Butler, attended. She says he
has spirit, and viii fight for his