The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-03-12

WASHINGTON, Feb. APPOINTMENT New
Hampshire politicians are leaving here tt
attend the approaching contest IN tina
State. Senator Patterson goes tonight
Senator Cragin leaves tomorrow, and Ser
geant alarms Ordway, VIM. b Chandler
and others leave in a few days. Recent ad
vices from the State are to the effect tina
the issues are becoming more defined, and
that many of the elements which al
first entered into the struggle have been
eliminated. The Republicans are
quite confident of being able to carry the
State by q good majority, Dawes, Bling
haEa, Fitch. Senator Nye and several 9th
ers will speak in the State this week anG
next. 7-p...
Civil Rights to the Chinese.
An important bin froz7 the Judiciary
Committee was considered in the. Senate
to-day for some time, without however,
any action on it. The object of the bill is
to extend the provisions of the civil rights
bill to aliens. II Is intended the more par,
ticularly to hitaCalifornia ard to meet the
case of the Chinese. 1t provides that no
tax or charge shall be imposed by a State
upon any person i~mmigrating through or
from a foreign country, which is not equally
imposed and enforced upon every person
emigrating to such State from any other
foreign country; and any State law in cor.
fict with the act is declared void. -
The Senate's Authorization Resolution.
Secretary Boutwell, achieved a decided
victory in the Senate to day. He is most
earnestly working towards the end of i'm
proving the credit Of the Government, and,
though he may not have been the author
of Judge Williams's a%nti:inhation resolu.
ton to-day, it was nevertheless a
strong reinforcement OF his efforts to ap
p~reeiate our securities and secure the pas
sage, of his funding bill. The sentiment
of the Senate was very strongly indicated
by the fact that the resolution passed al
most unanimously, not even a division being
demanded: So the efforts of the House
will come to naught, and that body will
acceptthe Senate currency bill, which:
transforms the three per cents into national
bank notes. There was some talk early
in the week about the Southern and. Wes-
tern members of both Houses joining their
forces and pushing through by force of
number their initiation proposition, but it
seems their numbers arc not sufficient, and
there will be NJ imitation this session.
/. Deductions in Income Returns.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has, in reply to inquiries made by assessors,
informed them that under subdivision sew
en- of the annual returns, entitled "amount
actually paid for rent of homestead" the
amount actually paid for room rent is de-
ductable but no deduction should be al
lowed for rent Of furniture, care Of rooms,
or fuel or lights used Where persons oc-
cnpy a room or rooms in a hotel or boarding
house, which constitutes their home. and
pay for board and rooms a stipulated sum
per month or quarter, they should be al
lowed to deduct from their income so much
of said sum as is properly attributable to
the reat Of rooms unfurnished. 1t is for
the ~asaessor to determine, from the best. in
formation he can obtain, what proportion
of the amount paid was considered payment
for the room only. Persons III making
their returns viii be governed accordingly.
a Joke on the Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The Republicans
in the House to-day attempted a good joke
on the Democrats by offering a copy OF
the tariff resolution in the platform Of the
Democratic Convention held at New York
in 1868, which recises that the interests OF
the country require a sufficient revenue
from imports, and as will best afford Incl.
dental protection to manufacturers, and
prom.te the industrial interests. This was
adopted By ayes 1O3, nays 81, all the Dem
ocratic members but one voting against it.
There was no debate, and it was only in
subsequent conversation that the Democrats
learned that they had voted against an old
platform plank. The vote, however, served
to indicate the progress towards a lower
tariff. made by members Of both parties
Bib to- Enforce the Fifteenth Amend
.ssI N .a ment- is #a
In the Senate, Mr.. Sumner introduced
a bill to enforce the amendment to the con-
stitution declaring the right to vote shall
not be denied or, abridged on account of
race, color, or previous condition of seryi-
tude. 1t provides that any person hinder.
ing a citizen of the United States. on these
grounds, from Being registered, from vo-
ting, being voted for, or holding office,
shall be punished by aTine o not less than
one hundred dollars FOR more than three
hundred dollars and by Imprisonment Of
not less than thirty days nor more than q
year. A refusal to register name, or re-
eeive, count, or give proper legal effect to
the vote or any citizen, under any pretense
Of race. color. etc, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars
nor more than four thousand dollars, and
BY imprisonment of not less than three
calender, months nor more than two years.
United States District Courts are given. ex-
elusive jurisdiction in these eases, and are
required to enforce the law Referred to-
Committee Or Judiciary.
The Fifteenth Amendment.
AS soon as the ratification proclamation
issued, it is the intention to- press in the
House d bill TO enfore the provision of uni
sersal suffrage, 50 that II may be operative
IA the Connecticut elecfion. Maryland
Republicans have also asked members of
Judiciary Committee to hasten action
in this bill o. ties plea that the Maryland
will pass no appropriate legis
asion, to carry out In that State the Rro.
of the first section of tbs amend
nent. s. $50 n
Cuban. Retaliation
Cen. Jordanas notified the Spanish aus
that fdr every Cuban murdered
aerpafter. be will kill tan Spanish. officers
lmong the prisoners he now holds.
nGsxicD-vancoalssr Ialazade
sxs FkArcseo, Feb. a4.-private ady
is from MexIee, siatssthat i public MEET
hsld ~ Tepiss January III. declared I'LL
faha indepefdenca of the oFthwess
I'D States, Including Chihuahua, Durango,
4 Sinaloa, Lower California, and
af ,IaIisco. Lnzada and pedronega.