New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-17

WASHINGTON.
Thousand Dollars Internal Revenue
Receipts Yesterday California and
Chinese Cable-A Check ON winnipeg
Expedittons-The New Internal Keve-
nue. BEl-sew Texas j Judge-DccOra'
tsOn of Soldlers' Graves aG Anderson.
vllie-HOuse Proceedings Yesterday
No More Transportation Of G Gods In
Bond to Mcxico-Ordered to the
Fieid-Gossip b out the Cabinet Meet.
| ing-Corser Stoae'of the Steuben N On u.
| ment -Iu,pOrtant Seizures Paying
Tennessee Scouts for War Services
New Customs District ON tho Rio
Grande.
| WASHINGTON, May 16.-Internal revenue
receipts to-day 81, 250,000.
The new San Domingo treaty was not sent
| in to the Senate to-day.
| A especial meeting Of the Cabinet was held
this afternoon, the object of which has not
| transpired.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs favor
the subsidising of the California and China
cable $500, 900 per year for twenty years.
| The President made the following nomi-
nations to-day: Philip Jacobson, United
States District Attorney for the Southern
District of Mississippi; P. B. Hawkins, Post
master, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The Secretary of State requests the Gov
ernor of Michigan to prevent any armed ex.
| pedition leaving Sault st. Marie Canal, to-
| ward the Red river country, without express
| permission from Washington.
The Freedmen's Bureau Howard corrup
tion investigation still progresses, but moth
| ing tangible has transplred.
| The new internal revenue bill was re-
ported to-day, it takes taxes off of nearly
every thing, except fermented liquors, dis.
titled spirits, tobacco, cigars, stamps and
incomes. The tax on sales, except on
| liquor dealers, is abolished, also the tax on
| legacies and successions, and the gross re-
ceipts from railroad corporations, etc..
| though the tax on receipts of theatres and
| lotteries is retained.
The income-tax is fixed at five per cent,
| with an exemption of $500, but all the in
| quisitorial features OF the tax are abol-
| ished.
The tax on gas, pianos, carriages, watches,
| etc., is done away with.
A tax of three per cent per annum is lev.
led on all public moneys deposited in
| banks
The amount of reduced taxation will be
| about S33 100000.
| The report of the commissioner o agricul-
| ture considers the season SO far favorable to
| a large crop OF winter wheat.
The Grand Army Of the Republic have
designated their officers to superintend the
| decoration of the graves of the Union
| soldiers al Andersonville, May 80.
The Senate confirmed John F. Appleton,
| vice Judge Watrous, United States Court
Judge for the District of Texas.
HouSe.-The features of the proceedings
| to-day were the postponement of the tariff
| bill until after the passage of all appropria-
| ton bills. which is equivalent to an indef.
| mite postponement q report from the Ways
| revenue bill, repeating most of the special
taxes on gross, except as to liquors aud to-
baccO manufacturers and dealers, and con.
| tract and receipt stamps; and continuing
| the income-tax at five per cent, the exemp-
| tion being raised to $500.
The passage of a bill, reported from the
Judiciary Committee, to protect the colored
viding pains and penalties against any State
officers or individual citizens who attempt
to prevent the exercise of that right.
The usual large number of bills were re-
ported and referred.
The internal tax bill will come up for
action early next week. 1t reduces taxa.
ton by s33 000,000.
General Clarke appeared before the Com.
mittee on Commerce to-day, and succeeded
pirate sufficient money to continue the work
on the Galveston bar.
Sendte-The bill to repeal all laws author
iZing transportation and expectation of
goods, wares and merchandise in bond to
Mexico overland. was reported from COM
mittee without amendment.
The bill to enforce the fifteenth amend
ment ives considered.
An amendment was proposed to enforce
proceedings by United States District At
torneys in their several districts against
persons holding office who are ineligible
under the fourteenth amendment impos-
ing, upon conviction, fine and imprisonment,
and disqualification for office thereafter,
also re-enacting the civil rights act. Dis.
cussiOn ensued.
Mr.. Ferry expressed the opinion that all
political disabilities of the Southern people
would be removed in the course Of two
years. Mr.. Morton declaring the policy q
failure, and hoping the Senate bill to repeal
the test oath might be defeated in the
House.
The Congressional caucus did nothing
beyond making ARRANGEMENTS for appoint
ing Congressional committees.
Brevet Major Generals E. O. G. Ord and
?. st. George Cooke have been ordered to
duty by the President, according to their
brevet rank.
Various stories are afoat concerning the
reasons for the special meeting of to-day.
One report is, that the San Domingo treaty
was under consideration, another makes it
that our Indian policy was discussed, while
another assign the discussions to the New
York and New Orleans customhouses. The
authority of prominent official is had for
asserting that no question was discussed
which should agitate unduly the public
mind.
General Smith left here tonight to meet
Red Cloud at Fort Fettermau. where he ar
rived on Sunday.
The party are expected here in about a
week.
Red Leaf, who accompanies Red Cloud, |
is not the sanguinary chief of the Bru!e |
Sioux. as has been reported, but belongs to |
the Ogallalas. The other is dead. !
The President, General Sherman and sew |
eral Cabinet officers, Barron Geralt, Senators |
and Representatives were attending a cele. |
bration here to day for laying the corner |
stone of the Steuben monument which was |
done with masonic honors.
Schurz and Degenor, of Texas, made !
speeches. The special agent list of the tire a.
sury department has been re organized in &C
cordance with the law just approved by the
President. A new district is to be estab.
|ished on the Rio Grande and the depart
ment is confident of preventing further in
fractions of the laws in that locality.
Several important seizures were reported
70 Commissioner Delano to-day, of estab-
lishments violating the revenue laws;
among them rectifying house and distil-