Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-16

the conference on tax and tariff.
WASHINGTON, July l3.-Revenue
to-day $4,000.
The steamer Plymouth, after
adjusting her compass, will sail
for Lisbon.
The new Federal officers at New
York will qualify early next week.
Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse's
bond is 100000.
Capt. 7. H. Patterson is tempo
rarily in command Of the navy
yard.
1t is thought Adam Smith will
succeed Dahlgreen.
Nominations Of Jewell Of Miss.
and johnson of Texas for Consul
ates, and James NJ. Humphreys
for Collector Of Customs at Rich
mond, Va.
The Louisiana committee could
not agree. Farnsworth, Hamilton
and Thurman insisting upon max
ing the election this fall valenada
tory, upon which Butler, Paine
and Howard, take stubborn issue.
The House conference ordered
on army and civil appropriation
bills. Conference on tax and
tariff adopted, goes to the Presi-
dent. The following colloqny in.
dicates its character. Schenk
said the Senate having accepted
the report Of conference. Can
it now be rested with the
House whether the bill was to be-
come a law? He said that by q
calculation based upon the re.
ceipts Of last year, the bill as it
now stood, would effect a reaction
in the taxes Of the country. He
complained that the House by con-
curing in the first amendment Of
the Senate, which struck out one.
half Of the bill; and had put it out
of the power Of the committee to
do anything in relation to o large
class Of taxes. BY adopting that
amendment, the House had releas,
ell bankers and brokers from spe,
cial taxes in Wall street
from which millions 0.
Revenue could have beer
collected without injury u
the material interest Of the coun
try, were by that action made free
oftax.
The Lotteries and Theatres o.
the bill we're also made free by an.
other portion Of the bill, which
had been stricken out.
The Conference Committee wer,
prevented from providing for any
security in the printing and issuing
Of revenue stamps, which amounts
to 800, 000, 600 annually, and 70.
the embezzlement of which there
was not sufficient responsibilities
and felt that the House had acteC
hastily and injndiciously in accept
ing that amendment.
Brooks, Of New York, addressed
the House, claiming that while
there has been q reduction Of tn
duty on tea, sugar, coffee, spice
and some other articles, the dut,
had been increased on q larg,
number Of articles, and was pro
ceeding to enumerate some o
!, them when he was interrupted b,
Mr.. Benjamin, Of Missouri, wit
reminded him that the duty Of
hemp, an important product o
his State, had been reduced thirt,
per cent.
MI. Brooks. Oh, well, hair pin
are retained.
Mr., Benjamin. Yes; but hal
. pins do not grow in the soil o
! Wisconsin.
: Mr.. Brooks reviewed the bill b,
Z items, and claimed that it haC
been framed in the interest Of tn
manufacturers at the expense o
the laboring classes. He CAV,
notice that the people would no
, submit to the bill, and that it
! speedy revision would be demand
' ed. Even the negroes Of the Soutl
would soon be sufficiently educate'
to understand that they are take
! on their shovels, their hoes, an
: even on their spool cotton.
A motion 70 suspend the rule
in order TO take up the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad failed-yeas 10, nay
l03.
A similar motion on genera
amnesty failed-74 to lOl.
e A joint resolution Was intro
duced suspending the use Of me
5 tiers at whisky di~stilleries.
=. SENATE-TWenty thousand add
tional copies of the enforcement
7 bill to the 18th amendment Wer
e ordered printed.
S The report Of the Conferenc
committee on tax and tariff wa
adopted.
b. A bill was introduced restorin
{ Major James Belger to his ran
in the army.
A bill aiding the New Orleans
u Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Raj
road passed.
5 Executive session.
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