Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-28
Canada Wants independence
Plot TO Blow up Gibraltar.
Tragedy at SOmeryiIIe,I Tenn.
WASHINGTON.

: Uncle Sam Mixing His ColOrs.b.
WAsH1NoTox, June 26.-It is. understood
that orders will be issued authorizing the
assignment of white recruits to the Ninth
or Tenth regimeEts-of cavalry, which are
now composed of colored troops,
Hfr The Currency Bin.
The conference committee on the cur
rency bilfhave not agreed on any measure,
and are not likely to agree. The differ
ence between the Senate and House on
the question of expansion and contraction
in the currency has presented itself in the
most formidable manner al the first step of
the conference.
80 Selling Gold.
1 The Secretary of the Treasury viii prob.
ably sell the first week in July over two
millions of gold interest saved on the sink.
ing fund. This is in addition to the regu-
lar sales of gold yet to be ordered for
i July. s@at ~
Reduction of Wages. 3
The Secretary of the Navy has issued an
order reducing the wages of the workmen
in the navy-yard, for the quarter comrnen-
cling July ], from 81 to S1.75 per day.
The reduction has caused considerable
excitement in the yard .. -
A Cabinet Place Held in Reserve.
New YoRK, June 26.-It has been ascer-
tanned from excellent authority that the
reason why District Attorney Pierrepont's
resignation is not acted upon by the Sen
ate, is because Grant intends to give him
seat in the Cabinet when he is ready to
> reconstruct It. This will be done the mo-
ment Congress adjourns, when there will
be quite a change of front on the Cuban
business. .-
Cuba. -
The President sees that he has gone too
far against the popular current, and is now
anxious to go in strong for Cuba, bat he
will not let Congress have the credit for it.
He hopes that Summers resolutions will be
passed, when he will act upon them after
the adjournment, and inaugurate a vigor-
ous Cuban policy and justify all those in
sympathy with the suffering isle.
Currency, Free-BanIxiDg, etc.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Conference
Committee on the Currency Bill have
agreed upon the report which they shall
make the retirement of the 3 per cent. in
the re- distribution of twenty five Million of
existing National Bank currency, and free
banking on a good basis are the leading
features of the report.
No Executive Session.
The President has withdrawn the nom
EnatLOn of Alonzo B. Cornell, United States
Assistant Treasurer at New York.
The executive session was refused in the
Senate to-day, the members desiring more
time to consider the S1n Domingo re-
ports.
Tax Sn Official SnlariSh
Tie following are two sections re- ported
by Mr.. Sherman and adopted by the SEN
ate as substitutes for Income Tax stricken
out First, that sections 120, 12l, 122, and
I23, of tho act of June 80, 1864, and
amended by acts of July 13, 1866, and
March 2, 1856, shall be construed to impose
taxes th rein mentioned, being taxes on
dividend7 of corporations and salaries of
govern, Nent officials for and during the
year 1870, and that all such taxes shall be
collected in the manner now hereafter pro-
vided by law.
Tax IN Religious Corporations.
That for 'ho purpose of allowing deduc-
tions from incomes from any religious or
social community holding all their proper
ty, and the inco' y therefrom, jointly and
in common, each five persons in such
society, and the remaining fractional num-
ber of such persons less than five, over
such grou-s of five, shall be held to con-
stiiute a family, and a deduction
OF one thousand dollars shall be allowed
for each of said families. Taxes on in
comes gains and profits in such societies
now due and unpaid, shall be assessed aud
collected according to this provision.