New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-03
RAPID RAILROAD TRACK LAYING
Illinois Corn and Wheat Crops
A WIFE BLOWS HER HEART OUT
Domestic Infelicity the Cause
RELAPSING FEVER In PHILADELPHIA
Outbreak Of Cholera in iHindOOstan
WASHINGTON.

WhlttemOre Re.elected-The Prcsldent's
West Point NOminatlons Confirmed
The Presidents and Indian Chiefs-
Schenek ON the Income Tax-Taxlng
Government Bonds - national
Railroad q Post Route-kellogg's
RESOLUTION on Citizens' Bank Dspos-
its-speech OF Harris ON she Levees
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Cadet- -Whittemore
has been reelected member of Congress
from South Carolina.
The President nominated r. NJ Wallace
Collector Third District, South Carolina,
vice his brother, A. s. Wallace, recently
seated in Congress-.
The Presidents nominations for West
Point have been confirmed. They are sons
of soldiers and sailors. None were from the
South.
The Senate confirmed Wallace Collector
Third District, South Carolina.
The President presented Spotted Tail with
fine pipe, silver ch.box, and box of
tobacco. Red Cloud was not present.
The President had u friendly interview
with Red Cloud this morning. He will to.
morrow, with his people, meet the Indian
Commission and the Secretary of the In
terror in council.
Spotted Tail and his delegation had con.
ference to-day in the White House with the
President and Secretary of War. Secretary
Boutwell, and Attorney General Hoar were
present, but took no part in the conference.
The Indians recited the old story of their
wrongs, their wants, and their desires to be
at peace with the whites. The President
made speech assuring them of the desire
them the whites were powerful and would
compel, if necessary, but hoped for
thoroughly amicable relations between the
two nations.
Spotted Tail said the Indians had kept
their promise, but the whites had not,
HouSe-The tax bill was resumed, with
great diversity of opinion; many five min
ute speeches were made. Schenck closed
the discussion. He said the committee had
proposed to reduce the income tax BY in
creasing the exemption to $500. which
would be reduction Of nearly $6,00O 900,
and in his own opinion that was about as
much as could be done at this time, but he
was not at all prepared to say that next
year and the year after, and so on, that
these reductions might not be continued.
Gentlemen were not to be misled by sup
the Committee on Ways and Means in the
shape of reduction of taxation was included
in the bill, and he had no objection
stating distinctly, so that there might be
no misunderstanding, and that he mad
sectiof or two prepared to be offered at the
close of this bill, which was bill to reduce
internal revenue taxation and for other
purpose, which would so amend the tariff
by short provisions as to take off twenty
three or twenty.four millions more than
this bill would take off Of the internal
revenue bill. If the proposition to strike out
the income tax should prevail, he wanted
the gentlemen to remember that they would
not only strike out twenty-five million of
revenue, the loss of which could not be
afforded, but would strike out the only pro-
visions made in the law and the only ones,
in the law for taxing the income on United
States bonds.
In conclusion, Mr.. Schenck moved the
previous question.
The previous question was seconded and
by agreement, the vote on the sections re-
lating to income tax, with all amendments,
was postponed until tomorrow.
Mr.. Beck offered an amendment to the
forty-fOurth section, the effect of which
ment FIVE per cent bonds.
On division, the Speaker announced the
vote to be 80 to IS.
Mr.. Willard demanded the yeas and nays,
| remarking that this was taxing United
| States bonds held abroad, and was to that
extent reputation.
Mr.. Allison moved to adjourn
Agreed to by vote of 50 to
The House adjourned amid great excite.
ment.
Senate-The bill for abollshing the frank
ing privilege was resumed. A motion to
place the bill at the foot of the calendar was
defeated by vote of 25 to 81, but was
passed over by vote of 80 to 26.
The Indian appropriations was considered
to executive session.
Mr.. Harris resolution regarding the levees
Il
Commerce, and referred to the Committee
on Finance, with an order to report as early
as possible.
The Reconstruction Committee is in a pro.
longed but secret session.
Mr.. Flanagan's bill declares the Interna.
tional Railroad of Texas, post route, and
authorizes, with the consent of Mexico, the
erection of bridge across the Rio Grande.
Mr.. Kellogg's joint resolution authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint
commission OF three persons 10 near and
determine the claims of various parties to
the sum Of s2l9 900, which was on deposit in
the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, and after
ward seized from the Confederate Receivers
in New Orleans, for the benefit of Northern
creditors, whose debts had been contscated.
The resolution was referred to the Commit.
tee on Claims.
The speech of Mr.. Harris, of Louisiana.
regarding the ieVees, attracted considerable
attention.
Mr.. Pomeroy suggested that the import.
| ance of the matter merited special COM
mittee.
Mr.. Harris said large area of land now
under cultivation is liable to damage from
floods; that the sugar plantations are mostly
on low lands, and also many cotton planta-
tions, and the damage to the crop on the
Texas bottom, fertile and cultivated
region near his own home has henn esti.
mated at S5,OO0,O00 in single year. This
| would give some faint idea of the peril to
| which tAese products are unnecessarily sub
| jected. A perfect system of levees, such as
could be made practicable as experience in
| Europe showed. would relieve the people
from this sense Of impending danger, and
| add immensely to the wealth Of the nation.
He proceeded to show that q perfected levet
system would protect from inundation 81