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The Trial OF Mcfarland.

New YORK, April Sin court to-day
the counsel for Mcfarland, on trial for the
murder of A. D. Richardson, opened the
defence by reading paper, the caption of
which reads thus: Richardson Liber-
tine and Child Robber-McFarland Insane
ut the Time of the Murder-Sketch of Nc
Farhnd's Married Life-Clear at the Open
ing, Stormy at the Close-Mrs. Mcfarland
Among the Free-Lovers."
The telegraph wires are crowded with
the scandalous evidence introduced by the
defence in the Mcfarland trial.
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HOMICIDE IN MIssIssIpPI.-Jackson,
April flames Tuck, city marshal, was
to-day shot and killed by Henry e. Siger,
merchant. Tuck, in an official capacity,
called on Sigcr. Siger is arrested. Tuck
was formerly an orderly sergeant in the
Fifth United States cavalry.
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DICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAIL.

ICRMOND AND DANfILLE RAIL-
~ ROAD.-CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.--Cu
and after WEDNESDAY, December %, 1880, thu
PASSENGER TRAINS on this rosd viii be ran
rs follows: "a s$.S$ i
Como SoUTH.-Lynchburg and papyfne pzS.-
sengers leave Richmond daily Except sumdaysI
It Gas A. N; leave Burkeville daily Except Sun.
days) at 124s p. NJ. arrive at Danville daily lex
cept Sundaysl a. SIS z. "a. THROUGH NAIL
AND EXPRESS leaves Richmond daily at s:ss
2. ~; leaves Dan vile daily at IS p. IL arrives
1t Greensboro daily at 4:l5 A. IL
GOING Notwithstanding and Danville pas.
sengers leave Danyil1e daily lexsept sundayA ~
"a. N. leave Burkevtlle daily except ehn.
daye) at 1245 p. M; arrive at Richmond
except Sundays) at 1850 P. n. THR0UGH
AND EXPRESS leaves Greensboro DIV ~
P. NJ; leaves Danville daily at LIZ p HGS
rives at Richmond daily at 7:2o An W.
The Lynchburg and Dsnville P&sen oax ~
connects at Burkeville with the EsiTSsS a.. 80
Southside road for Petersburg, NorfSE .TrasE
burg, and all stations on the southsi6 AZ TWSiA
ginfa and Tennessee railroads, Bristol WyEN
vile, Dalton, Chattanooga, Nashville, MSaans
and all important points South and SouthwAS~
The Through Mail and Express COM ~.
It Greensboro with the trains on the North ca
lima road for Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta, X
vxnnah, Yscop, Mobile. Montgomery, &c., &cA
and at Richmond with the Richmond, Frederickss
burg and Potomac, Chesapeake and Ohio, ana
Richmond and York River railroads.
. SLEEPING CAkS and CHILES'S PATENT
RECLINING CHAIBS on the through express
train. THOMAS DQDAMEAD,
de2S Supyr intAncss2reA
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FORTRESS MONROE, Va, April s.-Ar-
rived, bark Guiona, from Guanope, for or
ders. Passed out, bark Lizzie Fox, for
Philadelphia Gustave Featwart, for Liv-
erpool: Wylie Smith, for West Indies !;
schooner Billow, Newfoundland Sophia,
Cube.
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DOWHATAN STEAMBOATS,@,,
Il OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STATE a4ssssasssSSsssRk.
OF MARYLAND and PETERSBURG.-Cheap
reliable, and safe route to Baltimore, Savannah,
Boston, and the West. Tr-weekly line to Balti-
more, making close connections with steamers to
Philadelphia. No transhipmsnt Of goods be-
tween Richmond and Baltimore. Leave Baltis
more every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SA.
TURDAY. Leave Richmond every MONDAY.
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY.
Ereght received every day up to o o'clock Z. ID =,
except Saturday, and on Saturday up to O'Clock
p. NJ.
See daily advertisement for hour Of sailing.
These steamers have excellent SALOON, stateroom,
and passenger accommodations. Fare, - meals
and sta!eroom extra. For freight or passage, ap-
ply HARvEYs g WILLIAMS, Agents,
r.,s Commercal BLOCK.
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Liyerpool Cotton Trade.

LIVERPOOL, April s.-The cotton trade OF this
port for the past week has been follows Sales,
o. 900 bales exports, $1,000 bales; speculation,
1000 bales stock, ass, 600 bales 54 900 balos Anne
rlcan). Stock afoat, 34s 900 bales (2ls,0L9 bales
Amerlcan1,
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CHICAGO, ILL, April S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Munford were murdered, and their child
nearly killed, at Colona Wednesday night
by robbers, who stole 81, 900 from the house.
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DaILADELPHI RICH ~kFS
4 MOND AND NORFOLK ST u -S:zssssas5sSs
A " K.-Steamers n OR FOLK, j. W.
EYERMAN. and j. s. GREEN, composing this
line, Will leave Richmond every MONDAY and
DAY and SATURDAY, alternately, at II O'Clock
II. Freight received every day Sundays except
ed) at the Cornpany's freight-house on the Dock.
Freights taken for Norfolk ut moderate rates.
Passage 10 philadelphia, including meals and
5tateroom, 80. ". z. PORTER,
Agent ut Richmond,
Office No. 2425 Dock street.
VIM. p. CLYDE Il CO.,
Agents ut Philadelphia,
Odlces No. II South wharves,
10 Is and No, II North Wharves.
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principle underlying our treaties viii be
overthrown.
After further discussion, without action,
the Senate adjourned.
Various Items.

| various Items.
WARRINGTON, April S.-Governor Senter,
OF Tennessee, testifes before the Recon-
sruction Committee tomorrow. The Con-
servatives fear that he will declare in favor
! Of Declaring the late State election fraudu-
lent, and that he will be continued in Office
as provisional Governor. A part of this
scheme involves allowing Georgia to remain
in her present status.
The Pacific Railroad Committee this
morning heard General Hunter on the
Trans-Continental railroad. Mr.. Gilbert,
of New York, attorney for the Memphis
and Ell Paso railroad, favors the Trans
Continental road.
No progress was made in the Richmond
Mayoralty matter to-day before judy e
Chase.
The revenue receipts to-day were 1881, :
900.
Commissioner Delano decides that each
lottery vender must pay license, and mana
gers must give bond for the vendors.
Judge Bradley has gone TO his home in
New Jersey preparatory to going South.
The nomination of Judge H. L. Bond
to the fourth circuit will not be considered
until the absent senators return from the
funeral of General Thomas.
Ex-Governor H. A. Wise, of Virginia,
has been admitted to practice in the Su-
preme Court.
The national banks of New York held
s25 500, 900 in specie on the oath Of March.
Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, was be-
fore the Committee on Public Lands to-day
regarding his bill to build the levees of the
Mississippi in conformity with the recon-.
mendation Of the Louisville Commercial
Convention and an act of the Louisiana
Legislature. Early report on the subject
may be expected. =
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rHrsAPEAKG


February, 1875, the PA65D
MAIL TRAIN win run daily besy
and Stanton Except Sunday, betHs
VILE and Stamtoni leaFe Richmond 50
and arrive AZ Stanton st 40 p, II. teave be- =
ton at $50 4. IL. and arrive a. Richmond ats:eEIS
VI. making close connections at GosdonsyilEA md
Charlottesville with the UranEe, AieXaudrfA md
Mnnaross railroad NAH trains for AlexAadxfa2
Washington. Baltimore, PhiIadeipbtA, EeH York
&C. .ls2 for Lyn sn KnSSy,s cn4as1
MAIL TRAIN win run tri-weekiy bstSesn
Stanton and White Sulphur Springs on TUAo.
DAY, THURSDAY, and ySkTUKDkY..L esYs
stanton at 4Ao p. NJ. and arrive at Su!pnuI1
at 1905 p. b.; leave White SrlpEnr at. Nzs 4s&l1
and arrive 1T Staunton atg A. NJ. And EoGercsS
will connect with stages as rollowe--Ftz,s &c so.
shen With stages Sor Lexington, Natural Bridge
and Kockbridge Baths {: 81. s;ailboYo' with st4Geg
Tor Bath AlurS snd Warm Springs; audat M.hdfo
sulphur with stages Tor Lew1sourS, CfarlestoDs
Stages win also leave staunton on TUESDAY,
for Lexington and Natural Bridge. 100 stt S1
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN will run between
Rlchm ond and w ashington nightly without change
OF cars. Leave Richmond It 80 p. II. and ar
rive at Washington at 8: 35 A. II. Leave w ash.
ngton ut ass p. II. and arrive at Richmond at
a:5s M. Making all through connections ut Rich
mond and Washington. s..
SLEEPING CARS viii be attached TO this train,
.nd WITH be run through between Richmond and
Baltimore without change. sE8sF 81. \.
THROUGH TICKETS issued 10 all points
North, West, and Southwest. 81.
JAMES 2. RETRERLAND,
fea General Ticket Agent.
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SEEABEMS.


TOR NORFOLK, PORTS-SeM,s
LANDINGS ON TIE JAMES RINER.-The fast
and elegant GNITEp STATES NAIL steamer
JOHN SYLV YES T = X,
Captain 2. G. CLIFFORD,
leaves her wharf 1t Rockets for the aoove-named
places On MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, andFRIa
DAYS at SIX O'CLOCK A. NJ, and returns on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and SATURDAYS
FassengerG arrive in Norfolk In time to con.
acct with steamers for Baltimore and points
North.
Trains leave City Point Io- Petersburg on arris
raj Of steamer.
Fare 10 Norfolk, s2.se.
FREIGHT
received Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
rom Il N. to siP b., for Norfolk, Portsmouth,
Boston, Baltimore, and principal landings on
Chesapeake bay, and all regular landings on James
civcr, at reasonable rates.
No WHARFAGE CHARGED.
Fraights for way-lsnainge must be pre-paio9
Applyto L. 3: TATUM, Agent.
se ii ONCE. steamers wharf
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VIRGINIA MAIL RouTEs.-The mail from
Culpcrer Courthouse to New Market, Va,
is Increased to six times week, and the
contract awarded to J. W. Burke, of New
Market, at $500 additional pro rata from
April lst. Also, route from Luray to Road
side, Va, Russell jenkins contractor, and
service is increased to six times week
from Lurav to Shenandoah Iron Works, and
allow $229.35 additional per annum.
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1.-TWO FAST DAILY LINES ksIrNnAY

TWO FAST DAILY LINES lsUNDAY
AND WEST, OYER RE FAX0EiTE k0gTI
9G h HF RouTE.-The TH hsaE TRAINS
oyss this route are now run from the depot corner
,sSe easy at a. Nh II 01 t fSss
ASR MEM Y2Ek FAsT kNEs and with trains
Cars fitted up with SPLENDID RECLINING
CHAIRS. for which no charge is made.
The elegant and commodlouD steamers on tho
TSe csf IKE s. TsS :ve
Richmond and Milford leaves the depot corner Of
an srss srT Ssy ssSaSnd q
Through tickets 10 all principal points North ana
For further Information and for through tickets
North apply at the Office corner Broad and Eighth
snd S5 r.
'I no ;sSA j. i. GENTRY. General Ticket Agent.
DICHMOND AND YORK RIVER
THE HQRTH AMP H&RTWESI s1f GH 4 Me-
IN and after TUESDAY, sth OF june; passengers
or Baltimore and all points North snd North.
Ts VIII take the paS sn n s
s t:a@se A iSS esps,s T. sEEEsEss,
,oats having been put in nrst-rate order-reschtng
baltimore the following morning IL time TO con.
lect with the trains for Philadelphia, Now York,
md the West. Returning the bouts leave pier No.
Lights Street wharyes foot Of Barry street daily
iexcept Suudays} at 4 O'Clock r. NJ. passengers
arriving in Richmond at is:I5 p. n. the following
iay in time TO connect with the express train
IN the Richmond and Danville railroad for Dams
lille and nll points on that road gGreenSooro's
salisbury, Charlotte &C., n. G.; Coiumbis, 9 Ca
PASSENGER TRAIN
leaves Richmond daily Except Sundsys) nc ]
o'clock P. M. lesves West Point daily lezeepe
THOKAS DODAAEAD,
iea Superintendent
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-s~safcty OF the Steamer Missouri.
NEW YORK, April s.-Thc missing
steamer Missouri arrived safely at Havana
this morning.
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WHITE BEER.-The weiss beer question
seems likely TO prove more troublesome
one to the Revenue Department than was ut
first supposed. 1t has led TO very nice in
vcstigat!on as to what is fcrmcntci liquor,
and the department officials have taken
STEPS to elicit further information rs to the
process Of the weiss beer manufacture.
They must construe it not lermenting
liquor, or prohibit its protection, or have
the revenue laws SO amended as to permit
this particular kind of beverage to be put
up in bottles as o fermented liquor, which
its provisions now forbid.
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The Baltimore american boasts that II.
l.. Bond, the new judge for this Federal
circuit, will give satisfaction to the Repas6-
ltcansi
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WHOLESALE ARREST. 49, Three persons,
calling themselves Othello Clark, William
Green, and K. M. Wilson, hailing from
Taylor county, West Va, were arrested by
j. r. Parent, chief of police, On Monday
last as horse thieves.-Stagnton Pind'ca-
tor
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mr. ACHINE SHOP.
SLOAT d ADDINGTOH, s,a
MACHIEISTS.
WORKS AND OrFICE: Il6 CARY STRIEf, N1A2
FOURTEENTH. RICHMOND, VA

ALL KINDS OF NEW WORK; REPAIRING
country; TOBACCO WORK OF all kinds In1ds
ind repaired, with al kinds OF steam: fittings fS1
same PLATFORM and other SCALES AID.
JIJSTED and REPAIRED. Exclusive agents fo4
InDsON'S PATENT sTEAM-ENGINE GOV.
ERNOR, SELDEN,S PATENT STEAM-EG-
STEAM GAUGES. Every ono OF these gauges
sre warranted for year. We know them 10 be
The best gauge now in use They are Less IN price
Icles always on hand. We also keep HOLLANDS
PATENT SELF-FEEDISG OlL-CUP, for shafse
ing and ali kinds OF machinery, which saves ninety
Der cent Of OIL This Is the newest and bess tbiul
aow out. Come and see IL and US.
GEORGE n. SLOAT,
myN A. JACKSON ADU1NQTCRs
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WILLIAM G. DUNHAM & CO.,
wv GENERAL SHIPPING
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
CORNER MAIN AND ELEVENTH STREETss
RICHMOND, VA. PosT-OFFICE BOX 81
FOR NEW YORK.

FOR NEW YORK. ~GA
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP s.n 8saasRS
COMPANY.
The splendid new side-wheel steamships ISAAC
aELL, SARATOGA, MA GA A, ALBE.
MARIE, and HATTERAS. leave New York fol
Norfolk. City Point, and Richmond, every TUES
DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY at O. c!oGs
p, n. Leave Richmond every TUESDAY, FRI.
DAY, and SUNDAY, 81 high tide.
These gnlps are entirely new. They have elegan,
saloons and staterooms. The fare, accommoda'
lions, and attention, are unsurpassed.
Cla3e connections made with steamers for 81
southern and European ports
insurance effected, when ordered, AT A QUAE.
TER OF ONE PER CENT, at the omcee OF tnli
N. L. McC8EADY, President ls7 Greenwich
,.reet New York
WILLIAM G. DUNBAR CO., AgenU,
corner Main and Eleventh Streets
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VIRGINIA NEWS.
REGISTRATION.
For the Dispatch.


By the seventh section of the registra'
ton act it il made the duty Of the registrar,
within ten days after completing bis work,
";o have posted at three or more places IN
his township, ward, Or election district,
written or printed lists of all persons adj
mittcd by them to registration
This is very wise provision. To make
it practically beneficial, and to extend its
benefits in detecting frauds, let candidates
ana the working men Of each party Cor
we ore going to have two parties " from the
Jump = deposit with the registrars q small
sum TO pay the expense OF Pr!ns"t3 these
lists. Thus the voters can be known both
BY candidates and their friends, and frauds
can be more readily detected.
viii not the Dispatch give us some idea
Of the cost Of printing, say by the hundred
names. RURAL DISTRICT.
LABogERs.-An extra train, containing
four hundred foreigners, employed to work
ON the Chattanooga aud Alabama railroad,
left Alexandria at IL o'clock last night,
and will arrive here about II O'CLOCK TINS
morning. The train comes direct through
from New York, where the laborers were
engaged by agents Of the COMPANY.
twenty eight men, employed IN Richmond
by the same company, arrived here on the
Southgidc railroad yesterday afternoon IN
der charge of Mr.. Holmes. An extra tram
of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad
will convey both of these parties to their
destination.-Lyechtury Nesos, 18th.
CLIFTON FORGE RAILRoAD.-He are IN.
formed by good authority that corps OF
engineers will commence the survey o! the
Lvnchburg and Clifton Forge railroad
during the coming week. The survey IL
made under the direction of the chesapeake
and Ohio railroad.
We are further informed that az soon as
this survey is completed it is probable the
same company will direct the survey OF the
straight shoot from this city to hicn-
mond.-LwchJur3 Ne'os.
A LOAD OF PoLEs.-A party OF eight OF
ten Polish families is expected 10 arrive az
Amherst Courthouse from New York To-Day
"a tbe first instalment Of the colony OF
General smolenski, to which large amount
Of land lying in Bedford, Amherst, and an
Bote,ourt counties was recently sold. Ihe
rest of the colony is expected to tollo"
these pioneers at an early day.-Ly"c"-
turg Republican.
WHOLESALE ARREST. - Three persons,
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MACYuNEHY. &C.
METROPOLITAN WORKS,

CORNER SEVENTH AND CANAL STREETS.
STATIONARY and PORTABLE ENGINES
BARK, GRisT, and PLASTER MILLS;
BOILERS, FORGIEiS, CASTINGS or LION
ENGINES and SAW-MILLS Of various sizes
always Oh hand.
old engines, &C., repaired and sold on commis-
,ion or exchanged for new. AL other repairs
promptly and satisfactorily done.
Send for descriptive circulars.
dea WILLIAM f., TANNER d co.
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Execution In New YOrk-The Con.
demned Becomes Same ON the Scat
fold.

NEW YORK, April s.-Sylvester Brun,
better known as I" Jack Reynolds" who
murdered William Townsend, was hanged
to-day. Efforts had been made to prove
insanity, but when the prisoner found they
failed, be abandoned the pretence of being
insane. On the sea- fold he kissed the cru
cif1 before the drop fell; after it fell, he
struggled for seventeen minutes before
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nlsABiLITlEs.-Int the United States Sem
ate Thursday Mr.. Johnson presented the
petitions Of Jones ". Kirk, Granville Car
son. Isom Cox. Byran Ballard, AM }. W.
Parsons, Grayson; Joseph \. Atkinson,
Isle Of Wight J. H. Macrac, Richmond :;
James ". Burgess, Rockingham and of
Hiram W. Wall, Lunenburg; and MIR.
Lewis presented the petitions Of William
Cherry, Nanscmond: John H. hmbcrlake,
Mechum's River; F. {. Beverley. Spotsylra-
mia: Edward James, Princess Anne county,
Virginia; praying the removal of their po-
!i,ical disabilities which were referred
to the Select Committee on the Removal Of
Political Disabilities.
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FOB LIVERPOOL AHkERnssrows. ksh
fko AN hs aLT FEN RI IT TUESDAYS.
OF 4s ea5 Tay n sd
Liverpool isersgss PaysSls IN Currency:
eY
Liverpool or Queenstown tsold).'....'s 80 30 O.
ai Inh6 lsoNsa F. BY branch steamer jyod. e e
D. ''A &ssrage, Paya5!s IN Currency. :. :.
Liverpool or Queenstown. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS * q
St. s johns, Il. F.. by branch steamer 80 y
Tickets sold 20 and from England, Irelsnd, and
the Continent, at moderate rates
o rSs further 5ohN G.. DaI hG Agent
WILLIAM Z Z. f pUaMIM ~ co. o. Agents.
NATIONAL LINE.
.ans # Sefs5sN g EytkeU2 ee
pier u North river every Saturday; WIN.
P PSshhEB,' EE1hRsssts1A k k5e66iksihsI:
CABIN passage, 300 and S1A currency
| Storage passage, $50, currency.
steerase tickets from Liverpool or Queenstown.
| SS7, IN currency. u.,,.. DIT.
steerase 9Iisazs fs s IN nh Currency. NV
the For eo 1nTtnsy g Brosd@ay W j. HUSsS
Manager. or to M
WILLIAM C. DUNBAR & CO., Agents.
sTEAM TO GLASGOW AND f$aA
| LONDONDERRY. A&&M
THE ANCHOR LINE.
Favorite Clyde-built passenger steamers are In
| tended TO sail EVERY SATURDAY from pie,
| No. 20. North river, ct s O'Clock d..
| RATES OF PASSAGE, PAYABLE IN CURRENCY
Cabins to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry sse sne
Excursion tickets, good for twelve months, PIG
Steerage to Glasgow or Derry, s5o; tntefmeolsSe
Prepaid certificates from these ports, Va. -
| Passengers booked TO and from Hamburg, n0''0
Rotterdam, Antwerp &C, ve bsni In Great Br.,
tain. .z,. :, the rar,nanv,,
| ofices. No. Bowling Green. neW 4ofA W aAt'
| DERsoN BROTHERS, or 60 -.o $50.
W WILLIAM G. DUNHAh q Co Agents.
an IS
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
Special dispatch to the baltimore Sun.
Tonnage Duties.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE condition Of
the American shipping interest is such that
the Committee on Ways and Means decided,
nj their meeting this morning, to report to
the House in favor Of repeating all tonnage
duties on vessels engaged in the coastwise
trade. These duties last year amounted to
sl,So0,0o0. 1t is probable that this will
be reported to the House and passed with
out waiting for action on the more general
measures of relief already agreed on by
the special committee on the decay of Anne
rican commerce, and which apply to all the
vessels of American build, whether engaged
in the coastwise or foreign trade. The lat
ter committee will bring their measures be-
fore the House as soon as the pending tariff
bill # disposed Of.
STATUS OF THE INCOME TAX.
In January the House passed resolu-
,ion declaratory of the construction that
should be placed upon the law regarding
the status OF the income tax. 1t was con-
tended BY some prior 10 that time that the
tax expired with the year 1869, and that
there would he no collection of the same
af,er May, 1870 hut the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue held that it only expired
with 1870, and in this view he was upheld
bv the House, who passed the resolution
continuing the tax. This came up in the
Senate to-day, and after considerable dis
cussion o substitute was adopted more spe-
cifc in its character, in which this tax Is
expressly limited TO the present year, and
not indefinitely continued, rs the orlgi-
nal House resolution seemed TO indicate.
IF the House accepts this, as 1t Will I'M
douhtedly, in view OF the well-known feel
ing among members on this matter, the TAX
will only be assessed this year, but will be
payable in May, 1871. The intention of
the original law that it should be limited
10 the present year will therefore. be car
r!cd out, and the large number of memo
rialists who are asking for its total aboli-
ton viii be gratficd. Even Mr.. Summer
alluded TO the tax in debate to-day Us Il
wax tax that had now become Ubiquitous,
and should be abolished.
DOMESTIC CIGAR INTERESTS.
Yesterday the various representatives of
the domestic cigar manufacturing interests,
who are from nearly every part Of the
country, were delighted at the action Of the
House in fixing the duty on imported cigars
at g 80 per pound and fifty cents al ral0-
reg. To-day the Committee on Ways and
Means succeeded in having the cigar sec
ton Of the bill struck out, so that the old
law remains in force. The domestic inte-
rest regret this result, and declare that
they must have more protection or abandon
the business.