Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-31

~. WASHINGTON. n
A General AmuesIy RIiI Very Im-
probable.
J WkshfSGTox May 29--The prospect of
passin gany of the numerous pending bills
providing for general amnesty is very
slight The committees in each House
having eharge of the subject have bills pre-
pared. but the feeling in Congress against
making general law, and the want of
time 70 get it through, renders it very
probable that il viii go over to the next |
session. Prominent Republicans in the 1
North and in the border States seem to !
t2ave taken an interest aeainst it since the |
recent debate In the Senate. Letters to |
Senators from Kentucky state that if gen. /
e eral amnesty act is passed John c. Breck- |
inridge will certainly succeed Garrett Da- |
Wis in the Senate in 1878. In lieu of |
general bill, it is lot improbable that one |
intending several thousand names will be |
passed. Over thousand Virginians have \
specially applied for amnesty.
Deficiency of a Million.
The. e is a deficiency of one million dol |
lars in "a, e cost of the collection of Gus
toms. vhici. the Secretary of the Treasury |
asks Congress to make up. The reason |
for this is ststeo by Mr. Boutwell, TO be |
found in the fact that in sope instances 1
he has increased the selaries & the more /
arduous and responsible positions at seye-
raj Of the ports; though the main increase
s due to the increase Of force made neces-
s ry by the greatly increased business
n increase of imports, including free
coo l., during the first eight months OF the |
s,ress II fiscal year, was S27, ,27I, 30 and /
tftbis an,oU-,t about two-thirds paid duty
Ger sIo per "a, &, or about II per cent.
less tbar the eva, >ge rate Of duty on all
onodg Unmarried o. Nect TO duty. This
rate being less than lssr year, the work at
custom houses has been {. Nsproporlonatsiy
INCREASED as compared with a ~ lnoT0Ise or ,be
Ofsross reve uues derived at 'Hso
ports. No salaries were paid l,rn ap-+''
aud Congress is asked at once to 1pP''
pirate.
The Public Debt-SelIing Gold an
BsIying Bonds. =
The public dfs&7 settlement, dated June
!, for the month of May, will, as it foots up T
now, ,6how reduction of ten million dol ?
lars. The exhibit is SO promising that
the Secretary decided yesterday to increase
his bond purchases tor June to eight mil ! h
lions, and his gold sales to five millions p
JIe has directed the Assistant Treasurer, of il
New York, to sell one million dollars in r,
z Did, on each Wednesday in June-the ~
lsl,s I'd and 9th on account of sinking fund n
and the 2d and 4th on account of special f.
fund, Also, to purchase two million of in
dolla : Of bonds on the 1st, Sd and 9TH
Thur days on account of special fund, and
one m llion on the ID and 4th Thursdays on a.
account of sinking fund The aggregate VI
sales of y0ld are five millions, and the ag-
gregate rVIrchases Of bonds eight million. a.
Revenue. u
Receipts, Of internal revenue for the cur ie ie
IL = 81. 4 y
that the Co. nuil ,sioners estimate of Sl75,- a.
900, 600 will be r, ached by the end Of June. q q
e;'NeiII---VVhaG will They Do with a.
AIiml - -
The Government dispatches contain -
nothing late concerning the Fenian fiasco, -
which Is consS4eged a complete failure | -
The order directing the revenue cutter ir
Chase into commission to protect the lakes n
has been revoked and the officers reas- -
signed posts, except small guard. It is !.
stated the President and Cabinet have de. -
ci,ied that Gen. O'Neill should be held for "
civil t,1al for violation II the neutrality q
act Of 1913. m
Gen. Jordan ID
had an interview with Secretary Fish upon
Cuban affairs. which was very pleasant
The General impressed him with the in "
surgents strength, and desirability of re- :
cognition by the United States. Accord CT
ing to his account the Oubans are COM OF
pletely organized. The civil government al
fully believes in the success of the Cubans.
he viii have6nother interview soon. y
Indian Raids in Texas. II
Texas congressman are receiving press ie
ing calls from the people on the North n
western frontier Of Texas for additional 81
;iSops to suppress Indian raids, and the.
War Department has forwarded extra
troops 10 Gen. Reynolds command p
whisky and the Tax BiIIs n
The movement on foot here to consOh- D
date the taxes on whisky and collect them 81
into one general tax. payable at the dis u
tilerv, does not meet with favor in Con- a
Qress The House, at least, does not seem
'ruosed to change the whisky tax in any
e. -jal respect. Yesterday the tax bill b.
i't.e NC -pder consideration in the House, L
nS'hg of Kentucky, moved to amend si
M 80, 7e that each distiller shall pay tc
- r' % - H. on each barrel Of distilled
ioG- -, ,'roduced ,hy him, counting forty
"pi-s piia-,s - rroof spirits to the barrel. BY N
y.a,,,7i,t, l,ill each distiller who makes n
'uo ~, po,i 81 ty,entv-fve barrels Of distilled n
",;I;ts il taxed S160, and, for each Il
I,rral in excess of twenty-five bar n
- be pays four dollars in @
.Is',i,n Ia other words, he Is taxed at W
tbe rate Of four dollars on every barrel OF I
distilled spirits he may make, whether the Ii
number of barrels be twenty-five OF more n
than twenty five. The amendnent ulu Io'
,,-,,,osa 4, change the tax on dishllers who Y
Eg;.tIu ,wsnty-fve barrels or more, but to
-acpire the distiller to pay at the rate OF
- 5oIIars On every barrel no matter how
n,anv barrels be may distill. II enabled /
a. small djstiller who makes less than I
,xenty-fye barrels, to engage IN the busl-
ness bv paying a Nx according to the
amount of business he may do.
The amendment, however, was lost by
twenty majority. the Ways and Means say
inc thev had done enough for small distil- ;;
The SAN Domingo Treaty.
The time for ratiIying the SSa DOmin-
90 treaty has been extended to July L
frsbers. who represents President Baez,
has sigued the extension, which has also
been accepted by Secretary Fish. The
prospect for the ratification Of the treaty |
has improved lately.
The Coming Iscd Cloud.
WAsuINGToY, May S0.-Gen. Parker,
81 Commissiurcr Of Indian Affairs, reGiyed
a telegram announcing the arrival OF Red
II. Cloud and his party at Chicago today,
and stating that they will reach Washing
on Wednesday.
Impeachment Prospects
n dge Bingham, chairman Of the Ju-
uc;or COMMITTEE, reports no prospect,that
ne u i'll be found this session for even
Ii. most cursory examination OF the pc
the sski q the Impeachment Of Judges
tito and n, ,fTlnan; the universal Option
Field ,he nl1rter viii die natural death
Is IS tIa. ,hc c Nmmitie'.
NEW YORK
uGty s0r Free Promises.
=. Ny 3O.--A verdict was