The New York herald., 1870-05-06

parry leeuDg peing very mgr. The nominees are
all identified with the republican party, tho demo.
Gratis having no one Ia the field.
Women NOT 10 bc Appointed Census Takers.
General Walker, superintendent OF the Census, has
addressed letter to the United States Marshal for
the Southern District Of Ohio, as follows =
Your report OF subdivisions and assistants received and
on the M contains os Ls sr
;As Ninth and Or i6s
ws%sn Il 50. am Instructed inform that such ap-
ss a ~ s ss VI. psass
report upon the facts earliest copyenicnce and the
once proceed to make sppontmsns to these positions
Senator sherman's Bill Reducing Taxes.
The amount OF reduction Of taxes as proposed by
the bIl introduced in the Senate by Mr. Sherman Is
as follows:-On income, ooo.ooo saes ss.7e3,oo
gross receipts %, 632, 900; articles In schedule A.
sso6ooo; salaries Of U9lted States 9cers, scsaooo;
passports, $4,000; iegacies and successions
s2,s4s,o0O; mscellaneous, $44s,ooo; special taxes
except spirits ana tobacco, which include license
taxes and al taxes on employment s9,sl1, ,oO0--
total $4a 0O0 This will leave the taxes on the
following articles In force:-On distilled spirits fer
mented liquors. tobacco, gas income at the rate of
three per cent All the stamp taxes taxes collect
able are to be collected by stamps.
The New Orleans and Mexican Steamship
Line.
The granting OF subsidy to o steamship line from
New Orleans to the republic Of Mexico, touching at
the ports OF Tampico, Vera Cruz, Coatzacoalcos
Tobasco, Laguna Campeche, Slsal and thence via
Havana and back to New Orleans, was taken up
to-day in the SenaJe Committee on Post Oflces ana
Post Roads, and after considerable discussion it was
agreed to report favorably. The action Of the COM
mittee is In the nature OF substitute for the orip
nal bill 1t provides for semimon;hly line of
steamers between the ports above mentioned,
at Havana, to make connection with the
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
steamers running to the Gulf, the contract TO be
made with the Postmaster General for ten years. the
compensation M tQ Be one hunqrea and Hfty tb9gsapQ
dollars for the first Ave years and one hundred thou.
sand dollars for the other five years. The granting
Of subsidy to the North American Steamship
Company, from New York to Bremen or Antwerp
was also taken up, but no aca!on was had.
Southern Transcontincntal Railway.
1t has already been stated that last night sub.
committee Of the House Pacific Railroad Committee
agreed to recommend Southern Paci1c Railroad
on the thirty-sec0nd parallel, from San Diego, Cal,
to Marshall Texas ana to grant the franchise to the
southern Transcontinental Railway Company. The
route fixed upon, the gauge Of the road and the
provision Of the bill relating to the running arrange
ments with connecting roads are such as were sug-
gested by the committee OF the Guf States men, COM
posed OF Messrs. Sheldon, Sherrot, Perce and
Clark. The Southwestern States to be literally
represented by incorporators from among their
citizens. This result has been reached after consid
erablc discussion. fear that longer delay might
leopard the passing OF an act chartering company
wthlberal aid has brought together al the Repre-.
sentatlves from the Gulf States who believe that the
opposition In the Senate win cease and that the bill
will pass at no distant day.
Remuneration of Naval Constructors.
The Committee on Naval Affairs OF the Senate, OF
which Mr.. Crasin s chairman, had long debate to-
day In regard to the enumeration OF naval construc
tors for losses sustained in their contracts with The
government for building vessels.of-war. The com.
mittee finally agreed to permit these naval construc
tors to go to the Court Of Claims Of the United States
for rehearing of their cases in relation to extra
compensation. These contractors state that their
heaviest losses ana increased expenditures in
CURED in the frequent changes and alterations in
plans interposed by the government at different times
during the construction Of vessels.
Commercial Stafistics-Decrease Of I'm ports.
Edward Young, Chief Of the Bureau OF Statistics,
furnishes from advance sheets OF an abstract OF
monthly report No. 4, current series, the following
nformation:--Tts value Of foreign commodities re-
naming in warehouses of the'United States January
81, 1870, was s52e76,725 against $685. SS5327 Janu
AIRY 81, 1859. Reducing the tola value Of domestic ex.
ports for the seven months ending January 81 $780,
specie values, we have s22s, ,031, ,214, which, being
added to the amount Of the reexpOrts for the same
period, shows excess Of imports over exports OF
only s3,o9s,572.
For the corresponding seven months ending Janu.
ary 81 1862 the OF imports over exports was
$685. s6217S. or the total gold value Of the domestic
exports for the seven months, ending January 81,
1870, sos 1852 consisted q MERCHANDISE, and
$243ss,177 Of specie and bullion. For the cores.
pondlng period Of the last fiscal year the value Of
merchandise amounted to s145, 1872 $50. ana specie
and bullion to $2s,6s6,7O7.
snlina, Turkey, Declared a Free Port.
The Department OF State has received Official IN
formation that Sulina, at the mouth Of the Danube
river, has been declared free port by the govern
ment Of Turkey.
Receipts from Customs.
The receipts from customs for the week ending
April 80 were as follows AT Boston, $476, $50 at
New York. 50, ,6O1. 900 at Philadelphia $2i2,546 at
Baltimore, $234,713; at New Orleans april 23l
$12s,63s; at San Francisco april 2a), s1Ss,593.
Total, ss,sl7,O4o g.
Postal Changes In New York.
The following changes were made by the POST
master General to-day:-David T. Payne appointed
Postmaster at wadhams Mills, Essex county, N. Y,
vice A. G. Han, resigned; Peter Condyat appointed
Postmaster at Eden Valley. Erie county, N. Y, vice
Henry B. Case, resigned.
Association of Druggists and Apothecaries.
The United States Pharmaceutical Association IN
session at the National Medical College, to day &C.
cepted Professor Herman Thomas NJ L.. delegate
from the Philadelphia Womens Medical College.
This Is the first time womens college has been re.
presented in any of the national bodies in connec
ton with medicine. The association is attended by
pharmaceutists-abou fifty in number-irom a II
parts or the country. To-day they were occupied in
fixing the standard Of all medical preparations for
the ensuing decade,
Personal.
Patrick Jones, Postmaster of New York, arrived
here this evening and had an interview of several
hours with the Postmaster General on business con-
nected with the New York Post office.
Judge Perrepont did not leave for New York city