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From W%ashlnEton.
WASHINGTON, April ls.-ln the SEN
ate, to-day, the Naval Committee re-
ported favorably on the bill for the
relief Of the survivors Of the Oneida.
The Georgia bill was Gifted" and
Mr.. Drake spoke at great length In
reference to the Kuklux scoundrels.
In the House, the bill prepared by
Mr.. Paine for the apportionment Of the
members of Congress, fixing the num-
Der at 275, exclusive of representatives,
Of States to be hereafter admitted, no
State to suffer a reduction till after the
Forty-second Congress, was offered
and passed.
The Senate, to-day, confirmed John
Titus, Chief Justice, and Charles A.
Tweed, Associate, Of the Supreme
Court, Arizona.
General Butler proposes to offer in
the House a bill abolishing the Income
Tax, or instead thereof, assessing five
per cent. of interest paid on all in
vested capital, including National and
State bonds, on all loans remaining
longer than n year; on dividends from
banks, insurance companies, railroads,
etc., and on mortgages, leases and
rents, one per cent. on SUGGESTIONS,
legacies and deeds Of gift, other than
for charitable purposes, when property
falls to one Of collateral branch, three
per cent. ; when Of collateral branch,
five per cent, when a stranger or cor
poration, etc. All these collections to
be made by stamps. He also proposes
to tax manufactures and sale of spir-
ituous and fermented liquors ; to abol-
ish the office of Assessors and Assistant
Assessors Of Internal Revenue, and
establish such other offices for the col
lection of tax on whisky and tobacco
Us may be necessary, and to repeal all
other internal taxation.
The Mcfarland Murder Trial.
CHICAGO, April 1S.-The Tribune's
New York special says of the McFar-
land case, that there are indications Of
n reaction in public sentiment, which
before the trial strongly favored the
prisoner. Papers in and out Of the
city which formerly sympathized with
him, now ask for his conviction. The
tenor Of public conversation is daily
less favorable to him. 1t Is generally
conceded, however, that he will be
cleared OH the ground of insanity.
Mrs. Calhoun has received hundreds
of letters and visits since the attack on
her by counsel for the defense. Ora
ham apologized privately to Judge
Garvin for the indecent illusions to
her. and said he believed nothing Of it,
and only made the remarks with the
hope Of helping his client.
Strike Among tho Ship Carpenters.
New York, April lS.-Several hum
bred ship carpenters have struck
against q reduction Of wages from 81
to 80 80 per day.
New York News.
NEW YORK, April ls.-Delegates
from the Chicago Convention have ar
arrived to attend the Fenian Conven-
ton tomorrow.
At the annual meeting Of the Tam
many Society, tonight, William NJ.
Tweed was elected Grand Sachem, and
Oakley Hall heads the list Of Sachems.
From Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 16-yia Ha-
vana, April 1S.-In the National Con-
gress, serious charges have been pre-
ferrcd against Romero, before the
Committee of Investigation. Certain
provisions Of the Constitution were
suspended, and special power granted
to the President for the execution of
kidknappers; and the bill providing
for the construction of the Tehaunte-
pee Canal, was passed.
The death penalty is abolished in
Yucatan.
From Havana.
HAVANA, April lS.-The Captain
General telegraphs from Puerto Prln-
cipe that the insurgents under Gomez
and Diaz attempted to pass the lines
Of Valinazedas' Division at Cuinto
Abajo, but were met by two Spanish
battalions and repulsed, with a loss of
175 killed.