New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-02
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT
FOURTEEN AND A HALF MILLIONS REDUC TON
Sandwich Island Treaty Defeated
Two Much Cotton and Two Little Grain
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS
WASHINGTON.

Grant Going to Annapoils-Consul Gen.
eral to TampIcO-Ten Per Cent Dis
count on stamps over Five Hundred
Dollars Worth-T. ensury Estimatea
OF Receipts and Expendltur call
Stamps on Checks Two Cents-In-
erease Of Exemption on Income Tax
The Debt Stntement-FOurteen and q
Half Millions Reduction of Debt
Sandwich Island Treaty Defeated.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The President
goes to Annapolis to morrow.
Walcot Hamlin, of Maine, has been ap.
pointed Supervisor of Internal Revenue,
vice Harrison, resigned, who had charge in
New Jersey.
Senate. The Senate resumed executive
session on the Sandwich Island treaty a,
half-past one o'clock.
Mayor Bowen, in responding to an inquiry
of resolution of the Senate, places the
debt of the city at ST, 10000.
The last sale of city bonds was made at
eighty cents.
Henry A. Budham has been confirmed as
Consul General to Tampico, and Walker r.
Wentworth confirmed as Collector of Gus.
toms at Tappahannock.
HOuSe.-The tax bill was resumed.
An amendment allowing discount of ten
per cent on stamos for amounts IN excess of
$500, was adopted.
In the course of discussion in regard to
the penalties for washing defaced stamps,
Mr.. Schenck stated that it was the intention
of the Committee on Ways and Means to
wipe out the whole system of spies and in.
formers, and to allow no more moieties.
A treasury estimate, which was presented
during the discussion. shows the following
as the probable amount Of receipts for next
year:
From customs, sls5 600 600; from inter-
nal revenue tax, Sl75, 000, 900; from lands,
$500, 600; from miscellaneous sources.
S2S.000 600, making total OF 1889 600 600.
The estimated expenditures were S29l. .00O-
600, which would leave surplus OF Sl02,.
600, 600.
The amendment, fixing stamps on checks
for any sum, two cents, was adopted.
The income tax was finally reached, when
a long discussion indicating an increase of
exem ption to two thousand dollars, and con-
tinuance Of the present rate, the House
adjourned.
Senate-Senator Conkling introduced
joint resolution authorizing the use of a
patent arrsnee ement for making mail matter,
and the paying for of the patent.
Petitions were presented for the organiza-
tion of an International society for the pro-
motion of immigration, and against the in
come tax.
The reconstruction of the judicial circuits
was resumed.
The transfer of Virginia from the third
to fifth and from the fifth to the fourth Cir
cults, was debated and lost by vote of 80
to %.
Drake offered an amendment to correct
what he held to be an illegal aud i'm
proper designation IN the act of 1866, by
virtue of which the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States wrong
fully assumed, in the impeachment trial, the
title of Chief Justice of the United States,
when there was no such office agreed to in
executive session. Bill finally passed.
The bill to change the judicial circuits as
passed by the Senate constitutes the various
circuits as follows:
First-Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
cut. Secord-New York. Third-New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland and
Fourth-M Mississippi. Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas. Fifth-North Carroll
ma, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Tennessee. Sixth-Ohio, Mchi-
gan, Kentucky and West Virginia. Sew
enth-lllinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas and Missouri. Ninth-California, Ore
gon and Nevada.
All justices of the Supreme Court, except
the Chief Justice, are required to reside in
their respective circuits.
The Chief Justice is to, be known as the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. !
The debt statement shows decrease in
the public debt of nearly S14 100000. Cash
in treasury: Gold, sl06, 75O, 600; currency,
Sl4, 250. 600; sinking fund.- S35, 500, 600; bonds
purchased, SS3, 600 600.
The President today nominated E. P. |
Smith, of New York, for examiner of claims !
in the State department.
Red Cloud has arrived here. There is |
arge delegation of wild Indians here, but |
20 far nothing has been done. The Indians
are more disposed to listen than to talk; !
hey are wild and uncouth set.
The Reconstruction Committee will meet |
tomorrow night, when the Georgia and |
Tennessee bills will be disposed of, so far as
he committee have control. The committee |
eem indisposed to grapple with the subject,
md for the past two weeks have had no |
quorum, though Republican members make |
me.
The Senate objected to the Sandwich |
stands reciprocity treaty by vote of q to |
9. Quite number of the Senators paired |
if. The defeat of the treaty, however, is
ipnal as a tWO-thirds vote ia reuuired