The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-04-30
Washington .


Some time since the Senate amended the
House Bill SO as to exempt salaries not
received from the Government, wages of
labor, and all incomes of similar nature,
leaving liable to taxation only bank and
stock dividends and incomes from perma-
nent investments The bill coming back
to the House in this shape ON Saturday,
that body refused to concur, and voted
down amendments reducing the rate Of
taxation to three per cent. and exempting
81, 900 or So, 800. This leaves the tax now
just where it stands under the old law.
A letter has been going the rounds of
the press, written by jeff Davis, denying
the statement that Simon Cameron told
him before he left the L. S. Senate to
assume the head Of the rebellion and trea-
son, that a colored man would occupy his
seat in the Senate. The Philadelphia Press
has the following in relation to the facts
In 1861, about two weeks before Mr..
Davis left Washington to join his fellow
traitors in the South. Senator Cameron
met Mrs. Davis ON Pennsylvania avenue
In reply to her question as to why he did
not ''ceme and see jeff; the Senator said,
"Why dees not jeff ask me?'' "Well
ask you to come and breakfast with us to-
morrow morning. cat what heur?''-
''Nne o'clock" Il will be there
At the time mentioned Senator Cameron
made his appearance, and after breakfast
the conversation naturally turned upon the
then attitude of the South. Davis was as
usual, outspoken in his secession views,
and threatened that if it came to the worst,
and blood had to flow, war would be waged
in the States North of Mason and Dixon's
line. As may we'll be supposed, such words
were not pleasing to the Pennsylvania Sen
ater, and he answered in effect that the
rebellious section would be brought back
into the Union, and that he firmly believed
that, if the South persisted in its course,
not only would the slaves all be set free,
but that "One day colored man arW occupy
your seat, Mr.. Darts an tie United States
Senate -
Davis, in great anger, turned to Senator
Cameron and said that the North, not the
South. weuld suffer from the coming war,
and that he himself would "lead party
to burn to the ground your property, Mr..
Cameron, in Pennsylvania"
OF this incident Mr.. Davis appears to be
as forgetful as he has been Of his OATH
When the invasion of Pennsylvania was
attempted by the rebel army, one of the
generals received orders to destroy if pos
sible, the property of Simon Cameron and
Thaddeus Stevens. They burnt that of
the latter, and went Oh their way to destroy
General Cameron's, when they turned
upon their tracks.
This is a'plain, straight story. Cameron
fulfilled his prophecy better than Davis did
his threat
The Funding Bill passed by the Senate
will not pass the house, and new bill will
be brought forward by that body.
Information having been received from
the West that manufacturers of cigars in
New York and Philadelphia are shipping
cigars with label or caution notices attached
to the borders and doubling over the edges
Of the boxes, so finely printed as to escape
observation, except upon close scrutiny,
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
orders the seizure and detention of cigars
having thereon any such labels, and if the
use Of such labels is wilful and in open
violation of the instructions contained in
supplement No. to series 5, No. s, con-
corning the form, style, and mode Of affix-
ing labels or caution notices, proceedings
for fines will be instituted against manu-
facturers using the labels, under section SO,
act of July 90, 1868.
A conference has been held by the lead
ing Republicans of Virginia, at Richmond,
with the view of bringing about harmony
and concert of action among the tepubli-
can party.
Governor Walker, who was elected by
the Republicans, has, like Swami of Mary
land and Senter Of Tennessee, proved a
traitor. A platform was adopted on which
it is believed all factions of the Republican
party of the State can unite.