Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-03-29
EVENING STAR.


| ENENlNO OlAR.
Washington News and Gossip.
| INTERNAL REvENUE--The receipts from this
urce to-day were sos. .l26.55.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PRINTING will
begin the examination of witnesses in reference
| to the charges against Mr.. Ciapp, Congressional
Printer, tomorrow morning at 81 O'Clock.
A GURss.-Olive Logan lectured last night, at
Lincoln Hall-subject, " Girls" We suspect
that she delivered a pretty lively lecture, but
the press were placed so far from the stage BY
the lecture committee that this is only guess
Miss JULIANA MAYS CONCERT, tomorrow
night, at the Masonic Temple, will certainly
draw large attendance of our music lovers.
who have not had a recent opportunity to hear
this distinguished vocalist. The programme of
the concert is a very fine one, and the attrac-
tions altogether are OF high order.
A DELEGATION, representing the National
Banks throughout the country, was before the
Ways and Means Committee this morning. and
protested against the Ith section of the Funding
bill making the exchange of bonds compulsory.
sented by W. $. Huntington and Fitzhugh Coyle.
The CoLoRED BOY appointed by General
Butler as cadet at West Point has been declared
ineligible by the War Department authorities
being under the requisite age, seventeen years
General Butler says he will try again, and has
no doubt he will find a cOlored boy who will be
eligible.
The REGIsTRATIoN-IT COMMENCES Moy-
DAY-On Monday the registration of voters
prior to the June election will be commenced
in the First Ward. The bOard-Messrs. Cook.
Donaldson, Donoho, CrOssman and Booker
have determined to sit five days in each ward.
from to O'Clock, but have not yet appointed
their clerks.
NATIONAL THEATKR.-This Is the last week
of that great artist, Mr.. Joseph jefferson. and
he appears this evening in two of his most
attractive characters, 4" DR.. Pangloss," )" in Cole
mans fine old English comedy OF the Heir at
Law. and also as 1" Golightly," in Lend Me Five
Shilings. We are glad to see that the stock COM
pany at this theater has been much improved,
and the comedy tonight is admirably cast.
NoMINATIoNs.-The President sent the fol,
lowing nominations to the Senate to-day:
John Ii. johnson, James G. Walker. John
Franklin Bates, John Il. c. Clark David r..
Smith, and VIM. W. Tucker to be Justices of
the Peace for the District of Columbia.
John w. Allen to be Postmaster at CI ,yeland
Ohio.
Mulville Martin to be POstmaster,at Delevan
Wisconsin.
THE INCOME TAX.-In the Senate this morn
ing, Mr.. Sherman introduced an amendment
A House n1J,tin Il
meaning and intention OF the law relating to
income tax. The amendment provides that the
several duties on incomes, dividends, and sala-
ries shall continue during the year 1870, and so
mnch OF said taxes as are not paid during the
year shall be collected i'm 1871. After the wear
lSlO the tax on incomes shall be three per
ccntum.
THE CASE OF Gov. GoRHAN AND SEN.ro,
CoLE.-HOn. q. e. Gorham, Secretary of the
Senate, has prepared his answer to the charges
preferred against him ny Senator Cole and
which are to be investigated by the committee.
Messrs Ramsey, Toward. and Howe, appointed
by the recent caucus. The answer covers twen
ty-seven pages OF fOolscap, and Mr. Gorbam de-
nes all the charges, though he admits that he
used some strong language against Senator
Cole.
The SENATE PASSES THE TEXAS BILL
THE ST. DOMINGO TRRATY.-The Senate at
quarter past two O'Clock this afternoon passed
the Texas bill after striking out the proyiso
''that the act shall not effect i'm any manner the
conditions and guarantees upon which the State
of Texas was annexed and admitted as a State.v
The Senate then, on motion of Mr.. Summer.
went into Executive session, and resumed the
consideration Of the San Domingo treaty Mr..
Eye, being entitled to the floor, addressed the
Senate in favor Of the ratification Of the treatv
STATE TAXATION OF NATIONAL BANKs.-The
Supreme Court Of the United States, i'm the case
of the First National Bank of Louisville against
the State of Kentucky, has decided that the
property in a bank called share was Distinct
from the capital of the bank, and that such 2
share, as the property Of the shareholder
could be taxed by the State, notwithstanding
the fact that all the stock of the bank was i'm.
vested in Government securities.
CONFERENCE.-The Senate in Executive
Session this afternoon confirmed the following
nominations:
Allen Rutherford to be Third Auditor of the
Treasury, vice Reader w. Clarke, resigned.
VIM. j. Purman to be Assessor of Internal
Revenue for Florida, vice Lemuel Wilson.
John Hay, OF Illinois, to be Secretary of Le-
cation at Madrid, vice H0ratio j. Perry, sus-
pended.
James NJ. Mason. of Arkansas, to be Minister
Resident and Consul General at Liberia, vice
John Seys, recalled. =.
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