New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-04

WASHING
Nearly Two Mil.ions Revenue Receipts
Hes,erday-United States Court at
Helena, Arkaasas-Bauks'K Report on
Cuba-Synopsis Of Eight Co,umns In
The Harald-LighthOuse In Florida
Increase of Pay to Assistant NJ arshals
| OF Ceusus-Amendmcnts to Income
Tax-Proposition to Tax Federal
Bonds keIected-Saccharine Tariff
| Reduction.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-!nternal revenue
receipts to-day nearly S2,0OO,O00
| The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
have decided against granting subsidies to
foreign cable companies.
The President made the following nomi-
! nations to-day: Wayne McVeagh, of Penn
sylvania, Minister to Constantlnople; D. B.
| CIiffe. Internal Revenue Assessor, Fifth Ten
nessee District.
The Judiciary Committee of the House
have unanimously agreed to report bill
authorizing terms of the United States
| Court to be held at Helena, Arkansas.
| The New York Herald publishes eight
columns of Mr.. Banks report on Cuba
The report opens, after giving many pet
| tions, with the following statement:
The Cubans had at Tara, October IL, 1868,
l47 men; 1000 on the twelfth of October;
$500 in November, and IL, 600 in December.
They have now 10000 well armed men.
| There are 5000 enrolled and drilled, but
without arms, and they claim that with q
supply of arms they can put into the field
2O.OOO fighting men; citizens, farmers, and
emancipated blacks, men of the country
fighting for its liberties.
These hosti forces have not forgotten the
objects for which they were organized, and,
from the declaration of Cuban independence
at Tara to this hour there has not been a
week. scarcely day, which has not been
marked in the calendar of war by fierce and
bloody contests. No revolution presents a
more constant and determined struggle.
The captions of the paragraphs showing
the character of the report are as follows:
proof of state of war" brutality
of Spaniards." american diplomacy
Character of the struggle" sympathy
with Cuba" mo Pope for SPAIN" Power
of Spain in Cuba" "Character of the volun.
teers and impatience of Spain" 'Duty OF
the United States" 'Precedents for recog
nizing Cuban belligerency."
House "A bill was introduced for an ap-
propriatlon to build lighthouse at Barnes
Point, St. Joseph river, Florida.
Amemorial and resolutions of the Israel
ties of Indianapolis WAS presented, calling
attention to the reported massacre of Jews
calling upon the President for any informa-
ton in the Department of State on the sub
ject. I
increase of pay to Assistant Marshals OF
Census.
The Indian appropriation bill was further
considered.
The House amendment making the in.
come tax three per cent was adopted by q
vote of lis to 78.
The amount Of exemption was raised to
| $4,000 by vote of l3S to 81.
An amendment, limiting the exemption
for house rent to $500, was passed.
| An amendment, taxing the interest on
United States bonds, was rejected.
The previous question was moved by Mr..
| Schenck, when the House adjourned.
| A vote will be taken tomorrow; then
comes the Georgia bill.
The sections Of Mr.. Schenck's tariff bill
will be offered as amendments to the bill
reducing taxation.
| Red Cloud and other Indians had an in
terview to. day with Indian Commissioner
Parker. Red Cloud wants provisions and
ammunition, and wants the tribe advised
| bv lightning of his safe arrival. The grand
| council with the President occurs next
week.
The following is the saccharine tariff re-.
duction, which Schenck will attach to the
tax bill
|
and three quarter cents per pound; on re-
fined sugar, stove-dried in loaf, lump,
crushed, powdered, granulated, four c. nts
per pound; provided that all sugar other
than refined or stove-dried, which has in
the process of manufacture been advanced
in quality above number twelve, dutch
standard, in color by being boiled in vacuum
pan clayed or liquored, in molds or purged
in centrifugal machines, or by vacuum pro-
cess, or filtered through bone black or its
equivalent, shall be regarded as clarified
sugar; and provided further that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall by the regula-
tons prescribe and require that the samples
taken by inspectors, shall be from the
middle of the package so as to get a true
average quality, and that the weights of su.
gar imported in casks or boxes shall be
marked distinctly by the customhouse
weigher, by scoring the figures indelibly OF
each package. On molasses from sugar cane
five cents per gallon; on tank bottoms, syrup
of sugar cane, juice of melada, concentra
ted melada, or concentrated molasses, one
and three-quarter cents per pound. Pro-
vided, that all syrup of sugar syrup, cane
Juice melada, concentrated melada, entered
under the name of molasses, shall be for
feited to the United States.
The following are the yeas on that Sec
ton of the bin taxing interest on bonds:
Adams, Archer, AXetell, Beck, Benjamin,
Biggs, Bird, Booker, Brooks (of New York /,
Burr, Butler (of Massachusetts), Cleveland,
Cobb (of wisconsin,, COburn, Crebs, Cul
lom, Dickson, Dockey. Dix. Dyer, Ella, Ed
ridge, Farnsworth, Fitch. Fox, Getz, Glib
son, -Griswod, Haight, Haldeman, Hambel.
ton (of Marylaud). Hamill, Hamilton GOT
Florida), Hawkins, Hay, Hays, Heflin, Hol-
man. Ingersoll, johnson, Jones (of North
, Carolina), Kerr. Knott, Lewis, Logan, Mar.
shall Mayham, Mccormick McNeiiy, Milne,
Moore (of Iilinois), Morgan, Morrisey, Nib.
lack, Orth, Potter, Randall, Reeves, Rice,
Sargent, Sheldon (of Louisiana), Sherrod,
Smith (of Oregon), Stiles, Stokes, Strader,
Sweeney. Trumbull, Tanner, Vanducker
Wells, Whitmore. Wilson (of Minnesota)
Wilson (of Ohio), Winchester, Witcher
Wood, Woodward-7S.
The following is the text Of Mr.. Kellogg's
resolution adopted by the Senate
ResolUed, That committee of five be sp'
pointed by the President of the Senate
whose duty it shall be to consider the Who'll,
. subject of redeemiDg the alluvial lands Oi
J the Mississippi Valley from overflow by q
complete and effectual levee system, ant
! what action, If any, Congress ought to TAX
to promote this object; that said committe
be authorized to sit during the recess of tn
| Senate. and to report, hy bill or otherwise