Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-26
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

!. Washington News and Gossip.
I>TEssAL EEvzvre The receipts from thi4
sorfe. to-day we've S2is,s12
II Tar PAoF SKID new federal I1.iitiyI iis-
re- Virginia 90 - saiI that Mr. AIsIanisr
RlTss 10 tn he .Idtg- AM = 4. Holt the Martial.
'sp o>Ly co>srsH ,Flo~ by the Senate
yesterday was Wa. BrJckNST, - he agent
fsr tue u'iiu.s ~ d.-r stn
THE P.x~.pEsT las s-pcI cards flr d.unnr
On the 2~-h iusr. . senator aId Nrs. r lnl1d-.
sena-Or su1 Hrs Ans, General AMI Mr..
Heglev. aud Senators Conkl ng AMI Anthony.
Hos. ArEv. CAtDvsLL, republican, was
strrlsy elected United states 5eua-O. from
Kansas Tor SIX years from the fourth OF March
NsIt.
RrCEIFTs FEoJ CUsToxs.-The receipts from
Customs for the seCs ending January ~ we're
~ feuo~s:-New York, al -93f .SfO3s Boston.
St52ii a.; Phils6lt lphis, SIS $40. -; Baltimore.
slSG,Io -. Total s3.62i ,o90S5
DECREASED PAY 10 THs CENSUS NAEsBALs
The select Committee on the Census have
agreed to report a bill increasing TIE pay Of
Deputy United States Ma-shsIs Who have been
Engaged on tie census, - that for field service.
The pay viii average from IS 10 - ger day. The
number OF the deputies Is about J0,ooo.
srcErTARY DrLAYo has ordered that no
person claiming act a. attorney on behalf OF
any iu6ian tribe, or any members thereof, shall
be recognized a. such hy the Interior Depart
nsHt or the Indian Office, unless said person
has duly executed power OF attorney fro N the
chefs o. rhe tribe nation. ackno siejPe5
before the agent for such tribe or nation.
TEE House Foreign Affairs Committee viii,
TsTort favorahiy a bill giving to George =
Robinson $500 aud gold medal, for his
bravery IN saving the life OF Secretary Seward
yhen attacked by Payne on the night OF PTesi-
mt IircOtD'S ASSASSINATION. Robinson is nov a
elerk IN ore OF the Department. on a salary of
- 100 year, and has wife and child To
support.
Bos. 5. =. Cox, of New York, has lssued in
N'tations for grand dinner party this evening,
- honor Of General Blair, the new Senator
from Missouri. The affair will take place a.
the Arlington. and the guests invited are prom
ment lights in the denocr attic psrty-among
shem Gov Hoffman. OF New York, A Oakley
Fan and VIM. NJ. Tweed, of that State: TI
senator Hendricks, Of Indiana; Senator cleo,
f"rse, Of North Carolina, and others.
SENATOR HITCHoOCK -Phineas W. Hitch
eses, elected United States SeDatcr By the
Nebraska Legislature, Is a New Yorker By
birth. He Is graduate of Williams College
n las and studied Az in that State. Soon alter
~ I'll AZ - 10 NEbEd-k1, setting omaha.
where ne pursued hIs profession. President
iInec!n appointed MN Marshal OF the Terrific
~ OF NeDTa-ka in 1861, and he held that Office
Gii elected delegate u the ThlTty-ninth Con-
sTess. lie was A member of the c0mmittee a.
pointed 10 ACCOMPANY the remains OF President
Lincoln 70 Illinois The new Senator Is re-
publican OF pronounced views.
TER NEW APPORTIOSMExT.-Ithav having been
sorjeetured that il the appointment act is
not passed in time to be applied 20 the I2i Con-
ress, the number OF Presidential electors in
iS'- VIII be determined b. the present basis OF
approximation, it j. proper 10 say that a. the
fresident will he elected at the same time a,
ths 45d Cor CTssS, both Will be chosen on the
new basis. THIS is in accordance viii the nrece1
cents OF l>32 and l.52. The only event in which
= faIlare 10 make the new Law apply to the I2l
CcI gyeSs can possibly affect the Presidential
e'tcliCn, WCull be "a failure 20 elect by the
People, IN which ease the choice vou!dhe made
b tie House Of the i2i Congress, sn1 Oh the
present basis.
A NAVAL BOARD TO CONSIDER THE CASE OF
THE PAssgD OVER OFFICERs.-The Secre-
tsry Of the Navy has issued circular, announ.
sins that board of officers has been arganized
snder an act OF Congress, approved July l., $50,
Ter tie purpose OF eSs aiming into the cases of
such oncers as nav deem themselves unjustly
res cd over BY promotions made in conformity
VIII The act OF Congress approved July p, 1856.
The board will meet a. the Navy Department on
the Isl prOE-. ami all officers concerned are not-
h.d 10 present their claims for consideration by
dressed TO Vice Admiral 5. 4. Rowan president
OF the board, at the Navy Department as soon
a. practicable The board will consist of Vice
AdmlfdI Rowan and Rear Admirals Bailey and
RadfOrd.
GENT PLEAsoxTOS on THE REPEAL OF THE
lSCONE TAx.-In the House TO day, Mr. Hoop
e., chairman of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, presented a communication from General
PleasODtOn, Commissioner of Internal Revenue
in which he says 81 regard the tax as the one
gf AL nNsf Rhr 20 t.a
our PEOPLE, being inquisitOrial in its nature.
and dragging into public view an exposition
OF the most private pecuniary affairs of the
citizen. Such IN unwilling exposition can only
be eompulsOrily affected thorough a mainten-
aEce OF the most expensive machinery; and
both the nature OF the tax and the means ne
ceSSdTily employed for its enforcement appear
70 lie regarded bv the better class OF citizens
with more and more dI>favor from year TO wear.
II : Furthermore most difficult fexact state
ment. especially in large business ramifcations,
arr where long periods or time are involved in
extended commercial affairs. There i. some
question "a 20 its cOnstitutiOnslity, but a. TO
that express 10 opinion. The amount derived
from that source has, under the legislation
already had, been greatly diminished, and am
teTbaiance the benefits derived from its longer
retention that recommend its immediate re-
peal"
Accompanying ths communication is IN ap-
prONilnate estimate OF the annual receipts from
income under the act OF July IL, $50. Inround
numbers sl2.' ,Oeo is given as the Approximate
receipts from income under :hst act, based on
the average returns OF the last four years. The
Commissioner says am, however. of the
opinion, that ia consequence of the general
prostrauon OF business, the gradual apprecia-
ton OF our paper currency, and other causes
unnecessary TO mention, the actual receipts for
the coming year. II the tar - not repealed, will
tall considerably short of the above estimate
would therefore, Tor reasons stated at length
IN my letter OF the 2Dth inst, again recommend
The entire abolition Of the income tax"
society.
Wednesday and Thursday are possibly the
busiest days Tor strangers who undertake D