Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-20
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
Congress and Cadet Smith
Transporting Goods In Bond
The North CarOIina"Ku
The Birthday of Robert Flee
WASHINGTON.
Congress ConvuIsed over the OoIored
Cadet.

congress Convulsed over the OSlored
Cadet.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Porter. of Viz
ginia, attempted again yesterday to intro
duce into the House q resolution calling
for an Investigation of the case of Cadet
Smith at West Point, and have letter
read from Mr. Clark, of Hartford. MIR.
Wood objected, and Mr.. Porter will ask
the House, on Mondy next, to suspend
the rules in order to pass resolution d.
recting the Committee on Military Affairs
to inquire what legislation is necessary TO
prevent Cadet Smith from being i'll treated
and prosecuted on account of his color
and also to inquire what legislation is
necessary to redress the wrongs hereto
fore practiced upon him on account of
his color.
The letter from Mr.. Clark speaks of
cadet Smith as boy of great ability,
truthful and correct in bis department in
every respect. The writer had purposely
taken Smith from the Academy in July
on account of the persecution to which
he was subjected, but in an interview
with President Grant the latter said, Don't
take him away, the battle might as well
be fought now as any time. So he was
permitted to stay.
Paris CaPtured--By RumOr.
A report was circulated yesterday even
ing that the French had capitulated to the
Germans and that telegram to that effect
had been received in the United States
Senate. Among the anxious inquirers at
the newspaper offices were gentlemen
connected with the Foreign legation.
Some were not little disappointed that
no such news had been received, having
given credence to the report.
The Income Tax.
Gen. Pleasanton, the new Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, has come out in
favor of total abolition of the income
tax. To day he appeared before the
Ways and Means Committee and recon-
mended legislation to that end. The esti-
mated revenue from the tax on incomes,
at the new rate of q per cent, is about
81, 600, 900, and the Commissioner thinks
that the cost of collecting it viii almost
equal the amount collected. The Ways
and Means are more favorable to the abo-
htion of this tax than they have been
heretofore, though not wholly committed
to it. Secretary Boutwell, is said to be
opposed to the abolition of the tax, and
fears that if it is abolished some of the
special taxes will have to be restored TO
keep up the necessary amount of internal
revenue.
Gen. Pleasanton also recommended
that some law be passed providing for the
export of spirits.
The POstOffIce Bill.
The Senate Committee on Postoffices
and Postroads have reported back with
amendments the House bill to revise, con-
solidste and amend the statutes relating
TO the Postoff1ce Department, so that no
obscene book, pamphlet, picture, print
or other publication of a vulgar or lnde-
cent character, or any letters upon en-
velopes on which scurrilous epithets may
have been written or printed, or disloyal
devices printed or engraved, shall be
admitted or carried in mail on penalty.
Postal cards are authorized under the
rules and regulations of the Postoff1ce De-
psrtment The committee retain the sec
ton abolishing the franking privilege
transportation of Goods i'm Bond
To-day committee of gentlemen, con-
sisting of Messrs. r. Smith, w. II. Harring-
ton, Ben. Eggleston snd II. d. Huntington,
representing the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce, called upon Secretary Bout
well relative to the modification of the
recentregulatiOn made under port of entry
act of July Il, 1870, governing the
transportion of goods in bond across the
continent without breaking bulk. The
committee represented that having con-
ferred with Western importing merchants
and officers of railroad companies, they
found the following provisions would re-
move the main objections, aud secure i'm
mediate action on the part of merchants
and railroad companies.
l. Special Inspectors of the Treasury
Department on the line of bonded rail-
roads will not be appointed exceptin ex-
trsordinary cases, where the Secretary of
the Treasury may deem it necessary.
2. Railroad companies whose teImini
may be at the port of first arrival will
give q general bond, which will be con-
strued to cover transportation of goods to
theport of final destination.
8. Importers may give bonds for any
specific amount to cover imports of
double value of each invoice, including
duties to be entered on their bonds, and
where the amounts for which such bonds
are given, shall thus be entered, new
bonds will be executed. Bonds may also
be given to cover special invoices. All
bonds are to be given TO and executed by
the collector of the port of final destina-
ton, and certificate that such bonds are
satisfactory to that officer shall be suf-
ficient evidence for the collector at the
port of first arrival
4. The examination of goods at the
port of first arrival shall be for the pur-
pose of identifying the packages only.
5. On page 8, regulations 8, strike out
"each package and insert ''the came :"
and in form I'd, in last column, make it
read, EQUITABLE value of invoice" instead
of Suitable value of package
6. Where the railroad company may
not have sufficient bonded goods to fill q
car, they may carry other goods in the
same car, provided the bonded goods in
such cases are placed in boxes, to be
locked and sealed by the Collector of the
port of first arrival in the same manner
as provided for cars.
z. An officer OF bureau to be estab-
lished at each port of arrival, to at
tend the examination of goods for trans
portstiOn in bond, and such officers shall
be required to give special and immedi-
ate dispatch to such goods.
Secretary Boutwell, generally accepts
the suggestions which are substantially
provided for by law, except the third,
which he say cannot be adopted W ithout
further legislation. After careful ex-
animation of the statutes, and CONVEX
sstion with MIR. Barefeld, the solicitor
of the Treasury, the Secretary is of the
opinion that the importer must give bond
in each case, but it may be made and ap-
proved at the port of final destination,
and transmitted to the collector of the
port or the first arrival, who will receive
it without question and send forward the
goods.