The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
rnc uaTen.De!arSe Contest.

Thc Bo,sen-DeIarge Contest.
Mr. G. G.. Bowen, Of South Carolina, y
NOW here looking after his contested eiecllcn
once which will be taken up by the Co'nlis, y.
tee on Elections Immediately after the noi,-
dnvs All of his papers are before inc con-
mittec. but those of Dclarge are not, tile AT
.orney Of the latter declining to file thchl W.
cause Delarcc failed to pay the expenses ~
,nn1inr the taking of the testimony, aiiot nv
Ing TO 81 600. This attorney says tlat De-
LARGO has no prospect whatever ior tne Ie .sn.
t;on of the seat now held by hun, nut sii AZ
Poyven was clearly elected by the people VI
the congressional district
Taxation on Dividends, Etc.
coreral DAVIS before the adjournment OF tne
co,,oto Senator Scott reported from the COM
,n;ttee on Finance an amendatory Dill provs
H., tbat MI taxes on interest, DIVIDENDS, anu
,,nG;vided profits, heretofore assessed or coi
,nn,a5 Tro,n CORPORATIONS mentioned IN Sec
t;or f,fteen of the act to reduce lntcrliI CaAes
s sron tho time between the 1st OF August,
$40 and the lst of january, 1871, siiail pe
rcs,nded upon claim made therefor by the
commissioner of Internal Revenue. Notlnng
IN the act shall be so construed as to prevent
Tho collection or authorize the return OF any
such taxes for that part of the year OF 1917
nr;or 70 the 1st of August, and assessed or
colleoted at the rate of five per centum..
The committee, Ia their report, say that II
was not the intention Of the act of July, 1917,
to lew and collect any other OF greater tax
for the year 1870 upon the dividends of earn
ines. incomes. or gains by Tanks, trust COM
NAMES. savings institutions, insurance, canal,
railroad. turnpike, navigation, and slackwater
coro,,,ries. than was to be levied ana col
lectcd for That year upon other incomes.
THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue, IN
n communication to the Secretary OF the
Treasury, saws he Is of the opinion that the
amount of tax paid or payable upon the
earnings, &C., of the corporations referred To
for the last five months Of the calendar year
of 1870 is not far from S2,00O,0Oo.
Tariff and Revenue Contest.
The contest between the tariff and revenue
reform clements promises to be inaugurated
with yigor when Congress rca5sembes. The
latter have already perfected an organization
to keep members supplied with documents,
statistics, etc, and, i'll connection with the
American Free Trade League, will have sew
era representatives here during the session.
The tariff men are not so well organized,
though the Pcnnsylvanians are moving III
that direction. 1t is understood that they
are willing to 60 rs far as the Secretary OF
the Trcasury's recommendations, except as
to the duty on coal and salt, on which it will
be remembered Mr.. Boutwell, favors reduc-
ton ofduty ofiifty per cent. They will support
his plan to place on the free list every article
which is not produced in this country, but
will earnestly oppose any change Of the pre-
sent duties on iron, steel. coal, or salt. The
Ways and Means Committee and the House
are for reducing the tariff rates, and the tariff
men, therefore, looktO the Senate tor success.
According TO all indications, however, the
Finance Committee of that body are more
disposed to lower duties than they We're last
session. The salt companies OF New York,
Ohio, and Michigan, have forwarded Ti"or-
Gus protest against the reduction of duty on
salt Washington Observation-Disclosures Sun.
The Tichbornc Case.
A communication has been received at the
Treasury from the counsel for the defendant
in the celebrated Tichborne case, In which the
Secretary is asked to furnish him all the in
formation in his possession concerning the
whereabouts, in certain months in 1854, of al!
registered vessels of the United States bear
ing the name of Osprey. 1t will be recol-
lectcd that in the evidence in this case 1t was
shown that the contestant for the Tichbolne
estates was passenger on board an English
vessel named the Bella, which 1oundered OIL
Rio, on the South American coast, and that
he WAS picked up, among others, by the cap
tain of IN American vessel named the Osprey.
ys.e Colombian Debt.
There is due to this Government by that
of Colombia the sum of 200, being the
balance of awards under the conventions OF
1857 and 1864. No payment has been made
since 1868 The Colombian Minister here
wants IN extension Of time four years. That
Government Is represented as bankrupt. Its
whole available revenue il $500, 200, ana OF
this S25O, 900 has been lost by the failure of
the Panama railroad. 1t has, therefore, been
to suspend all works OF Internal
cut down the army to l,Oo0
men. reduce all salaries ten per cent, and 1t
is simply impossible for it to pay as things
now are.
MrN. Pollard.
The Circuit Court was occupied to-day
with the case of Mrs. L. A. Pollard against
Jacob Lyon for an alleged breach Of contract.
Mrs. Pollard and Mr.. Lyon made an agree
ment in 1869 by which she was placed in
charge of the st. Cloud Hotel, in this city, for
the compensation of one-titth Of the net
profits. No profits were realized, and in July,
1870, Lyon gave Mrs. Pollard notice that the
contract was at an end. She remained in the
house, however, until she was taken to the
insane asylum, and upon coming out she i'll
stituted this among other suits against Lyon.
The case took wide range, and the evidence
embraced many particulars of the domestic
life Of the parties to the suit, Mrs. Pollard
alleging that Lyon had offered her grave in
suit. The case will lie concluded Tomorrow.
Washington Letter.
A Republican from the start" told me to-
day that he met the Hon. George Fl. Pcnde-
ton in New York within 4 few days. He
asked the distinguished Ohio Democrat this
question "Are we to have union of all
men opposed to Grant for the presidential
tight:" Mr.. Pendleton replied, with great
promptnesS and elrnestneSS, as follows: of
we do not it will not be the fault of the De-
mocrts. - Washington Correspondence Chi
cago Times.
William f. Purcell, we'll known in this
and for upwards Of twenty years
Judge of the Orphans Court of the District
of Columbia, died at his residence, in Wash
ington, on Friday night. Judge Purcell was
q native Of Prince William county, Va, from
whence he removed to Washington in 1914.
In 1916 he Was appointed by President Polk
rs judge of the Orphans Court to succeed |
Judge Causine, resigned, and which position
he held until 1869, when he was legislated |
out byact of ngress.--4lerandr1a Gazette.
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From the ParkerSburg Gazette 49,.
The West Virginia Commissioners.
The commissioners appointed to ascertain
the amount of the debt of Virginia payable
by West Virginia have been in session in this
city for the past week, and we believe have