Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-31
WASHINGTON.
TIE INCOME TAX.

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WAsHINGToN, January 30.-In
recent conversation with q prominent
! New Yorker, General PIeasantOn said
he had received twenty letters from
| the West to one from New York and
/ other seabOard cities In support Of his
! position on the income tax. He was
animated only by the desire to get rid
/ OF the veXatiOus, inquisatOrial tax,
| whose returns did not justify the cost
| of collection. His attention had been
called to the statement made by Sen
/ atOF Sherman that not more than sixty
/ thousand persons in the country are
/ liable to pay tax under present eX-
| emptiOns. BE had not examined the
| statistics, but doubted the correctness
of the statement, as under one thou
sand exemption, seven hundred thou
| sand were liable. It hardly seemed
/ probable that not more than thenum-
Der mentioned by the Senator had
annual incomes Of over five thousand
dollars.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS IN CONGRESS.
The subcommittee on RecOnstrue-
| ton, consisting Of Messrs. Porter,
UpsOm and Morgan, at a meeting to-
day, unanimously agreed to report to
the committee in favor of the Senate
bill repeating the test oath.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, this morning agreed to report
favorable, without amendment, the
House bill providing tor the sale of
$50 or 500 acres Of present reserva-
tiOns Of San Francisco, and for the
payment of compensation to settlers
on the point Of the San Jose reserva-
ton.
Mr.. Bingham this morning submit
ted a report to the House Judiciary
Committee, on the memorial of Vic
tOria Woodruff, on women claim
ing the right to vote under the Four
teenth Amendment, that the claim
Of the memOrialist be not subject for
the action Of Congress, but for legisla-
ton by the State government.
The House Judiciary Committee re-
Gently agreed to report the bill for the
division of Texas into two Judicial
Districts, the effect of which will be
to legislate Judge Duvau and other
officers Of the United States Court Of
that State out of Office.
The same committee this morning
voted to report adversely on a bill Civ
ing additional representatives to GER
tain States in the 43d Congress.
The Senate Military Committee /
agreed to report adversely on the bill |
making the 3lst Of May, or deeora- /
ton day, national holiday.
TRADE WITH CANADA.
Directions have been issued from /
the Treasury Department that fees for [
fanrff
only on original manifssts, and goods I
passing rom the Uaiied States into 4
Canada and back are original mani |
tests, and have been held at the point |
Of departure. Two copies, one sent to ]
the point OF destination, and the /
other carried on by a conductor |
Of train, though certified, shall not /
be chargeable with fees, in cOnse- |
qUence Of several collectors designated |
as collectors. The consolidated dis /
tricts OF New York, Brooklyn, Phila- |
delphia and Cincinnati, not having /
had time to file bonds as such, the ap- |
pointment has not been acted on by |
the Senate. The President will to- |
morrow issue an executive order de- /
laying the proposed consolidation un- /
til the 18th Of February,
HONORS TO THE IRISH ExTIEg
The resolutions adopted by the /
House to-day, rendering a reception
to the Irish exiles, will be called ID
in the Senate tomorrow by Fanton.
1t is understood that In the event of
its adoption, the President Is to send /
a special messenger to New York to
inform the eXiles of the action Of
Congress. A Committee of United
1rishmen have been here about q
week, advocating this resolution.
NOAINATIONs.
The following nominations were
sent to the Senate:
Appraisers Of merOhandise-J. r.
Brigham, Milwaukee; Andrew Rob
ertsOn, Evansville, Indiana; Charles
i. Bayard, Cleveland, Ohio; Louis
Wetzel, assessor Of internal revenue
for the first district of Ohio.