Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-08
WASHINGTON.
NOMINATIONS.

NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, February THE
f0IOwiug nominations were sent to
The Senate:
Barbour Lewis, appraiser Of meT-
ChaudiZ5, Memphis; NJ. Mabelly,
Iowa, Ctief clerk Of public land; Jas.
IL. jerome, register OF land office,
East Saginaw; Edward Browning,
register Of land Office, Indianapolis.
VOTE on INCOME TAX.
The following is the vote Of the
Committee on Ways and Means, on
the bill 20 repeal the income tax:
Yeas. AIessrs. Hooper, Brooks, Nc
Carthy, Kelly and Orth. Nays
Messrs. Maynard, Allison, Marshal
and Blair. There was much discus
sion on the subject and il viii excite
much debate ia the House.
INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.
WASHINGTON, February The
Committee on Appropriations have
adopted q recommendation to the
Secretary Of State asking for an apprO-
priatiCu Of $4,000 TO meet the in
Cre5s9d expenses Of our Legation at
Paris, consequent upon the vast re-
guirements there while in a state Of
war; and also the increased expenses
of the Legations at London, Berlin
and Madrid, resulting from the same
cause. The committee also agreed on
an appropriation of $45, 900 for the eX.
tentiOU Of the Government Office on
Delaware avenue, and 500, 900 for the
erection of a IRE proof building on the
Treasury grounds, for the Treasury
Note Printing Bureau.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
The Committee on Appropriations
hrye pefected the deficiency bill which
apnr0priates Sl0,7S6, $50, exclusive Of
-Ig. 900 f1reEpeuses. Counting Teve-
uue from customs of an aggregate sum
are: Sis, ,434 for Treasury apprUpria-
lions by Committee Of the House;
s-U. 900 t0r Lighthouse; $220.O for
puuuc printing, and So, 900 Tor Freed
mems Bureau.
THE UNION LEAGUE.
he National Union League Of
America will meet in Philadelphia on
Thursday, the 10th, at noon.
INCOME TAX.
The bill to repeal the income tax
was referred 70 the Committee Of the
Whole.
The state Of the Union will proba-
bly, be considered on Thursday next.
GRANT THINKS GERMANY AND TEE
UNITED STATES ARE ALIKE.
The Speaker laid before the House
a message frCm the President calling
attention 20 the recent establishment,
10 Germany, Of political institutions
analogous Iu their character to those
Of the United States, and recommend
ing that the salary of the minister
and secretary Of legation be TesDec-
lively increased, the same as allowed
iu London and Paris. The recon-
mendatiO1 was received with laugh
Ter on the Democratic side Of the
House.
CLAIMS.
Mr.. CgburB, from the Committee on
Public Expenditures, reported a bill
providing that no accounts or claims
be adjusted by accounting officers Of
the government be repealed with
out authority specially given By law,
aud to forbid accounting officers 70 /
act on any account or claim, which
has not been presented within twenty
years from dale Of It's OrigiBatiOn,
unless the person having such claim
WIS an infant, femme covert, or a lu-
matte. The second section fOrbids any
person who is or has been an official 1
clerk or employee in public service to !
act a. agent or attorney in prosecuting
claims before the department or any /
branch thereof In which he had /
served, OF give information OF impart [
knowledge acquired by him officially /
iu aid Of claims against the United /
States. The bill as amended does /
not apply to any claim Of loyal 4
men against States formerly In insur-
rectiOn, which by operation Of the
law could not be finally settled and
adjusted, and all other claims will be
presented within six years from the
passage Of the act. Section sec
0nd is amended 50 as to apply only
70 persons who have been employees
Jf the government within three years. I
The bin then passed.
THE WEST POINT MUss,
Aspe,. from the Committee on Mill /
tsrv Affairs. made a report Of the in
vesdgatiOn into the expulsion Of the
three cadets of West Point Academy,
with resolutions directing the re5tOra- /
ti0n OF the cadets Baird, Barnes and /
Flaetinger on the lst Of June next, the |
dismissal of the ringleaders in the
affair. and the trial Of the other mem
bers OF the first class who participated |
an it. Ordered TO be printed, and its /
consideration postponed till the l4th. /