The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-27
WASHINGTON.
Tho Collection of the Dividend Tax.
WAsHNGToN, July 90

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Z on dividends, &c By law all these taxes
. must bepaid by the lst of August The
cash in the treasury has been increased
D from this source about two million five
. hundred thousand dollars.
7 REPORT ON THE TARIFF,
The report on the tariff, just prepared
at the Bureau OF Statistics, contains sixty
5 five acts relating to the tariff They are
so dlgested that each law has all the arti.
; cles enumerated and arranged in alpha
betical order. The progress Of the legiS.
latOn is shown in series of comparative
tables, and the arrangement Of the tables
will show nj glance the tariff history Of
: every article as first introduced in the
: law, and subsequently amended There
were but few GnumGrati0ns in the early
tariff laws, commencing in 1850, never eX-
ceedlng 200; while tho Gnumerations in
the present laws amount to over fifteen
hundred.
Secretary DelanO returned 10 Washing
ton this morning, s.-
MUNICIPAL TAXATION OF BANK CAPITAL,
An important question has arisen re-
specting tho State and municipal taxes
OH the capital OF bank. The officers of
a bank in Louisiana have written to Secre.
tary Boutwell,, stating that the city au.
thOritics in which the bank is located
have assessed u tax Of three million dol.
lars on their capital stock, They claim
an exception from paying this tax, on the
ground that their capital Is represented
by bonds OF the new funded loan and are
consequently exempt from taxation The
matter has been referred to the Attorney
General, and his decision will sci at rest
the numerous inquiries upon the subject,
which are daily received ut the Treasury. |
The Secretary Of the Treasury, yester'
day, approved Of the application of the
Merchants Dispatch Transportation Com:
pany, and has forwarded bonds to New
York for execution. This Company is
the first and only one that has yet bonded
under the act OF July l4th, 1870, for the
Immediate transportation Of merchandise
to the West in bond without Appraise.
ment, or examination al the port OF ar
rival.
ARREST OF FORGER.
II. II. Bullock, the notorious fOrger who
escaped from Rockford, Ills, week ago
was arrested yesterday at tho Pension
Bureau, where he appeared and claimed
about years pension due him,
THE KENTuCY WAR CLAIM.
The decision of the Treasury Depart
nent in the case Of the Kentucky war In
demnity claims has been further delayed
by reason Of the representatives Of the
State desiring to make additional state.
ments concerning the subject before final
action.
THE KU-KLUX INVESTIGATION 81.
Gen. A. r. Wright, before the Ku. Klux
Committee to-day said that he was prac-
ticing lawyer and editor Of the Church
and }enHRtl, at Augusta, GeOrgia. lie
further testified that the people OF that
State were peaceful and law-ablding, and
that the laws arc as fully enforced as ever
they were before the war Witness said
that his law practice extended to ten Coun.
ties and from his personal observation and
knowledge lie could state that the negroes
enjoyed all the privileges in court accord
ed to the whites-in fact, juries seemed TO
lean little toward the negroes, from the {
apprehension that they might besuspected I
VI uulHS theul HluSlNS' III ASPl |
10 the question, whether he knew OF I
white men having committed offences
against the negroes he replied that he
had prosecuted white man for the mUr,.
der Of negro, and he was convicted Of
manslaughter and sentenced for the full
term allowed by law; in the same court
and In the same county n white man
charged with the murder Of n negro, was |
found guilty and sentenced to be hanged :
on the first Friday in September While
these trials were in progress twelve white {
citizens Of Washington county were ar. |
rested under the Ku.Klux' law and car.
red one hundred and thirty miles and Q
tried by q U. s. commission for an assault
and battery on negroes; they were keptin &
Jail several days, but on an investigation
before Gen. SwaynG and carpet-bagger {
named Lee they were acquitted. The {
witness said he had no reason TO believe '
there was any organized band Of Ku. \
Klux In Georgia for political purpose,
nor had lie ever heard Of any |
lie however, knew of II band I
Of marauders like Merrills gang c
that extended through ii portion Of c
tho counties Of the district in which he {
lived, and two white men, convicted in |
Washington county were suspected as be. I
longing TO the band A man named I
Hoes, who killed negro was found
guilty by the Military Commissioner, but
was pardonCd by President johnson !
This ssame man not long ago killed another :
person and was tried and found guilty and =
sentenced to be executed on the 4th Of J
August Gov. Bullock reprieved him
and his friends said In order to have him ,
pardoned 1t was necessary to make some
arrangements. In answer TO the question
as to, the nature Of the arrangement
the witness replied that they In.
volved the raising Of a sufficient amount of
money In the furtherance Of their designs. I
Having been asked what effect the dis. I
ftanChisement under the 14th amendment {
had on the public mind, the witness re.
piled that It was the cause Of complaint |
among the people against the government. '
The people nurmured, because the men
heretofore accustomed TO conduct the pub. /
lie affairs were kept out Of office, while {
their former slaves are now the law.mak-
ers. II the disabilities Of the people are (
removed and they were allowed 10 select |
their best men for the public offices, there
would be no cause Of complaint against
the government. The relations OF the /
white and black races are perfectly har- {
mOniOus. The negroes have been neither
cheated nor swindled but fairly treated.
Difficulties have frequently arose because
the negroes could not tell in calcula.
ting the shares Of their crops
whether one.tenth or one.third was
the most, Frequently arbitrators had TO
determine the question for them. The