The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-25
WASHINGTON.
THE INCOME TAX.
WAsuNToN, January "a.

day, and those who have canvassed that
body assert that 1t Is sure to pass, though
some time may be spent In debate on Il.
The question is also sure to come up IN
the House before the close OF the session,
as resolution presented by MIR. Kellogg
early in this month requires the Ways
and Means Committee to investigate the
matter and report bill. 1t was in pur.
suance of this resolution that PlCasanton
was before the Committee last week. 1t
seems settled that the odious tax will be
disposed Of Mt this session, notwith'
standing the approaching end OF the ses.
sion and tho evident hostility OF the
House TO such measures.
MORE scuEMEs OF PLUNDER.
There IL no abatement in the steady
flow of land grants and subsidy schemes
that come in for reference to committees.
Among the usual Monday morning batch
of bills introduced yesterday, were five
land grant measures, one of which propo.
ses TO make larger grab than any bill
presented during the present Congress.
This Is bill introduced by Mr.. Price, of
Georgia, to give 100000 acres in aid of
tho construction Of the Atlantic and Great
Western Canal, to connect the waters Of
the Tennessee river with the CoOsa, to
give water transportation TO the Gull Of
Mexico, by the way Of that river and the
Alabama, and also to connect tho Tenncs.
sec with the ChattahOochic and Ocmul.
gee rivers, and open communication with
the Atlantic scabOard. The bill is
elaborately drawn, and It's authors no
doubt expect Its passage promptly. An.
other bill introduced by Mr.. Williams,
OF Indiana, proposes to give the Com
mcrcial and Manufacturing Association
of Steilaco, Washington Territory, $780,
900 acres Of land, TO enable them to es.
tablish wharf and ship yard for the ben
eft Of our commerce in Liverpool. Mr..
Cavanaugh, Of Montana, presented a bill
to give me usual land grant Ol twenty
sections To the mile to the railroad from
Cheyenne TO Helena, Montana; bills were
also presented to grant 100000 acres of
land In North Carolina, and 100000
acres to Vifginia, for educational pur.
poses II all the land grant bills that
were, introduced yesterday should pass,
about 100000 acres would be taken
from the public domain, or moro than
enough for one hundred thousand home.
steads Of 100 acres each.
THE INCOME TAX-No PROSPECT or IT'S
REPEAL.
The Committee on Ways and Means,
held q long session this morning on the
subject of income tax. General Plcasan.
ton was before the committee, and sub.
mitted u letter for its abandonment with
out any specified details. The Commit
tee returned the letter, requesting him to
enter more fully into the matter, and to
show what reduction would be elected
in the income, and what expenses might
be saved II the entire income tax was
abandoned. An outside rumOr says there
is no immediate prospect of the abandon
ment of the tax.
WEST POINT INVESTIGATION.
The Military Committee directed
to proceed TO West Point, was not mp.
pointed with reference to the colorcd ca.
Diet as stated, but to investigate the facts
connected with the lynch law proceeding
of certain members Of the first class, who
at midnight took three young cadets from
their beds and forced them to fly from the
Academy.
TOBACCO wAREuoUsISG.
Commissioner Pleasanton has recon.
mended to Congress the passage Of bill
extending the tobacco warelOusery sys-
TEN, so as TO give the dealers at the West
and South, equal facilities with those in
seaboard cities. A large delegation Of TO.
bacco dealers from New York, Philadel.
phia, Baltimore and Virginia, in an in.
tcrview with the Commissioner to-day,
informed him that al y meeting held this
morning OF the leading dealers Of the
country, they approved the recommenda.
tion oithe law ut present In force, which
discriminatCs very largely in favor ol
ports of entry. The Commissioner rs.
sured the delegation that the rllmored
changes in the regulation, requiring the
aftixing OF an export STAMP on packages
Of tobacco, was intended, but would not
be enforced ut present.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE ECLIPSE,
The preliminary report of Prof. Simon
Newcount, Of the U. 5. n, of his Observa.
tions ol the late eclipse at Gibraltar, has
been received at the Navy Department,
and shows, notwithstanding some adverse
circumstances, that he has been success.
full therein.
EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS.
The following nominations were sent
to the Senate; Leroy Tuttlc, Assistant
Treasurer of tho United States; Thomas
]. McKennh, Superintendent Of Indian
Affairs of Washington Territory. ]. NJ.
Trask, Agent Of the Tchaquascheutes Ol
Colorado; J. G. Littletield, Agent Of the
Grand River Indians of Colorado; j. b.
Monteith, Indian Agent, Ncz Pcrccs
Agency, Idaho; A. J. Curtis, Indian
Agent Of the territory of New Mexico.
SYMPATHY FOR THEPOPE.