The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-25
PHILASDER.
January %, 1871.

nue. was before the Ways and Means
committee in regard To the general
workings OF the Internal Revenue laws
with such amendments as, in,his jnds
meEt, should be adopted at the pres
emf session. lie recommends the re.
peal of the income tax-then the re.
peal of the section giving moi.ties 10
supervisors and Collectors He does
not propose TO make any change in
the tax on whisky, hut no wants somc-
thing done to facilitate the export OF
whisky. There were various other
minor amendments which he propo.ed
which met with approval.
There are various runors Of Indian
tronbles with the Apaehes in New
Mexico during the early part of the
winter. News was received here o.
the failure o. the supply Of food
among those Indians. and immediate
measures were takep TO get IA appro-
priation in the case. An aTproi ration
of a thousand dollars was voted by the
house, but waits in the senate The
necessity Of immediate action to pre-
vent war was callcl 10 the attention
Of the President, who signed the nee.
essary orders fror the wardcpar,inent
to have subsistence temporarily fur
nishea from the army pasts ne ar.
II WAS from this failure to supply
provisions that war is pending, but the
Indian Office is now doing all they can
toavert the danger till the necessary
appropriation is obtained. 1t is then
hoped the Anachcs will settle qlietiy
on their reservations. Measures are
now o f OF to have Cochise and other
chiefs of the Apaches to visit Wash
ington.
Mr.. Porter, of Virginia, attempted
again YESTERDAY 10 introduce into the
house bis resolution calling for an in
vestigatlon in the case OF Cadet Smith
at West Point, and tn have a letter
read which he had received from NJ.
Clark. of Hartford, Mr.. Wood OBJ
jected. and Porter will ask the house
on Monday to suspend the rules in or
der TO pass a resolution. directing the
the Committee OIL Military Affairs to
inquire what legislation, if any is nec-
ess;,ry TO prevent Cadet Smith from
being i'll treated and prosecuted on ac-
count of his color. and also to inquire
what Legislation Is necessary to reires
the wrongs hereto'o e practiced upon
him. Tine etter referred TO, from
MIR. Clark, speaks of Cadet Smith as
being Of great ability, truthful and
correct in his department in every re
spect The writer had proposed tax
ing NTH from the Acade ny, in July
Oh account of the prosecutions to
which he was subjected; hut in an IN
terview with President Grant, the
latter said: Don't take him away;
the battle might as well be fought now
as any time" SO he was permitted
to stay,
G, Z. WashbuIn n, chairman Of the1
special committee IN the postal. tele-
graph system, laid before the house
yesterday several important commit
nications in relation to the operation
o: the postal telegraph system in for
eign countries, Mr.. Scudamore, who
has charge of the British postal tele
graph, gives al elaborate account of
the system, and says that when he
government took possession OF the
Office there were ten hundred stations
which have since been Increased to
hundred. The people fnI
1t 4 great advantage under the new
system, as they have one company
which they can hold responsible,
while under che old system there were
companies. The number of
messages for the quarter ending Sep-
show a vast increase over the
business of the preceding quarter
There is very little complaint, but
ON the contrary the system meets with
general approval and great and advan-
tapeOus improvements are continually
developing.
GRAFz.