The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-21
Latest News from Washington.
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Ahe lax on Tobacco RzaI Vsf.isssey.
special telegram to rhc Dispatch.
ASHiHGToN, May 20.---l'!ir tax bin which
passed the House to-day was the bill r.
ported by Mr.. Dawes on the 10th of April,
Known as the majority bill 1t fixes the uni
form rate Of tobacco tax at twenty cents per
pound, abolishes tobacco bonded ware
houses, except for actual expectation. 1t
retains the tax on tobacco sales, and accepts
the doctrines of the Revenue De-
Faftment in details. The prominent points
hre given above, and the trade will recognize
which of the three bills have been adopted.
IL was passed rs originally presented, with
out single amendment. There is great dis
expressed regarding the tax rate,
winch does not seem to suit anybody.
The New York bondrd-wnrehouse men
are here in force, and express great regret
that the House h:,s failed to recognize their
claims. 1t /, believed The Senate will agree
to The abolition Of bonded warehouses for
home consumption. A. to the tax it is be-
lieIed the Senate Committee will make il
t"enfy-tour cents. The tax on sales will
probably stand, the Revenue Department
protesting that without that feature of law
they could not follow stock and detect
tIHuds.
lie TAX on Whi,kcy is consolidated al
siNtf-llve cents per gallon, and the receivers
taN ana TAX on ~;tles of spirit. are continued.
lhere L. no provision amcndatory ol the
beer sectlohs of the present law. Tmox.
Congressional.
NASHTNGToS, May 0.--Senatp.-Mr. Ham,
liton moved the expulsion of the reporter OF
the Associated Press from the gallery, who
IN 1 card charged Senator Conkiing with
falsehood.
Mr.. Splaguc objected, and the resolution
went over.
Both DcNlnc, the reporter, and Conklinn.
The senator. have covered themselves with
nntoriely III this controversy. Dcyine has
the advantage in respect 10 gIary.1
The extension Of the suspension Of the
hdJedS corpus occupied The entire day. and *
pending tonight.
HoHsp.-Pri,atc bills; occupied the attcIl-
ton OF The Hollsr this morning.
\ number OF bills We're introduced and re-
tclrcd, when the usual Mondays hliibu>tcr-
inm occurred over I'll: civil rights bill
The tariff aud tax hil was passed. Ii NOW
:coc- to the Senate.
Senate concurrent resolution for the final
adjournment Of Congress on the 18th Of May
WAS passed. [Applause.]
\ resolution offered by Mr.. Cox AL
tloriZln% ihc President to protest aGains
The crllcitic> TO jews in Komania va
adopted.
The civil service bill was considered. !
approprintcS 81. 100000.
Mr.. Butler, nt Massachusetts, moved I,
suspend the rules and pass thu lOlowin:
resolution:
Whereas the House is Informed by tclc
graph that al Il meeting OF the Exeter Cham
bcr Of Commerce Sir Stafford Northcorc, VIII
prc-idcd, in Il speech stated that the under
standing oi the British commissioners wa
that promise had been given that the clai
for indirect damages should not be pre-
Scntcd, but it was Necessary that the Amer
can Senate should not be placed in position
requiring confession that wrong had bccl
done, which statement, by leading mcmbe
Of the Joint High Commission on the part O
Great Britain, deeply concerns the good faitl
and integrity of the American commissioner
and the Government, us well as the honor O
the nation therefore be it
"ReSOlred, That the President Of tht
United States is hereby requested, if not de
trimental to the public interest, 10 Uniform th
House whether the Executive has an,
knowledge al amy promise being made bl
any official person that the claims for indi
rect damages shall not be presented to tn,
tribunal oi arbitration and if SO, by whom
such promise was made or understanding
given; and if any, what arrangement.
were made with the British commissioner,
or the British Government by which the
American Senate should not be placed in ;
position requiring IA confession that wrong
had been done, Or WhethQr any arrangement
whatever had been made with the Govern
mcnt of Great Britain or any official thereo
by which the action Of the American Senate
was to be controlled or Influenced in the be
lief and if 80 by whom, when, andaaby whit
authority such arrangement was made"
While the House was dividing Mr.. Con-
said: 'T7Ie honor Of our country is Involved
in this resolution, II there has been dis
houaE,ble humiliation, lrt us know the
worst, and who i> responsible"
The motion 10 suspend the rules -an(
adopt the resolution was srejccted-yaas, 100
nays, %; less than twothirds in the afrma
tive.
The resolution was then referred to tht
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Heavy Claim against tiie Government
WASHINGTON, May 20.--Colonel w. W
Worden, as attorney for Mrs. Anna M. Fitz
hugh, filed the largest claim ever ,iICd before
the Southern Claims Commission. The de
lnand is for $40, 600 tor wood and timber
taken far supplying the United States during
the rebellion from the large estate OF Mrs
FitZhugh, in Fairfax comfy, Va, known Il;
RaycnsWorth." Among the napers IleC
is "A safeguard in the handwriting of Genera
Winfield Scott dated June IA, 1861, Which
reads: nMrS. A. VI. FitZhugh. of Ravens
worth, lady Of great excellence, conuentel
with the family OF the Father OF his Coun
try. is, with her family, servants, house, aul
property, placed under the safeguard OF the
army.
Railroad Matters.
WASHINGTON, May ao.-air. BraXton. o
Virginia. introduced in the House to-day
bill to authorize the Orange, AleNandri.
md Manassas Railroad Company to run ovel
the Long bridge and tunnel under the ,api
tol in order to connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. The bill is the same a,
that introduced in the Senate on Saturday b,
Mr.. Spencer. ~ !.
The bin authorizing a subscription o
5000 OOi, by the District Of Columbia TO the