The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-02
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| sWAshtNeToS, April !, The ssaats
Arms Committee this morning examined
MessrS Emory, Edward, 81 Mortimer and
L. Mckenzie. Their testimony wsas I'D.
void or any special interest," Secretary
Robson and Commodore Case, Chief d
Ordnance, will probably be exSninedto.
uiorroW' 5d0' auawgl aN l7ihra /
TAXATION BEFORE TIE W., AND N. con.
''tll4HN ssAR ~ MffFRE. -HSf llIslnIe
y Tbs Gommitteelaof Ways and Means
considered the snSIeetof bay ttm today.
On Thursday . a4hearing viii be givenato
tile cotton spihners. There isia sttong
disposition In the, committee 10, remodel
the entire tobacco clauses Of the Internal
Revenue act, so as 70 impose a uniform
tax of24 or 1G cents 30 1.lai. 80.
,.t THE CASE or DIR. HOWARD. g,.i! (
The President today sent a message to
tho House concerning tho case OF Dr..
Howard, ,rrecently condemned by Il Span.
ish court martial'fI- Cuba, [.
= REDtcT1oN on PuBlIc pElr.
The debthas been reduced during tho
past month over fifteen millions. as q
MRS. GRANT AND DAUGHTER GOING
;-,lat ~. ~ i5 III ABROAD. t.lif W gll /
Miss Nellie Grant, accompanied by
Mrs. Grant, will leave Washington 10.
night for Philadelphia, to Join ex.SecfS.
tary Borie and family enroute for Ed.
rope The President viii leave here
Tomorrow for New York, to Join the
party In that city wednesday morning.
}a ID THREE PER CENTS CALLED IN. sat
z The Secretary Of the Treasury today.
called in $1,750,000 Of three per cent
temporary. loan certificates of the date
OF August !, 1868. The following are
the denominations: $50, 900 from Nos.
3,024 to 1910; $4,000 from 2,4D6l to
$3.50. Interest will cease on the above
certificates on the 31st Of Nav, 1872, - i,
The following nominations were sent.
to the Senate to-day. for postmasters \
Eben Smith, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Il
B. Evans, TusCola, Ills. asr kaa Iaf I,
- The Supreme Court TODAY in a case.
from the United States Cir.
cult Court for Kentucky, decided that q
witness has no such right in a case To be
tried under the Civil Rights act Of April,
1855, as will give the Federal Courts Id.
risdiction, and that only the government
and the parties ID the record in this case
are TO beaftected by the decision. There,
fore, an oversight in the Indictment that
the important witnesses in the case were
colored, and men denied the right 70 ties.
tty inthe Kentucky Courts, did not give
the Circuit Court Jurisdiction in this case.
Representative Voorhees,, of Indiana,
introduced inthe House to,day and had
referred TO the Judiciary Committee, Of
which he is a member, a bill to aid the
enforcement Of the laws in the Territory
OF Utah: Ef' JEy&E,1Sf |.
Earl Granville's letter arrived here this
morning It is very, long document,
and will be read and considered in the
Cabinet meeting tomorrow. -y.-,--.-,,- /.
sRey.J. Selle Martin and Geo. L. Raffin,
ofthe Massachusetts delegation 10 the
Colored Convention, lcN here this even.
ing for that city, Both Of these delegates
are strong Administration men.
The Committee on Commerce hayere.
ported in favor Of the confirmation Of
John NJ. G. Parker for Surveyor Of Gus.
toms at New Orleans, Vice Gen. Long
street, resigned. lZ ilIR6a2 t9gH p