Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-13
WASHINGTON.
A Question of Importance to Mil
itaTy Officers,
Pete McCarty, the Noted COun.
terfeiter, RecaptUred.
The Government and the Pacific
Railroads.
The Postal Contract Business
Planning Out Badly.

Money Temporarily borrowed Not
Taxable.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The Supreme
Court to-day decided that money tempora-
rily borrowed by banker in the course of
business is not taxable as capital.
Important Decision 20 military OH
GERS.
A petitioner before the Court of Claims
represented that from March 8, 1869. TO De-
cember Z, he was first lieutenant of infant.
~ Of the army Ofthe United States; that Of
the compensation he was entitled to receive
by law during that period of time, S6S3,
was withheld for the alleged reason, and no
other, that he had been ordered home TO
await orders at his own request, and was
therefore virtually on leave Of absence.
The court to-day rendered a judgment in
favor Of the claimant; also in the cases of
twenty-five others who made similar petit
ions, the sums awarded ranging from 500
q 81 800.
RecaPture OF Pete McCarty.i
A telegram from the United States Mar
shal Of Texas reports the recapture Of Pete
McCarty, the noted cOunterfeiter.
Grant TiekIes Spinner.
Treasurer Spinner to-day received an
autograph letter from the President accept
ing his resignation as Treasurer Of the
United States, and expressing for him the
| wameSt sentiments Of regard personally,
together with a high appreciation Of his
official integrity.
Uncle sam Dare EOt EnjoIn Pacific
Railroad Dividends.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
. The Attorney General, 1t is said, has de-
/ cided that the Government cannot lawfully
l euiOiG the Central and Union Pacific Rail-
! road from paying a dividend on their stock
! before they have paid their obligations to
! the Government. This same question was
! practically involved in the Credit MObilier
1 case, at Hartford, last year. The attention
/ Of the Treasury Department was recently |
| called - the question Of the eXpediency Of |
! attempting to eujOin the payment Of these |
| dividends, from the fact that the Central /
! Pacific has already declared a SIX per cent. |
/ dSidend. There was good authority for |
/ the statement that the Union Pacific, which !
owes the United States about thirty mil /
lions Of dollars, not one cent Of the prin-
cipal or interest Of which has been paid, /
wss also about TO declare q like dividend. l
There seems, however, TO be insuperable
legal objections 10 the proposition that the
Government shall enjoin this payment.
The CCngrPSsmen who are here predict
that both Of the Pacific railroads, IN view
OF their refusing 10 pay anything to the
Government, although Offering to pay div
idends TO stockholders, will most likely be
made 70 experience very. severe legislation
at the hands OF Congress next winter.
The Grant Parish s'Ku-KIux.''
The Supreme Court. it now seems prob
oh ~. Cd
at this term. There doubtless are some |
political reasons connected with this pro-
posed delay. The friends Of the enforce
'melt act are confident that lis constitution
Blity viii be affirmed while!lotheTs, who
have good opportunities for forming an
opinion, belises that it viii he declared |
Unconstitutional. In no event can a de-
Cisiou be postponed until after Presiden-
tial election.
% The District Tax.
There are indications that some Of the
prominent taxpayers Of the District will !
decline 20 pay the personal tax imposed by
tie last Congress, or 10 make return under |
il, OTthe ground thltdhe Interpretation of
the commissioners is contrary TO The inten-
ton Of Congress.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rev.sDr. Byron Sunderland,
Chaplain Of the Senate, and Pastor of the
FiTs. Presbyterian Church of this city, IS
In trouble with portion Of his cOngTega-
liUn, and has at last risen to explain his
position. Tie reverend gentleman has |
run il yefy S.Tong on the war and truly
'lOval line of Christianity, and has also al
l0wed Fred Douglass to lecture from his
pulpit on political subjects.
The Pasteaiee Frauds Growing in Mag
EnItUde-A Whole Department Dis
. EEaced.
- Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
FerT valuable additional information in
relation 20 the methods Of peTpetTating the
frauds on the Postof;ce Department have
been obtained today. Some Of the parties
implicated have been promised freedom
from arrest in return for a full exposure Of
the machinery used TO defraud the Govern
meut. The facts asCertained relate to
various branches OF the. postal service,
and chiefly 10 the methods of perform I
ing service on. SOME Of the largest lines
in the territories, and to the means used to
procure contracts. II has been asceTtained
that some Uf the coEtr8cL0Is had arrange
ments' by' which they could procure all 4
bids filed from th6. departments al night
before the awards were made, so that lower ,
bids than any. receired could: readily be :
prepared.
There. were persons also briped to steal !
rival bids. There is a genera!
among a''large number. Of | y
and their agents now here. y
The Star says in ..Fetaryl % the matter: ! :
''The result, tbuSfars are only partial. In I
fact, the extent. TO which the frauds in :
question have Ler5t0lO.6 been carried on 3
Hr-T1 a.. H. 4asr
Uarties at present far above suspicion IN the 4,
public mind ars being gradually but surely ;.
in the tolls. and in all prObabili' = :
Iv viii soon bs called on to step down from L
positions wlach they haze used for their ;
own personal aggrandiZement and PrOiitfOr .
years past. On accounted the tupidity Of I -
these GGt-orthy public servants, the adEer- =
Using Of proposals, the opening Of bids, | y
and the award o. contracts. haze been a =
mere uaockeTy and fraud. Honest Een.WhO .
'anie here from distant States, in spite OI .
heir best eHdeayOr5, found themselves | ~
continually Circuthveuted By the machina- l. :.
ions Of thieves and plUuderers, and SO. far :.
vas this system uf fraud carried that. many / -
abandoned the field in disgust, \ y
inding themselves unable to. cope with | >
heir more UusCruPsiGIS competitors q
Some Disappointed Office e-seekers. :,
Special 20 the Cincinnati Times. m
some excitement has been created among tS
,jliticIans, by the discovery that the law ~
tie IetirementGf United States a
Judges on full pay, On attaining tbs age Of -
evenly years, applies only to Judges of !,
.uch courts as are provided for in and or Se
.aHzed under the Constitution, and not to :,
he Court Of Claims, which was created ::
~ Congress-. aud can be abolished by
LAT body lt any time, The general /
has. b6es that the Judges u
= the C6uSr of Claims could be 81
a.ired the same as the Judges of the Sus Al
ceme Court; and the judges themselves Ht'
,aye supposed this to be the case. If the -
nv is how. Interpreted correctly, and is / e
Ustainel, The designations OF Judges Peck Us
md I1riug. so confidently expected within ~
short time, viii probably not be forth 1
0uinE, which viii be a severe dBappoints "a
4egt 10 several Congressman, tho have 80
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