The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-01

fund on hand to pay this bond.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Internal Revenue Receipts Disc barge ef
Clerks from Sixth Auditors Once.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sl.-Qovernment
receipts to-day: Internal Revenue,
81, $40, ,OO4 DO; customs, $296, ,2S7 36; total
receipts for the month, $1O,75O, ,468 II;
amount National Bank notes received
ut the Treasury to-day for redemption,
36O5, ,347 total amount for the
month, $20, ,000,0O0.
Eleven clerks have been discharged
from the Office OF the Sixth Auditor,
among them son Of the Auditor him
self, who held $1,000 position.
~, ,OOO, 900 Subsidy to . Da.
ricn Canal.
Argument was heard by the House
Committee this morning
In favor Of building, q ship canal across
OF two million dollars.
wlnslow, The Forger- Secretary Fish De.
h cllnes to Interfere.
In the fugitive forger, Winslow, case,
Secretary Fish has, after consultation
with members Of the Cabinet, decided
to deny the request made by prominent
Bostonians that the Government de-
mand the extradition OF the fOrger
Winslow, holding that the matter was
not one requiring or justifying interfer-
ence by the Federal Government. Dis
patches have been sent by cable to Rot
terdam, which will reach that city ahead
Of the fugitive, and suits will be CON-
menced to attach $125, 900 In Govern
ment bonds and 430, 900 In gold which, It
is believed, Winslow took with him.
SPEAKER Kerr Declines Being Considered a
Presidential Candidate.
Speaker Kerr has addressed letter
to Mr.. Reall, OF Philadelphia, endorsing
Governor Hendricks, OF Indiana, for the
next President. Mr.. Kerr says: 1T Is
that my name shall be used In oonnec-
tion with the National ticket Of this
year."
The Morrison Tariff Bill Radical Changes
Tea Taxed Fifteen Cents per Pound--Cof.
fee Three Cents.
The tax bill introduced in the House
to-day by Mr.. Morrison makes radical
changes in the tariff. It proposes.
among the many articles, to tax cigars,
Cigarettes and cheroots Of all kinds Is 50
per pound: tobacco In leaf and not
stamped, forty cents; tea, fifteen cents
per round; coffee, three cents. No In
come tax is provided in the bill. Goal,
slack or calm, Is placed on the free list.
Appropriation BIN Reduction the Order
apt Of the Day.
The legislative, executive and judicial
approprietions bill was further consid-
cred this morning by the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. The partiCu-
lar Department under consideration was
the Treasury. As far as the committee
have gone, they have applied the ten
per cent reduction OF salaries and twenty
per cent reduction Of force to all depart
monts.
House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.--Ho,tse. The
Sneaker directed the Clerk to read the
journal of Friday and Saturday last.
Mr.. Platt, Of New York, made the
point of order that the journal OF Fri
day should have been read on Saturday
In
The Speaker overruled the point Of
order and said that the Chair on batur.
day decided properly that the journal
should not be read, as the session was
for deh8ta only, and the reading Of the
journal should have been In the nature
OF business.
Mr.. Platt remarked that It was con-
trary to all the precedents.
The Journals were then read, after
which the Speaker called the States FOR
bills and resolutions for reference only,
and the following, among others, were
introduced and referred:
By Mr., Cox. OF New York-To remove
political disabilities Of George Hawkins,
OF Alabama, and VIM. u. NaQry, OF
By Mr.. Ward, OF New York-To pro-
vido for the responsibility Of Govern
ment for all imported merchadise while
in its custody; also for reduction OF
duty on laces made by hand.
BY Mr.. Mackey, OF Pslnsylvania-To
amend the act In relation to the re-
moval OF causes from State courts TO
United States courts.
By Mr. Payne-To revise section 4765
OF the Devised Statutes relating to oallow-
ance fees in the prosecution OF bounty
nv Mr.. Atkins, OF Tennessee Grant
ING pensions to tho soldiers Of the Semi
mole war.
BY Mr.. Riddle, OF Tennessee-To re:
move the restrictions on the sale OF leaf
tobacco by the producer; also, to secure
& reciprocity OF rights OF seizure under
the processes Of courts.
nv lr. Starr, OF Nissouri-To organize
the National Railway Company Of the
United States OF America, and to pro-
vide for q double track for the transpOr-
tation Of freight from the Atlantic sea-
hoard to the Western seas.
nv Mr.. Glover, of Missouri--A bill
authorizing survey Of the Mississippi
river from the mouth Of the Ohio to
Keokuk, Iowa.
By Mr. Mills, Of Texas-A bill author
izinr the President to appoint two GEN.
tennial commissioners from the State OF
Texas in place OF those now acting.
Bv Mr.. Faulkner, Of West Nifgsnts..
A bIu to apply the proceeds OF sa!es oa
a,,hiio lnn4s n the adncatiOn OF the