, 1876-03-14

protect 10 re7enss IN connection With goods
imported for the Centennial Exhibition. Tners );
10 no fond It the dsposat Of the Department
tfom xh1ch 70 pay tha extraordinary expense .
sd sof %: e9 e. fsa%5sd TO- ss saq
goods as the exhibition 1t is estimated that moi
less than 100000 will DO required for this pur.
pose.
TAX on GOLD sALEs.
Representative Fort to-day introduced but,
Wbtph uAa referred to tho Committee On Ways.
ar q aans. providing that on snd aftee tho 1et
q ~ 1 July ncIt thcre shall bo levied and paid
= on all ha,oe or contracts for sales, whether
8 ii or written. Of gold md silver bullion aua
= IT. tho ratio OF one-twenttoth Of por cont
, tbs amount Of sales or contracts for aatcs
'. ,efeof. 4 failure to make return Of aalas or
10 rendering Of fraudulent returns IL to he
1nsnt OF tho tax due, TO bo aoaessed by tho Cot-
lector on the best Information ho can obtain.
NATIONAL DANKB.
The Comptroller of tho Currency has called
upon tho National Banks for reports shcHing
their condition At tho close OF business Fr1lsy,
The 10Th Of March. The Comptroller has also
declared n.dtvidend Of 80 per cont In favor Of
tho creditors Of tho Gibson County National
Bank, OF Princeton. fnd.
w1Ann's EXPERIMENTS.
=, II apncs7e from tho ssatoment Of the Chief cf
the Bureau Of Ordnance TINT the Nut Island ex-
perimsnts ~ Norman Wizard resulted In no good. :
the guns either bursting OF wcro thrown aside;
FixcnDAcKs FRIENDS.
A largely.attended meeting Of colored persons
Tonight passed a eerfes OF resolutions declaring
among other things that tho Senato, Ia n'fastug
To seat pipchbaok, protessedly On technical
gEounds, did IN unjust act affecting tho,
colorod raoo, ignored tho rights of tho
sovereign 6tato. bowed to casio, and aided
prescription. robellloo. aud anarchy. The
md Paddock for voting Against plnchback, and
eulogize Sonator Morton, whose courBe they say
mako him atsing person for any position IN
which law and juatice may. bo cq1it4bly nd
rcsolute pe1son: These feaolutions veto sup
ported BY Fred Douglass. George L. Downing,
and othcrs, and unanimously adopted. A pro-
ccssion wae then formed and proceeded
ton was oomp1Imoutsd with se1enade. Tha
colorpd speaker who informed Senator Morton
Of what had taaon place ht tue meeting and tho
character OF tho resolutions aatd that heretofore
friends, but nov they could e1pfcss their grail.
tudo tn voteR. Senator Morton responded,
saying among other th!ugs that Ptnchback
was fairly and LOCALLY elected. and had tho sym.
the country. and that the great battle Of human
rights would DO fought III tho coming pFest-
| dental contest. Tho procession then proceeded
10 Capitol Hill, wle1o thoy eorenaded Piuchback,
| who returned thanks in speech.
| THE CENTENNIAL.
The House Committed on ApproprtAhons to-
daY heard Col, Lyrord, Commissioner John
| Eaton. auu Prof. Bond representing tho Gov
erntocns. charged with tho preparations for tho
Centennial Exhibition to be made in tho several
| departments, In advocacy Of an additional appro.
prlAsion Of $500, 900 for that purpose. Tho Doa1d
asked for about 81. 000 last yoar, but Con8sosA
appropriated only s5o5, 900. They now ask for
the remainder Of tho sum noododt and say that
With i.s aid the Government Exposition win bo
a magnificent display, worthy of the nation, and
Of tsoif alone sufficient to make tho autertaln-
mont Huccess.
GEN. BUTLER.
It is ourzcnt talk among the Democrats that
Geu. Butler IL hero for tho purpose OF opposing
tho confirmation Of Richard II. Dams. Jr., a.
ariulater to England. but tho story lacks oon-
fFuRtjQp.