Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-31
CONGRESSIONAL
Senate.

W~ASuINGTON, Nav 2I,-Beck, uI Ken
tucky Intlud iced u bill u repeal cX sting
taxes ON capital and depUsits Of banks and
bankers, and 10 impose taxes on dividends
in exec 81 Of eight = r ceut. lief rEed To
Committee IN Finance.
Blame Of Maine, said when the CORE.
spunlcuce RELATE z to the appointment OF
DeliUssc a. a ember OF the Halifax com.
miesisu on Fisheries was called 70. some
two muntns since, II was said in the pIb.
lie press that the whole correspondence
was not submitted, as The resolution only
called for what had taken place between
our Government and that vi Great Britain.
II was now reported In the papers that
the Belgian q lvernment complained that
anything should have b en- withheld as an
act Of Justice TO Dellosse. he U utfsred
the fol 0 Ming resolution:
Resolved, .rhat the President OF the
United states be requested, IL not 10 his
judgment Incompatible with the public
interests, to communicate 10 the Senate
copies Of all correspondence not hereto.
fore submitted, and Of all memoranda aud
mimi es In possession Of the Government
relating to the selection Of N. Maurice
DeltOsse as one OF the COmmi, siOners
under the treaty OF Washington ON the
fisheries question. Agreed to,
Kellogg, OF Louisiana, submitted an
amendment to the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill providing that 10 order to secure TO
the states OF Louisiana, Alabama, Geor.
gia and Mississippi, the full advantages
To be derived from the construction OF the
several lines Of railway hereinbefOTe au.
thOrized, the New Orleans Railroad Com
pany, a corporation existing under the
laws Of Louisiana, shall have authority to
construct a Railroad from New Orleans to
Il junction with he Texas Pacific Railroad,
to form al all-rail line from New orleans
to an initial point Of ihs Texas Pacific
road, on the Pacific Coast, at SautiegD.
Referred TO Committee on Railroads.
The bill fOrbidding the further retire.
ment OF legal tenders was taken up. II
comes up tomorrow as unfinished bust.
ness,
The District bill passed The bill as passed
provides for the appointment OF three
Commissioner to manage the affairs OF
the District, two 70 be selected from civil
life by tue President Of the United states
and confirmed by the Senate, the third 10 he
an engineer officer OF the army. The rate OF
taxation was fixed at $3.50 on every 500 OF
real and personal property within the
city limits, and one dollar on each one
hundred dOlla ) OF real estate without tue
city limits Of Washington and George
town. Ihe Fejeral Government is t. gay
30 per cent OF the expenses u the District.
The secretary VI the Treasury Is 10 ply
the interest on 3-Bj bOnds,Oi the District.
and also or ate n sinking fund I r the pay.
ment Otthe prit cipal thereof at maturity.
All provisions for the election If any OH
Gals are stricken out. The Boards VI Ne.
trOpOlitan Police commissioners, school
Trustees, and Health are abolished, and
their duties transferred to the Commission.
ers oitOe District. A health officer is T.
be appointed by the Commissioners u
manage the sanitary affairs Of th1 Dis.
tricI.
Under call Of States, Nj. Wood intro.
duced q bill to establish a permanent sink.
ing fund. IL provides that there should
be appropriated for the fiscal veal, COM
mencing July, 1878, and for eacn succeed
ing year, out OF the custom revenues, the
sum Of $l0O, COO, 900, which shall be applied,
hrst, to pay the interest on the public
debt; second, TO the redemption or pur.
chase OF so much OF the outstanding pTin.
clpal Of the public debt as can Ge pur.
chased or re suced, at not more than par,
and accrued interest, all bonds so pur.
chased or redeemed to cease 90 bear In.
terest, and to be Cancelled and DESTROYED.
IL also repeats the Acts providing tor an
annual sinking fund. Section five Of the
bill provides that the Act shall be known
az the sinking fund Act Of 1878.
Among the bills introduced and referred
to-day was one by Vance, Of N. c., to
amend the bankrupt Law so as to secure n
the debtor his homestead to the value oil
1000 and $500 Of personal property.
The army appropriation bill was got Out
Of the Committee Of the Whole and in the
House the amendment increasing the army
to 5000 men, was defeated by two MAORI
~. The force, therefore, is fixed in TIE
bill ct 10000. A final vote on the passage
Of the bill was not reached.
The House, In Committee Of the Whole
adopted an amendment to the army bill
and transferred the Indian Bureau TO the
War Department by q vote Of ll3 to I07.