, 1879-05-16
NOTES AND NEWS.


NOTES AND NEWS.
plsT1LLgRs' BiI1-
hotcfo! Dsratch to The Tribune.
WAsnlNuToN, y. c., May l5.-The Commit
ten representing Western disti!lcrsf lntcscsts
made m argument this morning before s1essrs.
EonGer mud Morrison In behalf OF tho bill ro-
Gently printed In TIE TR1huxB.
SENATOR MATT CARPENTER
has Gonc to Floritla, under medical advice, 10
the hope TINT the warm climate tnpy drive tho
neuralgia from his system.
TIE T0DAcCo.TAx.
The House Committee on Agriculture this
morning agreed to report bill which, IT, It
should become law, would very materially re.
duce the revenues of tho Government
from tho tobneco.tax, The bill pro-
poscs TO rapcnl so much Of tho sixth
clause of scc. 8,oit Of the Revised Statutes Of
tho United States as prohibits farmers aul
planters from selling leaf tobacco ut retail d.
rectly TO CONSUMERS without the payment Of
special tax, n,lsl to nllow farmers nild planters
to sell leaf tobacco Of their own production to
other persons than manufacturers OF tobacco
without speciat tux. The Commissioner VI liz
tcrna Revenue thinks that tho effect OF such a
bill would be to prevent tho Government from
s' f - 's 'o ~ oe''1e 'oe"'
'''o' --....-..
sAtk"'AkSFAL'
LcDue, Commissioner Of Agriculture, Is said
to have Givon nun e10,Do0 10 purchase sugar-
cauc for experimental purposes. The man bas
not been heard from, ard tho uouse Ia likely
to investigate tho matter.
punt.1o PRINTING.
P1bltc Printer Defrocs will reply to tho
charges BROUGHT uGnjpat tho Government Print
'ns'uiacc. hc ma1nsa'us that the high cost OF
p.nt'se tae1o IL oue 70 Inc lact slI.t fhc prices
ul tne iFpoefapn'eai Union are higher l'ere
ttnn IN Sortnern Cities while by law eight
,'outs IS aay,s ~ofK' a'lu thoao who work ten
Aoufs afo pa'u uaY ana quarters wages.
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
There have rcceutly been three decisions By
United States ,Julves III tin Sou,h M aomo a,r.
n,I1cnncc I,ara uurhas y. u..,., u, so...' sA ,'s
nlu,apee. 'nuse Aughes' a. Aiehmond' hos
accded tint Edward kcrner, cuiorcd inar,
nnsl Anry Hail, white wonlnn, who were
lawfully married here, but WHO wcrn sent tn
thr pon,,ort,o,v o,to' ,.,.v ,,.,. - VIII.
80. -. ," ".'ea ."e5 "'"s ~ F"e.a'a,
cahpot oe pfougnt before MIN OH writ or
hahcas corpus: Hughes, who Is a Vitginian by
birth, takes tic ground that tic United Statrs
-, ,,,.r-,oe. 1,aa's W., NV uueeA'o'.
Min has s,so,,,oa T., ~, 11rs,s,, Aa."o ;"
at,u,,. ,h,t nn,,,,,tr .. w., as: ssaa'..... ~
Al,ant'A '',,t ey"a"'1 uoes hot 'Hcan 'acht,tg,
a''d tila' she school commissioners nlay draw
the color.llnc. Judge Ersifinc, n nattvo of Ire
snvannnbfthnt ro,nmo, ,,r,icrs 1o,, tno ,,oh.
..'.,,. so's.'slo' '''o,S i1'e tut I.sns
w p'p''us 'lt1e'"aa hceo'''n9uat'ohs lot '1iRef-
on1 classes of PASSENGERS: Hu non-suisel col
orcd womn, who brought suit for uar,accs
against q steamboat from wAfen she wn. nnt
osInrc t~sau.n . raf,s,, ~ ,oa a' H. "as pus
w,ero Ma xnlte noe.n,,,,-o ~. n,,I 80 ,..,s
viii m. rc,,r,m. '''''~~'' ""'s' '''sA ~ 'e''"
"''" Wv ''~''' 0s0'
Tho Board OF Expcrts AppuIntcd by the secro-
tary Of the Treasury to ,cport unon lin hcs,
oIcvatnr. In mlon, ror tir f,,,nr,,,,,o,,t 1,uiI1
nr nt chtrapo mct m ncrc ,o,l,v 't. II ".,l.a 1a ~
w. w., following gentlemen Frederick Gsatf.
GF't EnFlotSr III i,l'tlaaeip!a, Chairman;
SMEutIe y. "!lsn1s, Muster Alnchii'lst ut s!!c
Esn,.,.,.,s u met. "'at ~ u. unrHaii'
vntnrs Nr u = Wr,na =" ,,,H ~ efs " !. ~ % s9
nf fifroV, a,,noura Inror'. t,.; ,tat -. ..aa,
ndynttns its q mr. ocl,,, .s1, ~, ~, iosul ,
hydrunnijc, Is Board Of Txnr,s IL ~"
al ,.rttcne,, If ar xsrept,o 80 & ~ .,.,, ~
1lIcn, of nais,,al rcfutatitn, rI,cy @ 'a arc do. h.
fertninrtl IN rivn ,l,c tI,ar,, ~
ti md w nrsnuaiix oru,a III G1ns'acta' ,
elevators In usc. M iI,.y mr." instrtsd -. so,srt
only thu yrry ust ,r' w,th,,t rss,nr ~ ~ a.
n,ovv,,.a vvu,,nr
f;,ovcr. ri ,tIs,o,r ,,,,n ,,,,,,. -, t,,,,u,,,a
ffDt, nf tk,, Iru..urr 't1or,r,,,,u.. =,
f:nnt.rres wh,s 80, ,,',!"a ~ .lG !ast
INV boiorc lie printg comwisee ] ~ G!iit1e Git2c,5 ~
published. '" in irfn,i,, @ Gn,t,c tanp!s @ ny
trrrs. ,,.'t,;' s .,, ta1ts'T @ @|uH'utitee ntst VI
1t 1s with the a,IlItrrIt,t ri nnv It,rr ,,rivn -,
stizen, yet the Caumt,cu Ia seriously consider.
I'M, thu psuprlety Ut Citizen tioyar's tletuu,ul.
ana will Y all probability bya majority vote
comply VIII IT,
NaFngsENTATivE 4. II. sTgrI!rss
tltent tia. tu lus nutInec in, fmnrrs fouait.
tee that he will rebel unless l,u is ussIrmt lin.
appropriation BILLS will be pusscd. Stephens
Buys he is III clllirn urcosl with Ills uurty, Iiit
ho thinks the nAjorlty especially tl!osu iron,
the South, consider the ,uttleu asllrs u,attcrs
Of very little consequence conlparcti with t!c
commercial md industrial subjects Which d.
tna'tl Congressional actun. liz lnyurs II uost.
ponotncnt OF AZ pu!t!cnl questions until what
Ae ca''h t''e fSs!es meaalrcs Hre passetl.
TlMuEN TltEeTs.
TO ne ,yr.tru .,,.oc,,trA },y,,,,
WAstiNaruN, ID. G., Mny l5.-'Tl,e lto,,s.
COMMITTEE on Public Lands to-tjay considered
lIcrher.'s bl relating 10 tic publlc a,tis Of lin
United Beltre mn! aGthorIzin,y III, f,hnrneu,, IN t.,