The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1865, Page 2

— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. . Sunpay, July 23—6 P. M. The stock market auring the past week was somewhat unsettled, and quotations at the close were, with a few exceptions, slightly lower than at the opening. Never- ‘theless speculation has been mainly for a nge, and the ‘approhensions gf stringent money market have, to a ‘great extent, subsided, The uncertainty, however, at- tending the future course of the government in provid- jing for its nancial necessities pending the meeting of (Congress holds the speculative feeling partially in check, ‘The official acknowledgment that tne amount of unpaid requisitions is unusyally heavy, together with the secrecy which the Treasury Department preserves with regard to its affairs, fosters distrust, and hence national gold-bearing securities have experienced a decline during the last few days. It is. known that less than thirty millions of the soven-thirty loan remain, uotaken, end nothing more remain of the six hundred millions authorized by the act of March 3, 1865. At tho date of the last official statement of the national debt (May 31) the amount subscribed for Was $309,511,650, and the aggregaté of indebtedness was $2,635,205,753. Since then, notwithstanding the heavy subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan, the Secretary of thed'reasury has been compelled to pay seventy-five per cent of the claims upon him in certificates of indebted- nessand the balance in currency. The Treasury will have to provide, prior to the 15th of August, for the pay- ment of $10,900,000 on account of seven-thirty notes in addition to its current disbursements, and the debt of the countey is already more than three thousand millions, without allowing for the unadjusted claims. Neatly all the foyal States in the Union have at the same time unsettled claims / against the gov- ernment for the federal proportion of the expenses of enlisting, organizing and transporting troops according to an act of Congress to that effect, aud some of the States are already preparing to agitate in Congress for the payment in full of their war debts, ‘Thas it is evident that, with a still immense army and aavy under pay, the burdens which now press upon the national Treasury will not soon be very materially light- ened But by all means let the army and navy and other departments of the public service be re- duced as much and as speedily a8 may be found compatible with the national welfate; for the na- tional d-bt is a rock upon which the ship of state, in the polifical sense, may yet strike, and therefore its increase should be checked by all the means at our command. Meanwhile the Secretary of the Treasury should announce the policy he intends to pursue, now that his means of borrowing are nearly exhausted. There is no appearance at present of the Executive summoning a apecial session of Congress to discuss the questions of reconstruction, finance, and much besides, and, therefore, it devolves all the more urgently upon Mr. McCulloch to shed some light upon’ the ways and meang. ‘The money market was more active than during the pravions week, but the supply of loanable funds was equal to the demands of borrowers, and it closed easy at six per cent. It is not incorrectly supposed that the interests of the Treasury call for continued monctary ease; and although aconsiderable amount of currency has been withdrawn to move the wool crop, and the New England. banks, ag yet in the transition state, have not received their full quota of currency, and have, consequently, for the time being, oven less to lend than tifey had under the State aystem, there is no danger of stringency. ‘The gold market has been inactive but frm, notwith- standing sales of surplus coin by the Treasury and the abseace of any important demand for export. - Cash gold commanded at intervals during the week 1-32 a 1-16, and su exceptional cases % per cent per day, but. loans wore forthe most part made withotit interest, and the market closed easy, Tae extreme quotations on the strwol were: ~ we waa dull but firm at the decline of tho provious week, and leading drawers asked 109 at the close for their sixty day sterling, although sales were made on the street at 108%. Goverument socfirities were heavy on the whole, and the depression was assisted on 'Friday and Saturday by ‘saies Ly parties who are supposed to have bought eight hundred thousand of five-twenties at 106. The price de- clined on Saturday as low as 103%, but quickly reacted to 10444 w 44. The demand on foreign account was in- significant. The bank committee of thirteen, which somo weeks in mot to adopta plan for the parfedemption of country national bank notes im New York, Boston and Philadelphia, but adjourned without coming to any agree- meat, have, it is reported, at length arrived at an under. standing upon the subject.g The banks of the citics mentioned will, it is said, make their daily settlements aa hitherto through their respective clearing houses, pay- ing the balances against them in legal tender notes, but thoy will include in their returns the notes of the country banks. These last will be redeemable at each of the throe financial centres, according to the section of the country to which they belong. Thus the notes of the country banka of New England will b» redeemable at Boston, those of the Western and Central States at New York, and those of Pennsylvania and the South at Phila- doiphia, according to the specified arrange ment, But the consent of all the country Dauks das not yet been obtained, and some of these will doubtless refuse their assent to it, for it involves the aecessity of each of the country banks enjoying the privitege of a central place of redemption, having « balance to its credit at that point against which their bilis will be charged after the manner of ordinary checks. Not a few of the smali banks will probably think it pre- {erable to allow their notes to be at a discount at the fnancial centres to being required to keep a balance to their credit at New York, Boston and Philadelphia, which would be ali but useless to them in general busi- bes, it ts urged by the committee, a3 one of the articles of agreement, that the associated banks of the three cities pay out only their own and other current notes and ‘Treasury notes in payment of checks, and that they re- fuse to receive from their correspondents the notes of banks which refuse to join in the redemption plan, although they cannot decline them in payment of pro- minsory notes and from rezufar customers and deposit. The fact of such a scheme being deemed necessary shows that national bank notes cannot be entirely divested of their local character, and that their value will be to some extent exposed to the same fluctuations and contingencies which has attended those issued under the old State system. Country banks will have to sub- mit to the loss of interest on a permanent deposit in order to keep their notes at par, in default of which they will sep thom at a discount, and thus a‘new and Insidious form of depreciation will be superadded to that which affects the currency at large. Z The closing prices of stocks at the first board on the four last Saturdays were :— Fulyr. July 8. July 16. Juty 22. 54% 186% 168% 164 a“ 36 OK 8K OT wa io. 2% 1081072073, a acs is a“ 42 “ 42% 89M 40% Chicago aud Alton RR.... — 95, — 100 Delaware & Hudson Oaual.143 149 — 13 Hadaon River 1% «10 ~=—«(107 136137128 ay It 101 13% rd ini 40 3855 aT me 8% BRN 88 a 4 ee) By EBs Wi 100K “10LSs 106% 104 104 pets] 96 08: ‘The following table shows the amount to be paid on such day of the present weok for the various doscriptiond of the third and last series of the soven and three-tonths ‘Treasiry notes, which bear date Jaly 16, 1865 :— aso. diy & $50.10 daly 2.000 OL jn wu J 7 au 6. J 3 mh Sp Le 0b aa The valuo of the imports, other than dry gooda, at the Port of New York, for the week onding July 20, was $2,839,604. “The total imports of the week compare aa, follows. — Week endinig June 20, July 7 uly 1, Dry goods... .$1,396,000 1,298,443 1,240,829 General ae 24291083 1,466,340 2,446,345 2,830,604 Total ......$3,818,001 2,764,702 9,087,174 6,206,463 The New York imports of dry good# compare as fol- lows:— 3306 a 2,839,604 Por the week, 1863.° 1864. . Entered at the . $1,845, 1,486,001 3,366,859 Throwa on Ob...» 1,416,826 872,523 3,301,049 Since January 1. Entered at the port. ... $33,884,167 61,012,205 20,530,207 Thrown on market. tts+ 20,224,088 46,561,438 34,636,318 ‘Tho shipments of specie from the port of New York last week and since January 1, compare es follows with the exports during the samo time last yoar:— 1964. 1365. Twenty-ninth week. 9556, 464 132,115 Proviously reported. 059, 18,313,063 Total from Jan. 1 893, 18,445,178 Excess in 1864... + $12,170,715 The Home Insurance Company of this city will pay on demand a dividend of five por cent, free of tax. ‘The St. Nicholas National Bank of this city will pay, August 14, a scmi-annual dividend of five per cant, free of tax. The Broadway Savings Institution announce their usual semi-annual interest, at the rate of five and six per cent per annum, free of taa. It has been published that the next semi-annual divi- dend of the New York Central Railroad will be paid on ‘the Ist of August, This is mistake. The dividend will be paid on the 2ist of August, the 20th (the usual day) occurring this year on Sundar The following national banks have been authorized for the week ending July 22, inclusive: — 100, 50, - = 1,437, N'IB’ kof theSof NYNewYork ........ ‘000, Nat'l, Fulton Co. ..Gloveraville, N. ¥. 150, First... Fairfield, Iowa. .. a 5, Allentown. Pa. {$200,000 Second. Leavenworth, Kansas. 100,000 Frederick County. Frederick, Md. 150,000 National Rut 300,000 00,000 65,000 200;000 100,000 150,000 300,000 120,000 113,350 65,000 Natibnai City 1,009,000 Waterbury. ...---- Waterbury, Ve 80,000 National Unadilla: Unadilla, N. ¥.. 2 150,000 - National City......Ottawa, Ill. . 100,000 Citizens’ . Jefferson, Ind. . 150,000 Columbia, Mo. . . 100,000 Charlottesville, Va...... 100,000 n, Mass. < 200,000 : 000 . 000 ° 650 ‘000 ‘000 000, 000 ‘000 ‘000 000 000 S33: s 8 Capital of new banks, Previously authorized Whole number of national banks authorized to date 1,451, with an agregate capital of. . Amount of circulation issued to national bunks for the week. Previously issued... A New Orleans paper contains the following report of a decision by the United States Court in that city relative to the confiscation of the eatate of John Slidell, the rebel emissary. It appears that the banking house of Mac- uard & Co., of Paris, advanced two hundred and ninety thousand franca upon mortgage of Mr. Slidell’s real ent Louisiana, and they came forward through their agent@t New Orleans to prove their claim, which was disallowed, as also a similar claim by other parties for one d thousand france:— Judge Durell, of the United States Court, delivered his decision in the intervention of the Citizens’ Bank and of Macuard & Co. in the suit of the United States against Jolin Slidell, for confiscation of his realestate in the city of New Orleans. ’ The Citizens’ Bank based its claim on the mortgage executed by Mr. Shidell’s agents in this city in favor of the bank for one hundred thou- sand france. Judge Durell decided that such # mort- lg in fraud of the claims of the United » and was intemded to .resorve Mr. Slidctkg property from the country, so that it could not be reached, and that Mr. Slidell being a notorious enemy of the Untied Stntew, bis property waa liable under the Con- fiscation act, and could not thus be placed beyond reach ‘The Judgo further decided that the power of attorney filed by Mr. Slidell’s agents did not give them the power to mortgage his pi y. In regard to the intervention of Macuard & Co., po nay ged mortgage in their favor on Mr. Slidell's property for advances to the amount of 290,000 francs, Judge Durell decided that, when the mortgage was given in Paris, it was well known by the intervenors that Mr. Slidell was an enemy to the United States and a traitor; that he was acting as com- missioner of the so-called federate States ; knew the risk they were taking, and they grounded their hopes ef repayment upon the~ spect of the success of the insurgent States in overthrowing the authority of the United States. ‘ The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has recently rendered the following decision:— Tobaceo ues cep faded to September 1, 1862, and sold, but never removed the place of manufacture, is liable to the rate of duty imposed by the act now in force. Tobacco made subsequent to Sept. 1, 1962, and prior to June 30, 1864, if it has been sold, will be liable to the rates of duty imposed by the act of July 1, 1862, and the amended act of March 3, 1863, whenever it is removed beyogd the insurrectionary States; if it has never been sold, but {s still in the possession of the manufacturer, then it will be subject, when sold or re- moved, to the rates of duty imposed by the law now in force. wifactured tobacco in the insurrectionary ‘States, made prior to April 1, 1865, and not owned by the manufacturer when sold, either to be consumed in an in- surrectionary State or to be carried out of said Btate, is liable to the tax imposed by the law now in force, To. ‘bacco in the hands of a purchaser may be sold indefi- nitely within the insurrectionary States without becom, ing liable to tax; but when the same is sold to be trans. ported beyond the limits of said insurrectionary States it becomes liable to the tax imposed by the law in force at‘ the time the first sale of the same tobacco was made by the manufacturer thereof. Tobacco from Virginia or North Carolina cannot be shipped by way of New York to New Orleans, though the same wax made and sold prior to the establishment of collection districts in said State, without the payment of the tax, The tax would accrue op tobacco manufactured by a firm should said firm, on being dissolved, divide the stock on hand of manufactured tobacco among the individual members of the frm. Ifasale of said tobacco should afterward be made, to be carried beyond the limits of the insurrection- ary States, the rate of tax would be determined by the time when such first sale was made. In ail cases where any party shall make claims to have his goods reassured at a different rate from the current rates under the laws now in force, it will be incumbent upon him to show, to of the government. the entire satisfaction of the assessor, that the precise time when the gale was made entitles Lim to a lower rate of duty. Commissioner Orton has also made the following deci sions :— Tobacco that has become mouldy may be cleaned or reworked, if done under the supervision of an inspector, without rendering it liable to an additional duty, if a duty has been thereon, and if the tobacco is exempt from duty it will not become liable in consequence of such statement, Photographic pictures which are merely copies of works of art are exempt from duty when ever they are sold by the producers at wholesale at a price not exceeding ten cents each; but if sold at retail at any price, or sold at wholesale at a price ling ten = hn they are subject to the same stamp duty ag original Treascay Derantaxnt, Wasuineton, July 13, 1865. Smm—In reply to your letter of July 10, in relation to the duty on manufactured wines, 1 have to say that the Commissioner of Tnternal Revenue has suspended 0 much of Circular No, 20 as relates to the manufacture of imitation Iquors, but all other parts of it are still in force. The several examples given in your letter of manufactured wines, add upon which you aek informa. tion, are evidently such wines as are contemplated under section 94 of the net of June 30, 1864, and ander eaid act as amended by the act of March 3, 1866, liable toa duty of sixty cents r gallon. Vi lly, WILLIAM ORTON, Commissioner, Assessors and collectors of Internal Revenue are hereby informed that so much of Circular No. 29 as re- quires distillers, rectifiers, brewers or other 8 gaced in the manufacture or production of liquors sold as imitations of Bourbon whiskey, brandy, gin, &c., to return and pay tax on such imitation liquors, is sue. pended for the present. Collectors will not enforce the collection of any taxes assessed on such manufactured liquors, under instructions contained in the above named circular, unless specially directed to do so by this office, It ia distinctly to be understood that the suspension of Circular No. 29, herein ordered, relates solely to that por- tion of it which relates to the manufacture of “imitation ee, other than wine. The assessment and collec- tion duties on wine made of grapes, and on all other wines or liquors known or denominated as wine, must Continue to be made as ‘ided in the regulations. WILLIAM ORTON, Commissioner Treasvay Derantuent, Orrice or Intaanat Raverve, Wasnincton, July 14, 1865. Geytiamex—Your letter of the Sth inst., {1 whether it is necessary for shippers of goods t6 and domestic to stamps upon the dray re- ceipte in addition to the one placed upon the original Perea sce lotyen arias fo u y some person, rn Le eaee pr 4¥ an anstamped receipt of that character thereby makes himeelf liable to penalty. This burean does not undertake to decide who shall pay for a atamp annexed to a receipt in any particular case, That question mi phage yee wentioned | fd private contract, mont you are not covered by the amps aifixed to the bills of lading, but should thomselver be stamped like any other receipt for goods . en Q bmuaay a INS, Deputy Commissioner. The Boston Traveller, of Baturday, says :— ‘ The week closes with an enay supply of curreacy, whigh ix’ npn ‘There is a good, —~ terre ov e t undou! mercantile notes and acceptances, i Ieeccun signatures are in the streot at seven and eight por cont, while single named paper and the lower grades are ne- gotinted at higher rates, to a moderate extent only, and pag Ape dull of sale. The public securities continue to be in good request, but most of the other anbstantfal in- vestments are rather neglected. [n speculative stocks there ia more activity and prices are well maintaiued. The Secretary of the Treasury has designated the Alton National Bank, of Alton, Mlinois, as an addRional depository of the pablic money. The earnings of the Chicago and Nerthwostern Railway Company for the second week ia July were uN TOCrOAHC, 0... 60s rere ee tbe me oe OITY COMMERCIAL REPORT. Garona, July 22—6 P. M. ’ Asurs,—Receipta, 21 pkgs, Toe mace... il, but steady; pots, $1 50, and pearls $8, Stock, 753 bbls. Breapstorvs,—Receipts, 2,687 bbls. flour, 60, do. aod 601 bags corn meal, 21,604 bushels wheat, 56,721 do. corn, and 26,445 do. oats, The flour market for good and choice brands was fairly active, at @ slight advance, while toferior and common grades continued dull and drooping. The sales of State and Western were 10,600 bbls. Good to choice Canada flour was scarce and wantod at rather Ormer prices; gales 300 bbls. Southern flour ye uiet, the better grades were firm; the salos wero 8. 300 bbls. ro meal was in good demand and firm; the sales were 1,300 bbls. We quote. Superfine.State and Western flor Extra State. Choice State. Fancy and extra do. Common Canadian. ecoetwwwsaaR || esesssstaass Corn meal, Brandywine. Corn meal, Brandywine, puncheons, . + —Winter wheat was active, atan advance of lo. a 2c. ; while spring wax in moderate request and steady, sales re} of 89,500 bushels, at $1 78a $1 82% for amber Michigan; $1 90 for white Michigan; $139 a $140 for Milwaukee club; $136 a $140 for Chicago spring; $1 70 a $1 75 for winter red Western, and $1 563 a $166 for poor winter red Western. Barley was dul ‘and nominal. Malt was quiet and unchanged. Rye was firm, with sales of about 7,000 bushels, on private torms, Corn was more active, at an advance of 1c. a 2c. a bushel. ‘The sales- embraced 105,000 bushels, in part for ship- meut, at 81¢, a 83c. for unsound; 83%c. a 8c. for sound ordinary to choice mixed Western. Beacconss1acet Ssssasosssases wevrereveeeveres a Be. Corto. —The market was quiet, but prices were with- out decided chan~e. The sales were 1,000 bales. We quote: — os al Upland. Florida. Mobile, N.O.@T. Ordinary. 36 36 36 37 Middling; 148 48 B rt Good middling. 50 $1 51 52 ‘Corrré Was quiet, but very firm Fruicurs were duil, but prices were firm. The en- gagements were;—To’ Liverpool, 60,000 bushels corngin bulk, at 34d, a 33d. ; 14,000 bushels wheat, by steamer, ‘at 6d. ; 1,000 boxes cheese, by steamer, at 40s. ; and 200 hhde, tobacco, by sailing vessel, at 17s. 6d. The latest charters were:—A ship, 943 tons, from Bic to Bristol, deals, at 828. 6d.; two British barks to Cronstadt, 5,000 bbls. ‘petroleum, 68. ; a Bri London, tobacto, 328. 64. a Windward islafd, tons, to Kingston, Ji 60c., and back, losses $4 60; a brig, 276 tons, to Santa Cruz, Cuba, and back, eg oy 580. ; & schooner, 225 tons, to Sdvannah and back, $1,450, all charges paid; one to’ Bangor, flour, 27c.; a British brig, 289 tons, to Marseilles, staves and rum British bark, 495 tons, to Rosario, ‘railroad materials; a British be, Brain re to Rio Janeiro, and a steamer, 400 tons, to and back, on private terms. Faurr.—The market was firmer with a moderate busi- ness doing. The sales included'1,300 boxes layer raisins at from $6 80 a $7; 400 do. bunch at from $6 a $6 15; 60 cases quarter boxes sardines at 25}¢c. ; 98 bags Curacao peanuts $340 cash; 16 cases Turkiah nes at 19c, ; 26,000 Cat Island pine apples at $14;'7, Havana do,, $18; 60 bbis. Cuba limes, $10. Sicil ranges are in pore ly and command $12. Lemons are quiet and lower ; quote Palermo $10. quiet and unchanged ; 50 bales sold at 18c. lors! B5e, Hay was in fair request at an advance. We quote ship-' ping $1, and city bale $1 15 8 $1 20; new 66c. a 80c. per wt. Mowasazs. —The market was quiet but very Orm; sales 54 hhds. Porto Rico, T2c. a 80c. Laatuxr.—The rece! of sole during the week were 38,000 sides. @ demand for hemlock sole Las been from manufacturers and the Western and Jocal trade, and prices for desirable tannages were %,c. better." Oak sole was in limited supply, and prices ad- vanced 1c. a 2c. per pound under a fair inquiry. ‘The market for othor kinds was fairly active, and prices were firm. The closing cash prices were as follows:—28c. a 29c, for hemlock sole, Buenos it; BOIg0. a Be. for hemlock Buenos Ayres, middi @ 32c. for 5c. hemlock Buenos A: heavy; 27)¢c. ais i¢, for hom- lock Calioruay ugh Se. 2 atsge for hemlock Califor- Bia, middle; 8c. a 81340. for hemleok California, heavy ; 26c. a 27. for heml Orinoco, &e., light; ¥ for hemlock Orinoce, &c., middle; 255 lock Orinoco, &c., ; 0 2636. bemlock good damaged, all weights; 18c. a 20c. for hemlock poor dam- aged, all je. for hemlock upper in Dons nog Me. a 27 rough, all weig! 80c. « 34c. for oak, salted and slaught- er, light; 30c. a 49e. for oak, salted and slaughter, middie; 39¢. a 42c. for onk, sulted and slaughter, heavy;’ 45c. @ 2c. for oak crop, middle and heavy ; 41c. a 45c. tor oak light; 30¢.’ a 86c. for oak upper in rough; 1de. a 16c tor offal. PETROLEUN—was dull and heavy ; we quote crude 31 3,0. = and refined in bond 50c. @ 62c. and do. free 70c. a Provisions, —Receipts, 590 packages pork. Tho pork market was more active, but prices were somewhat lower, and at the close heavy. The sales included 8,600 bbis., ‘at $31 25 a $32 26 for new mess, closing at $51 50; $27 bon $28 for old mess, aah; $25 50 © $24 60 for prime mess, and’ regular; $23 a'$23 80 for prime; also i, weller’s 0] about 3,750 bbis, mess $20 50. The beef market was moderately d steady. The sales were 650 bbls., at $10 0 plain mess and $12 a $16 for extra mess. Beef hams were in limited suppl; & light busincs« doing at previous nomipal Bacon waa dull and nominal, Cut meats were in moder- ate request and advancing, with sales of about 600 pack. ages at 16c. 016'4c. for shoulders, and 19340, a 223¢0. for hams, Choese was quiet at 9c, a 153g. for common and choice. Butter was quiet, but firm, at 27c. a 36c. for State, and 190, a 27. for Western. The lard market was fairly active, and prices were a shade firmer. The sales were 1,450 bbls. at 18c. # 23c., the outside price for very choice kettle rendered. Rics—The ‘ket was quiet snd unchanged. Svgar—The market was inactive but prices remained firm. The sales were 480 bhds. Cuba at from 11 3c. a 18¢., including fwir to good refining fries and 650 boxes Havana at from 1146, @ 1514¢.. Refined sugars were in light supply and fair demand at 154¢¢. « 20'4¢. Tra—The market was firm under a moderate in We note sales of 750 half chests greens, 600 do. Ool and 800 Souchongs on private terme, TALLOW was heavy. The sales. included 105,000 Ibs. at from 10%/¢. a WHISKEY was st . bbls. at $2 10, and small lots at $2 103g a§$2 11, » with prices. iry. Prospects. ¥ [from the New Orleans Picayune, July 15.) The estimate of hag cam cotton in five hundred thousand bales. ¢ derangement of and the necessity of raising at once the wherewith to keep the wolf from the door have caused much less land to be lanted with the great staple than was at first supposed. fell informed gentlemen, who have recently traversed the cotton region, some of them skilled in such esti- say there never was so little cotton planted be- fore, not even in the midst of the war. In many dis- triets, formerly devoted entirely to it, scarcely a stalk or boll is to be seen. Tho falling of prices, both actual and Ere. in doubtless one reason; but the principal one is to be found in the labor and foéd questions. The total quantity of merchantable cotton on hand in the cotton re; at the present time is estimated at about 1,200,000 bales. Most of this will soon have the facilities for shipment. Already, since the doing with the five dollars per bale hospital tax, it is fast in. The receipts the last week were nearly twelve thou- sand bales, considerable of it from the Red river country. Could now the twenty-five per cent tax also be done away with, and actual free trade be Cod aged see! 3 4 y RXAMINATION OF JERRY COWSDEN. the Newark G3 J.) Journal, July 22.) mn, who wan re. The noted counterfeiter, Cor x berg, ta Hudson county, was contly captured at Gutten! brought up for examination this morning before United Btates Commissioner Whitehead, at the office of District \ttorney K . Jerry oy for @ postponement on account of nee of his counsel, Judge Stewart. The application was declined, and the examination pro- cooded, The presses, rollers and cater op liances of the counterfeiters’ trade were brought hither from New York, and are in ion of Mr. Kearbey. @he final examination of defendant was postponed not! next Saturday, in ordor to give him an opportunity to consult ‘with counsel, NEW PHASE OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Address of the Massachusetts Republi- can State Committee. Connecticut Legislature on Free and Equal Rights. Important Statistics from the Census Returns of 1860, | need The Social and Political Aspect of Universal’ and Unrestricted Suffrage of the Blacks, The Legislatures ‘of ‘Three Southern States Placed in the Hands of the Blacks by the Jacobin Policy. NEGROES IN THE UMTED STATES SENATE. Practical Results of the Radical The- ory of Free and Equal Rights to the Two Races, hee, Address of the Reps ican State Com- mitte HeapquaRrers, No. § Bromriatp Street, ) Boston, July 18, 1965. f To tar Peoria ov MassAcHosKrTs:— In issuing their _aunual invitation to the supporters of the national aud State administrations to meet in con- vontion for the purpose of completing their organization and Petey eg age for the various State offices made elective by the whole pene, the republican State Committee deem it proper to call attention to the present condition of public affairs as one which requires that a more than ordinary degree of regard should now be paid by every voter to his rights and obligations as a citizen. '@ desire to spoak to the people izons and patriots; but if we shall address the also as members of a politi- cal organization we shall deom uo apology necessary. During the contest which the loyal people of the coun- try made against all its disloyal elements, from the breaking out of the war up to the day of the Presiden- tial election of 1564, *& was found indispensable to main- tain and strengthen the power of our nization as the only Gope of the country against the triumph of the rebel confederates and their sympathizers, And now that the strife of arms is over and that of opinion begins, it is certainly no time for relinquishing those advantages which have heretofore proved so vital to our success. ‘Those who think alike must’ act together.’’ In this familiar maxim is found ample excuse for par- tics in a goverment like this, and especially in times of. publi¢ danger; and we apprebend It will be found that Tr thgadlsoussion und eettlement of the great questions whic qill arise between this time and the next Presi- dential election the same men, substantial! ho acted together in 1864 against the party whose success. there is good reason to fear would have given the victory in the field of arms to the rebel confederacy, will be again found acting together against the sane party, marshailed for tho dangerous pnrpose of depriving the people of the fruits of theit hardly won aud glorious victory. + This is no time for partisanship, or for catch-words, or for appeals to party prejudices or traditiopary attach- ments; least of all for any attempt to limit the bounda- ries of a party which we hope to see more and more widely extended until it shall embrace all friends of the country, by whatever party nume they have heretofore been known, But while ap organized political force ex- Key ke “ists hostile to the adn Lape which have triumphed in the nation, and watching for opportunities to recover its for- feited power, we deem it of vital importance to streugth- en and enlarge that organization which has followed the patriotic iustinct, and systematized and made effective the sound political opinion of the loyal States while the gallant armies of the Union were contending for its ex- istence on the field of battle. It is true that our organization has taken no public po- wition, for it bas had no opportunit; take a public posi- tion. on the new questions which arisen since the surrender of Lee's army, and which are dally arising. It is doubtless true, also, that there are, and will be, shades of difference of opinion on these topics among the sup- porters of the.administration in the various sections of the country. It is not indispensable that, for the present at least, these shades of opinion should be obliterated. We do not forget that a very large number of the sup- ers of President Lincoln’s administration, Ike the ident bimzelf, were slow to see the absolute neces- sity of the emancipation policy. But when they saw it, the party became a unit on that subject. Being the party of the country, all differences of theory, all preconceived notions, all personal prejudices within the party, which were finally found to impede the harmonious and effec- tive handling ot its power, were made to give way. The party of the country will not be less patriotic now; and when it #hall be made cloar that the safety of the ro- public and the fingncial and industrial prosperity of the ple—even the continued existence of the government with any sort of security against new wars and periodi- cal convulsions—depend upon a wise and cautious policy of reorganization, which shalb be satisfied with nothing lee than abuclute guaranlees for the satinction af that spirit of casie and proscription which is tha rcoi of slavery and the parent of civil strife, then the people will be as unani- mous for such a policy as they were last year in follow ing President Lincoln the abolition of that gross and hideous form in which slavery then presented itself to their view. The people of the free States do not intend to upon any crusade against the ancient right of th to fix the qualifications. of voters. Whether euch quali- fications be of property or of education, or of age and sex alone, is a matter of State coucern with which no one de- sires 'to intermeddle, But when the late rebel commn- nities, denuded by their own act of their State govern- ments, without legislative, executive or judicial depart- ments, without evem @ justice or @ constable who can legally exercise the functions of civil office, come for- ward as suppliants for pardon and for restoration into the family of ~tater, it is an exercise on our part of the sim- plest instinct of self-detence if we require that all consti- tutional and statuts provisions, all cvstoms, and usog-s, and traditions, slely based that institution of slavery which wad the ofigin.and mainspring of the rebellion, shall be made to give way. Laws and ordinances made for the government of chattels must not be perpetuated for the Pape of men. We do not ask the President or Congress to make use of any doubtful powers; but the power to preserve what the valor ef our soldiers and saliors has won ig not doubtful; the power to keep the country from avain falling into the possession of an aristocracy of caste—the to preserve us {rom another qaarter of a century agitation, to he followed, perhaps, by new re- ‘and more devastating wars, is a power which the people will not relinquish, and which their servants, we cannot doubt, will sooner or later be obliged to use. must be insisted on as the all volers, no matter whether But « dark skin, or a trace more or less distinct of African descent, is no evidence of disloyalty. Nor is it any test of intelli It is simply a of that servitude which we have been obliged to abolish in order national existence. Shall we consent to ann wc on eae ge under the two- constitut ovision, which greatly enlarj of their oting Jation, and tader the a & loys ly of u hites— towards our government has helped to and whose continued friendli- nsable in the futurer to say that some of the loyal ter wil Gave it trom destruction, ‘Bess will be no less indis} It is no answer to th States do not allow colored men to vote, and that we may aswell undertake to exclude Ohio from the Union as to upon. ‘We would not lay undue stress upon the mere Bu! Cg ME AT gd upon gi to the freedmen powers whi ever v to them, Reweeid conney. e are aware, too, that there are other questions of administration, the solution of which the bands of the President and Con, and which if rightly settled, as Nl be, will go far to ensure for us tranquility and safety. We notice with great satisfaction that many inevitable abuses, which bave been brought to light since the close of hos- tilities, have been promptly corrected by military po » And we are confident that a wise and humane policy will do what can be done in the future to protect the colored loyalists from the spirit of hatred and oppression. But it will be found that the secret of our peace policy is ‘icely what was Jound to be the secret of our war policy, that is—the necessity of wot and of placing in their ban 1 hed wo Pr themselves, t secure their own rights, and redress their own wrongs. To this complexion must it come at last, And the groat industrial interests of the nation, its financial stability and honor, the progress of the new civilization which is to make this continent the supporting | posoofil abode of @ hundred, million salt. : 4 ‘ ro ott all demand that the work of statesmanship shall wamriar” be weedy commenced end Eee ily concen on. Counties. WILLIAM IN, Chairman. Anne Arundel . 66 Amos A. Dunnela, Amasa Noreross, Calvert. . 450 Robert Jona. D. Wheeler, 5 : 10,721 Geo. W. Me Py Milton B. Whitney, Prince George . ort Geo. A. Shaw, HS Noyes, St, Marys... 416 Pe aN Beart a ytd Counties in which white population preponderates,.. 17 a oo NI ee a rge 8. Mer er, sacnapehae George James H. Rowley, Whole number of counties tn State.. sae Abram D. Wi Joba W. Chandier, White. James F. Dwiaell, ‘A. Hobart, = * fo Ovlored. J. M. 8, Williams, Francia W. Bird, - os oe C. H, Waters, Alson A. Gilmoge, * Vos, - § ‘ Thomas Talbot, * E. Thoraton, Jr., 2a oe Hocus Hosford, Waltor C. Durfee, ous ae R. M. Gould, rt Loth: 4 es A.C. Mayhew, J. H, Mitchell, ame 35,500 Luthor Hill, Charles F. Sw: | ba] 4 Mosos O. Ayres, Alfred Macy. De oes 4 Witiam &, Rosmeoy, Secretary. 3408 . sae Cuaaves W. Stace, Treasurer. 8'940 22'390 REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. 58 4 ‘The republicans of Massachusotts are requested tosend | yoo 0 in. v4 ort delegates to a convention to be held in Worcester on | yumdanns acin an Thursday, September 14, for the purpose of nominating | Fo ono, rics e736 candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary Madison "260 18'122 of the Comimonweaith, Treasurer, Auditor and Attorney eo ais General. Each town and each ward of a city is entitled | yoni ce. fin ro, a to one delegate in the convention, and one additional | yooh 0. tf by delegate for every two hundred votes in such city or 7 ward, according to the last census of voters. 8%57 Per order of the Republican State Committee, T1058 ILLIAM CLAFLIN, Chairman. sot Wa. 8. Rosmson, Secretary. 61055 ( Resolutions Passed by the Connecticat 4 : ature. $ 14'4et The Connecticut Logisiature has passed resolutions reed devlaring that all men ought to be free and have equal ies rights; declaring that the government of the United aoe States ought never to recognize any government which aor 1716 has beon Imposed upon any nation on this continent by 6, the arms of any European Power; that {t ought not to | Counties in which white population preps aderates.... 29 make pretences of friondship toward nations which have | Counties in which colored population preponderates.. 32 manifested ‘hatred of this country during the late dis- « = sia ho tat pe itgpe Cire sod of regan Whole number of counties in State........0.+.-.- OO ry his great ues, his undoubted patriotism, BORTE CAROLINA. and his eminent public services, has entitled himself to Count the confidence of the nation; afd that he ought. to be wa Ay a. sustained in the exercise of great freedom of action, and ‘ 8,504 in all his efforts to tranquilize the country, to maintain sea7 * its peace and dignity and to promote its welfare. 3,663 Numerical Strength of the White ‘and Mout Black Population. : 4,262 LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN ‘STATES IN 42,209 WHICH THE BLACKS EXCKED THE WHITES, ETC. ’ aac ‘The accompanying tables, prepared from the census of oo 1860, will enable our readers to judge of the effect, 3,526 socially and politically, upon the South, in the évent of 5,318 ; the right of elective franchise being givén to the negro, Mewdlnaover, Hor race without any restrictions. Tho tables give only those | Northampton. 468 counties in which the census shows the blacks were more Seennltntne 8,953 numerous than tho whites. There aro many other coun- | Pt. oon ties in which the two races are very nearly equal; but | Warren. "40,808 with a slight preponderance of whites over the blacks, In the counties enumerated the blacks will be able to elect negroes to the Legislature, and in three of the Southern States—Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina—they will have sufficient strongth to con: trol the Legislature and send negroes to the United States Senate. This brings the question of universal negro suffrage up in @ new aspect, and forces ypon the consideration of the public that impertant subject in a social point of view. In view of these figures, the Sumners, Wilsons and Chand- lers will be brought face to face with the admission ef, and the association with, neyroes as their equals in the United States Souate. It may bo safd, on the other hand, that the mortality among the blacks has been so great’ since the commencement of the rebellion that their number has been materially reduced, and that this preponderance of the race does not now exist. It mi however, be borne in mind that the peli tft as suffered a great loss by the accidents of war and disease in the Southern army—a loss which comes directly from the Voting portion of the whites. In addition to this, a large class are excluded from the right of voting by the excep- tion of President Johnson's amuesty proclamation. This 4 would ate the blacks still greater preponderance over the whites;and enable them to control the Legislatures of three or four more States, in addition to those which the census returns place in their bands had thoy the right of universal suffrage. 1 . ALABAMA, White, Colored. 7,118 9,621 31678 3,854 14,629 16,183 11,315 11,900 6761 7110 1,786 25)840 7,251 23,008 7216 8,001 8,302 19,354 2h 11,08e 14,765 6,761 24,410 5,026 18,177 12,128 23,780 6,916 8,751 : 9479 18; 10,117 12}200 10,936 16,656 6910. «18,116 2119 2,550 Wilcox... 6,795 17,893 Counties in which white population prependeratcs,.. 32 Counties i which colored population preponderates.. 20 ‘Whole number of counties in State, ARKANSAS, Counties in which white population prepunderates. .. Counties in which colored population preponderates. Whole number of counties in Stale... ceeceeeeeees O8 + FLontpa, White, 3,767 3,981 Jefferson... 3,408 Leon. 3,194 Madison, 3, Marion. . Counties in which white population Counties in which colorcd population prepon' Whole number of counties in State......... GEORGIA, White, 1,493 isi 1,636 Burke. 6,013 y 2,174 Camden 1,276 Clark . 5,699 3511 Di 3,407 2,207 Early. 2,092 Elbert. 4,697 Glyni 1,048 Greene 4,229 Hancoc! 3,871 Harris. 5,979 Housto 4,526 Jasper atm 6,9 4,133 6,08 Jones see 6,023 Lee. 242 4,956 Liberty 2,286 6,083 1,67 3,701 3575 4,874 1,429 - 417 6,578 8,762 6,753 10,200 2,984 7,013 4,014 7,635 2,966 3,169 2,278 2,369 3,742 4539 5,634 7,888 4,536 4,802 4008 $)622 1,603 2,800 Thomas 4,488 6,278 Troup. 6,223 10,030 ‘Twiggs 2,980 6,390 Warren. 4,347 6,473 Washi 6143 6 whit jes in which colored population ‘Whole number of counties in State... Lovimana. FY 1,544 7,189 8,190 6,908 1,250 6,048 9,102 ins $000 6,408 6,159 248 12'563 ant 8,621 on 0/616 . 2 Pa is is Madion., 1,640 12,403 Me 3786 6.673 ©6306 10,398 1,887 2)840 10,708 32401 2,508 5,809 4006 18,624 9,711 15,649 1m + 2,305 ‘938 41369 3,418 3m17 8,348 8,151 3,037 4,803 8.005 7609 8,508 13,308 1,470 14,500 6234 6.857 Counties ip which white pulation prepouderates-.. 16 population prepouderates.. 83 Counties if which ¢ol ‘Whole numbgr of countios in StatOy...sesceeeseges 8 white population preponderates. . OT, Counties in which colored population preponderates. . .20 Whole number of counties in State. Counties, ; Abbeville 20,800 Barnwell. 10 40,912 ( Tow 8,117 668 11,929 15, 238 S013 iigoa 5,048 8,038 10,529 13,399 5,373 7,061 7,000 13,879 8,108 16,788 6,863 11,444 6,857 17,008 8,670 10,065 Williamsburg. 6,187 10,308 ite popdiation prepunderatés.,. 10 Countiés in which whi Counties in which col population prepondorates., 20: ‘Whole numbor of counties in Stato.....s..00..00+0 90 Counties, White, Colored. Fayetle. + 8,826 SOL Haywood + 8,165 3067 Williamson Iyats 19412 Counties in which white population preponderates,,.,.78 Counties in which color ‘Whole number of counties in State.....-+..0+6 population preponderates... 3 wi Oolored. eAot ; 2,604, 2) 5116 2,007" 4,136 3,268 3,618 4,834 5,400 621% 8,786 + 1,960 2,017 13g 2108 2) 2811 4.098 4,208 4,056 4,135 7,271 1046 646 2,738 Counties in which whike lation prepsnderates, ..138 Counties in which beak yt populaiton preponderates.. 13 Whole number 6f counties in State.......e0.++- 2 AL ‘VIRGISIA. Gloucester. Goochland. Greenville. Hahfax.. Hanover. " & ee Ta sealatatate! FESS ET PEEh fj Be Sse 13 = pe e882 . 2,607 population er option proponderstos,. 44 ‘Whole number of counties in State. Counties in which white Counties in which colored Mexico. , RETURN OF GUNERALS LOPRZ AND OLVERA—CORTINA MAKES A SUPPOSED CASUS BELLI—RKBEL REFU- GEES—VISIT OF UNITED STATES OFFICERS TO MATAMOROS, FTC. {From Le Commerce, of Momncees SS The troops who, under the command of and Olvera, went to clean the cou! of hostile bands, returned yesterday in excellent conditién. Their con-, duct has won them praise from everybody ; the Lancers of Colonel Garcia are especially applauded. A casus belli of a vory grave character arises from the fact that Cortina has actually and almost officially estab- lished his headquarters in Texas. There be no \bt of the connivance of the federal authori- jna to commit Bo goverment, enjoined it what is this worth? concur ip saying that a great number of Con- federates, unable to bear the Yankee yoke, are arriving from all quarters to offer their services to the to paperer is asserted that a of about one It end to the interior. A umber of foderal officers visited Matamoros yoo. terday. These gentlemen will discover that other places besides Brownsville may be strongly garrisoned. on ox! among the arr ie war ot the Army Medical f Mary Harris was announced, the ing intereeti cineorsation was overheard:——‘Carrie, doar, will you Pee ee ee vonghe” Why, Boel I'm so wernt just lent my revolver to Mary, as sho hae found @ bean with 6 ‘#0 much more money than Al- fred; but, dear, Ican let you have my ivory bandied stiletto, with much pleasure.’ During the lote terrible rain storm at Leavenworth, ‘the creek running through the southern portion Fenks, carrying away two stone i