The New York Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1867, Page 3

RECONSTRUCTION. VIRGINIA. SPECIAL COBRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Sumteable Settlement ef the Street Car Dim- ealty—Ne Ausrobonsion et Disturbance— Blacks and Whites Riding in the same Car— Delight of the Darkies—Excavating for Hu- man Bodies, &c. Ricemonp, Va, May 1, 1867. ‘The new order of things in relation to the street cars teok effect this morning, the blacks being allowed full permission te ride im the cars provided for the general Pablic. No appreheasion of a disturbance was felt, as ‘the arrangement was, in some measure, # voluntary one a the part of the company, and if the whites felt are- ‘pagnance to mingle in the street conveyances with the ‘megroes, none but the company would be the sufferers. ‘The colored folks, however, took a deep interest in the experiment, and last evening, in every sable arcle the impending change was a prevailing topic of ‘Conversation. The four cars provided by the company for whites and blacks alike ran as usual through the Gay, a8 did the two set apart for the accommodation of jadien, The latter were extensively patronized by ‘whites of both sexes, and a palpable expression given to il agge [pre epide i g i f : : gE Ht ope Bi = i i : i [ i i EE » ES = 3 ee ¢ e f i e i Glew Rallroads—A Break Down-—Faceti Legislaters—The Negroes—Rebels in Lynch- burg—Secret Societies, &c. Lyxowsurs, Va,, May 1, 1867. ‘The Virginia Central is a fast” road—fast as they cay ef young men on the road to ruin. In every other sense it is quite as slow as one could wish. It takes all day to qm, the rails are loose at the ends, spikes are gone, and a general looseness prevails that is not to be tolerated ina railway. Reform is and steadier A breakdown must be the regular thing, for the passengers were not particularly surprised at it, and the hanes got lazily to work at the displaced car, after taking views of it from various poirfts, which lasted half an hour, Every man then busied himself in his own fash- j @emebody that converted action might effect some good ‘weoult, they all jott a Spllapepelonalpe 6 islature stood around and facetiously passod roemetionee Reconstrac- Weathe theme. It was yoted that a Iericets ied to ‘been excessive, stock" seen suet eas nasty ppotated ina yg ;membra lying in wild confusion, hurled from or sunk in a morass, hat was begin to appear in bran of in- r ratuis‘late letter cas, thrown men baek into the ove noneeny mah cern: « of faith of tee party, and, if anythu the popular feel- most for the aggrandizement of their race. To remain true with wonderfal inJexibil- f = e iil Tk i ‘ i i Fe pisetate nut i rhe i ; ie fl i i i H Hf £8] 55 ir H ag i i ds it af 2 i HE € f | td . 5 i af i id tft i! al fete [ iy ui aed Heth ne ibe elaeg if Ll Hs 5 st i 5 i i by i un 3 i : it : 3 g i form on which ful NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY MAY 5, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. NORTH CAROLINA, Meeting of Freedmen in Weldon, N. U.—Con- servative Sentiments by Colered Oraters. : ies id | ist kl it g in ie I fife are of wider 0 nd the su preased by foreign influences which teaching the freedman that isan enemy. When such influences are removed or op- posed by counter declarations and feac! from our own prominent pubkc men, the real @ the freedmen will bo unreserved! ‘found It is painful, however, to know that sentiments of an oe, tone and spirit do find utterance from mis- & ided freedmen whose hearts and judgments have Poisoned and warped by the teachings of men who have come among us for this very purpose, in which present Pressions of venom and triumph. Time and counter teachings can alone correct such ignorance and error. SOUTH CAROLINA, In the latest accounts from the interior of & Caro- lina it is pleasing to turn from the reports ine, suffering and distress, and note that, noth’ ing many and formidable hinderances, the farmer have gone steadfastly to work, trusting that two bad years will not be consecutive, and that the growing crops will repay the care and attention béstowed on them. From the accounts received it would’ appear the pros- pects for the coming year are very flattering. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALBL Geueral Sickles’ Special Order—Rxelitement in Consequence—Arrests of Firemen Who Refused to Bow to the United States Flag— The Street Car DiMculty Settled— in Winnsbore—The Negroes Vote the Conserva- tive Ticket, d&c. Cuartestox, 8. C., April 29, 1867. Since the bombardment of Fort Sumtér, in 1861, no event has roused the the public mind of this community toa greater pitch of excitement than General Sickles’ fing order, Issued to the Fire Department of Charleston, at its annual parade last Saturday. It wes as startling and unexpected as the falling of a thunderbolt from — cloudless sky. The firemen could soafcely realize it, The association, it was claimed, was not of a political, military, or even patriotic. Jt was s voluntary jerganisation, each* ESRD Settee their re- spective ried no flags at former parades, either Bafpre or during. the the order was therefore looked npon as an intrusion an." justifiable, {f not tyrannical, These were in faveref an. abandonment of the parade. Soine of the more vigient Jeft the ranks aod went home. The majority, however,. including the Boerd of Fire Mastors and officers éf cam- panies, advocated a ready and cheerful acquiascence, => " General Sickles, it was argued, had sfforded:ttem Opportunity engine~ and apparatus, They bad car- war or since “its close, some : 28, ae i i g3 Artasts, Ga, April 27, 1867, The people throughout the State of Georgia, by a large majority, have determined to register and vote, and do everything required by the late reconstruction measures ‘The question of General Pope removing him from his office is very earnestly discussed at this time, not only among prrvate individuals, who cannot fail to potice the direct jesue made between them in their inte correspond- ‘ence, bat I bave reason to know that the matter is ro- | ceiving a large share of consideration at headqaartors His letter to General Pope 1s gencrally regarded aa tho expyession of « sue his own and she enme course, which i in confies determination to pur. with General Pope’s orders. Such a course will involve ‘the neveasity of removal, mee Gesirable to silt He ted lal i s z Cj 48 z i z i i He Ht ul ft ui te Ai H i i! ; ; : is ; & E [ 4 i f | i 5 iF i iH i rie gs 3° i i dee ae a i HH HE iff F i 25 officers; and if a man held and exeneised any one of those or positions, and took em oath as such to support and defend the constitution, aad afterwards by his own free wili and consent threw off the government of the United States for the sake of the Southern con- federacy, be is disfranchised by the iaw; but if a man did hold'to the war, and did nothing of bis own free will and accord to throw off the United States govern - ment, he ig not disfranchised. * A Parallel. {From the Macom (Ga.) Telegraph, April 25.) A few broken down, fiftn rate politicians, combined with about an equal number of Yankee capital have met in Atlanta and denounced Governor Jenk! lacking in sense and rags: newsboys, it is the privilege of hawking their wares public annoyance, met in solemn council and unaai- mously adopted the following resolution :— Resolved, That the Lord Mayor is an ignoramus and s nuisance, The Lora Mayor is supposed to have been dreadfully hurt mg eye in reputation by this fulmi- nation Shinbone alley. Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, is doubtiess equally disconsolate, A Point Made. [From the same.) The point we make is, that Congress, in the very terms of the bili, has granted and guaranteed to the Southern and to all of them, the right to accept tay god terms offered in the reconstruction bills, and that it is in violation of the spirit and express letter of the law to seek to deny or abridge that right. We chal- lengeany man to read the law carefully and come to a different conclusion. LOUISIANA. The New 0: Police Force Remodelled by General Sheridan’s Orders. New Organs, May 3, 1867. General Sheridan has issued an order modifying the State law requiring the members of the police force to be residents of the city five years, by changing it to two Sone pe eriere Mayor Heath to remodel the police of which at least one-half must be chosen from the soldiers. The Louisiann Levees—General Sheridan Abolishes the Board of Levee Commissioners and Appeints One of His Own. New Oreans, May 4, 1867, The following is an extract from an order issued by General Sheridan yesterday :—‘ To relieve the State of Louisiana from the incubus of the quarrel now existing between the Governor and the lature as to which political shall have the rsement of the four millions ot levee bonds authorized by the last Legisiatare, and ia order tohave the money distributed for the beat inveresta of the Orertiowed districts, all existing or boards of levee hereby abolished, and a board appointed will be obeyed and respected accordingly.” RS poe TEXAS. A Just Correction—Meetings of Freedmen, &c. Gatvnetox, April 24, 1867. A day or two ago the Galveston News stated that General Grifin found it extremely difficult to obtain white men suitable to act as registers, The News cor- tects the statement from authority from General Grifin, pore ‘that such fs not the case, but, on the contrary, suitavle persons are selected every day, and that as soon Se go same paper states that meetings of freedmen are being held here under the direction of a few white men, Sean wee eae the Sreedmen to bind themselves to the radical organization, General Griffin has ordered that Mr. Borrows, a in Leon county, be compelled to support the families of freedmen who were recently murdered on his plan- ion. SENATOR WILSON’S SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN, Seuthern Critiques on Senator Wilson. [From the Newbern (N. C.) Commercial, May 2.) obaracterized Sena! In our issue of Sunday last we repeat all this, and assert, without fear of contradic! that every unprejuaiced man who heard that intelligence enough to understand i 1m this estimate. Bane te l i bite bee if H FH é dj | | i #5 i i i # | } b i j 3 8 FY 3 3 EZ Hi g FI hs Fy i i HH i] ! i rf ! i | if it ai 23 H i I E. : i ? E FF i i i i £ ne § i ae | { ? : H ul i k e Li i te lp iH fl i felts til ; 5 HEF : il ej i i i ii 4 ie if I i rH # i fl i | 2 i ‘a H &. 5 z if #8 #e i H i 2 i EE i Tae & ri Hi Py | je { ee o prrbecis | + fies E i a ; i mle z 3 i a Hy i F | i i i itl i : i j i i : : i i fa i 3 i r ey | ' ; [ i iiiy Hie iit i | ' “j 5 are ‘by these headquarters THE QUARANTINE. ~ Selection of Sites en Coney Island for a Landing and Boarding Station, and on Bar- ren Island for Temporary Detention Hoe- pitals—Adventures of the Commissioners in Determining the Locations, a&e. Am act passed by the Legislature of this State on the 224 of April last constituted the Mayors ef New York and Brooxlym, the Metropolitan Board of Health and the Commissioners of Quarantine a Board to select @ site on Barren Istand on which to erect a temporary structere for the detention of passengers, and also to choose a Place for landing and boarding station on the west end of Coney Island. On Monday last the members of tho Board started out to view those places, but, on account of the severity of the weather, could mot land, and therefore appointed the Mayors sof the two cities, Jackson § Shultz, President of the Health Commission; Cyras Curtis, President of the Quarantine Commission, and Dr. Crane a sudcommittee to make a future examination and report sites for the proposed landing and structures, Thoss gentlemen de- cided on making the inspection yesterday, and ap- pointed the Fulton ferry, Brooklyn, as a starting place, thinking it was safer to go down there by land than again to risk a failure by water, At the time named, halt-past ten o’clock A, M., the only member of the sub-committee present at that place was Mr. Shultz, “| and after waiting some time, as the others put in no ap- ce, he left forGreenwood, On his arrival there be found ‘Dr. Crane and ex-Mayor Gunther. The next car it the other members of the committee, | acoom| by Dr. Joho Swinburne, Health Officer of oo te Mr. James 0’Rorke, Superintendent 08 ships, and Mr. Johnson, counsel to the Quarantine Commissioners, when the whole party at bject in hand, the party oat. halt was made at 8 point about two hundred yards to the west of lpvcessohene @ range of small hillocks, cov- ered with stunted shrubbery, rise in the centre of the part of this strip of land. flanked by a ne sm and by a swam| s inions were here given on the desirability of selecting all the land from tine int to the western end of the island. It was ciated that a jate all inside of that |i from this to the Gan land pamengers on the land, vit on the isin a Une about half a mile, Ma eee selecting 80 much land, as he said on the part of the the authorities designed to erect use the placeasa qi le received on 4 communications on this sub- past week, and sympathized with the in their dread of this contingency; but he felt the Commissioners did not mean any such thing, his objection to 80 mach land beimg taken was only of the effect it might have on the public Those in favor of this project sad that it would it persons from squatting in the vicinity, who, in course of time would begin again to make ob- ons to a boarding station being there, and by agitating the question necessitate another change. Mr. Schultz, during this time, bad been out on an ex- writers ii assured ui Has isolation was properly ined. The party again consul @t once to take all the rest of the island west of that line, and fully agreed that onl; e of this of Jand will stop all communica steamboat with this city, and the mass of med will have to choosé other ro Island, in some reapects, a instance, for the last eight years veasois had often to be Doarded from the Thoapital ships in the lower bay, which at certain seasons was extremely bazardone, and impossible. Now, by having the hang cog on Coney Island. it will obviate the necessity of this, as yessels need be only boarded once, and ‘ean for this pur- ose come near thedcck. The land there is a heap of sand, covered with stunted shru only valuabie ‘as mies for summer hotels or paves. Jand. the round: WoC d ni an the tit the ‘made the hou! eo arrived about fi . big Mr “he ~ ve ve o'cl on the extreme westerly point. A tollsome march .through sand, in which at each step they sank ankle deep, brought thor to some very nice upland, where t! to make Mr. O’Rorke a harks vine the day examined the entire locality, in order that the party should have no delay on their arrival there, and that he might point out to them various matters which his thorough re- search of the day betnre euabled him to do. the party all over the island; secross cree! mazes of sand where progress was slow and painful, until they arrived at the uplands, where ey took observations. Coroparing potes, they found their opinion to be unanimous that this upland offered indacements for a location than any other part of the E i . : i I i Pee3e isle jit ieee H t i i dif z i i i Ee "i i Qi tf i 3 y : & 4 : ! th i ff fs in 33 Hl! bd t : 5 t : it i # ii HY i 2532 Th Feeek ifs 4 i z=: if i Hy iH i I z i < i i! i 7 4] } 4 i z . 3 < 5 > $ rT i & ij i | i i F Fy EHF iH i i i = if i HT ii Ei #2 fi : aT Pa ea ald Hf eile ede ie Hag Bee if Hat i aise fu il iz i i i WASHINGTON. naanaietamnesions Wasurxarox, May 4, 1867. May Statement ef the Public Debt. The following is @ detailed statement of the public @ebt on the Ist of May, 1867:— Dest Five per cent bonds... Six per cent bonds of ‘Six per cent bonds of 1882 Six per cent five-twenty bonds Navy pension fund............ $1,541,203, 341 * $12,922,000 184,774,510 549,419,200 $697,115,710 $11,932,540 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. United States notes. . + $874,247, 687 28,975,379 i 440 18,623, 506 068,875,098 Amount of debt less cash By comparing this with the statement of April 1 it is sbown that the debt bearing coin interest has in- creased $41,821,750; the debt bearing currency interest has decreased $37,165,070; the matured debt not pre- sented for payment has decreased $893,118, and the debt bearing no interost has increased $1,398,162, mak- ing the increase to the total debt during the month $5,161,724. The amount of coin in the Treasury during the same period has increased $8,292,956, and the amount of currency has decreased $490,268, leaving the amount of debt less cash ix the Treasury on May 1 $2,641,974 less than on April 1, . Financial Affairs. The amount of fractional currency received from the Printing Bareau at the Treasury Department for the week ending to-day, $535,500. The amount seat away during the week is as follows:— Eye ys Nivagsnidber New i ont ‘mil tates Depository at Chic To national banks, wee ‘The United States Treasurer holds in trust for national banks as security for circulating notes, $340,607,450; for deposits of public money, $38,360,950, Total securities held, $379,468,400, The following is a statement of the weekly disburse- ments:— ‘War Department +++ «$3,163,603 Navy Departmen Sion set Interior Department. 350,438 DOM oan ds csidnceeevensccsses eee ‘The national bank currency issued to-day amounted to $123,900. The fractional currency redeemed during the week amounted to $283,400. The receipts from internal revenue to-day were $821,471, making the total amount for the week ending to-day $5,890,371, and the total amount since the begin, ning of the fiscal year $233, 179,040. The receipts for customs from ‘April 21 to the 30th, inclusive, at Philadelphia, were $305,457; Baltimore, $183,301; Boston, from April 21 to the 27th, $333,873, and from Philadelphia for that period, $50,712. The state- ment of the receipts at the port of New York have not been received since those reported up to the 20th of April. At San Francisco, from March 28 to the 30th, inclusive, the amount received from this source of revenue was $168,678. Total in the above, $1,042,023, The Trial of Jef. Davis. ‘The report of the trial of Jefferson Davis before the Cireuit Court of Virginia by Judge Underwood, in the absence of the Chief Justice, creates little if any of that interest which might be expected. Where Davis is pitied as the only victim of the “lost cause,’ he is uni- versally condemned as the author of every move and mismanagement that tended to overthrow the confed- eracy, Though his release would afford much relief to the Southern mind, his personal or political influence can never be again asserted in Southern affairs, The prevalont impression in Richmond is that though the people of the North may be anxious to see Davis set at liberty, a few such men as Underwood, to gain a Prominence in connection with his trial, are moving beaven to earth to bring him to Richmond for their own special gratification and aggrandizement. Mr. Seward’s State Dinner to the Japanese Commissioners und Reception to Diplo. matic Corps—Madame Juarcz one of the Guests. The Secretary of State gave a state dinner this evening to the Japanese ambassadors. The members of the Cabinet and their families were admitted to meet them. After the dinner, Mr. Seward hold a reception for the members of the Diplomatic Corps, Mrs. Juarez, the wife of President Juarez, of Mexico, being now in Wash - ington, sojourning at the Mexican Legation, wawalso in. vited to the reception. It is said her appearance on this occasion elicited as much attention as the Japanese am- bassadors themselves, the actual circumstances of Mexico and the personages attending the reception being such as to make ber presence on the occasion suggestive of grave consideration, to European minds especially. Samuel Blatchford Appointed District Judge in New York, Vice Judac Betts. The Presideut has appointed and to-day signed the coramission of Samuel Blatchford as Judge of the South- ern district of New York, in place of Judge Betts, whose letter of resignation was received yesterday. This gen- Ueman assigns as a reason for his resignation increased official duties ander the bankrupt law. HReamored Resignation of ithe Postmaster General. Among the rumors afloat to-night is one to the effect that Postmaster General Randall is about to resign. I cannot trace it to a reliable source, and merely give it as aramor which may or may net have something behind it, Montgomery Blair is talked about again for the posi- tion, 4 Decline in Richmond City Railrond Stock. ‘The stock of the Street Car Railroad Company in Rich- mood bas depreciated about twenty-five per cent. since the new afrangement permitting colored peopte to ride with the whites, To-day the cars devoted to the accom- modation of the general public were occupied almost entirely by negroes, the whites either preferring to walk or packing themselves together on the platforms of Jadies’ cars. The black patronage was larger than usual, but as soon as the novelty wears off colored passengers ‘will become 86 scarce that the cars will have to stop running. What has been Done for the Destitute People of the South. The following is a brief statement of what has been done by Major General 0. 0. Howard in giving relief to the destitute people of the South, from the fund of $500,000 appropriated for the purpose by Congress. The bill authorizing General Howard to furnish food was not approved until the 30th of March, yet such was the ex- tent of suflering represented by the officers of the bureau stationed in the different Southern States that be de- termined to begin the good work at the earliest day pos- sible. Urgent appeals for help having been received from Mississippi, on the 28th of March the commissioner tele- graphed to Colonel F. A. Seely, at St. Louis, Mo., in- stracting bim to buy twelve thousand bushels of corn and five thousand pounds of pork, and to charter a steamer and send the cargo to the lower part of sissis- sippi, Estimates were them cailed for from the Assist. antWommissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, giving the number of persons who would need assistance, The estimates were sent in for the States of Tennessee, Mis- sissippi, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina, and placed the number of absolutely dos- titute at thirty thousand children snd twenty-three thousand nine hundred and forty-five adults, On the 4th of April Gen, Brown, Assistant Commis- sioner tn Virginia, was instructed to purchase cora and meat in sufficient quantities to prevent starvation, ‘These supplies are to be continued until the crop of early vegetables is gathered, Un the same date Col. C. C. Sibley, Assistant Comm is- sioner for Georgia, received a communication from the Commissioner, stating that the appeals from Georgia were so tirgent that it seemed necessary to procure sup- plies at once, and instructing him to purchase in open market a sufficient quantity of corn to relieve the im- mediate wants of the people. Col. Sibley bonght at Savannah enough to last until supplies were sent from the North. On the 10th of Aprils contract was entered Into for fifteen thousand bushels of white corn and one hundred and twenty thoussad pounds of bacon sides, ‘Another contract hasbeen made for twenty thousand bushels of corn as@ one hundred and fifty thousand pounds of pork, (0 be delivered at Savannah, Ga, by the Sist of this month. ‘The demand in Tennessée was not very great, and the ° 3 structed on April Sth to purchase enough corn and bacon to supply those greatly needing food during that month, and to make his estimates for succeoang months. Colonel J, V. Bomford, Assistant Commissioner for North Carolina, on April 12th, wae ordered to purchase in the most favorable market of the State enough corn and bacon to meet immediate wanis, The reports received from Alabama indicated that greater want prevailed there than in apy of the ober States, and on Aprii 15th thirty thousand bushels of corn and one handred and fifty thousand. pounds of pork were shipped to Mobile. In the meantime, to Satisfy the present want that then existed, General Swayue was ordered to purchase, at the most favorable points with- in reach, supplies for present needs. General Swayno's estimate of the food needed in Alabama was eighty-four thousand bushels of corn and three handred thousand pounds of bacon for the single month of April, but he was informed by the Commissioner that as the whole amount to be expended was bat five hundred thousand dollars, only forty thousand dollars per month of it could be expended in Alabama. The State of South Carolina was in such great need that before General Howard was fully authorized to ex~ pend the fund appropriated he sent to Charleston twelve thousand bushels of corn, In addition to this the New York Famine Relief Association bas supplied large quan- tities of tood, and are still sending aid to the suffering poor of the State. On the 30th of April an additional cargo of twelve thousand bushels of corn was shipped to Charleston. In the original estimates Louisiana was not included, but after the recent floods General Mower informed tho commissioner of ‘the large amount of saffering cansed thereby, and asked what could be done tor ite relief. — Having been asked how much food would be needed, he answered that ‘it would be impossible to give more than an approximate estimate—one million rations will ‘mot be an overestimate; that is, twenty days’ rations for fifty thousand persons ; destitution fearful; whole par- ishes submerged.’’ After ascertaining the prices for which food could be furnished to New Orleans from the Northern market, it was found that New Orleans was the most favorable market, and General Mower was in- structed to buy in open market enough food to satisty immediate wants, No estimate had originally been made for Arkansas, but the overflowing of the rivers caused eo much dis tress that Colonel C. H. Smith, assistant commander for the State, telegraphed to General Howard for assistance, ‘Ho was directed to issue rations to all who were in need. In obtaining the provisions for Southern relief it was im many instances found cheaper and more convenient to purchase in the Southern markets, for the following reasons:—The want was so urgent that it was necéssary vo procure speedy assistance, At some points the pro- visions required were cheaper than at the North. The distance over which it was to be transported was’ shorter, and most of the railroads carried the provisions free of charge. The food thus furnished by the government is of the best quality, and the allowance is one bushel of corn’ and eight pounds of meat per month for each adult, and one half of the quantity of each for every child between’ one and fourteen years of age. Brevet Brigadier Gen- eral E. Whittlesey, Acting Assistant Inspector General, has the general charge of the distribution, assisted by Colonel D, L, Eaton as secretary. In each State-the issue is in charge of the Assistant Commissioners of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and is made by commissaries ef sub- sistence and local agents, Destitution in North Carolina, A North Carolina paper has good reason to believe there is much destitution among soldiers’ widows and orphans in Iredell county, but thinks that, owing to the abundance of grain and meat there. these wants might be relieved if they would only seek those in want and. relieve them out of their stores of provisions, These widows and orphans are in a worse condition than during the war, when they received assistance from the State government, Robert Toombs Accepts the Situation. In a letter toa friend, Robert Toombs, of Georgia, bas expressed bis willingness to accept the situation as it is. He says, “No true patriot of the South will forsake bis native land, Let vs remain here, and endeavor by the favor of God to build up our waste places.” Athens. Ga., a Military Post. Athens, Ga., has been selected as a military post under the terms of the Reconstruction bill, and a company of soldiers recently arrived there. Major C. F. Trowbridge is commandant, and gives genera) satisfaction to both races. Affaire in Florida, Generals S, Babcock and Porter, of General Grant's staf, recently visited Florida on atour of inspection. They are expected to make such @ report on their re- turn to Washington as will permanently locate the mih- tary headquarters for that State in Tallahassee, It is said they were indignant at the recent removal of head- quarters to St, Augustine. » Precautions passe Cholera, at Galveston, XARA. The following order of Major Goneral Griffin is in- tended to guard against the approach of cholera:— Haanquanrers, District oF Gatvxwtox, April 24, 1867. The following instructions, readered necessary by the ‘oach of Warm weather, the epidemic. season in ete ornen ene wipe renagpiee, coer may ex |, are - one - will be rigidly observed Frond a Bonn mand, viz:— Commanding officers of posts and detached commands will at once adopt such sanitary measures as may calculated to prevent or mitigate the spread or ravage of infectious diseases, by em} all the means in their power to enforce the highest hygienic possible iu their commands, and with the civil authorines, in a thorough of all towns adjacent to them. It is im, to secure beoeiicial resulta, that commanders personal supervision to the cleanliness of their mands in every detail, The whole value of all preventive measures against infectious or diseases consists in the perfection with wi Noxious gases emanating decomposing matters are neutralized, or destroyed or prevented Consequently every place or thing gi¥e 00% a poisonous taint to the atm: eh pariiied, Crdgpar Sry cl abe ast may juire. ut freeenay inspecied; the sinks should be every day with earth; decaying opened; lime liberaliy applied cellars and sinks; and the z i i le g z i to m | 38 f u : amount of exercise taken, amusements iat soo encouraged, excesses 8 be carefully investigated as at once, joarters informed to the sanitary by tri-monthly reports, and ma ay aga fever appear the fact ‘will be reported without 5 By command of — Brevet Major General GRIFFIN. Land Office Decision. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has de- cided that a party taking possession of public lands Be ¥ B Begs s # to consaminate upon continuous settlement long enough to establish his bona fide and get a complete title. Under these ciroumstances it is his daty to guard the premmes from timber spoliators, and to this end has hie legal remedy under the local laws agmnst a trespass, which he should invoke for his protection. Appointment In the Agriculteral te Commissioner Newton, of the Agricultural Depart ment, has dismissed Mr. Barker, chief clerk, aad ap- pointed in his place Mr, Newton, one of his own sons, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE WERALG, A Colered Jubii Interrapted by White ‘Trash—The Mea Routed and the Women Fal Crecimsaty, May 4, 1807, On last Saturday night ® colored ball was given at Paris, Teancesee, at which about fifteen females were present, During the dancing @ party 6f about ten white men, employés of the Memphis and Louisville Railroad, made @ raid on the house, drove away the male negroes, taraed out the lights and ravished nearly every female present, One of the women was eo badly hurt that she will aie, All but two of the scoundrels have been a rested and are in jail, ‘THE FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. New Oniaane, May 3, 2867. The whole region bordering on Ovachita and Binck rivers has besa ‘overflowed by recent crevasses, and the saffering and loss are incalculable. prey ec aRRUNP ‘THE CASE OF STEINBOCK AND CLAFLIN. Rrowmoxn, Va, May 4, 1867, ‘The conrt to-day quashed the attachment for $46,000 Made by Claflin & Co., of New York, against Steinbock Assistant Commissioner, General W. P. Carlin, was in.) & Brothor.