The New-York Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1866, Page 1

- vor. XXVI...N® 8027. EUROPE. T —— AKKIVAL OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN. Y TRLRGRATH TO TER TRINUNE PosTLAND, Dec. 28.—The steamsbip Nova Scetiar Capt. Wylie, srrived ot this port at 1oon to- She brings dates from Liverpocl to the 13th and from London- derry 10 the 14th ipst b rews Los beeu al ‘The lower house of the Diet will discuss, ¢u the 15th 1hie draft of tho address of the states. The Royal rescript Bas 1ot llayed the apprehenions entertained by Hun- gary, notwithstanding the promises and ackuowledgments since the request of of notional rights contained ther the Diet for the lnwediate reéstublish tntion bae not been cowplied with, The add mperor pot to render sat anent of the consti- Juests 1 fuctory reconciliation imy e by postporing | establistment of the legal base of public affairs, i ‘ v requesting of His Mjesty means and opportuni- § tiew, to the ug & satisfuctory compromise, sud by prayive to esty be extended to all politieal effenders. The extreme ieft of the lov se have rc polved 1o xutmit 1o the Diet a separate a s e POULEBIGN CORRESPONDENCE. o — SYRIA. AN AMEX N, COLONY IN THE ROLY LAND—THF PIFIOULTY BETWEEN THE AVERICAN CONSUL IN | CYPRUS AND THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT—TIE | MPTFORIC SHOWER INSYRIA—DESCRIPTION OF BIC NEWSPAFER. | Brvr 1 of §u colony of Au Svua, Nov. 2 18w | in the Moly Land | nt, which although of no ¢ ution throngh- | Turkish officials in | i ¢ e Nation™ | cally, 18 yet awak It is certain that the think that the uviversal,” quite rapidly | t few months the Amedcan flag was ‘ Fortbwith two U d Ntates vessels of W, peared in Cyprus. The Cretun rebels sent on to the President of the United States. Uuited States vessels of war were soon at anchor In the Cretan Bburbore. In A st last an A can colony singular | religionists lunded at Jatia, the seaport of nin | the bark Neilie Chapin. They numbered 156 souls on | Jauding and brought their wooden houses with themw. Not Jong siter the United States men of war ionderogy and Canandaigua, successively cast auchor iuthe port of Jaflu, bad been brought there ) purpose to look after American interests. The coineidence in the three cus was certwinly remarkabie, if and if n tes that our, diplomatic ofticers in te on the alerf 1o see that the East. out the Syria are beginiing to a becow | & grave n Cyprus. flag is re- gard to the Cretan rebellion 1 have nothing o | write, Atlantic Telegraph and Your Constantinople orrespondent can give you much later news than you conld hope foi ugh & Syrian chanuel. As an episode, however, to this d.plomatic history, let us look in upon the now colonists st Jaffa. Mr. Adams —or | Fresids Adaws, as be les himseli—is the e wover and prompter of 1t Yunkee emigration from | t in Mawne to Down FEast in Pulestin ized the colony from riembers of & p s scet, called the ¥ i the X among otber points of i, that th Sobe of Ephraim, and that, as the curse is now from Palestive, the set time has come “I'ribes to return to their land, A simil elait that the whole Avglo-Saxon race are Jews of the | Lost Ten Tribes. Whether President Adams will allow 1he whole Anglo-Saxou race in the Ephraimite fold or 1 cannot secertain, but it pore probab it to that portion of the race who belor & vecent sormon be stated that the pre y wte only the vanguard of @ mighty bost who are eoon comig up to possess the Iand. ~ What bhe weans by the crse being taken off ” the | eany to decide, There are st weeds growing on_every side. Men sull bave to gel their bread the sweat of their brow, unless | thers brows, us for exan 18 often Jesd thern to make midnighs cavalry Taids oo their neigh- bors’ thrashing-floors, and thus eat bread without either sowing or reaping. The curse of sickness and death is not yot removed, for nine ns of this sume colony have Already died within three months of their landiug, and athers are now in the hospital of Mr. Metzler ut Jaffa, uu- dergo.ny treatment, It is also said that dissatisfaction s atising among some of the colonists, who find there is fu ly a8 much * curse,” and perbaps more of * curging " in this Heoly Land than they left beliind in the land ot the Maine v art of the wuen are artisaus, work- thorue wnd thistles wnd by hey eat it by the sweat of of the Ishwaelitic brethren, whose chivalrons instin Law. A considerable ingwen, who came to Jufla with the «tation of finding tho Land * flowing with milk and boney,” and it is quite & sbock 10 their simple faith to find milk only to he bousbt at two piustres per ope, and boney bard to'be got at way rice. W hether from motives of economy, of of religions aith. or hecanse they could not get an educated physi- ot 10 join the Colony, the fact is the same, tuat they con itted the great error of coming to a strange climate wuch warwer than their own,at the beginu of the | Spring season, with infirm old men, delicate wowen Nittle ehildren, without proper wedical attendant cousequence has been a loss already -as | am credib forwed, of nine ont of 157 (one child having been born the dsy sfter they landed). This is an enormous percentige, when it is remembered that the most unbealthy wsou at Jatls 18 daring the Summer months. Colony is rich \h efice bearers, hgviug one President and two Bishops. l‘l.}, contidently Delieve that they ure fultilling pro becy in fhis vauguard oecupation of the sacred <oil, sud that ¢ they are about to reconstruct the disjointed territory of Palestine, aud restore its pristine glor They say ther Rave not come to convert the Moslems, or Arabs, or Qrecks, or Maronites. They aze a close religious corporu tion, quite uuconcerned as to what becomes of the poor Gentiles who happen to own and occupy almost every acre of the Ephraimitic inheritance. Fortunately for them the Turkish 1ar put no obstacles in their way. terference of the English snd American Consuls #alem, the Turkish Pasha saw it to be for his own personal Jnterest to do these unoffending colonists every favor in bus power. Accordingly, wheu they landed, oll Jalla arose 10 1meet them. All their goods and chattels, luwber and furnitare were allowed to be landed free of duty, and fa «ilities were furnished them for ,‘mu.f settled in their fore their arrivel The | wthorities bave thus Through the kind in- eru- new homes. They had secured land be y through the American Vice-Uonsol in Jaffa, who hought ustom it in the uame of & subject of the Sultan, as is the \n Tutkey, foreigners uot being allowed to hold property Yere in their own name. The purchuser afterwad sigus s yaper in the American Consulate, that he made the pur- chase not for himself but for A or B, aud giviog up all laim, right or title 10 the sawe. In this way the Jlies nave secared 'aud near the city of Juffa, and are | getting settled in their w wden houses, which, | fear, hey will tind wholly w for protection against the blaging sun of au Eastern Suwmer. There ure ru wors already that some of the colouists are getting lisgusted, aud wish to returu home, but the Chapin, who brought 1] has goue, and ihey are i i o serious attempt to make their experiment successfil. The colony bad ample funds at the beginuing, but they 5 lsod thal their rasources may ‘crops come 1. They are sail 4 agrienltural implewments. iuave invested so Jarzely 10 fail before the next 10 be provided with improved wnd the colonial enterprise may Em\'- useiul to agricultursl seience iu the East, provided ‘that the colonists tuke the Jaud a8 they find it, curse or no curse, and devote their energies 10 deselopiug the agnicultural copacity of the soil. iy The wdvent of this jeol «e 10 the American Cousul lony gives additional import- P lates in Jerusalem and Beirut. Mitherto the Awerican Consul at Jerusalem has been but amere figure-head to American traveliog parties who lave Visited the Holy City. Now the Consnl has ons of the | 1nost responsible and difficult posts fo the Turkish Empire. All the political uiid legal questions which must iuev itably Yise in connechon with this colony must come before him, wnd his post wili be no sinecure a3 heretofore. Another imost importaat question cougected with the late, Beirut ix Jerusalem Consulste is the Beirut Consu B i the political and comuerial capital of Syria. The Uon- | suls of the European Pewers residing Lere are ( onsuls- | Geperal, and the Consus in the interior cities are subor- | Jinste to thew. The sdvantage of this sysiem is ineale lable. The Consuls in the interior when importeat busi- | wess arises are not ovliged to wait for sn answer Lom Constantivople before acting, but copsult the Consul- | General in Beirut at onee and proceed toaet. Our excell Consul in Je-usslem wil) ind himself wavironed with difli- culties in connection with this Jaffa colouy, owing to the great distance froo Constantinople. 10 ondinary times fo | wust wait & wonth for an answer frow Mr. Morns, ouc * Miaister at the Porte, bafors he can do anything. The ) is simple. Let the Consulate at Beirut be made & e eneral, aad the Cossul-General berscuy settle the part of the eivil canerof the Jaffiotes withont lhm.mn 1o Constantivople. This if oye of e Tensons which make it almost a0 imperatlv po- the State Departiment st Washisgron shisgid up the of the Beirut Cousulate at ouce. result y in Camu Lias been thua far, in the reply 1o the demanda of Mr. Morris, th Turks 10 remove the drunken Mudir aud fire a sslute to the American flag, but solely on the ground lect of the Mudir to raise his fing at the r ‘o Foarth of July. They refuse to dismiss the release the J-nlm‘? or ‘give uny redress what-. ring ia toto the most grive And important EEal é £ vase of the difficalt; £ i & the e fl‘,lfli'h adeco ‘-‘I‘floflh it was clondy and rainy. On the nigh | the air, and exploded before | suddenly illnwine shonld A umwfi'mm'?mm T iy NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1866 Ho can accept what they have done as satisfaction in part, but should still urge the matter of full and unqualified redress, Our Government at home should sustain him. There is no danger of war on the subject. The suggestion is simply ludicrous. The Turks will yield when they see that the United States Government will not be trified with. Our Home Government can now in the most le and honorable manver by a finn and straightforward tablish a principle which in the present rotten urkish Empire will be hailed i as a pledge of safety and protection to every American citizen in the land “That the Turkish Govern- ment is going down no one in the East can doubt. How rar down they are going or how long it will take to get is not for me 1o say. hompson, anthor in Syri ¥ had been on their last legs for 35 Le thought their prospect of life not much worse than then, If the crash should come in our day it will be a satisfaetion to our Government to know that it has done f d the Book" all that could be done to shield its citizens in the East aud that therr ri s and privilege re not less regarded than those of fourth class European Stal r the benetit of your scientific readers, and more pecially of an old friend, Prof, Newton of Yale ¢ meteoriec showers of ) ewton's anpouncement | the public journals was duly noted, and, in order to draw {he atteption of the people of Syria 10 the subjec one of the erean imis- sionaries in our city wrote an article in Arubic for the weekly Arabic newspaper, requesting the pblic to watch durmg the nights of the 13th and 14th for & grand display of falling stars. The notice was read with astonishmwent by some and with ridicule by others. Have they prophets a who know when'the stars will fall ? \( Lo told )d sheikh, & famous Arabie scholar, declared until he saw it. The thing was @ of Western assumption to take iie, 1t was § | oat that they kuow wmore than we Eastervers do, &c. the moruing of the 11th (Sunday), at a little after »me young_men in Beirut, who were out of what th pscribed as & rain of fire, the stars 0 have got loose and to be rauning about the sky in disorder. Soon sfter, a terrific thunder storm set in, and for two hours there was an almost uninterrupted crash of thander and glare of sheet-lightning. On the night of the 11th and 12th, nothing was seen, 18 the 12th and 13th, 1 was watching by the bedside of a sick friend, and hourin the night, I conld see teors, though the cloud On the m 3 sleep by stars are all of though 1 looked out ever nothing dense dunm the Hth, at 4 o'cloc the stant young inen she com own.” 1 arose immediat and spent the rest of the night with some friends, guests in my house, walking «hit was indescribably grand and I neted the view toward the south, but over Lebanon the sea, the sky was clear and the rs were pouring down like a'ra Some were and others large, and almost ¢ ] hehind it, 5o that the effect was I in the estreme. One immense green meteor own over Lebanon, nearly as large, to appearance. moon, and burst with a loud nois ving a g pillar of light in_the train. Many of them ared through aching the earth. W hile looking toward Lebanon the whole sky became s if by the light of ¥ ay, and upon the housetop. The beantiful, A slight mist o S left o long train of fire | beauty e ‘around w ntly the train left by ad fallen into the sea. It :d the display contini ed ured by the kin z of was in vain to count them, until the dawn, when their hight was obs day. The youug man who aroused me from sleep said that 4 hour previous, or at half past three, the sight wa terrific, and he ran into the house for fear of being ove whelmed with tire, 1t wag, he xard, a continnous fire raip of lige all stars for wore than balf an hour, when he remembered 1y yequest and ran to give me word. The slarm was fir cu by & pative'watchman in the Prepuratory Department of the Syrian Protest bad teard of xpected” display, and was on the pkout. just received the Arabie newspaper of 1his we and find in it the following news about t ‘-i meteors, which, for your benefit, T will translate lite- rally falling me " i ppencd o | ) the heavens to th And we have compared_them 10 ighty armies from the rers of the sky, und th and_sww d to and fro betwoen them earth, smete one_suother to the east and we nd north lifferent sizes south. and fr th it was in ing tl w many fell The A 1 then gives a highly fanciful Yetter on the subj of the learned men of Damaseus, the oleh, who s 1 correspouds to. the morning of scholar Soleyman E In this past night, W Wednesday, the 14th of our month, November. the stars begun the war frc the west from the h 1o the shed at the pace of fie it distivguish the P 1 the meteors oss 1 now thought that the tw d, und the two fishies wer of Areturns had for gotten uly of his own safety, and | the Adb t daughters of Ures Mujor ab fillen n | mense column of light to the | ' | by the counsel for the Government. Y | the plate of one of the HOST Gunmargua and s WASHINGTON. THE TARIFF BILL—THB FORT KEARNEY BUSINESS IN THE SUPREME COURT—A DA’ COUNTERFEIT DISCOVERED—THR NEW YEAR. BY TELEGRAFH 10 7 MASSACRE~ 0US TRIBUNE. Wasiixerox, Friday, Dee. 28, 1666, The Senate Finance Committee held another long session to-day, and gave an audience 1o the window- glass interest, which is now suffering from competi- tion with the European article. Arguments touching galvanized iron, eyelets, and some other intereste, were also heard. Mr. Welles was subsequently pres- ent to explain and commend the changes in the House Tariffl bill, which he and his party desire to eflect. The linsced-oil interest in the Eastern States is also represented, und their arguments urge a large reduc: tion of the duties on flaxsced under the existing tariff The statement that Welles's Tariff bill was favor ably received by the mewbers of the Financ Com- mittee, or by the Ways and Means Comnmittee, is not have not, individually or collectiv y opinion in regard to the m t of increased compensation to the Depart- ment cierks has never been alluded to in the Com- wmittee, The Ways and Means Committee, who have been engaged upon the suggestions contained in Commi sioner Rollins's Interval Revenue Report, bave nearly completed the proposed amendments to the Revenuo Bill. The Committee have also had under considera- tion the question of increasing the i f the elerks in the cutive Departments, tee are somewhat divided upon the question. The probabilitios are that they wiil recommend ° | per cent, to take effect at commencement of the | present fiscal year. The plan of puying the clerks | 10 gold was suggested, but was finally voted down. Soon after the ussembling of Cougress, a vigorous | effort will be made to commit the two Houses m securing the adunesion of auy single Southern State, or any nuwber of them, who shall accept the Consli- tutional Amendment. Advices received last evel promivent po us at the wous in the assertion that it is the fixed determina- tion of the Sonthern States to continue in theirpresent passive polineal eondition, not only the ion of Coy | ing from a number of | Constitutional Amendment of th | gress, but also all other amendments that would de- | pri them their just rights as mem- bers of the Union A dispatch reccived at the Headquarters of tho | Arwy, from Fort Laraue, confirms the statement | that s terrible massacre oceurred on Friday, 21st | inst., near Fort Phil. Kearney, Brevet Col. Filter- man, Capt. Brocon, and Lieut. Grammond of the 1=th Infantry, with 91 enlisted men of the 2d Cavalry and 15th lufantry, were swrrounded by Indiang, and every officer and man killed, In defwalt of avything more engrossisg, public at- tention is now directed toward the United States Supreme Court and its doings. There is little doubt thut the t oath is decided to be unconstitu- timal, and in euch & sweeping manver that the outh in future will be abandoned. This momning the prize case of the Grey Jacket and cargo was called in the conrt. Gen. Butler and Mr. Cushing appeared for the claimant, and Mr. Ashton and Mr., Eaues for the United States naval captors. Gen. Butler moved the Court | to allow further proof in the case, which was opposed The Court d till the hearing of rd. ‘This case presents First, that of the right of s the South atier two , the it for under ase is i | | ided not to hear the applic the cause on the original rec two important questions PUrsOns 10 remove property years from the begiuning of the war; and sec power of the etary of the Trea to re ty captured avd condemned The amount involved iu th teitures of prop Ouieees b aha Fronanry Depirtine ave cap counterteits in cireulation. The e Legal-Tender notes of fifty doll containing the vignette of Alexander Hawilton. The imitation is said to be the best ever lssued, and the best way detecting it from the genul ) obsery line of figures running around the b uterteit is on thy 1 counterieit. will be found Jower left hand coruer to contain fiv mstead of fifty, as in the genuine. The dit re of the onginal plate o that thix test can be » a lurge num- tion, aind merehante gnivst them. g that, at 11 will receive ign Ministers, United Ntates, quite distinet, and the ca | will prévent any alteration, | relied on. It is believed t | ber of these counterieits i ciie and others should be on (heir gu There is official authority w'elock m., Jau. 1, 156 i by udges of the Supreme Senators and Representat n Congre Judges urt of the Instrict of Columbia, At 114 o'clock the offi ourt of th | + Court of Claims. y and Marine Corps will be | and of t “ 1 ing service an a soldier of that for anmit- uth are entirely unani- | THE FENIANS. —t— THE TRIALS AT SWEETSBURG. IY TRLEGRAPH T0 THE TRIBUNE. SWELTSBURG, Dec. 28.—The Court met at 10 o'clock. Mir. Devlin moved that in the case of Michael Crawley, bund guilty yesterday, judgment be arrested, foy the wasons set forth in the wotion. His Honor had directed the jury that the prisoner, having goue to Mrs. Littemore's otse 1 nirtue of an order by Gen. Spear, given on the Sth of June, that order was still in force on the 9th, the day laid in the indictment, He (Mr Deovlin) submitted thit, to establish the prisoner’s compheity on the 9th, there shonld have been evidence of the onder having been given on that day. The Judge saiil there were threo applieations. The first was for @ new trial, which he could entertain; the second was a motion for arrest of judgment, which merely assigned reasous which he had already judicially set aside; the third was an application to reserve & point for the consideration of the Court of Appeals. This point was a question not of law, but of evidence. It was a poine for the consideration of the jury, and they had | found that the prisoner, having received, on the Hth, an order from the chief of the invading continued to execute that ord the 9th render- He therofore dis- e r on the 9th, and was on | missed all the applications. Mr. Devlin asked that the exccution be fixed for somo | day after the 1st of Mareh, when the Court of Appeals «its, us he ntended to bring the sentences before that lourt by writ of error, "he Judge answered th tive. TheJdudge then addressed the prisoner, st forth the effense of which he had been found proceeded: 1t is, of cours: i the ¢ iat was & matter for the Execn- and, having d guilty, 3 you any obsgrvations can ottempt o ify or 3 mong the most ex- v and ignorant partizuns. Any attempt 1o class this atro- s act with nets of luwful warfure is simply evidence of either insapacity 10 istinction between them oF of persevering wickeduess i assisting on a_pretensi | soabsurd and dangerous. is not | ur cou with his known ability has sugg: fease, He wax too able and sundity, but because the clas ¥ y Iy and publiely nrging this wicked delusion wind whom it is my duty the consequences of such infatuation. exempts soldier ~from individual i of buttle to the criminal laws of the sxeenting the lawful will of his sovereign. e will of any y or power of less nuthority in < simply to commit murder, and the even among the superflaous to honest 10t 10 | helong are continuall on persons s ignorant as themsely against thnt | 10 "warn ison T | eted and dsngerous class wh ntertaing it s o stigma on civilization of nge. Your | counsel has ur for you everything that could | faidy be urged with @ zeal and power worthy of 8 better cause. Ile bus even obtained delay contrary to or. Uinary practice for the purpose of urging legal gronnds, if they lare the judgment of the law. i exist, for refraining to renson bias been ndvaneed to justify tiis Court in abstain ing from th e of its painful and inevitable duty, which is which the law aflixes to y crime. 1 feel ull the commisseration which rpflull:l be to consider it. for apother toward you, for ur situation ma mueh more serious one than some seem disposed 3 sentence of deat in the usual form, to be ton the Loth February. | { i | | | | He then pronou | camed iito | rd was then placed in the dock, and having | Pleaded guilty to the charge of receiving stolen gmnln | hard | | r Crawfo was sentenced to three months imprisonment wit labor. A nolle prosequi was entered to the indictment charging him with foiuing the Feniavs, g 110 of the Court, which has lasted for four wecke, s then declared elosed. The results are as follows: Of the 16 persons held as Fenian prisoners when the Court opened, Coburn and Powers were discharged becasse the Grand Jury ignored the n. Rogers, Me- | Gowsn and Howard b been discharged without trial, l‘ Igmn, Owens and Morrill were tried an: MeDopeld was aequit- ted on serious charge, and two wrge. Five now remain £ two months’ impris- juries disagreed on the robbery cb in jail—Holmes, under a sent onment for larceny; Crawford, of three wonths, for receiv- fug stolen goods; and Madden, Swith and Crowley, under sentenee th. ' rv will remain | here unti further order that the con- SONERS ND NOT GUILTY. E., Dee. 7,—The Judge in the ease of prisoner, saying it stablished that on 15 wrrest t o ju dict of * Not guilty.” Gilzan was then ates with a ve discharged from cusiody. Gustave Morrill, a lad of 15 or 16, was then tried for | #teuling from the person. The evidence was to the effect that o party of four Feniuns, of whom the prisoner was :""'vM'pold man named Lovi Humb, on the Sth of v':;:h“ pov nd one of them, ¢ ling himself bim #1301 |7'.f.fi“‘ fn-h . Al \:flxk fron: boots and give them to apother of the party, whom they called Lientenant. PHE prisoner did net wotively partici- pate in the affuir. The jury gave a verdict Inn( enitty - unn;u leaving the box, and Morrill was discharged from ustody, | F. Holmes pleaded guilty to a chargo of larceny, and | wus ent to & month s imprisonment, | Edward Carrol was put on his trial, charged with having enterd Caunda with intent to levy war on Her Majesty. Afterthe exawination of one witniess, Mr. Ramaay then wiid hat he was unable to sastain the indictment. ‘The jurs, therefore, wequitted the prisoner. Mr. Ramsay said |2 a0 bo unable to ain the case agaiust In the case of McDonald two trinls had taken resulting in & disagrecment of the jury, and he ent } | | trate und, to suin | gers of the Arim, | would not proceed with it, nor with another indic up, 1 asjbere of firo, or & gleamioy of | rocoived, The reception of ciliz il conence at | weaast the same prisonct for rape. MeDonald is the e und wparks i sight's daring | 12 9'clock 1., at which Lime the gat of the melosure | prisuer on whose bebalf the priest of Waterbury wrote to horsemen, Whe ing beating one another i, | Will be opened, and will terinate st 2o'clock p.m. | A r.MeGee, begging bim to use his influence to save his single combat, guve gtion and_ peace. This I write for | The custom of New Year's receptious will be more life. Mr. McGeo's lefter in return was published at the His ¥ sey onr the Sultan Abdil Azizkhan. Mas | gonocally obse in Washington on the st of Jan- | W - Rt st f i govermment w1 e of eath' | fi:x'r:";:l?u m:nrn‘lm "Uhe ecretary vf Stae | "'( "{‘m'" T"l llw e von asiaings The Ot retolntio; | ) > Criwford's ease, the only one now remaiuing. The Court This will do for au Oriental deseription of the meteors of | Will not receive on t ¥y owing to recent domestic | po, adjourned til to-mprrow. e >l 1866, 1 should state, in connection with this subject, | afffictions. ‘ 8 MICHAEL CROWLEY BENTENCED 10 DEATH, that the great wajority of all the meteors seen in Beirut Gen. Butler arrived here to-day for the purp | qurss . Dec. 2%.—Michael Crowley, who was yesterday seemed 1o come from nlwml in space d!'"ul North Eust, | completing the arrangements of (he party who have | fomd guiity by the jury at Sweetsburg, has been sentenced and to u o parallel columns towards the eurth in & | vl ol burchased the immense tract of land com- | to bo executed with” tho other Feuians on the 15th of Ihe old incredulous sheikh in Beirat, westerly course. wis Toused up by his sons, aud saw who refused to bediev all with hisown eyes, exclaiming—Mashallah. The will of God he done' Thanks to Professor Newton for giving w0 us notice of the wonderful performance ! May he Lve Xt 1u the year 16, e —— CANADA. The next fair of the New- y 10 at Stantead. Efforts are being wold & provincial exhibition at the and see the MONTREAL, wme time A hoat, coutaining two men, while crossing tho river duy, was upset by a sudden squall The wer red with much difficalty, greatly exhausted. Their recos ery is doubtful A number of German wnd Swedish eni iny, eu route to Chicago and 8t. Loois — THE PACIVIC COAST. i dialih ForoNTo, T grauts puased lere U BY TRLEGRAPH 10 THE TRINUNE. cnvalry, will be ordered to Oregon for the 1 the residents of that country. their way here, via the Isthmas the Wharves there ect of the receut Infantry. protec The troops are now o 1 m tas arvived from Vieforia er aud sustained ijury in The bark Waiker, with coffee, from Rio, has ul INAUGURATION OF THE CHINA STEAMSIHIF LINE. 14 i uuderstond that the merchanta and business men of (his city will give a grand inanguration disuer in Lionor of the de aiture of the steamer Colorade, the first of the great Ching ts, State aud National, the municipal v-Vork and San Fraucisco Chamber of ron, the Chinese merchants, &0., will b represented. A. Wainwright, heretofore reported as having died it is said, shot himself through the head, through fine. The departmer! erument, the Ne 1 Benic the influerce of 8 THE RUSSIA Sax FrANcIsco, Dec. 24— The which arrived yesterday, will v Tohiti. thenes f0 Valparaiso, wh 3 ral Hastings A Victoria (V. L) telegram of Dac. 12 ways the British brig 1) the Royal Roads that day from Mauritiue bring ing 100 miles of telagraph cabie from the ship Egmont, which fd put into that cojony in distress. ‘The Egmont was discharg ik tun remaining 400 wiles of cable, having to pay §5,000 for The Tvleqraph Alwe contains & leading erity of Montaus is contrasted with It inquires: * Must we come 2 the Awerican Territory while in the British rticle in whioh the pr strogressive British Colnmhia, » the melancholy conclusion that 1 race 18 WAIDIAIDiDg its manl oy it in 1apidly degenerating ¥ Y bark Candace, from Rio de Janeiro, with part of the coudempod that port, simived yes Jar ataton = * Our wheat receipts and thia are Inrgar_ tian for any entire 1 eargo of the anp Casly rerday The Privaie sxports for tle ain Cir PAst Aix i s | posing most of the district known g SN FRANCISCO, Dec, 27.— A part of the 1th U, 8. as Lower Califor- { nia. The last installment dueto the Mexican Govern | ment will be paid to Mr. Romero, the Mexican Min- | ister. the wind has blown in hur- For the past three days ather has been exceedingly here, and the w . ‘The ferry-boats ) | dria have ceased ruuning on acconnt The President of the United Stat the Masonic Fair by mvitation. building be was received by the Knights Tewplar, with the honors of the Order. A large number of spectators forming in line passed to where Lie was standing, aud payed their respects. The new minister from Frauce was inaccessible to | visitors to-day in consequence of a slight illness. This | gentleman, it is said, will soon propose o our Govern- | ment some commercial sdvantages to this country and France. Gen. Chief Fire-Department, the i | | Rucker, Brevet Brig.-Gen. Ludington, and iogineer Dixon of the United States Steam bave within the past few days yisited all the buildings thronghout the city occupied by Goverument officers, for the purpose of ascertain- ing what combustible matter is stored therein, and what measures bave been adopted to guard against tire, Gen. Grant has recovered from his receut sickness, | and was again at his office this morning. | rhe following dispatch was received Lere to-day, relative to the desth of the sou of Senator Heury Wilson, dated Anstin, Toxas, Dec. 27: 10 the Adjutant General of the U, | twa telegrams of the %th ara receivad Wilson was at |y quarters apparently well aod i good spirite on the worning of the 220 inst. Later in the day he compiained a little aud the surgeon took sharge of bim, and the nextmorning ad him re moved to the bospital. On the morning of the 28th he was taken with hemmorrage «f the stomach aud bowels, which gave him d culmina-ed n i o'etock. All his mental e clear uutil about the moment of his death . but inge wer a8 to call forth the remark, Do tor, this pain will kil) His remnins were carefully e baied, aud this morning started for Washington in charges o Col. Joliuson Acting tant-Surgeon Kirk. 1 wil veach Wasiington in #ight_or oine duys. 'Col Crittenden ha ry of s effeots, and will forward immediately 8D, Stvrats, Brigadier Gen, Bl A TRANSIT ROUTE. eepiibonreey THE PASSENGERS ON THE SAN FRANCISUO AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA LEFT OVER AT GREYTOWN. AY CRLEORAPH TO CHB TRIBCN $ay FRANCISCO, Do, 27.—The recent arrival horo of | the Nicaragua lin toawer Moses Taylor from San Juan | del Sur, in ballast, without any passeugers, has already Your ! I as dirseted THE NICARA " your heretofors. and the surplus still gemainivg for export not Tar from 125,000 tuns. it been aunounced. [t appoars that after waiting some days The gold deposits in itegl States Brauck Mist ia this | gyer her time for tha passeugers which lsft New-York per oity, Dee, 1. to the 23d iaels af which time fue Mint elosed | G0 ner San Fraucisco for San Juan dol Nozte, the steater -~ y;:-v:;p-u ave 4o 0 ounces, sl the gold vouimge | oounein Niearagus on the 8th of Decembor seut the Tay- Mining stocks aliow continued and geueral declive: Yellow | lot to this port, apparently on the presumption that oo Jacket ‘L . Choiler, #203; luperial $i30, Optic $190, ! ParsbDgers Werg coming. A3 a consequence the 00 pas- Bole! 0 Logal are selling ot 36, sepgers, inelnding M0 U8, , who left New-York on the 20th of November, ara detainsd in Nicaragus and BOSTON DIVIDENDS AL RAPH TO THA TRISUNS. : 0870y, Ded. 23, —The semi-sunual dividends pay- »r B bl fa thls oity 0n of before Jan. | amount ty alawst §9,200,0%, indludiug §2,500,000 interest on United Siates Sacurities pasable I st the Sub- Tressnry. The total is #300.000 greater than ip July, There are very few changes in the manafacturing v idoude. g A GEN. SHERMAN. BY YELBGRAPE TO TV - 8§r. Louw, Deo. 2. L L —Liept,sGew. Sherman srnyed New csnnot arrive Lere antil the return of the steam America, due hers about the ‘Wth of January—thus full two months ea route. The sunouncement that the stoamer San Francisco had t into Fortress Monroe disabled sud that her =l ad been forwarded per the steamer Sautisgo l Cubs, of course did ot Tesch us until sfter the Mowes Taylor started for San Juan. (We learn in addition to the foregoing that the Santiago a6 Cuba arrived at Greytown on the tth of December, but was unsble to land ber passeugers for nine days, which 8 heavy norther led, The passengors the Isthmus st once, but found their e; Jeft 15 doys before. =] P seen this city and Alexun- | to-night visited | Ou entering the | 5 “""'s {thout delny, 0 improve thy navi g ;‘ ) E:'a Thtand tapide o the Mi | Foruary. Crowley is a British subj THE TORONTO PRISONER§—COL. LYNCH AND PRESI- DENT RODERTS, —Gien. Listead succeeds Gen, Napier iurters loroxT0, Dec, 8, | ineommeand of the Western District, with head atToronto, Jol. Lyneh, learning that Roberts had forwarded 35 | owrconts for the Fenian prisoners, declined to recei | tem—uot wishing, he said, to have his name used a #chpenuy. The jail is warm and comfortable, and the It s 1u need are supplied with prison clothes. ‘resident Roberts, finding that the Romsu Catholic Tsbop here doos not act as bis agent, hus transmitted 40010 the House of Providence, to be applied as they dem best in assisting the Fenian prisoners. - ILLINOLS AL s K RIVER AND CANAL IMPROVEMEN TRIBUN] K ‘ ee. A —{"hr River and Canal Improve- mntConvention assombled at 100°clock yesterday morning. Jbout 100 delegutes wore in attendance from Chicago, Anesville, Beloit, Rockport, Joliet, Sterling, Dixon, Hen- opin, Princston, (enesee, "Mrm, and other places. The Gicngo Board of Trade s represented by Col. John F. Paty, Charles Raudolpb, J. F. Ballentyoe,and G. G. Wil- Bmson, and the Cowmon Counci! by C. C. P, Holden, « C. Criking, and Carter, Col. Jas, ‘tley of Dixon was chosen Choirman, and Messrs, eaty of Chicago, Bayton of Joliet, Hyatt of Rod ord,” and Barnes of Rock Island, Secreturies, TIuter- sting speeches woro made by Gen, Wilson and Col. War- s, of the United States Engineer Corps, who have been urveylog for some time in this vicinity. Both are highly uthusisstic over the natural facilitics possessed by Ilinois srinternal navigation, and hoth think the estimates are wite us largs as the natore of the work would warrant. 'he session yesterdsy was very harmonieus, and after a \eneral canvass of the questions at issue, the Convention dopted s proamblo aud series of resolitions, aud ad- surned sine aio. The text of the precuble sad resola- \bns appears in the following extracs Whereas, The soryoss prove elealy t mal can be ¢ tructed from the Mississippl River, at or year Kock Island, to Jue THinois River, at or uear Hennepin, that the navigation £ the Hlinois and Kock Island Rivers may be sufticiontly im- roved and conuected by caral. snd the Iiinois and Michigan wnal can be deepaned and enlarged so s to pour through its bannel any aimount of water from the lake that may - lired, wnd ail for & sum of mouey not se t as the amount 110w paid by the citizens of Tllitois in excessive freights, and |t ‘these improvements, if made aod judiclonsly wanaged, o State of Tliinois, each and eve: | | T CONVENTION, . H, ¥l save to tha peaple of ¢ oy [ ear, the entire eost, and that they will be so extensive, 59 Widely distributed over the State, axd from such an i, nnection betwoen the lnke sud the Mississippi as to fully | itify the Legislature of the State of Tliinois in_ assuming the reponsibility of their ion; therefore, Sitbo Llinois aud Roek Rivers, opeo navigation aud completing the conucction by oen the Mississippi and the lakes on the liue of the great- of contineatal commesce, are worky of imuiediste and lastivg artance, requited by the agrivultursl and commercial inter- of the whole wlu'lr‘ ’ . and ar enf worthy of the pub- W. anil high datiny of the State of IMlinols. That iv view of the myestment in thess works, aul 1 awplo revenue to be derived from them when completed, as el as to insure oheap transpogation to the people we are do. and emphationlly in faor of their coustruction aund o erabip lr{_m State. Rewolred, » Committes of seven be appointed, consisting « R B Stevens, J. W, . A, Bill nuer, Committeo 4 Cannl ays, and Joseph Atley, 5. (1 . . J. Robinson o W.D. Ho . Comnittee ou Kook River Improve- jent, to sluoldate such otherfacts as reasony for construction ¥ soems judicious. and also topetition Congress for assistauce I ald of the works,Jr through J:Ythdunul the W. Hmn oxpediont, red, "That it is the sese of this Covvention that tue vernment should nake the n Ac-lll“ Lfiflnfl n of the oot and Rt yer, and for such 1m- ement of the vers us surveys ey de- oustiale Lo Lo necessary aid practicable, avibmne, . PRICE FOUR CENTS. THE SOUTHERN STATES, —_— LOUISIANA. THE EXCURSION PARTY IN NEW-ORLEANS—TEE RIOT INVESTIGATION, BY TELEGRAPE TO TEN TRIBUNE. 5 WASHINGTON, Déc, 98.—The following dispatehes have just been received st this Buresn from The Tribune Bureau in New-Orlea w-ORLEANS, Dec. 2.—The exenrsion party of Senators o arrived last night. They were met at Jack y Gen. Beanregard, Presidont of the Jackson and orthern Railroad, and the committee of citizens of New- lelegated to take part in the reception. At the Magnolia, Gen, Beauregard presided, cously gave a8 a toast, to whiek Vice ¥ st Foster, with equal magnaiwity, respond- ed, “The health and prosperity of invited guests: they are welcome amon us, and we are appy to eat our bread and salt with thew.” Beauregard’s toast is consid ered o good fllustration of the adage, **When the devil was sick,” &e. Lieutenant-Gov. Mayor Monroe, Attor eral Herron, Jacob Barker, Tom. Adams, Chy Ad. Rossier, Miles Taylor sud Gen. Dave Stuart were those examined to-day before the Riot Committee, ANOTHER DISPATCH. NEW-OnrLeays, Doe, % —The excursionists bave been entertained by the city ond cittzens to-day. The bad woather has somewhat iarred the pleasnres’ of the day. "This evening a grand dinner will be given by the city in howor of the notables, To-morrow they will have & re- coption and then depart, 1t is regretted that their short stay will prevent them from receiving many couriesies wiiich it is the wish of the citizens to offer. . The loss of life by the burving of the steamer Fashion on the Missiseippr will probably reach 60. TEXAS. LEASE OF THE IMPRISONED BUREAU AGEXT BY UNITED STATES TROOPS. BY TRLEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. NEW-ORLPANS, Dec. 28.—Capt. Craig of the Urited States Arny and Burean Commissioner for Gandaloupe County, Texas, whose arrest was noticed a fow days siner, was roleased after threo duys’ imprisonment by a detach- ment of United States Cavalry from San Antonia, com- manded by Capt. Hunt, Capt. Hunt surrounded tbe jail with 45 men and demapded the release of Capt. Craig, with which demand the Sheriff complied. e i8 now sup- orted by guard of the 11th Inf: try, commanded by Lieut. satherland. The forcible release ‘has caused considerable excitement, ipasmuch as it is regarded as a triumph of military over civil law. Craig was imprisoned by order of Judge ‘Trelaud, for theft, in stealing certain mportant papers from the Clerk s office, in the Seguin Distriet, but threatened then that he would secure wmilitiary aid for his release. 1t is now reported that he has done so, thus ren- dering the indictment fonnd against him by the Grand Jusy. for the present, at least, abortive and of no effect. MILITARY MATTERS. Ricisioxn, Dec. 27.—Texas papers just to band report that Gen, Sturgis has assomed command of the military post at Austin, and that he bad declared his purpose to do everything in his power for the protection of the frontier. The troops destined for Jacksford were detained fn conse- quence of & lack of trausportation. SOUTH CAROLINA. BY THLEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE, BALTIMORE, Dee, 27.—The South Carolina Legis- lature just previous to adjournment, rejected the insolvent debtors’ bill, after it bad been passed by the House. dinger given ot aud very maguas our Voorkees CoLomeia, 8. C., Dee, 28.—The Hon. Jno. S. this State, returned to his home in this city from sterday 1 AWARE. BY TELEGKAPN TO THK TRIBUNE. WiLaiseTos, Del,, Dee. 28.—A public meeting was held Liere last evening to organize an association after the plan of that now operating in Maryland, for the education of Delaware freedmen. Although taxed to sapport publie sehools, the colored people of this State afo not permitted to receive auy instruction in them. The mee! 1oe was addressod by F. T. King, Judge Bond of Bulti- more, and Gen. E. M. Gregory, Froedmen’s Burcau ofticer in chazge of Maryland. Itis probable that the Jurisdies tion of the Bureau will be axtended to Delaware, and the State districted to Maryland. ARKANSAS BY TRLEGRAPN TO THE THIBONR. LOVIBVILLE, Dec A letter from Little Rock states ot thers wre not over baif o dozen members of the Legis- Iatare whe will vote in faver of the adoption of the Con- stitutional Amendment. . ’ RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION. Lovisvitie, Dec. 28 —The Mewphis & Little Rock Rarlrond Company Lave been consolidated with the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Company, under the name of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. MISSOURI, THE TROUBLE IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY—DONATION. BT TRLEGRAPR TO THE TRIBUNE JEFFERSON €11¥, Dec. 28.—A delegation from Lafayotte has been in consultation with Gov. Fletcher, in considera- tion of the tair prowises made, that the citizens of that County will unite in enforcing the laws and driving out kers. The Governor 18 said to have agreed with at only & small force shall be left there, fifty w. ., and a large force within easy distance, The delcgation speaks highly of Col. Montgomery and his men. The Lincoln Institute of this place, for the education of colored youths, hus received a donatiou of $2,000 from the Freedmen's Bureau PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS - TUNNAGE DUTIES ON FRENCH VESSELS. BY TRALEGRAPH TO THE TXINONE WasniNeToy, Dee. 2.~The following proclamation was promulgated this afternoon: By the President of the United States of America, A FROCLAMATION, Whereas, Satisfactory evidence has boen received by me from His Lwperial Majesty, the Emperor of France, through the Marquis do Montholon, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, that vessels belouging to eitizens of the United States, entering any port of France or of its dependencies, on or after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, will not be sufjected to the payment of higher duties on tunuage than are levied upon vessels belonging to citizens of France, entering the said ports, Now, therefore, 1 Andrew Johuson, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by an act of Congress of the 7th d-‘{ of Junur(v, 1824, outitled Au Aot conceruing diseriminating daties of tunnage and import, and by an act iu addition thereto, of the 24th day of fi: 1528, do hereby declpre and_procliim that, on and after the xatd st duy of Janfiary, 1967, #o long as vessels of the United Statos ‘sdmitted to Frenoh ports on the terms aforesaid, French ves- sals entering ports of the United States will be subjeot to no higher rates of duty on tunnage than are levied upon vessels of the United States in the ports thereof. In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set ml hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Doe ot the City of Wasbingtou this 2th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1866, and of the independence of the United States of Amerioa the By the President, ANDKEW 4 Wiriiax H, SEWALD, Sectotary of State. A CONSULAR EXPQUATUR REVOKED. W ASHINGTON, Dec. 28, —The following las been made public &hununinf: ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States. 0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: An exequatur, bearing Aate the 22d day of March, 1566, having ben issued to’ Gerhn anseen, recoguized biw as Cousul of Ollonburg for New-York, ‘and declaring him free to exercise aud enjoy sueh functions, HxsON, | | { i E:‘vm‘ and privileges, as arc allowed to consuls, by the law iona or by the laws of the United States, and existing treaty stipulations between the Goverument of Oldenburg and the United States, and the said Janssen having refused to appear in the Supreme Court, in the State of Now-York, to answer in a suit, there pending against himself and others, ou the ples that he is o consular officer of Oldenburg, thus sceking to use official position to defeat the euds o Justice, it is deemed advisable that the said Gerhard ‘Janssen should no longer be permitted to continue in the exer- cise of said fauctions, powers and privil o are there- fore to declare that I no longer recoguize the sail Gerbard Janssen as Consul of Oldenburg for New-York, and will not perwmit bim to exeroise os njoy any of the functions, powers or privileges, allowed to Consuls of that nation, and that I hereby Wholly revoke and anuul the aid_exaquatur beretofore give, ::sl 0 declare the same to be absolutely null and void from this T, forward. testimony whoreof, I hiave cansod these lettars to be mad tont, unllh’.lulol the U lMSumolAunu; In'l:-n: E:x. affixed. Given under my hand st Washington, this 2nth THR FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. — REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA AND PORTIONS OF MARYLAND ANU VIRGINIA, . i, . and Bekgat R Foasp AL L., HEADQUARTERS AssisTANT CosmMissonen, D. € WASHINGTON, Oet, 22, 1 Wajor-Gen. 0. 0. Howarp, Commissioner Burean i P GryeraL: In accordance with your instractions ¥ Lave the honor to submit the following sumumary report of 1| operations of this Burean, in my Distriet, ewbracing the yeri od from last reports to September 30, 1560, At the former date, the jrisdiction of the Assistant Commissioper of the I of Columbia included the Distriet of Columbia, the Counties i St Mny‘u, Charles, Calyert. and of Aun aryland, and the Counties of Alexandria, Firfax, on, Virgini. assignment of Major-Gen. Schoficld, ae A is- tant Commissioner of Virginia, August 16, 1860, Looden phed from this District. ton, jr., was relieved by Breves ullerton, December 3, 1965, lotier wad ned to the Lasiriel ab 2, Bureau of Kelugews) - td irig.-Gen. o relioved February 7, 1066, and I was by Special Order No. Abandoned Lands. laint of outrages agaiset freel: men, aud the disregurd of their vights, from the cocntier of Marylaid, tncluded i this District, and from Fairiax ssdt Louton Counties, Virginia, induced an application fo; more officers, soon_after my nasignment, aud as soon es the could bé made, 8 competent officer was pyt in charge of enchr county. There have been also oficers and agents on dnty ax follows : Oue Local Superintendent for the cities of Warhing- ton and Georgetows; un officer at Freodmen's Village and in rie of the faym at Arlington, Va.. and an oflicer, Brevet Col. 8. P. Lee, over the three (3) counties of Virginia, with hie bewls quarters at Alexandria, ArprExTy EsuIP,—There are many cases of abuses under the Ap rentice Law. Colored children have generally been nund wWithout the vonsent of their parents. A report from the Barean Agent regerding Calvert and Ann Arundel Counties M, says- * A fow days after the Emancipution Constitution’ went into eflect, it was the practice to take the children on farm before the Orphans’ Court and Lave them apprenticed fo the former owner. ' [ustances were mentioned where the chil- dren were hired out, tho former owners receiving the wagvss { To unotlier care the ehildren after being brought into court ot ot the same dat Freedwen Acents—The frequent comp} | | habeas eorp lelivered to their friends, were hi Y | tueir parents, thus elearly sbowing they wore not likely to bes come b connty charge, but they were afterward * replevined’’ | by the master, thus diverting 4 lheir earnings from their parests timated that there are six huadred carem i Calvert and almost as _many wore me praetice has prevailed to some ex- e agents of this Burean bave given oct anil some_apprentices have been res But eneh ease of unlawfulapprentices ship must be brooght separately before the Court, no decision ki i vet boen made or State law enacted which operates nl{ for the release of parties unjustly and illegully sppron- Ko ehlidien are known to have beca appresticed siueo nactment of the Civil Rights Law. lunt # case of brutal and nnprovoked asswult upon Powoll icolored) by Dr. A. IL Somers (white), in Maryland, was reported b; the Buresu tinally before Judge Bowie Chiet. ppeals, and the cousiitutionality of the A argued by counsl. J adge e attention to this subj Tensed by babeas earpos. In Moy Hilliary Montgomery Count, Ageis. This ¢ ustice of the Court of A) il Rights Law was quest Towie rendercd a decision July 3, 1466, favoring the compe- colored witnesses, snd sustaining the constitutionasity { the Civil Rights Law, as far as relates to this point. Since that decision some Magistrates have unhesitatingly jssued warrants on the testimony of colored witnesses. But unethey p sal of constaliss to make v serve subpenas for ool bias of the men d witnesses. whe have not been woot to + sy be given, us reported by the Agent of the Noid Shanion (colored) was attacked by a mob of write men, o by constabie, while at ehureh, He run, was pursued, sod severul shots fired at Lim, ove wounding him in the hip. He then turned, fired at his assailonts, shooting one of theu dewd. He was finaliy overtaken, carried before o magistrate, who nd vised his captors to take him to the woods ken to Jail, and_ afterward indicted for mur which was coucluded Sept. 8, 195, five witbesses were sworn for ¢ ation, all of them parties to the wewult. Twelve colored witnesses were sworn for the defense, ull testi- fying to n state of facts directly eontrary to_the witnesses for Jjury, rejecting the testimony of the col- vendered o vendict of mansiaughter. This venlict rouiise, two jurors heing in favog of willful wurder. a8 been sent to State Prison for five years. The laid the eass before cutive clemene r minations still existivg in Mary- v in the couyty laws. Forex- dral Shannon Assistant Commissioner of th the Govorner, with recomien There ore many statute diseri tand against the negro, e peci wwple: In Ani Avundel and Somerset Countics licenses w weniad by cetabn nber o reapectabie mm‘i:rmn No whito peveon, the partuer of & negro, cense, 5 4 white. man employ a colored elerk; the pens! s §0. Tn George County negroes are not :-fl inthe ! ik Goneraly, it appears that the organie law of the State is not sueh as to prevent diserimination against the rights of the negro. by eonnty or other loeal authorities. “The foliowing summary shows the sumber *of geres of lovd possession of the Bureau m this dfstrict, ond the f neres restored 10 owners for the time stated of ncres on hand Aug. 31, 1866, in_Vigginia. . e Rng of acres Aug. ) land, (U Nomber o ‘precers P udithy b baamwar. nip...... B S R B veessss M Nu of pieces town property on band in V1 . . it} Number of ncres restored trom October 31, 1 to Au- gust 31, 1846, in Virgiuia.... 2 Number of neres restored from October 31, 1565, gunt 31, 18ue, m Maryland. .....oeoeiieenienn s 1,015 Number of picees town property d from Octohe: 31, 165, to Angust 31, 1906, in Virginia....... 4 « land in Virginia reported above was taken up us confiy- - cated but the provess of coutiscation never Laving been com- pleted by sale the Land bas nover been a source of revenuve. The jand in Marsland, is all to be restored in November, 1466, wid rent is paid for its present oecapancy. The report then gives the details of the Medical Departient and sunitary measures, Of the schools it says: Whole number of schools, 74; teachers, Ofthese 799 are in the alphabet, the remaind learned to read. The ulght schools ‘bave not bee ported. Average uumber, about 15, Averuge namber of scholars, 00; Sabbath Schools noi con- neeted with colored churchies, 20; number of sehol e coutinued zeal aml diligence of the Rev. John Superintendent of Education, in the performance of hi are highly commendable. e general good conduct and enpid progress in seholarship Lave been such e to surprise and gratify their most sangtine fileuds, The whole uamber of lwfllnfl 1l but oe in_ buildings provided by this ] wlrost entircly sustained by the Busesn. These schools attord exployment and inatruction to some 3y wen. They have slso made, repaired, and distributed o lirgo amonnt of elothing, R \T10vs.—Whole nmiber of rations issued from Jan.1 to Oct, 1, 1866, _ For the month of Septewber the issues were u8 follows: Hospital, Washington, D, C. (including the iseves to the sick at thebr howes, and to the Orphan Asylums), 16,720; hospital at Freedmew's Village, 6,070 hospital at Alexandvia (including Home for Infirm), 11.940; Home for Aged acd In- firm at Freedmen's Village, 15; Land Sules Farm, Murylamd (ineloding employés), 2,760 ; total, 43,014, A census taken by this Burean last Winter and Spring slows a colored population in Washington of 27,267; {u Georyetown, 4,262—.\ggregate, 31,49, Subtracting 'the 5000 removed during the year, leaves still w number th i bee ple !“‘“M “ll‘m' mlll('l Ay sumber than can be employed here at adequate Ant BUTest means |MrllloN§‘ of relievi " o future support of many of these wll the benefits of independence, an dition of such as may remain, their removal to other States, where labor s in demand, has been encournged in every sible way by this Bureau. Transportation bas of lnte hewn urnishe vuts employed iu this and other citiew tu yive their attention wholly to this work, meetings of the freed people have been held, and various other means resortsd to in onler to induce them to go; but the call for laborers in still mwuch greater thay the supply. There seems to be givat re- luctance ou the part of the majority to leave even the wiswable homes they have established here and start forth to perts of the country new and strange to them. Gen. Howanl then gives the statistics of the appropristion of \000 for relief of the destitute, by Congress; $I¥ K& o7 ve. mained unexpouded Oet. 1. the Government of the , a8 well a8 to give them The receipts of the Refagees and Freedmen's fund, frow Nov, kl 1;;;; 1o Sept. 30, M6, were §2406 05, Expenditares, Tn the limits to which this report must be confined, wuly o few cxamples could be given of the nunerous cases reported injustice to the freedmen in the Gourts, purticularly it Maryland and Virginia. In their lgnorance of the processes of law . snd in the prevailiag indiference o their interests among the rvai- dent citizens, the freedmen ure generally powerless to obtain redress for WIongs against person or property, unless by agents of this Raresu. In fi’:rynn¢ while Judge sustains the Civil Rights act b luw#m‘ u«-m’u‘ it nmnm‘::nm{'ml. The same iv In nia, aud uu pownt be fivally Act will be of little practical avail to the freedmen. e i In Virginin we still have occasion to resort to the assistance of the military forces, by virtue of General Orders No. #, Headquarters of the Army fuu.uu»; Tefuse or neglect to serve writs «n: parties clarged with outrages upon men. The numeroun iustances of abuses under the spprentice law in i for some n of the Legislatuze of that State, or some ! competent authority. JTustice comes too slowly by taklug up each of the hundreds of cases separately, and getting netion the Courts by means of the writ of cory 1:: tin Dis- triet of Cofumbia the great desideratum i3 to reduce tho number of frecd people. They bave cougregated here du g the war and sives, uotil there are thousands more than ean ;l.n: m::pln:uem adequate to the proper support of their Upward of 5,00 have been removed o homes eisewhere day of December, in the year of our Lord 1566, and of the In- dependonce of tho United Statos of America, the 0lat. during the past year Dbdnl 10,000 wore could be removed with it 10 themwels s those who remain. Much her been ANDREW ] A B the President : Wy IL. Sewum, Secrotary of o1 fohe. o: priide. el ieumarie S, the fotvd poumlt bt . ——— Kether in wiberabia dhodes, for which ; THE TERRITORIES. Eeabe, Manyef thows wietabed Aovee,are Mok 5 for mumtn ——— beings to dwell in. IDAHO. They are reluctant to leave even thess hovels when snce DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. and the and Bisense-ganernting huts, in in taem, and as long as the district is 80 ovenowded ud for vents is 80 mfl these ll:a contracted oven of o of the weathsr, -4 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. . —A telogram dated Silvor City, | INTates from the ihelemency will be oo eal Tish, Deb. 53y sye that the woathor 1s emarkebiy e | ‘s llyity SRS (AL ng e e e tiew 1o v bill to establish a telegraph live in Oneida County | and dewcribed sorac of the worst s Slah S B e S ouh s boen il for e your, | whre e e Deopl ahebicag them. EnCih .nm":"w::“' wl the “’.:.‘h"‘“‘fll %‘ b """‘;"mf:',‘::"- 3 ,4"“1‘::'“""“:&" :&"?’m Buf the itien Lave 0 memorial to Congress, vi the Ter- t s W adjust ts of the Ny ritory, will habz ru the 14\5 It is proposed | ith the claims of Lumadit IH. matter. to u’.’fim thnpn w itory * Columbi m m"‘"‘“. that o Statute twent iy wkul:l-flnm: NEW .‘;mo. As r-lnpon o‘;l made hefore receiving the annual repoits of BY TRLEGRAPH 10 THN TRIBUNN. :hr: ;n two ::-malnio'vnelrl enpfll" “‘:’ Em"u"-fl Leavesworts, Kasas, Dec. 27.—Gov. Aroy has issned | anwunl S oy u:m.-:rm whi be ecessiy (04040 Y nt proclamation prohibitiug the sele of arws and popmps 'mh‘lv;-‘yn - m- mm d el suwugition in New-Mexico, CIL Mowany, By e ‘.un-.‘?.‘i‘c. in merehandise cannot be obtained by a negro, unless Joeom-