, 1864-01-22

a,tea Sept: .sstb, NJ. Seward 1sys< that the
reports relative to member Of ITO Imperial
sTfi,cIent' to justify the Government ot the |
Un1fed StateB in mixing sny Representations
10 Austrin on the subject, and n dispatch
Of Oct. 9Th, to the same Minister, he says fhat
the United States hare no right NOR dispost
Pres,dept @ Id does not allow himself to be dis
furbed by rumors OF suspicious Of French
designs 10 that country.
=. re dispatches from and to Mr.. Corwin
have not yet been printed.
It appeals ff9m naatgn dispatch; and 70 aated Mf
Oct 81, that the order under which the French
government is Dow allowed to export tobac-
Go from Richmond, is the secohd one Issued :;
the first having been revoked, because II
concession was made to France, England per.
haps would apply for Ike favors Ehsh mtSat tSSa
France went to the trouble Of getting assent
Of the British government to to this oct, and
the promise never to set up concession as
precedent In communicating D. Le,Huys
said: tobacco being prominent monopoly
In France, 1t was necessary to their 1nances
that their supply from this country DC Kept
up.
There are number ofletters in the French
correspondence on the subject OF the iron
clads tuiliug IN French ports, and the recep-.
ton accorded to Shc Florida and Georgia, and
to cases which arise out OF certain acts OF
Gen. Butler at New Orleans. There arc Two
or three letters which passed in November
between Meroier and Seward on the subject
Of service on the ground. Of supreme aliegi.
ance to Napoleon. On this ground Seward
declines to lay down my general rule IN al
vance proposing to decide each case as II
The Russian correspondence contain in
letter from Bayard Taylor to Seward
IN intercepted dispatch from Benjamin to
I.amar. representative Of the rebellion at st.
Petersburg Benjamin instructs Lamar not
to permit the introduction Of clause pro.
hiblting African slave trade IN my treaty OF
anity, Or commerce which the Confederate
States should nuke after Russia shall rccog-
/ nize their independence; because the treaty
making power in said States Is not author
lied to deal with the subject. It Is classed
among those powers which the States SO
| de2egating them to the general government
hive nSnt Rr0Rss to sesr'f hc D gznasS dfsS1
argues this point at considerable length, md
| ends by suggesting that just and generous
| confidence Il the bona tldo Intentions Of the
| Confederate States to prohibit the African
| slave trade exhibited by friendly powers will
| be far more efIlcacfous than the persistent ef:
forts to Induce the Confederate Government
to assume exercise Of powers which 1t does
not possess, and build the ConIederacy by
lies which have no constitutional validity.
| In the Spanish correspondence appears
letter from Seward to Perry, dated Sept. "a,
| United States don't want any territories.
] Certainly not any more slave-holding terri
! torres. The United States Government Is
not forciblc propagandist OF emancipation
even at home, although 1t does not not
hesitate to- strike slavery down when e1,
| It rises in resistance to the Government, much
less If this Government Is an armed propagga1s-
dist of emancipations or any other policy IN
foreign country. Ccrtain1y it wonla not If
aseailed By ant foreign slave.ho1dinng power
slow any greater forberarance towards slavery
maintained BY foreign nrny than 1t shows fe
to domestic slavery when employed against
In dispatch dated July 9, 1868, to lasoasa,
the Spanish Minister here, Seward says sitter
discussing a case arising ont of Gcn. Butler'e
action ut N. O.: II am, therefore to inform
you that the Government adheres to Its
former declaration tlat no ship Of wal
Of whatever nation will be expected to carry
into or ont from any port Of the United
Stntes whether occupied bY their forces or In
tie possession Of the insurgents, any person
who does not actually belong to civil, mill
tary, OF naval service of the country whosf
flag that vessel carries, and especially that
| &QEu EHlIb Ok Wall HSIAVAt ~AFANa1 A~1'N v
the military authorities, shall mo-
corry Into or out Of such .ports
my citizen. Of the United Sfatee
It can be only on an expected compliance
with these terms, that any foreign ships
war can enter ports Of the classes I hay'
designated, during the continuance OF tn
present civil war.
a dispatch to Mr.. Sanford, at Belgium
dated July 9th 1866, eays that the nation having
arrived ut the point when restoration seem
not only possible, but necessary, the obstacle
presented by elayery, which have already be
come lcfs formidable than before, seem th "a
only ones to overcome; that 1t Is not In tn
rover Of slavery to dictate; 1t is its intereH
to propose terms; pcrsererlng resistance b.
slavery Is abolition; surrender by slavery is
probable equivalent to orderly and gradua
!. | emancipation.
In another dispatch TO Sanford. dated sep,
Sd, 1868, Seward speaks of William Cornel
Jewett as an adycpturer, volunteer diple
matiet, and Of his mission as self:appointed
REWARDS FOR DRAFTED PERSONS.
No reward for the arrest Of a drafted pei
son rs dcserter Is allowed unless he be bel
to service
APPOINTMENT,
Can't, R. N. Scott, 4th q. s. infantry, is at
4 pounced in general orders as Seuor Ald-d'
Camp to Gen. Halleck.
DEsERTER SENTENCED.
Priyate Geo. Hotter, described as q so1die
in the service, and convicted Of deseItlon aI" b.
It Grand Rapids, Siichigan.
eentenced. to forfeit Ill pay and allowance
and to be imprisoned ut hard labor for te
years, with ball and chain. Gen. Halleck al
proves the proceedings and is sentence, aa 81, 81
fnement.
racT7rppn
1st Lieut.. j. N, Whitcmeyer, 10Th Indian
has been cashiered. d.
SENTENCED TO Be SHOT
Private o. G. Ma1on, LIST Michigan, CO.
victed Of deecrtion, has been sentenced to
shot on the 20th inst, and Gen. Meade b
:: approved the sentence.
coNr1nMAT1oNs.
The following combinations were made t.
day, In Executive session:
Lewis G. Gum, Of California, Collector Of Il
L. Customs foE the district of Puget's Sound. Ter
CHARLES James, Collector OF the Customs for Il
district Of sau Francisco, CAL
dIsti3et sa9est'f1 of Wsle e tiS o9oaeh. Maine - ~
: Bayre de G5aee, I'D. ,,..,,,.,,.o ,nr i.
pec5bt a. san g. rsEaons q Maine consu, to
Ie,ael Was4b9rn: q. # Collector Of Customs
g Henry ii. Hornsby aud Jos. ". Dennis, thi
u leutenante in the Iertuue cntter service.
" INTERNAL REVENUE.
re The House, in Committee Of t
"a Whole, yesterday took up the Intern
" revenue bill. afr. Loyejoy moved to tax
q whisky distilled prior to the passage Of tt
ID act, do cents all distilled from that time
ae the first Of July next, GO cents, and all dist
5, ed after TINT date, one dollar. -.
r. Mfr. Grinnel1, Of Iowa, moved tax
o. o. all whisky. Of onadollar and twenty cen1
Fernando Wood, Lovejoy,' Chandler, Grl
ut nell, and Kelly. Wood considered whisl
4 All article Of prime necessity, which shou
1e be lightly taxed. Grinnell considered whisl
ID shops nurseries Of pro-slavery Democrae
s- md wanted to Tux them out Of extstene
'r. Chandler prophcsied another whtsky-reb
H. lion if the high tax were adopted. Grtnnel
q amendment was withdrawn, and LoVeloy
~ voted down, Fernando Wood then offer
n m amendment, to impose the tar on
to louora distilled prior to january III
I'd wherever found, whether previously taxed
.; moi. Noble, Of Ohio, offered an AMENDING
TO to Woods amendment, TINT distillers sh
NJ not nav any other tax than th& Of eHsfl
NJ law, VIZ: twenty cents, prior to the Possa
Of this net; and pending the consideration
Mobiles amendment, the House adjourned.
I,9 19 COTTON.
re- Kaseon, Of Iowa, will offer an a1nendme
m concerning cotton that Government 81
on agree to nav In certificates, Of indebtedne
Ol | "a fnr nnv cnftNu IN d13trjl