The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-20
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COUNTERFEIT TREASURY NOTE.

COUNTERFEIT TREASURY NOTE.
dangerous counterfeit was received at the
Treasury OH tho 18th instant, of hundred dollar
compound interest note bearing date May 15
1866.
The President, on the 18th instant, appointed
Charles H. Campfeld to be appraiser of mcrchan-
disc for tho port Of Savannah.
Tho internal revenue receipts, on the 18TH inst,
amounted to 81 $50, ,S52.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
says that the time is not distant when thero will
be an entire reconstruction of the Cabinet The
members whose time will have come arc Messrs.
Stanton, Harlan, Speed, and Judge Advocate Holt
Additional details, of much interest, regarding
the war between the Republic of Paraguay, OH the
one hand, and the Empire of Brazil the Argentine
Confederation and the Republic of Uruguay, OH the
other. were brought by tho British bark St. An
drew, which arrived ut New York on the 18th inst
from Montevideo, Uruguay, on the 2Sth July
President Lopez had taken command of the Para
guayans in person, but was moving moro cautious
ly than at first owing to several checks which his
troops had received. The allies claim tina. tho
navy of the Paraguayans was nearly annihlated in
the battle OF Riachuelo, between Paraguay and
Brazil, and that OH laad the Paraguayans had also
experienced some material rcpulses. The armies
motion, and recruiting and all kinds of military
preparations were in progress in every direction;
but till the rain and cold gave place to moro favor
able weather it was thought that no decisive cam
paign would be commenced. There were sevcn-
teen thousand Brazilians in the field.
Montcvideo paper announces that United
States naval expedition of great strength would
soon arrive on the South American coast, accom-
panied by commissioner, whose duty it would be
to demand and enforce non-intcrfcrcnce with the
free navigation of the Plate River by Brazil, and
the payment by the Government of the country OF
four hundred thousand dollars as indemnity for
American vessels destroyed by rebel pirates in
Brazilian waters Buenos Ayrcs journal, how
ever, says this story has no foundation in fact.
The city Of N1ontcvidco said to be in Il terrible
condition. owing to political intrigucs, political mr.
rests, murders i'll broad daylight, burglarics rob-
berry, and other lawlessness.
Advccs from Jamaica, West Indies, to Scptcm-
Der 7, received by the arrival of the steamship
iNontesun,d, at New York on the 18th inst report
that the long protracted drought, which had
caused widespread distress i'll the island, was
over, and favorable showers had fallen. General
Lamothc, q refugee from Hayti, residing at Kings
ton, Jamaica, having been threatened with expul-
sion from the island for alleged completely in the
Hayticn rebellion, had written to the Governor of
Jamaica, denying that he at all mixed up in
any recent scheme against his country. There
does not appear to have been any truth in the re-
port, received by previous arrival, that an i'll
surrectlon was about to break out in the western
portio! of Jamaica.
The rebellion in Hayti is still unsubdued. A
letter from Port all Prince of tho 2Sth of August
published i'll Jamaica newspaper, states that
o61-n IN flo
Herald, left Port Prince the 25th ut for the
seat of war, taking with him sixteen hundred men.
The insurgents had been rcpulscd in all their ad-
vances, and the recapturc from them of the town
of Cape Haytien was daily expected. It was ru-
morcd that Fort st. Michel had already been cap
tured by the national troops, with sixty prisoners
Several of the Haytien newspapers denounce the
exccsses committed by the revolutionary leaders
in breaking open stores and robbing merchants to
pay their soldiers.
Late adviccs from the republic Of Colombia
state that the recent election there resulted in tho
choice as President, to succeed Scnor Murillo the
present incumbent, OF General AIosquera, formcr-
y President, and now Columbian Minister in Eng
land.
Major-General Slocum, in accordance with in
strictlons from tho President, issued order un-
der date of the 4th instant, rcvoking his previous
one forbidding tho enrolment of the State troops
called for by Provisional Governor Sharkeys proc
IL
issued the prohibitory order ho believed it to be
III accordance with the policy of the government.
1t is said that Gov. Parsons, of Alabama, is i'll
favor of the Constitutional Convention, now in scs-
sion at Montgomery, making provision for the adj
mittance of negro testimony in the Courts of the
State. ~
General Swayno, Assistant Commissioner Of the
Frccdmen's Bureau for Alabama, has issued or
lers, which have beon approvedb by General Wood
the military commander, and Provisional Cover
Parsons directing that al contracts for labor
between the planters and tho negroes, to be bind
ing, must be reduced to writing; that for the pro-
lection of the latter class these contracts will form
lien on tho crops, and that for the protection of
tho planters all the negroes who refuse to comply
with the stipulations will be arrested as vagrahts,
and compelled to resume work. The citizens of
Marengo and other Alabama counties have pcti-
toned Governor Parsons to intcrpose for the re-
moval Of Colonel Lynch of the Fifth Wisconsin
cavalry, the ground that tho expression of his
sentiments tends to negro insurrection.
The Secretary Of tho Treasury has issued cir
cuar letter to tho customs collectors, requiring
more rigid compliance with the revenue laws ON
tho part OF tho commanders of revenue cutters
1t is not sufficient that the officers in question
should merely speak incoming vessels; but they
must board and examine them, and if anything
Suspicious is Observed must remain on them till
the point of destination s reached. They are also
required, i'll addition to their other duties, to
maintain general surveillance Of the coast, and
tho custom OF using revenue cutters for pleasure
parties is to be put stop to.
In the council at Fort Smith, Arkansas on
Thursday OF this week, treaty of friendship
and peace with tho Government was signed bv
delegates, representing tho Oaage, Seminole.
Creek, Chickasaw, Cowskin, Seneca, Shawnee.
Choetaw and Quapaw tribes Of Indians. They alb
juro tho coalitions Of their people with the rebels
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