Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-09

The Estimates for Nsrt Kdr- The Tariff
Ihe Freedmen The Cholera .Subsia,no
IN Europe- Bounty S,oiadlcr sentenced
-Rdrions.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.
The estimates tor the next fiscal year will
be about 500, 100000 The expenses at
the present time exceed this rate, but are
steadily reducing.
Gen Swayne, Assistant Commissioner of
Freedmen in Alabama is here to consult
with tho President in reference to colored
sohoels in Mobile, which some OF the white
inhabitants are determined to break up
The Presid ent has urged upon the author.
lties reduction of estimates for the next
fiscal year to lowest sums.
Regulations are being prepared for the
collection OF Il riff on the frontier after the
termination OF the reciprocity treaty. The
prospects for new treaty are doubtful.
The Comptroller of the Currency has lust
called the attention of the National Banks
to the provisions Of the law requiring them
to proydc for the redemption Of their notcs
lie IS determined that action on their part
shall be taken as speedily as possible. Some
OF the banks have already taken the hint and
are sending their notes here for cancela.
ton.
Government will prob1by take sarly ac-
tion On arecent proclamation by Maxilnlian,
instructins the assassination Of every prison.
er taken by his frees.
The case Of Lieutensnt Bohrer, charged
with gigantic frauds on the Navy nspart.
ment IN enllstments of sailors and marines
at Baltimore will come up before the Mill.
tary Commission to-day.
The occupant of the house in Washing
tOn Whnra PraoiIant ;nnoI.> L
claim for damage done TO the room and fur.
niture on the night of the assassination
Relic hunters would buy the furniture at a
high price. Large numbers visit Ford's
Theatre daily
Where colonies of Freedmen exist in the
South, at such points as the relief system
OF the Freedmen's Bureau has not reached,
the mortality among the Freedmen, az
shown by official returns to the Bureau, has
been great. Since the Bureau has so ex.
tended as to take number Of these colonies.
the mortality has been speedily reduced TO
four per cent. by the medical assistance of
the Bureau.
Official advices from Caledonia, Spain,
say that the cholera there is Diminishing
rapidly, aad hopes are entertained that il
will soon disappear. Our Consul at M.
remberg states that the reports of cholera
having appeared in that city are untrue: not
q single case occurred, nor was il believed
that the Asiatic cholera had made its an.
pearance in Germany ut all. with tho ex
ception of few cases reported in Alien.
burg.
During the month Of October last the
Prize Bureau Of the Treasury Department
sdjnsted 8 $50 naval claims, involving over
80, 100000
The collector for the District of South
Carolina reports fourteen cotton manufac. |
turing firms within his district.
The Secretary ofthe Treasury has order.
ed a large amount of fractional currency |
TO be issued
An application to the Comptroller of the
Currency fur the establishment OF Natien.
q Bank at New Orleans, with capital OF
81 100000, has been granted
There is lull in the pardon business.
Among those whose warrants await the sig,
nature of the President are Roger A. Pryor
aud Robert Ould; among tho latest appli-
cations is that of Major Gen. Jehn NJ.
Withers, of Alabama,