Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-11


$50 fn- Investigation. General Rousseau ar.
rad hare N. day. He favors the Palmer side, and
his letter strongly approving aud indorsing Cen
sral Palmer has been on ile some days IN the ar
Department . ..... ,,,,.,, .,,--r,
Tho President has abandoned his contemplated
trim 70 Richmond and North and South Carolina
and Yesterday notified the Secretary OF the Navy
that the vessel in waiting for him would not be
required.
NEW COUNTERFEIT.
The Government authorities received yesterday
q copy of a new counterfeit $40 greeuback legal
tender note just put in circulation. Arrests have
been m ade and Others will be made, OF persons
engaged in preparing and issuing this counter
felt, but for good reasons, we are not authorized
70 give any Of the PARTICULARS. This new bogus
issue is dated Washington, March 10, 1852, letter
G. The red seal is badly executed, as is also the
border of the note which is made up OF repottions
of the letter Y irregularly put together. The gen.
eral appearance of the bill is bad.
COTTON CONVENTION.
The proposition for a National Cottou-Growiug
Convention is meeting with much favor in high
quarters General Howard, of the Freedmen's
Bureau, writes, heartily indorsing the proposition
and suggesting the holding of the convention
either in this city or in New York some time in
November next. General Howard says the plan.
tiers of the South are very anxious to procure Ia.
Dor to produce large cotton crop next year, and
feels assured that such a cOnve Ttio3 would aid in
the solution of many practical problems concern
ing the labor interests of the freedmen and the
material interests of the country.
SOUTHERN MAILS AND DEFICIENCIES.
The Southern Post Office business Is rapidly on
the increase at the Post.oifice Department. For
the past two weeks the Pcstmaster-Ge General in
connection with the Sixth Auditor OF the Urea.
~ hos kna Ja1 70 in.
ing the deficits of the various Postmasters at the
South before the war, and in making preparations
to enforce the collection of these dehcIencies.-
The total amount OF the deficiencies of those
Postmasters who held Presidential appoint
ments is ascertsined TO be Sl58,965 IS. 1t is
also matter Of interest to note that every
one of the appontees now commissioned
by the President and Postmaster. General is re.
qui'ed 10 take the oath imposed by the act of
July, 1862, commonly known as the Test oath,
and that plenty of men are found who can con.
scientiously take the oath. In a few instances
only IS the com mission returned With the state
ment that the sppointee cannot take the OATH
All postmastero now appointed are lequhed to be
we'll Endorsed by competent authority. In some
localities ladies have been appointed, when Il
loyal man could not b. found.
THE ABSENT CABINET UNSATISFACTORY THKT ARE
REPREsESTED IN CABINET SESSION.
At the Cabinet meeting on Friday, Messrs. Sc.
ward Speed, Harlan and MoCulloch were absent.
The public business, however, does not suffer in
consequence of this, as the next in rank Of these
chiefs of departments fills his place, and takes his
seat at the Cabinet sessions with the President.
Thus, for instance, on Fr5ay, the Attorney Gen
eral was represented by Hon. j. Hub.ey Ashton
OF Philadelphia, Assistant Attorney General Sec
rotary McCulloch by Hon. William L. Chandler
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Secreta-
~ Harlan By Judge Otto, Assistant Secretary OF
the Interior. The Secretary and Assistant Secre.
tary of State we're both absent, tie Department
being in charge OF the Chief Clerk, but he is not
eligible to a seat in the Cabinet, and the State
Department was, therefore, not represented at this
meeting.
RELIC.
The close carriage which was presented to Pre-
sident Lincoln in 1863 by number OF New I orI
gentlemen will be shipped to that city for sale on
tuesday, in charge of Mr.. Williamson, lately pri
vate tutor to Mr.. Lincoln's children. It i'll b
consigned to the care OF Leeds, Miner d Co., ant
from the fact that it is the same in which the Pre-
sident took his last ride to Fords Thea on the
fatal l4.h of April, it is expected will command
high price.
FoREEY AND THE NEGRO SUFFRAGE PROBLEM.
Forney's Washington organ gave notice thi
morning, in a laudatory article upon Governor
Morton's late speech, which it reproduces nearly
entire, that it had finally discovered which way
the popular mind was tending regarding the
question of negro suffrage. In withdrawing hi
support from universal suffrage, his EXcellency II
styled Z" close observer OF passing events. whC
has weighed well all the knotty interrog itorie
which have arisen respecting the status OF thu
rebellious States, the abolition Of slavery, anC
particularly those regarding negro suffrage, anC
that his argument is uaanswerable upon the lat
ter question"
PARDoNs.
The President granted sixty amnesty pardon
on Saturday, all to parties from Alabama.
gentleman from New York who has spen
two weeks in following q successful application
for pardon through Judge Holts Office, on Satur
day succeeded in getting the Presidents sigma
ture. But he as informed In the White aoust
that the Presidents time is so occupied with lis
tening to Southern applications for pardon, that
there are to-day five hundred cases similarly re
commended and now only waiting the signature
of the President, watch he has not time t. make
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
The papers are circulating proposed amend
ment - the Constitution, which contemplates tht
con.tant succession of the VicePresdent to the
Presidency. A President and ViCe-President arc
elected. At the end Of four years, the former re.
tires and the latter takes his place. OF course a
each subsequent election ouly Vice-President II
chosen. In this way the one-term rule is adopted
the Vice. President is selected with special refer
ence TO his fitness for the first position; and TO
four years he is beng educated for the vast re
sponsibilities he is to assume.
GENERAL HITCHCOCK IN DEFENCE OF SECRETARY
STANTON.
General Hitchcock, Commissioner for Exchange
in letter to the Chronicle dared yesterday make
defence of the Secretary of War in the accuse
ti1n6 made against Mr.. Stanton on the subject o
exchange Of prisoners. This letter is supplement
/ g. 80 Arv 10 ,,rl,ia ~
and is called for General Hitchcock says, becaus
the latter does not appear TO have satisfied Ger
tain individuals who seem determined to give eff
feet to their accusations against Mr.. Stanton b.
the force of strenuous repeutions Of them.
DEATH OF A GENERAL.
Brsvet. Brigadier General Sanders, late Colone
of the Ninth Wisconsin Regiment, died here Of
Friday evening. His remains will be rent hom
for iniernent.
PRESENT FOR TIE LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
General Grant is the recipieat of a novel presen
from the Ladies Social Circle of Eureka, Hum
boldt County, California. IL is a silk bed-spread
one side OF which is composed of red and whit
stripes of silk while the other is blue silk ground
upon which are neatly wrought in the na;iona
c0iors thirty-six NINA ure iags-one for eacl
State, with the name of each embroidered upoI
the blue ground of each little flag. In the centr
is the coat of arms, and motto, Z plRTibuS RnHm
with the following inscription embroidered in vel
low silk: ITO Lieut.. Gen. Grant, U. $. A, from
the Ladies' Social Circle of Eureka, Humboldt
California" The article brought $500 at SAM
tarJ Commission Fair in California.
OWNERSHIP OF COTTON.
The Treasury Department has made decision
in regard to cotton, which is Of much consequence
and will be OF great benefit to the Southern people
1t has declined 10 levy proposed tax of 20 pc
cent. oa all cotton found IN the interior, and IL
sued instructions it is stated, to its agents not Il
take bale of cotton that had been impressed BY
the late rebel Government, unless 1t could b
proved that the parties who owned it had re
ceiged an equivalent therefor from the Richmond
authorities. As 1t will not generally be possible
rebel authorities, it will, of course, generally
remain umolested.
ouARrRRMAsTER SALE OF RAILROAD STOCK.