New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-09
FROM WARRINGTON.
A.. The v Tribune,

| 4, Military Commission has Deeh
| -, oooed N the trial at st. Louis OF tho OuIhois
"H1 steamers upon the Western rivers IL Is s'a'e
Wv. 40 o,nrl,s many Of whom have peeh " Ions ""
'''' - ,oye large fund of their command auu
cod the services Of Col j. W. Ben 10 eonuu''
No.. doterss subpenaes have been issued LOT 'on''
'''', and SECRETARIES Mallory and Seldom to ties
| ify in the case
" W. Cox of the Post-oihce Department
So. had autographed fac smile copy oil beDlauin
,Ltr,s first ledger of the Department Kept Dy n'"
| elf xhilc Postmaster General.
/ MILITARY PERSONAL
,rrustus w. Constable was appointed to-
1 president Johnson Third Lieutenant in the
| Revenue Service.
IRON MANUFACTURES
The eighth census represents 80 eslapiiS"
,s f,r the manufacture of bar, sheet ana Ialno'u
go, IN tho Middle States in 1862 with al invested ehP
l Of 80 OH so; the cost of raw material "inuoi!
.,.,od 70 have been s2659il the number OF maze
,rds empoyed 436; cost of labor $3.50 oooi ana an
nual value of products. s3'e6s''6''
j CoLoREp MAIL CONTRACTOR.
The Postmaster-General to-day awarded the
contract for carrying the United states mans Oc'"'oN
/ re.sbure and Winchester Va, TO Robert olrieA'
ored citizen of the latter town, at salary OF 500 per
nnnm This is the first instance of similar award DC
inc made TO a coored man by the Government Ihe
,c,eo,obty and trustworhiness of the,contract are
,,rcbcd for by the Hon. Jno. s. Gallagher formerly
State Senator from the Winchester District.
LAND OFFICE STATISTICS.
The returns to the General Land Office show
1ast1o OF tho
,ublic domain were taken up for actual settlement
dor the homestead law at Boonesyille, Mo. OF that
Quantity 500 acres were sold at s. 20 per acre. The
cash sales at that Office in the same month amounted
10 81 So 40.
NEw-MEXICAN INDIANS.
J.K. Graves, esq.,, who has recently been ap-
pointed agent for the purchase and distribution OF
Government goods TO the Indians of Now-Me1ico
leaves for New.York in a day or two for
The purpose of making the necessary purchases
1t has formerly been the custom of the Indian Bureau
10 contract for all such purchases but owing TO the fire.
ouent occurrence of peculaton and fraud under this
system it hes been determined agent for such pur
chase men whose we-known probity will be sufficient
guarantee for the faithful discharge Of their duties
THE purchases, for WI been approprl
ated will consist mainly OF blankets clothing aud
frnkets of various kinds so much appreciated by the
Indians.
PENSION SURGEON.
James Phillips, NJ D., of this city, was to-
dav appointed an Examining Surgeon of the Pension
Office.
NAVAL PRIZES
The following Naval Prizes are ready for dis
fdbntion at the Fourth Auditors office; Bcnvile'
Princess Royal, San Jacino, Sea Bird, Fox Two Dis
ters. Annie. Honduras Itasca. Hendrix Hudson
Mathew yas,er. Usage, Choctaw, Champion and Fort
Hindman
INTERNAL REVENUE
The receipts from internal revenue to-day
were sll43lI7 90.
TIE FRgEDMES-REPORT OF GEN. FISK.
Brig.-G Fisk, Assistant Commissioner Of
Treedmens Affairs for the States of Kentucky Tennes
see and Northern Alabama, reports TO Gen Howard
that he has Just returned fTom tour Of inspection
through Middle and East Tennessee and Northern Ala
bana and finds continued and increased activity in the
afsirs of the Bureau.
After stating that large proportion Of the people
Cbeeriuy cooperate with him in the free labor system
Gen. Fisk speaks OF class OF former Shareholders TO
whom be refers unsubjugated, and who cling with
surprising tenacy 10 the old barbarsm. Tie Freed
mems Courts in the States mentioned are crowded with
colOred applicants for wages withheld by their en-
pOyer and in localities the crack Of the whip and
the jingle Of the shackes as In the days Of
Uncle Tom and TOpsey Gen Fisk expresses the belief
at the States Of Tennessee and Alabama will provide
for the negro's right to justice at the approaching
session of their Legislature, while the great demand
for labor will do much toward regulating its just com
peOsaton. The General has given his special attention
10 the breaking up of the Freedmens camps through
out the States under his control and reports of the
. ISL Freedmen subssted by the Government on the
18th Of July but 979 mostly Of the aged and infrm
class drawing rdtions from the United States
The number OF refugees from the date referred to has
also decreased 10 IL whereas 1868 formerly sup
ported by the Government lie represents the harvest
in East Tennessee abundant but statos that the crops
of Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama have sul
fred much from droutb aud that there will probably
h. great scarcity Of food in localities before an
other harvest can be gathered In conclusion Gen. f.
recommends that the State and county authorities take
OF their poor in order to relieve the Govern
Of The expense is mourning for their sup
pOrt
LAND OFFICE STATISTICS.
In the month Of August, 20,735 acres were
tken up at the Land Office at Marquette, Mich. with
Agricultural College receipts
SAVING LUMBER AT TIE SOUTH.
The volume of manufactures COW being pre-.
pared the General Land and Census Office represents
tha, there were in sGO. 5gs Establishments in the
Southern States for the saving Of lumber and employ.
ing 1884 males and 32l female slave hands. The total
capital invested was SIS 437 OsO cost Of raw material
s244 1885, annual cost of labor s336l 375 and annual