The Portland daily press., 1866-03-20

l--=+-. WASHINGTON, March ~. =
Hon. Daniel Needham, Secretary of the
New England Agricultural Society, is in this
| city, having been sent hither by that Society
missioner on Agriculture.
On Wednesday, the Columbian Commission
meet again to hear the case OF Daniels.
The ship Good Return, the Media, and La
Constantia were before the Commission in
1862, and the umpire then made decision
awarding some 100000 to the several claim
ants, but the Columbian Commission at that
time protested against the decision, as only
the question of jurisdiction had been referred
to the umpire. Payment was not made and
the cases are now sent to the present Board
by Mr.. Seward to determine whether the de-
cision should stand or be referred. The UNI
pire of the present Board, Sir Frederick
Bruce, is expected t. be present at the argu-
ment The cases are to be argued on We'd
nesday. They grew out of privateering by
our citizens in the wars Of South America
against Spain, AMI the alleged seizure of pri-
yes by the Columbian Government.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
issued a-circular to Assessors informing them
Of the recent decision relative to imposing
tax of one twenty-foulth of one per cent each
month upon the average amount ofdeposits
of money held by the Savings Banks, and in
strict compliance with this decision will be
enforced. -
The Comptroller of Customs Of Ottawa,
Canada, has transmitted Secretary McCulloch
a certified copy of the act Of the Canadian
Parliament, recently passed, prohibiting the
importing of cattle, horses, hides DC, by sea
into the Province. ~, !, .f..s..,.,s1
D A soldier called on the Secretary of the
Treasury Saturday evening, and gave him
$500, and promising to give him $193 more
soon, being the amount overpaid him by some
officer during the war. -
81 The u! s. Consul at La Rochelle, France,
in dispatches to the Dept of State, dated Feb.
Doth. recommends a rigid quarantine be en-
forced against all vessels from the ports OF
Coen, Drest, La Rochelle and Bordeaux. He
says the cholera appears to be going along the
coast of France, and is now at Sables DO
,loune. From present appearances he thinks
it will pass along the coast through La RO-
chelle into Spain. aa.-A 81 i0a#
Our Consul at Coera, one of the Islands of
Greece, having had considerable experience in
connection with cholera, gives to the Govern
ment several suggestions for the improvement
of the quarantine. He recommends that yes
sells take on board at the port of departure
health officers, sworn by and responsible to
our authorities, and chosen with the approval
of our Consul at such port of departure, in
whose report that no symptoms of cholera had
manifested itself on board during the voyage,
the vessel might be admitted to "pratique,"
the time occupied in the voyage to be counted
as part OF the quarantine. +
The Consul at Amsterdam writes under
date of February Goth, that the cattle plague
is still spreading and it is feared it will infect
the whole country. The farmers are so op-
posed to killing infected cattle that in some in
stances the military had to be employed to
force obedience to the law. A mode of treat
ment is recommended as promising to be sue
cessful. The cure is to rub the skin of the in
tected animal vigorously, and then cover them
with cloths dipped in cold water, over which
dry cloths are to be spread. Out of twenty
tive cases treated in this way only one was
lost. p.
The National Union Club has issued call
for Union people to meet at the City Hall in
Washington, on Saturday night, for the pur-
pose of endorsing and sustaining President
johnson. f...ft lr.e.,