New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-19
for the very good reason that the entertainments
have lost none Of their attractive qualities.
Fresh News Items.
rhn HeraId,a Waghfnrton gneciaI snHg

The HeraId'g Washington special says:
1t is said that Hon. John A. Bingham, who is
preparing articles Of Impeachment against Mr.
Johnson, will charge him with aiding and abetting
] the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln
Gen. Sickles, commadner Of the department of
| GOuth Carolina, has been called to Washington
The precise import Of the order is secret.
| One thousand stand Of arms nave been ab-
stracted from the armory in New York, and are
now concealed near by. This was done while
guards were on duty around it.
The secretary of the treasury is determined to
contract the currency as fast az the late law OF
Congress will allow.
The revenue fund of $5O,OOO,OOO which the law
authorized to be issued to redeem Temporary !Oans,
and the $40 900 900 allowed by Congress- are 10 be
withdrawn. The first instalment Of $4,000 which
the law provided might, therefore, be Withdrawn
monthly, leaving about S5s6,0OO,0 900 Of govern
ment legal tenders now in circulation.
Fifty-sx representatives, exactly a quorum
were present in the Tennessee house on the 18th.
-Four new members were afterwards sworninr and
the house adjourned till the 18th, on account of
the decease Of w. 3. Lewis, friend and associate
of Andrew Jackson.
The sensenderfer Gold Mining Company of Col,
orado declared dividend Of one per cent on
4 their capital stock Of one million dollars Tor the
month Of October.
Rev DR.. jerks, welIknown clergyman, died
in Boston on the 18th, aged S. years, Dr. jerks
graduated at Harvard in 1871, and, Of his graduat
| ing class, the Hon. Horace Blnney, OF PAiadel
phia is the only survivor. DR.. jerks was the first
sseamens preacher in Boston and universally ad
mred
The recent article in the Chicago Times concern
ing the future Of the Democratic party eXC!tes
| general comment. The World, Ot the lith, conn-
sells the Southern States to offer some sort Of an
amendment of their own. II says We believe
that the true way cut Of the present difficulty Is by
the spontaneous action Of the South itself When
the Southern States have all rejected the amend
ment, as they certainly will, and have thereby
demonstrated that they are masters OF the sltua-
F1tra+ mo
they Will by some method Of action make coun-
! ter proposition.
Secretary McCulloch is rapidly completing his
annual report. 1t will show that the public debt
has been decreased sll0O0O000 in six months,
ard that under the Law passed in March the green
back circulation has been reduced SLU,UOO,tYO
more. The secretary report Will contain the
j, same general recommendations relative to fund,
ing the national debt that were presented last
The secretary of the interiors report is nearly
completed It vii. contain arasume OF the census
of the Indian tribes as follows: Total number
2gO7T4 distributed as follows Washington ter
ritorv a 500 : Oregon, l0,47l; California, % ,g52
} Arizona 8 $50; Nevada 200 Utah, II 500; New
} Mexico 1870 Colorado, $500: Dacotah, 24,4l0
Idaho, $50: Montana, l3G33:. Northern depart
ment, 18,I78 Central department, l2,s3I: south
ern department. 53,904 Independent agencies
: Green Bay ,2,G32 Chippewas OF Mississippi, Glt9
: Chippewas Of Lake superior 1900: wandering
bands in Wisconsin, $3.50 Machnaw, 6.l05; New
= York, 40l9
The Charleston bark Everhard, Captain Deiius
from Bremen with one hundred aud seventy in
r migrants, arrived at Augusta, ttia.) on the l4th
. These immigrants intend setting in South Caro-
lima, being mostly connected with German familie
= residing in that State. The colonization shil
$ Golconda will sail hence Tor Li9ena Saliraay
r carrying about six hundred freedmen emgrants
J., Nearly five hundred, chiefly from Georgia, AaY
already taken passage.
y The President has directed the issue Of a war
b rant for the pardon of Zeno Kelly, convicted a
tha Tar state
II circuit court for the district of Massachusetts,
. fitting out a vessel for the slave trade, ana sen
Il fenced to four years imprisonment and to pay
6 fine Of $1,000.
!. It is stated by some of the leading officers 0
the internal department Of New Urk that th
new law in relation to distilerics, which wen
e into operation on the lst of September, has faiLe
e to prevent the frauds in the manufacture
,e whisky for which il was enacted. Liquor ca
- still be obtained at less than the cost Of the dut
= imposed on it, and this fact conclusiyely prove
"a that no tax has been paid OIL it.
ii Hon. R. NJ IT, Hunter, Of Virginia, had an i
10 terviev with the President on tile l4th, lie df
- sires to have certain property OF MS IN WeSter
u Virginia barred from conEscation: but as it hs
OF already been under previous decisions OF IN
us federal authorities, there is no Goubt that actio
he will be sustained.
~ Within the last few days the President hi
~ directed pardons to be issued to the foltoWlE
es persons one OF whom sought for pardon und
4y the first exception Of the amnesty procamauo
i having held petty office under the Contederac
~ and the remainder applied under the S2O,0
he clause: Willis Bonham, Of Georgia: VIM.
1t, Pegram of Louisiana; D. II. Reynolds,
Us Arkansas; J. D. Eppes Of MsslsslpPi; W.
ra Henderson, Wm. Jones and Joln NJ BfoWh'
. Tennessee.
til TO a solution. Nearly the entire force report
for duty to the new commissioners on the ii
mt through Marshal Carmichael aDa Ms Subordinate
- A few have resigned, whose places a!e beng ia
IN idly filled by new appointments, 1t is now
ed ieved that the books, property. ETC, III the p(
lie session oflhc old board will be turned over to
49, new commissioners as soon as they can ADJUST a
'i' close up the business of the department.
I'd The Posts special says Gen. Grant has reTok
he orders Nos and A, which he issued for the p'
lis pose of protecting the Union people OF the oou
i, by the military power. The revocation is ma
III upon the distinct ground that the Presidents
md der substantially issued nullifea the orders Gf
in Grant tells his friends that he still believes in
ms necessity for such orders, but submits to his
IN peror, who takes the responsibility,
~ The five-mie boat race al PGughEeepsle. N
wv York on the 18th, between Gilbert Ward a
ter William Stevens, resulted in victory tor
nI,. latter. Time, 35 minutes and IS seconds,
- The grand international division OF the proth
Heo hood Of engineers commenced their annual S
on sion in Boston, on the 18th. MIR. Charles Mels
iful of Rochester, presides. The association was
ncn ganzed in Detroit, in 1868, and has for its obj
~ ~ The Improvement of he condition of lUcOmOt
TED engineers and urging upon railroad officers
bly, proprietv of adopting such rules and regplah
i'm as will tend to haYmonize relations existing
had tween employers and employees, ana 10 0lscC
A' enance all Strikes believing shat the interests
each can better be subserved by more just
all rational means. Between sixty and sevt
and delegates are present. representing all parts of
country.
A large quantity of military stores are cont
ten ing to arrive at Montreal, among which CT
lnce number of Armstrong guns.
for The movement Of leading Democratic paper
in the East and West, ia favor of impartial sutir
gtor has caused decided sensation in Washington
especially among officials ana the Southern Il
haef The latter declare that the South will accept
sra, partial suffrage in preference to ratying the
stitutional amendment well known
Orleans editor, lately in Washington favor
eA- and Hon. ". H. Prescott, of South Carolina,
|, the was an officer of the Confederate governn
and formerly assistant secretary Of state u
] bo. Buchanan, arrived at Washington on the 18th,
W says South Carolina prefers it to the amendn
rner The Society Of the Army of the Tennessee
roba- at Cincinnati on the l4th, General Rawlins
% by siding.
d o+ The seven young men who were in Jail in
~ y. ~ renee, Mass, for ten days, under sentence
= alleged riotous assault upon Robert Putna
,iyen. Danvers, who is said to have used outTagoou
relies, treasonahle language upon the occasion O
i A., murder Of the late President Lincoln, having
ii a''- pardoned by Governor Bullock, arrived HON
week. They were received at the depot b
"La wards of thousand citizens, atcompan
,f tho the Danyers brass band. A procession