Smyrna times., 1866-03-14
THE NEW s.

President Jo!,:.;.a has assured George 4.
Downing, chaIrman Of the c4l0rtd dclrrat;on At
present in Wt>h!n.trn. sent there by the colur-
ed people 81 the States North and South that
no sudden change will take place affecting the
occupancy oi the lands 70 which Gen Sherman
gave the freedmen 4 pn>scS>ory title The
President II ....>tei THAI IT,, freedmen should
continue t. ru.!.YA;c %liI lun,t;
Downing las received letters from South
Carolina. from the parties Interested telling
him Of their trl.- TIA; they l.Iight be suddenly
removed from the lands th'y We're cu.tivatiug.
fears Whicl. u.o~,. on the receipt OF the news 0:
the veto of the Freedmcn'- Bureau Ill.,
When the t,ct wlS Presented to the Prr~
dent he gave tn a'Q1r ASSURANCE. y. /. Igi-
bMtc.
THE FnEEpMEN ) BUREAU AED THE PRr-g-
DHNr-.Among the tal>r statements published
by those WHO are engaged in ml>StatIng the
President POSITION is one to the effect that at
ter the passage OF the Freedmen bureau Biu,
And before it va, vetoed, Senator Trumbull, III
presence Of ticn. Howard read the bill to Mr.
johnson, and that the latter raised no objtc
tiHu to any portion Oi 1t. The cIr'ulatorS of
thi, report rive tien. Howard as its author
Am authorized to say that Gtn. Howard has
made no such STATEN ut Is that attributed to
linn. and there l. not one word ut truth III 1t.
Ii l. fact, however, that after the passage OF
the bill Senator Irumbum had Il convel ,utiull
with the President, IN the cpdr7r OF which MIR.
Trumbul himself expressed serious doubt ot
thc roustitutionaIIty of the measure. - Nash
tnJtoA cDrI,Y'o"'',nt y. !. lnt'S.
The PENNSYLVANIA Union Convention at EIar
ri>lurE. last week noIuinat 1t for Governor o.;
the first ballot Gcn. John w. Gcary. Thi
We regard ;i> hi-hly satisfactory nomination
an one to which the voters ofthe State >hou!,
not tail to RESPOND most cordially.
Among the papers of the ute Hon. EIrnr
Winter Davis. there ha, been discovered il
the handwriting of til. deceased the nanu,rril
oil an elaborate speech advocating uuiNrrsa
suffrage.
Sylymus Caldwell Republican. was ycstcr
dgy elected Mayor ct augusta. Maine, withou
opposition.
1t i, reported in New York that young Krt
chum the torrrr is t" he partmcd.
There is to BE- a Fcnian parade and &c. brc
ton in New IJrk on St. Patrick day Colon,
O. Nahoncy has ordered the 4lth recimcut y
State Militia u parade on the occasion
There has hecm custom hou>c seizure
ljo,0J" Havana cigars at Mobile.
The fight, between the sophomorcs an
freshmen Of Ialr College, orcaSiOncd by Il
freshmen wearing high hats and carrying can
without sophomore permission, have lc,
stopped b. the suspension Of seven Of En-;
class.
Mr. Peterson. in whose house President l..
coin died, has received S29j 80 nom The tru
6rnment for alleged damages tn his turnitur
&c. Among the items charged in the bill WI
one of one hundred and titty dollars ;or iniur
done his carpets $5D for personal services.
AOOt her ClllrQ,. tnr loss Of tiir,4 I,
several weeks after the assassination, in exhibi
Ing the room, was 'tioa.l1"cd
The new residence of Gen. Grant at Was
inrton is one OF block built some ten yea
ago hy Senator'S Douglas, Rice and Brccki
ridge. a. their metropolitan residences while
0lhce. Government has G>t 4 the v hole bio,
u hospital during the rebellion. The Lou.
adjoining (icn. tirant belongs to Alfred IIc
sagacious and hichly-rc Spcctahle color,
man Hour-deaIer and reported to be wort
$4tDOO0.
y bill is in preparation to be offered in Coz
grcss, empowering the Secretary IF the Trea
ury to dispense with naval officers in the lev,
nue. service at different ports. if not dctrimC.
Cal t. the public interests. Most of the onict
contemplated are mere siaec'ircs.
The Committee on Ways and Means h,
agreed u report very con siderable rcdurtin
IN the internal revenue taxation. and cspcra /
20 repeat the TAX nf six cents per ton now iyy
ed on irc!cht
The credit Of tic United States Goyernmen
IN the European money market is mprovin
with remarkable rapidity Ten days ago III
advlces from EnrOpe reported the quotation O
United states FveTwcnties at G7! Bv tn
ARRIVAL Of sunday We learn that the last ,.Iotl
tinn in London was Il!
LAM Ho,-(iol closed at P. NJ Frilay a
1902. The premium, therefore, IL iu,t 1ne
sirh Of what il wa in th, darkest day, Gn,n
..,r great War. in other words, V
a.,e already ta.,. cr>cd frc sic'As Of the wa
trnni our worst c-tate back to perfect solvcncy
- urh cowaIi- that We shal. mo-
ia'u hpp"c-- Insolvency, when
L. say forward to Resumption?
Who has suffered unju-tly by the progre:
We hAv" made! What department Of usefl
industry has been crippled? What laudab
business nus been Iaru III? What LIhor'
has been deprived If work and bread? Whi
valuable prolnct has been 50 reduced in pr,
nat ma. 1t can no LONGER be produced vii hout los
wherein has the ctrrcn.y been unduiy, prrr
t"l.iy contracted? Speak out!
Hiv" tn" Secretary alnple power 10 fund
demand and short-tima obligations, and we g
move right on 70 Speci" Payments. And tn
every grecnback and bank note Will be wor
Its face in gold and gold-gambling will be 0
OF the lost arts Aud then our Two llundr
Millions and over Of Specie will be Curreuc
whereas, it now is not Nobody viii hoa
gold for duties or for speculation, because til,
Will be no motive TO do so. Our banks I'M
keep tight rein on importation, SO as not
be drained OF their coin to pay balances agail
us IN Europe
Courage friends! there is land ahead =.
T. Tribune