New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-22
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TWE ORIGIN OF TWH WGaTTTTa - / 4
EoUALlzE THE BoeNTIfs OF soLplEis AeANNp
| uPuNs Ii
| WASHINGTON. May l6 q The House accom- Ss,9 i
pshed but little tO,days Il first passeu = III,
regulate tue safety Of passengers GE
To prohibits the transportation ol
tAnd reoniates the CARRYING OF crude peuo.eubI 4
it also fixes the salaries q seasuoi 1 tIsbitrr
as follows ST. Louis Cnonnat HhI ], y, 80
a5eao. y, sit,s,,.a TonisviIle Buffalo aud Detroit
Si500, chicago, Galena and Portland uregen, +
slSee Wemnhis Wheeling and Cleveland, Sluoo ;
pcs lta,an has sent the result of his inves
tarafion Of The cause Of the Memphis riots to the
tss1 daf,ssfnent. A detailed statement OF the
ORIGIN progress and conclusion OF the trouble
ac,orng5njes his report 1t appears TO bear very
strongly upon the soldiers who commenced ~
while tie negroes are blamed for participating -
it. He thinks if the latter had kept ont u ~ tne
riot would have been suppressed almost at Its
| conception I'D
| The special House committee on the subject
| leave for Memphis tomorrow. They intend 10
proceed rapidly with their Investigation Ihe com,
4 niitee now consists of Messrs Wash6nrne, Oh
Illinois, Brooma, Of Pennsylvania, and shahkih,
of Kentucky. ,,.,
1 mittee have agreed on bill to equalze the boun,
ties If soldiers They viii probably report it next
week. Its passage by the Heuse IS very prooanle,
| but its success in the Senate IS very doabtlul.
EA4rIrRE or THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO eoABLY
yFITH ms ACRKBxRBr To WITHDRAW ITS TReeFs |
FROM MEyIce-sANTA ANNA-INDIAN APFAIRs--
I PARDON sEEgERs- PERSONAL BUSY DAY At
o THE WHITE uuUsH--THE CONTESTED bAhOA4oN
CASE OF FULLBE VS.. DAWSON.
Secretary Seward it IS said, hes written to Min
ister Brelow shat the French government is not
carrying outfits withdrawal of French troops from
Mexico ID good faith, but on the contrary hes sent
additional troops there since the agreement l0f the
y withdrawal was made. This government, OF
ceuFse insie5s that the understanding must be tuy
carried out, and thatno additional troops must pc
n dispatched to Mexico
me MeEscan minister states thsG Santa Anna g
visit to this country IL directly in the interest OF
y Maxmiliaa his dsnial to the contrary notwith-
Goy. Cumming, Of Colorado, and ex-oiicio
SUPERINTENDENT oi Indian affairs, has arrived IN the
- city and reports TO the commissioner OF Indian
~ affairs tiet perfect quiet has once more been ~
stored OH the plains along the Old emlarantf route
Commissioners GA the part OF the UNITED ) atas
= are about entering into negotiations With the up
as per tribes Of the GGeyennes, about Fort Laramie
Pardon.aeekess have not been SO numerous
~ ab0ut the attorney generals office within the las
u few days and the President has been permitted t
enjoy brief season of rest from the iabors caused
/. by the reception Of petitions, and the consldera
: tion Of them and their recommendations. 0n
tiIree persons were pardoReS yesterday-all III
. der the thiF8eenth exception OF the amnest
Both Attorney General Speed and Assstar
Attorney General Ashton were on the floor Of tn
80 Senate this forenoon. probably urging the passag
md Of the hill which authorizes the terms Of tn
ity United States district court to be held at Rei
-es raond Va, to commence on the first Monday
4. May and November. The House to-day ordered
W committee of conference on the dsagFeelng vote
+P, OF the two houses on this BILL
q in To-day has been a very busy one again at I'll
tbAi White House, Such thing as dispensing Of til
business Of all those in waiting was impossible
eht As fast as those who had obtained an lntervle
lght departed more arrived keeping the rooms an
lob halls of the executive department well thronget
test LETTER FROM coMPTRohLES CBAREs-sENATo
no., sTEwARTs BILL AUTHORIZING THE TRANsFE
OF THs INDIAN BUREAU FROM TEE 1NTERIo
10 THE WAR DEPARTMENT THE FREEDMEN
iers, GEORGIA.
Of Comptroller Clarke has writtena letter. in whic
. SO he considers tile depositing of money by nation
a. banks with private bankers a violation OF Il
80 twenty~nnth section of the currency act, .wht
5h1s such deposit exceeds one-tenth Of the capital
heir the bank maksg such deposit.
Mr.Stewart introduced in the Senate to-day
bill authorizing the transfer Of the 9Rslian buret
from the interior deparamRa'tr@ Inc war oepal
ment. similar measure is before one Of t
4 ~ House committees.
= Latest reports from the neighborhood Of Allan
ope' to the reedmen's bureau represent that there
no surplus food for the people in that portion
um's the State. In the contrahand camp near Allan
way there are at present thirty flour old and decree
New freed people, varying in age from Fifty to one hr
neral lred ard eightyears, and fifty seven orphan
New ored children now temporarily supported by
( an bureau until the Northern missionary society
ANY complete the building which they are erecting
Iiree- an asylum. Agents OF plantersin Alabama, Il
larty nessee and Arkansas were in that vicinity endei
n 81 oring to procure laborers, but had not met W
the anY success.
those LEIrEn FROM UNITED STATES TREASURER sPINN
RELATIVE TO NATIONAL R1NKs.
bar United tates Treasurer Spinner to-day address
1ses the following letter, concerning national banks
~ the casher uf the Merchants National Bank
four !" Yon AK to what extent il the governm
Ig y klable for the redemption Of the notes Of
Tx n national banks ] answer--to the full nomi
Naea aceyalue Of every note issued by the comptro
i ~ Of curreacy to bank, and by the banks put
y lg circulation.
sands "Yau ASK should the bank deposit with
rom, United States treasurer To the circulat
Aua uotea with the bank depositiag them, be ina
& qnate to the redemption Of the notes OF the ba
gse ny reason OF the decline of securities deposit
tgret Is the government bonnd to redeem the notes
5nlus par2 A.--The 47th section OF the national
rency act Hot only gives right to forfeit all the
carites, but, Tor any deficiency, the goVernm
'3Mel has arst and paramount lien upon all the as
aalh OF aelaElting hank, therefore answer this q
/ 1le I5 tioa a4firmgHYely.
April q You ask again, Could the absolute failure
rise nationa bank impair the value of the Gircula
puA notes Of the bank making such taiures2 !
tle swer No. On the contrary the notes of matte
o9Ie bank that has failed rather better than Il
ils d bank in good standing, ii away 'front.' the
tiies ness marts or commercial eenters vi the com
~ " FOR the reason that the treasurer Of the I'm
VS. States becomes the cashier Of such defaul
= III bank and will, through his assistants and All q
sall, government officers redeem such ejaculation.
wing :. You ask, fourth, are the notes Of the Un
vi, States treasury, beyond the fact Of their b.
legal tender, better security to the holder than
!, tb currency of the national banks? Answer
n only difference between the two is that while
8sr latter are only q legal tender from and to the
,sSad ernment the former such legal tender
80 ana TO all parties. whether municipalities, COZ
y 81 iations or Individuals
FAMINE N THE GAZE DE VERDE ISLANDS,
even VISIONS AID BREADsTUFFs TO BE ADAIT
&c ae FREE or DUry.
toas The United States consul at Santiago Cape
I the Verde islands writes to the department Of st
be under date Of april 49, that in consequence Of
gopr continued state Of famine in the sands the Io
A guess government has decreed enuanoein
pia o. archipelago tres of duty, Germ meal, rice be
te dried and salted meats, aud lard, until the ems
nv 9s lhe present. year.
y Nla Oar consul at Liverpool under date Of Ma
saSil reports that there no cholera il that city
ma ~ IN ASSISTANT P4gaGsTER MIssING-LArE or
ivsaya isyiuKn 81 THE ohrrAIN GRNERAL OF THE ISL
Il ~ or RoRTo RICO.
int Of Assistant Pagm0ster ]. j. Pkilhricl Of the I'm
emorv] States navy, arriyedin New York on the Ln
mas States steamer Massachusetts nh the 24th OF
trinas since Whieh time nothing has basn heard Of hi
SIX tEa navy department aRd fears are entertaiEe
5,ns III his safety.
sesss The Department Of Stase has zeceiyed adv
,,jtteo from the vice consul at san Jnan Porto r
az under date of March 26 relative t6 an order al
S7s AFSFch from the cNhtniut sancND45