, 1866-01-26

ton Trndc in the Soutfa.-rhe National
Frccdmcn'A TrAAt ConapAny--A Notifi.
cation to National Bank4-Another
Applicant for the New York Collcc-
tor>hlr-Promotion- Btn.ha1n.s
Speech.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tribune]
...- WAsu1x0roN, Jan. Is
The receipts from Internal Repenne to-day amount
cd to 1575,g2
Letters received here to-day from Charleston, S.
C., represent that there are still two millions of
bales Of cotton IN the South. Ther also state that
there is great activity the sale OF this product
and thst notwithstanding the impression generally
prevalent n to ite scarcity. 1t is steadily being
brought Into the MARKET The prospect Of securing
fair yield Of cotton IN tho Interior OF the State i.
ucrea11ug, and the freedmen aru generally fudusts1-
Gus and self Importing.
The National Freedmen's Savipgs 4 Truat Com
nany. saa1erea ey conEEess, IN March lss4 have,
received On deposit over 500, 900, Of which S5100
hayc been returned to tie freedmen for the purchase
oi homeeteads and M foE otier neccseary purposes.
TO their Charter, which Will make their ys.lous Off
ces repositories Tor such funds Of the freedmen a
Some Of he National Ba.aks having objected to
the payment Of the duties on their snspluases On
the plea that they are not deposits, Gen. spinner
dends until they comply with The regulation.
Ite COMMITTEES on Commerce ~tll soon report a
bill authorizing the Secretary Of the 1nteraor to
country 81, IN bis opinlon. can be dtspensed With
Their are between thirty and tosty Of tnese tust1-
tuttone.
= an Independent candidate for the New York Col
Lieut.. Eol. rapp.p, Of the nrs. Colombo cav.lry
Of me1tosious scrsices rendered ii tho eeVers can't
ps1gns aga3nst the hosfite Indians Of tho West
Than for the decided stand he has taken against
1t Ii understood that no action viii b taken by
Congrces in reference TO the reciprocity treay until
after the report Of the revenue conuiss sloner.,
which VII probably be completed withia the next
The Committee On the District Of ColrmbIa will
probably rsp9.t btll agpropriatine two hundred
iient,sry and House Of Refuge, both Of which are
mach needed Institutions hesc Just now.
One Of those marked efforts which ha.e given The
tssctcd unlrersal attention, snd has done much To-
Msa 9ee EEL ns so,. ys e he Pe 9he o
7he, public safety Demands, iinperatiyely, an
amendment to the Constitution, The loJal people
who served The nepublic by arms must save It b
amending Its organic 1awe,. II It be not done, ne
may Ind, when too late, that The hslot 10 the hands
Or feonspfrato,e Is more danscsous TO The safety Of
pending is ono Of scve1a1, I'VE pass but the one
t'emble fo. the future Of ny country; Ihe others
arc essentfal. especially the one prohibiting the
rsyment or thc rebel debt " the United staiea or
rebels OF paying them damages suffered In the
rebellion, Al the Constitution stands, Congress
stored 10 power Ia the Union. A further essential
amendment Is the grant OF power to Congress 10
cuforrc The guarantees Of the Constitution and &C.
in every State. The amendment pending eonfers
no new power upon any State either expressly or
tnpljedIy. 1t leaves representation whe1o It IL
now under tho Constitution, but eeeks to enforcen
citizen OF the United States and imposes penalty
for the deuial Of those rights by any Stale upon
any tlase OF citizens on account OF or color By
extending 10 The extent Of euch class 80 denied
their rights, the political power Of euch State In
The government Of The Union.