, 1866-10-26

Especial Desrstca TO the Chicago TGl1,une.(
WAs11S cToS, October g
LETTER FRox CHEF JUSTICE CHASE
The following IL 8 copy Of Chief Justice chsec's
letter aeceptfn: the Presidency Of the American
FlecIuen's Enion Commission:
WASHINGTON, October lG, 1SsG.
The American Ffeedmeu's Union Commission.
eoass of he aaEs rloa
Commission. then holding meeting in Balti-
nosc. a telegram Informing INC OF my election as
q 'he Cot1is;fS certainly shold
eisrsed. did not lei p1etea91
ssss9 f, q sa 1f sa; 81 be IL
1eiou: ard educational improvement: Of our cna:n-
c;ratei connt1ymcn; md this not By of!!eioas and
tnoSc Immediately to themselves, aud tO the pcO.
r!c nEct us whom 4'?y live, h1st by cordial and
active cooperation viii patriotic. and Christian
II bcfarsc as understand the. c0Inlaissiou 10
Lave undertaken just such wo:l. in Just such 4
May az have desetIhed. and heean;el ca, am srrc
mote the permanent welfare Of those States md
ot tht whole county: The peace and prosperity
81 @ s ss n no waS DC 70 snd E9 thor
The rights ard cordial Interchange Of beuc1s. II
il The rast Of patriotism, North and Sontll, to re-
moyc a. aressi'ly qs pos:l,l: cye:y cau;e and
tf;a'l think 1t great privilege, ~ we'll as sacred
dry. 10 contribute whatever may tu my collncc
tiun viii, thu Commission TO The accomplishment
III ihcsc great md important euds.
Yours, very truly, S. 7. CHASE.
CASARD.
TIC Presidents evening organ Ec.c haa star:.d
story that tho regroes IN the tstrictto the nnm-
t,s Of several thousand ase organized aud dr; Ing
inquiry among the negroes themselves, and the
police leads to the belief TINT the fact exists on}s
in the Imagination of the Coppcrjohnsonitc "ho
started the story
oE1TrAET.
dispatches tayc bcsn received tam Command
CT Carter Of iHc stcs1ne. Monocacy. announcing
,1:c cca:., j! Bridgctowu, rassaao,s. Oh the Ed
u:i., Ct Lieutenant Commander j. Z. Chaplin.
EAANIKISG st:RGEOSs.
nrs. Edward Dewitt, OF s{nunt Vernon, Ohio.
aud Asa Coleman, Of I.csanspost. Iuaiaun, hart
been appointed examining surgeons Of pensions.
n1sros IL or rrEIIc LANDS IN FtnnspA.
Rclu.ns received from the Land OlIcc at Ta1fa-
lasscc, Florida, show great activity In lhe dis
rosal Of public lanas In that State for ac:ua SET
Element. In tho months of August and Scptcm.
bcr .Gt acres, III eighty and forts ac:c tracts.
were taken UP by settlers, mostly freedmen, I'M
der the homestead law OF June Il, 1886, whIcl,
law applies exclusively 10 The disposal Of pull1t
lards In the Southern States.
COLLECTOR,
Seymour o :owncIl has been appointed Collector
for the Fiflh District Of s1ehi:,an--
sA,..1fyG.
tc+ta-e fro., ,hc t,,r,11,r fr,,.,er s,,.c th,,
sYnnra,;n1 b.s Jncrcsscs 81 , .r,.ot rstc ',n.;,,c
| Tic past two months. owing to the numerous
! charges Of castcrn otliccrs-,tc ccw incumbent:
| bling iIcxpcIicnc ii mcu.
SWAMI At WASHINGTON.
Governor SWAIN, OF Maryland, il again hosc
| There arc no new developments in the Dalti1,or,
| jr,b.oc 1io: hut the tendency now seems to hf
,,oro .o,,.ra a ,,o,c..I,. so,1t,a, cr ~. d,n;
| l'o'e to""'o Po"ee''''. so'"1oa u '1's o'4'
| eGltv.
GENERAL s1rE1;rsS,
/ 7io,+.re,t f.e,cr,1 Sh.r,, y. ,r-;,od tonf,b.
| Is''"s. =" 49, ,1.....,, H.. ~
| Gehsfai <'saht-
| IEt New York I.nst' Washington special saye
."i1r removal of Cuthhcrt B1llt:., Vaiicd States
| Marshal iar 1oustiana, was to-day Eccompff shcd
2. II. McKee, of New OtlcaEs, was appointed II
| his ptare. Tie opponents oE the former made Sc
Eicns charEes of nlaltcasatce n otcc against him
| ard NJ Ua1li:t tar bad no opportunity to m X
| lEcm. Ills reply is tACc-stpuL to be On the Na1
hiilcr."
GOLD IN TIE TREASURY.
The amount Ut gold In the Treasury has rcachet
| StslHttp Including StftC,lnC.) Of kc:titlc ttrs
| :L{(Stt will be distributed On tho fl,st Of No
| sen.he. for tlc 5-c1 interest coupons then due
| SAy.,. rr,,E xoxy.y.
n..a,,. ~ ~ ;a;!s,'. sha.. a,ah nj.
-. ~ ~ Il iunS.on ~ . 80 S.a
m H. Innrth An5i..s ni.e an5 fSc ~. ,,~st
III, r. shr -, ~ nors ~, 4a aI .as ~ s.i =,
he canturc In a naonth or fro: fhc Nav CiEton
| ~ -. 80 -. S.1 -