Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-14
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FROM WASHINGTON.
by die PresId

Appointments by the President.
New YORK, July 13.-Morning papers
contain the following specials from Wash
ington:
| YGen. Robt. L. Bofiine, OF Pennsylvania,
has been appointed Consul at Cape Town,
Africa, and II. G. Yales, of New York,
Consul at Ascension, Paraguay.
The following appointments have also
been made: Gen. VIM. w. Belknap, Col
lector OF Internal Revenue firSt district of
Iowa; Thomas w. Wells, Naval officer,
New Orleans; John Atkinson, Collector of
Customs nc Port Huron Mlchigan; Michael
Dunn, Postmaster at Leavenworth. Kansas.
List of HDebarred Claim Agents.
The following is an official list of elsim
agents debarred from doing business with
the PaymasteT Generals office: j. w. Fis-
lot q Co., Washington, d. G.; RutZer, Teal
q CO., do; L. Worth, do; E. Van Wayne
u Co.. ditto; Caspar Kellar, ditto: G.. Cor
New York city; e. G. Smith, Lillydale,
Ind; Louis G. Camp and Geo. e. Lemon
Washington, ID. c.; John d. Leonard, dit
to; A. w. Boyd, Manhattan, Kansas. 4 t4 Z
The Freedmen's Bnreau Inde-
pendent of the Military.
Gen. Sickles, commanding Department of
the Carolinas, having insisted that the Dis
trct commandants shall report directly to
him, Freedmens Bureau as we'll as military
affairs, Gen. Scott demurred to this SUPER
vision and appealed. His appeal has been
sustained by Generals Grant and Howard,
which establishes the fact that the Bureau
Is still distinct organization. The follow
Ing Is Gen. Grants Endorsement:
The Freedmen's Bureau being by law
under the Immediate direction of the War
Department, and its officers and agents be-
ing subject only to the orders OF the Com
missiOners in matters pertaining to the Bu-
reau, they cannot be required to report on
such matters TO military commanders, un-
less they are named in orders as agents of
the Bureau. The within instructions Of
Gen. Howard are therefore approved"
Indications of AN Adjournment.
Indications still point to an adjournment
OF Congress about the 1st of August.
Gen. ROusseau's Cnse.
1t is very doubtful about Gen. Rousseau's
being expelled. 1t looks as though the
necessary two-thirds vote cannot be OBJ
tained. {. ,. '.' 10 ..-tb A-k.
A bill to Increase Salaries.
The heads of the various bureaus in the
Treasury Department have to-day been in
conference with the Congressional COM
mittee to whom was referred the petition
for Increase of salary. The result Is, the
drafting of a bill, which will be presented
Tomorrow, making an average increase of
20 per cent.
The Freedmen in North Carolina.
The Freedmen's Bureau Commissioner
for North Carolina reports that of the 360,-
600 blacks in the State, 1924 are receiving
rations. A decrease of 4,7S7 rations is re-
ported since the month of May-value,
So, 81. One hundred and nineteen freed
mems schools are nowin operation, with l35
teachers. The attendance averages 9,0S4
pupils. One thousand one hundred and
forty-six cases were treated in hospital in
June, SS being small pox. AS the Legis-
lature and Convention have placed both
white and black alike before the courts, the
Commissioner deems it advisable to turn
over to the civil authorities all cases except
those of claims by freedmen for wages tor
labor performed. Destitution and suffering
among both whites and blacks in various
portions of the State are being gradually
relieved. .a rr...,II
Htt. Crops in Texas.
Under date of Galveston, Texas, June
18th, Inspector General Gregory reports
Gndu, OWtllS UO Ulle nedVy rains OF April ana
May, and foundations of bottom lands, a
deduction must be made of at least twenty
per cent. Of the estimated yield OF cotton
But In the western portion of the State,
where the grazing interests have suffered
the past eight years from drouth, the stock
will be materially improved. The corn
crop is large and nearly ripened, and in
prime order. The wheat crop is harvested
and abundant, and of the best quality
There is enough on hand to feed the entire
population for two years. v-y- "a
Mr.. Raym0nd-AnOtIie OF the .
Trlbune's YARNS. ~
A Times special says Of the Tribune's
report concerning Mr.. Raymond in the Re-
publican caucus: In what it says of Mr..
Raymond, this paper, as usual indulges in
wholesale fabrication. He was not ques-
| TONED as to the course OF, the Times or the
Philadelphia Convention. He said moth
ing whatever about any understanding with
anybody that none but Union men were to
participate in that Convention, He didnot
| admit that he had done wrong, He retract-
ed nothing chat he had said or written, and
made no promises for the future for himself