Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

| WASHINGTON, Feb. B.--More than half dozen let
tiers were to-day received by Representative McRee
OF hentueky detailing outrages against the freed
men OF that State in various parts of his district
in of theshootng of two negroes and robbina
them OF all their families had, and upon the arrest Of
the perpetrators of the act by the agent the bureau
they were discharged writ of habeas corpus ned
| out and tried before circuit court.
!, Another case where party Of white men went to
the house OF an old negro, and freeman nearly all his
life robbed him of his money, kicked him to death:
raked the coal from the fire. put him in them roasted
him on one side, and then turned him and roasted
him on the other They also burned two others
~ to DEATH putting an eye out of one and boasted
that they not only intend to drive out the negroes.
| but intended also to drive out certain whites.
| INTERVIEWS WITH THE PREsIDENT-vIsIr OF NEW
YORK DEMOCRATS.
Among those who had interviews with the Presi-
dent to-day were Governors Cox of Ohio. Sharkev
OF MISSISSIPPI; Parsons of Alabama; Gems. Steadman,
McCOOk and SaxtOn, and also anumber of old Demo-
eratc members of Congress from the State of New
ORR temporarily in the city, the latter expressing
70 MN their approval of his policy for the restoration
Of the States and their desire to corporate with him
IN Carrying ca them out. Among them were Hons.
Israel B. Hatch, of Buffalo; A. p Grant, of Oswego;
Iohn b. Steele, Of Ulster; Elijah Ward and George
Taylor OF New York, and Messls L. B. Croker B.
| L. CarmingtOn of Oswego, and others
m, THE UNITED STATES COURT CIRCUITS.
Lne House Commute on the Judiciary has matured
bl ana Will press 1t to an immediate consideration
providing that the Supreme Court of the Tinted
States shall consist of Chief Justice and eisht
bench, and the passage of the bill would obyiate the
| appointment OF n successor to the late Justice
Cate Gaton the he number of the associates as now
date the circuits to the new limitation it is pro
posed that the first, second and third circuits
Of Mary@nd DeawaTo virginia Nor the c SsF9
and south Carolina shall be the fourth District:
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana
MlGhigan the sixth Circuit Indiana. Illinois, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, the seventh Circuit Wiscon-
SIN, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Arkansas, the
eighth Circuit, and California Oregon and Nevada
| the ninth Circuit.
ENTERTAINMENT
colonel fOrney's entertainment tonight included
many Senators and representatives of different poll
ties, and among other guests were Governor Cox of
Ohio ann Postmaster General Dennison.
TFIAL OF GEE
The Star says: The War Department has lust re-
eelyed COPY OF the charges and specifications on
Wnleh John H. Gee, late keeper of the Confederate
prison at Salisbury N c. is soon to be tried before
military commission. The first charge is violation
s 81 f2e aT ba dRa of W I'm The
from starvation by depriyng them Of food and for
bidding citizens to supply them when they offered so
each month The cR9re Marde n %ea
lat9n of the laws of war" The specifications set
the prison. Zee ordered the guard to fire upon the
whole of prisoners indiscriminately with mus
kets and field pieces loaded with scrap iron and shell
tents Also that he had ordered the Shooting of Other
men from time to time
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The following taken from the weekly reports Of
the treasury Department for the week ending Feb
a. lS66:-The U. S. Treasurer issued fractional cur
rency amounting to S437 800; 100000 of which was
transmitted to Assistant Treasurers in the South and
the balance to National Banks. The National Ban Ks
deposited in the Treasury vaults rs security for
posts of Government funds 100000 Circulation
amounting to S2172,635 was issued to Nationa
Banks. The total amount of circulation issued
is S23IUl29l0 Certificates of Indebtedness were is
sued to the amount Of 100000. The amount of frac
| tional currency redeemed was Sl5OO0O The dis
bursements were $50, 293,9SS.
BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
Captain and Breyet Major Evan Thomas, Lieut.
| and Brevet Major Rufus King, Jr., and Lieut.. II
Cushing, OF the regular army. who were concerned il
| an attempt made some time ago to release a numbe
Of soldiers from arrest, who had been confined by thu
| police of Georgetown, by appearing with file o
men, representing themselves as officers of the Pro
| vost MarshaIS Department and for threatening VIC
lence are now being tried before the court martial
| the misdemeanors committed on that occasion.
| NATIONAL r BANKS.
| Many applications from banks are received by tn
Comptroller of the Currency asking to be converted
into National Banks But as the number authorized
by Congress has been already established, the Comp
troer has replied that he has no authority to Great
any in excess of that number. If Congress SHOULD
enact new law increasing the number. those bank
will have the preference whose applications are frs
| on file. The number of banks now authorized
| l,635, with a capital of $ill, 25S 236.
| IMPORTERS or HIDES AND CATTLE.
importers OF hides and cattle are daily petitionn
the Secretary OF the Treasury Orpermssion to brn
their purchases into the ports of the United States
The reply to these requests is that the only cattle
hides yet admitted are those that come from region
| not infected with the cattle plague
PENSIONS.
The mum ber'of widows. orphans and disabled sol
dlerS now drawing annual pensions from the Govern
ment is about S97 500, those granite
| during the present month. Commissioner Barrett
granting pensions to wounded soldiers their lega
heirs every day.
! REDUCTION OF FORCE.
| a reduction of the present force in the Treasur,
| Department is contemplated. consequently the on
hundred and forty applications for appointments re
| eelVed during the past week, have been appropri
.