The Portland daily press., 1866-10-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
internal Revenase Receipts.
CONDITION of the Freedmen i'm
louisiana.
APPOINTMENTS.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IT,
Acting Comptroller Hubbard states that all
IepoftS preludieial to the stapding of the Ma
sa,1 .rofa, na1k OF the Metropolis of this city are
Inc receipts from Internal Revenue sources
exeluslveiy, es M up to this date, amount to over
$ilo,oU,ooO, which is in excess of 81, ,0OO,0O0 per
@ uloili rom the beginning of the present fiscal
year, VIZ, the 1st of July. 1t is believed that
the. income from this source will reach to near
~ 1he same ngure as those of last year. which
VIII De largely an excess OF the amount estimat-
ed ana required, leaving heavy surplus to be
aapbpf0praassa apb4 s9 the liquidation Of the national
Il There have been intifnations i'm tn. pewsna
pers and au political circles that the President
WIN probably modify his restoration policy. and
recommend the adoption of the Constitutional
amendment but there is no reliable antho,ity
for this Statement. ~ 7 y y
Omted States bonds were issued Yesterday
% the directors of the eastern branch of the
Dmon Pacific Railroad, to the amount of S4OO.-
vOO, the nth section of twenty-five miles in
ienSth having been completed, and all the re-
quirements of the loan complied with. which
iact entities the division to $4,000 mile..t 81
MAJ, Gen Sheridan, commanding the De-
Partmeit of the Gulf has Transmitted to Gen.
Howard, the Commissioner of the Freedmen's
Btreaua q report of the condition of the freed
men o. Louisiana, for the quarter. ending Sent
5Oth, 1860. The General states that the pros
pects OF the cotton crop are gloomy The COM
tinued and heavy rains of August and the ear
ty part OF September. together with the appear
hhce' OF tqe army or cotton worm in MANY por-
tlons of the State, having seriously affected the
llterests not only of the freedmen, but of the
entire population OF the State. MANY employ
ers Whose entire crops have been DESTROYED,
WI tTa nestB lable, to- paytheir employees, and
tnere appears to be general desire to get rid
OF the responsibility of any longer maintaining
eemRhloyees e Every pretext is being sought to
dlscharge them. Many of the men who were
engaged to work for a share of the crop, viii
pe lelt not only destitute of the meaus Of sup
port during the coming winter, but will be in
debt to the owners of lands for supplies ad-
vanced To them during the summer Com
plants are frequent that the freedmen after
having Iabored faithfully from the date of their
CONTRACTS january LIST, 1866, until the crop was
nearly ready to harvest are being discharoed
and driven away, ostensibly on the ground of
having been insolent Frequent reports of
crueltyto freedmen, particularly in the north
western parishes, where men go through the
country at night disguised and take the freed
men fre4n their houses and whip and otherwise
maltreat them. Homicides are frequent in
some localities. Sometimes they are itivesti-i
gated lys acoroner's jury, which justifes the
act IN some instances and releases the perpe-
traitor 70 other cases. When the proof comes
to the knowledge of the agent of the Bureau.
the parties are held to bail in nominal sums,
but the trial of a white man for killing freed
man can be, in the existing state of society in
Tue ctatP, nothlng more or less than q farce
The total suspension of tile isslIe of rations
will cause much distress among a limited class
OF people in the State. The wives and children
of those men who entered the service Of the
United States after the capture of New Or
leans, and who were killed or have since died.
mall the charitable appropriations by the par!
isfi authorities, THESE persons are excluded, and
it is not seen how they can support themselves
without receiving some aid from the Bureau
The location of holnesteads by freedmen is pro-
crossing favorably but it is questionable wheth-
er the freedmen will be allowed to remain
peaceably upon their land The contract sys-
TEN adopted by the Bureau in the States, has
proved TO be well adapted to the interest of
both planters and freedmen under the superyi-
sion of the Quartermasters Department. 81
Grounds being enclosed at Point Lookout, j
fer two cemeteries for the interlnent of the re.
mains OF rebel soldiers who died at that place
during the war; and one for the remains of
Union Shdiers at Culpepper Court house, Vir- 4
gina. "a cemetery is being located for inter 4
ment OF the remains of all Union soldiers who |
fell south of the Rappahannock, and north of
Gordonsyille, including those who were killed
at the battle of Cedar Mountain ~ ~
The following appointments of Internal
Revenue officers were made to-day: George
w. Berry, Collector of the 1st District of
Maine; Rufus G. Swope Collector of the 18th
district OF Pennsylvania. sii5 ~ 4ff yHi
Robert S. Chiffon, of the State Department.
has been appointed Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, in place of Horace n. Cruger.