Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-14
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FROM WASHINGTON,
The POstmRster General Refuses
10 Increase their Pay.

fhOM WAShlNdTUN'
The POsImnster General Refuses
10 Increase their Pay.
| New YORK, June 13-The morning pa
pers have the following specials from Wash
ington:
| The Postmaster General positively re-
fuses to increase the pay of New England
railroads for carrying the mails, inasmpch
| as he considers they are now paying all that
the service will warrant, while such enor-
nous sums are lost In carrying mails over
the South.
Affairs In South Carolina.
An Assistant of the Freedmen's Bureau,
making n tour through South Carolina, re-
ports the supply of labor is Inadequate to
the demand, but where subsistence Is not
wanted, labor will be quite as productive
this season rs Others, when capital owned
labor. In parts of Chesterfield district the
supply Of provisions is nearly exhausted,
and great suffering will come upon all class
es unless speedily relieved ny the Govern
ment. Ii Is estimated that 5000 bushels OF
coru and 100000 pounds of bacon, provisions
for three months in addition to that now
in the hands OF the planters, will be re-
qured to supply the necessary labor until
the harvesting of the crops. These sup
plies the planters have neither the cash nor
the credit to purchase, and unless relief
comes from the Government many of the
plantations will be abandoned by the freed
men, who will 90 in search of employment
where they can get sufficient food.
The Constitutional Amendment
Will Pass the House.
A canvas of the House was made to-day,
and, counting some members expected to
arrive tomorrow morning, it is estimated
that the constitutional amendment will pass
by about III or l26, or nearly five to one.
The National Banks.
The House committee on Banking to-day
agreed to report an amendment to the Ma
tional Bank act. to prevent any bank hav-
ing over $l,O00,000 circulation, and to re-
duce to eighty per cent. the circulation of
all banks with over half a million capital.
The Senate Finance committee are con-
sidering proposition to allow the State
Banks one year more to wind up or convert
their charters into National Banks. Under
the present law, those who are not wound
up by July are liable to tax of ten per
cent.
Light House Destroyed by Tor
nadO.
Information has been received at the Of
flee of the Light House Board that the light
house at Bay Point, Port Royal Harbor,
was entirely destroyed by tornado which
visited that vicinity on the 29th ult.
AT an informal meeting of Senators to-
day, it was decided to close the present ses-
sion OF Congress early in July.
Appropriations for HarbOr and
River improvements.
The following appropriations have been
made for the continuation of harbnr and
river improvements in the various States:
New York, 1888 500; Michigan, S93G7l;
Wisconsin, $270, ,753; Ohio, S256 906; Illinois,
$SS,704; Inniana, $4,000; Oregon, $4,000.
There is also general appropriation tor
the improvement of the Western rivers
amounting to Sl,525OOO.
The Law Does Not Allow Ii.
Lawyers, claim agents, and others, from
Boston, Cincinnati, Nashville and Louis
vile, have for the last few weeks flooded
the country with circulars advising officers
Of the late war that they are entitled to
$500 extra pay, communication, allow
ance for servants, between May Ist, 1864,
and March 3d., 1865. We are authorized
by the Paymaster General and by the
Second Controller to say that the law al
lows no such extra pay, and that all such
representations are fraudulent, and intend
ed to deceive the public.
Niagara Ship Canal bill.
The passage of the Niagara Ship Canal
bill in the Senate is likely to be with Mr.
Morgan's amendment requiring the sane
tion of the State of New York.
They Can DO No Such Thing.
The Treasury Department has received
| nf a nj lar hot hu hnnn "
distributed throughout the country by an
establishment in New York, in which they
state that for $50 in currency they will
procure for parties $55 in the new five cent
coin. This is q transparent falsehOod. 1t
has already been ann unCed that rs soon
as the coin is ready for distribution guam
titles in $50 packages may be obtained by
addressing the director of the mint at Phil
adelphia.
.BeIE Davis.
Chas. O'Connor states that the President
will give him an answer tomorrow upon
the question of turning over jeff Davis to
Judge Underwoods court. He seems per-
fectly confident of final success. There is
a rumOr, however, that no action in the
matter will be taken by the President, but
that the question will be postponed.
Miscellaneous Items.
New YORK, June Washington spe-
cials to the evening papers say:
The Senate Finance committee has fin
ished the free list. Among other changes,
cordage has been added and iron bridges
stricken out.
A National Cemetery is to be established
at Fredericksburg for the interment of II,
600 Union soldiers killed near there and at
Charlottesville.
The receiver of the Merchants National
Bank has brought suit against the stock
holders to the amount of the capital stock
of the bank-two hundred thousand dol
lars. He asks the court to determine who
are bona tide stockholders in several cases
where transfers have recently been made,