Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-28
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Murder OF Capt. Butts, near New @

Murder ofCapt. Butts, near New Or
leans. Inn
New York. Sept. 27.-A Herald's Wash
ington special says b. The Commissioner Of
the Freedmen's Bureau has just received a
Communication from Maj. Gen. p. b. Sher-
| idan, transmitting the following informa-
toni In regard to the murder Of Capt. s. G..
Butts whose mysterious disappearance
was noticed a few days since :"
Maj .J: Cromie, an agent of the Bu-
reau for the parishes of Sabine and Match
itOches,y La, reports that the remains of
Capt. Butts, he has every reason to believe,
have been found about four miles from Mr..
Weeks plantation, on the Natchitoches.
Butts stopped all night at Weeks house
on Saturday, July Stb, The skeleton found
exactly corresponds with the description Of
Butts. Two of the front teeth were broken,
and gold shirt studs or sleeve blII tOus were
found. Capt. Butts wore sleeve buttOns,I
but Maj. Cronie does not remember that hel
wore studs. From the description of the
wound the ball seems to have passed.
through the back of his hea /, passing out
at the forehead, and must have killed him
instantly. 7r' e.E, ,a,a'it'
~, The Freedmen i'm Florida. aa,
A. Tribune Washington special says:
General Foster reports from Florida for
August, that the freedmen have received
better treatment at the hands of the Courts
and planters, and consequently the planta-
tion Interests Of the State are in excellent
condition. The prospects of a fine cotton
crop are very promising. The caterpillars
have appeared, but the cotton bolls are so
FIR matured that it cannot be much dam
aged. The corn crop in the viciEity of Tai
iahassee and Jackson counties is very poor.
In the northern counties 1t is only partial
yield; in the southern counties it Is good
crop, much better than 1t has been for
years. The heat of summer has caused
much sickness. The cholera has appeared
at jacksonville, Apalaehicola and Cedar
Keys. The victims are principally negroes.
Jeff. Davis Trial to be Again Post.
g'sl rgrh 0iu pOned. H|
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-The National In
telIigencer to-day says: Samuel Tyler, of
Maryland, one of the counsel Of JEFF. Davis,
had aA interview with the Attorney Gen
eral yesterday In regard to the trial of Da-
Wis. We have not beard what the result Of
the Interview was. but suppose it was in
accordance with what we learn from the
best source of information. viz: That
Judge Underwood aud Chief Justice Chase
have come to the conclusion that because of
the legislation Of the last Congress the ad-
j0urned Court cannot be held next month,
consequently the case of Davis, with all
others, must be postponed to a future day.
miscellaneous Items.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 27.-The President
to-day made the following appointments !:
Hugh j. Anderson, OF Me-, Auditor of the
Treasury for the Post Office Department
John j. Humphrey, of Tenn, Agent for
the Indians of the Cherokee Agency.
Chief Engineer Mortimer Kellogg, U. S.
Navy. has been ordered to superintend the
construction Of the Government buildings
at Bridgewater, Mass.
COngr' IS at the late session authorized
the Secretary of the Treasury to sell such
of the Revenue Cutters as are not adapted
to the service. The Department. will ac-
cOrdingly dispose of, at public sale. six OF
the steamers which we're built in a manner
more suitable for war than the civil service
/ There will then remain seventeen
/ Revenue Cutter steamers, six of which
are on the lakes and nine sailing CUTTERS
/ The number of the latter is to be increased
by eight, proposals for the building oI
which have been invited. Sailing vessels
are to be employed only where they can
render the requisite service, while theil
use will materially decrease the expenses
of the service. .r.i
Recently delegation of prominent
i Southern business men, most of them cot
ton factors and planters, visited Washing-
ton to endeavor to obtain modification Of
the existing rules and regulations under
which cotton is transported to market, the
revenue tax thereon paid, and its final ship
ment to domestic ports. The Secretary OF
the Treasury referred the subject to the
II Attorney General for his opinion in the
Il premises. ...|