New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-06
e9qD Orleans Daily Gpestent,
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER G, 1866.
Late news by western Papers,


until the President returns.
General Howard is in receipt of reports from
the assistant superintendent of freedmen's affairs
from several counties in Virginia, of highly en-.
couraging character. These reports show that in |
most Of the districts the freedmen are contented
and industrious and in the main selfsupporting. |
No complaints are made of abuses by employers,
and an improved feeling between the freedmen
and whites is generally noted.
Opposition to the education of freedmen is de-
creaslng, and there is an increase in the number
OF schools and attendants. No special or aggra-
waited cases of outrage are anywhere reported. In
York county the freedmen, about six thousand
IN number, are mostly located upon farms estab-
lished by the government, but now restored tothe
owners from whom they were confscated, with
the stipulation that their occupancy by the freed
shall not be interferred with until January
next. In every instance the owners have given
notice to the present tenants that they mustTaeate
at that time.
tits stated that the new secretary of the int.
rior, Hon. o. H. Browning, has discovered that
Secretary Harlan, before retiring, had filed every
position in that department, and had even made
appointments to vacancies that would occur
Notwithstanding the absence Of the President,
applications for appointments continue to be for
warded here in large numbers. They are of
course placed on file to await his return
Senators Williams and Gen. Schenck, of the
joint special committee Of Congress on retrench-
ment and reform, have been here for two or three
days past, making preliminary arrangements for
an investigation into the operations, regulations
and management Of the cotton business by the
treasury department.
They have adjourned over until after the fall
elections, when the whole committee will be here
and enter upon the Investigations ordered by Con-
gress with view to an early report at the next
session.
The following are the units of fractional cur
rency received by the treasury of the United
States from the printing division of the treasury
during the week ending to-day: Ten cent notes,
$4,000; twenty five cent notes, SlO9,5O0; fifty
cent notes, $l62, 900; total, $500 800.
FROM NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, Sept. I.-Gen Fisk tonight made
his farewell address to meetings of the freed
men at State capitol, crowding the floor and gal
lAry. He paid high compliment to the Nashville
press attrbuting the difficulties of the late riot in
that city to the course Of the newspapers, de-
Tended himself at length against the investigation
committee appointed by the Kentucky legislature
to examine into the truth of the Cne Anati speech
about the brutal treatment of rebels, and cOun-
seled freedmen to Cancellation, industry, frugality
and education.
He said when he was appointed in June, year
ago, $500 were drawing 59S, OPS rations per month
in his department, costing s97,9l2 75 Last month
1858 rations were issued to Is orphans and three
refugees, costing Sl56 rs. From June, 1865, to
September, 1866, 959,748 rations were issued to
whites, and 6l3 ,022 ratons were issued to blacks,
costing 100000 Eleven hundred and seventy
three abandoned farms were turned over in June,
year ago, containing 355,573 acres, worth
Sill ,45G In 1866 most of them had been re-
turned to owners on the conditions of the PTesi-
dent Tho bureau had paid all expenses except
railways and transmitted $4,000 to Washington.
Ninety.one thousand one hundred and fourteen
black children in the schools in the State were
mostly supported by benevolent institutions
North.
man named Henry Euborn committed suicide
under romantic circumstances, by leaping from
Suspension Bridge Domestic difficulties at Mem
phis were the cause He went to St. Louis to get
the cholera and die there then came here for
some purpose He left the following letter to his
wife:
" Dea, Lizzie-Before these lines reach you the
Cumberland will be my grave. You asked for q
dellVerance. You have it, though by different
way from what you expected. Kiss my poor
children, as a last token Of their unfortunate
father As for myself, will abide by the judg
ment of the mercitul Creator III another world
Farewell"
FROM NEW YoRK-sENAToR WRIGHT DANGEROUSLY
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EMMA-NEw STEAMSHIP LINE.
NEw YoRH Sentamber Limited States Sena
tor Wright from New Jersey is living dangerously
i'll at Norwalk Connecticut His long illness auC
old age make his recovery almost hopeless.
Geo H. Briggs paving teller of the Nassau
bank in this civ was Yesterday arrested on
charge of embezznr one hundred thousand dol
lars of the funds of the bank. Mr.. Briggs ha
been ia the habit of frequently visiting and losin
heavily at various gambling houses throughou
the city and on the moruinr he was ARE stet
made full confession of his Guilt.
Queen Emma of Hawaii has terminated abrupt
her tour and returned to this CITY on account q
the announcement of the death of her mother
She started for home to-day via Aspinwall an
San Francisco,
The steamers ArarO and CITY of Paris took OF
to-day about 81 600 900 in government bonds
The President Of the Nassau bank in car
states that the Paving Teller Briggs defalcatio
amounts to $l6l 900, but owing to the securitie
the bank holds their loss will be less than $50 O0(
The surplus OF the bank is over 5000 900
The pioneer steamship Of the Pacific Line Steam
ship Company's line TO China leaves this port O
the first Of October next.
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