The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-11

In regard 70 the New Orleans outbreak bctay
iety lesrn tho facts h, regard to hs affair which
the other OK seems 70 bs s'orod.
Cabinet ,,TcetIng.
This bcing Cabinet day the doors Of the White House
were closed until evening agansa all visitors
Visitors 10 the White House.
This evening there has been the usual throng OF
anxious seekers for executive yors Among those who
Obtained interviews were Senator Hendricks, Governor
sharkey General steednan General Roosseau and Judge
Emory, OF Tennessee
Gratifying Condition of the Freedmen on
Wodmolaw Island.
Major J. E. Cornelius, In charge OF the Freedmen's
Bureau at Rockville, wodmolaw Island, 8. c., under
date OF July H. reports 10 the Bureau that the condition
OF the freedmen Is daily Improving aud the prospects
that all who are able viii make enough dur
Ing tho possn year comfortably cloth them aud sup
port them until they have time to make contracts for tho
ensuing year Many OF them will make from $500 TO
$500 IL no accident happens their crop and bout
half will, addition their cotton crop, raise pro.
visions enough support their families during the mex,
year During the past spring the freedmen evinced
gr al deal OF hostile feeling towards tho rcbos they
invariably termed their former owners, and refused 20
converse or have anything TO do with them. This state
of feeling improved OF late There about three
hundred DID, supeanuated, crippled negroes Edsto
Island unable provide for themselves
keauisition from tho Freed,nen's Bureau for
Rntions.
The Assisan Commissioner OF the Freedmens Bureau
for tho state Of Arkansas and the Indian Territory makes
septeE5er Whites, thirty i've thous and; freedmen,
i've Thousand.
Internal Revenue Decision in Relation TO
Banks.
The Commissioner OF Internal Revenue has decided
that the act OF March 1885, amended July 10, 1850,
imposing tax OF per cent upon banks and bank ny
associations for paying tho OF said banks does
not Apply to private bankers doing business without
charter II. however, private banker receives and
pays the of State banks the agent OF a
,iona bank ne association, state bank banking
cilton, the statute OF liability Is credited
Precaution Against Cholera by the Italian
Government.
Our Consul General In Italy writes that the Goth
u. a quarantine OF fifteen days established by
tho Italian government for all vessels arriving the
ports Of that Kingdom from Liverpool tthe only British
port desgnated, Marso.cs and all other French ports
the Mediterranean on account Of ne existence Of he
cholera in those localities.
Appointments.
The following appoint madc to day ALEX
and T. Stewart, OF New YORK; }. r. Frees, Of New
Jersey; and j. H. Alexander OF Mar land, Com
nssoDers the Universal Exposition or 1857 at Paris
Joseph H. Wilson, OF the District Of Columbia Commis-
Of the General Land once, from August O. 1868
vice J. NJ Edwards, resigned; James A. Hal, Collector
Of Customs FOR the distrct OF Wodoboro Maine.
Decisieas in Relation 10 Clerks salaries ind
the Collection of Housties.
Comptroller Taylor, In reply to letter OF Mr.. McPher-
son, Clerk OF The House OF Representative asking in.
formation In regard 10 tho appropriation Of twenty per
cent OF salaries o, the employees OF Congress
under the OF July %, 1885, rules, hrst-thai the
elsheenth section Of the Appropriation ac takes prefer
81 all other resolutions; secondhand Increase
dates back 20 and from 9Th % Marcia 1865; third
that every person described IA ihs section serving for
part OF the period named IS entitled 70 tho Increase for
the tine during which no In service whether at Ito
date Of the act, had previously lof,, folrh--that
twenty per cont L. TO be added 10 tho compensation II
stood at the eonnc grcment OF the %ssJn
The second Comptrp.or has Decided tat state agents
WHO paid by their states and who gratuitousy 10
the collection OF claims exempted from much OF
the act OF July o. 1866 relating bounies colorcd
soldiers a. requires the agent attorney TO file with
each claim biz oath affirmation that he has intor-
in the bounty beyond the fees for the collection Of
the same.
4 Few Hints 90 Applicants for the Medical
StaH of the Army.
The following rules should be observed by applicants
before the Medical Board ordered 20 assemble at New
York the Goth OF September for positions in the Ned
ica star OF the army
Applicants must be twenty years OF age, and
physically sound
Applications for an invitation q appear before tho
Boaru should he addressed 10 The Surgeon General,
United States Army and must state the fun name resi-
dcnce and date and place oil birth OF the candidate.
r stimouiss character aud qualifications must
be furnished
II the applicant has been in the medical service OF the
army during tile the fart should be stated together
with hls former rank, and time and place Of service,
and testimonials from the officers with whom he has
served should also be forwarded.
No allowance s made FOR the expenses % persons
dergoing tho examination, as indispensable IRE
requisite 20 appointment
There arc At present sixty vacancies In the medical
stan, forysix OF which original bong created by
the act OF Congress, approved July 2s, 1863