Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-09
QCeltgrapbit,
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Bank Panic General Run
on DepOSiIOries.

on Repositories.
New York, May S.-The Tribune's Wash
ington special says: The doors OF the Mer
chants National Bank remain open and tn
officers remain there, making promises O
future redemption, but with no prospect o
being able to fulfill them. 1t appears tha
there was on deposit, from the Interior De.
partment, on account of Indian funds, $32.
937; POstofflce Department, dead lette
fund, waste paper fund and disburSing
clerk, $4,000; Treasury Department, $4,000
and other paymasters and quartermasters
$G4O, lG3; total, $685., 600. Gen. Spinner hold,
above the heamountuecessary for the redemp'
tion of the notes of the Bank, about $40.
600, leaving loss for the Government o
$547 600, without having recourse TO stock.
holders or counting upon the probable non.
return of large portion of the notes Of the
Bank, or the Banks recovering, or having
| any thing from the general assets of the con-
cern. The official inquiry now going on will
soon demonstrate the amount of the private
deposits, their liabilities and assets. Infor-
nation from Baltimore indicates that moth
ing of any account will he received from
Boyne, or Boyne 81 Co., of Baltimore.
The failure of the Merchants National
| Bank has caused general feeling of dissat-
| lsfaction among depOsitors in other institII-
tions, aud to-day quite run was made on
some Others and large amount of deposits
have been removed to Jay Cookies, the First
National, and to the United States Treasu-
ry. There are no other suspensions,
| however, and it is announced by Maury q
| Co that they will resume Tomorrow.
On May lst there was in the various pub
| lie repositories S24, ,223, 73O.30, for which
there are Government securities held by
General Spinner amounting to $36,ll4,50O.
Condition of the Freedmen in Vir-
ginia.
The inspector of the Freedmen's Bureau
in Virginia has just reported to the Assist
ant Commissioner at Richmond the result
of thorough investigation of the affairs
OF the freedmen in the State, of which he
has just completed an inspection. His re-
port, on tile whole, is comparatively favor
able. He represents the various colored
schools generally well attended, and the
prejudice existing against the freedmen
| slowly but steadily diminishing. The sani-
| tary condition of the freedmen has so far
improved throughout the State thaG all bu-
reau hospitals have been abolished. The
employers, in compliance with the terms of
their labor contracts, are furnishing the
| requisite medical attendance. The demand
| for labor generally exceeds the supply in
| all portions of the State. The wages of the
male freedmen average about twelve dol
lars per month, including food, quarters and
medical attendance.
Public Lands.
The Senate committee on Public Lands
have several important measures before
| them, which will be reported in few days,
looking to an early development of the
northwest. Several leading railroad men
are here in conference with them, among
whom is Mr.. Morse, who is urging legisla-
ton to insure the completion of the road
from st. Paul to Bayfield,, which makes an
outlet to the lakes.
Opinion Of 1he Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
in a letter of reply to gentleman of Buff
ialO. N. \ :, dissents from the recent decision
or Judge Smalley, of Vermont, while sit
ting in equity on the western part of New
| York. The Commissioner says that the rule
laid down by Judge Smalley as to the cases
| in which he thinks the Judge ought not to
| give aid to the assessor, must, he supposed,
| be taken as the rule of that district, as Judge
| Hall appears to concur i'll the opinion OF
Judge Smalley. But as to the right Ofmak-
| ing second assessment the Commissioner
does not regard Judge Smalley's opinion,
even in his district, either as an authority
or precedent; for his decision cannot be
deemed to extend as precedent in its legal
effect, beyond the point on which the case
occurred; viz. the assessors right of inves-
| tigatiOn in the manner proposed in that
| class of cases represented by the case OF
| Mr.. Brown, which class, moreover, embraces
| only such assessments as were made prior
en- fI,nk tr,,n yh.,., To-, -
| took effect,and not such assessments as have
| been made since that time. The rest of the
Commissioners opinion contains views not
called for by the case virtually before the
court.
PrecautiOn Against Cholera.
DIR. Sayre, of New York. at the head of a
committee of eminent physicians appointed
by the Medical Convention recently as
sembed at Baltimore, were to-day in con-
| ference with the Senate committee of Com
mcrce, for the purpose of devising some
legislation to prevent the introduction and
spread of Asatic cholera in the United
States. After free Interchange of views,
the committee unanimously instructed their
Chairman to report joint resolution to the
effect that the Secretaries of War and the
Navy, with the cooperation of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, shall cause an efficient
and uniform system of quarantine against
the introduction into this country of Asiatic
cholera through its ports of entry.
Officers of the Freedmen's Bureau
Arrested for Mal1eaSnnce.
Dispatches from North Carolina reveal
further acts OF malfeasance on the part OF
the agents of the Freedmen's Bureau in
that State. Col. Whittlesy, the Commission
lar fo thaf Gtuta an1 .cauarnl - hiS hnr nr1i
mates, with the assistance of some Massachu-
setts philanthropists, it is alleged, have been
| discovered running plantations on private
account and working delinquent or disor-
derly darkies on them for punishment.
Several arrests have been made, and more
| will be, it is reported.
Suits Against Simon Draper by
Claimants of Cotton.
The Times Washington special says
Nearly all the claimants Of the cotton seized
by the Government at Savannah have COM
menced suits in the United States District
Court of New York against Simon Draper,
Cotton Agent, for the recovery of the value
OF the cotton. The suits number one hun
dred and twenty-five, and strong array OF
counsel has been retained by the plaintiffs,
among whom are James Il. Brady, w. M.
LVdIJS duu OJHSIS Vi cqudl dUlllIy'
Affairs i'm South Carolina.
Gen. Sickles, who arrived here yesterday
with several members of his staff from
Charleston, had an interview with General
Grant to-day. Gen. Sickles reports affairs
gradually improving in the State. The
labor question Is well settled and the law
less operations in the Northwestern portion
of the State have ceased. .7#. /
Gen. Sickles having declined the mission
to the HAGUE will probably return TO the