, 1866-09-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Despatch to The Chicago Tribunc.l
WAsHIyGToS, September

Especial Despatch to The Chicago Tribunal
WASHINGTON, September 7.
zl1E HtTTs1ugcN coSyESrloE.
L. E. Dudley, The Chairman OF the National Ez-
ccntlve Committee Of the soldlcrs' and Sailors
Union, las received to-day responses from large
number OF soldiers and sailors, In rrp1y to the
cali for the rittsl,ursh Convention, letter from
Canton, Ohio, snys that regiment Of men will
attsnd the Convention from that county alone
another from the Secretary Of the Soldiers Union
Il StenbeuyslIc, Ohio. etates that their Assocf1-
lion, numbering eight hundred, arc nil dcsirous
Of attending the Convention as a body. Letters
OF Emi1ar character arc constantly received from
all parts Of the country. n letter from The Adm
tant General of tic Grand Army of tic Republic,
State Of Illinois, states that thrir organization
rumbeFs over seventy thousand members In that
Stale, and that they unanimously favor the Pi,ts-
huEgh Convention, aud that they will hold q Con-
scntion Hcxt week to eiect delegates.
scuTELTzEN FESTIVAL
The fcr1nan Schuclt1cu Association, OF Washing
ton, arc making g cat preparations for the cele
1ratfon Of their f1rst animal festival, the 17th
instanf. The festival Ii to continue five days, and
scvcal hundred guests from all parts OF tho couu
t:y ART expected to participate. The Association
gives twenty -four prizes, to the amount Of eighteen
hundred dollars, the fret 10 consist Of twelve
twenty gold pieces,
WISCONSIN APPOINTMENT.
G. ". Hazlrsou. Of Columbus, Wisconsin. hns
been appointed Pension Notary.
ENTRIES OF PUBLIC LAsDs.
There were disposed Of, during the month Of
August. at the Winuehaso City, Minnesota, Land
On1ce, 1G,0I6 and Mt The Junction City, Kansas,
5And Uiice. 9+its acres Of public lands.
GOVERNOR MORTON.
Governor Morton left here this evening for lis
home In Indiana
TI0x NORTH cAn0IINA.
The Assistant Commissioner OF the Frscdmcn's
bureau for North Carolina, In report to General
Howard, dated September I'd, eays he has par
TALLY succeeded in breaking up the great number
/ OF freedmen camps that are scattered orcr the
State, and collecting the needy and deserving Of
| few central points. After October 1st he thinks
| few duties will detolye upon the officers sud
| agcnts OF the Bureau in that State. The inris.
iction Of atniFs having, with orc exception, been
outrascs between whites and blacks have been re-
fcrcd to the Stale Courts, mud tue law equally
forced against offenders Of both classes. The
Assistant Commissioner STATES that in negro
population Of three hundred thousand In Moth
Carolina. not over twenty-five thousand have
/ failed 10 place themselves out OF reach Of wan
for TIC coming year.
\ PRESIDENTIAL NEcITr1oH.
The National Democratic Association has issuet
| l<li u MlCtk4A|S W " uClu t1'l0ViAUH GhG
Ing, 10 arrange for giving the President a rcccp
t:on on Ills seturn from tho West.
/ INJUNCTION.
Judge Underwood 1as iseufd an Injunction
asniust The Orange S Alexaudris Railroad Com
pany prohibiting the carriage Of freight on bette
terms thxn those contracted with Adams Express
Company. The case was argued before Juds'
Unlerwood's Court some months ago. Tlv II,
Junction will suspend ilc operations Of tle South
cyn National Express Company, chartered by III
Virginia Legislature last winter.
| sAxErAssT COMMISSION COLLECTIONS.
The United States Sanitary Commission in Til
city during last month collected LAS claims
amounting to <l5i.asa. There arc now at Il,
office Of the Commissioner abort eighteen thot
ea,,l claims awaiting adjustment.
syu6atEn CAFzUnED.
paEtu,tnt has received iniorma.ion Of lhs ca1
iE1c. hy the United States revenue cutter Mahor
Ing, Of ile schooner Arctic, of the coast Of Nnlnt
smuggling from the British Provinces 1ars
w sGG teen cod a
trip had been made by tho vessel this ycnr.
COLLECTOR scliNEIDEns AccousTs-
WAs'usG7ox. scpiemlcE 7.-ono Of The hfst
s ,c 1 RSE
ment with The Treasury Department, Is GeoEl
Schneider, at Chicago, Who was superseded i
General Mann, on The 18Th Ut July. The ComI
tto1IeE OF 1hc Treasury hiss jnst forwarded TO hi
statement 10 the effect that all his accounts vii
: tho Department, up to that day, when be hands
lhc Office over 10 lis successor as colscc!or OF i
$ | tcEal nereunc and Government Dikbursir
Agent for tic First District Of Illinois, are cor
: pfe1cly adjustcd, With balance to hls credit
: 2s,944.g0.
nEPoKT OF TIE noCErT corNtssyoS.
4 4 Washington special says: ~ THO Bounty Cor
j. mission have at length made their final repoi
: They unite In saItng that after a thorough cxat
tnat;uu Of TIC prcson. manner OF paying bountlc
thcJ a,c unable 10 suggest any enfcgu3rds or a
: Improvements on the present method, and til
sccCMn.t nd tLat payments be continued ms he.es
(: lore, bosl 10 lndlan and negro soldiers"