The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-19

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time the department was informed OF
this occurrence. .0aqgh
Secretary Sew ard instructed Mr.. Saw
age, our consul at Havana, to make in
tuuiries, in order that III the chiidren
could be identified, proper measures
might be adopted with view to their
return to New Orleans. ,et 1ss3.h
General Candy says the status ofthese
ehildreu,at the time of their abduction
Twas that of slaves, and their introduc-
ton into Cuba was. in violation of tlle
laws of Spain. A long correspondence
follows, Including letter from N mister
Tassaro, dated February 4, including
communication from the Captain-Qsn-
eral of Cuba, caused by the alleged kid
mapping and carrying to that island of
free negroes from the Southern States,
co be held in slavery; about which, he
says, Senator Sum ner busted himself in
the session of the Senate, on the 9th of
January, The Captain-G General adds
that the Senator's remark in relation to
Cuba is not true, and that case Of the
kind cannot be made out against soil
tary Individual. tfN@
MIR. Hall, consul AT Matanzas, in a let
ter dated February 18th, 1866, informs
1.-THE department that, aftertdiligent In
4 vestigation, and having heard the opin-
ions OF persons likely to be informed,
1 is any truth in the unofficial information
az given to the department, in regard tn
the kidnapping of negroes who have left
| the southern coast of the United States,
and arrived at that island in vessels
laden With cotton and other products, as
alleged. He says, however, he shall
continue his investigations and c0mmu-
nicate promptly TO the department what
ever he may learn. He states that In
hf.e L..
| vana from New Orleans, bringing with
her coIored girl, aged about Twelve
years, held as slave when she left the
latter place. Mrs. Whittemore repre-
| sented that she proposed remaining on
! the island few weeks only, when she
would take her girl North. Subsequent
| ly the girl was brought to Matanzas and
sold. seu.L -.
A statement was made to the authori-
ties, from which is seen that the girl
| had been declared free, in fact and by
! all right, and placed at the disposition
OF the consul. The Governor Of Matan-
zas permits the girl to remain In tho
care of private family, till an oppor-
tunity shall offer for her return to her
\ native land. Ia 49,. ~,
! VIM. r. Minor, United States consul
at Havana, writes to the State Depart
ment that upon the receipt Of the first
despatch, he instituted inquiry, and up
| to February 10, 1865, he had not been
able to find anything 10 warrant the be-
lief that colored persons have been
brought to Havana from the Southern
coast of the United States i'm vessels,
large or small, laden with cotton or other
products, and left on the island. He
| says he has no doubt that refugees from
| New Orleans brought there some oftheir
slaves during the past year: Seven of
these have been reclaimed through the
consulate, four Of whom have been sent
to the United States, and the other three
await an opportunity to be sent to New
Orleans. The consul believes that snch
facts as these gave rise to the charges of
kidnapping of free negroes In the South
to be sold as slaves in the Island Of
| Cuba. 4 eiss par
SUPREME COURT. ~.
| The United States Supreme Court has
now before it for argument, the cases of
Or. Cummings, a Catholic priest, who
was indicted and convicted by the-Cir-
| cult Court for Pike county, Missouri, of
performing the duties of his calling with
out taking the oath prescribed by. the
second article of the new Constitution OF
the State, and fined $780, with ifnpris0n-
ment until paid, and that of Mr.. Cares.
\ che, a lawyer, who was excluded from
the practice Of his profession because he
would not take this oath. The Judgment
In DIR. Cummings case having been at.
frmeds by the State Supreme Court, both
cases were brought up OF, q writ OF err
Tor 10 the United States Supreme Court.
da-i.8s 81 THE FREEDMENs BUREAU.
| Advices have been received ut thu
freedmen's bureau from Charleston
South Carolina, under date of March o
they represent that the circular pro.
mulgated from the bureau reIativa to
marriage rites has been received. and tho
freed people rejoice that definite action
has been taken on the subject. as the
community will now respect marriage
| ceremonies.
The following extract was taken from
the report /" The planters are toning
down under the appalling discovery THAI
there are not negroes enough left to chi.
tivate over one-half of the land; and
furthermore, they now see that none
but negroes can or will ever cultivate
the rice fields Providence is workirr
| for the freed people via the pockets and
hungry stomaclin of their former
| PARDoNs GRANTED.
The number of pardons granted By
the Executive to persons, under the
So 600 clause, in the state OF Tennessee.
Is hlnety-three, and in the state OF
| WV huHufcN anu SlALy-nlIic.f FIho
total number of spardons that have been
granted under the thirteenth exception
~. all the. southern and border states
since the PRONUNCIATION of the amnesty
proclamation, is seveDty-one fhousarr
nine hundred aud seventy. two. MARY
land Is the only state in which none Of
its citizens have been pardoned under
the above exception. 1s SCI
/ MUsTBR OUT OF coLoRED TROOPS
Within the next few days about threa
Thousand colored troops will he muster
ed out OF service in South Carolina.
General Bennett advises them to direct
their attention to the cultivatinge of the
soil. fThe demand for labor ] i that state
has not yet begun TO be supplied. If Ia
believed that the Government inteuds
to order the muster-out, within the nsxt
two weeks, of forty thousand colored
troops now stationed in the south. tn he
takenofrom such parts of the seyaraI
military departments as can best spara
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS TN TN,
| SOUTH 1sts ssa.r,1ia
The commissioner has instrpctaa -.
collecters 81. internal revenue in. the
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