Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-10
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Special Dispatches to the western Prsi..
JOHN H. REAGAN.


NEw YORK, April 9-JOhn a Reagan.
ex-Post Master General of the late conied-
crate States, in private letter from Pales
tine, Texas, of March bah, says. He has
quietle settled down to farming and that he
employs one white man and seven freed
men. He says the Texas convention is
doing just what he advised the people to do
n his letter to them from Fort Warren and
for which he was very much eondslnaed at
the time. ---l-fF c-r5alsinsaI
Ell i7 GREAT EiRE.o E5iiingo
Dates from San Domingo to the zsfh ult..
give particulars of the great fire at Port su
Prince on the 18th uit. The irs burned for
80 hours The caascsofi Il is unknown, but
it Is a fact that Efforts were made By SONS
men to set on fire the houses that had
escaped. Thirty three blocks were com
Pletely burDed down, embracing s1S5dt one
thousand houses Eight or, nine thousand
people are now without home, many not
being able to save clothes for themselves
and children. There is great distress in
Consequence. ID. -f,r5
INCORRECT. 1 ,-ssil--f
The dispatch in several papers snnouno-
ing thai Governor Morton is in Washing
ton is incorrect He is and has been con-
stantly under medical treatment in this city
and expects to leave for Indiana this week.
MUST OBTAIN A LICENSE.
A bill has been Introduced into the Leg
islature of New York State, by Mr. Stewart,
% the effect that no non-resident Of the
State shall sell anything in this city, On ac-
count of non resident without having frst
obtained license, for which $500 is to be
paid. penalty of $500 is declared for each
Offense a1 ~ - q q
ss G.. LAND GaAsr.aK s8ssi3
The President sent to Congress to-day q
message enclosing CON aunicationr from
the Secretary Of the Interior with accom-
panying papers, in reference to grants of
lands made by acts of Congress in ] $50, 1883
and 1886 to the States of Mississippi, Ala
banaa. Arkansas, Florida and Loaisiana, to
aid in the constructions OF railroads. As
these grants will expire by reason Of limita-
ton on the llth OF august next, leaving the
roads in an unfinished Condition. it IS re-
commended that she rms within which
they may be completed be extended. for
period of FIVE years The roads interested
in these grants are Tine Mobile Ohio,
the Southern Railroad. the Gulf q dississ-
ippi the Alabama Z Florida the Pensacola
J Georgia, the New Orleans, 0polouss 4
Gros Western, and other roads. Tns esti-
mated quantities nearing under these
grants are over eleven millions of acres.
MESSAGE
The Message Of the Presidents, enclosing
communications from the Secretary Of the
Treasury and the Postmaster General. aug
gesting a modification of the oath of Office,
mas been printed. A synopsis of these doc
uments was given in former despatch, but
the following may be interesting. Ths.S Sec
retary says regard to the future apPeint-
ments: have 70 say that am wei salts
fed that it will be difficult, If not ifnpossi-
ole, to fnd competent men at the South to
fll the Revenue Offices, who can serve under
the.statute. The institution Is by word.
The people are not more 1oYal than at the
end of the war. Men Of necessary qualiA-
cations who are able TO take the oath and
were inclined to accept sppOintments, have
so far as they could be found, already been
employed by the government for the Offices
that must heoanae vNeeEav-it S0ugres1 should
not deem it safe or proper 70 modify the
oath. am at a loss 70 kBowcwhefss the
right men are to be obtained, or ah6Rothe
revenues in many Of Southern districts are 10
De collected. IL is urged, I know, that
there are plenty Of men as the 8outh Who
can comply with the statutes, and that if
this should not prove to be fact men at
the North can be found who will accept
prominent offices at the present. salaries,
and also tae subordinate positions # Prepsr
inducements in the way Of increased
salaries are held out to them. aife-'
It is true that there are snH soms appIi-
cants for Office in Southern States Eha pre-
sent what they call clean record for 10y
atty. They are persons who would have
been able 70 prescott an equal rec1rd for
place under the Coaiederare governnsat il
the rebellion had been success, or personG
lacking the qualifications which are needed
in revenue positions. dlz5 levers
L - r,asFa- =. oor,-s.---se---
I have only 70 remark that the law rezu-
lates the salaries and commissions ef most
Of the officers, and that the pay of su6or-
dinate officers is alsagether inadsqgz1s to
tempt northern men TO assume the ristrand
incur the odium Of eSflectinR taxes in
southern States except perhaps IN the
commercial cities Of the sea5oard. lssT
1 deem it my duty further TO ssnark that
do not consider it advisable for the Gov
ernment 70 attempt 10 collect taxes N the
Southern States by the hands Of Strangers.
After having gwen the 6iect careful con-
sideration, and anxious as 1 am 70 increase
the revenue and 10 tighten BY distributing
and equalizing toe burdens Of the people,
with NO party interest to prsmote aud With
thing but the good OF the Government
., hear, have come TO the deliberate con.
iasion that it would be better for the eOan-
Y politically and financially 70 suznGpd
collection OF internal resenue taxes iu
"a Southern States, except in CON naereiAl
80 les, for months, If not lor years 10 come,
her than undertake 70 collect them BY
'o'u not identified with tax layers, ..--
a providing for efficient protection. Of
f-rsnue alopg the Southwestern fr6ntitrs,
ere it has eeen discovered considerable
Iggiing has been carried on By vessels
H. sring the Gulf OF icaIilOrnia, and intro
ing contrsbapd goods into Arisoaia, an
ut has been assigned to the c0asf CT
30 Us, from GaIhuta 70 Fort purbin, to be
toned at Cerpus CASisti.s Another eRent
been appointed from Diego, Cslifprnia,
Il Paso, New Mexico, a distance Of eight
tired miles, and VINO. WILL be7staticled
.-art Yuma. l-liz- ~ - - y
S iquettaahOuld aazia given serfslA5sav