The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-13

Reported for Ms Daily Argxs.

NEW YORK June l3.-Gen's Steadman and |
Fullerton have submitted their report of the OPP |
erations of the freedmens bureau in the military
departments of South Carolina and Florida
They highly commend Gen. Scott the assistant |
commissioner in South Carolina, for the wise poll
cy that pervades his system of governing and
freeing the freedmen. They recommend the dis
continuance of the employment of citizens in
the bureau, and instance several cases of the evil
of agents being interested in the working OF
plantations. They fully recommend that the sea
islands land given to negroes by Gen. Shermans
order be returned to their owners, provided they
pay the freedmen for all Improvements that the
latter have made while in possession of the prop
erty.
Advices from Rio JaIeiro, May sth, state the
Paraguayans had evacuated their entrenched
camp on the road to Horatis. The allied feet
was on its way up the Paraguay to invest Fort
Horatio, and Gen. Olegres' troops had reached
| CondeIario, on the upper Parana, on their way
| to invest the fort on the land side. A desperate
and decisive battle was expected.
Prof Agasses with his wife, had arrived from
| the Valley of the Amazon and at a lecture given
| BY him at Rio Janeiro the Imperial family were
| in attendance.
| The n Y. Tribune's Washington special says
| Chas. 0'Connor states that the president will
| give him All answer tomorrow upon the question
| of turning over jeff Davis to Judge Under
| woods court. He seems perfectly confident OF
| final success. There is . rumor ho~ever, that
| no action in the matter will be taken 1T present
| by the president, but that the question will be
| postponed.
| The mornIng papers have the following specials
| from Washington:
The post master general positively refuses to in
| crease the pay of the New England railroads tor
| carrying the mails; Iuasmuch as he considers they
| are paying alt that service will warrant,
while such enormous sum are lost in carrying
| mails over the south.
| An assistant of the freedmen's bureau making
| tour through South Carolina reports the supply of
| labor Inadequate to the demand, but where sub
| stance is not wanting labor will be quite pro-
ductive this season as Others whsn capital owned
| labor In parts of the Chesterfield district. The
supply OF provisions 10 nearly exhausted and great
suffering will come upon all classes unless speedI-
| by relieved by the government. 1t is estimated
that 600 bushels of corn and 1000 600 pounds of
| bacon previsIons for three months In addition to
that now IN hands of the planters will be required
to supply the necessary labor until the harvesting
| OF crops. These supplies the planters have nei-
Their the cssh nor the credit to purchase, and IN
less relief comes from the government many OF the
psntauoss viii be abandoned by the freedmen
who will go in search OF employment where they
can get sufficient food.
A canvass OF the house to-day, and counting
some mem bers expected to arrive to- morrow morn
ing it estimated that the constitutional amend
ment will pass BY about III or lis, OF, nearly
to one.
The house committee on banking to-day agreed
to report endment to the national bank act to
prevent any bank having oyerSlOo DOOM circulation
and to reduce to so per cent. the circulation OF all
| banks with over half million capitol.
The senate finance committee are considering n
| proposition to allow state banks one year more to
! wind up convert their charters into national
banks under the present Law. Those who not
wound up by July are liable to a tax of ten per
cent.
Information has been received at the office of
the light house board that the light house at Bay
Point, Port Royal harbor entirely destroyed by
a tornado which visited that vicinity on the 18th
ult.
AT an informal meeting of the seniors to-day it
was decided 10 close the present session of con-
gress early IN July.
The following appropriations have been made
for the continuance of harbor and river improve
ments in the various states: New York $3Ss, 599;
, Michigan S93,67l; Wisconsin S270, 1853 Ohio
S246, $50 Illinois SsS,7o4; Indiana $4,000
Oregon sl5,oo0. There is also general appro-
priation for the Improvement of the western riv-
crs, amounting to 81 $4,000. -
LAWYERS, claim agents and others from Bos
ton, Cincinnati, Nashville and Louisville have
+, for the past few weeks flooded the country with
circulars advising officers Of the late thu,
u they are entitled to $50 extra pay, Communication
allowance for servants between May lst 1864
= and March Sd, 1865. We authorized by the
J., paymaster general and by the second comptrollei
to say that the law allows no such extra paw
d and that all such representations fraudu
lent anu likenueu TO uecelYe the pubic.
: The passage of the Niagara ship canal bill
, in the senate is likely to lie with Mr.. Morg
\ ans amendment requiring the sanction of thu
/ state of New York.
The treasury department has received 9
copy of a circular that has been generally
distributed throughout the country by ar
establishment in New York, in which they
state that for SIS in currency they will pro
cure for parties SIS in the new cent coin.-
This is transparent ut swindling 1t bal
already been announced that as soon as IN,
coin is ready for distribution quantities from
SIS to $50 may be obtained by addressing tn,
.. director OF the mint at Philadelphia.
" Sandusky, June 12-Justice Lane, lat,
n chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio
!. died this evening.
>. St. Louie, June l3.-Tbe fenian trial
:. closed yesterday by holding about one, hal
of the parties arrested in bonds from $1,000 t
$4,000. The remainder was discharged.
New York, June l3.-Col. Roberts has il
sued an address to the fenians to stand firm
for their movement must and shall advance
His determination remains unchanged.
:, Nebra3ka city papers of the lib claim tn
Of state organization has been carried by unto
A. state ticket and union majority. Both bYnr
10 ches of the Legislature are elected.
x BUFFALO, June Ia.-P. o. Day, hesd-centre
il Buffalo, has returned from New York and apple
D. to Gen'l Barry for the return Of arms and nun
n tions of war seized here. O'Day claimed the arm
as his private property ind said he had made az
vances ON them auetioneer and commissio
merchant. -
"a Gen. Barry replied he was only custodian of tn
is arms and had seized them by order of his super
r or officer.
B The board of trade yesterday subscribed $500
furnish supplies transportation tP destitute Il
mans. Only about 100 fenians have accepted tran
portation. a
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