Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-21

FROM WASHINGTON.
More Cotton Frauds.

| SUMMER S4UU,UUU IN Government funds was
| placed in the hands OF man named Carle-
ton, which was used up in the purchase OF
cotton. The cotton was sent North for sale,
and the Government realized nothing at all
by the transaction. The consignees made
| and the Government lost the whole amount,
| principal as well as prospective proGts.-
| Considerable interest is manifested To ascer-
tain by whose direction the Government
funds were invested in the transaction.
Southern EPiScOpalians Resolve 10
Return.
rhe Episcopal Convention in session at
Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday, by large
vote, decided to return to the Episcopal or
ganization of the United States.
Clerks in the POsIOHice Depart
ment.
Out of 100 clerks in the PostofI1ce De-
partment, there are 40 Union soldiers and
no rebels. Since the passage of the Con
gressional resolutions upon the subject,
Gov. Dennison has appointed none but
those VINO have served in the Union army.
Receipts from Customs.
The receipts from customs from the four
principal ports of the United States, for the
week ending on the l7rh inst, were As fol-
lows: New York, $24l9455.GO; Philadpl
phia, $l9z2i3 80; Baltimore, sos, S,4S6. .97 ;
Boston, $477, 33906.
The Freedmen.
Reports received by General Howard
from all parts of the South represent that
Notwithstanding the many impediments
in the road of the freedmen, they are get
ting along well and are conducting them
selves IN manner to meet the approval of
even their bitterest enemies.
Tax OH Lotteries.
The committee Of Ways and Means have
broken up the monopoly in the lottery bus
lness. They propose to impose tax of at
least 10 per cent. on this traffic. The
Treasury Department. in order to examine
into the frauds alleged to have been prac-
ticed in the Kentucky lotteries, have sent an
agent to New York to make thorough in
vestigation of them.
Nominations by the President.
The nominations sent to-day to the SEN
ate for confirmation, says the Times spe-
cial, 20 to show the Presidents determina-
tion to appoint to Office men who served
with distinction in the field. Among the
nominations were Gen. VIM. IL. McCartnet,
as Collector of Internal Revenue for the 81
District of Massachusetts. Gen. Peter G..
lyV
Ons, France. Mr.. G.. McCandless was nom
mated as Collector of Internal Revenue of
the 231 District of PENNSYLVANIA, Hon.
Thos. Williams district. 1t will be recol-
lected that eX-GOv. VIM. +. Johnston was
nominated for this position, and rejected by
the Senate.
The Army-COmparative Mortality
Among White and CoIOred
Troops.
When President Lincoln. in April, 1861,
called for 10000 militia for three mOnChs'
service, the army of the United States had
on its rolls l4,O00 men. During the ensuing
four years, 2,6SS,5 523 men were enlisted, of
which 2,40S, l03 left the army alive. OF the
balance, 960S0 died in battle or of wounds,
while 1S4,33l died of disease. The number
of white troops enlisted was about q 800 600:
the number of deaths among them, 25l ,l22
or one death out of ten. The mum Der of
colored troops was 10000, of whom 29O99
died, or about one out of six, being nearly
double the rate of deaths among the white
troops. Out of every eight deaths among
the white troops, three died on the field of
battle and five from disease. Out of every
nine deaths among the blacks, one died on
the battle field and eight from disease. The
mortality among the volunteers was nearly
10 per cent. greater than among the rogu-
lars. These statistics are taken from Off
cial records, but while they give the num-
Der of those who died in the service, they
make no mention of the host obliged to
leave the army, and who went home to die.
The Alexandria Platform.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-Mr. James II.
Clements, Delegate from Portsmouth, Va,
to the Unconditional Convention of Vir-
ginia, which adjourned sine die at Alexan-
dria yesterday, states that there is a mis-
take in the published report that the reso-
lutions recommended by the Hon. j. Minor
Bolts were adopted by the Convention.
The platform approved of was that report
ed from the committee on Resolutions, to
which it is stated MIR. Bolts expressed his
willingness to abide.
The Tax and Tariff Bills.
New York, May 19.-Special dispatches
from Washington to the evening papers
say: The Revenue Tax bill will be passed
by the House before the close of next
week, and the Tariff will follow it.
The Senate Will Not Confirm.
The Senate will reject all llappointments of
Republicans, even when they
have served in the army or navy, in place
of present Ollice-hOlders. Several appoint
ments have been made in Massachusetts,
but they will not be confirmed.
Evidence Does Not Warrant the
Charge.
1t is reported on good authority, says the
Times special, that the Judiciary commit
tee have come to the conclusion that the
evidence produced before them does not
warrant the pharUp that left n ,y;e /,