The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-19
THIRD EDITION
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WASHINGTON, July 10.
Mr.. Olarke's Refrigeration.

Aibu Ilt0mdu OlhEkeS TeslHOatlO0 was IN anV
wise influenced by the report of the House Com
mittee on the National Banks, are very unjust to
that gentleman. The state OF the case is
directly the reverse. Mr.. Clarke regards the
report of that Committee as coming very far
short of the truth and the facts of the matter;
and he finds cause of complaint because the
Committee did not investigate the cases of the
Memphis and Venango Banks, in which
the Government loses nearly million
of dollars He further maintains that the pre-
sent system OF designating National banks as
Government repositories, which is beyond his
control, is vicious one. and tends to corrupt
the banks by allowing them to keep on deposit
larger amount OF public money than they
furnish securities for. He also AYERS that as
the law now stands it is not sufficiently sum.
mary in its features to enable him to proceed
promptly against a defaulting bank. These
facts are among the causes of his resignation
He says he urged the Committee to make the
examination thorough, and that they did not.
The South Carolina Plantations.
The Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau
in South Carolina, writing TO headquarters
mentions several cases where negroes are pre-
vented from filling contracts on account of the
scarcity of provisions. One case in particular
is the Ramsay Plantation, on Black river, near
Georgetown, s. G. las acres of RICE 90 acres OF
corn, and II acres of potatoes, etc., are being
cultivated Sixty freedmen are employed.
They were to subsist themselves, but now their
provisions have run out, and it lacks three
months of being harvest time. The planter has
no provisions to give and no money to purchase,
so he asks Government to furnish subsistence to
laborers and take mortgage on crops as security.
General Fisk, writing from Nashville, Tenn,
to the Freedmens Bureau here, gives state
ment of the condition of the freedmen's schools
in the state of Tennessee for the quarter ending
June 30, 1866. The whole number of schools is
n, employing 1873 teachers, and having an
average daily attendance of 1926 scholars. Of
these 1884 are taught in alphabet, 7245 in spell
ing 1924 in reading and the remainder in arith-
metc, geography, and grammar.
General Fisk further states that the schools
at Memphis were temporarily suspended by the
bloody riots in May. Eight school.houses were
burned, school furniture and books were given
to the flames, and a teacher murdered. Imme
date steps were taken TO rebuild the school.
houses and re-estabish the schools. A firstclass
high school will be opened at Memphis in
September next.
AbbeesmemIh IOF uMO blA1r PArtys
Government officials in this State are to be
assessed 335 per cent on their yearly salary, to
be collected in full for July, August, September,
and November, which is to go TO the Blair party
for use in the coming November election. At
least 100000 will be realized in Maryland.
which, with funds raised by the Tiger Club
Claim Agency, and the percentage allotted from
Washington Department assessments, will give
the Rebel interest in Maryland 5000, 600, and the
influence of 1900 resident officials. Notwith-
standing all these odds, the loyalists have Sc
lected out the more honest, upright, consclen-
tious men of the different districts, and will 60
before the people with purity, integrity, and true
patriotism.
The New TR~iT Bill.
The Tariff bill, which passed the House yes
terday, is almost purely administrative in its
character. 1t imposes duties on but three
articles, to wit:-Cigars, two dollars and half
per pound and fifty per cent. ad uatorena, forbids
their importation otherwise than in boxes con.
tainTng not more than five hundred, and re-
quires them 10 be stamped by regular Custom
House stamp, and provides that all sold without
such stamp shall be subject to seizure and for.
teiture. Imposes duty of three cents per pound
on cotton, and provides that all mixtures in
which alcohol is the chief ingredient shall paw
the same duty as is imposed upon distilled
spirits. The section providing for Bureau of
Statistics is included In the bill, and will form
valuable adjunct to the Bureau of the Special
Commissioner of the Revenues.
The Two Conventions.
The convention of the unconditional Union
men, which was to have met in Baltimore, has
been postponed until the 18th OF August, as the
convention of the Johnsonites has been called for
the 25th instant, next Wednesday, and it was
thought expedient to adjourn the loyal nomina-
tions until the Democracy should have fairly
shown their hands.
The Neutrality Question.
General Banks will make report on the neu-
trality question before adjournment.
The Reorganization of the Judiciary.
Both Houses have finally passed a Dill re-
ducing the number of judges of the Supreme
Court to nine, and reconstructing the judicial
districts. 1t was intimated in the caucus the
other night that the President might veto this
bill.
RE sIgnatiOn of Represen tative Rousseau.
General Rousseau was in his seat yesterday,
and participated in the proceedings. He has
written his letter of resignation, and will pro.
bably send il 10 the Governor of Kentucky.
The Cabinet Changes.
Cabinet paragraphs furnish no news and but |
little speculation. 1t is fully understood that |
Secretaries Stanton and Harlan will not resign |
for some time, If at all.
Governor Randalrs appointment as Postmaster !
WI.