The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-18

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being made With the freedmen and by far the largest
part them are employed at present The report fur
Their states ;-lts asserted by well informed and appar
only reiabie persons that there is an organized and
xed determination on the part OF the planters force
the negro TO work al lover rate OF wages and pos
sole to secure his labor for the OF
pensation gwen him when In slavery that for this
purpose the refusal to contract and threatened abandon
ment OF oil agricultural pursuits made. He could not
fnd any evidence OF such organized plan or concert
OF action: but the evident desire manifested by the
farmers Of these States compel the negro TO work,
were Il only for mis- part Of OF subsistence
points In that direction. Ho expresses the opinion
hat win be necessary for the government to issue
limited amount OF rattons IN the river counties in Lons
ana, Mississippi and Arkansas. The M st destitute
districts OF Louisiana are the parishes Of Baton Rouge
west Fecana. Ascension, Madison, Carroll and Concor
a Inere Is not much present or prospective desstu
on reported back from either OF the rivers The same
condition Of Affairs exist in Mississippi and Arkansas
~ the interior there little cause for apprshen.
sion OF suffering. General sewa reports that many OF
Tue agents who were sent to Mississippi worthless
ana suggests that If any more to be be
iui 10 selecting them Ia reported that the agent
Lake lrovidence, La has absconded with $4,000
peohgnR 10 the freedmen and Others and deposited in
his hands in the adjudication OF the distribution OF tho
crop; General Sewal reports In conclusion, that he
i LINKS there never was a time when the Bureau was
more needed than II now 10 and more faithful execu
n o tne bureau law was demanded for the protection
| o. the freed people.
Immigration of Laborers to Washington Dis
countenanced by General Howard.
General Howard to-day addressed circular to the
agents Of the Aid Society, and the officers agents Of
the Freedmen's Bureau, and to the pastors OF the
colored peoples churches In the District Of Columbia
saying:-
1t is reported to that numbers Of people living
IN and around the District Of Columbia at present
that Others who have been procured homes
North and West, are, to some extent, spending
me destitution in this city already considerable and
ncreasngas yoare all aware account Of ths large
ferent branches Of the government together with the
suspension Of various industrial operations by reasons
OF the eeverty OF the weather and from other
Please use all the influence you can exert check this
Immigration and urge upon every able bodied man and
homes in other places. Advise those who are needy
apply 70 employment agents In different parts OF the
city for assistance to procure places
The Sources from Whence Internal Revenue
Shall be Derived.
Inc Committee on Ways and Means OF the House
ADOPTED this morning in committee the following
resolution 10 guide the committee In the amend Of
the Internal Revenue laws
Resolved, as the OF this committee, That
$780, 900 900 OF shall be considered as the
amount OF revenue to be obtained from internal taxes
ana that the same, as far as possible be collected
from-Frst, distilled spirits and fermented Iionors:
second, tobacco and manufactures OF tobacco; third
stamps; fourth special taxes; nth, incomes; SIXTH
dividends seventh luxuries and am easements: eighth
banks and railroads; NINTH legacies and successions
leaving the least possible be collected from in
dusra pursuits or relieving that class Of interests
entirely.
The stanton DiGIcuIty-Au Amicnble DetcrmI.
From the Evening Telegram of yesterday
WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1893
There does not seem TO be any new feature in the
Stanton reinstatement that Is not already known to
tho public The great excitement the city generally
is gradually subsidlng.
Several or the dispatches sent from hero Yesterday
assert that all the parties concerned the matter appear
disposed now to accept the situation lnality that
Mr. stanton has changed his Intention to resign and will
continue TO weld the power of the War Department
under tie Tenure Of Onico law; that General Grant,
repenting OF his last thanking operation attempted to
recover his peace Of mind by oxerting his per-
suasivc powers tho secretary of War to hand
psnted OF having attempted an impossiblity. has
dropped tho malAer and turned his attention
Reconstruction bill that the President finding Stanton
strongly inrenched and invulnerabe at all points, has
concluded to bido his lime' and study the situation
useful these dispatches may be in the way Of
paciacaon IL Is nevertheless certain that they do not
aithtu y represent the InammabIe condition Of affairs
Informal Cabinet meetings every day. and earnest
consultations with leading conservatives and democrats
at the White House, clearly indicate the Of
plan OF attack that will long carry panic into
the camp of The enemy II It does not dslodge him from
his position in The War Department.
II is certainly notwithstanding all that has been
said TO the contrary that the President has cut the
municatons between the war Department and the
Executive mansion, and may safely say that very
few days Will ciapse before Mr. Stanton and his hackers
will find that the President has not yet used his most
The President stated this morning that he does not
tend as has been repored to issue ap proclamation IN
urged such proceeding but no has determined
to refrain from action in the matter for tho present.
steps towards appointing another to Stanton position.
No Reduction of the Army-The Rights OF
Labor-Impartation of Tin.
[From tho Evening Telegram OF yesterday
WAsnsGroN. jan IL, 1865
The House Committee Military Affairs held a ses
sion ths morning and ut some length discussed the
movement inaugurated hero some time since
favoring reduction Of the army. After hear
Ing the views OF all present 1t was determined
that the present unsettled condition of the South
rendered absolutely necessary that ali intentions Of
reduction OF the numerical force OF the army should be
suspended. The Committee therefore proposed 10 set
aside this question until more settled state OF the
Southern States shall warrant It's resumption.
Mr. H. Clay Preuss who has been very active hore In
advancing the interests OF the working classes has gone
10 York to advocate the rights of labor and tho just
demands II has upon the civilization OF the
The following statement OF the value OF tin aud man.
ufactures OF tin imported into tho United States during
the sca years of 1885, 1865 and 1867 has just been
completed by tn Statistical Burcau-In 1855 the value
OF tin and manufactures thereof imported So 433 1885,
In 1865 So 1885, $685. and In 1867 II 81 44 35o.
THE FgRTIETH CONGRESS-,