Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-29

The PRONUNCIATION OF THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATEs.-In the Senate to-day, Mr.
Anthony introduced a bill (which was referred
to the Committee on Printing! in relation to tho
printing of the laws ofthe United States, which
makes it the duty Of the Secretary of State to
furnish the Congressional Printer q correct
copy OF the acts and resolutions Of Congress as
soon as possible after their approval: and said
printer shall Immediately cause copies of said
acts and resolutions to be printed, &c: and
II shaIl be the duty OF the Secretary of State to
furnish the Congressional Printer list of
all newspapers authorized TO publish the laws
of the United States to the end that said printer
may transmit a copy thereof to the editors of
sand newspapers for publication. Provision is
also made for printing the postal conventions
between the United States and foreign countries
1t is further provided that all letters and docu-
ments to and from the Congressional Printer
relating to the duties and business of his office
snail be transmitted by mail free of postage.
SENATOR POMERoY, of Kansas, occupied the
floor to-day in a carefully.prepared, argument
alive speech upon the reconstruction question,
which was listened to with much attention by
the Senate.
SALE OF IRON CLADs.-The Senate passed a
joint resolution this morning authorizing the
Secretary Of the Navy to sell such iron clad
vessels as are not required by the interests of
the service; at price to be determined by ap-
pTalsa, TO De made by board Of five Naval
officers. The class of vessels such as the Dicta.
tor, kalamazoo, Monadnock and Passaic are
excepted from the sale.
THE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN South CAR
oLINA-RELATIoNs BETWEEN PLANTERS AND
FREEDMEN General Howard, Commissioner
OF the freedmen's Bureau, has received a report
from Brevet Major General r. X. Scott, Assist
ant Commissioner for the State of South Caro-
lima. In the Charleston district much com.
plant has been made against the negligence of
me freed people as laborers: that they would
not do the amount of work they should; that
they absent themsel, es to attend religious and
political meetings, thus losing themselves and
causing Inc planters to lose also. In many
sections they have worked well and given
general satisfaction, but the operations
OF the Union League have been detri-
mental 10 them, as ii takes them from
thelr work, which is more important to them
than Pollntlcs, and they often receive bad ad-
vice through the league by designing men, In
the Darlington District many planters COM
menced with nothing, and their credit had been
pushed TO the utmost The labor was terribly
unreliable. Men who were capable of picking
one hundred pounds of cotton between sunrise
and noon would come from the field at night
win from thirty to sixty pounds as the result
had as much more hidden in the field, which
they would carry off at night and sell for their
own benefit finding plenty of purchasers
letter than nothing. The freedmen also
have frequently walked many miles TO attend
rehglous and political meetings, sometimes
ieaVlng without any reason or right, spending
TWO or three days each time, causing planters
much inconvenience and loss, and not improy.
Ing their own chances for a respectable crop
Not more than five freedmen in a hundred have
many are much in debt to the planters, and
therefore will be unable to support themsel YES
next year. They invariably believe that the
planters owe them, no matter how much they
dnr iun fho Vn2 and
when they find they have been overpaid they
are very much chagrined, and declare they
nave been swindled. The blacks are inn.
provident, and w i'll flood a planter with appli.
cations for orders on stores, never stopping to
consider how deeply they are running in debt
and not until the hour Of settlement do they
desire to know how much they owe. Many
sec m to be appreheusive Of bread riots, and Of
senous trouble between the races, and such
fears are not groundless, as laborers defiantly
declare that IL they get nothing, the planter
shall lose all. This 1t is that makes the crime of
arson Of such frequent occurrence. Thieyine
seems TO be the rule rather than the exception;
csitie, nogs, corn, and cotton, anything that
WI satisfy the pangs Of hunger or bring money
Is sure to disappear, SO suddenly and secretly
that no tangible trace OF the criminal can be
found. In the Sumter district, seven.e Fights of
the freed peopls are ih debt to their employers
Tor the necessary advances while making the
crop. class of white men go about the
country for the purpose Of robbing the people.
they get corn and cotton from the freed people,
unnecessary articles It is earnestly recon.
me nded that some steps be taken to prevent
this Illicit trafhc. ,,,.-,,. -. -.
MUSTERED OUr.-General Orders No. q inst
issued from the War Department directs that
Brevet Lieut.. Jacob F. Chur, Captain v. &c.
be m ustered out and honorably DISCHARGED on
account Of his services being no longer re-
Quired. .sssI vel 0asf : TsI-7'- =
INrERnAr Rssrnus-TAer receipt. fro, hi.
source to-day were es2Q, ,0le.Oo..