New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-02

| TENNESSEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EMlGhA-
TION TO THE COTTON STATES-REPOkF OF
THE FIRST AUDITOR.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRBUHBi
WASHINGTON. Monday, Nov. 1, 1869.
As u evidence Of the retrenchment policy Of the
ent Administration, and the saving made In one Instance
since Gen. Grant into power 1t Is ascertaned that
there 5000 employees in the Treasury Department
4th OF March last the present the reduction
amounts in the Treasury alone which, ut the
average pay OF employees, will amount to $4,000 per
month. General complaint has been made that tho Adj
minstration had discharged all the capable men In the
Departments. and appointed clerks merely on the
score OF politics. appears that OF the present Treas
ury force fourfths old employees No reduction has
been made in the Interior Department, excepting tho
| discharge OF 40 temporarily there arc about 800 en-
| plOy6s, $50 Of whom new. The force In
the War Department has been reduced by about 200 dis
charges and very few new appointments have been
made. There but very few changes IN the state De-
parment and no reduction The largest relative num-
Der Of changes has been made in the PostOfice De-
partmeHt, owing TO the extravaganza OF eIGov Randall
in the management OF the Department. and the number
Of employees whom he employed contrary to law Gen.
Terr found co female clerks In the Dead Letter once
more than were allowed by law 1t is believed that
| saving 70 the Government in Department employees
alone will amount in the present year to no less than
$4,000 OOO much Of which would have gone to the retail
| traders OF Washington.
Some the Democratic papers have asserted that the
Navy Department has been very extravagant The FOL
lowing figures, showing what the extravaganc' amounts
to- are furnished by Admiral Porter. IL must be remem
bered that the h Of March, 1862 vessel could have
been put In readiness for under six months and since
then the Navy Department have prepared and are pre-
pairing sea- ronclad and wooden vessels to the num-
Der OF I0 The expenses OF the Navy Department from
March l. 1862 to Nov l. 1862 amount to $,l967s5 per
month average. During the last seven months OF
Johnsons administration the expense amounted to
S267s4 per monthSi2OOOO per month In favor Of the
present Administration During the last three months OF
Secretary Wees's official life the expenses were 1904
per month, difference Of 329 per monthin fayoroft the
present Administration; and IN the last hfteen months OF
the late Administration the expenses averaged 265sO
per month, while the expenses since March have aver
aged only $96 per month"; difference IN favor of the
present Government OF t435ls0 per month. Since the
present Administration has been In office all the work has
been done under the eighthour system
| The Georgia State Colored Convention, which met at
Macon last week, adjourned on Saturday IL numbered
26 delegates representing SC counties, resulted In the
formation Of organization to be called tho State
Mechanics and Laborers' Association and provided
for local WOrkngmens Unions. They also recommended
| the formation OF auxiliary WOrkngmomons Associa-
tons In the resolutions adopted they declared that cap
a could only safe when the laborcr is protected and
labor paid It's just reward they also declared that
capital could have advantage over united labor ana
| that there was antagonism between the
| two when justice was done they recommended the
| organization Of Cooperative Supply Clubs and
associations for the purchase Of lands urged the with
drawal OF from field labor whenever possible ana
recommended the formation Of clubs among those EN-
pOyed on Plantations for material defense An excel
lent report on education presented and the estab
shment OF paper support the movement was deter
mined upon, OF which the Hon. H. NJ Turner II 90 be ed
tor series Of strong resolutions fayorug emigration
declaring that there antaconsm between them aud
any foreign labor, and Offering welcome to the Chinese
| do fVa fba
counties represented, showing that In fourhhs
OF them fTightfu state Of disorder prevails Thirty
MURDERS five OF them women were reported as having
occurred during tho last months Most OF the
sins known, and arc yet at large. In only two
| instances have arrests been made. Only man
| has been convicted. and no was only sentenced
to ten years. imprisonment In SO counties schools
reported the highest number In any being II, with
1900 scholars In IS counties there were but two schools
and in 10 others but each. The day wages reported
ranged from 25 20 IS cents and monthly from s. to
So Yearly wages averaged $50 In nearly every county
great complaint is made OF employers failing to fulfill
contracts and that the laborers have been cheated
their share OF the crops. Only i've counties
reported wherein the blacks obtain Justice from the civil
| courts As this is the first Convention of the kind
which been held in the South its proceedings OF
more than ordinary interest. Before the Adjournment
delegates appointed 20 the National Convention 10
be held here in December Similar conventions viii soon
! be held in nearly all the Southern States.
At the close OF the war the sold
railroads in East Tennessee amount OF rolling stock
/ and supplies. These claims amount To the following
sums Against East Tennessee and Georgia Company,
$50 600; against East Tennessee and Virginia Company
| $4,000 The roads Claim from the Government for
rolling stock and material turned over and for the
and occupation OF the roads by Government from 1863 to
1866 follows East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad,
s7OOOOO East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, about
&GJOOOO. The Government TO secure its claims began
suit in the U. =. Court at Knoxville, by hling bills In
chancery and praying for appointment OF receivers and
an injunction. The motion for injunction and receivers
will DO argued before Judge Swayne, In this city,
Thursday. The will be argued for the Government
by Stanley Matthews and Aaron T. Perry OF Cincinnati,
and District Attorney Camp OF Knoxville and for the
railroads by Col John Baxter, aud ThOs A. X. Nelson,
! and A.. j. Kicks.
letter from Richmond, Va, says that for the last two
week the trains going south from there have been
crowded with cOOred peopleimngrants To tho cotton,
rice and sugar country The writer says: 1.-THE move
OF negroes the far South under the induce
ments of q more genial climate and high wages
ug large proportions The coOred labor OF tho country
IL gravatng the localities IL Is best adapted 10, aud
leyng clear field here for the Northern and European
emgrans. The negroes are daily leaving the state un'
contracts parties ranging from to 100 They do
not all go directly the field sugar plantation,
JOO for instance being called for and rapidly responding
to work the Chattanooga Railroad. They will ulti
mately, doubt fulfill their mission In the culture Of
cane and cotton"
Mr. DelanO Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, has
addressed communication TO the Secretary the Treas
ury setting forth that the malt liquors not fully
collected owing to several causes among them that rev
stamps used two three and four times by
of fraudulent processes of removing the evidences
OF cancellation and also that counterfeit stamps used
In numerous cases Commissioner Delano suggests cir
cular from the Secretary addressed TO supervisors col