Daily Dispatch, Volume 29, Number 214, 23 May 1866 — Page 3

ilirhmond pispatrli. ? kpsksdat "AY 23, m *!??? Ronnl of lintnl?:ri?<lon. The coromissionon. of Stato Hoar, I of ,, .ip.iion mot on in tho c?|?tol. iv. sont, Messrs. J Gait, of Fluvanna, Umi> \\x \i k , ami R. Barton Uaxall. It \ known that in the act establishing tl?i? p m\ the State made no appropriation, I ]? die ? ommissioners to snob moans v l>e derived from charges for scr- ', , s n introducing immigrants, and from i! v.t i??n> and loans. They adopted an , vx to the people of the State, which 1 , found Ik? low ; and also an address, t jo (ireat Britain, sotting forth to the ! 4 i.ivm-s the Advantage's oj>ened to in Virginia. Both the papers are it ,d- especially that tt? 1?<* sent across y.iU r. The commissioners exj?eet to with efficiency, and liope to introduce ,4 m ii i I cltoss of lalntrers. The jKJople of the State should a*si>t t.. mi much as possible. They des.r* . ? plii at ions to he made at once, and that ii'.os(? who have means should send them ..IS the help they can. (im-ranViMMM If. Kmuardsox was ch< sen Commissioner of Immigration, and j ;tll ? i>mnniiiii-a lions should I** addressed jo him. His office is in the capitol. See notice. \l?!?RK<s rotlli: FEOPI K OK VIRGINIA. *1 ; undersigned, appointed by the <; ' r to constitute a "Board of Immi- ! m," under the set ot the (ieuoral A-Minbly entitled "an act to promote I i r:.c. ."eraue immigration into the State \i .;;iia," met and organized at the , , j. it of on Monday, the 14th instant. At i \? !\ threshold the Board have found ? - i'. s greatly embarrassed by the ( ?< ?? the Legislature to make an ap- ? >n t<> cover the necessary expense- ! ? ?i :i the tirst steps in the task assigned t The aet requires the means of car- : its provisions into effect t<? be de- ? \,,I s,,i, |\ from donations or loans of i \ . i i < 1 the bout is to be paid by those v, h ? - il receive laborers through the ins'i him ntatity of the Board. At the same :ti. it is made the duty of the Board 4*to ;tle upon and carry into operation a ! il pi in for the introduction of s<?l?cr . ti'l iudust i ions immigrants, with their f.tinllies, from T.uropc, and especially from 1. inland and Scotland, into this State ; t?? i mso to l?e published such information as v ill fully show the natural resources of the .?state ? its soil, climate, ami mineral wealth .uid productions ? and also the demand l??r ],?!?<> r and the inducements which \ irginia . ifers as a home to the emigraut : and .. nei.illy to adopt, establish, and organize - 1 1 !i plats and measures as will tend to ir<- or facilitate the introduction of labor into the State. I nder ? irciimstanccs, the Board have no ? rnasvo but to appeal to the friends of uratiou in the State for material aid, in the -hape of donations or loans ol i.i hi to enable them to carry into effect ? j. ivisions of the act under which they ? been appointed. They also most ,l!v invite the cooperation ol all the .societies organized in the State l<?r a siiuipm:?*e. The importance of bringing , i: t ? ? Virginia a c hiss of reliable white 1 1 !-> i?> so generally felt and ae Know - . .1 that it is needless to enlarge on the : c. But, Ibr the want of money, the : , ? f the Board are completely tied, .. 1 ti.t v ran do little to supply tin- urgent rd. Those who feel disposed to aid in v. rk can send their contributions to (oiiffal W". II. Hichardson, Richmond, 1 1 1, .in been appointed by the Board Cumuer of Immigration ; and persons i.-Miing to com run nicate with the Board . ill address the Commissioner at Kiehin> \d. In foii'dusion, the Board invoke the I' ucriul aid of the press ol A irginia in . i : ,i\\ t : the attention of the people to tlie object of immigration. The editors of V.t i- 1 have never been wanting in public i. and they are now eonlldently relied on to sccom 1 this ctl'ort to attract capital ai d lal?or to the State. .1 v m i s ti.vt.T, i Board of Immigration .1 vmkh Bi.ack, > for the 1{. B. 11 vxai.l, ) State of Virginia.

iho Vciic/.iicla ?eliom?\ We are of those who liavo taitli in the i ll iiii.it*- recuperation of tin* south ami its i ration to equality in the l"uiou. The i ; ?---u n* of the national interests, so seri- " . !y impaired I ?y tin* political and indusi : I., l paralysis wrought by the disfranchisei i'tit <1 the smith, will bring upon thefacj now endeavoring to perpetuate that ?. mchiscmeiit, utter defeat. This will .-?t lie l??ng delayed. The great hody ot' a i ?!';??? >o powerful <-tm ii' ?t lie kept down, an i their wishes vetoed, by a tactions minority. With this idea impressed upon our own : we have not encouraged our young i. :t'ii t<? emigrate to other countries in ? h of that liberty and equality which ; r the time is denied them here. .Wv<-:iheless we are free to admit that i ? it are those whose present is so help- !? and whose future is so clouded, that >."* only can we not lind fault with them i?t ? -migrating, but we do not deem it unwise l"i them to do so, provided they have nude the proper arrangement and act un<u r>t.;u<iingly in their selection of their | new homes. These are those whose former relations to the Federal Government, an-l whose distinguished services to the t ? ?nledcnicy , have made them the especial oitjeet > < !' Government censure and dis. tlanehiseinent. Among these are some naval oilieers, who are men of fine attainments, and who are the best sailors that ' ever trod the deck of a vessel; and yet | they cannot even take command of a ' s- hoonei in the foreign trade. The number ot thoM- who have reason to apprehend a prolonged disfranchisement, if not being placed and* r ban for life, is con- ! siderable, and no man can blame them for seeking better lutes in stranger climes. Among the plans ottered for emigrants * i om this count i y is that oi the V enezuela Company, recently lully organized in this city, which, m lai a:? a man may form opinions without seeing the ground, and testing and tasting it, seems to be verv feasible. Dr. II. M. Price is President ; James >V. Mason, Vice-President ; James K. Bj.aik, Secretary; and Jefsu t. Hi t* meson, Treasurer. These gentlemen arc known here, and were prominent in the late war. Among the members of the ??on puny are such men as General S. M. Bam on, General J. B. Kershaw, Commodore J. it. Tvi kek, Kenneth Kavnok, Capt i n D. P. McCokkle, K. K. Collikk, and ot hers. The company is organized upon a grant oi land which has been made under authority of the Executive of the Venezuelan Government by its Minister to the United States. This giant only wauls the approval of the Venezuelan Cougre: j to cumpleto it, auu of that no doubt is entc: tained, The

Congress met In March, and we shall won learn its dee Won. XhiH immense grant confer* upon the company all the vacant lands in the State of Guayana and the District of Amaaonas. The l?oundarics sre the eighth degree of north latitude as far ns the town of Santa Cm*; thence following the right bank of the famed river Oronoco as far a* the river Meta ; thence along that river to the line of New Grenada ; thence this line on the west to the Imundarv line of the eiupir? and Brazil; thence along that line to > , t>oundary of British Guayana, , that ^ ll,o coast to the ^ri,.lv ?f braoca an empire ?l ^ ^ """c- 1 " Thh?..-nJvr p-ant is otlercl as an in-! to people of tins eoiintrj to ,.?,iprato t? Venezuela ; and, as a fnrtlicr invitation, C'liiality of a" political ?? eivtl rights arc accor.le.1 in the pant to all einu grants after twelve months' residence. The company, in their organization, adopted byhw? oii" clause of which declares that the capital stock shall consist of eighty then. Hand shares for twelve hundred and eighty 1 acres cach-one-half of which shall he of- j fered for sale at one thousand dollars each, ; and thirty thousand shares are to he dis- . trihnted to late Confederate soldiers or , other southern citizens on condition of their becoming citizens. We suppose the company will make no further move until the grant is ratified, which they will soon ascertain. The country which will be at their control embraces a Varictv of climate. The table land is salubrious and healthy ; the Llanos, or level plains, adjacent to the sea, are inundated nearly half the year, and when the flood retires they are covered for a time with the most luxuriant verdure and tilled with vast droves of cattle. Next comes a period of drought, when they present the appearance of a burnt and parched desert. The table land and mountains are, howler, the points of interest to emigrants. There it is said to be healthy, the thermometer ranging from 70 to 85. The crops are cotton, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, indigo, >am, potato, and every variety of tropical fruits. llrMisoi.nT speaks o( \ cnezuela a. the richest and most fruitful of the then new Republic of Colombia. Speaking in part in reference to this very district, he said : ? It might be said that the earth, overloaded "with plants, does not allow them space " enough to unfold themselves. The trunks " of the trees are everywhere concealed nn- " der a thick carpet of verdure ; and il we " transplanted the orchida1, the pipers, ami ..,h? poth.H, which a single curbaril ol " American fig tree nourishes, we should "cover a vast extent of ground." From two to three crops of com per ann,'ull can be made. Coffee and cotton is produced in great abundance, and tac tobacco is said to be as tine as any in the world. The gold mines, however, will attraet many. Signor Kt has, secretary of the Venezuelan legation, states that gold is often found in lumps, and that some lumps weighing three pounds have been picked up. To pick up such frequently, and for some time, would be agreeable to the ino?t unworldly and unaequisitive , nmon^t us; and it must be confessed that a returning to his native land well laden with these lumps would he hailed j with intlnitely more delight and gratification bv his friends and relatives than it lie came like the prodigal-penniless ! But all's not gold that glitters. Tins Venezuela is fascinating, and may be all that we have heard of it ; but the company , themselves, in their frank address, advise ; everyone to investigate and decide for himself. The company will probably send an agent to examine things before the\ j move; and the settlers would do well to send another. Should the colony go out, and become established, we have the prospect of opening a rich trade with them. In a few years lines of vessels will be established, taking out our flour, &c., and bringing back the coffee and other products of that country.

'?'!?*? rre(slm<>ii*N lliircmi? Important Order by <><<iicriil ilonnrd. General Howard to.dav issued the l? ?1lowinp order : Wai: Department, ) BnsKAi* of Kefiuees, Fkekdmkn, ami Ahandonko Lani?s, i Washington, May 2 J , I Circular Xo. 4. ? In order to answer numerous inquiries from otlieers, agents, and others, and, il* possible, prevent misunderstanding with regard to the change of organization in this Bureau, this circular is issued. J. The commissioner recommended some time since that the functions of military commander of a State and assistant commissioner he exercised by the same officer. Wherever practicable, this is being effected?as in Virginia and Mississippi. It is not done in condemnation of the assistant commissioners, who have labored hard and successfully, but to secure more prompt and effective administration than can otherwise be done. II. Tin* commissioner calls the attention of all officers officially to the reports in circulation as to acts of severity and cruelty toward the freedmcnon their part, as to carelessness in rendering their monthly accounts, and other offences. Every officer or agent already accused shall have the opportunity of a thorough vindication before a court-martial. But the occasions for such trials are to be deprecated, and they must be forestalled by a thorough system of inspection and a prompt removal of every unfaithful officer. III . Special attention is again called to the difficult duty of caring for the indigent. Where intense anxiety prevails to get rid of the Bureau, surely State and county officers will make some arrangement to relieve the General Government of this heavy expense. If the county officers or overseers of the poor will adopt the proper measures, the industrial and Government farms which are now so much complained of can be dispensed with. lu order to meet an emergency, when the whole system of labor was deranged the commissioner urged the forming of joint companies, the encouragement of the immigration of those accustomed to free labor, so as to afford promptly as many examples a., possible of the successful employment of negroes under a free system. Apparently in keeping with these regulations, a few officers have invested their own meaus jointly with citizens in the planting interest. I know of no law or regulation of the army, or of this Bureau, aeanist this, yet it will almost inevitably j leau to corruption, us it fiasalreudy to bitter accusations. Hereafter such investments, ? within t heir own jurisdiction, by officers on I duty Bureau, are strictly prohibited. (). O. How aud, Major-General, Commissioner. Hon. Hamilton FUh has been elected | President-General of the Society of the I Cincinnati,

LATEST KEVTS BY MAIL. C'aptniHHl R#b+I Propfrty. Wamunotow, May 21. ? By the act* of July and August, 1861, all property of" citi- , zensof Insurrectionary States found there, in or in transitu, and all vessels belonging I to insurgents, were required, when rap. tured, to l>e forfeited, ami the proceeds ol salon paid into the treasury for the use of the lTnite?l States. The prweeds of large rapt u res of such property, amounting t<? several millions of dollars, arc claimed by military and naval officers, and they are accordingly taking measures, through the admiralty courts, to have the property condcuined and adjudged to their own use and that of the naval pension fund. The question is now pending before the .Supreme Court whether such property, so captured, should be forfeited to the United States or for the benefit of the captors. In view of these farts, the House of Representatives not long ago directed the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold a distribution of I he proceeds until the judicial question shnll be determined, and requested him to take such means :is in his judgment might seem proper to have thclQfcitiis of the United States in such cases fully determined. The Secretary, in response, says that it docs not appear by the files of the Treasury Department that the receipts of any such property as is descrilied in the House resolution had been claimed by otlicers of the army; nor does it distinctly appear how much, if any, has been claimed by officers of the navy. Six hundred and eighty-seven prize cases have been decreed, amounting to nearly twenty three million dollars, which amount, deducting say one-half credited to the navy pension fund, has been paid ns follows : Amount paid to officers of the navy, four million seven hundred and sixty-two thousand dollars; and to enlisted men of the navy, tlve million three hundred and forty-one thousand dollars, or a total often million one hundred and three thousand dollars. The files of the department do not furnish satisfactory means of determining what proportion of these amounts consisis of the proceeds of property comprehended in the scope of the acts of July | and August, Jm>1. Inasmuch as that fact is not distinctly shown by the certificates of distribution, it can be ascertained only by an examination of the records of the , several cases on the files of the respective 1 courts. The law of June, 1864, expressly provides that the net amount decreed for distribution to the United States or to ves- ! sels of the navy shall be ordered by the ! court to be paid into the treasury, to be distributed according to the decree of the court, which the Secretary says, in this respect, seems to leave no discretion to the i department. It further appears that thir-ty-two cases remain pending in t lie United States Supreme Court, and two hundred and sixty-eight cases in the circuit or district courts ? in all, three hundred cases; all of them nominally cases of prize of war, i but more or less of which may be cases of j revenue forfeit-lire under the acts of July and August. The amount in litigation is equal to nine million five hundred tliouj sand dollars. The Secretary has taken steps to investigate the character of all these cases.

Special dlnpatrh to the Baltimore Sun. Collector of Internal Hcvphiio for Mar.v I and. Washington, May 21. ? The President litis appointed William Prcscott Smith, Ksq., of Baltimore, eolleetor of interim! ! revenue for the third division of Maryland. O. P. Q. "We announce tins appointment with much , pleasure, though we should think it doubt- j fit! whether Mr. Smith will accept the ! place, lie is a conservative, and a gentleman of fine business qualifications. We can well imagine that his appointment will make the Radicals howl. Tornado at Itnelicatcr. Rot hkstkk, May 20. ? There was a terrific storm in this city this afternoon, of! wind, rain, and hail, accompanied with thunder and lightning. A number ?>f buildings were unroofed, awnings were torn down, and glass was broken to the extent of many thousands of panes. In some of the public buildings, churches, &c., scarcely a whole pane of glass was left. A number of persons are reported injured. The damage to property is very large. The storm appears to have been confined to this locality, and lasted but a few minutes. Minister to Mexico. ? lion. Lewis T>. Campbell, Minister to the Republic of Mexico, had a lengthy interview with the President to-day. ? : wash i xtiro.v iTt:.ns. ' CONTEMPLATED RESIGNATION OK GENERAL HOWARD. A rumor is current in the city that General Howard is considering the propriety of resigning his position as head of the Freed men's Bureau. He is probably dissatisfied with the acts of his subordinates, and feels powerless to correct the abuses of the institution. As a conscientious man and officer, he is quite likely to throw up such a thankless position. COLORED HOLD T ERA MUSTERED OCT. General Grant has directed the musterout of six more colored regiments, while seventeen thousand will be retained in the service. It is intended to send some of tlieni out to the far West. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK. Comptroller Clark has turned over to the House Committee on Banks and Bank- ! ing all the testimony and papers in referI ence to the Merchants National Bank. The committee will make a thorough exposfe of the whole matter, which will show up frauds that will eclipse any yet published. INTERNAL REVENUE. Receipts last week were $3,560,141. THE UNION DEA1? AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN. Major E. M. Camp, A. Q. M., proceeds with a small party this morning on atrip through the Valley of Virginia, to examine as to the condition of the graves of the Union dead at Cedar Mountain and elsewhere. COTTON TAX IN THE SENATE. There is thought to be an excellent show for a reduction by the Senate ot the proposed tax upon cotton from five cents to three. A delegation from the New York Chamber of Commerce has been here to oppose it, and, in addition, there are other cogent reasons for drawing it a little more mild. THE RECONSTRUCTION BILL. In the Senate, Monday, Mr. Wade stoutly resisted the preseut consideration of the bill, alleging that he wanted no snap-judg-ments;, that several friends of the bill were absent, and it was not fair to press it until their return. Does Mr. Wade forget 1 that when this same argument was used by the friends of Mr. Stockton he scouted the idea ; that he refused to wait twenty-four hours for the arrival of that gentleman's sick colleague, impiously thanking the Almighty for the sickness of Mr. Wright, and asserting the principle that it was right to : take every advantage which He had given them ? JEFFREYS UNDERWOOD. Judge Underwood, of Virginia, the man who hopes to earn immortality bv presiding over the trial of Jefferson Davis, was ! on the floor of the Senate to-day, but was noticed particularly by no oue but Senator Howard. By the way, the understanding has got abroad that the indictment found under his auspices at Norfolk is not considered a very tenable one by the Attor-ney-General.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Fnrfher !f*w? by (lif Cubit. tiik r*rrro static* and acsthta. Halifax, May 22. ? Vienna telegram* report that Minister Motley protested against the further shipment of Austrian* to Mexico* The troops will then return home on limited furlough. THE FINANCIAL CKtSIH IX KKGLANP. The financial panic in London culminated on 10th of May in the suspension of Ovcrend, Gurnev & Co. Their liabilities amount to ten to twelve million pounds sterling. The failure was eaused by a heavy speculative sale of shares at a heavy discount. The run wis commenced by the depositor*, and the Bank of England declined to render assistance in consequence of the crisis. Sir Morton Peto & Bctts failed for four million pounds. The Liverpool Mercantile Credit Association and other suspensions arc reported. Thenwas intense excitement in financial circles. Business was almost suspended. The Government had resolved to suspend the Bank Charter act, which measure will leave the bank free to protect itself during the crisis. The 77me?ofthe 12th, in its city article, says : The first failure announced was that of comparatively small batik, the English Joint Stock for ?800,000 ; then came that of Messrs. Peto & Bctts for ?4,000,000; then that of \V. Shompton, railway contractor, for .?200,000 ; and finally it was understood that the Liverpool Mercantile Credit Association, whose paid-up capital is half a million sterling, and consolidated company with a paid-up capital of a quarter of a million sterling, must pass into liquidation. Later in the evening it transpired that the Government bad resolved to suspend the Bank Charter act. The assets of Peto & Bctts, even under most depressed circumstances, arc estimated at five millions sterling, and it is confidently assumed that in a short time a proposition for the adjustment of all claim* can be submitted. Every one hopes this may be the case, for Sir Morton Peto and the partner bank are permanently among those who have carried the fame of English enterprise to all parts of the globe. It is almost known that several failures among dealers will be announced in connection with the approaching half-monthly .statement. The Itetiirn of Five-twenty HoimIh per Culm? Shipment ofltomls, Ete. Nkw Yokk, May 22. ? Private advices indicate a large return of five -twenty bonds per Cuba. The shipment of specie to-morrow will probably exceed three million* of dollars. Eighty-seven cases of arms seized by the Government at Erie, Pa., belong to the Fenian Senate. Lemuel Cook, a revolutionary hero, aged one hundred and two years, died at Clarendon on Sunday.

CoiiKi'CHslona I I'rftcpcil i ii^s. Washington, Muv 22. ? Senate. ? The bill in relation to the public lands in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, ami | Florida, was passed. It provides that the said lands be disposed of according to the homestead law of 1802, without discrimination of color. The price of the patent is live dollars. It allows the privilege of securing land to persons who served in the Confederate army on their tnk injr the oath of' allegiance. Horse. ? The Bankrupt bill was con- i sidered and passed ? ayes, 68 : noes, .">9. (?rent Fire in ?w Vork ? Lovs. l'onr Millions ol' Hollar*. New York, May 22. ? The Academy of Music, Lutheran Church, Medical University, two piano factories, and other buildings on Fourteenth street and Third avenue, were destroyed by lire last night. Maret/ek's and Gran's opera troupes lost valuable wardrobes by the fire. The estimated loss is between three and f<>nr millions of dollars. Several firemen were i killed. The Two Ciciicrnl AwKomblie*. St. Lot is, May 21. ? The Old and New School Presbyterian Assemblies met to. * * get her for the first time since 1S.'17 to-day, and discussed a project for reunion. Two moderators presided. Twelve hundred persons voted in favor of reunion. It is ! definitely stated that measures will be instituted to effect the object immediately. Pardon of HcnorHl J. It. Palmer. Washington, May 22. ? General J. B. Palmer, of Tennessee, was pardoned today. Special Telegram to the Dispatch. The Tax on Tobacco. Washington, May 22.- The House, after an extended discussion, to-night fixed the tax bill relating to tobacco as follows: On all kinds of snuff, 40 cents per pound ; on Cavendish, twist, plug, and all other kinds of manufactured tobacco not herein otherwise provided for, 40 cents per pound ; on tobacco twisted by hand or otherwise rendered consummable without the use of machinery, or without being pressed, sweetened, or prepared, 30 cents per pound; on all kinds of fine-cut chewing tobacco. 40 cents per pound ; on all kinds of smoking tobacco not sweetened, nor stemmed, nor butted, 10 cents per pound ; on cigarettes and cigars not valued at over six dollars per thousand, the tax shall be $2 per thousand ; all other cigars shall be taxed $4 per thousand, and forty per cent. ad chlorem provided the first ten dollars of value shall not be assessed. The other provisions of the bill interesting to the tobacco interest are as follows : That section eighty-seven (of the act now in force) be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following ; That any person, firm, company, or corporation who shall now be engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, snuff', or cigars, or who shall hereafter commence or engage in such manufacture, before commencing, or, if already commenced, before continuing, such manufacture for which they may be liable to be assessed under the provisions of law, shall, in additiou to a compliance with all other provisions of law, furnish to the assessor or assistant assessor a statement, subscribed under oath or affirmation, accurately setting forth the place, and, if iu a city, the street ami number where the manufacturing is, or is to be, carried on, the D ime and description of the manufactured article, and, if the same shall be manufactured for or to be sold and delivered to any other person or party, the name and residence ami business or occupation of the person or party for whom the said artiele is to be manufactured or delivered, and generally the kiud and quality ?manufactured or proposed to be manufactured ; and aiiall, within the time above I mentioned, give a bond tv the United

States, with one or more sureties to be an. proved by the collector of the district, in the sum of three thousand dollars for each cutting machine kept in use, in the sum of one thou sand do] I am for each screw-press used for making plug or pressed tobacco, in the mun of five thousand dollars for each hydraulic press used, in the sum of one thousand dollars for each snntr mnll used, j and in the sum of one hundred dollars for 1 each person employed by said person, tirm, company, or corporation in making cigars conditioned that he will comply with all' the requirements of law in regard to any ' persons, firms, companies, or corporations, ' engaged in the manufacture of tobacco) snuff, or cigars; that he will not employ! others to manufacture cigars who have not obtained the requisite permit for making cigars: that he will not engage in any attempt, by himself or by collusion with others, to defraud the government of any duty* or tax on any manufacture of tobacco, , snuff, or cigars ; that he will render truly and correctly all the returns, statements, i and inventories prescribed for manufactu- j rers of tobacco, snuff, and cigars; that i whenever he shall add to the number of cutting machines, presses, snuff mulls, or i cigar-makers, used or employed by him, he will immediately give notice thereof to the collector who holds the bond, and will pay 1 to the collector of the district all the duty i or taxes which may or should be assessed and due on any tobacco, snuff, or cigars so manufactured, and that he will not knowing- j Iv sell, purchase, or receive for sale any such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, which has not been inspected, branded, or stamped an ' required by law, or upon which the tax has not been paid if it has accrued or become payable. And the said bond may be renewed or changed from time to time, in regard to the amount and sureties thereof, according to the discretion of the collector, under the instructions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. And every person, firm, company, or corporation aforesaid shall obtain and exhibit, whenever demanded by any officer, of internal revenue, a certificate from the collector, setting forth the kind and number of machines, presses, snuff mulls, and num. I her ofcigar-makfrs for which the bond has j been given. And if' any person or agent ' of any linn, company, or corporation shall manufrcture for sale tobacco, snuff, or' cigars of any description without first obtaining the certificate aforesaid, and fur- 1 nishing the bond herein required, such person or agent shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a penalty of three bundred dollars, and in addition thereto shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, at the discretion of! the court. That section eighty-eight be amended ! by striking out all after the enacting clause, 1 and inserting, in lien thereof, the following: That it shall be the duty of the assist- ; ant assessor of each district to keep a j record, in a book or books to be provided for the purpose, to be open to the inspection of anyone upon reasonable request,; of the name of any and every person, firm, company, or corporation who may be engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, I snuff, or cigars in his district, together with the place where such manufacture is carried on and place of residence of the 1 the person or persons engaged therein ; and the assistant assessor shall enter in said record, under the name of each manufacturer, an abstract of his monthly ' returns; and each assessor shall keep a similar record for the entire district. 1 hat section eighty-nine be amended bv striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting, in lien thereof, the follow. j ing: That .in all cases where tobacco, i snittf, or cigars, of any description, are manufactured, in whole or in part, upon commission or shares, or where the mate, rial from which any such articles are made, or are to be made, is furnished by one I party and manufactured by another, or where the material i< furnished or sold by one party with an understanding or contract with another that the manufactured article is to be received in payment therefor or any part thereof, the duty or tax imposed by law thereon, when paid by the manufacturer, may be collected at the time, or at any time subsequently, of the party for whom the same was made or to whom the same was delivered, as aforesaid, or of the person or party who made the same, "as the assessor shall deem best for the collection of the revenue. And in case of any fraud or collusion by which the Government shall be defrauded, or attempted to be defrauded, by a party who furnishes the matei ial, and by the maker of any of the articles aforesaid, such material and manufactured articles shall be liable to forfeiture ; and such articles shall be liable to be assessed the highest rates of tax or duty imposed by law upon any article belonging to its grade or class. That section ninety may be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: That any person, Arm, company, or corporation, now or hereafter engaged in the manufacture of tobacco, snuff, or cigars, of any description whatsoever, shall be, and hereby is, required to make out and deliver to flic assisfant assessor of the assessment district a true statement or inventory of the quantity of each of the different kinds of tobacco, snuff-Hour, cigars, tinfoil, licorice, and stems, held or owned by him or theui on the first day of January of each year, or at the time of commencing business under this act, settihg forth what portion of said goods was manufactured or produced by him or them, and what was purchased from others, whether chewing, smoking, fine-cut, shorts, dressed, plug, suufl-flour, or prepared snuff, or cigars, which statement or inventory shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of such person or persons, and be in manner and form as prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue ; and every such person, company, or corporation, shall keep in books an accurate account of all the articles aforesaid thereafter purchased by him or them, the quantity of tobacco, snuff, snuff-flour, or cigars, of whatever description, sold, consumed, or removed for consumption or sale, or removed from the place of manufacture ; and he or they shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, furnish to the assistant assessor of the district a true and accurate abstract of all such purchases, and sales or removals, which abstract shall he verified by oath or affirmation ; and in case of refusal or 1 neglect to deliver the inventory, or keep the account, or furnish the abstract aforesaid, he or they shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit ; and he or they shall, on or before the last day of each month, pay to the collector the taxes on the said tobacco, snuff, or cigars, of whatever description sold, consumed, or removed for consumption or sale, or removed from the place of manufacture during the preceding month, as aforesaid ; and in case the taxes shall not be paid within five days after demand thereof, the said collector may, on one day's notice, distrain for the same, with ten per ccntnui additional on ' the amount thereof, subject assessments, payment of taxes, liens, fines, : penalties, and forfeiture!:, not inconsistent herewith in the case of other manufacturers and such tax shall be paid by the I manufacturer or the person who furnished the materials or was otherwise interested in said business, as the assessor may deem best for the collection of the revenue. And it shall bo the duty of any manu- ! faturer or vender of tinfoil or other material used in manufacturing tobacco, snuff, or cigars, on demand of any officer of iu. ternal revene, to render >;uch officer a cor. reet statement, vei ifled by oath or affirm*, tion, of the quantity and amount of tinfoil or other materials sold or delivered to an) l?erson or persons named in such demand' and in case of refusal or neglect to read# 1 such statement, or of canse to believe tucl ? statement to be incorrect or fraudulent

the assessor of th? district may cause an examination of persons, books, and papers to bo made in the same manner as provided in the fourteenth section of thi? act : ProvUlrd , Tliat manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, whether of domestictic manufacture or imported, may he transferred, without payment of the tax, to a bonded warehouse established in conformity ^with law and treasury regulation*, under such rules and regulations and upon the execution of such transportation bonds or other security as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre. scribe, said bonds or other security to be taken by the collector of the district from which such removal is made ; and may be transported from such a warehouse to any other bonded warehouse established as aforesaid, and may be withdrawn from bonded warehouse for consumption on payment of the tax, or removed for export to a foreigor country without payment of tax, in conformity with the provisions of the law relating to the removal of distilled spirits, all the rules, regulations, and conditions of which, so fur as applicable, shall apply to tobacco, snuff, or cigars, in bonded warehouse. And no drawback shall in any case be allowed upon any manufactured to. bacco, snuff, or eicgars, upon which any tax lias been paid either before or after it has been placed in bonded warehouse. That section ninety-one be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: That all mnnufacturcd tobacco, snuff, or cigars, whether of domestic manufacture or imported, shall, before the same is used or removed for consumption, be inspected by an inspector appointed under the fiftyeighth section of the act to which this is an amendment, who shall mark or affix a stamp upon the box or other package containing such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, in a manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, denoting the kind, quantity, or number contained in each package, with date ofinspection and name of inspector, and the collection district. The fees of such inspector shall in all cases be paid by the owner of the manufactured to. bacco, snuff, or cigars, so inspected. And the penalties for the fraudulent marking of any box or other package of tobacco, snuff, or cigars, and for any fraudulent attempt to evade the taxeson tobacco, snuff, or cigars, (so inspected, by changing in any manner the package or the marks thereon, shall be the same as are provided in relation to distilled spirits by existing laws. And all cigars manufactured* after the passage of this act shall be packed in boxes, j And any manufactured tobacco, snuff, and | cigars, whether of domestic manufacture ! or imported, which shall be sold or pass out j of the hands of the manufacturer or im- ; porter, except into a bonded warehouse, without the inspection marks or stamps affixed by the inspector, unless otherwise provided, shall be forfeited, un<l may be seized wherever found, and shall be sold, one-half of the proceeds of such sale to be paid to the informer, and the other moiety to the United States. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall keep an account of all stamps delivered to the several inspectors ; and said inspectors shall also keep account of all stamps by them used or placed upon boxes containing cigars, and of all tobacco, snuff, and cigars inspected, and the name of the person, firm, or company for whom the same were so inspected, and return to the assessor of the district a separate and distinct account of the same, ami also return to the said Commissioner, on demand, all stamps not otherwise accounted for, and shall give a bond for a faithful performance of all the duties to which he may be assigned, and to return or account for all stamps which may be placed in his hands. That section ninety-two be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause anil inserting in lieu thereof, the following : That it' any person other than the manufacturer shall, or consign, or remove for sale, or part with the possessor of any manufactured tobacco, snuff, or cigars, upon which the taxes imposed bylaw have not been paid, with the knowledge thereof, such person shall he liable to a penalty of" one hundred dollars for each "and every offence. And any person who shall purchase or receive for sale any such tobacco, sutf, or cigars, which has not been inspected, branded, or stamped as required by law, or upon which the tax has not been paid, if it has accrued or become payable, with knowledge thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars lor each and every offence. And any person who shall purchase or receive for sale anw such tobacco, snuff, or cigars, from any manufacturer who has not paid the special tax, shall be liable for each and every oflence to a penalty of one hundred dollars, and, in addition thereto, a forfeiture of all the articles, as aforesaid, so purchased or received, or the full value thereof. And every person, before making any cigars after the passage of this act, shall apply for and procure from the assistant assessor of the district in which he or she resides, a permit authorizing such persons to carry on the trade of cigarmaking, for which permit he or she shall pay said assistant assessor the sum of twenty-five cents. And every person employed or working at the business of cigarmaking in any other district than that in 1 which he or she is a resident shall, before making any cigars in such other district, pjesent said permit to the assistant assessor of the district where so employed or working, and peocure the indorsement ot said assistant assessor thereon, autnorizing said business in said district, for which indorsement the assistant assessor shall be entitled to receive from the applicant the sum often cents. And it shall be the duty 'of every assistant assessor, upon application of any person residing in his district, to furnish a permit, or to indorse upon the permit of the applicant, if resident in another district, authority to pursue the trade of cigar-making within the proper district of such assistant assessor; and such assist rut assessor shall keep a record of all permits granted or indorsed by him, showing the date ot each permit, the name, residence, and place of employment of the party named therein, the name and district of the officer who originally granted the same, or who may have made any subsequent en? dorsements thereon, ami the name 01 names of the party or parties by whom the person named in such permit is employed,

or, if working for himself or herself, sia- j ting such fact ; and every person making > cigars shall keep an accurate account in a book of all the cigars made by him or her, for whom, and their kind or quality ; and, if j made for any other person, shall state in said account the name of the person > or persons for whom the same were ; made, and his or their place of business, and shall, on the first Monday of every ; month, deliver to the assistant asssessor of the ditrict a copy of such ! account, verified by oath or affirmation that the same is true and correct. And if any person shall make any cigars withoui procuring such permit, or the proper in. dorsemonts thereon, or neglect to keep such account in a bpok, be or she shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day he or she shall so offend, or by imprisonment for . such time as the court may order for each day's offence, not exceeding thirty days in the whole, upon any one conviction. And if auy person making cigars shall fail to make the return here required, or shall make a false return, he or she shall be punished bp a Hue n??t exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. ? And any peraon furnished with such permit may apply to the awiUtaut assessor or inSeetor of' the district to have any cigar*?!' eir own mauu/kcture counted; and ou i receiving a certiMoftte of the uumttor, for i which 8U ah fee oa may be prescribed by 'the Commissioner of in term* I Hevmue

I shall be psM by the 9wm Unroof, nay I and dnlj*M such cigars to an y porchaeer, la the presence of mid aailitant Bmemnr or Inspector, In balk or nnpMk without payment of tho duty. A copy of tho certificate nhall bo retained b y tho Msfetaat | assewor, or by the inspector, ffco Aall retarn the Mine to the aatittont sweeaor of : tho district. The purchaser shall pack inch cigars in boxes or paper packages, and , have the same Inspected and marked or stained according to the provMooa of tbfe act, and shall make aretnrn of the mom, M inspected, to the assistant assessor of the district, and, unless removed to a bonded warehouse, shall par the duties on such cigar* within five days after purchasing them, to the collector of the district where. ' in they were manufactured, and before tho same have been reiroved from the store or .building of such ^trchaser, or from bis possession ; and any such purchaser who shall neglect for more than Are days to pack and have such cigars duly inspected, and pay the duties thereon according to this act, or who shall purchase any cigars from any person not holding such permit, th<? duties thereon not having been paid, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and i?e fined not exceeding Are hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exeeeding ?ix months, at the discretion of the court, and the cigars shall be forfeited and sold. ! one.tourlh for the benefit of the Informer. I one-fourth foj the officer who seised or had I them condemned, and one-half shall be j paid to the Government. And If any per- ! son, firm, company or corporation shall em. J ' ploy or procure any person to make any ciI gi*rs, who has not tho permit or the enj dorsemcnt thereon reqnired by this act, *1 j he, she, or they shall be pnnished by a fine j ef ten dollars for each d?y he, she, or they j shall so employ such person, or by imprisonment not exceeding ten days. And if 1 any person shall be found making cigars ; without such permit, or the endorsement thereon, the collector of the diatrict may seize any cigars, or tobacco fer making ci. gars, which may be found in possession of such j>erson, and the same shall be forfeited to the United States and sold ; and one. half of the proceeds shall be paid to the United States, one-fourth to the Informer, and the other fourth to the collector mak- j ing the seizure. FINANCIAL AND COMMEBCIAJL. Richmond Tobacvo Exchano*, ) May 22, 1866. f There were 107 hogsheads opened at the Exchange to-day, 77 offered, 5 taken in, and 72 sold as follows: Two at $13, 1 at *45, 1 at 921, 2 at $6, 1 at 95, 4 at $7.25, 1 | at $4.70, 2 at $20.50, 2 at $9, 1 at $20, 1 at ? $18.50, 2 at $18,3 at $17.50, 1 at $8.25, 1 at i 319, 1 at $10.75, 1 at $14.25, 2 at $12.25, 1 : at $11, 4 at $8, 2 at *7.75, l at S5.10, 1 at ?4.60, 1 at $18.50, 1 at $12.75, 2 at $12.50, I at $:>.70, 1 at 810.25, 2 at $10.50, 1 at >6.75, 1 at 816, 1 at $4.10, 2 at $8.50, 1 at 85.00, 1 at i *5, 1 at $2.90, 1 at 821, 2 at $23, 1 at $26, 1 at $27, 1 at $25, 1 at $17, 1 at $i;>, 1 at $5.20, 1 at $4.50, 1 at $3.50, 1 at 85.60, 1 at $1.25, 1 at $13, 1 at $9.75. In this city to-day the rate of gold is I30@131, buying; and 133@133>?, selling. Stocks remain unchanged. Virginia re- , mistered sixes, 42^ ; coupons, $68 ; Rich- ; mond ci' y, $75 ; Virginia and Tennesssee j railroad, Central, and Danville, all $60 ; J Danville railroad, new stock , $53 ; North [ Carolina bonds, $83. Money scarce.

iSM.Kt'ssssSBE I and YOUNG CALF FOB r^hsL. T> EMOVAL. ? E. P. T0WMU*1>J ?P^SSBSbP? ".Tl bMU NEW YORK. The price of gold ran up in New York to-day to $133%. The Cuba's news had this effect. The dispatches of yesterday relative to cotton, it appears, were in error ; cotton had advanced in London J^'d. instead, of declining. We give below the New York dispatches of to-day : Nkw York, May 22. ? William P. Wright reports that cotton is quieter but firm under tin* Cuba's news ; sales, 1,500 bales; for the week, 20,000 bales. The quotations are, for middling uplands, 38c.; Orleans, -10c*. Receipts of the week at all ports, 21,000 bales ; exports, 24,000 bales. Gold, 133 ig. Sterling lively ait 9 Nkw York, May 22. ? Gold, 133jy6 133 V Nkw York, May 22. ? Cotton firm ; sales 3,500 bales at 3#640c. Flour firm and un changed ; Southern Arm ; sales 600 barrels at $10.756$) 6.75. Corn buoyant; white f>2e. Pork heavy at $30.25. Lard heavy. Whisky dull at $2.26@$2.27. Sugar steady. Turpentine $9.25@$9.50. Gold closed at 8133 THE FOREIGN NEWS. We refer readers to the telegraph head for latest commercial news from England. The Austrian and Prussian difficulty re. mains unchanged, and still exerted its influence on money matters. But jinde. pendently of this, there has been msch excess in speculation and trading in the principal English cities, which ia producing its fruits now. This country has not been free from this evil in trade, and we must expect to see its consequences to a greater or less extent on this side of the water ; the more especially as our trade is so intimate with that of England. NEW ORLEANS MARKETS. Nkw Orleans, May 21. ? Cotton siifler ; sales, 1,800 bales at 34c.635c.; to-day's receipts, 844 bales. Sugar, $14.50. Gold, $131 ; sterling, 142. Church DAY I'A I ? MlU moiBui} m ~ . _ . . . . Klflirnon.fi u?*t honored ?oo? ?n4 daaahlara. There wlil be a muxical eotree each **eal ua, la which th? beet a?u?leal laloot of th? eity hti vuiaa> teered. _ *7 ** LIVES, sweet OIL, AC. Superior SPANISH OLIVK8, In quart ju?. ?Uo in two-raJlon kega ; CAPKK'8 CAPUri.lES, canton presbkvkj) oinoir, FKfcSil SARDINE#, in whole and kalf boa#*: VIRGIN OIL, in pint bottlea?tha vary b??t aad puroat Article in market?for mU by LOD18 J. B068IBUX, my ?1 ? Ko. sa.Malnatreat. TUIUKSES, TRUSSES, of every va1 riety, alsa and pataat : BA NNINO'S eel?br?Ud BODT BBACB, ELASTIC w.?? ? u[? u>*? '.rak <4 ticnn f Ik. ??,. y. my ?~u coraar FoortB aad FtmaBMa ?m*a. IHOMAS J. EVANS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND CO! 3 ~ ? pra?t Bond and Ha. eacoad tot fwA IUA lock. CEA VS. He. t