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COLUMBIA. ; Saturday Morning, May 26,1808. Scarcity ot Gold Watebec. From the official returns received at the Tax Commissioner'* Office, in Washington, it would appear as if Butler's gleaners or Gen. Sherman's bummers had tnaile an extensive bu? siness tour in their Uno throughout the North and East, as well as through the -South. Especially with regard to Massachusetts, there has been a re? markable disappearance of gold levers, that large, populous and thriv? ing Commonwealth- only returning thirty-eight gold time-keepers under the value of $100, and nine above that value. There certainly must be a large quantity of silver watches or pinchback chronometers worn by that enlighten** people. But thoro must be something out of joint, for a Boston paper says that, on examina? tion of tho records of the assessor for one ward of that city, the number of gold watches returned and taxed was 2,000, and, at this rate, the number in the city of Boston was not lesa tlian 5,000. There must be some of the tax officials who need looking after. Commissioners, we think, should be appointed to investigate the affairs of the Tax Bureau, as well as those of the chief bureau at tho South. We venture to say that not? withstanding the heavy drafts made on the watch-pockets of our citizens in February, 1865, the poor, impover? ished city of Columbia, when tho re? turns are made, will show up a foot? ing greatly exceeding the whole State of Massachusetts. But the official returns exhibit still further startling and curious develop? ments. From them, it appears that Rhodo Island, Connecticut, "Wiscon? sin, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas have not a gold watch among them all. In Michigan, one has been re? turned; two in Vermont; New Jersey and Illinois each four; Maine has got nine, and so on. Missouri heads the list of all the States and Territories, returning nearly 1,900, while the great State of New York does not re? turn 1,100 gold watches. Seriously, there must be some stu? pendous frauds somewhere in collect? ing the revenue of the country, or some laxity in those officers who come more immediately in contact with the tax-payers. Perhaps the gew-gaws, in view of the coming tax, were all given as Christmas or New Year's pre? sents to the rising generation of tho Puritans. There has been some eva? sion of tho law, some dishonest re? turns, or some culpability among the reveuuo officers. Certainly the sub? ject needs investigation. Harper's Weekly. We learn from our exchanges-we have not seen the sheet ourselves that the late issue of the above publi cation, with its characteristic malice and hatred of the South, contains two caricatures of the Memphis riot, in which the negroes are represented as innocent and defenceless angels, in ragged trowsers and petticoats, at tho mercy of a ruthless mob of white men, who are pursuing aud shooting them down like rabbits. It is known that the truth is very few of the home negroes engaged in the riot, it being principally caused and carried on by discharged colored troops. It is stated further, that the same number of this "illustrated," slanderous sheet contains a lending editorial in which the Southern peo? ple, and the supporters of the Pre? sident's policy, are characterized, us usual, as traitors or short-sighted ninnies. How can tho people of tho South ^_^give any countenance or support to such a "journal of civilization"-"so called!" --# ? ? - LKTTXR FROM MRS. T. J. JACKSON. The Mobile Register publishes a letter from Mrs. Jackson to the Mayor oi Mobile, acknowledging the receipt of a check for $768, from which we ex? tract the following: ^QOTTA?E HOME, N. C., May 9, I860. MYB?IRSIR: * * * * But, as you say "it is a free-will New Year's offering, and expresses tho deep and sincere sympathy for the { family, of the soldier whom y ou de? lighted to honor whilst living, and whose memory is still held in grate ( ful remembrance," I cannot refuse to accept it. Indeed", I could no% and have not, declined any such testimo? nials of love and gratitude to tho nie f mory of my precious husband. ~~ Fifty-two ships were lost in April, at a cost of 82,706,500. .. S&e tch ur FViilsn ??ivt^ry. The following is a brief outline of th? origin and history of the Fenian organization made ii??'frotn the last speech of tts chief,.-Stephens, made iu New York, it appears that tba society originated, in this eouutry in 1857, with O'Mahouey, and a Mr. Dahoney as principal organizers. In Deoember of tlint year an embassa dor was sent to Ireland to confer with Mr. Stephens, aud he became the ohief in thc homo organization. His chief reliance was upon the members of thc bro.herhood in this country. These not being promptly furnished, Stephens made two visits to this country and became chief director of the whole organization both herc and iu Ireland. On his return to the latter country iu 18G3, Mr. Stephens enrolled a large army of Fenians, but arms aud munitions, and the means to furnish them were wanting. The discords iu this country destroyed the hope of receiving them from the organizations here, and thc British Government begau to make arrests. Such is a brief outline of the Fe? nian history which is given for the benefit of the friends of Ireland. We have not space for various interesting details, and as the general reader will feel more interest in the present con? dition of affairs in Ireland at tho pre? sent time, we quote on this point the following from the speech of thc Head-Centre : "I can tell you now that the organ? ization in Ireland to-day is stronger than it ever has been, in numbers, discipline, and in all tho require? ments of an array, save only in wai material. The organization in Ire land toward the close of last yeai uumbered 200,000 men, and of thai force, 50,000 were thoroughly drilled with a largo proportion of men whe had seen war and smelt powder or the battle-field-a large proportioi of veterans, in short; 50,000 wen partly drilled men, and the othei 100,000 quite undrilled. But if then be a man among you who thinks tba 50,000 Irishmen, thoroughly drilled with 50,000 others partly drilled would not make a force sufficient t< meet anything that England coule bring against us, then, indeed, he i wholly ignorant of the resources o England. What army could h brought against Ireland by England What is tho military force of Englani at present? There are some 20,00 English troops in Ireland at present and it would take England from thir ty to forty days to cencentrato a fore of 30,000 or if),000 men in Ireland It would take her three months, n least, to concentrate a force of 70,001 and it is not likely she would ever b able to concentrate a larger fore? Of our force, we could concentrate i Ireland, at four or fivo given poinb 100,000 men in twenty-four hour; All we wanted in Ireland from tb middle of September to tho end t j December was arms tu put into th hands of our men. The men wer I there, and only wanted the arm: j But, in the very hour of our strengtl i there came to Ireland the melancln j ly news of your disruption hen Still we held on. We did not thin it possible that any body of men o i this continent could be found thi ' would withhold from Ireland, in tin j supreme hour of her need, the sueec I hey had promised to give." Military Movements South. j Washington despatches state th: j the War Department has detailed r ! officer to visit the States of Noii ! Carolina, South Carolina and Geo cia, to investigate certain reports r ; lative to .speculation in old iron b i longing to tho Government, and j make arrangements for disposing i the debris. We are afraid it is ti : late, as probably much of it may ha ? been disposed of already. . j Despatches also state that ordo ! have boen issued for the consolidate j of the States of North and Sou ( j Carolina under one commander, ai ? for tho consolidation of Georgia ai Alabama under another. This, if I be carried out throughout tho Sont j will considerably reduce tho numb j of department commanders, as w as thc corlis of atilt! officers. Gen. Sickles has declined the m i sion to tho Hague, and will assm ' j command of the States of North a j South Carolina. The ladies of Baltimore appear I nover weary in well-doing, partie ; larly as regards' to the relief of t I suffering people of the South. I number of them are now engaged ! getting np a supper, strawberry fes ? val and promenade concert, to tn I place during the present week at t ; New Assembly Rooms, as a means i securiug relief for many cases j Southern distress which the funds ! the lute fair fail to reach. During the present mouth 1 ; number of immigrants arrived at N ? York amounted to 24,384. - s tnt feiqiliA^Mirm Bat. Tho progress of: the reform 'xnove inen? in Eu gland is watched with mu?i i uferest. It appears, from tne debates in the House of Commons on the subject, that the successful ter? mination of tho civil war in this country lias given strength to liberal ideas. Th? reform bill whioh has lately passed the House of "Commons is not a very great advance toward popular representation. It enlarges, to some extent, the electoral rights of the middle and lower classes. Thc total adult male population of England and Wales is 4,280,573. Of these, only 1,031,582 are entitled to vote. The leading features of the reform bill are, as wo And stated in the New York Cantmercial Citron ide, as follows : "The leading features of thc pre? sent bill are: First, it proposes to reduce the present .?50 county fran? chise to ?14 occupation, with or with? out land. This change, it is admit? ted, would admit 172,000 persons, chiefly of the farming and middle classes. Second, copyholders and leaseholders in Parliamentary IM> rougbs are to be placed in the same position as freeholders. Lodgers pay? ing ?10 a year for apartments, and persons having for two successive years the sum of ?50 to their credit in a savings bank, arc entitled to vote in boroughs. This addition is expected to add 2-4,000 to the elec? toral body. Third, the household franchise in boroughs is to bc re? duced from ?10 to ?7, and a class known as "compound householders," or persons ?whoso taxes aro paid by the landlords, ure to bc permitted to vote. This chungo is expected to add 254,000 to the constituency. Mr. Gladstone calculated that these clauses would, in the aggregate, add 400,000 to the electoral list, one-half of whom ! would be workmen. The correctness ! of tue latter estimate was subsequcnt ! ly questioned by Mr. 13right, who I gave apparently reliable data in sup i port of his position, that the pro ? posed changes would operate chiefly in favor of small traders and others, and that not more than 110.000 work? men would be added to the number of voters. " STATE ITEMS. -Thc Spartanburg Express gives notice that a meeting of the cit.. u. Spartanburg Dis? trict will bo b- at the Court House, i next sales-day, LO devise some meam ! of supplying destitute families witt j provisions. I W. H. Williams has become fi co ! proprietor of tho Wiuusboro .Wies. The Anderson InteUiyencer says thai j there is a diversity of opinion regard ! Lug thc prospect for a wheat crop ninny contending that the rocen heavy and frequent rains will mate rially injure the yield. From tin : best information we have been abb to obtain, and actual observation it some fields, wo uro inclined to think that the ?rop will be an average one, at least. i The same paper announces th I death of Colonel Herbert Hammond j at the age of seventy, a highly-es ; teemed citizen of that District. 1 The Sumter Watchman announce ! tho death of Mr. J. Y. Mellet, by th I accidental discharge of a shot-gui ii ' his own hands. A new Provost Court has been oi gauized in Sumter, Captain Boye I Presiding Judge, und two citizen i Associate Judges. This arrangement 1 tho Watchman lennis, is the result i instructions from Colonel Green, i command at Columbia, after oonfei ; ence with our worthy Chief-Magi. ; trate. Governor Orr, und will save th i citizens through all that section th , necessity of going to Columbia fe I tho settlement of matters of litigatio j or complaint, in which freedmen :ii involved. 1 The Watchman says that sectio has been visited by fulls of watc j almost unprecedented. Corn und co ton have boen seriously damage : thereby, in some instances amoun ing nlmost to complete dcstmctioi whilst the effdet has bern disastroi .upon the mills of thc District. Uni being but few dams left whole < ', mills in running order. A difficulty occurred in GrcenviL District, on Friday, the 13th instan between a man named lawrence Lil h ard t and another named Rodgers, i which the latter received a blow o the bond with a crow-bar, killin;.1: lui ' instantly. THE HOUSE PANIC. In Philade j ph ia, New York, Baltimore and th ! city, the "house panic" is abo? ? played out. Landlords have bcei I for some timo past, in clover, bi now they must como down a pej i lu Now York and Philadelphia, tv months ago. it was impossible t renta house at any price, but no j the newspapers of those cities tee ! with "for rents" and "to lets.*' Tl ! landlord harvest is over in thia cit; las well "apartments to let" at fab' ?lons price*. "Apartments for rea ; is tho most prominent on tho winde i shutters of every fourth house, some parts of the city. Many clerk who navo heretofore rented sto boxes and hogsheads to stop in, ha' ' gone to houso-kooping in carnea There must be a further decline. ] Wasltinglon Union. 21s'. J t mae S J a. y U?. The court of highest judicial au? thority in this State, componed of all tho judges, lias decided that tl te law commonly known as the Stay LAW is unconstitttiiontil, and therefore inope-' rative and void. The first section of the Act for the relief of debtors is in these words: "It shall not be lawful for any oftteer of this State to nerve or execute any mes ne or final process of any of the courts of this State for the collection of money, until after thc expiration of the first session of the next Gene? ral Assembly of this State, except in cases provided for in the second sec? tion of this. Aet, and except process for military fines." Section fifth suspends "the opera? tion of the Statute of Limitations during the period in which this Act is i" force, .so far as applicable to causes of action coining within the menning of this Act."-(See Statutes at Large for 1861, pages 18-10.) This statute was continued by se ve? nd successive Acts of tho General Assembly to December, 1SG5, when it was continued by au Act to amend the Stay LAW. -(.See Acts 4-1.; By an "ordinance" of thc Conven? tion of the State, bearing date 27th September, 13t'>0, "to declare in force the Constitution and laws heretofore in force in this State," kc, it is de? clared by the third section "that all Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of this Shite whiph have been passed, adopted or ratified since the nineteenth day of December, in the year ot" our Loni one thousand eight hundred and sixty aforesaid," (reference having been made to this dale in previous sections,) "aro now in force, and shall so continue until altered, modified, repealed or avoided by proper Stab authority, except such as have expired by their own limitation, or by reason of the cessa? tion of the causes which occasioned the enactment; >K-t. flowerer, ind utt? ing tritiiin litis C'Xejttion lim .lo oj Assembly prohibiting Um collection ot ilt'lts ustmlty known os the St?g Txiw~' There is tims presented togethei the action of the Legislature and o: thc Convention, and the results o the cases argued before the Court <? Errors, in Columbia, during tlii; month. lt is very desimble that tho opinioi of the Court of Errors should bi published, as there is already a dil terence of opinion amongst lawyer, as to what may be tho effect of tie decisions as to the operation of th Statute ot Limitations, the languag j of which has been <p; ted. As it is rpiestiou of vast importun?e whicl ; lias been decided, it ought tobe mad known. ft could then lie seen whn j were the views of the Court, and th , reasoning in support of those view.? 1 and this might have a powerful ellet in quieting any excitement whic : officions and designing men migl ' attempt to raise. It would bc seei I without doubt, that the action of th Convention was duly considered b ; Hie Court with reference to the chit n '? of the ordinance already ?ploted, ; : it regard-; the Stay Law. These arc matters of importance t tho people; and when they ure ii formed, and have time to think, tit? : are very apt to do right. Wu ougl ; never to fear to let the people kno what is done in any matter affectiv , their rights and interests. Such are the views of one woo ! interested in the welfare of the pe* ' pie of the State, and who was one < the members of tho CONVENTION. ls Si.Avr.uv EXTINCT IN NI:? JV: s EY? - It is wei! known that tl i-i usus of lsGii eutimeruted a t'. slaves ns still living in New Jor.se Wo are reminded of this by a ea reported in the Trenton True Am \ rican, which says the township 'Marlborough, Monmouth Count luis sued the executor of an esta ! for money expended for the supp*. of a slave who had belonged to th , estate. The executor claims that t recent constitutional amondale abolishing slavery made tho ne;. free, and the estate is no lone bound to support him. and if he is pauper, the township is liable. T township, however, denies all th and the "chosen freeholders" soi to have some faint idea that, at lei , so fur as this case is concerne j .siavei y still exists in New Jersey. -- - ! Tho Cincinnati Co>nmercial, of t 17th, suv-: j "The non-Episcopal Method Convention of the United States.' Mourned sine '/!?. last evening, af sitting eight days. During that tin their proceedings were marked 1 >y spirit of unanimity upon th?- issi at stakt', and, upon the whole, gr< fairm .ss characterized the rulings the bods . Thc basis of onion, whi i is a remodeling of the old discipli in all by tho difierent denominatio was adopted after a careful dclibe tion, but whether it will prove s i cessful practically, the future ah ? can determine. In tho main, it p bably will, as tho perplexing qnesti of slavery is settled by the resnJt> i the war; und the question of sec societies was passed over, with n ti understanding that it was not to [ allowed to stand in the way of n 1' menions union." <+..?. V Bohemian named H. M. Foray claiming to be a correspondent of New York \ews, was arrested I Atlanta on Thursday for swindli Circulai of tiru. ??owart!. ' "**" e"\ Tho fofiowing circular han just been addressed to the offirejs of the Freed? men's Burean by their ?chief, who warns them to -put their houses in order-: ?. ? j W-Ml DlPAKTMENT, BURKAU OK REFUGEES, FREI^DMEN ANI> AliANKOTiKD IiAKIW, WASHTNOTON, May 21, 18?6. Circular No. -1. In order to answer the numerous inquiries from officers, agents, and others, and, if possible, prevent mis? understandings with regard to the change of organization in this Bu? reau, this c rca lar is issued. I. The Commissioner recommend? ed, some time since, that tho func? tions of military commander of ii ?State and Assistant Commissioner be exercised by the same officer. Wher? ever practicable this is beingeffeeted, as in Virginia and Mississippi. It is not done in condemnation of the As? sistant Commissioners, who have labored hard and successfully, but tc secure more prompt and effective administration than can otherwise bc done. II. The Commissioner calls the at? tention of all officers officially to tin reports in circulation as to acts of sc verity and cruelty toward the freed mon on their own part, as to careless news in rendering their monthly ac counts, and other offences. Every officer or agent : J ready accused sha! have the opj>ortuiiity of a thorougl vindication before a court-martial But tho occasion for such trials are t< be deprecated, and they must bc fore stalled by a thorough system of in spection and a prompt removal o every unfaithful officer. III. Special attention is again call ed to thc difficult duty ol' caring fo thc indigent. Where intense anxiot; prevails to get rid of thc Bureau surely State and County Officers wi] make some arrangement to reliev the Genera"' 'Tovernmont of this heav expense. . tho County officers o overseers the poor will adopt th proper measures, the industrial am Government farms which aro now s much complained of eau be dispeuse< with. In order to meet an emergent' when the whole system of labor wa deranged, the Commissioner urge the forming of joint companies, tb encouragement of the immigration c those accustomed to free labor, so i to afford promptly, and as many i possible, examples of the suecessfi employment of negroes under af? system. Apparently in keeping wit t hese regulations, a few officers ha? invested their own mean's, joint! v\ ith citizens in tho planting inter?s T know of no lawor regulation of tl army or of this Bureau against th i yet it will almost inevitably lead 1 corruption, as it 'aas already to bitb accusation. Hereafter such invea meats within their own jurisdicti?. by officers on duty in thc Bureau a strictly prohibited. O. < ). HOW ABU, Major-General, Com missioner. Thc Notional Intelligencer, speakii of tho approaching elections, says: Thc effort of Congress to utter resist Andrew Johnson and his Cal net in their policy has no precede in its wanton, reckless and profliga hostility to constitutional and lee forms, m the history of deliberate bodies in Governments of fixed po ! ors tho world over, ;it any period. i The issue is now directly join between the President and Congre; The tribunal of appeal is the poop Under these circumstances, it m not, of course, be expected by t people of the country that the ei mies of the President in Congress ? to control his appointments ord . pense his patronage. The control such matters bas now reverted to t peo] lo. A< of old, the leading rn in tito States, such us Governors, w are friendly to the 1'rcsident, dist guished soldiers, members of Sb I Legislatures, eminent members of t bar and hench, and prominente: zens in other callings, not in pub life, will be able to exert that inf . en co io respect to national appoi ; nients which cannot but be health and purifying in politics. At fl rate, the control of Congres will, . course, be for the most part suspei j ed, except as it regards those m? hers who seek to restore union. pe? '? and general prosperity. Tm: WAY THE NEGROES WORK . MISSISSIPPI. - A letter to the Angil Chronicle from Concordia, Miss., ; April ii;5, tims describes the cml russments of the cotton plant under the present state of affairs: "We have a lino stand of that < u>:i which is np. Have nearly o third of our fore?' sick, or pretend tobe. Well, [will give you a sam of to-day's annoyances: Heck coi ? in and says he don't want Loudo ho is entirely worthless; Rosalayf because it isa wet day, (slight sprix before breakfast this morning:; Jr sou is down with a billions atti Jim is sick always sick wheu tl is any bard job like rolling logs hand: Stove lias gone to Court; two Henrys and Dick are Hrs! hands but they are gone, too witnesses in a caseof quarrel beta the two todies, Emma and Harriet - m ? ? *- - Tho Bpiscop&l Church of Louis: at its recent Council resolved to connect itself with the Church of United States, lt passed resolut of respect and condolence for the of Bishop Polk, acknowledging valuable services ns the Father of I h?cese. Local IteixLa. KEE* CoOi^-In these sultry day*, a viait t<i Mr. McKeuzi?'s ???-cream garden u conducive to comfort, Ico-cream, ol ter bet add Roman punch CHU he obtained at alt hourn of the day and evening. THE BTJR?ONO OK COLUMBIA.-An inter? esting account <>t tlie "Sack arni Destrue i tion of the City of Columbia. S. C.," ka? j just been it-sued, in pamphlet form, from the I'hwriis nt.-am power pres?. Order?? can be tilled to any extent.* Single copie? 50 ceutH. BOOK AJCD Jon PaiXTiNG. -The l'hanis office i? flo* fully snpplieil with carda, I colored and white paper, colored ink, wood type, etc., and IB now in condition to exe? cute all manner of l>ook and job printiutf in the shortest possible time, (?ive ns a call. BARBECUE.-Mesar?. Pope & Starling pro? vide a barbecue for their friends, at Star? ling"8 butcher pen, near Fislicr's Pond, to? day. This, we ire satisfied, will bc pleasing intelligence to those who are fond of a de ? licious piece of highly seasoned pork or : mutton. J COTOT OF APPEALS.-Thc Court, on Fri ; day, was occupied, until 2$ o'clock, iuhear j ing thc cause of Belcher ?t Belcher ts. A i P. Conner. Mr. Wilson for motion. Mr. I Burt contra. Ezekiel I^ong <i<?.?t. Mary Oliver, was j stricken oft'. I Eli Manning, Ex'r, (lils. Franklin Man i ning. Brief road. J Court adjourned until Monday. j Corros FREIOUTS TO NEW YOKE. -We learn that under the new arrangements by ! the various companies on the lino via 1 Charlotte and Portsmouth, cotton will be ! received at the Charlotta Railroad Depot. I and receipted for, to bc delivered at New ! York, at the moderate freight of seven dol? lars per bale. This will bc a great saving of trouble aud expense to shippers, saving drayage, wharfage and the expenso of re? ceiving, forwarding, Ac., and will, further? more, not be attended with so much delay I i j as by other routes. i Arrangements, it is expected, wdl Ix* i abortiv made for the transportation of j other freights, either way, by this route. SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call I cd to the following advertisement*, which j are published this morning for tho first ; time: j P. W. Kraft -Guns, Pistols, Ac. ; Mrs. J. P. Recd-Ladies' Hats, Ac ! J. L. Lumsden-Ale, Ac. I John C. Dial-Catien-, Ac. John D. Bateman- Country Hams. (aplurrd Confederate I?roperty. j By the Acts of July and August, ' 18G1, nil property of citizens of in : surrcctionary States found therein or iu transita, and all vessels belonging ! to insurgents, wore required, when ! captured, to be forfeited, and the j proceeds of sales paid into the Trea ! sury for the use of the United States. : The proceeds of large captures of ? such property, amounting to several ; millions of dollars, are claimed by I military and naval officers, and they . are accordingly taking measures, j through the admiralty courts, to have i the property condemned and ad I judged to their own use and that of the naval pension fund. The ques? tion is now ponding before the Su? premo ('oort whether such property, Ro captured, should l>e forfeited to the United States or for the benefit of the captors. In view of these , facts, the House ot Representatives ! not long ago directed the Secretary \ of the Treasury to withhold a distn I bntion of the proceeds until the judi i eial question shall be determined, and requested him to biko such ; means as in his judgment might seem proper to have the claims of the United States in such cases fully de? termined. The Secretary, in re? sponse, says that it does not appear by the files of the Treasury Depart ment that tho receipts of any such property as is described in the House j resolution hail been claimed by of i ficers of the a.my; nor does it dis I tinctly appear how much, if any, has : boen claimed by officers of the navy. GS7 prize cases have l>een decreed. ? amounting to nearly $23,000.000, I which amount, deducting say one half credited to the navy pension fund, has been paid as follows: ; Amount paid to officers of the navy, $4,762,000; and to eidisted men of the uaw, $5,341,000, or a total of 1810,103,000. The files of tho de I part nient do not furnish satisfactory j means of determining what propor j tion of these amounts consists of the ? proceeds of property comprehended ; in the scope of the Acts of July and ? August, 1801. Inasmuch as that ! fact is not distinctly shown by the ' certificates of distribution, it can bo ', ascertained only by an examination of the records of the several cases on ' the liles of tho respective courts, j Thu law of June, 18<>4, expressly pro j vides that the net amount decreed foi distribution to the Uni*, ed States or I to vessels of thc navy '-hall be order? ed by tho court tobe paid into the i Treasury,'to be distributed according j to tho decree of the court, which thc j Secretary says, in this respect, seems ! to leave no discretion to the depart? ment, lt further appears that thirty two cases romain pending in the United States Supreme Court, and .2I.S coses in the Circuit or District Courts-in all. o?X> e.;ises; all of them nominally cases of prize of war, but more or leas of which may be cases ; of revenue forfeiture under the Acts i of July and August. The amount in litigation is equal to ?9,500,000. Thc ?Secretary has taken steps to investi gate thc character of all these case, i I Cor. Baltimore Sun.