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READING MATTES ON EVEET PAOE.
11,‘imrfiir© of the 173d IfflW Cork Vol-
iiniocra—A Brief akelch of flio B«fl«
inent.
Tho 173d New York Volunteors was organ
ized at Willismsburgh, November lOtb, 1802,
by Colonel C. B. Morton, as 4th Regiment
Metropolitan Brigade.
It was immediately assigned to Gen. Banka’
Expedition, and followed him to the Depart
ment of tho Gulf in detachments.
In February, 1863, the regiment being
fmAlly united, were placed in tho 2d Brigade,
commanded by General Paine,*and in Emory's
Division, 10th Army Corps.
It, with one exception, always remained un
der the command of General Emory, nntii tho
discontinuance of the 10th Army Corps, in tho
Shenandoah Valley, winter of 1804 and 1805.
In the Department of the Gulf the 173d took
an active part in General Banks’ operations up
the Teche country in Western Louisiana.
In the battles of Bisland, April 12 and 13, it
bore a distinguished part, so much so, as to be
specially commended by General Emory for its
services, and the honor of inscribing upon its
banner the name of Bisland.
This campaign soon after resulted in the
Beige and surrender of Port Hudson, which was
closely invested by our troops, crossing upon
the North side almost sumultaneously with
General Gram's dank movement upon Vicks
burg.
The 173d formed part of General Paino’s
Division, and took its share of the hot and
bloody work of driving the enemy within their
entrenchments,at Port Hudson, May 2* and 27,
and in the fierce assault there on June 14th,
18I>3.,
In this fearful assault, live commissioned
officers and 100 men were killed or wounded
out of 300 aggregate.
For twenty days thereafter, tho balanco of
the regiment held the rifle pits oirthe most ex
posed front, covering with their deadly rifles
the unburied bodies of their comrades who had
fallen on the 14th—and to bury whom the ene
my malignantly refused to grant the usual flag
of truce.
Port Hudson surrendered July 7, 18(51, and
due honors wore paid to tho bleaching bones of
Cup*. Cocheu, Lieut. Shea, and others of the
gallant dead.
The history of this seige has lately been de
scribed by General Banks in terms both true
and just.
Our armies contended against superior num
bers and gained everywhere successes, captur
ing more prisoners than its own numbers.
After Port Hudson, the regiment formed part
of the 8000 men sent undor General Franklin
to attack .Sabine Pass,
This expedition for some reason failed, and
the regiment sailed to New Orleans, and during
the fall of 18(53, engaged in a second Teche
campaign. During the fall the regiment par
ticipated in the engagements of Vermillion,
October 11, Carrion Crow Bayon, November
10, and Vermillion Plains, November 15, 18(53.
During tho winter of 1863 and 1864, tho
173d was recruited by about one hundred and
fifty men, and on the 15th of March started on
its fourth campaign on the fatal Red River
expedition. In this disastrous movement, it
horc a distinguished part, being engaged in
four of tho sunguinary engagements which
history has recorded. At Sabine Cross Roads,
April 8th, tho 173d and 162d New York wore
in tho front line and on tho extreme left of
the Division commanded by General Emory.
Both of the above regiments aided in the
route and signal repulse of the enemy at
Pleasant Ilill, April 9.
The 173d and its brigade held the front line
—in fact was the outlying advanco guard of
the array. The enemy were enabled in the
dense woods which concealed their movements
to pour an overwhelming force upon tho bri
gade, but which teuaciously held its ground,
resisting tho terrific onslaught manfully. The
173d, however, were nearly surrounded, but
nmnaged to cut their way through and es
caped, after losing 23 men out of 400. Lieut.
Col. Green, an able and estimable officer, re
ceived here his death wound while inciting his
men to deeds of gallantry. Notwithstanding
this severe loss, April 23d, the battle-scarred
173d participated at tho battle of Cane River
*ith tho 102d New York and 30th Maine, the
165th New York making one of the most bril
liant bayonet charges upon the enemy, putting
him to rout. The official reports of the Com
manding Generals confirm the heroic bearing of
this regiment.
Gonerul Banks, In a letter to Colonel Peck,
says; “The affair of Monett’s Bluff, April
^•!d, was one of the most daring'and impor
tant actions of the entire campaign. It se
cured to tho army a safe passage for its re-
lr oat, unmolested any further by the enemy.”
At Alexandria the men labored night and day
as engineers and pioneers in constructing the
famous dura which finally extricated tho gun
boat flotilla from their perilous position.—
May Kith it participated In the artillery bat
tle of Mans Ufa. The regiment numbered
about 150 men on arriving at Morgaosa, hav
ing lost nearly 3A0 in the campaign.
It was transferred In July, 1864, with the
19th Army Corps, to Liout. Gon. Grant’* Army
of the Potomac, and was stationed at Bermuda
Hundreds and Deep Bottom. It participated
in an engagement at the latter place. The
brigade was badly managed and gained no
honor, but the conduct of tho 173d was unex
ceptionable. Tho 173d soon after was Bent
with its corps (19th) and the (5th (Sedgwick’s
old) Army Corps to tho relief of Washington.
The brilliant and ever memorable Sheridan
victories in the Shenandoah Valley were par
ticipated In by the 3d brigade. At Cedar
Creek (ono year ago yesterday) is held the post
of reserve, and returned large nuubors of men
to duty with their regiments in the front.
It is not too much to assume this brilliant
battle, in its result, elected President Lincoln,
for it was a bright spot in one of tho darkest
"hours of tho war. All who participated under
Sheridan may justly bo pfoud of their share of
the laurels of his victories, which have won
for all immortal renown. After the departure
of Sheridan to join Grant the 173d was tem
porarily organized as part of Hancock’s 1st
Division, 1st Army (5orps. •
Upon the assassination of tho President,
April 14, it was assigned to the defences of
Washington. Hero it participated in the
grand review of May 23, 1865, representing
the Army of the Shenandoah. In June the
regiment was ordered to Savannah, where tho
2d division (Grover’s) had preccedod them the
previous winter. The 173d have been ongaged
upon various duties, and are now mustered out
by reason of expiration of it* term of service.
Its ranks numbers 250 men, and there have
been 1500 deuths and discharges for disability,
not including desertions.
Tho regiment has been engaged in five cam
paigns, fifteen bailies and ten expeditions.—
Tho regiment was raised in Brooklyn. The
present officers are:
Field and Staff.
Colonel—Lewis M Pock.
Lieutenant Colonel—Melleu T Holbrook.
Major— Geo W Rogers.
Adjutant—Win H Folk.
Quartermaster—John 8 Bergen.
Surgeon—Nelson A Baldwin.
Assistant Surgeon—John Sweeney.
Chaplain—Lewis M. Birge.
N*n Commissioned Stiff.
Pergeaut Major—John L Lockwood.
QuartermasterSergeunt— Edward Smith.
Commissary Sergeunt—Henry J llerkert.
Hospital Steward—Kobt Stotesbury.
Drum Major—Julius Sancke.
Line Officers.
Co A—Capt William Barwick.
Co B—Cupt William A Greene.
Co B—1st Lieut Owen O’Connor.
Co C—Capt Howard C Conrady.
Co C—1st Lieut Dennis Spelman.
Co D—Capt
Co C—1st Lieut Geo F Tallman,
Co E—Capt Juinea 51 Bagley.
Co E-- 1st Lieut P H McLauglia.
Co F—Capt :
Co F— 1st Lieut Chas C Taylor.
Co G—Capt Geo A Dugun.
Co G --1st Lieut Edgar F Fatten.
Co H—Capt Sydney U Farrell.
Co 11 --1st Lieut Robert We ch.
Co 1---Capt Maurice Conway.
Co K—Capt
Co fak—lst Lieut Friend W Owen.
Nearly all the above officers have been promot
ed from the ranks for galluut and meritorious
conduct.
Col. Peck entored the service June 1st, 1861, as
Captain 1st L. I. 67th New York; first servod in
Buell’s Division, then Couch’s, of the 6th Army
Corps, lie bore an aotive part in theU’eninsula
campaign of McClellan, particularly the siege of
Yorktown, battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks,
Garnett's Parra, and seven days' battle. Being
severoly wounded at Malvern Hill, ho was rooom'
mended for promotion, for gallant and meritori*
sus conduct, and, on recovery, was made Lieut.
Colonel of the 173d Now York. After the
Spring of 1863 he succccdid Col. Morton; who re
signed. At the siege and surrender of Port Hud
son, and during part Of tho Red River campaign
Col. Peck commanded a brigade of Uen. Emory's
Division.
The 173d, during its stay In Savannah, has be
haved in a soldierly manner, and will leave our
city with the kind remembrances of those of our
citizens who hnvo witnessed tho gentlomanly de
portment of the members of this tinoly discip
lined nod well orgunir.ed regiment. The military
intercourse with our citizens has boon character
ized by mildness, justice, and a spirit of geneous
magnanimity worthy of brave soldiers. Thus
day by day the last veatago of military powar dis
appears from the South and the dawn of civil
rule throughout the Southern States can be dis
cerned.
New Style of Fasbiouhle Deacrlpi
tlon,
A correspondent of tho N«w York Times, de
scribing u ball at Long Brunch, admits his inca
pacity to paint a la Jenkins, tire dresses ol the
ladies, oDd accordingly ties his bund on tho ap
pearance ol the men. Here is a specimen of his
arduous labors:
I know what a man’s clothes cost (to my sor
row,) and how ho gets into them, and how he
feels when bo gets in; and therefore I will be
JenkinH to tho men, if they promise not to blush
about it. Mr. M 's vest was of a dazzling
whiteuesB, and could not have cost less than ten
dollars. Mr. wore s diamond pin which
made up in beauty what it lacked in size, and
that s the main thing, as the man said of bis first
baby, .which weighed three pounds and a quar
ter. Mr. L -’s hat was one of the most expen
sive and rfcherc/us a Hairs of the kind I have ever
seen; he did not wear it through the dauce, how
ever, but put it on the chair near the door, where
I regret to say, a lady sut down on it and crush-
ed M 11 '• v,lH surprising to see how complete
a wreck she made of it, too, considering the
thistle-downy way in which she had jus?been
going through the Lancers.
Age of Slieop for mutton,
A lute English writer says ; "4 sheep to be
in high order for the palate qf the epicure should
not be killed earlier than five years old, at which
age the mutton will be nob and succulent, q( a
dark uolor and full ot the richest gravy; where
as, if only two years old, it is flabby, pale and
favorless.
This is doubtless true, but when shell we have
well-fatted live years old mutton in the United
Htatesf Mutton here is com.ng into favor more
and more evoiy year, and there fi every indnoe-
ment, from the high pricea that a choice artiole
command*, to, meet this growing demand. We
ate some Kentucky mutton lately that was really
fine—tender, juioy and high-flavored; but such
muttou enuuot be obtained every day, at any
price. With as tine country as any in the world
tor sheep-raisiog, we are lamentably behind the
ago In developing its capacities *nd obliged te
eontinue eating mutton of third rate quality,—
Germantown Telegraph, ' il '
A Leaf from Slocum’N History.
'Ihe Great Cotton Speculation—‘How the Gov
ernment waf Cheated by Military Authori
ties—Slocum Closes his Eyes—The Cotton
Speculators in Clover.
[Correspondence of the Chicago Republican ]
Vicksmjro, Miss., Sept 24, 1865.
I have obtained a copy of an official docu
ment revealing a gigantic fraud upou the Gov
ernment, in which Major Gen. Slocum was a
prominent actor—whether os a tool of ennniny
scoundrels or as a participant in their yniltq but
enormous projits, 1 will not undertake to posi
tively determine. Tho facts are as follows:
When General Grant came here in January,
1863, and, encamping nt Millikin’s Bend, be
gan to asaemblo the immortal army with which
he afterwards captured Vicksburg, tho Rebel
citizens of Madison Parish, Louisiana, in
which Milliken's Bund is situated, generally
fled. Among the most extreme and violent of
these people was one Joseph Noland, a cotton
planter. Just before his flight Noland com
plied with the orders of the Rebel authorities
by setting lire to his cotton, of which he hud a
considerable quantity. Most of it was burned
up, and Noland left in tho belief that it haj en
tirely perished in tho fire. It is said, however,
that a small quantity escaped destruction; how
much l have not been able to ascertain, but
from the best information I can gather, the
amount was about forty bales.
When, in March and in April following,
Gen. Grant was fitting up his steamboats to run
past the batteries of Vicksburg, he sent about
the country and gathered in all tho abandoned
cotton that could be found to bo used for bul
warks for the protection of boilers and engines
against the enemy’s fire. There is no evidence,
and none has ever been adduced, to prove that
Noland*s abandoned and unbiirned cotton was
taken /or this purpose : but probably it was.
At any rate, however, it urns abandoned property,
belonging to an enemy of the United States, who
had tried to destroy it to /wevent its fuUiny into
our hands, and was clearly subject to the use of
the United Bute* forces, without any right
whatever, on the part of the fugitive Rebel who
owned it, to ask for payment. •
In prooess of time, after Vicksburg had lallen,
Noland came back to his plantation. It had then
become the fashion to present claims for cotton
lost during active hostilities ; and some six
months aftor Noland’s return bo was induced by
oue Dilano to make out an allegation that Grant
had seized and used 600 baloi of his cotton, with
a demand that that number of bale* should bo re
turned to him oat of captured cotton then lying
in the quartermaster's storehouse in Vicksburg.
This claim was presented to Major General Slo
cum, wno was tbon commanding at Yickbhurg,
by whom it wus treatod at first wi h the in
difference it merited, as an impudent attempt to
defrand the Government for the henofit of a
Rebel, whote treason could not be denied or eveu
questioned.
Hereupon Noland and his friends gave up the
attempt and iccre lookiny to other means of mar-
ivy money; but there teas then at Vicksburg a
shrewd and unscrupulous Northern speculater,
named IF. S. Grant, who conceived tho idea f
achieving *sh*t Noland had failed to accompli*- .
He first bargained with Noland to buy tbo claim
for about oue-fifth or oue-sirth of its nominal
value,agreeing to pay him for i nearly onobundred
thousand dollars when he hud got the cotton. Then
be went to Gen. Slocum nod used with him such
effective argumenty, that within two days that
officer delivered to him sir hundred bales of cotton
from a storehouse, which lor some purpose had
been tukou out of the bauds ot the previous
regular quartermaster and put iu churge ot one
Lieut. Steiner, un officer of the 1st Maryland
cavalry, who was not a quurlermuster, but only
acting us such. Not beiug a bonded officer, of
course Steiner was responsible in u somewhat
less degree, for property ol the sort that might
be in his bands. He might also be expeced to
be more pliable than a tried and experienced
(juartermaster who thoroughly understood his
duties and bis rights. These six hundred bales
Steiner sutrendend to Grant upon Slocum’s
order, as an equivalent for that which Noland pre
tended to have lost, and this cotton teas immied late
ly shipped to New Orleans and ao.d. Hat so e.v-
traordmanj an interest did Gen. Slocum lake in
the success of (he negotiation that he actually sent
a confidential stuff'officer with ^ ie cotton, saith
Grunt, to New Orleans, and tbis officer did not
return until the property was disposed ol, and
the money for it realized. What sum it produced
1 cannot say ; but my recollection is that at that
time cotton was worth in New Orleans #1 85 per
lb. The six hundred bales contained tally 300.
: 000 lbs, and the whole ought to hure netted
something over $400,000,
Gen. Washburn afterward came here as Slo
cum’s successor, and learning oy uocidenttbat
Noland, whoso former history as a rebel he per
fectly understood, had received a large quantity of
sot ton from Gen. Slocum, he caused the. matter lo
be investijaldd by a military commission, a copy of
whose proceedings l here subjoin j
HkaiFqiu District 01- Vickemmo, I
Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 6, 1805. )
Spkciai. Ordkrs No. 6.
I Extract.]
Bar. VI. * * * The following named ofli-
cers are appointed a commission to inquire into
the ownership and ascertain what become of 057
bales of cotton wh ch were turned over by Cupt.
Win. Kinkier. Depot Quartermaster, to Lieut.
Steiner, 1st Maryland Cavalry, A. A. Q. M., bis
successor as Depot Quartermaster. They are au
thorized to send for persons and papers, and to
examine witnesses.
The testimony taken, with the finding of ihp
Commission, will be reported to these Headquar
ters.
JJetailfur the Cominissio.n.
Col. J. H. Howe, 12th Illinois Infantry.
Capt. C. G. Fisher, Murine Regiment.
Capt. N. G. Clemeqts, 62d United State* Cqlof-
ed Infantry,
By order of Mai. Gen. C. C. Waabfiutn.
W- H. MQRqvN. Asst. Ad’jt. Qen.
* * * There being no further testimony of
fered, the Commission, after muture deliberation,
respeotlully submit the following oonplqsious,
drawn from tbo ovidenpp adduced and tho results
of the investigation 1
1. The Commission is of the opinion that the
800 bales of cotton referred to in said order were
the property ol the United States, by capture and
confiscation in the enemy’s country, and were in
the possession of Lieut. D. C. Steiner, A. A. Q.
M., Post of Vicksburg, and for which he was re
sponsible^ 9
2. That, on the 8th day ol August, A. D., 1864.
tho 600 bales of said cotton were turned over and
delivered by Lieut. Steiner, A. a. Q. M., to one
W. S. Grant by order of Jfaj. Gen. II. IF. Slocum,
Oqm mailing the Didr id of Vicksburg, upon a
claim preferred against the United Stuies by one
Joseph Roland, a citizen of Madison Parish,
Louisiana, which claim was bnsed upon a pre
tended seizure of flOU bales of his cotton by Gen.
Grant in April, 1863, at Millikan’s Rend, Louis
iana, to barricade transports which raq the
Vicksbqrg batteries afinut that time, said Noland
having sold said claim to said W. S. Grant for
fill,000, alter a fruitless eflort to establish it by
himself and agents, be regarding the'claim as
hopeless.
3. That said claim was not a valid c.faim
against the United Status.
VA’be Commission regard it as very doubtful
whether Joseph Noland had beyond 40 bales of
baled ootton thore at the time, :ind whether the
same was seized by Gon. Grant, and further,
that aaid Noland had abandoned his plantation
ana property there, and taken ve/uye within the
enemy s lines, and remained there until after
the surrender of Viuksburg, and that ho took
no measures to recover any such cotton for
some six months afterward, and not then until
t , WM . prompted and induoed to prefer said
claim by one Delano, who undertook to prose-
oqte It for one-half be might recov|r. r '
4. That said 600 bales of cotton, after being «d of tbeao wagons alone ranged lengthwise with
delivered to suid Grant, were immediately nf- their teams would enclose he three oitiei of New
terward shipped to New Orleans and disposed Ynr ,’V Alb any, and Troy,
of for tho benofit of himself and others inter- j Still another interesting guago of this huge
ested with him, amount. Were it possible for a man to coant
Of tho remaining 57 bales, 18 bales wore ac- ■ dollars per minute and continue to work
counted for by a board of survey as shortago steadily without intermission for ten hours of
in rebftling, and the remainder, 89 bales, were j ® ac *‘ Uay for (5 days in the week, it would cost
turned over by order of Gen. Slocum to one • 865 years and forty days to complete the
Lovelace, on a legitimate claim of 50 bales computation by singlo silver dollars. Thus,
which had been satisfactorily established. I **- v'mld employ 365 men more than one year,
The Commission call attention to tho singn- *|280 men one month, 113,880 men one day of
lar fact developed in the testimony, that al- * en . hours, and 1,188,300 oue of those hours to
though Joseph Noland and bis agent had vig- dnisli the job!
orously prosecuted and pressed this claim for * J<5t an y 80 ^ # er citizen think of more than the
weeks before the commanding general of the w h°i° population of New York city, including
District of Vicksburg without success, and rocn, women, and children, busy counting silver
regarding said claim as hopeless, had sold it al , * 10 , ru, o of 60 dollars per minute, and so en-
to the said Grant for tho comparatively notni
nal sum of $91,000, yet within a day or two
afterward, in the hands of said Grant, who was
an unscrupulous cotton speculator, and who,
according to the testimouy, assumed to havo
peculiar influence nt said headquarters, it was
allowed as a valid claim upou the same proofs
which had been submitted in support of it by
Noland and his agent.
The ovder of Mnjor-Gcn. II IF. Slocum, boforo
referred to, directing suid 600 bales of cotton to be
turned over to said IF. S. Grant, rooites for its
authority another order by the Commanding
General of the Department of tho Tennessee; but
yonr Commission has been unable to find any such
order, and it i> difficult to see how any such or
der, directing any particular nutnbor of bales of
ootton to bo turnod ovor to said Noland on eaid
olaim could have been issued, as there was no
sufficient time for its issuance between tho date
of the finding of the Commission which last pass
ed aforesaid olaim (of which Commission Col.
Crandall was President), and tbo issuance of said
order by Maj >r-Gen. Siooum. The records and
proceedings of said Commission cannot be found,
1 through vigilance search has been made for the
same. Therefore the Commission is not advised
of what, if any, proofs were submitted to said
Commission (of which Col. Crandall was Presi
dent), showing how many bales of ootton were
takon from Juaeph Noland fur the purpose before
stated.
J. H. Howie, Lieut. Col.,
124th Illinois Volunteers, and President of tho
Commission.
C. G. Fiskbr, Captain M. R. and J. A. M. C.
Whon Gon. R. B. Alarcy, Inspector-General of
the Army, was here last Summer, ho examined
the subject, took ooplos of the papors and forwards
ed them with a special report of his own to tho
.Far Department. What his opinions wore Ido
not know, of courso, nor is it ofniuoh importance
The facts 'peak for themselves, audit is not sur
prising that an Inspector General should think it
noccssary to report upon them.
Views of General \V. J. Manilla on tho
f'rnuehlsc Act aud the Negroes.
The Bolivar Bulletin publishes the following
communication, giving the substance of a speech
made at Grand Junction by Gen. W. J. Smith,
one of tbe West Tennessee Representatives :
Our Representative at Grand Junction.
To the Kdilor of the JJolivar Bulletin :
Oar county Representative, Gen. W. J. Pmilb,
after returning from Boliver to tbis place, whs
induced by strong solicitation, tomukean ap
pointment and address his old neighbors aud
iriends upon tbe present asoect of our State ut-
fairs. He responded to tho invitation and last
Saturday afternoon found collected to hear him a
number of our citizens, and several prominent
and wealthy gentlemeu from Fayette county.
General Smith spoke for more than un hour, and
defined bis position much more extensively than
in his Bolivar speech. He firet took up and dis
cussed the propriety, it not neceesity of the
Franchise Aot--avowing himself now in favor of
its repeal or modifDatioq. Ho suid that the lute
enemies of the Union, he now believed, would
roou be among the foremost delenders of the
Union. That at the time he voted lor the uct he
could not realize how sooa enemies might become
friends.
Gen. Smith says it was apprehended at Nash
ville, that our State might b» refused u represen
tation iu Congress without restrictions upon the
elective franchise; und that the bill would not
have been passed but for this apprehension. It
was a well known fact, that the Union elemont
was in the minority in our State, aqd tht»t with
out the restrictions imposed by thp Legislature,
a semi-loyal ticket would be elected, und then re
jected by Congress. This reasoning wus listened
to with maiked attention, and very much relieved
many of us on that subject.
Gen. Smith next alluded to the preeent rela
tion of our late slaves to society,* and gave us
some practical hints as to thoir management. lie
asserts it to bo an impractical thing and bad
policy, for the present at least, to root nut lands
to negroos—thus allowing them to form so many
nuclei for lazy and trifling negroes to resort to.
lie says they must first be taught to know and
appreciate freedom and their responsibility to
themselves and society, That they inuot first he
educated and know the law, and how to obey it.
Gon. Smith is decidedly in favor of the negroes
being encouraged to educate their children, and
thus give them ao opportunity of exhibiting to tho
world what amount of moral and meotal culture
they are susceptible of acquiring. This s. d«lon
trandtion state of tho negro, must, of necessity,
be attondod wiih many results unsatisfactory even
to the most fanatical, but theso irregularities must
bo overcome, and patience manifested for tboir
accomplishment. Negro labor has been a yalu»
ble agont in developing tl]e internal roBoqrcog of
the country, oan be u^ada uu valuable as ever
*ben Hut. has elapsed, end Iho now relalion full,
understood.
Bduoate the negro and ho will ot onoe see end
fool his position among white men. Jin vtill eoo
clearl, that God hee not m«do him while, nor
implanted in h|a nature the same instincts of tbo
Whiteman. On this oubieot Uen. Smith w as eg-
pl|0|t anq definite] nor dtd an, listener afterwards
regard htm as ores, or fanatical on tho negro
eobjiof. Jo fact, to be brief, (Jen, StnithW-ech
was much admired and approved. A. H. 9
'I'liu Weight and Itloasuro of Our Na
tional Debt.
Statistics are useful in correcting erroneous
estimates, reducing extravagant views, and
properly guiding tho aims of statesmen and
the transactions of merchants. Moreover,
they servo to present vividly to tho mind a true
conception of things which aro less well un
derstood and appreciated when seen through
the m.sty veil of more theory. Sometimes the
results appal, and sometimes to amuse. It is
probable that no subject will more peculiarly
mingle a little of both sensations—the grave
and the gay—than a calculation which the cal
culating prodigy, Mr. Jaipes $\tir, has made of
the National Debt qf the United States. Its
kptuM tota| is monstrous enough when men-
.In Uro (inures, at the rouuij eum of
4QOQ millions. But let u » see what it will look
like m tangible 8nU,tn,\co,
A .liner dollar moo,ores t J-J |„„ho s in diem.,
to*. \Ionoo H dollars, laid side bv sii] e , make 1
font, 24 one yard, and 24 3 (0 an ringlGh mile—
The cireuqiferenoe of tho giobo is 21.G00 miles
and therefore 013,384,000 dollor. laid in one line
would girdle it. But ovon this inormoui mm
b.lng lee. then 1.4 port of our debt, the
wholo amount of lb. latter would encircle it four
tunes and overlap by 8,640 miles.
Now estimating the woight silver dollar at ono
ounce, sixteen of them would make a pound, and
reckoning 2,gOO pound, to the ton, the entire
debt would wmgt>125,000 tons, and therefore
125 ships of 1,000 tons eaoh would be re
quired to forward It by water.
Again, allowing 2 tons for the burthen of a
heavy baggage ^sbqq, wagons would be
DMdod to QODTfj thu monstrous mass of indab.
to *VTM, lanolllptioal circle f Q ri»
gaged without cessation for tho space of one
hour, and ho*will sco somo similitude of the
Debt in coin rise tangibly before him.
We must hasten tho production and export
of our precious metals, our beef, cotton, grain,
etc., etc. if we expect to clear away tho little
pyramid, either in paper or ore, within the life
time of tho present generation. Yet, gigantic
as tho load may seem, that it will be lifted
within a reasonable period we have no manner
of doubt. Our national shoulders are the
broadest and our national pockots tho deepest
in the. world.
The corn crop is so promising in Southwestern
Virginia that (armors have engaged to sell it for
twonty-fivo coots per bushel. Harvesting is now
going on successfully.
Ark you in wunt of tiue printing tastily exe
cuted with the latest sttlk of typ* just intro
duced in Savannah V Gall at tbe REPUBLICAN
JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
DeBow’s Review.
WASHINGTON CITY, let October, 1605.
This Work of which I have been Editor ami Proprie
tor for over Twenty Years, which bus had a
very heavy subscription and advertising list In every
part of tho Union, is now established on a secure and
pcimu"ent basis.
My purpose iu tho future is to glvo it a National
Character, and to devote all my energies and re
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terests of the Union—l*s Comnicrco, Agriculture,
Manufactures, Internal Improvements, aud General
Industry. -
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manency of tbo Union, and the honor and prosperity
of the Country.
In an especial manner will it be devoted to the re
establishment of Southern Proaperity, and
tho building up of its fields of industry aud enterprise,
rendered necessary under the new aud altered condi
tion of things.
The restoration of the South can lie effected upon
the basis proseded by tho Piesideut, and no greater
Held could bo opem d for the Investment of c ipitnl now
invited thither from every quarter. Ita abundant nod
fertile lands Invite emigration, which It will lie a
prominent ob|ect to secure.
Regarding thu Issues ot tlie past as dead, about which
a practical philosophy will not dispute, and those ef the
present as living and potential, it is the part «>f the
Kbwikw to accept in good faith the situation, and de
duce from It all that can ho promotlvc of the hesn in
terests of the whole Country.
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liow Orleans.
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if
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SiMitt Tlosr, t „
Sknkoa B. Hugo, ( 1 ™prictors. sopll
Southern Jobbers.
WHO UTJY
RUBBER GOODS,
WILL FIND FULL LINES AT
MANVFACTVHBH8* BEST TRICES,
AT
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M ANtIKAOTUBF.il OF
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octlu
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Liquor Labels
JIT
for sale
THIS OFFICE.
M 1 Ckcehe, Hams. Pig Pork. Family
<>cti8 <W!f 4Dd JvUt1, laillllD 8 fo . r . ! “ ,c .hy.
C. L. GILBERT,
1 ftrt ® BOSS MATCHES for kale by
C. L. G1LBBRT,
[PRICE 5 CENTS.]
OFFICE ACT. SUB. AGT. COM.,
Bureau Refugees, F. and A. Lands,
District of Savannah, Ga.,
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17, 1865.
CIRCULAR 1
No. 1. (
In compliance with par. 3, of Circular
No. 2, from Office Act. Agt. Com., for
tho State of Georgia :
All persons in this District desiring to
employ freedmen, are rospectfnlly re
quested to make known tho fact at this
office, together with their address, or
name of agent nearest of access, and a
full statement of the number and kind of
persons wanted, the kind of employment,
and the compensation offered.
It will be borne in mind that in many
instances tho freedmen have families for
whioh to provide. Persons wanting
laborers and having the means of fur
nishing shelter, Ac., for families, and
willing to do it, are particularly re
quested to state tho fact. In furnishing
laborers preference will bo given to tho
parties offering the most liberal compen
sation .
HENRY L. STOWS,
Capt. 103d U. S. O. Inf., Act.
Com. Dist. of SavanDah.
NO.
i/\ v Me/
247
Bill Hrads, Circular*, Posters, |Manifests,
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OFFICE. tf
HIJ.VT, LYON & CO.,
(established by n. hunt in 1847.)
30 DEVONSHIRE ST.,BOSTON
Manufacturers ol tho
Best Oak Tanned
Leather Belting
of all widths, double and elogle.
DROP BELTS for Rifiu Manufacturers.
RAILWAY BELTS,
Double and single, of perfect and uniform thickness.
Tube Belling, Round and Flat Regulator Belli, Ac.
Belting, of Mixed Oak and Hemlock Tannage ;
Patent Solid Cotton Belting.
jAtrBBEna. bextikto
Steam Pucking and Engine Hose.
Also, constantly supplied with extra quality I-nce
Leather, Belt Rivets and Burrs, Belt Cement, II
draulic Press and Flax-Packing, Belt Hooks, Be
Punches, Ac.
Beits made to order and warranted.
oct!4
SOUTHERN
COTTON
WAREHOUSE,
Corner Lincoln and Bay Streets,
SAVANNAH,GA.
omUT co..
FACTORS,
FORWARDING.
AND
Commission Merchant*,
Respectfully invite attention to our facilities for
Asst, the
PURCHASE OR MOVEMENT
OF
SOUTHERN PRODUCTS
and will give prompt attention to all bnsinee* entrus
ted to onr care. Intending to establish permanently a
bouse in Savannah, expect, by Strict BuBinesa
Principles, to merit and receive a portion of tho
Trade.
Cimi'BKUiJIUUU.
Importers and Jobbers of
Dry Goods,
No. 145 West Fourth Street,
tnimvKtiy race and elmj
Cincinnati, Ohio-
Every Description of
DRY GOODS,
AND EVERY ARTICLE
Necessary to Makes Complete Outfit
FOR A
City or Country Store
CAN BE OBTAINED AT
THIS ESTABLISHMENT
Wo will duplicate prices of any bill purchased in
Now York. We are determined to make It to tho in
terest or the Sonthern States to purchase their stock
af us this fall. One of our jmrtners resides In New
York, and consequently has great advantages, which
we propose to extend to our customers. We can sup
ply every article kept in a country Dry Goods store.
Chappell, Bruce & Go.,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
A. 8. HABTBIDBE,
COMMISSION
AND
Forwarding Merchant,
OtA BAY BTrtKKT,
OBOB.OIA.
H-ving a commodious
WABGHOIISB FOB COTTON,
are prepared to Huy or Receive on consignment to
our friends in New York or Europe, and will
make advances on saine-plcklug rebating or mending
nil Cotton before shipping, thereby saving the enor
mous expense incurred lu Northern cltlea by tbis pro
cess. We solicit a portion of the business of the Peo
ple of Georgia and adjoining States.
OFFICE, STODDARD’S RANGE,
Cor. Bay und Lincoln Streets.
Post Office Address, Lock Box 25.
octT tf
^HOMSON’iT
NEW
SKIRT
Thomson’s French Elastic
SPRINGS.
L^.'cMn'oiirtewSrid."^ °
Get the Best,
W. 8. THOMSON, I.ANGD0N&C',
Ml Broadway. New Yorlr.
muirkirk
CHARCOAL PIC IRON,
Of r.ll the different tempers and grades, suitable for
Car Wlicele,
Cylinders,
Gun Metal,
Rolls,
STEAMBOAT & MILE MACHINERY,
MALLEABLE WORKS, fa
or any use where a Superior Pig: Metal h re
quired by itaelf, or to improve other kinds.
WILLIAM E. COFFIN & CO.,
No. 103 State 8L, Boston.
octl4 -
Ootton Gins
BROWN’S
Double Cylinder Colton Gin,
The Celebrated Georgia Gin,
S O universally need by Tlantora throughout the
South aa to need no recommendation. Number
or Saws vary from 40 to 120. For sale by
... FRENCH A 00.,
°<* 10 Clark {street, Nnahvitic, Tenn.
SAY A JXTKT A32C,
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Notice.
Ame* & Peabody, 178
^w 011 *hl* day dissolved by iuutnal
w 'fll continue tho Whole-
knslnws at tho above place, and is
un.ll!. 1 .# J -0 "“tiln all claims, and collect all debts ou
account of hnsluesa transactions at Savannah.
WM. L. PBABODY,
t, L ’ J. M. AMB8,
Savannah, Oct. 16. is<lf». oct 17--6
AMERICAN
STEAM CAB COMPANY.
To be organised under the Laws of Mamachnsetto,
WITH A CAPITAL STOCK OF
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
This is a safe aud profitable inveatm''nt.
Shares, One Hundred Dollars Each.
Parties can subscribe from one to fifty Shares, as
their moans will allow. Book* for subscription are
now open at LOMBARD >b GORE'S,
No. Of) State street, Boston,
where further information con lie obtained
octl3
TE ACHER’S NOTIOE.-A Lady, qualified
A. to teach Music on the Piano, aud the French
Language according to the host method, desires a situ
ation in a Seminary or Private Family. Terms, Tlrce
Hundred Dollars tier milium. Address "X. Y. Z ’\u»
thia.onicu. ociia-ii
lOO (Styles or
POCKtT BOOKS la SATCHELS.
.UEI B-y.fi- B Mm M i^^„..
Per Steamer Chase
Goeben Butter
75 -•** a f- s y Ba ag
Btut.
Lumber.
TX7WHITE PINE. Rough and, Dress
Yellow Pine.
Cargoes and small lot* supplied.
Rountf a,, d Square Timber Purchased
Lumber dressed to order.
(WH RICHARDSON Jb BARNARD,
o^ti4—Bay st, oppoaUo Mariner* Churct
Sight ELxchang
1ST ewYori
In sums to salt purchasers, by
SSdc,,. HBTOALP..O
, MBS. KIRBY'S
Boarding; Ho W s«
Comer of Hull and Weat Broad Streak, opsooltel
0,B.RrKI*btDe f <* >
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