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Mac in & At oust a Rail Road.- We observe
with gieat pleasure that the capitalists of Ma
tt >n are making an earnest effort for the com
plot ion of the unfinished portion of the rail
road from that city to Augusta. A public
meeting has been held, and a committee ap
pointed *to co operate with tho friends of the
enterprise along tho line ol the road and in
this city. Only about thirty-three miles of the
road remain unfinished, and a great portion of
that is graded and ready to receive tho track
Only one bridgo of any importance is to be
built, and that, over tho Oconco, can be very
speedily erected
We need ccarcely urge tho importance of
this line upon our readers. Intercourse with
the Southwestern part of the State has been
too Intimate for years to be interrupted, as it
is by tho break in the Central mad, without
•artons embarrassment to cur heaviest business
Interests. This break is likely to continue for
soma tirno to come, and even when repaired,
restores a line so circuitous and expensive as
only partially to supply the public conveni
ence.
Tho country through which this line passes
constitutes the most salubrious and desirablo
portion ot Ike “old black belt”—a section of
our State that has ever been proverbial for its
fertility, as well as for tho intelligence and pro
gressive spirit of its citiaens. It is destined to
attract a largo immigration from abroad, as
Boon as social order and civil law are firmly
established. This road will afford a ready
outlet to market, and will become an impor
taut feeder to the trade of Augusta.
There can be no doubt that this enterprise
will pay good dividends to tho stockholders.
It will shorten the distance to the West, and
wlieu the road to Columbia is completed, will
afford almost a central air lino from Washing
ton city to tho Mississippi. It will greatly
facilitate communication with our State Cap
ital, and supply a radical deficiency in our
railroad system.
In short, the road may be regarded as a pub
lic necessity, and its speedy completion an ob
ject of geneial interest, all that is required to
to raise the necessary means to complete tho
road is the 00-operation of the capitalists ot
tho section immediately concerned. To this
end wo deem it important that a public meet
ing be held in Augusta, to take into considera
tion the speedy completion of this' enterprise.
At present the money invested i» dead capital.
Is it wise to thus waste tho original investment
when a little further outlay will maks the
whole remunerative l
Tub Lo t Voyagers.—' Tho New York pa
pers print long extructs from the journal of
Captain C. F. Hall in the Arctio regions, giv
ing the details of his conversations with the
Esquimaux, from which he has gathered hope
that there may still be survivors oi Sir John
Franklin’s expoditiou. They add nothing im
portant to the intelligence already published.
Captain Hall seems to have obtained no in
formation respecting the exact time when Cro
sier and his companions were last seen, and
has no other reason for supposing them alive
than the generally expressed conviction of the
Esquimaux that they are still living. It ap
pears that Crczler and his companions were
found by tho Esquimaux about 1850, and that
tho date of their departure to the southward,
In the hope of reaching the frontier settlements
of the Hudson’s Bay Company, was probably
the spring of 1851.
This traces the lost explorers three years
later than McClintock, who supposed that they
had perished about ISIS. The probability
that they have survived a horrible imprison
ment of fourteen years in the Arctic ice is faint
Indeed. Considering the remarkable acquitt
ance which that people manifest with what
ever occurs iu the .remotest regions of their
frozen country, it seems ’hardly credible that
white men should live several years amoug
them without even the most distant members
of the tribe knowing something positive about
them ; but then, on the other hand, it would
be hardly less strange if Crczier had died with
out his death being generally known. The
fate of Crezter ptomises to be a problem little
less difficult and interesting than that of Frank
lin himself. We tako it for granted that Cap
tain Hall does not propose to come home
without a strenuous * ff art to solve it.
Sent Awat. —We are informed that about
a thousand freedmen have already been sent
from this sectiou to the Mississippi Valley
These parties refuse to make contracts with
their former owners. They probably thick
that those who provided for thun in days past
will have to continue to do to, whether they
work or not. Bnt the authorities are pursuing
a course which will soon dispel this delusive
idea. The freedman will find that if he will
not work in Georgia, he will have to werk in
tome other State—and more than likely ir
■ >Dt location where be will not" be so well
taken care of and provided for as he would be
with his old master in his old home. When
once In the hands of the authorities, they will
fl »and that they cannot remain here, even if they
then make up their miudi to work. To all
freadmeu we say, make reasonable contracts
with those whom you have lived.
THE ME\!< A\ U -I.OA Z.Y iI »!<i til HUME.
Tt.e proclamations <-f Maximilian, however
delusive they m»y eventually prove to be, in
viting colonists, have no? beta without very j
considerable effect. Private letters, pnbli'’ j
correspondence, and tho statements of individ
Uvg concur iu the news tb,.t agricultural
colonics are, iu spite of the citil war, spring
ing up on ail sides and that some of them are
already fi urishir.g Six fine haciendas or
farms of true Mexican extent and richness
iyir g in the imm-diate environs of Cordova
h'iVv hi on parcelled out rarer g tae colonists |
recently arrived from Europe, enl epen the j
Rio Verde, in the State of San Luis Potosi, two
immense cotton plantations are now under
cultivation by an Alabamian named Wood,
and promise the most abu ideut harvests The
report rrcivel at the Capital from the sub
perfects b;ar testimony to the impulse that bis
been-given to colonization f.u-in the interior
by the successful experiments along the high
road.; leading from Mexico to the sea coast.
Ihe large proprietors are, of their own free
will and accoid, offering a portion cf their
land for colonizitioa, and are endeavoring to
attract immigrants by concessions as judicious
a; they are lit eral.
The official J vernal, for instance, publishes
an invitation to colonists addressed to the Gov
eminent by Senor Romero Gil, the proprietor
of the rancho of Muquilal, wk<s asks lor twen
ty Belgian families, to whom he's wi ling to
let the rancho for eight years, giving them
oxen, 6eed, and the land, and requiring nothing
from them in return but their labor. Stock
will a’so be placed at (heir disposition as a
loan. The rar.cho has an extent of 2169
acres of good, well watered soil, producing one
hundred fanegas of Indian corn for one sown,
and *n>m ten to fifteen fanegas of beans for
one. Situat'd in the Department of Jalisco,
about fifteen leagues wert of Guadalajara, it
enjoys a healthy climate, to which no disease
seems indigenous, and lies only about sixty
yards from tho highway between Guadalajara
and Topic. On tho day when the colonists
take possession, the owner will lend to the
colonists two hundred fanegas of maize, forty
of beans, and ten loads of wheat, which they
replace liotn their first crop.
As agent of the Imperial Government, Sen
ior Gil m'-utions the arrival of General Uar
dunan and Mr Roberto, cn behalf of an cn
tire company of colonists. These gentlemen
are all ox-officers of the Conledeiato Army,
and announce their intention to remain per
manently in the country. General Harde
man a large property, sufficient for
the cultivation of cotton, sugar-cane, Indian
corn, etc. Colonel Terry h9s his eye upon the
haciendas ol Santa (Jruz and Teucapan, in the
direction of Tepie.
Magnificient offers are being made to emi
grants by large land holders in various sec
tions of Mexico. Tho municipal authorities
of Vera Cruz, determined not to be behindhand,
come forward with similar inducements, and
a large number of wealthy proprietors have
agreed to place commodious and pleasantly
situated houses at the disposal of honest and
laborious colonists, free oi rent for five years
These tempting inducements have had their
effect upon the nomadic masses of tho United
States and Europe. Within the last six months
there has b.en a steady and constantly swell
ing current of the best kind of immigration
setting into the Mexican ports.
Tho sunny South can hold out as great in
ducenionts to immigrants as Mexico. Every
thing that can l>e, should be done to attract
the sturdy laborers of other sections to flock
hither. 4t would add to our wealth and to
our resources beyond calculation.
Secretary Seward on the Relations Be
tween England and America —The New York
correspondent of the London Spectator gives
tho substance of some remarks recently made
by Mr. Seward in the writer's bearing. As to
the relations of the two Governments, he said
that they were on a footing of formal amity
but nothing more. Sir Frederick Bruce has
expressed the wish that a feeling of frark cor
diality might be established between the two
governments and the two peoples. Mr. Sew
ard wished that it might be so, with all his
heart, aud he would do, as-indeed he always
had done, ail that could be done to bring
about so desirable au end. As to war, that
was a horrible alternative, the responsibility
tor which he, as far as he was able, should
take care did not rest with onr government.
This he had said privately to Sir Frederick
Bruce, with whom his relations were of the
pleasantest kind, and of whom he spoke with
respect and cordiality.
But lie had also told tho British Minister
that the way toward anything more thana
the present relations of mere formal ami
ity between tho two peoples and Governments
must be led by the British people and the
British Government. If they were content
with our present attitude toward each other
we were ; but that if any change were made
in it for tbe better it must be of British ma
king. The United States was tho aggrieved,
party, who had suffered wroug for many year,
and it was not for us to seek a reconciliation
While the British it'prop
er to reply to our representations of the in
jury we had suffered through its neglect or its
incapacity to restrain »he unfriendly disposi
tion ot British sul jects, by merely talking
down to us about being tbe guardians of their
own honor, nothing could be expected from
us bat to stand upon punctilio as well as up
on our essential lights, and insist’upon boih
in the minutest particular. If our elder brother
wishes us to trust him again, ho must bring
forth “fruits meet for repentance.” We should
be pleased if he did ; we should be content if
he did not. However he—Mr. Seward— nrgbt
peisonaly bs disposed to conciliate the British
people, th ; s was as far as tbe people of this
country would allow any administration to go
in that direction.
Puting this conversation cf Mr. Seward and
the President’s message together, it does not
look as if any serious and fficulty would arise be
tween the United States and England.
on the Coast.- -The latest reports
from the Sea Islands of South Carolina and
Georgia, which were given in charge of the
freedmen by Gen. Sherman, is, that they are
nearly barren of products, and hence we need
look for none of the valuable cotton of those
islands, until, say a year from the present
date.
The Jli-'Slfsjpi'i & Tennes-ee Railroad.— The
M : ?sissipoi k Tennessee railroad is now com
oleted through to Memphis, and the ODly
1 charge of cars from Grenada is at the Talla
hatchie bridge. The timber for this bridge is
complete, and will be ready for the cars within
v month.
Fare Reduced.— The tare between Savan
jah and New York has been reduced. The
Pioneer Line is twenty-five dollars for first:
class passage. The Atlantic Coait Mail Steam
ship Line, charge only twenty dollars. i
It is True ecus St»ps were Taken to p {.
vent the negroes from docking to cur cities ;
Id by-gone dajs, when the most st.ict re -
lations were in fore? and carried oat, it v.?.s
iVfficuß then at periods to keep order. But
now, when there appears to ba little or no
restraint up-n Ihe colored portion of the com
mundy, wh a 'bey roam about at pleasure, u. and
commit acts >t lawlessness with little fear of
being detected ; at this time, we say, ihe:e
should be some (ffieient mea; s adopted to pie
vent tin iv coming to our citits iu the r umber;
they do. There is no woik here for them,
even if they were disposed to labor—and they
live a life of idleness and crime. Hundred?
can be seen loafing around our streets in the
d;.y lime—waiting for the coming cf
in order that they may plunder some unlucky
traveler, or make summary entrance into some
store selected to operate upon during the day.
Cannot some measuie be aiopted to* prevent
tee itfl 'x of negroes in f o our city ? Wt hope
there ran be. We trust (hove will be.
etsvmi
A Good Work.—The Ere vest Guard in At
lanta, we notice Ly the papers of that cky.
have made a regular raid cu the vagrant fretd
men in that place, an 1 many arrests were made
amorg these who could not give aediisfactory
•account of themselves. It is not stated what
disposition it is proposed to make of them,
but wo Lave not a doubt they will be properly
cared for. This is as it should bo. it is
known to all that a large par pontage of that
class do not appreciate their freidorn ; that
hundreds of them have I-ft good homos iu the
rural districts and aro now vagrants in the
cities and towns. A3 the holidays approach
this will especially be the case.
It is to be hoped that the good work cf
clearing Augusta of vagrants wiil soon com
mence, and be vigorously prosecuted. There
is labor and good homes for them in the coun
try, and tttere they must be sent and bo made
to slay.
Labor in Central Alabama.—A letter wri
te“r from Selma, Ala , speaks of the labor ques
tion in that section thus :
The negroes iu this section, although the
freedmen’s bureau and many others have
tiied to persuade them to the contra-y, hon
cstly believe that all of the lands of tbeir for
mer masters are to be taken and divided out
among them after Christinas. This was told'
thorn by cfficers and soldiers who .were sta
tioned through our country soon after the
surrender. The amount of harm it haß done
is incalculable.
Truly said. The idea which tho nsgroes
have in regard to cbtainir-g possession of the
iand is an idoa which has wrought great mis
chief, and is an idea which every one who
has anything to do with them should eradicate
if possible. If the head of the hegto had nut
been filled with false ideas, matters would be
in a much better condition in our midst than
they now aro. We are glad to perceivo tb.- 1
some officials are doing all they can to
teach them their true position.
One Way to Make Them Contract.—We
understand that on somo plantations in Burke
county, tho freedmen refused to contract for
tho coming year. Complaint was made to the
proper officials in regard to the matter, and at
once a guard was sent to remove the disaf
fected laborers. Those left, at once made
reasonable contracts for the coming year. We
understand that all negroes on plantations who
refuse to mako contracts will ba t .kon from
them at once.
Now it remains for the freedmen to either go
to work, do ea they ought, and i» m-»iu on'the
old places, or bo removed from the mine and
sent off to distant parts of the country. There
is one thing certain, wherever their lot may
be cast thoy may rest assured that they wii!
have to woik for a living. If they will not
work in their old homes, they will have to in
their new ones where they will be. sent.
Importations at New York.— Our foreign
importations are running up in a high figure,
much higher than ha'b been tho case of late
years at this season. The New York Custom
house returns for the week show a to‘;l of
$5,795,221, but it is gratifying to know that
these are pretty evenly balancecl.by the exports
which foot up $5,900,000 in produce, and
$723,000 in specie. A noteworthy feature of
these importations is the large proportions of
fancy goods for holiday comsumption. Un
der this head the entries exhibit a total cf
$152,174, besides which we have such itenr* as
the following : Jewelry, SSO 075; watches,
$84,746; wines, $59,996; fruits, $110,000; ci
gars, $25,376; perfumery, $5,833.
Emmigration.— Twenty thousand eight hun
dred and seventy emmigrants were landed at
New York during the mouth ot November,
this year, of whom thirteen thousand one hun
dred and seventy-nine were Germans. From
January 1 to November 3D, cf this year, cue
hundred and eighty-eight thousand two hun
dred and four emigrants altogether arrived in
New York, seventy two thousand nine hun
dred and ninety six of them being German*.
Every effort should be used to turn this tide
of emmigration Southward. Asa geaeial thing
the German population which comes to this
country are a hard working class, and are an
addition to any community.
Cheering News.—W. A. Ramsey, Esq.,
who has for some time been on a visit to New
York has just returned. While in that city
he took pains to inform himseif of the public
sentiment which there existed. He states that
with the majority the most kind and concilia
tory spirit exists towards the South. They are
willing that that which cap be, shall be done
to settle all difficulties. The leading mer
chants and business men of the great metrooo
lis are anxious and striving to have business
once more resume its wonted chanels with all
sections of the Union.
The lilixois Cenex Crop. —lhe Western
papers say that the present crop of cotton in
Illinois is the largest ever raised in that State
Tbe product per qcre this year will range from
1,000 to 1,500 pounds seed cotton. The quality
is good, is first rate as compared with upland
cotton at the South. It is stated that Jackson
county aicne will produce 10.000 bales, while
I Perry. Williamson, Saline and Union counties
will more than double this amount.
Cures ix CaufjPxia A coupie of men
have this year cultivated on Kern river, Buena
Vista county. California, the largest field cf
; cotton ever grow *, in the State. It will take
j the State bounty of $3 000 < flared for tbe first
hundred acres ; also the $3,000 offered for the
first 100 bales. Cotton cun be grown in South
ern California to good advantage.
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The Foblic Di'bt —A resolution las parsed
he House of to the effect that
the public debt of the United States “is sacreci
and inviolate" and must be paid : and that any
attempt to repudiate should be ‘•discountenan
ced by the people and rejected by Congress*’'
Ins I'LEcrroN in New York Crrv.—The elec- !
•Ln m Jew York cily has gone overwhelming- ‘
' y D.mocrat c. II ffmans—the nominee est - e
• i.mmany Hail party—majority was over
terteen buqdied. Mr. O’Goim.in was elected
to the ffi ;a of Corporation Counsel almost
••v.thout opposition. The Democrats elected
. t-r r’y all of their candidates for Aldermen,
Ccmmissieneis and Trustees. There was a
tre ni-adour excitement at Tammany Hall in
: he evening, after the election, the cheers and
! hurrahs amounting to something like the Dem
• oc— : e demonstrations- of the palmiest days of
J the Wigwam. The Inevitable Captain Byn
| tiers was present and made an amusing speech
I on the occasion.
Well-Merited The Miiledgevillo cor
j rerp n tent of the Atlanta Intelligencer, speaks
oi the new President of the Beuate in the an
nexed cr.mpliimniary terms :
The President of the Senate, the lion. Win.
Gilson, has often been honored by hit coustitu
ents of Richmond county with a seat in tbe
General Assembly of tbe State, in which
capacity, he won reputation as a practical
legislator, and an eloquent debater.
\ It gives U3 pleasure to notice that tho talents
of our lownstnun, the Colonel, are appreciated
elsewhere as well a3 ac home. The Presiden
tial chair of the Senate is well filler this ses
sion, and the duties of the position wiil be
ably discharged.
The President of tub Senate —The Pros!
cf the Senate, Mr. Foster, of Connecti
cut, now occupies, to all intents and purposes.
She position of Vice President cf the United
States. In the event of the death of President
Johnson, therefore, in tho interval to lfcGS,
Mi. Foster, as he now stands, would become.
President of the United States. lie is under
stood to boa sort of semi-radical, semi-con
servative oid line whig ; but it is p obable
that tide is not enough (ortho leading radi
cals. Hence there may be some truth in tbe
report afloat that- “ there is somo talk cf a
change in the presiding officer of the Senate,”
as the ultras, when they vote together, have
a majority in that body.
Operations of the U. S. Mint. —The gold
deposits at the United States Mint for the
month of November were $1,009,700,19, and
cf silver, slo,493,7o—making a total so $1,029,
193.83. The coinage of gold iu tbe same time
was SBCG 905 59; of silver, $13,569,48, and of
copper, s7s,6lo—making a total coinage for
the month of $956,080 07, covering four mil
lions, eight hundred and fifty-.eight thousand,
cue bundled and twenty pieces. Os this num
ber of pieces there were 2,939,000 of cent
pieces, 047,500 two cent pieces, and 912,000
tbieo cent pieces. The total of these small
coins made during -the month was 4,789,500.
Florida Election. —Returns sufficient have
been received from Florida to show that the
annexed gentlemen have been elected to State
offices: Judge DS Walker, Governor; Major
W W J Kelly, Lieutenant Governor ; B F
Allen, Esq., Secretary of State; Mr. Galbraith,
Attorney General; Colonel Pyles, Comptroller
General ; Mr. Austin, Treasurer.
Judge B A Putman has been elected to the
Judgeship of the Eastern Circuit, Colonel T T
Long of tho Suwannee Circuit, Judge J Wayles
Baker of the Middle Circuit, and Judge Allen
Bush of the Western Circuit.
The U. S. Court in Alabama.— At the re
cent session of the United States Court at
Montgomery, Ala., the presiding Judge, in a
few and well timed romotlcu otatod. that In the
present position of the Judiciary, whoso orders
had beempereinptorily resisted by the military
at Mobile, and this with the apparent approv
al of the President, he did not consider it
proper to hold Court, except for the despatch
of motions and orders cf a conservatory char
acter.
Military Trial in Savannah. —lt is said
that G. B. Lamar, Sr., and G. B. Lamar, Jr.,
and General Mercer, are shortly to be tried in
Savannah, before a Military Commission, con
vened expressly for tho trial. Captain Wat
ror.s, of tha U S C TANARUS, will act as Judge Advo
cate These gentlemen wore released from
prison on bail of $25,000, on Saturday after
noon .
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Alabama and the Constitutional Amend
ment.—The General Assembly of Alabama
ha-3 adopted tbe Constitutional amendment,
simply declaring in connection threrewith, that
“that it does not confer upon Congress the
powor to legislate upon the political status of
freedom in this Slate.”
Decrease of Cotton sent North. —Four
steamships sailed from Savannah for New
York, December 6. Altogether they only car
ried one thousand three hundred and thir
ty-seven bales of upland cotton, twenty-five
bales Sea Island, and three bales of domestic.
mm- -on in
Labor Wanted in the West. —We are in
formed that there are now here from Arkan
sas two gentlemen who 'have large planting
interests , who have come to Georgia for the
purpose of hiring nine hundred laborers of both
sexes.
TnE Vote for Governor. —The vote for Gov
ernor has been counted. Hon. C. J. Jenkins
received thirty seven thousand and two hun
dred, and has been declared governor.
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Hon. A, H. Stephens. —A dispatch from
Miiledgevillo says that this gentleman has
positively declined being a'candidate for the
Senate.
The Constitutional Aerndmeht.— The Geor
gia Senate has passed the House resolntion
thus ratifying the Constitutional Amendmen
abolishing slavery in the United States.
Small Pox in the Injebior.— From reports
received from the interior of Georgia, we learn
that this loathsome and feaiful disease is cn
the increase.
Proposed Amendment to tub U 3. CcncTitu
tion —The following joint resolutions have
been offered in the U. S. Congress ;
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives ot the United States of America in
C-oncress assembled, two thirds of both Houses
concurring. That the following articles be
proposed to the Legislatures of tbe several
t tabs, as amendments to the constitution cf
ihe Uniled States, all or any cf whieb articles
when ratified by three fonrths of said Legisla
tnres shall be valid, to all intents and pur
poses, as part of said const it ut ion, viz :
Ist The following provisions ; No tax or
shall be laid cn articles exported from
any State, being the 5 h paragraph of tbe 9th
section of the Ist crdcle of the constitution, is
hereby repealed and declared of no effect.
2d No part of any debt contracted in aid of
the late rebellion, or which may hereafter be
contracted in aid of any lebellion against tbo
United States, shall ever bo assumed or paid
by the United States, nor shall any State as j
snme or pay any part thereof. , j
3rd. Congress shall have power to make ali ,
laws necessary and proper to secure to all per- ;
sons, in every State of the Union, equal pro I
tectiop iu their lights of life, liberty and pro- j
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REPORT OF SECKET.VIY OF THS AAVV.
ice report gives a comprehensive stafenv ut
of toe operation: at the N..vy, its present cj;i-
C-Uious aud future necessities. A concise r«-
noit of the operations of the North Atlantic,
South Atlantic, a.l West Gulf squadrous is
presented,.together with the details of the re
duction of tb.* u vval fiy.ee at the close of tho
war. The number of vessels aud crews on for
t;gu service will not be greatly increased over
those of former years, while the number of
gunr. wii! bo lei.3 ; yet it ij believed that the
superiority of steam over sail, for naval war
vessels, and the improve moats of ordnance,
wiil.give out force abroad greatly augmented
efficiency and power There are now the Eu
ropean, B-'sz 1, Dmt India and Pacific squad
rons, in alt thirty-two vsstelf.
To there wi.l be added the West India squad
ron, with nine vessels. We bad in 1860 five
rquanrons on foreign stations, numbering 31
xts.-eis, carrying 445 guns. At the present
time we nave on the several stations abroad ,
06 vessel- 1 , mounting 34. gnus, and earn ing
06 howitzers Since the 4th of March, 1861.
418 vessels have been purchased, of which 313
were steamers, at a cost of $18,366 681 83
and of these have been sold 340 vessels, for
whteL the Government has received $5 6>i -
800 27. , ’ ’
The Beoretary recommends the enlargement
of tiro navy yards at Boston and New York, to
compote the ya;d at Mare Island, on the Pa
cific, rebuild those of Norfolk and Pensacola,
and sell the present restricted grounds at Phil
adelphio, and the establishing of a yard of suffi
cient c .pacity at League Island or somo other
proper location on the Delaware He states
that ho omits any recommendation in regard to
thef yard ai lvittery, because there aro serious
objections to it as a naval station, on account
of its proximity to the ocean, which renders
public property there insecure.
M dshipmen, it is recommended, should be
appointed ono-huif from enlisted apprentices
of tho navy, aud tho remainder from congres
sional dist.icts. The establishment of a uavai
academy on the Chesapeake is urged as oosses
sing superior advantages to any other place
that can be selected.
Tho law of Deiomber 31, 1861, and of July
16, 1862, directing that “ the hours of labor
and the rate of wages of.tho employees in the
navy yards, shall confoim, ns nearlv as is con
sistent with the public interest, with those of
private establishments in the immediate v'cln
ily c-t the respective yards, to be determined
by the commandants of tho navy yard3, sub
ject to the approval and revision of the Secre
tary of the Navy,” the Secretary recommends
should bo repealed.
It is a'so urged that the military and naval
asylums be separate, and that whatever funds
m:y remain in the Treasury from fines and
other causes ep c'tied in the fifth section of the
act of March 3, 1865, to incorporate a Na
tional Military and Naval Asylum,” bo set
apart, not for cne asylum, but for the two
branches of tbe service. He also recommends
that all fine3, forfeitures, &e , derived from na
val officers or seamen, may inure to the ben
efit of the men of the navy, irrespective of tho
asylum indicated in the act of last March,
which is more appropriately adapted to the
army.
Tim subject of the increase of salaries in the
navy is presented for the favorable considera
tion of Ut-ugrete.
Tho total expenses of this department from
the 4th (if March, 1861, to the 30th cf Junoj
1865, embracing a period of lour years and
four months and covering not only the ordina
ry expenses; ot the navy, but such a3 have
arisen in the purchase, construction, and equip
ment of vessels, and in the maintenance ol the
large naval force required daring the war, were
$311,170,960 68—an average annual expendi
ture of $72,500,990 93. It is gratifying to
note that the expenses of this Department
since the cominenc- ment of the war have been
but nine and three tenths per cent, of the ex
penditures of the government during the same
time.
GEAEItAL OKASIte REPORT.
Gram s-.ys he was impressed from an early
period of the war, with the idea that the act
tivo and continuous operations of all the troops
that could be brought into the field, regardless
of season and weather, were necessary to sue
ocus Tt»« uuuiw, E.. o t ond went, aided with
out conceit like a balky team, uo two ever
pulling together, thus enabling the confeder
ates to u'e to great advantage their interior
lines of communication, and it was a question
whether the Federal numerical strength and
resources were not more than balanced by
confederate advantages and superior position.
Convinced that no peace could be obtained un
til the military power of the South was entire
ly broken, he determined firet to use the great
est number of troops practicable against the
armed fotce of the opposition, preventing him
from using the same force at different seasons
against first one and then another of tho Fed
eral armies, and the possibility of repose.—
Second, to hammer continuously against the
aimed iorce of the South and their resources
until by mere attrition, if in no other way,
thero should he nothing left but aa equal sub
mission with the Northern cection of tbe coun
try to the eonslititutjon. These views, Gen
eral Grant says, were kept constantly in mind
and orders given and campaigns made to carry
them out.
General Grant then refers to the situation of
the contending fore, Bat the date of his ap
pointment, the main armies of tho South be
ing commanded by Lee in Virginia ar,d John
ston in Georgia ; tho Federal forces being com
manded by Shennan in the West and Meade
in Virginia, General Grant exercising general
cupeivision of the movements- of all the ar
mies. t hertran was instructed to break up
Johnson’s army, go into the interior of the
j Southern country and inflict all the damage to
the Conl'edrate war r. sources and, if the Con
federatess'iowed signs of joining Lee, to fol
low them up to the full extent of his abi'ity,
while he (Grant) would p.event Lee’s concen
tration upon Shennan.
General Grant then details bis instructions
given to Generals Backs, Butler, and other',
and enters into a detailed account of the pro
gress of the campaigns, and of Butler’s move
ment against Dniry’g Bluff General Grant
srys that the time consumed lost to the North
the hem fit of <he surprise and capture of
Richmond and Petersburg, enabling Beau
regard to collect his loose forces in North and
South Carolina, and bring them to the de
fense of those places. Subsequently tho Con
ederatts attacked Butler, who *as forced or
drew back into the intrenchments below the
J anus and Appotomax r ivers, and his (But
ler’s) army was as completely shut ‘off from
further operations directly against Rxhmond
as if it 1 ad been, in a bottie strongly corked.
General Grant- gives a succinct exposition
of a : I the military movements wh ch resulted
in finally stepping the war, and closes with a
stab meet that he knows no difference in the
fighting qualities cf the Eastern or Western
armies.
RE pour OK IUE CO.MMIggI~.YER OF THE
GL.YE nAL LA YD OFF ICE.
In a ye--r and a quarter, ending 30th. June,
18(35, the whole amount of public land dis
posed of was 4 513 738,4 G acres, of which, un
der the homestead law, 1,160 532 acres were
appropriated. The cash receipts were $1,038,-
400 78, a slight increase over the previous
1 year 4 161,778 acres of wild land have been
surveyed during (he fiscal year. The whole
amount of unappropriated surveyed land was,
cn the 30 h of beptember last, 132,285,035.
To the excellent report from this important
Bureau we will hereafter devote a larger
space.
Gey. Jfc kins to he Inaugurated —The fol
lowing dispatch was sent into tho Legislature
by Provisional Governor Johnson, December
13 :
W aldington, December 11, 1865.
J. Johnson, Pn-vi-ional Governor : The
Governor elect wiil be inaugurated, which will
not inferfcie wifn you as Provisional Govern
or. You will receive instructions in a few
days in regard to being relieved as Provisional
Governor. Why can yen not elect a Senator ?
I would no( ii sue ermmissions for Congress,
! but would leave that for the incoming Gov
! ernor.
i We are under mvny obligations to yon for
| the noble, efficient and patriotic manner in
i which y u have discharged tffifduties of Pro
; visional Governor, and you will be sustained
AjJ the Government.
| (Signed) A ndubw Johnson,
President Uuitcd States.
AEvtg tl'inn iY.
Our Mcx-cau ad vices s : a.e that L'rnis'Ni
po.ec-n lad refcnk. dMax : mtlian for luck of i-n
- that the Mexican cabinrt had resolved
t> tortify the frontiers—a movement which
Marshal Baa tine had a’reriy commenced to
execute. Col. Bravo, < ’§ ! he L : brml army,
irasarived r.i St Louis He lepe-rts President
Jtnrez at Er Tania the best cf spirit?. Twenty
five thousand men arc u rder ar ms, and an ad
ditional force of 50 000 will bee-peed ily raised.
A' Toronto corv;-; pendent says the number
of beniaes enroll.d and r ev. -drilling in Oanadi"
is stated at no. rly 82 000, of whom nearly one
half are said to be- tready armed.
Col Gilbert, late of 110 four h Ohio volua*
teers, has eccop ed an - (files from the cov
et nrneat of Columbia lo n>; ke a survey of New
Grenada, at a s dary of SIO.O'jO a year iu gold
and expanses p iid
The ciiiwiai m j .rity cf the Union party in
New Jersey tli a 5 ear it 2.789 The Democratic
im j rrity last year was 7 301
Ten tticli'afid woman ar-.dchildren, and crip
pled aud inff ui old urea in the northwestern
c:unties of ArkaffSas, are said to be in imme
diate need of .assistance do save them from
starvation
The Virginia Leg is l hire has amended Slate
Constitution uo as t- a u-w persons heretofore
excluded to hold clii a-.
It is decided that ladles cannot act as direc
tors ot National Banks.
A Mr, Crandall and his wife, tho former
sixty and the latter sixty five years cld, has
been brulalTy murdered ar. H ..ir residence in
Cooutown, N. Y , six miles from Bridge
water, ou the NeW Berlin 11 rad. Mr. C. was
shot through the head, Aid tho brait a of his
wife werv beaten out with a
oiatuud at. taytor conductor on erro of the
passenger trains cf tb3 Kentucky Central
Railroad, has been trrested at Lexington by
order qf the military authorities, aud taki n
to Camp Nelson, on tho charge of re fusing to
transport on his train, colored persona- who
were unprovided with passes from their mas
ters. While mirtial law w sin foice in Ken
tucky, tho railroad cvuTpauy transported ad
colored persons who had military passes, but
since martial law has been revoked refuse, wo
believe, to carry them, unless they can prove
that they aro free, or are provided with passes
from their owners. Tho R dlrcad Company is
having a perplexing tirno of -t- If it carries a
slave without a special order from hla or her
owner, the latter rues for damages under the
State laws, while on the other hand if it re
fuses to transport them the conductors are ar
rested by the military.
During the year ending September 30, there
were received at the Patent Office eleven thous
and eight hundred and Gxty applications for
patents and seventy applications for an exten
sion of patents. Six thousand two lmhdrod
and ninety-two patents (including reispues’aud
designs) were issued, and s'xty-cne extensions
granted. One thousand five bundled aud
thirty-eight caveats were filed. Sevc-u hun
dred and forty-one applications allowed, bit
no patents issued thereon by reason of the non
payment of the final fee.
All commissaries and qnartornissfers whose
services can be dispensed with will bo muster
ed out.
Oregon has adopted tho Constitutional
Amendment.
The Virginia an 1 Tennessee delegations think
they will be admitted to Congress.
Three hundred second lieutenants are to be
appointed in the regular army.
The people of Missouri wiil be allowed to
vote whether or not the new constitution shall
remain in force
Roy & Co’s office, West Troy, New York,
was entered December, 8. and the safe robbed
of thirty-four thousand dollars.
The Missouri German’s are encouraging imi
gratiou to that State.
The Indians on Texan frontier are commit
ting outrages.
The constitutional amendment has been rati
fied by North Carolina.
Gen. Grant has returned to Washington from
bis Southern trip.
Tho Virginia City Montana Post of Novem
ber 4th contains a glowing description o-f a
most extraordinary gold discovery about four
miles frim Holena, in that Territory, made by
a man named llrown, one of the original dis
coverers of tho Gould At Curry lode of Nevada
This discovery is repi-ftfie-**ran ft -tto.l defined
ledge, fully five feet wide, wdth a gold vein
threb feet wide, three fourths of the entire
substance therein being pure gold. On each
Side of this vein there is a easing of one foot
of quartz, which will atssy from S4OO to
$2,000 the ion.
The Government hns restored to the Ameri
can Telegraph Company the full control of its
Southern lines.
There was a snow storm at Fortress Monroe,
November 29.
A collision took p’ace on the New Jersey
Central Railroad, Dec. Ist. Seven persons were
killed and ten wounded.
The first thing Gen. Lee doqa. when he ar
rived at Lexington wr s to visit Stonewall Jack
son’s grave.
A great, quantity cf powder and government
stores are being collected at Curio, UlincD.
Gov. Ogeesby of liiinol; has gone to Wash -
iDgton, to look after the Stale debt.
A home has been purchased in Lexington,
Va., for Gen. Lee.
Senator Wilson of Mass , has signed a peti
tion for the releaee of Mr. Mallory late Secre
tary of the navy of the Confederate States.
Tho small pox is prevalent ip several parts
of North Carolina.
The Nashville authorities are kept busy fer
eting out murderers.
Acu-ious story is being told in Geo-getown
end Washington, to the <lLct that the son of
Mrs. Iturbide, late Misss Green, of Geor re
to vd, D. C, was recently forcibly taken from
the mother in the City of Mexico, by ord- r of
the Emperor Maximilian, and adopted by him;
tho child is only about four yeara old. He has
been created a Prince of the Empire, and the
mother wa3 ordered to leave Mexico in twenty
four hours afterwards. It will be remembered
that Miss Green was married somo few years
ago to Ignatius Irturbide, son of the late Em
peror of Mexico of that name. At tho time
of the marriage the groom was a student of
Georgetown College. Recently they have
been residing iu Mej’o. Mrs Tturbide hag
returned to her homo in (he District, apd is
said to be much d'Btnsssd.
The Indians cm the plains have commenced
their outrages again.
Two of the oil wells in Wood county, Va.,
aro of extraordinary richness. Ons of them
yields 200 barrels per day, worth $8 000, tbe
other about ninety barrels, worth $3,500. In
the first case the gross annual income to the
•company —estimating three hundred working
dayr t > the year—would be $2,400,000, and in
the leroad $1,800,000.
A vessel which lately arrived at New York
from China reports having picked up, about
six weeks ago, midway between Africa and
South America, an empty half barrell, painted
with the name “Vision,” and supposed to have
belonged to the little bring which Eaiied for
Europe eighteen months Ego wi h two man
and a deg, and has never since been heald
from.
The losses of vessels at sea, reported in No-
vember in New Yoik city, are ei.chty-nine in
number. The value of the vessels alone is es
timated at a million and three quarters of dol
lars, and the valuo of the cargoes at four mil
lions.
The California petroleum well3 promise an
abundant yield.
The triple murder at Little Falls, New York,
of which brief mention has .been made by tel
egraph, was the deed of Daniel Waldradt,
who; after cutting the thioats of his wife and
daughter while they were asleep shot himself.
The Farmers’ Bank, of Kentucky, having
lost S6O 000 bv the Morgan raid in June, 18G4,
sued J. W. Witherspoon, a rt-turned Morgan
rffher, attached his laud and got judgment
from a circuit for the whole sum. Ee*appeals
the case.
The numb'r of patents issued this year will
be about 6 670; last year they numbered 5,220.
T he property at Puiut Lookout ha3 been se
cured tor a temporary asylum for disabled
soldiers and sailors.
A large number of men are finishing up the
fortifications at Dutch Island, near Newport.
A ba-que lately arrived at New Bedfird,
alter twenty five months'* absence hi the Indian
ocean, with S9O 000 worth of sperm oil.
The Fall River Mass., priefvrorks have been
remodeled lately, and will commence running
in January, with 500 looms and 13,000 spin
dles.
Chancery M Depew declines the mission to
Japan.
> PJililtiX IT3MS. !
The Great Exhibition ot 1867 encounters
m-my obstacles for lack of au authoritative
wi.l at 'ho nead of the Comm ssioa thatPriuce
d'try 900 ima2e diateljg resume the Ikesi-
T.-.A he cto V\ ra * wili cb his begun to subside in
Europe; surt rages in somo of tho oricntial
countries, v.here it originated. At Jerusalem
die mortality is frightful.
A Berlin dispatch says tbe Prussian Govern
ment whl not hesitate to follow the example
0. other States, aud more especially of France,
h.:..:... materia! reductions of military force be
ended.
The B Jginm paper-makers like the repeal *
ct t{r paper duties. Ttnir mills have increas
ed from lour to forty, producing 20,000 tofts
annually, chiefly exported to England, France
and America.
Tea operation of ea ting a cubic b ook cf
steel, of the enormous weight of one hundred
tons, w.'.s ru 'cessfully accomplished re- i ntly
a foundry at East Greenwich, nev.r 1.01 dorr
The hards made of herrings by the Groat-
Yarmouth boats have been enormous. Ot,
one day 7,735,200 herrings were lauded.
lae contest for the rectorship of tho Unlvor
sUy of Edinburgh has resulted in the election of
Mr. Carlyle, Mr. Doisaeil King beaten by
more than two to one.
A Swede, has invented anew sort of needle -
gun, which Cras ten shots in a minute, ao-d
does uot get foul after a huo-lred abets. Jr.
has boon accepted by the Swedish Government
aud is to be introduced into the army.
A conspiracy organized on a lame scale waj
recent y discovered in Jvhxiria
.tn.tUuaGdudaii.ts of exiles were concern
ed in it.
Mr. Thomas Dde. an engineer, has just sub
mitted to tbe L'vtrpool \Yater Committee a
sch.nuo which is “comprehensive’’ in the.
broadest soeeo of «.;e word, for- it net cc y
coraprehends L’verpool bat a sore ut other
towns besides. Mr Dale suggests that resource
should be had to two lak< s at a distance of 60
to 70 rniies from Liverpool. The length ct tire
main trunk, owing to and« fi cliou trom a straigh;
line, lor tire purpose of Fupplyiner various
places, would be about 150 rades. Mr. Dale
estimates the amount of water to be supplied
daily at 131,000.000 gallons and th'o cost at
forty five million of dollars. |
A writer in a Pans paper complains thail
Alll ericaas are buying many of tbe fiues'l]
paintings in that city, and sending them out or*
the country. If the pictures suit them they
pay but htile regard to prices, aud tho high '
arms offered tempt many Frenchmen to part,
with cheriMicd treasures. -
The secretary of anew theatre about ftr
ho opened at Paris, received within eight days
after notice given, one hundred and seventy •
seven hew dramatic pieces from eighty-three
different writers.
Instructions have been s nt to the French
authorities in the Island of Reunion, to compel
tho queen ot Madagascar to pay the indemnity
due by her to the French Government. Four
ann and vessels aro to be dispatched forthwith to
Tamattva.
The Emperor gives Princess Anna Murat m
rortion of £BO,OOO on her manage, and thy
Duke do Mouc’uy settles £240,000.
In anew play now perlorming at Paris, the
costumes of the f <ur principal fcmnlo charac
ters cost nearly $15,000.
A Madame Petitpas, residing in Paris, ha«
just celebrated the hundredth anniversary of
her birthday by inviting her friends to a grand
mass at the church of Eulpice, her parish.
The Empress of tho French has presented
Mdlle Patti with a superb diamond necklace,
in return i'orau album with 24 portraits of that
eminent actress in characters and positions.
Patti’s arrival at Florence produced a great,
sensation. Ihe night before her arrival the '
choral societies assembled before the hotel
windows and executed a serenade in her honor.
Madame Jenny Liad Goldschmidt is at pres-1
ent living at Ems with her family, and ' will
probably pass the winter there. 1
The Emperor of Austria has ordered thafl
passports shall no longer be considered
sary ter persons.
Belle Boyd—Mrs. Harding—has been stutly
ine for the stage, and will soon appear at one
of the Liverpool theatres.
The Paris Patiie estimates that the occupa
tion Os Romo by Franca since 184!) 'inw -cost
the country 56,G00.000f.
A stratum of graphite-black lead for- pen
cils—has just been discovered near tlursea of
Azoff, equal in quality to that of Siberia.
According to the France Medicaie, 5,050
persons Jdied of chmera between the 22ad cf
September and the 2nd of November. Fifteen
died in September, 4 715 in October, and ,230
on the two days in November.
Twelve workuron were killed and nineteen
others scalded by the explosion of a steam
boiler at tho blast furnance near Charleroi,.
Belgium.
IXPORI VYT TREASURY CIRCULAR.
Treasury cf tiie United Status, *
Washington, December 6, 1865. (
Whereas, Much embarrassment has beer;'oc
casioned in this office and to the proper ac
counting officers of the Treasury Department
by reason of the insufficient indorsement of
warrants, drafts, and checks, drawn by au •
thorify of any department of tho Government
on this cr any other office or agency of. tho
Treasury of the United States, therefore, to
avoid s-jeh embarrassment in the future, and
to the correct understanding of what is requir
ed in tbe premises, tbo following rules and
regulations are promulgated:
First. When any such paper is made pay
able to the of any official, whether civil,
or military, with the designation of his office,
this indorsem >nt must bo made thereon with
the official affix a6 designated in such paper,
before payment thereof. As honorary or. com
plimentary titles prefixed to the same of Ihe
payee are u-.ually of no legal import, they will
not be regarded, but the name of office being
affixed to hold the payee in his. official capa
city and on his official bond, such affix must
in oil cases be strictly exacted in the indorse
ment If for example any such paper should
be made payable to “Major John Doe, Quar
termaster,’’ the indorsement should be, “John
Doe, Quartermaster.”
Second. When any such paper is made pay
able to the order of a bank by its corporate
name, the indorsement should bo by the Presi
dent or cashier of the bank in his official ca
pacity as such Pres’dent or Cashier ;‘and when
payable to the President or Cashier of a
bank, either may indorse for the other of such
officers. When made payable to the order of
any othc-r character'd company by its corpo
rate name, such indorsement should be made
by the President. Tseasurer or other duly au
thorized financial officer of such company,—
When made payable to th3 order of an incor
porate company by its assumed name, betoro
payment can bo made, evidence must be judg
ed in this office, or in tha’ by which the pay
ment is to be marlo, that the person indorsing
the paper on the part of such company is duly
authorized, as agent or otherwise, to malco
such indorsement and receive payment there-
08.
Third. When indorsement is rnado by at
torney for individuals, *hssoci<>tions, compa
nies or corporation?, the original powet of
attorney, or an exemplified or legally certified
copy thereof, must be lodged in this office, or
in that office whero the paper may have been
made payable. General powers of attorney
will be sufficient for all payment to the same
parties. Special powers of attorney relating
to the &ingl3 transaction, mu-t, in all cases,
accompany the paper which payment is made
!d virtue thereof. All th« powers of attorney
must have the requisite revenue s‘amps at
tached.
Fourth. All indorsements must bear the
proper ant.ograph signatures of the} persons
requesfed to make the same, and no payment
will be made on any stamped name of any per
son, association, company Or corporation.
When indorsement is made by a cross or other
sign or monograph, it must be witnessed, and
the witness should state his residence.
Fifth. Acknowledgment or receipts for
any paper remitted or sent from thi3 office
need r.otbe made or givin, unless a special re
quest to that effect shall accompany its trans
mission, or a blank form of a receipt, to be
signed and returned, shall be sent with the
paper for that purpose.
T. E Spinster.
Treasurer of the United Slates!
Major Wynkoop has been sent to hostile In
dians in the west to make terms of peace with
them.