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Old) SERIES, VOL. LXXV.-
Clptiirlf tfiitinfl.
HENRY MOORE,
A. R. WBIOHT,
The Tax on Cotton.
the imposition of a duty of five cents per
pound on cotton Is creating no little stir in
commercial circles at the North. Mr. Hooper
of Massachusetts, who is one of the most
astute members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, opposed it, remarking that “the esti
mated revenue for the enrrent fiscal year was
$501,000,000, but his own impression was that
it would not he less than $520,000,000. The
Secretary estimated that with an annual
revenuo of $520,000,000 tie could have $50,-
000,000 to apply to the principal of the public
debt. There was, therefore, no reason for im
poAug an additional tax oh- cotton, and he
BojM that product "out
as the only one on which an increased lax
would be imposed.”
Os course sectional feeling was at, the bottom
of the movement. Commenting on it, tho New
York Express says:
“The prompting arid tho pith of this five
Cent tax would seem to bo an impression
among the Southern- hating members of the
House, that the South would pay the tax, not
the North, than which no belief could woll bo
more ridiculous. Cotton is consumed by every
body, ami a tax upon it is a tax upon every
body. The tax ou cotton is now about. $5 per
halo. But coupled with this tax upon cotton
is it draw back upon cotton manufactured ex
ports—a temptation doubtless to tho Southern
halors, to induce them to vote the five cent
cotton tax, inasmuch as the drawback bounty
being a tax upon uu miserable home-dwellers
is a bounty upon our cotton export# tor the
Levant, China, Japan, and the Rust, generally,
where, just now, wo are making considerable
exports.’’
Tho Chairman of tho Ways and Means Com
mlltcH advocates this Itvo runts tu* on cot
ton, upon ttio ground that foreigners will pay
it. Itnt this is by no lfleans certain—nay, very
uncertain—because already now in Egypt,
and in Brazil, the production of cotton is In
rroMing. Egyptian cotton being about as
good an ours, with the capacity for almost an
ludetlnito increase, whllo in Asia wo fitiinulate
the growth of cotton with live cents per pound
protection to it, in imposing hero a five cent
tax on ours.
Tlkj statement of Iliad. Stevens that cotton
with free labor, could be produced at. a cost of
one cent per pound, is simply absurd and in
dicates (lie ignorance, upon practical matters,
of the man who assumes to regulate the legis
lation of Congress.*
Kt-INautlng of i'otton.
Our esteemed neighbor and contemporary
urges, in his leader of (ho 15th, tho pi an tors of
Georgia to “let cotton alone, ” and calls upon
Such portion of the Georgia press (is “may look
favorably on the views given, to present them,
lu buch form and manner us may seom best, to
the people of the State.”
Wo cheerfully endorse our neighbors views
to thin extent : “It the stand is good, so much
the better for you—go on, iu God’s name, and
work it out.”
We liavo not tho slightest fear of an over
production or cotton this year ; nor the slight
est apprehension that the large estimates which
have been wado will uvor be realised. Indeed
every indication points to a crop not exceed
ing 1,500,000 bales ; and such a fcrop will com
mand remunerative prices. Every dollar that
wo can get (and this is Our only source) is
needed:
We do not bolieve that “ the great majority
of planters are ventu.ing heavily oa'cottou.”
Tho ptwpeotß(unleu3 blighted by recent storms)
are that Georgia will raise the largest wheat
crop she lias ever grown, and cheering reports
of the corn crop come to us from all quarters.
The new system aud scarcity of labor, scarcity
of provisions, scarcity of money, bad cotton
Beed, hupoilect implements, hu\e all coußpired
to make the planters thoughtful aud provident
for the future, and carefhl to look to an ade
quate supply from cultivation of those produc
tions which are essential to life.
The proposed cotton tax is certainly not en
couraging. It will not stimulate production
aud we think very likely it will defeat tho ob
ject for which it was designed if carried into
vifret.
We prcsuut to our readers the following ex
traet from the Nashville Dispatch, as embody
ing. as we think, sounder views:
Hat while we of the South are endeavoring
to produce all ot the staide articles that we
can, we should uot forget that there will be a
heavy douiaudfor the cereals, aud we had bet
ter grow less of cotton aud tobacco and tho
other staples, and more of the oeroals and
ether productions necessary to sustain life,
than to have to import these from other por
tions of the country. if we can make 2,000,000
bales ol cotton bring us as much money as
8,000,000 bales, it would oortaiuly be better in
a pecuniary point of view that wo should de
vote tho labor necessary to produce the addi
tional 1.000.000 hales to the giowiug of such
productions as enter largely into our consump
tion. We would be that much richer by the
operation, the South mul loam this impor
tant lesson and practice upon it. if our people
de.-iro to accumulate wealth, as they undoubt
edly can. We must discard the old system
too much in vogue before the war. of growing
cotton almost exclusively, and depending upon
the profits ot that article to buy our bread and
meat. We must uot. as iti former years, raise
too much cotton and too little of everything
else.
The La Orange Reporter.
One of the most cbeeriug sigus of the times
iu the South is the revival and increase of
newspapers. We have had occasion recently
to remark the enlargement of old and the es
tablishment of new journals within the limits
ot the State. It rejoices us to see that suffi
cient encouragement is given by the people to
w .rraut this as there can be no more certain
index: of the desire that prevails tp submit
vexed questions to a peaceful solution in the
f o r lim of reason rather than to the arbitrament
of arms.,Of the largo number (and by the way
tse receut friendly notice of tue press of the
South by the New York Commercial falls short
in enumeration) to which it has given ns
pleasure to exteud a favorable greeting, there
are tew that come to us that we welcome
more than the La Grange Reporter. Its columns
display a well selected variety, and the edi
torials are mark' and by unusual ability. Iu a
recent able article on the “cotton crop of
1866,” the Reporter says :
The statistics of 18f>0 show that with t>oo,
000 laborers 1,800,000 Kales of cotton were
produced, or 8 bales per band, and the reader,
by Investigation, will observe that up to 1800,
when ;».3>o,i-97 bales were brought to market,
the proportion was the same. Deducting
losses by enlistment in the Northern army,
disease, idlenes-. etc., there are prooablv not
more than • >,OOO negro men available tor the
production of cotton, not more than 150,000
negro women, not more thau 00.000 boys aud
girls, amounting to 2so 000 cotton producers.
In addition to this number of negroes there
were about 250,000 white men engaged in the
culture of cotton anterior to the war. Os these
100,000 have been killed and maimed, leaving
150,000. Add to this 60,000 boys who have
attained a working age dnriug the progress of
tho cci.flict. and wc have 200,000 white labor
ers. which, with the 285.000 negroes, furnishes
a total qf 485,000 cotton producers, who, at 3
bales per hand, will produce 1,455,000 boles
as the outside estimate for 1866.
,We are glad also to welcome the Reporter as
a coadjutor In the cause of constitutional
Union, and a firm supporter of Andrew John
son as President of the United States and his
nob e efforts to restore constitutional liberty,
We commend the influence of the Reporter
to our sagacious merchants.
The Georgia Railroad.
We are indebted to Col. E. W, Cole, the effi
cient Superintendent of the Georgia Railroad
for a copy of the Reports made to the Stock,
holders’ in’recent Convention. ,
The report of the President, lion. John P-
King, has already appeared in our columns. So
far as it concerns the financial condition of the
Road, it may be briefly summed up in the fol-
'"a j r S y», *
it will be pleasing to learn that the stock is
still whole, v~i h a very handsome surplus. State
ment No. L°f the Cashier exhibits the strength
and resources of the Company, as they ap
peared on the 31st March last. It will there
appear there was still a credit to profit and
loss of «1,188,434 99.
We deem it a duty to repeat the publication
of the following extract, as conveying the
many views of conservative men throughout
the State:
“The prosperity of railroad enterprise, like
that of other industrial business enterprises,
depend* upon the general prosperity of the
country. Homo clouds hang over our political
status not very encouraging. The present
seems curtained in gloom, whilst with many
the future is without hope ! The great bulk
of monied capital and productive wealth Os
the South was destroyed by the result of the
war. The remaining capital, and all enter
prise. are completely paralyzed by the present
condition of things. A sort of statutory mort
gage encumbers most of the property of the
South, nud affectsjthe-credit aud enterprise of
all classes. Nothing so discourages produc
tive industry as a want of assurance that the
iudustrious producer will enjoy tho fruits of
his labors. Whilst this state of things con
tinues, wo cannot expect much effoit to revive
the industrial resources of the South. The
question occure, how long is this condition to
continue ? The directors are no politicians or
prophets, but they will venture a prediction
which accords with their hopes, that it cannot
continue long. Our hopes rests upon the ob
vious truth, that the interests of the whole
people of the United States are strictly identi
fied with our own.
However passion and prejudice may obscure
tho truth for a time, it will soon be seen and
t«it that the great industrial and consuming
classes, and the governing classes, are in a
position of antagonism to each other. Every
material interest at the North and West is
mnch concerned in the rapid restoration of
Southern industry. To tho navigating, com
mercial, financial, mining, manufacturing and
agricultural interest, Southern products are
vastly important, and to some of these inter
ests, almost vital. Let conviction of these
obvious truths penetrate the national heart,
and the.contest cannot laßt long. It is to these
considerations we yield our Lopes of a change.
Nor would we entirely ignore the influences
of an honest patriotism in the ruling powers,
when they become fully convinced, as they
must soon be, that their policy (to say noth
ing ot humanity aud justice) threatens a per
manent blight upon their ouce glorious, pros
perous and happy country.”
Col. Cole, the -Super intend cut, entered upon
tho duties of his office in October last. He
had already acquired a high reputation whilst
in charge of the Nashville and Chattanooga
Road. This has certainly been maintained aud
established among our people by a sagacious
and efficient management In the office he now
holds. The close of tho war left this Road,
“like nearly all other Roads in the South, with
out material for shops or track.” This neces
sarily entailed heavy increase of expenditure
for “motive power,” “maintainance of wav,”
aud “maintainance of cars.” The “expenses
of transportation” show a decrease of $lB,-
790 27, when compared with the report for the
year 1861.
Following tho currency, the report naturally
divides tho fiscal year into two periods. The
first, commencing on the Ist of April and
closing the 15th of May, 1865, discloses a loss
in Confederate currency of $35,171.91. The
second, coveriug the remainder of the year
to the 31st of March, 1866, exhibits the follow
ing results :
Receipts, $1,155,397.92
Expenses, 640,478.95
Net piofits, 514,918.97
“Freight business has continued to increase
up to this time, yet now that the accumulated
cotton has beau nearly all shipped, we may
reasonably calculate upon a very large fall
ing off iu receipts from this source.’’
"Judicious tariffs in connection with other
lines will be made to encourage through busi
ness,” and we have no doubt that judicious
encouragement will be given to local traffic,
which is generally the surest foundation for
Railroad prosperity.
Four hundred tons of new rail have been
purchased, aud laid down on the main line, and
100 tons on the Athens branch this year. Two
hundred and seventeen tons recently bought,
are now on the way from New York. “With a
few hundred tons more of now iron, and tho
exchange of old rails, the renewal of track,
and repairs can be kept up satisfactorily.”
RECEIPTS FROM AI.L SOURCES.
Passengers, $ 302 548 13
Up freight, 128,362 12
Down freight, 499,847 02
Way freight, 101,250 31
Other sources, 63,384(34
Total, $1,155,397 92
RECEIPTS AT ATLANTA.
Passengers $78,761.50
Up freight 44,100.66
I> iwu ireisrht 105.870 43
Way freight 39,104,53
Total $206,837.02
RECEIPTS FROM FgKtirilTS TO A\U FROM UF-CONNKCT
INO ROADS.
Fr.'tn Augusta to connecting
Ronds, up freight 42,379.20
Stations to connecting Roads to
Stations, way freight ~,097
Down freight from connecting
Roads to Augusta 196,811.01
Total 246,288.36
RECEIPTS FROM PASSENGERS.
At Augusta 89,906.25
At Atlanta
At Athens lb,i3ot>9
Way Passengers (Station to
Station on the lino of Road) 91,791 53
Through Passengers (con
necting Roads! 2,139.10
At Intermediate Stations t>4.219.i0
Total 362,548 13
Receipts from Government transportation
were 80,875.42
NET PROFITS.
A tab’s exhibits the business and expenses ot
the Road Irorn 1858 ; showing that the greatest
amount of net profits (excluding Confederate
History) have been realized.
In 1859 $544,303 09
.* iB6O 528.044 00
.. 1806, 515,919 00
Cotton carried over the lioad was, in
i $57 205,403 bales
I860! 219,774
1806. 107,266 “
The adjusted statement of the condition of
the company including the Bank, after charg
ing to profit aud lose valueless accounts, stands
as follows:
ASSETS.
Road and outfit, $4,156,000 00
Stock and Bonds, 1,222,170 00
Other assets, 743,574 74
$0,121,744 74
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock, $4,156,000 00
Bonds, 290,500 00
Circulation, 443,310 73
Other Liabilities,' 47,899 02
Profit and Loss, 1,184,034 99
$6,121,744 74
These Reports need no comment.
The Case ol Ex-President Davis.
The Washington correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger, writing under date ol May
11th, says there are serious doubts in existence
as to whether Mr- Chase will-consent to fry
TlWut) BT
it that the Chief Justice prefers to postpone
the trial for some months. To this the Presi
dent is bitterly opposed. Mr. Davis’ counsel
are now ready to proceed with the trial, and.
Mr. Johnson, himself, desires that there should
be no unnecessary delay.
The trial having been fully and finally
arranged, the great difficulty that will present
itself will be the empanelling of a jury who
have not already formed or expressed an opin
ion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused.
The ridiculous and absurd idea of President
Davis’complicity, in thought-or deed, in the
assassination plot, has, very sensibly and of
necessity, been abandoned. Certain ones de--
clare that the evidence which was to fix the
fact that the distinguished state prisoner, was
particops criminis to the murder of Mr. Lincoln
has bten abstracted from the War Department..
A gentleman, who read the stolen documents,
iuforms the correspondent referred to in the
outset, that there was not a single word in it
that Would have been- thought sufficient, by
the President or any other fair mindei man
to order the trial on that charge.
Mr. Davis has himself declared that he
know nothing of the affair, until he received
at Danville, the telegram announcing it'.
Persons who have any appreciation for the
character of Mr. Davis,’ have; never permitted
oven the suspicion of his connection with or
knowledge of the killing to enter their minds,
and all believe that on the charge of treason
he will be proven guiltless in.the eyes of the
law.
The Louuon limes uoaxed.
On the 21st 6f April some stock speculator in
London badly hoaxed the Times of that city.
Paper and envelopes used at the British For
eign office having been procured, they wrote a
note to the editor, imitating the hand-writing
of the Private Secretary of Lord Clarendon,
so that the communication had every semblance
of authority. Besides the forged name of the
Secretary was that also of his Lordship in ap
proval.
The statements contained were of the utmost
importance with regard to the Austro-Prussian
difficulty, and were that the Austrian Minister
had been withdrawn from Berlin, find that the
Prussian Minister had been dismissed from
Vienna. In short, had they boen true, they in
dicated immediate war. The Times, on the
morning of Saturday, April 21st, detailed them
in a leading editorial, and their effect was at
once visible upon all the London markets.
Everything went down. Os course, this was
what tho speculators wished, and when the re
port was contradicted, the funds and markets
recovered, enabling shrewd operators to make
large sums of money. The Times and Lord
Clarendon both announce their intention to
ferret out the authors of the hoax, and have
them punished, as they should be, severely,
whether in the Times offioe or the Foreign
office, or both.
Railroad Meeting.
Avery important railroad meeting was held
at Selma, Ala., on the 9th inst, A proposition
was under consideration to make a consolidated
company of a'J the. charters from Selma to
Dalton. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was elected
President of the Alabama and Tennesse Rail
road. If the anticipated consolidation is agreed
upon, he will, doubtless, be made President of
the whole line. A proposition to complete
the road from Rlue Mountain to Dalton, was
received from Mr. Breed oi Cincinnati. It is
very probable that his proposition, with per
haps a slight change In it, will be accepted,
and the work assigned him.
Knowing ones speak of Mr. B. as being, in
every way, competent to the task, and express
the belief that his plans will prove successful.
Anticipated Revolt in Spain.— A coires
pondent writing from Madrid, states that the
Spanish Government are distrustful of another
attempt on the part of the disaffected among
the people to incite a revolution. The object
is said to boa complete change of the royal
dynasty, and Prince Asmadius, son of Victor
Emanuel, is spoken of as the successor of
Queen Isabella. General Prim, who is now in
Italy, is mentioned as the chief leader in the
movement. In anticipati nos a revolt, the
authorities at Madrid caused ihe guards to be
doubled, and are looking well to the feeling
entertained by the soldiers. Symptoms of
disoontent among the Spanish subjects are ap
parent, but whether au attempt at revolution
would be followed with success is a matter of
rnuoh doubt.
General Prim’s failure to raise a force in
opposition to the established Government
some months ago does not auger well for the
3uoces3 of future similar movements.
“Far-fetched and dear-bought,” is not
always proof of value. The medical world is
becoming alive to the fact that our common
Dock Root of the fields, is an important reme
dial agent, and one of the moat effectual alter
atives known. It has always been a favorite
mediciue with the wise mothers of the country,
for ulcers and sores and for purifying the
blood. This root, which grows so abundantly
around us everywhere, is now known to be
one of the ingredients of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
which is attracting public attention by its
extraordinary cures of cutaneous and ulcerous
diseases. Each country produces the antidetee
for its own disorders, as was said of old, “and
upon the banks thereof shall grow all the trees
for meat, whose flower shall not fade, and the
fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf
thereof for medicine. —Jforihneld (FJ.) Herald.
Volcanic Islands —An essay on the new
volcanic island in the Grec ; aa Archipelago is
given in a French scientific journal, from
which it appears that the group of islands, of
which Ibis is one. has beer subject to earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions since the begin
ning of the Christian 6ra. The latest serious
eruption took place about one hundred and
fifty years ago, and did cc nside rable damage.
The present one was predicted years ago by
Vqu Buch and other geologists.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1866.
AFFII&S IS
(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
I Washington, Saturday Night, 41ay 12.
For the last throe days the political caul
dron here has been babbling and seething
fiercely. The House of Representatives, on
Thursday last, adopted the Constitutional
amendment reported by the Joint Committee
of Fifteen; and thfen, as if exhausted by its
prolonged but successful effort to gulp down
that monstrous measure, adjourned over until
Monday. When the final vote was to be taken
upon the adoption of the amendment the hall
of the House presented
AN EXCITING SCENE.
I chanced to be present. Ne|j(jy all the
members -were iu their stats —a very unusual
circumstance, by the way—and the-galleries
were densely crowded, especially thtjportion
devoted to the accommodation of ewe. On
the floor, great anxiety prevailed, esdnlly on
Mtm Kepufefiorrn-swlw-A veiy hugu
(nearly, if not quite half) of the members of
that party, including Raymond of New York,
Bingham and Garfield of Ohio, Thayer of
Pennsylvania, and others of decided promi
nence, wero reluctant to go before their con
stituents and the country, as supporters of the
proposed amendment. They wanted to strike
out tho third section, which disfranchises the
Southern people (i. e., all who acted or
sympathized with the “rebellion”) until 1870.
The moderate Republicans felt that this scheme
to carry the next Presidential election was too
transparent to deceive the people and had
made up their minds that, with the help of
the Democrats, they would strike the obnox
ious clause from the amendment. This aroused
the
IKB OF “KING TIIAO,”
As the Democrats nickname the hoary Radi
cal who rules the House. Stamping his club
foot, he told them that to strike out the third
section would bo to emasculate the whole
measure; that unless it were adopted the
House would speedily bo filied with yell
ing traitors and hissing copperheads, aud that
he, for one, would never sit side by side with
men, whose garments smelt of the blood of
his kindred. With the bitter earnestness which
is the characteristic of his oratory, he pictur
ed in vivid language one of the exciting scenes
which, five years ago, preceded the withdraw
al ol' the Southern Representatives from Con
gress. He recalled “the shaggy locks of the
traitor Toombs,” and “the gleaming bowie
knife of tho ruffian, Barksdale,” and conjured
tho House, if they meant to admit such men to
seats, to wait, at least, until he (Thad) was
gone. Ilis terrible denunciations had their
effect in whipping in many of the more timid
amongst his lollowers ; but stili there was a
strong wing of the Republicans who hoped
with the aid of tho “unrepentant thirty
three,” as the Democrats of the House are
called, to strike out the third section, or, at
least, to postpone action upon tho measure. —'
But Stevens was inexorable, apd demanded
“the previous question,” a motion which en
ables a majority of the House to insist at any
time upon a vote upon any pending measure.
In the midst of the excitement, the vote was
taken upon sustaining tho demand for the
previous question; the Democrats and the
moderate Republicans combining to oppose it;
and, at the conclusion of the roil call, it was
found that the motion had been defeated by a
majority of two or three votes,. At this junc
ture there was a sudden chancre in the
TACTIC3 CF THE DEMOCRATS.
After a hurried consultation amongst them
selves six of tho shrewdest amongst them
walked to tho clerk's desk and previous to the
announcement of tho result, changed their
votes from “no” to “aye.” This turned the
scale, and tho motion of Thad. Stevens pre
vailed. It is difficult to describe the rage and
chagrin of tho moderate republicans thus
handed over to the mercy of their extreme
brethren ; for the vote upon the constitutional
amendment immediately ensued and they were
compelled either to 3wallow the iniquitous
measure, with the features intact which they
themselves had denounced, or else to vote
against the entire amendment and thus repu
diate the recommendation of the committeo of
fifteen. Though consistency and principle
required it, they dared not adopt the latter
course ; and, one by ore, as their names were
called, they hissed out the indignant “aye,”
by which they classed themselves amongst the
followers of Stevens.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE DEMOCRATS
Consisted in the fact that they had thus
forced the Republican House of Representatives
to present its plan of reconstruction to the
country in a form so monstrous as to insure its
rejection by at least a sufficient number of tho
State Legislatures to prevent rs adoption by
the requisite three-fourths of the States.
When the name of Raymond, the facile editor
of the New York Times, was called, and he
Btultified his plain record, both as editor and
Congressman, by voting “ nye,” his return to
the Radical ranks was greeted with a perfect
storm of cheers. But his own mortification is
well exhibited in the following account of the
vote, which was telegraphed to his paper the
game evening, and which was undoubtedly
either written or inspired by himself : •
The manner in which this result was brought
about deserves especial notice. It is a striking
illustration of the old adage that “extremes
meet” Mr. Stevens rose to close the debate,
and made an acrimonious, bitter, vindictive
speech, in which he appealed to the passions
and hatred of his fellow-members to oppose
any effort to change this proposition. He
then moved the previous question, and the di->,
graceful game cf the Demoarats was at once
apparent. The Copperheads came to Mr. Ste
vens’ rescue to prevent any amendments to the
joint resolution. There was a clear majority
on the Republican side in favor of amending
by striking out or changing the third section.
Mr. Stevens knew this, and summoned his
Copperhead allies to sustain his demand for the
previous question. This they did, and the de
maud was sustained, nearly ail the Democrats
voting with Mr. Stevens. Then, on ordering
the main question to be put, the yeas and nays
were demanded iu order to set these Copper
heads on the record. Tiffs frightened most of
them and at the close of the roll call there was
one majority against ordering the main ques
tion, whereupon such worthies as Jack Rogers,
New Jersev, Kerr and Nioiaclt, of Indiana,
Eldridge, of Wisconsin, and Chandler, of New
York, tbe rebel wing of the Democratic party
in the House, changed their votes irorn negative
to affirmative or asked that their votes be re
corded when the main question was ordered
by five majority. The Republicans then
wheeled into soliu line, and passed the resolu
tion by the immense majority of 91 votes, the
Copperhead facticn, pow> r es? for further mis
chief, sneaking away into their seats, and re
cording an insignificant Vote against the propo-
sition. By this coalition between the extremes
the majority ot the Union party i.i the House
wa* prevented from changing the resolution as
they desired; but as the previous question is
unknown in the Senate, it w.U undoubtedly be
put improper shape there, and the House will
ultimately agree to it. despite the efforts of
factionists at both extremes.
A VERT IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE CF OPINION
exists as to the number of States required to
ratify and make the proposed amendment a
part of the Constitution. Stevens and the ex
treme radicals, true to their record, contend
that only twenty five States now repre;
seated in Congress are entitled to a voice in
the matter,(ihgjgßtbers being States no longer.)
and, nineteen will be a sufficient
number. Oft.ttef other hand, the Democrats,
the Johnson men, and quite a number even of
the radicals, Jjjpfist upon the votes of the thirty
six States being counted. Practically, how
ever, it mawS* little which view may prevail;
for even the 6|cist sanguine of the Reconstruc
tion CommitoD are despondent about their
proporitiosalpifcr being accepted by as many
as nineteen States.
THS FjS& OF EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS.
Events hail: verified the correctness of the
telegram - wjjph I sent to tho Ohroniolo and
Sentinel a fortnight ago, announcing that the
Gtoverritaent had determined to take all the
needful moatrares for the trial of Mr. Davis at
the p'aieaSi, Sgiiag Tortn of the U. S. Circuit
Comtt’ibwpMM&. The indictment has now
V&a&NiimKft&tXmlAp*- - the trial is proceeded
with in June, Chief Justice Chase must bear
the whole responsibility for the delay.
CONSERVATISM IN THE SENATE.
As I predicted in my last letter, the Senate
has receded from the revolutionary attitude
which it lately assumed, by striking from the
postal appropriation bill the malicious amend
ment providing that no compensation shall be
paid to any unconfirmed appointee of the
President. Strange to relate, tho leading
champion of this step towards reason and con
servatism was Mr. Poland, one of the newly
appointed radical Senators from Vermont.
Butternut.
GEOam RAILROAD CDAVEATIOK.
Annual Report of the Presldeqt.
Office Georgia Railroad Compa nt, J
Augusta, Ga., May 15th, 1866. J
r lo the Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
It is scarcely necessary to remind the Stock'
holders, that they have not met in convention
since May, 1864. Os the causes of this omis
sion, it is unnecessary to speak. Suffice it to
say, that from the unsettled and disorganized
state of tho couutry at the appointed time, it
was found impossible to collect a quorum, and
the directors for the preceding year, have held
over as provided lor in the Charter and By-
Laws. Avery brief report was prepared for
the convention that should have been held in
May, 1865, and but iittie need bo said in re
ference to it. Besides the heavy damage by
loss and distinction of property, the business
ot the year showed a loss ot $389,177 06. For
this state of things, the Stockholders had al
ready been prepared, by the report of 1864. In
which it was said—“ From the ruined condi
tion of the road and rolling stock, occasioned
by hard usage in the government service, and
want of material for repairs, both road and
rolling stock have become unsaie and the loss
and damage account is very heavy. The
truth is, the road is tunning at a heavy loss.—
It has made no real profit lor the last two
years, and is making nothing now. The more
it does, the more money it loses, and the
greatest favor that could be conferred on it,
would be the privilege of quitting business
until the close of tho war. We say real profit,
for it would require much more than all repor
ted profits to piace the road aud out-fit in the
same condition they were in on the first of
January, 1861.” This was.the opinion of the
board in 1864. Aud in the report prepared
for the convention that was expected to meet
in May, 1865, it was truly stated by the board,
that -this anticipation in last year’s has been
more than verified by the violence to which we
have been subjected—the continued deprecia
tion and derangement’ ol the currency, and tho
heavy service done lor government, for most
of which we have received no compensation.”
For sufficient reason, the Superintendent
separates the last fiscal year into two periods.
In the first period, from the first of April to the
15th of May, he exhibits a loss of $35,171 91.
For all profitable purposes, he considers the
financial year as commencing with the second
period, from theTsih ot May to the 31st of
March, ahd’ihe gross receipts for this period, as
exhibited by him iu detail, have been,
1,155,397 92
Charged with an expenditure,
ordinary and extraordinary, of 640,478 95
Leaving a net profit of $514,918 97
This result will no doubt be very satisfactory
to the Stockholders, though it is proper to no
tice, that some sources of income have been <
open to us which are not hereafter to be re
lied on. Obstructions upon other routes have
given us a circuitous business, which will be
withdrawn from us so booh as other roads shall
bo fully recoustructed aud repaired, former
schedules and connections re-established, and
the travel and traffic of the country permitted
to fall into their natural and accustomed
channels. On the other hand, these excep
tional profits have been, to some extent, coun
terbalanced by the loss of a profitable business
connection with the city and port of Charles
ton, which have only recently been reopened
to us.
We were not immediately relieved on the
occurrence ot peace, from the heavy burden of
au unpaid government service. Near 100,000
men, including paroled prisoners, from Lee’s
aud Johnston’s armies, and prisoners released
from Northern prisons, were carried over the
road free ol charge. This was not merely a
lc3s of profit, but a heavy extra expense, occu
pying fora time tlie whole of onr limited pow
er, and often to the exclusion of a profitable
business. The want of a currency, too, was
also tor a time severely felt, and business of
all kinds much affected from this cause. After
tbe collapse of Southern credits, and before
!he sale of exports, and the introduction of
the National Currency, there was almost a to
tal want of a circulating medium with which to
do the business of the country. From these
accumulated difficulties, the receipts of the
road were small for some months after the 15th
of May. But as the pressure of a heavy and
unpaid service was lightened, and a currency
furnished bv sale of portions of the remaining
exports in the country, the business of. the
company increased with the reviving business
of the country, as will appear by the tabular
statement of the business, in the Superinten
dent's report.
In the latter part of 1864, all the improve
ments at Atlanta, and the road, depots and
bridges from Atlanta to the Oconee river, were
destroyed- partly by the Federal and partly
by the ijonfederate forces. It was not thought
to the interest of the company to repair the
road, until the cessation of hostilities. The
Confederate authorities, howevev, deemod the
roaAof importance to the army and the public,
anfliastened to repair the same, and put the
line in uinning order to Atlanta. The work,
was, however, very hastily and imperfectly
done, and saved but little ip restoring the road
to its former condition. Every effort has been
made since the cessation of hostilities, to im
prove and strengthen the road—machinery and
rolling stock, which the limited means of the
company would allow, aud the speed of trams
has been from time to time increased, to cor
respond with the improving condition of the
road. Much has been done, but there is yet
much to do. as may be seen by reference to
the Superintendent's report.
But little respect is paid to private property
in a time of war, and, like other roads, ours
has been a prey to military violence. Besides
the h vy damage before noticed, we lost about
three hundred cars—mostly impressed and
carried off and lost or destroyed on other roads.
Bome of our iron was also carried off, and
claims are made for iron said to, have been
taken from several other roads, and placed
upon ours without the order of the officers, and
again-: their wishes Some of these claims
will be amicably settled, whilst others will be
resisted. Besides damages from violence, and
the wastes incident to a state ot war, the pecu
niary losses of the company have been very
heavy.’ They have been much increased by
the a’| penda ie of banking privileges, which
the company enjoyed. The credit of the com
pany was ve*. v high, and its liabilities for cir
culation and deposits were correspondingly
large. sVken Confederate notes became the
common currency, the company was obliged
to receive it—not only by the force of public
1 opinion, but bv the legislation of the State.
The effect was, of course, to convert all the
active means of the company (which were
ample) into a depreciated currency, since lost—
leaving the liabilities ot tho company unpaid.
About six hundred thousand dollars of circula
tion nas been paid since the peace, leaving
about $400,000 still Dressing upon us. But for
these bank liabilities, the company would now
be in a condition to divide some portion of its
profits.notwithstanding its crippled condition,
and thlftirge outlays for oiher necessary pur
poses. For condition of road and property,
the stockholders are referred to the report of
the Superintendent; and for the financial con
dition of the company, ihey are referred to the
statement of the Casnier, which is hereto an
nexed.
After the losses and disasters above noticed,
it is of some importance to the Stockholders to
know the present stats of their affairs and the
probable value*of their property. By reference
Jo fotmer statements, we find charged to profit
and loss, since the 11th of May, 1865 :
For Confed. Notes and Bonds $1,117,471 58
Bonds and Treasury Notes of
the State of Georgia 345,587 60
Negroes emancipated aud
other items specified 95,214 24
Charged to profit: and loss ■ ’ *
since May, 1865, $1,558,273 42
Add freight account due by
late Confederate Gov. 674,245 29
Aggregate loss In money and
ciedits, $2,232,518 71
To which may be added.:
300 Cars lost or destroyed, at
an average of SSOO each, $150,000 00
Buildings at Atlanta, 50,000 00
Depots on the line destroyed 20,000 00
Eighty miles of road torn up,
including destruction ot
bridges, average damage
per mile, $3,600 $280,000 00
Loss by the war and its inci
dents, $2,732,518 71
As this estimated damage so property wil
be gradually restored from income, and
charged to expenses, it is not expected to give
any inconvenience or be very seriously felt by
the company.
After these multiplied losses and disasters
It will be pleasing to learn that the Stock is.
still whole, and with a very handsome surplus.
Statement No. 1 of the Chashicr, exhibits tho
• strength and resources ot the company as they
appeared on the 31st March last. It will there
appear that there was still a credit to profit
and loss account, of £1,186,784 29. Credits
have been so shaken and unsettled that it is
not easy to make reliable estimates of the true
value of some of our assets.. The aocount has
been very carefully scrutinized, however, aud
it is believed that the following estimate may
be relied ou as sufficiently safe for ail pur
poses :
■ ASSETS.
Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds,
Notes, Cash, &c., $1,912,247 00
Liabilities of all kinds—say
Bonds, deposits, Circulation, &c. 777,804 00
Surplus, $1,134,443 00
The item “Notes of various Banks,’’* is be
lieved to be the only item iu our assets sub
ject to much uncertainty. This was originally
provided as “specie funds” to meet current
liabilities, but is now of uncertain value and
its precise value cannot now be estimated.
This result, in the face of so many losses, is
owing to the large available surplus we held
at the commencement of the war, and pro
fits made and appropriated since the peace,
which have enabled us to make head against
such heavy inroads upon our resources.
Upon future profits the Board will indulge in
no idle speculations, but do not expect results
from the current year equal to those of the last.
The exports remaining in the country at the
occurrence of peace, havfi mainly bean hurried
to majjket, and with proceeds, supplies much
needjjhave been purchased and returned for
consumption. The crop of the last year was
very inconsiderable, and the crop of the pre
sent too uncertain to be .the subject of an esti
mate. The sudden change of our labor system,
leaves everything in doubt on this head. The
production of cotton, by free labor, is an ex
periment at the South, and as of all other ex
periments, it must be fairly tested before
results can be seen. We would risk hut little,
perhaps, in anticipating a crop of not exceed
ing one-third of an average crop in the region
tributary to our road, bub as it will hear a
better price than an average of former years,
the diposable income of the country will not
be so much affected as the difference in quan
tity might seem to indicate.
The prosperity of railroad enterprise, like
that of other industrial business enterprises,
depends upon the general prosperity of the
country. Some clouds hang over our political
status not very encouraging. The present
seems curtained in gloom, whilst with many
the future is without hope ! The great bulk of
monied capital and productive wealth of the
South was destroyed by the result of the war.
The remaining capital, and all enterprise, are
complete'y paralyzed by the present condition
of things. A sort of statutory mortgage en
cumbers most of the property of the South, and
affects the credit and enterprise of all classes.
Nothing so discourages productive industry as
a want of assurance that the industrious pro
ducer will enjoy the fruits of his labors. Whilst
this state of things continues, we cannot expect
much effort to revive the industrial resources of
the South. The’question occurs, how long is
this condition to continue ? The directors are
no politicians or prophets, but they will ven
ture a prediction which accords with their
hopes, that it caunot continue long. Our hopes
rest upon the obvious truth, that the interests
of the whole people of the United States are strictly
identified with our own.
However passion and prejudice may obscure
the truth for a time, it will soon be seen and
felt that the great industrial and consuming
classes, and the governing classes, are in a
position of antagonism to each other. Every
material interest at the North and West is
much concerned in the rapid restoration of
Southern industry. To the navigating, com
mercial, financial, mining, manufacturing and
agricultural interests, Southern products are
vastly important, and to some of these inter
ests, almost vital. Let conviction of these
obvious truths penetrate the national heart,
and the contest, cannot last long. It is to
these considerations we yield our hopes of a
change.
Nor would wo entirely ignore the influences
of an honest patriotism in the ruling powers,
when they become fully convinced, a3 they
must soon be, that their policy (to say noth
ing of humanity and justice) threatens a per
manent blight upon their once glorious, pros
perous and happy count! y.
Respectfully submitted, in behalf of the di
rectors, by
JOHN P. KING.
President.
°lt is believed that the depreciation of some
of our stocks will be balanced by premiums on
otherß.
Divorced Without Knowing It.
The New Albany correspondent of ths
Louisville Courier tells this singular story :
During the present session of the Circuit
Court quite a number of mismaled individuals
have been granted divorces, which the parties
joyfully accepted as relieving them from matri
monial infelicities which, in their language,
made life irksome and unendurable. But among
them is a case which, in its origin and result is
probably unparalleled in the judicial annals of
the country. A divorce was granted in the case
ol McCartney vs. McCartney, but neither of
the parties knew anything of the pendency of
suitt; neither of them was present when the de
cree was rendered, and only learned; through
their friends that their marital bonds were sun
dered. They are, and have been living together
most happily, entirely satisfied with each other,
and are strongly disposed to demur to the sins
gular and summary process by whieh their hap
py relations were dissolved. How the case got
into court is entirely unknown to the parties,
but it is supposed to be the work of some mad
joker or envious benedict. Os Course the par
ties will have to get married again or procure a
reversal of the decree. This is another and
forcible illustration of the loose manner in which
the divorce business is managed in Indiana.
A military commission is investigating the
cause of the recent riot at Norfolk, by order
of Gen. Grant.
the Massachusetts Legislature denounces
the President for his remarks about their be
■ loved and much admired Senator Sumner.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXV NO. 22.
Letter from Mississippi.
Concordia, Miss,, April 31, 1866.
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: —Having a
leisure hour, and knowing your interest, I ad
vise you of matters here, although I have
nothing pleasant ro communicate. Each day
has its peculiarities-(just here one of ireed
maa Stone’s children comes in with his finger
cut off by freedman Ramsay’s eldest.) Each
day has its own anxieties and annoyances.
We have had a great deal ol sickness, and have
gotten along slowly with planting cotton —
have only about thirty-five acres planted.
Corn looks very well: Our first cotton has
come up finely; also the young caue.
We have a fine stand of that cotton whioh is
up. Have nearly or.e-third of our force sick,
or pretending to be. Well, I will give you a
sample of to-day’s annoyances : Heck comes in
and says he don’t want Loudon, ho is entirely
worthless ; Rosa lays up because it is a wet
.4ay—(»light sprinkle, before breakfast this
morning); Jackson is down with a billious at
tack ; Jim is siok ; always sick, when there is
any hard job like rolling logs on hand; Steve
has gone to Court, the two Heurys and Dick
are first-rate hands—but they are gone too as
witnesses in a case of quarrel between tho two
ladies Emma and Harriet.
Well 1 must stop again. Major P. fend
Messrs. IT. and B. have come to see me about
tho overflow. Tho river is rising rapidly;
nearly as high a- before. Well, thank God,
we are above that, and aro in a position to
help our neighbors. Well, lam tired of this,
and lam sure you are. I enclose you the fol
lowing extract from tho newspapers, which is
true:
Cotton Crops in Mississippi,— We are per
mitted to publish the following extract from a
letter written by the senior member of a well
known and reliable firm-at Columbus, Miss.,
to Messrs. Toomer & Sykes, of this city :
“Tho rains and cold weather continue, aud
we regard the crops as seriously affected ; there
esn be no doubt or mistake upon this subject.
The staud is defective, and what there is can
not do well, while much of it must die.—
Thousands of acres are already gone beyond
the hope of redemption. It seed could bo had
—which in many cases is out of the question—
it will bo tho middle of May, or later, before it
could be planted. With the destruction of
crops in the Mississippi bottom, and the great
damage in the Tombtgbee Valley, the magni
tude of the crops of 1866 must be largely re
duced. Our object in writing is to give you
accurate information, and not for effect, as you
are aware we do not own a bale of cottou.”
Hoping that you may read this with a better
temper than I have written it—l know you are
tired enough of it—l am,
Respectfully, M.
Congncssional Representation under tbe
Proposed Amendment.
The New York Tribune prosents to its readers
the following table “showing the effect of the
proposed amendment to the constitution upon
the congressional representation of the slave
States :
“Anew censua would probably, somewhat
modify these figures. The loss of life in the
late war is not introduced because the amount
is unknown ; nor is the migration of the black
race consequent upon freedom. But we believe
the result will be substantially as we state it
below. .
The first column gives the population of the
slave States in 1360, taken from the United
States census ; the second column the voters in
1860 ; the third column presents the number
of male citizens of color above the age ol 21;
the fourth column, the present number of
members each State is entitled to, and the last
tho number to which she will be entitled when
tbe proposed law shall have been carried into
effect. By this plan the slave power will lose
votes.”
No. under
tional amendment.
Present No. of re
presentatives
Stale cifrens of col
or atove 21.......
Voters in 186)
Population in IS6O.
Alabama
Wilts 629,121 66,367 .... 7 4
Colored 436,18') .... 46,019
Arkansas.
White 824,836 64,063 .... 3 2
Colored 111,116 .... 18,531
Delaware.
White 110,418 *16,089 .... 1 1
Colon and 1,798 .... 262
Florida.
White 78.«79 14,347 .... 1 1
Colored 61.745 .... 11,152 .. \..
Georgia .
Whits 695,083 103,365 .... 7 4
Colored 462,198 .... 82,306
Louisiana
White 376,276 60,5 L 0 .... 4 2
Colored 881,726 44,016
MARYLAND
wnite 699,860 92,602 .... 3 4
Colord 87,189 .... 13,339
Mississippi
White 364,674 69,120 .... 6 2
colored 480,631. .... 84,988
Missouri.
White 1,067.081 165,518 .... 9
Colored 114,981 .... 17,783
North Carolina.
White 661,663 96,230 .... 8 *5
Colored 881,059 .... 48,07 J
South Carolina,
White 301,392 44.C00 6 2
Colored 1 4u2,40C .... 68,764
Tennessee.
White 834.082 145.333 .... 8 6
Colored 276,719 .... 47,810
white 421/49 62,986 .... 4 3
Colored 182 566 .... 26,3)2
Virginia.
White 7*9,479 167,723 .... 8 6
Colors 472,864 .... 106 663
Total 76 60
•Estinrated.
We respectfully suggest to the Editors of the
Tribune that there are no “slave Slates’ ’—that
there is no “slave power” in the United States
unless it be that power exercised by the present
Radical majority of thepmenf Congress—which
excludes the constitutional representatives of
FOURTEEN States.
Immigration.
The following table shows the destinations of
immigrants who arrived in this country during
the month of April last :
Arkansas 2 I Missouri 335
Alabama 1 | Mexico 1
British Columbia 3 j New Hampshire 16
Canada 112 | New York 9,191
California 109 I New Jersey 630
Connecticut 427 | Nova Scotia 2
Central America 1 I Nebraska 12
Deleware . 16 | North Carolina 1
Districtof Columbia 77 I New Brunswick 1
Illinois 1,593 | Nevada 3
| owa 308 Rhode Island 194
Indiana . * 212 Ohio 1,081
Kentucky 07 Pennsylvania 2,448
Kansas 78 South Carolina 7
Louisiana 20 Tennessee 122
Massachnssetts 1,480 Vermont 14
Maryland 240 Vftginia 82
Maine 08 Wisconsin t 447
Michigan 153 Colorado 2
Minnesota 270 West I*iies _ 1
Utah 2
Total 19.888
Indian Treaty.—The President has pro
claimed the treaty recently negotiated with
the Bois Foot band cf Chippewa Indians, by
which they cede to the United States all the
laud heretofore claimed by them, and more
especially, that portion of their territory at
and near Lake Vermillion, aa a reservation.
The Government, in consideration of this im -
portent, cession, will give them land elsewhere,
and provide for their fiomesticcomlort.
The Paymaster txenerat nas oraerea tne pay
of a large' number of the regular and volun
teer officers to be stopped until they render
such returns as are required by the regulations.
The Surgeon General has been directed to
at once cause to be mastered out of service a-i
volunteer surgeons and assistant surgeons that
can in any way be dispensed with.
W 11. Tunnard has just completed a history
of the Third Louisiana Regiment. It is high
ly spoken of
News Items
The Fenian, Stephens, promises a lengthy
speeoh at the meeting shortly to be held In
Jonas’.Woods.
_ Gen. Howard has appsinted a Special Re
lief Committee to distribute among the negroes
of Washington the $25,000 appropriated" by
Congress.
The Investigating Committee on the Blaine
frauds progress slowly.
Strenuous efforts will be made in the Senate
to pass the bill restricting the President's
power of removal from office sine causa.
The veto of the Colorado Bill was to have
been presented to the Cabinet on the 14th,
and then transmitted to the Senate.
The Committee on Public Expenditures have
taken steps to investigate alleged fraudulent
practices in Hie Boston and New York Custom
Houses.
The Troy, Now York, Iron Moulder’s Strike
is over. A compromise between the men and
employees has been effected.
The French Ministry says the French troops
reported to be en route to Mexico, are recruits to
take the places of ttroso Tflio!)® term oOfeirtcer
has expired.
Santa Anna has returned to Mexico. Ho
will not seek power, but will place himself
under Jaurez,. to assist in the expulsion of
Maximilian.
The New York Board of Health have a pro
position before them to divide the city into six
hospital districts.
The wheat crop in Smith county, Teun.,
will be cut short one half—corn good.
There have been heavy storms throughout
Louisiana, destroying crops, houses, &c.
On the Alton and Chicago train a few days
sgo, a French Canadian, attempted to beat out
his brains with a monkey wrench.
The contract for constructing the Gettys
burg Monument has been awarded to its de
signer, James G. Batterson of Hartford. The
monument is to cost $50,000.
The New York Collector ot custom? was in
Washington on the 12th to file his bonds, and
to prepare for entrance upon his duties.
The strike of the New York ship carpenters
and caulkers continues. No prospects of a
compromise.
The New York master ship builders have
offered a reward of $250 for thq arrest and con
viction of parties woo have assaulted, or may
assault, men who havo gone to work.
Spain is fully prepared for another revolu
tion, which will have for its object a complete
change of her royal dynasty, Priu is to figure
in it. A son of Victor Emanuel is spoken of
as successor to Queen Isabella.
Os the sixty-seven clerks employed in the
Navy Department, twenty served in the Con
federate Navy or army.
Horace Rublee, editor of the Madison (Wis )
Journal, has been nominated by the President
as U.S. Consul to Rotterdam.
The Memphis school houses, burnt during
the late riot, will be rebuilt, and the schools
opened in teu days.
A chap representing himself as a son of D P.
Holloway, late Commissioner of Patenfs, who
has been doing an extensive swindling busi
ness, was caught recently at Louisville.
The ladies of Franklin realized a net profit of
SI,OOO from their recent concerts in behalf of
the Tennessee Benevolent Society.
At Algiers, opposite New Orleans, on the
night of the 11th, the steamer Maria Denning
was burned to the water’s edge. The steamer
Adams also caught fire and was much dam
aged.
An Express safe was thrown off the cars on
the Stonington, R. 1., Railroad, on the 11th,
and robbed of its contents —the value of which
Is not yet known.
The President has approved tho bill incor -
porating the National Theological Institute in
the District of Columbia, for the education of
parsons for the Christian Ministry. There is to
be no exclusion on account of theological be
lief. The bill is silent as to race or color.
It is said that the British residents of Val
paraiso have presented Admiral Denman with
a wooden sword in commemoration of his re
cent action in connection with the affair of tho
bombardment.
Gerrit Smith brought a suit against tho
Rome and Oswego Railroad, claiminsr $60,000
for damages done to his property. The case
was submitted to arbitration, and the reforoef
awarded Mr. Smith $9,500.
Queen Victoria has been for some time en
gaged upon a selies of compositions, of tbe es
say form, which are to be published, or at
least privately printed, when her Majesty shall
deem them sufficiently complete.
Ajetage driver, named Owens, died at Mount
Sterling, Ky., on last Sunday night, the Gth,
his symptoms strongly resembling cholera.
The estate at Newport, Rhode Island owned
and formerly occupied by F. L. Bareda, tbe
Peruvian minister to the United States, is for
sale. It cost $300,000.
A body recognized as that of Preston King
was found in the gap of the Buttermilk Chan
nel, near the Brooklyn dock.
Messrs. Work, McCouch & Cos., bankers,
Philadelphia, have failed, entailing heavy
losses on stock speculators.
A resolution has been adopted in Congress
to send a committee to investigate the recent
Memphis riot.
The new Excise law is being enforced in
New York. Eighty-six arrests were made in
one day.
Professor W. Byrd Powell died in Cincinnati
on the 13th.
R. L. Armstrong, formerly of Chapel, Bruco
& Cos., of Cincinnati, was killed at Paris, Ky.,
Saturday, by a man named Merriwoll.
There were seven deaths by suicide
cinnati last week.
A special to the Commercial from New Or
leans, 13th, says : One white person and five
negroes were burnod to death at a fire on New
Levee street, Saturday night.
One death from cholera occurred on the 13th
on tho hospital ship Fa'con, at New York.
Ole Bull, instead of being a corpse, is play
ing his violin at st. Petersburg.
Ex-Senator D. L. Yulee has been elected
President of the Florida Railroad.
The drivers on the Louisville street cars
struck for higher wages on the 12th.
The new soldiers’ home at Chicago has been
completed at a cost of over $30,000.
The citizens of Lexington, Ky., recently
donated $3,000, in grain, to the destitute people
of Alabama.
One of the effects of the cattle disease in
England has been to raise the value of goats to
an extraordinary degree.
The value of the fresh fish sold annually at
the various French seaports is estimated at
£1,400,000.
Hon. George E. Badger, a distinguished citi
zen of Raleigh, N. C., died there on the 11th.
Ex-Gov. Clarke, of Mississippi, is in New
Orleans. He is still on crutches.
A little child was badly burnt the other day
at Chattanooga. It will probably recover.
Chaltanoogans are progressively energetic.
They are soon to have anew Town Hall, Mar
ket House, Jail, and Gas Works.
Ex-Governor E. Louis Lowe,' of Maryland,
has been admitted to the bar of New York
city. r , ,
The trial of Col. Jacques for murder by
mean* of an abortion, began at Louisville
on Thursday.
A man in Cincinnati has been sued by his
wife for SIO,OOO, because he put her in a mad
house.
Mr. Goetzel of Mobile has gone to New Or
-1 cans for the purpose ot establishing a larfjo
publishing house in that ‘city.
A R Pringle, arrested in Mobile a lev/ days
ago as being concerned in a murder near
Brookhaven, Miss., has been scut thither, upon
requisition of Gov. Humphries.
There are eight bundled families in Jack
son, Miss., who are fond of potato*.
consumes, upon an average,
ye jad K e Field and Gen. McCook. to
the Sandwich Islands, sailed on the 11th, for
San Francisco.