Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume], December 12, 1865, Morning, Image 1

About Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??

Image provided by: Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, LA

                
Baton Bouge Tri-Weeklv Gazette & Cunicl.
J . m »j a , »' < 4 - ifi: - .. . ■ . ■ - ■ - —; ' ! i'lin ' ."i ' m nnn « ' ' l >* » ■ »'" ■ ».• ■ i-'i ; —r* gSg
OFFICE ON TUIUD STHEET, OPPOSITE THE ÖRANCI* OF THE LÖtri&IÄNÄ STATE BANK.
_ • ' - '. j . i.' LLU ' ' ' ' ■ ' 1" ?)iiT.: ? i -I 'I' 1" '——=
VOL. XLVII.
BATON RÖUÜK, LÄ7, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1865.7
Î t fi T'f r
No. 71.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
o iui.bo"r N b,
J O FUQUA, \
Union Rouge, l*< J
Fur
CliUtOD, I.»
(jQA fr KILBOURNK,
Attorneys & Counselors at Law,
WIM, nrm'ties In the Oourt» of the Pari*h*#0f
Ba»t and Weit H» ton Bouge, Iberville and
East and West Velielaùi. »«-'
DUNN S l ilIÏHItOfl,
attorneys at i, aw,
court no as s square ,
Iln too H#iige,Ii».
WIM, attend to III bunlnem la their profession
entruited to them. In thin und the adjoining
parish«», and lu the city of New Orlean«.
aUgl7-t
TBOMA« o R ms nwins»» • T0 " i™ 0 "
Davidson & Bynura,
attokn eys at law,
Office at llaton Roug«, 1*
* TT I LI, PRACTICE IN TilK COURTS Of THE
W florid« Pariuhe«. »eptl9~tf
narrow zz^.zzzz..<> w . «n»«
STAFFORD k BURNER»
attorneys at law,
omce, Cnr. Laurel A Third Sti., up-.talr»,
BATON IIOPBK, LA.
Wti i. .hkIIm In the narlshesof Rant Feliciana,
ril,I. practice In the pariah lh . rvl ,,„
,, East an l Went. Batou Rouge and Iberville.
Bu.lri..»» eotrneted to then, will recelTe^prnmpt
fttUlDtioQ
V'*> *'
Bl RtilvSS k CUANLÏ»
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
OFFICE OAT Oil URO IT STREET,
BUT, OOMV«NTIO* » »ORTH iOIILiVAih,
llatnn H ourc , La.
INT buslnest entrusted tn thett oar« In the par
A Iah«, of Ka»t and Weat Baton Rouge, East am
West, Feliciana. Pointe Coupée and Iberville, will
b« promptly attended to.
8AMIJÊL P. GREVES,
attorney at law
KldrlilM Street, »«ton Rouge, L».
WU,I, attend to all bu«lne»s entrusted to him
in Ka»t Baton Rouge and theadjol ing par
i »he«. " P
c. I». FAVROT,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
COVRT rtotrtoK SQUARE,
llutoii itouK«, I.».
WILL practice in the Pari«he»of Eaat and We»t
But, ,n Rou«e and Iberville.
Prompt attention will be given to the ooilection
oral! claim«, not»« and account»
UrlVtncM t
VV.8. I'lK*.
J. AD. Ilo/.iKitf
n vSM-f
JoeiPU M wim , I New or lean«.
Vomm A DftocKT f
B w. «air**K»'ict«a.
..A. P. OniVKtl««
Knickerbocker & Converse,
attorneys at law
AND S
CI.AITW AGENTS.
WII i I i nractlce in Uli «evera! Carirtiof the Fifth
Judicial Dlttrlot and in theSuprema Court
of I oulnlana.
Particular attention paid to the settlement of
succédions.
The, have alen made arrangement* in New Or
kan« and Washington City for the tuooetsful pros
ecution and collection of
CLAIMS AO AINBT TIIH GOVERNMENT.
Offloeon the oorner of Fifth and Laurel street»
d«,# BATON ROÜOE, LA.
CLAYTON B. EVATT,
Civil Enginoor
—and—
city surveyor,
Office with R. W. KM0MM0OU», Kaq,
ornor of Fifth and I.aurel »Ircet«,
JiAlOlT ROUGE, LA.
WILL attend promptly to all proteaslonal hu«l
tieSB entrust«d to h m. aug29-4m
W. W. McMAIN & SON,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
Acoountants & General Agent«,
ausl2-flm BATON ROUP B. LA.
JOHN M. TRACY,
Justice of the Peace,
SECOND WARD,
Pnrleli of Kaat linloii llouge.
OFFICE, COR. THIRD AND LAUREL 8T8,
KP-STÜIU, OVKB TUB 80* «IU.URD SitOO*.
F. A. NRt'HLER,
Justice of the Peace,
WARD Vo. OH E,
Ofllee ort Boulevard, foot of Third Street.
HAVING reiumed bu«ine»», I am ready to at
tend to all business and lulte, within tha
earliest delay« ®f the law. aprH
dr. kratz, -
OI'FICE UM LADKEL KTIIKKT,
BETWEEN THIRD AND CHnRCff,
(Opposite Mr .t. Jouet' Boarding House,)
jwnM-tf BATON ROUGH, LA.
Dr. D. L« McKitrick,
S ÜR G EON DENTIST,
OFFICE ON <0 >VK \T10X STREET,
EPISCOPAL PARSONAGE BUILDING,
In the rear of episcopal Church,
dtclT BATON ROUGE, LA.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain,
AND NO HUMBUG!
DR. D. L. WcKITRICK reepect
fully announces to the pub
lic, t'ml he is prepared by mean«'
of an electrical application, to ex
tract teeth without pain. Tbl« proee«« has been
repeatedly tested by htm, and net loi a «letlc la
■tarn-» haa there been a fall are. aeptift-if
a.i».a«0"kb- w*. kknpimbk.
archer & henderson,
forwarding & CO&ÏÎÏÏ8SI0K
merchants,
Aitn*-s
GENERAL STEAMBOAT, COI,Fi»0fK)N
—Am»—
PURCHASING AGENTS,
Third street, Bnton Houge, La.
Rgrsa n* WsftMismo* to :
Capt. P. D. Pratt, 1 '"»P 1 -'no. McLean, N.O.
" W. B. Richardson, j H W Taylor, N. 0.
R. R. Beckwllh. Baton Rouge, La. auglO
•f. Jackson,
cotton buyer
^-And—.
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
CASH ADVANCE» MADE ON
Shipments to Iiis Friends in n. 0. and n. ï.
Office Corner qflMiirel awl Third Streets,
(rjndkr the vshanoaii putu..)
„„„18 BATO« ROUOE, LA.
SIMON MENDELSOHN,
DKAI.EB IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Wines, Liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars,
—AND—
FAMILY SUPPLIES,
C oi-.nsb liAriTiri 'i a » ii F lorida K trssts,
Junelî BATON IIOK.K, LA.
JAÄ1 KS J. 1) UND ASS,
WIIIII.MAl.s AND RETAII. IlIAl.RR I«
GROCERIES,
—AND—
WESTERN PRO DU O E,
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco & Cigars.
"OITTT BA-KERTSr,"
COH NBR OF MAIN AND LEVEE STREETS,
BATON ROltfiE, I.A.
JULIUS O. IJOOF.T,,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND DRALRJH IN
I "W
Plantation and Family Sup^ies,
COR. MAIN AND LAFAYETTE 8TS,
julyia BATON HOUCiE, LA,
james movay, m
HARDWARE MERCHANT
AND DEALER IN
Agricultural Implements,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL PAPE It, ETC.
CALLS respectfully the attention of the
public to Hi ä lar^e and oxcelfont stock of goorin
purtaiulug to his lint* of luercuanriiBf* U« bo*
spfl&kn a liber «1 Hharo of public patronnée
Htore on Third «treet, opposite the building of
the Loumiana State Hank. ju yï
F. OTTO,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
v —and—'
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
OE.OOEK.XES,
^-as6-» '
PLANTATION SUPPLIES ;
W IN BS , LI QUO US,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
crockery and tin wabe,
and all kinds of
WESTERN PROD UCE,
Received per steamer« ainiost dally.
F O tto r«spe;tfully announces to Iiis friends
and customers and the public generali}-, that his
a toi e having been removed tVom its former" sta> d.
adjoining Day's Drug store, to the larK» s'ore and
warehouse building,
ON THE SOUTH BAST C0HNKR OK THIRD AND
LAUREL STREETS,
He la folly p epar«d t" keep on hand one of the
largest and most varied asaortmenrs of the above
artices to be fouad in the city of Baton Rouge.
With bis increased and increasing faoiiltirs tir
obtaining and storing raari-Ijandize be if onsbled
to most all präsent and future demands, Smi thi,re
fore invites the Special attention of purchasers to
that fact, hoping Wy a spirit of accommodation to
plaaso all. and to always sell on as raasunabl«
term» aa the itU« of U»e market» will perouL^s
«ecôr» a lib r*l share of regular patronal«, '
I Pill hufors nnrphneintr alnnwk.,.a
Please call before purchasing elsewhere
auglO-tf
JYoiary Public.
I WOULD most roapectfulty announce to my
friends and the public generally, that I a/a
now prepared to make Inventories, Appraise
ments, Partitions, receive Wills, make Prétests,
Matrimonial CentracU aud I/iatrunKnu.or Writ
ing, to hold Family Slèetings, and MneUni/s of
Creditor«, ie
All business entrusted to me will be attended
to with promptness and dispatch.
J1ÏO. M. TRACY,
Justice of the Peace and Notary Public,
•etil OÉee, Comer Third and Laura) St,.
GÉOCERY
— AINO—
PROVISION HOUSE,
PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
E. R. BECKWITH,
tu run sr., corner of la urel ,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
C0N8TANTLÏ ON HAND KVKHT VABIBTYOf
PLANTATION HUPPLIKS.
PW Planters and others Would do wall to call
before puroha \ag aisewhere.
Cotton bought Bt lilglieat market rates.
july0-8mos.
JOSHUA IÎEAL,
Corner of Third and Gonwtntloa Stsi,
BATON ROUGE, LA.
ogngral dbalkb in
WESTERN PRODUCE,
Family and Plantation Supplies,
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY,
FANCY GOODS,
AND NOTIONS GENERALLY.
1'lllUES TO HÜTT TH B TIMES.
öpr* Term* Caik, Jnlyl
m. 0ranary,
dealbb in
WESTERN PRODU E,
FAMILY OROOEHIKB
-AND
Pia it union Supplies Generally.
BEOS leave to inform his friends and
the public allarxa, that he will kiwtp oâ
■hand friwh and full supplies of »II article» In the
provision line, wliloh tie Will sell on terms to suit
the cash basis of trade. A liberal share of pat
ronage is respectfully solicited, at his stand on
Third slroet. julyl
n icholas wax,
DEALER IN
WESTERN PRODU E
-AND- y
j FAMILY GROCERIES.
18 oeàstftnUy receiving, dirnct from the
Wast and other quarters, »very species of arti
cle required fhr
Family or Plantation use
He has Increased facilities for obtaihluif supolfes,
and is determined t« keep up with the -leuiauds
of his customers, and to deal with th«-m satisfac
torily on the score of quality arid price— hin motto
being
"(Illicit Snlcantid Small Ploflls..'
Mr. K. HOFFM AN, well known to our cltlienr,
willbefoui.d • b«hiud the counter" ready to at
tend to business calls.
Flense drop in at the old stand, near the Court
house, where w<- shall be happy to see you.
juiy!-tf
■A. ■
blum.
dealer in
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES
Lkeen,
| uc t,.
. . .
it PROVISIONS,
And Plantation Hupplies Generally.
AIjSO,
CROCKERY, TIN, WOOD it WILLOW WARE
Store, Cor. Africa and 8t, Napoleon Sts.,
BATON AOCGE, LA.
Determined to keep » full and w«u
«elected Ht'ock of art icles such as go to make
up a Atat-rav« varia'y »tore; A. BLutf nop»* to
merit and receive an increased amount af pat
ronage. He respectfully invites hit old customers
and the public at large, to continue their calla as
usual, assuring them of hia determination to
please and satisfy them In every particular.
july6-tf „ _ ^
ÇAMILLO QUINTERO,
dealer in
HAVANA CIGARS,
OLGAftETTAS,
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
SNUFF, PIPES, ETC.,
Comer of Thii*«! and Florida »tr ets,
BATON ROUtiE, LA.
In addition to lüslurg« MRorfetnentof the
best brands and oualities of all articles in the
liée of a Tobacconist/ CAMiLiiO QUINT^ftROi
aiBo on hand a choice variety of-'Noliors,"
as One Pocket A'niees, Stati»iu>ry, etc., to
which he invite« publie attention, guaranteeing
to g.ve satisraeiion to ail customei*». julyl-tf
Baton Ronge Marble Works.
J. SMÔ1XBN & Co.,
- M1NÜ?ACT0BESS OF
XOWBS, MOWrMEHTS,
HBAD-STONlfiS, MANTELS, ETC.,
Corner of Main and Church streets,
juiyfA BATON ROUGE, LA.
N. 0 . ADVERTISEMENTS .
». rtM î../. m. uwifi..., a . ar.oTiti«.
PIK*), L&PKIKE & BROTHER,
BANKERS, î
DEALIM I« . {,,,.
FOREIGN 8t DOMESTIC EXCHANGE,
BOND.% STOCKS, COIN AND
xriiroxyRiiBisrT NOTES.
" OFFICE ON CAkP STREET,
Between Canal and Common Streets,
New Orleaha, La.
dee 17.y,.
i. }. WARBEN. T. W. OBAWFOBD.
WARREN & CRAWFORD)
(Suceesiors to Warren, Qillmor« & Co.,)
cotton factors
—-AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
; , ; " • J. I"* I ' ' if
No. 29 0AR0NDELBT 8TRKET,
julyll-6m* NEW ORLEANS, LA.
r. péitchard,
- ' i' 1 '
[Kerraerîjr Prltchard à Flower.]
COTTON XVÂCTOR
—AND«r .• ,, . j
COMMISSION. MEKCIIANT,
So. $3 Caroudelet Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
It9T Liberal Cash Advances and Buppllea fur
riished an consignment« o t Cotton, Sugar, Ae., to
his address.
Reference* i
F dqua à KiLBoiigim, I Pua, Irirrrar A IlkoTHaa
Baton Itiiuge, La.
aog8*8m !
New Orleans, i.a.
MAYER imOTllGHK,
Crescent City Steam Tobacco Works
Nos. 49 and 61 LAFAYETTjS STREET,
Sales Room—No. 01 Tcliuiiplloula« St.
M ayer brothers ,
Nbi 51 TCIlOirPITODLAN STirfeET,
UKTWEKN POT DR AS AND NATCHEZ,
New Orleans, Lit.
,< niALiRH m
J EAF A GUEW1NQ, « MANUFA0TUHER8 OF
Smoking Tobaooo and Cigars.
•%. A heavy well seleottd stock constantly
on hand. jul/W-tf
NEW,, ORLEANS
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
19 CHARTRES STREET,
Hetwern Canal tind Cutinmhotiae.
W« have on band aud are receiving a large
assortment of ,
CARPETING OF ALL KINDS,
such as—
MEDALLION,
VELVET,
WILTON,
BRUSSELS,
TAPESTRY,
3-1'LY,
INGRAIN,
VENETIAN,
11EMP,
COTTAGE, &c-,
FLOOR OILCLOTHS,
Of all width» and qualities.
MATTING,
White checkcred and fancy.
WINDOW SHADES,
Cornices and Bands.
TABLE and PIANO COVERS,
RUGS,
MATS,
ENAMEL CLOTHS,
Of various qualities and colors.
COCOA MATTING and MATS,
HAIR CLOTH, &c., &c
All of which we offer at moderate advances oh
manufacturer's price», /or cash.
augS-ly A. BROUSSEAU fc CO.
FANCY GOODS! M GOODS I!
GIJÉBLÉ & GOURSAUD,
137 Canal Street ..13T
DIRECT IMPORTERS OF
ERENUII, ENULISIIA UERMAN
FANCY GOODS, RIBBONS,
H OSIEHY, &0.
WE WOULD RE^PECTKULLY Infor- m country
buyers, that we are now prrp red to show
them the most complete and best selected stock of
FANCY GOODS in this city. A full assortment of
BERLIN z EPH if RS-—warranted.
BELTS and UÜUKLK&
I« COMBS And «KUSHBS. of all sm-ta.
THÉ BEST KRKNCII,CO«eETS,
FRENCH PKKFU.HKWIE8,
AndKIDOLOVES.
A full lias of
DRESS TRIMMING#, BUTTONS, ETC.
Cmne and eiaBiine our splemjld »took, which
hat heeft »elected fcjr our Mr. 0UEBLE hitnseif, in
Pari» and Oermanv, so we may rocommend it for
the quality and tatto of the goods, a* well as the
ASTONISHINGLY LOW PRICKS,
We are enabled to sell them for.
PURCHASE BOTOK 1« PAUS !
NO. 12 FAUBOURG P0IS90INNIERK.
GUÉI3LÉ & GOURSAUD,
M7 Canal «treet,
leptso TWfw Building*
TUB OLDEST tSTABLISllMEM
IN THÉ SÖlf^H,
i î i i J ■ \>-l à : > T » • -
Remond from No. 10 Old Levée,
TO
Corner of Gravier St. and Bank Place
h. cawiloy,
BAIL STl,
TENT, AWNING ÀND
Flag Manufactory.
IMPORTER# AND DKALKPR IN
JU; a\ I ■■«,! i v '
BVÉRY DESCRIPTION OF
AMERICAN A N I) ENCH JSJi
Light and Heavy Canvass,
FRENCH AND KNGLIMI BUNTINGS, ie.
Pays strict attention to making, in a »ulterior
manner, all torts of Fancy Boat end V'acht fails ;
also every detcriptlon of WoorJ sod lion I rani»
Awhlogs, for Store«, Oailertws, OfBirw», Hteaiiiboat«.
etc., at moderate piioea.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
camp iftxmsrittj-rjb,
BÜCH AS
Portable Camp Cots, Chairs, Stool«,
Always on band in any quantify.
ALSO EVERY DEHCitlPTloN OF
American, Foreign A Faa»y Fligs,
StMmlbdt*' Sf Shijià' Btirgcës,
jack i»kh;itAitfTi, E tc.
«ri hftni, and made te order.
Fill Repes, Slings ét«;,spHi«d and funll«b*d at
a moment'» notice. Jilovk» •■{, ,«very de»oriptii)^ i
•trapped.
TRUNKS NEATLY COVERED.
ti' k_t»a„ioul«r «tie "tlofi paliî io gi-itlrlg bp,
Ih «ip«i lor style and fieliAi, aiBsiiti hf.PIMinsn
Fancy Embroidered Wft, El-gn or p^vineii, ftM;
Military or o her Comnmiii«. and* al-o lo tli
yiihdfiiéiui'lng «f Cire«« T»*te,'having had'tnoi-h
experiwice ill that linn. i
All articles or Càiivsss will be warri uted proof
agslntfc 1-ot Or Éilldew. ■ i tioViä-y
TH08. Ü. BOÏ)LEV & CO.,
No. o, PEllPID'O, HTR^ET,
(apjuimno makonii,' niilit'ittlit, 1 }
OPPIII), No, I'4*, «RAVIE»« WÜRBET,
NEW Q£LEAMä, LA, t ,
Circular Raw Mills. Staub, sr> and WrisÂlè Hteatb
Enkloi-M,Circular Cross Cut Ml» and Mu
ley oivrti,Corn Mill», Wheat Mtllfc,
And Bolting ApKarntM,
Shafting PfrilU»
And Belting.
ail PBHCHll'TfONS of
PLANTATION mAOHTNEHT ANIl
aoriccltüral iwlemksit«
WE KEEP PM'STANTLY ON UAND
* rifl iifpiify of '
CANECART.S PLANTA
TI^iN AND K O A D WAGONS,
TTSlTiEtt WHEELS AND W H IÎEI.B ARROWS,
From the Well knowo FAe.ory of
JOMIIliA HOOLEV, WUtKL.NG, Y A
W» have connected with extensive Fnindrin«
and Maohlue l^hop» in ht. Louis, J/juisvllle, Cin
cinnati and Pittsburg, through which we are pr«
pared te coiitraot fur any olat» i-r nifchln«ry, en
most favorable terms,and deliveranywhire north
• f Ne* OrleAn», free of treibt.
THOS. H. DUDLEY & CO.
octîl-y
JVOTICE,
I^IIE undersigned have tenewed their
- former PAi tnerthlp, and will transact bu»l
nsss ander tb« name of STEVENS M SKÏhOUU,
at their old stand, No». 90, and »3 Common St.,
oppoalte the City Hotel.
e, k. stevens.
Per W. E. Ksvsiou*.
W. 8. SEYMOUR,
Niw OU.IAH», Joly 1, IbUO. yl8
PAPER, STATIONERY
—AND—
fancy goods.
Warehouse, Nos. 96 and 98 Common SL
T1JE at« now receiving by almost every
'V arrival a large «tuet of
POINTING,
WRITING AND
WRAPPING PAPEB,
paper B ags,
blamä books,
STATION fcRY of ill Viridfs,
And FANCY UOODS.
Received per steamer Evening Star and »hip
Freedom—'
44 case» CAP and LETTER PAPEB. y ,
40 ream» COTTON BAMPLING PAPER.
10 oases SCHOOL SLAVES.
210 dozeri WfcnsTER'S SPELLING BOOKS.
160,000 PAPER BAUS, all size», from Ai to 25 lb
COMBS,
NEKDI/TtH,
PINS,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
And a general aasortment of
FANCY GOODS.
For »ale at reduced prices.
stevens & seymour,
joiyl8 96 and 9S Common street.
Mississippi Hotel,
120 chartres street 120
Cornés- of St. Louis,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Mr. i AU b E r T . whose furnished room«,Char
tre« »treet. between St. Louis «tnd Toulouse,
were m weil known, bas just opened the Missis
sippi Hotel, No. 120 Chartres street, aimer of St.
Loul».
TRAVELERS will find In the above establish
ment furnished rooms, at moderate pries;
they Siay also have their M HALS, by the day Or
by the week.
Ail wh1 taoet with that comfort whÄefc, Iter t«n
yeir», hi* been fooad in A bmbt's U sui»,
-s»»?
I 1..JL .v..Hill .Ul ' » 1 I .MH."I '
O JEW E It A r. NEWS.
BB4
Last week Antoine Collins, «gcd (
»bout 80/yosfsj oommiUod ralo$dvOjr
mropitiR from a third story of the i
United States Hotel,, Now-York. De
èôased was forinfttiy proprietor of a
large* n hoteli tit Pêttsaoôlô, Fla., and
daring- the Wiir lost hi» property. He
had reöenfcly been nubjeofc to fits of
temporary derangement,
The Youttg Sien'«. Bootety of De<
troit, offared Roy. Heory Ward
Heecher 8Ji,U00 for a course of six
(ectures, he to select hin own time. Th«
éffer iinf>f«ertdehWdly large as it was,
was declined by Henry Ward Beeoh«
«r, with thanks for ita liberality.
A F?f. t'etersburg letter statea that
tbe'Hefiftto acting ns a court of laW,
bis jast heid iw first poblio sesaioa.
This is the comtnefteeiueat of the ja^
%i»l,reÇ(jrm not long since deorsed
t»y the Russian Government.
Ten thousfttid negtoea arefco be triad
by court niHriial, und will don&tleaa
ie'executed, it is naid for engaging if
ie Jamaica rebellion.
Fifty'ithouaand people have been
added to the population of Milan
since tjiai pity became a part of tb«
î dominions of Kiniç Victor Em manu
al- .
A man in Providence, R, I., recent
ly ileprtatfed in an uriùsed stove $1,.
UOO fofWe keeping; A öold shap
doming on while be was out of town,
His housekfeper buiit a,fire in the
•h I mvo , and the bard earnings of years
were in a moment reduced to ashes.
. Thé Hito of the new hotel i& Louiie
vjilfti in 210 feet by 180 féet id eiteot
amé work ha« been commenced for the
foundation«. The amount of money
sulmcribed to build it is six hundred
thouHuud dollars.
Thc.Aleutphis Appeal state« that
tlièré are no less than nine hundred
cröctfed in that city at
present. • 1
For sending the wojd "keep" in.
«read of "stop ' in a telegraph dmpatch
a teU^nipb company ba«« been order
ed by a decree of court to psgr over
f4,000 iu
Lord Russell has a complimentary
litter to the Governor General of Cub«
fir bis exertion» in putting dowa tb«
*lnvô tr/ide.
Tf Ccisis fifteen dollars and a half to
liansport a barrel of flour, worth on
ly twelve, from Havannah to Miltedee
ville,, ; .
Artemus Ward is in luok, a nob
uticle having died in England, be
queathing the fortunate Brown forty
thousabd pounds sterling.
A man in Warren courtly, Ohio, re
cently paid $4,500, for 200 hogs, and
ia two Weeks 78 of them died of hog
cholera.
B oston M ovement to E ncour
aoe C otton C ulture .—A Boston
dispatch, of Nov, 28, reports :
The Boston Board of Trade has ad
opted a serier of resolutions looking to
Increased cotton raising in the Soath*
orn Buttes, is which the Government
is requested, within tbe sphere of it«
legitimate power, to aid forthwith in
sustaining and organizing such portion
rtif iLft litk.\v i w< rm rtlfthn/lw urt oW w j W ika
wa «iiw laöTti int tïistooto iiuW iu ti 11 o
Southern State* as cannot be reached
by private capital, not only od the
ground of a considerate humanity, but
also to secure their labor to thamaelve«
and the country.
S ka I sland C otton .—A corraa.
pondent of the Philadpbia Ledger,
writing from Washimgton, aayo :
The latest reports from tha Ses
Islands of South Carolina and Georgi« t
which were given in charge of the
freedmen by Gen. Sherman, is, that
they are nearly barren of product«,
and benoe we need look for none of
tbe valuable cotton of those island, un
til, say a year from the present date.
03?" Tbe ravages of the worm
WiMeli »tripped tbe leave» of cotton
plants in Arkansa» has turned out «
blessing instead of a curse, as it seems
to have caut-ed a more mature yield to
the bolts, and ihe Cotton can be gath
ered ia a cleaner oondieion than if tbe
dead lemt«« wer« present to mix with
ii, Tiit} same is reported of tbe cot
ton crop in Southern Illinois. The
product from the quantity planted
will bo unprecedented.