The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-04-21

iutej "a cavalry. OdpIdlu NdlDdn Evans,
I'd cavalry. Captain Richard w. johnson, I'd
cavalry. Captain Seth M. Barton, LIST infantry.
First Lieut.. Kenner Gerard, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. Walter 81. Jenifer, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. William B. Royal, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. Robert Nelson Eagle, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. Samuel H. Reynolds, lst infantry. First
Lieut.. George B. Crosby I'd cavalry Second
Lieut.. James B. Witherell, I'd cavalry. Second
Lieut.. Charles w. Phifer, I'd cavalry Second
Lieut.. James f. Harrison, I'd cavalry. Second
Lieut.. A. Parker Porter, I'd cavalry Second
Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, I'd cavalry. Second Lieut..
Manning M. Kimmel, I'd cavalry.
Captain Albert G. Bracket, I'd cavalry, will,
about the 18th proximo, establish depot in
the vicinity of the Horse Head crossings of the
Pecos, and will scout during the summer the
country along the Camanche trail, from the Rio
Grande to the Llano Estacado. His command
will be constituted as follows: Companies E
and /, I'd cavalry, and company d, lst infantry.
Captain George Stoneman, I'd cavalry. Cap
tain Albert G. Bracket, I'd cavalry, command
ing. Assistant Surgeon Charles T.. Alexander,
medical department. Brevet Second Lieut..
William H. Echols, Typographical engineers.
Captain Daniel Huston, jun., LIST infantry. First
Lieut.. Joseph II. Macarthur, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. Charles W. Field, I'd cavalry. First
Lieut.. Samuel B. Holabird, lst infantry. Sec
ond Lieut.. Henry c. Woods, LIST infantry. Sec
ond Lieut.. Wesley Owens, I'd cavalry
The following officers, recently relieved from
the recruiting service, are ordered to join their
respective regiments: Brevet Captain T. Sey-
mour LIST artillery Lieut.. j. A. DLagnel, I'd
artillery Lieut.. A Merchant, I'd artillery and
Lieut.. G. w. Carr, 9th infantry.
Leave of absence has been granted to the
following officers Major II. Beaverton, corps
of engineers, for one year Captain G. II. Evans,
I'd cavalry, for eight months and Lieut.. ]. p.
Major, I'd cavalry, for four months.
A CONVENTION OF TOBACCO GRowERs-A
convention of the producers and buyers of to-
baeco will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, on
the 25th of May next. That is the day fixed
for awarding premiums to the growers of the
best tobacco under the auspices of the State
Agricultural Society The design of the Con-
vention is to bring the producers and purchasers
together in order to an interchange of opinions.
The agriculturists may learn what grades are
best suited to the market and will meet the
most ready sale. The Louisville Journal, speak
ing of the great commercial importance of the
staple says that the value of raw tobacco ex-
ported from the United States to Great Britain
was over $3,500,000 in 1855, and during the
first half of the present century that country
collected import duties on it to the enormous
aggregate of over $570000,000. The total
value of our exports of tobacco in 1857
was $20,662,772, and in 1858 amounted to
$l9,409,882. During the first nine months of
1857, the import revenue derived by France
from it was over $25,000,000, four-6fths of
which were exported from the United States.
The Cyc1Opedid of Commerce says that tobacco,
next to salt, is probably the article most con-
sumed by men. In one form or another, but
most generally in the form of fume or smoke,
there is no climate in which it is not consumed,
and no nationality that has not adopted it. To
put down its use has equally baffied Legislators
and moralists, and, is, in the words Of Pope, on
higher subject, it may be said to be partaken
of "by saint, by savage, and by sage" The
average consumption per head of male popu-
lation over eighteen years of age, in some
countries, seems almost fabulous In the Ger
man States included in the operation of the
Zollverein and the Steuerverein, it reaches from
81 to l24 pounds in Holland, Belgium, and
Denmark, to or pounds The advance cost
of tobacco is shown from the fact, that in 1912
we exported l5O,7lO hhds., at an average cost
of $6Oll, and in 1851 only l56,848, at the
average value per hid. of $l32.40.
EXCITEMENT AT HOLLY SPRINGs.-We are
informed that merchant of Boston obtained a
requisition from the Governor of Massachusetts,
on the Governor of Mississippi, for the body of
merchant at Holly Springs, who was charged
with obtaining goods under false pretences
from the Boston merchant. The proper writ
was granted by the Governor of Mississippi to
an agent of the Boston merchant. Armed with
this writ, the agent proceeded to Holly Springs
last week, and made the arrest. On his arri-
val there, his business was soon found out,
public meeting called, and resolutions adopted,
to the effect that Massachusetts, having always
resisted the rendition of slaves, had no right of
any sort of requisition" upon the people of
Mississippi, and that the agent Of the Boston
house be notified to leave, or he would be
trotted through" Of course, he left, burned
all his "requistion papers, and promised
never to return.-Trapeller, 29h uH
The company of colored people, under the
lead of barber named Draper, are to leave
Cleveland for Liberia Immediately. Thaev pro-
pose to go to farming in the i.t.erior of the coun
try.
Some of the Opposition journals persist in
the assertion that the President was in favor of
calling an extra session, but was overruled by
the heads of the Departments. Nothing can be
more opposite to the truth than this statement
Constitution.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ST. LoUIs-S. Louis,
april 1.-THE extensive variety store of Speck
Il Co., Main street, was destroyed by fire
last night involving loss of $95, 900, of which
$4,000 was covered by insurance. The adjoin-
ing store of Enders Co. was damaged to the
extent of lO,OOO-fully insured.
The Santa Fe mail of the 10th has reached
Independence. The store of Garland Co.,
suffers at Fort Stanton, had been destroyed by
fire loss $l7 900. The transportation of the
California mail via the Both parallel has been
suspended in consequence OF the interference
of Indians 1t was understood that Lieut.. Beale
had turned back, but the cause of his doing so
was unknown.
A large meeting of shoe dealers and manu-
facturers has been held at Boston, and, after
discussion, a committee of nine was appointed
to confer with the New York dealers, with
view of procuring more accurate inspection
of sole leather.