Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-09

'twenty-ninc millions showing an increase Of
upward ofsseventeen MILLIONS or over fifty
per Cent, and abovsssi MILLIONS more than
Ione-half the total annual receipts forthe fs.
cal year ending on the 30th9of june last,
which wore about eighty four millions The
receipts for the month Just ended will BE about
fen millions. a4
AGGREGATE OF SOLDIERS PAY
From the beginning of the war up til! the
present time 81 ,02O 100000 have been paid
to soldiers
REDUCTION OF STATE BANK CIRCULATION.
The subjoined statement, just received at
the Internal Revenue Bureau, shows reduc
tion of the circulation of the State Banks in
the month of April, May, June and July
In April thercirculation wns $3.50, 49,, ,444; in
May it was $l2l 81 ,53S; ,inJune it was $685.
S93,773 and in July, $s3,0lS,304 Subse-
quent reports, not yet completed, show the le-
duction to- he still rapidly going ,onaa
THE ENGLISH CATTLE PEST.
The United States Consul at Manchester,
England, writing, to the State Department,
under date Of October l7th, reports that as
yet there is no abatement of the plague among
the cattle, which is mainly confined to horned
cattle, but it has in a. few instances broken
out with great violence in focks Of sheep
AS there is danger that the disease may be
transferred to America, he suggests that the
Importation of foreign stock be, for the pres
ent, prohibited. By the importation of hides
from Russia, the disease islby manysupposcd
to have been introduced into England :.
The following has been addressed to the
Governor of Florida.
To his Ercellency, Nm. MUrin. Provision
al Gorey7tor ofFlorida, at Tallahassee
Your letter of October 7th was received
and submitted to the President. He is graf.
flied with the favorable progress toward re-
constructionin Florida, and directs me 10 saw
he regards the ratification by tho Legislature
of the Congressional amendment of the Con-
stitution Of the United States as indispensa-
Bile to n successful restoration of the true
loyal relations between Florida and other
States, and equally indispensable to the re-
turn Of peace and harmony, throughout the
Republic. W. H. SEWARD.
ST. Louis, Nov, 1,-Several inches of snow
fell in St. Joseph on Monday, and severe snow
storms have prevailed in several parts of Kan.
sas within afew days past
DultcTlclu CUdCLeS COullnuC 10 run on
the Smoky Hill route to Denver, unmolcsted
by Indians. General Dodge has distributed
troops along that route, making it perfectly
secure.
Washington, Nov. 1.-The case of Captain
Petit the Alexandria TAILOR, charged with
cruelties to prisoners, will come up before a
military commission tomorrow. Il Evidence
will be adduced to prove Petit guilty of out
RACES but little inferior to those at Anderson.
vllle barring the destruction of life n. the lat
ter place. He:was veteran reserve captain
and was arrested by order of the Secretary OF
War; for inhumanity toward citizens of Alex
andria, as well as Union soldiers
The Government has just received from
Charleston, $. C., a quantity of letters written
in the spring of 1861, by the more honest
Postmasters of places south of Charleston
containing money and postage stamps, but
all seized at that city by the Confederates-
The stamps being useless to them, were al
lowed to accumulate there. Government has
also received, 81 400 for postage due from
Charleston before the war.
A special Cabinet meeting was held at nool
to-day. There is little or no doubt that til,
Adams-Russell correspondence of the Alaba
ma pracies were under consideration, anc
the reply of Mr.. Seward to Earl Russell wa.
read at the meeting, and duly considered
though i'll some quarters it is declared thai
the dispatch to Minister Adams went out il
tc-day's steamer.
ia. HuMoRs OF An AMNESTY.
Washington, Nov. 2.--There are rumor
here of general amnesty for those recon
structed States which, adopt constitutions
emancipation and rcpudiate their State wa
debts. n' @ =" .fF
THE PUBLIC DEBT N'a
The public debt, which during the months
of April and May last increased at the rate
of 81 ,00O, 600 day, is now actually on the
decrease, and was reduced during September
and October, SIG, 4,Sl3; the interest has
apparently increased, because forty-fve and 6
half million dollars compound interest note.
have been exchanged for j-20 bonds, and the
semi-aHnual interest on the bonds has been
added in the official statement, while the run.
ming interest on the bonds has not been re
turned in previous statements. During the
past month the legal tender notes in circula
ton have been reduced in amount forty-toul
and half million. 81 na.l l'5at.oJ aI,..d
''' THE 1NsURREcrIoN IN JAMAICA. '''..
New York, Nov. 2.-Intelligence received
via Havana relative to the negro insurrectior
in Jamaica, states that the disorders begun
in the District of St Thomas, where martha
law has been declared The leader of the
insurrection in Paul Boyle. The Government,
has offered $1,000 for his arrest -l5 ,a, Il,
~ Two Spanish war vessels---the Santa Lucia
and the, Andalusia--had left Santiago de Gu
ba on the 18th rnlt,, Ito protect the Spanish
citizens in Jamaica, and offer aid to the au
thorites in suppressng the revolt ,,tog i
GUERRIrTA ATTACK ON MEXICAN RAILROAD
hnFiio.' r,l-n,i, TRAIN. Hu,,wf 1alr4r
The Worlds Havana correspondent of the
9th says an attack upon the railroad at iTe
jicra, Mexico, was made by a party of 400
guerrillas. The trains were detained, anc
passengers taken some miles from the station
where the Spanish Mexican, German ant
American travellers were released, and the
French civil and military were detained Nc
doubt they have been shot, to the number
probably Of fourteenpersons. American pas
sengers NOT identified with the politics of the
country are unmolested. a. m uf s3l a:
~, ""' 5'u' AFFAIRS IN MEXICO .'i''o3
Intelligence has been received from Vera
Cruz to the 23d of October. The Emperor
Maximilian has established maritime prefec
TIRES, the provisional capitals of which are
Vera Cruz, Acapulco and Mazatlan. The
advices from Mexico contain reports of va