, 1865-10-21

Hon. Wm. l. Sharkey 10 the U. e. Seostc to 6f
thr uncxplJtd term Of 5entsson Davas BY rote Of
It'll to &c. ... ..
Alexander H. Stephens had protracted
interview With tie Fresidrut yustesdsy. in which
he expressed favorable opinion Of the fo17ners
reconstruction policy.
The expenses Of the Navy Department for
the year ending June 20, were <112, on, ,0ooL The
c-ttnnatcd expenses Tor The current year ne
$21C00,D0Q
The triAl Of Gayle, the advertiser for MIL
lion dolla to procure the assassination Of lincoln
and Seward, has been Transferred the dyil courts
OF Alabana, TO which State the prisoner was sent
some days ngo.
The Pittsburgh papers deny the report
which hat been extensively circulated TINT Bon.
Geo. 7. lawrence, n. c. for the sirh District Of
rennsyIvania, died on the 1eth inst. he taa been
very Ill, and at the point Of death several times,
nut III iast accounts wne in fair way 10 recovery.
It is Erncrnl]y believed that there Is great
carcity oi lahorrrs In the oil regions OF Fenn=y]
sania. md thst all that In Necessary 10 acquire
FORUM IS 10 70 there The OH City Rt9ses. how
ever. desires TO disahuse the public mind in this
rcepcct.
The President, few days since, sent te1e-
crnm to Gov. Holden, OF North Cafolina. urging
that thr CONVENTION should rc2ud!Atc NOW mud for
ever every dollar Of the debt incurred to I'D the
rebellion Prior to adjournment, the Convention
acted In accordance with the telegram
a uass meeting Is shortly TO be held at
Springfield to consider tho czpediency Of ssabm1t-
ting 10 = vote whether the tosEnthtp shall znaEe
subscription Of $500 10 the capital stock 0! the
Pms, spsiHraeld l. Northwestern RailFoad, The
subscription 10 be dceoted 10 the road between
Springfield and Deardstowo.
Harry Kelley, the champion oarsmnn Of
England, has accepted the challenge oE Hamill, OF
Pittsburgh. the American champion, tor a race to
be pulled oscr the champion course ftom Pntney to
Nonlake, On the Thames, next spring, for $500 4
side, the American ch1mrion being allowed ESQ for
expenses.
An order Tns lssucd sometime ago for the
disposal Of all government property On Johnson's
lssnd but al the request Of G4n. Grant, the order
Nns counte1mAnded, md the Island and the prop
erty belonging to The government upon it. viii re-
main az /, now stands until tbtapproachlnc aession
Of Congress. What dispostion Will be made of It
then rc1natna to lie teen.
The Cleveland and Toledo railroad has re-
vvtd its old project fot bridge At Cleveland neas
the month Of the hartor, to make direct connections
tor :hc Fart, and the City Council has granted its
consent conditioned upon the approval Of the state
voard Of Public Works OF other competent author
lily. TIE only question Is whether the hridee shall
swing from one end or from central p1ct.
It Is a subject OF remark TINT oil the large
ns1s that tsvc trnpspired lately, consumed cotton.
AT selma, Mobile, New Orleans, Memphis and New
York, quauttiee of that commodity have been
burned to i value which, according to report,
amounts to sevrral millions Of dollars. The
s'satncr Tycoon uith u c--:.o Of cotton, IT.
Gently destroyed br fire on the Ohio river. The
fac: s'ctcd l., At least snEuiar one md gfscs rise
10 suspicion Of Wholesale ineendl1rism-
The Lawrence, Kansas, Journal states that
+i1 thousand acres Of land were entered nj the
Junction City iAnd Office, under the Homestead
hrt during the month Of September, nud 1M-nly
thousand acres BY Izc -enption anl private entry.
About seven tlousand acscs were tiled on under the
prc-cmption law, during tho sxnle month. Thirty
three thousand acres for ONO month shows The d.
rrction Ia which the tide Of emigration ID setting.
About two hundred vessels md large NUN.
,ers Of open bcals have been employed OF the
coaat Of Maine in the pro.ceuttou Of he-7n. hshe-
r3e., The pseseut '4eason-lasuns from the latter
Dart OF August to the irat or middle Of octob-r-
and 1t IL estimated that dlty thousand barrels have
been tnken. One establishment alone has packed
from twelve thousand to ffieen thousand barrels
The market p.ace Of the 1sh Ia seven dollars PEI
barrel.
Rcuorts from collectors Of Internal Revenue
in t;eorgia give gratifying evidence 1.-the abund-
ance OF money in the South, Notwithstanding the
cxhaustiue rroce.s II has been subjected to within
the last four yearr. The Collector nl Augusta re-
nortr having collected tUo hundred thousand dol
lsrs within the hst three months, and the Collector
nj Macon reports one hundred End flty thousand
dollars in the came PERIOD all Of which Is fom tax
e. on cotton.
Col. FORSYTH, Of the Mobile Aaverti.er and
Rtgaer. and Z. Q. Halle. Of the Mobile 1iaks {late
Netcs,) have had bloodless duel at the end Of
sharp editorial wn1 of words- II accms that upon
tic evacuation Of Mobile the Adretisr people oat-
tered IN their machinery and went ct With al
movable edccsa that subsequently Ar. Halle, under
military permission, repaired the press ard
the Mobile Httrs. a name sinca csanReo 70 TUG
1is4es, bccau.c the Sacs Eas the crculnE ed1aon
Of lie ddrt7s1r. The "potnt Of honor "ts IN
..sug The Advertiser press and u psrt Of tts name
and thc,e were eonc questions Of dnmagea involved
shotx wore exchanged without injury 10 either
oarty af,c1 which m a1ls.ice WIS declared and The
t7,;f77ae honor,a1* ushde.
Tie election in Arkansas, for three mesn-
ber- Of Congress occurred on Monday. the 7th, bEi
returns are rcarce. 1t secms probable, however,
that Jpdcr Dyerr has been elected IN IN: Isl luf
Helena, district; Loruxo Gfhsnu in the I'd fot Lit
tie Pocl1 difuict, and Col J. II. Johuson in the
IA for Fort Smith district. The rote OF Little
Rock. wus: Giteon, 100; Kyle, @6; Mc3dor+ %.
The most Of this vote the Site JoxTam says, ssa
Illegal, and will no, be counted. Il stringent
-.franchtee law is 10 existence, md the htate nn'
,horiuc4 may throw ont voter cuonEh under 1t to
elect Dr. T. n. Jacks in the lit district, and Col
n II Ex,c In fhe %. hoth of whom are thorough.
,unc Frec srate men. In the I'D district there nat
m .e4,on. contest. Cir officers .rc.r elected In
1.-THE Rock on the 10Th, to e-organlze The muni.
c}pal government,
Accnrtlinr To the New York Ford Judge
leauou. Of Texs.. while in thst ei,y on Wednesday
last, rayc the following version Of the WAY In which
JEFF. Davis happcned to be captured in female up
parel Mr. Davis. immediately on hearing tht
d.,ns, spsnnr from the place where he had beei
passing the night. and advanced toward the door Q
the tent. AZ he did 70, thinking thst the frina
proceeded from the mazauders Of the Alaoaiu
brtSsdc, who probably had come in contact %iu
his own small escort, intent on rl1noes mn
carnage, he exclaimed aloud: Those men nave =!
tucked ut At lart: surely fiase authority enougl
left 10 prevent my own men from killing Oh
another 6ay1ng this he opened the dooe Of tn
,ent ann WIS inst etepplus out when bis wife
otth., hc,ide besxelf with terror. and not knowfn
c1cnr,v ,eha, were the nature os her acts, OF think
~, he ro,7nrnt MINT r,.nder him un1ecoeuIz
III, 10 III rmyxuer. rt,rr,E \ x,o,utso CORA oye
~. .n.r,acrx afrso} onru.nf h. MI, nrpfbr.dn
"1 ns.a,,.- o,..t;a.s n ponnev1v~n,,
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ONO ano 1o"at WIZ s1o ocp1sa unsH 4uo"1 ~. - !.
California n'aint ana ~ , .s. ...s ~ ~
publican gam VI ee'vo - -. ts'-S,'.N"@ -
kcntacks' na'c H@H.%nq s.su W sa.O 0.
holdea u " "Aa4nues4 "ouue. ,H = eaa4t 10y =
observing e"1fcepoooeal' eass 4N ono ao -
II ofnc1al c31c'c4 ne1o II N 'no1nl, os'ot H5s
elections there was an 'aea tnh3 inc on
,,,,4iae ,,arr Abouf 10 dlh&Qlyt4 and ceAoldet
wc7e looking round to eee Where to range them
eeiyes. The most OF them n fneH ANXIETY clun
,a .,, President ssnu1e Of them kdid I'VE bt