Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-12-07
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G. EN- ERAsL NEWS.

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Fernando Wood declined the nom.
ination for Mayor extended to him by
the, Mozart IHall wing, of the New
York Democracy, John Hecker, ESQ,
accepted il. The Tammany wing
nominated Jno.o r. Hoffman for Nav
or and Richard O'Gorman for corpor.
alton counsel t51 qoigie- taa5T 10
A Boston man recently had an en-
ployee arrested on the charge of, steal
ing package Of $1,000, and circum.
stantial evidence was strong, +" against
him. On Tuesday the employer
found the money on q shelf, where be
had himself !1aslf placed itIand forgotten all
about it.
= The number Of Irish ls residents in
England and Scotland is 1850, 900.
One fourth of the population of Liver.
pool and one fifth Of that of Chicago,
is composed Of natives Of ireland. =,
Official reports, just published show
that in northern and Northern west
ern Arkansas, there are 100, 900 indiv.
iduals' (widowsy yonphans, ,decrepid peo-
plelold and young Whoa have, been
left ttie entirely nt9'1y,de destitute M By the war
The Richmond Enquirer says 0
company is organizing which has a
capitalof FIVE millions Of dollars, forths
purpose of making rloans 10 Southern
planters who need capital to ,rscom-
mence N operations within 20, n,,. ,, aa,
There is, young lady who plays on
the harp between the parts Of a, pan.
oraria id philadelphia, owho performs
Blind TOMS feat Of executing three
airs al the sameltime, singing one and
playing ggty ty9 % 1Hdeerr,In Fer name p Beiip ip Georgia
Dean spaulding.
The English attempt to produce
cotton in India having proved fail
ure, English capitalists propose join.
ing hands with American capitalists
and .orgaEpizlnlgta q national cotton grow
ing association.
The mortality in the United States
hospitals during the late war was only
nine per cent. In the Crimean war
it was fifty per cent. ,,,~. .,.a
lit is supposed that the object Of con-
centrating II military force in the vi
entity tof San Antonio ID for the, pur-
pose of looking after 4 the French
troops. = -" i7no) sdl -aa1 ts9i IN l.
Over 1900 negroes left Charleston
en the 22d to return to the employ.
ment Of their former masters on the
Sea Islands. They we're very jovial
at the return to their old homes.
Lord Palmeston was the first who
introduced the waltz in England. His
dancing with the Princess Lieven fifty
years ago was the admiration of AL
mack's exclusives oH ''Ha 7w."t
Mr.. Dickens, son Of the novelist,
has been called to the bench in Eng.
land. ....l.-s ...-.. ..
D. Knox, Of Pittsburg, made $4,000
last'year by his strawberry crop. 81,
Water impregnated with iron 10
said to have stopped the cattle plague
in Poland. 'af 10 -at raj ..' /. r.
There is talk in St. Petersburg of
a further reduction in the Russian
army. Fifty thousand soldiers, it is
said, will be sent TO their homes.
Secretary McCulloch believes that
the Treasury will be in condition
during the next year to begin q sys-
tematic reduction Of the public debt.
CorroN IN ILLINo1s.-The cotton
crop is the largest ever raised in Illi-
nois, and is rarely excelled in what is
known as the Cotton States. The
product per acre this year will range
from one thousand to fifteen hundred
pounds seed cotton. The quality is
good-first rate, as compared with
the upland cotton in the Sonth. We
have heard it estimated that jackson
county alone will produce ten thou
sand bales, while Perry, Williamson,
Saline and Union counties will more
than double this amount. The wealth
er this fall has been particularly fa-
vorable for maturing and opening the
bolls. We have had no killing frost
vet, and all the late bolls are matu-
ring, and will be as goodyas the early
ones, thus making the yield extra
heavy. There are now six gins in
Cairo running constantly and they
cannot dispose Of the cotton even now
as fast as it comes to the market.
Wagons are constantly arriving
loaded with the staple, and our buy
ers are eager to meet them. The
nrine has RANGED from ten cents To