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The New STEAMER ROBERT E, LEE.-The Louisville

The NEW STEAMER ROBERT Il. LEE.-Ihe Louisville
Courier thus describes this magnificent boat;
The Robert E. Lee was built expressly for the pas
senger and carving trade between New Orleans,
Vicksburg and the Bends, distance of upwards of
500 miles to make weekly trips equal to travelling 1000
miles every week, including her time in port and
attending to way business, receiving and dischargng
cargo She was constructed cost exceeding $780,
OOO and is the largest and will, we think, prove the
fastest boat in the trade Her outfit is undoubt-
edly tie most costly and magnificent that has yet
been placed upon western steamer, the owners being
determined that for the honor Of the trade as well
the name that she shall stand peur ct reproce
and without equal or rival in her The
capacity Of the boat is equal to the burhen Of 1000
bales of cotton 1850 tons and it is expected that
she can carry 5000 bales with her guards clear Of the
water and not a tier above the second deck In
former times 5000 bale boat was 4 rarity and a
5000 bale boat the wonder of the age yet the Lee
can carry COCO bales, with her guards clear of the
water and make railroad time.
The cabin and outfit Of this great southern steamer
surpasses that has yet gaced the trade and hel
accommodations are on the same scale Of grandeur
and maguiGccnce She has sixtyone extra staterooms
in the for passengers nursery for servants anG
children and a cabin for colored people adjoining the
nursery in which stae-rooms for fifty passengers
I This gives her accommodations for 220 persons il
rooms ana take her all in all she is the most commo
dious and complete packet that has ever been built
any boat that has preceded her but whether he
equal can ever come after remains to be seen. The
cabin carpet is in single piece, some III feet wide
and upwards Of 225 feet in length, royal Wiltor
velvet purchased Of A. I. Stewart, Of New York anc
made to order The furniture also made to order
all Of the modern style and costly material being il
fact solid rosewood, the chairs sofas, sociabes &c.
most artisticaly and deliberately carved The cushion:
Of all the seats heavy crimson satin and the style
of the furniture is OF new and original designs, al
made in this city, at the mandatory Of John Smm
She has twenty extension dining-tabes in the mali
cabin, each accommodate twelve guests; thus seat
ing 24O for dinner, with plenty of room for extra side
tables.
The dimensions are as follows; Length of bull, 300
feet beam, 46 Feet hold, % felt extreme width, sc
feet or five feet wider than the canal locks The
guards are IS feet wide, her decks very high, ant
with her great depth Of hold, she stow COCO bales
of Mississippi or Louisiana cotton without at all en-.
croaching upon the cabin or upper guards. When
fully laden her capacity is equal to 500 tons.
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If man has never changed bis opinion, he mast be
unable CT unwilling to think.
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NEW YORK, Sept 90, 1866.
" Dear Sit-Your note of the Sd is received here.
The question you have put to me | have heretofore
considered. Ny opinion is that the tax of cents,
imposed by the act Of congress you refer to- is UNCoN-
sTIrUTIoYAL, and believe the court will so decide
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" REyERDY JOHNSON
We learn from the Wilcox Camden Times that the
cotton planters OF that county concerning measures
to have the question tested in the supreme court
SENSATIONAL DIsPATCHEs-The following from the
New York Tribune is specimen Of the sensational
dispatches sent north
NEW ORLEANS Thursday, Oct. 4, l866.-Somc i'm
portant disclosures will soon be officially made public
in reference to secret rebel societies. which permeate
the entire south. These organizations have brarch
circles in New York city and the west. That in New
York is said to number $4,000, principally composed
of men who served ID the rebel army. Each circle
has different name. Some are known as The True
Sons of the South" others as 1.-THE Knights Of Ara
ba" and all are well armed with the most improved
weapons, and ready alta moments notice, should IA
vorable opportunity arise, to the struggle for
tile lost cause One of the chief members of this or
ganisaton, now in prison, is said to have made in
porant disclosures. Gen. Sheridan is concentrating
troops IN this city for important purposes which viii
soon be made apparent
Nine cases Of whipping Of negroes have been re-
Gently officially reported in the parish Of Bienville-
One Oh woman, seventy years Of age received 400
lashcs
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IMPORTANT TO Boor AND SHOE MAKERs-The com
missioner of internal has just made the fol
lowing important decision respecting boot and shoe
makers who manufacture custom work:
TREAs'Y DEPT. OFFICE INTERNAL REVENUE
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/ The WILL OF THE LATE BLANCA RoBBISs.-The New
Orleans Crescent has the following in relation to this
celebrated character:
Among those who were swallowed by the waves
and went into ocean grave from the Evening Star,
to mngle with the pale nations Of the dead, was
woman, who kept fashionable bagnio in this city,
and who was known as Blanca Robbins. Mongers,
such as she was, find in northern marts, the goods
they want and she returning, with an invoice Of
attractions for her establishment when the hurricane
overlook the ship and consigned all her, the yirtu
Gus and the depraved, to vain struggle with an
gered ocean.
Already the estate of Blanca Robbins has been ad
ministered upon and her succession opened in the
second district court She had, it appears, in the
course of her pitiiul life accumulated in money and
property about hundred thousand dollars. She had
made several Wills the last Of which opened and
proba ted yesterday By this testament she bequeatbs
all her worldly possessions to two children, at
school il Bardstown kentucky and directs that Dr. A.
Folln be appointed under-tutor Of the inheriors of
her wealth This under-tutor yesterday deposited in
court to the credit of the succession several thousands
o dollars III gold which the deceased had intrustcd to
him for safe keeping or Investment and Of his posses
sion of which there evidence bat his ac
acknowledgements As is usual with women of her class
she bore an assumed name. Her real now be-
comes known 1t was Bridget Molloy, the patronymic
Of which she claims to have obtained by marriage and
gives to her heirs as legitimate children.
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SHREVEPORT:

vrrDvrcOAy OCTOBER b. 1866.
- 49,
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How THE President RECEIVED THE RESULT OF THE
ELEcTIoNs.-A Washington dispatch of the 10th, to
the Chicago Times, says:
All of the Washington newspapers declare to-day
that the elections have resulted fully anticipated
here with the exception of Pennsylvania, where the
majority against the administration is not one-fourth
of what was expected by the over-sanguine. Large
sums Of money changed hands estimated majorihes
in that State, The result not fully known to the
president until this morning and he conversed very
cheerfuly over it with those who obtained interviews
with him during the day. The secretary Of the treas
ury and the attorney general, however, occupied
portion of the presidents time.
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Late dspatcos repolt The empress Of Netieo in'ane
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-24

Gold in New York On the 22d inst. vas quoted 1856
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
The constitutional amendment
Whnt SenntOr MnrNln SnNa.

Ex-Governor MARviN, of Florida, United
states senator elect, loyal man through
the war; who had the confidence of Presl-
dent LINCOLN aud of Congress spoke Fri-
day night In Brooklyn. for the soutl, rs
follows:
We have ratified oncamrndment. and YOU
want we should ratiD' another. Yon told
US if we would quit fighting and elect our
Representative 60 Congress, the varwould
lc over. Now you want us to do suinc-
thing else. and by and by YOU win want us
60 dO something else. We are willing to
take the Constitution NJ VI Is but YOU say
We must ratify these amendments TO the
Constitution. Wen, now, iellow-citizens.
why may not the question Or the ra.ifca
ton of these amendments TO the Constih-
ton be submitted to the States after these
ten states are represented IN Congress as
betorcs Is not that fnif2 lCrlcs OF "Yes,
yes. Now, ! want to inquire of you.
gentlemen. Tonight, ! want 10 inquire OF
The Republican party, what 10 proposes to
do With the ten states, provided they do
not ratify the amendments? Iwill tell YOU
here Tonight that, IN my Judgment not n
single Que Ut these ten States will iatify
tht'sC amendments,
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
The Road to Independence.

IN the city and surroundings OF jackson,
Miss q company, with a capital of $780,
0OO' are now erecting cotton and wooden
mills, which, when in full operation, will
have 2lO0 wool spindIes, 4,032 cotton spin
dies, 9G looms, 30 cotton cards of large size.
with workers and strippers, aud IS wool
cards. Part of this machinery Is now I'm
the place and ready for operation. The
machinery was ordered aud has been made
since the surrender nt Paterson, n. j., and
embraces all the recent improvements,
many of which are unknown In the South.
The total cost of machinery ut the shop
will be about $l50n00. The estimated sup
ply of raw material per day Is $500 pounds
wool and 1000 pounds cotton, which, with
the labor of about 200 hands, will make 3,
900 yards of cloth per day. The company
began to build last fall. and will soon com
mence manufacture, The location Is forty
flve miles below Jackson, in high healthy
country, well watered aud timbered--the
company owning about three thousand
acres of land.
such enterprises as these, II engaged in
by men of energy throughout the South,
would soon impress New England with less
illiberal Ideas than what are the ruling law
Just now.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
NIissnnri.

To-day Missouri holds her election. In
many ofthe counties it viii be farce. In
some, prescription, carried through with
violence. The Registry law has been ad-
miuistercd, by Radical managers In most
villainous manner Ia large sections of the
interior, and, II tolerated at the polls, viii
cut on from the privileges OF ,he ballot
large numbers of Democrats.
The ST. Louis iintcs expresses The opinion
that the numerical strength and physical
force of the people is on the side Of conserv-
atism against radicalsm, and yet by the
operation and partisan execution of the
registry law, probably not lcss than fifty
thousand voters have been or viii be. If
they submit to it, dsiranchised and thus
prevented from participating in the rights
aud duties of ircemen
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
New England-Thc Eastern Manu-
facturers DcVOur Western Labor.


Eastern capital Is a vast dry sponge, dip
ped into the fountains of Western labor ia
deyour IL. Eastern cupidity, lank, hungry
and voracious, like PHARAoH's lean kline,
comes down upon the burdened grain
fields, cattle, sheep and horses Of the West
In each season. TO dcyour and destroy Us,
eat us up and return half famished again,
no nearer satisfied than before. They meet
US with deception, and our people hail their
deceit aud embrace IT, Under prctcnce of
freeing black barbarian slaves turned loose
to starye, they have cuslaved the industrial
pursuits of the whole Mississippi Valley.
The valleys of the Nile have no such corn
fields; the mines Of Ophir have no such
gold the hills Of India had 40 such herds
of cattle; Egypt had no such swine, and
Job had no snch llocks ofsheep as ours.
The commercial power and importance
of this immense valley Of alluvial aud min
eral lands. is not only incalculnblc but in
comprehensive Our iron ore from Lake
Superior is transported to the very gateway
of the iron mountains Of Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Surh Is the superiority
(and does not itself greatly excel the iron
of Missouri) for manufacturing Our lead
mines'of Iowa, Missouri. Wisconsin and
Illinois are outside of the range of compe-
tition. Our resources of wealth are meas
urclcss and increasing. But such Is the
servile condition ofthe Western States that
New England absorbs annually all our
profits and levics new mortgages upon our
farms with enormous per ccutagc rs a
growing debt
One of our contemporaries reminds the
toiling masses that our own Radical Con-
gressmen and newspapers are helping to
hold the noses of their constituents and
patrons to the grindstone. that the reign OF
New England may be perpetuatcd She II
Congress MORRILL, can Introduce no tariff
or revenue bill for enrichng her by rob
bing the people of the West that our own
Senators and Representatives win not vote
for The admission of Southern member,
does not mean oppression of the freedmen
nor population of the national debt: noi
the placing of the control of the Govern
ment In the hands of rebels nor the eX-
pulsion Of Northern men from the South
1t means legislation which will equally
distribute the burdens of the Government
and release the West aud South from tn,
iron grip of hypocritical. swindlng New
| England monopolists. The interests of th,
West and South are identical. and botl
are opposed to the financial policy of tn,
Eastern States. WENDELL PHILlIps ma,
be visionary theorist, but his Theories
work out annual dividends of from fifty t,
a hundred per cent. on the whole amount O
capital invested in Massachusetts mills
and the people OF illinois are bled 10 pay
| flpln
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06

''The Conservatives have lacked leader
ship all through, aud their affairs have
been badly arranged. Spociai 10 CiRcih-
Rait EHqHircr.
Precisely. And soit ever viii be. So il al
ways was. conservatives" hall ages of the
world. have Hacked leadership" and they
always Will CONSERVATIVES" are not only
timid of their enemies but still more so Of
the men ofthciro own party who hayr nerve
and VIII aud boidaess enough to lead. Such
men arn always prescribed by "COnscrya-
tiyes,' who are afraid that they win hurt
the party" Aud so in revolutionary times,
they are always beaten CicERo. noted for
timidity. was conservative" and MARX
ANTONY, the "Radical.n cut his head oil.
Tho Cavaliers n 1910. were "Cmsrrva
tives;'' they drove all the bold, learned men
out Of their ranks, either into private ilc
or To the other side. and accordingly,
"lacked leadership aud their affairs were
badly managed;" and the Roundhead
"Radicals' beat them at all points, he
headed the King, aud oyerthrcw the
Monarchy. The Presbytcrians then he
came the CONSERVATIVES" and the "tadi-
car CROMWELL crushed them out aud
"purged" the House of Commons. The
Royalists of France Ia l7SD were 'Conscr-
yatives = were cowarlly aud "lacked lcad-
ership7 aud the Revolutionary Radicals"
guillOtincd the King and Queen and erected
a so called "Rcpublic" ON the ruins Of the
Monarchy. The Girondns then became
conservative" and those bully Jacobin
Radicals RoREsPImRE DtNroN aud
MARAr put them TO death, "thcir Affairs
being badly managed And SO, we re-
peat il has been aud will ever be- In all
ages and countries. How long will it be
before the Democratic party shall learn
again, as it well knew in the old JACKSON
days, that "action. action, action" is the
first. second and third essential of war and
politics, az we'll rs oratory?
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
The Colorcd MANS Comntry.

At Mobile, Alabama. as we learn from
the Journal of that city. there is vessel
now fully prepared manned and proyis-
Toned, to carry to Liberia party of col
ored emigrants, the larger portion of which
are already concentrated there, ready to
sail. Nine are going from Ohio, some
twenty from Sparta. Georgia, one hundred
and sixty from Mobile and near four hum
dred from South Carolina. The "Gocon-
da,' which will soon sail, goes out under
the care of the American Colonization So
CipiV
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06

MEDTCAL NOTICE.


h'' ~ SONis may ne consulted rs Follows,
In DAYTON AZ the Phillips House on Eridays
Sept II oct, 10; Nuy si; bee rs: Fel,i IA March
81 April l2 May q. June 81
IN TRo1 az Tho Morris House, on sRturdays
Sept. 10; Oct. 70; Nov. - Dee 20. Fen III Mnrsh
q, April -; May ls;June y
In NkNiA at the Depot Batting Hoiise ON Thurs.
uaysi sept lHt Oct l5i NoN. -; Dec. q Jan 81 ;
March q April Il May 1Bj Jnne 20
IN SPRINGFIELD at the Millis House on
Ehursdays, sept 20i Oct 25i Nov 20; Jan, Feb
Z; March "a; Aprll ls, May g3; June e1
Dr. CONE hAe had offices In each of the aboy,
places, mat ne has regularly visited for the pas
seven yeHla. ard as he has treated and cured many
ratients, u 'ach of the above places, he can giyt
thv hest ol ittr'nces in each place to his skim
Ut ''Nt Iteats and Cil6s all varieties o.
Chronic discusses, tucludiut those Of the i.ye anr
EAI MAKE. 40 charge for cunsultatinn: Int d
tho,' VINO consul himdcsirct treatment. he charge,
Cash for his Medicines
Melioihes that VIII lastA patient from four to ST
months, cost from Five 10 Thirty dollars in Casi
Address Dl. i. COM
COLUMBUS, ONO.
oce0-dly
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
New advertisements.
NOTICE IN PARTITION.


JNLlIABErn G. LODGE, Nathan Waylnnd
II lodge q minor, Jusabrd II. Lodge "A minor
Addison DnnSnn aud ltnsunna Donson, his wife
william Jones and Nancy Ann G. Jones, his wife,
Aquila lliNon and Naomi H. liiNnn his wife
Frederick SmlLh and Clarissa Matilda smith, his
vie, Mary Hannah Lodge, and Mariah Jane
Lodge an of Montgomery County ohio. and Ho.
ratio Lodge, oliver Lodge, minor Elizabeth
Lodge aminor, John Hopkins and Obedience Hop
kins, hi, wife AL of tass County IN the state of
Indiana, will take notice that James y Lodge
Jacob + Lodge, Mason ~ Lodge. and William N
petition, which IS now pending against Them In
the Superior Court of Montgomery County Ohio,
claiming and setting forth that tissy. the said petit
tioners. are tenants In common 10 fee simple with
the said Nathan Wayland Lodge. Josabed T..
Lodge, Rosunna Donson, Nancy Ann g. .Ienes,
Naomi r. EiNon, Claiissa Matilda Smith Mary
Hannah Lodge, Mariah Jane Lodge, Horatio
Lodge, oliver Lodge, aud Elizabeth Lodge, OF the
following real estate and premises Situate In the
county OF Montgomery, and Stnte of oh o. und
being any acres Of land on of the east side OF the
southeast quarter OF section twonty, township
three range six, east in Butler township. in said
county. with lhe privileges and Rppurtenauces 20
the same belonging, ~ heir -aG-iaw OF Jacob
Lodge. late of Montgomery C0Gnty, Ohio decd
SAID james y :, Jacob r., Mason H., and William
\ lod =, petitioners aud plaintlis in said petit
ton, clam, in said petition, that they each hold
unc-th rtccnth of said premises cNceptlnR Tho
said tlorutio, oliver, u minor, and Elizabeth a
minor, of tass County, Indiana, aforesaid who are
zach entitled TO one.thrd OF one-thlrteenth part
pt sad premises. They further claim In said peti
ton that said Elizabeth q. Lodge Is the widow OF
said Jacob Lodge, decd; that said Obedience Hon,
kins, wife of said John Hopkins, also made de.
iendant to said petition the mother OF said Ilo
ratio, Oliyef, minor and Elizabeth Lodge d
minor, and they pray that partition may bo made
of said premises; that their respective portion,
may De set on to them in seyeralty AMI for sucl
other ana proper relief rs may De granted by the
Court at the hearing of said cause. And unless
they answer said petition by the 22d day OF Janu
airy, A.p 1861 salt petition will he taken as tru,
| aud Judgment rendered accordingly.
JAMES n LODGE,
JACOB =. LODGE,
MASON H. LODGE,
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
DendY Dead2-Nnt Mnch,

The Boston journal, a very unusual
specimen of Radical candor Dade notable
remark, the other day, about the late
speedy demise and melancholy funeral of
the Democratic party, that.
ut will not escape the general attention,
now that the smoke of the recent election
battles Is over. that there has been no great
change In the strength of the parties no the
North for the last six or seven years. There
Is the Republican party on one side, and
the Democratic party on the other--neither
having died out, according to frequent pre-
dictions, nor been set aside by nm over
whelning popular uprising. This view of
the matter may not be very eXhilaratiug
To Rcnnblicans of ardent temperament."
One-idead Radicals, who have not studied
late election statistics very closely, had
better make a note of it,
The Republican, at Springfield, In that
State, conducted by one of the most tai
ented Republicans of New England, takes
similar view of the state of political af-
fairs, saying:
''The recent elections show no material
change In the relative strength of parties.
Neither party exhibits any signs Of decay,
aud all predictions of the sort fail OF veri-
tlcation. We have still to meet compact
Democratic party, that Il very little weak
ened by years of successive defeat. Nor
has 1t gained anything worth taking into
account by the perversiun of executive
patronage In its behalf Yet it has proved
strong enough to reduce the Republican
maJorlties in Pennsylvania and Indiana
the only States that were really contested
in the late elections. A majority Of $4,000
In the grand aggregate of G00,0O0 votes In
Pennsylyanla--only two and a-half per
cent. of the entire vote-is indeed sufficient
for practical purposes but Indicates no
such prepOnderance rs will allow the Re
publicans of that State to rest on their
arms In the future, more especially as the
majority Is about third less than that OF
last year. c,"
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
Sanguinary.

A gentleman recently from New Orleans
says that In hotel In that city he heard
the following toast proposed and drank
Here's TO the hand that drew the trigger
That shot the man that freed the niger
-ksehalOa
A gentleman recently from Boston SAYS
that he heard the details of Il conspiracy ia
hang President JOHNSON, chop Secretary
SEWARD into inch pieces, blow General
GRANT from the mouth Of cannon, make
SUMNER President BOUTWELL, Secretary OF
State, BUTLER General Of the army and
Bon. SoHENcK Minister to Vienna
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
TAXES FOR 1866.
Treasurer's Notice.

lFINAX- PAYERS are notified tiat the Treasurer
i is now ready TO receive the taxes OF 1876
The law requires each Tax payer 70 pay one.
half the taxes assessed against him on real ana
personal property, together with the whole OF the
gas and street improvement, ON or Deiole me sVui
day OF Ieeemher 1874 ana the reniAihng half on
or before the e0h day Of June, i3T, u ftJ
Aflg- Taxes assessed on personal property ut not
pald on or before the Goth day Qf peeember the
whole % said taxes become due
Once hours nom ~ AZ. 70 3 O'Clock r. Al.
DANIEL sTALEN, Treas. Mont Co., o.
Troasurer's ONCE, October 80, is06.dAw6t
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-11-06
tB-The untamed rebels of Richmond

8-The untamed rebels of Richmond,
Va still manifest their extreme evidences
of dlsloyal unconstructedness. The more
audaciotls of their young bloods, ignoring
totally the present and the threatened flu
ture situation, are offering TO bet hundred
to one that the promised meteor shO,S, by a
Yankee SavaR, TO come on on the 18th TO
the l4th insts- viii be failure!