Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1866-10-18
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WAsRINaToN, October l5.-It has been
decided that the Union Pacific Railroad
Company having completed the seventh
section of their railroad, thirty fve milea
In length, and having complied with ell
she requirements Of the law, are entitled
so have issued to them 9560,000 in United
States bonds, being el6,0 900 per mile for
the said thirty five miles. The bonds bear
the date OF October 18th, 1866.
Counterfeits of the new five cent coins
have made their appearance. They are
not we'll executed.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-Gen Beau
regard leaves here for the South to NOR
row.
Geu. Joe Johnston is in town.
1t Is stated, officially from Gambia, that
the Christians had defeated II 900 Egyp-
tians in a most decided manner, diving
them to the Turkish war ship for shelter.
QrEBEC, October 15.-The whole district
west Of Crown street to st. Xavier toll
gate, nearly mile length, is burnt. Sew
enteen churches and converts are de-
stroyed. Two thousand houses are in
ashes. Twenty thousand persons are rem
dered houseless.
LIVERPOOL, October Is. The cotton
market to day was very active, with sales
Of 10000 bales. Middling uplands ad
vanced Nd, closing at l5Ad.
LONDON, October l5.-The money mar
ket ls slightly frmer. Consols, S91S; U.
s. 5-2o's, 701@.
SAVANNAH, Ca, October l5.-A private
letter from MayPort Mills, Florida, says
that Gouldsby, the second mate Of the
Evening Star, has arrived there, having
LETT the steamer with boat load of ladies'.
A hut ftun hafp raft ttrn
shore. In landing, the later were lost.
One was named Annie -, from Rhode
Island; the other, Rosa Howard, Of New
York. Both became insane from want
and starvation. Their bodies were washed
ashore; that Of the latter was nearly de-
voured by sharks. The mate is barely
alive.
New YoRK, Oct. l6.-Henry Ward
Beecher made an address at the Brooklyn
Academy of Music last night, in which he
advocated the passage of the Constitu-
tlonai amendment as q necessity, eY-
pressed his confidence in the faith of the
South characterized the Repu blican party
as the true guardians Of the Government,
and declared it to be the duty of the North
to educate the South with recognition Of
its entire justice.
BALTIMoRE, Oct. l6.-Petitions are being
circulated here, and extensively signed,
calling on the Governor to remove the
present police mmssioners, which it is
claimed he can do in the recess of the leg
islsture.
The friends Of the com issioners con-
tend otherwise. However, as these have
the appointment of judges at the State
election. the importance Of the subject is
readily U understood.
QUEBEo Oct. l6.-M oderste computati on
places the number Of houses destroyed by
the fire at $50, and the loss of real prop
erty from s2 ,50O,0 to 5000 900. Eight
sen hundred persons are rendered house
leae.
BUFFALO, Oct. l6.-Orders have been
received from Washington to restore tc
The Fenians the arms which we're taken |
rom them on giving bond they shall not
DO used in violation of fths neutrality laws
of the United States.
NEW YORK, Oct. l6-l P. M.-The cotton |
market rules steady at 42c. for middling
lplands and <4c. for middling orleans.
Gold, l49.
Sterling Exchange, los.
DEAoPoLIs, ALA, Oct. 15.-The draw |
,ndge across the Tom bigbee River WAS
inlshed TO- day, and trains run through
lnbroken connection, by rail, now from
9icksburg to Selma.