The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-17
News Summary.

so"' "u'S" nss ooeu the sontary De
peudsnce Of many Of the people Of tha.
q city for their daily bread, ceased on Fri.
day last, apd that il has been sscsrtain
cd that 3,0+8 women. and children have
been left destitute with the rigom Of wins
ter upon them, and nothing let between
them and death but charity.
The total income Of the Govern ment
from internal revenue, on Thursday, was
$l,2so 900, making the grand total rev
.enus Of the National Treasury from this
source for the first five months q the
current f.cal year,commencius with July
!. $i49,25o.ooo; or equal to an aver.
q aye Of $l.l4s.077 for each business day.
4 Ths J-ffersonviIls CTexa.) Bulletin says
cotton con.ir ues to pour into that place
from the adjacent counties, as the head
Suf Red river navigation. The bulletin
seon'iders the quantity arriving as "remar.
k~bls," considering the large quantity
tha. reached the place early t do sea.
son.
The Marshall (Te1a.) Republican com
plains very much OF the constant and
extensive roberies carried on in the town
and its vicinity. The editor says: ut is
40 longer safe TO walk the streets Of a
k.ieh, without six shooter and = search.
ing irqni-y in trout and rear. Va ave
lived in Texas fnr nearly nineteen years,
and ~s have never known, during tia,
period, property and life 80 insecure"
Mrs. r. E. Lee has SOLD her farm near
NW~nsn,on. Va, to DR.. brewery. Of Rich
mond for $40 per sSys. It contains abou,
500 acres, and We understand the price
paid for It vas $4,000 for tho entire
frsct. The Federal troops during the
wsr destroyed al the fencing and out.
buildings on the place and nearly ~ The
iHber.
T"s New York Tribpus. Locking at
hpne, Gays:
To-day = black man is not allowed =
license to drive kis own horse sLd cart,
and work for such ~ choose TO employ
bin. rish, here in New York. He has
bal bard s,rugsls for the righ, to rid.
N our city horse carr. paying his fare
Ike other p eopls. and has barely secured
la, Il it be secured, shsr yeass Of insult
Apd outrage. la black builder we're
th;s day TO take . contract to erect =
hou.e OF s'o's for come Que Who chose
70 employ him, md would employ black
H"psn,ers and mssons on The job. 20 be
ksvs shsy would b stoned off il before
che weeks end.
ATHs GsArurrr TO Mas. LINCOLN The
Washington eo''''posdsa. Of the Abs.
sylN. ~ A,9a' ..ys:
Il, i proposed 10 give 4lOo 900 to Mrs.
iac'ln. When Coavrsss voted Mrs
s'rison &25.oO0 the appropriation .as
dsnooncsd 10 debate BY Benton. Calhoun,
Woodbury. and other p.mocr.,s. Lu,
yas pss.ed 10 the Senate by . vote Of
ssscty :" .i.'asn. .oa ip the house one
ssndssd and t~snsyivo 10 thirty six
% to be h"psd that ths circumstances
Sadsr which Mrs Lincoln left Washing
toa will not be brought up in discussion.
A special d:.Patch 10 the New York
fimss from Washington states ,ba. Prs.i.
Az. johnson will lay Tho corr sspond.nce
% Mexican affair. before Congss.s =. soon
- that body resumes it, session. From
tbis correspondence. ws Are assured, i,
pin b found .tst ths Monroe doc. ,Ins
as not b-sn sbandoosd. but that . poll
sy hss bsen pursued which seemed mos,
hksly to vindicsts !, ~i.hoa, going 10 tho
sspsnss OF another war. II Congress in.
siA upon more hsa.y setiss, svsq q, the
esst OF . new var, no obstacle vi be
placsd 10 i" way. But It must assume,
'ha. case. all The responsibility.
The Montgomery Advertissr ussn,ions
that Major General THOMAS hs. notified
ths authorities Of his readiness to relieve
Alab.ma Of Federal troops. bat ths, the
0svsrnor thinks ii advisable that they be
ssainsd for the prsssSt. and u,tH there
shAll be suitable Organisations Of the mill.
ta to preserve order and asss, ia sxecu.
ttsg the Laws.
A .oung man named Care, was stab
be BY young Dalton Y.ucsy. son Of the
esbsratsd Wm. L. Ysncey. . few nights
NICE, At . dancing Academy io Mont,