The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-09-18
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
NEW YoRK-John T Hoffman, Democrat,
Mayor of New York, has been nominated for
Governor, and r II Pruyn, of Albany, conser-
vative Republican, for Lieut.. Governor.
The Canadian papers urge that the United
States government is responsible for Fenian
troubles and demands that England shall declare
war if the Feuians are not suppressed.
New CoTToN.-A bale of new Cotton was
received in this place on Thursday last. 1t was
produced on the plantation of DIR j NJ Lowry
YorkuiUe Enquirer.
The FINANCIAL EUTURE-Events are carry
ing US rapidly towards resumption of specie
payments on the part of the government. The
Treasury has now over sixty millions of coin on
hand of its own, without counting the private
deposits. At the moderate estimate Of twelve
millions per month, seven months more of Gus
toms revenue will add to this gold fund eighty.
four millions so that by the first of April next
the coin in the Treasury will be one hundred
and forty five millions, less whatever payments
to be made meantime. Estimating these,
for half years gold interest and for payment
of the principal OF the bonds of 1867, due next
January, at forty five millions, there will remain,
the first of April, one hundred millions
Eyening Post.
j. G. Lindsay, we'll known merchant of
1orkville, South Carolina was killed in Charles
ton last Friday night by falling accidentally from
third story window of the Mills House.
GEN. GRANT IN C1Nc1NNAr1-A Sign;f-
cant Rebuke.--Gen. Grant visited Wood s
Theatre in Cincinnati one night last week,
where be enthusiastically received. Dur
ing the performance, a, crowd, among whom
were several soldiers, parsded before the Thea
tire, and Eggleston, member of Congress, re-
quested the manager to go and inform Gen.
Grant that the crowd wished to see him. Gen,
Grant replied, II cannot and will not see them.
Please tell the commander. oil the soldiers to
come and see me-" Baker, the commander of
the soldiers, with some others, marched into the
theatre to the private box Of Gen. Grant, who,
without giving Baker time to make his wishes
known, approached him and said "Sir, I am no
politician; the President is my Commander in
Chief l consider this demonstration in oppo-
sition to the President of the United States,
Andrew johnson. You will please take them
away; am greatly annoyed at this denonstra-
ton. l will be glad to see you tomorrow when
the President arrives" The crowd finally dis
persed, cheering Gen. Grant as the next Presi-
dent of the United States
THAD. STEVENS ON THE WAR PATH-Like
another savage, We learn from the Richmond
Enquirer, Mr. Thaddeus Stevens has painted his
great ugly body and appears once more "upon
the war path" tomahawk in hand. Last Tues
day, at Bedford, in Pennsylvania, he delivered
speech replete with his habitual expressions
OF cordial ill-wll and terocity towards the late
Confederates This speech is not remarkable
for anything in particular, but it contains the
assertion that cold Thad" will be more savage
next session than ever and will urge his fero-
cious desi gns more persistepty. We are glad
to perceive however, that his fierceness is ten
pered with apprebensioDs of failure in carrying
the fall elections. The old sinner even now
smells the birthstone and feels the fire.
We that Mr. Stevens is quoting Judge
Rufin to prove that there are no lawful State
Governments in the South
A Singular CIT: TO the Govermnaent.-The
United States Treasurer was yesterday visited by
an individual of the genus Hoosier, who insisted
on placing among the items of the Miscellaneous
Fund of the Department the handsome sum of
$500 in hve-twenty bonds, which he had pur-
chased early in the war. The reason assigned
for this singular donation, by the donor, was that
when be purchased the bonds he had not the
slightest idea of their final redemption, but that,
as he had been SO agreeably disappointed, he de-
sired to return them to his Government in whose
stability and p.rmanence he now has unfatering
confidence. With modesty seldom equalled,
he requested the Treasurer, in giving publicity
to the fact of his deposting the amount men
toned, to withhold his name and address
Washington Republican.
A dispatch from Mobile says that on the I'd
inst, on the Florida coast, fifteen miles from land
island was thrown up by volcanic influence,
to the height of ninety feet above the water level
and n,aasnripo I 700 feat in rircumferanoo