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The price Of wheat in Iowa
is lower than at any time since
the breaking out of the war.
The average price, taking the
State together, is about so cents
per bushei. i9'
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mel are completed. Trains viii
pass over the bridge in abeut ten
days.
Cleveland, Nov. 25.--Henry
1 Ward Beecher has been elected
President of the women's suffrage
Convention. .s....a.a
London, Nov. 25.--Peabody fu-
neral fleet sails on Dec. I'd. sa3
Washington, Nov. 26.-Dr.
Faulkner is here with a remon.
STRANGE against the removal of
the land Office from Monroe,
La, which has been ordered
Faulkner is supported with re.
monstrance letters from many
prominent gentlemen. The let
tiers urge that the removal will
cause much confusion regarding
the titles. siss 81 .la)
Gen. Lee thus concludes a let
ter of coincidence to Mr.. Peabody's
family: 81 beg in my own behalf,
and in behalf, of the trustees and
faculty of Washington College,
Va, which was not forgotten by
him in his acts of generosity, to
tender the tribute of our unfeign-
ed sorrow at his DEATH" aH
Chicago, Nov. 26.-The Nation
; al Liquor Dealers Convention
adopted resolutions urging that
: direct and indirect taxes be col
lected at distilleries by taking
: their capacity. .s.-. t..,.f
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 26.-The
House tabled the bill repeating
? the law allowing negroes to hold
|. Office or to act as jurors, by Al to
80. hd i iasF -"
Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. &c.
; One hundred Mormon mission
e aries, detailed by Brigham Young
$ passed here in body. Theil
/, destination, is East and South. +
j Chicago, eNoy. 26.-Mrs. Mar
: garet Perry, daughter Of the lat'
+ Governor Carter, and her owl
+ daughter, are both held t.
l bail in the sum of $4,000 each, 70
t .infanticide. i~j5'- A l'3' =
g Louisville, Nov. 27.-Judge O
Nicholas is dead. 5H 5Is7. H4t
I 81 Washington, Nov. 27.--The Sec
| rotary of War has approved th,
5 action of, Gen. Myers and award
E ed the Red river freight contrac
: to DR.. Peterson, of New Orleans
! DIR. Peterson aud Gen. j. A. Now
/: er departed tonight.
: Washington, Nov. 27.-The OF
I; der abolishing the Monroe (La.
: Land Office is suspended, an,
) probably will be finally rescinded
5 The bulk of the Presidents Mes
u sage is completed. 81 sa s...gs
$ The Western Legislators wi
oppose any scheme for contrat
! ton. They represent a none
s famine in the West.
n New Orleans, Nov. 27.-J. M
: Cass has sued the Times for 800
u 600 damages for libel, in publish
y ing, last August, au affidavit mad
Ii before Justice of the Peace b
s Edward Hickey, charging Gas
with emblezzlement, and for NAL
u ing comments thereon in the loo;
}. columns of that Journal.
n Memphis, Nov. 27.-Three feel
J. hands attacked a planter name
u johnson, in Johnson county, Ark
. with knives. johnson killed NV
5 and mortally wounded the thir(
y johnson received more than =
: wounds, but will recover.
San Francisco, Nov. 29.-Dt
, falcation of Postmaster W. G
Y | Manpy nCfs.nnfaI an non
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sit is stated Attorney General
Hoar is about to accept a seat
on the Supreme Court Bench.
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Six men have been sent to
the lunatic asylum in New
York since the gold panic, who
sEent crazy on account of their
losses 10 that transaction.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-12-04

7gf In tbs parish of Assumption
the best cane is giving about a
hOgshead to the acre. 'fgf
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lA negro woHaan Of Roekfora,
ILL.,, wantedtOride in the ladies
car on one of the railroads cut
there, and, because the conduc-
tor wouldn't let herdo it, Q jury
awarded her $1,000 10 the way
Of damages.
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Since our last weekly report
the river at this point receded

Since our last weekly report
the river at this point receded
about 10 inches, leaving it last
night about 4 feet 5 inches be-
low the lowest water before,
this season, and falling slowly.
The river at at this point is now
within 2 feet Of the low water
Of 1867. 4 Va Is
We have no encouraging
news from above the raft. Up
to the latest dates nothing like
achievements were to be seen
or heard of along the entire line
OF the upper river. The river
is fordable at every crossing.
The stage of the river below
this point is anything but en-
couraging. The two worst bars
in the river, Coushatta and
Dixie, furnish from 26 to %
inches of water, with a change
able channel. The other bars
and the falls afford from so
inches to 3 feet. The narrow
river below here and Coushatta
Chute is very bad. The pilots
find logs and stumps unknown
to them before, and it requires
a good deal of time and perse-
'verence toget alongat all. Tie
boats are now about a week IN
making the trip from the city.
The leyee for most of the
week presented a dull aspect.
-[South- Western, Dec. 1sts
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The newspapers of California
are urging the calling of. a con-
vention to revise the State Con-
stitution.
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Congressman Cox, of New
York, shows that while the in
come tax yields only about
$31. 100000 ofrevenne per an
mum, it costs s12.OOO,O0O to
collect it.
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Famine Is prevailing in some
Of the districts Of India.
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A RAILROAD TO TEXAS.


Texas is the "Giant State" and
will be one of the richest, best
and most desirable in the Un-'
ion in time. At present she is
little more than a burly border
savage, clothed in raw hide,
bustling with bowie-knives and
strung with lariats and reyolv-
ers. She needs railroads,
schools, emigration; and more
capital, and we are glad to
know is pretty rapidly acquir-
ing them all. There is amove-
ment on foot to build a line of
railroad directly from this city
to Galveston, No enterprise
would pay better. The traffic
which awaits such alineis enor-
nous, some 80 of the best cot
ton-growing counties in Texas
would be tributary to the road,
and would send over it to this
city nearly 100000 bales annu-
ally, while more than 1000, 900
head Of cattle might also be
counted upon. For 15O miles
this road would traverse a
dense pine forest, whose huge
trees would also form one OF
the most extensive and lucra-
tive trades done by St. Louis
Think of the thousands of lum
Der camps and.saw-mills which
would be called into being in
the heart of this vast pine re,
gion by the building fsuch
road. Really the prospect is 6
tempting one, though we have
hardly limited at the immense
traffic which would surely b.
done over snch, a line. The
I amount of travel both ways
| would be enormous; the grain
, wool, hides, tallow, hogs, sheep
5 goods, groceries, lumber, cot
ton, wares andemigrants which
, would throng its cars can hard
ly be estimated. We hope th,
enterprise may take instan
) shape, and be pushed rapid,
b and vigorously forward.-[St
4 Louis Democrat.
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Nashville, where a 100000
cotton min has just been put
up, has four other large manu-
featuring establishments under
way '''e
~sg tfY8 -77----.>z.-.---- IS
Washington Territory boasts
ofanimmense cranberry marsh,
yielding 100000 bushels in a
single crop. ...e
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Commercial Intelligence.

SOUTH WESTERN OFFfcE,
I'm Shreveport, Dec. |, 1863.
The past week was a pretty fair
business one for our merchants.
The jobbers were not blessed with
anything like a rush, but were
kept tolerably busy filling salan
orders from the country merchants.-
But few buyers on the spot. The
wagoners' trade was aIIthat could
be desired during the middle
hours of the day. Last year at
this season trade opened early ID
the morning, but this year it ia
nearly noon before our merchants
get fairly at work with the wagon.
ers. 1t generally takes half the
day to settle upon o price and
transfer the cotton. The retail
trade was very fair most of the
time. The receipts of cotton for
the week reached $3.50 bales
About 400 bales changed hands
on a basis as follows in gold for
low middling: wednesday is to
l63, Thursday 164 to 161, Friday
164 to 164, Saturday 164 to 16a
and Monday 16a to 17SGg aGSld,
until Monday night ranged about
l26 to 129, when both the gold
and cotton market were complete,
ly unsettled by dispatches from
from the city, stating that there
was a panic in the gold market
and cotton was demoralised. The
receipts yesterday reached $50
bales. About 800 bales changed
hands on a basis of2o9 to &c. in
currency and 161 to f6fc. in specie
for low middling. Late in the at.
ternoon New Orleans dispatches,
gold at l2l4 and low middIng at
zee. in currency, put a further stop
to business for the balance. Of the
day. The gold market is so un.
settled that we omit the table.
Our bankers would buy at 123 and
would sell at l27 if they could get
customers We quote edtsOn ii
gold as follows = ha a
| Good Ordinary.-.. ....f6 a 164
Low budding. ....E-.44.-s........ l6ltol6..
''iu 'la-aiir1-s,--'i;i'rdir--G;i.sF
900 COTTON STATEMENT vo
Stock on hand Sept i, 1869. bales. Sc
Received yesterday. !.... $50
Received previously ;. "a s6l--a5 .52l
a5.S7g
Shipped pFssloust ia - u 'ssyii+TAl6,lS'
Stock on hand. 5. $500 4 ,ss:
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There is said to be no money
in the country. Everybody puts
up a poor mouth. We believed
the common report until yes
terday, when we saw a farmer
buy eight mules, at 1925 each,
and pay down $500 for them.
This looked SO much like pow
erty that we were not astonish-
ed to see another countfyman
treat himself and six friends to
liquor at % cents a drink
columbus Gag Sun: &5~
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THE Tensas Gazette advo
Gates the building of a railroad
from st. Joseph to the Bayou
Macon. The editor thinks it
would increase the business Of
the place foR-foltl, and give
them a rich harvest from Sec
tons Of the country that have
been heretofore beyond their
reach.
ES48Eft IsE4E& ~ Nzeks8 t..
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~iiETennessee is wool-growing.
Oueuthousand sheep passed
through Nashville for Warren
county the other day, and were
quickly followed by 5000 more.
Returns to the Agricultural
Department. indicate that the
cotton crop Of this year in the
South win not be far from two
and q half million bales.
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COTTON RECEIPTs.-The re-
ceipts ofcotton at this port from
the interior, for the month of
November, reached 14,145
bales, against 13.468 bales for
the corresponding month last
year. The receipts since the
LIST of September sum up 25,-
52S bales, against 26,43O bales
for the corresponding time last
year. Stock on hand last night
1855 bales; one year ago 4, 135
bales. Last year at the LIST OF
December low middling cotton
was quoted at 204 to dc. in
currency, and gold at 1861 to
1876. Up freights were at card
rates, cotton at 50 per bale and
business of all kinds brisk
Shreveport South Western, LIST
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.I(gt COTTON STATEMENT. + Yu
Stock on hand Sept. l., 1869. bales. Sc
Received yesterday 49,. $50
Received previously -. ). "a, s6l--a5 SO,
E'siiN Jas
25,ST9
Shipped yesterday. ..... y
Shipped previous y a. - - II ,syi=-l6,I5
STOCK on hand. 80 ..:4.g,sf Il SIS
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
gsRaIEaartO.D

Mr.. Maretzek commenced his spring season
at the Academy of Music last night under very
favorable auspices. A large audience was in
attendance who were gratif1ed by the presenta-
ton or what may almost be considered an
entire operatic novelty. Donizettps opera OF
Beltsario, although one OF his most beautiful
compositions, has, for some unknown reason,
never been presented in this city before. The
music-loving public have long been familiar,
OF course, with most OF the leading airs, and
Ihis semi miacquaintance with the work made
the presentation of 1t in Its entirety
the more gratifying. Belisdrfo is founded
on the old story OF the Byzantine
general which relates how that, after
returning from q career of victory, he was made
the Nictim of q conspiracy between his wife and
her aramour, degraded from his high rank
depri we'd of his sight, and sent tintOlbanishment,
s Is NY ms IN tha baTbarIsn hH GisSoyers
whose liberation he bad procured from the
emperor wnen Urougnt capVive to Bazzan-
tium, and who was now marching at the
head of an army to avenge his bene-
factors wrongs. The union of the father
and his children makes q very beautitG.
and pathetic scene which resembles greatly one
of the most admired situations in the Gdtpus
az OolOnos of Sophocles. "Belisarlus" persuades
his son TO relinquish his purpose, but the bar
another chieftain theymarch upon ByzRntium.
The blind old warrior In the spirit or the purest
patriotism, rallies the legions of the Empire In
fheir hour OF defeat; leads them once more to
victory, and then, mortaly wounded In the
ponfiict he expires in the presence OF his wife,
who, overcome by remorse at her crime, con-
Sesses everything and dies at his feet
There are no situations in the opera that can
be called intensely tragic, and the composer
has admirably adapted The music TO the SUB;
ject, There are not so many airs tnat Will
catch the popular ear Immediately as there are
In some other of Donizettps works, but the
music is very beautiful nom nrst TO last, ana
the opera is one that would certainly be better
appreciated the more frequently 1t Is repre-
scented. ,- - ..,s..
toYy' but not up TO the higbe est mark. Madame
states, who is too often entrusted with roles
shat are far beyond her powers. appeared as
sAntonina," the wife of "Belisario." Madame
states sang with considerable force; but she
mad not the slightest idea OF dramatic express
aion Miss MCCULLOUGH was very much better
a 'iirene" Her voice is not as powerful, but IL
is of far better quality, than that OF Madame
states and she sang last evening in such a
manner as 70 obtain the heartiest applause OF
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The Ctey Amusementa.

AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC Verdls opera of
hrndnt VIII be performed this evening,
To morrow and on Saturday Meyerbeer's
fToPheie viii be given, with the following cast;-
"Fldea," Madame La Grange; "Bertha," Miss
MeCullough; John of Leyden," Siguor Boetti:
Hapelmanni "MathaiBen," Sgnor Barlll;
"Iacharia," Slgnor Autonucoi.
On Monday Miss Kellogg will appear as "Mar-
guerlte" in Gounod's opera of Faust.
LAT THE ARCH Mrs. Thayer will nave n bene-
NJ thls evening. The comedy of EUerUb0dU's
friend, with Mr.. Craig as "Msjor Wellington
De Bools," and Mrs. Tnayer rs "Nrs. Ds Boots"
Economy and Mr.. Craig's burlesque of Romeo
and Jufet; Mrs. Tbayer is actress who de,
serves well the appreciation of the public, and
we hope that the house will be crowded this
evening,
Tomorrow TtOelnh Night will be performed.
On Saturday MIR. Adam Fverly will have n
Denent The drama OF Strdthn0re and the
comedy of Helping Hands are announced.
Colonel James Page during the evening will
present To Mr.. Everly on behalf of q number OF
his personal and professional friends, q hand
some testimonial.
AT THE CHEsNUT the burlesque of the Field
oIhe Cloth Of Gold will be performed this eve
ming.
AT THE WALNUT the drama of Mtyians's Crime
and the burlesque OF IGion will be presented
this evening.
ATrHE THEATRE CoMIoUE Mr.. and Mrs Msdi.
son Obrey will give an attractive musical en-
tertatnment this evening.
AT THE AMERICAN the Arabs will appear this
evening.
THE SENTz HAssLER Orchestra will perform
the following programme at Musical Fund Hall
on Saturday afternoon:-Overture, Der Freis-
chutZ. Weber; Waltz, Kronungslieder, Strauss:
Pastoral Symphony Beethoven.
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Reconstructton ofTexas.
FORTY.FIRsT CONGREss-First Session.
Senate.

Continued from Second Edition.
Mr.. Osborn introduced a bill for the removal
of political disabilities of persons named
therein. Referred to the Committee on Politi-
Mr Kellogg introduced a Joint resolution
and SUD Island Canal Company. -''" o'Ae"nS
Mr.. sumner offered g joint resolution post.
poning the election in Texas. Referred to the
Commi on the Judiciary. "tl
On motion of Mr.. Pomeroy, the bill to autho.
rize the. purchase of lands from the Usage
Indians by actual settlers was taken up and
The expiration ofthe morning hour brought
up the unfinished business.
House of Representatives.
Continued from Second Edition.
MIR. Marshall explained that the Democratic
members did not oppose the bill from any love
of military government, but because they pre-
ferled even that to handing over an unfortu-
nate people to the tender mercies of a set OF
robbers, who represented no people, but
merely sought to prey upon the people OF Mis-.
much surprised at the opposition 10 the bill
developed by the gentlemen from Illinois aud
Massachusetts, Messrs. Fernsworth and Dawes
because he had observed their growing con-
servative tendencies, but that when the gem
tleman from Ohio lSehenck) advocated the
the exclamstion, "And thou too, Brutus? 2" He
couid not account for his position.
He spoke of the terrorism that existed in
Mississippi when the vote was taken on the
Constitution, and declared that If the vote
were fairly taken there would be an overwhelm.
ipg majority for the Constitution. The post
ponementof the question could only result to
the benefit of traitors. He defended the Union
men of Missippi from the flngs and aSpsrsions
to which they were subjected. as carpet-bsggers
and scalawags. and characterized them as
earnest faithful, brave men, who had gone to
work in dead earnest to frame good govern
ment and to reconstruct the State of Missis'
sippi.
Mr.. Maynard spoke In advocacy of the bill.
and characterized the position OF Messrs. Dawes
and Farnsworth as one which did gross injus-
tice, unconsciousy, he was aware, to Union
men OF Mississippi. The great mistake of the
Government during the war and during the
process of reconstruction was that 1t courted
and'consulted It's enemies In the South. and
left its friends to take of themselves In the
best wav they could. To suppose that the Re-
bells were going TO reconstruct loyal govern
ments in the South was to suppose what would
never happen.
He trusted the House would not postpone
action on this measure, but that it, would act
promptly, decidedly. aud unmistakably, but in
a spirit of wisdom and forbearance. He wished
noinjustice, no cruelty. nothing but the pro-
lection OF the Unien people OF Mississippi.
Mr.. Whittemore addressed the House in Op.
position to postponement, in opposition TO the
substitute offered by Mr.. Farnsworth, and in
favor of the bill.
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WASHINGTON.
Schemes for RedistributiDg tho
National Currency-RecOn.
structiOn i'm Texas
Congressional Con-
tests.
RepOrC Of the House Foreign
Relations Committee On
Recognition OF Cuba.
FROM WASHING TON.
Special Despatch to The BUengio Telegraph.
The whisky Tax Bill.

Special Despatch to The EUeng0 Telegraph.
The whisky Tax Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Senate Finance
Committee had up the Supplementary Whisky
and Tobacco Tax bill to day, and an effort was
made to insert the section extending the time
for paying the tax on whisky in bond, struck
out by the House, but it failed. The bill will
probably be reported as 1t passed.
re Redistributtng the National Currency
The House Banking and Currency Committee
had under cousideTat IN the bill which pa sed
the Senate fedistributing the national bank
currency among the States, and after conside-
rable discussion it was decided by vote OF
to A to adopt the Senate proposition, taking
thirty millions from those States that have no
more than their pro rata.
The Texas Constitution.
Arguments were heard to-day before the
Reconstruction Committee for and against the
Texas Constitution, which will be continued
to morrow.
The Pacific Railroad Bonds
The House Pacific Railroad Committee
resumed the investigation of the alleged frau
duient issue of bonds to the Central Pacific
Railroad, and heard the argument of Mr.. Chit
tenden on behalf of the Central Pacific and
examined maps, documents, and official letters,
accordance with the law. General Cushing will
make an argument on the other side to morrow.
The MY ers -NIOEet Contest.
The contested election case OF Myers VS..
Noffet, from the Third Congressional district OF
Pennsylvania, was submitted to the Committee
on Elections to-day without argument on either
side. An effort was made by Mr.. MofTet to obtain
more time for taking testimony, but it failed.
1t is thought that action will be taken oy the
committee on this case before the close OF the
session. There seems TO be little doubt but
that Myers will GUST Moffet and get his seat.
The Recognition of Cuba.
The House Foreign Relations Committee
agreed this morning TO report the folio wing in
| relation to the-recognition of Cuba:-That the
people of the United States hereby declare their
| sympathy with the people Of the Island OF
Cuba in their patriotic efforts to secure their
| independence and to establish a republican
form of government, guaranteeing per-
sonal liberty and equal political rights
of all people, and Congress will give
its constitutional support to the President OF the
United States whenever he may deem it expe-
dient to recognize the independence and sove-
reignty of such republican government.
This is substantially the same resolution as
that OF Henry Clay in 1921, by which the South
American republics were recognized.
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the evening Miss Mccullough has scarcely
had q fair chance in this city, and we were
pleased to see her I'm 70 that would enable heI
10 appear to some advantage. irene 10 ~
important q parsonage in the opera as Anto.
nina," and Miss Mccullough both sang aud
acted with fine dramatic expression: Ihls
lady is a genuine artist, she shows decided I'M
provement each succeeding season that she ap-
pears here and we hope th at she will before long
have an opportunity TO attempt higher range
of parts than she has hitherto been limited to.
Signor Orlandini, q capable and reliable artist
made very satisfactory representative Of
"Belisarlus," and Siguor Boetti made q favor
able impression as "Alamiro." The choruses
were not given in the very best style, and the
orchestration was open to Improvement. A
little more care In the mounting of the opera
would not have been amiss; the cos umes were
OF all varieties, and but few OF them appro-
prlate. IL would be boon indeed to opera and
theatre Roers IL some competent person would
undertake to instruct chorsters and super
numersrles In the art OF putting on stage attire,
so as 10 look little less like "Fastaff1s 50 ragged
REGIMENT than they generally do.