The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-01-21

VIZ, ,06S, ,S00.Sl. Al An OkkSct inc 0t8te
holds stock and bonds on which dividends
and interest are received to the amount oi
$7,22S, S,41322, leaving An actual debt oi
$5,464,5 4,525.74.
The Missouri Legislature ratified the
Fifteenth Amendment on the 7th. Vote
in the Senate, % to 8; House, SO to "a.
The balance remaining in the State
Treasury of Minnesota is $91, 1858, which
is the largest for many years. The recog.
nized funded debt of the State il $350, 900
at Z per cent. This amount is the consti-
tutional limit. The total value of personal
property in the State Is estimated at $780,
600; actual value of real estate, 20,000,-
600, of which $s1, SOC, 900 is land and i'm
provements outside of cities The number
of improved farms in the State is 45,740,
an increase in five years Of 1858.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention, held at Concord on the 7th,
renominated Governor Stearns by accla-
nation.
The Supreme Court Of Alabama has
decided that there has been no property
in slaves since 1868; that every judgment
given by any of the courts Of Alabama
from 1851 to 1865 is null and void; and
that all oficersand courts and Legislatures
were mere usurpers during that period.
The Indiana State Democratic Couven-
ton met at indianapolis ON the 9Th. Gen.
James R. Black, Of Huntingdon, was
elected permanent chairman. The follow
ing nominations were made: Judges OF
the Supreme Court-First District, Judge
Jas. L. Worden Second District, Judge A.
G. Downey; Third District, Hon. Samuel
d. Buskirk; Fourth District, Hon. John
Petit. Secretary of State, Colonel Nor.
man B. Eddy, of st. Joseph county. At
torney General, Bayless w. Hanna, of
Terre Haute. The Central Committee IL
composed as follows: Second District,
John 8. Davis; Third District, r. D.
Slater; Fourth District, Nathan Ray
mond; Fifth District, E. 8. Alvord; Sixth
District, VIM. Mack; Seventh District,
]. H. Williams; Eighth District, ]. Swint-
ger; Ninth District, John Oberson; Tenth
District, e. w. Brown; Eleventh District,
]. D. Early.
According TO the Governors recent
message to the Legislature, the State debt
of Massachusetts is 30,823, $50, an in
crease of over $4,000, 900 during the year.
The expenses of the State for the year
will be $6,5OO,O0O. Receipts not from
taxes, $3,OOO,OOO. In regard to the sale OF
liquor the Governor says the people of the
State will not submit patiently to the
restoration of the open bar.
The General Assembly of Iowa melton
the 10th.
The jackson, Miss, correspondent of
the Memphis Acalanehe Of the 10th says !:
"Governor Alcorn refuses to be installed
until the State is admitted into the Union.
The Legislature will meet, ratify the Fiji
teenth Amendment, elect Uunited States
Senators and adjourn until after the ad-
mission of the State"
The Georgia Legislature convened at
Atlanta on the 10th.
The Constitutional Convention of Ten
nessee met at Nashville on the 10th, and
organized by the election of John G.
Brown, who was a General in the Con-
federate army, as permanent President.
Mr.. Brown, on taking the chair. made,
brief speech, conservative in its tone
Thomas E. 8. Russwarn was chosen prin.
cipal Secretary, Thomas Jones, assistant
and Elijah Howard, Doorkeeper.
The oath administered to the member
of the Constitutional Convention OF Ten
nessee is to support the Constitution Of
the United States and discharge their du'
ties faithfully.