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0 t.i. Vhe 'Patriot and Times IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY r:y James WAIbright & Bro. , 7.7'.l5 fAh 'hivarhVy 'H advance. r i"x month $lfT, three mo. 75 ctf. Vnv thiioA urndhhrre eubxribe re will r wiu ropy yraxt. X. fhibwcrilxiri rccettirtg tffclr papers crorii before their same re reminded ir tulfttcription expired, 4hd unless 1 in tWd eck will be dieoilt!nued. 1 UirttH df Adtfcrtltfif. nit AiiiTltncflt paydble in advance ; :rfy t hrrt is tmnds quarterly in advance. I; p - (inline or less) 1ft insertion, 1.00 k'.nvli Additional insertion, 50 ix month, 0.00 'no .vear, 10.00 H www let insertion, 5.00 ,.-i additional, 1.50 M month, 25.0O one jcur,. 40.00 . am let iwHovtion, 10.00 I'.iwh tdditionuL, 3.00 Sit month, 35.00 On vcar, 60.00 ; uniH Ut insrrtrMi, 15.00 Kn'h additional, 8.00 Six K"KVthrt, 60.00 mi year 100.00 j srixi.il. Noncr..n 50 per ceut higher than t!. above r:ite. , urt order hix week, $6 ; Magistrates' n ui-c-f. fur week, $1, in advance. Ytarl advertisements chunked (jtiartcrlj if Ivired. Hntnarv notieew, over five line, charged a vl iTt'iM'inentii and paid fur in advance. Business Directory. norncy at Law. d- Seott, North Kim, apposite Court llou. Ihllard, Muffin (iihner, North Klin, oppim'.ttt Court Hon), (ev ttdverti-M-nn-nt.) .rfu?Hj L- Sttiptet, Sevond floor, Tate building. S ilet t- Sreiles, North Kouj, Patrick Row, in rear of For tir A. Etkle' Drug Store. A nollirraiir.H mid Diiiists. r. H". Ulcnn. M.IK, UV-t Mai ket .Street, McConnel building. Vnrter .( Uriel, Went Market, next tonrthoime, (e alv.) Mutioiicor. .his. 11. 1'mrCe. .'JjlllMTS.- n Hi, !, ,t- Wiley, North Elm. oppo.-it Court House. l inkers mid Insurance Agents. llenhj !. lullo;:, South Klni, Tutu building, udv.) Hh n ( Shobcr, Nuth Kim. oppordti' I'.xpn-fM Oflici, ndv.) r.ot anil Slioo Makers. - 11. Hi S hltKjfl, Wrt Market, nppoHtu Mansion Hotel. Dnvic t., 4 doura North Stele' coiner i j;nr II a n n f at u vvr, I'r'vl mutt it, uU Kim, Caldwell block. "nbiact .Hakors and I iil i iakoi s. IO. I I . I . i It ' It' II South Klin, near Depot. Win. Cultitit, Conu-r of Svfimioro and l).ivne ftn-c-tH. Contractor iia ilrick-work. Ihirid Mi'Kni'jht. outraotors In Wood-work. . .. roUir, .Jut. .. n,tl.''!. J hi vid ui nrv. Contrrlionors. rths,.,it. T;ite U I'.'uli'.itr. roihi-r k'.opc. nrs-Iakia and FahSiion. Mr'.' A. Mmti-i . Sn,t;!li Kim. ( adv.; Mr. .1. IHfrn.fi. Ni t door to Tiiiif t.nr.ci'. y; iv. tiouhtt. f Io4.r I1 hand, up htair.-'. (tai rettV building. Dry iuo;!s, inrns and I'rodarc r. . . -r, - Kat Markrt. Al!t iulit in v building. ;.. i'. i;. ,,t: t.','i. (.'truer Ka.-t Market and Nfith 11;:;. I.iiiu-.iv ii'iiiri', ("v ndv.) J. Y, it!.. '!,:. (Nii iii r l"..;-t Miu k. I nnd I:tvie cfivrt.. n D T, t: Kii.t Maiket. Alliriulit'f ws buildinir. .. .'. .!. Wi st Market, opposite 1 '. i t'i' V Kckei. ('. ....(. V't Millkt. .Hirite Court lll lHi'. a. NiHI i(' Sim. South Klin, lu-iir l)pot, (nee adv.) ft. (i. Ytitc. South Kim. Soi'itft it liilmrr. Opposite SoutbelU Hotel. J. K Klin. Kast Mat ket street. 5. .Steele, Corner Ku:t Market and lavie htrcetf. ). H. C. Ilm'-ac, Corner South Klin and Svcamore. -' llvjtrt Murrnit, Kant Market, South Sid:. Foundry and JTIacliinc Shop. . tm-)i ii. Wihingtoii ft., on the Kai'.road. GrocrrJi and Confectioners. Sturntt White, l'.n.-.t Market, next l'o OtVue. (nieral Immigration HHcc, for the West and South-Wcst. J. "til ZiiH'iirr, ilfu'l Southern Airent, 11 ami (V U. II., Weft Market, opjxi.-ite Man.-ion Hotel. Guilford Laud Agency of IVorfh t'aroiiuu. Jno H (iretttr, Ceti"l Agent. Went Market, opposite Mansion Hotel. lluruess-uiukers. Kut Mark ft t., near Court Hounv. Jtiitti 11. V hu til. Corner Siuth Klnt and Svcainoit;. Hotels. Southern Hotel. Senle & lllack. proprietor, Weft Market, near Court limine. rUnttr't Hotel, J. T. Keene, proprietor, Kant Market, near Court House. Liquor Healers, Hutu lUi'jItrr, Whideoale Dealers, Went Market M ., (iarrett lJuilding. " Livery Stahles. l.d. I Ul, DO H h" II f Davie street. Millinery and Lady's Goods. Mr,. If. .s-. Moorft Ka.-tyMarket, AlhrightV new building. "WV1 Musical Instruments. Tinuers MU'kH' '1'l'',,tlte Southern Hotel. dho. A. O' Sullivan. Corner Went Market and Ahe etretts. )ttrt, v"ith-l;im. ri,lorailn.r. '-t Market, niiiMiNtr Cotirt House, p uniM. Tw,'-Stoncs. 'N'-.v Ktihi'ij, ' -utli Kh'n. IK3. 5uJ!;"iUUVmal Palntinu, U-t Market. Albright' block. TIE Pi V KJU. Times VII. J Physicians. A. S. Vorter, Wwt Market t., (near Times Office.) II. H. Glenn, YV'et Market, MeConnel bniltlinir. Jas. K. JIall, B North Elm, opposite court-houM. J. L, Logan, Corner Webt-Market and Greene. Watchmakers and Jewellers. It. 11. Farrar, South Elm, opposite Express Office. David Srott, . Eat Market, Albright' block. Farmer's Department. How Farmers Save MoNKY.-They take good j)apers, and read them. They keep accounts of farm opera tions. They do not leave their implements scattered over tho farm, exposed to rain, snow, or heat. They repair tools and buildings at the proper time, and do not suffer a subsequent three-fold expenditure of time and money. They use their money judiciously, and do not attend auction sales to pur chase all kinds of trumpery because it is "cheap." They see that their fences arc well repaired, and their cattle are not found grazing in the meadows, or grain-fields, or orchards. They do not refuse to make experi ments in a small way of many new things. They plant fruit trees well, care fur them, and of course get good crops. They practice economy by giving their stock good shelter during the winter, also good food, taking out all that is unsound, half rotten, or mouldy. They do not keep tribes of cats and snarling dogs around their premises, who eat up more in a month than they are worth in a life time. Lastly, they read the advertisements, know what is going on, and frequently save money by it. Successful farming is made up by attention to little things. The farmer who does it best earns his money with best appreciation, and uses it with best results. Such men are the "salt of the earth." Save Tin: Bones. There is no far. mer but has more or loss otfal of bones. These can be saved from the sotip ket tle, roasting oven, and other depart mciits ofthe kitchen, as well as from the slaughter pen. The hoofs of beef, bones of the head, &c, which are usu ally thrown away on slaughtering day, are all of service if properly saved. Any kind of dry bones brings from tit te n to twenty dollars per ton, and there is no farmer but can save e is no fanner but can save more or less. There is nothing makes bet- tei manure, and there are bone mills all over the country to grind them. Tanners can use them profitably them selves. Sulphuric acid, (oil of vitriol,) which can be purchased by the carboy at three cents a pound, will, inside of forty-eight hours, dissolve twice its weight of bones. This makes a fertili zer equal to the best Peruvian guano, and I regard it for all kinds of grow ing crops, or grass, as the most valua ble manure a farmer can use. Don't waste the bones of any animal you kill, or which dies on the farm. KiKic'Acv of Onions. A writer says: We are troubled often with severe coughs, the result of colds of !ong standing, which may turn to con sumption or premature death. Hard coughs cause sleepless nights by con stant irritation of the throat, and a strong effort to throw off offensive matter from the lungs. The remedy proposed has often been tried, and is simply to take into the stomach before retiring for tho night a piece of raw onion after chewing. This esculent in an uncooked state is very heating, and collects the water from the lungs and throat, causing -immediate relief to the patient. 11 W inyton Ch ron icle. Mince Pies. Take one pound of beef, free from skin and strings, and chop it very fine ; then two pounds of suet, which likewise pick and chop j then add three pounds of currants nicely cleaned and perfect dry, one pound and a half of apples, the peel and juice of a lemon, half a pint of sweet wine, half a nutmeg, and a few cloves and mace, with pimento in fine powder; have citron, orange, and lemon peel ready, and put some in each of tho pies when made. Charcoal for Swine. In every hog pen there should bo a trough, in which there should be deposited week ly, a quantity of charcoal. The hog eagerly devours this substauce, and is greatly benefitted and strengthened by its constant use. It prevents many unpleasant diseases, and contributes largely to tho fatty secretions. TRIOT ANB GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 1869. THE OUTCAST. by 8. Sigh for her, pray for her, She's lonely and sad,- Pitv her, be kind to her, Tho' he is bad. Sigh for her, pray for her, Thro' the lone street ; She wauders for the nin of her, Have brought rags and bare feet. Onre she was joyous, Knowing nothing of sorrow ; yi", idie is boisterous And heedn not the morrow. Still hpeak to her kindly Not with jocularity ; With feeling of charity, Eestore her heart' ch&stitr. From the Standard. CAPTIONS Of Tauc and Resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the State at its present Session. ACTS. 1 An act in regard to obtaining license to 'practice law in this State. Provides that all persons who have heretofore obtained license from the Supreme Court to practice in the late County Courts shall be allowed to prac tice in the Superior Courts.) 1 An act to provide for the col lection of taxes in Carteret couutv for the year 1808. The tax lists were not furnished the sheriff, and inconsequence the county is without means of sup porting the poor and for the county purposes. This act authorizes the Commissioners to furnish the list and the sheriff to collect taxes. .'5 An act to incorporate the X. C. Mutual Home Insurance Company. Creates certain parties a body corpor ate under this name, to insure against loss by lire, lightning or tornado, lie quires the deposit of sjD.OiM) with Public Treasurer and a subscribed capital stock of $100,000 before any policy is issued, ami authorizes the issuing of policies on both the Mutual and Stock plans. j 4 An act to provide for the registra tion of voters in all special elections in the State. Allows all persons here tofore registered to vote in all special elections, aad rt quit esall other persons to register before voting, subject to all the requirements of the general regis tration law of the State. f An act to incorporate the Land and Lumber Company of North' Caro lina. Authorizes a capital stock, not exceeding!? 1,000,000, and requires -.,-000 to be subscribed In. fore the Com pany can organize. Purpose of the Company: Erecting saw mills, plan ing mills and all kinds of machinery. For the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds, barrells. boxes and agricultu- ral implements J An act for the relief of .las. V White former Sheriffof (iaston county. Authorizes the collection of arrearages of taxes for LSOO-'OT, provided that he idutll not collect from any person who who makes affidavit that he has al ready paid. Authoiitv ceases Julv I. lsool 7 An act to amend the charter of the Cheraw and Coalfield Railroad Com pany. Authorizes the Construction of tlie road from such a point on the South Carolina line as mav be selected to a point on tho Wilmington, Char-; lotte and Rutherfoid railroad at or near Wadcsboro, with the privilege of extending the same across the track of said road to the North Carolina rail road at or near Salisbury. Allows the Company five years to complete road and changes name to Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad Company. Pro vides against discrimination in favor of cither N. C. or S. C. Railroad. j 8. An act for the relief of P. T. Massey and E. G. Hill, of Johnston county. Parties had been amerced in sum of 1,000 for non-payment of taxes. This act remits the judgment and allows their fees.J 0. An act to provide for the holding of municipal elections in North Caro lina. Prohibits non-residents from voting in municipal elections, and ten days residence constitutes a qualified voter.J 10 An act for" the relief of James Rumly late clerk ofthe county court of Carteret. Releases him from jrd,r mentfor failing to return to State Audi tor abstract of taxables. 11 An act to reenact and confirm certain acts of the General Assembly authorizing the issue of State bonds to and for the Tarboro1 and Williams ton Railroad company, and the Chatham Railroad company. Hi An act to amend the charter of the city of Wilmington. 13 An act to amend the charter of the city of New bern. 14 Aii act in favor of builders of certain public mills. Confers on County Commissioners all powers con ferred on County Courts by Chapter 7 of the Revised Code. 15 An act to authorize the Public Treasurer to supply temporary de ficiencies in the Treasury. Authorizes the Treasurer to borrow such sums as are necessary to meet the interest on the public debt due January 1st, 18G9, at a rate of interest not to exceed 8 per cent, and pledge the first moneies collected from taxation for reimburse ment of said accounts. 16 An act for holding special terms of the Superior Court of Craven county. Authorizes and requires a special term of Craven Superior Court on the 3d Monday in January next by the Judge ofthe 3d Judicial District for the trial of criminal cases. 17 An act in relation 1 to munirmnl : elections. acquires the Comfe i oluucia Ul i"e several incorporated towns of the State to apjwint three persons to hold municipal elections for Mayor and Commissioners,and requires said Judges to make duplicate returns ot such elections one to the Register of Deeds ofthe county and the other to the Secretary ofthe town. 18 An act to incorporate Silver Hill Railroad Company. Creates certain parties a body corporate for the pur Iose of constructing a railroad to be operated by steam, horse or other power, from Silver Hill Davison Coun ty to the nearest practicable point on the N. C. Railroad.! 1 10 An act to incorporate the Con ten tnea Manufacturing Company. Creates certain parties a body cor porate in Pitt and Greene Counties for the manufacture of all kinds of lumber. woou ware, Dreailstults, cotton and woolen fabrics. 20 An act to incorporate the Salem Fire Company. 21 A joint resolution in relation to banks. Appoints a joint committee ofthe Legislature for the investigation of the condition ofthe Literary Fund and the Sinking funds of all banks of the State which have suspended opera tion, iu which the State, or any State institution is interested as stockholders or otherwise. Authorizes the employ ment of clerical aid, counsel or experts, administer oaths, . send for persons or papers, and to proceed to such places in the State as the necessity ofthe in vestigation may require, and to insti tute such examination of books, papers and premises as they may deem ne cessary. " '. 22 Resolution in favor of J. W. Fisher. Releases him from the pay ment of fine for failing to send State Auditor abstract of taxables in time required by law. 23 Resolution concerning sheriff of Carteret county. Authorizes former sheriff to collect arreages of taxes for um;;-';7. 21 Resolution in regard to the co operation of the State of North Caro lina and the State of Tennessee in certain enterprises. Suggests and invites a committee of the Legislature of Tennessee to visit Raleigh and con fer with a committee of the Legislature of North Carolina in reference to the various railroad enterprises in which the two States are concerned. 2." Resolution in favor of J. C. Gulick. Relieves him as Clerk of the County Court of Henderson from the penalty of amercement for fjiiling to make return of unlisted taxes for tlie year ls;s within the time reauired b law. RESOLUTIONS. 1 Resolution in favor of sheriffs. Allows 10 cents mileage for each mile travelled for making election returns. 2 Resolution allowing mileage and per diem to members banned by the Fourteenth Amendment. 3 Resolution for recess from Decem ber 21, 1S;8, to Jan. 4, 1800. 4 Resolution providing a Committee of Investigation. 5 Resolution on Tobacco tax. Re quests Senators ami Representatives iu Congress to endeavor to have said tax reduced to 10 cents per pound. 0 Resolution for relief of James Cansler, sheriff of Macon county. Releases him from penalty for non payment of taxes in the time piescrib- e(l by law J 7 Resolution in favor ofthe clerk of llavwoou County Court. releases ' t. him from judgment of 81,000 for fail- inir to make due return of abstract of taxables to the Public Auditor. J Kesoiution to raise a joint com mittee to investigate the management ofthe Rank of North' Carolina ami Rank of Cape Fear. Empowers the committee to examine books, employ counsel, and send for persons and pa ners. and renort what legislation is necessary or practicable to secure the best interest of the State iu these insti tutions. 0 Resolution providing for the ap pointment ot a committee to inquire into all the facts attending the pur chase of the site for the Penitentiary and other property, with power to send for persons, swear witnesses, and report on or before Jan. lf, 1800. A PROCLAMATION. Jy the President of the United States of America : Whereas the President of the United States has heretofore set forth several proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to persons who had been or were concerned in tho late rebellion against the lawful authority ofthe gov ernment of the United States, which proclamations were severally issued on the eighth day of December 1803, ou the 20th day of March, 1804, on the 20th day of May, 1SG3, on the 7th day of September, i807, and on the 4th day of July in the present year ; and where as the authority ofthe Federal govern ment having been re-established in all the States and territories within the jurisdiction of the United States, it is believed that such prudential res ervations and exceptions as at the dates of said several proclamations were deemed neccessary and proper, may now be wisely aud justly relin quished, aud an universal amnesty and pardon for participation in said rebel lion, extended to all who have borne any part therein, will tend to secure permanent peace, order and prosperity' throughout the land, and to renew and fully restore confidence and fraternal feeliug among the whole people and their respect for and attachment to TIMES. NO. 48. . . : t IZZr'? b? Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew Johnson, Presideut of the United States, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested by the Con stitution, and in the name of the sover eign people of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare uncondi tionally and without reservation, to all and to every" person who directly or in directly participated in the late insur rection or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty for the offense of treason against the United States, or ot adher ing to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights, privileges and immunities under the Constitution and the laws which have been made in pursuance thereof. In testimony whereof, 1 have signed these presents by my hand, and have c-auseo rne seal ot tin United Stntis to be hereunto affixed. Done at the citv of Washinfrton th -th day of December, in the year of our ixru l,s. mid nf tin iiwi deneo of the United States of America tne y,j(i. ANDREW .lOIINSON. Ry the President : W. II. Seward. Aefinir Seeretnrv of State. THE PENITENTIARY. Refore the Legislature adjourned. Air. Kobbins, the Senator from Rowan, presented the following paper in regard to the extravagant action of the Com mittee in locating the Penitentiary : To the Senate of Xorth Carolina : At the summer session of this Gen. era I Assembly, I was appointed a mem- oer ot the Committee for the location and purchase of a site for the Peniten tiary. it is well known that I entirely dis approved of the action taken in the matter by the majority of said Com mittee. Eight thousand acres of poor land, fifteen or twenty miles from the site ot tlie Penitentiary, were nurchas ed by the majority at twelve and a half dollars per acre, when the same land changed hands at sixty Jive cents per acre only a week or two before that time. Certainly, nothing could be more extraordinary. The purchase of so much land, at any. price, and in such a place, wasuseless and unwise, and, in my opinion, was not authorized by the spirit and intent of tho act under which that Committee was appointed. After the majority had indicated their decision, L was anxious to have the whole subject submitted again to this General Assembly for its judg ment ; and I must express my displeas ure and surprise at the haste with which the papers were executed and the purchase money paid, thus making the bargain, as tar as possible, irrever sible. The general plan of the institution, contemplated by the majority, 1 deem unwise and even visionary; and do not consider myself, thereto! e, a suita ble person to assist in carrying it out. For the foregoing, aud other reasons, I beg that I may be excused from fur ther service on said Committee, and that some other Senator mav, if it is thought desirable, be appointed iu my stead. ery respectfully, W.M. M. ROIIHINS. Raleigh, Dec. 10, 1808. A Benevolent Government.- At the headquarters of the Feedmeif s Ibireau m Winchester on Monday last .1 V j !- were gathered groups ol aoie-nodied negro men and women, perfectly hale and hearty, to whom were issued out large supplies of clothing, blankets, cotton, &c, " without money and with out price." Seeing this, an old gentle man, a veteran of the war of 1812, who to-day bears honorable wounds receiv ed in lighting (or " the best government, the world ever saw," went forward and asked for a coat to cover his shivering body. He was put off with a promise of one should there be any over after the colored man and brother was sup plied. Bully for the Government! Win chester Times. Destitution in Xeic York. It is esti mated that no less than two hundred thousand persons arc now residing in New York city who have no work, no real homes, and no means which insure them a livelihood, home ot them beg or steal outright; but a large number eke but a miserable existence by run ning into debt for lodging and board, or by borrowing from week to week of whomsoever will lend them, or by quar tering themselveson reluctant relatives or friends. The result is reported to be an aggregate of want, squalor, misery and degradation fearful to con template. Two San Francisco policemen tried to arrest a Chinaman last week. They found it necessary to leave him a mo inent, and so handcuffed him with his arms each side of a lamp post. When they returned their prisoner was gone he had climbed up the post and swung his arms over the top. The Sentinel learns that Mr. Richard Short, a member of the House of Re presentatives from Pitt county, died suddenly at the residence of his mother, in Nash county on the 24th instant, of heart disease. The sale of Cuba to the United States is no go. Spain refuses even to lend a listening ear to the proposition. First shad ofthe season at Newbeni on Thursday last. A Great Invention or Discot ery Houses Made Fire-proof.- The new theatre Delle Logge, in Flor ence, is now completed. All of tho timber and woodwork in that theatre was prepared by the Borghi process ; all the coverings of the seats and aft the scenery were thus made non-inflam mable ; and, that no doubt might lin ger as to the perfect safety ofthe buil ding, two days before it was opened to the public some inflammable mate rial was carried on the stage, and an attempt made to set the theatre on fir, w hicliignoininioasly aud totally failed. The proprietor of the theatre invite his friends to witness the experiments the stage was set with a drawing-room scene, the wings and back beiug of or dinary scenery ? and te this fire was applied, and every one left the stage. The flames spread quickly, consumed the scenery which had not been sub jected to Borghi's process, and then stopped short and died out, leaving the prepared scenery, the flics, tit ropes, and the stage uuscorched. No effluvia from the prepared substances is perceptible even to the most fastidi ous nostrils, although night after night the theatre has beeu crowded and the temperature has been high. AV?r York World. A Rare Historical Curiosity. In the month of June, 1800, a treaty of peace was made with the tribes of the Great nnd Little Osagv Indians, at which time the President (.lames Madison) was authorized by Congress to present a token of peace and friend ship, which was done, in the shape of a silver medal weighing three ounces and four penny-weights bearing on one side the inscription of u Peace and Friendship," with the friendly grip of a savage and military hand clasped together; above, the calumet and tomahawk are distinctly seen, and, on the other side, the profile of James Madison, with the inscrintion. "James Madison, President of the United States, 1800." The medal was brought to this city by an old countryman and sold to a jeweler of this placerfor its value as old silver. It would be a valuable relic for lovers of antiquarian and his torical curiosities.- Raleigh Sentinel. A Human Waif. The Wytheville Dispatch of last week says : There is now at the Poor House of Wythe county a deaf and dumb youth, whose name, parentage and connec tions are entirely unknown. He got off the train ot the Virginia and Ten nessee railroad going West, at Mt. Airy depot, about six Weeks ago, and finding no other home, has been taken 1o the poor house. He seems to be about 15 years of age, is 5 feet 7 inches high, light haired, gray eyes, sallow eomplcxioued, with a prominent noso and rather receding chin. He has ap parently been taught the deaf and dumb alphabet, and frequently uses it, but cannot be got to communicate by it with any one acquainted with it. He seems also to be acquainted with the use of letter; but will not connect them intelligibly, either when printed, or by writing. Attention is called to his case as that of a human est ray whose identification may be not only impor taut to himself but a source of anxiety to his relatives if he has any. The Unc ollected Tax of the late insurrectionary States amounts to nearly 3, 000,000, which is a lien upon the real estate upon which it is assess able. Of this the Commissioner says; The further postpondment of this subject can relieve it of none of its embarrassments, and landholders and purchasers are alike entitled to its early solution. Unless it is deemed wise, in view of the difficulties sugges ted, and of the impoverished condition of the South, to abate its uncollected portion altogether, I would recommend the passage of a law allowing its as sumption by the several States within a difinite period, coupled with a reason able premium for such assumption, and authorizing and directing the internal revenue officers, iu caseot non-payment by the State, and upon a new basis of taxation, to proceed with tho assess ment and collection. Buffaloes by the Million. A gentleman just from the plains informs us that buffaloes are at this time to lc found in immense herds. At a dis tance of two hundred and fifty miles west of tin? Missouri river, on the Kan sas Pacific road, he passed through a herd covering a surface of five hun dred square miles, containing probably over a million buffaloes. Tho number of dead buffaloes lying on the line ol the road, shot by passengers as the cars go along, is very great, and our informant says there is enough meat lying there at this time, easy of trans portation, to feed all the ioor peoplo of America. Xeic York Times. A Rich Man. The Rothschild who died lately in France is found to have left an estate of about four hundred millions of dollars. His family is con sequently in easy circumstances. In this country he would have passed for a rich man. All classes of people seem to have mourned his death, and his body was followed to the grave by about five thousand people chiefly the poor ofthe neighborhood iu which he lived. He is said to have been very charitable, and was universally belov ed, which speaks much more in praise of his character than does the enor mous wealth he had accumulated. Xeic York Times. The reiort of the Treasurer of Vir ginia makes the following exhibit of the public debt of the State : Old registered aud ok! coupon debt, out standing, November 4, 1868, $32, 808,032.04. The amount of interest funded Nov. 1, was 0,783,051.18. The amount of bids guaranteed by the Stare, is 1,735,30.00.
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