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-rr	y	MOBILE DESCR 3D ? SMALL POX EPIDEMIC
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MILITARY REDUCTION ? ACTIVE THEATRE ? MUCH FOR CHARITY -- CREOLE READY TO RESUME CIVILIAN SERVICE ? STORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE TO SHIPS ? COTTON ACTIVE IN SHIPPING AND THEFTS ? TROUBLE BET\.rEEN THE RACES
January 20 - 21, 1866
Mobile, January 21, 1866
Editor True Delta:--Stgamer Morgan
Having accepted an invitation from Commodore Everedge of the Everedge Line to return to Mobile on the trial trip of the nev ship Morgan, I can truly say I never enjoyed a finer trip.
The Morgan had a fine freight.
Her owner and officers may veil feel proud of her sailing qualities. Her o^icers, Captain David Sinnott, Captain T. V. W. Graham, purser, assisted by Messrs. Jos. Pollard and Jos. Ritter, cannot be exceeded by any other officers that leave New Orleans for kindness to the traveling community, and for their business qualifications.
Small Pox Among Negroes
I	regret to say that the small pox still rages sxtzesEl extensively among the colored troops and freedmen.
From Captain E. Norfolk, chief clerk of the Quartermaster's Department of the District of Mobile, I learn that from this Department 39 were buried at the expense of the Government, a majority of whom died with this loathsome disease, and at the pest house there are 110 cases, and on an average from 8 to 10 cases are added every morning.
Yesterday (Saturday, Jan. 20, 1866) the weather has been extremely varm, with a heavy fog in the morning.
Cotton
The cotton market remains unchanged; 1^00 bales were sold ye sterday.
The steamer Velcome arrived yesterday from the Alabama River,