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Gwinnett, W alton dNewtonaml in the District Court of the United ates at Atlanta. Special attention given to cases Bankruptcy. w . w. —AM, oct. 3 if ; J.M. , —j7 _ c 7 m o r r is, SLttornoyat Li^ w > CON VERS, GA. * ~« ‘ 4 . JoN E 8 , fc xa IST T x s CONYERS, GEORGIA. \tiil be found prepared to put up work in bis m. w i,i,;h lie fee s confident from Ins knowledge late improvements will . satisfaction ■ I those who may favor him —3md JOHN S. CARROLL. O E N T IST, COVING I ON’, C.EOnaiA. 9 , Xcetli Pilled, or New Teeth Tnserlcd,in /•] :.lie l>est Style, and or. Reasonable Tern,* ■ Be* Rear of 1!. King’s Store.—l ltf .1 A ME S M . LEV Y , I Matchmaker & Jowoior, East side of the Square, COVINGTON. OKOUGIA, *»li“re lie is prepared to Repair W abdies, Clocks tl Jewelry in the best style. Particular at ten n eiven to repairing W atejo-s injured by in n eteut workmen. All work warranted. — |»IA?S9S TUMEO REPAIREi. M - lit 1 . WILLIAM FISHER "ill ■■ifc<yo.A^3dev. l :e bis SATURDAYS to Tuning ■j S } {land Repairing Piano*. IT* will A,it. ilirs iii the country, and convenient la on the Ra-l Boa I for that purpose. Ills B|> experience will enable him to civc satis f& lion to his employers. Charge* reasonable, s permitted to refer to President. Oir. Ga., April 8, i St>B.—2o'f I DRS. DEARSN'G & PRINGLE IAVING associated themselves in (be Prac tice of MEDIO!NE and SURGERY', offer tleir professional services to the citizens of ■ ps-tori county. Tlrey have opened on ofli eon ■ J e East, side of the Square, (next door to K- J swu.n’s Store.) nnd. me prepared to attend tc j ! rails promptly 1h -y hiiv. also a caiefully {| lected assortment of the ] 'e r y Best FA edici ne s , 1 id will give their personal attention to Com- Jl Minding Prescriptions, for Physicians and • hers. 1 tecial attention given to Chronic Disease* . | At ni ;ht. Dr. Hearing will be found at his lisid r.ee, and Dr. Pringle at his rooms imme djat.riy over the Store of C. 11 Sanders A Bro. ■ny 15, 25tf |OOT & SHOE SHO l 9 would respectfully inform the citizens ■of Covington an<l surrounding country twit I am now prepared to make to order BOOTS AND SHOES •I the finest quality. As I work nothing but th i lies Material. 1 will guarantee satisfaction. , '1 Shop over U. King's Store. e a, 11 41 y JOSEPH BARBER • '■ 11. T. II E N KY, glent Dentist. COVIfGTON, GEORGIA. Is prepared with all the latest im provements in Dentistry, to give sat isfaction to all. Office north side of ts iPn Y. TIN SLEY, imaker & Jeweler •epared to Repair Watches, Clocks in l.lie best Style, nt short notice, me at Old Prices, and Warranted, r below the Court House.—6tf : 1 Ceorgia Railroad iJfifeakfast and Dinner House, At Berzelia. Ga., 1 leaving Augusta by the 7 o’clock j9K Passenger (Morning) Train, Breakfast at All persons leaving Atlanta by ilie l s (Morning) train, Dine at Berzelia, Per 9' leaving by the Freight Trains eun always ful ? C0niei1 * 3 ' fables h 1 (ays provided uilh best tlie market affords. A E. XEBHUT, Prph jS OLO MOW DEWALD, Alins old stand, sign i.f the BIG WATCH, Has received his Stock of !ring and Summer Coods. Pe wisli.s to purchase ell kinds of "Inch he will pay the Highest Market Pric/- AMI, or Goods 2 46tt 11. «& A . W. FOli C E^~ Wholesale Dealers in^. °ots cfc Sl\ o OS, Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga Goods are purchased direct from the Eastern hmV' rt 7v v We 7''" ,hcra to ‘-’omitrv uant l . at N. Y. prlcet—freight added. lyd > THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE. DR.O.S. PROFHITI Covington Georgia. m Will still continue his business, where lie intend keeping on hand a good supply of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Together with a 'Lot of Botanic Medicines, Concentrated Preparations, Fluid Extracts, ite. lie is also putting up his Liver Mcclicincts, FEMALE TON It', ANODYNE PAIN KILL IT Vermifuge, Anil-Bilious i’il!*, m and many other preparations, jJfWill give prompt attention to all orders I»AUTICTJL,AR NOTICE. Hereafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV BRED, or SERVICE REN DERED, except for O JY. n ! Y'ou nee not call unless you are prepared to PAY’ CASH, for I will not Keep Books. <)ct. 11, 1807. 0. S. I’ttOPHITT. Dr- Prophitt’s Liver Medicine. Certificate of Rev. M. W. Aknolo, of Ga. Con. HAVING used this Medicine sufficiently long to test its virtue, and to satisfy niy own mind that it is nn invaluable remedy for Dyspepsia— a disease from which the writer lias suffered much for six years—and being persuaded that hundreds who now sutler from thisftnnoyina com plaint, would be sigsally benefited,as lie luis. been by its use—we deem it a duty we owe to this unfortunate e'ass, to recommend to them the use of this remedy, which has given not only himself, but several members of his family the greatest relief M. W. ARNOLD. Rail Rond Schedules, Georgia Railroad. E. AV. COLE, General Superintendent. Day Passenger Train (Sundays excepted.)leaves Augusta at 0.00 ain ; leave Atlanta at 7 am t ut rivc at Augusta at 5.30 p m ; arrive at Atlanta at 4.20 ' Night Passenger Train leaves Augusta at 10.10 p.m ; leaves Atlanta at 5.40 p til : arrives at Augusta at S 00 a tn ; arrives at Atlanta at 7.45 a in. Passengers for Milledgcville, Washington and Athens, Ga., must take the. day passenger train from Amnista and Atlanta, or intermediate points. Passengers f. r West Point, Montgomery, Selma, and intermediate points, can take either train. For Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on XMit Passenger Train, at 10.10 p. m. Passengers for Nashville, Corinth, Grand Junc tion. Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take either train and make close connections. Through Tickets and baggage cheeked through to the above places. Sleeping ears on all night pas senger trains. MACON & AUGUSTA RAILROAD. E. W. COLE, Gcn’l Sup’t. Leave Camak daily at 2.40 i>. arrive at YUUedgo ville at 0.20 p. m.; leave Milledgcville at 5.30 A. m.; arrive at Camak at 8.55 a. m. Passengers leaving any point on the Georgia K. 1? I,v I>fv Passenger train, will make close connec tion at Ctimak for Milledgi ville. Fatonton. and all intermediate points on the Ma'am A' Augusta road, and for Macon. Passengers baring Milledgcville at 5.30 a. m., reach Atlanta and Augusta the same day. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. If. T. Peake, General Sup’t. Special mail train, going North, leaves Augusta at 3.55 am, arrives at Kingsville at 11.15 am; leaves Kingsville at 12.05 pm, arrives at Augusta at 7.2a p. in. This train is designed especially for through travel. The train for Charleston leaves Augusta at 7 am, and arrives at Charleston at 4 p m ; leaves Charles ton at 8 a ill, and arrives at Augusta at 5 p tn. Night special freight and express train leaves Au gust:! (Sundays excepted) at 3.50 o m. and arrives at Charleston at 4.30 a in ; leaves Charleston at 7.30 p ni, and arrives at Augusta at 7.35 am, WESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R. Cauthem, AVallace, General Superintendent. Daily passenger train, except Sunday, leaves lanta at 8.45 ans, and arrives at Chattanooga at 5.25 Pm ; leaves Chattanooga at 3.20 am, and arrives at Atlanta at 12.05 pm. Night express passenger train leaves Atlanta at i p m, and arrives at Chattanooga at 4.10 a m ; leaves Chattanooga at 4.30 p m, and arrives at Atlanta at 1.41 a m. MACON <% WESTERN RAILROAD. E. R. Walker. Gen’l Sup’t. Day passenger train leaves Macon at 7.45 am, and rrives at Atlanta at 2 p m ; leaves Atlanta at 7.15 a m. and arrives at Macon at 1.30 p m. Night passenger train leaves Atlanta at 8.10 p in, and arrives at Macon at 4.25 a ni; leaves Macon tit g ;;(i p m, and arrives at Atlanta at 4.30 a m. Hotels. PLANTERS HOTEL. JGCRTA. GEORGIA. VTEWLY furnished and refitted, unsurpassed by M anv Hotel South, is now open t.O the Public. T. 8. NICKERSON, Prop’r. Gate of Mills House, Charleston, and Proprietor of Nickerson’s Hotel, Columbia, S. C. United States Hotel. ATLANTA GEORGIA WIITTAKER A: SASSEEN, Proprietors. Within One Hundred Yards of the General Passen ger Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets, AMERICAN HOTEL, Alabama street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Nearest, house to the Passenger Depot, WHITE & WHITLOCK, Proprietors. W. D. Milky, Clerk. Having re-leased and renovated the above Hotel, we are prepared to entertain guest* in a most satisfactory manner. Charges fair and moderate. Our efforts will be to ptease. Baggage carried to ami from Depot free of charge PLANTATION TO RENT FOR 1869. (CONTAINING 2000 acres of Land. 500 acres J open for cultivation, of which more than 10<> is bottom, and 100 creek lun i. On the place is a good Dwelling, and alt necessary out houses, including Kitchen, Stables, Gin House, Packing Screw, Ac. Said Plantation is situated on the Y’ellow lliver, eight miles south of Covington, known as the ROB’T WRIGHT l’antation. It will be rented to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in the city of Covington, on the l“t Tuesday in October next. For fur ther partieulais apply to Mr, Kincnnnon, on the place, or the undersigned. C. C. WRIGHT, FRANKLIN WRIGHT, Bepf. 4, 18R8. Administrator*! COVINGTON. GA, SETT. 25, 1808. Voire* Culling. “Oh, lmslishe whispered. "I hoar them speaking, Voices calling upon the air And while she listened the pale light glistened, And lay and floated upon her hair. “Oh, no !” they answered, “ we hear no speaking, We hear no voices upon the breeze ; It must be only the night wind lonely That sighs and whispers among the trees.” “Oh, hush !” she murmured, “ I hear them singing, Singing tho songs I used to know Awl while i-lie listened, the star-drop glistened, And through long laslies began to flow. “Oh, no!” they answered, “ we hear no singing, We hear n.J voices singing so ; ’Tis hut the waking of sea waves breaking Upon the shingle far below.” “Oh, hush!” she whispered, “I hear them calling, Sweet voices of the long ago And while she listened, the long light glistened, And lay on her sweet face, white as snow. “Oh, no!” they murmured, “she wanders wildly, AVu hear no voices on the breeze ; She’s listening only to night winds lonely That sigli and whisper among the trees.” “ Hush, hush!” they answer, while dews are falling, AVliilc dead leaves rustle through the air, And while they shimmer’d, the pale light glimmer’d On a face and form like the angels fair. “Oh, pray I” they whispered, “ our love is dying, Her voice is fainting across the sea And while they listened, the far dawn glistened ; “ Oh, God !” her morning breaks w ilh Thee. A Quincy Illinois, paper says that in that city tliero lias not been less than fifty changes of German Radicals from Crant to Seymour in the course of the past month, and in Adams county not less that two hundred. The harvest of the new rice crop in South Carolina and Georgia has commenced, and the quality is said to be the finest ever known. The yield is estimated at seventy-five bushels per acre. The Spot is the Six. —-V photographic sketch of the large spot in the disk of the sun has been made by a scientific gentleman in New Haven, which is described as follows : “The length of the spot was 5,500 miles, the black portion extending for 24,000 miles ; or, to give a more familiar idea of its iuagiiL tude, two planets, each as large as our earth, could have been ongulphed within this chasm without squeezing. The periphery to the cen tral spot was mottled with black and gray dots. The photograph has a very curious appearance, somewhat resembling a capital Q, or a comet with a curled tail, surrounded by an infinite number of small specks of a grayish tint.— The greater diameter of this sun spot exten ded nearly due cast arid west, that portion spoken of above as the tail curving round to the north. Altogether it presented a remark able and usual appearance. AYe clip the following beautiful sentiment from an exchange : “Sorrow sobers ns and makes the mind ge nial. And in sorrow we love and trust our friends more tenderly, and the dead become nearer to us. And just us the stars shine out in the nights so there are blessed faces that look at us in our irief, though before their features were fading from our recollection. Suffering! Let no man dread it too much, because it is better for him. and it will help to make him sure of being immortal. It is not in the bright happy days, but only in the solemn night, that other worlds are to be seen shining in the long, long distances. And it is in sorrow—the night of the soul—that we see the farthest and know ourselves natives of infinity and sons and daughters of the Most High.” In a late case before a negro Justice of the Peaee in Florida, the plaintiff and defendant were fined Si each, and the Constable made to pay the costs of the court. The J. P. thought he had conducted the ease splendidly; did not wish to discriminate, but would make all share alike. AYe guess the Constable will soon get sick of his “ofiis." AA'e will only add, “The colored troops fought nobly.” “Let us have peace.” A few days since seventy-two maimed sol diers of the late war stepped into the office of the pension agent of Canandaigua, X. Y'., to draw their pension money. Afterwards, these patriotic soldiers held an election for the Pres idency in the Pension agent's office, and with the following result: For Seymour and Blair 71 ; for Grant and Colfax, 1. YY e know this to he a true statement of fact. If any one doubts it, let him write to the agent in whose ollico this very remarkable and significant expression took place.— IFtu'A. Union. Have the people ever seriously considered what a wicked contrivance the National Rank ing system is, to consolidate wealth and build up a privileged class f By this system, cer tain parties who hold Government bonds were allowed to deposit their bonds in the Currency Bureau at Washington, and Government paid them for those bonds by delivering them bank notes, which they are allowed to lend out and circulate as money, and to draw on such loans from Cto 10 per cent, interest, and at the same time they still ctcn their bonds thus deposited, and the Government pays them gold interest on these bonds, amounting in currency to 8 or 9 per cent, more, making in all some 15 to 18 per cent. And this the people have to pay, one-half, say, in taxes, and the other half in hank discounts. AVhat a swindle!— And this by Jacobin late. There was lately sold in Alabama some of the very best land in the State, at public auc tion, for the amazing price of one dollar and one cent per acre. There was no ineumberance no nothing—but the dismal lookout ahead i that had anything to do in producing this . great sacrifice. —Macon Telegraph. (From the N. Y. Democrat.) Deserting the Sinking Ship. AYe do not pretend to give space to tlio mul titudinous evidences of “change of heart” among the most respectably prominent Radi cals of the day, for wc cannot, an l therefore content ourselves with an occasional specimen brick of the thousands voluntarily added to the Democratic pile : Alfred 11. Down all, of AY'est Yirginia, hav ing been appointed a member of the State Central Committee, declines the honor and in forms his former friends that lie intends to support Seymour and Blair. Dr. Morgan, an influential citizen of Evans ville, Ind., has abandoned the Radicals and goes in strong for Seymour and Blair. lion. Charles Rogers, of Sandy Hill, a life long opponent of the Democracy, and formerly a member of the State Legislature and also a Representative in Congress, and one of the most efficient speakers in the State, cannot stand on the Radical platform, but comes out boldly for tiie Democratic nominees. The Greensburk, Indiana Expositor, hereto fore a Radical sheet, has declared for Seymour and Blair, and the editor adds that the Repub licans of the State arc abandoning that party by thousands. The Parkersburg, AVest Virginia American, formerly Radical, comes out for the Democratic nominees. The Quincy, Illinois Herald says that in that city not less than fifty Republicans have come out for Seymour and Blair in the past month. Colonel AY. B. Thomas, of Philadelphia, Collector of the Port under President Lin coln, lias renounced Radicalism and supports Seymour mid Blair. lion. D. S. Gooding, of Indiana, a Lincoln elector in 1864, is now on the stump for Sey mour and Blair. 0. I). Robertson, formerly a Radical orator, is now stumping for Seymour and Blair in Indiana. Hon. Richard Gregg, a life-long opponent of the Democracy, made a speech in Aurora, Illinois a few days since for the Democratic nominees. Hon. F. T. Backus, of Cleveland, Ohio, for merly a Radical orator, is now speaking effect ively for Seymour and Blair. Forty-three persons in Bellefontaine, Ohio, formerly Republicans, have publicly given in their adhesion to Seymour and Blair. Judge Mellen, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has seen the error of his ways, and renounced Republicanism, and supports Seymour and Blair. Colonel Lyman L. Jackson, heretofore an uncompromising Republican, of Perry coun ty. Ohio, has declared himself for Seymour and Blair. AV'e might add to this list until our columns were full, but let tliis suffice for one week.— As faithful chroniclers of passing events, we feel hound to notice all the desertions from the Democratic party which have come to our knowledge. Edgar Hull, Esq., who last fall made such a famous copperhead speech in this, village, in which lie sent General Grant and the whole Republican party to a very warm place, has come out a full-fledged Republican, and wo are informed is an applicant for the office of District Attorney in Washington county. lion. AY'. B. Jones, elector on the Radical ticket in Alabina, comes out for Seymour and Blair. So does Judge Piatt, of Kentucky, late a Republican. Seymour ami Illair in Illinois. The following is an extract from a letter re ceived here by one of our citizens from Fair bury, Illinois: Regarding political matters the canvas is getting rather warm and excited. AVe (the Democrats) have a club here of 381 men, while the Tan-yard men (Republicans) have 67. YYe had a town election three weeks ago, which resulted in electing the entire Demo cratic ticket hv a handsonc majority. This town gave a majority last spring of 296 for the Radicals, and in the Presidential election wo will carry it almost unanimously for Sey mour and Blair. AY e have one negro here, and he is a staunch Democrat. The West will go Democratic if you of the South will but do your duty. The country will he safe, and the bondholders must go down.” A Stkeak of Luck —?3oo,ooo Found in a Trunk. —AVe have heard tell of streaks of luck, but, verily, the most pre-eminently for tuneate one that ever reached our knowledge struck our iriend and respected townsman, Miles K. 8011, Esq., yesterday. Ilewasiuma git>g over some old relies in the garret of his residence on Main street, when he found, upon opening an old-fashioned hair trunk, the hand some and princely sum of$3l)0,000. AY’ords are inadequate to express the great delight of the finder on finding himself so suddenly and almost incredulously transferred from compar ative poverty to the possession of wealth, and many blessings attendant thcreoD.—.Yor folk Day, Book Sth. The Norfolk Journal gives a statement simi lar to the one above, except it puts the amount of money found at $350,000. AVouldn't Do It. —At a small town in New York, where the population is mostly of Ger man origin, the inhabitants had just built a meeting house. It had a tall spire, but no conductor for the lightning. Being reminded of the deficiency and the danger, the building committee undertook to raise the money need ed for a rod, and made their first application to a wealthy Dutch farmer, who had already given largely. “No,” said he indignantly, “I have helped build the shureh, and now if the Lord has a mind to deader down his own house, he may do it, for all me.” Extract from Mayor Hoffman’* Speech at Uufliilo, N. Y. “I conic nmong you to reason with you ; I want you to understand me; I have nothing to say about the candidates running against mo; I have nothing to say against the candi dates put forward as the representatives of the Republican party for the high offices of the nation ; I don’t believe in disparaging them ; I believe it is better for the people of our great country that we should let it be under stood that each party lias put forth its best men, and that this country lias nothing to gain in its reputation either at home or abroad by asserting that the men presented to the suffrages rff the people are unworthy to hold the positions for which they are nominated.— [A voice in the crowd— lam a Republican. I propose three cheers for that sentiment. God bless you. The cheers were given with a will.] Igo further than that. I will say in regard to General Grant that the nation has placed three stars on Lis shoulders, and I would bo the last man in the world to say that they on "lit not to have been placed there. I would not like to see them off. I would let him weaT them, as lie has earned them, but I would not by my voice or vote, sustain the policy of tho party which puts him in nomination, w hich, while if leaves (Jie stars on his shoulders, takes them off' the flag of'the country. They stand unblazon ed upon that glorious old flag, each star the representative of a sovereign, independent and equal State ; but wc want no military Presi dent. The country wants a statesman. [Loud cheers.] The day of the sword is’ passed. An incident occurred at the National Conven tion which was an omen. That grand hall where tho convention met w'as full of patriotic mon. Upon its walls were placed tho shields of thirty-seven States, and around each shield was the American flag. Upon the platform stood two bronze statuottes of noble soldiers, one leaning upon a great bronzo sword. The convention had been in session for several days; ballot after ballot had taken place.— First one was up and then another, and at last a gallant general, whose name has never been mentioned anywhere, save with respect—l mean General Hancock. No one knew wheth er on the next ballot he was or was not to bo chosen. Everything w T as uncertain, when suddenly the great bronzed sword in the hand of that noble statue snapped asunder at the hilt. It was not touched by mortal hands— no human agency broke it. Some mysterious, invisible and irresistible power snapped it at the hilt, and the word went forth that the country was henceforth to have a stateman and not n soldier for a leader. [Tremendous chocring.] The Josh Billings Papers. INK URATS. Silence is venerable ; if there iz ennything older than the Creator, it must have been si lence. The buty ov gratitude iz that a beggar kan be az grateful az a prince, and the power ov gratitude iz that “I thank you” makes the beggar equal to the prince. Marrid life iz tew often like a game of check ers—the grate struggle iz to get into the king row. Fear makes everything and everybody mas ters over us ; it iz the wust slavery there iz. I say owe no man, owing iz but little bet ter than stealing. AY'e are governed more *by opinyun than, by conscince ; this iz giving up a noble prero rogativc, andplayinga very poor second fiddle. The man who is strictly honest and nothing over, haint got ennything more tew brag on than a pair of steel-yards haz. Some of the meanest cusses I ever knu had got tew be so honest, by long practiss, that they could gess at a pound. If a man haint got grit enuff to stand the temptashun of a gin cocktail, how kan lie fight a real difficulty when lie gets a chance? Awl plezzures are lawful that don’t end in making us feel sorry. The man who kan be proud in the presence ov kings, humble when he communes with himself, sassy tew poverty, and polite to truth, z one of the boys. Dntys are privileges. Liberty iz a just mixture ov freedom, re straint and protection. Advice iz like castor ile—eazy enuff tew give, but dreadful uneasy tew take. A good conscience iz a foretaste of heaven. Thar iz few, if enny, more suggestive sights tew a philosopher, than to lean against the side ov the wall and pursue a clean, fat and well deciplined baby, spread out on the floor, trying tew smash a hammer awl tew pieces with a looking-glass. Every man kan boast of one admirer. Life is a punktuated paragraph, diseazes are the commas, sickness the semi-colons,and death the full stop. No man is ritch who wants enny more than he haz got. Don't give outward appearances awl the credit, the spirit of a handsum boot is the lit tle foot in it. I don’t beleav in bad luck being sot for a man, like a trap, but I have known lots ov folks who, if thar was enny fust rate bad luck lying round loose, would be sure to get one foot in it enny how. The man who wrote, “I would not live al ways, I ask not to sta,” probably never had been urged sufficiently. There is a kind of acktivclazyness ; it works on its victims just az the wicked flea duz on the feelings ov an old house dog—he hops up quick, but drops down again sudden in the same spot. One of the strongest proofs of vulgarity in a lady—or rather woman—is to see diamond rings worn outside of kid gloves. Y’OL. 3. NO. 44 The First (Jim from Illinois-Democratic Victory at Alton. The charter election which occurred on Tuesday last, for Mayor and general officers, including members for the Common Council, resulted in an overwhelming Democratic vic tory, every candidate, save one on that tickc , being elected, anil a fair working majority secured in tho Board of Aldermen. Hereto fore, for ten years past, whenever the party lines have been strictly drawn, and the full strength brought out on both sides, we havo considered ourselves doing well to secure an average majority of seventy five. But this time, however, Drummond, Democrat nominee for Mayor, beats his Radical opponent, Dr. AY'illiams, one hundred and sixty-one votes, and the average majority on the whole will not vary far from two hundred and sixty-five. AY'hat makes this triumph the more surprising and significant is the fact that the very largest vote was polled on Tuesday ever produced at a similar election ; and that in every locality Democrats have gainod, and Radicals fallen short. Tho Second YY T ard has always been a Radical stronghold, from which it was impos sible to dislodge the enemy, but this time wo have made a break into their ranks, and elec ted two or three Aldermen. The only unsuc cessful man on the general ticket is Patrick YY'ard, candidate for City Collector, who was beaten by James McNulty, also a Democrat, but a nominco of the Radical workingmen’s party.— Nat. Intel. Instruments Requiring Stamps. All notes aro evidencos of debt, five cents on each SIOO, if under $l9O, five cents; if over SIOO, five cents on each additional SIOO, or part thoreof. All receipts for any amount without limit, over S2O, two cents; if S2O or under, nothing. All deeds of trust, fifty cenis on each SSOO in yalue of the property conveyed of the amount secured ; when a deed of trust is duly stamped the note secured must not be ; but tliey should be indorsed to show the reason why. Mortgage bonds need not be stamped if stamps are affixed to the mortgage. All appraisements of estato or estrays.five cents on each sheet or piece of paper. Affidavits of every description are ox empt from stamp duty. Acknowledgements to deeds, etc., are also exempt. Contracts and agreements fivo cents, except for rents; when for rent, fifty cents for each S3OO of rent or less, if over $300; fifty cents for S2OO or over S3OO. Any persons interested can affix and cancel stamps.— Rep. Cattle troubled with lice can be readily re lieved of them by a free application of the wa ter in which potatoes have been boiled. This is cheaper and better than a tobacco decoction.. A Quf.er Fisii.—The Calais (Me.) Advertiser describes a monster fish recently caught near Eastport. It is thirty-three feet in length and about ten foet from the tip of one fin to the tip of the other across the back. The spread of the tail is over six feet. About ten feet from the tail are two powerful legs about threo feet in length, with feet which resemble those of an elephant and enable it to navigate the flats and shoal waters along shore in quest of food,a sit undoubtedly lives on marine herbage. It has three rows of teeth which look like so many row's of rice on end. Its name is given as the “shark dog fish.” Colored Ligiitr Ahead.— A Louisiana paper says that from every parish in the State the rallying cry of the Democracy is heard. Bar becues, mass meetings, and torchlight proces sions are of every night and day occurrence. The popular mind is aroused, and the colored element, opening their eyes to the true view of their position, are coming forward en masse to unite with the Democracy to put down Radical ism. Horatio Seymour was never known to utter a profane oath, to tell a vulgar story or ob scene anecdote, to be under the influence of liquor, to enter a gambler’s den, or ajhouse of ill-fame. —Marion Democratic Mirror. The Brunswick Banner says : Gen. YVaync brought to our office a few days since a sample of the Artificial stone that he is manufactur ing here, composed of white sand and lime. This composition appears to have all the firm ness of the best brick, and will make a beau tiful white wall, almost, if not quite equal in appearance to the stone commonly used for building purposes. Heard County. —A prominent citizen of Heard county informed us last AVednesday that there are not twenty-five white men in Heard county who would vote for Grant.— Some other citizens of Heard hearing tho remark, pronounced it true, and that we might safely publish it, —Kevman Herald. Goethe's mother said of herself: “Order and quiet are my characteristics. I dispatch at once what I have to do, the most disagree ble always first, and I gulp down the devil without looking at him. I always seek out what is good in people, and leave what is bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the angels.” The South Carolina Radicals express tlio highly amiable and humane desire to cut carpet bag Governor Scott’s heart out. The baptismal admonition of the Hindoo is as impressive on tho bystanders as it is beau tiful : “Little babe, thou entorest the world weep ing, while all around you smile ; contrive so to live that you may depart in smiles, whilst all around you weep.” Six States hold their election in October, as follows: Nebraska, October 6; Ohio, Indi ana, and Pennsylvania, October 13; AA r est A irgiiiia, October 22.