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S 2 CO PER ANNUM n'To. S- PROPHITT. * Covington Georgia. ~u mftn ufacturiDg all -'of his celebrated rtiunttr ksbicihbs. * Consisting of bis— rtvPß MEDICINE, anodyne pain kill ir, ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, ague pills, dysentery cordial, FEMALE TONIC, and purifying pills, , „ , n J will attend to all business in comea to his office. bi» line, tun* for patients when consulted, ViU P( e 8 (hat corae to his office at any .sigy^) frompt tllention given to all Orders. .(lent Remedies of DK, PROPHITT, T»* Commendation —tlieir well known power teed no « ji Be ases peculiar to our South i, removing alroady established for them • rnC ! “ble reputation in (ieorgia and the ad ‘"enVl«/ites As the majority ot persons liv •®n*, , qare predisposed to disease of ,og in th« an ted by all intelligent pliysi tieUve , . tlie p a i Dg a nd aches of our ,i ‘ n i. t «e due to organic or functional derange- Zt of that important organ. ** PROPIUTT’S t Ivor Modicino rectiv at the root of the evil. It cures *l rlk r er winch in nine eases out of ten, is at th« Liver, Coughs, Dyspepsia, Colic, Headache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Meu- Obstructions, etc., ao common among our tiler Medicine. „ ft ,lvantage of almost any other Prepara ,C‘‘ 0 f Medicine that acts upon the Liver. It is in*the form of a Fluid Extract-ready for use at in times day or night, and can be carried to »nv locality in America, winter or summer as it wffi neither sour nor freeze at any temperature th t a human being can occupy with safety. is not too strong for children, or too weak v ,1p most robust. There is no (rouble about takii ir it only to unstop the Bottle and drink it whenever°vou may want h. It has gamed a v.rv high reputation in every locality it haßh »'j I fair and honorable chance to prove itself at I, IV point in America, and it has been used in e ery State south of Maine, and is alike appli cable to disorder, of the Liver and Digestive powers at all places yet tried. F Travelinir Parties, north and south, carry it, and Sad the happy effects of it in all climates. IMUTICUI>AIt. NOTICE. llenafter NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELI > • EKBII. or SERVICE RENDERED, except for *TO .A. S XI ! "53* Fan need not call unless you are prepared to ’AT CASH, for I will not Keep Books. Jun. 11, 1809. O. S. PROPHITT. T. MARK WALTER, EfARBLi WORKS Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. MARBLE B MONUMENTS, Tomb Stones, larbleSMantles, and Furniture Marble OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, the Plainest t'» the moat Elaborate, (lewilxn nd furnished to ordor a* cohort notice, fligj?** All work for the couutr; carefully boxed d«cl4-3-5-ly. TAN YARD FIXTURES FOR SALE! "NOLUDING a Bark Mill, 119 Vftts, and all the . Tools, Benches, <tc., belonging to a Tan fard. All comparatively new and in good order, nd will be sold at a bargain as the present iroprietors have no use for it. Apply to W. W. CLARK, Covington, Ga , ir JESSE M. WELLBORN, at Dixie Nursery, 1 miles N. E. of Covington.—33tf Newton County Script Wanted. A NY person having any of the abovo named Ml Soript to dispose of, will consult their own nterest by calling on Btf BOWKER & HARRIS. Hotels. planters hotel, Augusta, Georgia, This well known first class Hetel is now re ipened for the accommodation of the traveling >ublie, with the assurance that those who may lave occasion to visit Augusta, will be made lomfortable. As this Hotel is now complete in (very Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by itrict and personal attention, to merit a share of lublic patronage. JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, rro’p, United States Hotel. ITLANTA GEORGIA WHITAKER & SASSEEN, Proprietors. Vithin One Hundred Yards of the General Passen er Depot, corner Alabama and Prior streets, American hotel, Alabama street, TLAHTA, GEORGIA, Nearest house to the Passenger Depot, WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro 'ictors. Having re-leased and renovated le above lotel, we are prepared to entertain uests in a Best satisfactory manner. Charg s fair and moderate. Our efforts will bu to .ease. “ggage carried to and from Depot .rec of charge A CARD. |vHE undersigned, having purchased the en A tire interest of S>. M. Jones in the AUGUS TA HOTEL, respectfully solicit a share of pat- Bnage from the traveling public generally.— " e Propose to keep a First Class House, and every effort to satisfy and please all that Jvc us a call. Both of us have been connected 'll1 1 Hotel for thirteen years. Hie Rooms of the Hotel are large aud airy furnished equal to am in the city. We call the particular attention of tbo old ’atrons of the House to the change. We desire <! Bee a nd welcome them. the BAR furnished with the best Liquors and '‘KBrs. DAN’L C. MURPHY, PATRICK MAY- THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE. J. W. MUERELL, dentist, Office—Up Stairs in Muhcell’s Brick Store, CoViSdTOtt, CrobOia, Being prepared with the latest im pro v emeu ts in Dental Material, Guarantees Satisfaction in each branch of Operative and Mechanical Dentistry :«rif desired will visit Patients at their homes in this and adjoining Counties, All orders left at the Covington llotf.l, or at the residence of Mr. G. W, H. Murrell, Oxford, Ga., will receive immediate attention.—lyß7. COVINGTON MALE ACADEMY. MR. J. N. HOOKER would respectfully notify the public, that the Second Term of the above named Academy will open the 2d of August. Those seeking thorough and practical instruction, will find it to their interest to pat ronize this Academy—especially those prepar ing for College,—July 80-4t87 F H 0 T 0 G H A PUS ! IHAVE JUST RECEIVED a Fresh Supply of Chemicals, and am now prepared to exe cute work in my line in a supeiior manner. Call soon if you would have a superior Pic ture, at my old stand, rear of Post Office build ing 2Qtf J. W. CRAWFORD, Artist. I would respectfully inform the citizens of Newton, and adjoining counties. that I have opened a SADDLE and HARNESS SHOP On north side public square in COVINGTON where lam prepared to make to order, Harness Saddles, <Se , or Re pah-the sumo at short notice, and in the beat style. 47 ts JAMES B. BROWN H. T. HENRY, D El N T I S TANARUS, COVINGTON, GEORGIA. jt _mri- n** reduced ms prices, so thatall who have been so unfortu nate as to lose their natural Teeth can have their places supplied by Art, at very small cost. Teeth Filled at reasonable prices, and work faithfully executed, Office north side of Square.—l 22tf JOHN S. CARROLL, dentist COVINGTON, GEORGIA. Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,ln the best Style, and on Reasonable Terms Office Rear of R. King’s Store.—l ltf ___ J. C. MORRIS, Attorney at Law, CONYERS, GA. JAMES M. LEVY, Watchmaker & Jeweler, East side of the Square, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, Where he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks ami Jewelry in the best style. Particular atten tion given to repairing Watches injured by in competent workmen. All work warranted. JO mu Y. Tills LEY, Watchmaker fit Jeweler. Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock and Jewelry, iu the best Style, at short notice AH Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted. 2d door below the Court House.—Gtf PACE, WOOD & ROWERS, HAVE JUST OPENED A Very Large and Handsome Stock of OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. We iuvite ours on sto give us a ca.l as our Sloekevery Department is now complete. PACE, WOOD & ROGERS, South side of Square, Covington, Ga- COVINGTON GA., AUGUST 0 18G9 Going Home. We said that the days wore evil. We felt that they might bo few, For low was our fortune's level. And heavy the winter grow; But one who lu;d no possession Looked up to the azure dome, And said in his simple fashion “Dear friends, wo are going home. “This world is tho same dull market That woariod its earliest age ; Tho times, to tho wise arc dark yot And so hath been many an age, Aud rich grow tho toiling nations, And rod grow tho battle spears, And dreary with dosolations Roll onward the laden years. “What need of tho changeless story Which time hath so often told, That spectre that follows glory, The canker that comes with gold— That wisdom and strength and honor, Must fade liko the far sea foam, And death is the only winner?— But, friends wo are going homo! “The homes wo lntd hoped to rest in, Were open to sin and strife, Tbo dreams our youth was blest in, Were not for the wear of life ; For caro will darken the cottage, As well as tho palaeo hearth, And birthrights are sold forpottago, But ncyer redeemed on earth, The springs have gone by in sorrow, The summers were grieved away, And ever we feared to morrow, And ever we blamed to day. In depths which tho searcher sounded, On hills which tho high heart clomb, Have toil and trouble nboundod; But, friends, we are going home. Our faith was the bravest builder, But found not a stone of trust; Our love was the fairest gilder, Bin lavished its wealth on dust. And Time hath the fabric shaken, And Fortune the clay hath shown, For much they have changed and taken, But nothing that was our own. Tho delights that mado us baser, Tho paths which so many choose, The gifts there was found uo place fur The riches wo could nut use ; The heart that when life was wintry, Found summer in strain and tone ; With these to our king and country. Dear friends wo are going home.” The Political Parties in Cuba, The steamer Nipsie is being dismantled at the Washington Navy Yard. During her late cruise she sailed a good deal in llayden and Cuban waters. Ilor commander represents tho insurgents in Cuba to bo in full blast, although it was very difficult to obtain trustworthy ac counts about reported engagements between the Spanish tro ion and the insurgents. The Cubans (natives) all sympathize with tho Re bellion. Commandor Selfridge represents that there are practically three parties in Cuba— the Imperialists (Spanish troops sent there from Spain) who desire tho home government sus tained in all its measures against tho Cubans; the Cuban Volunteers, who want Cuba to bo erected into the dignity of a Provinco, with liberty to manage its own domestic economy ; and the Insurgents, who desire to out off en tirely from Spain and become an independent sovereignty. If the home troops and the vol unteers wore to strike hands on the question of putting down the rebellion, they could do so with ease ; but they aro them-elves as wide apart as both factions arc against tho insur gents, and so nothing is done. The revolu tionists understand this feeling, and take every possible advantage of it. A circular has just Ixien issued by tho Sec retary of the Navy providing for the immediate organization of a torpedo corps in the navy. The corps will consist of one head of torpedo corps and such officers as may bo dotailod from time to timo for instruction and services, and the whole will be under the direction of the Bureau of Ordinance of the Navy Department- Torpedo stations will be established at Ports mouth, N. II.; Boston, New York, Philadel phia, Norfolk, Pensacola, and Mare Island. Torpedo boats aro to be fitted out as soon as possible and kept in readiness for use when ever they may be required. Cure for Chicken Cholera. —As tho prev alence of this disease among the poultry in this vicinity has resulted in great loss, we give our readers the benefit of a remedy, said to be infalliblo, discovered by a subscriber to tho Americus Courier, after he had lost three hun dred chickens. Ho says : “ Take the leaves of the common Jamestown weed, generally called ‘ Jimpson weed,’ cut up finely and mix with the chickens’ food.” Coolie Labor. —The Governor of Jamaica has published a statement containing somo very startling disclosures as to the working of the Coolie system in that Island. On some estates the mortality among the emigrants arriving during the last eighteen months has been 15 per cent., and on one estate the mortality has been as mueh as 50 per cent. Tho weekly earnings of a considerable portion of the Coolies indentured on many estates have been so small as to be insufficient to afford food enough to maintain a working man ill health, far less to afford means of supplying any other wants. The weekly earnings of a Coolie have been found to be as low as 25 cents ! and in many cases have they been found to be less than 75 cents. [From the Intelligencer.) Another Letter From Major Madison Bell. Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1869. ThO cdntrovdroy between tho Stato Treasu rer and myself Ims not boon soiight- Or de sired by mo, but, on the contrary, I havo en deavored, by every moans that honor and self respect would justify, to avoid it. Tho con troversy first grew out of a correspondence between the Governor and this Office, elicited by a note of inquiry from tho former. In my reply, I stated that I had not approved war rants drawn upon a fund that was exhausted, or warrants drawn upon the wrong fund, or drawn when there was no appropriation to meet them. My reply was couched in as respectful language at I could command, and even exhibited a scrupulous abstinence from any discourteous allusions to the action or motives of the Treasurer, whatever. His first effort was to prove that my answers to the Governor's interrogatories wero not true, but having failed to do this, his subsequent effu sions are a mixture of reckless assertion and personal invective, which I do not propose to notice, hut as the Treasurer sets himself up to bo the only officer who confines himself within logal bounds, I do proposo to exhibit some of his inconsistencies, and to show that his ac tions havo not been in accordance with his professions. And, as he has taken the liberty to deal so unsparingly with what ho affects to consider the motives that havo prompted my official action in the promises, ho will pardon me if I take a slight retrospect of his own.— Ho referred to my approval of warrants drawn on the Printing Fund to pay for advertising Executive proclamations, orders, Ac., as proof of his charge ttat I had approved warrants drawn on “a fund specially appropriated and restricted to somo other purpose.” The vindi cation of my courso in this matter is before the public, and it is not necessary to repeat it. But what will the publio think when I utter the assurance that this immaculato Treasurer paid tlieso warrants without a murmur down to as recent a period as the Bth of December 1868, and that I can prove what I say by his own report which I now havobeforo me.— On page 17 of this report under the head of “Printing Fund of 18GS,” I observe tho first warrant No. 304, in favor of Dr. Samuel Bard, “for advertising Governor’s proclamations to July 24th, 186S, $149,00.” Then follow forty seven more warrants for tho same species of service, and drawn on the same fund, running through a period of nearly four months, and for a sum of money amounting in tho aggre gate, to over six thousand five hundred dollars. Where were his scruples then, and with all his boasted knowledge and logal aoumen, why had he not discovered during that period of nearly four months, that it was a violation of law to pay such warrants? Why has he not explained to thepnblio, while endeavoring to fix the approval of such warrants on ma as a crime, as a conspiracy to rob the Treasury, how it is that he was a participant in the same orirno by paying forty-seven of these illegal warrants amounting to the sura of six thou sand five hundred dollars? Let him also ex plain how it happened that he became so sud denly enlightened as to the law, and so scru pulously eonsoieneioua as to stop tho payment of such warrants just about the time ho had a rupture with the Governor. Plain, unsophis ticated peoplo would rogard this as a singular coincidence at least, and all fair-minded, un prejudiced men would liko to have it explain ed. Can it possibly be, that as long as the Treasurer was on friendly terms with the Governor, he was willing to units in tho “con spiracy” and participate in a violation of the law, hut as soon as a breach occurred between them he changed his course, not for the sake of tho law, hut for the purpose of annoying the Governor by dishonoring his warrants ? no was either ignorant of tho law aud his duty os a public officer, aa he now professes to un derstand them, or he knowingly and criminally violated the law, (for it stood then precisely as it does now,) and in either case he should come to the confessional and make an atonement for his error, beforo he arraigns another officer bofore the publio for approving the 47 war rants that he paid. Ia Ins last communication, which appearod in the Era of tho 27th instant, he again refors to my approval of warrants in favor of additional clorks in the Executive office, and triumphantly asks, “Where is his author ity for departing from law, and letting the Governor’9 sense of pressure be his rule of action ?” Ido not notice this point now with the view of agaiu vindicating my actions in the premises—this ITiave already done in for mer communications. But I do so for the purpose of again showing up tho Treasurer’s inconsistency by introducing his own official acts. I find, by reference to tbo record that warrant No. 149, in favor of N. L. Angior, for $882,55, drawn on tho 7th section of the Ap propriation act of 1868, “for stationery, prin ting, &0.,” was approved and entered on the 20th of January, 1869. Then again, I find that warrant No. 107, in favor of tho same, for stationery, exchange, telegrams, express charges, &c., und drawn on the 23d section of the Appropriation act of 1869, was approved and entered on the 19th of July, 1869. Where was your authority, Mr. Treasurer, “for de parting from the law’’ in these two cases?— Why was it not as lawful to pay the warrant of Mr. Conley, the State Libarian, drawn up on the same 23d section, for postage stamps, drayage, Ac., for the use of his office, and for which he had advanced tho cash out of his own funds ? His warrant was in every re spect similar to your own, yet you refused U> pay it because it was drawn on tho 23U sec tion. Let it he understood that tho 7th sec tion of the act of 1868 aud 23d section of the act of 1869 aro tho same in substance. If it was contrary to law to pay Mr. Conley’s war rant, whero is the authority, Mr. Treasurer, tor paying your own? Whntcxcuso havo you for breaking the law in your own favor, and recognizing it when tho interests of others are involved ? I ought to inontion, in passing, that Conley's warrant was only fur (41,30, while yours (the last named) was for $785,40. But again : Tho Treasurer has arraigned .me for approving warrants for extra service, and goos out of his way to allude specially to a warrant in favor of my brother, which he styles as being of “doubtful propiioty.” I wonder what lie thought of certain warrants in favor of his son, which lie paid, and whore lie finds his much vaunted “authority of law” for so doing. Now, I assert, that tho warrant in favor of my brother, to which I prosume ho alludes, was authorized by express provis ion of law. On page 186, published laws of 1868, resolution No. 14 expressly authorizes mo to have certain ontrios transferred in my offico and to employ a suitable clerk to do the work. By this authority I employod my brother, nnd he executed the work to the en tire satisfaction of a Legislative Committee, who examined it. Why then this insinuation that the warrant was of doubtful propriety ? But, as tho Treasurer speaks of tho amount of said warrant being at the rato of $l5O 00, it occurs to me that he may possibly refer to another warrant in favor of my brother for services under tho “Wild Land” laws. If so, he is equally unfortunate, for section 868 of the Code expressly authorizes the Governor to appoint a clerk to perform the duties upon which my brother has for some time been en gaged, having been appointed by the Govern or. For this servioe the warrant was drawn nt the rate of $150,00 per month, and as no salary was fixed by law for this olerk, the Govornor, in his discretion, fixed it as above. It is the satno that has been allowed other clerks, both in tho Executive office and in the office of Superintendent of Publio Works.— Also, the clorks omployed to make county maps, Ac., all which the Treasurer has hereto fore paid, without doubling tlieir propriety, so far as I am informed. But why did the Treas urer pay a warrant for SSOO in favor of his son for making a transfer of certain entries in bis offico, and why did he, at a subsequent period, pay another warrant in favor of his son for the same service for $350, making in all SBSO for these transfers, when there is no oxpress law authorizing it ? The resolution ' named refors exclusively to the Comptroller General’s office, yet I find on my book the two warrants in favor of the Treasurer’s son for “oxtra service transferring Treasurer Rook well’s books,” &c. This is not all. The Treasurer affects great veneration for ‘law,’ and the “will of the Legislature,” yet in the teeth of hia pretensions, I find on my book warrant No. 28 for $l5O, in favor of his son approved November 10, 1868, “ for oxtra ser vices as Treasurer’s clerk.” On page 10, of the Laws of 1868, section 13 of the Appropri ation Act, there is appropriated Fivo Hun dred Dollars to pay the salary of tho same clerk for the latter half of 1868. This act became a law 10th of October, 1868, and hero was tho expressed will of the Legislature that the Treasurer’s clerk should have but SSOO for half the year, or at the rate of SI,OOO per year. Yet on tho 10th of Novombor thereafter, the Treasurer, with all his venera tion for law and the expressed will of the Legislature, paid his son $l5O ovor aud above his lawful salary. Again, on tho 18th January, 1869, I find that another warrant fur the same amount, No. 132, in favor of his son, was approved and entered, fur similar services in the Treasurer’s office. Now, let it bo remembered that about the same time that each of these warrants was approved, another warrant for $250, drawn on the civil appropriation for the salary of this same clerk waH approved and paid, so that ho drew tho SSOO appropriated, and S3OO bosides, fur his services during tho latter half of the year 1868. The Treasurer comments severely upon my assertion that I had no right to suporvise the Govornor in his application of the Contiiigen Fund, and attempts to show by quotations from tho Code that it is my duty to audit all ac counts and allow or rejeot them beforo they arc submitted to the Governor, but this doos not show that I have the right to designate tho fund out of which they shall be paid. I have audited and allowed or rejected every account that has ever teen presented to me, and if I have not done this in case ot all the accounts that havo teen paid, it was because tho holders have not presentod them. And here the Treasurer is again unfortunate, lie takes me to task for not approving every ac count or itoin paid for out of the Contingent Fund by the Governor, when ho himself has neglected, in some instances, to present his accounts for approval, and has tiled his ac counts in the Executive Office indorsed with his own approval alone, presented his warrant at this offioe, had it approved, and pocketed tho money. I ask, again, why has he thus disre garded the injunctions of the law which he has quoted ? Why does he not set a better example, and practice what ho teaches ? I find on file in the Executive Office accounts amounting in the aggregate to over S7OO 00, approved by the Treasurer embracing in part, cash payments mado by him for stationery, exchange, express charges, telegrams, water cooler, letter heads, Ac., and this is included iu one of the same warrants referred to before, drawn on the 23d Seoliouof tho Appropriation Act of 1869. Now, not one of these accounts has my approval upon it, yet in the eyes of the Treasurer it is a great dereliction of duty in me not to audit every account for which a YOL. 4 .NO, 38 warrant is issued. So it seems when he want to get money he does not wait fuf the regular routine which he now insists that the publio creditors shall follow, at least, ho (lid not wait in the instance referred to. In conclusion, I would remark that in oil I, havo said during my controversy with tho Treasurer, I have dealt with him in his official capacity, and it has been my purpose to avoid personalities. Being attacked, I considered it a solemn duty to defend my official course, and the honor and dignity of tho Comptroller General’s office. This was duo to tho public, for whose benefit the office I hold should bo administered. Further than this it has not been my intention to go, and with this I bid tho Treasurer adiou—at least for the present. Respectfully, Madison Bell, Comptroller GonereL Gone Home South. Some weeks ago, an old colored woneao, about sixty years of age, named Henrietta MoClintock, arrived here, says the Washington Express, under the impression that she wan reaching Little Washington, Ga. On her art rival, she met Officer E. McHenry, and told him her troubles. During the war she had left her old master, Mr. Benjamin F, Barksdale, of Danbury, Ga., and had wandered through Tennessee until she was weary of such a life, and was anxious to return to her 'old master.* She then inquired at an interior village the direction to Little Washington, and was direct* ed to the tiokot office, where a ticket to Wash* ington, D, C., was sold her. This exhausted all her means, and arriving here without friends or money, she was in sore distreee, and on meeting Officer McHenry, begged him to write to her old master for money to take her home. That officer interested himself, and did so, and without delay ho received a letter from Mr. Barksdale containing twenty dollars Last night he bought her a tioket, placed her in the cars, and she left for Dixie's land well and happy. Advice. —Young man don’t get too “foxy.” If you happen to get in possession of a few dollars, act as you did before you got them.-* Don’t swell up and burst. If you have a good share of brains you won’t do this; you will remember that neither money, clothes or good hxiks make the man, and that worth is as ofttw garbed ia a ragged coat os it is in broadcloth. Don’tstand on hotel steps, dangling your watch chain, and talk “hoss.” Better buy a book and learn to read without spelling your words. Those who load themselves with airs are thu smallest kind of potatoes and the fewest in the hill. A “fat” job often spoils young men of weak minds. They immediately commenoe to “rag out,” and take great prido in cultivating an aldermanio corporation, and a sporting air. Sensible persons are always disgusted with such actions when they deign to notice them, which is very seldom. Reflect, and turn ovet anew leaf. Poisoned by Fly Paper. The Detroit Free Press of July 22, relates the following ocourronce: On Tuesday afternoon a child aged seventeen months, the son of Samnel F. Cromer, residing on Grand River street, nearly opposite Caes Market, was almost fatally poisoned from eat* ing “fly paper” used to destroy flies about the house. The skill of two physicians was ema ployed for several hours during the evening and night to counteract the effect of the poison,, but even their efforts would soarcely have availed, had not tho large quantity of poison taken, induced vomiting, by whioh a portion was thrown off tne stomach. In taking up the woodoa floor in the office of the Pulaski House for the purpose of laying down the beautiful Mosaic pavement which has just been completed, the joists, which ore of Georgia pine, were found to be quito as strong os they were when put in the building, somo thirty years ago. We are also informed that there are other buildings in the city whiolr were erected somo fifty or even sixty years ago, in which the joists and beams, of Georgia pine, do not exhibit the slightest symptoms of decay. —[Sav. News. Dangerous Pleasures. —I have sat npon the seashore and waited for its gradual approaches, and have seen its daneing waves and whits surf, and admired that He who measured it with Ilis hand had given it such life and mo* tion ; and I lingered till its gentle waters grew into mighty billows, and had well nigh swept mo from my firm footing. So have I seen a heedless youth gazing with & curious spirit upon tho sweet motions and gontle approaches of inviting pleasures, till they have detained his eye and imprisonod his feet, and swelled upon his soul, and swept him to swift destruo* tion. Paintings by Mrs. Robert E. Leb.— There is on exhibition at Lexington, Va., a hand* some portrait of Gen. Washington, when about thirty years of age, taken when in full uniform; also a portrait of Mrs. Martha Washington, copied from a portrait taken when ehe was young, both from portraits now in tho Wash* ington family ; also a photograph of Gen. Lee and Mrs. Gen. Lee, in colors, taken when young. These paintings are by Mrs. Gen. Lee, and are all pronounced excellent likenesses. They are for sale at SIOO each, and the pro* ceeds are to be applied for tho benefit of tho Episcopal church at Lexington, Va. The vagabond mob on Monday afternoon carried their hate for United States officials to such an extent that on passing through Meet* in*' street, the United States mail wagon was stopped and assaulted. He only made his os* cape after knocking down several of the im>t> and thrashing his horse into a run, And the Mayor of the city is powerless to keep the peace.-—!Charleston News.