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SANDER.SVILLE GA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17', 1866.
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J. ill, Or. id uOi. ^LA,
Editor and proprietor.
TERMS, 93 00 pur aiama in aimuic?
ahetru/i :s my follow citizens, I
sornetirnee.fee! bke'wj did’nt have no
government. Unit that way sorter
when .Mr. Gibson nppintcd me a com
mute on the State of the Republic —
W hen the SM:rotary readout my name
ail mixed up with die R jpubltlc, [ felt
T address, you I that I was obliged to resign. Risin maj-
wkii a profound ad- , ostiku'ly to my feet says I ‘/Mr. Presi-
ration : den" I beg to bo resuektful!v cxkused
Pi'.jtn Ihi- X. Y. Metropolitan Kiword-.
■Bill Arp, Addresses lus Const*; uinls.
Respektabul Poep’l ;•
ran this okkasimn
5nini.strat.ion for the great consul
end the nice discrimination
caused you to honor me by you
with a seat in the Sinate of (j
{•'or two morneutusand inspiring
she Legislature hav been in ;
'session, one of whom I am proud to be
which. For several days we were cn
gaged as skouts, niaki.ua sorter <ff to
ko ns'ranee to see whether Georgy were
.n S'ate or a Ingin terry tory, whether
we were in the old L’w-iml or out of it
whether we and my folkes and you
and your folkes, were somebody or no
body, and lastly, but by n> mtans
leastly, whether our pair innocent
children, born d iriir the war, were all
illegal and had to be born over ague
or not. Tuis last pint are much unset
tled, but our worn ui are alvt-ed to be
kalm and screen.
My friends, out aim hav honestly
been logit, you all b lek into the fohL
of the glorious Union. Jake l !> e
prodigal son we !u\d nation to live on,
and fee!in lonesome and hint rry, have
been bowin arid sera pin and m.ikin
anologys fbr five or six months, wo
have been seen standing afar off fur
? and week- - , but dura the eafd >
kill fbr us. They know we’ve
got nulliiu, for ihey eat
stance, and as for p it tin
finger* we eould’.nt exp-,
bring back the jewelr
away. I cannot say m
of the poet, liuu our la
labor of love, for u\
poor encouragement to 1
we had alt srt our head,
stars and stripes and we
mined that, come wea l e
wh’c'.i .
an r, if von pit
If
tluir
is any
Re
ir v-otes
publix on tiii
is side
I of
Jm
dan I
call t
icorgv.
perserve it at
tills t'
me
witis
these ?
;Vks
weeks
i'iiur was a
p:ac.’
in
off
! Vi re-
inn v
solemn
called Port
Re.pn b
'■e,
but
Mr. P
Ubel
; Genera! Stou
its contents
ha vent since in
Lit; unary. Ih
•consuvn over ab<
called a renubli!
i j
ail Jackson wiped oh
n era by in 3 8 Go. 'and I 1
fit in Norther
icard of a seru
aslriigton they i
it are like!
Value ©f Coufadurate Notes.
As the courts have decided that coil
tracts made during the war are now
binding only for the specie value of
| Confederate Notes at the tinifc the con
tract was made, the
may be of interest to those having set
tlements to make, as it shows the spe
cie value of such N Am at the different
periods :
1S61.
•Iannary 1, to May 1, 5 per ct. below par.
.1 ulv I, to October 1, 10 “ “ 11
jOeL l to October 15,12 “ “ “
:0m. 1.3, to Nov. 15, 15 “ “ “
U. S. Internal Revenue Incense Tax, aud _ _
c Stamp Duties, Importautfor Reference. j WASnINGT0X J an . 8.—In ’the Sen Governme'r*
r fol.owing table, carefully pre 1 a tc to-day, no business of importance ident had n-o
f pareci from the general redeial lax. was transacted. The session lasted States. Ilis
Raws, will be exceedingly interesting but half an hour. tive.
Congressional,
Washington, Jan. 8.—In
NUMBER 3.
• * * * «
1 December 1,
i D :cember 15,
ut Wrtsl
. , but sur
to prove the gran lest
ever existed on a continent of freedom.
I spose sur it are to be moved to
Eosten or the infernal regions in a few
(lays, and I want mil hin to do. with it.
JAkuse in a sur. B a 1 must insist on
being respektably discharged ; 1 took
my seat amids
and tumulsu )\
| January 1,
January 15,
! February 1,
imposture ternary 15/
1 March 1,
20
30
1302.
20
March 15,
April 1.
A pri
Mr.
imp.
til
er i o.son
... , , i
the m ;sl profoundest
silence ever seed, and
larked that he won hint !
... puoiik on no respekla-
man agin Ids wishes. lie tlien
Lruri.-ferrc 1 me to the Fiii'an!?, and sed
lie hoped we would take immediate
action, tor the state had no monev, as
wee I
they
himself, and board was high
and eat set-eras frequent. This may
not have been his exactual lnnguidge
out is angling towards it. I bowed
in;y Imad ami s.c d exsep that I
dout eat .setteras.” Forthwith I tele-
/g-att ve.ryous g-ndemon for a tempo-
i rary loan but they wouid’nt iendadoi-
! nuuI Mr. Jenkins war norgoratyd for
, 'hey wanted his name to the note.—
Thinks says I the res a tap lost about
libs wagiu. If we area Stale we can
horry money in Aiuusty. If Wc aint
a Suite its none of our bisincss to borrv
• t at a!!. If Andy wants to run the
machine hi.s o-vn wav let, him my his
board w
'Turn
up our suo-
rin sou our
L it un il they
they carried
e s.ioi
town i
j i 111! v
or swinic surv.ve or perish, lh’iial
sin k
i r or
liteniu we’d
or git back
or we’d stay
and be ha
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-lip
s >m -
out f
irg-d
baik
ho ,V
>rev.
t->
>wn expense
s a pr v;s;o:
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team
sou a-.l
liUSIWSS.
aud Laei
greased, but the road aie
ruftbst, r. it t i uest coni my ii
I is | a 1 up and skoleb, ;
an 1 .-■■ icoieh, ami ever ami.
sketch slips i> it ami tit.
r mu 1 au 1 -a-v.i v we a-> inf
■il an 11 ! 11 : :
a an ;:f .or
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am
it a C
i?nt for if it atut
r.l qrovaU for a
le up irry mind
been humorin
lull’ we had as
ns A l.oL
. a its us back
May 1,
May 15,
■Jane, 1,
June 15,
: July 1,
! August 1,
: August 15,
September 1,
! September 15,
, October 1,
October 15,
Nov.l, *62, Ffcb.l.’GS
1803.
Feb. 1, to March 1,
March 1,
March 15, to Mav 15,
May 15,
J une 1,
June 15,.
duly 1,
July 15,
August 1.
August 15,
September 1,
S ptember 15,
October 1,
October 15,
November 1,
November 15,
December 1,
D.-cember 15,
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d ictriue of indestr&etibilify- of State
Government Jle said that. tlie Pres
' i no-right to restore the Rebel.*
. ........ ... . . ...... Ilis duties were only-exee«.-***'■
ie tiniA the con- W1 ^ XC£ | e d |n g!y *nteres ing^ but half an hour. tive. ; ■ >3
following table ; lir P ort T lt t0 a c | asse3 ] n the House, Mr. Williams offered Mdkc House, Wilson, of Iowa, Made"
.nf mi): nnr nrps-rvfi it. ! a resolution declaring that in order to | a speech in support of the bill extend-
’ maintain the national authority and ing the right of negro 'suffrage-ip‘th’e- •
! protect loyal citizens of seceding States, : District of Columbia’. lie said tfce .
j the military forces of the Government social element here fostered secession.
! should not be withdrawn from those j He made a lengthyigpeech on the sub-
; States until Congress shall declare their ject. ' ' " ^ • , •
presence there no longer necessary , : ’ Bowyer, of Tenn.,-opposed the-bill
which was passed. on the ground that this is a white mansp
Mr. Latham, of West Virginia, made ; government. He. said the intention
a speech arguing that rebellion was was to perfect the equality of the
limited by State lines, and its authori- races. ■ . - • ’ ' ‘ *v
ty was extended only so far as its pow- — —
ers could carry it; therefore protested • Letter from Ex Governor AlleN,
j against the dogma that States were out of Louisiana.—A friend ha^ furnish-
l of the Union. He would require rep- j ished us with the subjoined extracts of
j resen Natives from the South to take an a letter from ex-Governor Henry W.
oath as representatives of loj'al con-1 Allen, of Louisiana, dated City of
| stituencics. Jfexico, December 3d :
j Mr. Shellaborger, of Ohio, argued “I ain endeavoring to make an'hon-
| tliat the Southern States, by disobe- est living as an editor, but find it hard
i diencc ‘■o established law, liad placed work. Ihave.no assistance and but
: themselves .outside the Union. i two printers, but I cannot complain ; I
Washington, Jan. 9.—The Sec-rc- make a good living-, and that is as much
; tan* of the Treasury to-day cornmuni- as I need or expect. Gen. Shelby’s
cated to Congress statements of the 1 Adjutant is one ot my printers.
; internal revenue of tke Third District i “Our people'ate well satisfied with
i of Georgia, earnestly requesting the this country. Generals Trice and
modification of the test oath, and set- Shelby, Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, and
ting forth the great difficulty experien- j Perkins, of Lousiana, are all at Cordo-
ccd in consequence of its provisions, of j vo, settling on Government lands.—
securing proper assistants to transact | Magruder, Maury and Gen. Reynolds
business in the department in that sec- | arc in the employ of the emperor, and
tion. 1 - J doing very well. Agents are now
! General Howard, of the Freedmen’s i being sent to Europe and the United
[’Bureau, reports to the House of Rep-; States to promote colonization. It is
resentatives that, in consequence of j the best country in the world for our
i instructions received to restore aban- • people and we expect large emigration,
doned jiroperty to former owners, ! “The Empire as an accomplished
when pardoned, that their tenure upon ; fact;, law and older is being restored
it was rendered so uncertain, that the ! and the Juarists are on their last lags-,
part of a hundred ! slops taken to allot it to the freed men j Twenty thousand French troops are
j were countermanded, the revenue re- | on their way to Mexico, and soon all
Contracts, Appraisements, of value! suiting therefrom being very material-j the robbers and guerrillas will be
or damage, or for any other purpose! ly curtailed. i cleaned out. The climate is delightful
for every sheet or piece of paper, upon J The Joint Committee to prepare tes-j the lands rich, and money plentiful*
which either of the same shall be j timcnials of respect to the memory of | It is the promised land of the Soutlo
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lie
111
; ver. n:
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1 aud then we !ri\
i»:'k a-ul wait Li
blazes the wav. lie seems to be
liis best but tin-ii, lhar is JS'iimHer
Gatin and Stevens and Davis a.iulc
like eeijbemen, who keep holes'
him and cracking his whip, and con
fusion his idees so that sometimes wo
dont know whetliv-r he's g'e-in or
haw in.
My friend.-- about them fellers 1 dont
know what 1 ort to sav. If you do
or if anybody does, I wish they would
say it. 1 dont encourage eussin in
nobody, not at all, but il you kiv'vv of
a man that can can be broke ofitdurin
his nateral life, it moiit be weli to hire
him by (lie year. If ther is in ail his
tory a g o i exkuse and a proper sub
jit, it is upon them hartles-, soulless,
bowelless, gizzard Hess, lrat.risida ! , sui
sidal, ]).'ira'fli(ial, sistercidal, aborn’n.tb.il
co n tem j .tilin', d isgustab u 1 i ml i rid ua Is.
I sometimes think of cm till my brain
gits sorter- ad die-1, and I feel l ike
becomin a volunteer convict of the La
natie Asylum. Charily inclines me to
the opinyun that old Sumner arc cra
zy. I think he has been gitten worse j
over sincp lie took Brooks on the brain j
and it do seem like the disease has j
proved coinages. If they are for •
Peace it. must be the Peac? thatpassetli i
all umlerstandin for we cant f.itbom it |
in these regions. Thev fought us to ,
free the poor nigger but drdiit’kecr for j
the Union. The Western bovsfout;
ns for the Union but didnt kecr fi r
the nigger. By double tcamin on us I
they licked us and wc gin it up, bu
now the one dont want our niggers a
•-Wt quo.
arm ; s
n a ■ and cmi-.ir.
d aiu.t ii(>rgQ.rated
tm
a but if
soon tiio
to
o'
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January
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an l lie
Jannary
111
fie
oossary
I ebrmir
me
S3.
If he
I c-'imar
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el
ocl no
Marcli L
ho
st a
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March 1
th
re
turned
April 1,
eg
fol
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April 15
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vour
M-,y 15,
at.
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and g!
orious star
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oh! iter a
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he s ripetl
rag, a
id tiie P
dm
i: will
ose about
nine su
i-ppnrters
in
L ii -o
Fedor:
i Con . ress
I mova
■ sui' tlja
if
we
eantgi
lour Gov-
eno: a
on co 1
ke
a sine qr
a non, we
b: ea k
ip in a r
)\V
T; Tl
l dopar
t for Mex-
small pox and
sly. These pro-
leo. It took like the
were carried tumulto.
cetdings was tolegrafed to Washington
before the ink was dry, and we re
ceived orders forthwith to norgorate
our Governor and roll on our cart.—
Then the money come and we voted
ourselves a pocket full apiece and took
a f'urlo."
a r
1, to July 15,
ili i July 15 to August 1-'
* August 15,
September 1.
September 15,
Uetober 1,
October 15,
November 1,
November 15
December 1,
December 15,
December 31,
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Cutout and preserve it.
RATES OF LICENSE,
Wholesale, dealers..
Retail dealers.
Retail Liquor Dealers,
Horse - “
Livery Stable Keepers,
Intelligence Office,
Insurance Agent,
Auctioneers,
Manufactures,
Brokers,
Commerieal Brokers,
Distillers,
Brewers,
-Pedlers with more than two
horses,
‘ ! Two,
“ One,
On foot,
A pothecaries,
Potogra pliers,
Rectifiers,
Tobacconists.
Coal Oil Distillers.
Butchers,
Bowling Alleys,
Billiard Tables,
Eating Houses,
Confectioners, '
Lawyers,
Physicians,
Claim Agents,
Real Estate Agent?,
Insurance Agents,
Conveyances,
Hotels, according to rent or estimate
value of property.
STAMP DUTIES.
On Notes, five cents for every hun
dred or fractional
dollars*
ijjoO
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January 1,
January 15,
February 1,
February 15,
March 1,
March 15,
April 1,
April 15,
April 20,
April 20,
April
y friends, that wer a proud and
glorious day, when that great and good
man was makin his a flee tin speech. We
all fell happy, and Cappen Dodd the
member from Polk” remarked that he
would like to die then for he never
expected to fee! as heavenly again. The j April 23,
tears rolled down his left eye like rain. ! April 29,
ills other eye was beat out by a van-j April 30,
kee soldier while the Cappen was in j May 1,
prison. Of course the villen was tried
for it and hung, though I haint seed- no
mention of it in the napoi-s. Alas poor
Wiiz !
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Conspiracy.—0
peefc to the memory of j
written, 5cts. j the late President Lincoln, have rc-’J erners.
Certificates, 25 cts. j quested Gen. Bancroft to deliver an ' “I would not accept the position of
Conveyances, deeds, instruments, or i address. j Governor of Louisiana if tendered to
writirg whereby any lands, tenements, j The President transmitted reports 1 rue • I prefer exile,
or other realty- sales shall be granted, j to the House to-day in reference to a ■ H. W. Allen.”
assigned, or transferred, amounting to'resolution of that body relative to | ,, U T -,
$500,00 or less, 50 cts. j Mexican affairs. They embrace much i Central Railroad Reorqani-
And for every- additional $500, or | diplomatic correspondence on the sub- z xtiox.—i he stocLnom e rs °f tne Geor-
fractional par’; thereof, 50 cts. 'ject, and are mainly to effect the indis- j = la Gentral Railroad k Id their Con-
Lcase, agreement, memorandum, or position on the part of the U. S. to re- I L entl ?9. ln L>avannah, ^1 uesday last*
contract for the hire, use, or rent of cognize any other Government in
any land, tenement or portion thereof, j Mexico, excepting the Republican
where the rent or rental value is $300 i Government, presided over by Juarez,
per annum or less, 50 cts. j with which we have so long been on
For each additional $300, or frac- terms of amity and friendship,
tional part thereof, . 50 cts. ! In the Senate, Mr. Sumner offered a
Mortgages for any definite or certain resolution to protect freed men from
$100.
not i being Kidnapped and carried to Cuba
sum of money exceedin- v
exceeding $500, 50 cts. j and Brazi’, there to be held in slavery,
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding! He read letters from persons in Ala-
$1000, $1,00 j bama, stating this to be so, and remark-
For every additional $500, q&ffac- j ed that Federal officers were among the
tional part thereof in excessof $ij00, j guilty parties. He moved that the
50 cts. | Judiciary Committee be directed to in-
Powcr cf ntty., for sale or transfer ‘ quire whether any further legislation
of any stocks, bonds, or scrip, j is needed to prevent a revival of the
25 cts ! slave trade.
Power of a tty., or proxey for voting, I Mr. Davis said he had no doubt the
The following Board of Directors were
I chosen :
; W. B. Johnson, John W. Anderson,
j Andrew Low, John R. ’Wilder,
! Geo. W. Wylly, J. J. Waring, ’
VY. M. Wadley, J. F. Gilmer,
John Cunningham.’
Subsequently Wrn. M. Wadley hast
been elected President of the Compa
ny* We congratulate it upon this re
sult* We may now expect something
efficient to be done that will put the
read at an early period again in oper
ation.
Unclaimed Body.—On the evening
of the 2d of April last, the body of a
man killed in the last day’s fighting
on the right, says the Petersburg (V"a.)
, ■ „ 1 ? cls - , | ,T" kces wfjopenmgthe slave trade. , Index whose name w#8 give „ a , Ser _
to receive or collect rent, | i hey would do so if they could make j g eant J ame3 U. Williamson, Co. H,
,, -i , i. ,, - tTT ., . , - , 4th Georgia
to^ell and conv
2-5 c;s.
ay reai es-
rnouey. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Wilson cave notice that he
trite or rent, $1,00
“ “ for any other purpose,
50 cts.
Protests, 25 cts.
Receipts exceeding $20,00 2 cts.
| The Cotton
j Northern brethren seem determined
J that cotton shall pay a large share of
Ar n , ’, 7 the debt of the War, forgetting that
My tell nv people let me in conclu- 1 0 f ° . ° , •
J . : . 1 , ,, Southern planters will refuse to culti-
ion congratulate von on havin a Gov-.i A . 4 . .
° - v i vate it rather than submit to an unjust
Governor. (_)■> ■ —- -- J
ernor once more, as is a Uoverno
there is life in the old land yet and by j
rra'i 1 an: ^ ^5* we? L transport .them black re
,i ,i i , , .' 00 ' '!j publicans into the African desert, -and
the other dont want our L nion and its 1 , , . , , . rr t , L . ’ . ,
put em to teacning Hottentots the right
and unequal tax. Tlie idea of an ex-
/[_ j port duty being troublesome and the
I process tardy, it is now urged by prom-
! inent officers connected with the finan-
the hardest skedule to
a poor vanislied people over undertook
1 . . . .. ip P'i r cm
pxa.Mi un o a u f suffrage. I am i.id need to exclaim
UTr n m .Minn F • . .
in the language
Its tnc most hardest war to wind up u -
,i , i • , i -i 0 o • anaer tuts Goppersr:
Giuf- hictnrv rckora.s. Sumner, Satm i , , r
’ •• i reward em accordi
mith, “May the Lord
lin to their works.”
More Anonymous,
BILL ARP.
that history
and Company, are still a fnssin and
fuinin about the everiastru nigger—
want him to vote and make laws and
squat on a jury, aud wants to prohibit
ns rebels from doin the same thing fir
30 years to coins ! Jcerusalem ! where
is the eussin man. They say its all
’ right for a nigger not to vote in Con
uiectiouq bekausc there aint but a few
of ern thar ; and its all wrong for em
not to vote in Georgy, bekanse .there?
a heap of em here, and they talk Log-
.irk and lietoric arnaz’n to gess how it
is. Weli I haup got :v whole passel off .
sense IlIcc sum, buqas shore as I am too j
foot high a nigger is a nigger I dont'
kec r wliar you smell him, aud a vote j the Alabama Military Qemetarv :
is a vote I dont kecr whar you drap it. i , rnkn0WI , is al?tB /epitaph can t jl ;
J golly they cant git over that. 1 If j c3U3 klIU , v thW all is well.”-
cial department of the government that
a mendment to the constitution is not at
all necessary to secure a large revenue
from cotton. They urge that an ex
cise tax of ten cents per pound be lev
ied on all cotton raised, whether for
i domestic use or export. This will ob-
P. S. Cousin John Thrasher ses he J viate the necessity fur aa amendment
studied law fora week, and will be a | to the constitution, which.eventually
candycate for sum high oifiq when we | might operate unfavorably, tosay noth-
meet again provided we gin him time jfhg of the gopd policy of letting that
to sell his cotton seed. I il say this lor ; instrument, stand without amendment,
him, art has done as inn eh for him as | except when imperatively demanded
for some of the candy da tes, aod natnr j for the good of the nation.—Macon
more, and his cotton seed are as good I Tdegmph.
would call for the bill on Wednesday
I to increase and fix the number of *men
of the regular army. After which the
j executive session adjourned.
| In the House, Mr. Voorhees made a
Ware House receipts, not exceeding speech endorsing the President’s poli-
$500 10 cts cy of restoration, and combatting the
Exceeding $500 and not exceeding arguments of Stevens, that the South-
$1000, 20 cts. : ern States by the war had ceased to
For every additional $1000 or frac- exist. lie contended that the war
tional part thereof, 10 cts. j having ceased, obedience to the laws,
Legal Documents. j was the only guarantee, to representa-
Writor other original process by tion; and, in conclusion, expressed
which any suit is commenced in any himself against the decision of protec-
ourt of record, 50 cts. tion to domestic manufactures.
Where the amount claimed iu a writ Mr. Bingham replied to Yoorhees,
issued by a court -not of record, is ‘ declaring the sentiments he uttered to
$100, or ove,r 50 cts. be such as kept active the rebellion,
Upon every confession of judgement and asserting that the President was in
Regiment, of Cooke’s
Georgia Brigade, was brought into the
store of Mr. James T. Morris, and a
coffiin ordered. The body was not
called for, and in the hurry and dOd*-
fusion of the next few days pould
only be disposed of by burial in the
yard back of the store. Our exchang
es, by copying this notice, may enable
some bereaved family to recover the
remains of their lost and loved*
or cognoiive for $100 or more.
50 cts,
Writes or other process, or appeals
accord with Congress.
Washingtoe, Jan. 10.--In response
to the Senate resolution, asking why
from justices courts, or other courts of Jefferson Davis had not yet been tried
inferior jurisdiction to'a court of recort., the President to day transmitted a mes-
50 cts. ! sage, enclosing a letter from Attorney
Warrant of distress where the | General Speed,- who states that no cir-
atnount claimed does not exceed one cnit courts have yet been held in the
hundred dollars, 25 cts. j late rebellious districts since the termi-
When the amount claimed exceeds nation of hostilities, and holds with-
50 cts.
seed as I ever
suck seed.
seed. I hope
lie will
B. A.
$100,
Dr. Franklin’s celebrated recipe for
cheap sleigh, riding,‘runs as follows :
Sit in the ball in your night clothes,
with both doors open ; so that you
can get a good draft; your feet in a
pail of ice water ; drop the front door
key down your back; bold an icicle
in one hand and ring the tea bell
with the other. He says you can’t tell
the difference with your eyes shut, and
it Is a great deal cheaper.
lie following beautiful
inscription
is to be seen over a sol tier’s grave in
There were twenty thousand persons j Mr. Tooiras.—A. gentleman of this
weighed on the scales at the Boston-city informs us that he has received a
Mechanics’ Fair. The average weight letter from Hon. Robert Toombs, da-
of the men was 141 1-2 pounds; aver- ted JIavanna, Dec. 22d. Mr. Toombs
age weight of the wopien 124 1-2. The was in good_ health, and was highly
Mrs. Toombs had
•©-— •• i ’ » . ... ,
la
irjJG Ul tIJU wuyiuii J.-W. J-UU wuo tAliva HCw II
largest man weighed 293 pounds; the pleased with Cuba. Mrs. Toomb
largest woman weighed 274 1-2. joined him.—Columbus-Enquirer.
Gov. Jenkins’ ’Appointments.—
The Governor has appointed H. J. G*
Williams and R. L. Hunter, Secreta
ries of the Executive Department; Z»
D. Harrison, Messenger ; J. G. Mont
gomery of Augusta, Librarian; Jesse
Horton, Captain of the Guard for the
Capitol; Wile ,7 jC.* Anderson, Princi
pal Keeper of iff* ua Vnitentiary, Ghas.
G. Talbird, Assistant;’ Dr. 0* D. Case,
Physician.—Recorder 9th. .
' Col. Jno. S. Mcsby, who wad
“killed” on so many occasions during
the war by^the paper bulletins on the
North, was recently in Richmond look-
ingas hale and vigorous as ever. He
will assist the Prosecuting Attorney in
the trial of Mr. Styles, the Internal
Revenue Collector, lately indicted by
the Grand Jury of Prince William
county, for mule stealing. -
the opinion that the late insurgents
Waiting trial,- should be tried only be
fore civil courts, when fully and actu
ally restored, _ and has not thought it Warned.—A lady recently ex*
proper to advise the President to cause p] oc j e q a kerosene lamp by blowing
criminal proceedings to be instituted ; q own chimney to extinguish it.—
against Davis or any other insurgent in ^ re p 0I q was like'a musket and
the States or districts in which t-iey . q ie ladv Mrs. Mathews, narrowly es-
were not actually present during the j ca ped death. A portion of the lamp
prosecution of hostilities. ! wa3 thown with great violence against
In the Senate, YY llson mtioduced a one j ler e y C3) an q b rass neck of
bill fixing the peace establishment the lamp, within which the chimney
tKo firmv It provides seven regiments 1 . > - - . -- - J
the army.
of artillery, ten of cavalry, and sixty
of infantry, each branch with a pro-
was set, was blown into many pieces*
_ A lot of handsome furniture, twen-
portionate number of black troops, of ; tv-one pieces in all, arrived in Rich-
fieered by whites. monel on Monday,-for Mrs. Gen. R. E.
Howe offered a resolution declaring Lee. This is a gift to ihat distinguisli-
that seceding States had forfeited their ed Virginia lady from the ladies of
rights, and made a speech denying the Baltimore.