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m ff4«3fafiToN 84gm. Wuhington, Wilke* Connly, Oa. jMgt The European War. Ibe accounts from Europe, if they ere to be trotted, give hopeful prospect 3 es peace. At*- trig, beaten, sfter sum.* successes. both in Ger many and in Italy, call* for the intervention of Nspoleon and the French official journal makes the following announcement: “After having maintainoj the honor qf lii* arms In Italy, the Emperor of Aqstria concurring in iiiear eEpvessetl id NapeW* letter of June 11th to hit Mini tier oT Foreign affairs, cede* Vem-tia to the French Emperor, and accepts hia media tion for a'conclqsion of peace, 'J "Napoleon hastened to the sum mons, artd immediately communicated aith the 'Jtftiga of rroasia and Italy hi orrter to obtain an armistice.” This teeua to be, In reality, an acknowledgo ment of defeat. So far aa Italy it concerned, it la true that the Italians bad been repulsed from the Austrian territory but were, with numbers little diminitbed, threatening another attack.— Austria's other antagonist, Prussia, by an unex ampled promptitude, had taken possession of the territories of the Oerman allies of Austria, al- Inoat without firing a shot, and had gained such advantages aa could not bavo been neutralised without much time ami bloodshed, if at all. In their further progross the Prussians had defeated their antagonists in t wo or three battles, and it la impossible tp perceire in what respect the Empe for can assert that tbe honor of hia arms has been maintained. Bnt peace is doubtless at hand, for that beat of political barometers,cotton, is rising. So long as that is the case, it matters little to us what empire la despoiled of its territory, or What duke doms and principalities are -blotted out, or how much the mop of Europe isremodeled. No mat k*r bow much the boundaries may be changed the people will remain, and will, moat of them waarsbirti and therefore must have Cotton, Union Conventions. A call “to the loyal U;>tmiafs the South” ap , pears in the Washington City papers for a Con vention nf Southern Unionists to be held at In dependence Hall in the City of Philadelphia, on the Ist Monday in September next. All tbe Southern States are requested to send delegates The call la signed by persona hailing from every Souths;n Slate. The district Convention to appoint delegates to the National Union Convention at Philadel phia oo.tbe 14th of August, from this Oongreo 4«el district, will be held in Augusta on Sat ,W®*F *he 88th instant. A more inconvenient day for our railroad schedule eoqld not have bsen ■elected. Tux TaAiff Rill—ln Congress (be House hat just passed ib. Vjjfcni aanptbo* hn» ever been known In this country. Its ebauees in tbe Senate are rather doubtful. In former days par ties were divided sa to whether revenue should Ijo raised by tariff! or by direct taxes If such parties exist now, they should certainly be well satisfied, for we uot only have and are likely to have high tariffs, hat wo also have onerous tax ation. Every body ought to bo suited. Coax rest tux Pooa.—We are requested to give notioe to all persons in Wilkes Cos. who stand In need of assistance from tho public in the way of provisions, to come forward and make applica tion to the Justices of the Inferior Court, to hare their names put on the list of applicants. The time for making appliention expires on Friday the*27tli inat., and the persona referred to most apply before that date. Tmoxit* Took Owx MreßAxics.—We di rect attention to tho advertisement of Messrs. W. 1,. 4J. T. Ksouoh. These young men will ,!be found reliable and skilful, and ought to be en couraged especially by this people among whom they base been raised. ,er JJhe Lodi ft Home, is the title of anew candidate forpalronago and is well worthy of it. It Is eiiUeitby Mas. L. Vibuinia Faxxca a wri tar favorably known to all conversant with peri odical literature and is published in Atlanta by '1 Boa. 8. Powell at IS per annum. OT The bill extending the existence -of the Bureau alter being vetoed by the President, pasted lx th houses at Congress by more 'then requisite two-thirds vote and ha* therefore becothe a law. W Jonx Moaaissxv the nqtorious prise , fighter is proposed as a Candidate for Congress from doe of the New York City districts. lUs opponents ought to pat up Hexham against him. tg* Godey't Ladies Book far August has come to hand and it a rich number. The veterau Godxv still preserves hit favor with the ladies, in spit* of war and taxes. Iff* We notice among our exchanges this week the Daily New Era, Atlanta; the' Daily RtpwUican, Savannah; the Daily Citisen, Ma con, and the Chronicle A Sentinel, Augusta. 'We thank the Proprietors of the above named journal* for tbeir kindness. IST We-direct the attention of our readers who are found of good and cool drinks to the advertisement of Mr. J. M. Love. 17 Me ere. Pmyw A Cauaway are still afloat and always ready to sppply their custom era with anything they wish in their line. KT The exercises of the Washington Male Academy were resumed on Monday last, 16th insk; Mr. Ww. J. Cauaway. PrmcipaL gs The exercise* of Mr. W. R. Joses’ Male School were resumed oa Monday last 16th ink New AWEsmtisE.-.m—We call special at tention to the following advertisements in this issue: Furniture Store Ac.—'W. L. Al. T. Keougb, Drinking Saloon—J. M. Cove. Liverpool Salt— F. Arnold A Cos. Notice—B. W. For (son. Assessor's Notice— D. G. Cotting. or Mrs. Jasx G loans-, until recently a resi dent of this town and much respected lure died in Sumpter County, Gs, on tho Bth inst. Srrrraixn ix Sotm Casom sa.-— Gov. Orr, of Sonth Carolina, in reiily to a letter addressed to him by Gen. Howard In relation to the truth of the reports concerning Uie scarcity of food in that Slate, sod the reported suffering among both the whites nnd black* 9 „y„ : ™ • There is a great »>ed of distributing rations, through the z reelman's Bureau, in every dia* tnct of th© State. As early m March last an estimate was made in Chesterfield district, and it was found there were only seven bushels of corn to escli person in the district, without feed ing any part to stock. The supply was inade quate to the people. Other districts are nearly as destitute, lu Pickens, lam informed six hundred families are without suftplies of breadstuff*, as well as in n-nny other districts, and the local authorities esnnot possibly furnidi the needy. A month ago it wa» generally be lieved about the time of the wheat harvest, that an average crop would be made, but since tbe crop was threshed out. it is found not to exceed hair an average crop, and far less will be furnish cd the needy from that source than I had antic ipated. I therefore earnestly request you will hare the rations issued as estimat ed by your agents in the State and disapproved by Gen. Sickles." He also states that lliouwands of people, white and colored, must suffer for the commonest means of subsistence unless rations are issued be the Bureau. Tbs Tomtiox o# Exolaxd—Thu London Sat urdny Review uses the following language con cerning England as one of the great powers: She ts rsdily censing to be a European power in the sense in which she was a European power in the dayaof Wellington. She is now «n Asia tio power, a maritime power, an oceanic power, much more than a European. The affairs of Burnish, of Affahsn, of Nepaul, are of more im portance to her than the affairs of Wnrtenburg and Hanover and Hesse Cism-L To keep the road to India open through Egypt is far n ore n -cessary to her than tu insist that this or that tittle Rhenish stronghold shnll not belong to France, Her chief interest in resist ing the-,ag gressions of Russia on Constantinople is not to Krotect the mouth of the Danube, or to neutral m the Eoxine, or to help tho Rayahs of Turkey but to iropre se on the Mahometan populations under her rule or adj oent to her territoriee that her strength is unbroken,and that she can rule them with a rod of iron if necessary. It makes exceedingly little difference to us whether we are lightly spoken of, and our prestige is pro nounced to be at an end in the beer gardens of Munich and the cases of Florence ; hut ij of rital moment to us that at Lucknow nnd I’esliawar we should still be thought quite sure to win in a struggle, if a struggle is fotcod iqx>u us. We are also a nation of traders and of carriers, and we are rich beoause we trade with every nation and currytjbo pect, of the (east importance to us. Mr. Sale, the blind inventor of the method of making powder incombustible, lias now invented a gun said to lie moro simple and rapid than any previous breach loader. Instead of revolvers he uses slides, each to hold s certain number of car tridges—say ten oach ; ten slides will hold a hundred, and these may he fired in* a minute. W ilh a boy to fill the slides a man could fire 6. 000 shots an hour, and by taking good aim put that number of enemy hurt da eatnbat. Ten men, with aa many smart.bovs, would thus be equal to on army of (10,000, am) a hundred might kill off the whole French army, if they would only stand still a proper distance, and uot fire bark orother wise impolitely interrupt tho proceedings. Mr. Sale proposes to adapt nia slides to artillery, nnd by tireing a series of shots with rapidity, he hopes to batter the strongest monitor into small bits with bolts of very moderate dimensions. The Cawie or the Eceopiah war.—From an claborato article in the London Globe, on tho moral and political relations of the continental belligerents, we make the followingcompendious extract; The plain fact is, thatPrusaiagoea to war to force Austria out nf Germany, in order that Frnssia mav reign in her stead,and that Italy goes to war with Austria in order to liberate a province first added to Austria seventy years ago to suit tho temporary exigencies of Gen. Bonaparte, and re stored to her in 1816 by the Congress of Vienna. Prussia and Italy are on the offensive, and Aus tria is on the defensive, and the thing at stake is the existence of the Austrian Empire ns the greatest power in Central Europe. Death or ax tjnxxxT CutnciTWAH. —Weleirn with profound regret, tfiat Rev. Nathan Hoyt, D. Dos Athene, died oh Thursday last, after a protracted illness. Dr. Hoyt has long been classed among the leading divines of the South and ns an effective pulpit orator, he bad few equals He was a Northern nun by birth, but came to Georgia many years ago and settled in Washington, Wilkes county, in charge of the Presbyterian church of that place. About thirty six years ago he accepted n call to the church in Athens, where he ministered in holy things un til called hence He was the pride and idul of his congregation, and universally respect cd for his pie-y and fine abilities. He must have been near seventy years of age.—J taeocs Telegraph. The Utiutt or a Bab HAxnwimso—A Western paper relates a ueat. story of a gentle man iu Michigan who owned a building on the lands of the Michigan Central railway. The company desiring him 'Co remove it, the Super intendent, who writes an uncouth hand, sent him a short letter, ordering its removal at once. The house was not taken away, however, and three months afterward the Superintendent met the owner, and was highly indignant at his l ilatori ness. The explanation was soon made; the no tice had been received; nobody oould decipher it; tame one had suggested it might be a free pass, and upon that suggestion the owner of the building had been riding over tbe road three months, the conductors being as unable as the net of the world to decipher the note. A man in Halifax, Virginia, has discovered a mine of the famous “mad stones," of which not more than twenty were known to be in existence They are said to possess the power to extract the poison of serpents and mad dogs from w ounds and perform other miraculous offices. Nineteen individuals who formerly held posi tion* in the rebel army, left Chattanooga re cently ea route to Austria, to join the Imperial arenv. 'The Cleveland (Ohio) Flalndealer. of a recent ilato, says: “A* a crowd were on tbe b*nks of the Cuyahoga, watching the floating masses swept down by tbe turbulent waters, an object was seen a short distance from the spot occupied by the spectators, which excited not a little cu riosity. Jt torned out to he acradie, and at the instance of a lady it was drawn <o the shore, it was found to contain a beautiful child, fast asleep and happily unconscious of the perils of this rough commence > cut of its voyage of life.— W here it came fro n and who it* porcate are, arc facts unknown." A negro, fgfmoriy a servant of tho Washing ton fa mil}, (fieri in isuffolk, Va, and wss buried on the 4th. He lived on the edge of the Dismal Swamp, and hel,-ed to cut what is known as the Washington ditch. Among hit acquirements, during 94 years of li le, was twenty-one wires six of whom arc left to mourn his death. Agents from some of the large manufacturers in England have made their appeorace in New’ Orleans and either part sos the South, for the pur pose of looking into the prospects for the next crop of cotton, what dependence can be placed upon the freedmen at laborers, tho position of the planters,etc. Tho inquiries are made with a view to the government of manufacturers and spinners in their future operations. The Riehmfind Examiner pitches into the ’Na tional Banks of that city, charging them with hoving haughtily ignored the claims of the agri cultural and manufacturing interests of the South ; that they have lent mule money in any single month since then est»bH»hinent, to spec ulators in gold and shavet* of paper, than they bavo done fur a whole year to the manufacturing and farming interests. A friend of General Mogruder. who has “tho best means of knowing,” writea to the Baltimore (Jaaette that no faith should be put in the state ments recently pub’ished to the effect tliat ho has petitioned the Government for leave to re turn to this cnantry, or that he had written a let ter slating that the Imperial Government ia bankrupt and going to destruction. The Secretary of the Interior recently received from London, England, a specimen of the fibre and twine manufactured from native New Zeal and grass. The writer believed that the grass would flourish in our Middlo and Southern States and stated that by a now and original process cloth or rope cf great strength and durability is now being manufactured to a limited extent. The Raleigh Standard says of rcconstrne tion and tbe Constitutional Amendment: “We prefer the President's plan. We are for that plan ■gainst all others, but if we cannot get it, we will take the amendment, because we know that if we reject it, the term* thereafter imposed will be much harder than any we have yet feared Is not this reasonable! who says nay to it!” The veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Bill is be lieved to be prepared, and was probably read in Oabinet Council oa Tuesday last. As the bill originated in the House, it will lie returned to that body with the objections of the Executive. Senator elect Patterson, snd Representatives elect Cooper, Campbell, Leftwick, Taylor and Thomas, have issued an address to tbe people of Tennessee, urgiag them to tenk delegates to the Convention to be held in Philadelphia on the 14th of August. The nomination of Governor Hohlcn, of North Carolina as Miiflster to San Salvador is oxceei ■gMM*”*""**” fapv -'. iWrnHtUas. TSSMnsSt} l»r meeTgTveiiuefi-rp the committee that Gov. Hol den took an active part, in a legislative capacity, ic precipitating the rebellion. Alex. 11. Stephens is annnuned to deliver a lecture in Indianapolis the owing season. A ruong tho other names on the list for the course we observe those of Fred. Douglass, Horatio Sey mour Wendell Phillips, John U. Gough, and P. T. Karnum, The Indianapolitians are bent upon variety A Canadian journal seems to incline to the opinion that England will declare war against the United States, because somo fool in Coogresi has proposed a repeal of tbe neutrality laws. Tlie official vote in West Virginia for the Consti tutional Amendment disfranchisingConfedera'sa engaged in the late war hrs been declared adop ted by 6,922 majority. The Tenness»e State Senate have passed a resolution ratifying the Constitutional Amend ment by a vote to 14 to 6. There is no quorum of th* House. The larges! income return in Chicago is that of C Schuttler, wagon manufacturer, which is 8180,771. The second is that of C. U. McCor mick, of reaper fame, 8152,136, General Or.' ni is of the opinion, it is stated, that there should be at least one full regiment of cavalry in each Southern State, in order to pre vent outrages and to give proper protection to citixens, white and black. A Washington correspondent says: “On the arrival of cx-Govemnr Sharkey, or Mississippi, here it is said the adoress of tbe Southern Sena tors and Representatives elect endorsing tbe Philadelphia Contention will be issued.’' Oil 2d July, a negro in Galveston was care lessly smoking his pipe near an open keg of powder, when a spark dropped, and he has not since been heard from. A building was demol ished by th* axplosio. The Methodiet says that Dr. Cravon, the au thor of the book about Jeff. Davis' imprisonment is a Methodist layman, and a member of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, of Newark New Jetsey. It is reported on the beat authority that old Thad. Stevens has written a letter to the Hon. William B. Reed, of Philadelphia, volunteering to defend ex President Davis in hi 9 approaching trial. Colonel L. Q. 0. Lamar has been appointed to the chair of Ethics and Metaphysics in the Mississippi University. An Astor House waiter, while running up stairs till; other night, fell and cut his jugular with a tumbler he was carrying. The accident was fatal. Cheese, in the manufacture of which copper and brass utensils were employed, has poisoned several families in Zanesville, Ohio. Sharks have come down on the bathers in Mo bile harbor. A young man was bitten in two and then eatea the other day. Tbe Captain General of Cuba has issued a de cree forbidding the reading of "books and periodi cals of exaggeraned ideas’ in a loud, voice to large assemblies, iu houses, shops, etc. It is estimated that one thousond five hundred New York doge will perish during the current week, from the operation of tbe dog-pound and the douche bath connected with the establish ment. More than two hundred million pounds of cot ton hare been exported during four months of th* current year. A young man advertised for a wife snd receiv ed eighteen hundred answers from husbands, sav ing that he could have theirs, t bis chows the value of advert Ling; Tbe diocese of ■ Louisiana and Virginia bare followed Lhe example of other Southern Dioceses, and returned to the communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. Three important events oedhred in Europe on the last anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. On that day Prussia made a declaration of war againta Austria, ami Italy followed her example. And it was on tbe some day that the British Ministry eustaind a humiliating defeat on the re. form hill. SALT 1 SALT I 1 WE hare just received a large quantity of fine Liverpool Salt which we will at Augusta prices with the freight added. F. ARNOLD CO. July 18, 1866,18—t5. SrOTICE OST on Tuetdar the 3rd inst., between Washington andimy house, Three Coupon Boods: One on the South Western Railroad Company for 81.000, No. 440 dated January Ist 1861, Interest at 7 percent payable quarterly at tho Central Railroad a- Banking Company Savannah: On* on the Georgia Railroad anil Banking Company for 81-000, No. , and one for 85(H) No. 824, payable 7 years after date, dated July Ist 1866, Interest 7 percent payable Ist Jnly and January at tbeir Office in Augusta. The finder of the alwve bonds will he handsome ly rewarded by leaving them with Dr. J. J. Robertson at the Bank or returning them to me. B. W. FORTSON. July 18, 1866, 13—ts. JUBBpnSBMrc OFFICE, H, 8. ijet’CiHie, 14th Division, 3d DUtrict, Georgia a AM now engaged ia Assessing the annua Tax oa incomes and on Carriages, Gold Watches Ac, for tho year 1865. All persons in Wilkes county liable to said taxes, willbe served with the requisite blanks upon application at my office in Washington. All persons in said County engaged in, or about to engage in any trade, msHßasa or profes sion required by law to be licensed will make applieationto mo for license. All licenses here tofore issued expired oa the Ist of Mav lost. D. G. DOTTING, Ass’t Assessor 14th Div. 8d Dist. July 18, 1866, 13—ts. THE SHEEE3B DRINKING SALOON, AT CLEVELAND'S OLD STAND. WASHINOTON, GA. WHERE everything usually found in such an' establishment can be procured, such aa SJIERU V COBBLERS, CLARET PUNCHES, WINE SANG A REES. “WHITE LYONS" Ac. ALSO, ICF.D LEMONADES, nnd COOL DRINKS of every description. car Families eunolied with ICE every day on the most reasonable terms J. M. LOVE. July 18, 1866,13—t5. CHBmET SHOF tw :*» FURNITURE STORE. % gaste a, W. L. & J. T. KEOUGH, AT GOLCOKE'S OLD STAND. WE WOULD respectfully inform the pub lie that we are now prepared to MAKE and REPAIR' FURNITURE, with neatness nnd dispatch. COTTAGE CHAIRS and BEDSTEADS, of different kinds and quali ties always on hand. Also, WINDOW BLINDS, SASIIES, DOORS, Acc., Ac. Orders for COFFINS will receive prompt attention night or dey. •fajf Persons wishing to purchase Fumit ure will find it to tlisir interest to call and exam ine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. W. L. A J. T. KEOUGH. July 19, 1866, IS—lot JUST RECEIVED. Babbitt’s Star Yeast Powders. J. S. EDMUNDSON and BRO. July 12, 1866,13—t5. FRESH ARRIVALS. Shoulder Braces. Taper and Steel Collars. J. S. EDMUNDSON A BRO. July 12 1766, 12—tfj C3-OSITSTO OTTX MY remaining stock of DRY GOODS, coo sitting of PRINTS, GINGHAMS, BLEACHED SHIRTING, IRISH LINEN, BIRD EYE DIA PER. TABLE NAPKINS, HOSIERY, VEIL BARSGE, JACKONET, EDGEING and IN SERTION. DeLAIXES, FLANNELS, Ac Will be sold low to close out. P. H. NORTON. April 26,1866,1—ts C. P, McC*tc.v, Esoe A. Tate, M. T.McOreo i. Iqie k €o., AND fffllW MEBtHAXTS, Particular Attention given to Sales of Country Produce. JACKSOH STREET, [Hear Ellis Streo | AtTGUSTA, GA. Liberal Caeh Advances made; Ample Clo i Storage. P- S.—l have been associated with the above firm since last winter, and I would be glad to suj any of my old friends from Wilkes County. ENOS A. TATE. July 12, 1866, 12—3 m. STONEWALL JACKSON. a HA VE received the specimen BOOK an 1 Subscription Lists for DABNEY’S LIKE if STONEWALL JACKSON, tml will be please 1 to receive Sulwcribers. The work ia revised tod corrected by General Lee, and contains Maps o , eleven Battle-fields. The proceeds of the publi ration belong to lacksoo’s family, .Pricein hall Calf, (library style) Six Dollars. In extra Cloth binding Four Dollars. Tbe work contains over 700 pages, is warranted to correspond with spec imen—snd each Subscriber will receive with bis book a large Litlrograpli Likeness of Jefferson Davis on a card 19x24. This book can be pro cured euly by Subscription. J. H ALEXANDER, Agent July 13,1866, 12—ts. For the West. wish to go West and are offering our w Stock of IKS, MEDIUMS if. if., very low to any one who wishes to cerry on tho busing in this place. Any one wishing to make Drugs tbeir business will find this the best op portunity, and the best opening in the State.— We wish to sell immediately so (bat we miy be able to get a Stock West in time for tbe Fall Trade. J. a EDMUNDSON A BRO. July 12, 1866, 12—ts. §i}oes! Sfyoejs !! II .Am lot. of Ta.l'.aa moI Mww Walking SHOES, manufactured by J. Miles A Son, Phil adelphia. For Sale at NORTON’S. July 5, 1566, 11—ts. NOTICE TO DEBTORS; I) ERSON3 knowing themselve# in loUtf to me, we respectfully requested to t*- «n for ward Immediately and make settlement* &> lam compelled to have money to defmy t*\p se*. If my accounts are not settled in ato v hort time, I shall place them in tbe bands of Inw yer for collection. Money I muit and will li ixs 4|T it is in tbe country. G. M. MAXWBI U Jnly 5, 1960 11—ts. FRESH ARRIVALS. NF.W Stock of GROCERIES of evuy de scription just received and for salt-,»n the most reasonable terms. SUGAR—Powered, Crushed, A B C, Coffee and Brown. COFFEE—Prime Java and Rio. ALSO, A few Cases of CLARET WINE cheap by the Case. F. ARNOLD <£ CO. July 5,1866, 11—ts. "W" A.SHI3ST O-TOKT MALE ACADEMY, Ml,6^o^, EXERCISES will be resumed on 80 'ft A Y July 16 th. WS~ Tuition per T*">l 825.00. Jnly 5, 1866, n—SL JUST RECEIVED. “Wolfs SCHEIDAM SCHNAPPS.” J. E EDMUMDSON A BRO June 8,1866, 7—tt NOTICE. f | MIE public are notified that JOSEPH WILES X haa no authority to transact any business for our establishment in Washington, or to col lect any debts due the same. LIPMAN A MAAS May 29,1866, 6—lm ■W'A.JNTTID Lard, cb Bacon) Apply to P. a NORTON June 15, 1866, B—l£ JUST RECEIVED. Babbitt's B M S&leratus: J. R EDMUNDSON * BRO- Julf 12.1563 12—ts.