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TAB WASHffIgTON GAZETTE Wuhingtcn, Wilkes County, Go. FRIDAT MORNING, AVGUST Yl, ImT Peace and Cotton. 1W hops* of peaes in Europe we again over clouded. The French Emperor has demanded the extend on of hie frontier* to the Rhine Which »*> hi* chief otyeet b protecting the war be tween Prussia and Atfeth*. A* tirf* extension Would cuter tome PressUn territory, that power rnfeses to accede to it, and nothing it left (hr 5a poleoo but in enforce hie demand by anna It eeeeaeaeore probable than ever that a unirermt war will take pldn*. In Rtlrope for the power* now at peace look jv.alrtualy upon the new arrange tnenta pttsJXMd, but not perfected in Germany Unil will not tolerate the farther program of in notation. Austria ia (till at war with Prussia and Italy, and the armistice nor existing will not progress into peace if Napoleon appears in Mm field against Prussia. AD these European commotions operate disas trously against the people on this side of the ocean, and we eee the evidence of their depressing effect in the declining price of cotton. Besides) an erroneous idea has been indue!riously promul gated by interested parties, thsi the cotton crop .lias so much improved of Into that a large yield can confidently be expected. That this cannot he, every one knows who knows anything ol the wrap, but general crop estimates arc never made *by planters but by persons who seldom go out ■ido of their counting house* in our chief chipping port* and In Liverpool, and who probably never wow a stalk of cotton ia their lives. Cotton never was king except in tha falsehood* Wf demagogue* smith* dreams of their dupes. It was subject to the caprice* andcri ae* of Whatever European magnate chose to be capri. ciou* or criminal, but in our present circumstance* t i* morn of a slave than ever, The Philadelphia COuVefltioti The .Netional Union Convention assembled in Philadelphia on the litlr inf!ant according to programme. It promises to be a success an fw M numbers me concerned, some six hundred JJ •gales appearing on the first day and every «tate nlhl TarriUew Ws* r*pr seen ted. The prospects of discord hero become lees. Bod by the declination ot FuuXSUdo Wood and VausN atnnsM to take port in the Convention, thorn gentlemen being considered by soma of its pro motors net to be sufficiently good Union men for the objecting members to fellowship with. An'ineident which appears rather theatrical, but which indicates the harmonious feelings witch prevailed, took piece at the opening of the Convention. The delegatee from Massachu setts and South Carolina entered arm in arm, proceeded by music and banners. Whereat the Convention abed tears and the band played pixie and tho Star Spangled Banner amid vocif erous cheering. On the Utli Ms. DooUttU of Wisconsin was announced by the Chairman of the conraitte* of organisation as the permanent President of the Convention, The announcement was rapturous ly applaudod as was overy thing else which took place. HP" Oonar’e Lanins Boob for September has «oum to band and ia full of interesting matter for the ladies. The sterner eex If they hate leisure and tnata In that line, will be greatly amused by studying in the fashion plates those little co# Mu< which are now called bonnet*. Ae fashion always goes to extremes, we should not be sur prised if the rext change should bring in bonnet* ** big *s a buggy umbrella. OT We direct attention to tbe advertisement of Messrs. Putilixo A Watunr, Augusta. Ms. Flxju.vo is watt known in this section for Us business qualifications and integrity, and with his endorsement we ran recommend Mr. Wuoht fur tbe same qualities Dtsnxomsuab Stassuaa.—A rattlesnake six feet hag and having nine rattlee was kUled at the bouMofJettt R. J. Cssrttt in this County on Tuesday last Ho was tome snake for this old country where such customers are soldo seen. tar We are under renewed obligations to tbe firm of Messrs. F. Arnold <k Cos., for a pack age of fine ScorfoUetti Smoking Tobacco. We have given it a fair trial and pronounce it as good as can be found in our village. Comstt Cwjst.—Tlie County Court for the County of Wilkes, Judge Wiser! sld presiding has been in eeasioe here since Monday last, and will probably continue through the week. We will publish a list of the sentence Ac. next Week. Cr We are indebted to CapL P. H. Notre* for lata St. Louis, Memphis and Louisville pa pers. Mvacxa Its Oolitiioscx—Wo learn, from what ra*y be considered a reliable source, that Dr. Watkins, living at Sandy Cross, in Oglethorpe was murdered by a negro woman, a few days ago. We have been unable te learn any partic ulars. We understand that this woman killed another negro woman tome time ago, for which she was tried before the Freedman’s Bureau, in Augusta, and by some means cleared. A dirk, or knife, was used in both instances.— Elbcrto a O as tort. The Richmond (Va.) Diopotcb of Wednesday ■ays the Board of Trade e< that city on the day before raised by aubacriptioa tha amount neces sary to procure a comfortable chair for Jefferson Davis. The Ditpalch says the chair will be bough tend forwarded to ham immediately. Two lovers in St. Louie, named Henry Fosse) and Minnie Bush, being thwarted io their desires \fi b* married. determined to die together Both took poison, wu Minnie died, but Henry is recov ering, thouiAi be declares he trill yet kill him self Public Dixtnbanffex. TIM MUledgeviUe Federal Union. has the fol lowing sensible article ao the bloody riot at New Orleans; Rows such as those at Memphis and New Or leans are worth to the Radical party fifty thou sand votes. These outbreaks are almost unavoid able, and when their infrequency is considered, not at all strange. Bat they serve a purpose to the Radical leaders, who will ring the changes on them. It it hard that this great body of the Southern people, who are doing everytbo* In their power to amoothe over tbe asperities of war and heal the wound* which an estrangement of four years produced, should have to suffer for the indiscretion or misfortune* of a few MCA ift large cities. But so it is; and so R will ever be » long ae men have passions and htfman frailties. It is nothing if these row* happen Us London or ia the cities of tbe North—they scarcely cause a ripple OB the surface of society and pntdic opin ion ; but when they occur at the South, they are magnified into matters of immense moment shd are displayed in huge tetters through all the fa natical jom nala of the North, for month* after their occurrence. For the sake of the President, who is anxious to maintain peace and order at the rtotKh, anti for tbe sake of the ftoble men and Women of the South who are making daily sacrifices of opinion and pride to avoid even the appearances of eril. we cannot but deeply deplore soph disttfrbdocca ns the late riot Xt NeW Os leans. Right or Wrong the whites Will have tha blame to bear, because our judges Will be our worst enemies. Ax Ilfeaovursirr ix tux Hraxcaa Rislx— An intelligent correspondent of the Boston Ad eertteer give* the following interesting statement of an improrement of the Spencer rifles, the breech loader Which has been introduced into our army, and ia believed Ms be superior to the needle gun: The Spencer Rifle ia more widely known with us than any other breech loader, oWing to the fact that it has been more extensively used In the service, and wherever used has proved conclu sively tbe overwhelmingly superiority of breech loaders, by rendering every man thus armed, equal in destructive power to Are sr six men armed with munte-loadera. Tat well known as the Spencer rifle ia, there are but few among ua who are aware that its efficiency has been nearly doubled by a simply contrivance invented Edward Stabler, of Maryland. Tha mod* of loading the Spencer rifle ia by withdrawing a tuba at the breech, and inserting the cartridges sevan in number, In the magazine thus opened, from which they are fed to the barrel ia very rapid succession by simply throwing down and then replacing we ’*■*« between tlie shot*. When the magsxin# is exhausted, £!“*«*«•, process of r» leading man be reposted, re qutriajj about tbe same tins a* loading htuuZZ'.C loader, and it is obvious that this necessity might cowriustat the critical moment when it was most desirable to dativer a very rapid Are, Mr. Stabler pot a lock upon the magasos ao that It could be fastened when full, and Tie contents kept in reserre, while a eimpli alteration enabled the soldier to use the gun as a single loader, putting m a fresh cartridge for each shot till the eritimd moment arrived, and then by slipping a bolt with bis thumb, the magaxine could lie opened and a torrent of Are poured from it, log could stand. ’I lie m,p<et^^(^HPll|fen liruvrim-iil .d.v dfl.' l),-|i»rtjii. I in t,. , vi-ry .'| llimiWST Ih.sr.aT morning about 12 o'clock, a Was committed by two negroes on tbowNgut!* road, about nine milts from the city. Tim fol lowing particulars hare been furnished by a gen tleman from the scene of the murder: Mr. Henry Seccenger, his brother ia-law, and three children were proceeding home, and stopped at the bridge at Augustin Creek, for the purpose of taking lunch. While thus engaged, they were approach ed by two negroes, both of whom were armed, •one with a gun and the other with a pistol, who asked Mr. riccceoger for something to eat. He Save them some buHeuita. They then a»ke<> itu to sell them twenty five cent* worth offer ing a fifty cent bill. Mr. 8, puUeilout his pocket book, in which there was ninety dollars, and gave the negro tbe change. They started off and came back in a few minutes, and one of them demanded Mr. Seccengcr’s money while the oth er draw a pistol upon the brother in-law, pre venting him from offering any assistance. Mr. a. cried cut for assistance, and ho wa* immedi ately allot in the breast While in tbe act of falling, Mr. Seccenger threw hie pockotbook into the creek. The two negroes succeeded ia get ting tlie pocket book and neaping. Up to 10 o’clock last night they had not been arrested. The deceased Used at Springfield, about twenty two miles from the eity.—Savanna* Republican. Some idea of an English Duke's estate mar b* had whan we state that tha establishment of the Duka ot Devonshire Would occupy on* of our large counties, lit* park immediately surround ing the palace contains three thousand acres. The principal garden for vegetables, fruit*, green-houses, etc, it twenty-five acme. There are thirty green horses, each from fifty to eeven ty-five feel long. Three or four of these contain nothing but melons and cucumbers. One peach tree on the glass wall measures fifty-one feet in width, fifteen feet in height, and bears one thousand and sixty peaches. ~ It is the largest in the world. Hie grape houses, fire or six in all are seven hundred feet long. But what shall be said of the conservatory, filled with every va riety of tropical plants I It is oneof the wonders of the world. It covert an acre of grown i, is one hundred feet high, and cost $500,000. It is beat ed by steam and hot water pipes, which in all are six miles in length. The Henderson Texas, Timm says companies are now operating in Nacogdoches and Angelina counties, and we believe also in San Augustine, with the best of prospects fur striking oil, and at no great depth from the surface. A memtiei of the company writes: “I visited the borings a day or two ago, and on yesterday saw the parties en gaged at the work. At eleven feet they struck a small vein of oil—the boring is now twenty feet have struck harder stone and have to drill—stone not so hard as to great ly impede progress. Indi cations the same all the way, and very flattering at to final success.” A Philadelphia paper publishes a sarcastic letter from one W iUiam F. Johnson, spurning his i nomination as Collector of the port oi Philadel phia, and roundly denouncing the President and hie policy. The explanation is that the commis sion to W F. Johnson, of Pittsburg, was rnttdi rectsd and fall iuto the hands of a Radical of tha (tame namt in Philadelphia, Colonel Hsery Ashby, of Fauquier County, V*, lata of tha rebel army, was arrested at Knoxville under an indictment for treated against the Stats of Tennessee. The Knoxville Commer cial says be w*e released, having, without the least difficulty, given bail in tha sum of SIO,OBO t for bis appearance at tlia next terra of the Cir cuit Court. Pierce Butler, Esq, of Philadelphia, la person ally testing the difference between gkve and freed labor dh hferiee plantation in Georgia. Os more than three hundred colored persons once his slaves, all buts few have returned and ac cepted the wages he has offered them. The con tract between Mr.TTßfler and the freed people, made with their consent and the approval of the Freedmen’a Bureau, has been formally coosn mated to the satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Butler’s friends anticipate that next year hie erop will be larger and more remunerative than in any former season. Tbe late emfoterfeit 660 greenback fe consid ered by the Treeaary Department a* one of the best ever leaned. Toe figures on the feces of the notes are not so distinct as those of the genuine issue, and the imitation* of the lathe-work will not bear elose scrutiny. The denatures of tbe Register and Treasurer are nearly perfect, and the ted of the Treaelrry, printed ih red ink, ia said to be the best e#*f issued The detectives have succeeded in securing nearly SOO,W>O, end also tbe pistes from which the note* vert print ed. New end dangerous countefeits of the last issue of the fifty cent fractional currency notes, which bear upon thciFlkce the head of Treasurer Spinner, have been detected. The paper ia thicker than that of the genuine notes, ami the general appearance, though poor, ia calculated to deceive unless closely inspected. They ere most easily distinguishable by the coarse engrav ing of tbe bead of Treasurer Spinner, which, io the genuine, is fine and very distinct. A year or two after Tyler’s accession, tha President, contemplating an excursion hi some direction, hi* aoo Went to order a special train of cart. It so happened that the Superinten dent waa a very strong Whig. Oft "Bob'*" ma king known hut errand, that offkfial Unfitly in formed him that Ua road did not run any special train for the President. 'What!" said Bob, did yon not furnise a special train for (tie funeral of Gen. Harrison F* ‘•Vat,’' said the Superinten dent, pattiflg Bob on tbe back, and “If yob'll oftly bring your father herein that shape you shall have the best trail oa the road." In lowa, recently, two busb&adt traded wives, one giving the other one thousand five hundred dollars to boot. Thecitiieo* didn't like that style, aad drove (be husband who received the “boot" from the county, with hi* new wife, The other couple yet remain. The President has made a further donation of S2OO in aid of high grade colored school in Jf*w Orleans, to Dr. Randolph, the colored philan thropist. who recentt/tjffeitod the dissatisfaction of the Tribune for avowing bis conviction that Andrew Johnson was a true friend to the negro The liberty (Texnsl Ornette says the cotton jn that section look* Some Planters say they never sir *«* bs&T. u tbe weather continues favorable, *,’.J “• wo ™> 4°?? | arey expeet a good yieia The Tennessee Negro state Convention met and organised in Nashville, Monday. Delegate* from fifteen counties in Ih* State were present. Their object ia to disenae questions of interest to the race in connection with agriculture, mining, manufactures and education, 'the Convention will probably be in aeeeMn for three or four days. £ A "kerosene tidegrapV'ha* been invented at tight and darkionu the doTTSud Jim- on tclegrspir Signals can latiread with it in dear Hhcr ten or fifteen uiffe*. and with about the Qpnty of the ordinary ftetrie telegraph. For tlie greater convenience aad Security, boxes, about the width and depth of ao ordinary letter hava been introdaogd by tbe Poet Office Department for the conveyance of letters upon all through routes. Thu will insure more speed to the assortment and delfeery of mall matter. President Johnson has telegraphed to Galves ton, Texas, that the Legislature of that State may meet without hindrance on the oth inat, anti that the Provisional Government shall turn mrer it« power* to the officers elected by that body. Attorney General SUmßery has given an opin' ion that the nomination* for public offices re' iected during tbe samon df the Senate, can be legally made by the President miring the recess Hence tbe wholesale retrievals at Hiiladelpliia yesterday. < It is reported that a steamer on the Mississip pi, bound from New Orleans to St. Louie, had a large number of cases of supposed cholera on board Five deaths had during the pas sage- The Bt. Louis authorities were making efforts to establish a strict quarantine of river •teamen. The Petersburg mine “crater* is now in the Midst of a luxuriant com field, aad it Itself plant ad io melons and fruit treed The immense ex caratfon made by tha «xpi<4on fa nearly closed to tbe surface, a* It was converted, it fa said, to tbe u*ee of sepulture. It fa mid that tha gnteehopper* have appeared to tha vicinity of NaehviUi, sod are invading the corn fields in fearful numbers. One gentle man my* that be doe* not think there will be a blade left on tbe corn in a thirty am* field by Monday, so great are the ravage* the hungTj ia sects are making. i LEBiiG a Bright, ffiEMl (OfIMISSIi MERfHASTS KTO. 1 WARREN BLOCK, Aususta, Q-a. NfigblLL BUT and SELL on Commission W BACON. LARD, FLOUR, GRAIN and aM kinds of supplies. tar Consignments of COTTON particularly Solicited, for which w* bar* CLOSE FIRE PROOF STORAGE. Augusta, Go., Aug. 16,18C6,11 —3L BARBER SHOP. HULL EVANS the Barber has opened his Shop is the rear of F. Arnold A Co's Grocery Store, where he will always be found ready and glad to servahi* former natrons and tbe public generally. He fa prepared to do all kinds of bsrberiog, such as: Shaving, Hair D.< e ing, Trimming, Bhreesing, do, In the neatest and moat fashionable styles. Give him a call if you want a good Shave and your hair Trimmed and Dressed in the right manner. Aug. 16. 1866, 11—It BACON eSc LARD. have « hand and for sale 1000 pounds W «f superior Country BACON. Abo, a quantity of the very best LARD. F. ARNOLD A CO. Aog 16,1866, 11—1£ LOOK OCT! LOOK OCT!! 0B YOU WILL LOOSE A BARGAIN, SOW IS THE MEPTEH K A Good Chance fob ant Per SON WISHING TO INVEST IN MER CHANDIZE that Pats a Hand some Profit. I desire to go West this Fall and will sell my stock of goods cheap to any person wishing to engage io the Mercantile business in this place. Such person wish ing to purchase will do well to call and examine the goods im mediately. fW" No old or unsalable goods on hand. P. H. NORTON. Aug. 16,1866, sat—ts. “the lost cause,” ly A E BOLLARD of Virginia. THE PUBLISHERS of a "New Southern History of tbe War of the Confederates” bate sent us a subscription list requesting us to procure subscriber* for tbe new History. This work is endorsed oy the leading Confeder etc authorities and oumpowd by one of tha most brilliant writer* in the South. This Book can be procured by subscription only. Call at our store and subscribe. B. H VICKERS A CO., Agent*. WASHrNaTON. FEMALE SEMINARY, REV. MW JACOBS, IM, Principal. PRO?, a. IN. FISHER, *. !»« Principal of Ifueic UepaiL?. ,nt > THIS SEMINART will be reopened, Mon day, September 11th, with competent As efataat* in every department. TI’K! REIMWa Tuition, per Session of 20 weeks $16,620 A $25 00 Incidental expenses, - - - 1.00 Instruction on Kano, or Guitar, - 25,00 Use of Piano, 2,50 Vocal Music in Class .... 12,00 Drawing and Painting in Oil colours - 15,00 Instruction in German, or French, - . 12,00 Latin and Greek incladed in regular course, Boarding with the Principal #ls twr Session, exclusive of Washing. Payments in Gold or its equivalent. August 8,1866.16—6 t. PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE. For cold weather while It (shot. THE same kind of OAK an ! HICKORT WOOD for Sale. Also, hauling by the day. Apply to JNO. T. WINGFIELD. August 8,2866. 16—4 L ® BORGIA, Wii.icsv Cosxty.—-Whereas Wm. House hat applied to me for Letters of Ad ministration upon the estate of John W. Henley, late of said county deceases!— All persons concerned arc hereby notified to file their objections, if any they have, on or be ioro the first Monday in September next, else totters will be granted said applicant, as prayed for. G. G. NORMAN, Ordinary. August 6,1866 16—Sm. —— —— ' —- FGJEL SALE, XV N excellent lot of OAK and HICKORT FIREWOOD. For terms Ac., apply eith to the undersigned at her residence, two and a half miles from Washington, on tbe Abbeville Road, or to W, J, Callaway, at tbe Male Acad emy io Washington, MART ANN CALLAWAT. August 8, 1866, 16— It. cghEORGIA, Wilks* Cocxtt.—Two months k*JP after date applicatiou will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell tbe Real Estate of F. C. Donna* ay, late of said eoimtv deceased, for the benefit of the heir* and creditors of said deceased. BENJAMIN DUNABFAT, Arlm’r. August 4,1866 16—2 m. NOTICE^ To Debtors and Creditors. PERSONS who are Indebted to Messrs. LIP MAN 6c MAAS.will make immediate pay nwnt *° . undersigned, pad TUI persons to whom said firm are indebted will present their accounts for payment to J. M. LOVE, On* Door below F. Arnold A Cos. Aug. 2,1866, 15—ts iMiTiVESIIE TAX NHFIi! COLLECTORS OFFICE, i U. S. I SITES A L Rxvsxtnc, V Third District of Georgia, J Augusta. Ga., August 2d, 1866. a WILL attend in person or by Deputy, on the following days, to-wit: From tha 14tb to the 24th day of August at Washington in Wilkes Connty, for the purpose of collecting all Revcmtp Tax assessed by D. G. COttiag, As sistant Assessor. WILLIAM D BARD. Collector 3d District, Ga. JOHN H. TATOM, Deputy Col. August 9, 1868 15—2 t. THE HISSES SEDGWICK’S B School Corner Washington and Telfair St* , AUGUSTA, GA. rpHE SCHOOL *S re-open October 3rd. A The Scholastic j ear wits consist of thirty five week* of session sad two of vacation at Christmas. The Musas Sxpowicx deair* to Make their School one of superior excellence, and no paina will be spared to accomplish their end. Augus ta, from its central position, from the well known aad universally acknowledged refinement of its society, present* vsry superior advantage, ss a [dace wherein to establish such a School The house seemed is large and any; the room, commodious and well ventilated, and attached fa a large ornamental garden, presenting a desi rable place for healthful exercise. There will be a French Governess in the family, at estab lished ability, with whom the young ladies will be obliged always to converse in French. Tbe Pupils wiU be under the constant super vision of experienced and refined teachers, snd their moral and religious training will be Care fully attended te. The course of study will comprise all the va rious English Brandies and Mathematics neces sary for a thorough aad accomplished education and will also include Vocal and Instrumental Music, Painting, Drawing and the Latin, German and French Languages. Vocal Music will be a daily exercise in the School. As the number of Boarding pupils fa limited, preference will be giv en those who apply to enter the family tot the year. Circular' containing Terras and additional par ticulars for both the Boarding and Day pupils may be obtained by addressing the Principals. 'lh* Misses Sedgwick, having taught In Au gusta for tha last sixteeo years, have no hesita tion in refernug to their former patrons and pu pils and to tlie following gentlemen: BEFEBENCEB = Bon. C. J. Jenkins, Augusta. G. G. McWhorter, “ Antoine Poullaine, Esq. “ Uoo. E. Starnes, “ Dr. I. P. Garvin, " Col B. B. Bellovh, ir. T. W. Batter, " Hon. W. T. Gould, James MjHer, Esq. “ Geo. M. Thew, Esq. " Aug. 2, 1866, 16— laa. SHOP ALISTKi FURSiiTCRE STORE, ft. mm .% W. L. & J. T. KEOUGH, AT GOLUCEE'S OLD STAND. WE WOULD respectfully ioform the pub lie that we are now prepared to MAKE and REPAIR FURNITURE, with neatness and dispatch. COTTAGE CHAIRS and BEDSTEADS, «f different kind* and quali ties always on hand. Also, WINDOW BLINDS, SASHES, DOORS, Ac., Ac. Orders for COFFINS will receive prompt attention night or day. s®" Persons wishing to purchase Fumitor* Will find it to their interest to call and exam ine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. W. L & J. T. KEOUGH. July 19, 1866, 13—lm. THE m* ESB DRINKING SALOON, AT CLEVELAND'S OLD STAND. WASHINGTON, GA. WHERE everything ueoally found in such an establishment can be procured such as SHERRY COBBLERS, CLARET PUNCHES, WINE SANG ARSES, “WHITE LYONS'<tc. ALSO, ICED LEMONADES, and COOL DRINKS of every description. Of~ Families supplied with ICE every Ay on the most reasonable terms. J. U- LOVE. July 18, 1866, 13—1£ NOTICE. ~ TjP> OST on Tuesday the 3rd last, between djyi Washington andnny house. Three Coupon Bonds; One on the South Western Railroad Company for SI,OOO, No. 440 dated January Ist 1861, Interest at 7 per cent payable quarterly at the Central Railroad A Banking Company Savannah: One on the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company for SI,OOO, No. , aad one for SSOO No. 824, payable 7 yean after date, dated July Ist 1866, Interest 7 percent payable Ist Jnly and January at their Onto* in Augusta. The finder of the above band* will be handsome ly rewarded by leaving them with Dr. J. J. Robertson at the Bank or returnum them to me. & wTfOETSON. Jnly 18,1866, 13—It Ityoes! Shoes!! Shoes!!! An elegant lot of Ladies aod Misses Walking SHOES, manufactured by J. Miles A Son, Phil adelphia. For Sale at NORTON’S. July 5, 1866, 11—ts.