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m WASHINGTON GAZETTE
ywhington, Wilkei County, Ga.
FOtDAY MORNING, OCTOBER*!#, 1866.
V>e Lat* Election*.
Frrea *ll we'can gather Ihe late election* hare
M tot iitlie eMect uu the relative strength of
Congtem
la Pennsylvania the Radical Governor i« elect
ed bjr about IS,OOO. Tho Coagreattonal delega
tion, 18 Republicnna to 0 Democrat*—a gain of
„onc or two to tbo Republican*. She Legisla
ting,is largely Radical, thus ensuring the elec
tion of a U. >. Senator of that party.
In Ohio the Congressional election resulted in
a gain of one to the Democrat*, and the delega
tion now atand* 1C Republican* to 3 Democrat*,
'lire Radical majority in the State is somewhat
, increased.
In Indiana there i* no change in the Corgres
aioaal delegation, ft etaml* aa before, 8 Repule
I licana to 3 Democrat*.
lowa aend* all Radical* to Gongre**, aa batbre.
Several Stales hold their /election* ii-Movom
, her,.butt if. we may judge by those which, have
just lakpn place there is little hope that the Rad
ical majority in Congrca* will be materially di
minished. The popular rote abow* very little
, change of sentiment sinco the elections of two
year* since, and the same causes which hare op
erated to keep the musses in the State* which
liar* held election* subservient to party discip
line, will operate in the same way in the State*
which hare yet to .elect member* of Congreu.
Gar Enlargement
Oqr render* will not ice that we bavo maleri
nlly incroateil the size'of our paper. This has
lawn our intention since the commencement of
it* publication, but ha* occurred sooner than wc
.tlien expected. * The generou* patronage which
ha* been afforded u* ha* made the dree* of our
infancy rather too contracted for our proaent
rmuc mature age,'and wo hare been forced, a*
tlie Indio* nay, "to tnko out a tuck."
We don’t promise to grow any bigger, but we
think wa can promise to got better as our nge in
crcn***. We wish to make the o*7.err* worthy
of the liberal encouragement we have received,
and our facilities for doing so will increase with
tint*. We commenced the pultl cation umlur
some discouragement and difficulties, these huva,
in a measure, vanished, and our experiment is a
surces*.
We »*k our friend* to assist n» in increasing
our circulation, ami to give us their advertise
ments, netting itdowu aa a goo I rule to act by,
tlmt tlie man who slicks his advertisement* on n
tree or a groggery door instead of a newspa
|>er, it either too penurious to be safely trailed
with, or Ims done something on account of wliieh
lie does not wnnt his name and locution kuown
by people at a distance.
I'boobkss,- A suit of slander brought by one
freedman against another was tried at the last
term of the Wilkes County Court. The doffsn
dant accused the plaintiff of stealing his pocket
book containing some money, wherefore the
pluinl iff sued but recovered nothing. As thi* is
the first suit of the kind we have over heard of,
wc take it its evidence of progress andrwilwn the
trued people get to sueing each other for breach
of promise of marriage we believe they will
linvo reached the acme of civilised litigation.
We think that those of that class who desire to
establish and maintain a good character should
meet with ovory encouragement, and wc know
that to bo Uio universal wish in this community
Uit going to law for slander at present is rather
nil up hill business fur freedmen.
or The policy of adopting the constitution
a) amendments proposed by Congress, Bceins to
be gsiuing favor at Iho South. Several influen
tial newspapers are ndroeating tlm adoption ns
a matter of expediency, mid some prominent pol
itician* iu the border States hnvecotne nut in fa
vor of tlm adoption. Among the rest Dr. J. T.
Loach, a prominent citizen of Johnston county,
North Carolina, write* to the people of that
county : •
"If lliis amendment be not adopted, none of
ns need be surprised should the next Congress
revoke every Pfostdefll iul psrduiw confiscate pro
perty, aiut fujee universal suffrage upon us. Jrat
us be wise in time, and nvert these calamities by
submitting to the requirements us the law mak
ing power.”
ID" A dispatch lias been telegraphed all over
the country to the effect that the President bad
called on the Attorney General for his opinion as
to whether Congress wa* a legal body, and wliot h
er he ought to recognise it by sending his mes
sage to it, Ac. Tlie whole tiling turns out to he
false in Wiry particular, and gotten up by spec
uhitors to send up the price of gold, in which
they succeeded, gold ha ring gone up about throe
per cent, on the publication of (he dispatch.—
llie Presideut aud Attorney General loth ns"
sort tlie falsehood of the dispatch, and steps have
bei'n taken to ferret out the perpetrator of tlie
villainy.
Tur Soctokin Cu.rivATo* for October is mi
unusually interesting nuiulicr, and w# strongly
recommend this able agricultural journal to tlie
patronage of every body, more especially to those
to whose peculiar interests it is devoted. There
i*more ooe«*ion now tl an ever that our farmers
tlaiuid strive to improve themselves as to im
provements in their partivulor line of business,
nnd wo knew of no (letter way in which infor
mation can be gained than by subscribing to seme
good agricultural paper, and the Southern Culti
vator is one of tlie best. It is published at Ath
ens, Gn,by Wm. M. Whits, at ft! per annum.
Fa ask hauls Maoaxisk is deservedly n great
favorite with tbe ladies, as it contain* plates and
patterns of latest fashions, besides much good
vending matter. It is net inferior to any other
publication of the kind, and is well worth tlie
low price of subscription asked for it Pub
lished at Pearl Street N. Y, at f 3,60 per anuum
|3T Th® >s*ue of ration, by the government
fo'white nnd black persons in Alabama, which
had boe, discontinued by Ilia Freedman’* Bu
reau ha* Wen resumed in consequence of the
representations oi tlie Governor, who sav* that
there are in tlist State over aaventv thousand
persons suffering for foojil, jour lit* of whom
are w idows and orphans.
tvS* The semi-annual county eourj fig Wilke*
county, holds it first session on the first Monday
in November*ucxt. Return day 15 days previ
ously. , ' ,
Georgia Baptist Association-
This body convened with the B*rdi* church,
about twelve mile* front odr town, on Friday
last, 12th inst. The number of delegates was
II largo, and the congregation* unusually numerous.
The character of these Association* is simply
advisory; and their chief is to filter the
; spirit of tnissiests within their respective bounds,
j nn <l to collect funds for the several Missionary
j Boards iff the Georgia Baptist Convention. Tlie
: amount sent up to this Association, though much
l !°** tlian tlie anneal contribution liefore the war,
| was really larger in proportion to the present re
j sources of the churches. The Introductory Ser
mon, by Dr. Mell, of tbe State University, was a
comprehensive, bold, and suggestive discussion
of the Divine Providence in which sn eloquent
allusion was made to a fallen chieftain, whose
noble bearing in a sea washed fortress was illus
trative of the glory which a defeated people
might win faraliove the glory of glittering sue
ceas. On Sunday the pulpit was occupied, in
the morning, by the Rev. Mr, Bt«ed, and in the
afteruoon by tlie Rev. Mr. Chandler. The one
enforced hi* subject of salvation by faith, with a
strong intellect and fine imagination: the other
brought tears to many eyes, by a plain and ex
perimental exposition of God’s dealings with His
people which seemed the spontaneous up-gush
ing of a mellowed piety, A point of general in
terest in tbe deliberations of tlie body, was the
withdrawal of several African churches from the
Association. Their dismission was Cordially
granted.
This notice would be unpardnnably incom
plete, were no reference made to the lavish hos
pitality of the community, which will perpetuate
the name nnd neighborhood of Sardis, as one of
the most generous and warm hearted of people.
E.vcoubaox Home F.ht*»J'*i#x.—W(i invite the
attention of our rcadeiW to tlie new advertise
ment of Messrs. W. L. Kronen A Cos. These en
terprising young men have established, iu con
noxion wiih tlirir cabinet shop, a first class grist
Mill, which wo nro informed grinds as good
rneol or grist as any water mill in tlie country.
All they ask it for their friend* and the public
to give their mill a fair trial. We think they ile
serve a liberal patronage from the citizens of this
community for their cnorgy anil Industry. Why
should we go to Northern cities and buy our fur
uiturc of every description when we can buy it
almost ns aheap in our own county. If It is not
to flick nnd ‘kitty it is much more durable. 1 hi*
firm is prepared to do all kind ofeubiuet and car
penters'work, at short notice.
Good Nkws run tbs Radix*.— Messrs. Co* act
A Mom x have just received a supply of Mr. J.
W, llaAntEv's celebrated duplex elliptic or doll
hie spring hoop skirt, with supporter* and hook*
of an entirely new mndol. The recent invention
of r hook to fasten the skirt to th« corset nnd
hold them up behind will, in our opinion, add to
their .comfort. We believo these skirt* have
never been offered for sale in this market until
recently. Tlie Indict can now, however, fiud
plenty of them at the store of Messrs. Cozart A
Hogue. They are decidedly the latest and most
fashionable skirt In use. Ladies, call on the
above firm and examine for yourselves, as you
are much better judges of such articles than we
are. Our word for ft they are beautiful,
Ci.cmnso.—Messrs. M a Bins A Fbavki.iv are
determined not to let tlie people Slitter from cold
this winter, judging from the large and well se
lected stock of fail nnd winter clothing they arc
receiving daily. See their advertisement on our
fourth page, it will explain satisfactorily their
mnrte of iVvutiwiTttg fmzim'w. They writ receive
gold, sifter or greenbacks in exchange for their
large stook of gentleman’s furnishing goods.
Onoer,R'tKß —*co tlie flaming advertisement of
Capt I*. H.Nobto.x. You will sec that lie keeps
!/twilp* groceries, liquors, wines, tobacco, cigars,
6 c., (and hy thc-by lie lias tome very fine cigar*,
for we have hud tuo pleasure of nulling a few of
them) he is selling cheap very clir-ap fur cash
This U the plnoo to go to gst your money's worth.
Is Full Blast.—Messrs. It. 11. Vicxtas A Cos.
have opened next door to their splendid dry
good*store n first class confectionery, where they
intend to keep constantly on hand a supply „f
groceries, confectioneries, Ac, We any give them
a cnlt nnd they wilt sell yon any kind of good*
you want ut moderate prices. See their adver*
incut,
.. N * w Fall asi> Winter Good*. —Mr, J. 11.
FrrzrATilirK i* now receiving at his now store a
large and well elected stock of .staple and fancy
dry goods, ladle*’ drew trimming*, notions, Ac.—
Ilia motto in “quick sales and small profits” for
the l-ash. Call and examine hia goods nnd price*
Wiijre* Corntt Aoßipui.TunAL Clpil—Tbia
body held nn interesting region on last Tuesday,
and wc are glad to see that the interest on tile
vital subject of agriculture is increasing. Discus
sions were held upon the subject of wages and
other matters, aud reports received from divers
committees.
The proceeding* have been handed us hut onr
time aud *pace will not permit us to publish
them.
tar It is reported in Washington City that, j
since the election* in the Northern States have
.been decided in saver of the Radicals, the Fred
dent will advise the Southern States to adopt
the constitutional amendment in order that they
may he entitled to representation in Congress.
- Chew! Chew I ! —Mr. Jar. Junrinb still has
on hand a lot ot fine chewing tobacco, which he
is disposing of at very reasonable prices.
03' Our old friend, $. H. Crenshaw, over the
way, is a clever merchant too, ho is selling his
goods as cheap ns can be afforded. A living
profit is all he asks of his customers.
tzr Mr. J. T. Harris continues to receive •
goods of almost every description, lljs terms
are cheap for cash and cash only.
IT We invite the special attention of our
readers to the Administrators’ sales of real es
tate,
a* We direct special attention to the Sheriffs*
advertisements in this issue. He will sell on sale
day in November next, several valuable tracts
of laud. Rring your pocket-book and buy prop
erty cheap.
tSFNotice the Legal advertisements of the
Ordinary in this issue.
Jar. Stognkr, of Augusta, Ga, wants
60p bushels of dried j ►caches in exchange for
groceries.
There is a place in Union county, Georgia,
west of the iilue Ridge, where more than one
hundred tracks of animals—the hear, deer, fox,
bon. horse,dc., may be setn distinctly imprinted
in what is now solid rock. One horse track ia
l£xl3 inches, and must have been the animal
i r *dden by the great warrior whose track appear*
i ne^ r ‘y* Mins that of a human foot seventeen
nod a naif inches in length, with six toes—-a reg
ultr son of thornier. All the other tracks are of
the natural sire. An allusion t-o these singular
relics of a by gone age, is made in a late copy of
the Air Line Eagle, published At Gainesville,—
•hey were, described in detail years ago, bv
travelers in that secluded region.
A T?*J S P A P er yxys a child was lately de
voured by an alligator near Galveston in full
*/ l,s f ft ther, who was unable to save hi*
little daughter. The mo«tcr was afterwards shot
and the remains of the child recovered.
[WRITTRW FOR THE GAZETTE.]
Mr. Editor: —Dear Sir: It was my happy
privilege to be in attendance at the recent
rion of the “Georgia Baptist Association.” held
at Sardis, in your county, 12 miles west of Wash-j
ington. It is, as lam informed, one of the oldest,
if not the oldest and most influential organiza
tions of the kind in our State. It is composed of
regularly elected delegates of either Minister or
lay member* of forty six churches in the counties
of Wilkes and those lying immediately around.
Among its members at the present session we
notice the Rev. Messr*. Mell, (who waa chosen
Moderator by acclamatien, and is a mode! chair
man), £teed,Tupper, of your village, and many
ot her*whose names we do not remember. From
a distance were Rev. Messrs. Cooper, C handler?
A. R. Callaway,Connor, and Trow, of the Chris
tian Index
The weather was most propitious, end on Sab
bath it is supposed there were oo the ground
2,600 or 3.000 persons. A large number of our
foe idmen were there of coarse, auk Addressed
by tbe Rex. Dr. Watt*. <tn\ ) of Springfiel.l Afri
can Church. There were fixe churches compoeed
of co orixl member* entirely belonging to thi*
body who asked for sad obtained letters to join
a similar association of their own people.
I learn through tbe Clerk (who, by the way,
it a suburban of your town) that some *1,300
were sent up for tlie rarinus missionary and be
nevolent objects under tbe supervision of our
frienils ol the Southern Baptist Convention.
My visit amongst the citizens of Wilkes in vi
cinage of Sirdi* wa* very pleasant. All cla.se,
vied with each other ia their endeavors to please
and entertain.
Tlie next session of this body will be held at
Salem, Lincoln co., Ga.
Yours,
Xostuxbx BaosrKaiTY.— John Forsyth, writing
from New York to the Mobile Register, says of
n jmrtion of Southern Renusyivauia over which
lie hat recently traveled :
The wealth of this country cannot be justly
measured by its population. The improvements
in machinery, especially as applied to agricul
ture, ahnost dispense with human hands and the
•went of tlie brow. They plough, sow ami reap
with machine*, nnd man’s only occupation is to
superintend them. Hence,you ride over a ecus
try dotted with farms, in a’high state of culture
and groaning under crops, and are surprised at
the lock of laborers, mid wonder who does all
thiswoik. Capital and science have supplied
the places of our large gongs of negroes, and the
work goes on a* if by magic. Thu* Pennsylva
nia with her three in-1 lions of population, enjoys
productions equal to tbe laWir of six million*,—
Tho same proces* would make the South a gar
den of fruitfulness, the abode of a great popula
tion; and the sent of power. Let u* take lesson*
from our neighbor*, and find compensation fur
the sudden destine inn ol onr vast labor system.
We huve nil that Pennsylvania lies, ia coal, iron
I and water power, without her harsh a-inter ell
| mate. We have products impossible to her soil
Tlie war lias hewn a (subway for Southern cn
ergiee in anew direction. Ictus follow it,
courage men of labor and skill to settle among
u», capital to export our latent resource*, and
tl win and eluvale the hegrn to be able to do his
part of the grand work of closing the gup in nm
terial civilization, which our hardy Nortkamj.
neighbors have for oolong kept wide o]Wrt"be-'
tween ue. By this path, too, men of the South,
we are to recover the |mliticsl |>ow*r to make
our right# respected aud sure, btrangth is need
ful to this end. in n wrong-minded world. In
Stales, a* among men, the weak are the prey,to
the strong. 'To »oik, then, fur this precuMk
■BBbn a prmid and free people, Ood
and save my high-hearted country from tfss
wrongs and degradations which matiy violent
men art burning to inflict upon them.
larxAcuxiixT 0* tux Psxsmxyr.— Tlio follow
ing article, from tlie. Cincinnati k'nquirrr, was,
of course, written nnd published before the con
gressional elections. It, however, lose* non* of
its significance because of the result of those
elections, now being laid Iwfore the country:
Ben. Butler spoke at Mozart Hall, in this city,
last Saturday night, in which lie took decided
ground for tlie im|>onchnient of President John
son when Congress meets next December. Us
stated the ground of impeachment nnd argued
their validity. He also tmik the ground that so
soon IIS the House oT Congress presented tu the
Seiinto its articles of impeachment, the Senate
lias the power, and must exercise it, of ordering
tlie President into confinement. He admitted
that this would be likely to bring ou a civil war.
On this point he said ;
"We are told that this will bring on a struggle,
very well. Inm convincedof one of two things:
either that tlie struggle, if it should come at all,
must come in this way,or it will he precipitated
upon ns in tlie next Pre idential election, when
we come to inaugurate onr President—when the
States still in rebellion, if they should not have
socepted U|C terms of Congress to eomo knek.
will endeavor, by the aid of their sympathizers
North, to foist u|wn the Northern Slate* a Presi
dent of their choice; nnd in such a case it might
not be so clear where exactly was tiie legal right.
If 1 am correct in inv statement of the law of im
neschment ami the form of trial, the right n qd
form, if right, are clear. And. therefore, if the
trouble must come, which God forbid, let it
come in March. 1887, not in ’March, 1889. Let
ua bnvo this thing done with. This country lias
been in turmoil, and trouble, nnd difficulty, and
commotion long enough from traitors and their
sympathizers. [Great applause ] Let us settle
this question at once and forever. If llaal be
God, let ua serve him—if the Lord God be God,
let us serve Him T [Great cheers ]
We suppose it will banlly be denied, after this
speech, that the intention of the Radical Con
gress next winter is to depose the Preoident
Nor wili it he denied that civil war will follow
the attempt Butler s*_va, let it come. But
what say the holders of Government securities I
What, say tho I What say men of fami
lies I What sav men of property t To avoid
this threatened reign of terror and blood, there
is but one way, and that is to vote’do vu the Rad
icals at the polls to morrow. If the people con
demn, hy their votes; this Radical programme,
the Radicals of Congress will not dare put it into
execution. Therein lyes our only hope of future
peace.
CoRNTtKLD Dakket. —Tlie Memphis rgttx has
the following notice in reference to sn invtilu
tionnow rapidly disappearing from the country.
It say* :
Some of them die of cholera after erting rotten
watermelons; some become ‘fulled gemmea"
and sell Whiskey, while most of them ore va
grants aud thieve*. An antedeluvian darkev, if
there ever woa such a being, was arraigned to
answer tlie charge of disorderly conduct. He
lad evidently been “fetch up"on a plantation in
tlie interior, and coming to the great Mecca of
country niggers, didn’t know how to get out.
He was about five feet three, wore an animated
expression like a dried np apple, and a brass ring
on his middle finger. His toggery was loyallv
blue—in truth he wtys colored. He stuttered
out briskly in his defense, but was fined never
theless, and corked np.
A City of Mexico correspondent of the New
York Times writes.
There are not a dozen families of the capital
that are avowed Imperialists, and we allege, af
ter much careful observation, that there are not
twenty wealthy men in Mexico who would (eth
er round Maximilian in an hour of trouble. So
destructive has been tl:e policy pursued by the
Emperor, while here, that it is asserted there is
not a merchant, nor even a French dealer, in Che
country (and there are thousands of French mer
chants and miners) who docs not desire liitn to
abdicate and evacuate tbe country.
_ Cbrrox Csor—Tuf. Pkostzcx— Owing to the
. heavy and incessant rains of the past five or six
Weeks, the preseut cotton crops in this section
will be cut off to at least ooe-nalf tbe former es
timate—which would not hare been, under fa
jvorable circumstances, a full crop, when compar
ed to those ot former years. Wc learn from a
reliable farmer, who bae near a thousand acre*
of cotton in cultivation, that what be confidently
expected six weeks ago to make an average crop,
is now almo-1 a total wreck, the rust and boll
worm having made their appearance among it.
He says it rained on his place more or levs every
day for thirty ooe days, and some of them were
is heavy as be ever saw—^completely submerg
ing hia cotton fields for two or three inches in
depth.
With inch gloomy prospects for a cotton crop
■ before ua, we think it highly probable that quite
wnum’vrr of our large planters, most of whom
were already more or less in debt, and who are
so» necessarily, owing the freedmen foi the cul
tivation of their lands the pres nt year, will be
come greatly embarrassed. In some instances,
jre fear the amount produced will not be tuffi
tieot to pay the laborer* for it* cultivation, so
terrible have been the effects of the late rains
and tbe serious ravage* of the rust and boll
Worm. —A Ibany (Go.) Patriot, ‘lid.
, How TO Avoid Tub** Cm Tax.—ls our
planter* would only take advantage ot the "pro
tection” which the Radical Congress has unwit
tingly offered t hem, they would ask that the
present internal revenue tax on cotton be coo
tinned in its present terms for ten or fifteen
years, with collection districts, just st they are
tow, or at least not enlarged, lliit tax ia not to
charged Unless the cotton leave* tbe colUc
tlon district. Now, if they will mannfactnie the
ffstton within the collection district, the manu
factured goods will pay no more tax for tnanu
factoring, than Butler's Lowell neighbors pay,
while the three cent* on tho raw material may
be wholly saved to the home producers and man
afacturers.
A novel way of making change recently oc
tarred at Hong Kong, in China. An American
having complained to a native Judge, of a tailor
Who had cheated him, the official sentenced the
culprit to fifty blows of th* bastinado—a sen
tmee which was at once executed—and the
American charged fifty cents onsl*. The Judge
*ot being eble to change the dollar given him liy
(be American, the latter humorously told him to
take it out in th* same manner. Accordingly
tbe tailor was again tier! down, and received
fifty more blow*, thus making up in hia ownper
*on th* required change.
Tlie Mobile Times of the 3d 'says : The sop
pression of Federal ration* to tlie destitute of
Alabama, which we noticed a few days since as
having been determined upon at the suggestion
of Major General Swsvne, has unfolded before u*
a late of misery which we never suspected, ami
We now atvako to the dreadful faet that by this
measure, fifteen to sixteen hundred wi-'owt and
orphan* iu Mobil* county ere on the eve of actu
al starvation, to which the severities of > the win
tar season will »ud the iiorrert of cold ‘to those
tFtrungur.
Corros SiKflULsatT Arvxcrxo.—Mr. Peter Me-
Tztren laid on our table, yesterday,some boils of
cotton brought from his plantation, which are de
stroyed in n manner different from any that we
Mive yet seen reported. Tbe lint ia only par
tially expanded, and that at the top of the cells;
the greater portion of it being packet! together
into a wad and moulding. Around the seeds the
lint i* particularly discolored and rotting. We
fpose that excessive wet weather must have
sed this rot, for that ia what it appears to be.
Ms Larin's plantation ia near Albany, Ga,
ii« informs ua that not only hit cotton, but
that of many other planters in that fine portion
c#tho Stale, is thus affected, —Colombia A'nquir
c* 4I*L
» Government is considering and will pro
adopt an entirely new system of small
L Tlie cent will have a raised star with
lihNSRh Rin th* cantor. Hie two cent
will have two perforated stars, and the
tlfe* cent coin* three. Thus, by holding either
dtmominntion to the light, or by simply touching
it so aa to feel tbe boles, the value of a piece of
money will ba unmistakably known. The half
ditne* and dimes are a larger coin us better met
al, but or* to be distinguished by one and two
perforated star*. .
A Missouri young lady wore her newly pur
chased "fizzle” head dress to bed, and nn being
suddenly awakened find finding said ‘'fizzle* on
bar pillow, she was greatly alarmed, tubing the
saime for a negro’s head, flic screamed, gra*|>ed
the "fizzle" and fainted. Restoratives, a light
sod a moment ary survey explained the mystery.
A correspondent of this Selma Jfcssmpcr de
scribes tlie ice Mountain, 18 miles from Romney,
Weal Virginia, as a hill some 300 feet high, at
the foot of which issues a stream of ice cold wa
tsT, while on the side, by turning up the loose
locks, ice may be found in tbe middle of summer,
the writer, ns be states, having personally tested
tie fact.
Governor Letcher, of Va, said in a receu*
soeecli: “1110 Southern people regard tlie ques
thn at issue ns settled, nnd forever sett loti.—
T-iey accept, the result, and are prepared to abide
b; it in good faith. They pledge an honor that
is untarnished; and when brave men and honest
Hen give such a pledge, who can doubt their
Sincerity, and who can hesitate to believe that
tieir pudge will be releomed to the letter t*
, Captain Alonzo Greenlaw, of Memphis, who
tiled young Taylor in a recent duel, attempted
t< commit suicide on Saturday morning by shoot
irg himself in the breast, Tlie ball struck his
n i and glanced round, lodging in hi* hack, in
Acting a severe though not fatal wound. Re
aurse, he says, is the cause.
A man who lias b*en living in the Indian coun
try for about twenty years, aDd who has just
fiturncd home says the most notable feature in
tie march of civilization during that period has
bren tlie advance of the bustles then worn by
tie ladies to tbe back of theii heads ; and he
lids, that he don't think the progress otherwise
las been very great.
A nice young man in New York, the oilier
<)ay, took arsenic and died, all because a young
laity would not take him for better or for worse.
Uy the way, speaking of love and suicido, who
knew a widower to sever his jugular because lie
}»uld not gain possession of a pair of sky blue
tyes and a fascinating "jockey P Love, like
tie measles touches lightly secordiy.
Ttis National Exraxss axd Tzanri-oetattos
ColaVAXT. —The friends of this enterprise says
the CkrauicU, will be glad to learn that its re
cent embarrassments have been removed by a
reorganization of the company on a basis that
will secure its success. Nix hundred thousand
dollars of eight per cent preferred stock is to be
issued to tbe share holders.
In tux Courts.—' The District Attorney for
the United Status Courts of Kentucky, at Louis
viHo on Thursday last entered a nolle proscon
j ia threa hundred and thirty-nine cases for trea
son against the United States, and id fifty-six
case* of misdemeanor, forgiving aid and comfort
to those engaged it. rebellion This is disposing
oft lie treason business with reasonable celerity.
The New Orleans market is reported bate of
si^ar —a very rare occurrence. The sugar (home
production) receipts during the last business year
are reported, at 19,000 bogeWda. against ISft
«00
AVriter in Ihe Jefferson (Texas) Bulletin, of
the Ist, aays that drouth first and rains next
had reduced the prospect* of cotton a fourth of
a bale to the acre planted, and now that the
worm has begun to appear, he thinks no crop
lively to be made. r
Thev t ell a tough dog story out in Chicago. A
dog followed his master across the plains to Cal
ifornia. Being lonely.lie sighed for the home of
his puppvhood. He was missed by his master
obe evening, nnd in a lew weeks thereafter, hav
ing crossed the plains alone, he walked into hia
former master's yard, footsore and weary.
In the United States there 750 paper mills in
active operation. They produce 270.000,000
pounds of paper, which at an average of 10 cents
per pound would be worth f27j»00,000. As it
requires about a pound and one half of rags to
make one pound of paper, there are consumed
by these mills 400,000,000 pounds of rags in
a single year. If we estimate the rags to cost
four cents per pound, there would be a profit of
of $11,000,000 in this branch of manufacturing.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Ajpeai notes the return
of Major Joseph Barbiere, of that city, from
France, where he has been arranging for direct
mercantile communication between Memphis
and Europe. The Appeal says: “We are in
formed that hi. baa been successful in his project
and that sometime daring the coming winter we
may expect to see several ocean steamers, flying
a European flag, at our landing, and wbat is bet
ter, full of foreign freights for our city and the
surrounding country.”
A mysterious robbery has taken place at Hart
ford. Mr. Wilcox, before going to Europe, ia |
confident be made a special deposit of $20,u00
in Untied States securities in the Hartford
Benk. Upon hi* return recently, it could
not be found. Tlie bank officers do not remem
ber Ih-it be made th» deposit. Mr. Wilcox is
confident that he did. One of the bonds has
been traced to Philadelphia, where it was ex
changed for a five twenty. No ot! er clue ap
pear* to tbe robbers.
A coat of gum copal varnish, applied to the
soles of boots aud shoes, and repeated as it dries,
until the pores are filled and the surface shines
like | olished mahogany, will make tlie soles wa
terproof, and also cause them to last three times
aa long as ordinary soles.
A little orphan boy, who has recently suppor
ted himself by blacking boots in Little Hock Ar
karises, has become the possessor of a fortune of
one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, by
the death of a wealthy relative in Louisiana,
General Huilbut say* he will head 30,000
troops and drive Johnson from tbe White House.
Hie St. Louis Time s says; "If Johnson was a
whiskey bottle, as bis late suportera felicitously
asserted Uurlbut could conquer single handed
A woman 70 years of age died in Portland
Almshouse last week. She was crowed in love
in her youth and made a vow, which sht reli.
giously kept, never to speak again. Prom that
time until death, a period of 35 years, she has
not ottered an intelligible word.
On a farm in Clermont county Ohio, four per
sons have died of cholera within a few daya It
i' noted that in 1833 three persons died on that
farm of cholera, and four persons in 1849, and
that then, a* now, there were no other cases in
ths vicinity.
About 3.000 sheep have just been started from
Vermont for Virginia They will foot it at the
rale of ten mile* per day, and get tlieir living ou
tlie road.
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Ocroaza I V, 1836.
Cotton—B3 to 37 cents.
Gold—Buying 147, selling 160.
Hilver—Buying 183, selling 138.
WANTE3D,"
|soe BUSHELS Dried PEACHES, peeled
and unpeeled, in exchange for Groceries.
Apply early to JAB. ST.HJNEk,
308 Broad Street,
Augusta, Ua
October 18, 1833, ?*—lm.
Brick.! Brick ! !
£\ LARGE lot of good, BRICK for Sale
vSbE Apply te
S. W. CALLAWAY Ag’L
For F. G. Wingfield.
Flour ! Flour !
TEX BAR PELS OF TUE VERY BEST
«
Mx « m MWi- 9
For sale by R. H. VICKERS A CO.
Get 19 1868, 26—ts.
Tea! Tea!
VfiUST received—one chest of SUPERIOR
Oil GREEN TEA.
R. H. VICKERS and CO.
f,iiuii\g wm uim
TEN good FARMING HANDS wanted for
the ensuing year. Liberal wage* and good
far*, (clothing included if desired. Apply to
R. 11. VICKERS A. CO.
Oct. 18, 1860, 20—ts
GEORGIA, W'IDKkS COUNTY.
Whereas, Wm. J. Plynt applies to me for let
ters of administration on the estate of John Mc-
Corkle, late of said county, deceased :
These arc therefore to cite and admonish ail
and singular tlie kindred and creditors of said d e .
ceased, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by lew, to show cause, if onv
they hare, why said letter* should not lie grant
ed.
Given under my hand at office in Washington,
this 18th dav of October, 1866.
Oct. 19, 26 G. G. NORMAN, Ord’y.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY. '
Whereas. John L. Anderson applies to me for
letters of administration on the estate of Thomas
A. Heard, late of said county, deceased;
Thes* are therefore to cite and admonish ail
and singular the kindred and ercdit. rs of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within
the time prescritied by law, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be grant
od.
Given under my hand ataffiee in Wasliin-rion,
this 18tb day of October, 1866.
Oct. 19,26 0. G. NORMAN, Ord’v.
CORN MILL
QI’EEJf OF TIIE SOFT 11.
z*IUR NEW CORN MILL is now in full
operation, and we are prepared to Grind
MEAL nr GRISTS, for all who will give us their
patronage. Give our Mill a fair trial aud we
feel assured that vou will be pleased •
„ W. L. KEOUGH A CO.
October 12, 1866, 25—Sm.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
/FvN the firet Tuesday in December ae*t will
s# be sold before tlie Court House door, in
Willfcs County, a Tract of land in said county
containing,
30© Acres,
More or less, it being the place on which Dr
H. Q. Harper, now resides, sold as a part of the’
Real Estate of A T. Holliday deceased, for the
benefit of the heirs and creditors of said dec’d,
UP Terms made known on day of Sale.
ELIZABETH HOLLIDAY,
Administratrix.
October 16,1866, 26—td
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
rf\N the first Tuesday in December next will
ief be sold before the Court House door in the
town of r.r*' ington, Wilkes county a Tract of
Land, in said county of Wilkes, on tlie water* of
Kittle Creek containing,
460 ACRES,
More or less, adjoining lands of G. Matthews
S. E Daniel and other*. There is iu said Tract
about
ONE HUNDRED ACRES
OF ORIGINAL WOOD LAND,
ATT 3D ABOUT
SIXTY ACRES
Bottom Land,
Sold at the property of Thos. J. Wall, dee’d., for
the benefit of the heirs
rar Terms o»ade known on day ol Sale.
WM. K. CALLAWAY,
Ailinmiatrator.
October 16,1866,26 —LL
2000 Acres
O P
VALUABLE LAP,
I*©lß S-&-E.2S.
yp OFFER for Sale my VALUABLE FLAX-
TiON in Wiikw? County, lying on the wa
te.ri Creek eight miles Northeast of
Waahington, known us the
Nolan Farm,
hounded by land* of B. A. Arnett, Luther Lati
mer and others.
On the place is a good DWELLIXU HOUFK
and all necessary out ! buildings, a good Uin
House and Screw, an excellent well of water in
the yard and a good spring a short distance from
the House.
Any person wishing to examine the premises
can do so by Applying to Mr. Thoa. 11. Coojnjr,
resiiling on the plantation.
JBC» ‘ For particular* address
THUS. F. NOLAN.
West I‘oiut, Li a.
October 18, 1866, 26—5 t.
LADIES HATS
BonnetiS,
Caps,
Head Dresses,
Head Mels,
Ribbons,
BOUT OR.Ylim
And Trimming for Making
53© rr w m *p s »
For Sale at tlie Lowest Prices.
Fv. 11. VICKERS & CO.
Oct. 19, 18GG, 2G—tf.
mm ii hi mi . '
PROF. I nm t HER,
"srWOULn Inform the citizens of Washington
W and vicinity- that they have come to this
place for the purpose of giving instructions in
vocal and Instrumental Music. They wiil give
Lessons on the
Pitiiao, Violin, Flute, Guitar,
Or any Other fn*truivieiit.
Those wishing to take Lessons in \ ocal or In
strurnental Music will.please apply immediately
to h ira at Mr. Smith’s Hotel, vhere he will at
all times be found. Ills terms are os follows ;
For 12 Lessons, $12,00
r “ 80,00
Tbe 36 Lessons to be taken within the space
of three months.
At tKe close of each session of three month*
a public Concert will be bv their pubila.
He will also REPAIR and TUNE PIANOS
for any person desiring it.
„ N. SCHMITT.
Oct. 10, 1866, 25—ts
SSO fS?SO
l| Ikk the delivery of my Magic
case Gold Watch to Henry Oordes, of Wa.ii
mgloD It was lost Sd test, nt Mt. Carmel, ,S. C.
On the back of the Watch there are three large
capital letters, W. A. G.
„ G. M. STOKES,
Oct. 12,1866, 25, Starkville, Gs.
GEORGIA, WILKES COUNTY.
TWO months after date application will be
made to the Honorable Court of Ordinary
of Wilkes county for leave to sell the real estate
belonging to the estate of Susan Wingfield de
ceased. F. G. WINGFIELD, Ex’r.
Oct. 19, 26—8 t