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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