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f tEeT DAILY OONSTITTJTIOIir^UST^ PUBLISHED BY ’ j A jpQ. AUGUSTA, QA. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 16 1866. ISTEKEBTING &ADING MATTER ON 4 H PAGE. OUE HNANC)SI PBOSPEO !S. An American in England, during the sitting of Parliament, is wonderfully impressed with the importance of the “Budget.” The “Budget,” or annual National balance sheet, is looked for • with anxiety by nobility, merchant, banker and peasant, as affecting their particular interests for the ensuing year. The precise day of it; promulgation is duly announced by the Press. Members regard it as at once indicating the prosperity of the Kingdom, and, in a great de gree, tempering their popularity through its effect upon their constituencies. To lighten the tax which rests upon brewers the smallest frac tion of per ceutagc, or resist successfully an in crease of a like infinitesimal per centage of tax on manufacturers of iron, silk or cotton —this is a great achievement for an English politician. Days and week* are consumed in discussion, and an immense amount of parliamentary skill and ingenuity is expended in elucidating official sta tistics and the exhaustive erudition of political economy. The key to the solution of all this labor and attrition of mind, is to be found in the National Debts and annual expenditures of Government, which, by the very necessity of the matter, is inextricably mingled in controll ing the private affairs of its subjects. Nothing is too minute for Governmental care; nothing too insignificant for Governmental taxation. Now, all this appeared odd to a citizen of the United States, before the war. His idea of Government was symbolised by the triumph of his party and election of his candidate for the Presidency. His only conception of the power of the Government was measured solely by the promptitude with which the mails were deliv ered—herjr olim mcminisse juvabit. But, to-dav we are entering on a new era; tee are becoming civilized, according to the European standard. For many years to come, the reports of the Sec retary of the Treasury will be regarded with as much interest in the Republic of the United States as is the case with the budget of the English Chancellor, or the portfolio of the French Minister of Finance. The currency of the world is gold. It re gulates the exchange of all nations in the girdle of civilization. Speaking all languages from Australia to Labrador—from Kamschatka to Cape Horn—it is the univer«al standard of yaluo. To conform to this standard is alike advantageous to the Government and the citi zen and beneficial to the reputation of him who engineers the National treasury. This will be the march of events, and it is especially requi site that we of the South should keep this stead ily in view. Heretofore, the Southern people have believed and acted upon the belief that there could be no sound system of Finance unless based upon a sound system of agriculture. They observed that the balance against the country was ipaid in gold. They saw that the export of manufactur ed articles was insignificant. They knew that the great bulk of foreign indebtedness—gener alized in official statistics under the head of “ Imports”—was liquidated by the products ol the soil, wheat, cotton, rice, etc. Cotton was the chief article of export, therefore Cotton was K ing. They perceived that $50,000,000 of gold were exported annually from California without detriment, and it was recognized as a product. But never have they fully recognized the fact that the United States stands as the only power whose political influence gives bread and rai ment—and more than all, political und moral support to the masses who seek a dreary liveli hood as dung-pickers in the English purlieus or languish and die of disease hard by the tow ers of Berlin. They have not yet appreciated the desperate confidence which invests a penny, sous or rix dollar to sustain the bare existence of a grand-child. They do notontcr thorough ly into the sentiment of that Irishman, who, having fought gallantly over twelve battle-fields —from Sharpsburg to Chickamauga— thanked God that he had gotten back to the United Slates , even at the sacrifice of a competence, which, under the guarantee of the Federal compact, he had invested in slaves. But, given this confidence of the European masses, and given the steady advance of Gov ernment seeuritiesln London, Paris and Ham burg, there is, notwithstanding, a limit to these resources. .The old rules that govern financr may be suspended but arc sure to assert them selves at last. There is a large foreign indivt. - ual indebtedness. One-fourth the Nationa debt is already taken abroad. Bo long as Euro pean creditors have unbounded confidence in American debtors, just so long will they re main inactive. Bo long as European Banks can afford capital for Americans to trade with, just so long will the course be smooth. If, how* ever, from political commotion or commercial stagnation, an urgent demand for money should arise, the situation would be critical, and those ,wi«> have expanded unduly must suffer serious 'trollapsc. We have previously asserted and still believe that, Mr. McCulloch is master of the situation. Carlyle says, in his grim way: “He that hath a ponny is King to the amount of a penny; but, he that has a hundred pence is a greater King.” Relatively,- the Secretary of the Treasury is a greater King than the Bank of England. He commands more coin. Still further, he has the political sympathy of all Europe. There is a handsome margin between San Francisco —the exponent of the gold-bearing fields—and Lon don. The country is settling down to a peace basis, save and except, within scent of Sumner and his fellow Radicals. Wherefore we confi dently anticipate a permanent approximation of Government issues to the standard of gold. So far, then, Governmental values seem clear, well de fined and certain, for the future. 8a far, they are certainly established by annual revenue, confidence at home and political sympathy abroad. We are not so well felicitated as to individu als, or rather to the collective financial condi tion of the commercial affairs of the nationality. The imports into the port of Newffork exhibit a grave excess over the exports, for the year ending in January 1865, of more than $74,000,- 000 in gold ; and the additional balance for the first month and a half of the present year of over $14,000,000 in gold. If this should con tinue, the balance in gold against individuals, both personal and corporative, will be, at the end of this year,more than $180,000,000 in gold. The calculations arc so complicated, the com binations so various, and the political elements so numerous, that the mind is distraught over the possibilities of the future. We trust, how * ever, that our people, .already so ineffably af flicted, will not court further disaster by extra vagance, but rather defy it by controlling their wants within a discreet limit. Blessed are they who have elegant gaberdines and a full pouch; but sackcloth and ashes will come to the im provident, and surplus funds may bo desirable commodities before the Jubilee of another Christmas. The Southern Dead at Franklin.— The ; Franklin (Tenn.) Review, of Saturday, makes i the following appeal to the friends of the Con federate dead at that place: “ The farm of Fountain JJ. Carter, Esq., upon 1 which the deadliest conflict of the war was fought, is about being plowed up. The graves of the fhllcn heroes of that bloody strife will i soon be obliterated, and the last vestige that ' ' marks their resting places will be gone forever. , By the kindness and liberality of our fellow- i townsman, Col. John McGavoek, a place has ! * been furnished on his magnificent farm, near ' the graves of his ancestry, where the disinterred i Southern soldiers may find a quiet and undis- 1 turbed repose for all time to come. The graves of the Union army are protected by orders from j the War Department of the Federal Govern ment. This is right, just and proper. The 1 graves of the fallen braves of the Government 1 arc thus protected from demolition and dest- i cration by the strong hand of power. Who is 1 there left to afford the like protection to the fallen heroes of the South ? None. Unless the ; men and women for whom they laid down their lives ttuiii come forward and furnish the means for theif removal, their graves will disappear from sight,and the stricken lathers and mothers, who live far away, when the opportunity shall offer, will not be able to find the spot where their heroic sons rest. Some six hundred dol lars has already been sent here from Memphis to aid in the holy work. We beg and beseech* our ciiiisaps to bestir themselves and furnißb some aid. • Xet our ladies take the work in 1 hand, and success will crown their efforts. We • ask our friends, and the friends of the fallen braves everywhere, to send in their contribu- j tions. We must be up and doing, for there is 1 no time to be lost In this matter. The plows are nearing their graves every day. We wish J our cotj mpor iriet would call the attention of < their rAulers to this matter, and urge upon 1 them ilk; necessity and duty of furnishing J help.” \ ] gSU-i "-'I, ■ ■ 1 " ' 1 L J Our Washington Correspondence. The -Nfejro Suffrage Bil)—Radical Visits to the J White House fOfo and far between—Financially Crash — Elections in Connecticut and New Hampshire—The Lull in the Fight between the PresiderU and Jacobins—Remodeling the Cab ■inet—Why is it not Hone —Condition of the Finances—The Fall in Gold and Dry Goods — Speculation »j* Real Estate and the Increase of Bank loans—Cotton the Panacea for all the Ills we Suffer—Freedom and Slavery— -A Stak ing Contrail. Washington, March 9th 1866. The Radicals have determined to pass the negro suffrage bill for the District of Columbia It has slept for some time in the Senate, bnt it is not dead. It will bring forth another veto. The Radical. Congressmen do not visit th e dent like they did. On the contrary, tiny ; ■-> becoming rare visitor at the White House i hie Is a lucky result of the controversy be tween the President and his Radical friends. The President will have more time to talk with wiser men. It is the impression of some of the ables financiers in the country, that if the country continues in its present disrupted state, and tb< Jacobins in the capital continue to agitate as they have been doing in pursuit of Utopia, the Inances will not be able to escape shipwreck. The Radicals profess to be sanguine of carry ing the elections in Connecticut and New Hamp shire, and th6y say this will be a solemn warn ing to the President of what he may expect it he persists In the error of his ways. Some persons wonder that after the lively manner in which hostilities opened between the President and the majority in Congress, there ha* seemed to boa kind of lull in the storm dnee then. It is well understood that there are men in the Cabinet that the President would gladly relieve from duty, and wonder is often expressed that these men continue in the Cabi net. But they overlook the fact that the condi tion of parties in the Senate is such that the President could not take the first step towards the organization a new Cabinet, inasmuch as his nominees would be promptly rejected. The President cannot have any fredom of aetioi while the Senate remains in session. It is tru< evon then the appointments made by the Presi lent during the recess, would be subject tc the rejection of the Senate upon their re-assem bling. But a few months breathing time won; - be gained. The President’s nominees would I>- in office, and his position might be recovering all the benefit, which the most skillful arrange ment es the patronage and the machinery o' the Government could give. However anxiou.- the President may be supposed to be in regard to the removal of several of his Cabinet, ye! considerations of expediency must prompt him to await the most propitious moment for takii g the important step of remodeling his The fall of gold, yesterday, to 133 excite, comment. The unsettled condition of the country, the anarchical course of the Radicals the violent antagonism between the Executive and Congress, the strong probability, if not eortainty, that the internal wounds of the coun try are to be kept indefinitely bleeding; tin alarming conscqucncos which the action of the House of Representatives on the guarantee of the Mexican Republic loan of $50,000,001; threaten, would seem to be causes for the in flation of gold. But in spite of these prejudi cial conditions, the price of gold has steadily fallen. For the week before last the Treasury put $12,000,000 of gold on the market, but for the last week the Secretary of the Treasury says he has not put gold on the market. He says he could depress the price of gold still more if he desired. It is true beyond all doubt that confidence in business circles, North is very much impaired, and there has been a large fall on the price of dry goods within the last few days. Wholesale prices of dry goods, both foreign and domestic, have declined in New York within the last week at least twenty per cent. At the same time there has been con siderable speculation in real estate in the city ol New York. The banks are increasing their loans, too, in New York, Should they find it necessary to contract, the difficulties of the sit uation would be largely increased. The great panacea for all monied ills here is the vast cot ton crop, it is confidently predicted by the advocates of free labor that the South will make this year. This crop, with its immense ’ exchangable specie value, is to put money mat ters on an easy footing. It is to be hoped these profits of Utopia may prove to be wise in their generation. What a remarkable <:omn)<-Wg®| v ;'i t r <ti Hi ■■ , i^H [ij.- ii jirmmi.v of one of ' iued before the refer to Brigadier General M. E. Strong, In .-tor General. This distinguished officer. ' eying the situation from his Northern tandpoint, says: “When the negroes wero held in bondage, they were, as a rule, treated well. Cases of ex treme cruelty were very rare. It was then set the interest of masters to take care of, and not ill-treat them. Now it is quite different. They have no interest in their welfare. [From the New York Sun of the 10th. Fenianism in Ireland. The Fenian Movement— Arrest of an Entire a Fc nian Council"—Another Policemen Shot — General Stampede of Americans — Delate or, the Subject in Parliament , Etc., Etc. The steamship Java, which arrived at this port yesterday, from Queenstown, brings later intelligence in regard to the Fenian excite ment. Arrests continued to be made in all parts of Ireland, by the military and the police. On the morning of the 22d of February a “ Fenian Council” was captured bodily in a public house in Dublin. It appears that the police obtained information of an intended Fenian meeting, and accordingly, at an appointed hour, made a descent upon the house and captured the gallant Fenians, much to their dismay. The Newsletter says: “As each policeman entered, he seized a prisoner, and before the ‘Council had recovered from their consternation they found the mselve6 fast in the gripe of sturdj policemen. One of the prisoners, a man named Byrne, presented a loaded revolver at McGee, who howover quickly deprived him of it. There were about thirty persons in the house, who were seized and searched. On three o: them wore found loaded revolvers, and another revolver was found lying on one of the seats, evidently liaving beon quietly got rid of by some of the party, whose valor oozed out at the finger’s ends. Amongst the prisoners was ten or eleven BOldiers, in uniform, and a man named Chambers, who had been a corporal in the ttlst regiment, but who had deserted nine months ago, and was in civilian’s clothes, rath er stylishly got up.” The prisoners were near ly all deserters from English regiments.— Among Severn 1 Fenians captured at Harold’s Cross, on the 23d ult, was one named Conden, who stated that he was a captain in the United States army. Os those recently arrested, about one-third claim to be American citizens, and it is perfectly understood that they were there to lead regiments pf Fenians, which they sup posed, when they ean*e there, they would find recruited, drilled and ready to be led against their oppressors. A Dublin correspondent, writing on the 23d, says that lor the present arrests had nearly ceased in that city. Tho suspension of the writ of habeas corpus caused a regular stam pede of American emissaries, who took any means of conveyance for any parts, 60 loug as it was out of Ireland, The police had made another seizure of pike heads and pike handles in the top room of a wretched habitation at the end of St. Andrew’s Lane, formerly called Pie Cornor, off Trinity street, and not more than three hundred yards from Dublin Castle. The seizure comprises 142 pikes, completed in every rospeet, and .36 han dles. A box of grenades and Orsini shells have also been seized m Dublin. Another policemau had been shot by a Fenian at Limerick, but the life of the officer was not considered in danger. Excepting this case, no affray has occurred resulting in bloodshed. FENIANISM IN PARLIAMENT, - Fenianism was the result of a long and spir ited debate in the English House of Commons on the 23d. Mr. Watkins asked if any and what repre setations had been made by her Majesty’s Gov ernment to the Government of the United States, in reference to the Fenian organization in America, and more especially as to the em ployment of United States officers, the issue of bonds of the so-called jfrisl) Rcpubiie, and the threats to levy war upon the dominions of her Majesty by that organization. He Relieved that President Johnsou was fully impressed with the necessity of maintaining friendly relations with England, and he wished to know why the Presi dent had not taken steps f,o discountenance the movement. Mr. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he did not see what good the discussion could do at present. He said that Englishmen were often complained of in foreign countries for having committed 6ome overt act, and that imputation* are constantly .being thrown on the Government of a disinclination to- interfere in sueh cases. He said, “I am bound to say that 1 do not think that there wag in the speech o' my honorable friend a sufficient amount ot allowance for these consi derations on bcha.f o f the Government of the United States [Hen hear.] If lam to consider the statements o' my honorable friend, I find that he accompanied V n with the hope that I should be able to i jw that all the means of repression at their command had been exhausted by the United States Government. There are gentlemen here who heard the speech made by the Attorney General, in the early part of the evening, and what did he say in reference to the demand that we should submit the ease of the Alabama to arbitration f He said, ‘We are requested to allpw that the Government are responsible for the putting down and the prevention of things iAich cannot always be put ddwn and prevent ed.’ And the honorable member wishes to ap p% the same principle to the American Gov ernment. There are two things in the main wljieh we have a right to expect from the Ameri cab Government. One is, that when the Ameri can laws have been broken, they should prompt ly vindicate those lews on behalf of finglwd.” ■c said he had #ot heard ts any Americanfiaws laving been broken andun which it was (fir luty of the American Goraniment to inter® l . He thougt tl*e Attorne®3eneral paid a®-y Bust compliiient to Prc®ent Johnson i®he latter part of his speeoif when he exprijfced his full con fiction and belief that Pre®!nt Johnson wa| a man anxious to do nllhelould for the mainijftinance of the friendly relations between the. two countries, :ui*i '2, r ' tfie fulfill ment of all international wattes. There are two C&S6B in wbi iDiyTht expect the L nited ’ State* Government to act, said Mr. Gladstone. One is where offenses have been committed against the American laws; bnt no proof has been laid before us that such offences have been committed in the way that would make them the subjects of legal cognizanee. Therefore we have no ground of complaint against the Amer can Government in that respect. We have ■een cause to deplore much that has taken place in the United States, but we have bad no -ms?, which would justify us in making repre f -illation to the United States Government.— lor God’s sake let us, who are anxious, anc. astly anxious, to maintain our country as a sanctuary against every undue and doubtful de uand of a foreign government, have a little for learance and toleration in judging of the pro ceedings of the governments of other countries Hear, hear.] The speaker concluded as 10l \>ws: Let us trust the friendly Governmen’ vliieh has not as yet failed in its duty, an vhich we believe will not fail. [Cheers.] O curse the matter is entirely one tor the judg •nent of the House. After having made : -pecch myself, it may not seem to be very goo; taste to repress the speeches of other members but I frankly say as far as I may presume, witl due respect, to make such a statement to th; ■louse, that it is for the public interest that tin onsideration and handling of this subject a> he present time and under the present cireum dances. should be in the hands of the Execu tive. [Hear, hear.] Air. Otway uiou o iit that representations ought it. once be made to the American Government. Mr. Oliver ridiculed the movement so far he American organization was concerned, and denied that it possessed either the sympathies, -espect or admiration of the American people After some remarks by other speakers, th. subject dropped. The Negro Slave Trade. The Nashville Banner , of the 4th, tells the lollowing singular story: Slavery in a new phase, and under the cold blooded" manipulation of “new hands at the usiness,” has just come to light, which pre ents features of a startling character, and sub tantially explodes the impression that the only American slave-drivers are to tie found among he planters of the Southern States. We line, he following paragraph among the telegraph eras. going the rounds : “ A letter from Havana says the landing o. . :;vc •in Cuba from Africa continues. A lot c ne hundred were recently sold lor 880,OnO t: > planter, who, it is s:.,d, some time ago entered nto a covenant not to deal irt human flesh.” We have information from the most reliable ourees of the landing of negroes—not “slaves,” n Cuba, and not froiti Africa, but from the United States of America! In conversation with a leading merchant and estimable citizen vesterday, we learned that a gentleman, and Viend of our informant, and formerly a large alive owner, has just returned from Havana nd arrived in Nashville a few evenings since. Whilst in Havana, he was attracted by an auc on of slaves at a negro mart. At the moment he drew near the scene, whicl was not unlike such pictures iu this country gme years since, he noticed “upon the block i. negro man, who caught his eye, and there wa in instantaneous and undoubted and mutu. recognition. The sale concluded, the negro was “knocked down to the highest bidder,” md our Southern planter was in the act o moving away, when he felt his arm grasped md turning beheld the negro who had just oeen sold, and who addressed him by name. ■ ailed him “Master ,” and begged thu he might take him back to his old home. If was one of liis former servants and slaves Upon further Investigation, lie learned that six een others of the very slaves who were born md brought up on his own plantation, and sub sequently emancipated by Mr. Lincoln’s proc lamation, were there in Havana, and had been kidnapped and sold again into the servitude md bondage they had known from birth. Who could have taken these unfortunates over there, but the agents appointed to deliver them out of bondage in this country ? Answer it, ye bleeding hearted philanthropists of Mas ■ae.husetts. Wc are also informed, and we have reason to believe the information correct, that the extent to which this traffic is being carried on is con siderable. An instance is mentioned to u where a party of individuals Irorn the North, md among them, persons lately holding offices tud military positions under the Government, engaged to carry a ship load of suffering and destitute freedmen and their families from the Carolina coast to New Orleans. Tlic philan thropists, representing capital and religion, fur nished the transportation in the form of a good sea-going vessel. The vessel sailed from the starting point, hut alter repeated inquiry and investigation, no account so far, of its arrival at ■he port of New Orleans or any other United States port has been mentioned or heard of.— The vessel never landed again in America with ts cargo of three hundred souls, and the in erence, we think, is plain, coupled with similar rumors of instances of a like startling nature, that an extensive traffic is going on between this country and Cuba, and thec-rimeisbehie A Nluro Insults a Lady and Attempts ro Shoot a Watchman. —Yesterday afternoon, is the steamboat Abeona, bound for St. ‘Louis, and about to leave-the wharf, an affair tool .•dace on board that created a great deal of ex citement both on the boat and on the levee. There were several negro soldiers of one of the regiments lately mustered out here, on board, -nd they were somewhat disorderly. Finally, just as everything was ready for the boat’s de parture, one of the negroes, who was some what intoxicated, went up on the cabin deck, and going to one of the lady passengers, pulled out an obscene picture of a half-dressed negro wench and held it before the lady, at the same •imo making some very blackguard remarks. The lady screamed for assistance to have him .ken away, and the watchman of the boat, whose name we did not lcaru, came to her re lief and attempted to make the negro go down o the lower deck. At this the negro pulled out a revolver and fired at the watchman, dri ving him away, and then passed down to liis companions on the lower deck. The officers ot the boat at once sent for the police, and in the meantime took charge of the negro to keep him rom the infuriated mob that gathered on the boat from the shore, shouting, “ kill him,” “throw him in the river,” Ac. A policeman at last came, and on hearing the case, was deter red from arresting him, tearing the action of the Freednten’s Bureau in the matter, and there *oro went away. After the policeman had left the mob, every minute growing stronger, at once took the law Into their hands, and seizing the negro beat him and threw him into the river on the shore side of the boat, giving him a good ducking. He waded to shore and started off in a full run for the Freedmen’s Bureau, pursued by a crowd of boys, who made the bricks and stones fly around around him thick and fast. The mob then searched for the other negroes, and seizing them threw them one alter another into the river, when they swam to shore only :o •all into the haw of .he bo .. that waited :o: them, and chased them, yelling and throwing bricks at them, towards the Bureau. The va lises, carpet-sacks, and everything that belonged to them were thrown into the river, and fc-ll a prey to the hoys that mingled with the mob on shore. li is a matter of surprise that the negroes were not hurt much worse than they were. They laid in complaint before Col. Thomasson last night.— Louisville (A';/.,) Courier , 10th. Teaddecs Stevens— His Antecedents.— The notorious Tinddeus Stevens commenced his political life in 1833, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, as an anti-Mason demagogue. His hobby then was anti-Masonry, as it now is the negro. His first public act was the establish ment of an inquisition to spy out the secrets of Masonry. It is thus alluded to by the Pittsburg Post, which says: The object of this inquisition was to extort from men connected with the institution of Masonry an exposition of their principles, in cluding the secrets of the Order, which, it is alleged, they had sworn to preserve inviolate. To this end, many of the most prominent statesmen of the Commonwealth were dragged before this Star Chamber, and held in durance vile for weeks, and compelled to submit to ev ery indignity that malice could invent. Had they been the veriest criminals *they could not have been subjected to greater ignominy. Among these who were thus outraged may be mentioned the lamented Governors Wolf and Shunk, and the Hon. George M. Dallas; nor did even the sacred desk escape the persecution of this fmmtioa.l anti-Mason. The Rev. Mr Sprolis, an cninent <3l vino of the Presbyterian Chnrch, was dragged by an officer of the House before tbe “modern juggernaut.” as he appropri ately styled the committee, and put under the torture, with a view of compelling bun to di vulge, under oath, what he km w about this ancient and respectable institution. But he following the example of the distinguished’ statesmen we have named, spurned iluTmiser able tyrant who would thus have him violate his honor. These men were only released from duress by the united votes of the Democratic members, with a few of the opposition. We next find this man, Thaddeus Stevens, in 1838, at the head of a wicked conspiracy to overthrow civil government in our pcnceful old Commonwealth, by ignoring the clearly ex pressed will of the people at the ballot-box, and but for the indomitable courage of the Demo cratic members of the Legislature, tbe hellish plot w.ould have succeeded, and the election treated as though it had never been held. Mad Stone— A Mrs. Taylor, of T. - Haute, Indiana, ha- the only nrtiele known as the ‘ mad stone," in that State, we believe. Thar lady says it has long been In use, and when used none have been affected or died with hy drophobia. Tlie stone is porous, and when ap plied will stick until the poison fills the pores. A healthy person cannot cause It to adhere. The pores, when filled with poison, are cleaned by being soaked in warm milk. That lady makes no charge for its use, and asserts that a large number of cases have.been cured by its use. A Curious Illustration— “ My friends,” said a returned missionary at a late anniversary meeting, “Jet us avoid sectarian bitterness. The inhabitants of Hindostan, where I have been laboring for many years, have a proverb that, • Though von bathe a dog’s tail in oil and Q . 1D splints, you cannot get tbe crook out of it. Now, a man’s sectarian bias is simply the crook in the dog’s tail, which cannot be eradicated, and I hold that every one should be allowed to wag his own peculiarity in peace!” General Grant lias issued an order urging economy in army affairs, GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. ul Milledgeville, March 32,1866. SENATE. AFTERNOON SEBSIOK. The Senate met at 3 qjplock, p. m., aafadopt ed the report of the committee on tty appro priation bill and adjourned, j j . HOUSE. I AFTERNOON SESSION. I A resolution was adopted in relatiL to the claims of the United States against the Western and Atlantic railroad, and authorizing settle ment of the same. The resolution of the Senate in rewenoe to Andrew Johnson, President of tha United States, was adopted. The House adopted the report of theiponfer ence Committee in relation to the general ap propriation bill and adjourned. SENATE. j' March 13. The Senate met at 8 1-2 o’clock, a. m. i After the adoption of the customary Resolu tions of thanks to the officers of the Senate, Judge Gibson, on adjourning the Senate,spoke is follows: F"f Senators : Our labors for this session must iow close. I can well say our work is ample ed, and no more will the bound of the gavel be ward in this chamber. While, muciT that we lave done may not pass certain stations, yet I 0 eel on aceouut of its peculiar fltnesJ anu sym "metry (while for the present, it ttyy be cast with the rubbish,) it will yet become the chie work in our structure, aud be the admiration of lie beholders. With an honest purpose to do ustice to all, we have assembled innder the uost peculiar circumstances, that lave sur rounded any Legislature ever codrcned in Georgia. Time may prove our 6hortcimings— itch must be the fate of all human action, and I trust our successors may, with the same honest purpose, correct our errors and inaccu racies. To, adapt ourselves to our changed relations is au easy task to him who participated in the a.te struggle. And white we yield the absolute and entire freedom of tbo African race, and the abstract principle of peaceable secession as a myth, we claim the establishment an<j suprema cy of the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of the laud, guaranteeing, as it does, freedom, justice and good government to all. With the purpose of establishing good government under the Constitutflfo of our lathers, ■ let us iu patience bear all,things and hope all things, trusting that the spirit of the father of our land may incline all t» do justice and love mercy. Your Chief Magistrate, Andrew Johnson, has dctic, and is doing all he can tt restore our >nce happy Union. If his efforts should fail, ili that is lift of republicanism ot this conti ’' •-* O' *•• <h, and a conflict ran* inevitably ensue in which the supremacy of thaCaucassian - \v»ii ire UiOi.'i.id beyond deobt. E.verv .Tiristian hc-art must deplore and l.’iaerrt such a conflict. Y’et to establish the greatbrinciple of self-government, we must nerve «prselves for the issue. To contemplate this scene, even in the distance, is truly appalling; But who can ciose his eyes to the inevitable tendencies oj rampant, irresponsible radicalism! ‘We rely on the enlightened and patrioticidovotion ol our conservative brethren of the Storth to the spirit of the Union and Constitution, hoping md trusting that its establishment may be per manent and perpetual. We cannot close our eyes to the fact that ere still remains a radical lanat cisnt in the worth, that would subvert the grtat principles .>f self-government if not cheeked, conquored md controlled. We must, however, take for our watchword. “ The Union and the Consti pation of our Fathers”—the “Union”being lie paramount good, and the “Constitution” our guide—aud if rampant fanaticism should ~eek to subvert the former or mutilate the lat ter, let us, in common with our conservative brethren of the North, East and West, rally to the support of the one and tie defense of die other, assured that the indissoluble Union of these States, and free government, under the Constitution as it is, will reward our efforts. I mean not to threaten or defy, hut, >f I under stand the spirit of our people North and South, I feel justified in assuming that the Union of our fathers is the design and purpose of all patriotic hearts, and that any purpose to transfer the powers of this Government or its control by constitutional amendments or other wise to the African or negro race will involve us in a conflict which, in comparison with the lute struggle, will be but child’s play. Human ity shudders at the bare mention of such a eon !lx*t. This is our land ; these are our homes. ! Beneath the soil on which we tread iie buried our • aneeators, and the graves of our children are yet sodden over with grass, and by their Ride Tain would we have our remains interred, and woe to the man who would disinherit us of our birthright and appropriate it to the use and benefit of a foreign and barbarous race. tVe must control, in obedience to the Constitution and the laws made thereunder, to the exelusion of all barba rian races; but let us not forget that the African race among us must be protected in their per sons and property. Our law's must be wise, just and equal, and our people must obey them, in letter and spirit. Further we cannot go.— And if those who assume to legislate lor us on ihis question will insist upon turning over our Government to the African race, then we pre dict a revolution with incalculable ills to both races, the last grauddeath strmade of liberty our Government, one or both of which seems to be the purpose of a powerful party at the North, would, beyond doubt, produce such a result. If such a contest be forced upon us, let us be prepared “ to quit us as men,” making no war upon the Union and the Constitution, a. upon reckless fanaticism, which would cu ;ulph both iu a common rtyp, Designing and defeated demagogues among ourselves and usual newspaper correspondents may, by misrepresentations, fan the flame until a great fire may be kinkled, and passion again usurp the throne of reason. Yet f trust that oar people, warned by the past, will, as one man, adhere to the Union, Constitution and Government of our fathers. I have seen nothing iu your deliberations on tliis floor, by word or act, to warrant a thought .at you will be untrue to your obligation to ••"tip, ort, maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Ever be tLur.—ever continue to administer exact and equal justice so all classes and ranks of your fellow men—ever continue so to speak and act that good will and harmony may be pro moted —and, in my judgment, the conservative, rood men of the North, sustained by the gallant soldiers who have returned to pursuits of peace, will soon hurl from power the speculators and brokers who, in their madness, would barter awmy ibr their own ambitious purposes that Union for which the forms of her gallant sons were mutilated, and their blood and treasures spilled like waters. For yqur generous and liberal eo-operations with me in the discharge of my delicate and onerous duties, ts well as your kind appreciation of my se-vices, be pleased to accept my unfeigned thanks. Your uniform courtesy and gentlemanly bearing to myself and to each other, deserves the highest commendation. For the patient and laborious consideration you have given to every subject of legislation, and for the wise conclusions at which you have arrived, you deserve apd will receive the thanks qf the yholc people of opr noble old state. Let us, in parting, renew our solemn obligations to our country, trusting in 'hat beneficent Providence which has so signally blest u* in the past, for “ wisdom, moderation and justice” to guide us in all our actions in the future. I now declare the Senate adjourned sine die, and bid you all a kind and affectionate farewell, and a happy and a speedy reunion with your families and friends. VALEDICTORY OF BPEAKER HARDEEAN. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : The hour for our adjournment has arrived, the duties that have devolved upon us have been discharged, whether far good or evil the future must determine. It should be a source of pro found gratitude to that Being who has shaped our destiny that the icy hand of death has not stricken a member of this General Assembly, while many of pur lclluw-citiapqii have fallen asleep in death. The circumstances that sur rounded us at our meeting have been somewhat changed, the provisional government under which we met has ceased, and we adjourn to day under a Governor, elected by the sovereign voice of tjie people of our State. The same cloud, however, that overspread our horizon and threatened us with its fury, still blackens our political sky, and though ever and anon the sunlight breaks through its curtained gloom, betokening the glory of a brighter day, it is soon o’ef clouded and all is dark again The storm of war passed, yet the echo of its murmurings fall upon the ear, and the evidences of its fury are manifest iu the desolation that marks its sweep. Wherever tye turn, ruin darkens our prospects, and desolation saddens us with the fatality of its blight. Our people bow in sorrow and in sadness—“ for the fields of lleshbon languish and the vine of Sibiaah” withers and dies. The fruitful fields, the culti vated valleys, the cottage home and the city palace, evidence to-day the hcart-siektaing ravages of a mighty reyolutiou -as it was unto J yre so it has been unto us, “in the city i, left desolation and the gate is smitten with des'ruc trion,” “ Yet. though destruction sweep our lovely p'.ainn Rise, fellow-men, our ‘ manhood yet rcmiiius.’" And if we are hut true to ourselves, true to the great principle ol civil liberty, true to tlic niag na chart* ol our rights, the Constitution of »ur country, to the indomitable will, the irrepres sible energy, manly integrity and commeada b c zeal, that has ever characterized *our teo plc, “it is not yet a very little while and Ltba non sliq.ll be turned into a fruitful field.’* ' The wilderness and the solitary place shall be ulad and the “ desert shall rejoipe and blossom ns the rose. io accomplish these ends your legislation has been directed; you have provided as liberally as your capacities would allow for the wants of your destitute poor, have pronerh appreciated the helpless condition of our maim, id and wounded soldiery, have giuirded with commendable fidelity the rights and i mfc reiTta ol on! lormcj' slaves, have {fussed liberal laws lo devolope the vast resources of our State her mineral wealth, her mechanical abilities’ her manufacturing powers, and now with con-' f ictions of duty discharged, you go henea Jo the more agreeable and profitable avocations of civil life and domestic engagements. Think not, goutlemen, your labprs are over; you but enter a wider and more fruitful field; Here you eouteuded only with your own prejudices i'hertj you should exert your powers, and the inllitcuee of your position to correct the pas sions of the hour and to harmgplze yqur peo. pie with the surrimuhiugs pi 1 the present.- txhort them to patience, to forbearance and a manly submission to the authorities that be Teach them the lessons of harmony, and im plore them by all that is dear in the present and uopelul in the future to unite their energie in the support of a common destiny and a common country. Prom every quarter pf our State comes the cheering news of the acceptance by our people ol the results of the revolution and the restoration policy ol the Chief Executive of the Union. We are engaged to-day in a great conflict with Amalek for political salvation and national existence. Our political Moses Otas lifted up his hands and so far Israel has triumph ed ; but those hands are now heavy—heavy the responsibilities of his position, heavy with the weight .of a nation’s redemption and the perpetuity of the Republic, and unless, like Aaron and Hur, we stay up his bauds until the going down of the sun, the Amalekitcs will prevail and civil liberty and republican institu tions, panic-stricken at the madness of the hour aud the malignity of embittered hate, will leave the world to despotism and misrule. Go forth, then, to your people in view of the mighty in terests at stake with words of counsel upon your lips. Teach then the necessity of a com mendable patience, a forgiving spirit, a manly loyalty, an active co-operation with the authori ties or the government in restoring peace, order and civil Government to our distracted country. Tell them—though they are sojourning in the wilderness of Bhur, with its dark shadows, its mantling gloom, its forest shades, its dangerous .nazes—they shall not yet be given over to de struction. It is true they drink none of Marah’s waters, embittered by the sad recollections of the past and the evils of the present if true to themselves, they may yet repose beneath the i'aim trees of Elim and in peaceful security en oamp by her wells of waters. Cease not your labors for the good of your people ; “learn to do well, seek judgment, re ,ieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow,” aud when your race is run, when the sun of your existence shall go down in death, the glory of his beams will long linger with those who have honored you with their confidence and support. My connection with you now closes, perhaps forever. With you my associations have been of the most agree able nature, and now, in severing them for a season, let me tender you the acknoweldgmonts of a grateful heart lor the uniform kindness and courtesy you have extended to me as your pre siding officer, and for the generous conduct that has characterized your official conduct. 1. have endeavored, gentlemen, to discharge the duties of my position faithfully and impartially, aud if in their performance I have wounded a feeling or stirred one unpleasant emotion, rest assured, it was an error of the head, not of tha heart. To each of you I tender a God-speed to the constituents that have honored you, and the family and friends that welcome you home, in voking upon you the fostering care and pro tection of Him, whose kind providence has thus far preserved you amid all the ills of life, and wishing you, individually, health, happiness and long "life, I bid you farewell, and adjourn this House without a day. New York Ootton Circular. WEEKLY COTTON CIRCULAR OF CHAP MAN & CO., FOR THE STEAMER EDINBURGH. • Friday, March 9. On Saturday, the 3d inst., our cotton market opened strong, and sales were effected at the outside figures of our closing quotations per City of London ; but towards noon gold rapidly declined. This brought further operation to a stand, and sales of 2,000 bales mado up the bu siness of the day, chiefly for export, at about 44 to 44 1-2 cents for Middling Uplands, and 45 cents for New Orleans. In consequence of the continued downward tendency of gold on Monday, and its feverish and unsteady condition, exporters were in a measure deterred irom filling their orders; hence the business was light, particularly as holders were unwilling to make the concession which shippers demanded. Only 1,800 bales changed hands at about the closing rates of Saturday. On Friday the market was dull and Irregular, and most of the sales made were in small par cels ; the transactions summed up about 1,000 bales at about 43 l-3a440. for Middling Uplands, and 44 l-2c. for New Orleans. As holders showed on Wednesday a more general disposi tion to meet the views of operators, particular ly on the good ordinary and low middling grades, a fair business, summing up. fully 3,000 bales, was effected on a bnsir of 43a43 l-2c. for Middling Uplands, and 44a44 l-2c. for New Orleans. The steamer City of New York, with Liver pool dates to the 22d nit., arrived late on Tues day evening, and the Java, with Liverpool dates to the 24th ult., early on Thursday morn ing. The latter steamer brought the. Broker's Circular, quoting a decline on the week of l-2d. The weeks business amounted to 58,000 bales. Middling Orleans sold at 18 7-Bd, Uplands • 181-Sd. The bullion in the Bank of England had in creased £527,000, under which influence tho rate of discount was reduced from 8 to 7 per c. United States 5-20 bonds had advanced to 69 1-2. The decline in cotton was fully anticipated, and in great part discounted, before the above intelligence was made known. The advance, in ■ 5-20 bonds, however, had the effect of still fur ther depressing gold; consequently exporters i demanded a still further concession in the , price of cotton, which, iu some cases, was • granted. Great irregularity In price was tho ruling i feature of the day, with sales of some 1,800 ■ bales, ranging between 44 1-2a43c. for Middling i Uplands, 44a44 l-2c. for New Orloans, with a. i more marked decliue in Good Ordinary and Low Middling. 1 To-day the market is further depressed by the decline of gold to 305-8 per cent., which pre vents shippers from making any certain calc.u --i lation as to the price they can pay for the staple. UA The sales will add up some *1,500 bales, at the figures we give be- 401-2 41 | Good Middling, 45 45 451-2 4b The cotton market during the week under review has undergone an uninterrupted decline, produced chiefly by the fall iu gold from S'* to 31 per cent., as well as the still greater dread that the precious metal may, under a pressure from sales, go even much lower. The fleecy staple, however, has shown a stub bornness of pqrpose which no other product of this country presented, appearing as if it were desirous to assert the right to independence against the combined arguments of its would-be I rulers, thereby indicating that ere long it will be subject alone to the question of l'tuurc produo- I tion. Notwilistanding a vast number of schemes have been presented to the capitalists of the North and West, showing large and certain profits upon small investments in the culture of cot ton, few are. found to examine the statements, and still lewer to make the trial even on a small scale. This apathy toward one section of the country from another, which is able to grant the desired aid, will tell fearfully upon all ere auother year roljs round, unless the South shall be able to sell 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 bales for a much greater consideration than 4,500,000 bales would amount to in ordinary years, add ing, of course, the depreciation of the curren cy, together with the still greater charge from inflated value (for we havq not seen one reliable esjitnate, evon from the most sanguine, place the crop of 1866 over the figures we set down some three months ago, namely, 1,500,000 hales.) Yet, manufactured goods of all kinds have been and still continue to be crowded to the South. How and when they are to be paid for the future alone can decide. But the fact that these goods are sent determines itself the feeling tlpd pervades all branches of trade and industry throughout the country in tho faith of our assertion, that cotton must and will rule extremely high during the summer and fall.— Ouy dispatches from New Orleans, making up the total receipts for the week, havo not come to hand. Speyerb, Chapman <fe Co., Brokers. SEW YORK MARKET. Money Market. —The Timp 4, cT th,e 10th In stant, says: Thwe was ap additional fall of Ito 1 1-4 per cent oh gold to-day, the sales ranging from 131 1-3 to 131 5-8 per cent, through regular Change hours. Bills on London, and Paris, which promised some steadiness last night, were dull, and the rates unsettled for Saturday’s steamers. The demand ran in a fair measure upon good Merchant Bills on France, against cotton and on Southern Bank bills. We learn that a large amount of the former werq sold on private terms, but understood tc\ by 94 cheap rates. Southern Jiang bills ty ere done »t, 108 3-8 to 1-4 pec cent., and thd rates for bur standard hankers were 108 1-2 to 108 5-8 per cent, on London, and 5f.21 l-4c. to 5f.20c. on Paris. The telegraph reports from New Orleans a cheap market for Merchant Bills drawn against cotton and gold, in the close neighborhood of 130 per cent. The importers and domestic eoronjission people are njajcmg down their staple dry goods this week, to meet the decline in gold alK i cheaper prices for cotton in this and the South ern markets. The market for money grows easier in Wall street to the stock brokers, while there is less facility in passing merchant papyr at bank and through the disconnt bro kers. The discrimination in regard to theso credits, a6 on previous occasions of tho same nature, is very rigid, and the classification of names unusually strict, on account of the fall ing prices of merchandise. The New York Herald's commercial article states that there is no improvement in the tone of the markets, and the future is not encourag ing for holders of merchandise pr speculators who are carrying any description of property in the hope of rcgitqiiig higher prices. Govern ment has been working for the last year to con vince the people that contraction of the curren cy, and lower prices for gold and all commodi ties were inevitable at an early date, until the specie standard for all prices was readied. The people now tie’ipve these official assertions, and qre acting on them by buying as little and sell ing as much as possible. It matters not. that the currency has beau increased instead of be ing decreased since March, 1865, if the people believe and act on the reverse. Everybody eager to sell, and nobody anxious to buy, t# that which is depressing all our markets and paraly sing the capital and enterprise of the nation. PR9DOOK MARKET Friday-, March 9—6, p. m. Breadstuff's.— Receipts, 6,251 bbls. flour, 254 bbls. and 2‘,463 bags corn meal, 1,550 bushels corn, 1,305 do. oats, and 1,250 do. malt. PrUe* ruled a trifle easier for common g-r,des, but not particularly lower, under a verjlimitcd demaud. Prime qualities were field firmly at previous prices. Tf-hc sales were about 9,000 bbls., at our 1 annexed quotations. Southern flour ruled dull and somewhat heavy. The sales were to a fair extent, comprising 600 bbls. Canada fi<j-q r w<ts in moderate demand, and price.; were without material change. Inferior brands, if anything, lltl > e in buyers’fa v °r. The sales were ,bls. Rye flour ’continued inactive and nominal. Corn Meal was dull and somewhat l heavy. We quote: Buperfinc and Y< e»tem flour .|085a7 35 1 « Extra, gum . . . . 715a 885 1 Choice State 790a 830 | Common to medium extra Western 760a 840 ] WRS inactive and heavy, with sales of 1 bu *hels at 73a75 cents for unsound and <ha«B cents for sound ujtxed Western. Oats were in moderately active demand at 35»43 cents . for unsound and 54a55 cents for sound West ern, 53 cents for State, and 54 cents for Canada. Rye was a trifle in seller’s favor, with a better demand. The sales were about 20,000 bushels ■ Western, mainly at 73a80 cents. Malt ruled « inactive and nominal. Barley waa quiet, but 1 prio«i were not material]/ altered. We not* salea of about 5,000 bushels Canada West, part if not all at |l 10: Cotton.— The market was dull, heavy and, lower, with salespf 1,800 baleß, mainly at onr subjoined quotations, which are altogether . nominal and somewhat above the market at its close. We quote: Upland. Florida'. Mobile. Ordinary 35 35 30 36 Low Middling 38 39 39 40 Middling 41 41 42 42 Good Middling 42 43 43 44 Coffee was dull and nominal. No demand prevailing for cargoes, and the trade was con fined to small jobbing lots. Copper.— The market for ingot continued inactive, but prices were nominally unaltered. The sales were mostly in small lots, comprising about 50,000 lbs Baltimore at 33c., and 20,000 lbs., Portage Lake at 34 l-2a35c. We quote Detroit at 35c., with heavy small sales. New sheeting and yellow metal were heavy at pre vious nominal quotations. Candles. —The market was nominally un changed ; small lots of adamantine were sold to the trade at 22a23c., but no special sales were heard of. Patent and sperm continued in small jobbing request at 50a52c , and 40a42c. Freights were dull, except cotton, which was offered more freely. The engagements were; To Liverpool, 800 bales cotton, at 5-16 al-3di; 900 tierces beef at Bs. 6d.; 500 tierces lard dt 255.; 1,000 bbla. porkat 2s. 6d.; 500 boxes bacon at 255. To London—22,ooo bushels oats, at 6d. To Antwerp, 7,000 bushels rye at 7d.— To Glasgow, per steamer, 7,000 bushels corn at sd. The charters were, a bark to Amsterdam, 18,000 bushels rye, at Bd. Molasses. —The inquiry was altogether for trade lots. Prices continued nearly nominal for all descriptions. The sales were 75 hhds. Porto Rico at 70c. and 45 bbls. New Orleans at *1 to *1 05. Nails.— No particular change was noticeable in the market for any description. Cut sold readily at 7 l-3c., best assortment in small trade lots at 73-4 c. AH other sorts were rother quiet. We quote clinch at 9c. to 9 l-2c., forged horse at 36c. for Bd., copper at 60c., yellow metal at 41c. and zinc at 30c. cash. Naval Stores. —The market was inactive and somewhat nominal in all departments. Resins heavy and rather lower, with small sales com mon, comprising 650 bbls., mainly at $4 25; we note sales 300 bbls. strained, $4 50 to $5; 280 bbls. No 2, $6 to |B, and small lots No. 1, $9 to 112, and prime pale, sl4 to sl7—the outside rate an extreme. Spirits turpentine was nomi nally a trifle lower. Large lots were offering at 90c., and retail parcels at 92 l-2c. There has been no demand for crude turpentine, and in the absence of transactions prices are altogether nominal; we quote for a basis $6 25, at which small lots were offered. Tar was dull-and droop ing, with small sales at $2 50 for Newbern and $4 25 for Wilmington, with as high as $4 50 demanded for choice lots of the latter. Pitch was quiet; small lots sold to consumers at $5 85 to $5 50. Provisions. —Receipts, 2,420 bbls. pork, 503 bbls. beef, 672 pkgs. cut meats, 1,415 do. anil 114 kegs lard and 76 dressed hogs. The market for pork ruled firmer, with a fairly active de mand, in part, from speculators. The sales were about 8,000 bbls., mainly at $26 50 to $26 871-2 for new mess, closing at $26 75, cash, $26 50 for old and $27 50 for prime. Also, for future delivery, including the month oi May, seller’s option, about 5,500 bbls. new mess at. $26 621-2 to $27 25. The beef market was more active, but prices were only steady. The sales were about 1,000 bbls. at sl6 to S2O for new plain mess and S2O 50 to $24 for new extra mess. Also 2,000 tcs. prime mess at $34. Beef hams were dull and drooping, with further sales of 150 bbls., mainly at $39 to S4O. Bacon was quiet and nominal. We note sales of 400 boxes, mostly Cumberland cut, at 143-4 c. to 16e. Cut meats were in fair demand. We note sales of 800 packages, at 11c. to 12c. for shoulders, aud 16c. to 18c. for hams. Dressed hogs were nom inal at last quotations. The lard market was steady, with a moderate demand. We note sales of 500 packages at 16c to 181-2, Butter was steady at 40c. to 51c. for State, and 28e. to 45c, for Western. Cheese rather dull and prices somewhat in buyers’s favor, with sales of choice at 22 l-2c. We quote for an inside price 15 l-2e. Sugar.— The market was without decided change. The sales were 78 hhds. Porto Rico at 10 3-4e. to 11 l-2c., and 120 hhds. Cuba Musco vado, and 450 hhds. Demarara on private terms. Refined was quiet and nominal. Teas. —The demand continued very moder ate, and prices have been gradually working dawn for all descriptions. The sales were limited to 9,800 half chests greens, 1,700 halt chests oolongs, about 1,800 half chests uucol ored Japans, and 1,200 chests souchongs, all on private terms. Also, by auction, about 1,000 half chests, mostly oolongs and Japans, comprising a portion of u catalogue of 4,600 half chests, Tho balance, 3,400 half chests, was withdrawn, owing to unsatisfactory prices. Tobacco.— The market was dull and heavy, ! with no saloa whatever outside very small lots to the trade. Wool.— We notice no change in the market, unless that prices of domestic wools are lower. Holder* are selling freely when opportunity offers; fine wools aru firm only. Foreign wools are very quiet, and prices in favor of the buyer ; sales 350 bales Odessa, part at 38c. to 48c.; 2,000 pounds Texas on private terms ; 20,000 pounds Texas 27c, to 32c. ; 150,000 pounds fleeces at 49c. to 68c.; aud 40,000 Mexi tcan fleeces at 22 l-9c. Whiskey —Receipts 381 bbls. The market was quiet and unchanged. Small lots were seldat $2 28a$2 30. CONSIGNEES PEK CENTRAL RAILROAD, Mrs Meister, Jas Miller! J K Hora, S I) Heard, G Kahra, © Dane, J Sibley A Son, T E Bucb j ler, J Meyers, W H Potter, T GaUahen, Wilkinson A i Fargo, Fleming AR, Levy AJ, I Simon A Co, Z McCord, J 1> Ryu A Rro, Stevenson A S, Barry A B, G lteukle, A Stevens, 1 Kahn A Co, L G Filette, W 1 ! H TW» B Mustin, T R Richards A Son, E P Clayton, P VonKamp, McKniglit A D, [D], C Emory, J O m! ’ J Blaokeacio, D Btellings, F E Timmons, W Shep pard, Bothweli A Co, L Guerin, Blair, 8 A Co, Plumb r * L > J Galvan, J Evers, H L Hunter A Co, J Nelson A Son, CAD, HT Feoy A Co, Gray, M A Co, H , Myers, Sylvester AC, J * Wilcox, J Kenny, J Ross, , ! Mrs A Frederick. SPECIAL NOTICES. SALE AT SSOO—A pair ofgood HORSES, is years old, and a good family BUGGY. Apply at 817 BROAD STREET, mhli-tf K 6 FOR COL NTY JUDGE.—Wo are authorized to announce W. MILO OLIN, Esq., as a candidate for the of fice of County Judge, of Richmond county, at the elec tion on the second Monday in May next. mhl3 W" A LARGE NUMBER OF THE CITIZENS of Auguit* atl) support the following gentlemen at the Municipal Election in April next: roa mator. JTos. FOSTER BLODGETT, poa cocxoit. Ifret Ward. HENRY T. FEAY, JAMES T. BOTHWBLL. JOHN U. MEYER. Second Ward. JOHN PHINIZY, Jr., EPHRAIM TWEEDY. 6SORGE COOPBR. Third Ward. JACOB B. PLATT, GEORGE R. CRUMP, Da. WILLIAM H- TUTT. fourth Ward. GRARIBB ESTES, WILLIAM MULHERIN, JOHN T. MILLER, mhll-td S»T WE ABE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE HENRY I*.*. CIaARK m a Candidate* for Connty Treasu rer at the election on 4th April next. m kU-td Many Voters. THE FRIENDS OF Dr. B. F. HALL AN nounee him as a Candidate for the office of County Judge as the election second Wed needs r in May noxt. mhiO-td* INDEPENDENT TICKET. The following named gentlemen will bo supported for Mayor and Members of Oonnetl at the ensuing ejection in April next: POP MAYOR, JOHN FOSTER. POB CITY COUNCIL. First Ward. JAMBS T. BOTHWBLL, A. P. ROBERTSON. JOHN U. MEYER. Second Ward. W. J. OWENS, D. H. DENNING, JOSHUA K. EVANS. TMrd Wari. JACOB B. PLATT, ALEXANDER PHILIP. W. A. RAMSEY. ' Fourth Ward/. JERRY REED, Da. M. E. BWINNBY, JAMES GARGAN. mhi-td W INDEPENDENT TICKET—The following names will be supported for Members of Council, in Wnrd No. 1, at the ensuing elcotiou in April next: JAMES T. BOTHWBLL, A. P. ROBERTSON. JOHN U. MEYER. mhß-td BS-THE CITIZENS OF THE FIRST WARD having expressed their preference for the following gen tlomen te represent them the ensuing year as Members of Couneil. they are, therefore, announced as Candidates: HENRY T. PBAY JAMES T. BOTHWBLL, JOHN U. MEYER. tnh6-td »“Ma. JOHN FOSTER WILL BE EPpPORT ed for Mayor at tha approaching in April next, by fr** 4 * l ' Mart Voter*. ~sivERAL Masonic Bodies of this city are notified to meet at the Lodge Room, on FRIDAY, Pth of March next, at 7 o’clock, p. m.,» elect four Trustee* of the Masonic Hall, hi room of Uriah L. Leonard, Lemuel Dwelle, Thomas Snowden and Lambeth Hopkins, deceased, WM. T, GOULD, Chatpppan of the Board of Trustees. febPt-td NOTICE. ~ THE firm, of JONRB A NORRELL having been dissolved by the death of Mr. Junks, the buai i oee* of tho concern, together with the Cotton and other consignment* On band, liai been turned over to c Mr. A. R. HoraioK, who will carry on the business in all iu brancho*, and for whom we would solicit tho fa- . vors of our friends and patrons. All Interested will please take notice. Mr. HouaiOM will be found at his office, No. 6 Warren Block. W. O. NORRELL, Surviving partner Jonas & Norrhll., Augusta, March 14,18 M. mb 15-?* BOARD. FEW Families and Single Gentlemen be accommodated with BOARD and LODGING, by ap plying at No.«, oensr of Oaapbell and Rpynolda at*. *UM NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LAjEtUE SALE I OF 'dtFAINO ANI) GROCERIES. Will be sold, on THURSDAY, 22d mat., In front A No. 2 Warren Block: 7,000 tone of GUANO and PHOSPHATES, TO BACCO, C SUGAR, RICE, BOURBON WHISKY, CLARET WINE, No. 1 SOAP, PEARL STARCH, ALE, POUTER, 4c., 4c. mhlo-ttl Edgefield Advertiser please copy and aond bill to this office immediately. CLOTHLNG, FURNISHING GOODS, _ hats, &c. V V E arc now receiving a select stock of flno CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, 4c., of the Latest Spring Styles, selected expressly for OCX trade. We respectfully invito ail who are in need of such goods to call and examine our stock before purchasing. No trouble to show goods. CLOTHING and SHIRTS made to ordor if re quired. W. M. D’ANTIGNAC 4 CO., Post Office Corner, mhlG-lm Augusta, Ga. NEW SPRING- GOODS AT TnE CHARLESTON STORE. E aro now prepared to exhibit a large and va ried assortment of DRY AND FANCY GOODS, comprising, in part, elegant DRESS GOODS, in POP LINS, BAREGES, GRENADINES, 4c. • ALSO, A large stock of light and medium colored CALI COES, varying in price from 20 to 26 cents. 500 yards Plaid English BAREGE, 35 cents, worth 60 cents. 500 yards Colored CHALIES, at 40 conts, worth 60 cents. 1,000 yards Pd CHEONS, at 86 cents, worth 50 eta. 1,000 yards Colored Figured MUSLINS, at 36 cents, worth 50 oents. Besides many othor New Goods, all of which will ho sold low, for cash, AT THE CHARLESTON STORE, 236 Broad st. JUST RECEIVED, THAT LOT OH ELEGANT GRENADINE ROBE DRESSES. 1 HESE ROBES aro decidedly the most stylish and elegant thing of the season. As there are hut a few patterns, Ladies will find it to their advantage to call early and get thclirst selections, AT DRAKE’S CHARLESTON STORE, mhltl-tf "VTOTICE.-AU persons holding claims against -L. w the estate of George Schley are hereby re quested to present them properly attested. All per sons indebted to the estate are hereby requested to settle up the same immediately. JOHN SCHLEY, ROBERT SCHLEY, Executors, 4c. Augusta, March 15th, 1866. mhl6-law3m ~\J~ OTICE.—All persons indebted to Nancy Cloud, N late of Warren county, deceased, are request ed to come forward and mate immediate payment; and those having demands against said deceased will present them duly authenticated within the time pre scribed by law. O. L. CLOUD, mhlß-c6 Adm’r. Just Received by Express, AT THE AUGUSTA SEED STORE, A LIMITED supply of White and Yellow -J V ONION SETS, in fine order. Call soon if you wish thefii. Also—A further supply of GARDEN SEED. mhl6-l* ‘ C. PEMBLE. EXCHANGE. felGnT on New York Sight on Charleston Sight on Savannah At the National Bank of Augusta For sale. GEO. M. THEW, mhlC-1 Cashier. $lO REWARD. THE above reward will he paid for the return of a Black Buj! Terrier DOG : large size of the kind, long, shaggy, ►lick hair, white snot in liik breast, left eye partially closed from a Ikk, e irs and tail uncut, and answers to the name of “ Pup ” mhlfi-a* JOliN A. BARNBH, Ja. RICE. 50 BAGff Choice RICE. Jlist received and for sale low by rohD-t C. E3TES. APPLES, APPLEs7~ 30 BBLS FINE APPLES. On consignment, and for sale by mhl6 ' 3 11. T. PEAY 4 CO. r for savannahT~ TIIE Steamer SWAN will receive Freight for Ba vanuah, until 2 o’clock, TO-MORROW AFTER NOON, at which hour she will leave. ml JNO. A. MOORE, Agent Lxvciifor’t Sale. BYvlrtUO of the last will and testament of Rohort , • . l u )!i, ' le1 ’ deceased, will he sold, at the Market sjxouse, in. th e town of Louisville, Jefferson county, on the first Tuesday in MAY next, the one-half a lot of Land, in the villa go of Bethany, containing one acre, having on it a good Shoe Shop. Also, the one-half In terest in a House and Lot known as the Elliott House, adjoining lots of S. Z. Murphy, Llndza Coleman and others, containing one acre. Sold as the property of Robert W. Daniel, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. LUTHER C. SMITH, F.x’r. ~ . MARY ,T. DANIEL. Ex’r March 16tli, 1866. mhl6-td to ‘ke estate of -L. xl Robert W. Daniel, late of Jefferson oounty deceased, are hereby required to make Immediate pav ™ont V« n j thoß <-* having demands against said estate are notified to present them in term, of the law. LUTHER C. SMITH, Ex’r. „ MARY J. DANIEL, Ex’x. mhl6-e6 ’ A, JEFFERSON v • , aß ’ J ? meß G - Cain applies to me tor letters of administration, with the will annexed, on tho estate of Thomas Welsh, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within tho time prescribed by law, and show cause, if any they have, whv said letters should not he granted. *** * vilh','tifis”6tli day Karaite _ mhl6-30d NU:U^Ati niEllL ’ a BORGIA, J EFFERSON COUNTY.-Whore *?■ ? ,ar ? A - mith applies to me for letters or dismission from the guurdianship of William J. Smith, minor heir of Absalom Smith; deceased • Tliesc are, therefore, to ei»e and admonish, ail and singular, the kindred, and all othor pessons Interested in said minor, to be ngd appear at my office within the time proscribed by iaw, and show cause if any they have, why said letters should not be granted J ™ mbl6-40d NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary. MACHINERY REPAIRED and put In run ning order. SAWMILLS and all other MA ■ BfAf'VflMl-Fmv?! T* ,h qU ' Ck ,UB P at, ' h - Her.vy n.v .. done at short notice. T „i 8 o tw tb r° ; } Uen J 01 > , of planters and others to the fact WAGON WORK" WUEEL BRIGHT «d .TAa MULLIKEN, mhl6-lm K s ' uoldß Btrec ‘> near B»P»e» Btablos. FOR SALE," A 26-nORSE POWER ENGINEand BOILER, S MILL ' A,so - onc eei ntu. xUiV\ . bTO;yEH ' and one set HONE, for S1 8 » forty-two inches diameter, which I will sol! at a low figure. JAB. MULLIKEN, ml\l6-tf KCynoWs • treet ' near Kx Ptess Stables. ALL QUIET ON THE POTOMACI ALHAMBRA BRINKIN G SALOON, (Formerly the Old Shades,) ON ELLIS STREET, In the rear of the Central Hotel, I b '\ i ; wl V up and well furnished with BRAN- L Y r CHAMPAGNE, REOARS, Ac. ooine of that old Reserve CRUSE WHISKY still left, to which we invite the attention of all who wish something good to drink, mlll,i '° .TAMES R. POWKI.r. first class groceries. JEIIECEIVED, por Steamer, THIS I>AY. 6 bbls Soft Shell ALMONDS 5 bbls Brazil NUTS 3 bbls Pecan NUTS, fresh and lino 25 Beef TONGUES 4 casks fine Sugar Cured HAMS PICKLES, SARDINES COVE OYSTERS, very Bno SIFTERS, PIE FRUITS TOMATOES, PEAS, BEANS .TELLIES, feUOOMS RUM, OIN, BRANDY Imported WINES, of ait kinds LEI TER PAPER, splendid article CRACKERS, of <)very description DRIED BEEF, BUCKETS, &c. And a variety of other things usually kept in a fin class Grocery ft tore. mlil4-l , W. A. RAMSEY A CO. CORN, HAY," FLOUR, MEAL.I D O BUSHELS priifie Yellow CORN 100 bales Hasten) HAY ' 25 bbls Extra FLOUR 25 bbls Double Extra FLOUR 100 bushels Bolted MEAL For sals by W. C. MACMURPHY * CO., Owner Jasksoa and MUIS ttf • HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. STEAM ENGINES SIV'JfILLS, *O. 4c. *o. REMEMBER, SAW MILL MEN, The undersigned is the fob Manufacturer of Burkows’ Imfrovrd H*ad Block _ for Saw Mills. Patent applied for. JH. K. TIMMONS daatna to fell tka aUaettt* of those wanting the above articles to those of # HIS OWN MANUFACTURE. They are the MILLS that will aut the Lumber, are pow - crfol and durable, and wiU gtva aatl.faeUon In every particular. OaU and examine them, at tha Poundery and Machine Works, No. 110 Feawick afreet, oppo site the Water Tower. WITH PAOILITIBB UNSURPASSED, North or South, he feel* confident that he can giro entire gattafrotlon to all who will glva hlm a call, 9. R. TIMMONS, No. 170 Fenwick at, mhl6.lt Opposite the Water Tower. Transcript will eopy. “ " SPLENDID STOOK O* WHISKY. 20 bblsnhotab 20 bids QUAKER 20 bbta MolUatae’a EXTRA ifjla 25 bbls Old BOURBON, 2 yearn 20 bbta Old RYB 15 bbls Premium ROSE 25 bbta Tennessee WHITE 20 bbta Glbaoa’s MONONGAHKT.A 40 bbta Strictly Pure BOURBON “O. D.” * year* otd Por sals eatremsly law. J. O. MATHBWSON. nohl6-4 Spring Clothing. THE fashionable public, and those who desire good fitting CLOTHING, manufactured of the finest Saxony Wool or Linen, unmixed with COTTON, where tha greatest durability and finish are combined, will find it To their Interest to axamlne our stock. W o are offering AT THE PRESENT time greater bargains thaa ean be obtained in any oth er Fashionable Clothing Establishment. Give us a call and you will find oar PRICES are extremely low. Economist. who wish the advan tage of buying Spring Clothing at THE CHEAPEST rated, will find it to their interest to give us a,call. To onr old pafrone, we would respectfully say that every ARTICLE has Ix»sd marked down to eorretpond with the present scarcity of cash, and eannot bo surpassed anywhere t IN AMERICA for cheapness. Our (took is varied, and has been se leeted with great cart. We keep a full stock of extra else Garments, to meet the demands of those who cannot get fitted at any other establishment. Call and examine for yourselves, at I. SIMON & CO.’B, Fasbisnxxlb Otorxixa Emxueßusirr, *M Broad street, de»2*-6a» Augusta. PALACE STABLES. / I'HE undersigned beg* leave to return his thanks to tha citizens of Augusta, and tha public generally, for tho genaroua patronage heretofore extended to him, and eolirtta a continuance of the saxno. Raving reeeetly fitted up this establishment throughout, and added to the stock soma new and KLBSADT CARRIAGES, 'GENTLB and FINE HORffES„ CAREFUL DRIVERS, sto., sto., he is prepared to afeemmodate the public for occa sions of BUSINESS OR PLEASURE. The especial attention of families wishing to avoid the expense of keeping Carriages, Horses, etes ta called to the feet that be baa provided several NEW AND BLESANT OUTFITS which will be retailed EXPRESSLY FOR TRIE CLAM) OF BUSINESS. They may find Mto their interest to make either a special or gewaral arraapwaeut tor them. Brooms, SINGLE AND DOUBLE TOF AND OPEN, At all time* kept for hire. FINE SADDLE HORSES, among them two or three fine pacers- -for ladles—per fectly gentle and kind. WEDDING PARTIES will be attended In the most elegant style. FUNERAL OCCASIONS wii.L vast wrru PROMPT ATTENTION. UORHKO AUTO MULHM KEPT BY THE DAT, WEEK, MONTH, ox THAR, At customary rates; and always ou band for sale. Pledging hie beet efforts to please, he hopes to merit and receive a share of the publle patronage. M. A. DEHONBY. mhl#-tf NEW GOODS. r FIIE undersigned have now tn store, and daily re ceiving, the most complete assortment of Foreign and Doiuoatie DRY GOODB ever offurod in Augusta, which they offer on moat reasonable terms, Wholesale and Retail. H. F. RUSSELL 4 CO. mhl6-tf FOR SALE, A PAIR of handsome young Carriage and Sad* die HORSES —Black-Hawk Canadian. They have been ridden from New York by a gentleman and lady on a pleasure trip. Qan be seen at the Kentuoky Stables, Campbell street. Inquire for owner at Planters’ Hotel. tehlS—S* LUMBERYARD. T UMBER, of all kinds, now ia yard, or cut to or- JLJ der on abort notice, and very reasonable terms. Aleo, Pine and Oak WOOD, in quantities to suit pur chaaere. JOHN TILKEY, 14 Ob Ga. RR„ rear es Osmond’s Workshop*. -KEROSENE. BEST LAMPS. A te LAMP line, Attachments for GAff BURNERS; end. all the VALUABLE Lamp Un. provementa of the age, may be found at the “LAMP MAN’S” BAZAAR,” Ml Beoad street, CHEAPER than the cbenpent -1 nAIO-lm W. J. FARR. Day, Hassell & Benjamin, AUCTIONEERS, Offer at Privets gala, owe fessiwwn nuar» feMMT