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Advices from Mexico etatc that two reg>-
bu-xCko; Maximilian's t-oops u.vrc deserted to
the liberals. ~,
r j h ) ii ** -1 sos co nmercs au i • -
Nation, aud for the extradition or
criminals, 1 -iwecn the United Suim and the
R-publio of Ilawi, h otlihialiy ptoCa med by
the President. *lt was cooc'uded and tn
Now,uhu l*t. T^,f r b \ al a y ’JSfm and
tb ;„ ~deH the
inviolable noaco &nu iriru<ißu>i J
tw conntn-rf in all the extent of their posses
■ iV « ard territories, and between tneir people
fc 0 ? ;*/. )!-. respectively, without distinction
of persons or places. Tbo citizens of the con
traetin-* - parties are to have free ac:esa to the
.... 5 1 a f jogtice. The two countries recog
. „e as -vcrmanenl and immutable the principle
that free ships make free goods, and that the
rrrop-rty of neutrals on board of all enemy’s
ve -els is not subject to confiscation unless the
name he contraband of war. Persons sha. Ibe
delivered ur> according to the provisions of
the treaty who shall be charged with offence.
The treaty contains important provisions, of
tlu= most liberal and friendly character, for
the benefit ai commerce between the two coun-
Yhe report that our troops liava crossed the
Rio Grande to help the Liberals is pronounced
incorrect. It is said our troops and
forces are friendly. .
A London paper says the English Govern
ment had refused to. mix up m the Mexican
affairs or do any thing unfriendly to the
United States. „ , ' , , .
Severity bands of Confederates, at. .as*. ac
counts. iiave crossed the Itio Grande into
Mexico. Gen. Colby is charged with their
organ;/.Pion. Wade Hampton wa- at Lutnargo
vhth live hundred men. Gen. Dula Porta
has gone to France to excourage emigration.
J McHenry, Chief Clci k, has been appoint
ed Chief Solictor of the Treasury during the
absence of Gordon.
Gen. Thomas estimates the number of col
ored troop* in the service, previous to the
close of the war, at 300,000.
Many officers are reported to have tendered
their service and influence to [the Mexican
Minister.
'1 be health of the President is improving
’gradually. lie still continues to receive visi
tors and to attend to a little business.
illudd and O’Laughlin, two of tho Wash
ilngton conspirators admit that their sentences
■was just. Spangler thinks nis is not.
The numb 3r of pardons has been exagera
ted h 0 : item cuts of parties. During the past
month'tho number of pardons granted to
to rebels does not amount to fifty.
Tim Central Pacific Railroad is in complete
miming order from Sacramento to Clipper Gap
or New England, having one hundred and fifty
boven cars, and eight locomotives.
Gin. llutkr and Com. Porter have settled
their Fort Fisher difficulty.
A reception lias been given to Gen. Ortega,
the agent of the Liberals in New York. The
most significant part of tho affair wss a letter
from Gen. Sheridan in which he su'd the occu
pation of Mexico by Maximilian was simply a
p ut, of the rebellion and his fall should be
long to its history.
The Secretary of tho Treasury has decided
that all bonds, treasury notes, or at her obliga
tions of tho United States are exempt from
taxation under State or municipal authority.
Brigs Moretta and Victoria have arrived at
Newport News, Va., with cargoes of French to
bacco from Richmond.
The Ti buno’s special hay;,: Nolwithstading
the various utories afloat as to the ill treat
ment of Jefferson Davis, he is treated with all
the consideration due to a neted prisoner of
State, by tho Commandant, of Fortress Monroe.
'No officer lias been or is stationed in his cell.
Hy is allowed to take frequent walks on the
ram >arfi», and permitted to choose his own
food. His cell is not guarded as reported by
. a score or more ol bayonets, nor Is he att ended
in his promenades by a battalion of soldiers.
, His treatment is curfstlaulike umj humane,
such as a dignified and generous government
•can well afford to bestow on ouo who is no
' longer its enemy but prisoner.
The ihifish steamer Giassgow has been
burned id, sea. All on board saved. The lire
supnosed to have boon caused by a steerage
passenger throwing a lighted match on a bale
of cotton.
At the meeting or the Grand Lodge of Odd
Follows in New York city, the proposition to
consolidate the Gi aul Lodges of Northern and
Southern New York was adopted.
Brevet Brig. General Mnss*.y, Military Sec
retary to .President Johnson, and Captain in
the 19lb infantry, has been promoted to Col
onel in the regular army, for meritorious and
valuable services while serving in the South
west.
It appears •from official dates that, the re
ceipts from customs for the quarter ending
with March, are $2 500,000, inter* si $3,262,-
00(5 Sales of public lands $162,000. Direct
taxation $327,000. Miscellaneous $115,005.
Total in round numbers, exclusive of loans,
$90,000 000. The iotill expense for the same
term da $353 000,000.
All the information received tends to show
that a huge * migration to Mexico from tho
United States will take place the coining tall.
Tho Mexican Minister at Washington is liter
ally overwhelmed with letters from all parts of
the country, asking what inducements will be
offered to emigrants.
The preparation of the report on commerce
and navigation at Washington, which is eigh
teen months behind baud, has just been en
trust* <1 to other hands, and it is now expected
to have it ready by the next sesnon of Con
go.-s. The report of 1863 only made its ap
pcarauce a tew days since.
The Internal Revenue received August 2, at
Washington, amounted to $1,073,000.
Gen Butler is in Washington on a visit.
Colonel Wilson, formerly Chief Commissary
Army Potomac, has been Breveted Briga
dier General of Volunteers, and Lieuten
ant Colonel in the regular army.
The party arrested at Memphis for John II
Surratt turns out to be a man named Ryan,
who says he was once a captain in the South-
eru army.
The official Statement of the public debt, as
appears from the books of the Treasury De
partment, on the 81st of July, showed the
amount outstanding to be $2 757.258.275.50,
divided thus : The debt bearing interest in
coin is $1,108,662,641.80, on which the inter
•est is $64,521,887,00. The debt hearing in
terest in uwiul money is $1,289 156 540, on
-\vhic2 the interest is $74,710,580,78 Tho
debt on which interest has ceased is $1,537,120.
Debt bearing no interest is $357,1)06,969.
Total interest; both in coin and lawful money
is $139,626,828. Tho legal tender notes in
circulation are as led lows : One and two ju are
f> per cent, notes, $39.954,230j l uited Ftates
uotes. old issue, $472,601; United States notes
new issue, $432,687,966; compound interest
notes, act Match o, 1863, $15,000,000; com
pound interest notes, act June 30, 1564, is
$19,712,470. lota! legal tenders in ciiculation
is $685,365,289. and of fractional currency is
$25,250,000. The uncalled for 'p»y requisi
tions and miscellaneous items of the War and
Navv Departments amount to $15,7-30,000.
The amount ot coin in the Treasury is $85.-
338,000, and of currency $81,402,000. Total
amount in Treasury, §110,789 638,59. The
statement of the public debt, as compared with
that made on the 31st of May, shows an in
orease of $122,000,000 during the intervening
period, owing iu part to extraordinary sums
required to pay arrearages due to ihe army.
The amouut of legal tender now* uow in cir
culation shows an increase iroiu the 31#i May
of $26,075,700.
Fuller, the man who defrauded the Repub
lican Executive committee out o! $45,009 dur
iug the lute Presidential canvass lias been ar-
T«.icd. He is a graduate of the Missouri Pen
itenitiartf
There is no truth in the report m ctrcuia- 1
iioa in some pads of tho country, that the five
dollar notes oi the National Banks have been
counterfeited.
Major uen. L.lrv;.' 1 Howard hasbeeu brevet
led a Major General in the regular army for
gallantry.
The colored residents are holding a conven
tion as Alexandria.
Gov. Feirpont has addressed notice, to Ju>-
t.’ces of County Courts of Virginia spying he
reliable iatonaatioa that ffi a nuiuhw of
counties in the State persons have been elected
to offices of the Commonwealth —Attorney,
-herlff, Commissioner of and Clerk
,-.f Court, and in some instances, Justice of
ti.e Peace’, who are disqualified by a clause of
;he Constitution, which excludes from voting
, , holding offi.-e, any persons who have held
office under or been a member of any so-called
* ,ofederate Congress or Legislature. The
i ]~t: s are directed to consider all offices
ui.’ive T‘ erred to, to which persons so dis
[ uni Tied shall have been elected, vacant, aud
to order elections immediately to fill such
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
decided iba* a mortage to secure an annuity of
*SOO pet annum during the life of an annui
ant, the present va>ue of the annuity being
specified in the condition of mortage at six J
hundred dollars, is subject to a stamp duty of
six dollars Produce brokers are required to
pay a mx percent, on their sales, and are
couridered biokers under section nine. This
tax is additional to the license tax. The 12(ith
■'Ctioa of the act of June 30, 1864, declares
that for the purpose of this act the terra real
st ie shall include all lands, tenements
and herditamente corporal and incorporal.
The Commissioner says it will hardly be con
tended that leasehold estates are included in
the forgoing enumerations, and what is not
i-xpr<asedly included, may be reasonably sup
posed to iiave been intentionally omitted. I
can see no impropiiety in extending the appli
cation of the statute to matters beyond the
ordinary import of its lauguage, and I there
fore decide that sale and assignments of a
lease or agreement, ought not to be rtgarded
as a sale ot real estate.
The total number of National Banks chartered
since the law of Congress on that subject, is
1 499, with an aggregate capita! of $380,000,-
ÜbO, aud circulation of $161,971,180. The
printing of notes tor tUe last, and final issues of
tho popular 7 30 loan, is entirely completed
at the Treasury Department, aud the amount
is to be issued t,o subscribers as soon as the
necessary entries and other clerical work can
be preformed iu the Secretary's office.
Good reports of the crops in the West still
continue to be received.
Ex Gov. Milan, of Pennsylvania, died at
Bristol, August 1, aged seventy.
Tho Washington street Baptist Church Pe
tersburg, Va, was totally destroyed by lightning
August 1.
It is estimated that their are about one hun -
died thousand Amiricanß in Europe at tbs
time. Paris is the chief place of resort.
Kirby Smith has arrived iu Havanah.
(Seme prominent Mexicans are calling for a
convention m order that measures may be
adopted to avoid a war with the United States.
A strict military government now reigns af,
Montery. The constitutional Governor of
Lower California, who was supposed to favor
the Empire, bad gone to San Francisco. A
France expedition was preparing to go to
Lower Calilorn a. The Indians have rehelitd
against the Governor of Sonoia. Military ex
pediions against the rebels in Sonora and
Sinoia were to commence after the rainy sea
son.
A general exchange of Spanish and Dotnican
prisoners was to take place on July 22.
Tho rebels in Ilayti thus far have the advan
(ago. Geffrard bad not yet taken Guarico.
i’he rebels had offered peace to Geffrard on
signing a treaty making five years the Presi
dential term.
The Stonewall is being prepared to be de
livered to the United States.
ll* n. A D. Stone, a prominen; citizen of
ColnrabnS, Ohio, died August 2.
There are now about five hundred and fifty
prisoners confined at Dry Tortugas
Superior and criminal provost courts have
been V-tablislied by Gen. Gilmer throughout
Soul htUaroiina
Coi,ton is coming iuto Charleston from the
interior quite freely
Over tin jo hundred applications for pardon
were leeeived by the Attoi ncy General Aug
gust 2.
Paymaster Wilson, who has been on a trip
I through South Carolina, reports the people
generally very bitter towards the Union and
Federal authorities. He al o reports that they
return all their old prejudices against the
negro.
Maj Gen. Augei has been appointed to the
rank of-Brevet Brig. General in the regular
army. His chuff of staff Lieut. Col, Taylor is
breveted Colonel in the regular service.
Pm ties who attended the Jeff Davis meeting
j in New York city deny that any such treesoii
! able sentiments were uttered there as have
i ceon reported.
Guerrillas are committing outrages in Cen
-1 tral and Western Mississippi.
A largo number of persons are gathering at
the point where the Great Eastern is expected
to arrive.
The first ocean steamer flying the American
II ig, which has crossed the Atlantic for ever
four years, will sail from New York soon.
The Messrs, Leary will dispatch for South
hampton and Bremen the steamer Circassian,
of 1,045 tuns burthen. The sailing of the ves -
:■ and wiil open the eyes of the English, French
aud German lines, which have for so long
monopolized the passenger aud height traffic
between the United States and Europe.
Iu cases where pre-emptions have Ken re
cognized on lands within the Sioux Indian
Reserve, on the Minnesota river, by the pro
ornptor proving title according to law, the
tatter has be-n made to pay the appraised
value of the laud, and also the value of the
Indian improvements. In this connection a
case lias recently arisen and been decided by
the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
that when the pre-emption claimant alleges
there are no Indian improvements on the
land in controversy, and filinu affidavits of the
i same at the Land Office for the district in
which it may be located, an examination shall
be ordered by the Commissioner at St. Peters,
uud (be pre eraptor aud Indian Agent notified
| of the proceedings, and if the former shall
succeed in establi-hing the proof of his aver
ment, lie will be allowed to take the tract at
the land valuation alone
I lie applicants so- pardons of persons worth
over $20,000 .ue on the inciease.
None of the vaiious rewards offered for the
I capture of the assassination conspirators, have
|y* t ken paid. The matter is still under the
i consideration ol the parties appointed to make
j the awards
Henry George Offutt, of Virginia, formerly
j Chief Clerk in the Auditor's Office, who at the
| opening of the rebelliou resigned, carrying
with him to Richmond, copies of books and
blanks used in that office, and was made First
Assistant Postmaster General of the Confed
eracy, has returned to Washington and applied
lor pardon, but the Attorney General has been
notified that laige balances received by him
■ or waste paper while in the office at Washing
ton, have never beeu accounted for.
The much talked of North Carolina par
dons recommended by Gov, Holden and At
torney General Speed, have not been granted
b.v tne President, who still holds them under
advisement. It is almost certain that the list
will be reduced.
G-m. Gregg, commanding at Lynchburg,
Va , has recemly issued an order declaring
tlMt privileges granted by parole, consequent
on Lee s surrender, continue only during good
oe : av r. When a paroled prisoner insults
any officer ot the Government which grants
the parole, he forfeits all the benifit and be
emues a prisoner of war, liabiefto be confined
at rhe will ol the captor, or punished as a
Military Commission may direct. All paroled
men in Lynchburg are nquired by the same
order, to report themselves at headquarters
within twentv-lour hours, and make known
their means of living.
Vessels of tbe Potomac flotilla now dispens
'd with, have ai rived at the Washington
N ivy Yard.
Hon. T. C. Thacker has been apointed com
missioner of patents.
Ivhridg’s friend? in Tennessee tried to elect
him on the ground that he was a marty.
Gideon J Pillow has been making Union
spot ehes in Tennessee.
The poles throughout Tonnes ee were guard
ed by military at late election.
Hon. John Deli has taken tbe amnesty oath.
On August, twelve hundred bales of cotton
pa :cd Curio Hi. for Cincinnatti.
Au officer h,s left Washington to inspect
•.he th-.rry-six maine ho-pitals scattered along
the Atl ?ntic and Gulf coast.
lijThe l , S. Military school in Philadelphia
has been closed.
Several disloyal papers in North Carolina
have Ken suspended.
ihe Richmond Whig, a paper which has
ou.e .been susptailed, w trying to oreato a
bad feeling against the Government because it
will nofallow men who have been disloyal to
hold office in Virginia.
Some of the newspapers in North Carolina
are strongly opposing tire proposed amend
ment to the Constitution abolishing slavery,
and inculcating tbe idea that slavery is to be
re-esmbiished in the States so 30on as it is
free from military control, and the inhabitants
of several of tbe Southern tier of counties,
it is paid,rde. ign sending their delegation into
tbe State Convention with instructions to this
effect.
Ttie commanders in Virginia are discharging
clerks for disloyalty.
The Mayor of New Orleans, with his eighty
thousand votes, has ousted the old Board of
Directors of the Jackson Railroad. His action
• was denounced by the Times as uaju3t and
arbitrary. It is feared the old bondholders
will foreclose.
The railroads in Taxas are now in running
order.
A large number*of disloyal persons have
been arrested in Texas.
A great maoy robbers aud jj ay hawkers have
been arrested in Western Texas, and much
property recovered.
A man named Tony, foolish enough to pull
down a national flag at Houston, is now being
tried.
Paris letter writers state that Maximilian’s
army obtained but very little aid from Napo
leon.
The records of the General Land Office at
Washington show that in the month of June
last, 6,777 acres of land was taken up for actual
settlement at Buvere City, Michigan, under
the homes ead law.
Judge Edmund, who is preparing the cen
sus report on manufactures, ascertains that in
1860 the raw materials used in woolen manu
factures was stated at 36.586,887; the cost of
labor at $9,808,254, and the value of the man
ufactured goods was $61.863 097.
The sale of confiscated lands in Florida is to
be postponed untihGov. Marvin can be consul
ted with, by the U. S Attoney for the State.
In the course of the present mouth the new
addition to the Government.printing office at
Washington will be completed. Ffteen new
steam power-presses are added to the already
large establishment.
» A large number of persons from the South
have been iu Washington waiting to see the
President, not been able so to do.
There are yet over two thousand patients in
the hospitals around Washington.
Great destitution is said to prevail in some
seciions of Virginia Officers who have travele'd
through Vivginia, say that the common people
are well satisfied with tfie termination of the
war, aud the rebel soldiers who have been
longest in the field appear!o be the best, satis
fi.'d with the present condition of affairs. The
preachers, editors and politicians of the old
State rights school are the only ones who still
adhere to the idea of Southern independence.
The Postoffice Department has shown a de
sire to meet the wants of the business public
by the issue of two n* w varieties of stamped
envelopes, v?z': Ordinary letter size, with
double rate six cent stamps, and official size,
bearing single rate three cent stamp. Hereto
fore, in sending a letter weighing half an
ounce or more, in letter size Government en
velopes, it has been necessaiy to use adhesive
stamps to pay the excess of postage, thus dis
figuring fire appearance of the envelope, and
causing an increase of labor in the work of can
collation ; so iu regard to official size. With
the inclosure of less weight than half an ounce,
tke use of stamped envelopes necessitated the
loss of one rare of postage. B fib of these in
conveniences are obviated by tire issue of new
envelopes, which will soon bo for sale at the
principal postoffices throughout the country.
The envelopes are of neat appearance, having
embossed stamps in the usual form, the color
on the letter size being purple, and that oa
the official s ; za chocolate.
The Navy Department is going to sell its
surplus stock at auction. This includes more
than one hundred steamboats, about four
hundred barges of different kiuds, many pon
toon aud canal boats, together with repairing
apparatus, which is now lying at various
points.
Several heavy robberies have occurred at
Cape May, ouo man lost $3,000.
Ffteen murders have beeu committed at
Edgefield Tenn , within the past two’vveeks.
Mexican advices to July 27, state that Maxi
milian was expected at Matamoras soon. Gen.
Mejia forbid all persons leaving Matamoras
without a pass, or coming into it from Browus
ville. Cortinas was punishing robber bands,
and proclaimed all communication aud com
merce between Matamoras aud other ports
closed.
Superintendent Conway reports less than
3,000 freedmen maintained by ihe Government
iu Louisiana. No rations issued except to
sick and helpless.
New Oilcans dates of August 1, report cot
ton, sugar, and molasses unchanged.
Gen Halleck has sailed from New York
for California.
It is estimated that a thousand vessels in all,
that were four years ago Carrying the stars
and stripes, are now sailing under foreign col
ors. Tho capacity of the vessels transferred is
estimated at 500,000 tuns.
It is stated that British traders, in British
settlements, openly supply hosiilo bands of
lad ans with arms and ammunition to prey up
on our frontiers.
Newborn, N. C , before the war numbered
6,000 inhabitants, the population now num
bers over 30.000, which makes it the largo-st
city in North Carolina. This rapid growth is
owing to the enterprise aud wealth of the
Northern element.
Gov. Holden iu a letter, is of the opinion
that the presence of the U. S , forces in that
State is all that preserves order and quiet.
A young man named Slackweather at Man
Chester, Conn , a few days since, for tbe pur
pose of getting poss-ssion of a few hundred
dollars, murdered hisjmother aud sister, and
then fired the house. He has been arrested.
The German societies of Now York are rais
ing a fund for a Lincoln monument in that
city.
'Telegraphic communicitioa between St.
Louis and Galveston, via Sheveport, is now
open.
Telegraphic communication will soon be
established between Washington and San
Antonio and Browsviile, Tex^s
The Postmaster General has ordered the
renewal of the mail services on the Mobile aud
Ohio Rail load, also to Columbus, Ga., Macon,
aud other important points.
The National Intelligencer has a statement
that a plot had been discovered among a large
number of negro workmen at Acqtiia Creek,
to assassinate rba white laborers on the Rail
road. A company of soldiers arrested and
imprisoned all tbe negroes, captured weapons,
such as scythes, &c. Officers of tho Road say
they know of no reason for such a plot as pro
jected. One negro was shot.
The negro soldiers near Wilmington have
been helping themselves to sutler’s goods with
out pay.
Moie papers in North Carolina have been
suppressed.
Three negroes have been found murdred in
Dappen county, N. U. The suspected parties
have been arrested.
B.G Hill, late a General in tho Southern
army was arrested in New York Aug. 4. for ri
otous conduct. For want of money, to pay
Hues, ho was sent to jail lor thirty days.
The steamships Germania and Southampton,
ou the the 26*h landed on the shore eni of th»
cable, aud was successfully connected with the
instruments on b; aid tbe Great Eastern. The
Knight ol Kerry invoked a success on the nn
destaking. In conclusion thty calietl on Sir.
Robt. Peel, who made auadmirable address.—
Cheers were given for the President of the U.
S. when playing out of tho heavy shore end
of thv cable commenced. Toe spiice was com
pleted in tho most successful manner. The
cable works are perfect The Great Eastern is
now playing out tho cable.
It L expected that over one hundred thou
sand Indians will be present at the great
council soon to be held in tho West to anauge
a permanent peace.
Capt. Robt. Tyler, son of Ex-Pre3ident
Tj ier, is out in a letter claiming that no harm
can ensue by allowing the South to elect men
who have taken a prominent part in the rebel
lion, to office.
Secretary Seward and son are at "Cape May.
The health of both is improving.
The report of the attempted abduction of
George N. Saunders is pronounced a hoax—
got up merely to excite sympathy.
Jacob Thempson 4 the Southern Agent in Can
ada, lately abaadoced to friend* and asw- (
ciates, taking all that remained of the rebei
spoils, and his fellow-adventurers are aveng
ing themselves by .wishing that tiie United
S ates Government may catch and .hang Hw>.
Guerillas continue to commit outrages la Cen
tral Texas.
A cordon of colored troops occupy the coast
of Texas from the Sabine, to the Rio G.ando.
Texas letter writers aay there will be great
trouble to settling matters iu that State. They
also say emancipation has no l fully dawned
on many plantations. Labor goes on in tbe
old system. Although the negroes are awaro
that same change b:« taken place, they do not
fully understand their situation
The Colored Men s u invention at Alexan
dria, Virginia, August 4. adopte 1 another ad
dress setting forth the reasons why they are
entitled to all the priviuges of freedmen. Ia
the course ot the discussion Governor Pier
pont was roughly censured, aud accused of
selling out negroes at auction when he re
moved the se at of h’s government to Rich
mond. A delegate said Pierpont as a Govern
or ought to be respected, when another re
plied that h ) man was entitled to respect who
did not respect the rights of colored men. An
auaosutous letter was received, postmarked
Washington, threatening to put the principal
leaders of the Convention under sod before
the failing of autumn leaves if they persisted
in their object. This caused gieat excitement
and a fierce debate. Speakers said they were
not to be intimidated, and finally the subject
was disposed of by throwing the letter under
t.he table.
General Hancock, commanding the Middle
Department, has issued an order which says
paroled prisoners of late rebel armies, who
have not been pardoned by the President, will,
on arriving within the limits of this D part
meat, report their place of residence imnre
diateiy to the nearest Provost Marsha!, aud
register their names if non-residents of this
Department. They are not allowed by the
terms of the’r parole to enter the Department,
and especial authority must, be shown and
filed under which they are found there Ie
order that tbe authority be valid, it must be
from an officer having power in the promises.
To allow persons ot the latter class to remain
within the limits of the department, requires
tbe sanction of a department commander ot
higher authority than that of another depart
meat commander. Mo person of the class
named will he permitted to visit the efiy ot
Baltimore without a permit from headquarters,
or a higher authority.
A Richmond correspondent says that every
effort is being made to effect a revocation ol
General Tip ner’s order declaring null aid
void the late election. The antecedents ot
each candidate arc being thoroughly investi
gated. The result will be the qualification, of
one or two of the minor officials, sud a major
ity will bo declared ineligible ; but when the
affairs of the fretejmeu arc m a more satisfac
tory condition, and the-people evince a dispo
sition to accept the new order of things witti
out objection, there may be expected an op
portunity again to exercise ihe elective fran
chise,
Among those lately promoted for gallant,
services are Brigadier General Seth William
to Brevet Major General; and Brevet Colonels
John G. Kolton, Simpson and Robertson, to be
Brigadier Generals by brevet. Captain J. Q.
C. Lee, United Slates A my, Depot Quarter
master, Alexandria. has brevolted Lieutenant-
Colonel in tke regular army.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Although Constance Kent, the young wo
man who killed her brother, has been sen
tenced to be hung, it is thought she will be
reprieved.
The shore end of ihe Atlantic cable wan
landed and connection made July 22, There
was a great glorification over (lie affair.
Diplomatic relation between Great Britan
and Brazil will soon bo re established.
It was asserted at Vienna that ail Polish and
Hungarian political prisoners will be cm tics
tied.
The weekly returns of the bank of France
showed a deerevst in rpec'e of 4,700,000.
Difficulties between Spain and Chili are
brewing again.
The town of Casadia, Turkey has been partly
destroyed by fire. Loss 20,000,000 rasieos.
Telegrams from Calcutta received since the
destruction ot the line; lvport animprovemen
in cotton and products, both in demand and
price.
Notwithstanding the heavy drain of gold
from tbe bank of K lglaii i, the minium rate of
discount remains at; three per cent. The im
pvesiqn, however prevailed that it was likely
to rise in a fey days.
FiiIIEIUN iTEMsI.
It. appears that there are brouhgt to the
surface yearly in the collieries of Great Brit
ain from eighty to uiuty millions tons of coal.
A h* evy euh;narino telegraph cable, with
three conducting wires, has just been success
fully laid between TralWooig, Sweden, and
the German Is ! aud of llugen, a distance of
55 miles.
A Presbyterian church in Edinburg is«diaped
like a fan; at one end it. is forty feet in width;
at the other, one hundred and sixteen feat
wide. The aisles radiate from the pulpit,
which is at the narrow end, like the spokes of
a wheel. The, seai.es are arranged in three
tiers, one tier being nine feet above the other.
The Eugleih Congregational Year Book gives
the number of Congregation si chinches iu
Great Britain and Ireland at 2.768, in the
Colonies, at 211; In foreign lands, 217; total
3,226. Ministers in Great Britain and Ireland,
2.262; in the colonies, 2<>s, in foreign lands,
176; total. 5,653. Theological students, 455,
'J he illustiious, dashing, fashionable, hand
some author of “Pelham,’’ Sir Edward Leyton
Balwer, novelist, poet and statesman, has be
come utterly deaf and been forced to abandon
the society even of hia most intimate friends
A number of parents in Newcastle, England,
have registered thru children by the name of
“Lincoln,” as a tribute to the memory of the
late President.
One of the o'dest wholesale and retail firms
in London is carried on under names whose
owners were gathered to their fathers centu
lies ago. The real proprietors are never seen
upon the premises, and the highly-salaried
manager of the business is bound never to
reveal their names or whereabouts.
It is proposed to erect a memorial to Mil -
ton at Cbalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
The house wherein he finished "Paradise Lost”
is still in existence at that place.
The British a r my lo3f twenty-seven non
commissioned officers and men during 1864,
simply because they did not know how to
swim. The royal humane society, which h s
been organized 92 years, has saved over 35,
090 live?, by rescuing drowing
saved 32 last year, and failed in eight cases.
Italy now possesses a (Let of 98 vessel, 74
of which are ships of tii line, and 24 arc.
transports The ships of war consists of 18
iron cla is, 21 screw steames. 25 paddle wheel
steamers, and 10 sailing vessels. The nomina
power of the enginps in the war steamers is
24,140 horses; they reckon 1,260 (“annum and
20,383 men. in the transport service the en
gines are 4 350 harse power, and the ships
are provided with 43 cannon and manned by
1882 seamen
The proprietor of the Ba lische Hos, a hotel
at Heidelberg, examining, a few l iys ago, an
old writing table, fonnd a secret drawer, ’ and
in it a packet of letters. These turned < ufc f 0
ba correspondence between Dalberg, Schiier,
and 111 mil. Hnrr B'eriuger, the hotel keeper,
has placed the letters in a large collection of
autographs. The Suabian paper, which gives
this information, does not say in whose collec
tion these letters have been pus.
The value of property in London is estimated
at £900.000 000.
ihe wreck of a British vessel on a desert j
island is reported. Some of the crew had been j
a year aud ten days on tho isl md when rescued, i
subsisting on shoil-fish and roots.
France exported, during the first four months
of 1865, says the Moniteur du Soir, merchan
dise to the value of 892.560,0001, beiorr seven
ty-one millions less than for the- corresponding
period of 1864. but in augmentation of the
same months in 1863, 1662. and 1861. The
products representing the largest sums iu the
statement furnished by the customs returns
are—silks, 103 millions; woolen goods, 106,
and wines 86. Ihe foreign goods imported
show a total smount of 762,126,0001., for the
first four months of 1865. This is an increase
on the corresponding periods in the four years
last past. The most important sums stand for
cotton, 107 millions.
. n Etomological Convention is to assemble ;
m Fun August 15,
CITATION S
y V3TTSI&ft «r AOMIIIITK ATSOF
w'IV.TE «>b' UE J.V.HA <"OliUMJftt V COUNTY. ~
O. *v ii _}u t i : T \v\ 1> ah s unrepresented:
i hes* areSii;*r-::ore t > cite a:: 1 admonish, all and singular the
- -.r mv
-i ..L. ’he .vs r:he : i • ivr, to show cause, if ai.y
t... -• have, v.-ny M letters ot administration should not t*
.eras.* .-i u tii.- L :k .* superior Court of taid county, or
ooaie uibt-r tit a.id vr-Ter
Ge» .a under my ha*. . and odl lai signature at office in Ap*
pilrtsr.. rah 7Ut day of Jay, 1565.
j>■ ". W. KIKLUS. OrdV,
STATE OF GLOKGIA, COLUMBIA OOUM\\.
Whereas t tie » ».•['John J> Young, :s uar presented:
.• r ? 0? V ; * r \' r ' !1 ■ v .S l re toc ' J e admonish, all an 1 singular the
jvU.'. . . ui.,: creditors o' said deceased, to be and appear at my
c //. v ttnix »!:e tme or -c ibed by law, to show cause. If any
they .lave, why saiu letters of adaiinistriuon should net be
gran to .t ) U; ri o bujcrior Court cf said county, or ikne
ol .or dt and proper person.
Given u>. hr my Laml and official signature at office in Ap
p.ing, -.iisTta diyof July. 13^5.
jh oW> 9 W W. SHIELDS, Ord’y.
«U i idL
'go JRECITOi: *•
\TJ IDE.
oii per.-ons indebte 1 to the Estate of Wctera Bunn,
hi ■ o. Cos u.-. oi.i oauty deceased, axe req tested to make pay
mv \i to the u*;de signed, and those liuvi: g claims against said
ksta‘e««re noticed to present them, duly attested, within the
u ue prescribed by law, prop-iriv *ttes id
tjiooilu’, \ AdminialratcM.
j>7 'fSs.i
TVTOTICK.
1* All p :rs 'ns indebted to the Estate of J. P. McCord,
late of G uumLiia County, de.-ea-cl, arc requested to make
i-nuu-di repayment to the u ah reigned, and those having
claims as das said est de, will present them within the time
prescribed by law, properly attested.
E, & Z. HoCOKD,
.;y7w2i> Administrators deb mis non.
CITATIONS
FOB LETTERS BISMISSOKY,
fcJJTATF.OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
i3 Whereas, Joan J Clayton, guar inn of Wiley M.
myt n. minor, (now of pgej appli- s to me for letters of
Dismission.
The-. are ther fore to cite and admonish all, and singular
the kindred and tr ■ tids of said mimir, to be and appear at
my otiico, on or before, the firet Monday in September next, to
show cause, if any they have, why said ttta :s should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signal ur% it office in Au
gusta, tills 3tl day of duly, 1805.
iy7 2iw ,ami9 _ DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary.
QTATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.
tJ Whereas. . hiiuuel N Yo ir.g .lood, guardian of Sarah
a liussry, (a. w fcarah ±. D arst.) applies to me for Letters ot
Dismission
These are therefore, to cite and admonish ail, and singular
the .kindred and fie ads of said minor, to he and appear at
my <■*:', *, uu or before lira first Monday in t cpttmbe- next, to
: how e .as;, If any they have, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in An
gus, a, this 3 : day of J aiy, lsfi6.
DAVID L, LOATH,
iy7 20 w lam2S Ordinary.
L' V EOE GKUIiGi/i, tiicHMOiND OOUNTA.
j ss ® Whereu.-, «• Maui Afackie, Administrator on the Estate
oi'Vm a o, M.achie, deceased, applies to me for Lettersof Dis
mission ;
TV , are therefore to cite ar.d admonish, all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and appear at
mv oftiv ,on o r before the first Monday in November next, to
show cause, if any they have, why said should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office n Au
gusta, this 3d day of April, 1805.
DAVID L. ROATII, Ord’y.
April 6,136a. 6mlamls
S~~TaTE OF irEOiUUA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
Vv herons, George Davis administrator on the estate of
David W. Tmby, deceased, applies -o me for ietteis t f dismis
sion
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular
the kim'redand credit rsof said deceased, to be and appear at
my office, on or before the first Monday in September next,
to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at offleein Au
gusta, this Bth day ol February, 1866,
ICJ 16 26wlam7 DAVID L. ROATH. Ordinary.
O T,'.T si OF GlfiOltGX V, JUCHMOND COUNTY.
Whereas Joseph 11. i : pears, guardian of Catherine E.
Spears, minor (new of age) applies to me for Letters of dismis
sion.
These are. therefore, tc cite am! admonish all, and singular
the kindr. and ami friends of said minor, to be and appear at my
office, or. or before '.he first Monday in November next, to
show cause, if any Urey hive, why said Letters should not be
granted.
Giver, under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 6th day of September, 1864.
DAVID L. ROATH,
sep7 26w1am37 Ordinary.
OTeTE'oF GEOu<;L \, COLUMIU'V COUNTV
O Whereas, U. F. Holton, dmii istralor on me estate of It.
M. Ho.tou, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dismission:
These arc therefor.-1 o cite a>id admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my
offico, within I fie :ime prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
tiicy have, why said letters should not be granted the said appli
cant.
Given under my hand and official signature, atoffice in Ap
pling, this 4th oay of October, 1864,
0217 26wi^avl! W. W. S HIE LDB, Ordinary.
OTATE OF GEORG IA, RICHMOND COU NTY.
i j - h- 1. is, Keaijan in F. Jis'i Administrator on the Es
late of Eiz meih Wi-thiiigtoD, deceased, applies to me for
let’crs i f k chsmi-sion.
These a e ili-ref--n; to cite ami admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said dcce s:-d, to ba and appear
at my office, on or before the first Monday in September
nex., to show cause if any they have, wry said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and offiei 1 signature at office In Au
gusta, this 7th day of February, 1845.
DAVID L. ROATH,
feb 8 26w lam 7 Ordinary.
TANARUS" TSOl’iliTTrui a, RICHMOND -OUNTY.
Lj »-• 'mretis, Jaciuan Maddox. Administrator on the Estate
of Lydia Crawford, Alias 1 yoia Buck, d;ceased, applies to
me for letters of dismission-.
: lone :ie ill--r lore, to cite and admonish alt and singula,,
the id Jre ! and creditors ol said deceased, to be and appear at
my office, on or befor • Hu; first Monday in September ne it, to
• how ..use, it any they have, why said letters should not be
grants 1.
Given ur.d >.r my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, this 7th day of February, 1865.
DAVID L. ROATH,
sch 829 w lam 7 (Ordinary.
OTATFoF GEORGIA, COLUMBIA COUNT V . "
1 a Whereas, Middleton Farisii, .dministrator on the estate
of Henry Radford deceased, app ins to me for letters of Dis
missiou ;
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singularthe
kin '.red and credit :rs of said deceased to he and appear at my
office, within the time pre.- vri'.n u by law, to show cause, if any
th-y JuvA why letters should nut be. granted the said appli-
C.1U1..
Given under my hand and ofllcial signature at office in Ap
pling, this 21st day of Febinary, ISOS.
W. W. SHIELDS.
fet®»26wlam9 Ordinary.
(J TATE OF GEORGIA, Ki~JIMOND COUNTY,
kj W hersar, George Davis, Administrator on the Estate o
David W.Tiiiley, decease applies to me for letters of dis
m ssion. •
Tiiasc are the •. fore to cite and admonish, all and singular,
the kindred and C l ' ditors of said decnieed, to he and appear at
<my office, on or before the fi st Monday in September next,
to show ea.ise, if any they intve, why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, tills Btli ■_;.y Ot February, 1860.
„ DAVID L. ROATH,
feb.9 26arlaln7 Ordinary.
kJ IATE OF GEOROIA, OGLETHORI’E COUNTY:
sc? Wit reas, Calvin U. Steel, Executor on .the estate of
Larkin T. Kent, deceased, makes application for letters ol
and emission irom said ex cutorsmp:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and inends of said dece sed to lie and appear at my
offlev, within the tim • prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters siiould npt lie grai.tod.
Given under my hand and official signature, this 15th day of
March, 1865. E. C. fell ACK EL FORD,
mhiß gow 12 Ordinary.
tl’l'ATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNT’V.
gd Whereas,-lames E. o’Ke.llev, ad aiuistxator ou the* state
ot Jam o u’K< lie.., deceased, m o es application for letters
ol dismU-ioh from sud administialiei.:
.'I luise are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of raid deceased to he and appear
at my office within the tune prescribed by law t.o show cause,
if any they have why saiu letters should not be granted said
applicant.
Given under ray hand and official signature at office in Lex
ington, this IMh day of .Match, 1864.
mu is 20 *l4 E. C. feHAOKELFORD, Odinary.
fti'A'P SOF GEOKtii.vTott LHTI It)ltrE CoU NT Y. ~
J 5 Whereas, Aired J . Stewart, administrator on the Estate
ot Thomas A. Stewart, deceased, m ikes application for letters
of dismission tr ,m said administration :
Thus - are therefore to cite and admonish', all and'singular
Hit-kindred and creditors ol said deceased, to be and appear at
mv office within Die time prescribed by law to show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand and official signature this 15th day of
March, 1565
inhiS 2iiwP2 E. O. SHACKELFORD, Ordinary.
CSTATE < i j E< « TgTaTi 'gLUAIBIA OOtJNTY. *
Whereas, V-rs Nancy Culpepper. Administratrix on the
i state ol \V . W. Culpepp- r, deceased, applies tome for let
ters of dismission:
TP .rear", therefore, to cite arid admonish all, and singularthe
kindred ami creditors of said dccraaedi to be and appearatmy
office, within t .be: ime pr-cv-i J by law, and show cause, if any
they have, wi.y .i.'.idleltv.r Wouid not be granted to theSaM
applle.nt.
Give lime rmy hand an a official signature, at office, in Ap.
nliiig. this 2lst day of February, 1375.
fc.vMiiv.-D vV r . W. SHlELDS.Ordinary.
cats or gsokgia < olumbh
Where:'.-. ti- 1 •-• ~!e o‘ W i i.m I’u iin is unrepresented
i e■. her foro tool and admonish all and -tegular the
;;;1 c ri’ r >i raid .'id, tu o and appear s' my
olM< s', witinii " ' time pres iri'ueil bylaw, to show cause. If any
Hi"- : , ;:.M letters o udnf lustration should not be
giai.!-. ; v • Clerk of Su. erlor Cour: of said county, or some
otner fit and prop?" person.
■; v. n u-:'l -t my hav! and lb :ial i»"a‘'urc at office, in ip •
idine. Hus S7th (lav of June, Itllio.
' ' W W SHIELDS,
1. 0p ,3 .v2T ordinary.
*T» Y’*lr’.i« o’i aa order From the U morable the Court o
j£j6 Or :in ;ry of Columbia county, will be sold before the
Oourr It an a* Ap.djnif, ic raid county, between thele
sral hours of ra e, on the T-t Tu-riday in June next, the follow
ing prcptitv. viz; Fifty-three acres or Lard, adjoining lauds
o! I folia ' L; : !;o, ind K or:; also,two hundred ac-es, more
or S3, adj uu’ng tn I Geo. Iff. Evans—also
the f iilowing ' 'at iv-s, viz: Old Fancy. Frances, am her three
chi dren: Gu.eoy. Young i anny, and her four children.
Termj on d.yof o ■ ,j . T. H. IV 011 I),
maylo6wli» Atlmr.
AD 4I>I-,THA f lO.\ SALE.
WS puruanoe of the last Will and Testament of Sai ah Roes,
ji late ■- 0 m'/.a county. deceased will be sold at the late
rest-en :* f< id deceased. cn Wednesday, June 14th, the
Plant .'; . of sard defeaso-i. eonta’n r.g flve hundred and
r xenty ' f land, including tie growing crop on sad
f.-nr wrilc* is in good order ’iso the jerubabie property
(if slid <■■■.' a rd, const 'i g>l corn. <odd r. whea*. horses,
ptt li • - w o ' ;da tatioa toop, and
r a i ■-u • ' or t ■ 1 n odd ]i'uin‘ation L situ. ted
tun r..;;:s of Th--.s.i . a Gt.lt it. Sa eto continue
from day to nay till al: is sold. Terms on day of sale.
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