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GLN. LEE’S TESTIMONY BEFORE THE RE CONSTRUCTION COM MITTEE. HIQHLT IKIKBEffTISO EX AMISATICJi. Wanujiurti.v, March 27.— Thy joint Commit* t o{ (iitcea r9portt*d,_t<; day, to both H;n.->s <<f (-ongrotip, the *“/idyuC9 ot General Robert k L*e ( of hia views on the Southern situation. Du- following la a fn'l extract of nil important p ..ut - . On Friday 17, he was sworn and «tx ....<1, by Senator Howard as follows : Q. Wh ,i. vour present residence? A. Lexing- Virciala. Q How long have yon Insert in g,, rum ? A. Since the Ist of October last, ;i ,. in- months. Q Are you acquainted . to:e of feeling among what we call i,: at present, in Virginia, toward the . 1 .. 1 Government ? A. Ido not know that i an, 1 have been living very retired, and ... Lai but little c mruunication with poll - Ucian.s. i know nothing mure than from my • va oh, irvation and from such facts at have [.(Him to my knowledge. Q What is your '.pinion, from observation among the secession s '.p of that State, of the foeltug toward the Government at this time ? A. So far as has o: : to my knowledge, Ido not know ot a rting.e p -rson who either fools or contemplates any rwastajee to the Government of the I';.bed Matts, or, indeed any opposition. No wool had reached me to either purpose, Q. From what you have observed, is it yoar opin ion that they are friendly toward the Oovera- Hient, »nd that they will co operate to sustain a 1 uphold it in the future ? A, 1 believe they < tire iy acquiesce in the Government, and so iar as I have heard any one express an opinion, they are for co-operating with President John r. i in hia policy. Q. In his policy in regard to the restoration ot the whole country ? A. I liav ; heard persons with whom I have con v. ; : i . xprei‘« groat confidence in the wisdom ot hi pi licy of restoration, and they seem to ~ui. forward to it as a hope of restoration. Q, How do they feel in regard to t at portion of thy people of the United States who have b'wi, zealous in the prosecution of the war •gainst the rebellion ? A Well. I don’t anow ; 1 have heard nobody express an opin ion in regard to it. As 1 said before, f have I. >t. had much conversation with politicians in the country, if there are any. Every one up p .rs to be engaged in his own affairs, and in !:d:iavoring to restore the civil Government of the State. I have heard no expression e: ntiinetjf toward any particular portion of t lie country. Q How do the secessionists feel in ugurd to the payment of the Federal debt ? A. 1 have never heard any one speak on the -object. I sup Dose they must expect to pay the taxes levied by the Government. I have heard them speak in reference to the payment ot taxes, and their efforts to raise money Junctor, wiii'h 1 suppose is for their share of the debt. I have never heard any oue speak in oppo. ifion to the payment. The whole effort has been to try to raise money to pay the mxei Q. From your opinion and knowledge of the people of Virginia, would they, i; the question was left to them, repudiate that debt. a i never heard any one say or speak on that subject but from my knowledge ot the people, l believe they would be in favor ot payment, of all just debts. Q. Do they, in your opin iou, i gard that as a just debt ? A. Don’t know what their opinion is on that subjects I have never hoard any opinion expressed con trary to it, Indeed, as I said in the begin ning, I have had very little discussion or in tercourse with the people. I believe the peo p!u would pay the debts they are called on to pay. I say that from roy knowledge of the pt opio generally. Q. Would they pay that ■!• In, or their portiou of it, with as much alnc ritv as people ordinarily pay their taxes to the (lovernmeut? A Ido not know that they ul<l make any distinction between the two t.t.vr laid by the Gavernmcnt. So far as I know they are prepared to pay to the best of to ir ability. I never heard them make auy distinction. Q What is the foelint? of the uMple of Viri<inia towards the puyment of the o.oallcd Confederate debt? A. I believe, so far as my opinion goes, and, I have no facts to to ho upon, they would be willing to pay the <’onfederate debt, too. Q You think they would if they had the power and ability to do so. 1 have never heard any one in the State with whom I havo conversed, speak of repudi ating any debt Q I suppose the Confeder ate debt is valueless oven In the market of Virginia? A. Entirely, so far as I know. I believe the* people look upon it as lost entirely. I never heard any question on the subject. Q, Ihi you recollect when the Confederate bonds were made payable? A. 1 have a general i (-.collection that they were made payable six mouths after a declaration ot peace. Q. Six nonths after the ratification of peace between I he United States and the Confederate Govern ment? A. 1 think they ran that way. Q. So that the bonds are not due yee by tbeir terms 1 A. 1 suppose unless it is considered hat. there is peace now, they aro not due. Q. How do the people of Viiginia, the secession i.ds particlarly, ft el toward the freedmen? A. Every one with whom I have associated ex on v . kind feelings toward the freedmen. They wiSh to see them get on in the world, aud par. tienlarly to take up some occupation for a liv i. , and to turn their hands to some work. 1 know that efforts have been made among the otrmers, near where 1 live, to induce them to ngago for the year, at regular wages, Q Do you think that there is a willingness on he part >t their former masters to give them fair w iges for their labor ? A. 1 believe it is no Ihe farmeis generally prefer those ser •ants who have been living with them before, i have heard them express their preference for men whom they knew, who had lived with them before, and their wish to get them to return to work, lam not aware ot any combination among the whites to keep down the wages of the bluckv, I have heard that m several counties land owners have met in order to establish a uniform rate wages, out 1 never heard ot auy combination to keep down wages or establish a rato which they did n :.t think fair. The meaus of paying wages in Virginia are very limited now, aul thore is a difference of opinion as to how much each person is able to pay. Q. How do they feet sa regard to the education of the blacks ? is there a general willingness or unwilinguess to have them educated ? A Where 1 have oeen the people have exhibited a willingness •list the blacks should be educated, and they < sprees au opinion that it would ho batter or the blacks and hotter for the whites. Q General, you are very competent to judge of the capacity of black men to acquire knowl 'dge. 1 want your opinion on that capacity ■- , moored with the capacity of whites. A. 1 do not know that 1 am particularly qualified t speak on this subject, as you seem to inti— sto, but Ido not think he is as capable ot 'requiring knowledge as the white man. 'lheie Mime more apt than others. 1 have known s are to gain knowledge and skill in their trade or profession. 1 have had servants ot my own V learned to read and write very welt. Q. vo they show a capacity to obtain a kuowl- E. and mathematics and the exact sciences ? A. 1 have uo knowledge of that subject. 1 ,ui men ly acquainted with three who hare learned tire common rudiments of educaUou. V. Geti- i in, are you aware of any oombiua tuut esi-ting amonji the blacks of Virginia, anywhere iu the State, having in view the >ii*mrlmu*e of the peace or any improper or unlawful acts A. lam not. 1 have seen no ; valence of it. and have heud of none. Wherever I have been they have been quiet and orderly, not disposed to work, or rather not disposed to auy continuous engagement to v ork, tat iust very shoit jobs, to provide them with the Immediate means ot subsistence. Q. Has thecolored race geuerally as much love for money and property as tho white race ? A. I don't think it has. Tne blacks whom I -.now look more to the present than to the future, hi Ones that absence of a lust of money arise mere from the nature of the ne -ro titan from his former servile condition ? .. Well, it may be In some measure attilbu jt i his former condition. They are an .u <ble race. They like their ease ; ..,j comfort, and I think look more , their present than to their future ••ondithm. k! la the event of a war be • H .. ( . [Ja-tod States ind auy foreign pow- England andSFrance, it there .shouid -,1 ut to the secession portion of the ... ’ ( i Vn.daia, or to the other r.oentiy ■ ‘ prospect of gaining thesr in !-p u.i : c , and striking at the Government ■ : r. United States, is It or is it not yonr , a.i n that they would avail themselves of trit opportunity A. 1 cannot speak witn .: y Certainty on that point. Ido not know - far they might be actuated by their feel ings ; I hive ncthiDg whatever to bare an j opinion upon. So tar ns I know tln-y cot tern - | j late nothing of sh‘* kind now ; what in-y j happen in the future [ can not s-y. u D? : you not frequently h ar, in your ii.tcrcounse withs :ce sionDts in Virginia, expressions of a hope that such a war may break, out ? A. I can not say that I have heard it. On the contrary I have heard persons. I do not know whetht r you could call _them seces sionists or not. I mean tho6s people in Virginia with whom I associate, express a hope that the country may uot be led Into a war. Q. In such an event, do you not think that that class of people whom I call secessionists wouid fav; r the common enemy ? A. It is possible. It depends open the individual. If it is a fair question you may answer it or not, na youchooia. V/i.at, iu tucb au event, might b# your owa choice ? A. 1 Lave no disposi tion now to do it, and I never have had. Q. Yon cannot foresee that such wouid bo your inclination iu such an event ? A. No : I c*u only judge from the post. Ido not know what circumstances may produce. I cannot pretend to foreseeeventd. So far as I know, the wish of the people of Virginia is for peace, fe. DuriQg the war, was it not comtemplaied >y the Government of the Confederate States to form an alliance with some foreiga nation, if possible '? A. I believe it was their wish to have the Confederate Government reoog niz.d as au independent Government. I have no doubt, if It could Lave made favorable treaties, it would have done so ; but I know nothing of that policy. I had no hand or part in it. 1 merely expressed my own opinion. Q. The question lam about to pat to you, you may answer or not, as you cnoose : Did you Uke an oath ot lideiity or allegiance to the Confederate Govtrum nt ? A. Ido not re collect having done to, but it is possible.— When I was commissioned, Ido not recollect whether it was required. If it was requited, I took it ; or if it uad been required, 1 would have taken it ; but I do not whether It was or not. By Mr. Blow— Q. Iu reference to the effect of President Johnoou’s policy, if it were adopt ed, would there be anything like a return of old feeling ? latk that because you used the expressiou Jl “acquiesiag in the result ” A. I believe it would be the time for the feelings of the people to be of that cordial nature to the Government that they weie formerly. Q. Do you think that their preference for that policy arista frem a desire to have good feel ings and peace in the country, or from the probability of their acquiring political power ? A. bo far as I know the desire of the people of the South, it;is tor the restoration of the civil government, and they look upon the policy cf President Johnson as the one which would most clearly and most surely re-establish it. Q. Do you see any change in reference to the people cf Virginia as regarde .industry—are they as much or more interested in developing the material interests than they were ? A. I have no) observed uny ehauge. Every one now has to attend to his own business lor his support. Q. The poorer are gener ernlly hard at work, aae they ? A. So far as I know, they are ; I know nothing to the contrary. 1 have noticed no change in their relation to the colored people, as I know the teelings of ail of the people of Virginia are kind to colored people. 1 have never heard any blame attached to them as to the present condition of things, or any responsibility. Q- Gan capitalists and working men of the North go into Virginia and go to work among the people ? I ilo not know anything to prevent them. Their ponce and pleasure there would depend very much on their own conduct. If they coni hue themselvoa to their own business, and did not interfere to provoke controversy with their neighbors. 1 don’t believe they would be molested. There is no desire to keep out labor and capital. Oa the contrary, they are very anxious to get labor and capital into the State. The manner in which they would be received, as I said before, would depend entirely upon the individual. They might make themselves obnoxious, as you can understand. By Mr. Howard—ls there not a general dis like for Northern men among secessionists ? A. 1 suppose they would prefer not to associate with thtrn. Ido not know that they would select them as associates. Q. Do they aviod them aud ostracise their society ? A. They might aviod them. They would select them as associates unless there were some reason, i don’t know that they fwould associate until they became acquainted. I think it probable that they would uot admit them into their social circles. By Mr. Blow—Do you think colored persons would rather work tor a Northern than a Southern man ? A I think it very probable that ihey would prefer the Northern man, al though 1 have no tacts. 1 know of numbers of the blacks engaging with their masters, and I know of a good many who prefer to go off aad look for new homes. Whether it is from any dislike to their lormc-r mailers, or from a desire to change, or that they feel more inde pendent, Ido not know. Q. What is your opinion in regard to the material interest of Virginia. Do you think they wili be equal to what they were before the rebellion, uuder the changed aspect of affairs ? A. It will take a long time for them to reach their former stan dard. I thiuk alter seme years they will reach it, I hope they will exceed it ; but it cannot be hoped for immediately. In my opinion it will taka a number of years. Q. On the whole, the condition of things is hopeful, both in re gard to its material interests, and the future peace of the couutry ? A. I have heard great hopes expressed, and great cheerfulness and wilitDguess to labor. Q. Suppose that the policy ot President Johnson should be all that you anticipate, and that you should real'zs all that you expect in the improvement of yonr material interests, do you thiuk that the result of that will be the gradual restoration of the old feeling? A. That would be the natural result, 1 thiuk, aad I see no other way in which that result can be brought about. Q. There is a fear in the public mind that the friends ot the policy in the South adopt it be cause they see iu it the means of regaining the political position which they lost in the recent contest. Do you think that is the main idea with them, or do they merely look to it, as you say, as the best means of restoring their civil government, aud the peace and prosperity of their respective States? A. As to the first point you make, I do uot thins that I ever heard any person speak upon it. 1 never heard the points separated. I have heard them speak generally as to the effect of the policy of President Johnson. The feeling is, so far as I know, that there is not equality extended to the Southern States as is enjoyed by the North, Q You do not feel, down there, that while you accept the result, we are as generous as we ought to be, under the circumstances ? A. They think that the North can afford to be generous Q That is the feeling down there? A. Yes, and they think it is the policy—those who reflect ou the subject and are able to judge. Q. i understand it to be your opinion that generosity and liberality toward the en tire South would be the surest means of re gaining their good opinion ? A. Yes, and the speediest, Q I understand you to say, gene* ally, that you had uo apprehensions of auy combination among the leading-secessionists to reuew the vrar, or anything of the kind ? A. i have no reAsou in the world to think so. Q. Have you heard that subject talked over among the politicians ? A. No, sir, I have not; I have not heard the matter suggested. Q Let me put another political case: Suppr.se the Executive chair ot the United States should be fiiled by a President like Buchanan, who re jected the right of coercion, so calltd : and suppose a Congress should exist here enter taining the same political opinions, thus pre senting to the once rebel States the opportuni ty to agaiu secede from the Union, would they, or uot, in your opinion avail themselves of that opportunity, or some of them ? A. I suppose it would depend upon the circum stances existing at the time. If their feelings 'should remain embittered and theii affections alienated from the rest of the States. 1 think it very probable thty might do so, provided they thought it was to Treir iatetest. I do not ka.,w there is a deep feeling ot dislike towards ■ the Government, t think it probable some animosity may exist among some of the people. I thiuk mat they were disappoint ed as to the result cf the war. 1 know of no condition of discontent against the Govern ment among the sectssiomsts. I believe that theperple will pertorm towards the Govern ment all of tho duties they are required to perform. 1 think that is the general feeling. U. Do you think that it would be practicable to convict a man in Virginia ot treason for having taken part in this rebellion against the Government, bv a Virginia jury? A. On] ’ ■ -t point I have no knowledge, and I do not ! know what yc" would consider treason against 1 the Government, -ii you mean past acts—Mr. Howard—Yea, sir. General Lie—l have no knowledge as to what their views on thai sub ject in the past are. Q. Y'ou understand my question : suppose a jury was empanneled m your own neighborhood, taken by lot, would i Joe preoticible to convict, for instan ;e, Jeff’ r son Davis, for having levied war on the United States, and thus having committed the crime of treason ? A. I think it wouid be very probable that they would not consider he bed committed trcs.-on. i do not know whether a juty would heed the instructions of the court to convict the offender Q. They do not generally suppose that it was treason against the Government, do they ? A I do not think that they do so consider it, so far as I know. They iook upon the dcliori cf a Stale in withdrawal from the Government, as car rying the indviduals in it along with it,and that the State was responsible for the act, and not the individual. lam referring to the past Q. State it you please—and if you are disin clined you need not answer tho question— what your own personal views on that question were ? A. That was my view —that tho act o’. Virginia, iu withdrawing borseif from the Union, carried me along as a. cuiz aof Vir ginia, and that her law and her acts were binding on me. Q And that you felt it to be your justification in taking the coni c you did ? A. Yes, sir. Q I have been told, General that you have remarked to some of your friends, in conversation, that you were rather wheedled or cheated iu that course by politi cians. A. Ido not recollect ever making that remark. I don’t think I ever made it. Q. If there is any other matter about which you wish to speak, do so freely. A. Only in refer ence to that last question put to me. I may have said, and I may have believed, that the positions of the two sections which they held to each other was brought about by the politi cians of tlie country ; that the great mass of the people, if they understood tha real ques tion, would have avoided it; but not that I bad been individually wheedled by the politi cians. But I did believe at the time that it was an unnece.sary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forbearance and wisdom had been practised on both sides, General Lee then closed hia evidence in stating in reply to questions, that the people of the South would not like tho proposed Consti tutional Amendment; that he was Dot awaro of acy cruelties practised bn our soldiers at Belie Isle, though he was aware they suffered many privations. Ho declares distinctly that he had no command over the prisoners’ depots, and did not even know, until he saw in the pa pers this summer, who commanded at Auder sonville. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The Moniteur says a majority of the Pleni potentiaries have already been invested with the necessary powers to attend the Conference relative to the Principalities, about to be held in Pari3. The Turkish Corps of Observation on the Danube is stated at over 22,000. The Reserve Corps, 18,000 men, is to be stationed at Sch urnia. It is stated that Austria will probably take precautionary military measures in Transyl vania and Bukowina. At a recent fancy dress ball given by the ultra fashionables of Paris, Asia was repre sented by a Russian lady, whose ,hair, arms and dress blazed with the light of diamonds. Her entire outfit cost 480,000. Mr. Bright and Mr. J. Stuart Mill have re ceived the honor of a fotmal vote of thanks from the Irish National Association for their advocacy of the cause of Ireland. Prince Napoleon is to return about the be ginning of March to Marseilles, where the Princess Clotide will wait for him. They are to visit Naples and Sicily together. Tho Crown Prince of Prussia is engaged ia writing a history of the Electoral Princes ot Bcandenbnrg. The Dublin Evening Mail says tho number of prisoners committed since the suspension of the habeas corpus, is 178. Mrs. A L. Wood, wife of the Secretary of the Legation, and Mrs. Montgomery Utlcide, of New York, were presented by Mrs. Adams to Queen Victoria on the 9th of March. It is stated that the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs has been authorized to make a fresh treaty with the Mexican Government for the completion of the Austrian volunteer corps for Mexico. Lord Byron’s grand daughter—the daughter of his beloved ’Ada—was among the fust to take her seat in the Peeress gallery iu the House of Lords, at tho recent opening of Parliament by the Queen, Her pale face, light brown hair, and bright, intelligent eyes, created general interest. She is considered to have a greater resembiance to her illustrious grandfather than even her late mother. The Chilians seem to be in favor with Eog lsh capitalists - The loan of $450,000 which was put upon the London market was taken at a premium of 2 to 2.} pet cent., and w'nat is most sigficaat, eight times the sum asked for was offered. The nineteenth volume of the ‘‘Correspon dence of Napoleon I,” just issued in Paris, contains ‘seven hundred and fifty-one letters* written or dictated between the 1-kh of May, 1809, and the 15th of October of tho same year. There exists, in Paris, an odd fashion, at fancy balls, of testing the shape of the leg and showing that the handsome calf that struts along is only an imitation, which is to thrust a little flag into it with a very sharp point; of course thessat of sensation is not touched. Ia Italy the newspaper oditors hire people to go to jail for them when their journals are sup pressed. The editors continue writing, while their substitutes receive the punishment. Cardinal Antouelli has opened a subscription lor erecting in Rome a monument to the memo ry of the late Gen. Laoioriciere, as the funds collected in Paris for a similar purpose will be devoted to the benefit of the invalids of the Algerian troops. A wedding was awkwardly interrupted at Bristol, England, last month. A young woman, who was to have been married next morning, was taken.into custody oa the charge cf steal ing articles of millinery, the property of a firm by whom she had been employed. Her in tended husband vainly pleaded for a remand in order that the marriage might take place.— The magistrates, inexorable, sent the damsel to jail for two months, A Madrid dispatch says tho Peruvian ships Independence and Huesca have proceeded direct for the Pacific, to take part in the ap proaching struggle between Spain, Chili and Peru, THE LIBERALS IN MEXICO. The Juarez organ at El Paso of March loth says : Not only has the French force been with drawn from Chihuahua, as we stated in our last number, but the French soldiers at El Parral and Rio Florido have retired to the in terior bv the Durango road. Advices from Chihuahua, dated February 23. state that the French troops had withdrawn from the State of Durango in the direction of cf San Luis. A force of traitors remained at Cnihuahna consisting of men from Durango and others forced to support the imperial cause ; but before the expiration of e month the traitors will be swept out of the Srate The offiiai appointed by the French at points near Chihuahua and El Parral durius their late military occupation have been removed since the departure of the French by the republican authorities, who are now again in the exercise of their legitimate functions. It is expected that Ssnor Terragas. of the State of Chihuahua, will start from El Paso on the 31 of March with his brigade for tho city of Chihuahua. He is confident of overcoming any resistance that be may meet with. The Vera Cruz correspondent of the Herald, writing March 12th says : The French steamship Senor3, from Mata moros and Tampico, a-rtved here on the lfkh Inst, with one thousand two hundred packages of foreign merchandise imported into those- j ports for the interior, and in consequence of the condition of the country th*y cannot be sent to their destination from those cities. The liberal forces, numbering from six hundred to seven hundred mounted men. have cut off ail communication with the interior. At Tampi co they are commanded by General Juan Jcse de la Garza. , CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, March 29. Mr, Morrill, Ways and Means, reported a bill to aimnd the internal revenue act oi June 30, 1864. and the act amendatory thereof, ap proved March 3d . 1865, which was passed. It enacts that all proceedings touching the levy ana collection of the annual tax provided in schedule, 6, of section 150 of the act to provide internal revenue. &C .approved June 30, 1864, and the act amendatory thereof, approved March 31, 1865. and ail proceedings for the levy, return and collection of the income tux, approved by said act, be postponed for the space of two mouths, provided that all the provisions, remidies and penal’ies in said act snail remain iu full fores and effect in ali re spects, except so far as the same are changed as to time by the postponement aforesaid. Mr. Raymond, of New York, offered the fol lowing resolution, which was considered and ad ipted : Resolved, That the Committee on the Judi ciary be instructed to inquire into the expedi ency of 60 amending chupter 10 of the laws of 1863, entitled an “act to regnlate the duties of the cieik of the House of Representatives in pieparing for the organization of the House.’’ 5.3 to provide that no member whose name may be called by the clerk in accordance with tho act shall participate in the election of Speaker, or in any other business of the House, until he shall first have taken the oath of office pi escribed by the Constitution and laws. Mr. Darling ‘offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of abolishing the tax on slaughtered animals. The bankrupt bill was then taken up, and after a brief debate was lost—yeas 79, aye-6 72. The bill was reconsidered and discussed. Mr. Jenck-s argued that the bill was not only for the benefit of tho debtor class, but was supported also by nineteen- twentieths of the creditors of the country, as was proved by tha resolution in favor if its passage adopted by the chambers of commeice of Now York, Bos ton, Buffalo and other critics. He held that ii was the duty of Congress under the Constitu tion to pass such a measure, and that Its en actment would be a gieat and lasting benefit the country. Mr. Jencks yielded the last four minutes of his time to Mr. Rogers, who said It was a well known fact that prior to the difficulties of the last five years the party which he repiesented had persistently opposed the passage of a bankrupt law. He himself had been opposed to it, and felt now that a responsibility higher than party considerat’oas rested upon hnn, and that it, was for the benefit of the whole country. There should be some system adopt ed which would relieve those who had failed in business owing to events which they could not control. Iu the city of New Y"ork, and in other com mercial cities, men of the best business talent had been prevented from going into business on the account of’t-he want of a bankruptcy law. He had examined the bill thoroughly, and he believed no bankrupt bill was ever drawn in the country so equal and just in its provisions to all sections of tho country as this one, because it extended its benefits to the people of the South as well aR to the people of the North. He would be doing his solemn duty if he did, notwithstanding the position in times gone by, has been assumed by the Democratic party, cast his vote ia favor of the measure. Mr. Boss moved to lay the bill on the table. A vote was then taken on the passage of the bill, and resulted as follows : Yeas, 09; nays, 73. So tho bill was rejected. The bill was on motion of Mr. Brannan, again reconsidered, and a motion to lay the reconsideration on the table was lost. It was laid ovor for one week. Mr. Hubbard, of lowa, presented a joint resolution from the lowa Legislature aekiug a grant of lands to aid in the construction of the jfowu railroad. Reterred to the Committee on Public Lauds, Mv. Raymond presented the petition of Daniel Fitzgerald for a right to renew his pat ent for Salamander Bases. Referred to the Committee oa Patents. Mr. Julinn offered a resolution which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Public Lm '.a to inquire into the expediency of repor ting a bill extending the principles and policy, by the laws now in force, regulating the sale of coal lands and to the iron lauds of the United States. Mr Necil offered a resolution, which was adopted, instructing the committee on the war debt of the loyal States to inq lire into the excellency of amending the act to restrict the jurisdiction of the court claims, fitc., approved July 4th, 1804, ao as to authorize the Quarter mister General to pass upon and recommend for settlement to the Third Auditor, all acts for supplies taken from loyal citizens of States not in the rebellion ; for the Quartermaster commanding the department, when such stores or supplies were taken by the Quarter master or Commissary, or by others uuder the orders of the cfliters commanding the forces of the United States, of which such supplies weie impressed. The balance of the morning was consumed ia discussing a bill oa Indian Affairs. Washington March 29 The Secretary of the Senate was directed to cornmuuioate to the Governor of New Jersy a copy of the resolution of the Senate iu ref erence to the seat of Mr. Stockton. Mr Poland then rose aad ia a few words announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Foote. H.-i offered a resolution, which was adopted, that tho Senate attend the faneral at 1 o’clock, and that the Senators wear the usu al badge of mourning during the remainder of the session. The Senate, on morion of Mr. Trumbull, at 12 : 15 o’clock took a rscess until I o’clock, and at that hour the funeral services com menced. House.—The death of Senator Foote was announced, and the House adopted a resolu tion to attend the obsequies and adjourned un til Monday. CALIFORNIA INTELLIGENCE. The steamer Henry Cbauncey has arrives from Aspiawall, with dates to the 22d. Shd brings $6 000/000 in specie. Rumor at Pana ma said that another revolution in favor of the Maulfuerre party was likely to take place soon- Rumors from the Barbadoes very unfavor, able, and the miners sickly from bad provi sions. No news from Central America. Advices from South America state that a Pc* mvian iron cUd was aground at the Calleo, but was successfully taken off by an American engineer. The United States gunboats Mehango, N. H&ckett, Callao aud Waterre are at Panama. San Francisco, March 31. Governor John McDougall died yesterday of apoplexy. The McCarthy investigation committee report that the charge of robbery against David Mc- Carthy was wanton, malicious, false, defama tory and libelous, both to the Senate and to the people of the State represented in the Sen ate. Resolutions endorsing Congress passed the Senate to day by a vote of 36 to 21. THE NEW JERSEY SENATORS HIP. A Philadelphia dispatch of March 31st, says that the President of the New Jersey State Senate had written a letter to the Bulletin of 1 that city, in which he says : “I requested the caucus should name the man before I agreed to go into such a meeting. My motives have been doubted. I am right within rbe dictate of my own conscience, and who dares to say, then, I will not go into a joint meeting with Vankyke or Gregory ? Should an 7 opportu nitv be afforded me, I say I will. It the cau cus will unite on any of those already named, Orron A K Hay of Camdon, or Judge G S Voodhall of the Superior Court, I will go into joint meeting at 10 A M., or any other hour of the day ; next, I would sen! a true man and statesman to Washington, and I stand ieady to make my words good by instant ac tion. Let my enemies answjr that ; let a can did world judge between me and them. The tyranny which drove me from one party, is as odious to mo a any other, when it demands that I shall suPmit to inso'ence and injustice combined.” , rjjCoiumbus Collins arrested in Talbot coun ty, for horse stealing, was pat on trial last week, plead guilty and was sentenced by the Court to four years in the Penitentiary. TERRIBLE TORNADO IN JOHNSON COUN TY, ILLINOIS. A GREAT LOSS OT LIU. From the Evansville (Ind.) Journal, of the29th. Mauy remarkable and most strange effects of the grim Storm King in Illinois have from time to time been recorded. Accounts have been given of the tearing up of tho vary turf on the prairies of that State; but the facts we aro about to record have no parallel in tho history of des truction by the elements that we are aware of. We were yesterday visited by Mr. Win. Brill, an old and respected farmer of Johnson couuty -111., and one of fife most extensivo.iu thatcouu, ty, who furnishes us with a succinct and detail ed detcription of a tornado that passed over that neighborhood on the 20th, which caused a terrible lots of life, and the total destruction of everything in the line of its march, entirely uprooting whole farms, carrying away houses, trees, wagons and everything above the ground, and bringing misery and mourning in to the nappy homes of many. Mr. Brill’s farm-houss rests upon an emi nence sufficiently high to givß him a view of the section through which the destruction passed, and on tha day of the 20th, he and his family had a perfect view of the sublime sceno which the angry elements were enact ing in a valley one half a mile south of his house. He describes the appearance of the storm as the most terrific ever witnessed, or that tne uiind can conceive. A dense blackness en veloped the valley below, while it was quite light on the hills arouad, aud this added to the distinctness of tho whole. The most ter rific roar, rumbling and moaning Ailed the air, and the smell of eulphur was very strong. The unearthly noise seemed to drown the voice of speakers close to each other. As it advanced, apparently with the moder ate speed of a locomotive, Mr. Brill observed high iu the air the most extraordinary spec tacie of trees, crushed houses, wood, rails and oljscts that appeared to him to ba horses and caHle, borne on by the storm in dense volumes of dirt and dust, all In the most inextricable confusion. The very heavens were Ailed with the contents of farms. Every object seemed torn from the earth and folded upward. Splintered timbers were tsrn up bodily and dashed overhead, and perfect desolation spread over the > alley. ’the portion of the valley where this tornado passed was myths neighborhood of Post-office, and within a few miles, if W 8 un derstand him rightly, ofGolconda- Tha tor nado moved from westgto east, and appeared to keep in a chosen path. The country is very broken, bet those living in the small valleys seemed to suffer most, As the tornado advanced, the Indications of its course were very deceptive, appearing to point in all directions. This effect probably came from the revolution going on in volumes of du Bt and sulphuric smoke that enveloped every thing iu the valley, and which, at times, seemed to roll and sprerd in all directions. The whole country was inundated, and the soil In many places washed down to the sub stratum cf clay, though the clouds had burst and flooded the earth wish oceans of water at once. The following is tho list of lives lost and total destruction as far as named : Joseph Harper was moitally injured, three of hia daughter were killed outright, and five others of his farniiy of nine mortally wounded. His home aad every object of his place was entirely carried away, and nothing has since been found of anything. A wagon load of flour and meal sacks was taken up by the tor nado, and no trace of it afterwards found. Thirteen thousand dollars in money was also blown away with the hour Se. M. B Bayne’s house was also taken up and blown to atoms His stock of boots, "shoos and dry goods were carried lor miles and scattered over the country. Everything to tally lost. Esquire Worley bad nine in family : one killed, and eight supposed to be mortally fejured. Houses and everything on the place swept away. John Jones lost a child. Everything to tally lost. Jonathan Water’s farm was literally torn up and carried off. There is not an object left. Louis McGowan’s farm was also totally destroyed. Houses, barns, aad everything gone. Woodson West’s farm was entirely destroy ed, and evervthing on it swept off. Orchards were pulled up by tho roots and Carried five miles. Every one who escaped destruction in the line of the tornado, as well as those who were killed, were biaekened as though by soot, Mr. Brill was one of the fortunate few who lived off from the route of the tornado, and thus escaped with a liuht loss. He tells us that the scene, after the torna do passed over, was one of the most heart rending it had ever been his misfortune to witness. Every farmer who lived in the path of tbe angry elements, is homeless and totally broken up Destruction is to be seen every where. He is of opinion that the hurican at Natchez many years ago was no worse in its effect. The three daughters of Mr. Joseph Harper, afterward found dead, were locked in each other’s arms. Cows, hogs and farm emplements in some cases weaa found at a great distance. Os course nearly all live stock in the line of the stonn was destroyed. This tornado, ia less force, visited many parts of the country, being what ia known as the “equinoctial storm ;’’ but its violence in Johnson county is without a parallel. CHOP PROSPECTS iSi THE SOUTH. North-East Georgia.— The editor of the Athens Watchman thus refers to a late visit to Hall and White counties : The people generally are more hopeful and more cheerful than could be expected It is true they feel the injustice of beisg denied re presentation wbilo compelled to pay taxes, but they look upon this as a temporary evil-be lieving that it will not be attempted to fasten it upon the country as a permanent system, ihe greatest inconvenience, however, from which they suffer, is the deprivation (in some sections partial, and in others total) of mail facilities. This is really a very serious evil, and we do not see how it is to be overcome so long as mail contractors and postmasters are required to take the test oath. We were pleased to see everywhere eviden ces of returning enterprise and industry. Fences have been reset, buildings repaired, oid lands restored to culture, and new grounds cleared and fenced. In a word, the desolation of war is being replaced by the labor of tho3o who have converted their swords into plough shares, and whose industry bids fair “To scatter plenty o’er a 6m ling land.” Give them mail facilities and representation in the national councils, and a more uncom plaining people cannot be found than those of Northeast Georgia. From Mississippi. —A gentleman from Choc taw informs a Grenada paper that in the cen tral and western portions of the county great improvement is manifest in farming operations, and a spirit of cheerful industry pervades the people. The negroes generally are working well; plantations are repaired and put in order, and good hopes are entertained for the next crop. The factory at Bankston is to be rebuilt by anew company. The town of Greensboro-' is being restored from the ruins of war, and greatly improved, and the vicinity around is sharing in the same good work. From Alabama. —Tho Huntsville Advocate of a iate date remarks :_‘ - A recent trip through the Eastern portion of this, and into Marshall county, revealed to us a very gratifying fact ;. that was the energy, Industry and spirit the people are displaying in repairing fences, im proving dwelling houses, clearing up. and plowing lands, sowing oats, preparirg to plant corn and cotton. And we were pleased to see i that ihe people have some hogs, cattle and j sheep left—pio w animals are very scarce and ! more are needed. The people ate working as they never work ed before, and as well as their want of means to work with will permit. Corn is sold as Guatersviile at $1 50 per bushel, but all are ! not able to buy it. The people have applied | their own shoulders to the wheel, and with a , little help will prize out of the slough of dee-1 pond and get upon firm self- upporting ground In reference to the Freedmen’s Bureau in j ■Alabama, Mr. Meander ?LL Rice writee from Florence to tha Hoa. Henry T. Blow : Thu Freedmen’s Bureau is-, a perfect humbug. I Lave watched its operations hero closely. No use tor it in tbs world. Any two good citi zens oan witness negro contracts as well ae officers, most of whom can’t read. Bes'des, they are making money out of it, charging $2 for every contract. There was a lot of negroes called on me a few days ago to write th* m a petition, and thev would get all to sign it, and send it to Mr. Sumner, to have the whole thing abolished. WASHINGTON ON I)IT. Dispatches to tho Louisville Courier contain the following intelligence : The dates are of March 31. A now and very careiul canvass has been made to day over the coming vote in ihe Senate on the Civil Rights bill, and ihe result indicates that it will be passed over the Ihesideut’s veto. The calculations made yesterday that Sena tor Wiight, of New Jersey, and Senator Dixon, of Connecticut, would be present, have been abandoned to-day. As it now stands not more than eleven votes can be obtained iu favor of sustaining the veto, while sevent, eu are required. Tho Government issued an order to day prohibiting supplies from being iuruished treedmen iu this Department after the first of April. The President is granting very few pardons now Official reports received by (he Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen from the State of Ar kansas, for the month of February, say that rations were issued to lour thousand four hun dred and one refugees iuFebruary, against two thousaud three huudred and ten in the proceed ing month: and that rations were issued to five bundled and sixty three freedmen, against five huudred and lorty-seven iu the mouth of Jan uary. The number of destitute refugees and those who have boen supported by ttie Government has increased, as anticipated, nearly cne hun dred per cent, since tho month of January. The Secretary of the Treasury has with drawn the permission heretofore granted to manufacture oid and damaged tobacco, with the payment of duties only upou the increased weight. Miss Lucy Gwin, daughter of Dr. Gwin. was married recently in Paris, to Mr. E J Cole man. of St. Louis. A considerable row occurred at an auction store in Montgomery, on Saturday night last between a party of soldiers and negroes. The soldiers were driven from the field. Tub Nigko Celebration at Richmond— Gov brnment will nct peumit it —The Government has received advices from Richmond, Va., that the negroes of the city and surrounding coun try are contemplating the project of having some public celebration on the 3 I of April, the anniveisary of the fall of Richmond. The Evening Star says that Major General Terry, commandant of the department, has advised and warned the colored people not to attempt so impudent a demonstration; but it appears toe movers in the affair are still en gaged in perfecting arrangements. It is needless to say, any such demonstration by negroes will uot be permitted by the Gov ernment authorities; and measures have al ready been taken to prevent any celebration of a public nature. Mason k Hamlin’s CELEBR -SuTEID CABINET OKGrANS. Just receive! anew assortment of the above Celebrated Ia strumente, which a e cffered for i a’.e at tie Factory prices with freight added. Tee subscriber refers with pleasure to the one in St. John’s Mettodi.-t Episcopal Chuich, Angus'a, Ga, and to the liev. A. Wright, Pastor of (he same. Geo. a. gates, mL29 2d<i2wls So'e &gjnt;for Augurta and vicinity. Agency for the Three Best PIANOS IIV THE WORLD. Steinway’s, Clilc3ieriHg& Son’3, AND IlazeDon H>ros , « The subscriber being SOLE AGENT for Augu.ta ard vi cinity, for the above Cc'ebiated Manufacturers, ia happy to inform his triends and the public that he his rece red gome from each direct fromtae Factory, which he will rcll at Fac tory Prices, with freight added. They are all too well known to need pufllirg. Every P.ano warranted for five years.— Please send for theulars. . GEO. A. OATES, mh2B 2d&2w15 S4O liKoAl) Bp. SUBSTITUTE FOB PEB UViilf ( ( LUO. Haw bond Super-phosphate oflime BAUGH &SONS, MANUFACTURERS AND PROPRIETORS. 20 South Delaware Ater.ue, Phil, This valuable MANURE has been before the agricultural public, under one name, for twelve years past and its charac ter for vigor of action aud permanence in effect Is well estab lished. Before the war it wa? introduced to some extent in the {Southern States, an 1 was found to be highly adapted to Cotton, Tobacco au<l all Crops. And as a perfect substitute for Peru vian Guano—afforded at lcS3 than one half the cost—it has been adopted by agricul turLsts of known intelligence and discrlmiDation. It is war ranted not to exhaust the soil, but on the contrary perma nently to improve it The sales now amount to many thou sand tons annually, and the facilities for its manufacture are extensive and complete. Pamphlet describing its distinctive claims may be had os application to the undersigned agent of toe manufacturers from whom the MANURE may at all times be obtained. J. 0. Mathewson, Augusta, 6KSSEUAL, ASSXT FOR GEORGIA. 3md&l3w3 Mill Furnishing Ware. fJTHE undersigned would respectfully inform ;his old cus 1 tomers ana the Millets ii general, that he is now pre pared to furnish the best quality of French hu »r, Esopus ami cologne MKletones, boltingc*oth, .-mut maciiir.es, belliug. wire cloth, mill picks, aud aa7 other article required in a good grist aud flouring mill. Orders solicited and punctually attended to. , WM. BRENNER, ncvlnlyd 109 Broad street. Augurta Ga. Lfgal ddvertisemeßfs Georgia, green county— Wbereis, Junius Wingtleld applies forLeltars of Ad- B.ii.isVra'ion de bonis non, on Ihe estate of Mrs. Hlduey W iniifiel i, ia(e of said county deceased : Tness aro, therefore, :o cite and require all persons cor cern ed, tosh I v cause if auy tney have why said Letters should not ~e granted at the Court of Ordinary, to be held la end for said county, on the and st Monday in Mae next Given under my hand at office, in Greensboro, March 14th 1p 66. EUGENIOS L. EING. ’ mIFG 4wlß Ordinary. if 1 KOKOIA. GREEN COUNT*— Whereas, JuniH3 Wingfield applies for Letters cf Auminutiati,n de b-i,,. non, on tie estate of WiiilamC! Dawson, late of said coun‘y deceateo : 'lheae are, therefore to ci.e and require all pera~n3 con cert-ed to show cau<e, ifanv the/ have, why taid Letters th-mld not be wanted at the Court of Ordinary, to be held in and s -r said c untv, o 1 th firs* Monday In May re -1. Given under my hand at office in Greene-boro. March 14th IWfi. JEUGJINIuS L. KI.NO, H:hl6 4w13 Ord nary. Felix G. O. Pef k and others j 1 ill for account, oi covery vs. > and distribution, in Taliaferro LbenczerJ fewam a:.d others.) superior Court, in Eciuhv February Term, l: 66 it ante-ring to the *Jourt that Ebenez/rJ. Swum and 4u gustua .V Koyatcn, two of the Defendants in the »b- v« stated ca*u do not reside in this S'ate. that said Swain res des in the S-ate of A.abtn a, and said Hoystoi in the State of Tenneskee Ot motion e:de**d that saiu Defendants be and appear at the next rerm of this Court, to be held on the fourth Monday r f *u<u't next, to antwer said Bill and ih*t service of ia ; d l;i'i be perfected on.said Defendant* by a publication cf this order in the Chronic e 6c Sentinel, a public G&z ;tte of this State, once a month for four m nth-, immediate ? after the adjournment of thi3 G«urt. i certify the above and foregoing to be a true transcript from the Minutes cf ian&ferro fcuperior Court. mL4 4iuwlamll J. j j, II AM MACK, Clerk. g 1 EOHGIA, ELBERT COUNTY. ’ To a i whwfl it may c ,-nc rn— George W. Brown bavin iu | roper form applied to m; for letters or Adminlstrat'cn. on the es-ate o> Andrew J. Rose, l teof -aid count* : This is* » citeu ands ngu.ar, the » ext of kin and creditors of said de co red, to be end appear -.t my offic *, wit .in tne time a! owed uy -aw,and show ciusi, ii an, they can, way said letter* suould not granted to sari George W. Bro wn *it «as mv Laud an x offic ai signature, March 23d, 186*. - - 1 • hl/WAUD.*, Ord’y. LOKGIA, OREKSS COXJfr’LY. Xjff Two months afier date, tc-wit: st the next Jure term oi tne Cou tor Ordinary ts Ea'd county, app ication will te made to sold (Jonrt for an order to sell a'l the reil estate of Jesse ». liuttia, decta.-ed, f. r the purpose of paying the debts of said deceased. KAJNOY £. BAITIK, Adm’z mh24 Bwl4 of S. Battix. mraTIOS -11 Two months after d?te application will te made to the bOart of Ordinary, of Ri hmoed county, for leave to se l tne real estete belonging to the estate of SA-.z\ A. Byrd, late of said county, deceased. AMANDA C. UaKMAK, I ap3 swIC A:muastrAtrix 1 Lesal Advertisements M 1 EOlUiiA, ELBERT OOUJSTY. : ce igiifeaby given to all peton* coiucr *ed, that lliomasJ.Turmin, sen.* uhd in ‘hi I S6O, (ieo.v:*rd tins i-itestite. at:d George & Tuvnia iup»* ud ior letter* of ad mnratratioa ©u hia ejia e, which was .;ed t s .!. George <i. lurniun on seventh day of Lee* id her, JSCO, bo l ihat time sau! George E Turmi- h s a s.> dUtl* leaving cs'at© uu* represented, au i n3 pertoa having apphed lor > r lcrs of .ui- Hdnisiraii .u debonia non on taid Thomas J. Tmmv.’s cstve, that Su terms ot the law letters of adminis raiiuti ce. or,is non will be vested in the 'Jlerfc oi tn e Super or (Jo rt, <r-v m oth er fit person thirty uavs after the public it ion of this e t .tku, uniess some valid objection ta made to hk aintninumT', Given under my Land and sigu&tur-. -2id >tar,-h. 180G.* WM. H. &l) \VA1.1) , Onlmaiv tcb23 4w:5 of sa ; d county ana cx-i iliac* Clerk. C"1 EORUIA.. ELBERT COUNTY. R To all whom r may cone .rn. — Rufus J. Morr -> having iu proper f r u app.icd ao me for per.a *id t .tier.wf mimia istratiou on the estate of Willbm Morris, 1 A »ot sad county, dtc°ased, this is to cite all aid singular lie ered.tw sand r. oi s:a 01 William .Morns, lobeand appear ai my outco within the time a ; l >v/ed hy iuw, and show cause it any thev cm, vhy permanent atiminis*ration should net be granted to Ru fus and Morris on WUhom Morris’ eetaf W itT.e-s my haud and offi .i »l signature- Mama _ IX , 1866, mh‘2B 4w13 W. ii. J£D a''aRUS, Ordl. ary. C 1 EOKGIA. ELBERT COUNTY. Kod.ce is hereby given lo&Upers ns concerned, that on »hc —of —, .£65. George J£. Turman, late ot s.m e unty, d‘.ptrten this life, mUstue, and do person has applied for Ac ministration ou the estate of said George E Tinman, ad th tiu te.ms of the law, adu i dstr: t n wih be vest-i.i :n the Cbrk < f tbe Superior Court or some other tit uid proper \ ersen t'driy da>s a'terthe publication of ths ci ation, ut.ltss s mo valid objection is made to his a -porn merit,. Given under my Laud and official signature ids 22 5 of March, •1866. WXu. 11. El.’Waßi;.', Ordinary of E'bcr c -m.tv, mh23 6w15 and Ex l iilcio c In k. EOKGIA, UNCO N COUN ?Y. To a* wii m it uny c)i cern—W i! iam D. Tutt ami Sarah J L-ve/ett, having iu proper form applied to me for permanent l-.tteis of aiininist’a i non tl.c estate of John Leveve t, late of said county: this sto cite all snguarthc cr diters and nextoi kin, of John Lev. . e t, to be aim appear at my office within the time alio we 1 l, v la»v, ana show < line, if any th y em, why i ermanent admiiiistrat on * hould not l a graded to Wm. 1) Tutt an i Sarah j. L.vevett on Joliu Le vewU’s tstate. Witn ss my ban i and official signature, March v M. l£6fi. a;rl Cwls I>. F. TAT M, Ord’y STATE OF GEORGIA RICHMOND COUNTY. Whereas, Eenj mam F. .‘Ohnscn applies tome for lot!erg vi adininistratr n on the estate ol fcioion Teh t , late oi s.ia county, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular tha kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he. and appeared my office, on or before the 11 st Mo dt> inidav next, to shew cause, if any t hey have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at office,ill Augusta, this Slsl day oi March, ISO 6. DAViD L.KO \TH, aprl 4w35 Ordinary. STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND UOUHTY . Whereas, Win A. *■ alum applies to me for Le‘te:sof kxdminibirution on the estate ot o«mea Liowii, late ot sAd county, deceased. These arc, therefore, to eite and admonish all ; nd singular the kindred and crecito.s of said deceased to be and appear at my office ou or before the first Monday in Alay next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be granted. Given under my handaud official signature,at oflicein Au gusta, this lid day of Majch, 1866. ap.T4wjs David L.ROATH Ordinary. □ TATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY. Vi liereas, Timothy o. »*urphy applies to me lor Letters oi Administration ou the Estate of l’hitip McGee, lute of said county, deceas.d. These are therefore, io cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to bv ami appear at. my office, on or before the hist Monday in M-.y next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not bn granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at office in An gusta, this ols, day oi Mu:cb, 1866. aprl4wls OAVll) L. ROATII. Ordinary. feDTATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY. £5 WhereLS. v\ i, iam A. wait-U applies tjuc. i r letters of Admi i tration on the Esta.e of Rich ad T. Moore, l.tte of sai l cousty, dece«s and: llies arc, therefore, to cite and admocisli. all and singular the kinured and creditors ot said d.Ceased, to be and appeal* at my office, on or btfor. tic first ajouvay in May mxt,to> show cause, if any they have, why said Leiteis sli >uid not bo gruuted. Given under my haud and offl .i: l signature, at office i:i Augusta, this 3LI and »y of March, 1- 6 >. DAViD L. KOATII, aprl 4w15 ordinary. teJ TATE OF GEORGIA, HICHWOND COUNTY. W lien a , James A. v, ilsun, appdes to me tor lac 11( rs of Ciuardianship for Wm. Vins< n, orpliau an.i n.inor of Daviu Vh son, cece. seu: a e, trier - ore, to cite and almohisu, ali and singular, t* o kiiidre i and frienus of saiO minor, to he and a .pear at my office, on or before the first Monday in May i txt, to tlio w* cause, it any they have, why saia jLe.iersshould noa e grunt ed. Given under my hand and official signa'ure, atofficeiu Augus.a, tills Blst cay of March, 1860 DAVID L LOATH, apr’. 4wis LrUiinuy. OTATS OF GEOKCDa, RICHMOND COUNTY, kj v\ liereas, Gor..ou Gaiidiicr applies to me Lr le ttr’ of ad miniatrLtiou de tcais i on on the restate of Thomas Gardner, jate ol tail county, dece’scu. These are therefore to cite admonish ail and singular th© ki'.drtdand creditors of taid ccce s ; d to be and appear at my * ffloe, r n or beiore the first Moi day in may next, to stow cause, if any they have, why said Lctt. r a should imt be giant eu, Given under n.y haud . nd effleiai signature, at office in Au gusta, lhisßlst cay of Ma.ch, iB6O. apt 4-vlft DAViD L. ROATII, Crdirary. EOKGIA, TALI A* EURO COUNTY— VR Whereos, G.rhett Andrews applies to me fir letters of Bummistraiion on tne estate of Robert C. Juulcin. laic of said county deceased: Th'jte are therefore, to cite uni summon?, the kindred and creditors of said deceased to appear at my efflej on or by the first MoLd.iy m May next, to £how cause if any thoy have, why Baid letters should noi be grained Given under my hand andofficiti s'gnature. this March Bist, 1566, J. D. ii Ajl .MAcK, Ordii ary. apl • 4//15 *a, TATE OF OEOR JIA, KIJHMOND COUNTY. YVlier.us Th.mas W. rhac-detorU, appli.s it rre for Letters of Ad min- titration tn the Estate of Elizabeth Fuller, late of said co.riiiy, ceceusea : M hese are, there or., to cite and admonish, all and angular the kindreu ams creditors of said deceased, to be auu appear at my t tike, on or otfore the firs* Monday in May iuxt, to show cause, if *uy they have, why said Letters should not be graut ed. Given under my band and official signature, at cilice in Augusta, this 3lst day of March, let.fi. DAVID L ROATH, aprl **os ordinary. 4*. TATE OF GEORGIA, RICBMOMD COUNTY— i 4 Wh irca a . Mary Collins applies to me for L Tiers or Ad ministration with th? wili annexe 1, on tne estate of Demis coiiins, 1 1* eof eaid county, dtc.a-ee: The e are, t here or , lo c,le a id a ’monish, all and singular, ihe k nr red and creditors of said and ceased, to be t»nJ upj e; r at mv off Le. ai or before the first Monday in May next, to show came, if any they have, why said Letters tlioull not be giant ed. Given rndfr mv hand and c ffiei-nl signature at office in Au gutt-a,thi!j 31 dry T»i April, J 866. aprlCwKi DAVID L. ROATH, Ord’y. fiSTATJS OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— Whereas, burah K. JHcO rkle Admi btrutixon tbe es tate of Elizabeth Skinner, deceaseapples ionic for Letters of Dismistion, Tneseare there r ore,to cite ard atmonish,all ard singular the kindred and creditors of said d< ceared to found appear at my office, on or before the first. Monday in / ugu‘t next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not be granted. Given under my band and official i ignature, at office in Au gusta, this sth day ot February, fet>6 26 w 9 DAVID L. P-0 2 TIL, Ord’y. NOTICE. Two months after date application will be made to i Oourt of Ordinary of Richmond county for leave to sell the real »~d pernsi al property belonging to the estate or Ltniut/ Dwelle, late ot said county, deceased. LEMUEL DWELLE. Jr., mhO Bw’3 Admin sDator. 7%totioe. ■*~ r i32 Two months application will be made to Ihe H-uorable the Oourtof Ordinary ot Richmond county for leave to sell a hou-e and let oh Walker street, in the ci'y of Augusta, belong to the estate of Charles Aufeim r, ‘ate of saiu c mnty deceased. ERNESTINE AU PERM AN. mh!4 B*rlß Administrator. EOKGfA, ELBERT COUNRY. Vlf ttxty days afier date application win be made to they Cuurt f f «udinary of Elbert county for leave to fcl the iardt/ belonging to the estate cf John R banders, late of add county deceased, TIIOM Ab MAX WEI L. feb 8 Bwß Adm’r. Georgia, greene county. Two months after date, to-wit : at the May Term, 1563, of ihe Ccuraof Ordinary of said county, app icatior, will fee made to sun (Jour., for an order to fell all the real estate of Wi liam C, Smi’h, deceased, f r the purpose ot pay mg this debt* of said deceased. 'This 19thday of February, JB6f>, LAVEMA A. bMl'i H, -d x feb2l Bwlo of Wm. <J. bmith dec’d. mroTioE All persons indebted to ihe Estate of Fr i cis 11. Cook", ;ate of Richmond C /unty, deceased, are hereby notified to to mike immediate payment ’o the undersigned; and those having claims against said Eslate ar« herel v required to pre sent tnem, duly attested within the time prescribe i by taw. apr4 6wd ANNIE K. (J- ;oKE, At.m xr. C 1 CORGI \ LINOOLNICOUNTY. To all whom irmi y con- Ccerntd Ber.jamn F. Bentley having in’ roper form applied to me. for permanent letters of fcdminißira*ion, on the « -late of of John I*t ed elate of #»i 1 county, tiffs h to cite all one! eingti lar, the cred to**.and mx* of kin, of Jehu Feide to be atd t ppear at mv office, within the tme allowed by law. ands. ow cause if any they can, wi y Permanent adminletra’i n should not be granted to F. Bent-lev on J. h:i F<ue«:r-’: ' slate, wita.si my hand anu officia 1 signature, u. F. ”AT. /M . Ordina T y. mr oTioff— Two months afterdate application will he made to the Lour ,of Ordinary of Richmond county, for leave to --1! tin* land b longing to the es.ate of Lazarus Howell. la‘e of said county.deceased. THOS, H. FI-JiER. m h2i Administrator. WILLIAM B DAVISON ) (In citv Coart or Alll , us(a , IRON STEAMBOAT CO, ) GompUint to May Teim, ’OJ. The Plaintiff in theabovecase having made affidavit that the said corporation. The Imn Steimboat Company, Dr fen cent, has no public p'ace of doing business or has no indivi dualinoffl e, upon whom h vice of wri's or prices-« can by T'erfec’ed. the na'(l dtfe'ident The Iron Steamboat C rupany ia hereby cited to be 2nd appear, in pe-son or by atto>nuy. ts. »hc next term of the City Court of Augu ta to be held iu and for said (' ity, on the f.urth Monday in May 1 ext then and ih;r to answer the Plai.itiff in an action cf complaint. Ac as in defaud cf such appearance the said Court win proceed as to justice mav appertain. Vs itrtf&athe Honorable Ichn O. Snead. Judge of paid Court, this2lst day of March, 1856. L. i- OATH, m 122 lawSw Clerk. [%J OTIC S. Ali persons indebted to the estate of William J. I bodes late of Richmond county, deceased, are h rrby no isled to make immediate payment to the underrigned; acd these hav» ing claims against said ertate are rqitred tr. pr-;s:iet them, duly attested, w.thin the time presenoea by lav/. WI Lib AM W, RHODES. JAMES W. RHODES. apß 6wir>* Executo's m KALK Hr ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in M-.y next before the Court House door m the town cf Madisr n, Mor gan county, between the u«ual hours of sale, fwen*ytliree l.undred acres of land, Ring on t' e v.aters.of Indian C»eek twelve miles fr >m the o»wn of Med,son. on the rea l leaci ->te from Gremsboroto Mont ; cello known as the] r. Ha well place, acjolt ing the lands of the est&t of Caiter Vhepterd deceased, Wml eaver p-rt aro fa ; d . a- the property cf Littleton T. P. Htrwell, for tho fjeneflt of th creditors and legatees Persons cerircus to gee t)i<i lands, can cal* on either of thj ex Terms m ide kLOwn cn the day cf sale. J. H. HARWELL,) rr J. S. FANNIN, ( Executor a, March 13th, 18-S6. Also, will be »o!d on the fire* Tuesday in May next, between the usual hour*of eaie, before the Court Ho-rs; dcor in tie town of Eatonton, Put Lam court/, the undivided interest ia six huudridacd thirty acres of Di ds, mo eor less, critbo waters of Indian Creek, adjoinirg Wm. Hearn an: ether.*: &>d J sc’U as the lends belonging to the e-tate of Lit'ift u 1. P. Harwell, deceased, fer the beneSi of the crcd * rsanU legatees. Pe-tone hea rouaof seeiDg the lands can call on J. H. Harwell, wno reeides on the lands and ia interested in the other inter* st. Terms on the day r f iale. J. s. VAmt W l ; l '’} ixeentora. Maruj ISIR, 18S6. ’ ’ mifiii 6wll