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political ;tnb Commercial. The Gold Supply. In a late number of the New Orleans Prices Current, we find an interesting summary of the receipts of gold at New York, from California, for twelve years, from 1854 to 1865 inclusive, as ascertained from the manifests and entries of the vessels on which it was transported. In ] 854, the receipts were $43,583,116; in 1855, $41,682,524; in 1856, $40,319,929; in 1857, $34,222,904; in 1858, $36,179,844; in 1859, $39,975,750; in 1860, $33,490,409; in 1861, $44,370,557; in 1862, $24,882,646; in 1863, $11,905,478; in 1864, $12,952,967; in 1865, $20,564,895, making a grand total of $384,- 080,519. But we are told that the exports of specie from this country during the last twelve years have amounted to more than $440,000,000, and the Price Current very reasonably sup poses that the receipts from California have not been altogether by water, but that much has been brought overland, and stilly more by pri vate hands, of which no proper estimate can be made, enough to swell the grand total to $550,000,000. From which deduct the amount exported, $440,000,000, and we have “sllO,- 000,000 for unrecorded expenses and for con sumption in the arts.” It will be seen that there was a considerable falling off after the year 1861, caused no doubt by fear of the Confederate cruisers, and as it is fair to infer that the production continued dur ing these years with only a slight intermission, the Price Current assumes that “the difference between the amount recorded above, for the last four years, and the returns for 1858 to 1861 inclusive, was made up by direct exports on British bottoms. This would add $80,000,000 to the amount used in the liquidation of the ad verse balance of trade.” The editor thinks that the production of gold in this country will steadily increase for many years to come, the exhaustion of some fields being more than compensated for by the pro duction from others newly discovered, or the increased yield by improved machinery. But it would be taking a very incorrect* view of the/ subject to suppose that the splendid results of the past, or the still more brilliant prospects of the future have been attained without a cor responding expenditure of labor and capital. If in developing the internal wealth of the earth, the miner could at once discover the exact locality from whence to bring forth the hidden treasure, then mining would be attended with certain results, and the miner’s labor would never be fruitless. But the reverse is too often—perhaps generally—the case. If all the labor and capital absorbed in mining could be ascertained, it would be found that it has yield ed on the whole but a moderate remuneration and by no means an extravagant rate of in terest. Errors in relation to this subject constantly appear in the speculations of writers for the press, who anticipate an early liquidation of the National debt from the gross returns of the im mense gold fields of the West and the cotton growing regions of the South. They seem to forget that from these returns they must deduct the cost, in labor, interest and rent, and that the profit alone constitutes the real addition to the nation’s v*ealth. To secure even a third of our former yield of cotton requires the expendi ture of a large amount of capital and the appli cation of a corresponding force of labor. The South has the lands, and a limited amount of the necessary agricultural implements and machinery. In addition to these it requires ready cash, for the security of which it offers to mortgage its real property, and suitable labor, for which it is willing to pay liberal wages. For the former it must depend, mainly, on foreign capitalists; for the latter, on the Freedmen’s Bureau, the action and authority of which prevents the States from controlling the laborers, whose labor is indispensable, as v ell for their own benefit, as for the general wel fare. Without labor there can be no produc tion ; and the responsibility for the future suc cess of the cotton culture, the Price Current truthfully remarks, rests on those who, from political causes, have the control of the labor ers. It is otherwise in the gold-bearing West. There the mines are worked by white labor, which requires no other controlling power than he stimulus of personal interest. Cotton Estimates, The New Orleans Price Current has received from Messrs. Neill Bros. & Cos., their circular for the fortnight ending January 15, in which they speak of the probable Cotton supply up to Ist of September next. The following para graph gives the present state of the question: In our Circular of 80th November, we showed that the receipts at all porta, from the Ist of May till date, summed up 1,000,000 bales, and we estimated the quantity remaining in the in terior at 960,000 bales. Since that date, the re ceipts have amounted to 425,000 bales, (an aver age of 60,000 weekly), making the total down to the latest dates we have from each point, 1,525,000 bales ; and leaving upon an estimate of 2,100,000 bales for the total supply, about 575,000 bales still to come forward. The fol lowing details show how the account stands to day: Before Since Total Ist Sept. Ist Sept, to date. North and South Carolina.. 25,829 64,000 89,820 Georgia and Florida 24 340 152 000 176 240 Mobile 75,300 248,000 323 000 New Orleans .198,350 365,000 563,350 Texas 19,818 93,000 112,818 Memphis, Nashville, New York, and all North, of Which—Received at New York. 72,"21 87,000 159,818 Os which—Estimated at other points 100, C00 415,958 1009,000 1,524,958 To verify the above estimate it is requisite that the receipts subsequent to the 15th of Jan uary should amount to 575,000 bales: more than 100,000 bales over the general estimate in our cotton cities. —♦» i Cast Iron Nails.—Cast iron nails are now ex tensively used, and are found to rust much less rapidly under the influe nce 0 f e atmosphere than ordinary nails, or even those made of cop per. They are used especially for making roofs for manufactories which produce gases that corrode common wrought iron. The nails, af ter being cast from very hot metal in sand moulds, are rendered malleable by being ex posed to a red heat for seventy-two hours in re fractory retorts, containing pulverized oxide of iron and sawdnst, and then allowed to cool slowly. Gold Beating. A single grain of gold may be beaten by a hammer so as to cover 75 square inches, which would leave it less than the 350,000 th part of an inch in thickness, or requiring more than million sheets of the leaf to make a pile three inches high. This would be about the 1,200 th part of the thickness of common printing paper, and is owing to the extreme tenacity of gold. A pound ot gold may be'drawn into a wire that would reach around the globe. A silver wire, coated with the thinnest wash of gold maybe drawn out to an indefinite extent without breaking the coating so much that a defect would be discovered, even with a microscope. The gold which is used for beating is very sight ly alloyed with silver and copper, unless the leaf is to be exposed to the weather, when pure gold is used. It is first melted into an ingot, long and narrow, which, on being cool ed, is passed through polished steel rollers, until it is reduced to a narrow ribbon about one 800th of an inch in thickness. It then passes into the hands of the beater. The gold ribbon is cut into pieces of an inch square, and 150 of these are placed between as many sheets of vellum, alternately, when the beater lays on with his heaviest hammer, beating the pile about an hour, first with one hand, then with another, shift ing the hammer without any pause, and very deftly turning the book over, or from side to side, hetween the blows. By this time the pieces of gold will have expanded to the size of the vellum when they are taken out and each one is cut again into four. They are again placed within sheets of vellum,- thus making a pile of 600 out of the original pieces, which are belabored for another hour or more with a hammer of less weight than the first. The faces of all the hammers are slightly convex; which causes the gold to spread. When this beating is completed, the leaves of gold are again subdivided by four, ma king 2,400 in all, and are put into three par cels of 800 each, the gold alternating with the vellum, as before, and each parcel is sub jected to another beating, more carefully ad ministered, on account of the extreme thin ness of the metal. The hammers decrease in weight as the process goes on. The beating lasts for five or six hours, at the close of which the edges of the leaves, which are quite uneven, are cut with a sharp reed, as the gold adheres to a metal knife, and the leaf, ready for use, is placed in the books in which it is sold, each leaf of gold being about three iuches square, and twen ty-five making a hoik. They are very sel dom torn or cracked. The Tobacco Crops. The crop of tobacco in the United States amounted in to 222,088,319 pounds ) in 1850 to 199,743,793 pounds; in 1860 to 428,121,000 pounds ; for 1865 it was esti mated to be 168,707,000 pounds. The crop for 1865 is not equal to half that of 1860, and does not equal the exports for 1865. Massachusetts in 1860 produced 3,233,000 pounds, and will have done the same in 1865, Connecticut in 1860, 6,000,000 pounds, same for 1865; New York, 5,764,000 pounds for 1860, and 6,000.000 for 1865 ; Penn sylvania, 3,182,000 pounds for 1860, and 3,000,000 for 1865: Maryland, 38,411,000 pounds for 1860, 20,000,000 for 1865; Virginia, 123,968,000 for 1860, and only 100,000 for 1865 : North Carolina, 32,853,- 000 iu 1860, and 100,000 for 1865 ; Tenn essee, 38,931,000 for 1860, t 20,000,000 for 1865; Kentucky, 180,102,000 pounds in 1860, and 50,006,000 for 1865 ; Ohio, 25,- 129,000 pounds in 1860, 24,000,000 for 1865 ; Arkansas, 1,000,000 in 1860,20,000 for 1865; Georgia 919,000 pounds in 1860, for 1865, 100,0U0 pounds. Missouri, in 1860, 26,435,000 pounds, in 1865, 20,000,000; Illinois, 7,014,000 in 1860, and for 1865, 8,000,000 pounds; In diana, 4,658,000 in 1860, and for 1865, 6,- 000,000 pounds; Florida, 758,000 pounds in 1860, and 600,000 for 1865; Alabama, 221,000 in 1860, and 200,000 for 1865 ; Mississippi, 128,000 in 1860, 100,000 pounds for 1865 ; Texas, 98,000 pounds iu 1860, and for 1865, 200,000 pounds: Lou isiana, in 1860, 41,000 pounds, for 1865, 50,000 pounds. It must be understood that the crop for 1865 is only an estimate. We have not men tioned small amounts raised iu tli§ other States. An “ Oliver” for a “ Howland ” The Pittsburgh Gazette warns President Johnson that Congress has the power to im peach him ! It ;s ai much to the purpoie to remind Congress that Oliver Cromwell was neither the first nor the last Executive of a nation that sent a file of soldiers to clear a hall intended for the deliberations of a representative body, when its occupants, no longer representing either the needs or wish es of the people, had degenerated into a pestilent nest of destructive demagogues! Put that in your pipe and smoke it ! The District of Columbia is not in the regions in which the President has “ declared ” mar ' tial law to be at an end!— Freeman's Jour The Freedmen’s Bill. The N. Y. “ Sun ” thus sums up the Bill which has passed the Senate and gone to the House: “ The practical effect of tjbe measure would be simply to entail a hed.vy expense upon the government—to increase the dis content of the negroes; to give the ‘planters more ground for grumbling; and to perpet uate an institutino that has, taking every thing into consideration, proved itself a na tional nuisance.” SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. MACON WHOLESALE MARKET. Office Daily Evening Mirbob, ) Macon, Feb. 7,1866. S Cotton.— The market has been very quiet during the week under review. The offering stocks ofdesira ble Cotton are very small, and there is not much in quiry for the poorer grades. We have no change to report in prices, but it is proper **o remark that under the influence of recei t unfavorable advic s from the North, the market is rather unsettled, and nothing but a choice lot of strict good middling would bring the extreme figures given Our quotations are for Mid dling to strict Good Middling, 3 @3B cents. Bacon. — The market H almost bare, and we report a poor demand. Prices remain about the same as last week, viz: Ribbed Sides 23c, Clear Sides 21c, Hams 24c Shoulders 20c; Hog round 22e, Bard.. —The supply is about equal to the demand, which is limited to small orders. Prices are a shade low er, and we now quote Prime Leaf in tierces at 23e; in kegs 24c. Flour. —The stock remains ample, with a fair de, maud, at unchanged prices—Superfine Sl2 50@$!3 00; Extra sl3 00@$!5 00; Extra Family SLS 00@£16 00—as to quality. Corn.— We report a iimiied demand, with an ample stock. Prices are unchanged —in large lots $1 50; in smaller job lots $1 65; at retail $1 75. Corn Meal. —Stocks continue equal to the demand, prices unchanged, viz: $1 75@52 00 —according to quan tity. Rice.— ln small supply, and nothing doing except tn a retail way. We quote Coast 2oc, Country 12@15c. Coffee.— Rio is in ample supply, and there is a good demand at uuchanged rates, viz : 36@37c. There is but little Java on the market, and we quote 55c. Rio retails at 45 and Java at 65c. Salt. —Prices are slightly easier. We now quote Liv erpool In sacks at $4 50—by the ft 3@3;-c. Virginia, in barrels, of 7 bushels. £9 50. Sugar and Molasses. —The market conttnues well supplie I with Sugars. which are in fair demand, at un changed prices. C 6 and » Sugars, 22@25e ; Crushed and Powdered 27@23; Porto Rico 20@21e. Sorghum Syrup we quote at 50c; Country Cane 75c. But little demand except in a retail way. Fish.—Mackerel are in good supply, and prices re mais the same as last week, viz : No. t in kits, $4 50 ; No 2 $4 25; in I bids.. No 2, ,«8; No. 3. $7 50; in i bids., 'No. 1, £l6 50; No. 2, sls oC@£l6 00; No. 3, £l4 50 ; in bbls. No. 8 $25 DO. Candles. —Supply ample. We quote Siar3oc ; Ada mantine 32e Butter and Cheese.— We quote Northern Butter at6t‘@!)s’; Country 45@50c. No demand except in a small way The sock of Cheese is light, with a fairde; mand, and prices unchanged. New England Dairy 32c . Western Reserve 2~c ; Hamburg 29c. Potatoes.— The stock of Irish ota/oes on the mar ket continues light, with an increased demand for plant ing, under the influence of which prices are stiffer, and we nowquoie£9 bill. Nalls. -In fair supply. We quote, by the keg, 4d to 121. 12fc; 10dtol2d, 12£c Iron.—Swedes, 1 to 2J inches, 10@12ic; stock large 4to 12 inches, 15c., very scarce, stock not equal to de mand. Plough Steel 4to 12 inches, in scant supply, 15@ 16c. Axes very scarce. $25 $ dozen. Tiaee Chains s2@ £2 5(1 $ pair; very scarce. Shot. —We quote Drop at £5 50; Buck $6. Teas. —The market continues well supplied, at un changed prices and wiih only a limited demand. We quote Black, in 6 ft 10 10 B> cans, £1 50 ; Green, in same sized packages, $1 75 Paints and Oils.—We quote Lin«eed $2 50 per gallon; tanner $2 50; W >ite l*-ad £22 per cwt; Glass —8 by 10, $8 50 per b>x; 10 by 12, £9 50; 12 by 16 $11; 12 by 18, £l2; It by 15, $lO 50; 25 by 35, $25. Putty, 20c. per pound. Liquors.— We quote Whisky,rectified corn, £3 @ $3 50 per gat loo; Rye. $4 50 @ £7. Hennessy Brandy, £9 to £l2; Gin, $3 ; Rum. $3 50; American Brandy, $4 to $4 50 per gallonv-W'olPs Schiedam Schnapps, per case ®l7 for quartiWl9 for pints; Port Wine, $3 75 to $6; Mad< ira £B. 8 oolc equal to demand. Bagging and Rope.— Ws quote Gunny at 40c; Kentucky at 38@40; Rich rdsmi’s green leaf Rope 23 cents. St Louis 22c Stock moderate Tobacco.— Common 40 to 60c.; Medium 60 to £ 25; Prime £1 50 to £175 Smoking 40 to $l3O. Demand for comm n to medium very heavy. Miscellaneous. —Con. entiaied Potash,£2o ftcase Concentiatid Lye £lB, Lump Potash S2O, small pack ages, cask sls@l i. Soda, keg. sl7 ;in one-, p mnd pa pers. S2O. Pa'm Soap, si7. Ponder, keg, £>7; quarter keg. $5. Soda and Rutter Bisoui s. hdf barr-1,19® ’oc lb. Pepper and Spice, •ft ft Ging r, 40c. Oys. .ter*, two pound cans, $7.00 p r and zn; Chsters, in pound can s£4 25, (an Frui , |B,OO per dozen. Pick les—pints £5 per dozen; quarts, £7.5 ; halfga lons, $lO. Sta ch 15@ 6c Financial.—ln consequence of the large amount o exchange ou*New York, which has been on ihe inarke for some week - past, imd the difficulty of effeeling sales exci pt at a discount, a good many parties have preferred lo bring out the money, and the. resu t has been to render the market easier than at our last report. Our city Bro kers report a fair inquiry for exchange on New York, and we quote sight, in sums to suit purchasers, at par. There is a fa‘r inquiry for some, descriptions oi bonds., and we quote — m South Wes-tern Railroad... 95 and int. Old Georgia 6's— 80@S21 City of Macon fcs@Do STOCKS. South Western Railroad SO @?5 Macon t Brunswick Railroad ... B~s@4o There is no demand for Gold, and we have no change to report, and only a limited demand for Silver. We quote the former at 3~@40 premium, the latter at .‘iO@4'J pre mium f The following are the quotations of our principal Bro kers for Bank Notes: GEORGIA BAN(IS. Central Railroad Bank Georgia R. ilroad Bank 5* Marine Bank. (Savannah.) JjJ Bank of Middle Georgia, .'® Bank of Savannah .... 35 Bank of Commerce, (Savannah,) *® Planters’ Bank. (Savannah.) Merchants' and Planters' Bank (Savannah,) 10 Farmers'and Mechanics' bank. (Savannah ) *.. 10 Timber Cuitrrs Bank ® Bank of Athens "® Bank of Fulton ... *0 Bank of Columbus J® Bank of Augusta.. ..... “® Augusia Insurance and Banking Company 10 City Bank of Augusta *® Mechanics' Bank *® Union Bank o! Augusta - *® Bunk State of Georgia ... .. 20 SOUTH CAROLINA BANKS. Bank of Camden j® Bank of,Chester...,: j® Bank of H j® Bank state of South Carolina |® Bank of South Carolina * j® Kxchauge Ba j® Farmers’ and Kxchauge Bank j® People’s Bank ■" Planteis’ Bank (Fairfield) f® Planters’ • ml Mechanics’ bank J* Stute Bank , *® Union bunk of South Carolina ■’ South Western Railroad bank *®' ALABAMA BANKS. F,astern Bank of Alabama £® Central Bank of Alaldnna Commercial Bank of Alabama J? Southern Bank of Alanuina Jt". Bank of Mobile * ■N'orihem Bank of Alabama ... ••• • ■’ Bulk of Mouigomery ..., ’® Bank of 5e1ina........,'.... ••••• z ® ...» u * Mobile Markets. Mobile, Feb. 2. —Sabs ot colon io day .1,500 bales, at 45@40 cents Sties of the week 8,550 balps ; exports, 1G 002 bales; stool , 8,183 bales Gold 142 AUGUSTA PRICE CURRENT, Reported and Corrected for the week ending Feb, 8, by W. H. Potter a Cos., Commission Merchants, 181 Broad Street. Country Produce — Bacon—Shoulders ft 17....@....16c. *• Sides ft 28 “ Hams... sft 24 Lard ft 22....®....24c. Corn..at the wharf. $ Bush.. 1 70c. Corn..from store 90 .. @..2 00.. Corn Meal Bush...2 00. Fodder ft 100 ft...3 00 Butter 1* ft ...40.. @....45c. Sugar—Light Brown $• ft ..... 19 @ .... 20c. Sugar—AßAC ft 22. ...@. ...28c. Sugar—Powd’d & ft. .23 ...@ .. 24c. Coffee—Rio sft Sft...,® .26c. Coffee —Java ft 50... @....60c. Other Goods—Stocks ample, with downward tendency. Cotton. —Early in the week, under influence, of unfavor able news from Liverpool, the market was dull at the following quotations: Low Middling to Midd ing 86....®.. ..00c. Middling 33. ...@ 00c. Strict Middling 40... @... 00c. Good Middling 41..;.@....00c. As the week advanced, prices stiffened and closed as follows: Middling 40... @. ...00c. Strict Middling.. 41....®....00c. Good Middling .42....®., 00c. Wiih fair demand at these rates. Railroad connection with Savannah was completed’on the Ist instant. Freight by River $1 50 brie, to Savannah, “ “ Railroad $2 50 bale “ New York Markets. New York, Feb. 2. —Cotton market dull. Sales to-day 1,000 bales at 48@49c. Gold I4of. ftefo Aiikttiscmcnfs, LaGrange Female College, LaGRANGE, GEORGIA. rriHE EXERCISES OF THIS INSTI | tution were resumed on Ist of February. 1866, un der the au-pice- o' R* v. J. K Armstrong. late Princi pal of Mario Female Semina y. Marion, Ala. He will be assisted by Mrs. Wright in the Literary Department, and by C. Doneburg in the Department of Music and Modern Languages. The Principal with his family, will reside in the Col lege, and will be prepared to accommodate a number of boarders in his family. RATES OF BOARD AND TUITION: Board per mon h $25 00 Tuition in Preparitory Depar'ment, 6 months... 20 00 Tu'tion i" Collegiate Department, 6 months..... TO 00 Tuition in Musio 30 CO Incidental Fee. 3 00 B ard must be paid in advance and half the Tuition payable in advance —the ot er at the close of the term Previsions will be taken at market valu“ in payment of all Co'lege debts. J K. ARMSTRONG, feb9—tf Principal. Oglethorpe University. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF Trustees, the exercises of this Institution have b eu resumed. In addi ion to the regular Collegiate course, an Aca demical and Preparatory Department will also be con ducted ty the l-aculty, in wliion will be, afforded in struction in Book-keeping French, and a 1 the other bia ches of a thorough business education. In the Scientific De ,'«rtment. special p-ominence wt 1 be given to Agricultural Chemistry (with analysis and improvement of soils), Geology a id Mineralogy, as connected with practical Mining and Engineering. Instruction will also be given in M litary Tactic*. The Astronomical, Chemical and Philosophical Appa ratus is very complete. EXPEN3 S, Tuition per term of five months. S3O 00 800 K-keep ng Engineering, and Modern Lan guages, additional charge .... 8 00 Boarding. Washing, a id Room Rent, per month 25 00 Those who prefer it. can have everything furnished (except Tuition} fur $l5O per term, half in advance. Origip tl owners of cholarsbips pay no Tuition fees in the Collegiate D partment. Wounded so’diers and the sons of soldiers wounded or ki'led in the way pay no Tuition. The Instructors in the several be. R. v. R. C. Smith, of Alabama; Rev Paul C. Morton, of Virg’nia; Rev. R. H. Ramsay, late Rector of Midway Academy. tor further particulars, address Prof. R. C. Smith, Milledgevi le, Ga. feb9—2w NATIONAL Leg and Am Company, MADISON, GEORGIA. Commissioned by the Surgeon General in his "•Circular Order,” May, 13 th, 1865. THEARTIFI IAL LEGS AND ARMS, (Vren’a Pat ent) manufactured by this Company recommend themselves for the r Lightness. Simplicity, Durability, and Usefulne s Artifici and Legs and Arms 'an be seen rt all turn s at the room of the Company, in Town Hall Bui ding. W'e request examination to ffrove the following: The sunjeet whose stump is one or more inches in lerwh. and contains a hea thy degree of force and rigidity, can, with his arm, r use the artificial hand to his mouth, forehead, or even to the top, or back of his h ad by securing a knife, fork, pen, nail brush, or other implement, into the part of the baud prepared for it he can cut his food And carry it to his mouth, write with respectable clearness. wash the remaking hand, play on the violin, ho'd the reins in driving etc..etc. Our W n kmen are the most skilled from the Com pany at New York. Call and examine for yourselves. All letters will receive p ompt attention. Address, DANNEI,LY, MARSHALL & CO. Feb2tf. Madi on, Ga. James River Insurance Company, IIOWARDSVILLE, YA. Chartered Capital, : $1,500,000. Has ample Assets; deals Liberally; pays Promptly ; asks Patronage ; and wants Agents Everywhere ! For Insurance, or reference, apply to W. BURKE, Agent, Macon, Ga. ■®3“See below, to which others could be added : W> have rec ived payment, in full .n liquidation of losses w • sustained by fire in April, 1865, on which we had in-urance in the -‘James River Insurance Com pany”; t ie same was pud immediately upon our for warding the papers to the office at Howardsvill - 1 , Va., and the Company (without our so suggesting) voluntarily added full interest to date This promptness and lib erality di serves patronage. BURKE, BOYKIN & CO., J. W. BURKE, Age nt Methodist Book Depository. Macon. Georgia. feb2— 6t 'lVlegraph and Journal & Messenger copy one we* k and seud bills to this office. National Bank of Augusta, AUGUSTA, GA. Capital, - - $500,000. W. B DINSMORE. Pres’t; B. H. WARREN Vice Pres’t ; GEO. M. THEW, Cashier. ‘’flections made and promptly remitted, ja .17j-tf WANTED. A No. 1 Book Binder. Good wages for a first class H o kman. Apply to Jan 13—ts. J W. BURKE & CO. The Augusta Constitutionalist , Charles ton News and Savannah Advertiser, will publish t wice and send bi.ls to this office. DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CON FERENCE. The time for making the collection to de fray the expenses of delegates to the Gene ral Conference is drawing near. The service being for the church, there can be no doubt that the church is willing to pay the money, if the opportunity be presented. It is not probable that any charge will feel able to give much for this purpose. It is, therefore, the more necessary that the col lection be general. We mention it thus early to give opportunity to the preachers to give notice of the collection, in all their congregations. 4 W To thb Preachers or the Montgomery Conference: The Minutes are in press, and ought to be out in ten days. O wing to want of mail facil ities, I will send then* to the P. E’s. by Ex'! press, Wagon and River as follows : For Gadsden District, to Blue Mountain or Jacksonville For Talladega District, to Talladega, care of R. B Crawford. For Jacksonville District, to Jacksonville, Ala For Wetumpka District, left with Dr. Mc- Tyeire. Fjr Orion District, to Orion and Greenville. For Camden District, to Camden. For Mariana District, to Mariana. For Eufaula District, to Eufaula and Enon. For Montgomery Distr ct, to various Post Offices and R R Station?. There may be exceptions to this rule—ls any Preachers desire a different arrangement they wril notify Dr. McTyeire or myself at once forward postage, two cents per copy. Postage already in hand will be accounted for at next Conference. B. B. Ross. NOKMAN W. SMITH. D. P BINGLEY. SMITH A BIIVGLEY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. No. 7 Barclay Street, New York. Particular Attention given to the purchase of all arti cles m quantities to suit purchasers. Jan s—3m*. R. W T . Tuck. I. G Davis. A. P. Tuck. TUCK, ©AVIS & CO., GROCERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 322 MAIN ST., - LOUISVILLE, KY., Agents for several of the most Celebrated Brands of Flour. Jail 6 lOwf ©. B. GRAY, "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in all kinds of INDIA RUBBER GOODS, No. 201 Broadway, New York, MkJd'e of the Block between Fulton and Dry 6U. Jan s—3tu*. STATIONARY And Portable Steam Engines, SAW MILLS, COTTON GINS, HOISTING AND PUMPING MACHINES, WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, SUGAR MILLS. GRIST MILLS, PLANING MACHINES, MORTISING AND TENONING MACHINES, • SASH AND MOULDING MACHINE!, LATHS. PLANERS, DRILLS, Bolts, Cutters, Ac. CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS, COTTON AND HAY PRESSES, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING. Supplies of all kinds. Send for a Circular. COMSTOCK & KINSEY, Jan s—9w No. 154 Bay St. Savannah, Ga. DAVENPORT FEMALE COLLEGE. LENOIR. CALDWELL COUNTY, N. C. * THE exercises of this Institution will be resumed on MONDAY, the 26th of February, 1866, with a full corps of instructors. This institution ig d-lightfujly situaied at Lenoir, tw. lve miles from Icard’s Station on the Western Extension, TERMS: * Board for twenty weeks SSO 00 Tuition in Eng ish branches 20 0 » Music and uso of Piano 22 50 Drawing 8 00 Painting in Oil 20 00 Latin, Greek, French and German, each 5 00 PRIMARY DEPARTMENT: Tuition in First Class sl2 50 Tuition in Second Class 15 00 Contingent fee, to be paid by each student on tmeriug the College 2 00 For circular, address until Ist of February, Rev. J. R. GRIFFITH, Ansonville, N. C. P. S.—All of the abovj prices are to be paid in specie or its equivalent. feb2-swf NEW LIST OF QUESTION BOOKS AV© TEXT BOOKS, FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL BIBLE CLASSES AND FAMILIES. CALVARY CATECHISMS Price 75ct«. per doa. WOOD’S CATECHISM ON CHRIST’S SERMON ON THE MOUNT, 60 c's. per do*. INFANT TEACHER’S MANUAL, PARTS 1,2, 3, an 4. Price, $1.25 per doa. FARR’S JNFAN I”S MANUAL, price 75 cts per doa. THE EXPLANATORY QUESTION BOOK. WithAn nalytical and Expository Notes, and an Introduction by Rev, Dr. Kirk. Price, *2,50 per doa. the youth’3 scripture: QUESTION BOOK ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. Adapted to Youth of both sexes, from ten to fifteen years of age. Price, $2,26 per doz THE CHILD’S ILLUSTRATED SCRIPTURE QUES TION BOOK. Containing forty-five lessons, with a n wai and beautiful engraving for each lesson. Price H 52,75 per doz. LESSONS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. By a Bible Class Teacher, and an Introduction by Rev. AL. Stone. A w >rk of great practical excel lence and unusual abi.ity Price $2,25 per doa. FAIT* AND WORKS HARMONIZED. Anew Ques tion Book on Ephesians and James. By the author of Bible Scholai’ri.Manual. Price $2,25 per doa. A NEW QUESTION BOOK ON THE EPIST E TO THE RO AisS. By the author of Lessons on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Price $2,25 per do*. A CHRISTIAN CATECHISM. Containing Popular Ex position of the Lord’s Prayer, Apostles’ Creed, and Ten Commandments. With Scripture Proofs. 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