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In th-.; House, on the 3l)th^ the Committee on Foreign Affairs were iirstrueted io inquire into th? expediency of Congressional decla ration that-natufatizition exempts from mili tary satvicc to a native Government. ii.-. Stevens introduced a school bill for thc District-Congres.' to pay one-third of th?' expense r no one ta vole who neglects send ing thei>children cr wards to the scbool. The bill regalttting Indian affairs elicited a lom; debate?. . Tue Committee on Printing were instructed to inquire by what authority the Government advertisements were published in the Wash ington Republican. In the Senate, the credentials, of Johr. A. Winston, Senator from Alabama were tabled. The Nebraska veto was ?ad and ordered to be printed and laid on .the table? A special despatch says it M noticeable that the dominant party is brsaking into cliques-a pQXv.on of it daily becoming more intimate with the Pie>'dent. The Impeachment Committee of the South ern Republican Association has prepared a partial list of witnesses on the impeachment cases, and will soon suggest their programme of in'i-estig-.ting the charges. A special despatch says the Kans** Legis lature will undoubtedly strike the word .f white" from the franchise laws. On the 31st, in the Senate, the Committee. on Claims was directed to inquire into the -xpediency of paying East Tennessee loyal ists war losse?, a* recommended by General Burnside-.' commi*t?i'jn. The President w.?s called on for the corres pondence between Mr. Seward and foreign Mititeter-i relative to the policy ioward tho lately rebellious States. Tue Ways and Means Committee agreed to abolish the tax on newspaper adverti.?eiiien*t<. The Portugese Vice Ooustii, De Polraa, of Augusta petitions the Senate for thirty tw.i thousand, taken-by Sherman's army at Wit:n< boro, North Carolina. Ile complains of fruit lea? ajtplic-ations at the Slate Department. Tkfi Reconstruction Committee 1? maturing a bill which is understood us containing a provis-) trndocing the recognition of the Southern Stute* ?ii States by thc Supreme Court nugatory until the States ace recon structed. In thc.House, the bill tranter: inc Indian Altair* to the War Department, with au amendment allowing Indians the same rights and privileges allowed.negroes, was rejected. The bill was adopted-70 to 73. General Cu.?tis Lee has declined the.Presi dency of the Maryland Agricultural College. A reedution introduced in lh<* Penn sylvania Legislature laudatory ol the Presi dent's pcrsis'.eut opposition to disunioniats of ?ll classes, and the judicious exercise of thc veto power vested in him. was indefinitely* postponed by a strict party vote-51 to 33. ? The conservatives are earnestly and bope # fully at work in Washington. Statements, telegraphed North of a basis of compromise in pi ogress arc merely speculations. Gen. Gillein's (Missivnppi) Bureau report for December says the demand for labor in daces negro immigration; wages $10 to 15 per month, with ratiot.s, quarters and'roedi ciues. There veut 7,000 rations issued during the month. The prohibition of fire arms by those ownirj<_- reul estate is a fruitful source of dissatisfaction to the freedmen. Ou the 1st in>t., in the Senate, the Tarifl Bill was parsed 27 to 10. It goes back to the House for concurrence in amendments. A bill, directing the Clerk of the Senate to place on the roll of the next Congress only thewe States represented now, was passed by a vote of 31 to C. Several Senators pushed their favorite bills, but all gave way and the Bankrupt Bril wa* re-mmed ; but without any actiou the Senate adjourned-. in the House, the Committee on Ways and Means was instructed to inquire into the ex pediency of the destruction of confiscated .?tilU and selling the same as old copper. The National Banks are working to defeat the bill for retiring their uotes. The transfer of ihe Indian Bureau to the War Department originated with Colonel Parker, au Indian member of Genera! Grant's .staff. Jay Cook, of Pennsylvania, Gov. Smyth, of New Hampshire, Tho*. B. H?ge and John W. Ellin, of Ohio, E. G. Noyes, of Indiana, and' other prominent bankers and business men, had a consultation with the Comptroller and Secretary of the Treasury, and had an interview with the Senate Financo Committee. All agreed on a bill retiring compound inter est notes - by cm issue to national banks ol temporary loan certitiiaies, bearing four per cent., payable in lawful money on demand. Thia temporary loan dball not exceed a han . dred million. On the 2d inst., t!ie President communica ted a message ruiative to tho appointment of person-1' rejected by the Serrate ; which was ordered to be printed and laid on the table. The Adams Express Company presented a .petition for the re-issne of legal tenders burn ed tu their hands. The Baokrup' Bill iras resumed. 'The Two Tho ..ind Homestead Exemption Bill was elabora tely discussed and rejected. Pending the argument on the House amend ment, ineludir.g Cabinet officers in the Ten ure of Office Bill. Phillip Johnson's death was announced. After the usual ceremonies, ihe Senate adjourned. Ia the HCUM, Tenure of Office Bill was taken up. The ah.?adineni to include Cabi net officers was adopted-.82 to G3and the Bill pastad-111 to 38. The Bill extending Kcrew head patents was tallied-7-1- toC2. The Bill paying Kentucky militia call to protect Cumberland Gap, was psaaed. The House aojo jrn-.fi in respect of Phillip Johnson. The Impeachment feeling seems gaining ground. The Chronicle has a double leader leader urging it. The Kansas Legislature passed concurrent resolotions, with only four dh-aenting votes, urging Tfrritorialization. .Thc citizens of Atlanta, Ga., have resolved te invite Hon, Horace? Greeley. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Hon. C. h. Vallandigbam to lecture in that city-the proceeds of the lectures to be divided among the poor of thc city, after paying the expenses of the lecturer!. Judge Perkins, of Columba?. Mississippi, died recently, in the eighty-sixth year of his un. He was liberal in his contribution to c-Utfltfe?. lio gave not ICM than $?0,000, or which SHtfl h?? placed $00,000 in the hands of tho directora of the Theological Seminary jit Columbia, South Carol IDA. ?yhen Governor Andrew sent the Massa tehusesttf girl? to the Pacific coast to supply thc waot of femininity in that regior, he said. ?hat they oead not marry immediately, bot toould find plenty io do in teaching the little children. ADna Dickfoson .? can't aoe it." j She asys.: M Where the litt?epJjildTen were to. C^me ?firoui, out of a population of 10,000 zaeot ft'** nance than che could imagine ? bat she thotxght that probably Gov. Andrew, be log a man* might bs abie to tia ?>." fjf Fear hundred colorad voWs ^twt^pn feg?tered ia Georgetown, Ifc, C., nearly as ffany ta there are of white voters. .A negro has been paffiliated ?*or C%uoilan io timi. city. A Ramble Among Lhe Leading Bnsin Houses of Augusta. In resuming our ramble among lhe bush men of thc city our attention was callee the busy stirring appearance of ?he s' about midway between Jackson and Campt on Broad' street, sou .o. side- Upon, enter we lound thut the interior of-the building1 literally alive with tho buzwaod whir of m VO?CFS, all engaged in examining ?nd pr ing the various article? on exhibition and ?ale. Although from tbepilesof goods wi ive saw packed up on the sidewalk, mar and ready-fur shipment to different points, had expected to find the interior thron and animated, we con.'ess that we were prepared to find such strong evidence of 1 ly trade as Was presented in the different,] tiona of thc main salea room. This thriving and wcll-couducted busir ii carried on by J. Al. CL AUK ?.SON'S, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEK.S IS CK(? KIES, MSE LIQUORS, PROVISIONS A NJ) KAM Sti?ri.It3, NO.-TS'IIROAD STREET. The senior member of this firm has b -rn business m this State and South Caro! for nearly thirty ycar?, .lhe*?reatoc portioi which has been speut in this city in thc C cc?y trade. As a merchant of expsriei enterprise and energy,'he stands in the fi rank of the business tufen of Augusta. Cr teons and polite in his deportment-alw anxious to p?ense hi-? pVrQns-he has becc a great favorite with country merchants i planter*. However pressed willi busine??, has at all tfmes a plcneant smile and frier word for those wi.-- call to examine his st . rmako purchases: Thoroughly con ver? with all thc detaMkW the Grocery busin he is enabled to make his purchases at si '?mes and iu such quantities a3 to have band the class and styles of goods which want3 of the country demand. Amos K. and John W. Clark the juc members of th? house, and thc sons of seni?r, arc both young men of fine cbarar and good business habits. Both were in 'Southern army-the first heine a member thc Clinch Rifles, in the fifth" Georgia re ment, commanded at the beginning of war by the lamented General J. K. Jacks and the latter served in Cobb's legion, was up-to the time ot General Cobb's dea on duty about his headquarter?, and won fr that Christian patriot and gallant soldier, warmest testimonials of his confidence s approval. AL the close of the war, entering into i partnership with their father, and taking, they did, almost the entire control of the I sines?, they have auccee<3ed iu extahlishing the house a larpa and lucrative business. r.n indication of the character they bore in I army, wc mention the fact that almost da someone cr more of their old comrades ?Arms send them orders to fill, relying entin upon their known purity and probity of ch actor to protect them from the possibility lo?a or unfair .dealing. This house keeps a large and well select ?.tock of leading groceries, which they offer reasonable prices, lu connection with tin Grocery trade they carry ou a Urge milli business, having purchased and refitted t excellent Merchant Mills in thia cii v funnel known a< tho Carmichael Mills. Here th . manufacture the very best ?family flour, large quantities, which they furnish to thc customers at the very lowest rates. We lea.a that they grind, weekly;, abo ouc thousaud bushels ot corn and about fi hundred bushels of whu-at. With this week supply of fresh-ground flour and meal th are always ready to furnish their custome with the very Lo.t article, sweet and fre from the milla. Merchant and planter.? visiting thc ci ' should give the house of J. M- Clark ? So a call before making their purchases. V will insure them a pleasant reception aud f: dea'ing. _ ^_ A Friti-b View of thc Cotton Trad Our readers may take, for what they m think them worth, the following statctnen of thc London Telegraph, in reference to tl supply of cjtton that may be expected fro the places of growth for tho present year, is thc English manufacturer's side of tl question ; but even viewed in that light may be well to be informed in reference the opinion held by certain partim, whose ii terest it is lo got cheap cotton. Its ?pecul tions in reference to the size-of the pre^ei crop in this country* will, in all probabilit turn out immeniely too high. The most careful estimate we have Bec ' gives the new supply available for "Brit:? , u.;c up to the 30th June next from aH sourct as 2,087,500 bales, and thc demand for CQI sump:ion a?d export during the same perle as 1,716,000 bales, leaving as a probab! stock, at the above date, a total of 888,27 bales, including that now Ou hand. Ver few of thc calculations, however, take Ie? i than 2,000,000 bales as the American crop < thc present year. Wo believe it to be cap? ble ol d?monstration thal every est?mate . that crop for tho last 20 years bas proved t fail ?hort of the ultimate rOHtrlt. At the clo? of the war the quantity which it was thougb might be received at the American port was set down by some at 1,250,000 balen, au the extreme limit of tho-ino?t sanguine wa 2,000,000, whereas the quanti'y actually re Ci-ivcd was 2,055,000 bahs. We haro n doubt a similar result will ill low in the pres tut instance. The report of the Indian cot to i c?op is also favorable, and it is now ad mined to bc quite equal to that tf last year while oredit is given to the indian Govern ment for its exertions to improve the qualit; of the staple. Of the Egyptian crop it is sta ted that the supply available will be quit? equal to 1805, when wc received 411,001 bales from that quarter alone. What is ever more important is that the present crop is s. superior in cok r, staple and cleanliness ti the preceding one, that there will be an econ orny in the working to the extent of 15 pei cent. We may also point ont that thc im portation of cotton into Great Britain las! ' year exceeded that of 18G0, the previous lar gest year of import, by 400,000 bale.?:, aud thc home consumption hus reached about tht sa mc'amount as then in bales, though -on I j about 80 per cent, in weight. On the 28tL of December, 18'JO, tho prices were : Fail Dhollerah, 5jd; Western, 4|d.; Middling Or leans, 7d. On thc 28th of December, i860, they were: Fair Dhollerah, 12Jd; Western, lljd ; Middling Orleans, 15jd. .lt is perfectly plain from these figure.", and from what we know of the coming sup plies that, unless the markets of tho world are so hara of manufactured goods M to give at XII carly day a great stimulus to Lancashire industry, the price of cottqn must fall con siderably before it can be sai i to have repli ed its natural level. But the truth is, that we have gone on exporting more.than ever, and many foreign, marketa arc glutted ; ao . that a yiolcnt reaction in the price of the raw material ?3 a possHjili'-y to be always ke(5t ia view, as soon as arrivals begin to tell on stocEs. -?i? ? , . , i Wny THE IMPEACHMENT wrr.i. FALL.-Cap ital is proverbially timid at all times, and it may reasonably be pardoned for being . unu sually fidgetty about van event which, if-con sumrnsted, or even seriously attempted, would uosettl? values and depreciate G over a ment securities tc an extent that would go far to . wsrd reminding the country of the war times three years ago. There ?re many who sneer at tho idea of the removed pf Johnson by tho legal process of impeachment impairing rho value of Government bonds, or increasing the premium on gold. 1 Tbcif stoicism would bo more reasonable if they could explain, upon some other bypothc si? then th?t they so loftily deride. Why the other day gold jumped three per cent., when in fact, as to inrcrnational affairs, everything was transcendantly lovely, and the arinerine bird hung sospended at a very encouraging elevation. But upon rigid inquiry it was dis covered that a gentleman by the name of James B. Steadman, of Toledo, Ohio, had made his appearance on Wall street that morning and expressed the conviction that a serions attempt was about to be made to im peach the President, and upon his mere opin ion gold bad gone up three per cent. New york stock and gold brokers attach 80 much importance to the matter that many ! pf tho leading-firms haye sen^ agents to Wash j (too io keep them supplied jrtfh earty and re liable information as to the progress made in ; I t^i?lwtc^p?Or t?jretyhiwiit?.n wryfoolkfl I ? >iecc ?fbu-Mness, for the kind of men general y sent upon such errands by the money king-, ci?6w very little of politics, and less of the ?sy to <ret at the truth of what rumors they ji-ar floating around.-Cincinnati Commer I HE ADVERTISER. - . JAME? T. BACON, EDITOR. WEDNKSDAY, FEB. ft,1* 18C7. An Offering of Fish-ttud Fluids. Mr. JACKSO-? COVAH, who "keeps a very popular Saloon not a tbouiand steps fruin the Adrertiur O fice, $tbdt us a most liberally-devised treat of Iriiih Whiikey, Jamaica Bum, and Pickled Fish. A.i for tl e Fwh, we know not bj what names tb call them ; hut they are tho cleanest and whitest ard soundest and-.freshest we ?Ter saw. And' more of the same Burt are to-be had at the said Si doon. To praise, the quality of the Fluids would b< to X gild refined gold." And, -as in the caio of the Fi.h, more or the samo sort ein be had by application at the bar of friend Corio. " Goud Alorroiv, 'Tiw.taint Valentine's Day.?* This 1/ the t<rtati'-n with which we may greet ber friend)., especially our sweethearts, on next Thursday week. Not by word of mouth however. Oh no ! that would he horribly cheap and ungal lait. But by means of ano of Quixx's lovely Y?lenfines. Or if yon ?lo not wish a lovely ?ne or an amorous one, you can ehooie a comical dr a <|ui-*ical one- One sort or another voa muit have. And Qouxa-Broad Street, Augusta-between th) Augusta Hotel and tbe Constitutionalist Offive -is the place par oxcollenct to get them. All sorts has Qin.xx^-from rsa! werkt of art down to lit.le penuy affairs. And Qcisx hat on hand, at us tal, all the latest Novels, Magazines, Periodi cal t, Uluttrated and Comic Papers-and wc might add a string of So-Forths aa long as the Atlantic Cable. 'E5?*By request, we direct attention to the no tics of Mrs. BETTIE S. ADAMS, Adm's, cn the Estate of JAI. S. ADAMS, dee'd. Thote indebted to that Estate will no doubt do well to take warn ing, and pay up soon. More Failures. '.'he Col-imbia mail due hereon Thursday night la?; wat a total failure, and thc. tame mail due en Saturday night did not reach here untii Sunday evening. Whip up, Mr. Snout,-and lat's have a littlemore punetuality. The P. 0. Department gen erally establishes a .?ehedulo by which to run. If j there is such an arrangement oa the Columbia Bo ite wa would be pleased tn have it triad a ?rh ile, as -re are satined our postal Jnirt on that line r-oi.l-l be must woiiderfullj benefitttd theraby. The Weekly Couatitutlonaliit. SVAICXT?X?A Co., the universally well kuown Proprietors and Publishers of the universally well k.u( wa and admired Augusta Conntitutiunalirt, advertiie, iu another column. MA Family Paper! Th? Weekly Cannitaiionalltt." At ii th* Cou*t% tmi mnliit hi Its Daily and Tri-Weekly form?, emphatically all that could bs desired in any and every reipsrt, so ii it iu it? Weekly form. Con ?Un ir. g thc present irregularity and uncertainty o? nails, it would not be au uuwiie thing for peo ple living far in the country, to -place their de pendence kimon: entirely upon weekly papsrs. Mexican Affairs. M exican affairs are as usual in a puszling con dition. The iat<rst news from Mexico is that Orte ga hal been captured hy Ju ares. This Ortega is Child' Justice of tb? Mexican Bepublic, and, the teru: of Juarez baring long tinee expired, claims to bs *x oficio President by the providions of the Con ititutioo. . Thci-o men are tb? leaders of the two wiui?s of the so-called niberal Party; and, acv jrdir-g to the latest news, the better man of the two bas been betrayed and captured. For it it said thatOrtega wat betrayed ly chiefs who pre tendsd to ospouse his eaute. The difference of j principle between Juarez and Ortega seems to be thii tatt tho former pleads necessity for bia vig orou< imposition of forced loans and extraordina ry contributions, and for tho conBteation of all propurty of Imperialiits ur adherent! of Maxi milian, as his only means of obtaining supplier : whilo Ortega is iu favor of amneity and oblivion .ef tbe patt. The Cabinet at Washington recog nize Juarez as Resident of the Mexiean Republic, latte mtantlme Maximilian is in tho capital, making efforts, which seem to be dying onei, to retail his weak foothold. The French troops are to rt urn to France before ?be close of March. So the fight in Mexico, which has for a long time Leeu a triangular affair between Maximilian^ Juemt aud Ortega, may now be considered as narrowed down to a two-sided ikrimmage. Why ?tor* iot the United R'a'O' soire the difficulty by ?.tabdabing a " protectorate ?" No matter whom it pm teds, whether Maximilian, Juarez or Oft? jra, io it prot-cts the wretched and sterlingly ?ciurned country. Augnata Seed Store. Thu place to buy Garden SeqJi in Augnita is Pu?ii t.k's. Let un tell you how and where to and it. fio tn the corner immediately below Mrs. Frederick's Confectionery Shop, or below the Au gusta Hotel, and then turn into Washington Street, going in th? contrary direction from th? river, and vsry few steps will briag 70U in light of j Pax s .K'S tign. Mr. PKUBLE it a courteous gen* t!em\i and a very experienced and accomplished hortic ultuialiiL He has an advertisement in tb is piper to nbieh we invite iperial attention. Police Revolver from H cm in g to H'M Armory. In ?mother column will be found an advertise ment loncern lng thii famous Armory, and its no less iimous Police Revolvers. The Armory it tituatod at Ilion, Mew York. A member of the Advertiser corps has lutely received one of these Police Revolvers direct from the Armory ; and it is pronounced by all who have teen and tried it to be uno of the very beit armt in tho Rovolver line. Indeed to profound it the satisfaction with tho Rnvolver in question that another member of tho n.id corps basorlered one like it. For ia these wild, disjointed times, men must, on many. occasiins at leatt, go armed; and if one must be armed, it wem certainly wise to be well armed.. RBUIXJTO* has BC Agent ia Edgeficld ; but one in Augusts, if we-mistake not. But arms ordered from tue Armory itself, will in all eaiet be tafeiy ami expeditiously forwarded. D?termination. The N?w York. Herald'* Washington corres pondent, in tome tpecufationt on the subject of reeonslinetion, lays: "The Pretident is immova ble; Ah intimate friend of 'hit quotes a remark, that ht ' will fight tho radicals until a certain pitee f-ecz-s over, and then fight them on the ieo." Sjr/~ A thoughtless young mother, of fifteen years, le.iling in Los Angelos, Cal, plaeed her infant :hild, six months old, on the back cf a colt without bridle or halu-r, and tied the legs of th* infant under the holly of the colt, a la Masep. pa, io that it could nut fall ofj; and letting gs the coif, it took fright and ran off into tho underbrush With th i in fan', te-ring Ki fl? th and freaking (fi bones, rn til life wai extinct, and nothing ?tmt ic td of the por child bttt a shapeless man of flesh. JStif Tho Tallahassee (Fla.) Stntinr? gir?i the following " notlt" M a tp-clmon of tb? current literatuie-of Fernandina r "ftotii forayed from my flock One mail bore and 2 Phemail Sought supposing to be in Georgy. Any Mau that will produce thurn I will pay tho above Sam of what he askt. -RRPPORD B. NJX, Besidentt at Sabots Storo. ty k negro man near-Vicksburg, last Satur day, threw an old bomb-theil into thc fire to tee if the powder in lt was still good. Ile it now in a critical condition, minus em arm and half hit face. CST i n view of the extraordinary expenditure! required to keep the Indian tribet io inbjecltun, and the :ost per head of destroyiug those who will not maintain friendly relations with the whites, the Galveston Bulletin recommends, u a matter o' economy, the boarding and lodging of j ^eotiioraoa^^Ula-ib?icl!. J -.-----,-, The .Husked Ball at the Planters1 tel--Tlie Grandest thing o?'the Ii Ever Seen lu ?agustu. * In oar. fair neighboring city, Augusta, praia grand I^aiqaernde and. Fancy Bi rreek. ' We had the honor of an invitatio iii J ourselves tho high ploaaure of accep And when wo tay " tho honor" we do not u idle phrarc ; Tor wc confider it a rare privi bare been pr?tent on an occasion to ap enlivened as it was with tho ardor of graced with the charin? of beauty, ennoble the dignity of geoiui, and adorned with t tues of rsGned weurmhood and chivalroui hood. Thi? Bnfl wat a brilliant, crowded, and ally splendid?flair; nor it its completo i to bo wondered ai, when ouo calls to min it wat gotten, up by to many gentlemen ?nd not only of the highett swrial potition, bot inoit elegant and cultivated taite. . * August?, always renowned for its beauty presented a moro brilliant scene to the oye beholder than was exhibited at the Planter 'el on Thursday night litt. The scene pageant wat the tpuciout ?nd lofty Sollt lietel; the uncommon bounty of which ro haro Wore spoken of. Itt delicate and ful columns were wreathed with garlands of while the frame-work of its many doors an dowt was tastefully decorated with bought and wild orange ; vines hung from, itt b chandeliers, and festoons of brilliant pinl brie wared between the columns. At the extremity of the hall was erected a tom; platform, upon which aat the musical purve; the occasion. Under the eontrol of th known Mr. HBTT, they gave much life an .nation to the scene by their spirited aa executed dance m rt tja. Toe oall had been the engrotsing topio city for a week or more, and curiotity ^ tiptoe. By nine o'clock, the halla and pi wayt of the hotel were already thronged of the boase acting at ipectatort, and gu the ball making their way to the dancing While without, the parement wat crowdei pertoni eager to catch a glimpse of the tl figures that should descend fiom the can The managen had witely ni ada it imperativ every guett of*the ball ehould be matkc erery one who entered the grand hall i mask. Before entering, each gentleman rei bit mask, or otberwite proved himtelf, be committee appointed for tke purpote; so < ladies. And thut nd one gained accets hall who should nut bare done so. By tea o' the whole company had assembled-?bon hundred ladies-ani ona hundred gentlemen still the hall was not crowded ; it is too spi to be easily .filled. Thero was magnificent tude for the promenade and the dance. Ai fire or six hours the grand Salle of the Pit Hotel became cosmopolitan in age and c Knight? und crutaders of the most chirs mien and atrire ; monies iindwitched betwec dian priBcer/e?. and sarage squaws, and smdwitebed. betwten clowns and htrleq hugo dcinijihns, ferocious red chiefs, and tut rag-pickers ; caralyn such ax might haro b-.'on with Crowley in bis mad pranks ; nu puritans and quakeresse?; Spaniards and ? cans, rolling fieree black ?70s orer fiercer t?calos; shepherdesses, flower girls, tambo maidens, houris from Circassia and Georgia, at the Arab sees in hit hxsboe-h dreams ; all ical character*, such a* Night, Aurora, Mu; ! Star, Star of Evening, Hope, Liberty in Ch I the Bonnie Blue Flag ; Uttered Confeditratc rates ; and> in theatrical parlance, others numerous lo mention ; moved in kaleidosi order on the floor of the immense halt, iou the dance, and some in gorgeous procession, f I iug mosaic groupings of brilliant costumes, torque masks, huge dominus, parti-colored fi >\ ribbons, laces and dancing plumes. * picture wat a gorgeous oue, and very novel, tat ttock itill, an?! "axed until tho scene wai guerreotyped in our mind. And then we ?gu up* and pitehed in. And oh, the fuu ! At every one waa masked, and very many were ercd with dominos. Take ou- word for it wit and humor flashed out from behind ma niaik ; and th ut the exchange of sentiment, cy and folly wat delightful. We orerh:ard ir a single combat that was intensely amusing. And thu} it conliuued until ll o'clock, wh grand fanfare from the orehestra announced hour for unmasking. And tbtn, at if a fairy wared her wand, off dropped the groie/que mi and the shapvless dominos. And man and woi stood rerealed. And ob, the merry laughter thc gay word? over the strange rerela'.iomand odd recognitions! And tho eres of men v daxtled at the array of beauty and grace paised before them; and the ono who eould I upon that stre/tm of lorelioess at it glided thro the mazes of the deuce, or rippled up and di the ba'l, with an erer varying diapason spoken, melting melody, and not acknowle that the fair ones of Augua'a were the peer any other? of the daughters of christendom, must pronounce as fearfully devoid of taite, deed such an one could not possibly show ca why sentence of death should not be pronoun against bim. ? But come with ut on a promenadt through hall, and let us :ee if we can't tell you what sc I of these beautiful costumes are, and the namei their wearers. We can mention very few, h< ever; for we were almost a complete strang and did not like to be ton profute or penittent our inquines, for fear of being tet down a strong meinwcr of the l'oko-your-nos?-into-eve body ol.-eVbuaincsi Society:-a character which wo are not at all ambitious-not eren fo moment. In this promenade we hare on enr a a lady formerly of our own State and Districl Mri. A. C-e, bandiorae, witty, aceomplii ed, and of the immensest laeoir vivre ; she we; an exquisite evening dress of apple , green si with ?'grand train, the whole trimmed withblo lace and twan'a down; she girei us a note ni and then. Herc is ? lady wearing a petticoat of pink ti . covered with a long and flowing orer-tkirt white tarltane studded with white Marguerite?, rei! of pink tulle floats from her hair ; she it Mrs. B-1, and represents Aurora; no c?rtame, in f room it more beautiful than this. We tee her bu band orer yonder, splendidly and truthfully gr ten up in the rich dress of the high Amorici gentleman of 17T0-such a costume as Gen. Wai! ington were before the war. Here it another lady, young and piquant?, re resenting " The Bonnie Blue Flag;" ber skirt short, and formed of red and white bars ; hi boddice it-of red relret; her scarf it of bb tulle ?nd glistens with silrer stirs ; her cap is 0 numen tod with a black, plume; and here ?nd the ?bout ber costume are ?mall bonnie bine flag Sho il Mri. deni. W-1. Her husband it preset drolled in the uniform he 10 honored-that of Confederate General. They are evidently prc digious favorites in Augusta society ; and if h has bia deserts in no other respect, he certain! bas them in one,, i. e.-that of the brave doservin the. fair. And here ii a petite blonde dressed most chare iogly ?1 Little Bed-Biding Hood; the looks ac playi ker sbaraetor with tho sprightliest ID tell! gonce j she li Mn. S.-n. her husband is the court ly Slr Walter Raleigh who cac bo icon hero an there ?nd everywhere. Both these are member of the Committees and they are unselfishly exert ing themselves to contribute to tho general en joytnetL But nh? is this Uroly follow eonruliing thi audience with'his inimitable grotetquerie.t He i. drosied as a Cour.t Jester of the feudal ages, witt cap and bulls, and of all the nefors in this ga} scene he is the best. He is like Touchstone, th? clown in Shakspeare's "As You Like It"-"goed at anything, and yet a fool." He is Mr. D--.n. And who it this match picture of the other sex? She plays " Folly."- Her trkirt is of red merino, ?hort, with two rows of wbito vandykes, and from tho point of each randy ko danglot a round gilt button enclosing a tiay tinki-?.-; her cap it o? the quaint traditional shape which " Folly" were in oldon times ; tiny tinkler! ornament this cap, and ?lao box low corsage, and alto her hom?opathie whit* satin booU,- ted at abo scuds tbrmig? tho long reel rind agitates all tbo liny tinklers with tho most bewitching n?trete, she certainly makes th? prettiest picture we eVej saw. If " FolJj" is thu?, giro her to u* always in preference tb winter facod Wisdom. But we grow blasphemous. Thft lady it Mr?. Major W-1, and ?he i's knewn-to' fune. ? ;>.* And just behold these three tattercd'Confeder ate privates ! You bar? all read of the fbreo sol dier!1, who, just before thu surrendor, took refuge in a cave on the Appomattox, and there abode for . ne year, s.nd then appeared in the stroets of Pe-, tersburg, not haring " heirn of tho surrender.7' Welt, these are the selfsame reba ; and they put BS in mind of old Jack Falstaff saying " there's but a shirt and a half in all my company," and tho thought of taking these parts waa decidedly a uns rt one, and they are playicg it off most ad mirably;^ much so that they ore. the pets, of the a-sembly. They aro SLsaars.S-g, C-dj and E-s. And this queenly figure? It is Miss C-s in the character of Mary Queen of Scots' ft mor. decidedly handsome and truthful costume, much enhanced by the grace aiid dignity of the woaror. "White satm petticoat with trail cf black velvet bordered with ermine ; corsage, ruff end headdress in thebistorical style.* ' And this-the most striking face, figure, bear ing and costume in the room I It is ?fl Liberty in "tho United-States in 18r?7." Sho wears a long robe of riebest and deepest bl.?ck; manacles ore upon her wrists; upon her brow she wear? a gloomy iron crown, a roil of heaviest black ?rape shades k-r sad bat imperial featttTe-s. The figure is startiin.f, and sets one to thinklng. It is Mies T-r. i'rery body admires ii cr fanatically. And this ,-duiiantt little Bo Peep, who "has lost her sheep and cant tell where to find them," and goes about -?ith her litte short skirt, and her little Arcadian ha*, and her shepherd's crook, ir. search of them? lt is Mrs. H. B-:. And he'r husband is near ber, looking eminently handsome in the splendid Highland costume of Macbeth. And this ravishing lillie Vivandi?re, in a cos tume, which as regards richness, taste and integ rity, is absolutely faul less? Ilia Miss A-e D-h. She bears a canteen full of the beet wine, and gives a drink to her i pecial favorites. She is a very bright and a very particular 'tar. The smallest-footed Chinese Icily would die wilh envy over Miss D-h's feet. And speaking of little feet, let us here intro duce an episode. Our ribs are sore still, where men, old as well as young, punched us to " look at those feet." Never before did we soe so many heavenly feet. Ani these med who would point out " those feet," did it with an air of integrity which wuuld hare set well en Aminadab Sleek, or with a smile of innocence which would have be come Joseph Surface. Oh, this wicked world ! Aad here we must clone; and that too without making a beginning. Other costumas were as beautiful, and other ladies at fair, and other gon tlomen as gallant, as any we have montioned; but wc knew them not. And oren if we did, -timo and space and pi?par fail us. And then it is so impo/iihle to choose between these "roses of Sharon" und these "lilies of tho valley." For her? ?re a hundred fair ladies, in whose yer.-ons stand* the perfection of the bexuty of form. Beauty suores in all their steps ; it is cli quent in ?ll their actions ; it flows in their ringlet ; it sits radiant on their cheeks in heavenly smiles ; it laugh.! in the dimples of chics ; it beanie in the cloudleis heaven of their ejes ; it throbs iu the emotions of their glowing bosoms; and mingjes with the moral graces of their stainless lires. And after the above, shall we dare to he to " of the earth earthy" as to mc ut iou the Supper f Te'? it is due to those who prov ?del it. And tbeae of course were Mr. NlCKMSOX, Proprietor of the Planten, and his able Lieutenant, Dr. DVKCAX. Sui':, t it to say that all tho substantiels that go to make up a good meal, and all the delicacies that constitute an epicurean one, were to be found there. And truth to raj, they are to be fouud at the Planters' at any tildi. And to the kind friend, and his kind and beau tiful lady, who so particularly invited us to this spies did /?:?, and so assiduously put us in tho way of enj.<jing it, we now offer our profoundest thanks. If they wish for our heart, or hoad, or h%nd, or blood, or anything that u our.', they have but tu say tho word. St. Elmo. This is (he popular book of the day : so popu lar that Carleton, the New York publisher, has had to augment his forces to be enabled to supply the deniaud. St. Elmo is thc third admirable production from the facile pon of Alabama's gift ed daughter, Miss AUGUSTA J. ?ASS. Had " Beulah" and " Macar?a" been the only Offspring of lhe extrtordinarj mind ef their gift ed author, Miss EvAXS would, nevertheless, have taken x prominent position arnon-: tho first novel ists, at least, of America. Ie " Beulah" aud " Macarla" is exhibited a depth of philosophical ro?e?.rch but rarelj Attained by th? best female writers. But it 'U of tho third production of Miss Erxss' erer-readj pen that we aro now to ipeak. And all we are going to say is that St. Elmo is remarkably beautiful and true, !oarned*and intel lectual, aesthetic and womanly. We do not pre pone lo present to our readers an outline of tho plot, lest we should thereby ile injustice to the fair authoress ; fur, a? even rh' most brilliant stone often owes the greater ps." of its beauly to the skill displayed in its settinpr, so does the merit of a plot owe most of its suecv- "o the grace of it* infolding and the skill of lit presentation and developement There is hardly a single page in St. Kimo that does nut boar the impress of the high order of talent accorded to its author by tho almost unani mous voice of the American prc. In the proper acceptation of the term, poetry is not confined to rvthmical combinations of word; : oft-tinfes there is more poetry to be found in what is properly classed as prose than in writin?.- improperly dig nified by an appellation they dc not merit. In illustration of this, we might qtMto hundreds of beautiful passages from St. Elmo; but then DO extracts taken at rs,ndom from so excellent a work, can convey a just or adequate ide? of its beauties as a wholo. Parents can-with clear conscience put St. Elmo into the hands of their children. It ls free from all the guilty rapture? and glittering indecencies )f the Braddons and Wood; and Reade; and Col linses. The book may be had in Augusta at any one of the places where books ara sold-Oates's, Richard;', Schreinej'ii, Quinn's. ? A Wonderful AlicroNCOpc. We call particular attontiou to the advertise ment of the celebrated Craig Microscope on another column. The editor of the New York unday School Advocato- Rev. Daniel Wise, D; D.-says : . " The simplicity, cheapness and great magnify ing power of the celebrated 'Craig Microscope struck me with surprise. 'Then I waa examining fly's eye by its aid, and was struck with wonder I the skill and power of the Creator which is dis played in its structure. When I i>aw a statement n an adrerti?era<*? that this microscope inagnl "ed one hundred diameters, or ten thousand trmes nd could be bought for $2.50, I thought it was one of the many humbugs of the hour, for I had paid $20 for a microscope not long before. But now I Ced it to be a really valuable instrument hieb I sfaould l)ke to see introduced into the families of our readers in plaeo of the manifold useless toys which please for an hour and then are destroyed. This microsenpo would both amuse and instruct them, and I advise every boy and girl who wishes to know tba wonders which lie in little thing? to save his money until he has $2 75, J and send it to George Meade, Racine, Wisconsin, "and he will prn?uptlj receive this beautiful new microscope hy mail, postage paid. When you want good and puro Modicinoa, where does an intelligent .person go to purchase them ? Why of courso to a reliable Home, and from reliable persons, who aro acquainted with their business and know what they sell. Such a house is the Old Southorn Drug Establishment, kept by GOODRICH, WMBIIA* ? Co., No. 15.*) Meeting-street, Charleston. You can always find there, genuin*:' articles, that ?te warranted, and at moderato prices. A cotemporary says that Church and Si ato shonld bo divorced, but we uro a little afraid that in'thia country both Church and State have behaved ao badly for some time past that neither if entitled te SM tot fi dlverw. (1 ARLINGTON," the intelligent and excellent Washington correspondent of that excellent paperj ti e Chronicle *f> Sentinel, uader date of tix? 30th, say-? : ? It has, been determined to await until the meeting of the/-.iie-:t session-of Congre&s to re-open discussion on the various r?volu tiunary .ideas which havebeim agitated daring this session. There Viii certainly be ii lively time. Butler ia -Tidea raring, by all'tke power and influence be y menses among a certain cites, to keep tho impeachment fever at'its full height, but is meeting with signal'fri lure>;ey> erywhere. He is determined to cut a' figure next March, and it is intimated that he will pay his repeats to Gen. Grant very forcibly in revenge for imagined injuries received from that officer. Indeed, it is stated that the re doutable Butler bas already been the instiga tor of a certain, redohition. which wes, intro? duccd in thc House not long ago by Ashley, .Calling for on examination into the conduct of certain high officers of the Government, the intention of which was to embrace Grant in the investigating procesa. Tho 'friends of tue latter had their eyes open, however, and [oneof them charge-lit upon Ashley. Not only charged it with being au attackonGrant, but asserted that Butler wrote it ; and Butler* did .write it. We vzish the new session- all" speed ; for, If the sigas of tho times ore df any value, there will be bickering enough io the Radical clans lo give :orservative people cause for joy. They are already breaking np and refuse to herd together so closely on all polit ical topics os formerly. Let. them agitate their pet theories-still furtber, as they are bound to do, and there is a chares ..foi the country. Discussion on them'has only been stopped trow because tlje Appropriation Bills need attention. All those will bc fixed t?p by the 4th of .March, and an opea Held will be left for reconstructing the Sourh, impeach? ing the President and reorganizing the Su preme Coure. Let Brooks confront Butler, and Stevens war with Bingham, and let the Conservative^?) Radicals in the Senate op pose, as they will, the doctrine of Weudefl Phillips, which be now proposes to introduce, and tbere wrll bo the deil to pay." -???? The Springfield Republican lus the follow ing sensible remarks on Jefferson Davis'con dition : Mr. Greeley is reported to have used his influence with the President, while at "Wash ington last week, in connection with Charles O'Conor and Mr. Shea, counsel for Mr. Davis, to procure the releas? of the nation's prisoner ; and it is ?aid that th ?re in a prospect that be will soon bo released, on bail or parole. Mr. Greely will be blamed by samo pf his friends for his* persistent efforts to obtain the release of Davie, but they are creditable both to bis head and heart. Th? President, with'all bis obstinacy io some thiBgs, has shown great want, of courage in this. The detention of an alleged criminal without tri il ' fbr more thau a year and a half, is in violation of the spirit of the Constitution and tho general sense, of }u?iico, and fn thia case the hardship i.s aggravated by the nature of the crime for which Davis was arrested,- that of complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln. Gnilty, as he is, of conspiracy against the. na tion's life, that furnishes no excuse for hold ing him under accusation of a more Qowardly and monstrous crime, without, trial and with out apparent evidence. Ii President Johnson had been both just ?nc1 brave, he would have released him on parole long ago. SUICIDE ON A RAILROAD THAIN.-We re gret to learn, says the Columbia Plioeniz cf yesterday, that Mr. McConnell, (of the firm of McConnell k Good lett, Greenville, S. 0.,) while in a statt?of mental aberration, com mitted silicide on Wednesday, on the Green ville train. He applied to- conductor George Isaacs for permission to go into his room, which was granted, and, a short time after wards, when Mr. I. entered the room, he found the unfortunate nan lying on his face, on the floor, with his throat cut from ear to ear. An inquest was hold on the body at .Belton. Mr. McConnell, we believe, was a former resident of Augusta. SOMETHING REMA.MCAULE.-The Yorkvillc Enquirer learns that, on Saturday last, a la dy living near Rock Hill, in that District, gave birth to a daughter, and Torty-two hourn afterward she gave bi-. th to another daugh ter and a son. The weights of thc infantil Were, respectively, five and three-quartur*, sereu, end eight and a, quarter pounds, and tWey are all, with their mother, "doing as well as could be expected." Tho husband ol thu lady is ovar seventy years old. ,*5?r* A letter wa* relived in Washington or Friday from a Broker ir. New York, whose uam< Wai address eau be furnijhed, and who ia vouchei for as reliable, charging that the j=um of $50,00i was subscribed among tba broken in that city t< iudueo the otfsriug of impeachment resolution* ic the Home. The l?tter-r..-furs to ono broker wb< admits having subscribed JJ,COU. It dbe.'not ap pear that any money wa? ever paid. figf Thc Kew York Executive Committee o the Southern Relief Cou mission met os the eve niug of rbr i'ud. It received additional informa tion of the destitution uf thc South. It toot measures to make tho Working Organization Com mi'tion complete and, ?.:fei-iive. Tb? Truasurer James M. -Brown, reported, the receipts ?hou fourteen thibaud dollars within three dave, tel thousand dollars o' which was iu two equal sub ..copiions from A. T. Stewart and Bro'wn, Broth ers <t Ci). fSZ??r Au ?dd darkey is r sportcd to bo tccumu lating a fortuno in Virginio by tho'sale -f a tuagii lotion, which, he asserts will, infallibly straightei kinky hair. COMMERCIAL.. Abanar?, Frhruhry 2. COTTON.-Tho market opened quiet rn tl.? morning, and sales wera effected at yettorday'i figures up to the receipt if no?n adrices of a de cline in New York, which affected our market .vu it closed nt shunt ? ceut decline ou yesterday') prices. We refer to the actual ?ales as tho on)] correct quotation?, whirl acre 176 bales, as fid lows :-13 at 2f, 7 at 30, ;?S at 30J, U at 30J. SI al li), 22 at :tlj, nod 7 bates it 32 cents. The receipt? Vera 306. hales. COLT).-The Brokers are buying at 1.15 and selling at 137. SILVER -Brokers ar? buying at 130 ?nd set ling at 132.-Chronicle, rf- Snttinel. BACON-Sides, 16?--7; Shoulders 14@I5: Hams, 16(5; 18 cts. lb. BUTTER-Goshen, 40@46; country, '30? 35cts. \} lb. CHEESE-23@28 cts. !$ ib. COFFEE-Ki... 27(g,iy; Java, 4S@45. FLOUR-$N@?ia,50 -fe? bbl., according to qualify. ? fl RA IN- Corn, white, $1,52@$1,60: yellow, $1,50. . Oats. (1,10(3$ 1,15. Bye, $1,50. CORI; MEAL-$1,60 S bushel. LARD-I2'.@16 els. H? SYRU?Wp gallon, $1.00@$1.75 ; Molasses, 60 tog 65 cu. trallon. SUGAR-Cuba, 14?IS; Crushed and P;>w .dored, 19; A, 17@18 ; B i.nd C, 18a 10cts. lb. SALT-Liverpool, ? sa?k, $2.?0. RICE-Carolina, 1.2 j & 1.4ct*. NEW YORK, February 2.-r-Cotton dull at 33J for Middling Uplands ; salos eight hundred and ?fty bales. Flour quiet aud unchanged; Wheat quiet and stendy ; Perk a shade limier; New mess $20 56@20 62 : Old ditto $10 37. Lard quiet; barrels 1-If@13|' Whisfcay quiet; Peas dull; Cora aotive, le bettor ; Gold, 136}. BALTIKOBR, February 2.-Cotton quiet. Mid dling 33J. Cofl'co and sugar steady. Flour quiet. Corn, receipts light; Prim* white, $1 04j Yellow, 96o. Provisions unchanged. Positive Notice. THE NOTES and ACCOUNTS due the Estate tl J. P. BATES, dee'd., have been placed in the bauds of Messrs. Adams A Landrum for collection. Persons iudobted to said Estate will study their iqturest by calling on them before Return Day. LUCY J. BATES, Ad'or. Feb* , lt 6 A Friendly Warning. AS Administrators of the E?tate cf Dr. J. F. ADAMS, dee'd., we are compelled to dose the affairs ef th? Estate as expeditiously as pos sible, andas na indueemonl to parties indebted to settle without further delay, we'aro now uttering -better and more liberal terms to snid parties fb>n will bo offered again. Lat all indebted tc ?aid Estate call on Mesxrs. Ad:.tus A Landrum, our Attornoys, forthwith. After Refurn Dny none need expect iudulgouco. S. V. NICHOLSON, JAB. T. ADAMS, JW>5 lil AdmVrs. HYMENEAL. M ARMED- on the evening cf Jan. 24tb, at tb? residence or th? bride's 'fat h en-, bj Tev. Edward Walker, Ci.pt. EDGAR CUERA RD, of Savan nah, to CHARLOTTE, eldest dkugh cr of D. R. STROTHER, Esq., of ?dgajj?ld. Mn;HIED, on tho omening of '?fan. 3 3th, ly Rev. W. E. Walters, at the residence, of the bride's father, Capt. JAMES PR ATT^Of Abbeville Dist, to Miss S'tjE SHARPTON, e?oghterof A. SHARP 70\ Esq., of EJgefleld District MARRIED, on the 31st January last, a* the resi dence of the bride's father, by T. IT. 31ark, Esq., Mr. JAMES STEVEN'S.?nd Mis? CATHERINE. SMITH, all of this District MAnrtticD, Jan. 24th, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Turner Watson, by Rev. E. W. Hoinb/HTrLTJCnrSl^KREPEa?d Miss HAN-' NAH M. WATSON, all of this District ., A FAMILY PAPi.Rl. THE WEEKL? CDNST1T?TI0N?L?ST ; \ : - ? y o Published. ET?rj.WecJacaday ?ttrnjzyr.2- .rJ\ AN EIGHT PAGE PAPER, containing the Latest News by Mail and Telegraph, ^Editorials of the Bally, WI Market Reports, MiicellaneOus Rc dijjg, and trfielec'ted or Pri?inat Story,?and articles appertaining to the Porra ?nd Diary each week. We shall endeavor to makeita'FIRST CLASS AND FAMILY JOURNAL. Price.--Single Copy, "one year, ('3,00; Tell Copie;, sent at one time, $?,?0 each. SST A specimen cop; sent when de? rred. Address, . . >. r t ? : > ' : STOCKTON & CO., Augi,?ta, Ga. Feb 5 ri . . lm .; fl. : ., b-rr-?i '.m '. '. Augusta Seed.Store! UST received THIRTY BARRELS of the PENNSYLVANIA GOURD SEED FIELD CORN. Also, an assortment of' White Flint, Yellow Dalton, Tuscarora and Extra Early CORN. I havo also TWENTY VARIETIES of PEAS, and nearly as many of CABBAGE!!, together with GARDEN SEEDS in large quantities,.all of which are warranted as represented. C. PF..VBLE. Augusta, Feb 4 3t6 E. REMINGTON & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF BEVOLVEfiS, RIFLE?, Muskets and Carbines, For the United Stater Service, .ibo, POCKET BELT 8L REVOLVERS, It EPE AT INC PISTOLS, Rifle Canes Revolving- ll fies, Rifle and Sbor Gun Barrels, and. Gun Materials sold by Gun Dealers and tbs Trade Generally. In thoso days of Housebreaking an I Robbery, every House, Store, Bank, and Office, should have one of REMINGTON'S RE VOL VERS. Parties dttiring tp avail themselves of the late iiu^roveirftyrrjin Pistol.*, and superior vorkman sbip and form, will find all combined in the New Remington Revolvers. Circulars containing cuts and description of our Arms will be furnished upon application. (E. REMINGTON A SONS, Ilion, N. Y. MOORE & NICHOLS, Agents. No. 40, Courtland St, New York Feb 4 4m * fl THE CELEBRATED CRAIG MICROSCOPE COMBINES instructiop with amusement and lasts forever ! Best, simplest, cheapest am.1 most poweiful Microscope in tho world. Magni fies 10,000 times, or equal to other Microscope? costing $20. Made on an entirely new plan, re quiring no focal'adjustment, therefore ic can be readily used by every one-even by children. A beautiful gift to uld or young. Adapted to thc family circle cs well as scientific use. S'.iows the adulterations in food, thousands vf ani ??is in ? ?ingle drop of water, >el? iirvjpcgor, 'globules-in milk, blood and other fluids, t?bukr stricture o! hair, claws on a fly's foot, also the celebrate "trichina spiralis," or pork worm, which ?j caus ing so many deUbs among pork enter', and ir. fact tho o'tijfcts which may be examined in tuft wonderful Micro.-copc aro without number. All are invited to call and ree it? great m*{ntfyiug power. It took the first premium, at the Ohio State Fair. Liberal discount to Agents, School, and Dealers. Price $2,00. Packed ia a oeat box and sent prepaid to' any address on nceipt ot $2.75. Money can be sent bv mail at t ur risk. Address OEORGE ME * DB*, Drawer 30 Rjcine, wfc. : - - v . ' .f Feb 5 lt 6 Nojicc to J)efauliiiig Tax loyers? HA VING reef rvpil orders' from the Con'ptrollei fler.er?! of South Carolina t.- i*?ue Execu tions ag.iinst all persons in Rdgefiell District who have not paid their Sta/e Taxes' for the yeai 1868, I hereby, to thc end that the In wi. of lh< State may bo sustained, and.that th? burden ol taxation may fall equally upon all, ?nd 'bat tb? order above mentioned may becomr'ied witb, re> que/t that every good citiien knowing the name ol any one who bus not paid such ' Tm will report thc same tu mo ai early as may be,"' by letter oi otherwise. BENJ. ROPER, T.C E. D. Feb 5 St fl ' A1 Notice to Debtors. LL Persons indebted to the Estate of JAS. _S. ADAMS, dce'd., prior te the tit day ol January, 13fl2, are notified that if they do nol pay the same before Return Day, (the UUh Feb ruary.) tkry will find their claims in the hands ol M. W GART, Esq. Those indebted sin? Janua ry 1S62 can settle by arbitration, on Monday, the 11 lb February, at Edgetield C. H,-otherwise they will be sued to March Term of tho Court Mr. Ch ariel M. May is authorised to act as my Agent in settling tho debt? of said Estate. BETTIE S. ADAMS, Adm'x. de bonin non. Feb 5 lt . ? Administrator's Nclice. THE NOTES due.tbe Estate of LEWIS MAY, dce'd., are in tbo hand* of Messrs. ABSKT A WniCHT for collection, with instructions to put in suit those nut paid or settled in some man ner.befareilcU.ra'Day. JULIA A. MAY, Adm'x. Feb 5 lt fl Notice. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of MOSES HOLSTON/deceased, are requested to make payment of the same. WILSON -H0LSI0N, Aem'r. ' Feb 4 Sm fl A Chance to Compromise! 1AM now offering to all persons indebted to mo, on all'long standing debts, an opportunity to sottie the lame on the most reasonable terms. I believe- in a spirit of compromise. And I also believe in parties,indebted evincing at leas a-de sire to liquidate their respective iuJebtrdness. Persons indebted to me will find it to their ad vantage to come sud see me before Return Day, Don't force mo into harsh measures. . BENJ. OUZTS. Feb 5 2t 8 State of South Carolina, EDCEFIELD DISTRICT, . IN ORDIN?R Y. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edge fiold District Whereas, Elijah Still bas applied fte me for Letters of Administration, de ionia ?UM, on all and singular the goods and chatters, rights and credits of W. Marion Dean, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. Thcso are, therefore, to cite and admonish alf and singular, tba kindred and creditors jf the said deceased, te be and .appear^before me, at our noxt Ordinary's Court for the said District to be holden at Edgetield C. H., on the IS th day of Feb. inst., to shaw cause, if any, why tbs ?aid administration should not be granted. Given under my band and ?eal,, this 4 th day of Feb. in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight bundrod and sixty-seven and in the nine ty-?n t year of American Independence W. F. DURISOE, 0.1 I.D. . Feb*, .' St ' t ? 9 EL GE FIELD C. H., S. C. THE NEXT SESSION of FIVE MONTHS will bogia on M ONDAY, 11th February. Te rim. Tuition in Collegiate Courte, $23,00 " " Academic ** 16,00 M " Primary " 10,00 * " Music, inducing use of Ia. strument, 25,00 Contingent Fee, 2,00 Boafd, per month, exclu? i ve of Trashing, 12,00 Boarders will provide tbelr ewn Towels tad - Ecd-Clothes, such as' Blankets. Sheet? ?ad Pillow Coses. A deduction will be made w! ire a Board, er leaves regularly on Fiidayp: and reterne oa Mondays. " tu^.ir.r. rv I The above prices arei ta J* peid in Gpldjjar ita I equivalent,-one-half it tl e commencement, ead ? the ether half at the midd:e of tho Session. Tho daughters of Con 'ederate soldier!, who died in the service, or wen'honorably discharged, wiinbe taught tie literacy course for nothing, If their parents or guardians have not the means of paying for their tuition. ; >.? :? liar; XL W. SAMS. . Jan 20 * . . 4f 5 -tH-. .: - Ed&e?eld Male Academy TUE NEXT SESSION of this School will commence the 11th of February, and close Be 2$th of jjnne, ,-. ' i Terni, ptr/Set?ion Sf F?t Month?. Primary Department,1- J . f - $20,00 Academic Department, 25,?o Board, including Cad, lights and -washrag, 75,00 ..Thesecharges axe in Specie, payable one-half in advance; and the balance at the middle of the Session. ." Nc'dcdaction will hermie for absence, except io ca sos of protracted sickness. ': ' ' L. B^ ?WAET3WT. Jan 15 : ; 'tl ,..r j . 3 School Notice. HAVING procured a Room from W."S. Co VAR, I will re-open my SCHOOL, on MONDAY, 28 th' January. ?Hate: per Quarter 0/ fe? Weelu : Orthography, Reading, Writing ?md Arithmetic, . $5,09 "English Grammar, Geography, Rhetoric and Analysis of the Eng. Language, 7,00 Tuition dne and te be rteid promptly at the .close of the Quarter. JENNIE 8. WHITE. Jan 23 * tf 4 HISTORY MCGOWAN'S sT C. BRIGADE, FOB Sale at the Drag Store of TSAGCE k CAR WI LE, " The Hi.' tory of a Brigade of South Carolinians, known first aa " Gregg**," and subsequently as " McGowan's Brigade,1' by J. g? J. CxLDWstx. lately an Officer of the First Regi ment, S. C. V." Pri?e, $1,50 per copy.. . ; T. W. CARWILE. Jan 30 ' 3t 5 Fresh and Genuine GARDEN #E EDS! I HAVE Beceived my u.-.ual large supply of GARDEN SEEDS Of EVERY-VARIETY, which I confidently re ommcad as PURE and RELIABLE, from Crop 1386. ' G. L. PENN. Jan 30 ; tf f 5 . BOOTS ANIL SHOES ! THE Subscriber announee:; to th? public that he ha? commenced the BOOT AND SHOE Business, and will manufacture ?di the Different Styles and Qualities, Embracing in part Ladies' Fine Steel GAITERS, and BOOTEES ; Misses and Children's superb SLIPPERS and BOOTEES; Gentlemen's Fine ? ump Sole, Dressaud Water proof BOOTS, SHOES and GAITERS ; Boys' Walking and Fine SHOES, 4c. All of which ?re warranted to be made-of the bost material and by the most competent workmen. Complete satisfaction will be rendered to all who may favor me with their rorie. I feel satisfied that I can OFFER INDUCE. MENTS'ih the way of geed Work and Low Prices heretofore unknown ia this Town. All I ask is a fair trial. flS?- Order* for BOOTS, SHOES, *c, of avery kiud filled oh shortest notice. 1ST REPAIRING neatly and promptly done. Z3F TERMS STRICTLY CASH. No work te stired until paid 1er. i> 5 ; W. D. RAMEY, . Next door'to J. B. SULLIVAX. Jan. 7, * * Sm_?* . Fisk's .> Metallic Burial Cases. JUST received a lot of FISK'S CELEBRA TED METALLIC BURI AL CASES-ofthe latest style?. Also, on hand, of my own manufacture.and ^finish, * beautiful assortment of MAHOGANY, 1 WALNUT, POPLAR and BINB^ COFFINS. All df which I am aelling at Li Jf FIGURES, and'STRICTLY FOR CASH. M. A. JU A RKEUT, Next door to: Advertiser Office. Jan IC_tf_S__ "TIMBER WJ?NTED. COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. fsth, 1807. PROPOSALS will .be-Teeeii'ed until Thursday, the 7th February, for furnishing tb J Town ' Council of "Edgefiekf, "?lS.OOO Feet good Pine TIMBER,- hewed oa on? side, bark all peeled off, and thick enough to square 10 incites. Bv order of Oouncil. P. L. SMITH, Sec'ry k Treas. Jan 29_?__" *t 3 Administrator's Notice. THE NOTES riven to me ?J Administrator of E. W. RUTLAND, dee'd., and also those given to mo as Adminutrator of ABRAM RUT LAND, dee'd., bare been placid in the hands of my Attorney, T. H. CLARK, Esq., for collection. An early sottlcment on those Estates is desired, and longer indulgence cannot be granted; Call soon and settle, if yoq would save Costs. L. P. RUTLAND, Adm'r. Jan 39_2t_5 Pay up, and Save Costs! ALL persons indebted to cae for Blacksmith work, are requested to ps y the same by the 1st February next. After that date their Accounts will be placed ia the bands of T. H. Clark, Esq , for collection. J. E. HENDERSON. Jan. 7._2t?_2_ State of South Carolina, . . EDGEFIELD DISTRICT; IN O li DIN Al' Y. BY W. F; DURTSOE, Esq., Ordinary of Edgv field District. Whereas, Ellen C. Chappell has applied to me for Letters of Administrationen all end singular the goods -and chattels, rights and credits of Stann^oro B. Chappell late of the District afore, said, dpcV. . These are, therefore^ to cite and admonisL all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Edgefteld C. H., 011 the 13th day. ol Feb. next, to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 30th day of Jan. in the year of ov.r Loed one thousand eight hundred and Sixty-rever, and in the 91st year of the Independence of the United States of America. W.I.DURLSOE, O.B.D. Jan. ?0,_ 2'e _?_ State of South Carolina, ED GEFOLI) DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY W. F. DURISOE, Esq,,C>rdinary of Edge field District. Whereas, Elijah Still lia? applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singu lar tho goods' and chattels, rights and credits of Emm* A. Dean, Ute of the District afore, said deceased. . fhese are; therefore, te cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred an 1 creditors of tho Said deceased, to be and appeal-before me, at oar nest Ordinary's Court for the said District, tobe holden at Ed ge fi eld Court II< uso, on the 18 th day of Feb. inst., to show oause if any, why the said administration shoulc not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 4th day of Bob. in the year of .our Lord, one thous, and eight hundred and sjxty-e.even, and in th? ninety-first year of tho sovereignty and Indepen dence of the United States of America. * W.F.CUBISOE,O.E.D. ft** ?-? St .? 6 -