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WILMIGTON JOURNAL, EXGEUIAUD PZtlCE, Proprietors, To rchom all Letters on Business muslbe addressed Terms of Subscription Wecklv Paper, one year, in advance $j 00 l)o. Six months, " 00 PaiK Paner, one year, in advance, 1U UU '' six months, " " three months, in advance, 3 00 " one month, " 1 00 Y TERMS OP ADVERTISING. 1 square, of 10 linea or lesa, for each anddYery insertion, SI. Special Notices will be charged $2 00 per square for each and every insertion. All Obituaries and private publication of every c.harac tor, are charged as advertisements. ,tt3"No advertisement, reflecting upon privat e character, can, under Asr cibccmstances, be admitted. VOL. 22. WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY MOBBING, DECEMBER 20. 186G. NO. 46. III... 11-4 JIGTIIODIST EPISCOPAL. CHURCH SOUTH. Appointments "Wilmington District First ltounci. "ilthville and Brunswick, at Bethel, Dec. 15 & 16. Wilmington r it 111 btreet, 22 A 23. Wiiitt ville, at lutevnle, X .i.ul, at Union, K..'.U tii. ut Eiizabctbtown, W ; 1 i i li i i t o n Front Street, On,:-jw, at liu-hhinds, C k- sburg, at li thar.y, Ci.ji":i, at McGec's, Dapi h, at Magnolia, : I i i, ii. at Centre. ST.! & 30. 5& 6. 12 A 13. 19 & 20. 20 & 27. 2 A 3. 16 & 17. 2:? A 24 2 A 3. Jan. Feb. it March i i: District Stewards' meeting will be held at farriimage, in Wilmington, January 19th, 1807, .,- ; ..Viock, A. M. The District Stewards are, W. !!. irt-w, .Samuel W. Smith, W. A. Savage, V. J. ';.Tker, T. L. Pngh, Be v. Levi Calbreth, I). S. .indei s. K. II. Contra, D. W. Carr, Dr. W. E. Free i: :.n and W. S. O. Andrews. i luil attendance is earnestlv desired. L. S. B'UKKHEAD, P. E. State of Xorlh Carolina, CJi.CMEUS COUNTY. i .u t fj'i as and Quarter Sessions August Term, lft. iio:elt Mfulige Vti. J.i siv O. B.'.refiMt Original Attachment. N lOTION, it is ordered by the Court, that f ijl.Iieutioii be made tor eix weeks in the Wil : !t it Journal, a newspaper published in the , i v rf Wihnington, for the defendant to appear at It .s t '-iiirt, n the- second Monday in February, ; -r,7. an 1 replevy or plead to issue, or judgment v vi'-tault will be rendered against him. " Teste, D. P. IIAIGII, Clerk County Court for Columbus Cotintv. X-.v. 2:) Pr. Adv. 115 42-iit Slate of Aorth Carolina, KLA1KX COL'NTY. rt !' ,7-' i.s and Quarter Sessions Xoventber Term l"i3;5. J. Y. 1'iirdk i vs. - Original Attachment, i '.'.'i i II. Sfamons. ) 0 M-'.'TIOX, it is ordered by the Court, that iii-i. nation be made fur six weeks in the Wil- i i i - l i j t ;o;; journal, a newspaper puunanea in ine i : ';I:'iiiigto'i, for tlie defendant to appear at nur: !n.i.-ie in Kiiz.ibethtown, on t'.e first in February, lt7, and replevy or plead to .-, r judgment by default will be rendered llir-t hilll. Atur, D. BLUE, Clerk of tho County Court of Bladen. i t ii prv. ad., ilo 44 (5w State of North Carolina, ( OlXMBl'S COVXTY. ' iJ'U asaud Quarter Sessions An just Term, ' 1HC0. Ltiii Ijiipit; j vs. ; Oiiginal Attachment. :n s i. l.-.irei'ii. I 0 N Mol lON, it is ordered by tho Court, that publication be made for hi weeks in the Wil- ; il;!:i Journal, a newspaper published in the j ; v ..t i.iii;:!gtu, Uiv tho defendant to appearat . ; !.- K t, on the wcond Mondajr in February, !;7. and ri plevy or 1'lead to issue, or judgment e- iault will bo rendered against him. . D. P. IIAIGH, Clerk County Court for Columbus Countv. :.'-v. 2.J Pr. Adv. $15 42-t ihYAXK AM) MASTER'S SALE. i-tai' tuatter of .las. F. Simpson,) Tw- r G.,lia of Emeline Simpson f J Sarah Simpson. J 8ale 01 LaiuU ) VIliTl'E OF A DECREE MADE IN THE i) above e.ititl.'d cause, at Fall Term, A. D., 'utuc eourt or Equity tor Mew Hanover j !;:t;.-, i will sell fit public auction, tothe highest ; i i i. on Saturday, the 12th day of January, 1867, i premises, the following desirable tract of ! .11 !. M..: :u- Hundred and Ten (110) acres of j i i.ung in said comity, on the West side of j ! i s t i t i k, and on both sides of Colvin s C reeK, ;:i:!iiii;g at a stake in the line of Doctor James !'. .-;::iesnii. running North 20 degrees, West 80 - ! a st nice, thmce Nortli ,"() degrees, East i ..Vs ti a stake on the maiuKoad, thence with ; ; l oad South 40 degrees. East 80 poles to Simp- n s :iiic, theiice with said line to the beginning. i he lollowing are the terms of payment : One i n th of tho purchase money cash; the balance iu ; -.v.- e.jr.al payments of six and twelve months c:t. !i, the p uvhaser giving bonds with approved .-eeuvities. FliEDEllICK D. rOISSOX. 1 e,-. 13 -15-it Clerk & Master. S. T.-1SG0--X. OF SEDENTARY HABITS TROU i with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of i;. in-art, lack oi appetite, distress alter eating, : ; .1 hver, constipation, Ac, deserve to sutler if tiiev wid l o' trv the celebrated I LA.VTATIO.V WITTERS, v A -w n-w recommended by the highest medi :i 'itln-rities and warranted to produce an im i b. iteticial efl'ect. Thev are excccdinglv . e i.e.' i'i:- I ' Ta ibi'. perfectly pure, and must supercede all t'-mcs where a health v, gentle stimulant is d. y purify, sti-tjiithen and invigorate. ere tie a i.e.ilthv appetite. ;u- in antidote to change of water and one. cue effects of dissipation and late ll- t'uell the ivstein and enliven the rn: l-r- vi ;,t miasma tie and intermittent fever, purify the breath and acidity id' the stom- i i. Hyspep.-ia and Constipation, .in DiaiTh i a and Cholera Morbus, cure Lier Complaint and Nervous Head- nak the weak strong, the la:iiruid bril- , ! re e:iausted nature's ireat restorer. i.. y :ie. composed ,,f tlie celebrated Calisaya v. "iioergrei'ii. sassifras, roots and hes bs. all : v i-we in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For .n'.i.-u'ars see circulars and testimonials around .tel. bottle-. i'. -.i.ire of impostors. Examine every bottle. : e that it has an unmutilated metal cap "over the of-aeb b-.tti;', and green label for exportation. a : sui' I each neck. Sv e descriptive circular around each 1 ttle. II. DRAKE & CO., Row York. 12-iv ."ViUii 1.' KS:M7n YAMELT & CO., Mi '.VIHTKIIAI.?! STUKET. XEW YOKK. jj : i il'.d IIN'I'S OF COTTON, NAVAL STOKES, 1 J I ' o iii MIS, iv C, Will Oe f. '1'lvs nl'd to Us bv ..!, -,!-,. W.-llact' A S .nth -riand, of Wilmington. . Ail! pay revenue tax and other charges. All i. eoverei 1 by insurance, with or without 15 2-tf .! INO'iOX. W. 31. 3IOXBOE Ti ilLlXtJTOX & M0XR0E, -tors op h.mrek and lumber, WILMiy'GTON, x. a P'.t-?IPT personal attention given to all bus-;: sb intrusted to their care. O.-t. 4 35-wtf S. I. WALLACE. J. P. 1-Ol'TiIEULAXD. WALLACE & SOITHERLAXD, 1 EN Eli A L COMMISSION MERCHANTS, X OFFICi: XO. 57 XOttTH WATER street, vYltui vf.s & U'ai Uoimn foot of Walnut St., WILMINGTON, N. C. r.' Will give ro:npt personal attention to all oiivigumeiits of Naval Stores, Cotton, Spririts Tur Miiiie, Kosin, Tar, Provisions, Ac, Ac, either for shipment. Aiso. to forwarding Merehan Itie e w-l-tf (ioshcu I'duA lor Sale. J orPKR my for sale ; 3 miles JL from Kenansviih-, on Gosh en; Land I. sied suftieient to make a ten horse cron : l'-!i::diiigs all now. nine and see. JEBE PEA US ALL. Kenatisville. Duplin countv, N. C. Nov.i-J 13 lm All Kir. ds of Blauks on SALE F AT THE M. JOURNAL OFFICE TnE BEAUTY OP OL.D AGE. I often think eac h tottering form That limps along in life's decline, Once bore a heart as young, as warm, As full of idle faults as mine ! And each has had its dream of joy, Its own unequalled, pure romance ; Commencing when the blushing boy First thrilled at lovely woman's glance. And each conld tell his tale of youth, Would think its scenes of love evinco More passion, more unearthly truth Than any tale be'ore or tdnee. Yes ! they could tell of tender lays, At midnight penned iu classic shades, Of days more bright than modern days And maids more fair than modern maids. Of whispers in a willing ear ; Of kisses on a bluslrng cheek, Each kiss, each whisper far too df ar Our modern iips to give or speak. Of passions too untimely crossed Of passions slighted or betrayed Of kindred spirits early lost, And buds that blossomed but to fade. Of beaming eyes and tresses gay, Elastic form and noble brow, And forms that have all passed away. And li lt them what we sen them now. And is it thus is human lur So very light and fi-ail a thing ? And must youth's hrigbtf-st visions move Forever on Time's restless wing ? Mu-it all the ees that still are bright, And ail the lips that ialk of bliss, And ail the forms so fair to sight, Hereafter only come to this ? Then what are allear:h's treasures worth, If we at length must loose them thus If all we value most on earth Ere long must fade away from us ? From the N. O. Sunday Times. THE SOLDIER'S GRAVE. I'.Y TEAL KIYEKS. Tread ligh.ly -'tis a soldier's grave, A hmely, mossy mound And yet, to hearts like mine and thine It bhould be holy ground. Ppeak softly let no careless luugh. No idle, thoughtless jest, Escape your lips, where sweetly sleeps The hero in nis rest. For him no reveille Khali beat When morning beams shall come : For him, at night, no tattoo rolls Its thunder from the drum. No costly marble marks the place Recording deeds of fame, But rudely on that bending tree Is carved the soldier's name. A name net dear to us but ah ! There maybe lips that breathe That name as sacredly and low As vesper prayers at eve. There may be brows that wear for him The mourning cypress vine : And hearts that make this lonely grave A holy pdgrini shrine. Tli' re may bo eyes that joyed to g ::e With love into his own, Now keeping midnight vigils long With silent grief alone. Tliere may b hands now clasped in prayer This soldier's hand has pressed : A 'id cheeks washed pale by sorrow 's tear ;, His own cold check caressed. Tread lightly for a nmn bequeathed. Ere laid beneath this sod. His ashes to his native land, His gallant soul to God ! statj-: m:hs Chkkaw and Dahlini.ton JIaili;oai. This company has erected a large aiid com modious freight depot at Cheraw, and are building a line passenger depot at the same place. These buildings, it is said, add mu?h to the appearance of the town. New buildings havejbeen putupai stations along the road, and new rolling stock hns been put on the line. Our Newborn neighbors arc making great preparations for the tournament to come off at that city on the first of January. Gov. Vance i3 to deliver an address on the occasion. County Court is in session at Newbem this week. Nothing of importance had transpired up to Tuesday night. Athocious MrnnEit. On Tuesday eve ning last, a, party of five negroes made a murderous attack on Mr. Joel Heath, a most respectable citizen of Lenoir, uear Pugh's Bridge, about six miles below Kiuston. In the conflict, Mr. Heath killed one vi the negroes and so severely wounded another that he is not expected to live, but sad to relate, Mr. Heath lost his life. A horse belonging to the negro party was also kill eel. An inquest was held yesterday, but we have not heard the result. Seirbci'u Com ntercial. Anoxiiek Accession. A piivate letter in forms us that Col. JJo-weliyn Hoxten, a " distinguished graduate " of West Point, and late chief of artillery, in Hardee's corps, has accepted the Appointment to the chair of chemistry, geolgy and mineralogy, in the Ilihsboro' Military Academy. He is a gentleman of very superior attainments and was quite distinguished during the war. The efforts of Gen. Colston to resuscitate this institution and impart to it character, even higher than that which it enjoyed pre vious to the war, have been unremitting, and we hope the final success of the enter prise will remunerate him handsomely. ; ' Ral. I'rofresfi.gjH T'na Hon. Wm. Johnston, President of ! the Charlotte and Columbia llailroad, has : donated to Miss M. A. Buie, of Columbia, S. C, a plantation of 100 acres, on a high and henlthy ridge, with a cool and gushing spring of pure water, for a proposed school or college, for indigent orphans. The Norfolk Vinjinian reports that all the patients at the Hospital of that city, scalded on board the Kelso, are doing well, except Mr. C. V. Mixon, of Edenton, N. C, whose condition is very critical. Indians Still in Florida. The St. Augustine Examiner savs : It is reported that there are a large number of Seminole and Uchee Indians" still remain ing in Florida, variously estimated at from one to four handled men, women and children. The country occupied by them is in the vicinity of Indian liiver Inlet, then south to Jupiter and Hillsboro' Inlet, then west through the Everglades, coming out on the Colosahatchie liiver. The Examin er says Col. Sprague, commanding that District, has made arrangement to com municate with them, and will proceed down the coast, in -he United States Be venue Cutter to the points referred to, when it is i expected that Thock-lo-turtenugge, the Chief of the band, will be induced to visit S. Augustine. A huge lion escaped from a menagerie is roaming about Harrison and Crawford counties, Indiana. The editor of a California paper habecn presented with a radish about the size of a five gallon keg. The tlaily change in the length of the Brittannia Suspension Bridge, owing to temperature, varies from one half an inch to three inches. MEXICO. minister iligtlow's Rrply to the Cable Telegram " Highly Satisfuctorj'." Spec it tl Despatch to the N. Y. World. Washington, Dec. 7. The Cabinet held ii brief session to-tlay. Secretary Seward informed the Cabinet that Minister Bige low's reply to the cable telegram of Novem ber twentj-'third was highly satisfactory, and that no doubt need now be entertained but that the evacuation of Mexico by the French will proceed in good faith. The reply of Minister Bigelow to Mi. Seward's Cal k- despatch ssujs : " In answer to a verbal conirnunicsition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Mom tier, writes me to day that France has not changed her reolalion, but that upon mil itary considerations has deemed it expedi ent to substitute one comprehensive evac uation for an evacuation in separate parts. All of our troops will leave Mexico in the month d' March. " SANTA ANNA ON THE MEXICAN SITUATION. Santa Anna has sent to the President a long letter on the Mexican imbroglio, in which he propose a dirlerent policy from that now being carried nut by our govern ment. The Pi tvsident will take no notice of the letter, and is not disposed to furnish it for publication. ICscnlx-cI'i ami Oiioiilcs .!oii llauiS.4 Kseolje do i :i Command at lUiitu mores. Special Ikspnlch to the N. Y. World. New Ohluans, Dec. 7 The Galveston Bulletin of tlie -1th instant says it hay pri vate information that Escobedo and Can ales met as friends, and that Fscobedo now commands the City of Matamoros, tho United States forces having subsequently withdrawn. The last part of this information is, how ever, considered doubtful. Tike IV i I !druv stl ui' ir. United States Ticoiii from IMiitaiiiOfO. Special Despatch to (he N. Y. 1WW. Xi;w Oulf.axs, J'c. 7. Ihownsvilie ad vices ttate that afler the reception of des patches from General Sheridan the United States troops were immediately wiitlnlrawn from Matamoros to tho American side by (Jen. Sedgev.ick on tho 1st inst. Canales then surrendered Matamoros to Escobedo unconditionally, the-v agreeing to light the common enemy of their country. The Priimis ut tlie Dry 'J'orlngas. A special committee of the Florida State Legislature has made a report on the sub ject ef the prisoners at the Dry Tortugas, who now number about livo hundred. The imprisonment of one of them, Col onel St. Leger Grenfell, formerly of the Confederate army, appears to have been attended with circumstances of peculiar hardship. Colonel Grenfell proved himself in India and in Turkey, to be a gallant sol dier, and served with distinguished brave ry iu various capacities during the war in the Southern States, lie voluntarily re signed his commission, ran the blockade, and went North, and, to take the words of the report before us, " while amusing him self limiting upon the prairies of Illinois, to his surprise he was arrested for conspiring with Jeff. Davis and others, to release the Confederate prisoner; at Camp Douglas, and to burn the City of Chicago. There were six others arrested at the same time, and tried with him on the same charge, noue of whom he had ever seen or had any eoiiiMunicaiiou with, rendering it impossi ble for him to have conspired with them. The.e have all been released, and Colonel Grenfell, ; done of the number, was sen tenced to bo hung, being an Englishman and without friends or political influence." His sentence of death was commuted to imprisonment for life at tho T rtugas, and there is no pros;wt of Colouel Gron f ell's release. Her Majesty's Minister at Washington re ceived most cordially the request of the Government of the United States that mer cy might be shown to the condemned Fe nians, but he does not appear to have in any way interested himself in obtaining the release of Colonel Grenfell, who is far more a British subject than the Fenians are subjects of the United States. Colonel Grenfell is a prisoner, he can be of no use to England, and, with consistent policy, he will, so far as his own people are concern ed, be allowed to drag out the rest of his days in the ceil at the Dry Tortugas. A Clear Case of K.UI napping. In September, 18131, a colored girl named Rebecca Bailey, or Busle, a refugee from the State of Virginia, was bound by the Freedmen's Bureau to a party then resid ing in Georgetown. Her employer last spring came to Washington, and not being willing to pay the expense of the girl at the hotel where he was boarding, lie turned her over to a lady friend, directing the hitter to pay the girl lier wages, Ac. Subsequent ly the original employer went to Philadel phia, auet during the ia,t summer wrote to the girl, requesting her to go to that city. The girl refused to 'do so, and remained with her former employer. On Thursday last tl)3 original employer came to Wash ington and sent for the gitl, saying that he desired to see her. Not supposing that she wo-lid be long away, she went without shawl or bonnet, was hustled in a hack, ta ken to the cars, and thence to Philadelphia. A demand was then made of the last em ployer for the clothes of the girl and the money due, which was refused, unless the girl herself gave an order for them. Tho Freedmen's Bureau was yesterday visited for information as to the girl, and it appears from the records that she is put down as fifteen years of age at the time she was indentured, two years ago. The girl herself claims that she is nineteen. If this be so, the party taking her off has been guilty of an atrocious wrong, for the arti ch s of indenture only were until the girl shall arrive at the age of eighteen. Besides, this girl can neither read nor w rite, and this fact shows a violation of the articles of agreement, as it is required that such in struclion shall be given by the employer. In this statement of facts names have been omitt 3d for several reasons; but the circumstances are all known to the Freed men's Bureau, and action will no doubt be taken. If these things can be done with impunity, the public would doubtless like to know" the. difference between the slavery of 1860 and that of 18G6. The seeel of the sunflower is the best re medy known for the cure of founder in hor ses. Immediately on discovering that your horse is foundered mix about a piut of the whole seed in his food, aud it will give a perfect cure. At Beloit last week two horses, with a wagon, ran away from their driver who was drunk, and stopped on a railroad bridge, where they remained till a train came along and killed them both and smashed the wa gon. There was snow on the highest peak of the Andes on the 3rd instant. Can this be true ? The gross receipts from premiums of the Hartford insurance companies for the month of October as returned to the assessor, amount to $741,630. The Radira. anil the South Letter from Horace Greeley. From tho Tort Gibson (Mississippi) Standard. Some weeks ago, a gentleman from Jef ferson county, Mississippi, addressed a let ter to Horace Greeley, asking him, as one of the leaders of the Republican party, what the intentions of the party were with reference to the South. Mr. Greeley promptly replied in the following letter : Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 28, 18G6. Dear Sir. : Your letter finds me away from home, engaged in our political can vass. Leaving, with many others, I must answer hurriedly : 1. I know of no considerable or influen tial portion of the people, North or West, who expect or desire any general (or other) confiscation of Southern property. I am personally acquainted with most Abolition ists of note Gerrit Smith, Charles Sum ner, Governor Chase, Are., and not one of them favors, a policy of confiscation. Thad. Stevens anel General Butler may be excep tions, General Butler being a new convert from the Democracy. 2. Even the tax on cotton though I think it falls (especially) mainly on the consumer, not the producer is certain to be taken off very soon. It is sustained only because of the need of a local reveuue. 3. I am very sure that no Southern man, who remains quietly at home and attends to his business, will ever be troubled be cause of his part in the late rebellion. As sassious and house-burners may sometimes be prosecuted, but oftener those who pro fessed to bo Unionists than thoso who were Rebels. -1. I think the general prevalent senti ment of the North was adverse to any ex action eff the South, with regard to politi cal rights for the black, till after the New Orleans riots effected a decided change, and I think it is now the more prevalent opinion here that the better portion of the Southern whites will never protect the blacks In 'in murder and outrage at the Lauds of the low-easre whites, and that the right of suffrage for the blacks is indispen sable to their safety. 5. I think you mislead yourself by a mis use of terms when you talk of the "equali ty of the whites and blacks." In five of the New England States their Constitutions and laws make no difference, and know none, between whites and blacks ; and yet, I think there is far less intercourse or po litical intermixture between whites and blacks in Boston, for instance, than in New Orleans. You do not ask me for advice outside your questions, yet I venture to proffer this counsel : Let the Southern States resolve to establish and maintain, henceforth, a thoroughly good understanding with the Southern blacks. Encourage the latter to hold conventions and select their best men to confer with your best men, resoied that a perfect good understanding between the two races shall be had. I trust there is no more trouble ahead ; but in any case, such an understanding is of the gravest consequence to all. Yours truly, Horace Gkeelev. Mvt lllUlllll l s.es Of (Hntl)l' Oil. It is not as universally known as it de serves to bo that castor oil is as useful iu tho trades as it is as a medicine. It is much better to soften and to redeem old leather than any other oil known ; when boots and shoes are greased with it, the oil will not at all interfere with t lie polishing afterward, as is the case with laid, olive, or any other oil. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the old leather hose of some of the fire companies was greased with it, and found to become almost as soft and flexible as new leather. Leather belts for transmitting motion in maehiuery will usually last three to five years, according to the wear and tear they are exposed to ; when greased with castor oil they will last ten years or more, as they always remain flexible and do not crack. Besides this advantage, castor oil will pre vent slipping, that a belt three inches wide, impregnated with it, will be equal to a belt four and a half inches wide without castor oil. It is necessary, however, to wait twenty-four hours, till the oil has disap peared from the surface and penetrated the leather, otherwise the freshly greased sur face will cause slipping. That rats and other vermin detest anything impregnated with castor oil, and will not touch it, is an other advantage. The Appointing Towei. Judging from the activity of divers gentlemen in that di rection, the one great object of the meet ing of this Congress is to curtail the ap pointing power of the President. Many of these projects will probably sleep in the committee rooms. Others will be brought before Congress aud discussed. Some, per haps, will find their way upon the statute book. But we are not prepared to believe that an American Congress will become a party to such a violation of the spirit of our institutions, or the aim of the founders of our Government, as to make the Supreme Court participate in the most corrupting element of our politics the distribution of political patronage. May that august tri bunal continue evermore to be kept free from the noisy contentions and corrupt in trigues of partizan warfare ! Nationol Intelligencer. The December number of DeBow's Re view contains a number of articles of inter est. The article from the editor upon "railroad history and results" is well worthy of the consideration of the Southern States, to which it is particularly addressed. The South had made considerable progress in railroad enterprise before the civil war, which deranged their entire system of inter nal communication. Railroads had built up their cities and developed their interior, added value to their lands, and augmented their physical resources and means of com fort and prosperity. From the history of these roads it appears certain that they will pay well in the end, as indeed they did al most from the beginning. Another twenty years of construction will not do more, says the editor, than to bring the Southern States up to the standpoint which the States have reached to-day in their railroad results. There can be no doubt that well-managed railroads constitute the best property in the country. Sir Morton Peto, in his recent tour in the Northern and Western States, declared that it was impossible to drop a railroad anywhere in America that would not pay. Nat. Intelligencer. The Cjtton Cbop of Mississippi, A cor respondent from Millikeu's Bend sends the following: "No news of general interest, save the fact that the cotton crop of this section is gathered in. The bulk of it has already gt'iie forward, and the future re ceipts from the river will henceforward be come much lighter. Madison parish will make about 4000 bales as the crop of 1866, against former crops of 60,000 bales. The average yield has been less than one-fourth of a bale to the acre oi lana put in tnis sea son A colored man in New York has abac J doned his www wue. . . SanfoTtl Conover A Demurrer. On Friday last Mr. H. C. Gooding, coun sel of the accused, filed the following de murrer to the indictment against Sauford Conover, alias Charles Dunham, for perju ry, in connection with the assassination "And the said Sanford Conover alias Charles A. Dunham, here and haviug the same in dictment read, saith that the first and sec ond counts of the said indictment, and the matter therein contained, tho manner and form as they abovo state and set forth are not sufficient in law, and that he is not bound by the law and he is ready to verify ; whereupon the said Sanford Conover prays judgments of the said courts that he may be dismissed and discharged from the said premises in the said counts specified." It. is possible that this demurre r will be argued in a few days. The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writing Saturday evening, says : The counsel for Sanford Conover, iudict ed for perjury in manufacturing conspiracy evidence, to involve Jefferson Davis in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, argued tlie demurrer to the indictment in the case on Saturday, partly on the ground that the so called depositions were not depositions or affidavits, Judge Advocate General Holt having no authority to administer an oath. The indictment also is alleged to be defect ive in that it does not expressly state the expositions of Hoare and Snevel, who re counted before the House Judiciary com mittee, were admitted as evidence in the pending inquiry, and does not set out with certainty which part" thereof the defendant denies in his alleged oath. The counsel of Conover also objected to the law as defect ive, inasmuch as it does not declare false swearing before a Congress committe to be crime, Tho District Attorney said that even sup posing Jnelge Kolt had no authority to ad minister an oath, yet the law was clear, providing that the Speaker of the House anel chairmen of the committees may ad minister oaths, aud any person swearing falsely shall be eleemed of perjury. Jnelge Fisher said that he would like te hear the question as to whether the House of Representees had authority to order the inquiry ; whether it was not an invasion of the judiciary department by one House of Congress, and contrary to the distribution ot powers byr the Constitution. The Dis trict Attorney intimated a wish to investi gate the matter, and the cause was defer red. , The "Immortal J. N." Visits Mr.DaTh. The Norfolk Virginian of Saturelay gives the following account of a nomadic charac ter calling himself "J. N." upon Mr. Davis. The individual "J. N." is well known to the press of the South as the incoherent ex pouneler of a theory on "The Pressure." The Baltimore steamer Thursday morn ing brought a notorious, if not distinguish eel, visitor to the Fortress none less than the Immortal "J. N.," he of the dirty news paper scrap, anel dirtier locks. "J. N." came on a mission, the accom plishment of which he has been pursuing ever siue'e the imprisonment of Jefferson Davis, that is suffering in his stead. "J. N." made formal application for ad mission, and while knocking around leose, awaiting a response to his application, he espied, walking around the ramparts, Mr. Davis hiniself. "J. N." approached, hat in hand, and spoke thusly ; "Whom have I the honor of addressing ? Is this not the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Presi dent of the late Confederate States ? Jr. Davis signified the affirmative. "J. N." Is there any impediment, airy barrier to my admission into the Fortress ? I come on an important mission." He was informed that there was noue ; the guards had been removed. Thereupon "J. N." was ushered in, and proceeded with much familiarity to apply his "pressure" to his subject, increasing it as he proceeded up to a maximum of one hundred pounds to the square inch of en durance. "J. N." proceedeel unfolding his plan in a stream of his peculiar eloquence, until his entertainer, becoming convinced that a lu natic had been admitted into his quarters, dispatched to the officer of the day for a guard to remove his visitor. "J. N." re-appeared in a twinkling es corted rather rapidly across the draw. Subsequently he related to a crowd the substance of his inters iiw with Mr. Davis anel his plan of self-immolation and sacri fice in his behalf. He spoke in the warm est. terms of the politeness of the officer who escorted him forth, bowed himself away ami relieved the For ti ess and Old Point of his peculiar "pressure" by taking his departure forRichmonel by the steamer. Terrible Affray. Sunday last, two miles from Mitchels ville, Tennessee, two negroes, named Da vid Groves and Charles Givens, got into a fight about a woman. The former was cut to death. Givens was arrested and taken before a magistrate named Byram, on Wed nesday for examination. A large crowd assembled, among them three brothers, Prass, Bill and T. McDale. Bill McDale was under indictment fo some violation of law. After the negro case was disposed of, Albert C. Byram, a constable and brother of the magistrate, attempted to arrest Mc Dale, who diew a pistol and shot at Byram, who summoned a crowd to assist in mak ing the arrest. His brothers being armed, resisted, and a general fight ensued. All parties were heavily armed, anel all took a hand in the affray. The result was Prass McDale was shot dead and Bill was mor tally wounded, being shot three times through the body. The constable Byram received similar fatal injuries. The mag istrate was badly cut in the head, but still lingers alive. All had more or less serious injuries from cuts, shots or bruises from buts of pistols. Political Fraying. The partisanship that must offensively obtrude itself in the supplication made at the Throne of Grace is so offensive and so desecrating that it is difficult to character ize it as it deserves. We omitted from the House proceedings the first day the prayer of the chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Boynton, be cause we could not publish it without pro test, and we, therefore, preferred not pub lishing it at alL But here is what a Radi cal correspondent of a Radical newspaper says. We quote from the Washington cor respondence of the Brooklyn Union, of the 5th instant, italics and all : "An unusually large attendance of the members were present, and when, at the hour of noon, the sharp rap of the Speak er's gavel arrested the attention of the whole assemblage, and prayer was an nounced, all the members engaged with unusual devotion in the exercise. The chaplain of the Souse, the Rev. Dr Boyn ton, then made a Radical stump speech with his eyes shut. This must have been distasteful to the piety of the Democratic members." This is not the questionable censure of a partisan foe, but the salient criticism of a political friond.2ialiQuil Intelligencer, Singular Cause off Suicide. Some time since it was announced that a man at Titusville, Pennsylvania, commit ted suicide for the reason that he hael dis covered he was his own grandfather. Leaving a dying statement, explaining this singular circumstance, we will not at tempt to unravel it, but give his explana tion of the mixed-np condition of his kins folk in his own words. He says : I mar ried a wielow who hael a grown up daughter. My father visited our house very often, fell in love with my step-daughter and married her. So my father became my son in law, and my step-daughter my mother, because she was my father's wife. Some time af terwards my wife had a son ; he was my father's brother-in-law, and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step-mother. My father's wife t. e., my'step daughter had also a son ; he was of course, nry broth er, and in the meantime my grand child, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother because she was my mother's mothe r. I was my wife's husbanel and grandchild at tho same time. And as the husband of a person's grand niedher is his grandfather, I was my own grandfather. That this was a strange con dition of things must be confessed, but we can see no possible reason why it should cause a man to commit suicide. The Rat KuUuiue. Catching rats is often difficult, as old rats are proverbially cunning. Laying around poison is dangerous not alone, but also ob jectionable, for the reason that rats may die at inaccessible spots and contaminate the atmosphere with the well-known de testable edor. A better plan has been adopted by one of our correspondents, by which he takes advantage of the cunning habits of the rats. He covers the floor near the rat hole with a thin layer of moist caustic potash ; when the rats walk on this it makes their feet sore ; these they lick with their tongues ; it makes their mouths sore, anel the result is that they shun this locality not alone, but appear to tell all the neighboring rats about it, and eventually the houso is entirely abaneloned by them, notwithstanding the neighborhooel may be teeming with rats. Hair Dressing. The Partisan hair-dressers, who control the fashions, have helel their first ball of the present season, and at it laid tlown their inexorable laws. The rage for false hair shows no abatement, and ladies' heads are still to be loaded elown with some one else's tresses. With the front hair drawn back and lifted up from the forehead in puffs anel rolls, the back hair spread out into an enormous lump, tied in spreading bows or rolled into an intricate mass of short, thick, geometrically-disposed saus ages, how can a woman contrive to place on her head anything bigger than the few inches of tulle, blonde or velvet with which she covers the infinitesimal hollow left at the summit of the head, between the hilly protuberances of the front anel tho moun tainous ones of the back ? A New Island. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald chronicles one of the peculiar results of the action of the current of the Missouri River on its banks and on its sandy bottom. An island has been formed in the river opposite St. Joseph, the channel running between the Island and the Missouri shore. Although a vast bed of sand over two miles in length, should it withstand the flood next spring, it may soon be covered with a growth of trees. An immense drift has foamed at the upper end, which it is believed will protect it from the rush of waters and make it per manent. The other day two citizens of St. Joseph passed over to the island, took pos session of it and erected a cabin thereon, which they hold will give them the first claim to entry when the Government places it in market. How Tobacco is Consumed in Europe. In the city of Hamburg, Germany, the manufacture of Tobacco gives employment to more than 10,000 persons, who turn out 150,000,000 cigars a year, valued at $2,000, 000. From Havana ami Manilla, Ham burg imports 18,000,000 cigars a year, ma king an aggregate, including its own pro duction, of 108.000,000 cigars, 153,000,000 of which are exported, leaving 15.000,000 for home consumption allowing 10,000 ci gars a day to an adult male population of 45,000. In England, with a population of 21,000, 000 in 1821 the consumption of Tobacco was I" 152 pounds, an average of 12 ounces per head for the entire population ; in 1831 with a population of 24,-101,439, the con sumption reached 10,533,841 pounds, or 13 1-2 ounces per heael ; and 1851, population 27,452,092, the consumption was 28,0(33,841 pounds, or 17 ounces of Tobacco per head, showing a steady increase. In France the coinsurnption ef Tobacco is 18 1-2 ounces per head, nearly half of which is snuffed : in Denmark, 1818, it was 70 ounces per head ; aud in Belgium it av erages about 73 1-2 ounces per head. General Grant1 Report-So Radicalism in it. IlEADOUABTEltS AHMIES UNITED STATES, Washington, Novembar 21, 18CG. Sir, Since my report for 1865 the volunteer force then in service has been almost entirely re placed by the regular army, mostly organized un der the act of Congress approved 28th July 18C6. Passing from civil war of the niagni ude of that which the United States has been engaged to gov ernnent through the courts, it has teen de-med necessary to keep a military force in all the lately rebellious States to insure the execution of law and to protect life and property against the act of those who as yet acknowledge no law but force This class has proven to be much smaller than could have been expected alter such a conflict. It has, however, been suflieitritly formidable to jns tify the course which hs been pursued On the whole, the condition of the otates that were in re bellion against the Government may be regarded as good enough to warrant the hope that but a short time will intervene before the bulk of the troopa now occupying them can be sent to our growing Territories, where they are so much need ed. Very good. And so on The Masons. It is estimated by those who ought to know, that at present, in round numbers, there are about 1,250,000 Free and Accepted Masons scattered upon the face of the globe. Of this number some 150,000 are in England, 100,000 in Scot land, and 50,000 in Ireland. There are about 000,000 on the continent of Europe ; 300,000 in the United States ; and 50,000 irj other parts of the world. In England there are two or three thousand persons in itiated every year, and the Masonic body is said to be everywhere increasing. Ou but Jolly. John Shults, of Pleas ant Mills, New Jersey, is one hundred and seventeen years old. He has been blind seventeen years but is otherwise unimpair ed in his mental and physical faculties. He constantly attends the Methodist church of which he has been a member almost a century. A gang in New Orleans steal children, and then get a reward for bringing them back. He who pokes his nose everywhere, will sometimes poke it between a thumb and forefinger. NEWS ITEMS. Liszt has finished hisoratorioof "Christ." A Nevada miner owns a brick valued at 6,000. Twenty-two Wisconsin banks aro wind ing up. Chattanooga, Tenn., is just now afflicted with a small pox epidemic. Tho velocity of the sun has been esti matetl at 422,000 miles per day. The State debt of Indiana is about seven million elollars. Large pantaloons or trousers, we see are to be the nobby style this winter. Tho emigration from Goorgia to Texas is immense. Imperial concerts r.rc given every Sunday in Paris. There was ice in Richmond on tho morn ing of tho 11th inst. A heavy snow ha3 fallen on the plains, and out-going trains are suffering. An official report gives tho number of deaths from cholera in St. Louis, from July 27 to November 9, at 3,527. The Georgia Senate has rejected the House bill preventing trains from running on Sunday. Five persons recently died at Crab Or chartl, Ky., from eating fresh killed pork, supposed to have been affected by hog cholera. Onions finely chopped and mixed with Indian meal once or twice a week and fed to fowls, prevents the gapes and many other diseasesthat fowls aro subject to. The New York 7th regiment has voted to decline the invitation of the Americans re siding in Paris to visit that city, and has ent a letter notifying them of the fact. A locomotive on the Georgii railroad, to v.hich was attached a freight train of eigh teen cars, exploded a few days ago, killing the fireman and severely scaleling the en gineer. A genius of Jackson, Michigan, has had patented reversible boot and shoe heels, the merit of which is that they may be changed so that they will wear evenly. One pair of them is to wear a lifetime. " Tho work of a thousand men for four years " is the inscription upon the immense railroad bridge, which has just been erec ted across the Susquehanna River, at Havre de Grace, Md. The London compositors decline to join in the Reform demonstration. They say their society was established for trade pur poses only, and they object to its machinery being employed for political purposes. Large stories are told of the proficiency, as a marksman, of Recorder Hackett, of New York. Any of his friends, it is said, will hold a penny between their fingers and allow him to hit it at ten paces, which h invariably does. He can knock the ashen off a gentleman's cigar while the cigar is in hi3 month, with unvarying accuracy, and one of his principal amusements is to imi tate WTilliam Tell, in shooting apples off his friend's head. Hon. Anson Burlingame, U. S. Minister to China, arrived at Shanghae Sept. 19. He sailed from Yokohama, (Japan) Spt. 12, in the steamer Duplex,. Capt. Noel, which encountereel a typhoon ; she had three boats blown away, davits and all, lost her main topmast, had nearly all her sails blown irom the yards, and her decks swept. Capt. Noel, when the typhoon commenced, observeel its drift, and ran out of it, other wise his vessel would have been lost. The passengers subscribed $1,200 to purchase a service of plate for him. Ristobi Makes a Br-EEcn. Madame Ristori closed her engagements at the national Theatre, Washington, on Saturday evening, appearing in her great character of "Elizabeth' to a crowded house. She was called before the curtain, and made the following farewell speech : Ladies and Gentlemen : My reception at Wash ington has impressed mo profoundly. The Capi tol of this wonderful i;at:on, the great names of the past and tho present that consecrate it, inspire a thousand emotions. I can speak but one God bless America ! A Washington letter referingto this speech ay it was "of twenty-nine seconds' duration, which took her two days to commit to memory, In order to speak it in the English language, Manager Orau kindly furnished the newspaper fraternity with copies of the epeech tan hours in advance cf its delivery." Agciits Wanted For THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF GEXER.IL (STONEWALL) JACKSON, JJy Prof. li. L. Dabney, 1. D., of Va. rryiK Standard ltlography of the Immer I tal Hero. The only edition authorized bv his vidow and published for her pecuniary benefit. The author a pe rsonal friend and Chief of Staff of the Christian Soldier. The lliohmond lmjuircr says: 'In studying this life of Jack-on, the reader has the capital ad vantage of knowing that lie is reading the truth, and may safely thandon himself to the story. "Jackson's greatness shone out upon the world in connection with the Confederate cause. To it ho consecrated his genius, and to jit he gave hia hfo. OI its justice be had the moat solemn con victions, ami for it lie daily besieg-jd heaven with fervent prayers, from a soul of singular piety, and with a faith that seemed to Tierce the veil, aud a e the Father on His throne ' " This is tlie beet selling book we ever published. Over 50,00) copies alreiitiy sold A rare chance for agents. rcud for circulars, giving full particulars, and see our terms, and what the press generally says of the work. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING! CO., Corner 7th and Main Sla., lticbmond, Va. Dec. 13 45-lm Notice ffIIB subscriber having qualified a ad 1 minist rator upon the estate of Woodman 8. Sidbury. deceased, at December Term, A. D., 1PC0, of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sesaions for Kew Hanover County, will proceed to sell at the planta tion of his intestate on Itock Point, on Tuesday, the first day of January next, all the perishable estate of deceased, at said plantation, consisting of farming utensils, crops, corn and peanuts, abcut twenty head of milch cows, Ac On Thursday the third day of January next, the subscriber will eell at the late residence of the de ceased, on Topsail Hound, the crop, stock and pro visions on said place, the household and kitchen furniture. Baid sale will be upon the usual terms of administrator's sale. DAVID J. NIXON, Administrator. Dec. 12 61 lfcd-w3t To Kent THE Subscriber will rent tor on year, on the 2.th day cf December, his 1 lila BTOP.E HOUSE, at Laun uburg, Uich-JUJL rnond county, situated in a few yards of the track of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther ford Railroad. A good situation offered for any one wishing to engage in the Mercantile Business. Terms made know, on day of s-tle. WILLIAM STEWART. Dec. 13 45-2t Notice THE subscriber, having qualified aa ad ministrator upon the estate of Woodman 8. Sidbury, deceased, at Deo mbot Term, A. D., Iti66, . f the Court of Picas and Quarter Sessions for New U -nover County, hereby notines all persons indeb ted t his estate, to come forwud and lii-ike im mediate payment. And i.e hereby notifies all per sons having claims against said intestate, to pre sent them within the tune required by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. DAVID J. NIXON, Adm'r of Woodman 3. Bidbury.
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