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WAGONS
FOR SALE

"HE UNDERSIGNED has on hand Tor
Il sale, at Mil llersburg, Mercer county,
Twenty-Five
Two Horse Wagons d!
made with shaved spokes and OF the best mater
ais and warranted. Also, manufacturing, and :Or
sale, two horse
CORN CTLTIVATGR PLOW
which for its work, simplicity and durability deaeI
competition. II mostly all iron, be de-
tached as two double shoveis, IN ten minutes
time, which cannot be done by any other tto"
before the pablo, raises all the shove out OF the
ground the same height and higher than any other
plow no weight on the neck of the horse; cna
plough through sod, stalks or hard road without
cIogIng, and rs OF easy draft.
Va am prepared TO do all kinds OF Wagon
aud Smith work.
Us GILMORE.
MrIersburg, July 7th, 1865
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All OF which have been promptly adjusted and
p,d
As- The who on!its 10 insure his proper
ty, now, must be either negligent ignorant or
reckless
Gs~ Cal on the undersigned.
GEO. W. C8PP. Agent.
Office under Babcock's Hall.
Rocl Island.
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Cash for Rags.

For clean cotton and linen rags, white or coli
ored, he pays the highest price IN Dash. de
also buys Old Brass, Copper, all kinds OF
Old Iron, Ssrond Hand Clothing, Second
Hand Furniture, and all sorts OF traps bought or
sold at Junk Store.
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GLANCE AT THE EMINENT SERV-
: ice and great public usefulness of this WELL
tried ar thoroughly tested Corporation, may be
obtained from perusal Of the following figures
of Losses paid
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foUR PROPERTY Is AsRG yALOAALh.
Ir vou Sustain your County nIr
yoITR PROPERTY IS MORE VALu AbsI 1i.sr
So If YOU Sustain your County un[r [T.
yOJJR PROPERTY Is MORE FALU Appnd p'd,r
If YOU Sustain your County ,l,IT
YOJR PROPERTY IS MORE NALU PAN ~ panel
Ii you Sustain yeur CoIr.ipI .pIF
'',1s ~" i If YOU Sustain yo2r County pfa fsP'
yorrR Property IS MORE VALU Abpn 4.o,s
If you Sustain your .pLE
YOUR PROPERTY is MORE .r Pspet
If you Sustain your .9InpIE
ioo" i M Tf You Sustain Jour Count, ntI,T r.
yorp ppopERTY rs MORE vALU Abpa p.,.
Aoo w nv II Jsu Sustain your C0ss'5 'r~
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JOB ROSS i!
The undersigned calls especia attention to his


He has the greatest variety of new and second
hand clothing, for men and women, which can be
tound in this city.
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FU IT u RE!

In the line of second hand furniture or house
keeping articles ii would be difficult 20 imagine
ANYTHING YOU can't find at his store
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Stoves and Pipe.

The greatest variety OF second hand cooking
and heating stoves, cauldron kettles, tarMers'
boilers, stove pipe, &C., SC, to be found any
where.
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PHOTOGRAPHS,
,All sres in the highest style art, be had ak
A. B. GSyTard's Gallery,
In webber's Bleck.

PR RICES N0DE ERA7
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Gard Photograph Portraits.
For ALBUMS, Ia the mos, artistic style, ,u.t'
hada A. Il. GAY F*lRDsS,
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Edgington, July 3, 1866, wit.
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A Negro DUcl in VIRGINIA,

On Saturday morning last two ne
groes one Of whom vas named Meekin,
repaired to Chickahominy swamp to
settle "accordin to the CODE" u per-
sonal difficulty. The weapons used
were double barrel guns, thirty PAGES
distant, and at the first fire N Of them
was shot through the arm. The cause
of dispute was the possession of Il
wife, both of whom claimed the same
woman. After the first fire, the wound
ed man became very violent, and vo-
citerated his desire for another round.
but the seconds stepped up and pro-
nounced their wounded honor honora-
bly, healed, and would not permit the
attairto proceed further. Subsequent
ly, we understand, the coveted damsel
melted into compassion for the wound
ed claimant Of her hand, and agreed
that for the future she would cast her
lot with him. The rejected lover left
in high dudgeon, and only awaits the
opportunity to take another crack at
his adversary.-Richmond Times, aug.
%
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A DOG STORY FROM SPARTA, ILLINOIS.

A DOG STORY FROM SPARTA, ILLINOIS,
Some time ago, a gentleman removed
with his family from this country to
California, across the plains, and was
accompanied by a dog that had been
given him by a neighbor shortly before
he started. In due time the man reach
ed the land ofgold, and settled down in
one ofthe beautiful valleys of that coun.
try. The dog was not. satisfied with
his new home. He was lonely, and
often longed, II we are permitted to
read canine thoughts, to return to the
land ofhis puppyhood. One morning
his master missed him, and never saw
him again. Recently, however, he
walked into his former masters yard, in
this county, foot-sOre and weary, hav-
ing crossed the plains from California
here. The hair was nearly all gone
from his hide, and his feet were worn
and bleeding. Thisis a true tale, even
ifit is a dog tale.-COr. Of Chicago
Times.
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The I'M ulattO" Convention.

The New York Times of the LIST, con
tains a telegram with the following OK
tract from q letter Of Hon. Rober
Ridgeway, formerly editor of the Rich
mond Wig:
RICHMOND, Va, Friday, Ausust 81
In a letter received this morning from
Hon. Robert Ridgcway, member o.
Congress for the Fourth District, il
reference to his appointment as n dele
gate to the Southern Loyal ConTtntioi
at Philadelphia, he says:
Yours ofthe 9th inst, to hand
Contains the first intimatiOn l had had
that the scamps at Alexandria, without
the slightest communication with or
authority from me, had taken the out
rngeous liberty Of using my name in
connection with the mulatto Conven.
ton at Philadelphia, well knowing "a
. they did, that had not n particle of
sympathy with them or the Jacobin rab.
|, bic to which they belong. You will
perceive from the above that you have
my full authority to stamp the Who'll,
thing, so far rs | am concerned, a. q
villainous outrage upon me and adelib
crate fraud upon the puLiic.
II. RtDcrwAT.
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A new instrument for breaking open
safes was captured with some burglars
in Philadelphia a few days ago. II
consists ola frame work that is design
ed to be fastened to the floor, and to be
bound together by cords. A heavy
iron bar weighing seventy pounds is
used for lever, and this has o hole in
the centre in which bit is inserted, and
with the bar adjusted to the framework,
it is used for boring in iron safes and
vault doors. A hole is cut with a thread
in it, and = screw is forced into this
which draws the door out when the bar
is turned, and so great a power can be
applied to it that a door of almost any
thickness can be forced out of place.
With this instrument, it is said, almost
any safe in the country could be open
ed an three hours.
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A F0rcshadowing Of the Future.

A F0rcshad0wing Of the Future
From the Cincinnati Commercial
The country is aware that the Prcsi
dent is travelling in very good company
Aside from Seward, who has done th'
State some service that the people
know and will not forget, though they
may be displeased with him fora time,
the Commander in Chiefof the army
and navy of the United States carries
with him the mel most illustrious IL
fortune and highest in rank of botl
branches Of the scrvice-Gencral Gran
and Admiral Farragut.
Something of disappointment, and
perhaps even Of displeasure, has beer
felt by many Of the most intelligent
and patriotic people at the prominence
of General Grant at the Presidents re
ception of the Philadelphia Committee.
and also at the Generals swinging
around the circle with the Chief Magis.
trate. Last winter, rs is well known
the Radicals d" 50 called nominated
Grant for the Presidency, and as IN eX'
preston Of their confidence and regard
raised his military rank to that Of O
General. We had the pleasure of IN.
nouncing quite emphatically, that the
solution of the difficulty between the
President and Congress, was to be
found in the fact that General Grant
was to be next President.
A goodGhile ago, counting by his
speeches, and several times, the Presi-
dent-that is to say, the Vice President
who is acting as observation-disclosures
that his race "a nearly run, his ambi-
ton gratiiied, his course about finished,
and that he was not to be candidate for
the Presidency in the future, but would
close his eyes in peace as soon as he
could. Recently he has hardly been
so willing to view the political ground
where he must lie in turn, and the in
dications are strong that he proposes
to be elected President on the Philadel.
phia platform, by the Democratic Par.
ty Il Co. 1t is not, therefore to be re-
garded as impossible that Grant and
Johnson will be the opposing candi.
dates for the Presidency in 1868.
Yesterday. in the New York Central
Park, there was what might be called Il
preliminary brush. or course, the
distinguished guests had a drive in the
Park, the President in the foremost
carriage, Grant became tired of the
Presidents dust, and taking the reins
from the driver, whipped up alongside
the President and challenged him for
a race. There was a sharp contest, the
General coming out ahead, according
to his custom. This, we suppose, may
be regarded as typical Of the coming
event,
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NJ. Gailbert, u Frenchman, has in.
vented an apparatus, to enable a person
to enter a burning building without be
ing stitlcd by the smoke. 1t is simple.
and consists only of a fire-proof air.
bag, which is carried on the tireman's
back, and from which he breaths by
means ola tube passing into the mouth
the nose having been previously stop
ped up. Experiments made with this
at the Portsmouth (England) dock
yard, showed that a man could remain
in the smoke for six minutes with ease,
even if sulphur was added to the fame,
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Winchester Reyiying.

Our town has q decided upward ten
dency this week. The streets arc
thronged with strangers-most ofthcn
Young ladies and gentlemen who have
come here from every part ofthc South
to attend the various Schools of the
place. Every department Of business
feel, the st%imulus--an increased amount
Of trade and barter is going on.
The continued rains and consequent
improved crops in the county also have
an encouraging effect upon the town.
The health Of the place is very good.
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THE SPIRIT OF RADICALIsM.-Wen
dell Phillips, in a late letter condemn.
ing the recent Philadelphia Convention,
thus alludes to President johnson:
"Our duty sto put there Tin Con.
gress men who will, at every hazard,
save the nation, remembering that THY
STINK where the Long Parliament stood
in 1904 and though tn, block and axe
in front of the palace, NAV be no fitting
measure now, they are bound to find
and to use some measure fit and efficient
to recure their purpose-the deposition
of the perjured and usurpiny traitor"
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Our Schools.

The various schools of this plac
commenced operations on Monday last
The Sewancc Collegiate Institute
at present, the representation Of th
University Of the South, was opcne'
by an address by Bishop Qnintard
which was, ofconrsc, appropriate t.
the occasion, and like every other Ct
fort We have ever heard the Bishol
make, WAS able and interesting, W,
understand the address will be publish.
Cd.
A large number Of the citizens O
Winchester and vicinity were present
and seemed to appreciate the impov,
tancc Of the event then transpiring.
About one hundred students have
entered the school up to this date.
TIE MARY SHARP COLLEGE
Also on the same day threw open
her doors to the throngs of the fair
daughters Of the South who have so
long gladlcncd her classic halls with
their bright faces and merry voices.
The Mary Sharp occupies n proud
pre- cminence throughout a great part
Of the South, which she obtained by
hard labor and an energetic discharge
Of duty, which justly entities her to
that distinction.
Mrs. Graves delivered an elegant adj.
dress to the young ladies entering the
school. President Graves made IN
interesting talk to the patrons and pu
pills, and Bishop Quintarl'also made Il
few remarks OF cordial encouragement
to the faculty and pupils. This we
were glad to see and hope this fraterni-
ty Of feeling may continue between the
various schools Of the place. We no
ticcd that President Graves was at the
Scwanee Institute in the morning Of
tlat day.
THE ROBERT DOESTLL UNIVERSITY
Also commenced operations on the
same day, We hope, under favorable
auspices.
We understand the Rev. DR.. McElrcc,
the Principal, and We know Miss 10.
Black, the Assistant, to be cmincntly
qualified forthe position they have us.
sumcl.
This school is the cherished project
of a number Of substantial, energetic,
Christian gentlemen, and will receive
The fostering care OLA great church,
and We have no doubt it will prove Il
satisfactory success and Il blessing to
the country,
We heartily wish it n brilliant and
useful career. For the present, the
school viii, be taught in tlle basement;
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
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The Radical Convention,

We had hoped to be able to fulnisl
our readers in this number of our pa
per, with the proceedings of the rev
dictionary party now in convention il
Philadelphia. but we have been dis
appointed.
The convention organized by tn,
election ofJas. Speed, ofLouisville, Ky
late attorney general of the United
States, rs its President. There has
been much contention on the negro
suffrage question.
The resolutions and addresses have
not yet been made public.
In the meantime, that the Southern
reader may see what some Of the North
crn people think Of the Convention and
the Radical party we publish the fol-.
lowing from the Crisis, al Ohio paper:
A school ofdevil- fish politicians, the
meanest, the most corrupt and murder
Gus that ever assembled under one
roof, are now holding a Convention in
Philadelphia, under the auspices of the
odcrous Loyal League Of that city. We
refer, of our to the Convention of
Southern LOyalists, headed by Parson
Brownlow and q barrel of Texas wills
KEY, known rs Jack Hamilton. The
individuals composing the Convention
were generally notorious in the South
for their extreme prO.slavery views and
the inhuman brutality with which they
treated their slaves. They come to the
North under the patronage of Greeley,
Phillips, Forney and kindred spirits, to
show the Northern people that they
are o loyal than the Northern 10y
alists, more radical than the Radicals,
more i'll love with the negroes than the
negroes are with themselves. They
assemble to renew the war that has Just
ended, to arouse the fury that is Just
beginning to subside, to invoke upon
the South, to which they are rccrean,s.
the murderOus visitation Of anotber
crusade. That diabolical old villain.
SBrewnlOw, stated the object of tho
Convention in a speech he delivered in
Philadelphia upon his arrival there,
when he said :
"Let there be three divisions. Let
the first 90 armed according to the
regulations, with small arms end ar
,tillery, and let them do the killing. lie,
thesecond go with pinc.knots and
burning toyches, and let them do tho
burning. Let the third and last 60
with the surveyors compass and chain,
ARD we will sell out their lands TO pay
Tue expenses of the war, rnd settle the
country with men who will honor this
glorious banner" TCeeersl
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AvDprw .JouNsoN said tho other dov

ANDREW JOHNSON said the other day,
at a way station in New York, where
he was enthusiastically greeted by a
large crowd, that he was for saving the
Constitution and the country and if
anybody's party come in conflict with
it, the party might go to the devil or
anywhere else. He did not stop to con-
slider what party was to be taken care
of before the country. He had always
been on the Constitution and the Union
he still stood there, and he was going
to fight it out on that line. If~anybody
can improve that speech, we should
like to see it.
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How viii such items as this read a
few years or even months from the
present time 2 n...'
"John VIM, Of Macon county, Mis-
souri,. q Cumberland minister, was ar.
rested last week for preaching the Cos
pei against the peace and dignity ofthe
State Of Missouri He refused to give
bail. and was sen.to Palmyra for safe
keeping. The %jailor, however, set him
ut liberty the nextday."
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Here are the cardinal points O,
Northern and Southern Radscalism
stated concisely by prophet of the
creed-murder, arson and robbery.
Murder to crafty an internal spirit of
vengeance, arson to conceal the crime,
robbery to excite the cupidity of the
brigands who are expected to engage
in this crusade. SO much for the char
acter and purpose of the conversion.
These fellows claim, and the claim
receives the endorsement Ofthe North,
crn Jacobins, that the only loyal peo-
pie at the South are themselves and the
negroes, the decent whites ofthe South
not having been 'recOnstructed' as
rapidly as the sneaks of Brownlow and
Hamilton tribe. But of all the dele
gates to this Convention, and it is said
there are six hundred ofthem, the only
real nigger who has been admitted to its
council, is Fred Douglass a New York
darkey. Ofthe 4 millions ofloyal blacks
about whom Greeley is forever howl
ing and weeping, not one could be
found fit, competent, or willing to sit
in this ultra-loyal convention. The
sensible negroes probably thought-ii
they thought about it at all-that it
would be n dishonor to sit in q conven-
ton composed of such monstrous cut.
throats and rufians as Brownlow, who
favored the roasting of runaway slaves,
and Hamilton, whe sole free negroes
in Alabama, and sold them as slaves in
Texas. What this niger convention,
in which there is but one genuine niger,
will declare; or what these self debas-
ing loyalists will resolve, III IS not diff
cult to foresee. To suppose, however,
that theycan accomplish any thingimore
than the creation of IN enduring mOnu-
ment to their own infamy, is to suppose
that the American people have lost that
self-respect which distinguished civili-
zcd people from barbarians.
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Wade Hamilton.

Wade Hampton, Of South Carolina.
has been making u speech, in which he
said that South Carolina had need OF
all her sons, and added
"You know that in years that arc
just passed, you regarded it as your
highest duty to stand by your colors,
SO now it is your duty to stand by your
State. Her colors are nailed to the
mast, and let us stand or fall with her.
Give her all the aid you can, and if she
sinks, at least let us 60 down with her.
He is not pleased with the recent
proceedings at Philadelphia:
"Wc can expect nothing from the
Government of the United States,
whatever party may be inpowcr. The
Convention at PhiIadclphia-where the
North and the South, burying the past,
were to re-cstablish liberty, equality,
fratcrnity-has declared the platform
upon which the Conservatives propose
to enter the next canvass. In the dec
laration of principles, which compose
that platform, | see it announced that
the brave soldiers and sailors who sup
pressed the rebellion are entitled to the
thanks of the nation that the debt in
cured in that holy crusade is to be sa-
cred, and that all Confederate debts are
null and void. We pension the men
who forged our letters, but the soldiers
of the South-mcn with empty sleeves
or on crutchcs, such as are seen around
me now--are to be branded as outlaws,
rebels and traitors. The fostering hand
of a p%atcrnal Government for which
they fought, like their hopes, are dead,
and they nrc thrown on the cold charity
of the world.
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49, TO- D. . 81 I N.AFrH HHE "a II Z
Swarms Of squirrels are passing
through Nuncia, Mich; southwark
bound. They strip the country OF
peaches and whatever else serves them
as food.
The cattle disease is thought to have
infected the butialoes on the plains, as
many are found dead with no marks of
violence on them.
The hop crop of the State Of New
York will he better this season than il
has been for many previous years.
General Hooker has gone to Detroit
to take command Of the Department
of the Lakes" lie relieves General
Ord.
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People boast of snccesses-even the
smallest; but VIC learn wisdom from
failure much oftencr than from success.
"often," says u philosophical writer,
we discover what we will do by find
ing out what we will not do. He who
never msd a mistake probably never
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San Francisco dispatches report q
fight between one hundred and fifty In
dams and the guard Of a train which
they had attacked, near La Paz, Arizo-
ma, in which the Indians were beaten,
with a loss of twenty three killed.
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WANTED I!
Chancery Sales.

James X Shook. admir-, ct ais, vs. Mary
Jane Green, ct ais.
In pursuance Of decree of the Chanccry
court, at Winchester, pronounced in this
cause. at August term, 1866, there will be
sold, on
Monday, October LIST, 1866,
before the Courthouse door in Winchester.
the valuable real estate belonging to the
estate of JAS. +. Green, decd. containing.
altogether. about nine hundred and fifty
acres. and which will be sold in smaller
tracts, as shown by plats thereof on file in
my Otlicc-One tract known as the Farris
tract. of one hundred and s~eventy-One
acres. valued at six dollars per acre. The
Home tract of seven hundred and eighty
acres, valued, as Il whole. at eleven dollars
and twenty-five cents per acre. and which
has been divided into four smaller tracts.
valued at from eight to fifteen dollars per
acre-this tract will h. sold in small tracts.
as divided, and shown upon said plats, or
as a whole. as may be most for the adyan-
tage of the parties in intcrest-the biddings
for said land will ut the valua-
ton aforesaid.
Five Hundred Dollars in Cash or Notes
with two or more good securities and Il
lien retained upon the land orsthe pur-
chase money.
At the same time and place there will he
sold for cash - shares of stock in the n.
Il c. Railroad company, belonging to said
intestate. Ill Il BSIlLl, AN.
scptl ID 30
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u White, VS. l. Lincoln.
In pursuance ofa decree of the Chanccry
court at Winchester. Tenn pronounced IN
this calsc. at August term, lSGG, | Will. on
Monday, October LIST, 1866,
before the Courthouse door in Winchester,
sell for cash, to the highest bidder. the two
tracts of land attached in this cause. con-
tanning five hundred and fifty acres, lying
in district No Z, Franklin county. Tenn.
ii IL EsllLL, * NJ.
spDtI 4 10
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A mutinous soldier ives shot through
the heart at Vicksburg lately, for at.
lacking the entire guard with his bay.
onet.
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Louisa birmingham, by next friend, &c,
vs. John II. Moore, ct ais.
In pursuance off decree of the Clauccry
Court at Winchester, Tenn. pronounced
In this cause at the August term, 1886 Of
said court, ! will, on
Monday, LIST day Of October, 1866,
before the Courthouse door in Winchcs.
ter. sell to the highest bidder, on Il credit
of one and two years. Except $l25 90 in
cash) the lands described in the pleadinps,
to-wit: The Home place the b~lddinssto
commence at ten dollars per acre; the Lit.
tie Mountain tract, the biddings to COM
mcncc at SOC per acre; and the Ball place,
at 75c per acre. Notes with two or more
good and sufficient securities required of
the purchasers, and u lien retained on the
land until the whole of the purchase mon
cy is paid. II II ESTILL, & NJ.
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