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Reduction of the regular Army.

Whatever be the qualifications or shortcom.
ings of General Grant asa Presidential can
didate, he has certainly shown deal Of ptec.
lical good sense in his administration Of the
War Department. Following outthe policy
of army retrenchment inaugufated BY him
sell, he has just issued an order, reducing all
the regiments Of infantry, to the minimum
allowed by law, which is fifty men to com.
pany, reducing the general recruiting service
BY breaking up all excepting four principal
rendezvous to each arm-cavalry and infan''
try-and by mastering out all volunteer off,
GERS excepting the. commissioner and disburs-
ing officer of the Freedmen's Bureau. This
reduction will bring the strength of the army
down to about $4,000, or 1000 less than the
present aggregate. If the. calculation that il
costs the Government Sl,000,000 per annum
for every 1000 men, be correct, here isa re-
duction in the-public expenditure Of at.leaat:
$4,000, cooper annum. This step of the
Commanding General will prove an eminent
" popular measure, as the great body Of the
Northern press and people are already heart-
lily SICK of the tninous expease of maintaining
great garriaons in the Southern States.--Ghar.
News; y.
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The RIVALS OF SOUTHERN CorroS.-Ttc
editor of the Wilmington Star has had az o2.
portunity to examine the samples sent from
New York ofcotton grown in Peru, and tie
East and West Indies, That from the Wes.
Indies was remarkably fine, the staple beng
as long, and the texture as fine, as our Amer.
lean Sea Island Cotton. The sample from
Peru, while not so good as the former,. was
to any Upland Cotton. The body
was very superior, being very similar to .weoi,
both to the eye and touch; the staple was net
so long us tha Sea Island, but combined great
strength and elasticity, and the sample gave
evidence of careful ginning. The specimens
frum the East Indies were inferior TO- .stho
otheps, and much below our good American
Uplands. The nolor was not good; the sta
pie nothing to boast Of, and there WIS an ab'
sence of the careful preparation observable
in the Peruvian, the cotton being full OF frsg-
nents of leaves and the inner coating Of the
pods. There was a remarkable absence OF
sand or dust in all the samples, but this vas
possibly owing to the frequent handling to
which they have been subjected.
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BEN ROBERTS.

. THE IMpEAcAsIs IMrEAcHED.-lf there is
roine to be anybody tried for high crimes and
misdcmeanors, it is moved that, not the Pres
ident Of the United States, but the Rump
Congress, be placed in the prisoners box
forthwith and arraigned, -
Fer High Treason ia levying war against
the United States and giving aid and comfort
to its enemies. Specification lst. The up
setting Of civil government in ten States OF
the Union bv force OF arms. I'd. Maintain
ina Fceedmrn's Bureau in those States for
The " comtorino of class of harpes who are
nothing. if not tie enemies ol this Union.
For uiqh Crimes and Misdcmeanurs. Spe-
c,fcati6n: Violating. the Constitution of the
United States, and usuFping powers and pre-
roratiycs wholly uaknown to and unauthoriz-
ed br that instrument. Refusing to permit
ten States of the Union to have Senators or
Representatives in Congress-though SUBJ
iect;ng the people of said States 10 taxation,
In official aud other declarations calculated
and designed to deprive the President of the
Un;tpd States of the confidence Of the people
az we'll in his patriotism as in his constitutions
oI ripht to exist and to act as the department
Of the government, which, under the Constl-
tuition: possesses exclusive Executive powers
and ali this with the intent of rendering hin
incaple of resisting either the said>usurpatior
of power, or Of providing and enforcing mea
sures necessary for the pacifcation and re
storatiou of the Union.
The Rump." instead of worrying the Pres
ident. had better get ready for trial on thes
charges and specifications. For, wbateVe
disposition may be made of Andrew johnson
| of this. at least, they may rest assured--thei
day Of Judgment now is not far of.-Nc7
York Express.
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VOLUME 'xxXII.- no. 50.

=
(not Conner), a teamster, also resident in
Georgetown, whore hee has many friends
among the whites, whose fortune does not
reach the latter amount. Besides these there
are several other respectable coloured men IN
business here who have accumulated fortunes
by industry and prudence. Alfred Jones,
well known feed dealer, Of this city, rs one OF
these, and he has, probably, made more mon
ey here than any other coloured man except
Alfred Lee.
It may be added that the prominent col
oured men above named have persistently re.
fused to waste their time and money In the
unremunerative business of dabbling with
local politics, and the records of ward meet
ings will .be searched in vain for any men.
tion of their sayings and doings-Wsshing-
ton Star"
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: White? LADon.-Tke Orangeburg Mus

: White LABon,-Tke Orangeburg M,cs
says: !.
A worthy citizen of the Fork, with two
small-sons, made 400 bushels corn, go bushels
rice, bales cotton, and plenty of all kinds
Of provisions. A coloret family working On
the same plantation, superior in force to the
above, made 20 bushels corn, light bale CT
cotton, 10 bushels rice, and other articles OF
produce in proportion.
Another gentleman of the same section,
who is one Of our best practical planters, with
8 white laborers, and ole or two half HANDS
made crop fully equal in every respect to
that of 30 colored working hands on tic same
ground in former seasons. ,p
: Another friend Of urs, in another part OF
the Fork, with 3 plow hands and hoe hands
all white-made 500 pounds indigo, bales
cotton, $50 bushels corn, l50 bushels peas,
81 bushels rice, 800 gallons syrup, run Q grist
mill for the benefit of himself and neighborS,
made pinders aud potatoes in abundance, re-
aHzed $l00 from the sale of water melons,
all on lands counted poor. We like this sys-
tenn of agriculture; our people must no lon
ger trust to making money out OF one leading
staple; they must pay their attention TO di-
versty Of crops, and make each contribute its
quota to the profits of the year. This is tho or'
ly system of planting that will pay in these
days on our average lands.
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Must Not Let the While .Men Know
About it,, -. -

We have letter before US, which the Bu.
eau rascal misdireced, and which has fallen
into our hands. tits enclosed in an official
envelope stamped Headquarters, District of
Alabama, official business" ald is signed by
,ne Mark D. Brainard, whois an imported
Bureau man; living at Swaya5s Headquar-
ters, and representing the county of Monroe
N the Menagerie, a county whose existence
ne was in total ignorance of three days before
MS election BY tho deluded negroes. Hero is
ithe letter.: y,
:, MONTGOMERY, LA, Sept. 24tI, 1867.
Ben Harrison, Esq, Porters Precinct, Ala:
/" Dear SIR: Your letter of the 22d inst. is
received. In, reply to your statement that
The planters will not let you hold meetings on
their places, would advise you to hold Jour
m, eting in the ac0ods, as thisis the only show.
Many colcrcd people ere doing that way.
Yon can put out guards so as not tobe in
terfered. with BY any one. The white men
must not know when or where you hold your
meetings. .i ,s.is'ts=s
Your friend, MARX d. BRAlSARD =
The letter is addressed to negro man. II
will he observed that this agent of Swaync
and member of the Radical Convention ad-
vises the negroes TO meet in the woods, not to
let the whites know of their proceedings, and
to keep out sentipels, armed, of course, TO
threaten the peace ofthe community.
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Joy cometh in the Morning.
By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.


,sdpI!.Els3 a---- go
oh, deem. not they are best,alone
Whose lives peaceful tenor keep;.
For God, who pitiOs man, hath shown ,
A blessing for the eyes that weep:
The light Of smiles shall fill again
The lids that overflow with tears;
And weary hours of woe and pain
Are promises of happier years.
There is. a day of sunny rest.
For every dark and troubled night;
And grief may hide an; evening guest j..
But joy shall como with early light
:: Nor let the good mans trust depart,
g. Though life its common gifts deny;
" Though With a pierced and broken heart
And spurnca of men, he goes to die.
.. For God hath marked each sorrowing day
And numbered every secret tear,
And heavens long age of bliss shall pay
For all His children suffer here.
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WEALTHY CoLouRED MEN.-The follow
ing paragraph is going the rounds of the
press:
aTbere are two coloured men in Gerge.
town. D. c., named Lee and Conner, who are
said to be worth fifty thousand dollars each
the first keeps feed store, and the second is
a teamster." ~"
The persons referred 10 are Alfred Lee, the
feed dealer, arrsident Of Georgetown, who ii
well known throughout this District, whert
he ia.much respected, and whose propert!
nav be safely set down at q figure neare
+, 100000 than $5O,00O, and John Cornel
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Final Settlement.

A. FINAL Settlement on the Estate OF DASl !! -
Hk PAYNE, deed, will be made in tho y, Urdi
nary's Office, on the lss January isSs an0;s ,U;v
nrssent them by that day. Tho Notes and Ac-
counts due the Estate win be found in the hands
of Messrs. BUTLER 4 Y0uMASs, upon whom all
persons interested will do we'll 10 call.
p''' R. W. PAYNE, Ad'or.
81, 12t IL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-11

CHURCHES OF THE UNITED SriTEs.-The
report On the state of religion in tha United
States, prepared bv Rev. Henry B. Smith, D.
D., of the Union Theological Seminary, and
presented to the General Conference Of the
Evans elical Alliance, recently in session at
Amsterdam, Is a document of great interest
and value, containing within small compass
q vast amount Of information in regard to the
state and progress of religioain this country.
The following is the number Of churches, etc.,
m the United States: - - = = .'';'--'
Roman Catholic Churches (, 800, communi.
cants 100000; .Methodists 10,460, 2,O00,-
900; Baptists 1920, 1,690000 cPresbyte-
rians 5000, 100000 Luthsrans72 2.sOe, $685.
500; Congregationali.t 2,790, 267. .409 Pro.
testant Episcopalians ,2,SoO, 16l, ,2OO: Ger
man Ref ,rmei 4, ,l60. 10000; Dutch Reform
ed 40, 10000; United Brethren, about 5000
societies : sMoravians, about $4,000 conmu'
nicanss : sUnitarians, about 5000 churches
Universalists include about 100000 of,,h'
population; Friends ,ot SQuakers, orthodox
about $4,000 members; !. Friends or Quskers
Hicksites, about. 40, 900 members. ;, = ds,.,
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READ! READ!

READ! READ!
Our Stock consists in part of-s
Brown and BIeached SHEETINGS;
Rrown and Bleached SHIRTINGS;
pillow Case LINENS and C0TTONS;
Cotton and Linen DIAPER;
Brown and Bleaehed JEANS; i:-.!i
French and American MERINOES; a.'
Figured and Solid DELAINES; 80 iiasi
Beautiful POPLINS and. ALPACAS;r. 5a
LUSTRES and Ornamental TW1LLS;
Ornamental LUSTRES in variety;
Opera and all Wool FLANNELS;
Canton FLANNELS;
CLDAKS, SuAWLS, NUB1AS, SONTAdS,
Balmoral and Hoop SKIRTS; lf.
COLLARS, GLOVES, HOSIERY;
L.diss' and Gents UNDERVESTSj
Ladies' and Misses HATS, n
RIBBONS. FLOWERS ;ynd FEATHERS;
READY MADE. CLoTHING-a,a large. and
we'll selected Stock, from the cheapest to the
finest;
Doe Skin CASSIM ERE;
CaSsIME EREs and ssATINEIS;
TNEEDS and kentucky JEANS; -
Bed BLANKETS, Saddle BLANKETS;
Mems and Boys HATS-all kinds;
Ladies, Misses. Mems, Boys and Children
SHOES. in great variety;
GROCERIES,-larges stock and fine variety;
HARDWARE, CR0CKERY, GLASSWARE
Fine FRENCH BRANDIES;
Rnker's and Gibson's best WHISTLES;
MADEIRA, PORT and SHERRY WINES;
California CHAMpAGNES;
CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO;
H,vona and American sEGARSj
TRUNKS. VALI6ES, CARPET BAGS;
BKIDLES, DC, dc.
Coll and examine for yourselves before pnr
chasns elsewhere. You will CERTAINLY sA'f
MONEY. 49,
c. A. CHEATHAM & Bro.
No. 3, Park Row
,f al
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case arose, leaving the act to operate upon
such cases as shall fall within its provisions.
Indeed, the act itself is an indication of the
legislative understanding Of how the law stood
before.n
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NOTICE.

1Jd, those indebted to the Estate Of bLbhKr i
a poSEY, decd, arc notified opay up at an
early day. Old debts may be ee@prom'so;uiii sou
Those having demands against said Estate VIII
f-@> W. il. ZIMMERMAN, Exor.
% I'm 50
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WHAT DOES 1T MEAN.2-Thca Monticello
(Fla.) Gazette has the following: laA num-
ber'of negroes came to town on Wednesday
last and tried to find Captain knight who
they said was 10 meet them here to-day for
the purpose Of, distributing 70 the freedmen
who had voted rightr their shase Of mules
land, etc. The Captain, however, was not
ON hand,n
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HoRR1pLE B,RBARIrIEs BY IN AFRICAN !
EKryc.-The latest news from Abyss'n,a DE-
Evelopes King Theodore in still more blood, :
thirsty aspect. He had made an expeoI,,IDn lou
| to the mall Island Of Metrata, in tho Lake
Tana, and put every inhabltant TO dea.n p by
fire then he made trip to Tag, aso hou,isa
ing town in Foggara, seized l,oo0 peasants 5
placed them in five large houses ana ournsa M
them alive. 1t is said there IS now not S s,i''
| gle man, woman OF child, alive, between % De, e,
DembI De ), In the camI his Majesty has been
nursuing mui the same game. Having heard that
pooO Of his troops wished to desert, he ), had a.:
4 them feua surrounded U by the others and their
| tbroats @ cut like cattle; the mothers, wives
eI children M and nearest relatives Of the men be
ing pistoled by the soldery. 265 ensshs, chiefs .
districts dis have had their hands and feet Gu
| off and have been left to 5tarVe'
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al mean to say. that since wealth Is an OBJ
stace to your happiness,I am ;ie unhappy
posscssor Of eighty thousand dollars !"
Ned was .hunderstruck. For long time
he had been eudeavoring to obtain compc-
,ency by marriage, but the effort proving
fruitless, he had resigned all hope of better
hg his condition in that manner, and now,
When his only ambition was TO obtain an at
fctioua,c wife, both heart, and wealth had
doppcd. unexpectedly into his possession.
Sufficient is it to say, he never regretted his
| dolce.
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MATRIMONIAL Tho advertiser, q young man OF
good moral character and fine attainmcn;s, is do
sirous of forming matrimonial alliance with q
lady betws,n nineteen and twenty. fDur years OF
age. She must be beautiful and accomplished
and possess an amiablo disposition.
Address E. S., No, Crescent Place, Boston.
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The Radicals Furious.

Our telegraphic news of yesterday says
&c Gold closed steadily at forty. 1t is said
that Secretary Mccullough threw S..5, 600, ,OOO
on the market to prevent panic" This is
the result of Congressional action within FIVE
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07
Proposals for Stone Work.

ID building rock for tho Presbyterian Church In
the town of Troy, will be received until the gath
OF October. 1867. Tho rock Is to be delivered Oh
the site Of the Church on or before the lst of
May. 1865. ono half Of the money to be paid
when the rork IS all delivered, nnd the balance
Trustocss Of tho Church reserve tho to reject
any and oil bids. Bonds with good security will
bc required for tho faithful. performance of the
work. All b ds must be sealed, aud endorsed,
"proposni, for furnishing rock for Prcshyt tcrian
Church." Address iev.J. V. BARKS:
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07

we'll covered with barrels awaiting ship.
mene. II is estimated that there will b.
between twelve and fifteen thousand bar.
reis Of winter apples shipped from this
city this ssason. e.. ..,., -..s.
Twelve hundred bushels Of castor
beans, raised in johnson county, Kansas,
have been bought iu Kansas City at s2 10
per bushels, to be sent to manufactures
in St Louis and elsewhere.
The Louisiana Journal furnishes the
following incident: A few days since,
the following staunch old Demcrat.
whose ages aversgo a fraction over ~
years each, all happened in, at one time,
the Office Of our frond, j. Sam. Brown,
whero they enjoyed grand old talk o'
old times and the Constitution and Gov
crnment Of our patriotic iorefathers -
VIM. Tinslcy, aged 50; Rodney Tinsley
76; John Turner, 70; Joseph Pew, 6S
Robert Allison, &C. We trust our VEN
erablo friends may live long after De
mocracy succeeds in giving us back ou'
good old Government, now SO terribl,
perverted BY tho Radical vandals.
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07
Order Of Publication.

State of Missouri, Lincoln couoty Court, Mo-,
county vi Lincoln. ! August Term, 1867.
Among the records Of said Court, made at said
term, is tho Following, 10 wit
Now here Joscph A. uowdc.hcll. administra-
~ tor OF the co partnership estate OF Crow Il
How'd hell appears ind f.ls lis report for tho
sale of the rea! estate of said estate, or so much
thereof Ne will be sufficient to pay the debts duo
against said estate, and unpaid for want OF as
sets, accompanied BY 'be !id.s, inventories and
acccunts. as by law required. tho whole verified
by ihs oath Of said administrator; whcrcupon
the Court order said administrator 20 give notice
Of said petition by ten written handbiI's posted
III public places in this county n least twenty
days before the next tern OF this coui;, oi ly
publication incfone newspaper, published in this
State for four wcsas; and unless the contrary is
shown on or befVta said term, an order will bu
made in accordance with said petition, snl con
tin Ied.
true copy Of tho record.
sr.I: In te.tm"ny whereof !, Francis C..
Cake, Clerk Of said Court, hereto sci
"'''" my hand and aNix ny ,nicial seal thii
Sd day Uf October, A. b. loGI.
Oct : nal iw FRANCS Z. CAKB. Clerk.
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07
State aud County Collectors Notice.

To all whom II may concern:
NOTICE Is hereby given that tho undersigned.
~ Collector Of the State nnl County revenrs
for Lincoln county, Missouri, vii! on tI" i!.i
Monday OF October, 1857. iheins the TIA day O.
said month aNd year. offer tor sac ut luLc a"r-
ion at the ourt house in T'.oy, IN said county of
Lincoln, all the innds amt tusn lots In Lincol..
county, Missouri, i,riei,cd 10 the state oi Mis-
souri, for taxes, and remaining un, rlcrn,cl anI
unsold, for the years 1865, l5ja, 1851, 1885, s5".
1860, 1881 lSG2, 1863 and 1854, snl that u list
or lists of such forfeited real estate IL kept in tho
oaieo 0f the Clerk Of the C.unty Conr. Of L.Aru'u
county, Missouri, subject to the inspection Of al.
persons withipS to examine the snmr.
s. Il. VOOLFOLK. Collector
| sep ~ 'G7 n3s 4wl Of Liacoin 90. No.
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07

The following letter, from Mr.. l.. H.
Paxton, Of Louisville, 10 the Louisiana
Journal, may bo Of interest TO some Of
our readers:
."'rhe louisiana aud Mexico Railroad" I"
It Is not really wanted by the farmers,
mechanics or tradcsmen Of Pike or Mont
gomery counties. It is really, in my es
timation, folly to have engineers and
assistants runuing to and fro through thcs,
counties, spending the public money. 1t
will feed them and their families for a year
or 80, but when pretty we'll expended in
such explorations it will ultimate - did
my friend Diapers and Herrick's efforts
in 1886, or thercabouts, to get aud build
up railroad from louisiana to Joffersoa
City. Tho people do not want this rail-
road to Mexico from your city. a few
may, but they are, with all due respect
upon my part, not alive to their true in
tercsts. You would ask what substitute
they (or rather your citizens) should
have in place Of the proposed railroad.
My opinion is that tho County funds al-
ready appropriated, and private sub,crip.
tions, ii any, be used in building q
good gravel (not rock) road from Bowl.
ing Green, through Ashley, to tho South
or southwestern border Of Pike county,
near Middlclawn. Isay again not u rock
road, like tho one between louisiana and
Bowling Green, but q good gravel, sand
and dirt road, like the ono from Clarks.
vile to Payuesvillc, branching off as il
does, towards the villages Of prsiricyillc
Auburn, Louisville and Millwood.- IL Is
really tho best road ever saw. 1t is not
like the ono from Bowling Green to Lou.
siana, which is made Of large boulders
Clarksville is now in the hand. of ener-
getic men they have some credit and
capital. II they extend their nice grave
road out to Louisville, which / belive
they intend, unless louisiana acts first, i,
will tako from louisiana all the trade
south, west and east Of tho town OF
Louisville tho possession Of which she
now has. Think Of it. louisiana, by
building d good gravel road to Esquir,
Shadwcll's, from Bowling GrScn, aud By
tearing up that boulder concern bcfor,
spoken Of, could retain the trade in TIA,
vicinity Of Millwooa, Of louisville, ol
Truxton, of Nineveh and Enterprise bu
let Clarksvillc throw out her road to tn,
vicinity of eitheh Louisville or Mill~oo,
then, in that case, she gets all Of it
Then again. look at and consider th,
very Erea. increase OF trade brought by
the buiidirg-of ZACH road near to Mid
dletown. Half Of tie trade that now
goes from south, cart and north Of Mid
dletown to that place and :" cllsville
would 90 to louisiana. .,.
The people do not want--nor is j
your City's interest to havc--a railroad
They want something uscful-say
smooth, nice. grave! road--and the. none
now being spent by engineers will banef
no one but them. II your county !
able to give it away iooiish!y, US thin
it be, ifthey get it, all right.
| Very respectfully,
l.. II. PAXTON
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07
Heavy Double Shawls, ut 81 to 80 81
at Brights, St. Charles.
Lanlcntablc Accident,

We regret having to record u painful
accident, which happened the eldest son
Of Mr.. VIM. A. jackson, a merchant Of
this place. The boy, about thirteen
.cars Of age. attending the Parker Sem.
mary, was playing ball, on last Monday
oru;ns, when the bat slipped from the
h1nl Of one Of the boys and struck him
in the face, breaking his nose and bruis.
Ing lis face in shocking manner. Boys,
tale warning, and be more careful in
yOur sports.
The Lincoln County herald., 1867-11-07
Administrators A Sale.

DCRSCANT to On order Of sale Of the bincoIn
1 county Court, made at tho August tern, 1867,
the undersi, nod, mnistrator Of the estate Of
Robert Howell, deceased, will sell at public atc-
tion to the highest bidder, at tho front door Of
the court house in Troy, on Tuesday, November
l2lh, 1867, aud during tho session Of said court,
unless previously sold at private contract, the
following described real estate lying In said
county Of Lincoln and State Of Missouri, or SO
much thereof us will nay tho debts Of said de-
ceased, viz: Lot numbor tive Of the southwest
quarter cf section Z, township 40 range l west,
loss tho width of % acres of the west side, con-
tanning in all l2G acres. Terms cash.
JAMES NJ. HOWELL, Administrator,
Oct 10 u43 4w of Robert Howell, dec'ds