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COMMENSURATE.



WASHINGTON, November 1.-THE Presidont
presented a communication rrou me secreta,
~ of War, Transmitting the IMPORT offhe Com,
missioner Of The Bureau OF Refugees, Freed
men and Abandoned Land, asking foF r.,
appointment GA Commithe 70 iDvestfsatl
the operations OF the Bureau from It's orsaat
cation 10 the end OF tie pIessat month. r.
ferlei 10 the Military Commit see.
Mr.. sumner presented q petition from some
cOlOred persons in Georgia, asking a remedy
.or the outrages TO which They had recently
been exposed, which was appropriately re.
ferred.
Mr.. Sherman presented tho mtm0rial and
address OF the memters elected 70 the Legisla.
ture in Mississippi. and othe 3, alleging tha;
the Constitution was adopted by a majority Of
the registered voters in the Stste. aud rrayipo
Congress TO recognize t., as he Constitution
Of Mississippi, and 20 put in operation, the
STATE Government undor IL. Referred to The
Judiciary Committee,
Mr.. Morgan introduced the f,llowinq.
a Bill 70 provide for the Redemption, IN coin
OF the United States Notes and Fractional
Currency.
SECTJoE 1. Be IL enacted. cte.. That there shan
be no sale OF gold ~helonglng TO the treasury,
and that which may hereafter accrue over and
above Tie amount required TO pay tho interest
o. the public debt, and for 9th r specific uses,
specifically laid down, shall he reserved and
sst aside for the redemption Of the United
states notes and fractional currency.
Sec. ?. ARd be Il further G. iacted. That on
and after the fret day or Ju V, 1871, the Treas
urer OF the United States shall pay in coin ri
the Treasury Of the United states az Washing.
ton, In The district OF COLUMBIA, and at such
other pc nts as may he designated by the Sec.
Rotary OF the Treasury, all noteiRnd fractional
currency that may be preseniedf orredemPtio..
Sec. 3 be HgaFlaF 61Geie@ hat on and after
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submit for q very long time to so infa-
NOUS, obstinate and domineering sspirit
as UPHAM and CLAYTON have thus
manifested. The day az reckoning must
come, and when It does. woe unto those
for whom It eometh. Death itself were
preferable TO this conttant hsrrassment
by day aud night robbery and outrage
70 which the unfortunate people Of Au-
gusta are subjected. H. is not demanded
Of them, either in the Interests oflaw and
order OF their little community, or Of the
State NJ Arkansas, TO submit tGmely to
be t-Pred of property, and of liberty,
snl BE- compelled to fee their homes be-
fore 2 coaple OF hupdrtd disgraceful ruff
dams, who have time and sgsil earned
the title by the vilenesi OF their conduct
and language, whenever tie ladies OF the
place go abroad in the performance Of
the most ordinary neighhorly office. Re-
sistsnce 10 80 brutal and wanton a ty-
ranny becomes a stored duty. The
rights of community thus assaulted by
persons, strangers in all but language,
should be defended by every possible and
available means, snd u punishment such
IS they merit, and such ~ wSu.i serve as
an example for all time TO come, be
me.ed to the principals in an affair as
~causeless and wicked as ever disgrace d
the annals Of the past eight years.
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By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, December 14-Th;
President to-day dominated Henry
Smith, to be Minister to Russia; Alex
ander Cumnins, of Pennsylvania, to bC
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue; ".
J. Collen, to be Superintendent OF In.
dian Affairs FOR Idsho and Montana
and Benjamin +. james to lie Chief EX-
| aminer OF the Patent Office.
Secretary Scaoield has directed tbs
adjournment OF the Dyer Court Of In
quiry until January ilth.
Postmaster General Randall has sent
to the House estimates Of the money re-
quired for the service If the department
for the year ending June, 1870. The
sum total is S24, 500, 300. OF this, the
inland mail transportation, including
the overland and sea mails to California,
requires nearly S13, go 600.
The Secretary of War sent 2 eOmmu-
nication to the House to-day, stating
that it is ~imprscticaIie TO state, with
sufficient accuracy, the amount expend-
ed during the yeBr enCiDg June 80. 1868.
On account Of the Indian war and that
the amount expended for river and hsr-
Dor surveys and Improvements for the
came period YVES s., AGO, 1000.
The Committee on Reconstruction this
morning examined tho Republican Com
mit.ee from Mississippi, relative to the
alleged frauds in thai Safe at the cleo
ton.
The Committee on elections will this
week take up the contested cases from
Tennessee and Missouri.
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aRHAna,s

We publish on our local page this
morning an authenticated report Of the
state Of affairs in Augusta, Ark, to
which we invite the particular attention
Of cur readers. From what is there mar
rated ST can readily form an opinion Of
the anarchy that will follow in Tennes-
zee if BROwELOw permits himself to be
forced by tie idle and vicious carpet
bsggers 10 call out and quarter upon u
people his r~sgamUfin militia.
These scoundrels, gathered from the
hills AID huiiows, many Of them bush
whsckers during and even since the war,
10y their own confessional ~signalized
their advent into Augusta By an on
slaught upoa the best stocked ware
houses OF the place, stripped them Of
everything 20 eat or weer, preferripg in
their selections Of clothing the most cost
ly and therefore to them the least ser
vics&ble articles. Coal oil, t~urpentine.
and such like infammsbie meterisl was
seized and collected within the garrison
enclosure, in the very heart Of the town,
with tue avowei purpose OF being used in
the burning Of Il IN case any resistance
was offered by the cilizsns. Gentlemen,
among the FIST ia point OF wealth and
s.acding, were seized and lodged within
the stoekade - hostages for the good be-
havior Of their neighbors. Sentries we're
posted IN every direction, the roads
picketed ami such disposition made of
the force as indicated the supremacy of
martial law and license for the militia
at the expense OF the people. UPHAM,
determined 10 live well during his DAYS
OF military command, ordered the best
Of everything to be had for his head
quarter, even cOndescending from his
high estste to look after the miDutia Of
his kitchen aud the quality Of stuff
seized for his Isrder. Chickens, shoats.
indeed everything Of the live stock or
der, have disappeared from the country
for miles around and generally, all the
iBfamies usual and incident to q rude
and rough soldlery during a state of war
have been practiced upon this unfoftu.
nate people. Their trade, amounting to
fully 100 bales Of cotton per week and
the sale Of perhaps double the amount
in groceries, provisions and dry goods,
hes been completely broken up, and tie
principal and most thriving merchants
OF tie place driven into exile.
These are the simple facts 10 which the
attention OF Gov. CLAYTON has been
called, but without avail. The only
rssponpe he makes TO the urgent entrea-
ties, even Of men Of his own party being,
that this cruel, merciless vindiclive
treatment was necessary to substantiate
his authority and force the people Of Ar
kansas 10 S recognition and acquiescenee
in it.
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DEATg az TuE~RING.

The Railroad Ring has at last come 10
grief. The little arrangement perfected
by them at much expense Of labor and
money, is likely to fall through for want
OF the endorsement Of the State, which
the Comptroller says will not be good for
snythiBg IL an additional three or four
million dollars Of Tennessee promises
70 LAY sra thrown upon the market. In
anticipation Of such n purpose by the
Legislature, the capitalists of New York
are backing on from = support Of or re-
cognition Of the proposed Tennessee
corner" by the manipulstisns OF which
many proposed to make fortunes cut Of
our Railroad stocks, at present little bet
ter than the paper they are printed on.
The shreWd New Workers can't stand
the pressure Of IS ,0O0, 600 more Of Ten
nesses bonds. They can't carry it, and
they won't, and so the Legislature and
the " ring 4" are nonpIussed, at fault, bea-
ten aud almost driven from the field,
where, ls5ely, everything
Ley smiling before them
BLACKBURN, IN point blank terms, in
tie communication from him which We
print elsewhere, while he dissvows any
intention Of interfering with the nice
little arrangements Of the "ring," yet
insists upon his statement and showing
of Cur financial affairs being cor
rect, and therefore that we poor
tsx-ridden Tennesseesns cannot be
forced TO tote" the burden pre-
pared for Us for the benefit Of the
Governors kindred, neighbors, friends
relations and scsIawsg acquaintance,
without breaking down utterly. As it
stands now there Is 2 rod in pickle for
BLACKBURN, and if the Legislature
have an opportunity be will be made to
feel It's weight, and what punishment it
can ird.e in their now itching hands.
The scaemers had prepared p nice lit
tie whitewsshiag document, in the shape
Of s railroad report, which they intended
should offset the plain, straightforward
paper Of BLACKBURN, but the Comptr0l-
Ier's deductions were too much for them,
and the rsscals could only gnAsh their
teeth and bear 1t. So we may reasOna-
big conclude the threatened corner"
frustrated, and the designs Of the cOrmo-
rants, who have already preyed too long
upon our Treasury, erased from the
Board. All the projects Of railroad sales
and combination and issuance Of stock,
are by one fell swoOp, sdrOitiy made by
the Comptroller, knocked into "pi."
TIE roads now ia the hands OF receivers
are to be returned to their owners, as
will be seen by NoRMANT's bill, pre-
scented elsewhere, and the omnibus mi
guilty is likely 10 rest on the table "
until after the sesJ sion, when it will be
consigned to the dust-hole, where its su-
thor and supporters might go without
any serious detTimeDt to the interests OF
their constitu ents. Farewell corner, -
q" combinations" receivers" and
q" railroad ring.D
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Lump and nut.
[TnE WORKINGMAm

HAVING reached a circulation OF two thou
II sand, presents a medium through which
merchants ard Others may make their bust
ness known, inferior to few papers in the
South. Those who may wish 10 wall them
selves of the advantages it offers, will please
hand their iayOIG in by Tuesday OF each week,
IS It is published three days ahead.
once, No. SG2 Main street, upstairs.
del3 Iw Il. r. c. BROOKS Editor.
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ARID RIVERS,

LOUISVILLE, Decor Der Il The Tivel
is falling, with z feet g inches In the CO.
nal. The weather is ,lear and pleasant
ST. LOUIS, DecembtT 1.-THE rivers
falling fast, aud it is expected that navi.
CATION will be resnmei O-InoTrow. De.
particularly Gay, tor New Orleans.
The ice is sOftening rapidly. Freight:
TO New Orleans, 75s for flour and 40s pen
hundred for pound freights. Ssvera.
boafs have come to the lovce to load foI
the South.
New ORLEANS, December 14.-The
weather il wet, cold7a1d unfavorable.
CAIRO, December l4.-D0wn-BaItiC
at 10 am. Up-Tenlpest snd Marble
City. The river fell 5 iLc5es. The
weather is clear snd mild, though nRvi-
CATION TO st. Louis Is IOt yet opened.
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FOREIGN.

MADRID, December I4.-AIl foreigner:
have LETT Csdiz. II is thought that the
insurrection viii be blOOdlessly sup.
pressed.
LONDON, December 1.-THE Tines
hopes that England will adopt the Ameri,
Gan newspaper postal sys.em.
MARsEILLBs, Deceli3er IA Advice:
from San Kaw, Chin,r report the SAFE
return of the two miH ssteTs OF the Lon
don Wesleyan Missiots, after travelling
through China. They were well treated,
and saw abundance Of coal, and evil
dences OF gold, silver, lead and iron
mines. The Catholic missions were very
numerous, and the converts were mum
bered by the hundreds OF thousands.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Decan Der 1.-THE dis
patches prepared at Havana for the AS
sociated Press have blen suppressed by
the authOEties. From this il would seem
that the insurgents on the island had
captured sOme important fortress.
The Tribune editorislly says " We
are advised from Washington that the
Supreme Court is pretty certain to ad-
judge the legal tender act uncoasLitulion-
al. We are also told that there viii
probably be but one dssenter from the
Courts Judgment"
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, December 14-Gen. Grant
aud staff, Gems. Sherman, Thomas, Scho-
field, Mcdowell, Logan, Terry, Stone
man, Barry, Hartssupt, Ingalls,, Butter
field, land other distingu shed soldiers sr-
rived this morning, aud are quariered at
he fremont aud Sherman Houses. To-
night Lieut.-Gov. Brass Will give O re-
ceptioa to Gems. Grant Sherman, Me-
Dowell aud their associates, which will
draw together q large crowd Of citizens.
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COMPTROLLER's OFFICE.
TESN Bec4mber II t96S

Gentlemen Of the House OF Representative:
1 brought with me into This office a
firm determination to discharge the d.
ti thereof to the best of my ability.
This determination l do not propose 10
relinquish, nor wilifully to fail in the
faithful carrying of 1t out. These truths
taken In connection with my duty under
tie law, 10 provide for the payment of
the January interest imperstively de-
mapd, in justice to myself as well IS TO
the interest Of the State, that / shout
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n EflPEEES APPEAL


THE attention CT our readers is called
to the report of the proceedings of the
General Assembly on Friday last, on our
locsl side. They are Of more than Ordi-
nary interest to the general public, and
We recommend s careful perusal.
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NEw ADvERTxsEMNT's

LOR ALDERMAN OF THE THIRD WARD.
JAMtS U. DUEFE, the regular nominee
by reclamation Of the citizens OF the above
Ward. dsl5
stHIRTY MEN WAHTED-TO work on the
L leyee az darKlerOad's Landing, Mississippi.
Wages - % per day, payable weekly, aud
board. tree passage down 10 the Ieyes. APP
ply TJ-uAX al the Mississippi House, opposite
tas Mississippi snd Tennessee Depot. GELS lt9
.Ef ANTEO-A situation as BOOK-KEEPER
w by a man OF several years experience In
hTsJ-ciasS houses. applicant was bora and
raised in the city, has a large circle OF ac-
quaintsnces, and can prodGce the bSsL of BUSH
ness references FOR honesty and ca pacIty. VIII
he ready 10 take a situation On anuary 1t.
Address q. q. NJ, at this Office. de6 lw
NTASJNIC NOTICE.-Ange-
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L. =. Degree, t1ls Tuesday evening, the x
18TH inst. n Z O'Clock. all sinJ5i ID
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accordingly.
BY order JOHN ZENF, W, ".
JOIN BEAETsH, secretary. GELS 1t
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THIS DAY l1th inst, at 5 pm.
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BUFFALO.

BUFFALO, n. Y, December l4.-H. V.
Clinton, whO robbed Wm. Fargo OF $780,
600 in bonds last January, was recently
captured at Panama and brought here
ao- trial
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
We d. not advocate shallow ploughipg. /

We do not advocate shallow ploughiDg,
however But we wish the advocates OF IN
discriminate deep ploughing, to understand,
that our intelligent farmers know about as
| well how far it Will do to 60 down, as they
do. If the subsoil is very poor, we know
that much caution is required not to go 80
deep as to bring up too much of 1t at one
time If it is of medium quality, 1T Will do
to bring up more-if it is decidedly good
and rich, no caution will be required, 1t
depended almost entirely upon the character
of the soil and subsol.
On general principles, of course, the deep
er The soil or the greater the range OF plant
roots the better. 1t should be the aim,
ther efore, to plough and loosen the soil to
as great a depth as the nature of the subsoil
will permit. If it is not deep enough, We
must try and deepen it by degrees, little by
little. The i'll effect of slight admixture
below may be easily overcome by manuring
and cultivation, but if too much of it comes
tc the surface at one time, no effort on the
part of the farmer can overcome it the first
season, and he will have to wait long time
before he can make productive soil of it.
Time will correct mistakes of this kind
because all absorptiye soils and loomy sub
soils have very considerable absorptive
power, but in the meantime the loss of one
or more crops VIII be sure 10 follow, ana
this even with pretty heavy mannring.
DE-. Grants great trenching ploughs about
which Alr. Horace Greeley writes so enthu-
siesticalIy, may be all very well On the Island
of Iowa. and perhaps through many of the
soils in western New York, and still farther
west, but we cannot expect to put them into
many Of our soils here in New England
They are ingenious and curious inventions,
and show what can be done, but we have
few soils where they can be used to advan-
tage- Still we say plough deep wherever it
is practicable, and where it is not, plough
deeper gradually and SO get all the advan
tages of thorough cultivation which you
soil is capable Of.-Pi0ughmun.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
HOed Crops and Labor

Hoed crops are the most costly in labor OF
any which the farmer grows. Therefore they
should be the most profitable. Ihe greatest
difficulty which tne farmer in this country has
to contend with, in order to make bis business
profitable, is the price of labor. And as he is
obliged to best0w a great deal OF this on his
hoed crops, he should take care, by judiciOus
mana cement and use of the products, to make
this outlay of capital rcmuneratlye. How to
do this should be subject of much thought.
Corn and potatoes are the two most large
ly grown and important Of this class of prod
ucts One rule which will apply to both,
which the wise farmer will act upon, is to
obtain as large a Weld ar possible from each
acre planted. This will diminish the amount
of labor in proportion to the product obtain
ed Every bushel will therefore cost less
than when the yield is small. The next I'M
portant point is to get the best return for the
crop. As corn is the great reliance of the
stock feeds in this country, and az manure
from stock is essential to grow continued
large crops, it is obvious that skillful feed
ing to stock is the most remuneratIve dis
posal that can be made of the corn crop.
Hence good breeds ample shelter, and prop
er care are indispensable adiuncts. In short.
f labor has cost you to much, resolve to plant
less ground, but raise more per acre. This
can easily be done if you will only set about
it. Next determine that your crop shall
produce moe pounds of meat per bushels
than heretofore. This you can accomplish
by timely and judicious selection of improv-
ed breeds of stock, and more skill employed
in handling them, No farmer should be sat
isfied if he cannot improve every year on his
past methods Thought and energy applied
to your business will do this.
The potato crop is always sold for cash, and
this produces no manure for the land. For
this reason it is a very exhausting crop, and
no farmer can persist long in growing it large
ly without impoverishIng his land On ac-
count of their bulk potatoes cannot be grown
profitable great distance from market. On
the right sort of land, and neal market, they
usually produce good deal of money pei
acre aud potato growers should devote part
of the proceeds Of the crop towards the pur-
chasing of manure to renovatc the land:
Plant less, manure more nd your labor will
bring greater profit. Potato growers, being
near the lines of transportation, could convey
manure to their land cheaply.-Rurdl Ne"
Yorker
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
WATCHES FOR THE MILLION

yNvERYBODY needs good watch, and wishes TO &c
II II at least possible price; horde OF swindier
know conrIved various ingenious devices To-
,st then either fail send watch.
or send that is worthless as a time keeper Ar
RANDALL & co have now perfected arrangements ~
which for the small of SO, good ana reliable
watch NAV be certainly obtained. They have iomed q
GREAT WATCH CLUB tbs following plan I: Ger
numbers of all the watches med
list (Which sent to all appiicsntsj
niYsd nm enclosed in envelopes, and sold tor p
each Every cert is warranted TO be tor watch
and as will reference to The list, hoh are OF
les value than ten dollars whilst worth $500
We send any watch drawn. Whatever a az
he TO- and rider that every one may an
sontely pend upon getting FIRST elias. tmek keeper
we guarantee that purchaser Of one boat "ofi
of certificates receive AT e1st one tor wacn No f
on oar wholesale list, sent post Tree, which -
natent lever handsome and reiahe watch, IN sier Ing
iIe hunting case and usually sold i"r so You VIII
rpr.tSLy yet such n watch; and, beSid you may get
coto HRoSoAsrER worth $500. We sell the ceriIH-
cetes as G,Iows: for % cents Three Jr - cents
SIX for 81; Twenty to. So To thnse sending We wal
Ind handsome chain gratis. To those ssndIns -,
~ wears Parties getting large clubs vii recty
liberal presents partculas Ut winch may ee learned On
ann icRtion Intention 10 40 surely s"Hur
ahis business aud custo ners from iab M
=, Iosz ye " IN send watches, Il DESIRED NtTHoU
$50 instrurtinp the express agent to collect oniy
,i,y II we are desired to forward watches by insi
,ba ,nav must by Bank Draft or Post Once
order aud il viii. then b. az our riSs We WIZ 'hen
prasrsB the package post office an II lost Will
.rs,.eE 1T ,REE o CHARGE Ii any watch sent u no
unrnved il may returned aud tue money " 20 oe re
f,ndad The reputation of our hrms which has been
sr,hiShed for I'VE wears, and well known IA
mart of the country trust wilt he deemed suihcien
Guarantee that i'll faithful netorn ~ we cuhia'
TO do. Address I'm :, a 49, " VI
Poi