k it ii 4t*_\_t •-% «■ ejal 4f w is l%)^a%%f fefe»«*r ieui*0 iiafie ipp ngjfn ttt&ti vol 1 third series no 35 whole no 172(5 salisbury n c monday september 3 1866 they are of the stamp of that puritan parly of tho english commonwealth which possoa cd bul one virtue a stub liorn unyielding courage tho courage of fanaticism they possess moreover a tremendous element of power in a large class of able thoroughly trained ami th on i uglily unscrupulous politicians who will not uiicnder their power until it has been wrenched from them but we believe that the enlightened feeling of this age is hostile to this turbulent vin dictive narrow-minded party and that it will be beaten not only at the polls but'if in its despair it dares to question the verdict of the american people it will die on tho held of battle and be no longer a bane to thn race or an obstacle to the peaco and progress of the lie public the foreign news is interesting the contending powers of austria prussia italy and bavaria have signed a treaty of pence after one of the most remark able wars which europe has ever wits nessod austria has surrendered veni tin to italy without compensation and agrees moreover to retire from the ger nian confederation of which prussia is henceforth to be the head few persons anticipated such a result when tho war began that austria long regarded as one of the first military powers in eu rope could in a few months bo reduced to her present pitiable attitude of a sup pliant to prussia and italy henceforth she is a second-rate power while t he house of brandenburg will by absorb ing the petty states around-her ultima tely become the ruler of a united ger many many explanations have been offered of austria's strange collapse some attributing it to the needle gun of her enemies some to the incompetence ol her generals while others attribute it to detective organization of her army but we believe the true cause is to he found in the fact that the house of lhtps biti-g is and ever lias been an iron-heart ed despot possessing no hold upon the affections of its subjects it has not kept pneo with the progress of liberal ideas among her neighbors and hence with her first reverses came the dread of revolt and revolution at home it was that terror that always haunts a guilty conscience that has paralised her efforts demoralized her splendid armies and brought her to the verge of ruin aus tria will rise no nioro until she has re formed her government and attached to herself the heart of her people — lb o new flblicaatiox the lost cause is the title of pollard's ; last work a history of tho war this work is now offered to the citizens of this county by mr j w gorman agent who is at present in our city soliciting subscriptions tliat it is an interesting work we have not the least doubt ns j mr pollard is unquestionably a man of talent and an elegant writer muchj anxiety las been felt and expressed by the people of tlio south least the merits of her cause should be lost jo posterity in the garbled and partial histories which j the northern presses would give to the world one of the first histories how ever is written by one of our people and | all wl o bore a part in thcstiugglo should read this work tlint errors may bo point j ed out and corrected while the facts are still fiesh in the memory o jiving actors in the stiuggle in this way alone can jus-i lice be insured to every state of tho late confederacy we should moreover en 1 courage the efforts ofoni literary men in i works of this kind otherwise some other pen will bo found to undo taka them and j so our story will be left to bo told by . those who were our enemies we hope therefore tosee the book widely distribut ed amongour people — lb . ♦ • th rothschilds in a richmond court import nit suit 80,000 worth of tobacco invotvt i messrs james do rothschild al phonse de rothschild and gustavo de rothschild partners under the firm of rothschild brothofs paris by their counsel w w crump and robert ould have filed bills iu clou eery in judge ly on's court iii two suit one against john s loomis and richard ii dibrell and tho offier against john 8 loomis and william w weisiger seiting forth that in l^.v.i and 1860 they purchased and paid for three hundred and sixty six hogs hello's of very superior tobacco expressly i adapted to the freiif.li trade and tliat i hey deposited two hundred and fifty j three hogsheads for future shipment in tiie warihousj of r ii ljibrcll known j accompaniod with splendid crystals ol rulite some weighing twelve ounces the zircon in great purity is found a an accompaniment of iho diamond all along the belt of itacoliitnito the kyan ite i ■ found in elbert county and the chalci dony is associated with the oorne liau iu kabini county as also tin am ianthiiic asbestos of great strength ol libel and over 1 wo fe i li tig the giirni't is abundant bul i i cry whoro of n vary poor quality no emerald have been found nor saphiro tho opal abounds in the middle conntic . the precious or lire opal however lias only been found iu south carolina where some valuable specimens wore obtained by the late dr ani'rewa of charlotte 1 c jndge pock of east tonnes 100 found a small emerald in hawkins county the ribbon jasper is abundant and pic toi'ial marble ol great beauty santa anna's estates — santa anna was far tho richest man 111 mexico others bad more acres but his estates were ex tremely valuable and bis ready money lie counted by millions during jaurez s administration the general's hacienda near jalapa in the stale of vina cruz were confiscated but never bold soon after maximillian came into power be removed the confiscation decree and re stored the property to its owner re cently the emperor considered tho mat ter and issued a decree again coufisca ting his property to public uses and ap pointing an administrator to take charge of it these estates arc among the most valuable in mexico and are worth sev eral millions of dollars this proceed ing shows the rupture between mnxl iniilian and santa anno to bo complete and removes the last doubt thai might havo existed that santa anna was earn est and true in his hostility to ihu em peror — • -». • win ouciut to 1 1 .\ \ i nit oitniri — washington august 23 — roprcsoiitas live democrats from all the northern states havo caltod upon the president within the paat five days and unanimous ly concur iu tho recommend tion made by the new hampshire delegation to the philadelphia convention that federal offices lie b stowed oil conservative republicans only the democrats do not ask for offico but request mr john eon to remove such office-holders as op pose tiie policy of the administration or abuse the president personally ; and it may be added tbitt tho jximocrats are not applying for preference and us yet none have been appointed • ■*. • news of the day russell of the london times says that in the austrian army the biir drums are drawn on carts by dogs tho drum is put on a sort of go-cart with sbults and a pair of wheels and as i'ompey trots along the drummer beats the sheepskin winter on mount washington mt washington n ii august 33 — tlm thermometer this morning stands at 2s degrees the weather is clear one ol the telegraph wires has been broken down by the ico whicli had formed on it on both wires the ico is half an inch thick a party of cincinnati visitors at new port who had made an abundance of money at the recent saratoga races went bathing the other day and while their clothes were iu the dressing-rooms on the beach they were plundered of 100,000 in money and 12,000 in other valuables the clucks and notes were returned by mail t he next day from doaton but the greenbacks and diamond lings remain to be discovered pardons granted yesterday authority win given by lb i presi dent to make out pardons for ave persons from missouri two from tennessee one from virgin in one from texas und one from louisiana all of tin pardons were ranted under the thir teenth exeeption of the amnesty proclamation referring to individuals possessing twenty thous and dollars stan the assistant secretary of ike treasu con verted tn the president's policy one of the curious incidents of the i-ueot ol the philadelphia movement is the conversion of mr chandler assistant secretary of ihe treasu ry.to tlm president's policy mr.chand er has hitherto been one of the most radical of the radicals and the acknowledged head of the no toriously corrupt oollon lingintbo .! ■■■ irlmeut to-day howutor be is anxi u»ly inquiri iow he can get oil ilie president's platform mid loudly proclaiming his admiration of ihu phila delphia deelni niiou of principles — 11 gen beauregard's property and tl lion laws steps were i den to-day by tho uovorntncut to stay all tbe proceedings for the pn matter of the confiscation of the bite jottfudor ale general ueauri-gitrd's property iu ll • sooth i n spates — lt military officerson