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Reconstruction. —If, after bestowing suffrage, by com pulsion, on the negro, we are further required to admit him to the jury-box, and render him eligible to office, it is very evident to us that our people w ill prefer remaining under military rule to all eternity, to accepting any such Constitution. It is bad enough to bestow the right of suffrage on a semi-civilized race who, in their best estate, seldom attain the average capacity of w hite boys fifteen years old ; and it need not be expected that we shall, by our own action, admit them to responsible posts —certainly not, while at the North they cannot even vote without a property or educational qualification. Why should all these radical experiments be tried first on us ? Do these political quacks take their own physic? Why not experi ment with negro voters and office-holders on a small scale among themselves, and see how they like it? We were never famous for possessing more patience and good tem per, or less pride of race, than the rest of mankind. 23f” We must apologise to several of our advertising friends, whose favors we have been compelled to let lie over this month. Holloway’s Pills.—lmpurity op tiie Blood.— Health consists in the purity of the fluids and solids which com pose the human body; if the blood becomes vitiated it mfects the whole system by its course through every fibre and tissue. Hollow r ay’s Pills not only expel all humors which taint and impoverish this vital element, but purify and invogoraW it, and by supplying a gentle and whole some stimulus to the circulation, they strengthen each part, and give tone to the whole frame. Sold by all Drug gists. £, Whitman & Sons, Nos. 22 and 24 S. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md., MANUFACTURERS OP AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in SEEDS, FERTILIZERS AND AGRICULTURAL HARDWARE. SOUTHERN AGENTS FOR “ Buckeye” Mowing and Reaping Machines. Wagoner’s Celebrated Grain and Guano Drills. “American” Sugar Mills and Evaporators. The “Sweepstakes” Thrashers and Cleaners. Grant’s Grain Cradles. The celebrated “Maryland” Wheel Horse-Rakes. Montgomery’s Rock aw ay Wheat Fans. The “ Keystone” Cider Mills. Hutchinson’s Family Wine and Cider Mills, and a gen eral stock of Implements and Machinery, embracing near ly every variety in use. The above Machines have all of the latest improvements and are confldcntiy recommended as the best of the kind, in the country. Repairing parts of any of the above Machinery fur nished,, and Machines repaired at short notice. We have in store a large and carefully selected stock of Garden, Field and Flower Seeds, which we confidently re commend as fresh and genuine. Send for one of our Seed Catalogues, giving practical directions for planting all varieties of Seeds. Garden and Flower Seeds forwarded by Mail. April 66 ts -A 4=o Horse Power STEAM ENGINE with Boilers, (by one of the best ms kers,) well-adapted to mining or mill purposes. Apply soon for a bargain, to CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO., or ATHENS FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS. Jan 67 ts SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. A NEW BOOK BY LOUIS FIGUIER. I). APPLETON & CO., 443 6c 445 RICO AD WAY, NEW YORK, HAVE JUST PUBLISHED THE VEGETABLE WORLD; Being a History of Plants, with their Descriptions and Peculiar Properties, BY LOUIS FIGUIER, Author op “ The World before the Deluge.” ILLUSTRATED with four hundred and forty-six Engra vings, interspersed through the text, and twenty-four full-page Illustrations, cliietiy drawn from Nature. One volume, beautifully printed, 584 pages, i loth ; half calf, extra, $8.50 ; full calf, extra, fclu.oo. Scut free, by mail, ou receipt of price. “ A volume which affords reading of the most attrac tive, fascinating, and profitable kind, * * * contains more information upon the subject of which it treats, than any other single volume extant, and this is imparted in so agreeable a manner, that the work deserves to be called popular, in the best sense of the term.”—X }'. Times. April 67—zt. BENEDICT, I’lliMl 4 (0., KJBW CANAAN, CONN. manufacturers and dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES! OF EVERY STYLE AND DESCRIPTION, Made by Hand, and of SUPERIOR QUALITY. OVER twenty-five years employment in manufacturing for the leading house in this line in New York City, has given them great experience and knowledge as to the wants of their customers, who will find them prepared to furnish the best of woik, at as low prices as the ruling rates for stock will allow. Goods ordered, delivered on board New York steamers, free of expense. Orders solici ted, which address as above. Charles Benedict, ) Ebenezer Crissky, ( James B. Ells, f NEW CANAAN, CONN. Wm. E. llustkd, ) ISP Refer to the Editors of the Southern Cultivator. April, 1867—ts SOUTH UNION, LOGAN CO., KY., ) September Ist, 1866. \ THE SOUTH UNION SEED GARDEN, e.«rfablished by the Shakers, nearly half a century ago, has resumed operations on an enlarged scale. Its location, only 6 Q miles north of Nashville, Tenn., renders the Seed grown here far better adapted to the Southern climate, than those ot more Northern latitudes. Circulars and Catalogues, containing full particulars, will be forwarded on application. Oct. G6 —ts . McGOWN & WARE.