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Ashley the Irapeacher. The Washington Republican ar laigns Mr. Ashley, the man who inn peaches President Johnson. Quoting the wor< s, “He that is without sin amongst you, let him cast the fir.-t Ptohc,” the Republican supposes that Mr. Ashley, in declaring that the ini. peachment was a “painful duty,” and he had sought various members of the House to perform it, on'y endeavor to find some < tie who could meet the re quirements which the Saviour deinani ded of those who would take the rep utation and life of a fellow being. It Vvas hot surpr sing that Ashley found nonesuch, if this wsshis motive. Mr Johnson would not be disturbed were tbs requirement enforced in Congress. Rut Mr. Ashley, all unworthy, as he truly confesses, took upon himse.f the accusation. '1 lie Republican shows how litile lie was entitl. and to accuse anybody by reviving some veiy dis honest acts of the impcacher, brought to light before a committee oi the House of Representatives in 1803. A report submitted to the House by one of its committees on the 28 h Fibrin ary, 1868. shows that Mr. Ashley was charged with ‘eorruot official conduct,’ and only escaped by a “Haw in tue in. dictment.” lie was accused of oh. tabling an office for a ‘ consideration previously made,” and escaped because it was not exactly proven that the consideration had been “previously agreed upon.” Ashley ptocured the appointment of E. M. Case as Surveyor-General of Colorado. Among the letters of Ash ley to Case, pending his exertioi s for the appointment, is one dated Feb’y 2d, 1801, in which lie dwells on the imporfanci of the office, saying that it would enable a good'busiuess man, (in meaning “rogue” probably) to make a fortune of 850,000 or sioo,ooo, and in the same letter he says: “1 wai t my brother as chief Clerk.” On March 12, 1861, Ashley by letter informs Case that he had made sonic pro. loss, and that “in order to secure the Indi ana delegation and Senator Lane to operate on Smith, lie had promised that the subiappointnients should be made jointly, i e giving tli rn their first choice. He asks tor a letter authoriz- ing him to make sucl a pledge, lie also says to Case, in Ins letter, that he wants tounite with him as a fu'l part ner in all land speculations and town 6ites. This is the precious scamp who inn peaches the President. He was re elected to Congress ti dor the influ ence of his furious Radicalism and ze 1 for the war. We conjecture* that it would he found geneially that, 1 kothe French revolutionists, many of the leaders of the present revolutionary Congn ps arc men whose characters will not stand the scrutiny of investi gation. The revo ution lias brought the eorruptest men to the surface, and the highest places are filled by them, to till! Ul».' litbi t_»i /\j J . » general disturbance of the order,' peace and prosperity of tl e bind. Artemus Ward's First Letter. Mr. Prowne, says the ClevHaml riaindealer commenced writing for the Pluindealsr, in the summer of 1859 Jlr. J \V. Gray being then proprietor llis limitless humor confined itself to no special st hj ’ct for a numb r of months, hut was constantly “cropping out” in all toils of< liaint sayings and juicy paragraphs, lie finally conclud ed to give his writings more individ uality by >doptinga no de pi nine. — Hence the famous letters from “ Arte, mus Watd ” showman. Tl esc letters first, merely written for the purpose of “filling up” when copy was scarce, sprang almost immediately into wide spread notoriety. 'J lie fitsi one ap. peared in the full of 1858. Here it is: To the Ed it or of the I'loindea/er : “Sir —I’m moving along—slowly along—down ’turds your p’ace. 1 want you should write me a letter, Baysn how’s the show bigness in your place. My show at present, consists of three moral Beats, a Kangaroo, an amoozing little Rascal (’twould make you larf to doth to see the little cuss jump up and -qiieal,) wax figgers of G. Washington, General Tayl- r, John Runyan, Dr. Kidd and Dr. Webster, in the act of killing Dr. Puck mat., be sides several iniscellaytius moral wax sta toots of celebrated pruts and mur derers, etc. Now, Mr. editor, scratch off a tew lines saying how is the show bizness down tr your place. 1 shall have my handbills dun at your nffiss. Depend upon it. 1 want you should git my handbills up in flaming style. Also git up a fremerjus excitement in yur paper, ’bnwt my onparalled show. We must letch the put’J'c somehow. Wc must woik on their ti.’ ins—we must come the morel on ’em strong* — If it’s a temperance cnminunity, Iclt ’em 1 sined the phdge tift> en minits alter ise born. Rut en the contrary, if your peoj Ic take t eir tods, say that Mister Ward is as genial a f Her as we ever n et —full of conviviality, and the life and sole of the soHiul Bored.— Take, don’t you? lfyousay at.v thing ’bout my show, say my snaix is as harmless as a new-born babe. What a interesting study it is to see a zone logical animal like a snaik under per fect subjection. My Kangoroo is the most laifable little cuss I ever saw - all for fifteen cents. 1 repeat, in re gard to them hand hills, that I shall git them -truck off up to your printiu offiss. My pelliticul sentiments agree with yourn exactly. 1 know they do, because I never saw a matt whose didn’t. Respectfully yours. “A. Ward.” “P. S.—You scratch my back and He scratch y< ur back. Mr C. L. Le Baron, Spanish Vice Consul at Pensacola, informs the Ob server that for the six months ending Dec. 31st, 1866, there were 2,6U0,0UU feet ts lumber shipped from I’esuacula to Spanish ports—the market value of which is about $70,600. SEMI-WEEKLY Enterprise L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor. THOM AS VIL I- In, G A.: FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1867. ear T tie last numbirof the Rain bridge Southern Georgian, contains the valedictory of Dr. \\ . 11. Hooker, who lias heretofore conducted the ed itorial department of the paper, and that position will hereafter be filled by the proprietor, Mr. Padrick, who has so long bien the efficient manager of the typo rapliieal department. We wish the Georgian much success. MATRIMONIAL. A few weeks ago we announced that Rev. C. D. Campbell of Quincy Fla., was married to an accomplished lady of that city, by his Rrother, Rev. A. R. Campbell of Thoniasville. We now have the pleasure of aniioi ncing that Rev. A. B. Campbell of Thoniasville, Kn— . .'-l 1 - -i n aecont oft shell holy of this County, by h.s Rrother, Rev. C. I). Campbell of Quincy Fla. YY’e acknowledge the compliments of the happy cotij le, nod wish them ail happiness and prosperity. SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME We have, for s. me time past, been j publishing in oor columns, a large ad ! vertisement from Messrs. Purse & | Thomas, of Savannah, t“ which we j now, again inviti the special attention | of farmers. Among other things named j therein, “The Mapes Super Phos phate of l ime,” as a fertilizer, is the most prominent, and it is to that we now dcsiie our farmers to give their special consideration. It has already been sufficiently discussed and recom mended as one of the most valuable of fertilizers, by the best authority in the country, while its cheapness gives it an important advantage over any other. To give the farmers in this section a still greater advantage in pro curing it, the Prcsidentof the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad has granted Messrs. Purse & Thomas, and their Agents, the priv lege of transporting it to any point on the road at greatly reduced rates, and thus placed it in the power of every man, to fertilize his land at a cost insignificant in comparison with the increase of yield Mie question now is wii| you do it? The new year has just set in, the winter is only half g. no arid you still have ample time to procure the material. Ever. one of you believe with us that, it is reonomi/ to manure well and cultivate less soil, and you all know that it will also re quire less labor, and yield mo to fruit. If tlun you arc convinced of these I thing", why will you not net upon your la t.h ? YY’hv will vo'J Conti line to toil and sweat over a large area of liiqoy eiished soil which rover repays yon lor the labor, when it is your privilege to choose a few acres, manure well and make dim! le with half thr labor? When -ur farmers get their eyes open to llieso truths, by actual expori. ment, they will find that they live ea sier wiili much less toil and have greater abundance in the harvest, while, they will become less depend ent upon F’cedmcn, and the whole country will appear to he changed in o a fertile land “ flowing with milk and horey.’’ There is a necessity for emu traction among the farmers in the South, consequent upon the liberali. n of the slaves, and so far from seeking new lan s to Hear for cultivation, they will he obliged, sooner or later, to ma nure ami rcelaitn the old and impover ished fields long since abandoned.— l.ct them begin now—no one need fear failure—no n an over failed to u uke clay soil productive when well manured. '1 lie Super I'hosphate of l.ime is among the best fertilizers- is the cheapest of nil we are aequtiii ted with of equal value, and so sale in its use ihut the iiioh* ignorant can use it to the greatest advantage, and it will not injure the soil. 11 more in for in a tint is required about it, send to Messrs Purse & Thomas for u pamphlet. Messrs. Pendleton & Rountree, at Valdosta, Ga., are their agents for this section. MAXIMILLIAN'S INTEN TIONS. Refute it was known in Europe that ■Muximilliuti had determined to resume his position as Emperor of Mexico, ami fight throng, with his enemies, it vvas announced in the Augsburg (Austrian) [ Gazette, supposed tube at the instance ->f his brothers, that Maximillinn in ten led to ai-dieute, but not until he ,V'id arranged for the return to Europe of ti'.'® Austrian nml Belgian troops. That ho >."<'ul'l not turn his Impeti l prerogatives ;.'ver to the I’roach, hut would call a Nutu..'Dil Congress of the Mexican States to ilcO'de nin th r tin Empire or a Republic si,'nuld he the future Government of the country Maximillinu is represented as be.'iev ing that a Republic would be chose,'i by said Congress, and that ho intend ed then to abdicate in favor of the lawful President. Leaving Mexico, tlie Archduke Maxiuiilliun, would then ! proceed to the Island of Madeira to recover his health After that, ho is j disposed of as follows by the Augsburg j Gazette: M-xim lian will take up his ri-si deuce in Sicily, and in no event will ! he return to Austria. The trench! Government, however, has opened ne gotiations in Vienna to reinstate him ; in all his lights as an Austrian Arch- j duke, which he renounced when he accepted the proffered crown of Mexi, co. The reported seizure of boxes with important documents, the ship. | ping of wh eh the French commander is said to have preveuted, is declared, i to be wholly untrue, | These : ro the principal statements of that interesting, and, as the author himself says, authentic letter. Negro Exodua from S. Carolina. Columbia, 8 <’., Jan. 18. —The fre dinen are leaving this vicinity in such numbers as to excite alarm for ■he future cull vat ion of the lands.— They are cniefly bound for Florida, whither th"y are transported at Go vernment expense of about five dollars per head, and-u promise of rations until the working season. The main rea sons for leaving arc the hopes they indulge of better employment, in the •lew region to which they arc destined. Impeachment and the Finances-- Stanton Called to Testify- Washington, Jan. 14.—Advices received here from Europe state that a large quantity of government securi ties will be returned to this country by the next steamer, the business ci mmunity there becoming weary of such investments, since the thre toned impeachment qir -stion t ikes a tangible shape. Secretary Stanton, it is said, has been subpoened as a witness before the House ju-netary Committee In the matter of the impeachment of the President. From Washington. Washington, January 14.—Associ ate Justice Field to-day delivered the opinion of the United States Supreme Court on the Missouri test oath ease. John A Cummi s, a Roman Catholic priest, who was indicted for preaching and teaching without taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of that State, being plaintiff in emir The Court decides that the test, oath in this case is unconstitutional, it being in the nature of punishment without trial, and in its character ex post facto , ami as a bill of attainder The judgment of the Court below is reversed, with directions that the plaintiff shall de part without delay. Associate Justice Field also deliv ered the opinion o' tfie Court in the ex parte cases of Garland and Marr, who, hiving taken a part in tlie rebel lion, ask to lie readmitted to practice The Comt held that as the statute im< poses a punishment which may not he punishable at tlie time the offence was committed, it is in its nature an ex post facto law. Attorneys are not offi cers of the United States; they arc officers of the Court, and hold their offices during good behavior. The Court is not the register of the edicts of any other power; the applicants ob tained a pardon from the President, which relieved them from the conse quences of the offence, and makes the citizen in the eye of the law, what ho was before it was committed. Con gress cannot limit the prerogative of mercy, and it ce not be lettered by legislative restrictions. It followed tln.t tlie r rnver of i) e nctAt’imior must he granted, ami also tlie prayer or ;*ir Marr, lliat the rule which requires Attorneys to take the test oath lie re scinded, ami the order is made ae. cordingly. Associate Justice Miller, for him self, Chief Justice Chasi and Associ- C'utes Swayne and Davis, read a dis senting opii ion. Was'engton, Jan. 12.—1n the House to-dav, Mr Upsotn introduced a 101 l uu liorizing the payment of the reward offered in 1865 for the capture of Jef ferson Davis. KiTe-red to the Com mittee on Appropriations Stanton, it is said, lias been sub poonrd as a witness befor the House Judiciary Committee in tho inuiterof i lie iuipea diluent of the President. Tho Now York City P.-ess on Im peachment. It, is significant that the entire press of tho city of New Y ork, which is the great commercial centre of America, is opposed to tins impeachment of presi dent. lolmson. The Tribune, the most liadieal, after arguing an imber of points, showing tne utter impraetica bility and folly of the proposed m u sure, says : “We -1 1 not say that a President should not be impeached. We by no means say that Mr. Johnson should tint lie impeached. That would ho to take judgment into our own hands U o think this administration has been a cal imity---a disgra- o—tho cause of many evils to the country VVe should like some redress. But Itovv is it to be had ? In attempting to remove these evils T may we m-t fly to others that we know riot of ? May wo not put a pre cedent upon our statute books which will give any Rcuooriiiic majority of the Senate and House in future years the righ to revolutionize the govern ment in the interest of slavery ? Let it- walk slowly, and smvey the ground as wc go. Let us not lay violent hands upi'U the Executive ullieo until wo find that no other course remains lor the honor of tin nation. Perhaps we are wrong; I lit. it does not seem to its that the imo for the sterner alterna tive has come.” (V O I. R. Stephens *-Thc New 1 ork Express says: “On Sunday evening, a prominent member of the Fet.ian Brolhoi hood had a lengthy in terview with tlie late lie-id t’eliti'C During the eonvosution Stephens said he was in dread i-f the Iris! people ol this city, and that lie would sooner give himself up to the British Govern ment, and let them hang him ” Catholic lli shops in the F nited States —The Oatholio Mirror conve-s the statement in the cable dispatch, some days since, relative to the in crease and number of Bishops of that t’hureh in the United State. Instead of eighteen Bishops o ce Increased to twenty-two, there are already forty eight in the United States, with a pros pective addition yf at least fourteen otbup Thad Stevens’ Last. The Measure that is to heal tiie Union , by crushing the South. —The finish- j ed labors of tho‘-Rucksh it” hem.— The esence of Radical in. lignity and hate—Amendment in the nature of a Substitute to 11. 11. 518, pro posed by Mr. Stevens. Whereas, Ihe eleven States which lately formed the government called the‘‘Con federate Sta es of America’ have forfeited all their rights under the Uon-titutiofi, ami cm be rcin-sta j ted in the same only through the ac i lion of Congress ; Therefore. Re it enacted by the Senate and J House of Representatives of the Uni- 1 ted States of Abierica in < ongress as. I aemhle : , that |he eleven Slates lately j in rehillion, except Tennessee, nay j form valid Stte governments in tue | following manner: Sec. 2. Arii be it further enacted, ! That the Statejgovcrnments now exi-i j ting lie facto, though illegally formed i in the midst pt mart id law, and in many instancy the constitutions we c adopted underdur-’S , and not submit ted to the ratification of the people, and therefore :re not ti be treated a tree republics, jot they are hereby ac knowledged as valid governments for uiunicpal purpos-u. until the same shall be duly altered, and their legis lative and executvo officers shall be recognized as such. Sec. 3. And ho it further enacted, That eacli of the ten States which were lately in rebellion, and have not been i admitted to representation n ongress ! shall hold elections on the first 'files, ! day of May, eighteen hundred and | sixty-seven, to choose delegates to a i convention to form a State governi ment. The convention sin II consist of the same number of members as the most nuuieron* branch of the Legisla ture of sit and State befor' the rebellion it, shall meet at the former capital of -aid State on the first Monday of June I of said year, at twelve o’clock, noon, with power to adjourn from time to time, and shall poeeed to form a Stair constitution, which shall he suhmittid to the people at such time as the con vention shitll direct, and if ratified by a majority of legal v< tes -ball be de clared the constitution of the State Congress shall elect a commission for | each of s.-'id States, to consist of three I persons, who shall sHoct, or direct the | mode of selecting, the election of of. | heirs for the several election districts, j which districts shall he the same as ; before the rebellion, unless altered by ] said commission The officers shad j consist of otic judgi and two inspeci | tors of election, and two clerks; the said officers, together with all the ex penses of the election,shall ho paid by the United States, and said expense shill he repaid by said State or Terri tory Each of said officers shall re j ceive five dollars per day for the time j actually eniph yed Em hos the menu 1 hers of said con mission sba 1 recc-ve their clerk two thousand dollars. The cotiiiiiis'ion shall procure all the nei tcanary books, stationary and boxes, and make all regulations to effect the objects of this art, The President ol the United States and the indtaiy commander of the District, shall fur nish so much military as the said com n.issio.iers shall deem nece-sarv, t protect, the polls and keep the peace at each of said election districts. If. by any means, no election should he hell in any of said States oi the day herein fixed, t len the election shall tie held on the thirl Monday tn May. eighteen hundred and sixty--even, in the milliner herein prescribed Re, turns of all sueli do thing shall he made to the sai I ('oinmissiouers, whose certificates of election ,-hall be primu facie evidence of the fact. See. 4. And he it further enact and, That the person who-b ill be entitled to vote at both oi‘said elections shall be as follows: AI male citizens above J the ago of twenty-one years, who have resided one year in said State, i and ten days within the election dis trict. See. 5. And he it further enacted, ! That, tlie wo'd citizen, as used in this | act, shall he construed to n can nil p r solis (except [ml mis not taxed) born in tho United States or duly natural ized. Any male iit zen above toe age of twenty.urn years shall he com petent to be elected to act, as delegate to said convention. See. 0. And be it further enacted, That all persons who, m the 4th dav ot March, eighteen hundred and sixty one, were ol lull age, who held office, either civil or military, under the gov eminent called the “Confederate States of Amerie.i," or win swore all egitmto to said government, ar * her n by . echoed to have forfeited their cit | ijenship and to ha e renounced nilcgi : aueo to tie United States, and shill | not ho entitled to exercise ihoil-ctive j (’ranch se, oi hoi office, until five year | alter they shall nave tiled their inten tion or de*irt) to bo reinvested with | the right of citizenship, and shall swear I allegiance to the I nited States an re | miuiicc allegiance to all other g- vern ! incuts or pietended governments; the j said app tealion to be filed and oath | taken in the sain comts ilia' bv lev | are authorized to naturalize fo'cignors: Provided, however, that on taking the following oath the “urly being oil cr uise qualified, shall be allowed to vote j and hold office “I. A R„ do solemnly,swear on the ; Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, that !on iho tunith day o March, eighteen hundred and sixty four and at nil times thereafter, l would willingly have Conq lied with the requirements | Oi the pioelamation ot the President ol the I nited States, issue! on the eight day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, hud a safe opportu. nity of s i doing been allowed me, that on the saiu fouith of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-lour,and at all times i thereafter, l wm opposed to the con tinuance of the rebellion, and to the establishment of the smcailed Coifed* erate government,and voluntarily gave no aul or encouragement th ret i, but earnestly desired the success of the Union, and the suopre-sinn of al armed resistance to the government <f the United Suit at; and that 1 will hence* firth faithfully support the constitu tiuu of the United States, and the Uu ion of the State- thereunder, ’ Sec 7 And be it further enacted, That no constitution sli .11 tie presented to or acted on bv Congress wh ch de* nies to any citizen any ri lit, privileges or immunities which are granted to any otl er citizen in the State. All laws shall be impartial, without regar I to language, nee, or former c u Union If the provisions of this sec ion should | ever be altered, rep' aled expunged, o' in any way abrogated, this act shal i become void and said State ln-o its ! right to be represented in Congre-s* Sec 8. And be it further enacted That whet ever the foregoing condi tions shall be cmplted with, the ci ti | z ns of sai l St 'te may present said j constitution to Oongre-s, and if the I same shall be approved by Cmigre-s, i -aid Slate shall be declared entitled to i the right-, privileges, and immunities. I and be subject to a l the ol ligations ; and I abilities of a State within the ! Union No Senator or Representa tive shall be admitted into either l louse of ('ongre-s until Congress shall have l and el a red thc'State entitled thdoto. Jewish Reform in New York. From a h-ngli'yarticle in the World of Saturday, we make the following synopsis: In 1843, a immberof young Jewish mechanics from Buvaru, ‘o d ueated, w ho possessed a clear pore p tion in religious matters,” felt dissat isfied with the careless and rmchanieai performances of Devine service then in vogue, and they resolved to cfleet a ref- rni. Dr. Ludwig Merzbucher, of Fuith, raiiie to New York about that time, and built, up tin first congrega* tion, corner of Gland and Clinton streets, organized in 1845 In 1847, the eongreguti n built a synagogue in Christie street; an organ was procured The biennial cycle of the reading ot tlie law, the memorial service of de parted soul- on tho day of atonement, and the confirmation of boys and gi*ls were gradually introduced. In 1848 an Hen entity school was established. In 1854 u religious school was opened, the day- of att ndance being tlie Sab bath and Sun lay. The uccomoda* lions soon becoming inadequate, the synagogue in Ghii-tie street, was sold ami a commodious chuich in Tivclith street pureha-ed ami changed to a synagogue. The ladies' gallery was now removed; in its pi ice family pews were c nstructed. In 185 4 a com mittee was appointed to revise the I*l Liturgy, and on Passover, in Mar. ’6.) Divine service was held for the first time according to the form of the new i prayer book. In June. 180. >, tl.o use j"* '*"= *" —* —T' i lowing, the celebration of the second : days ol all Jewish festiv Is ■ e e aliol . | shed Dr. M--rzbacller died Octo ber 1, 1865. and lo Alder, the pris ! out rector, was appointed Ins sm-c-s ---or. In May. 1865. a la-v was pass- and ordaining tlie attendance of Divine simice with uncovered heads. 4he marriage ceremony and funeral ser v ee were put into a inr.n suited t - the spirit ot the age. In December, 1865, they protested against the dee aioii ot an assembly of ruhhis, who declared that tlie Talmud was tho lawful and hi.nling interpretation of ill Bible, In iB6O they issue-1 a proto.-1 a ain-t the endeavor- of u number of orthodox e n gregutions, who ivishe-l *o es abli.-h a head or central authority for al America, to live decisions upon all matters concerning Jewish Divine set , vice and religions observances. During the past year this congre gation contributed to the assistance I the needy Jews in Jcnixn cm 81.326. and to tl-e Jewish Orphan Asylum in New York, 8 I 7,0(K). It founded the Emanuel 'i lie-logical Seminary. At I’assnvcr, it presented to the Rabbi 810,000, and six tm-nths later $ : ,000 to its Reader. The new Temp e, non in course of erection corner ol sth av, enue and 42d street, will cost smiie 8600,000. Tho site alone cst BiUO,. 750. This synagogue is to be in the Moorish style, and probably "ill be the liuod.-uiucst house ol worship in Auieiieu ’1 here arc now five congregations that make use of the new liturgy, viz: the re otined Jews in Albany, Sun Francisco, Itull.-I , .l o kson, Miel.ig n, and the 4’ortttju. se Reformers, in Uui racoa, Dutch West Indies, ! lien; is a great want felt by both orthodox and ri formed congregations, in tins coun try for i ti.li-li preachers that is, learned and efficient men. who must lie able to express themselves with la. eility and elegance m iho English language, and. as these aie very diffi cult t > procure, liebiew c.-ll* ges are now being es-at-iislied by both parlies in America, lor the express purpose ot cducut'iig y-uiig men tortile ministry. Roth brunches of Judaism support the Hebrew institutions ol New V-ik. 4ho Jewish Orphan A ykuni ih-tiies in nuullv sl6,Hull, and the Jewish Hospital 810,606 trom tlie several Con gregation-. Movemt nt- in the direction of re. lonn are not of roeei t date I here have been orthodox and heterodox in the Jewish fold lor centuries, just a these divisions are formed in the ad herents of every other creed ; but there never has hcccll any bt-a-l lament - I action in this field Every iiniivid* uul ctiligri gal ion bus bad io Woik out the problem tor itsill. Dr. Stein, in Fra 01-fort, twenty-five years ago, quite up to where the New I orb tin lot met - are to-day, but there being no uati-mil Jewish i eelesi, stica! organi xuttoii am where, these individual el tor's never extei and beyond the circle of th* immediate vicinage of the aetot. To the New \ T ork congregation, we think, belongs tho credit of havir-g in augurated the reform movement on a uiora thorough systems ic basis than was ever done before elsewhere. Crying Shame- Some ol the Radical pre-ses are de nouncing the conduct of Me-srs. Ste. vens and Spalding in their debate last Saturday The New York Evening Rost cries, “shame!” and hopes: “That, tlie House will take some aiea-ures for preserving itself and the country from tlie degradation of again listening to sue! language. “ A p reel of sailors in a ship's fore, castle would have his-etl down, vviih disgust, -ueh indecency coming ftom two old men, and would have demand, ed that tuey should be decent, at least, ut of resp. c* lo their own gray Imirs But, it seems, the national 11--u-e of Representatives, less decorous than a force,-stle full of sailors, encouraged the r baldly of these two old men with roars of laughter, which the Speaker vainly endeavored to repress.” The New York Nation, which is very stately and very Radical in its, tone; says : 1 Mr Thaddcus Stevens and Mr Spalding engaged *-n S turd -y in a pa—age of arm- which a portion of the House found simply funny, l-ut. which no dec nt man can read without shame and contusion. For humor of that kind a very low pot house i- the p oper i la'-e, and the age < f rhe leading ac tors in the farce rendered tlie perlonii auce doubly revolting.” “ Strange Fumors at Rblimonil — The following is a special dispatch to tlie Ilciald. I. tno one be frighten ed ; Richmond, January 8, 1867. Fr in variou- events that h ive recent ly transpired, it is evident that matters of a serious and grave nature are now under consideration at the War De partment a <1 in inili ary circle-. Ru mors have reached here that move merits have already been made, in view of the di-turbances lik-dy to grow out of the impeachment ot the Fresi lent by (tongross I ro-psare n-w being transput ted from dtlferent points— tn wbat destination is a mystery. Added to tl-is, Gen Sell.-field to-dav left ibis city ostensibly -ma tour of inspection t, -rough this department ; but reallv, it is said, to be absent in Washington a whole month. Thiol. Stevens Lasing Groinuf in the /louse —The passage of arms be tween Messrs Th and. Stevens and .lit’go Spaulding on of the G-institut onal Am n-lnieiit excites much comment t"-dav, and much ad miration ot the tone and temper ol Judge Spaulding on the occasion is inanif- sted The opinion gains ground that tlie dictatorial sway of the old l’enn-ylvanian will m-t be submitted t" much longer. If •-o is transferred to the Somite there will bo im-re independent I nought aiol i et ! on in me tmusc. — II ash. Gar. A'. }, f/rrahl, (illt. Fennsp/rnnin I . S S nator. — The throwing overboard of Governor Dnrt-n ml Th id-lcus Stevens, and the nomination of Si• n,-h Cameron lor U S. Senator, by the Pennsylvania Re* publicans, is perhaps, a favorable sign of t' e times. All are Republicaii-, but then Cameron vvas tin - Id hue Demo crat and is understood to be far le-s radical than his competitors, f'amcron will be elect and. and is in a position to pursue a far more moderate course than either t'urtin or Stevens, who lone recently vied with each ot' er in demonstrating their hatred of the South. Important I ram. Among the acta passed at (be late scs-ion of the Geor gia Legislature is the following, io re lation to advertising: ft An act to require executors and nd mi lisifratois to advertise tho turns of their sale. Sep 1 Be : t enuo'd bv the Gener al Ass- tnf-ly of the State of G-o gia, That hereafter executors administra tors, in advertising their sales, shall 'late iti such a lvcitisement the terms -it sale A,-, -roved 10th December, IS66' 'HANGED TO A SEMI- W K EKI.Y - - True to iis history io the past, and the indications of its appr prime and sUggesti'O mini , the (Thoniasville, Ga.) Southern Enlerprisi his changed from a WeeUp to a S :mi-wccUi/, joui uuL It is, decidedly, one of the neatest, raciest and ill• -.-t readable cf all • ur i■ corgia exchanges. “Kiit rpri-e”— such an Enterprise as Glut deserves, am! will surelya command, success. So mote it be.— Floi la S ntiml. Nolmpkachmknt. A Wa*»Sin ton special in the lialnmore Sun dated 7th ostant, says the opinions of several of the leading Republican lawyers of t ,- e II use l-ave be- ti 'rccly given that ar fu 1- sos impeachment "ill n--r be j-r--. tcrietd by the Ju-liciary t'ounuiitco. ssn-1 that tlie Mexican Im peii»l Itu laay. from Vera Cruz to the t by of Mexico, will c-st $27,606,660 bail money. A! iuh two-thirds of this u onev h:i> air- inly been expended, ■-lid the whole work will be done in about two yearn ’lhe joint >t- i-k gambling company -t St .1. have n a-lea p-. hi ot 200,0 On,• (»06 Cranes, ui 54U,666,U00, during ibe year. Where is Butler? Sir Fr driek Briee had all h s pooitß stolen the •Jthet night,— / 'rentier Numerous meetings are being held it) the interior ot Kentucky to rol ev Hi • sufferings <-f th. Southern poor A,l tla-is are inter-sting then selves I he Masons and Odd Fellows are fore* most in their charity. Proceeding* of Council. COUNCIL r.OOM, Thomasville, Ga , Jan. 14, '67. Council met til's day in regular meeting. Present P. McGlashan, May or; Aldermen Read, Bower, Stark, Tooke, Tapi -r and Stegall The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Col J. L. Sewaid being present, tho Mcßuin cl im for error in the award "f the late arbitratio . was called up, arid after discussion, moved and car* ried. that the further consideration of the case be postponed for the present, and that the matter be refe red to new Council. Council tlren proceeded to fix the s -1 iry of the Mayor for the year 1867. Un motion, moved and seconded, that the Mayor's su'ary for the year 1857, be five hundred dollars payable quar terly, which was camied. I he poll ol :he electio i, held on the 12th inst., for a Mavor and six Alder men, was then read by his Honor the Mayor, trom which it appeared Hist th • following Board was elected t<» serve for the year 1867—t0 wir; R. M. Harris, Esq., Mayor; Dr. J. R. Reid, Maj Joshua Tav lor, Dr W F. DeWitt, Dr. P. ,S. Bower. Charles P. Han-ell and W.M. Hammond, Esqrs, Aldermen. His Honor the Mayor then proceed ed to qualify his successor, who then swore tl c new Board of Aldermen into offieo. The new Board proceeded to elect a Clerk ami Treasurer and Marshal, which resulted as fellows: For Clerk and Treasurer, U illiam Cline; for Marsha! John Spair. The Clerk and Treasure-’s salary vvas fixed at three hundred dollars and perquisites ; the Mars al’sat seven hundred dollars and pe.qni ites. The election of a Public Weigher for the year 1867 was deferred for tho present. II is Honor R. 11. Harris then ap-* pointed tlie following Standing Com mittees, to wit : On Finances: —Rower, Reid. Ilan. sell. On Ordinances : —Hammond, Bow e", Da' - itt. < n Streets: —Reid, Taylor, Ham* mood. On Cemeteries: —DeWitt, Taylor, Hansel I. On Health : —Taylor, Rower, De- Witr. On Feinting : —Hansell, Rower, T ylor. On Public Property ; —Reid, Ilatn iik>ii*l. Hansell, Aldermen Rower offered the fo’low ing resohitio ’, which was received and I ador ted, to wi . Resolved, That the hour for tho regular meetingof the Roaad he chang. ed from 3 P. M. to 7 P. M. M mdays. His Honor the Mavor then tendered th.' use of Iris office for the future meetings of Council, which was ac cented. and alter a few farewell re marks bv the r tiring Mayor, Counoi! adjourned. WM. CLINE. Clerk. Thk Southkrx Enterprise.— Ibis paper, published at ’1 homasville, Ga.. we observe has changed from ■» weekly lo a semi-weekly jou nai. It irives us p ensure to note this mark of increasing prosperity, as, under tho efficient and intelligent management of the proprietor, L C. Bryan, E-q . it has become one of the most useful, valuable and influential papers in ti e State. Ihe Sen i-Weekly Enterprise presents a neat appearance, anil its columns are crowded with advertisc nn. nts—a Very handsome start, cer tainly. It has i.ur best wishes for its -ucccss.— Savannah Herald. B@f*The semi-annual dividends of the New York banks exhibit great prosperity. The highest is that of the Br--a<lwav which tn nuances 12 per cnt. 'i lie Chathuai comes next with 8 per cent.; the Tradesui n’s, 7 1 2 per cent.; the Park, 7 per cent. The other rates arc 6 and 5 per cent, res* i eotivelv; the only one below these h ing the Phoenix, which jays 4 per Cell-. M 4RRIED At th» rcnidcnrc »f tI !C Mriife, on tfie I.lth of .lan 1807 by bis br-.tber, Key. (J I). Campbell nt Quincy, Kin . It* v. A It l.'immi., of Tin-in. nille, Hint Mi,., Sai.i.u: A. Uu-uivui., ot Thom .a V ounty, Georgia. OBITUARY* It is with -a.I -in-1 prnfnuii-l feeling* of regret, I lint we annoance ihe death of Mrs. CvrinvC. .Moan in, tonsort of Mr Hainp. !"»>■ M ap-in. which -.ccune-l nt the resi toncc ot tlie latter uo the 7tli of January, instant. Alter a very brirf illness, she deparird 'his lile in the very bloom of womanhood, being only nineteen years of age* The deceased was a daughter of the lift. Win. A. McO. na 14, of Ware County, Ueorgi'. Stic was a devout memher of ihe M. R. Church, in which Church she embraced religi -it in ea-ly life and died wiih the hope of able—ed immortality* She leaves many friends anj relative* le mourn her loss, a- well as a devoted Ini-band (although young) to cuduie the sa I bereavement, lloniersTillc. tit., J-»n. 15, fßt>7. NOTICE To Everybody imrE, tin* «iwfrr*ijrTVHl. run now kit lo th ▼ ▼ ptihlic, llutf wo are rr«4<lv lo GRIND CORN, \* h axe pirn-haunt an Engine h-.h Mill of putli. irnt |x*\%or to do k r ‘«Hl work, ami the way y*M» h ive to provr it. ia to hriiiK ronr Corn and nt »I you do not |fft Mr »l. In toiiuestion with «*i»r Mill me will make fit nit'i «* to order. Soh Hlinda, IKx»t«t. Ktp l*rrM, r>uimir and Groove Plank, make Cot* iji»» io »rder. with nr tDKm •% ui h TAVLOk HEKLE The no dr nn limed will ali«» tak»* rontrartp for huilduitf hwl doilttf all ocher kind# of \\ rk periatniTiK lo hw trade. Krturnmjf hi-* irmteful thanka tn the pohlie for their liberal \'*U'*n+ge in the pa«t. he hopee lo utenl a coQUuu.u:ce ot the (Mine bUUO UUiLE J*s3 w