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£ Climate Where Consumptives (MO Said to Obtain Certain Belief. Did it occur to the company which proposes to run regular steamers up the Amazon from Para, for a distance ot 2,500 miles from its mouth, that it will be able to transport passengers direct in the inland valley of Jauja, where the consumptive will obtain res toration of health, and a cure of a too generally incurable disease? The voyage, though long, may be made almost without changing vessels, and will be found neither tedious#tor ce« bilitating. It will introduce travelers into some of the most magnificent scenery in the world. It has been known to the natives, from time im. memorial, that a removal of consump tive patients, even in the stage of well marked ulceration and cavities io the lung, to the Valley of Jauja, at a height of 10,000 feet above the sea, was followed by an almost invariable suspension of the disease. This fact is corroborated by the experiance of the physicians of Pern at the present time. From the statistics of Lima, published in 1858, it -ppoars that nearly eighty percent, of the eases of consumption sent to the Jauja \ alley are cured. * So forcibly has this fact been brought before the Peruvian Govcrnmeut, that it has established in the valley a mili tary hospital for consumptive patients, > and especially for native Indian soldiers, - who in the capital (Lima; are s;ngu. larly prone to phthisis. Os the whole annual mortality of that city no less than nearly twenty-four per cent, is attributed to consumption. On the sea coast of Peru, as on that of the Gulf of Mexico, incipient tubercular consumption is one of the commonest of pulmonary diseases. A share of the curative power of the Jauja alley mav be attributed to the influence ex erted on the uiind and nervous system generally by its seenery and associa tions; but, after making ail allowances for these causes, the results, as re ported, are truly wonderful. Rain of four months in the year makes up for the dry sea&on cf eight months in the year, and serves to fertilize the land and yields the happy inhabitants more food than they require. An influx of German, English and American visL tors and settlers would drive these people to do something more than give up the eight dry months to amusement and feasting. —Philadelphia Ledger. " Bebel Outrages ” in Tennessee —A Good Satire. The Paduch Herald has the follow ing upon the late terrible outrage* up on “Ilrickman.” It puts the case none too Ftrongly : “A telegram has just been received from Franklin county, from Mr. Rrick man, who has always been a Union man and upheld the flag (except when io battle.) He states that a gang of Rebels in his vicinity have sworn that no Union man shall live among them, and that they intend cleaning the Union men out, whipping the militia, etc. A few weeks since, eight or nine hundred of these desperadoes came to his (Rrickman’s) house, called him to the door, and commenced firing on him with revolvers. He fell back to his Henery rifle, and “being,” as his dispatch states, “a man of the coolest courage,” he returned their fire with a rapidity unequaled, and “thinks he must have wounded one of them.’’— The Rebels were compelled to fall back for reinforcements. * They returned in four or five minu ets, with four or five thousand more of their gang, and again assaulted hiui; but the fire of tho Henry riflfe was so hot that they retreated behind the smoke houac. While occupying this fosition, they devoured eight hun dred raw Damn, and otherwise disposed of 92,882} pounds of middling bacon, broko up three hundred old setting hens, and hauled away seventeen loads of manure—the Henry rifle incessant ly blazing away. They also greased their boots with six tong of lard which was in the smoke-house, destroyed twenty-six bugliels of turnips and ;dl the salad, 20,000 heads of cabbage, two hoglic-ads of tobacco, and sucked forty barrels of eggs. They then tired at the doors, windows, chimney, and everything else except at Rickman, and finally retreated, swearing that they intended to kill Rickman “some of these times.” On the first approach of these Rj'bs, the Union men (who couldn’t uphold the flag) commenced fleeing for tbiir lives, and as the Union women didn’t have time to “flee,’’ they crawled into hollow logs and cliined the loftiest trees for safety. Two hundred and fifty Union infants were instantly scared to death—nine thousands othi ers were thrown into spasms, and some into the middle of the road.— One fat Union woman crowded herself into a hollow log, became wedged, and could not get out for 22 days, during which timo she was without food or water. When she crawled into the log she weighed two hundred and eighty pounds, and when she released herself the weighed but seventy-one and a half pounds—she was very dry and hungry—nothing but bones and flabby skin. She is certainly deserv ing of the sympathy of all good Union men and of the Governor of the State. Donations for her benefit will he re ceived by Mr. Rickman. We hope the Governor will immediately send some troops here for our protection, etc. Query.—ls Rickman could repulse SO many of the rebel “outragers,’’ what is the use of the military bill 1 — Why don't Old Brownlow get four or five more “cool and courageous’’ JUckmans and garrison the State ? AH men are liable to misfortune— deal gently with them. Enterprise ! ""Tsemlweekly. L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor. • THOMASVILLK, GA: FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1867. | JtayWe niust crave the kind indul | gence of our readers for the barren | ness of editorial matter in to-day’s : issue Sickness in the family of the Editor has left him no time to resume ! the duties of the editorial pen, and as he has heretofore labored diligently for your edification, we feel that the indulgence asked will be cheerfully granted. Foßbman. NEWS SUMMARY. Louis Shade, who defended Wirt, has addressed a letter to the American people alleging Win’* innocence. Augusta, Ga , April 9.—The fol lowing dispatch was received from Gover nor Jenkins this afternoon : “Washington. April 9. Chronicle iSf Sentinel: —l file bill in the Su preme Court to-morrow, for the relief of Georgia. C. J. Jenkins.” Connecticvt Election. —The vote for Congressmen in Connecticut, which is the true test of public sentiment on national politics, shows a Democratic majority of over two thousand votes. This amounts to a revolution. The New Haven Register of the 4th says, the Democrats gained forty members in the House and tied the Radicals, and are in a minority of only one in the Senate. Connecticut has not had a Democratic Governor in the last 12 years. Push on the column! TIA-t/ l!"f llnre Come To. —The predominant political idea at the North now is. that Congress is the sole judge of the constitutionality of its own ac tion—that there is no power anywhere in the government to review and pas's upon it—that the will of Congress is the supreme law of the land. IteifThc Austrian Ministei, on fbe sth instant, announced to Mr. Seward, that he had been instiuetcd to ask the good offices of the United States Go. vert)meat in securing the safe treat ment of Maximilian and his followers, in case he fell into the hands of the Liberals at Queretaro. On the Gth instant, Mr. Seward replied, that he had telegraped Minister Campbell to send a swift messenger to Juarez, con veying a request that all possible leni ency be extended toward the expected prisoners, and also that he had placed a copy of his instructions in the bands of Minister Romero, who had promised to inform Juarez ol the wishes of the United States Government. On the same day Minister Campbell tele graphed that he had forwarded the message as instructed. Reconstruction. —Charleston, April 9.—A conference between Gen. Sic kles and Governors Worth and Orr, to arrange preliminary details of re organization in North and South Ca rolina, resulted as follows: Detai’s of registration will be immediately pre pared hy direction of Gen. Sickles, and put into operation as soon as per sons can be found to act in the capa city of qualified registers under the provisions of the Supplemental Bill. No elections tor municipal or State officers will be held in cither of the States until the Conventions shall have adopted Dew constitutions. No civil officer will ho removed who faithfully discharges his duties. Whenever va cancies ooour by reason of expiration of tenure of office, death, resignation or otherwise, they will be filled by ap pointment to be made by the Gover nors of those States. • From Washington. —Washington, April B.—ln the Supreme Court to day the following allotment of Judges was annonneed : First Circuit, comprising Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts— Clifford. Second Circuit, comprising N. York, Vermont and Connecticut—Nelson. Third Circuit, comprising Pennsyl va ira, Row Jersey and Delawaro— Giuiia. Fourth Circuit, comprising Mary, land, West Virginia and Virginia— U it ASK. Fifth Circuit, comprising Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis iana and Texas - Wayne. Sixth Circuit, comprising Ohio. Michigan, Kuutuoky and Tennessee— SWAYNE. Seventh Circuit, comprising Indi ana, Illinois and Wisconsin—Davis. Eighth Circuit, comprising Mimic sota, lowa, Missouri, Kansas and Ar. kansas—Miller. Minth Circuit, comprising California, Oregon and Nebraska—Fikmi. This allotment indicates that the Federal Courts will hold sessions in the Districts governed by Brigadier Generals, and that Mr. Davis will have an early hearing. Pensacola Municipal Election. — The election held nt Pensacola on the Ist inst., for municipal ofliccrs resulted in the defeat ol‘ the negro candidate by a handsome majority, many of the freedmen themselves voting with their < ld friends when they found out what the Radicals were after. We arc per mitted to quote the following extract of a letter, dated Pensacola, April 2, 1807. Yesterday we had a city election under the new rule, freedmen voting along with the whites. There was no disturbance. The freedmen had been i arrayed in a body, and, it is said, un der oath taken in secret meeting, to vote for a candidate “way down from Maine,’’ hut the citizens hearing of this called public meetings to explain to them the folly and danger of thus , separating themselves from the w hites, and the result was a good one. The Maine man was defeated by over a hundred votes, several of the freed-' men voting lor the other candidate. The Northern men, without exception, I am told, condemned the effort to ar ray the blacks in a body, and they also voted lor the Southern I-orn cand-dare. If such mischievous efforts could be everywhere thus defeated, our condi tion would be far more tolerable. The objection was not to the Northern man as such, but to the wicked and dan gerous policy of dividing voters bv race. The man who works on that line deserves unmitigated execration. [FOR THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.] FERNANDINA. Sir. Editor: —A few observations in connection with a recent visit to this place, may be of some interest to your numerous readers here in the in terior. Fernandina i3 rapidly recovering from the effects of the war, and from the immense amount of freight dis charged by each steamer, with other indications of prosperity, she bids lair to become a flourishing city at no dis taut day. Situated upon an Island, twenty miles long, with the broad roll ers of the Atlantic forever thundering upon the meet beautiful bench on the Southern const, whilst the if vigoratiwg breeze from the ocean cools the fevered pulse of the iuvali 1, it is bound to become a favorite summer resort. — Last, but not least, is the 'Turtle, the Clams, the Oysters, the Drum and other fish, the —the—well, 1 will sp ire your feelings. But •if any ot your friends wish to enjoy a pleasant trip, instead of going North, I advise them to go to Fernandina There they will find the “Whitfield House,’’ under the skillful and indefatigable supervision of Maj. G. M. Bowen, (who has some acquaintance in Thomas), and lean assure them, that they will ever have the most pleasant memory ot this beau tiful little City by the Sea. Scribe. Gen. Pope-What he. Says. 15., of the Macon Tth graph, while in Montgomery, Ala , on the “2d inst., called on Gen. I’opc. The so lowing is the report he made of his visit: In company with a friend 1 called upon him. lie was entirely alone, re ceived us very politely, and conversed freely and unrestrainedly for half or three quarters of and hour. He is a man, apprently, forty-five years old, about five feet eight inches high, of free habit, weighing perhaps 160 to 170 pounds, with a handsome, agreea ble manners. He was dressed entire ly in civilian’s clothes, and his whole bearing indicates that lie is a man of intelligence, refinement and cultiva tion. On u>y nj pressing tile hope that lie would visit Georgia ami make the acquaintance of her citizens, ho spoke of having relatives in the State, and intimated that he intended making Atlanta his headquarters for (he sum mer, and remarked that he “hopou” he “would have little to do ’’ lie does not, desire to interfere witit the civil authorities, ami does uot design doing so. unless it should become necessary to carry out the laws of the United States. Ho spoke strongly of the necessity of nur people conciliating the “power of the government,” and deprecated the evil done by many of our news papers in their bitter denunciations ol Congress and of the party iu power.— Ho expressed surprise ot the short, siglitedoess ol the South in not seek ing to conciliate Congres, and the branch of government iu which the actual power lay. It was while he was inveighing- against the course of those papers which lutd effected evil by de nouncing a Radical Congress, that the interview was interrupted and ended by the entrance of an official on busi ness ; but I do not think lie knew of my connection with the press. I must say that, l was favorably im pressed with the General, and do not think wc could have fallen into better hands. I have no doubt that he will be lenient in the administration of af fairs, mid 1 trust that our people will not disappoint his expectations of ; having “little to do,” hut prooeod i quitely to carry out the provisions ol I that bill which it is the duty of Gen [ choral Dope to enforce, for it is evi dent that, such is tlio course that the General expects the people to pursue. Spocinl Orders from General Schofield llkadq’rs First District,'! State of Virginia, V Richmond, Va , April 2d, ’O7. ) extract. Special Orders So. 1. 1. A board of officers is hereby ap pointed to select recon mend to the Commending General 1 r appointment, persons to form boards of registration throughout this District, as required by the act of Maich 2d 1 St>7- The persons required will be one registering officer for each magi-terial district (fa county or ward of a city, and two, four or six for the county or city at largo, according to the size of the county or city, so a< t > form, with the registering officers of the several districts or wards, one, two or throe boards of registration for the county or city. An officer of the army or Frecd tnen’s Bureau will, if possible, he selected as a member of each board, and the other two will he selected from the following clfcssess of persons, viz : Ist. Officers ol the United States armv or of Volunteers, who liave'hcen ! honorably discharged after meritorious services during the late war 2d. Loy al citizens of the county or city for which they are selected. 3d. Any other loyal citizens having the proper qualificaiona. These boards must be composed of men who, not only are’now, lint always have been, 1-iviiT to the Govern went of the Unitod States; men of hL-b char acter ami sound, impartial judgment, and, as far as possible, men who have the {onUdeuct of all classes* ol citU ZOOS. , j f No registering officer shall be a can i didate ior any elective office while holding the office of registeriu-r office j With their recommendations lor np | pointment, the BoarJ will report to the I Commanding General • brief of the tcstiiusnials and other evidence upon whielp their selections are baaed. The Board will report Irotn time to time their selections for particular counties or cit es, without waiting to oompleto the list. Important Order. The following important Order from Gencial Sweeny, removes all doubt iu role retie* to misconstruction ol Genera! Dope’s General Orders. — The eo* tin ua: cv in office .of the pres, ent municipal authorities would give general satisfaction, and it L sincerely to be Imped that no changes will be made pending Registration.: # lleaoq’rs, Dost of Augusta, j Augusta, Ga , April 9th, 1867. J \Gcnti»l Orders J’fo. 28.] - It taring been reported to me that the Mayor and City Council of this city construe General Orders No. 1, issued from Headquarters Third Mil. itary District, dated Montgomery, Ala., April Is', 1867, to mean to t their duties, as public officers, shall cense on the expiration ot their term of ser vices ; and, believing that it was not contemptjted by the -Coalman ling General of this Military District that the city should be left without a civil government, 1, therefore, by the power vested in me as Commanding Officer of this Dost, do hereby order said civil authorities to continue to perform their ofibiuJ duties until such trine as the appointu*enia referred to in Sec tion 4, of said General Orders No. 1. be received and duly promulgated at this Dost. T. W.MVUXEY, Maj. 1 G;U Inst., Brevt. Col. U.S.A. TEMPERANCE. Mil S. -8. Little, President Temper. liner. Association :. In accordance with the resolution passed, asking me for a copy of my address delivered, setting forth the object and design of the Association. 1 herewith send you so much as I dc<?tn best for publication in this stage of your organization. When yon shall have permanently organized, and fully settled as to your Bledge, and you should desire the first part cf the ad dress, relative to Wine, I will gladly furnish it. Very respectfully, yours, N. IL Ousley. ADDRESS. We discountenance distilled liquors, and promise to use all our influence to atop drain drinking : —Because we be lieve it wrong in toto. The making of liquors is a perversion of the rich bounty of God. The ruins descend and fruitful aeasdhs bring an abund ant harvest and man with this abund ance pr coeds at onctj to consume it in preparing a deadly [ oison—pajatahle gicully to l>i desired—-to dtivo off sor row and unite one feel rich an I im portant, so they say; and thus the poor, in God’s abundance, is unblest And W Hie seasons arc un propitious, greed of gain, with great selfishness, gathers up the gram for like purpose, thus robbing the poor, and their chil dren cry for bread. See what an in jury inflicted upon society. See the orphaned poor in our land. What clothed so many widows in sable weeds ? What makes so many eliil dten go barefoot ? What makes them go in rags ? What nukes them go to bed hungry? What makes them live in ignorance ? 1 answer—draw drink ing ! Wliut fea-Tul consequences have followed this baneful practice I Who does not know, it they but look at the subject dispassionately, that one could never be a drunkard without drinking I am aware, however, that it does not necessarily follow, that ail dram drink ers make drunkards, as many men have drank their occasional drams, and have did perfectly sober men. We admit that this is so, and is tin exception to what is otherwise a general rule. It is, however, self-evident, if dram drink iug makes drunkards, then those wl o drink drams ire always io danger of becoming drunkards. And if all the evils enumerated, ate the result of -Irani drinking, they are in and wger ol inflicting them. Resides this, dram drinking unmakes men. God made an angel of Light, lie, by sin, made himself* Devil. God tn.de man after his image, upright and pure, and man by sin, made biuiself inquire and de praved. God ill permit ng Adam to be the father of the world, di 1 uot ac tually extirpate.every ennobling trait j of character or resemblance to himself from his posterity. But the •dram drinkers, drinking to drunkenness, ! destroy every vestige of God’s image from themselves, by unlinking them selves men and making ihemseNes brutes—wallowing io tilth—in their own vomit -doing all kinds of atro. eious uvts —cruel to parents, cruel ig children, cruel to the wife of their bosom. I leurlossly assert, that every man who daily drinks distilled liquors, is preparing hiui-elt, slowly but surely, for every tiehdish act the mind ean conceive of. And I propose to prove this by an appeal to tacts. The brain can only bo dissected in alcohol. The brain i- *olt —alcohol hardens it, and thus it becomes dissectable. Al cohol by bejug taken into the system, I is at once taken up by circulation, and j poisons as it gees, until it reaches the ! brain, which it hardens and prevents its right action ; hence, man becomes a fool, while his bruin is saturated in tbs alcoholic substance, and as often as this is repeated, just so olt does his brain become more hard, until objects that once in ved him to noble deeds cease to engage his thoujhts. The moderate dram drinker loses control over bin self, just in proportion to the frequency aiid amount ot intoxi cating liquors taken. If it be once a week a life ordinarily long mi Bit not cause him great damage, but il every day he takes h-rge portions ot drink, he soon loses all control of himself, his brain soon beootues not susceptible of an impression of any durability, or else the solemn promises made to wretched and suffering loved ones, would not be so easily forgotten. Oh ! how sincerely the drunkard primuses never to take another glass 4et he breaks it. The evil is self-inflicted. The brain is partially diseased, and hence this want of conformity. Every man who deems he jean control him- self. and do that which diseases lus ! controlling power, (fha brain), is but deceiving himself and yicMii g to the I fallacy of the Devil Do veil suppose ! that a man could treat his loved ones i of home unkind ? A os, every drinker j blessed with loved ones, is preparing ; hints- If to be guilty of the most hem- ' ous crime to his family. I knew a i young timn some yenis ago, the dar- i ling at' bis mother, and never was | mother loved more dearly by a son than his was. And yet that son, by drihks, ctnelly drove his mother from j home. Young men, y3ur 1-rain oi.ee I ■fatally diseased, and you may do the ‘ deed which may brand your itatue with infamy as long as life lasts. Drinking inflicts a disease upon the 1 brain, and m -dicine to relieve it be comes as much a necessity as one with | bilious fever; and 1 believe a dose of Ipecacuanha or Lob<d a, the best rent edy that can be used to prevent fids j periodical drunkenness. The brain, | diseased, is unable to ward off' the ac cumulation of lilt's sorrows and dis. appointments unless aided. Medicine : tones up the entiiv system. The man thus relieved is himself again. Medi cine has done what every drunkard ’goes to the bottle t > have done. a In the? association organizing, we first desire to stay the tide of intem perance, and we earnestly seek the aid of every one. All are alixe interested in this great work ; and being greatly desirous of having all unite and pre sent a solid front in opposition to this sore and destructive evil, we have in troduced the social element. God saw that it was not good for man to be alone, lie therefore made him an j helpmate. Temperance organizations have failed in the past for want of this social element. W« do not propose j to hold our meetings with close I tloois. Wo however, expect none to be pre- j sent after we have fully Organized, but those who are either members or invi ted guests— as each member shall be privileged to ask two to be present at our regu ar meetings. I ersona ulh may desire to join our a.-.enciation, if ppeaent, cuti do so, if o- t, they can h;t it he known by petition, miff if they be worthy the:r names will ho enrolled, and they be enlith I to all t he. privi leges of membership. We aro also nn assoeiati nr for culti vating literary tastes and pursuits. At j our regular meetings there .-boll b : an ad Iress, le iv in ■ the il jct ol Ito the party selected. We hope by ! j this means to keep up a continued in- ' ! tero.st in the assovi ition. 'I lie variety 1 of lecturers with their variou ■ then:- , j will give such variety to our meetings ! tis will greatly increase the interest. The persons who may be selected to deliver aiflresses. need n t neces-nrily !be members of this association. Our : motto is, intellectual improvement anil j elevation. More par tic via rig note in j these days of political <li!<priidati>m. It is also a charitable association Dersons belonging to this association, who, by aflliutio-, bereavement, or by any other cause, becoming no. Iy, we propose to relieve their in e. - iii--- , i by voluntary contribution, an 1 igi-ist j : n all laudable ways, to place them in | a position whereby they may he cna bled to assist themselves As well as watching over each other while sTk. . For this purpose there will he a stand- | ing coma it tee (whose hu- ness will he to look into the matter), of gentlemen iflitl ladies; each attending their own sCx. With this noble end in view, the moral and intellectual elevation of each other, and the genera) good of society, we arc organizing this association. — Having no private end to accomplish, nor seeking any private emolument, we "ive ouise’v-s willingly to this no ble work. Shall it ( rematurely die 7 Is there t no who loves Ins species, who will for a moment hesitate ? Is there an enterprise whose purposes are more enmbing than those we contem plate t Wo want the intelligence of the com inanity. We propose to ran e haste slowly in the organizatn no 1 the association, hoping to have the aid and wisdom of the many friends ol moral uud intellectual improvement Shall we look in vain 7 We believe not Come then to the rescue, ami it there be radical error in the association, let u- root i’ ouf, and put on hot some thing that can accomplish the gre t work. .Many of our young men are le h by as'ociat ion, to imbibe moder ately, but soon, from reasons a>road\ given, they may lose control over them selves and become drunkard- a nui sance tr> society, and at ia-t till drunk, ard’s graves. til not the diversified aims of this association unite all, and thus, with the prominent idea of stay ing intemperance aud discountenanc ing moderate drinking, may we not unitedly and itjalQiisly persevere, until all in our, midst shall bo clothed and [ !in their right minds. The demon in temperance east out. It may not be amiss for me to say, if there be those who may think that the admission of domestic wine ean . never reform drunkards, let me say to l such, in all candor and good will, there j is the Knights of Jericho, an organi zati- n which may suit your opinions better You save the drunkards and j we will keep any more from being drunkards. Let us not fall out by the | way. Each labor in cur respective ' ti-1 Is, ami our work done, a happy day awaits us. Di-tiHories wifi no longer blight our land with their streams of vice and ruin. The ery es the drunk ard's w if* will no longer be heard, and tho ragged, barefooted ehildron of drunkards will no more be seen. Ig norance on account of this fell evil, will no longer curse the land—happi ness, contentment and social harmony, will every where prevail, and the rays of gospel truth, like sunbeams, will wend their way to the hearts of all, warming and stimulating them to deeds of piety and love to God. So moto it be. Lookout Mountain Sen-ol. — W e call attention to the advertisement j of the summer session of this institu tion, which has now been in successful | operation for a year. The late Prin cipal,. Rev. U. F. Williams, having rc ' -igned, his place is to be filled by Rev. ' j Mr. Bineroft.n graduate or Dai month I College, who couies highly recom mended as an experienced and suc cessful teadlier. This school offers excellent facilities for a thorough education at an uuu~ sually moderate eort. Aside from educational advantages, ! ilie summit of our grttud old mountain is a capit' 1 •place for youth to spend the hot summer months.~C/WAinooy« (. n ion. Acquisition of Russian America by tho United States. Tho important information comes to tis from Washington that the Presi dent on Saturday communicated to tlie Seu-ite, in executive session, a treaty j negotiated with Russia, by which the I | Liter power codes to the United States [ all h r territories in North America. fus some seven millions of dollars. — . This, Though nut anything like so cx- ! t .nsive or valuable us such acquisitions as that .of Louisiana in ISUO, of Texas in 18 15, or of New Mexico and Cali r forma in 1848, is yet of consulcjablc value and significance at this juncture, f and in view of its pecular geographi cal p siti ui. The country embraced ; i:i the transfer comprises all that por-J tion of the continent lying north oil latitude 5 4 degr es 49 minutes north, : at, which the southern boundary of the ; llus-ian-Americati possessions was fix- 1 ed by the convention of IS2I, and I west of longitude 141 degrees west, I with the islands affjucent, together with a belt of rocky Pacific coast andai number of islands laying between lati- i tude 54 degrees 4U minutes and t 0 deg. The wnole area is about 380,000 | square miles, t ut the strip along the j coast from the 51th to the 64th de-| gree of latitude is only from twenty ta sixty miles broad, yet it curs out. per haps one-half of the British territory of C-duu'bia from the sen, the Russian line extending s -mo four hundred miles, and ceasing at Portland Inlet, ihe greater portion of the tcrrt?-ry lies between the 1 121 and 204ih de gree of i mgitu o, and the O'lt'.i and 7 Ist. degr ■" of latitude. Portland Inlet is about the fmn ■ parallel as the most northwardly por- Ifitn oi l!r a it. ():i the north, Rus sian America is bound--I hy Bell’ ring’s Straits an 1 tho Arctic Ocean. Tho population is now cstiiintc-1 at about seventy thou-ind, of which some forty t> fifty thousand are Jodi, arm and Esquimaux, tho remainder being Russians, Creoles, Kodiuks, &c. The principal sctt'eincnt is New Arch angel, said to contain 1,000 inhabi- | tunts, on the island of J-asanow or Sitka. The other chi-f islands are ! Prince of Wales, Kodiak, Num.-aka and St. Lawrence, forming, with nu. nicrous tho Aleution Archi, 1 pelago. There are also the settle ments of Michaelovski on Norton i Sound, S -uwarolY on Kviohack river, j Fort St Nicholson Al-a-ki river, St. | George Factory on Dril lev Island, and a factory on Sx. Paul Island. A great portion of the ouptry, however, may , be e niMdered uninhabitable, hut tin southern find coast portions ot it arc considered valuable f.r tire lur tr.ide aid fisheries. It will afford us com mercial advantages upon the P-cific, and a strategic position in a naval sense, which may bo made available for nftny purposes. It will also give us possession ot a large extent of country through which the overland telegraph is carried. If lus treaty is ratified, as moat probably it. will be, the British an. , thorities will be sandwiched in Britisli Columbia by the* possessions of the Unite-1 States on the north and on the south of them. Hence the announce incut of the negotiation of this treaty is said to have caused a lively sensa tion ro Washington. What may be its ultimate effects on British power iu the extreme northern region in ques-i tion is an interesting subject for spec ulation. The thought naturally sug gests itself that it may lead to luither •a •-j.iisitions there oa tire part ol the United States, in time, through simi lar p*ac ful negotiations with Great Britain Piv interest and c -nveoience of both parties naturrily working to that end. It is t at Russia cedes her American teriilory for the sumo reason that induced Napoleon to sell L u-ittiia. that is having in Europe, in the event ot a war. she would probably lose this territory. Bus, apart from that, tlue cession to tli - United States at this time is Bio fruit, in part, of the extremely fr end ly r lutions which have been maintain ed between our own and the govern ment of the Czar. — S’’ imare .Sun. Potato liaising. —ln a circular is. sued by A. 11. llovey, seedsman of Chicago, agen- for the Goodrich Seed ling Potato**, tho loUtwingdirection-, sai-l to bo .based on actual practice’, arc given is to the best method ot raising large crops of potatoes: In the fall plow deeply and subsoil plow, in all eighteen or twenty inches in depth. In the early spring, pfr, w and sub soil across the winter furrows, harrow ami roll. Marl: out, as for corn, three feet •part each way, opening the furrow eight inches deen. .At the intersection drop a whole potato, the largest you have, and spread upon it a (about forty bushels per acre) of a compost made of eight parts of wood-as’lie.-i, four of bone phosphate of lime, four of tine ground plaster, twe of finely slaked lime, and one of salt; or, if preferred three ounces of artificial fcrtaligcr per hill. Then ccrver, roll and spread 1,. DV6 pounds ol good artificial fertilizer per acre. As soon as tho young plants appdar, run the cultivator ci--se to and her tween, but not over them, in' each di rection. Afterward, and before the weeds pome up, cultivate both ways, with ivnoxe.i horse hoc —so arranged as to cut as shallow aYposssible, and keep the surface entirely flat. Repeat tlirs, at short intervals, three times then hand-hoc three times, still keep ing a flit surface. Allow no hilling at any time, nor any weeds to grow. As soon as the tops are dead, dig in clear, dry weather with heavy five tined digging forks; spread, under cover, to dry, and store in a cool, dark, dry, airy cellar, spreading half a pint ot freshly slaked lime in powder on each bu liel of potatoes. Gather and compost the dry top*, for application next autumn; then plow and sunsotl as before, tor next year’s crop. 1 ho following arc the advantages of this system of culflvation : No possible efft're failure of tho crop; no rot in healthy varieties; the largest yield the soil and variety are capable ot; the largest proportion of large potatoes; no degeneracy of vari eties, but continued improvement; no necessity for rotation of c ops ; the po tato can be thus grown almost indefi nitely oti the same land, and with, uerhaps, af long intervals, a seeding to clover to maintain tho supply ot vegatable fibre in the s 71; no loss by late spring frosts; if the early growth is cut oil, the dormant eyes will grow and the crop be saved ; the greaces; economy of culture and harvesting; the highest table quality of potatoes. It’ the materials for this compost cannot be obtained, top dress heavily in the fall, after plowing, with barn manure, but never use it in the season of planting. It may increase the crop, but tends to engender disease, espe cially in wet seasons. Religious Notice. Ii -v A. Van llimmu, of Kufania, Ala , will preafli in tli • ilonwi of Worship, on V \>ren April 14th. Life Assurance! rfflllK ff, S-t.ft. nr.rl only mode of S ' a p;- ii .; X!' OM i:, for g-it.'s t-..... . <ion I Ayo-at of the K<|uitahle « i.. ;;o\vi! f Is tie of t Imi h’zJtoii. Ap 1 ‘5 il >tel. . O. B. THIGPIN. \S I'cok. TlflCl’l.VS engagement with me i-in f.<piM''!, I lake great pieiiMun- in let•oiih.iom lilt ' nit) to any coiinuimiry hh a Hr>t rla . At to. iimi arc•ontpli-he<l A. .IKb'FKUS, Artist. 1 ; -i.f ■- il : i- / U DISSOLUTION '1 IIM C opurt'irerKhipH heretofore existing hr -1 tween the ihhUo-tumvl. in tife Practice of M.-Ht ine and l>nvg Unwin****, under the *tjl© ot Kl>ll> A. Di WHT, and 14JvID, D* WITT •V ( A vSKLS. are llii* day fiiwolvedi JGt. J It. Itcid and S .1. C'iihsclm having pun huKed the ink-rent of Di W K in the Drug ltu-iuegrt. Wishing all account* cfcwicd :»t once, persons indebted will lind our hooka ill the hands of Messrs. Hammond & I)a> ; ia, for collection. .1 K II KID, W b\ DkWITT. S. J. CASSEIJS. Tiik mule!signed will continue the Drug Husiness, Tit the store formerly occupied by Ueid aV DeWitt. .1. K.’ IIKID, S. J. CaSSKLS. A p 12 lui I . s. tUAIAU: Tax jSTotice. I AM assessintf the Income Tax lor also returns of Legacies und Successions, with apjdit .tlions for License. Penalty for not making r. larns of k ’.-.D-s hy Kjwcutor*, Ouardian Trusters or Adminisfrators, one Thousand Dollars. Penalty for not making Income la-tuns —assessment on the b«r-<i in formation to he obtained, mul ti ft v iht cent, added. I will he at Ihwfon, Monday, *d2d April. Duncanville, Wedu* day -’llh April. (Ilasyow Saturday,‘drtn April. Wypva. (>i lilcm kono«\, Tu - lay. 30th April. *lo!kii (i chy s. on lt.iinhridife Uou4, for Her* enteentb an I Kight. nth D; trie’s, on Thar* dav, IH1» of Mav 1 will call but once- T S HOPKIXS, A -> t. A • r Div. Ist Dis t Ua. V 12 ts LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Educational Inst itutions. Rn .C. I - . I*. IU X ROFT, I*ri»r|» , l. tiik m miskr ur ssiev Will 1,,-ill M W I .'.til. «u».l - W OCTOBER i»t, i st-r, 11 -ant - -4 T - v I(10.011 - tymliU L-Ul i,ii eutt-rinu an 1 ii.-tt lilt- VI of .Inly llntiviny Mu-ie amt Lau.-tuae* exlm. Ifc-W* a.O W..- UIIK tin a.-■ I ->.i r*..«-n*bi* terms. For circular*, tvith fall p irth aUr*, ad4r*M Krr. f. t . < orp'-nrer. f>np'l, CIIAITANUIKIA, ’ftslf Ap im Take Notice. ONE Kill (in l--ft la-' S irntiHT hr Cmth 'I a- >• ! >!-■• I « :!t l-e *>i 1 for rr* K-IIN I IIOPOKINS Aps