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TELEGRAPHIC.
Western Union Telegraph.
Special l« the Enterprise.
Miscellaneous Items.
Richmond, Aug. 26.—Gen’l Scho
field has decided that the State poor
laws bo enforced with reference to the
white and black paupers, to whom the
Freedmen’s Bureau has ceased giving
rations. This will return a large lot
of straggling vagrants to their respec
tive counties.
The City Council of Richmond are
about opening anew almshouse for
the colored people.
The oolored Canadian who applied
for redress, because the owners of a
steamship refused him a first class cai
bin passage, on account of his color,
had his ease decided before U. States
Commissioner Mahon, to-day. lie
decided that the Civil Rights bill only
related to American citizens, and fo
reigners could not obtain redress un.
der it.
Richmond, Aug. 26 —G. C. R. Por
ter, the Commonwealth Attorney at
Norfolk, is stumping the State under
the auspices of the National Republi
can Committee. He was much npi
plaudod for the aentunent that, Hi the l
than not unclog the wheels of recon
struction, we should hang the Presi
dent and Gen. Grant as high as Ha
inan.
Yellow Fever.
New Orleans, Aug. 26. —The in.
terments at Galveston, on Saturday,
from yellow fever, were 26, and fur
the week 153.
The deaths from the same cause, in
New Orleans, were 29, on Saturday
and Sunday.
Louisiana Sugar, light stick, at
15} a 15J, for fully fair. Cuba Su
gar, retailing by the hogshead at 13}
a 13i ; for good fair, 12} a 13}. Lou
isiana Molasses 60c.; Cuba dull, at
50 a 51c. by cargo. Flour quiet ana
light sales ; Superfine $9.00, and pu.->
chasers holding off. Bacon Shoulders
firm at 13} al4 ; Clear Sides 17.1 a
18. Lard firm at 141 , keg 14} a 15.
Pork, no sales, quoted at 26c. Gold
40}. Sterling 53 a 55. New York
Sight, } premium.
Grant on Sheridan.
Washington, August 26 —-General
Grant’s letter to the President says,
that the people who have sacrificed
lives and spent dollars for the preser
vation of the country, are entirely op
posed to Sheridan’s removal. lie
performs his duty faithfully and in
telligently, and his removal will be
regarded in effect as defying Congress.
Gen. Thomas has repeatedly objec
ted to being placed in command of the
sth District.
An immense crowd witnessed the
defeat of the Nationals by the Mutuals
of New York. The President was on
the ground and was received with
hearty cheers.
The revenue to-day reaches the sum
of $336,000.
Intelligence from Fort Hayes says,
that one company of Cavalry had lost
21 of its members from Cholera.
New York Market.
New York, Aug. 26.—Flour 87.10
a fi11.40, Southern dull and lower,
§9.65 a sl4; wheatdulland declining,
mixed western 10 a 13. Pork dull
and unchanged. Lard quiet at 12} a
13}. Cotton, drooping sales—soo
bales sold at 27} a 28c. Turpentine
58c.
The Catholic Arch Bishop of the
Quebec Diocese is dead.
Baltimore Market,
Baltimore, Aug. 20.—Coffee quiet
and steady, with small sales at 18c.—
Corn dull and white five eights lower,
yellow 15. Provisions firm. Bulk
shoulders 12c., half bacon shoulders
13}; Western Mess Pork 24c. -Su.
gar steady.
NOON DISPATCHES
Washington, Aug. 27.—The Presi
dent has assigned Canby to the second
and Hancock to the fifth District.
The meeting between the King of
Prussia and the sovereigns of the South
German States has been arranged.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Aug. 20.—Evening.—
Cotton has declined j ; uplands P>}.
Liverpool.—Noon.—Cotton market
heavy and uplands at 101, Oilcans,
10*. Sates of 0000 bales.
Liverpool, 2 o’clock.—Cotton mar
ket easier and rather more doing, with
prices unaltered.
London Market.
London, Aug. 26. —Noon.—Consols
94}. Bonds 73}.
London, 2 o’clock.—Bonds weak.
Consols 94 13-16.
Gen. Pope and the University
Augusta, Aug. 27.—The University
difficulty is giving rise to cotisiderabfc
feeling. A speech delivered by a stu
dent at the recent Commencement,
-caused Gen. Pope to take steps to close
«p the institution and convert it ir.to
military barracks. Through the exer
tions .of Chancellor Lipscomb, the
-exercises were allowed to continuo, on
condition, it is alleged, that the Press
of the State would not refer to the
matter. It is also stated that Gen’l
Pope has ordered the appropriation of
SBO9O, made by the Legislature, to be
withheld.
The freedmen in the first and fourth
Districts arc out in addresses totlnir
fellow citizens irrespective of color.
They claim that the right to vote
gives them the right to hold office.
They are Conservative and in favor of
universal amnesty.
JSoutjjcnt
( SEMI-WEEKLY.)
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLIk, OA.:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1867.
SPIES IN THE SOUTH.
Have our people considered that
they have over them a regular system
of espionage, instituted by the five
military commanders, as the willing
tools of the Radicals? The most hate
ful, disgusting, contemptible, and
loathingly abhorrent character in the
world is that pf .spy. All men hate
spies, whether civilized or savage, and
the laws of war hang spies without
benefit of clergy. So universally ha
ted and .detested are. spies, that none
dare acknowledge to being spies. In •
the dark ayes of the world Roman
Catholicism ruled by its system-of es
pionage, and Philip 11, of Spain, a
weak and cowardly fanatic, made him
self the most infamous of all monarchs,
by tho espionage he placed over the
rising Netherlands. But he died a
miserable, ignorant wretch, as ho was,
and Holland gained her independence,
lie exhausted all the fabulous wealth
of the mightiest empire then in the
world, to exterminate or conquer three
millions of intelligent people, one-half
of them, like tho South, in the late
war, loyal to the tyrant ; but he failed,
signally failed, and the whole world
applauded his failure. Ilis system
of espionage, with all its horrible and
bloody results, was insufficient to ex
terminate or convert to Roman C'atho'
licism, perhaps about two millions of
peoples. The system of Philip is now
being tried in the South, and that too
in tho eighteenth century. Who would
have believed it a few years ago ?
Every agent of the Freedmen’s Bin
reau is a spy upon tho people, and a
specially delegated spy upon the con
duct and political deportment of all
officials throughout the South. Gen.
Pope’s late order, No. 49, prohibiting
all officers from advertising in news
papers opposed to reconstruction, also
authorizes, appoints and commands all
officers of the Bureau, Boards of Reg
istration and others, to give informa
tion of all officers who fail to carry out
said order. Other orders previously
issued by these commanders enjoin
obedience to like commands, and the
intelligent people of the South are
thus placed under a complete system
of espionage.
MANATEE CAPTURED.
A well known and intelligent gen
tleman residing in South Florida, has
written a letter to one of our citizens,
in which lie states that he recently
captured on ttio b't. Scba.-tian lire-, in
that State, threo of the rarely met
with animals, called Manatees or Sea
Cows. 'J lie two largest wero killed in
capturing them, but the small one or
Calf, was taken alive, and is thriving
under the care of its captor, who al
lows it still to range in its native elo
mont. The Manatee, so called, from
tho resemblance of its fore paws or
swimmers, to the human hand, is one
of the rarest animals known to history,
and there are but few who believe
such an animal really exists. Some
years ago, while Gen. Harney was in
that section of Florida, several of these
animals were reported killed and cap
tured, but since that time none has
been seen until the recent capture. —
They were once very common in Flo
rida, if wo arc to believe the evidence
of bones t which are found embedded
in the earth in many places so numer
ous as to give the idea that vast herds
of them must have perished together
by the violence of the sea, or some
other convulsion in nature. The cap
tured Manatee is destined for Bar
uum’s Museum.
KING JOHN AND THE PRESS.
The Savannah Republican makes
war on (ien. l’opc, and General Pope
makes war On the Savannah Republi
can.
The Republican editor wrote a man
ly article censuring Gen. Pope’s vio
lation of the rights of the press in his
order, No. 49, and for that Gen. Pope
decides not to tolerate even a Repub
lican journal, if its views tally not
j with his own. The General says the
Republican, asks “why the ultra Radi
cal politicians of -Savannah do not net
nd of the objectionable editor’’ The
Republican also accuses the General
of using his influence in Washington,
to have the small pittance stopped'
which tho Republican reoetves for
publishing the laws of Congress.
Query. —ll tho Geneaal cannot tol
erate a Republican paper, what will
he do with Conservative journals when
his “Irish” is fully up? J-c r-u-s-a
--1-e-in ?
TEACHERS CONVENTION.
Tho School Teachers Convention
which met at Atlanta, last week organ
ized permanently, and we copy the fol
lowing from the Savannah lit raid as
the most important part of the pream
ble and resolutions adopted :
PREAMBLE. ,
Wc, whose names are hereto annex
od, pledging our zealous efforts to pro l
nioto the cause of education in the State
of Georgia, agree to adopt the follow
ing Constitution, and to obev the by
laws made in conformity thereto.
Article J. The -Society shall be i
known as the Georgia Teachers’ Asso- \
ciation.
Article 2. Any teacher, or person •
who is or has been'identified with the
cause of education, may become a
member of this Association, by a vote <
by ballot of two thirds of the members
present at any regular meeting, by the
payment of an onnual fee of one dollar,
and by signing this Constitution.
Article 3 Tho regular annual meet
ings of this Association shall be held
at Atlanta on the third Wednesday in
August, at 9 A. M.
The Convention then elected the
following officers for the ensuing year.
President. — H. H. Tucker, I). I),
President Murcer Uni verity.
lice Presidents. —S. Fouche, Ist-
W. L. Brown, 2d ; -Jno. M. Bunnell,
3d; Gustavus J. Orr, 4th.
Recording Secretary. —William N.
Janes, Atlanta High School.
; Corresponding Secratary. —W. It.
Jones, Atlanta.
I Treasurer. —R. C. Ketehutn, At
: lanta.
Executive Committee. —11.11. Tuck-
I cr, D. P., President; D. W. Lewis,
Washington c linty; B. Motion, Supor
| int-cinlent Public Schools, Savannah.
Publishing Committee. —Prof. W.
L. Brown, Dr. 11. 11. Tucker, Gusta
vus J. Orr
On motion of Mr. Iliilyer, of Athens,
the following resolution was adopted :
Resolved, That in the opinion of
this Association, that it is just and
wise that all the children within the
limits of the State, without distinction
of race or color, should receive the
benefits of education.
At the eveningsession, tho following,
offeted by Presidentßonncll, was unani
mously adopted.
Whereas, We earnestly desire the
moral and intellectual elevation of the
j African race in our midst; and believe
! that it can only bo dono by tho co
operation of the whites ; therefore,
Resolved, That wo cordially approve
of out whites follow citizens engaging
in the education of colored persons,
and promise to all such our encourage'
ment and support.
[FOR THE SOI Til FUN ENTERPRISE j
Savannah, Aug. 24, 1867.
L. C. Bryan, Editor of the Southern
Enterprise. :
Bear Sir : —At a meeting of tho
Delegation of the Savannah Fire De
partment, held on tho 23rd inst., Capt.
James A. Barron was called to tho
Chair, and 51 r. R. Wayne Russell re
quested to act as Secretary.
The meeting was called for the pur
pose of giving some public expression
of the feelings of the Delegation, for
the kindnesses and hospitalities ex
tended towards them on their recent
visit to Thomasvillo, when, c n motion,
the following Preamble and Resolu
tions were unanimously adopt and, and
aro furnished to you with a request
that they be published in your paper
1 am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
R. Wayne Russell,
Sec’y of the Delegation.
The Recent Fireman’s Visit to
Thomasvillo.
The delegation rrotn the oavannan
Fire Department who accompanied the
engine “Neptune” to Thomasville,
desirous of giving expression to their
high appreciation of the hospitable re
ception tendered them by the citizens
of Thomasvillo, the cordial welcome of
“Neptune Fire Company No. 1,” and
the courtesy of Col. John Serivcti
President of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, ieel that it is duo to them
selves and the companies which they
represent, to make this public ac
knowledgement ; and therefore bo it
Resolved, That the thanks of this
delegation aro due, and aro hereby
tendered to Col. John Serivcti, f->r Ids
kindness and courtesy in providing
transportation and affording evory
facility for their comfort. A road
which has so rapidly and successfully
emerged in lull equipment lor efficient
-service from tho wreck and ruin of a
disastrous war, reflects the energy and
ability which characterizes its wot thy
Presidents and officers.
Resolved, That hospitality and oon
! viviulity are household words in Thotn
ville, and tho happy faculty of render
ing the way-worn traveler comfortable
exists no where in so high a degree as
at Young’s Hotel.
Resolved , That tho greatness of this
thriving inland city lias a worthy re
presentative in its present Chief Mag-
I nutate, Robert, 11. Harris, to whom the
delegation aro under obligations for a
j worn! of courtesies, and who veto him
j officially and unofficially a “perfect
| brick.”
Resolved, That to the youth, beauty
| and talent of the Dramatic Association
| this delegation are indebted for an
i evening of r/ire enjoyment, and trust
that no “Spectre Bridegroom’’may dis.
turb the repose of tho Thotnusville lair,
and if “lovers” are to be loaned, the
unmarried portion of this delegation
are anxious to borrow.
Resolved, That to our brethren of
tho Neptune Fire Company, wo return
our thanks tor their numerous acts of
kindness, an-i pledge them a hearty
reciprocation from this Department
should they ever (as we hope they
will at no distant day) vist our city.
Resolved, That to tho citizeus gen
i orally, the thanks of this delegation are
j *lue, and should occasion offer, we hope
to prove our appreciation ol their many
kind attentions.
Resolved, That a copy of the tores
going bo furnished to the Savannah
and I hotnasvillc papers with tho re
quest that they publish the same.
Freedom of the Press -A New
Order from Gen. Pope.
Ucadq’rs Third Military Hist. A
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, v
Atlanta, Aug. 12,1807-3
General Orders, No. 49.
I The Commanding General has
become satisfied that tho civil officers
iu this Military District, are only ob
serving his older prohibiting them
from “using any influence to deter or
dissuade the people from reconstruct
ing their State governments under the
recent acts of Congress/’ so far as their
own personal conversation is concern
ed, and ate at tho same time, by their
official patronage, supporting and en
couraging newspapers which are al
most without exception, oppos’ng re*
construction, and obstructing and em
barrassing civil officers appointed by
the military district commander in the
performance of their duties by denun
ciation and threats of future penalties
for their oflicihl acts. ■*
11. Such tee of the pattonngc of
their offices is simply an evasion (per-*
haps unintentional) of the provisions
of tho General Order above referred
to, and is, in fact, an employment of
the machinery of tho provisional State
government to defeat the execution of
the reconstruction acts.
111. It is therefore ordered, That
all advertisements or other official pub
lications heretdbre, or to be hereafter
provided for, by State, or Municipal
laws or Ordinmees, be given by the
proper civil officers, whose duty it is
to have such publication to be made,
to such nowtpapor and such only as
have not opposed and do not oppose
reconstructioii undc-r the acts of Con
gress, nor attempt to obstruct in any
manner, the civil officers appointed by
the military authorities in this dis
trict, in the discharge of their duties
by threats of violence or prosecution,
or any other penalty as soou as the
military protection is withdrawn, for
acts performed in iheir official capacity.
IV. Alt officers hi this military dis
trict, and jll officers of the Freedmcn’s
Bureau, did all Boards of Registra
tion, or ojhcr persons in the employ
ment of ;he United States under its
military jurisdiction, are directed to
give pronint attention to the enforce
ment of ibis order, and to make im
mediate rtport to these Headquarters
of any civil officer who violates its pro
visions.
By command of Brevet Major Gen
eral Dope. G, K. Sanderson,
A A. A. G-
Notes on tho Situation—No IG.
IJV IS. 11, HILL.
So far from feeling any desire to do
injustice to Gov. Brown, I have exam
ined anxiously for something by which
to explain lis singular reasoning, and
still more siigulsr conduct. He ad
vocates doct ines and announoes views
which are denounced by the most re
spectable writers as “infamous” and
“inhuman” and “contrary to all
reason and justice.” Yet lie announ
ces suoh views with frequent readiness
and against his own people. His
writings exhibit no familiarity with
history or standard authors, or great j
principles, and he may not know the
ground he is treading on. Yet he .
has a natural vigor of intellect which j
alone ought to protect him. So he
resorts to arguments which even igno
rance niurht to s*-' “*•» To
illustrate my meaning with a few ex
amples:
1. lie twits us fur opposing the
Convention called by Congress, be
cause, as is admitted by its authors, it
is unconstitutional, after submitting to
a Convention called by tho President,
which he alleges was equally unconsti
tutional. The answer is so plain as to
render the position ridiculous. Even i
supposing our people did submit to
one unconstitutional exaction, is that
a reason why they should submit to
another ? But the plans are wholly
unlike. The President did not quali
fy or disqualify voters contrary to the
hues of the Shite. He called on the
voters qualified by the Btato to adopt a
Constitution for themselves through
their own delegates, lie told them
what, in his opinion, were the issues
settled by the war and terms of the
light, and advised them to conform to
them, 110 says tic intended to con
form to them, lie says lie intended
oven this only as advisory. Any i
power —evon Russia or 1 ndia—might 1
propos' to the qualified voters of any j
Slate through their proper officers the j
propriety of holding a Convention. ll'
the qualified vqtors in the forms pro- -
scribed by theif existing iundamontul
law adopt the pr- position, it becomes
their own. Is this the plan of Con
gress ? Existing governments are set
aside, old electors are disfranchised,
new voters are qualified and ordered
to lortn Constitutions to suit a set of
men who are nsverto live under them.
And force and fraud are actually em
ployed, and confiscation and further
oppression threatened, to compel com.
pliance! Gould n fair mind find re
semblance in these plans ? Other dif>
fcrenocs arc equally striking, but 1
will not notice them.
2. So Gov. Brown says wo, as 1
wrote, “ promptly-and cheerfully yich
ded slavery,’’ and, therefore, why ob
ject to yielding our franchises ? Well,
1 answer, suppose wo did give up our
property, is tint a reason why we
iiould yield It. nor also? Would as
magnanimous people demand it? Do
they offer us ha k tho property which
tlu-y say we yielded to them,
and, in lieu thereof, demand our fran
chise? No; tiny keep the first and
; demand that wo yield also tho sec
ond!—a meanness of which no high
way robber was ever guilty ! 15 it
Gov. Brown thinks, as wo yielded
property, we ought readily to yield,
what lie seems to consider, all lesser
tilings. In my opinion, it was better
to yield property than honor; and
bettor to give up slavery than submit
Ito be governed by the negro race. Os
a people, who promptly aud cheerfully
yielded so much to show good faith in
submitting to Union, no honorable
people would i-.raet more. What a
singular argument—because wo yiel
ded cue right, therefore, we aro bound
to y ield all 1 True, the spirit of yiel
ding generally begets a spirit of exae
j ting- Let our people remember this.
, 3So he argues it is inconsistent to
charge perjury in supporting the Mil
itary Bills, after having supported the
conscript hill and divers other meas
ures which he and other said were un
constitutional ? But I did not draw
broadly the distinction between sup
porting measurers of merely doubtful
construction and measurer ol admitted
unconstitutionality ? The authors of
the Military Bills admit they are
not authorized by the Constitution,
am} oven Governor Brown will not say
they are constitutional. Yet ho and
they advise our people to carry out
the.-e unconstitutional bills under oath
to support the Constitution !
But is it Governor Brown’s doctrine
(as it certainly is his argument) that
if a man swears falsely once be ought
to do so again ? Is it upon this the
ory that he feels justified, after having
helped to pull down the Union, and
then the Confederacy, now to insist
upon pulling down our State govern
ments and the white race ?
He says I advise the people to re
new the fight! Renew! Did I use
that word ? That could mean only
the secession light. What a dark mo
tive is here revealed ! Yet all I
havfi written is directly to the contra
ry ; and the very sentence which he
cuts in two to- get his idea says, “ I)p
not talk or think of secession or dis
union, but come up to the good old
platform of our fathers—the Constitu
tion.” Is Governor Brown opposed
to fighting for the Constitution “if
need lie ” ? I suppose he is —he al
ways has been. Ilis record Vs against
the Constitution, and that is p-ecisely
why he is helping the Radicals. Jle
knows they arc destroying the Consti
tution.
4. Governor Brown warns the poor
people that I am not only opposed to
extending suffrage to tho negro, but
am in favor of taking it from the poor
whites ? And is it not the purpose of
every note I have written to preserve
our existing State Constitution ? And
will preserving that take suffrage from
the poor whites ? Poor reasoncr !
Poor friend of the poov ! Poor man!
Pour thing ! Y’et not so poor either!
G. lie next seeks to impair the ef*
feet of my humble efforts with the
Northern people by telling them I ad
vocated a war to burn their cities and
take them into the Confederacy as
“hewers of wood and drawers of wai
ter,” &c. He pretends to quote from
some Savannah speech. 1 made no
speech in Savannah at the time refer
red to, except to a serenading party
lbe last night 1 was iu the city —a lew
minutes before leaving. I never wrote
a word to tho speech —never saw a
report of it. I do not know what I
said, nor what was reported ; but l do
know I never spoke nor entertained
such ideas as Gov. Brown has repre
sente-1, with the meaning lie has given
them. Ido not remember my senti
ments at that period of our history. —
I was very anxious to avert war. 1
was especially anxious that our people
should not begin it, nor provoke it ;
and one of the ehiet obstacles in the
way of keeping the peace was this
very man Brown, who, as Governor,
was at that time seizing Northern ves
sels in the port of Savannah, issuing
inflammatory appeals, and doing all lie
could with the Executive power of the
State to provoke war. Tho proof that
I was earnestly opposed even to firing
on Sumter is of the highest character.
But if war was forced on us by the
North, I desired our people to meet it
like men conscious of right motives ;
and I frequently, at that day, gave
the opioion that slavery would not bo
an clement of weakness but of strength
in the war, and that ft slaveholding
people were always powerful iu war.
While I have endeavored always to
be true to our people, in what 1 be
lieved their rights at, the time, it is a
singular phase of revolution that this
man Brown should be a witness against
me with any portion of the Northern
pooplewlio really love the Union under
the Constitution. True, “a fellow feel*
ing makes us wondrous kind,” and, he
may, therefore, he esteemed far above
me by tho Northern Radicals ; for In
like them, has always been against the
Constitutional Union ol the States,
and I have no faith whatever in cither
him or them. The people (I pray be*
fore it is too late) will one day discover
very plainly why these men, who, so
late, were so fierce against each other,
have now linked themselves so loving
ly together. Liko sin and Satan, they
have discovered their affinity for each
other in their common hatred to the
Constitution, and at onoo they sink “in
melted mood with honeyed phrase”
into each other's arms to beget its
death!
But the Governor knows his argu
ments aro unsound, and he seems to
think that all urtieles written for politi
cal effect aro of course, “intended to
mislead and deceive. ’’ Applying his
own rule to himself, he may feel justi
fied. The idea of political morals was
but too common in party days—in the
very worst ot which days the Gover
nor rue and flourished, and by using
with effect this very rule. Many have
become so prominent in the corrupt
days of party availability, like sores
which swell from the surface of the
human body where the blood is impure.
I fear too many have become running
sores which can never he healed until
the life of the natiou is exhausted, and
sores and liberty disappear together.
Pardon me, kind reader; but I
thought it best, as illustrative of their
character, to notice thus much what
may be called the Governor’s argu
ment, in contradistinction to his per
sonal allusirns, which I have declined
to notice. 1 will nest notice some dis
closures which he made, which, if not
authoritative for his party, are. at least,
very significant.
Republican Reaction.
The following letter is from Kx-
Scnator Harris of New York. Now
the dec-1 is done anil lie helped to do
it, he does not believe in negro supre
macy or equality.
New York, August 10. —The fol
lowing notice is published very con
spicuously in this morning’s Herald :
The New Crisis —Ex-Senator Harris
of New York on the Present Condi
tion of the Country.
New York, August B.—“ To the
editor of the Herald, 1867.—1 thank
you for your manly announcement in
this morning’s Herald, in the article
headed “ The New Crisis.” Your
views in that article are so wholesome,
that I cannot leave the city this morn
ing, being transiently here, without
.expressing gratitude. I assure you,
sir, that the present effort of party
leaders to secure political power, by
making the Southern States negro
States, is tncst. alarming, and the peo
ple of the North must not allow its
success, if they value their own free
dom and prosperity.
If the people stop to think they will
spurn such an attempt with indigna
tion. Nothing but false issues can
allow such a ruinous project to suc
ceed.
To cheat the people the advocates
of this nefarious scheme will keep be
fore them the idea of martyrdom, and
all that sort of thing, but the true
issue should be ever [ resent to our
minds, and martyrs rewarded at less
expense than tho overthrow of our in
stitutions.
Now, sir, I have done my humblq
part in the late war for the Union ;
two of my sons have fallen under the
Union flag, and my part has been in
contribution, and not in the reeeptioa
of a penny’s profit during the strife ;
but never have I wished anything but
a restored Union. For this, and this
alone, I have sacrificed, and nxt for
the elevation of the negro, nor the dis
franchisement of tho people of the
Southern States. Jf ilie people of the.
South are not to be restored to the
Union, then the old Coppeiheud cry,
“That the Union could not be restored
by arms,” is verified. The i 'ca that
tiie South must be Africanized before
its States are allowed to return, is an
admission th;.t the war has been- a
wicked failure, and' has been waged
for the destruction of the Republic.—
It is not a debatable question. We
did not send our sons to die for the
erection of negro States in tho -South.
I appeal to the great masses in the
North, who generously poured out
their blood in the conflict, if this was
their object. Mr. editor you have hit
a tender chord in your remarks this
morning, and I know will awaken the
sleeping sense of tho people on this
crisis. I have purchased a plantation
in Alabama and contemplate remov
ing there, and am encouraging others
in the North to follow me; but if that
State is to b ; a negro State, farewell to
my purchase. The reasons aro ob
vious—fanatics may not see them, but
men of common sense can.
I thank you again Iroin my heart.
Ira E. Harris.
A Strange Prophecy—A Colored
Prophet Foretells the Woos of
his people.
Wo publish tho following strange
prophecy, and recommend its careful
perusal by our colored readers; it will
also be read with interest by the pub."
lie at large. Great excitement lias
been created in Etawamba oounty,
Mississippi, by a recent prophecy made
by Lewis Saxton Def’osta, a colored
preacher. It is said to have created
immense sensation among the blacks
in that part of Mississippi. DeCosta
is a very old man, who claims to be
tho son of African parents, his father,
who was a prince, having been, witli
his mother, kidnapped some distance
up the Niger, by a slaver, who sold
them to Pedro Blanco, the great tra
der at the Gallinas. They sutisequcnti
ly belonged to tho DeCosta estate in
Florida, wlicro Lewis was raised. Af
ter forty years of slavery he got his
freedom by saving frum a burning
building the children of his mistress,
lie is said to be a man of remarkable
purity of life, and an army officer,
Captain Van Vlcot—who heard him
preach in Georgia, declares that lie was i
the most eloquent man he ever hoard '
in his life. During tho war he could
not bo induced to give aid to either
the Federal or Confederate side, his
unvarying reply being that it was his
missiou to comfort the hearts of his
people. Widely known and every- I
where regarded with extreme venera.
tion by the blacks, it is not strange
that they should be deeply moved by j
his words.
A visio-v.
Lo! my eyes aro opened and I sec
clearly. For many days I fasted and
prayed ; I put away from me all ma.
lice and sought to make my heart
clear, my life pure beforo God. Alas,
the heart of man is prono to evil. —
Like the dumb ox, he learns wisdom
slowly. I confessed my sins ; I trusted
not in myself. Then wisdom came;
my eyes saw tho present and the fu
ture. The great books of time were
opened. So profound was my aston
ishment that 1 hungcied not, although
l had fasted long. I asked the one
who stood by me, “what means those
records V’
The shining one said, “They arc
tho lives of nations—mighty people
that have passed away and left no
trace.’'
“Don’t God always raise up those
who have been debased,” I asked.
“No, he replied, “more often debase
ment goes boh re extinction; open
thine eyes and see the future of thy
people. They are proud. They trust
in themselves rather than in God.
1 hey have forgotten the Gospel rule,
“Bless your enemies, pray for those
who wrong you.” They speak bit
terly. They are led to hate. They
are made to stand in hostile array.—
Look abroad trow and «ee tb« viirion
of the future.”
Then was I lifted up and through
l he blue sky of a summer day, I saw
all ray people. 1 saw them working'
on plantations and in shops—l saw
them in schools and churches. They
were sometimes wronged, sometimes
cheated, sometimes shamefully abused
because they were black, but men
wanted their labor, and they were
slowly rising above wrong and preju<
dice. •
Then there went forth two bearing
vials of wrath, and these they poured
out upon the whole land. Then the
sound of busy labor became hushed,
My people left the fiel 1 and the work*
shop. Weeds choked up the cotton.
The weeds smothered the corn* The
workshops slept. Some men lay all
day under the shade trees in the vain
hope of sometimes liking all the pro
perty of the white man. Others
crowded into liquor stores and spent
their time in speaking bitterly of the
bad past and wishing for revenge.—
Mobile Tribune.
ttap The editor of the Pensacola
Observer asks tho Mobile Tribune,
“What policy, programme, platform,
o.' purpose do you avow ?’’ and obtains
the following reply: —
“Haven’t any of the first three
things you mention. Have a very firm
purpose though not to walk an inch of
the way to the precipice over which
they are going to throw ueboP.r unless
God disperses or destroys them before
they got there. Whenever they ask u»
to walk we shall reply, -Tote us’—that
is, ‘No Contention.' We have no no
tion of giving posterity rrtarnee to
draw a moral on us — to point to oulr -
bones and say, 'They are the bones of
one who was persuaded to walk over
this precipice, for fear somebody woulif 1
throw him over.’ ”
IfevTlic Macon Telegraph' says in
formation has been lodged in the office
of the U. S. District Attorney against
eight officials of the State, who, from
being raripant rebels, became trans
formed to ltadicals and took tho “iron*’ _
clad oath.’’ They are charged with
perjury. Are there swty in this region 7
Time will develop.
A tMiclcil Suffer IVo -lore,
When by the use of Professor Kayton’s reme
dies you call get immediate relief and perma
nent cure at a Hitting post. The astonishing
success that has attended-the introduction of
these truly valuable medicme-vßfamiiwieqtMl
ed in the history of modern medical prepara
tions, and from our personal kiaxvledye of their
merits, wo have no 1-esitation iu reeomrnend*
ing them to oar readers. The remedies consist
of Ivayton’s Oleum Vita:, the great German
Liniment! for' Rheumatism, Neirralgin, Rheu
matic Fiiins in the system, Sprains, Earns,
Bruise*, Toothache, Nervoos Headache, See ,
Kayton’s Magic Cur - is an infaHrbfe rare for’
Dinn-hcwt, Choi era ir t its liret stages, Cntmiwr
and Cholic Pains in tile .Stomach and Rowels.
Kayton’s Dyspeptic Pills are pre-eminently
superior to ail others iu Dyspepsia, Liver Corn*
plaint, and all Disorders of the sysluui, and
are unequalled whenever a mild cathartic is
necessary. They never gnipe nor constipate.
These remedies are not secret, as of
our physicians know their formula, and the
proprietor will exhibit it to auv respectable
physician. They are prejsireif in this city, and
our people should give them thr preference
They can be found for sale by all respectable
druggists iu Ibis State and Florida. —.Savan
huh Fries A Herald.
Address all orders to Prof. tr. If. Kavton,
Savannah, Oa., or to A. A. Solomons Si Cos.,
Savannah, Gil. .
I'sT' Beware of eonnterfeits, the genuine
have Prof. H. 11. Kaytm’s signature on cacti
bottle and box.
Por sale by Dr. P. S. Bower, Thomasville.
Aug 23
NEW FALL
GOODS
OF
ffiJf IJtffJMMJ.
ALSO,
A LARGE LOT OF
FAMILY
AND
FANCY
oooiasiiL
Just received by
Mt-Quccn & Tickers.
Call at our NEW GROCERY STORE.
Aug 27 ts
ON CONSIGNMENT”
GI n att Ksur Fl.Ot'K—From new
I Georgia Wheat. Just received by
M-QUEEN Sc VICKERS.
Ana *’7 st
A I-AKUIt LOT OF
Factory Tliroad
Assorted Numbers, fur sale by
S. H ROBISON Sc CO.
A (food supplv of I P P Fit LE.ITIIRE
AN O Kl»* «KINM. for sale by
An K 27 S.Ji ROBISON A'CO.
Mercer & Anderson,
Cotton Factors
comoi m forwardisg
MERCHANTS,
Will hlno do h genera! Banking' and Bro*
keruge Untune**. ,
A<lm.mre* made on Conaitrmnentsu
H W VKKHCEH, K. C. ANDERSON, Jr
Mm** it k. ri n ui.
A ng 17 fim
HORSE TAKEN MR.
ON Hat)dav Inal iho tindertdgned look tf*» a
Sorrel IVmv llom>. m good ortier,
while tdnxe in the fine-both bind feet while,
, nd about 6 jevt
Mr may recover bice by appti
cation at the S&*tkerm Entsrprus office, with
proof of property »ud pav mg charge*.
kK’HM(L\D BoORFR*
_ Aug V (Colored,)
FOR RENT.
A nOI’SE ,».d Is I iu Thotsasv Hie. The
.A has flee rooms, three lira pU
• ••«. km lieu. Ait houses, gooU welt of wnter,
gar-t-si sod other ermveuirnee* Pm* $56 imf*
advance -mill t»t ..f January next Apph th
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