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TELEGRAPHIC.
Western Union Telegraph.
Special to the Enterprise.
Miscellaneous Items.
Washington, Sept. 2.—According
to the New York Bank statement, loans
have decreased $2,820,000.
Specie has increased $1,243,000.
Circulation has decreased $21,000.
The deposits increased $2,043,000.
Legal tenders have increased, $2,-
1)72,000.
Nine Regular Army Surgeons have
died within the past three weeks.
Simon Cameron favors impeach
ment.
The revenue to-day is $1,500,000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
received a dispatch irom special agent
Bell, stating that only three of the
twenty-six Custom House officials are
on duty. The Secietary has ordered
the Custom House further down the
river, outside of the city.
Maximillian’s adopted heir, young
lturbide, with his grandmother, are
on Georgetown Heights.
The change in the Cotton Tax from
three to two and a half cents goes into
effect to-day.
Revolution and Cholera.
Panama, Aug. 23.—A revolution to
restore Mosquera has been discovered
and the leaders arrested.
The Cholera is dying out in Nica
ragua, but is still raging in some dis
tricts.
The Peruvian Congress will not al
low the Spaniards to lemove into the
country.
A furious storm occurred at Valpa
raiso doing much damage to shipping
and dwellings. One bark was wrecked
and ten lives lost.
Mosquera is being tried for treason.
Kcw Orleans Market.
New Orleans, Sept. 2.—Sales of
Cotton 300 bales ; low middlings 24 J
a 25. Receipts 278 tales. Sugar
Molasses quiet and unchanged. Flour
dull; superfine $8.75, choice sll 50 a
12 50. Corn dull and supply light;
white $1.25, yellow 27i. Oats dull at
70c. Pork, good demand at $26.50.
Bacon sold as fast as received ; shout
deis 13}, clear sides 17} a 18 ; lew or
no rib tides in market. Lard in re
quest, tierce 13}, keg 15. Gold closed
at 40i a 40|. Sterling 53 a 55.
Tom King the pugilist, and Lieut.
McCormick of the iron clad Mahaska,
were among the deaths from yellow
fever yesterday.
The official order relieving General
•Sheridan has been received at head
quarters. Gen. Griffin has been tele
graphed for, and upon his arrival Gen.
Sheridan takes his departure, accom
panied by Colonels Forsyth, Sheridan
and Moore.
Baltimore Market,
Baltimore, Sept. 2.—The Cotton
market isquiet and nominal, middlings
26c. Coffee dull and unchanged.—
Flour dull; Wheat firmer, ordinary to
fair $2.00 a 2.20, good to prime 1.45
a 1.55, inferior red sold at $1 75.
Com firm, white $1 10 a 1.13, yel
low sl.lß. Sugar steady and firm.
Provisions steady. Mess Pork 24.50.
Lard, city, 13, western 13 $.
Sew York Market.
New York, Sept. 2.—The Cotton
market is steady and unchanged. Sales
of 8000 bales at 27c. Flour quiet,
Southern $9.00 a 13.00. Wheat dull
and favorable to buyers. Corn quiet,
mixed western, $1.16 a 1.17. Oats
heavy and declined, Southern 65 a 70.
Pork heavy, 23.25. Lard heavy and
whiskey active. Sugar firm and good
demand, Porto Rico 12c, Muscovado
11J a 13J. Rice dull.
Savannah Market.
Savannah, Aug. 2.—Cotton market
quiet, and middlings held at 25—24}
being offered. No sales. Receipts
27 balep. Receipts for the year, up
to first of September, 247,552, exports
247,041. Stock on hand 511 bales
Receipts, Sea Island, 15,237, exports
15,115. Stock on hand 122 bales.
Weather hot and cloudy.
London Market.
London, Sept. 2. —Noon.—Consols
94}. Bonds 73}. Cotton quiet and
unchanged. Breadstuff's unchanged
and provisions heavy.
Loudon, 2 o’clock.—Consols down
1-16. Bonds unaltered.
Liverpool Market.
Liverpool, Sept. 2.—2 o’clook.—
Corn declined, 35c. Tallow declined,
44 cents.
NOON DISPATCHES.
The Alabama—Candian War,
Amnesty and other Matters.
Washington, Aug. 3.—London advices
state, that the condition on which England
is willing to submit the Alabama’s claims
to a Commission is, that the claims of En
glish subjects against America, for losses
suffered during the rebellion, be submitted
to the same Commission,
The Poites note announces the termina
tion of theC ndian war and a general am
nesty to insurgents, and promises many
reforms in the laws and government.
The question of amnesty is before the
Cabinet this morning, whieh the President
hoped last night would be disposed of to
day. The proclamation will e based up
on that of 1862, issued by President John
son while Provisional Governor of Tennes
see, which was approved by Lincoln and
Congress, That proclamation said in ef
fect, while conscious treason was to be
punished, no vindictive order, or retalia
tory measures will be adopted, but a gen
eral amnesty for all past acts and expres
sions will be granted to the people, on the
single condition that they yield themselves
citizens under the majesty of the law. lie
appealed to all erring and misguided peo
ple, to return to their allegiance and avail
themselves of this amnesty.
An abundance of Coal has been discov
ered in Colorade. One vein fifty mites
North of Port Onion, is ten feet thick and
extends 00 square miles. It is said to be
equal to the best Pittsburg.
jsira%nt Enterprise
(SEMI-WEEKLY.)
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
FRIDAY - , SEPTEMBER 3, 1867.
STMr. N. H. Starbuck is our authorized
Agent for the City of Savannah, to receive
and receipt for advertising and subscriptions
to the Southern Enterprise.
NOT RADICAL,
We understand the impression got
abroad from the reference given in the
prospeotus of the “Gulf Road News,”
that the firm of McQueen & Vickers
had turned Radical. As tre were in
some degree responsible for the im
prossion, we cheerfully remove the
same by assuring those who read
our article charging Radicalism on the
“Gulf Road News,” that we did not
include the gentlemen coposing that
firm, neither of whom to our knowl
edge, have ever uttered one word that
could be so construed. On the con
trary, we understand them to be Con>
servative in the strongest sense of the
term and in accord with the views
advocated by the Enterprise. The
partners of the firm as well as their
clerks are we!! known to us personally,
and we do them the justice to state
that they are all true Southern men.
NEW PATENT CIRCULAR
SAWS.
Yesterday we visited by invitation
and witnessed the operation of the
newly patented circular saw, put up
by Mr. li. O. Thompson Superinten.
dent,of the Steam Saw Mill of Messrs.
A. & R. Smith, about one mile west
of town. Instead of being solid, the
teeth of this saw are inserted and can
be removed and others inserted at
pleasure. There is no danger of their
breaking or flying out, and we consid
er the patent one of great economy as
compared to the old style of circular
saws. Messrs. A. & 11. Smith have
done a good work in erecting this
mill so convenient to the town, and
their Superintendent, Mr. E. 0.
Thompson, who also has an itterest
in the business, was well chosen.
He is a thorough going business
man, fully understands his profession,
and those who have patronized him
heretofore, know his energy and
promptness. The erection of the mill
under consideration pays a high tribute
to his skill as a workman, and cstab
lishes him as a master of practical
ecnomy. If any man can erect a steam
saw mill on a simpler arid less costly
plan and yet more convenient and sub
stancial, we should like to make his
acquaintance for the purpose of going
into the mill business. Such a man is
worth a thousaud lagards in a com
munity, and deserves the liberaljpa
tronage bestowed upon him.
GEN. JOHN C. VAUGHN.
This distinguished Confederate sol
dier of Fast Tennessee, l-ut recently
of Thotuasvilltj, where he was con
nected with the Dry Goods firm of
Ainsworth, \ aughn & Sanford, is now
connected with the well known firm
of H. MoCabe & Cos., wholesale deal
ers in Fur and Wool Hats, Furs, Bul
falo Robes, &c., of the city of New
York. Gen. Vaughn was invited to
the city by warm Inends,and his con
nection with the above house is only
a part of the business lie has laid out
for himself, lie has also constituted
himself General Agent for the pur
chase of goods and orders addressed
to him at No. 80 and 82 Ch a tubers
Street, New York, to tho care of 11.
McCabe & Cos., will receive prompt
attention. To those who may not
know him, we will state that General
Vaughn is a true gentleman, as well as
soldier, possesses good business capa
city and is thoroughly reliable. None
ever had cause to tegret confidence
placed in him, and as an exilo pro
scribed und banished from his opulent
homo, in the beautiful valleys of Fast
Tennessee, after the total destruetion
of all his property, he is in every re
spect worthy of tho confidence and
putrouage ol tho Southern people.
“ SUBSCRIBER. ’
A coircspondent under tho above
signature, and a patron ol the Enter
prise, in tho goodness of his heart and
devotion to principle, writes us a let
ter of encouragement. We publish it
as evidence of the approval of our
course by the people, and that other
subscribers may have tho benefit of
his views. Gen. I’opo has, indeed,
badly crippled us by his order ngainst
the press, but with the increased lavor
of our patrons, we may be able to
weather the storm. AH civil officer*
are forbidden to advertise in our pa
per, and this cuts off nearly one-half
of our profits ; but we bel eve the in
telligent peoplo of the country agree
with our views, and will sustain tho
paper notwithstanding Gen’l Pope’s
starvation order. If we find, however,
that we nro mistaken, and that tho
people neither agree with us, nor will
ingly sustain the paper, we will then
consider whether we will let it go
down, or sell out to some person not
under military Bans. If the Enter
prise cannot be sustained as a S>mi-
Weekly, it will be reduced to a Week
ly until Gen. Pope is removed, or his
starvation order revoked, and we think
the former will take place before frost.
We hope our patrons, however, will
not wait for eitherof these events, but
show us with the incoming harvest
that they mean to sustain the paper.
f&/'M&dame Murat, died recontly on
her plantation, near Tallahassee. Floi
rida.
COTTON CROP.
We have very unfavorable accounts
of the present prospect of the Cotton
crop in this section. The late inces
sant rains have done immense dam
age to the cotton, causing it to run to
weed instead of bearing fruit, while
rust and Cattcrpillars are also ravaging
the fields. Some gentlemen say their
cotton crops are greatly damaged by
rain and rust, while others declare
that the oatterpillars are devouring
everything.
[for tue southern enterprise.j
Mr. Editor ! — lu the new order of
things, consequent upon emancipation,
there seems to be considerable diffi.
culty in properly adjusting the rela
tion between capital and labor.
According to the plan now in use,
the landlord furnishes the land, the
team and implements, directs the la
bor, and advances supplies to the la
borer for himself and family, who re
ceives a part of the crop as remunera
tion. This plan is objectionable in
several important particulars :
Ist. The laborer always overesti.
mates the crop and under estimates the
amount of supplies necessary, and
when a settlement is made at the end
of the y'ear, the amount ho receives
falls so far short of his calculation, that
he is dissatisfied, thinks he is defraud
ed by his employer and compla ns to
the Bureau
2d. When he is to receive a part of
the crop, the laborer thinks he ought
to have a voice in the general man
agement of the plantation business,
and labors faithfully only when things
move in unison with his views.
3td. They will be continually chang
ing places in hope of doing better
another year, or on a different p’anta.
tion, and thus any thing like perma
nency and stability in plantation econ
omy be defeated.
Cannot these difficulties be in a great
measure remedied, by employing labor
at wages, payable monthly, quarterly,
or semi-annually. If this plan was
pursued there would be less, if any
difficulty in making settlements. The
laborer would know exactly what lie is
getting—he would have no interest in
the crop, and would not tiierelore as
sume to have any voice in the man
agement of the plantation business,
but do wl at lis employer wants done
at the time and in the way directed,
with a knowledge that diligence and
good faith were necessary on his part
to secure employment. It would also
avoid many a difficulty about the price
of supplies advanced , the laborer will
have the money due him under his
control, and if he is not satisfied with
the price asked by bis employer, he
could go elsewhere and buy, and if
overreached at any time in a bargain,
he could blame no one but himself.
These suggestions arc made with a
hope that practical men will discuss
this question and adopt the best plan.
Observer.
[for the southern enterprise.]
Mr. Editor :— The manly course
you have and arc pursuing with your
many noble conmcers, has brought upon
your unprotected heads the order of
Gen. Rope, excluding from your jour
nals all public printing, lie deter
mining thus to starve the press into
submission. This, Mr. Editor, is a
shame and a stigma upon republican
ism Many are censuring the press
lor lifting its voice in behalf of the
Constitution of our fathers—claimin'*
submission becomes us best I believe
in submission as much as any one
ought, but when they demand I should
perjure myself, “We ought to obey
God rather than man.” We submit
to negro rule, bureau, negro juries,
taxation, and say, “Lay on Macduff,”
but when they inako us swear to sup
port tho Constitution, and then want
us in the next breath to violate our
oath, wo just won’t do it, that’s all.—
And for ono I am detei mined tncy
shan’t starve out tho l’ress. I am
willing to pay double, treble the pre
sent subscription price, rather than
have the voice of the press hushed. I
believe I but speak the sentiments of
a largo portion of your subscribers.
Lit the Radicals do ns they may, pass
what oppressive measures they may,
wc will submit, willingly submit; but
the right of conscience and the wor.
shipping of God, 1 am taught from
my Bible, rests not with rulers, but
with God only, who is King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. Stand by our re
served rights, Mr. Editor, and while
all submit, let your voico bo raised de
claring its unconstitutionality, and
when the realm of conse:eiicc is invad
ed, as in reconstruction acts, cry out
against, advise, and entreat your coun
trymen not rashly to leave tho laws of
the God of Heaven and accept iu their
stead tho laws of the Bump Congress.
Don’t break down, Mr. Editor, but if
necessary raiao your subscription at
once. A Subscriber.
[for the southern enterprise.]
Mr. Editor :— ln my communica
tion signed "Education” I have made
a wrong impression by leaving out
the word would. The scutenco should
have been rendered, “ 1 t could usk no
better.’’
Col. Rockwell is not associated with
Fletcher Institute. I only mentioned
his name to show that there were men
in our midst to the manor born, ns ca
pable and equally ns worthy as those
at a distance, of whom, iu the lan
guage of another, it may be said, “ ’Tis
distance lends enchantment to their
names, and clothes thoir mental pow
ers iu so rich u hue,”
1 am decidedly in favor of a College
in which our sons and daughters may
be associated together in the same
classes. The evils of a contrary course
have been numerous and fatal to both.
It is absolutely necessary for each that
a chaste and pure association exist,
and their being seperated in the scho
lastic and collegiate courses, causes
the boys to grow up without the refin
ing polish which association gives, and
the gins to grow up without that fin
ish and courtly grace which adds such
dignity to a true lady—both grow
alike careless of person and dress. Let
them grow up together, bo educated
together, and they become assimulated
to each other; and to please each oth
er being their daily study, it becomes
a fixed habit for life, and to such, life
is one protracted scene of mutual af
fection and sympathy.
Female Colleges are numerous
our State —they live and flourish. Our
male Colleges must cither be under
Sta’e patronage or endowed. Why
is it they are not self-supporting 1
Ono reason I know is, because boys
are so rude and mischievous they seek
retired places for their location, hence,
their support is almost exclusively
from a distance; another is, tuition
being alone for college studies, there
being no music, needle work, painting,
&c., as in female colleges. With the
absence of these extras, and an uncer
tain number of stadents, they are
compelled to be given up entirely or
endowed. Wc surely ought to learn
wisdom from tho past, and as we have
sons arid daughters to educate, let us
build up Fletcher Institute, so that
parents moving to Thomusville can
educate both their sons and daughters,
and wc hold - ut the strongest induce
ments that can be offered to parents
in these sad days of change. lam
identified with Thomasvi-le I know,
and appreciate her many advantages,
and do say Thomasville ought to be
the center for such a College. There
are enough boys and girls in Thomas
county to support it lundsomely.
Fletcher Institute needs repair and
four hundred dollars will fix the male
department for use. Are there riot
twenty who will give twenty dollars
each, placing the money in Mr. Ba
ker’s hands to have sash put in the
windors, desks. &c.—the floors will do.
Give the money gentlemen, and give
Mr. Baker assurance of patronage, and
I pledge you from what 1 know of
him, that he will leave no leaf un
turned. Speak out gentlemen, fath
ers, mothers, through the Enterprise.
Capt. Bryan will publish the names
and views of those subscribing. The
exercises will soon commence. Let
us have the male department ready.
Who will be one of the twenty ? A
friend of Education.
Highly Important—No Negroes
to be in the State Convention.
Augusta, August 30. —The Chroni
cle and r-entinol asserts, on the au
thority of a member of the Board of
Registration, that private instructions
have been issued that freed men will not
be permitted to take seats in the ap
proaching State Convention.
General Rope having been written
to, to know whether there was any
truth in the report that he intended
issuing an order staying the collection
of debts, replies :
“No conceivable circumstances could
induce me to interfere with the general
bus.ness of tho State, or relation to
debtors and creditors; the only orders
issued, or to be issued, arc such as aro
c nsidered necessary to the execution
of the Reconstruction Acts, which do
not warrant violent changes in the or
dinary course of civil business.
“The people must look for relief to
tho State Convention. Ido not con
sider such matters within my province
to adjust.”
A Conservative Mass Meeting.
Columbus, Ga , August 31. A
large Conservative meeting was held
here to-day, and was attended by a
large number of whites and blacks.—
The meeting was addressed by Joseph
Williams and Benjamin Holmes (col
ored) of Tennessee. Great enthusiasm
prevailed.
Resolutions passed demanding the
enfranchisement of all the whites, und
declaring the rights of negroes to hold
oflico. There was good order until the
speech of A. R. Lamar (white), when
an interuption by a soldier of the garri
son was promptly arrested, lie was
placed in tho guard house.
A demonstration was made last night
by Radical negroes to mob Joo Wil
liams and Holmes.
Why General Strides teas Re
moved. — Tho Washington correspon
dent of tho New York Herald says:
“Tho cause of tho removal of General
Sickles is his insubordination in diso
beying the positivo commands of tho
l’resident. The Order No. 10, resist
ing the execution of mandates of the
United States Supreme Court in North
Carolina was rocinded by the Resi
dent some weeks ago, and General
Grant instructed General Sickles ac
oordingly ; but the latter, instead of
promptly submitting, ordered his subi
ordinates not to obey the instructions
forwarded by the Attorney General at
the command of tho President, and
wroto a very offensive letter toGcncral-
Grant, in which he alluded in disre
spectful terms, indirectly, to the l’res
ident, and asked for n suspension of
the order until such time us he (Sick
les) could write a defence of his course.
Tho President, however, refuses to
wait when a plain, positive command
is recklessly disregarded, and retires
Sickles with unusual promptness.--
Tho next victim will undoubtedly be
General Rope, who in a short time
will be removed to make way for Gen
eral Wager Swayr-e ”
•SrAYhon the President's aid wai
ted upon Gen. Giant with the older as
signing that chieftain to the Wat Os.
flee, he Was at his headquarters smo
king. lie read the order, locked at
the officer, and made a speech. Ho
said : “Very well.”
Removal of Sheridan.
Correspondence Between Gen. Grant
and the President.
New York, August 26.—The fol
lowing is a correspondence between
Gen. Grant and the President:
Heado’rs, Armies of the U. S , 1
Washington, August 17, 1867. j
To His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States :
Sir—l am in receipt of your order
of this date, directing me to appoint
Gen. G. 11. Thomas to the command
of the Fifth Military District, Gen.
Sheridan to the Department of the
Tenth, and Gen. Hancock to the De
partment of the Cumberland ; and al
so your note of this date, enclosing
these instructions to carry into effect
the enclosed order. I would be pleas
ed to hear any suggestions you may
deem necessary, respecting the assign
ments to which the order refers.
I am pleased to avail myself of
this invitation to urge earnestly—urge
in the name of a patrotic people, who
have thousands of niillic ns of treasure
to preserve, and the integrity and
union of this country, that this order
be not insisted on. It is unmistaka
bly tho express id wish of the country
that Gen. Sheridan should not be re
moved from his present command.—
This is a republic where the will of
the people is the law of the land. I
beg that their voices may be heard.
Gen. Sheridan Las performed his civil
duties faithfully and intelligently, and
his removal will only be regarded as
an effort to defeat the laws of Con
gress. It will bo interpreted by the
unreconstructed element in the South
—-those who did all they could to
break up this government by arms,
and now wish to be the only element
consulted as to the method of resto
ring order and tiiumph. It will em
bolden renewed opposition to the will
of the loyal masses, believing that
they have the Executive with them.
The services of General Thomas in
battling for the Union entitle him to
some consideration. He has repea
tedly entered his piotest against being
assigned to either of the five military
districts, and especially to being as
signed to relieve General Sheridan
General Hancock ought not to be re
moved from where he is. llis depart
ment is a complicated one, which will
take anew commander sometime to
become acquainted with. There are
military reasons, pecuniary reasons,
and above all, patriotic reasens why
this order should not be insisted on.
I beg to refer to a letter marked pri
vate, which I wrote to the President
wl.cn first consulted on the subject of
change iu the War Department, and
it bears upon the subject of this re
moval, and I had hoped would have
prevented it.
I have the honor to bo, with great
respect, your obedient servant,
Ulysses S. Grant,
General United States Army,
And Secretary of War ad interim.
Executive Mansion. *|
Washington, D. C., Aug. 19 ’67. j
General: I liavo received your
communication of the 17th instant,
and thank you for tho promptness
with which you have submitted your
views respecting the assignments di
rected in my order of that date.—
When I stated in my official note of
the 17tli that I would be pleased to
hear any suggestions you might deem
necessary upon the subject, it was not
my intention to ask from you a lot
rnal report, but rather to invite a ver
bal statement of any reasons affecting
the public interests, which, iu your
opinion, would render the order inex
pedient. Inasmuch, however, as you
have responded in a written commu
nication, it is proper that 1 should
make sonic reply. You earnestly urge
that the order be not insisted on, re
marking that it is unmistakably the
expressed wish of the country that
Gen. Sheridan should not be removed
from his present command.
While I am cognizant of the efforts
that have been made to relievo Gen
Sheridan of the command of the Fifth
Military District, 1 am not awaro that
the question lias been submitted to
the peoplo themselves for determina
tion. It would certainly be unjust to
the army to assume thatiu the opin
ion of the nation, lie alone is capable
of commanding the States of Louisiana
and Texas, and that were ho for any
cause removed, no other General in
tho military service of the United
States could be competent to till his
place. General Tl.omas, whom 1 have
designed as his successor, is well
known to tho country. Having won
high and honorable distinction in tho
field, he has since, in the execution of
the responsible duties of a department
commander exhibited great ability,
sound discretion and sterling patriot
ism.
He has not failed under the most
trying circumstances to enforce the
laws, preserve peace and order, to en
courage the restoration of civil au
tho ity, and to promote as tar as possi
ble, a spmt of reconciliation. His ad
ministration of tho Department of the
Cumberland wi 1 1 certainly compare
with that of General Sheridan of the
Fifth Military District. There affairs
appear to be in a disturbed condition,
and a bitter spirit of antagonism seems
to have resulted from General Sheri
dan’s management. Ho has ren Jcrod
himself exceedingly obnoxious by the
manner iu which ho has exercised
even the powers conferred by Congress
and still more so by a resort to authori
ty not granted by law, nor necessary
to his faithful and efficient execution.
His rule has in fact been ono of abso
lute tyranny, without reference to the
principles of our Government or nature
of our free institutions.
The state of affairs which has resul
ted from the course he has pursued
has seriously interfered with a harmoni
ous, satisfactory and speedy execution
of the acts of Congress, and is alone
sufficient to justify a change. His re
moval, therefere, cannot ho regarded
as an effort to defeat the laws of Con
gress, for the object is to facilitate their
execution through an officer who has
never failed to obey the laws, and to
exact within his junsdict'on a like
obedience from others. It cannot be
interpreted by the unreconstructed
element of the Sooth —those who did
all they could to break up this govern
ment, and now wish to be the only
element consulted as to the method of
restoring order—as a triumph ; for, as
intelligent men, they must know that
the mere change of military comman
ders cannot alter the law," and that
General Thomas will be as much
bound by the requirements as General
Sheridan. It cannot embolden them
to renewed opposition to the will of the
masses, believing that they have the
Executive with them, for they are per
fectly familiar with the antecedents oi
the President, and know that he has
not obstructed Congress. No one, as
you are aware, las a higher apprecia
tion than myself of the services of
Gen. Thomas, and no one would be
less inclined to assist hiiu to a com.
mand not entirely agrocable to his
wishes. Knowing him as 1 do, I can
not think he will hesitate fur a mo
ment to obey my order having in view
a complete and speedy restoration of
the Union, in preservation of which
Lo lias rendered such important and
valuable services.
General Hancock, known to thecoun
try as a gallant, able and patriotic sol
dier, will, I have no doubt, sustain his
high reputation in an y position to
which he may be assigned. If, as you
observe, the department which Gener
al Sheridan will have is a complicated
one, I feel confident that under the
guidance snd instruction of General
Sherman, he will soon become familiar
with its necessities, and will avail him.
self of the opportunity afforded by the
recent Indian troubles for display of
the energy, enterprise and during
which gave him so enviable a reputa
tion during the recent civil struggle.
In assuming that it is the expressed
wish of the people that General Sheri
dan should not bo removed from this
present command, you remark that this
is a republic ; it is based, however, up
on a written constitution. That con
stitution is the combined and express
ed will of the people, and their voice
is law when reflected in the manner
which that instrument prescribes.—
While one of its provisions makes the
President commander-in-chief of the
army and navy, the other requires that
he shall take cure that the law shall be
faithfully executed; und believing that
a change in tin command of the sth
Military District is necessary for a
faithful execution of the law, I have
issued the order which is the subject
of this correspondence. In exercising
a power that inheres in tho Executive,
under toe constitution, as the comman
der in-chief of the army and navy, 1
am discharging a duty required of me
by the will of the nation,*as formally
declared in the supreme law of the
land. By his oath the Executive is
solemnly bound, to the best of his
ability, to preserve, protect and defend
the constitution, and although in time
of great excitement it be lost to public
view, it is his duty, without regard to
consequeuces to himself, to hold sacred
an ! enforce any and all of its provis
ions, against any course which would
lead to the destruction of the republic;
for the constitution once a’ olished.
there would be no Congress for the
exercise of legislative powers, no Exe
cutive to see that the laws are faith
fully executed, no Judiciary to afford
to citizens protection for life, limb and
property, and usurpation would inevit
ably tollow, and despotism bo fixed on
the people in violation of their com.
Lined and expressed will.
In conclusion, I fail to perceive any
military, pecuniary or patriotic reasons
why this order should not be carried
into elf ct. You will icuicmbcr that
-ii the first instance I did not consider
General Sheridan the most suitable
person for tho command of the sth
Military District. Time has strength
ened my conclusions upo i this point.
Respectfully, Andew Jenson.
Cui Bono ?—The public are ask
ing, if the President removes the mili
tary Commanders and leaves all the
wrongs and mischief they have done
in lull force, what good has ho accom
plished ? The question is well put.—
Jf it is right to keep their obnoxious
acts in itircu, it was ee-lai-lj wrong to
remove them This is genuine logic,
and nobody can answer it. We can
Only account for tho strange omission
on the supposition that the President
docs one tiling at a time, and when he
gets ri-1 of the old Commanders and
finds the new ones firmly seated, he
will instruct them to remedy all hard
ships and injustice put upou the peo
ple by their predecessors. Macon
Trleyroph.
Black and White Voters in Geor
gia.— It is stated the returns of th
registration of voters in Georgia, which
have been nearly completed, indicate
that instead of about thirty thousand
white majority, as was expected, the
blacks will have a small majority, pro
bably not exceeding two thousand
votes It was expected that the whites
would have a majority of at least twen
ty-five thousand, after a lull registra.
tion; but it seeuis that the disfranchise,
nient consequent upon the reconstruc
tion acts has t een more extensive than
was anticipated.— Sac. Herald.
bdr II on fhaddeus Stevens is in
very feeble healtf —-i much so that ho
docs not leave his bou»e in Lanca-ter,
Pa. Doubt is expressed as to whether
he will ever be able to come to Wash
ington again.
Registration a Farce.— The utter
folly of the white people of the South
expecting anything like a fair showing
from the (so-called) Reconstruction
laws, is manifest. We see it stated
that at the close of registration in New
Orleans the whites had fifty majority,
though a sweeping disfranchisement
had paralyzed fully onc-half their vote.
The Revision Board have changed all
that by striking no less than twenty
fine hundred names from the registry,
These “martyrs’’ are exclusively white'
and little slips of paper notified then*
that their registered heads had fallen
into the registry basket.
one given to mathematics
has made a fearful ealculation. He
has been at a considerable pains io dig
cover that if a man weighs as much a#
sixteen thousand locusts, and the not*
of a locust can be heard one-sixteestb
ot a mile, he ought to be able to maker
himself beard at the distant* of one
thousand six hundred miles; and when
he sneezed, “his house ought to falf
about his ears.”
JSSTWhenever an article of benefi
to the public presents itself, it is the
duty of the journalist to call attention
thereto. We do this with a full con
viction of right when we* refer our
readers to Professor Kayton’s reme
dies. The demand for these remedies
we understand, is unprecedentedly
large and daily on the increase, und
that too when they have been before
the public but a very short ti It
very plainly shows that our people
know how to appreciate a go'-d remedy.
Kayton's Oleum Vitse is a German
liniment for exturnal use*. Kayton’s
Magic Cure for internal pains, and
Kayton’s Dyspeptic Hills for Dyspepsia
and all disorders of the livery stomach
bowels and blood. For sale by drug*
gists and dealers in medicines. Send
stamp circular. A. A. Solomons &
Cos., Savannah, Ga , Agents.— Savan>
nah News He Herald.
Jacob’s Universal Scissor
Sharpener,
FULL DIRECTIONS.
PLACE tile Hat side of the Scissor* to tlio
left of the Sharpener by the little screw ;
then draw the Scissor* lightly a few times
across the File and tho work is done. Tho
dullest Scissors can be sharpened in a few so
condsi:—Place the Sharpener on a table, oi
l-old it in tho hand. There is a place at tho
side after sharpening you can rub the Scissors,
if necessary. When the File is worn out you
unscrew the place and let a small piece of thu
file extend a little longer out.
S ,fc delivery guaranteed or the amount paid
refunded hack.
l’rice CO cents Cash, and live cents on deliv
ery for expenses.
Ti-e new ordered ones will be a bright ma
hogany'color.
Samples left at Mrs. Build’s Millinery Store,
and the Stores of Messrs. Wolff A, Bro., Soli iff
& Brother. All orders left at either of tho
Stores will be promptly attended to by
J. li. ENECKS, -V
Sept 3 3m Agent.
fTI>. JORDAN,
PTS _ DEALER IN
rpm WATCHES,
J owelry,
Silver and Plated Ware, &c
129 Congress Street,
US’*Watches and Jewelry REPAIRED.
Sept 3 3m
just’ received.
AFRESH Lot of HAMS and new
FLOUR, bv
Sept 3 A R. ROBINSON At CO.
Model School for Young Ladies.
andhew
FEMALE COLLEGE
CUTIIBERT, €JA. t
Will eut«*r npon it» next School Year,
.Holiday, Oblobt r 7lh.
SUPERIOR facilities are offered La
dies in search of an education.
The Teachers and Managers (fourteen in
number,) represent all churches, anti for tho
roughness in their respective departments of
labor, cannot bo surpassed.
Tho course of study is most extensive and
complete. French, German, Music, Drawing
and Feinting Departments utter superior in
duce ments.
Physical training tin- Needle, the Cnisine*
and the Normal School Departments—all very
perfect.
11 aiding House No. I in all respecta. Bmal\
pitdsand voting ladies will find it a home
indeed.
Cuthbort is one of the healthiest and most
beautiful towns South.
Tho disci (dine of the College is one of ite
chief attractions. The officers of the College
are th »r nimbly Southern
Charges unusually moderate. Send for cat*
alogue. A. L. HAMILTON,
Aug 3()-lm President.
HOUSE TO RENT
.4u<! Household and Klfcliru
Furniture lor Sale.
rptlE nmler-igned will rent hi. Dwelling
4 I Im-- unit Lot, until the lirtrt of Jununry
next for $ >O.OO. The dwelling bus live rooms
unit throe tire pUti-es—good kitchen Hint out
houses, garden, good well of water and other
conveniences. He also offers for sale Ins
Household anil Kitchen Furniture on toe pre
mises. V. L. JON KB
Aug 30 at
E. L. ME ID LINGER,
SADDLES. IIIDLES AID EABRESS.
saddler) Ware, Leather, Ar.
Corner Uronghlon j
nn«l It n rNiirit «*•».. ) Anvannnb, (3s.
ry au -mi the lOth ol September wilt re
mow to No. 7'i St Jul as Street, to th* Store
at present occupied by Messrs. Memiiard &.
Brother, opposite Siren- Heidi St Ludlow's..
Aug 30 Jh
i;K«K<:i t-< et,siii Cmsit.
vv Sevens. Susan A. Nesmn-th, Administra
trix on the estate of Mahtehia NrsstnHh, dec.,
und Seaborn Weeks, Administrator on the es
tate of James Weeks, deed , having filed their
petitions in tbia C -urt for Letters of Di-MBia
sion from tbetr several estate.:—Notice is
hereby given to all persons interested, to file
their objections in Coort, if they have hot,
otherwise Letter* ot lfismiasion will be gram
ed said applicant at the March tern, 1868. of
this Court
ISAAC CARLTON.
Aag 10 Km Ordinary.
W tRRimC DEEDS
FOR ««t.K
AT THE ENTERPRISE OFFICE