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PMm ENTERPRISE LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor A Proprietor. VOL. V, &ju sou%ru Enterprise Thomasville, Georgia. - WK VIRHDAV, RRPT. 13, 1105. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. . o— ——— . The “3outh*rx Enterprise”i* publish ed weekly at Four Dollars per annum, <sfricily in i.nvAMck. * ‘'o . . ADVERTISING TERMS. Aijvsutisbmrnts will be inserted for one •dollar per nq-uare of twelve line* or less for each insertion. From this rate a dis count of TwcNTT-rivu per cent will be made for advertisements inserted for three months or under six months, and irrr per cent for twelve months or more. All ad vertisements sent to the office must be : marked with the number of insertions de sired or the period to be published, and in <vry instance accompanied with the amount required for payment. Marriages and •deaths will hereafter bcchargcd for as ad vestisementg. Special or> editorial notices v will be published and charged at double the sabove rates. Payment for subscriptions ranust be made in current funds. Remittances •?naj be made by Express at our risk. All others must be at the ristof those making the same. Subscribers names’will bedroped from the list at the end of the term for which the subscription has been paid, un less renewed. All communications should be addressed to Proprietor Southern Enter -• ThomasviUe Georgia. A HSrlefleKii Harrtßtfr. - BY JOHN G. SAX*. An attorney was taking a turn, In shabby habiliments drest ; ‘llia coat it was shockingly worn, . And the Rust had invested his vest. Hi breeches had suffered a bre.ach, Ilis linen and worsted were worse ; Hie had scarce a whole crown in hisihat, • And not half a crown in his purse. .’And thus he wandered along, • A cheerless ami comfortless elf, . lie sought for relief in a song, Or complaiuingly talked to. himsdlf. man that l am .! I’ve never a client but grief, . • The case is, I’ve ‘no case at all, And in brief, I’ve ne’er had a brief 2 -“l’ve waited and waited in vaiu, Expecting an < pening to find, HVhere an honwt young lawyer might gain .Some reward.for the toil of his mind. *'Tis not that I’m wanting in law, Or lack an intelligent face, That others have ceased to plead, . * • • While I have to plead for a case. *“Oh .! how can a modest young man E’er hope for the smallest progression— The profession’* alrelldy *o full ‘ Os lawyers so full of profossion !” ‘ TThile he was strolling around,. His eyes accidentally fell On a very deep holeiin the ground . And he sighed toffiimself “It is well!” To curb hi* emotionslhc sat On. the curb-stone the space of a minute Avid cried, “Here’s ati opening at last !” . And in less than a jiff was in it. . Next morning twelve oitixens came, (Twas the coroner bade them attend.)’ To the end that it might be determined How the man had determined his end. ••* • i ’“The man was a lawyer I hear/’ Quoth the foreman who sat on thereorse lawyer ? Alasl” aaid another, “He undoubtedly died of remorse.” A third said, “He knew the deceased An attorney well versed in the laws, And to the cause of his death— Twas no doubt from the want of a cause” *The jury decided at length, After solemnly weighing the matter, That the lawyer was draw n-eef because “He could’nt keep his head above water” Ketchum Caught—-The New York Express, of August 26th, says : Edward B. Ketchum, the greatest of .all modern-defaulters and forgers, was arrested last night, and was in durance -wile. He was taken into custody by Detectives McDugall and Gilmore in West 20th Street, where he had been sooreted since the forgeries had be* com# known. THOMAS VILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1865. [For the Southern Enterprise] If we remember lightly, it was Thomas Hood who wrote as follows about France: Never go to France, Unless you know tha lingo, . . If you do, like me, You’ll repent, by Jingo ! Signs I had'to make, For every little notion ; Arms all the while a-going, Like a telegraph in motion. If I wanted ahorse, How d’you think I got it ? I got astride my cane, And made-telieve to trot it! There was also something very rid* iculous, he went on to say, about the balf-EnglLOi meaning of some of the words, and the utter contradiction of the ordinary meaning in others.- “QJhey call,” said be, “They call their’mothers mares f And all their daughters fillies /” But Mrs. RamAhothcrn, and her accomplished daughter Lavinia, cock* ney continental travellers, illustrate this discrepancy in their corrcspon dence. The old lady writing from Paris to some of her friends in Lon* don, tells them “ I went yesterday af ternoon to see the statute of Lewis Quinzy, standing close to. the end of one of the pants, as they call their bridges here. I .was told by a man there, that Lewis ‘Quinzy wasn’t his real name, but be died of a iquinzy sore-throat, and just as they do things here, they called him after the com plaint he died of ! . The statute is a more superior one than the one of Henry Carter (Henri Quatre,) which I also see, with my daughter Lavinia. I. wonder if he was. a relative of the Carters of Portsmouth, because if he was, 'his posteriors have greatly de generated in size and figure. He is a noble looking man, in stone.*’ Speaking of Rome she says : “ I have been all through the vacuum , the Pope keeps his bulls. Ev ery once in a while they say he lets one out, and they occasion the great est excitement, being more obstinater, if any thing, than an Irish one. I have been, too, to see the great church that was built by Saint Peter, and is called after him. Folks was a-looking and talking about a knave that had got into it, but I didn’t see no suspi cionary person. I heard a tedium ’ sing while I was there, but it wasn’t any great things, to my taste. I’d rather hear Lavinia play the * Battle of Prag/ It was very long and tire some.” • Another correspondent writes, com* plaining of the language of the French people. He says it is very “ onhandy to articulatethat the words wont “ fit his mouth at all,” and that he has to “ bite the end of’em off,” and even then they are cripples. “The gram*- mer,” he says, “ is orful, specially the jenderS, and uncommon inconsistent. A pie is a he, and yet they call it Patty, and a loaf is a he, too, but if you cut off a slice, that’s a the ! The pen I’m a-driving is a she , but the pa per I’m a-writing on is a he /” “ A Thief/* he goes on to say, “ is mascu* line, but the halter that hangs him is a feminine.” But he rather likes that, he adds, their being something con soling in being drawn up bv a female noose! F-e-m-m-c, he contends, ought torspeli femmy —but I’m blowed if ihey don’t pronounce it fame /*’ Like the English cockney travellers, he was pleased with the public monuments, particularly one in the “ Plastee La Concord/* built by Louis Quartz, so called, im consequence of the kind of stone used in its erection. The “ Bas* alisk of Looksiri,*’ and the “Jargon da Plant,” also greatly excited his ad miration. Any one who has studied French will be reminded, by this cor* respondent’s experience, of the diflh culty encountered in classifying the French genders. The following domestic medicines and receipes may be relied on. “No cure, no pay :” “ A stick of brimitone wore in the pocket is good for them as has cramps/ 1 A loadstone put on the place where the pain is, is beautiful in the rheu* matiz/ ‘ A basin of water-gruel, with half a quart of old rum in it, or a quart, if partic’lar bad, with lots of brown sugar, going to bed, is good for a cold in the ’ead. <lf you’ve got the hiccups, pinch one of your wrists, and hold your breath while you count sixty, or get somebody to scare you, and make you jump.* * The Ear-Ache—Vut an inyun in your ear, after it is well roasted.’ When Col. L. was collecting sub scriptions for the equestrian bronze statue of Washington, now standing in New York, he had occasion to visit an old curmudgeon in the neighborhood, and pulling out his subscription paper, requested him to aid his name to the list. But old Lucre declined. “I do not see ” he said, “ what benefit this statue will be to we ; 8500 is a great deal of money to pay for the gratifies* tion of other people.” “ Benefit to you,” replied the Col; “ why, sir, it will benefit you more than any body else. The statue can be seen from e\ery window of your house ; it will be an ornament and add dignity to v the whole neighborhood, and it will perpetually remind you of the Father of his Country—the immortal Washington!” “ Ah ! Colonel,” answered old Lu ere, “I do not require a statue to re mind me of him, for I always carry Washington here,” and he placed his hand upon his heart. “ Then let me tell you.” replied Colonel L. “ if that is so, all I have to say is, that you have got Washington in an uncommon tight place.” Stanzas To——. I am thine in my gladness: I am thine in my tears; My love, it can change not With absence or years. Were a dungeon thy dwelling* My home it should be ; For its gloom would be sunsbiite, If I were with thee. But life has no beauty, Os thee, love, bereft ; I’m thine, and thine only.* Thine—* over the left /’ Touching —that, isn’t it? Statistics are notoriously dry and uninteresting to some minds, but here is a chip of such information as is ex tracted from census statistics some times—“ What is the population of your town ?” The answer is : “ Irish 175; Amsterdam Dutch 109 ; other dam Dutch 200; Whites 007. ; Total population 491. There were formally eight white men, but one has decamp ed/ ‘levanted,* ‘vamosed the ranch.’ . Here is an amusing illustration of how a “nigger” will act when he is free, and on a ‘bust.’ Some years ago “Eben” as he was called, a colored servant of Mr. A— —an old and opus lent citizen of a flourishing and beau; fciful city in Connecticut, obtained leave to use hi* master’s sleigh and horses, to take his sable inamorata “a sleighing” to i nighboring roadside inn, a popular resort, at certain sea sons, even for ihe elite ot the town whence it derived its principle sup* port. About nine o’clock “ Eben ” drove up, and throwing the reins to the stable bo? in the most stately manner, he helped out “Miss Dinah” with an air that would have befitted a colored Count F’Orsay, and the pair made their way to the principal sitting room, where a bright and cheerful fire was blazing up the wide backed chimney. Here having seated his “lady” in state, he rang a little hand bell on the table- The landlord en tered. h dis you’ beet room land* lord?” “Yes,” replied the landlord, “yes —doesn’t it suit you ?” W’y, yes, sa/ it suit, if dere aint no better sa’. We want some tresh’ents—best you got; sumfine nice—quick; an look a’hea, gib my horses couple tub o’ oats, two ton o’ hay, and two bushel o’ wa ter ! An’ we don’t want no oder com any, sa* in ober ’partment; don’t let in no colored pussons, sa.’ The landlord, who had known the old servant before he had gone to live with Mr. A-^- (a fact which he had forgotten) said “Eben where do you live now ?” “Mr. A ——lib wib me down on de Plain,” said “Eben” speaking very quickly; but t’ank you, sa’ w’em you speak to me,to call by both my names. I got two names, sa’. “Ah ! well Eben , what is your other name ?” “My middle name is ‘Eezer sa’, and I’d tank you to recollect ira /” . Namefi of Days—Tliolr Orlffln. The idols which our saxon ances tors worshiped, and from which the days of the week derive their names, were various, and were the principle objects of their adoration. The Idol of The Sun.—This idol, which represented the glorious lumina ry of the day, was the chief object of tjbeir worship. It is described like the bust of a man, set upon a pillar, hold ing, with outstretched arms, a burning wheel before his breast. The first day of the week was especially dedicated to its adoration, which they termed the Suns Daeg ; hence is derived the word Sunday. The Idol of The Moon.— The next was the idol of the Moon, which they worshiped on the second day of the week, called by them Moon* Daeg ; and since by us, Monday. The form of this idol is intended to represent a woman, habited in a short coat, end a hood, and two long ears. The moon which she holds in her hand designates the quality. The Idol of Tuisco. —Tuisco was at first defined as the father and ruler of the Teutonic race, but in course of time he was worshiped as the son of the earth. From this came the Saxon words, Tuisco's Daeg i which we call Tuesday. He is represented standing on a pedestal, as an old, venerable sage, clothed in the skin of an animal, and holding a sceptre in the right hand. The Idol Woden, or Odin —Woden, or Odin, was one of the supreme di vinity of the northern nations. This hero is supposed to have emigrated from the east, but from what country, or what time, is not known. His ex ploits from the greatest part of the my thological creed of ‘the northern aa* scions, and his achievements are mag nificent beyond all credibility. The t name of the fourth day of the week, called by the Saxons Woden’s Daeg , and by us Wednesday, is derived from this personage. Woden is represented in a bold and martial attitude, clad in armor, with a broad sword uplifted, in his right hand. The Idol Thor.—Thor, the elded and bravest of the sons of Woden and Friga, and was after his parents, eons sidered as the greatest god among the Saxons and danes. To him the fifth day of the week, called by them Thor’t Daeg,u and by us Thursday was •ense crated. Thor is represented ftff sitting a throne, with a orown of gold, on his head, adorned with a circle in front, where were set twelve bright burn* ished gold stars, and with a regal seep tre in his right hand. The Idol Friga, or Frega.—Friga, or Frea, was the wife of Woden or Oden; and next to him the most rev ered divinity among the heathen Sax* ons, Danes and other northern nations. In the most ancient times, Friga, or Frea, was the same with the goddess Hertba or Earth. To her the sixth day of the week was consecrated, w hich by the Basons was written Friga*s TERMS $4,00 A Year, in Advance. Daeg, corresponding with cur Friday. Friga is represented with a drawn * sword in her right hand and a bow in her left. The Idol Seater. —Tho idol Seater is represented on a pedestal, whereon is placed a perch, on the sharp prick* led back he stood. His head was uh* covered, and his visage lean. In his left hand he held up a wheel, and in his right hand was a pail of water, wherein were flowers and fruits; and his dress consisted of a long coat, gird ed with linen. The appellation given to the day of his celebration is still retained. Tho Saxons named it ■ Setter’s Deag, which we call Saturday. Fanny Fern wn Sermons I want a human sermon. I don't care what Melchisidek, or Zerubbabel, or Kcrenhappuch did, ages ago; I want to know what I am to do, and I want somebody besides a theological book-worm to tell me—-somebody who is sometimes tempted and tried, and is not too dignified to own it; some* body like me, who is always sinning and repenting; somebody who is glad and sorry, and cries and laughs, and eats and drinks, and tranta to fight when he’s trodden on—and don’t !— That’s the minister for me. I don’t want a spiritual abstraction, with stony eyes and petrified fingers, and no blood to battle with. What credit is it to kirn to be proper? How can he understand met Were there only such ministers in tho pulpit, I would’nt go to church either, because my inipa* tient feet would only beat a tattoo on the pew floor till service was over; but thank God there are 1 and while they preach 1 shall go to hear them, and eome home better and happier for haviog done it. Whero swwttaoSwwP tor A Col •red lhi#r!lMN f The last eootwO returns show tho startling fact that these ore no colored churches in New York city. Can it be that tho eoloetd people of New York are it no weed of piety ? Here in Philadelphia We have eighteen col ored churches, from the pulpits *£ which paeoohoro Os various denomina tions weekly ox pound tho Scriptures. Oir colored people ere decently pro* vidtd for With respect to their souse. as well a* with respect $6 their bodies. —Philadelphia Telegraph (hMUHktere Vlrger. Fire years ago one J. B. Gross,, captured and eeuvicted after many successful forgeries, was sent to the penitentiary at Philadelphia. Two. years afterwards he forged a- fetter,, purporting to Cotne from Secretary Stanton, addressed to Governor Curtin, asking that Cross might be pardoned,, and his services Were desired by the- United States Government for certain delicate purposes. Governor Curtin promptly issued the pardon, and Cross soon after saw the outside of the peni tentiary walls. Before he got out of reach tho deceit was discovered, and the forger Was rearrested. He prompt* ]y engaged counsel, and claimed that he was pardoned by Governor Curtin j that the document to this effect was. entirely legitimate, and therefore no power on earth could legally hold him. The question was gravely considered % and finally decided against the applL cation. Cross was remanded. His or* riginal term of ire years having now expired, he was released on Friday* and is now legitimately at large. The New York Times says the dis* banding of the United States colored troops is about commencing. Them are about one hundred thousand color* ed soldiers. The Springfield HI. Republican says there is an unusual scarcity of servant girls in that eity, and recommends the freedmen's bureau to send colored girls to supply the deficiency. NO. 11.