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: • Our C auutryi The Southern KNtßfj thus felt off -OB v Our Uo'untrv.’ Hear him: .; The re.’s not the’ feist-shadow of a doubt about,- thn mar fervours is ms phaticaliy. unJoniablv,. incontroverla ply, positively,’ coiuj<iratively and su. perlativedy, a great arid glorious coun try, The annals of time furnish noth w • . log to compare with it ; Greece wasn’t * & circumstance ; Koine was no where.’ \ onice couldn't hold us a candle, while all modern nations sink, into insigoitL cance before, .of'it country.’ It has longer rivers, and- more of them, iniiiK dier,-deeper,’anO run ‘faster* and gio rarthor, and make more noise, and rise 1 tigjbcf -a nd •tu 11 ’ lower, • a n'd .and o. m ore. damajge than afiy body else’s river- • It has more lakes, and they are bigger and deeper, and clearer- than those of. any Other nation. ‘ It has more cata ’ facts; anu‘they fall'further, and faster; and harder, and roar louder, and look . grander than all other -cataracts.’ It has more mountains, and .higher ones., and more snow, on’em*.and they rtre harder to get up, -and easier ito .fall down than ’ all other mountains,... It has inore g"ld,'and it is heavier, .and brighter:, and worth more than the’ gold of other nation's. Our. rail ’ car- • are. bigger, and ..run faster, and -pitch Off the. track oftener, and kill. more’ people than all other cars...Our’ steam boats. are longer,’ and i carry, bigger loads, and ‘bite .their busters’ • of tenor,, and the captains swear harder than any other country,’ Our inen are big* ger, and longer,and higher, and’ thick er, and. can fight harder, and faster, un i tar dunk .more whiskey,.’ chew snore tobacco, spit ..more, and futher, kick up ‘their ‘ .beds ‘ higher,-.and do’ anything else more,’- and better, ‘• and ‘loftencr, .than men in all other coum tries combined. -Our ladies tire pret tier, dress finer. spend more money, break wore hearts, wear .bigger hoops, nod wear shorter'dresses, kick up the devil generally lo a greater extent than All other ladies. . O r -politicians- can -spout louder, lie harder, make gas'fas ter, dodge quicker, turn oftener-, make ; more noise*, and do less work than eve, ty body elseh* poUtieians. t)ur niggers are blacker, w tk harder, have thicker ffcuHs, Amell louder, arid need thrash” lßg often er, thmn other niggers.. • Our children squall lousier, grow taster, and get too big for their trowsefs .quicker j than all other children.- ‘ ; it is a . great, enutitry !. ‘lt is the cornerstone of nations,- it is the. top of the pile.-tho head in an of the heap, the last button on (JaKrtel’s coat,, the crown** g jewel.; in the- diad.em, the Capitol of the column, the last link iii 4fhe chaifi, *he observed of all observ ers. It will eat up all other nations faster than Pharaho’s lean kine ate up the fat ones. When all other nations sire.numbered among the things that were, it will just be rejoicing in strength. It will kick all othor nas lions out of existence, it will lick them up as a cow licketh salt. It has now thirty-three States, and ‘more a comm.’ It covers more territory than all other nations. ‘ And finally it hah louder thunder, faster lightning, bigger hail, ‘Colder ice* than can be found in any other part of the inhabitable globe Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! ‘Three, cheers for this pro di-gi-ous constella” tiori oFFree States. Hang a man that wont praise his own country !. The Richmond Times says the re* port, that Gov. Pierpont had expressed himself as haying been grossly de.cei.v-. ed by professions of loyalty received from leading politicians,, is untrue, and that it is authorized to declare that Governor Pierpont’s confidence; iu the integrity and loyalty of the peo ple of the State, and in that of all the distinguished gentlemen who have conferred with him and assured him of the : loyalty of the different counties of the State, is unshaken. He has neither believed nor countenanced any of the reports which have gone abroad prejudical to the people of the State He believes that Virginia is to-day as loyal as Pennsylvania or New York. Thq Times affirms that the newspa pers of Virginia are unanimous in edi yocacy of prompt, decided legislative action with reference to the immedi ate abolition of slavery. A well knowU man on change was taken sick the other day. and his wife imagining that he was about to die, sent for a minister/ The minister came, and asked him if he would nt like to go to heaven. The sick man Teplied. “no, not if I had to die to get there.” - 1. • ♦ | • The \\ as Kington’ correspondent of [the Baltimore om stat - that in ad d’tipn to the information ‘heretofore -ivon ‘fha f .the president had k .v annulled the instructions issued by j the freeduien’s bureau for retaining i the lands of Southerners who- had j been.fully pardoned,'it may also be stated that he about the same - time, I ordered the Southern ‘• Methodist [ churches, which had been ih thc hands ! .of ,Northern ministers by rn'ilitnrv | agency,, to be restored to the ministers’ | ot the church South, win enow assume | their ministerial- duties in New Or leans, at xnenrphts, and elsewhere.— The war department, of course, took I the necessary steps .in each, case for carrying out these purposes:. • . • j Number of'Seeas m a Bushel.. A Scotch paper gives the folio wing table, said to be.'bused upon actual tri als of the number of various kinds of seeds in'a bushel. It .also adds the weight; by which wd. can judge how the bushel measures compared: •with ours’: V- ‘ .;••’•• •’ ‘ . Name No. of * No lbs. •• ‘p lb •* ip bash, M lip at ......... ... 10,600 oS to o*4 •8ar1ey....15,40’)- • 48 t-.> Hat5...'.../ „J.20,‘Q00.’ * ‘ 88t042 lh c 000 . .* 5B to. oo* Canary Gra55....."... 04,000 ‘ -. • Buckwheat'., 25,000 . . .48to 40 Turnip. Reneie’s...loo,ooo . ; . • 50'to 56 Turnip,- Corni-h....230,000 •• 50 to oO Tiirnjp.i 0range....233.<>00 . ‘SO. to oG .Cabbage, Scotch;..l2B 000 • **••..’ ,56 . . Cabbagl*, 5av0y..,117,000 . ‘ 50 to 58 - ‘Clover, red .■.1249,000 •• ‘ .6Q.%. Clover, white,6B6.ooo 50 to 56 Ryegrass. perenT.-.314,000 . 20 to 1.8 Ryegrass, Italian.a272.ooo ‘ ..13 46 13- Sweet vernal grass 923.200 . 8 • ’ . CUT OUT: : • The following, is . the . established weight of Various-articles of; .produce:. .•’ A bushel.of wheat, sixty pounds, • ‘ . . Os shelled corn-, fifty-six. • . Os corn on the cob, seventy; Os -rye, fifty-six: Qfioats, t-Hirty-fivo. ’ ‘. • Os barley, forty : eight.. ’ Os potatoes, sixty. . Os beans, sixty.’ • ‘ * * 1 .* Os clover seed, sixty-two. • Os tiu'iothy seed, f rty-five'. * j • Os flax seed, fifty-six.’ ;? - Os hemp seed, for!yfonr. Os! buck wheat, fifty,two.. •] Os blue grass seed, fourteen. Os dried peaches, thirly-three* * ‘, .Of'dried apples, twenty• /. * : Os cm intis-, fifty-8 aveitii. - Os salt, fifty fund's. ‘ . —i- - ■ *——— -• “ The German launch., edited in Bei lin, publishes a coat of arms, drawn by President Johnson; . .It consists of a pair of open scissors; between the lower parts is a tailor’s goose,-and be-. tween the upper parts'a thimble,. Sur rounded by bal.s of. thread instead of cannon balls. And in the places, of tiags and flagstaff’s, the • scissors are’ surrounded with yardsticks, on which are.hanging cOats and The whole rests on a platform, deco cted with American .drapery and. a shield bearing the motto,- “I shall mend the torn Union.’.’ The device is a. great compliment to equality, and a snub on the .armorial ensigns of retro gressive and useless nobility. . ‘ •°* • • • The- records of. the • Andersonville prison, captured by Gen. Wilson, are missing. One of the clerks in the. Quartermasters’s Department, in whose hands the records, were last seen, has teea placed under arrest by the mili tary authorities, until he Can give a satisfactory account as to the disposiv tion he made of them. It is thought by some that the records were stolen, instead of being lost, for the purpose of preventing them being used as evU deuce against. Wertz. U It has been stated that the.number of white troops retained to constitute the regular army will number one hundred and twenty-five thousand men. This is a mistake * the official record shows but forty-three thousand nine hundred, including general and staff officers. A Washington special says PresU dent Johnson, a few days ago, inform ed a delegation .of Missourians who called to see him on business; that he had decided to restore the writ of habeas cotpus, and would soon issue a proclamation to that effect. He also said the army was to be still further reduced by the muster out of troops serving in such Southern States as had satisfactorily re constructed gov-; eminent. 1 • The Writer of. a oommunication in i one of the New \ork papers says he * has. been engaged fw twenty clerk and teller in a leading house in that city ; .that lie eommenc led at a salary of 82'JO. bn 1 ‘ now has ! 81,500 0 for the support of a wife and >ix. children . During that time two csshiets of .the seine institution have died;. They iveeiVe I salaries of sß,* 000 aud $3,500 per annum* but one left .a.fortune of. $200,000, and the other SdOO,OOO. MiURIEI); .On the 6th inst., by .the Rev. Mr. Ray-- ford, at t.he residence of Mr. Thomas King. Mr. P..Jt. Moore, ‘of this County to Miss M.vm.ie G: Jones, of Liberty County, Ga. New Advertisements. ARE \J. \N r U:'Ai’.TOi;'. . rivHE undersign.-d having employed cotnpe- A tents l ands, -USm’ nN pwpSjw to miniu •faet.urv • . • . TIdST WARE Os ail denominations. Next door to Dr. T. 15.. Little. ’ A. A-lL P. SMITH. Thomasrttle, Ga . Sept. 13.. 3i)o . , ! soil iifinm mui F"©r Bale. rriHE subscriberoflbrs for sale his splendid A Stejim Saw arid G ist Mills*’ three, wiles soqth of Thomasvflle. . .The; engine is thirty horse power, and the grist mill will-grind 300 Bushels of Corn Por lhiv. Upon the whole, tliese mills are the best in the country. Attached to the ma chinery is a ; . • • “’ •’ . -. .. LATHI.VGSAW and Tl itMNG LATHE, ‘. He wilLalso 3.41 with-tlie mills the Wagtwoa and reams. The Whole for FOPR THOUSAND DOLLARS... . Apply at the Enterprise’ olHce. or to the proprietor. - JOHN W. DEKLE. ‘1 iioumsyille, Ga. Sept. Rl, • . 3iOO ARE YOU INSURED ? •UNDEKWIIITERS’ AGKNOY. G EIIH A MC, IIA NO VEB.IM AG AKA and REPUBLIC .’ INSURANCE COMPANYS 0U ‘.NEW : TORS. : : . ... K. .REMINGTON A; SON, Ayents . Sept. 13 ts ‘ Thomasville, Ga. A LOT OF 250 ACRES OF tI.VD FORSUE, WITH’ 175 acres under •cultivation,-’ wit.. Gin House and Screw,, comfortable log Hose,good water, and fence in good order, well adopted to the--cultivation of Long CoUon and an excellent stand for a . ZP* ZZ’ •£’ SXCIAK-. Will be sold with the privileges, stock fcc., “sixteen miles from Thomasville, and ten front No 1? Atlantic & Gulf Rail Road. Apply at. this office or on the premises of Sep 133 t . DR, S. J. DUPON. GEORGIA— Bi’ooks County. riaO all whom it may come ; whereas, \V . J 1 Patrick, having applied. to me in proper •form-for lei ters of Administration on the estate of Heurv Singleton, late ot said Coiinty. de ceased; this is to cite all and.singular the credit ors and next of kin of said deceased, to be and. appear at mv office within the time allowed by law. and show cause, why permanent letters. should not be granted-, said applicant. Wit ness my hand: and seal; J. G- McCALL, Ordinary. Sept.’l3,lßGs. ‘ 3Ud. • . • ’ norheSs & garrison . 6ph)iii)i3sioi) * NO. 73 WILLIAM STREET YORK. OFFER their services to the planters, mer chants and cotton holders of. Georgia, and . refer b.v special permission to’ Ehwin & Hardee, . Savannan Ga ‘ • ■ National Bank- ■‘‘ “• El A..Wilcox, • Macon, Ga. . W. B. Davidson, Augusta, Ga. E; Remington & Son, Ga. • C. S. Robinson, • Jacksonville,Fla. C. K. Garrison, ‘ 73 William St,, N. Y.. Ocean National Bk.„ New York. Mkrchanjs. Exchange National Bk, N Y Any business entrusted to us will meet with prompt and careful attention. Sept 13-4 m . • l * - ■ ii i ■ ■ ■■ -.i m*l GEORGIA—Thomas County. Court of Ordinary , September 9, 1865. WHEREAS Milton. C. Smith, public Ad ministrator, having been appointed Ad QoUegendinn op the estate property and ef fects of John Griffin deceased. Ail persons interested are therefore notified to file their ob jections in said co.urt, otherwise permanent letters thereon will be granted and issued to said Milton C. Smith, public Administrator, at a regular term of said court to be held at Thomasville, said eounty- on the first Monday fn November tiexL H. H. TOOKE, Ord'y > Sept 13,3Qd . •'.. GEORGIA—Thomas County. Corrt of Ordinary, September 8,1865. WHEREAS J. J. Broyvning makes appli cation by petition'to this court for letters of administration on the . estate, of Tyler Browning deceased- All persons interested are hereby notified, to file their objections in said court, otherwise said letters will be gran ted and issued to. said applicant at a regular term of said court to be held at Thomasville, said county, on the first Monday in November next. H. H. TOOKfc Ordinary. Bept. 13th A<lmiui<<l iuttot's sal*'. I ‘ Agreeably to an order of the honora ;* ; ;f Ordinary for Lowndes < ouotT • rt the C ort H out door \hi • B j t;i. on the fire! Tuesday in November next, threehundredand ninety acres cf land in lot. No. 160. hrthe sbjtteentK dist rift..formally Ir win but now Lowndes County, 75 to 100 acres lam!, dwelling and out house*nbtiu very good ortler. Halt i< - u -% ill be sold with the place The location is 1 healthy, conven itnt to srlusds. eha:\ lies and mills, and near a tine mil springy’ beU nging to the estate of I sham 11. Clayton deceased, late of staid Court ty. Sold for the heneitit of the heir* and cted itors of said deceased. Terms on the. day of v.!e. DUNCAN CLA\ K>N, ( vi , Mr , • J. .T, CLAYTON, . $ ■ ■ V. ” Sep', id. 1865; tdft. •• . GEORGIA —Brooks Comity. WHKRKAB E. I>. Qtusto hat applied to me for letters of administration on the estate of Janus D. Redding, deceased, lan* of 1 county. These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons interested to be and ap pear before the Court of Ordinary -of said comity unthin the time prescribed bylaw, slid file their obp ctions otherwise, tetteri will be gntuted to said applicant , ■ • J. G. MeCALL, Ordinary. Sept. 13,1865.. 30d, :.h GEORGIA--Brooks. Countv. r rtll ißhom.it may concern .•. Wherene* 1 Dennis Day lay. Ims -applied to me for letters of administration on the estate of Josh.ua Lovett, late of said County deoeass ed. These are therefore,, to cite all per* •ons interested, to be and appear at the next term ot the Court and file objections, or permanent letters of administration will be granted and issued to said applicant.— Witness my hand and seal. ’ .• • J. G. MeCALL, Ordinary. Sept, IS, 1865. 30d ‘ . ; . C* E Oil GIA --T lsonaus f ouiity, Cr.ur't. of Or binary, Sept, SiA, 1865, . AT’IIKREAS. .Tosliim. B. Everitte, gua t* \\ dian for the person, • property and . effects- of Rufus A. Connell,- a minor* makes application by petition to this Court for letters .of.dismission from said .guar* dian ship. ‘ All persons interested are therefore, hereby notified to tile their obs jectiens in said Court, otherwise.* said-let ters will be granted and issued to.said ap plicant at a regular term of said Court to be held at Thomasville said County on the ■first Monday in'November .next. 11. H. TOOKE, Ordinary. . Sept. 13, 1865. • 40d.- • •. ; A COUPAXY FOR THE SALE ’• ‘ “ OF RIE A L IST AT E * HTHE undersigned, having associated them L ■ selves with W. H, Quincy, of New York, under the style aiidtitleof“ Southern Real Es tare end Emigration Company,” for. the pur* J>bseß of selling . • EEAL ESTATE and aitlutg- Emigration, oflfbr their fleryka?B ■to all in Eeor-iu and Florida- who may ih.-sin to sell this kind of property. We flutter'our selves that we occupy a position and enjoy ad vantages which enable us to soil Real Estate. Let all who wish to sell give .us a call. Full and fair disoriptions of land must he given.— We can he found, for tire present at filestore of J. N. McKinnon & Cos., orat the residence of C. P. Jones. Those who wish to purchase will do well to give us a call as wt- have several cotton farms and large bodies of turpentine and timber lands now entrusted to our care. . • • C P. JONES, B. H. LEEKE. Thomasville, Sept. 6,1865. ts STEAM MILL FOR SALE; ONE of Page's Steam Engines (15 horse power) built on the most approved plan, large eylender boiler perfect—good sa\v frame and carriage with too circular saws 48 and 52inches. Also a sett of Mill Rocks ami gearing of the best quality; -Jill of which I will sell f6r three thousand dollars cash. The mill is-situated near Duncanville, Thomas County, 11 miles south of Thomasville. . • ROBERT RAINES. sept- 6.1864. •3t Floridian copy. Idoi* Sale, A GOOD Horse,.Buggy and Harness, Also, Ten Thousand Cigars. . . . Also, Half Barrel Sal Soda. C. P. .JONES. Thoinasyille, Sept. 6,1865. ts PLANTATION FOR REAT. THE undersigned proposes to rent his splendid plantation on the Tallahassee road •oh the Southern border oif Thomas conn -900 ACRES OF LAND AVI Til 400 Acre* Open for Cultivation. Any person wishing to rent will find it to their ad vantage to secure the plantation early in the fall in order to prepare for the next crop, and the undersigned having secured bycontract the laborers for the remainder of the ‘ Present Year, will give the advantange of those laborers.to the person who rents his farm: The laud is well adapted to the CULTIVATION OF COTTON. For.further information apply to the Editor Southern Enterprise. Thomasville, Ga. Aug. 23,1865. • GEORGIA It rook** County:—To all whom it may concern, Charles and Mar tin Knight having applied for permanent let ters of administration on the estate of Tarltou Knight late of said county deceased, this is to cite and admonish all ana singular, creditors and next of kin, to be and appear at the first regular term of this court, after the expiration of thirty days from this date, and show cause if any they can, otherwise said letters will be granted said applicants. .. ’ By order of Ed. W. THOMPSON. July 25-30d Assistant Provoet Judge. GEORGIA Thomas Count), Court of Granin | r 16/4, IHGS, YyHEB \ S Mai v Ad editor gt md mm on tli* white o 1 4 bn H Murphey, deceased makes application by petition to this Court for permanent letter*, thereon. All person interested are iberetbre notifiedto file their obj<-ctiont. in said Court, ! ru M said letters will bis granted and h siied to said applicant at a regular term of said toun to4>e held at ThotnusuiHe. suid Count) . on the ih-st Monday in Oetoher n-xt. H. H. rOOKE, Ordihan Aug.. 23, 1861 ;U-'d GEORGIA— Hffioka C oiin(>, r* ‘di • ; \ T|) 1 J( 'R is limvbv -given that, two’ hkfeitbl ’ a, - u ‘ : ''diit.‘ 1 shall’ ap;4y i.> the ‘(Vurt of t rainary of said comity, tor leave .to ivsi—n my as administrator on Uie , - of~J ’- • Howell deee s<‘d on account ofmv advanc * Age and feeble health.-.-Tin's August |A| JOHN McMULLEN, Admr V . ‘:>-6<U .-. •• : • Koutheru .1 udieinl District. AT CHAMBER; - AdGisT, 16th, 1865; Hie regular session* of the Superior Court of this District will be held at the times tixe.l bylaw. Tbo Inst nor Courts arc requested to see that juries are regularly drawn, and all offictra of the Coarts, who have taken the nesty Oatk, u>lß required to juoceed In the of their official duties. -U AL 11. H4NBELL, Judge & c s D August- 2o xf ■’ GEORGIi-llroolis C'otiiity, JOHN W. Dl KES having applied ‘S Im appointed Guardian-of the persons and property of Millard, Florence and William Dukes, minors under fourteen years of ago, residents of said County. This is to cite alt persons interested to be and appear at a regu lar termof the Court of Ortiiliary to be held .•'it the first Monday In October next, and show Cause if nnv they can, why said J. W. D Ices should uot be with tl,c g!uifiliiuishi}> oi the persons -and prope r’, y of said minor* M ltnesahiy hand and seal,thisAng 16, Is • Aug 2d 2m J. G, MeCALL, Ordinary, GEORGIA-Thoinas Conn? 3 , .Court 6/ Ordinary t Augimt 12 tir, 1865. TTTHEREAS. CarolineTF- Evans makes up I plication bv petition to tbiu Com: for letters of Admiui st ration on the Estate ol Ro bert R. Evans, late, of said County deceased. All persons interested are lherefore, notified tofiie their objections in said Court, otherwise said-letters• will be granted-atod issued tosiii-l applicant at a regular term of said Court to.be held at Thomasville, said County on the first- Monday in October next. 11. H, TOOKE, Ordinary. • August 16,1865, 30d FOE BALE OR RENT* A NEAT ANI) COMFORT -u A ABLE DWELLING, Containing Five Rooms A good a 6 gLv Kitchen, Smoke House.- Crib I and Negro bouse*. There i* a1 - ko I IvN ACRES of LAND, mostly timbered. The place is just out of the incorporation of Thomasville, for further information enquire at the Enterprise Office Aug 9-ts BOARDimT ~ HOUSER HI US* c. W. EATON, HAS opened her house for the reception of Boarders, and oflerstbe best accomodations U 8 at moderate prices. Her -Itouse Hg3iil2iw is covenjfiitlv situated for sP^SSSS! B X KT X3 S SI XU 3W , In a. pleasant section of the town, and no pain will be spared to give general satisfaction. 1 homasville, Ga., Aug 7-3 m ‘ Raiiihj'midv. TEST RECEI VED FROM NEW YORK, */ a supply of Sundries, among which are the following ;: Posters in cans, Ho do SARDINES PICKLES ALMONDS BRAZIL NUT OOCOMTTTTS, Kaisens, CHEESE, CRACKERS, COFFEE, YEAST POWDER SODA, VINEGAR, MACKEREL, SEGARS, SMOKING TOBACCO, RAIL ROAD, SCOTCH, MACCABOY SNUFF. Xiemon Syrup. Candy of my own manufacture,’ at HE SEE if RETAIL AT THE OLD STAND OF . JOIIV STARK, Aug 30-ts NOTICE. LETTERS, and other Packages will be received daily at the store of E. Remington & Son, at Thomaaville, to be forwarded to I . ‘ Savannah and all Intermediate Stations on the A. & G. R. R. A special Messenger will leave by the regular passenger train in charge of all snch parcels; In all cases the charges must be prepaid. All returned letters and packages will be deliver ed at the store of E. Remington. JAS. RUSSELL. Agent for Erwin A. Haidee Aug. 3, 18G5, ts. C ur rents,