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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and
Terms, $4.00 a yoar in Advance. i
LAW AND MEDICAL CARDS.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TIIO.KA9TILLE, A.
t OFFICE first. door in second story of
Stork's Confectionary
L. C BRYAN. . R H. HARRIS.
Mar 14 11 ts
S. B SPENCER,
ATTORNEY A T I AW ,
Thomaiiriltr, 4;©or*ia,
Will attend promptly to all c-nl business en
trusted to his car© in the Sonthern Circuit,
Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circnit.
Jan 31 5 iy*
C. P. HANSELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Thoniasrillc, Crsrgia
Jan 31 5-ly ■
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
>ffice over McLake’s Store.
Jan 24 4-12 m
4. K. Reid, Jl. D. W. F. DcWill. 11. O
I>rs. UI7II> A DeWITT,
OFFER their services to the cilizeus of
rhoinasville and vicinity.
FICE at Dr. Dell ill's Drug Store
Feb 21 8 ts
Or. T. S. HOPKINS,
OFF I CJ E
I \ SAME I.or with KKSI OE.Ii'E.
b. O. AUYOLiI,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
I\’'lLL be found at. the old’
l t staud occupied-by him for
the last ten years •
Aug g3-12ui
Dr. W P CLOWEfi
HAYING permanently located in rhomas
ville, oilers his l*ioli iuinilj'tf rvi
'• to the public.
ijf OFFICE at the Drug Store of W. I*.
C lower A Cos
ijf’ktSlDEXOE— til© house formerly oc
cupied by Or. Brandon. mar 14 ly.
Ur. U, H . IS4> 10
Having permanently locate i in Thomas
ville, respecttiilty otters nis services to the
citizens oi tiie town ami Sunoun ting
Country, in the pract-ioe ot Medicine, Sure
gery aad Mtajvilery. - Bill also pay spe
cial attention Jo the treatment of Diseases
of Burnetl. Ollioe It- it. Evans’ old Siore
tin stair* jaulT-oin
r. ti. t t uv so \
- - - ■ I- ( . ■) • ;
PIIVSIOAN, S4 liuEoN,
Boston Georgia. •
May be consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near
Hail oad St ition. • ‘
APOTHECARY
TIAT.T
W. P. CLOWER & CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Have renovated and retired the Store next
to Young’s Hotel, for the purpose oi es
tablishing a
First Class Drug Store.
The new firm ask for a share of patron
age, and invite the attention of the citi
zens to their well selected stock of
.)leiliti:u‘!i,
E uim i und Toilet trticles.
.Soaps and Perfumery.
Fine Green and liiaek Teas.
Kerosiue Lamps and Uil,
im; M l I I S.
Together with every other article usually
Tsoi'* in a w -11 mjx-i nf eil Drug Store.
Physicians’ Preemptions carefully -
prepared. ■ 4-it
Jan 24 _ ’ .
DR.UGrS
MEDICINES.
1 1 ‘he undersigned having purchase’ the
| elegant Drug Store o Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o’
Thomasville. and Hie country generally,
that they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines. Paints.
Oils, Perfumery, Stationery, et., etc. Call
and examine for yourselves
By strict attention to business, courte
ous and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN i CASSELS.
James N. Wi.
Samvel J. (Tassels.
jan 1 Ttf
FRESH DRUGS
DR. I\ S. BOW£R has just received a
large stock of tresh Drugs, purchased
at the best manufactories in the United
{states, and embracing every article in the
Medical Department. 11 is Drugs wen
purchased with the view of supplying the
packet with the very
Best Quality of Medicines
manufactured, and the prices were not
therefore consulted, lie will nevertheless
sell upon easy rms, and feels sure that
he can give satisfaction.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex
tended to hiui heretofore by the people of
Thomas County, he hopes to merit a eont n
uation of their favors. I/e may be found
at bis old Stand opposite Remington & Son.
Jan 4, ts P. S. BOWFR.
GEORGIA —Clinch lounly.
Whereas Ziha King applies to said Court
for letter** of Guardianship, for the property,
person and effects of Duncan Henderson, dee'd.
All persons are notified to file their objections
in said Court otherwise said letters will he
grau ted in terms of the law.
11. MORGAN,
Feb 21 8 40d Ordinary.
tPWO tlnntha from dale, npplicn
-1 lion will be ui de to Eoundi-s Court of <>r
dinaty for leave to sell the Real Estate of
Archibald Mclntyre, late **f said Countv. dec'd-
ISAAC JESStP.
Mar 9m Adin'r.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
GEO. T. Pcs.Ti Ji.xv,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
THO.tIAMVH.I.F. GA.
%\ r ILL purchase and sell 4'oiloa. Bacon.
V v Miigar. Wvrup. Woo>. At.. At. on
Commission, forward Cotton and ot-er Pro’
dnee to Savannah, and Goods troui Depot to
other points
Orders and Consignments solicited.
Feb 14 7-3m*
GEORGE PATTEN,
P 1 oi* war din s
AND
COMMISSION MERCHIYT,
SAVAMAH, GEORGIA.
TENDERS his service* to the Merchants of
Thomasville and the Planters of Thomas
County. for the forwarding of Goods, the sale
of Pro ‘uce and purchase of Supplies, and re
spectfully solicits their patronage-
Feb If 7-3m’
ITr7s.TavTs & coi,
Auction & Comm ssion
MERCHANTS.
il ilnor to R. A” 1.. Golilbcrry’ Store
SOLICIT consignments of goods of all de
scriptions. Particular attention paid tc
telling real and personal property.
Ep Auction sales on Wednesdays and Satur
days—day and night.
J. R. S. DAVIS,
G. A. JEFFERS.
Feb 14 7 -dm*
F. W. SIMS,4 ( J. V. WHEATON,
Late of the > 7 La eof the firm of
Republican ) ( Wilder, Wheaton At Cos.
F. W. SIMS & Cos.,
SAVAM.tH, GA.,
FACTORS AND GENERAL
Cllffl MEICBASTS.
DEALERS IN
Merchandise, Produce. Tim
ber. I.umber and €'offon.
Consignments and orders respectfully solicit
ed, ami whether by wagon, river, railroad or
sea. will receive the strictest attention.
■ The Forwarding Business carefully .and
promptly done. mar 7 1 fi-firn .
MILLER, THOMAS & Cos.,
GEIVEB.AX.
COMMISSION#; GROCERY
MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, . . . . . GEORGIA.
A. i. MILLER, ‘ SAMUEL B. THOMAS.
D. G LIVINGSTON.
Jan ‘24 4 fith*
.1. L, VILLALONO-A)
COTTON FACTOR
fiivni i m CiJMiissi
Mordiant
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1-3 m SAVANNAH GA.
A J BRADY, W M. SMITH, E.J MOSES
Atlanta. Lexingfon. Columbus. .
Brady, Smith & CO. j
COTTON
J ME ace ANTS,
Savannah, : : : Georgia
Will make liberal advances on Produce con
signed to us or our friends, in New York, •
Boston, Philadelphia or Liverpool.
Agents for FAIRBANKS & GO., R. HOE
A CO., STEARNS A MARVIN, and other i
Northern Manufactories.
Refer to all the leading Merchants of the i
City. ‘ Nov. 8 3tn. I
W. C'auveL Hall. Jas. .E. Mvers..
J. Hanson Thomas, Jr.
Hall, Myers & Thomas
GENERAL
COMMISSION
Mercliants,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
Jlrfrri'iirM s
J Hanson Thomas. Pies’t Farmers’ and Mer
chants’ National Bank,Tison &: < Jordon. Sav’h 1
Kirkland. Chase & Cos., Jno. Williams A Son, I
Williams, Bee & Cos., X. Y., Brien <& Car
rere X. Y.. C. Morton Stejvart, H. L.
Whitridge. D. H. Gordon. Va.,
EdwardS. Myers J. P. Plea
sants Ac Son. Tlios. J.
Carson A Cos.
Win H. MacFarland, Pre’t Farmers’ Bank. Va. :
Mar 14 11-6 m
.77 W. RABUN & CO.,
Factors
AND
iss!c>)
140 BAY STREET,
Savannah. Ga.
J. W. RABUN. P. H. WOOD
Jan I 3m
GREAT
BARGAINS!!
AT
DAVIS & JEFFERS’
IXT E ‘STST’
AUCTiQS k mmi HOUSE.
•Vxt to Gldbrrrr’a Store.
r |' , IIE attention of the public is called to the
I large and varied assor nient of Goods of
all descriptions consigned to nsforsale
I AT AUCTION,
or at private sale, at l,caa than Coat.
Toadies are particularly invited to call and
examine oui fine Goods and Prices.
It is our intention :o make this the Cheap
Store of Thomasvdle.
Ufr* Auction sales on Wednesdays and Satur
days—dav and night.
J. R. S. DAVIS,
G. A. JEFFERS.
Feb 14 7-3m*
CO.VIPOI'ND Fluid Extract Rocha.
Prepared bv
W. P. CLOWER & CO ,
.Tan 31 otf Apothecaries Hull,
poetical
following beautiful lines are by
Sheridan and are truly entitled
GEHS OF SO.VG.
Too late I stayed forgive the crime,
Unheeded flew the hours:
How noiseless falls the foot of time
.That only treads bn tlowers.
What.eye with dear account remarks
The ebbing of the glass,
| When all the sands are diamond sparks.
• That dazzle as they pass.
And who to sober measurement
Time's happy swiftness brings,
W len birds of Paradise have lent
Their language to his wings.
[From the La Crosse (Wins.) Democrat.]
The Iton<l Holders’ Soliloquy.
But this is nice ! .
j Here lam a rich, prosperous loyal
with nothing to do but enjoy my
self. F. cod! what a blessing the war
was to me. It killed oil my poor rela
tions and left mein ltick lam worth
—let me see how much lam worth in
i Bonds.
There are of 7:20V 825,000
i There are of 6‘4o’s 25,000
And the 7:3o’s 25,000
And the 10:20V 25,000
• 8100,000
Now one hundred thousand dollars
is nothing, yet it is quite a little plumb..
When the war began l wan’t worth a
coppe , unless it was in and bts. Now 1
|am well off, But I was a cuning cuss !
Didrrl I make war speeches, and de
(• nottnee democrats, ard mob ‘‘copper
heads,” and go it strong for the-Union ?
Vou bet! Ha-ha-ha-ha ! But the so Is
: are not all dea l. Some of them are
—that is, they were killed. And didn’t
! I get . the poor people to enlist and
j fight to preserve the Union ? Damn
the Union, if 1 only get i-ffiee and hold
. bonds. That’s what makes the cream
j elevate itself!.
And then didn’t I go in for boun
ties, and go it strong on patriotism ;
{and play it big on loyalty? Guess
! not ! Oh, no! Guess patriotism don’t
] pay ! Look at these little fellers with
figures on the face and these little cot,-
! pons on the end of them ? ll.ow are
you my suffering country ? ’ ■
It takes a smart mau to keep oat of
. war himself, and entice others to go.
The bounties is what fetched ’em !—.
Door fools ! You eee they went to
fight. ‘
From all the towns, cities and comities
To war they went to get the bounties !
Some were killed
! And some were wounded - ! . • ‘ .
Bonie were shot
And some were drownded!
And some, wh -n tliia eruef war
was over ” came back 1 had a iarm.
I sold it and put my money in bonds.”
Bonds beat farms ten to nothing!—
’ And I speculated in u things.” And
. I soid stuff to the soldiers And l
. get their bounty money on shares,. : —
And L filled down quotas, and made a
nice little haul by that. And 1 put
i iny. cash in bo’ ds
Bonds are just old ro-ewood with
gilt edge. Let me see. I have now
one hundred thousand dollars in Gov
: eminent Boride. How 1 lute my Go
vernment l It i the best the sun ever
shone on ! These bonds aVfnige me
eight per cent, interest in gold, Eight
per eent. on o: e hundred thousand
dollars is just eight thousand. And
I get it in gdd, worth thirty-five to
forty-five per cent, j remiuru. This ‘
makes in -reenbacks the snug 1 tile
sum of eleven thousand dollars —round
numbers,
And the beauty of it is I don't have
one cent, of taxes to pay.
Isn't it nice ?
This is the best Government the
world ever saw. Rich men hold bonds
—poor men pay them. The tax gatlr
erer don’t bother me, It don’t cost
me one red een to —let me see !
To pay st te expenses !
To pay government expenses !
Ta pay Gounty taxe-!
To pay city t xes !
To pay village taxes !
To pay town taxes !
To pay school taxes !
To pay road taxes !
To pay poor taxes!
To pay lot building churches, school
houses, bridges, railroads, imprsve
ments, or even inf rest!
I am one of the supporters of this
goxeuiment! Good thing ! Bit had
not been for such loud mouthed stay
at home-guards, the war never would
have been ended. And the soldiers’
bounties ! K’cod that is the best joke
ol the season.
You see we raised them by taxation
ot cour-e. And we taxed the pro’er
ty —the real estate ot the town. And
we issued town bonds, city bonds,
ou ty bond , state honos, and every
*.fher kind of bonds. And we sold i
’ it dog cheap to ge* tne money to pay
bounties. And us telk ws bought the
bonds at a discount. And we gave
the “volunteers” money to go to war.
And while th y wen gone we had a
good time. And we sold our farms
cheap, to the wives of the soldiers. |
And we got our bounty money all
back.
And better still! The soldiers
came back from war and now are
Thomasville, Georgia, Wednesday, April 25, Ij>GG.
working to pay the taxe- to pay the
interest on my bonds !
Is'nt it nice f
The and —d fools went to war. and
now come back and work like dogs to
pav us the int rest on the bonds we
sold to give them mot ey. They are
paying thcmselres far getting shot at
Bully for us bond hoi idrs ?
And now they work to pay the in
terest.. When they get used to it we’ll
make them pay the principle too !—-
! What a goo 1 Government this is!
This war did’nt cost me a cent, I
did’tit spill a drop of nay blood—but
key—rhist, how I did bawl out against
the democrats !
And now [ sit in my parlor--I
smoke my cigars—l drink my wine—
-1 enjoy myself, and have no taxes tq
pay. Look at the pocr cuss across the
creek ! He a'inr worth a thousand
dol ars, yet he, poor dog, is in debt,
and pays half his earniugs in taxes—
He pavsall the taxes, and then his
wife sells butter, eggs. wool mi yarn,
| milk, vegetables and >uch little things
she wants, to get the money to put in
the bank to pay me the interest on my
one hundred thousand dollars, as’ it
falls due every three months!
You see this is financial science!
Poor men support the Government,
pay all the taxes, make us rich; do
| all the fighting Us bond holders.
: office holders and sueh patriots do the
i figuring, get the offices, the money,
j and have a good time of it.
Now I eat fine food, while that poor
cuss over the wav eats coarse. Apd I
wear broadcloth, he wears paches.—
\nd my wife flaunts her silk- and
swings her balmoral skirts under the
nOse rs that poor man’s rife, for I am
a rich, taxless bondholder, apd he is
the poor cus§ who supports the govern
ment and. me too!
■ Work away, you poor fools. Toil
• your fingers to the bone, and die poor
men for my sake. Tin war was a tod
send to thieves, swindlers, cowards,
[ stay-at home patriots, abolition agita
: tors, republican office holders, robbeis,
• and in.fact all of our crowd of Union
I voiers. Damn the Union, if we can
i only hold botfds and offices, nd keep
the people in poverty !
Guess this wasn't a rich man’s war
1 *—guess not. An* 1 guess, you folks
does’nt go for equal taxation or repu
diation —for it is wrong to injure us
chaps who -support the Government !
From SfW Oi-traAH.
Methodist Con fertnce—Six Xnv B i sh
ops-—Changes in Chuuk Di<r;ipliue
• —Schools for Colored Children
Extensire of Jurisdiction- — Pro
papd Union
New Oulean'L Api-il 14. —A *re-.
port was submitted to the General-
Conference to day. calling for the elec
ti nos six new Bishops.
The committee on Changes reebm
. mended the abrogation of the proba.
tion system of the church, making
membership dependent upon the pro*-,
session of faith also that cl;is.smeeti rigs.
| no b nger be regardedas a test of mem
bership but only as a privilege; also f
the establishment of a Monthly Church
j Meeting, where the interests of the
Church will pass under review-’
The Committee tlolord Pcdple |
reeo amend the establishment of day
( schools fur the nstruction of colored
children. The ‘ onfere’ ce adopted
| she suggestion, and will organize at
; ance such a plan for the education of
colored people; al*o, that colored con
i’ feiences, districts and stations be or
ganized, and colored preachers be or
daiued and appointed to such works.
) he Bishops were requested to pub
lish a commentary upon the Church
Discipline, containing all the legal de
cisions of the Bishops
A resolution was adopted stating,
that as the boundary line agreed upon ,
between the ifferent branches of the j
Yh tfiodist Church, in 1844, had been
totally disregarded by the Noithern !
Church, that this cl urch remove all
res r rictions. and extended its bounda
ries so as to include the whole of the
United States.
• ,
A telegram was received from the
New York Conference, now in session
at Tarrytown, !Sew York, requesting
the appointment of commissioners to
meet theii own upon the subject ol a
reunion of the Methodist family It
was transferod to the bishops for u de
cision .
— ; I
Im-.ortnnl Decision.
The following ease, which came off
at the April term of Sumter Superior
Court, before his h mor, Alex M. £pc r,
will bt* read with unusual inter st. The
points decided, are sueh as to affect
thousands of our cit zens; and gives, on
that account a prominence to this de
cision, beyond tnut which usually at
taches to t decision of the < ircuit
Courts.--We understand that the case
will go up to the Supreme Ceurt:
James ’V. Armstsong vs. Columbus
U . Hand —Complaint on m tes for
values of thr- e negroes, sold in 1860.
Ilea, failure of consideration, and
breach of covenant, etc.
In Sumter Superior Court, April
term, 1866, Col Joseph Armstrongthe
plaintiff, Messrs. Atkins and McKay
for deiendan'e The
facts are briefly these: x\rmstrong
plaintiff, on the 9th of January, 1860
Bgld three negroes to the defendants,
for a given sum. and took their notes
for the same, and now sues upon these
notes. Plaintiff warranted titles, that
. they were slives for life.—The defen
dants plead failure of consideration and
breach of coveiant of warranty, by the
abolition r f slavery.
The Court held the. covenant only
warranted the title and .status of the
slaves, as tl e law then.stood, ard that
the acts of ‘Government abolishing
slavery, -repealed the covenant. The.
plaint ts was. therefore, entitled to re
cover thi note sued upon. —Journal
and Messenger, loth. .
On Marking.
Some fellow, who seems to think
well of the “institution,” discourses of
marrying. Hear him .
Get married, young man, and be quick
about it, too! Don't wait for the Mil
lenium, hoping that the girls may urn
to angels, before you trust yourself
| with one of them.
A pretty thing you’d he alongside
an angel, wouldn’t you—you brute !
. Don’t wait another day. hut right now
—this very, night ask si me nicej in
dastrious .girl to go into partnership
with yon, to help clear your pathway
•of thorns., and plant it with flowers.
Suppose .she “kicks ’ you don’t you
know, yru block-lr ad, that there is
. such a thing as trying again, and that
j the “minnows” .having bitten at the
hook and’ mu away there is now a
chance to catch a better fish ?. Mar
rying won't, hurt you—it won’t. It’ll
sew the buttons on jour shirt, and
mend your breeches and your manners
loo —it will ! ‘
Going to get out of this subjugated
country, and try your fortune In Mex
ico or Brazil, are you? Weil if.you
will go,, take so in body, with you that
wi l love, and cjre for you, where all.
others’ will he indifferent to your w-el
fare. But don’t go—at- least, for a
time. Get married ! There never was
a better time, for tv'e are all subjuga
ted rebels together, and -no one will
’“iitake remark's” ‘aboiit th-e scantiness
of your wardrobe, or the coarseness of
your- furniture.. You .can cut the
.wood and she can do the cooking, with
a nice little stove that won’t cost
much . ‘ •
Plenty of freedwomen to wash’and
iron, and clean up generally. - Stop
your whining about being poor, and’
’ get married !
Stop dritikm’g whiskey, chewing
and .smoking . tobacco, and playing
cards, and save the nj ncy thus miff’
ishly—worse.than foo.ishly *peot.—
Your wife —that is to .he will take ’
care of your sav , tigs, and furnish you
in return with woman’s affection, and
pure coffee to .warm your frozen na-.
ture. • ’ . •
Get ‘married—you especially who
are in the “se.rand yellow leaf” of
bachelorism, and if you don’t, may
von freeze to death some of these ‘
’ cool nights. You ought to freeze,
you g’ood.-tor-nothin/ hxttonless crea-
I ture! • • •
Wi.th a true wife', the husband’s
faults -sh iu and be sacred. • A woman
forgets what is due to . herself; when
she condescends to the refuge of weak
ness, a female confidant. A wife’s bo
si in should be. she tomb, of her hus
■ band’s failings, and “his character Ifir
mure valuable-iu her estimation than
his life. • •
Ist .HaUi© Good Hauui-e. .
Build a rail pen in the woods, and
put in a layer of leaves, sprinkle them
thoroughly with strong lime-water,
pack t-heui closely, and put -on a layer
of common soil about two or three
inches thick ; put in. another layer of
leaves sprinkle with Jinc-watei and
cover with dirt as b<fore, and contin
ue the process until the pen is filled,
and in one month you will have a pen
of excellent manure. • The lime will
soon deconipose the leaves/ana the’
composition will he nearly ‘ equal in
virtue to the best This; meth?
od of preparing manure is eaiy and
casts c mi; arativly nothing.
One goon band can prepare enough
in one week to improve, materially,
fully ten acres of land. When the
ground is wet, and farmers are unable
to plough, why noi go into, the forest
and prepare, by the foregoing process,
a sufficient quantity of manure to on
rich the worn-out places, now wholly
unfit for cultivation ‘( Th<* exhausted
condition of the farms, especial y in
Middle Georgia, imperatively demands
that some means should ne adopted
to reclaim and make them blossom as
the rose. Try the experiment.
Get Ready a\ Ark —The Chi
cago Tinn s has some wholesome ad
vice to the radicals to flea from the
wrath to come. It says :
On yesterday we gave a compilation
of returns from the spring e'ections
The result shows that in every State
in which elections have thus far b. en
held, there have been vast radii al loss
es and equally great Democratic gains.
If abolitionism is wise it will com
mence the building of an ark. there
is an impending cataclysm. Already
the wind tws of the political heavens
are open and ths rains have com
menced. It is time for the abolition
sts to begin co repent. Getting on a
rock won't save them. Climbing a
tree will pot preserve them troui the
wet. By next fall the abolition world
will be drowned completely out.
The Public Debt.
The following ip a statement of tl e
public debt of the l nited States ou .
( the Ist of April, LHit)-:
■ Debt Bearing Coin Interest.
5 per cent, bonds 8198,241,100 00
0 per cent, hoods of •
1807 end 1808, 18.323,591 90-
Opr cent bonds 1881. 283,715,650 00
0 pr cent. 5-20 bonds., 079,950,000 00
—
Total, . $1,180,236 341 80
Dibt Bearing Currency Internet.
6 per cent, bonds, 8 4,634 000 00
Temporary loan, . 121,751,970- 30
Certificates o f in
debtedness, 03,258,000 00
: One and two year 5
per cent, notes, . 8,530,900 00
3 year compound in
terest notes, 172,012,141 00
3 year 7-30 notes, ‘ 817,014,000 Q 0
’ Total, 81,180,207,011 30
Debt Bearing no Interest.
United States Notes, $422,749,243 00
Fractional Currency, 28,005,402 00
Gold certificates of
. deposit, . . . .9,065,960 00
T.tal, , . $400,419,803 02
Total debt, 82,1527,793,890 82
I Amount in treasury
; . coin, V . . 02,009,700 00
j Amount in treasury
currency, , . 60,077,080 01
Total, ‘ ... 8122,147,380 hi
I Amount of debt, less
• ca-h in treasury, 82,705,040,510.01
The foregoing is a correct statement
of the public debt, as appears from the
books and Treasurer’s returns in the
Department.on the Ist. of April, iB6O.
Hugh McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
* Remark able lli-l©fy *f a l’rprtJ
It ©at.
Gen. Maury’s report of the defence
of Mobile ttar rates the eventful history
• of a torpedo boat as follows :
One very returnkable vess 1 of this
sort was constructed in Mobile and
r sc lit by tail to Charleston, where it
was used against the Feder j fleet.
It was built of .boiler iron, was about
35 feet iong, and was manned by a
crew of- nine men, eight of whom
worked the propeller by hand. The ■
ninth stopred tiio. boat uiid . ro^juluted
her movements below the surface of
the water. Slier could be- submerged
‘/ pleasure.to any desired depth, or
.could be propelled upon the surface.
In smooth, still water her movemet ts
were exactly controlled, and her speed
was about Lour knots. It was intended
that she should approach an}? vessel
lying at anchor, pass- under her keel,
ami drag af’ter'ber a floating .torpedo,
which would- explode on striking the
side or bottom of the ship attacked.
81m coul l remain submerged more
t! an ‘half an hou-r without incon\e
nicnce to the-crew.
Soop after her arrival, in Cliarlcston,
Eiout Payne, of the Confederate navy,
with eight others, volunteered to attack
the Federal fleet with her. While
preparing for. their expedition, the
swell of. a passing, steamer caused the
boat to sink suddenly, and all hands,
except Lieut. Payne, who was at the
moment standing in the open Hatch
way perished. She was soon raised
and. again made ready fur service.—
Lieut. Payne again, volunteered to
command her. While lying near Fort
Sumter site capsized and again sunk
in deep water, drowning all hands ex
cept her commander and two others.
Being again raised and prepared for
action, Mr. Aunley, one of the con
structors, made an experimental cruise
in her in Cooper r'ver. While sub
merged at great length, from some un
known cause she became unmanageable
ar'd remained for many days on the
bottom of the river with her crew of
nine’ dead men. •
A fourth time was the boat raised,
and ‘Lieut. Dixon ol Mobile, of the
•21st vo'unteers, wth 8 others, went
out of Charleston harbor in her and
attacked and.sunk the Federal steamer
Housatonic.
ller mission at last accomplished,
she disappeared forevi r with her crew.
Nothing'is known of th ir fate, but it
is be.ieved they went down with the
enemy,
j . •
How to Dispose of Trash A
| great many persons are at a loss how i
to dispose of the ragged and mutila
ted currency th t accumulates on their
hands. An exchange says it is the j
asiest thing in the world, and without
any expense. When you gft throe
dollars’ worth on hand, put it in small
packages, pin a paper band aroun
with your name, post office address,
and the amount ; then put it in an en
velope, and address it to the “Treasu
ry of the United State", Washington,
|D. C.’* It goes and returns free of
postage. \ou will get new currency
in about one week from the time you
start it.
Invincible fidelity, good humor, and
complacency of temper, outlive all the
charms of a fine face, and make the
decays of it invisible.
I — .
Moderation.— Fuller beautifully
sayes of moderation, that “it is the
silken string running through the
pearl chair of all virtues ’’
VOL. VI.-No. 17.
[ The Civil .Rights Bill - Its Or
liation am> Effect.— To* Wash
ington correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, says :
The Civil Rights Bill, as I am ad
vised by lawyers and jurists here, will
execute itself without the interposition
of- the Presi.le it; that is to
United States Biatrict Judges w 11 be
1’ bound to Like notice of the law, and
to -appoint Commissioners, if need be,
te carry it into effect. Some of the
’ -Judges of the United States District
Gouit-s in States where this law will
apply, have been appointed, and are
in the exercise of their duties. ‘ ‘
4 he law, in the first section declares
a most important principle. It declaim
that negroes born in tho United States,
etc., are citizens. This” declaration is
represented by high authority—such
! as that, for instance, of Senator Rov
erdy Johnson —as nneonstitutional.
I The President has so judged. The
, authorities consulted by the President
I confirm him in that opinion. But still
that is the law until the United State*
Supreme Court shall otherwise decide.
, The freed men are citizens of the Uni
ted States, but not of the States, un
; der this law. The first section, thru,
has tint effect and no more. The ne
groes, as United States citizens, may
claim passports, they may take out
sh p registers, and may avail them
selves of land pre-emptions. • As to
the past, it is the Commissioners lobe
■ appointed by the United States DU.
triet Courts who are to be paid as po
litical ferrets, spies, informers, prose
! eufors, etc. But will the Judges, ap
• pointed by President Johnson, accept
‘ the office ? Those who would do it,
under this law, have been denounced
in advance iu the United States Sen
ate, and who-will take their part?
—.
} New Translation <>f the Strip
tore.—A correspondent of the New
| Vork Times, writing from Pari* on the
J 2‘d and of March, says : ‘
The grand preliminary convention
for taking steps for a uew translation
of the Bible, which has been-in cours*
; of preparation for years, held its first
session in this city yesterday, and was
a great success. The leading men of
the Catholic and Jewish Churehes,
1 have united for the first time in thi*
great work, the object being to combat
. infidelity, and especially the writing of
such men as Renan. As the President
; said in his opening address, the three
great division* of the Church, if they
would not agree on the dogmas which
they drew from the Bible, coul 1 at
least agree on the philology and liter
ature of that book, and they could also
agree on the necessity of doing some
thing to put a stop to the perversions
it was undergoing by the modern wri
ters of the school of Renan. The first
meeting was overrun with men oflearn
ing, and there is none or little opposi
tion to the project, great hopes are en
tertained -that the meeting will be har
monious, and that important result*
will be arrived at.
* • • *™-r
Death of Dr. Benj. A. White.—*
Dr. Benj. A, White, died at hi# resi
dence in this city or Monday morn
ing, April 10th, 186(1, in the T4 l h year
of his age. Dr. White was born at
Louisville, Jefferson county, Ca., and
was the son of Maj. White, of .Savan.
nail, a distinguished soldier of the
Revolutionary War. He was educa
ted at Cambridge, Mas?., and was a
classmate of Edward Everett, and 1 rs,
1\ ebster and Parktuan, of Boston.' —-
lie was Surgeon General of the Stats
of Georgia, during the first year of the
Medical Board of th * State at the
time of his death,— MUledgcvillc Fed~
oral Union r 17 th inst.. . ‘ :
” “ —• m- - ■ ■
Ci'ife foh Diptheria —A French
physician in a paper presented to the
French Academy of Medicine, assert*
that-lemon juice is one r f the .most el.
ficacious medicines which can be appli
ed in diptheria, and he relates that
when he was a dresser in- the hospital
his own life was saved by its timely ap
plication. lie got three dozen lemon#
and gargled his throat with the juice,
swallowing a little at the same time, i
order to act on the more, deep-seated
parts.
Negro Masonic Lodge. —A lodge
of colored Masons, bearing the name
of “James River,'’ has been established
in Richmond. Peter Randolph, a
preacher, and for twenty five years a
| resident of Boston, is Master, and John
! Oliver, Secretary. They claim to work
under a dispensation from the Grand
Lodge of Massachusetts, and number
about twenty-five members. Ot these
a few aro from the former negro popu
i latioh of Richmond. They are exceeds
ingiy rigid in passing upon the claims
of applicants. No “common niggers”
can come in I
®a?“The President has opened ano
ther controversy by his Peace Procla
mation. It appears that he does not
recognize West Virginia as a State.
He studiously avoids the phrase State
of West Virginia, but speaks of it “as
part of the State of Virginia lying west
of the Alleghany Mountains,” and as
“ certain specified counties in the State
of Virginia,” and as “ the forty-eight
counties of Virginia designated as
Western Virginia ” —Dayton {Rep.)
Journal.
A life full and constant employment,
is the only safe and happy onj.