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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. - ) Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. / Law and Medical Cards. BRYAN & HARRIS, ATTORXEI'S AT LAW, TII OH A SVII. I. E, OA. rr OFFICE door in second story of Stark s Confectionary. L C. BRYAN. R. H. HARRIS. Mar 14 11-ts S. B. SPENCER, ATTORNEY AT J. AW , T hoinao v illr, (>iror£i.-i. Will attend promptly tq all ori! business en trusted to Ids care in the Southern f’ircuit, Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuit. Jan 31 5 ly* C. P. HANSELL, ATTORN E Y A T LA\V , Tliotnnsvillc, Clror^iii. Jan 31 5-ly ROBERT G. MITCHELL, ATTO RN E Y A T LA W, THOMASYILLE, GA. jßSa}™ Office over McLane’s Store.“vga Jan 24 4-12 m J. K. Rrid. n. I. IV.F. DcW ilt.M. I> 11l s. KLIU A DeWITT, OFFER their .services to the- citizens of Thomasville, and vieihity. Cyr'OFFICE at Dr. De It eft's Drug Store Feb ill ’ • ~ Btf Dr. T. S. lIOPKIXS, oy F ICE lot with keoidevxg. t. O. ARNOLD, RESIDENT DENTIST THOMASVILLE, GA. VIT"ILL be found at tlie’ old ■ | - * ‘ stand occupied by him for the last ten years! Y*yA Au£ 23-12 m Dr. W. P. CLOWER I I .VYING permanently located in Thomas -1 1 ville, otters his I*ro<V*io:al th'rvi; ecu to. the public. 53f*GK FICE at the Drug Store of AY. P. Clower & Ci>. E —the house formerly oc • copied by Dr. Brandon. mar 11 ly Di . U. W. if 4NTOA Having permanently located in Thomas ville. respectfully offers hi’ services to the’ eiti/.en-r of. the Town and Surrounding Country, in the practice of Medicine, Surs gory aad Mklwitery. Will.also pay spe cial attention to the.treatment of Diseases of Women. Office R. R. Evans’ old Store . upstairs. janl7>3m G. F l It Gt bU.\ , (Graduate of Queen's College..)’ PHYSIC AN, SriitJEuN, Ac., ; Boston, Georgia. May be consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near Railroad Station. APOTHECARY UAIjIj. W. P. CLOWES & CO,, DRUGGISTS. Have renovated and refitted the Store next i to Young’s Hotel, for the purpose of 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 Medicines, Fancy anil Toilet trlicles, Soaps and Perfumery. Fine Greeu and Black Teas. ALcrosiiic Lamps and Oil, DYE STI FFS, Together with every other article usually kept in a well appointed Drug Store. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully prepared. 4-ts Jan 24 DR.TJC3iS AND iroraiii. rrMic undersigned having purchase t the 1 elegant Drug Store ol L>r. Little, take pleasure in announcing to the people o r Thomasville, and the 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, courtes ous and honorable dealing with our cus tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe ral share of patronage. WINN & CASSELS. James N. Winn. Samuel J. Cassels. jan 17tf FRESH DRUGS DR. r. S. BOWER has just received a large stock of fresh Drugs, purchased at the best manufactories in the United States, and embracing every article in the Medical Department. 11 is Drugs were purchased with the view of supplying the market with the very Best Quality of Medicines manufactured, and the prices were not therefore consulted. He will nevertheless sell upon easy terms, and feels sure that he can give satisfaction. Thankful for the liberal patronage ex tended to him heretofore by the people of Thomas County, he hopes to merit a eontin uation of their favors. lie may be found at his old Stand opposite Remington & Son. Jan 4, ts P. S. BOWER. EMPIRE HAIR RESIORER. AN elegant Dressing, An infallible restorer of Color, And a wonderful Invigorator of the HAIR. Prepared bv W. P. CLOWEK & CO., Jan 31 5-ts Apothecaries Hall. TANARUS O JloKith. from date, applica tion will be made to Lonndes Court of Or dinary, for leave to sell the Real Estate of Archibald Mclntyre, late of said Conntv, deed „ „ ISAAC JESStIP, *1 3m Adm’r. Commission Merchants. GEO. T. PATTEN, COMMISSION MERCHANT, TIIO T 1 ASVII.I.E. fiA. WILL purchase and sell Colton. Baron, vv Sugar, Syrup. Wool. ,Vr., Ar.. on Commission, forward Cotton and other Pro duce to Savannah, and Goods from Depot to other points. Orders and Consignments solicited. Feb 14 7-3m* GEORGE PATTEN, 3? o r w nrding AND COMMISSIOY MERfH i\T, SAVANNAH, KEORCIA. ; CTVENDERS his services to the Merchants of. I Thomasville. and the Planters of Thomas Connt v. for the forwarding of Goods, the sale of Pro bice anil purchase of Supplies, and re spectfully solicits their patronage- Feb l i 7-3m* J. R. S. DAVIS & GO,, Auction & Commission MERCHANTS, Next door to It. A 1.. C old berry Store. SOLICIT consignments of goods of all de -73 scriptions. Particular attention paid to telling real and personal property. sales on Wednesdays and Satur days—dav and n-ight. J. R. S. DAVIS, G. A. JEFFERS.’ Feb I t 7 -3m* H. BKYAN, A. L. HARTIUDGE, F..W. S. NKFF. Late of J. Savannah Ga., • Cincinnati, O. • Bryan x- Son Sav'anh.Ga. Bryan, Hartridge & Cos., COMMISSION MERCHANTS BROKERS, Xoi lt*:t Bay Street, SAVANNAH, Gn. Strict attention given to Consignments i and C dlections. apr 11 6m F. XV. SIMS,4 ■ ( J. F, WHEATON, Late of the > <’ Late of the firm of Republican. )’ (Wilder, Wheaton & Cos. F. W. SIMS & Cos. j . • 5 N.VVA\> A 11, CSA., i FACTORS AND GENERAL Um\M MERCHANTS. DEALERS IN Tlercliandisc, l’toslucc. Tim ber, Lumber and Cotton. •Consignments and orders respectfully solicit ! ed, and whether by wagon, river, railroad or sea. will receive the strictest attention, j The Forwarding ’Business carefully and ; promptly done. mar 7 10-6nj . , Miller, Thomas & Cos., • 7 ■. • 7 f Gr3SNEIA.^Ij COMMISSIOJV& GROCER Y MERCHANTS, I SAVANNAH, . . . . ,• GEORGIA. j ■ ■ j i A. J. MILLER. SAMUEL E. THOMAS. I). G. LIVINGSTON. I Jan 24 4-6m* J. L. VILLALON&A. COTTON FACTOR FlfMmi AIB COMMISSION Merdiant. No.. 94 Bay Street, ja A 1-3 in SA VA XV.I 11. GA. A. J. BRADY, W. M. SMITH, E .T MOSES Atlanta. Lexington. Columbus. Brady, Smith & CO., COTTON mill m PORWASDIIB A * <TO fl TV A Y'f'Q iViiii Cl u lx:\ XO, Savanuali, : : : : : Georgia- Will make liberal advances on Produce con signed to us or our friends, in New Y'ork, Boston, Philadelphia or Liverpool. Agents for FAIRBANKS &: C’O.. R. TTOE & CO.. STEARNS A MARVIN, and other Northern Manufactories. Refer to all the leading Merchants of the City. Nov. 8 3m W. Carvel Hall. Jas. E. Myers. J. Hanson Thomas', Jr. Hall, Myers & Thomas GENERAL COMMISSION Morclmnts, • No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore. References 8 J. Hanson Thomas, l’res’t Farmers’ and Mer ; chants’ National Bank,Tison& Gordon. Sav’h Kirkland. Chase A Cos.. Jno. Williams it Son, I Williams, Bee Sc. Cos., N. Y.. Brien .t Car rere. N. Y., C. Morton Stewart. H. L. Whitridge, D. H. Gordon, Va., Edwards. Myers. J. P. Plea sants it Sion. Thos. J. Carson A: Cos. Wm. 11. MucFarland, Pre't Farmers’ Bank,Va. i Mar 14 • 11-6 m i GREAT BARGAINS!! AT DAYIS & JEFFERS’ usr ZE3 &BCTIOB i COMMISSION IE, Next to Roldberr; Store. THE attention of the public is called to the 1 large and varied assortment of Goods of all descriptions consigned to usfor sale AT AUCTION, or at private sale, at I.esstlinn Cost. Ladies are particularly invited to cail and examine our fine Goods and Prices. It is our intention in make this the Cheap Store of Thomasville. Auction sales on Wednesdays and Satur- j davs —dav and night. J R. S. DAVIS, G A JEFFERS. | Feb 14 7-3m* TIIE CHOLERA. Its Symptoms of Attack and Course of Treatment. The following instructions by Dr. 1 i Hamlin, of Constantinople, on the causes and syn p oms of attack and the course of treatment of cholera, may ‘ be found useful and worth preserv ing: The cholera which has just left us 1 after committing fearful ravages, is • making its way into Europe, and will | probably cross the Atlantic before J another summer has passed. Having been providentially compell ■| ed to have a good degree of practical : acquaintance with it, and to see it in j 1 all itsforms and stages during each cf . its invasions of Constantinople, I wish to make to my friends in Maine some suggestions which may relieve anxiety, ; or be of practical use. i .1- Oh the approach of the cholera, 1 every family should he prepared, to treat it without waiting for a physi cian’. It docs its work so expeditious ly, that while you are waiting for the i doctor if is done. • . 2. If you prepare for it, it will not come. I think there is no disease i which may be avoided with so . much | , certainty as the cholera. But proci- 1 dential circumstances, or the thought- 1 I less indiscretion of- some member of j | the household may invito the attack, ! i and the challenge will never be re- .1 fused. It will probably'be made in J the night, -.your physician has been j called In another direction, and you } must treat the case yoursdf or. it Will j be fatal. •3. Causes ■ of A'taCk: —I have per- j 1 sonally investigated at least a hundred cases, and. not less than three-foruths could be traced directly to improper j [ diet, or to intoxicating drink, or to t both united. Os the remainder, sup- | pressed perspiration would comprise J ; a large number, A strong, healthy, | temperate laboring man had a severe J ! attack of clolera, and after the dangc-r j ! had passed, 1 was curious to ascertain j the cause. lie had been cautious and 1 prudent in his diet! He use! nothing \ intoxicating. His residence was in a 1 good locality. Hut after some hours J of hard labor and very profuse perspi- I •ration, lie had lain down to take his j customary nap right against an open window, through which a very refresh ing breeze was blowing. Another cause is drinking largely of cold water | when hot and thirsty. Great fatigue, 1 great anxiety, fright, fear,’ all figure among inciting causes.- If one can avoid all these he is as safe from the cholera as-from being swept away by : a comet.’ 4. Symptoms of yn Attack. — While ; cholera is prevalent in -a place", almost i every otic experiences more or less disturbance of digestion, it is doubt less in part imaginary. Everyone no ! tices the slightest variation oi .feeling, J and this gives an importance to mere tr ties. There is often a slight nausea, ; i or transient pains, or rumbling sounds I I when no attack follows. No one is en tirely free from these. But when di at rhoe commences, though painless and j slight, it is really the skirmishing par ty of the advancing column. It will j. have at first no single characteristic of 1 Asiatic cholera. But do not be de ; ccived.. It is the cholera nevertheless. 1 Wait a little, give it time to get hold, say to yourself, “I feel perfectly well, : it will soon pass oft’,” and in a short I time you will repent of your folly in vain. I have seen many a one commit i suicide in this way. Sometimes, though rarely, the at : tack commences with vomiting, but whatever way it commences it is sure to hold on. In a very few hours the patient may sink into the collapse. — The hand and feet become cold and purplish, the countenance at first nerv ous and anxious., becomes gloomy and apathetic, although a mental rest lessness and raging thirst torment the sufferers while the powers of life are ebbing. The intellect remains clear, i but all the social and moral feelings seem wonderfully to collapse with the j physical powers. The patient knows I he is to die, but cares not a snap about it. In some cases, though rarely, the diarrhoe continues for a day or two, and tbe foolish person creeps about, then suddenly sinks, sends for a phys- j ician, nnd before he arrives, “dies as a fool dieth.” COURSE OF TREATMENT. 1. For Stopping the Incipient Di | arrhoea. —The mixture which I used in 1848 with great success, and again j in 1855, has, during this epidemic, 1 been used by thousands, and although the attacks have been more sudden | and violent, it has fully established its ! reputation for efficiency and perfect safety. It consists of equal parts by j measure of 1. Laudanum and spirits of j camphor. 2. Tincture of rheubarb.* j | In an adult, 30 drops on a lump of 1 1 sugar, will often check the diarrhoea. ; But to prevent its return, care should j always be taken to continue tbe medi cine every four hours in diminishing doses 25, 20, 15, 10, 9, when careful diet is alt that will be needed. In case the first does not slay the i diarrhea, continue to give in increasing doses 35, 40, 60, at every movement jof the bowels. Large doses will pro i duce no injury while the diarrhea lasts. ! When that is checked then is the time ! fer caution. I have never seen a Thomasville, Georgia; Wednesday, May 9, J 866. case ot diarrhea taken in season which was not thus controlled, but some cases of advacced diarrho?, and especially of relapse, paid no heed to it whatev er. As soon as this becomes apparent, 1 have always resorted to this course: Prepare a teacup of star(h boiled as for use in starching linen, and stir in to it a teaspoonful of laudanum for an injection. Give one-third at each movement of the bowels. In one des perate ease, abandoned as hopeless by a physician, I could not stop the diar rhoe until the 7th injection, wnich con tained nearly a teaspoonfhl of lauda num The patient recovered and is in perfect health. At the same time I use ptepared chalk in 10 grain doses with a few drops o: laudanum and campnor to each. But whatever course is pursued it must be followed up, and the diarrhoe controlled or the pa tient is lost. 2. Mustardpoultices —They should be applied to the pit of the stomach, and kept on till the surface is well red ened. . 3, The patient, however well he may feel, should rigidly observe perfect rest. To lie quiet on the back is one half the battle. In that position the enemy fires over you, but the moment you rise you are hit; When the attack conics’in the form of diarrhoe these directions will enable every one to meet it successfully. But when the attack is more vio lent, and. there is vomiting, or vomit ing and purging, perhaps also cramps and colic paines, the following mixture is far more effective and should always be resorted to. The missionaries, Mes srs. Long, Trowbridge and Washburn, have used it in very many cases and with wonderful success. It consists of equal parts of laudanum, tincture of capsicum, tincture of ginger and tinct ure of -cardamon seeds. Doso r thirty to forty drops, or half a teaspoonful in a 1 ttlo water, and increased according to the urgency of the case.’ In case the first dos,e should be ejected, tbe second, which should stand ready, should be given immediately after the spasm of vomiting has ceased. During this late cholera siege no: one of us failed of controlling the vomiting and. also the purging by at most, the third dose. YYe have, however, invariably made use of large mustard poultices of strong, pure nnlstard, applied to the stomach, bowels, calves of the legs, feet, etc, as the case seemed to re quire. Collapse. —This is simply a more advanced stage of the disease. It in* dicates the gradual failing of all the powers of life. It is difficult to say when a case has become hopeless. At a certain- point the body of the patient begins so emit a peculiar odor which I call the death odor, for wnen that has become decided and unmistakatilo, I have never known the patient to re cover. I have repeatedly worked up on such oases , for hours with no per manent result. But -the blue color, the.cold extrcfhit’es, the deeply sunk en eye, the- vanishing pulse, are no signs that the case is hopeless. Scores of such cases .in the recent epidemic have recovered. In addition to the second mixture, brandy (a tablespoon ful every bait hour), bottles of hot wa ter surrounding the patient, especially the extremities, sinapisms and friction will often in an hour or two work won ders. ... Thirst, —In these and in all advanc ed cases thirst creates intense suffer ing.’ The • sufferer craves water, and ns sure as he gratifies the craving the worst symtoms return, and. he falls a victim to tbe transient gratifications. The only safe way is to have a faithful friend or attendant, who will not heed his entreaties. . The suffering may be, however, safely alleviated and render ed endurable. Frequent gurgling the throat and washing out the mouth will bring some relief. A spoonful of gum arahie water, or of camomile tea, may frequently be given to wet the throat. “Sydenham’s White Decoction” may also be given, both as a beverage and nourishment, in small quantities, fre quently. In a day or two the suffering from thirst will cease. In a large ma jority it has not been intense for more than twenty-four hours. Diet. — Ilice water, arrow root, Syd enham’s White Decoction, crust water, camomile tea, are the best articles for a day or two after the attack is con trolled. Camomile is very valuable in restoring the tone of the Stom ach. The Typhoid Fever. — A typhoid state for a few days will follow all se vere cases. There is nothing alarm ing in this. It has very rarely proved fatal. Patience and careful nursing will bring it all right The greatest danger is from drinking too freely When the patient seemed to be sink ing, a little brandy and water, or ar. row root and brandy, have revived him. In this terrible visitation of the cholera, we have considered ourselves perfectly armed and equipped, with a hand bag containing mixture Xo I, mixture Xo 2‘(for vomiting etc,) a few j pounds of powdered mustard, a bottle | of brandy and a paper of gum arabic. i I lay no claim to originality in ree- 1 ommending this course of treatment, and have adopted it from suggestions ofable and experienced physicians.— Having been the only doctor of many ! poor families living near me, I have ‘ tried various remedies recommended by physicians, but 1 have found none to be at all compared with the above, During the recent cholera, I cannot find that any treatment has been so successful as this. Contagion. —The idea of contagion should be abandoned. All the mis sionaries who have been most with the most malignant cases day after day, are fully convinced of the non-conta giousness of the cholera. The incipi ent attacks which all have suffered from are to be attributed to great fa tigue, making tbe constitution liable to an attack. —, . ~ UK. GLADSTONE'S GREAT BE FOUR SPEECH, £nlliusia.4lic Eulogy on llio IV'oplc ol’ the United States. The banquet given to Air. Gladstone by tbe Liberal .party of Liverpool, was a j brilliant successful affair. Mr. Glad- ! stone emphatically declared that the j Government would stand or fail by the j Reform bill which they had introduced, i In the course of his speech he refered to the Fenians in America, and in strong terms denounced their threats against the inocent citizens of. Canada and New Brunswick, as a means of re dressing supposed wrongs with which they had nothing to do. lie asserted that in. the event of the Fenians pro ceeding to such a diabolical act-they would place themselves beyond the sympathy of the” whole World, and all the rusources of England would be free ly spent to assist her colonists in the holy work of self-defence. The Duke of Argyle and Mr. Goschcnwere among, the. guests at the banquet, and made speeches in support of the- Reform bill. On the following evening Mr. Glad j stone addressed a great reform meet ing at the Amphitheatre, Liverpool. ’ i ■ lie adduced strong arguments in fa vor of the government measure, and his remarks were applauded with the greatest enthusiasm. lie pointed to the exertions of America in the late war as proof of the benefits resulting j from trust in the people ; and ‘looking at the energy displayed-on both sides, he said : 1 About five or six hundred years ago, when the- subject of parlimcntary re form was under discussion-, it was a pop.-, ular asd fashionable practice to speak of the institutions of America as-a-per fect failure, and long orations were de livered in the House of Commons sta ting all the particulars of that failure, and making use of those institutions.as ■ a bugbear to terrify and frighten ils ! from proceeding in. the path of our du -1 ty, to induce us to withhold our confi dence from our countrymen, and insist upon retaining the narrow limits of the present constituency. [Hear, hear,] What has taken place since that T I am not going to deliver a general lecture upon the civil war in America; above all, I am not going to bring for ward any invidious distinctions or any distinctions at all, between one section and another ot that great community For my part, my earnest and devout aspiration is—and I believe that is the aspiration and desire of Englishmen at large- —for the welfare of that nation in every part, and portion of it, the white or black, North or South. [Ap plause.] Neither .am I going, to hold up American institutions as institutions to he preferred to our own. [Hear, hear.J But what'l am going to do i3 this: I think it i3. our business men of sense to draw lessons from the experience cf mankind, [hear, hear, and from the facts that come under our view, whether they be in despotic countries, or countries republican or democratic. [Hear, hear.] And tbe point which I’ ask you to observe is this : not the comparative merits of En glish or American institutions, but this single and important .point, of the ef fect that has been produced in Ameri | ca by largely extended popular fran chises, by a widely spread patriotism on the part of the people in the choice of their governors, the wonderful, un exampled, and almost incredible effect that has been produced by that system in giving forcible expression to the na tional will, and in enabling the Gov ernment to develop energies for the purpose of giving effect to that will, such as have probably never been de veloped in equal times and among equ al numbers of men since the race cf meu began upon the earth. [Ap plause-] Less than 80,00.0,000 of peo ple —I do not speak of the negro popu lation, who can hardly be said to have entered distinctly into the war, thank ful as we may be at the change it has ultimately had upon their destinies 20,000,000 in the majority and 6,000- 000 iu the minority coming to the bloody issue of war upon a matter which, upon the one side and the oth er was held vital by both, have, I am bound to say, common justice requires us to admit, developed an amount of heroism, a power of self-sacrifice, [ hear, hear,] an energy, a perseverance, a forgetfulness of every personal inter, j est, an amount of actual force arrayed ! and marshaled by the subjects in sup~ i port of their chosen rulers such as I know not where to seek for in the an nals of the history of the world. [Ap- j plause ] What I would say is, let us i learn lessons where we can, and among j • others let us learn them from our bre- j ’ them, the children of our loins in America. The position of England is a pceu. lar position in the world. England has inherited from by-gone ages more, per haps, of walit was most august and ven erable in those ages than any other European country, and at the same time that her traditions of the past are so richand fruitful that all our minds and characters have, both within and beyond our knowledge, been largely molded by them, she has likewise been exposed in the highest possible de gree to ever}’ modern influence which the nineteenth century has brought in to activity. As geographically she stands with Europe on the one side of her and America on the other, so she stands between thosefeudal institutions upon which European society was form ed, and which have given her her hi- j erarcliy of classes, and on the other s'dc those principles of equality which form ; the basis of society in America. It is I the business of England, not by servile j imitation of the one. or the other to ‘ | forget her own glorious history, but on j I the contrary, to cherish everything ! ! she lias inherited and to improve it for j the sake of preserving it. [Cheers.] ■ But it is her. duty wliile she so looks upon the past to learn ‘ likewise from the present; and if the recent events which have taken place on the other side of the Atlantic have demonstrated to us how, by an enlarged franchise, augmented power can be marshalled on behalf of the Government, and increas-. ed energy be given to the action of the nation, why then, I shy, without risks, without forgetfulness of the rules of prudence and circumspection, always within the limits of modesty and.mod eration, but jet with firmness, with determination, we ought to observe, copy, and appropriate the lesson which I maybe so gathered from other por- - ! tions of tliq; experience of the human family. [Applause.] it is sometimes said that the mcas- I lire we propose is a democratic meas ure. The word democracy has very different senses. If by democracy is mean-t liberty, the extention to each man in his own sphere .of every privi lege and franchise that he can exer.-f! cise with advantage to. himself and with safety to the State, then I eon .less I do not see much to alarm us in ■ the word democracy. .'[Heal’, hear, am} cheers ] If by democracy is meant the enthroning of ignorance Ugaiqst knowledge,. the setting up of’ vice in opposition to virtue, a disregard of rank, a forgetfulness of what oirr-fath ers have done for us, indifference or Coldness with regard to the inheritance 1 j we enjoy, then I; for one, and I belivc ! 1 all whom I have the honor to address, ! are the enemies of (democracy. [Hear, hear.] In such a sense, this is not a democratic country. [Hear, hear.] On the contrary, in ihis country there ; is a love for that arrangement and -con stitution of society which we have in herited from former times ; and . I u<3 not believe 1 hat-of. the entire coinmu- i •nity there is one man in a hundred who would disturb - it -if lie ‘could. [Hear, hear.] * There'is but one thing that can make this country from a country aristocratic in its feelings lie- ! come democratic. That day, 1 think, would-be an unhappy day, and I kiiow nothing that could bring that day to arrive unless it were a forgetfulness by the British aristocracy that their order has in all times beyond any aris tocracy in the world, been trustful con fiding in its temper toward the people, * mild and forbearing in its use of privi lege,. ]hear,] ready to give leaders to the nation in every cau.-e that belong ed to its honor and liberty. [Applause.] * -♦ • - Tlir Cotton Crop of ISGO and iS6G. The following is a private letter ad dressed by an experienced and intelli gent cotton planter of this State to one of our leading cotton factors. llis estimate of the crop of this year, it will be seen, is 1,500,000 bales. His views are not based upon mere .conjec ture, but the result of a close investi gation : [iV. O. Crescent .] Dear Sir : In reply to your sugges tion, please accept the following esti mate. It is not exact to fractional ex actness, but near enough for argument and inference. You will allow me to say that while I do not rejoice in the j present, I am not despondent of the future. The estimate is this : The cron of 1800 was 4,000,000 bales ; the number of laborers was 1,- i 000,000, black, 250,000 white, thus making an average of 3£ bales per ; hand. I dispose of the black labor thus : ‘ | Os the army, dead and alive, 150,000 ; | dead by destitution and disease, 150,- i 000; left field work, 200,000; black ! 1 laborers now at work in the cotton ; ; States, 500,000. These, under the old regime, by the average above ought I to make 1,865,000 bales. They will not make so much fcfr these reasons : Under the old regime , there were in the field 64 hours per week ; under the new arrangement, 48 hours per week. They thus must do ! one-foruth less work than formerly. But they are not worth as much while at work as formerly by one-fifth at least. Thus the possible production — ; —1,875,000 bales must be diminished | one-fourth and one-fifth, leaving 1, 030,00 as the probable production of | black laborers. The white labor (250,000) T dispose of thus: Killed and crippled, and in VOL. VL-No. 19. other employments, 125,000, leaving in the cotton Gold 125,000. These, at the above average, make, say 470,000 bales. Add to this the product of black labor, 1,030,000, and we have, total for 1860, 1,500,000 bales. If any are disposed to question the accuracy of the hours of labor, (and I write what I know) I will reduce the slaves’s hours to sixty per week, ad*- vance the freedman’s to fifty, and that will make the aggregate 1,600,000.-- The relative value in the field 1 have put too low, but we will let it stand. Many will say it ought -to be reduced onc-fortli, instead of one-fifth. An incidental and important fact should not be omitted; the rich allu vial lands to a largo extent, are idle.- | The dependence must be on the hill lands, and the best of these wasted by the neglect of two or three- years. Take these facts for what they arc worth, and I think they arc worth as much as the unconsidercd trifles of j those who are addit ted to looking at the ’ world through a gimlet ho.lc In fact,’ I I think they are worth as much a.- I General Sherman’s dictum, who after visiting Little llock\ Arkansas, felt sanguine that a large cotton crop would be made, And -Liverpool repeats the prophecy,- and ‘cotton falls oiic far thing! By-such absurdities, cotton is bearded down to its present unwor j thy price. i Very respectfully, yours. * • ‘ J- ,W.- L\ —— *•*!> ■ Advise to Yourg Men.—Do-not rely upon friends. Do not rely upon the good name of your ancestors. — Thousands have, spent the prime of life in a vain dependence upon friends, | and thousands have starved -because. ’ they had a rich father. Bely upon the good name which is made by your own exertions, and know that deter mination, united with decison'of char acter is better than die best friend you can have. Getting Excited. —A “Jloosicr” j editor, having .found his “affinity,”, j done up in white muslin and as blom ring as arose, thus gives utterance to I his “pheclinks'’: ‘ • • We arc becoming desperate and will” commit matrimony • unless somebody | holds us. We are becoming convinced ■ that an h’angcl is a good thing to have in the house'. Imagine the delicious-’ j ness of one's pheclinks when a'beaut:-. I fui sweet sixteen, possessing the digni- I find title of wife, and with tho inno- I ccnce of a lamb, steps closely u-p ‘to j yojir plivamc-worb,’ place her-soft, lily-, i white arm around your alabaster neck, throws back her auburn-ringlets, raises j b'er angelic form u-pon her little, toes, ! places her heaving bosom against you? V€ (.pattern, and with her red, rosy, ■ posy, pouty, peaches’ and soda water,’ | maple molasses, fruit cake, bologna’ j sausage, nectar lips; (Je-hoss-siphat! | hold our coat-tail 1) kisses you smack ! i Hurrah for matrimony, and eternal 1 damnation to old bachelordom ! • • ‘. j. . *• -•••-► . The Ai*i>roaciii.\g (?)• Triad of Ex-Pbesidsst Davis.. The • Wash | ington correspondent of the Philadel , phia Ledger of thq 10th inst, says : ’ ‘ Just as the Judiciary Comittcc of the House were about-to report'in favor of bringing Jefferson Davis and C. C. Clay before a military tribunal, the President ordered the release of- the latter, -much to tho surprise of .every member of .the committee.. The evi dence which the committee have, and . upon which they intended to have Da vis and Clay arraigned for trial, is well known to the President. . ‘ * • % * ‘ * *. ‘Speaking of Stansberry’s appoint ment to the Supreme Bench, the Presi dent last evening expressed the hoj that the Senate would act favorably upon the Domination, as a United States Court tor the trial of Davis could {hen he opened at Nashville, ‘ .- ■ Judge Stansberry is appointed.from ’ Kentucky, in which State he resides.— The President added this important statement: the Senate de cline to confirm the appointment, 1 shall direct the Attorney to arrange for tlie trial in Virginia. Art emus Ward— The New York ’ Saturday Press says : “Artemus Ward | writes us that somebody has been ta , king liberties with his ‘Betsy Jane’— i and that somebody in question is acer- I tain publisher in Nassau street, who ! has just had the coolness to publish a. book entitled ‘Betsy Jane Ward,’ with which he (Artemus) has nothing what ever to do, and of which he wishes, distinctly to deny not only the patern j ity, but the slightest responsibility. I Artemus furthermore intimates that | if the book were likely to sell in any : quantity he should call it a‘wholesale | fraud.’” The Boston Transcript says : “51 r. j Chas. F. Browne (Artemus Ward) has received an offer of $20,000 (in gold) and his ordinary expenses fora lectur ; ing tourin England of six months. As Mr. Ward’s purpose is to improve the 1 people, and money is no object to him, those who know him say he wilT de cline the offer* lie intends, however, to vi-it England soon, to spend some of’ the money he earned in his recent tour through the Southern Confederacy.’’ A young lady refused to go into the Woolwitch Arsenal the other day, be cause she heard that seme of the muskets were without breeches.