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SOUTHE RN ENTERPRISE
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and
t Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. j
Law and Medical Cards.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTORXEI'S %T L\W,
THOS.ISVU.LE, r.A. ■
OFFICE first door insecond. story of
8 irk’t Co* rj.
L. C BRYAN, B. HL HARR 18.
Mar 14 11 ts
MITCHELL & MITCHELL,
attobsbvs at i.aw,
THOMASVILLE, • ‘ ‘: GEORGIA,
j-y Office over MoLean’a store —opposite
Mclntyre 4c Yonnjj's
w. D MITCHFT.T,; R. G. Mitchir.fc,
Jane 6 ’ G
s. bT SPENCER,
attorney AT I. Aw ,
Thomnarille, G-oruin,
Will attend promptly to all rinl LnsineM en
trusted to his care in the Southern Circuit,
Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuit.
Jan 31
C. P, HANSELL,
ATTORNEY AT RAW,
Thomaaville. Clears!?*
Jan 31
ROBERT G. MITCIIEtiL,
ATT OR NK V A T LA W,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
jfap-Ofliee over McLaxe’s .Store.
Jan 24 4*l2ih
C. C. RICHARDSON,
ATTORNEY
AXD
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
• TU9MASUiI-l-E. <*•
Agent for procuriuj’ Claim* #• discharged
soldiers again?. the United Stateui
REFERENCES: ,
lion. Rot M Morrill, Washington, 1). C. j
Hon II D. Washburn,
Hon 11. E Paine, “
Hon. Hiduev Perham, “ * l ‘
Gen. Geo. F. Sheplev, Portland. Maine.
Judge Josepli Howard, Portland, Maine,
lion 11.,5. r'itcli, Savannah, Georgia.
Hon. James L. Seward, ThomasviQe, Ga,
H on. E. G. Harlow, Dixlield, Maine.
Hon W. W Bolster, “ “
Col. Isaac Randall,
Col M M. Robinson, Xew York City.
Col. Samuel Hoyt, New York City.
Oapt. W. W. Deane, A. A. G., Augusta. Gu.
June 6 - * 23-ts
j. It. Iteid. t|. I>. H. F. I \Vill. ,I|. D,
Dra. KEIU A DoHTTT,
OFFER their services to the citizens, of
Tiiomnsville and vicinity.
lyOff'/W at Dr DeWitt's Drue tit ore
Feb -J1 S-ts j
Or. T. S. lIOPHLIHS,
OFFICE
n M%m-: lot with iikmiofyck.
b. O. AII.\OLD,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
A yrll.E be found at the old
t t stand occupied by him for “
the last ten years
Aug 23-12 in
Dr. W P CLOWER
II AVIYg ;i • i.- ally located in Thornas
-1 ville, otters :,i- , ’ro(V-.-.ioil:il MeYvi
cc to the public.
ty*OFFICE at the Drug Store of W. P.
Clower & Cos.
(Ip* RE SIDEXCE —the house formerly oc
cupied by Or. Brandon. mar 14 ly
Or. It. . it 4STOA
Having perui.inonMv located in Thomas
ville, respectfully off - - rvices to ‘he
••ifizons of the Town and Surrounding
Country, in the pr: ;k-r > Medicine, Surs
gery and Midvnilery ‘-’ ill also pay spe
cial attention to ;li • troitment of Diseases
of Women Office It. It Evans’ old Store
upstairs. janl7-3m
E . G. F I It G l SOX,
[Graduate of Queen’s College.)
PHYSIC AN, SURGEON, &c.,
Boston, Georgia.
May be consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near
Railroad Station.
APOTHECARY
HAIjL.
W, P. CLOWER & CO.,
DRLGGIS rs.
Have renovated and refitted the Store next
to Young's Hotel, for the purpose of es
tablishing a
First Gl ass Dr g Store
The new fir
age. and invue “•< ’ - ■ ‘ i.-
xens to their well - c ; sto<
Mediflnf*.
Fancy and toilet ti Mcics.
Soaps ami Perfumery
Fine Green and lllack Teas,
Keiosinc l.am|x and Oil,
v . Dl'E STI FFS.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
f.sfV I'h !% ‘dans’ Prescriptions carefully
pro i'ti red 4—t f
Jan 24
33^S.TJC3r!S
AND
SBf3>3B3H3S.
The undersigned having purchase the
elegant Dntg Store ot Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o'”
Thomas ville. ana rhe 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, rourte>
ous and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN & CASSELS.
Jambs N. Whs,
Sampbi- J. Cassim.
iftp ITtf
Commission Merchants.
TISON k GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS.
mmm mimiM
Mcrcliants,
I .TWlTr.i savannah, ga.
WM. H TISON. . WB. W. GORDON.
May 16 ‘. . . \ • / 6tn
IOHN W.ANDERSON & SONS,
Factors and General
j COMMISSION AID IffMMi
Mcrcliaiits,
Corner Drarion A (tr< ail Street.,
SAVANNAH, GA.
May 39 ■ : “. 6a
j B.IBMR, ‘ A,-L. H.VRTRrnE, x. w. a, xu>.
Lite of J. Savannah Ga., Cmriunati, O’.
\ Brvan* Son
; Savah h, Ga.
Bryan, Hartridge & Cos.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BROKERS,
No. 1 <i-S Bay Htroet, SAV.4NS.IfI, Ga.
I *
Strict attention given to Consignments
, and Collections. apr 11 Ora
!F. W. SIMS,) t J. F. WHEATON,
Late of the > ? Late of the lirm of
Repub-lican. ) {Wilder, Wheaton & Cos.
F. W. SIMS & Cos.,
SI VANNA 11. LA.,
FACTORS AND GENERAL
CUll MERCHANTS,
DEALERS IX
Merchandise, I*ioluce, Tini
licr, Luik*l>cr and Cniloii.
Consignments an J orders respectfullv solicit-’
i ed, and whether by wk,jt°n, yailroaa or
.<eA. will receive the strietesi attention,
j The Forwarding Business tGia
j promptly done. mar 7.i0-pm
Miller, Thomas & Cos.,
GEtVEIAAL
COMMISSIONS GROCER Y
MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, ... . , GEORGIA.
‘-- • *
A. 3, MtLLBB. - S.VMtTEX, E. THOMAS.’
P, G. LIVINGSTON.
i Jan 24 . . I Crn'-t
J. L. VILLALOMCt2V~
COTTON FACTOR
ininn m comiissioi
Mcrcliant
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1-3 m SA VANN All, GA.
W. Cakvf.l Hall. Jas. E. Mykrs.
J. llansox Thomas, Jr.
Hall, Myers & Thomas
-GENERAL !
COMMISSION
Merciifints,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
Kt-fereures : . j
J Hanson Thomas, Pres't Farmers’and Mer- {
chants’ National Bank.Tison & Gordon, Sav’h
Kirkland, Chase & Cos., Jno. Williams&Sob,
Williams, Bee A Cos., X. Y.. Brien &: Car
rere, X. Y., C. Morton Stewart, 11. L.
Whitridge. I>. 11. Gordon. Va.,
Edward S. Myers. J. P. Plea
sants .Y Son, Thos. J.
Carson & Cos.
Win. H. MacFarland, Pre't Farmers’ Bank. Ya.
Mar 14 11-Cm
CHANGE
OF
SCHEDULE!
i: -w ,BV XMyjUg
Jfz&kP&C x K ie.t
Otlicr Atlnnlir .V Gulf Kail Bond. )
Savannah, May 7, 1866. y
OX and after Monday, May 14th, 1866, the
Passenger Trains on this” Road will run as
follows, connecting with Night Trains of the
Central Road:
Leave Savannah at 7 :dO A. Jf., on Mon
days. Wednesdays and Fridays.
/.cave Thoinn-ville at 4:00 A, Ml., cn
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. *
Arrive at ‘riioiiinvillc. at 0:17 I*. ?!..
I on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
A T Savannah at 6:06 P, 11., on
TANARUS: > - Thursdays and Saturdays
JOHN SCREVEN,
May 16 ts President.
A, J. MILLER & 00.7
FURNITURE
WARE HOUSE.
1 .IS Broughton Sit.. W4VA>.\ AH, ti A.
ew Work made to order.
Repairing. Bell Hanging, Mat trass Ma
king and Upholstering at short notice.
A J. MILLER. D. FALVEY.
April 18 • 3m
GEORG lA—Thom aw County.
; To the Hono> able Court of Ordinary of said
County :
THE undersigned, your Petitioners. Execu
tors of the last will of Kindred Braswell, dec'd.,
sbeweth that said deceased died possessed of
and that it is necessary to sell the same,
for the purpose of payingthe “debts of deceased,
and for distribution among the legatees of said
will:—Petitioners therefore petition and pray
for an order ot said Court, granting them leave
to sell said lauds, and as in duty hound will
ever prav. etc. SAM LG. BRASWELL.
CASWELL BRASWELL,
Executors.
GEORGIA —Thomas County.
Court of Ordinary, June 4, 1866.
Upon hearing the foregoing Petition, it is
ordered by the Court, that said petition and
this order be published in the Southern Enter
prise once two weeks for sixty davs.
H. H TOOKJE.
June G <JM Ordinary.
FURNISH YOUR
HOUSE.
. IIIHE iiiHlefsigne.l iiave at great trouble and
- exjKinse'completed tlieir splendid stock of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS*
expressly for the Thomasville market, and n-Ow
present to the public the only house in the
place devoted exclusively to ‘that branch of
business. Our stork consists of almost every
article needed in out- line together with
FARMERS & CARPENTERS
TOOLS.
Our house is replete with Yankee notions of
utility the latest inventions agd improvements
■in all kinds of ware,-furniture, tools&e. &e. ■
- OUR SILVER WARE
is saperb and needs no recommendation.
‘A full assortment of the latest unproved
COOKING &. OFFIC E -STOVES
at the mo.-t l't-asiinulde prices. ,
We also repair and
MANUFACTURE TIN WARE
of all kinds,
, In fact, our stock is complete in every de
partment Come and examine for yourselves.
A. & R, SMITH.
[ tiray 30th
GROCERIES.
HARD
’ AND “.
TINT WARE!
At IS. It. I. V \ >S’ <4l. i> *l’ AVI*,
Next door to I.Kmbjttkek Sf.Rra. ■
AINSWORTH “k SANFORS
Kft-IP constantly oq hand a large and se
lected stock of GROCERIES, HAUL)
AND TIN WARE, .consisting of •’
Flour, Bitcon-,- Coffee-, Tea, Sugar; Cheese,
Butter, Syrup, Salt, Soap, Soda, .Starch,.•.
Candles, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger,
Snuff in .Jars and Bottles,
Raisins, Dried Figs, Apples and Peaches, Pot
ash, Oysters, Cream-Tartar..Yeast Powders,
Chewhig and Smoking. Tobaccq. h .
Hardware
Stoves. Hoes, Nulls, Axes, Spades and Shov
els, Trace Chains, Pocket nd Table Knives,
Humes, Collars', We.ii i.S 'Writer Buck
ets, Cotton and Wool Cards, Screws,
Brada, Locks, Drawing Knives, Files, scc.
Spun Thread, All Numbers,
TIN NY.A HE!
LOT OF FRENCH ( ALF.-SKIXs. . •
All ot which will bes Id low i'or CASH
or BARTER.- *
Hides, Wool. &c.. bought.
44. Ei. Ainsworth. il. ti. .Sanford. ‘
April 25 17-t.f ‘
Gr 3?L E 2 -A. *37
Corn \ Cotton
PLANTATION
For Sale
I\ MIDDLE FLORID t, THE
L4XD OF FLO ‘.ERS!
| AM now offering one ft&Sß&k
plantations for sale, ever
Seventeen Hundred Acres
Os Oak aiid Hickory, Hammock and. Pine
Lands unsurpassed in the State. ■
About 600 acres in good condition for culti
vation, all hammock. The. uncleared lands’
thickly studded with fine timber
On the premises is a comfortable . framed ■
dwelling house, with out buildings iii good
condition, negro cabins for 50 workers, barns,
stables, fodder houses, and, in fact,everything
else necessary for planting, purposes'and con-,
venience.
Hood Grin House and Screw,
Wells of Fine Water, &c.
The quality of. these lands, their situation
and condition renders them equal to any in the
State for fanning ; and taken altogether, with
the moderate price demanded for the place, it
is the best oppoil unity for investment now
before the public. •
For'further information address
JAMES A. LINTON,
Thomasville, Ga...
Or the editor of the. Southern Enterprise.
Xav 2 •• • . 18 ts
Lands for Sale.
1?50 ACRES
OF EXCELLENT LANDS.
GREAT BARGAINS OFFERED-
I NOW offer for sale nty two plantations, on
tin- most reasonable terms.
1900 acres of Pine and Hammock Land, 12
miles from a depot on the Kernandina & Cedar
Keys Railroad, in Marion County, East Flo
rida. 300 acres of this land are cleared.
750 acres in Decatur County, Ga , live miles
from a selected depot on the line of the Atlan
tic <fc Gulf Rail Road. These lands.are fine
composed of oak, hickory, and pine mixed.
On this place there are 300 acres under a high
state of cultivation —good fguce—good water,
and a good dwelling and necessary out-build
ings. The whole convenient to water mills,
churches, and good society.
I will sell these lands at extremely low pri
ces. If you don’t believe it, make me an offer.
Any person wishing to purchase, may address
me at Sofka. Decatur County, Ga., or L. C.
Bryan, Thomasville, Ga., who is authorized to
represent me. Indulgence may be given in
part. J. I. CONNELL.
June 6 23-ts
EMPIRE HAIR RESIORER.
AX elegant Dressine,
An infallible restorer of Color,
And a wonderful Invigorator of the HAIR.
Prepared bv
\v. r. CLOWER & CO.,
Jan 31 5-ts Apothecaries Hall.
N OTIC'.—At the July term *fthe Court of
Ordinary of Colquitt f'ounty. I will apply
for an older of Court to sell, all the real estate
of George F. Heamdon deceased.
EADY IIEAKNDON.
May 30 Admr
Tlxomasviile, Georgia, Wednesday, June 27,1866.
Kecouktriiction Krpori *>< flic Con
gressional Committee
.•” -We have published a'compendcus
synopsis of the report of the • Recon
struction Committee.. We regret that
-the report, which is the m<£t impor-”
• t-ant public paper to the South pubs
lislied in this eountry since- President
Johnson's first proclamation, is so
long that we cannot find space Tor it
entire, in our columns, ‘it fills five
closely printed columns of the largest
Xew York dailies.’ We, however, give
below the concluding portion of the
report, in which -the committee recap-,
itulate all the alleged facts- and princi
ples applicable to the late u so-ealled.
Confederate'States,"’ and ‘state their
conclusions-and recoin.mcndafons-in re
gard to saiAStat-es.
1. The*seats of tho Senators • and
Representatives from the so-called Con
federate States, became vacant .in ‘the
year 1861 during the second-session
•of .the XXXYItIr. Congress,- by the
voluntary withdrawal of their incum
bents with tho sanction and. by .the
direction of the ..legislatures’ or con
ventions of their respective States.'— ;
This wusdone as a hostile act against,
the Constitution.and Government of’
the United. States, with-a declared in
tent to overthrow the same by forming
a Southern Confederation. This act
of declared hostility was speedily fol-j
lowed by an organization of the same
States into a confederacy which lived
and waged war by sea and land against
the United States.. This war contiri- ,
ucd more than four year's, within which
time the rebel armies besieged the
national Capita],- invaded ‘ tho loyal
States, burned their towns and cities,
rolbed their citizens, destroyed more,
than 2d0,-000-loyal soldiers, and.im
posed-an increased national” burden of j
not less than $-3,500,000,000 of which !
seven or eight hundred millions have j
already been met and paid . bVonT the I
time that- these Confederate States than ,
withdrew.llieir representation in Cen : 1
gress and levied war on the. United]
States, the great mass’- ot- their people \
became and.were insurgents, rebels, i
traitors; and nil of them occupied-the |
political, legal and'practical relation of
enemies of the United States, - This
position is established by acts of Con
gress an,d Judicial • decisions, and'is,
rceC-inized repeatedly by the President
in piuiiio. ‘ proclamations,, docuinsnfs
■.el sjveeches.-- . • ‘, ■•; i
2. The SfateS thus confederated
prosecuted their war against the Uni
ted States to final arbitrament* and did ]
not ecase until all their, armies were
captured, their military power destroy
ed, their civil officers, State and Con-”
federate., taken prisoners, or put to
flight, every vestige of .State and Con
federate Government obliterated, their .
territory overun and occupied by the ;
Federal armies, and their people r 7 i
duced to the condition of enemies con- i
quered in war, entitled only, by pub
lie law, to shell riglitsi privileges and |
conditions as might be vouchsafed by
the conqueror. This position is also
established by judicial decisions, and
is recognized as sound by tire I’resi-.
dent in public proclamations, docu
ments and speeches.
3. Having voluntarily deprived
themselves of representation in Con
gress, for the criminal purpose of de
stroying the Federal union, and, hav*
ing reduced themselves’ by the act of
levying war to the condition of public
enemies’ they have no right to coni” !
plain of temporary exclusion from Con- !
gress; but on the contrary, having
voluntarily renounced the right to rep
resentation, and- disqualified them
selves by crime from participating in
the Government, the burden now rests
upon them, before claiming to be re
instated in’ their former condition, to
show that they are qualified to resume
Federal relations, in order to do tn.is
they must prove that they liave estab
lished, with the consent of the people,
Republican forms of government, in
harmony with the Constitution and
laws of the United States, that all hos
tile purposes have ceased, and should
give adequate guarantees against fu
ture treason and rebellion ; guarantees
which shall prove . satisfactory to the
Government against which they re
belled, and by whose arms they were
subdued. •
4. Having by this treasonable with
drawal from. Congress, and by flagrant
rebellion and crime forfeited all civil
and political rights afid privileges un
der the Federal Constitution, they, can
only be restored thereto by the per
mission and authority of that constitu
tional power against which they rebell
ed, and by which they were subdued.
5. These rebellious armies were con
quered by the people of the Jnited
States, acting through all the coordi
nate branches of the Government: and
not by the Executive Department
alone. The powers of Congress are
not so vested in the President that he
can fix and regulate the terms of set
tlement and confer Congressional rep
resentation upon conquered rebels and
traitors, nor can he in any way qualify
enemies of the Government to exercise
its law-making power. The authority
to restore rebels to political power in
the Federal Government can be exer
cised only with the concurrence of all
the Departments in which political
power is vested, and hence the several
proclamations of the President to the
people of the Confederate States can
net be considered declared, and can
only be regarded as provisional rer*
missions by the Commandcfr-in.Chief
of the army to .do certain ‘ acts, the
effect and validity whereof -is', to .be
determined by the Constitutional Gov
ernment, and not solely by the Execu
tjvepower.
6. The question before Congress U.
then, whether conquered enemies have
the right, and shall.be permitted at
their own pleasure and-own .terms,, to
participate in making laws for -their
conquerors ? Whither conquered reb
els may change their theatre of opera
tion front, the bag tie-fields, where they
were defeated and overthrown, to the
halls of Congress,-and their represe'n-
Uitive.s .seize upon • the Government
which they fought to destroy? Wheth
er the National Treasury, the army of
the nation, its navyj its” forts and arse
nals, its whole civ'd administration, its
credit, its pensioners, its-widows-and
orphans of those who perished in the
war; the public honor, peace and.safety
shall'be turned over td the keeping of
its enemies, vsithout delay, and.without
requiring such conditions as in the
opinion of Congress ‘ the security, of’
the country and its -institution's may
demand ? -
7. .The history of mankind exhibits
no'example of sueli madness and folly.
Th.e instinct of selfspreser.vatioh proi
tests-■ against it. The /surrender by
General Grant to L.ce, and'b.y Sherman
to Johnson, would havo been-disasters
of less magnitude, for new armies could
have been raised, battles fought, and
the Government saved. The anti
coercive .policy under pretext of avoid
ing bloodshed allowed the ‘ rebellion
to take fofm and gather force; but it
would be-surpassed in infamy by the
matchless wickedness that w.ould. sur-’
render th.e halls, of--congress to those so
recently in. rebellion, untill .proper
precautions shall lia've been taken to’
secure-the national faith and tho.mi.-”
tional.safety. “ . ‘ ■
. 8. as has been -shown in this -report
and ‘in the evidence • submitted,. “no”
proof ‘has been, afforded •to Congress
of’a constituency; in any-ono of. the .
so-called Confederate States, unless
we except the h’ra.te cf . Tennessee,:
qualified.to elect Senators -and-Repre
sentatives ini .Congress ‘No State
Constitution ormendment io a-State-
Constitution- has. had the sanction of
the pcoplp. All and. Legislatures has
been -had under military, dictation.
If -the- President may at his will and
under his own authority, whether as
military eommander-or chief Executive
qualify person* to appoint .Senators
and and empow
er others-to elfct and appoint them,
he thereby j ractlcally - ccmtFols .the
organization of a legislative department..
The constitutional ford of goverpmeiit
is thereby practically desDo'yed, and j
its powers absorbed in tb-e Executive.'!
And while your committee do- not far 1
a moment .impute to the -President ;
any such design, but’ cheerfully eon-"i
cede.to him the most patriotic motives, ]
they cannot but Jock with alarm upon ]
a precedent so fraught with danger to j
tlm republic, i • -- • i
9. The necessity*of. providing acle.-i
quote safeguards for the future before
restoring the insurrectionary States to
a participation in the directio-n pf pub
lic affairs is apparent from the bitmr
hostility to the Government and pco- j
pie of the IJrritcd States yet existing ;
throughout the -Conquered territory r as
proved.ineontestablyUy the testimony
of many witnesses and- undisputed
facts. ‘
10. The conclusion of ycur ’Com
mittee, (hevcforc, is that the so-called
Confederate States’ arc not, nl present,
entitled.to representation in the Con
gress of the United States ; that before
allowiiag suca representation,adequate
security for future peace and safety
should be required ; that this can only
he found in such changes of the organic ‘
law as shall determine the civil l ights
and privileges of all citizens in.ail farts
of the Republic, shall place represen
tation on an equitable basis, shall ‘fix
a stigma upon treason, and.protect the
loyal people against future claims for
the expenses incurred -iu support of
rebellion and for manumitted slaves, ‘
tsgether with an.express giant iu Con
gress to enforce these “provisions.- To
this end they offer a- joint resolution
for. amending the ConstitutioDj arid
the two several bills.designed to carry
the same into effect before -referred to..
Refore closing the report, your com
mittee beg leave to state that the
specific recommendations submitted by
’ them.are the results of mutual concessi
ions, alter a long and careful compari-.
son of conflicting opinions.- ‘ Upon a
question cf such magnitude, infinitely
important as it is to the future of the
Republic, it was not to be expected
that all should think, alikr. Sensible
; of the imperfections of the scheme,
1 your committee submit it to Congress
as the best they could agree upon, in
; the hope that its imperfections may be
cured and its deficiencies supplied by
• legislative wisdom, and that when
finally adopted it may tend to restore
peace and harmony to the whole coun
try, and to place our Republican insti-
I tutions on a stable foundation.
LITHEK’B FAITII.
It is laith which gives Luther this
; elerness of vision. I have lately
i seen two miracles, ’’ he pays--“the
j first, as I was looking out of my
window and saw the stars in heaven
and all .that beautiful, vaulted rcof of.
.God, and'yet saw bo pillars .on which
the Master .Bulkier -had fixed his vault: .
yet the heaven fiU.nrt, bui*H that
grand arch stood.’ firm. Now there
are son e who se-arc-h for guch pillars
and want to touch and; graspr them,
and’ since they cannot, wonder and
tremble as if the heaven must -certain-’
ly fall, for no other reason but because
they cannot touch and grasp rlie pillars..
If they could lay hold oh those, think
they, then the heaven would stand
firm ! •
Then the second miracle was this \
I saw greai cloudg.rolling over us,- with
such a pondcrou- weight that they
might be compared to a great • ocean,
and yet I saw-no foundation o.Q which
they- rested. or were • based,, nor any.
shore which kept, them back $ yet they
foil not on us, but frowned on us with
a- stern countenance find fled. • But’
when they had passed by; then sh\ :.o
forth both : their foundation and. -our
roof'which had kept-them-hack—the,
rainbow ! Yet that was indeed a weak,
thin, slight foundation and roof, which’
soon melted- away, into the. clouds and
was more'like a shadowy prism, such
as we-see through colored glass, than
a strong and firm foundation;’so that
we might wejl distrust that feeble dike
which kept back that terrible weight -
of waters* Yet we found, in fact, thai
this, unsubstantial prism could bear
up the weight of waters, and -that ii
guards us-safely. But. there ft>o some
who look rather at the thickness ‘and
massy weight of water and clouds,
than at’ this thin, slight, narrow bow
of promise. '. They'would- like to feel
the strength of that shadowy, evanes
cent arch, an.djbefcatrse -they cannot do
this., they ate ‘ever fearing that the
cloud, will bring hack the deluge.T • •
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Tfcc ‘lcfnV Systeitt of jW'fijhf* a-ij
• • Measure*. -... j
•T-lre bill passed* by the House of
on'the i7th ibst., le
galizing the rise of weights and mean- |
res of the metric system will natural iy j
baVe a tendency to. awaken -curiosity
in regard to their .character.’ Alter a
terific si ruggle, protracted through a. se--!
ries of years, against old prejudices and :
habits’ and various political aifd .com- ;
mercial obstacles, .they'were finally
adopted in'France in 184.0, and’ since I
that period they have rapidly advanced’
in’ favor,-not only in that country,'but
among scientific mcri at! *aH other up.- ’
tions. ’ Their popularity is due aii'k.e to
the.manner iri"which tho standard^ re
ascertained and to.the
calculation which arc afforded by’their
use qf the decimal system .• A uniform
standard of weight's and measure is “of :
universal importance, .’on account’ of
the multifarious*transactions daily de
pendent upon them* in the innumera
ble wholesale snd retail sales effected
in. ev-cry’ Commercial’ -country. • liven j
in a comparativelyrude age, this ne-l
ccssity was so recognised, that Magna
Charta contains .the demand- that “one
weight and.one measure only pliall- be j
allowed to be used’ throughout the
kingdom and Congress is .expressly j
authorized by the Constitution ta fix’
the standard of weights and measures.
Our present system, derived from Eh- I
gland,-was originally based upon a;
crude .and irregular unit,-founded oh |
the size.and'wcight.of grains of .wheat, !
and it aboumldpn -unnecessary com- I
plexities, which . are only -tolerated j
because ‘the people .’have gradually ;
become accustomed to them,- and-on ■
account of the real or supposed diffi
culty of effecting a radical change.—- j
Tlie existing standards of the United
States, however are based on scientific
investigation. - The yard is a brass-rod,
the length of. which, at .02 -degrees
Fahrenheit, is .30,000-39,1013, that of
a pendulum, beating seconds, in vacuo j
at tlie gravitation of New York;’ 7 the
pound “is- oomposed of -metal, and
comprises 27,7274 cubic inches of
distilled-water, at its maximum densi
ty the gallon is a brass vessel con
taining 231 cubic inches, or’ 58,372,25
grains of distilled water, at the. maxi
mum density,” and tho standard acre
is derived’ from the yard, 4,840 square
yards forming a statute acre-.
The sub-division of these, .measures
arp all arbitrary, and are defined’ in. a
scries of tables learned With difficulty
and forgotten with case. The French
or metrical system is based’ on end
common unit, called the metre. It is
aTneasure length (which was intended
to be, but a slight inaccuracy of the
‘scientific men . originally chosen to
ascertain it. is not exactly.) equal to
the 10,000,000 t- part of the distance
between the north pole and the equator.
This.is very nearly 39-38 ieehes, or
3,39 . inches, more- than . our present
yard. The ore, or. measure for land,
. is a surface equal to a-square whose
j side is ten metres. It’ is -nearly- four,
, square rods. The stere is a measure
! particularly intended for firewood, etc,
! and is'equal to a cubic metre. • It is
less than half a cord. The litre is the
measure for capacity both of liquids
i and dry goods. Its contents are equal
to the cube of one-tenth part of the
metre, being a little more than a wine
! ouart.
1
The gramme is the unit of weight,
i and is equal to the weight of a cube
|of pure water, each edge of which
consists of one-hundredtli part of the
- metro. It is equal to 15 grains and
432 oue-thousandths, or in other words
one mince avoirdupois is equal to
W:M 26.
twenty-eight grammes and thirty-fou* ■
hundreds of a gramme. Thus it will
he sden that the-one - obriftnofi unit*
based on. a subdivision of the earth'*
.surface, furnishes a key to* the size and’
capacity of all the metrical weights and
measuresj but this’ fact would not
prove a very good reason for the pro
d change, if .it was not nceompain-*
ed by a system by which each -of the
units’ mentioned above is divided deei
m&Uy and larger units, formed by iuul- •
tiples Os ten, one hundred, Ac-
Theadvantagi s gained in calculations
of moneys by sabmiting mills,’ cents,
dimes, dollare aodeagles, for fttrtbings,’
•pence, shillings and’ pounds, are ex
tended by the metric system to weights
and measure?. The Successive multi’
pies’ are designated by the prefixes,*
deca, hecto, Jcila and myna— the part
by deei, < • and milli. Thus the ‘
lcni.li .part of- a mefrt is a deeimetre r
and ten metres are a dccanu tre; a bee- ’
tometre signifies the length of-100 me- '.
irc.; kilom friejand myriametresuTe,
respectively) lengths of 1,000 and 10,*
■ 000 metres. A decalitre.is a measure
ten times smaller, than-the litre ;.and
a centigramme is the. 100th part of the’
weight of the gramme.'Bach weight
and measure is -as. readily Converted iu
unital calculations.into onc of a larger .
or smaller we convert cents in-.-’
id. dollars or .s,
Pres s. ;. . . ‘'■ • ..’
; - V .
-A R EMAB K ABLE INY ENX<) 1 N—PR E
servatipn oi* Fresh ■ —The
io Commercial says.
. ‘A'.nVv manner ‘of preserving, fruits,
Vegetables and meats in a- perfectly
fresh state for ah indefinite period hat
recently been invented. Jtds known
that.- the oxygen of (lie air is the.
element which sustains life, and also
the active.agent of all decomposition.”
The air is composed of gases', oxygen
and uitrogSn. TTio _ presence of. the
former alone prakes life’ and decompo
sition possible. ‘ln the latter life ern .
not he. maintained, r.o?, if It is. corn
pletely deoxj . .1 can - decomposi
tion take place.- Mr ‘Addison Smith
has’ successfully mastered this prinei ‘
pie and.reduced it.to practice', so that
by a simple and inexpensive 'machine :
lie extracts the oxygen of the air from .
a-propared airtight box or jar in which
the fruit or vegetable is contained nd
returns the same air minus the oxygen
to the box. This is of course nitrogen.
Nitrogen is'perfectly odorless tm<> i* •’
ert. -. The-box being thus filled-with
this nltrogOP °r inert air, there-is n< .
such pressure of air from without i i
takes place if the air is. exhausted and-.
a.v’a'cuum made. ‘ No vacuum, howev
er, is.- more surely preservative than,
nitrogen. . • • .
The machine by -which this - long’
losired result is obtained- is so f imj 1 -
so easily understood and worked, and
so’ inexpensive, that. it will scon be
- necessary, in* every bouse as
stoves -and- clothes wringers. . The
bex-cs required arc inexpensive, may ■
be made of any size, from one quart to
fi-.ve hundred bushels, and .of wood, -pa
per or. tin.’ It.must; however,.he quite •
air-tight.. We.afe told-thatarrange
merits -are now beiag made for boxing
strawberries as. soon as they ripen, so
that tiic process will be subjected toe
the severest test—the strawberry being;
one of the most difficult- of.fruits to
retain* iu freshness i longtime. The.
principle of the patent is-cquady simple ‘■
arid efficient on.a large as on a small ..
scale, so ‘that wholesale . dealers in
foreign fruits! fish and vegetables,, most
find.-it.an immense cCofomiser in o.u •
abling them to prevent the enormous
destruction by decay that they aresub-.
jeet to. .Finally, our bodies after death
may bo preserved ‘as well .as a peach by
the application -of the. same simple
•process,.so that they may -be kept or
transported with no. marks of dissolu
tion to a id to the horrors of death-.
-1 •••>.
Another Constitution*al'Am en a- I
.menu? —“Brick”; Pomeroy, in Jaie ‘
number: of his paper, discharges’ this
brick-bat at .the. Re-building Commit;
tee:. • • • *. * • . .
An exchange says another amend
ment’ toi- the Constitution- ha.- been
propo-c-d by one of the-Cotamittco on ■
Reconstruction, and will be presented
to the attention of Corigres?. J i will
read nearly as follows •
■ Article CXXXIV. —That no Slate .
shall be admitted to representation in
Congress until by a provision embod
ied in its.fundamental lav/, it pledges .
its citizens never to daim* restoration
of any pianos, watches, .finger rings
silk dresses, spoons,’ books, .pictures,
sideboards, wines, . liquors, carriages,
and ether portable property, which
may at -any time, Under pressure of •
military necessity, have been transfer
red, shipped, removed or carried away
from their residences, cellars, out-,
houses, grounds or stables, and del-iv-.
ered into the care and keeping of loyal
citizens of New Plngland, arid other’
“loyal” sections’ of the North, and all
.persons claiming or asserting title to
any such portable property so removed,
shall be excluded from the basis of
representation, -and be forever disqual
ified from holding any office of trust
or profit under'the State or General
Government.
Ben Butler and his petty imitators
indorse this, amendment, and claim
that it will materially aid in ‘crushing
out disaffection at-the South, and se-.
cure the right of property described
above, now held by those who found