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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 • • . O 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