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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and
Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. j
Law and Medical Cards.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
attorneys at law,
tiioi <;a.
I ■ OFFICE first door in srroud story of
Stork's Confectionary.
\. C. mi VAX, K II HARRIS.
Mar 4 4 11 ls
MITCHELL & MITCHELL.
ATTOKAEV* AT I.AW,
THOMASVILLE, ■ : GEORGIA.
Office over McLean’s store —opposite
Mclntyre A Young *.
VV. D. Mitchell. R G. Mitchell.
Juue 6 U v
S. li. SrEsein. C. 1’ Hassell.
Spencer & Hansell,
ATTORVEVS AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, ga.
Will give prompt attention to all legal I'lisi
ness entrusted to their care in tin- counties of
the Sontliem L'ii- nit — DeeHtur “t the South-
Western—anil (Tim It, Ware and Appling, of
the Dnuuwick Circuit.
li no: over Messrs. Wolff & Brother’*
Surre. - jujj lAy
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
THOAIABVILLB, OA.
jpagrOftioe over .McLase’s §l©Ff
Jan 24 4-12 tn
C. C. RICHARDSON,
AT i’ *! IA ,i a Y
AXp
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
TIIOtIASVII.I.K, (JA.
June 6 .23-ts
J. It. Iteid. n. 11. AV.F, Dofl i ll. .41. I*.
Ill’s. HE 111 & IK WITT,
OFFER their services to tins citizens of.
Thontasville and vicinity, •
Z&OFFICE’ at Dr. DeWtW* Din? Store
Pebai • . 8,-tf
Hr. T. S. HOPKINS,
OFFICE
IV Mini; I.OT wilh lIIXBKXfE.
L, <l. AIt\OI.II,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
A ATI 1.1. he foitnd at the old - —w
v V stitnd occupied hy Lint for
the last ten years
Aug 23-12 m
Dr wT P. CLOWER
HAVING pcriiiani'iillv locaovl in Thomas
_ villc, offers lies l'rotVmtiaaal Mcrvi
rr to the puolic.
at the Drug Store of W. I’.
Clotvcr ,V Cos.
ttTKKSI I > KNV E—the house formerly oc
cupied by Dr. itraudon. mnr lily
~ : fjresii
DILUGS*
nil t*. 8. ROWKR has. just returned from
New York and Philadelphia, with a large
FRESH II RELIABLE IRIS.
Piifebased wilh a deal <>t’ care tV im the
liianufactmvrs in flit* country —oinhraciiHr
every article in tin.* Medical Department —
which lie proposes to sell ou as good terms ;is
ean tie had in this market.
He would call (larticular attention to his
large supply of
FANCY ARTICLES,
Su. lt as, Soups, Cologne. Perfumes, Pomades,
Cosmetics. Hair and Tooth Plushes, Combs,
Ac., all of which lie can sell at reasonable
prices, considering the uutility of the articles.
He has some preparations which will restore
to the bald head a beautiful suit of hair, turn
gray hair to its healthy and natural color, and
restore the bloom of youth to the faded visage.
He would call special attention t his large
stock of Phalon s Night Blooming Cereus, and
Laird's Bimini of Youth. Hire me a Call.
I*. S. BOWER.
June 20 25 ts
APOTHECARY
HAIiLi.
W. P. CLOWER & CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Have renovated and refitted the Store next
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
Ale<llcines,
Fancy anti Toilet irticles,
Soaps and Perfumery.
Fine Green and lllark Teas,
Kerosine Lamps and Oil,
DYE STI FFS,
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
fcsf” I’hytieians’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared, 4-ts
Jan 24
DRUGS
mmkmUn
The undersigned having purchased the
elegant Drug Store of Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people of
Thomasville, and the country generally,
that they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines, Taints,
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
rat share of patronage.
WINN & CASSELS.
James N. Wisjt,
Samvel J. Cassels.
jan 17tf
SIXTY Dnvn from lj,ic application will
be made to the Court of Ordinary for
Lonndes County, for leave to sell the Real Es
tate of Matthew & Jackson Vickers.
MATTHEW VICKERS,
June 20-60 J x - Adm r
Commission Merchants.
Smallwood. Hodgkiss & Co s,
COTTON
P actors
AS D
G E N E li A E
COMMISSION
MLIOHAHYt,
Xo. lO Braver St., Yew York.
’
J. L. Smallwood, formerly Smallwood, Earle
&, Cos., and J. L. Smallwood & Cos.
Thos. 11 Hoih;kt Georgia, ) Hodgkiss,
’ G.W Scott, Florida, > Scott Cos.,
D-H. Poole, Georgia. J New York.
We are prepared through Resident Agents
I to Advance on and Mi ll 4 otton in all the
Southern I*ori*, or forward front These
I’ertu to Yew lorkut'Lilerpool Direct,
. as onr friends may prefer.
Our connoctious in I.i vrrpool are such as
will give our customers all the advantages of
I that market.
July 4 27-ly
Duncan & Johnston,
! COTTON FACTORS
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
at AV A A ■>’ All, j : : : GEOBVIA.
REFERS TO
Col. A. T. Mclntire, Tliomasville, Ga.
CoL E.-Remington, “
Donald Median, Esq., •“ . “
July 25 6m -
I.
AUCTION
COMMISSION
AND
Fol'iv;(i't)ittc)
THOMASVILLE, GA.
J. R. S. Davis. G. A. Jeffers.
July 11 28 ts
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION AID FORFARBIKG
Merchants,
--ridVi'r.l SAVANNAH, GA.
\VM. 11. TISOX. WJI. \V. GORDON.
May Id Cm
lOHN W.ANDERSON & SONS,
Factors and General
COMMISSION ASD MIAMI
Mcrcliants,
Corner Drnylon & Ilrrnn Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
May 30 6m
H.I’.KYAN, A. 1.. HART RIDGE, K.VV.S. NEFF.
I-ite of J. Savannah Ga., Cincinnati, O.
Bryan a Son
Savan h. Ga.
Bryan. Hartridge & Cos.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BROKERS,
Xo. I4:t Hay Street. SAVAXXAII, 44a.
Strict attention given to Consignments
and Collections. apr 11 Cm
K. W. SIMS. 5 t J, V. WHEATON,
Latent the > J Late of the linn of
Republican. J f Wilder, Wheaton &: Cos.
F. W. SIMS & Cos.,
SAVAXXAII. 44A..
FACTORS AND GENERAL
(MMUSSIG!! MERCRAITS,
DEALERS IN
Merchandise, Produce, Tim
ber, Lumber aii<l Cotton.
Consignments and orders respectfully solicit
ed, and whether by wagon, river, railroad or
sea. will receive the strictest attention.
The Forwarding Business carefully and
promptly done. mar 7 10-6 m
~J. L. VILLALONGA,
COTTON FACTOR
FORWARDING AID COMMISSION
McrcliaDt
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1-ts SA YAXNAU, GA.
W. Carvel Hall. Jas. E. Myers.
J. Hanson Thomas, Jr.
Hall, Myers & Thmas
GENERAL
COMMISSION
Meroliants,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
Reference* :
J. Hanson Thomas, Prcs t Farmers’ and Mer
! chants’ National Bank, Tison A Gordon, Sav’h
Kirkland, Chase A Cos., Jno. Williams A Son,
illiams. Dec A Cos., N. Y., Brien A Car
rcre, N Y., C. Morton Stewart. H. L.
Whitridge, D. H. Gordon. Va.,
EdwanlS. Myers. J. P. Plea
sants A Son. Thos. J.
Carson A Cos.
Wm. 11. MacFarlanJ. Piet Fanners’ Bank,Va.
Mar 14 11-6 m
’V r OTIfE. —Two months after date I shall
lx apply to the Court of Ordinary ot Col
quitt County, for leave to sell all the Real Es
tate of William Vick, deceased.
JAMES ALDERMAN.
Aug 30-60d AdwT.
THE XEW Hti;i:i)HEV.t It 4-
REAI’ BILL.
The following is a copy of the new
Freedtnen’s Bureau bill which passed
1 Congress over the President’s veto :
An Act to continue in force and to
amend “An Act to establish a Bu
reau for the relief of Frccdmen and
Refugees/’ and for other purposes.
’ Be it enacted by the Senate arid
! House of Representatives of the Uni
! ted States of America in Congress
assembled, That the act to establish a
bureau for the relief of freedmen and
refugees, approved March third, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-five, shall
continue in force for the term of two
years from and alter the passage of
this act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the supervision and care of said
bureau shall extend to all loyal re
; fugees and freedmen, so . far as the
same shall be necessary to enable them
as speedily as practicable to become
self-supporting citizens of. the United
States, and to aid them in making the
freedom conferred by proclamation of
the commander-in-clues, by emanci
pation under the laws of the States,
and by constitutional, available to
them and beneficial to the Republic.
Sec. 3. And fcc it further enacted,
That the President shall, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
appoint two assistant commissioners,
in addition to those authorized by the
act to which this is an amendment,
who shall give like bonds and receive
the same annual salaries provided in
said act, and each of the assistant
.commissioners of the bureau shall have
•charge of one district containing such
refugees and freedmen, to be assigned
him by the Commissioner, with the
approval of the President. And the
Commissioner shall, under the direc
tion of the President, and so far cs the
same shall be, in his judgment, neces
sary. for the efficient and economical
administration of the afiai’S. of the
bureau, appoint such agents, clerks
and assistants as may be required for
the proper conduct of the bureau.
Military officers or enlisted men may
be detailed for service and assigned to
duty under this act; and the Presi
dent may, if in his judgment sale and
judicious to do so, detail from the
army all the officers and agents of this
bureau; but no officer so assigned
shall have increase of payor allowan
ces, Each agent cr clerk not hereto
fore authorized by law, not being a
military officer, shall have an annual
salary of not less than five hundred
dollars, nor more than twelve hundred
dollars, according, to the service re
quired of him. . And it shall bo the
duty of the Commissioner, when it can
be done consistently with the public
interest, to appoint as assistant com
missioners, agents, and clerks, such
men as have proved their loyalty by
faithful service in the armies of the
Union during the rebellion. And all
persons appointed to service under
this act, and the act to which this is
an amendment, shall be so far deemed
in the military service of the United
States as to be under the military
jurisdiction and entitled to the milita
ry protection of the Government
while in discharge of the duties of
their office.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That officers of Veteran Reserve corps
or of the volunteer service, now on
duty in the Freedmen,s Bureau as as
sistant commissoners, agents medical
officers, or in other capacities, whose
regiments or corps have been or may
hereafter be mustered out of service,
may be retained upon such duty as
officers of said bureau, with the same
compensation as is now provided by
law for their respective grades; and
the Secretary of War shall have power
to fill vacancies until other officers can
be detailed in their places without
detriment to the public service.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the second section of the act to
which this is an amendment shall be
deemed to authorize the Secretary of
War to issue such medical stores or
other aid as may be needful for pur
poses named in said section : Provi
ded, that no person shall be deemed
“destitute,” “suffering,” or “dependent
upon the Government for support,’’
within the meaning of this act, who is
able to find employment, and could, by
proper industry or exertion, avoid
such destitution, suffering or depend
ence.
Sec 6. Whereas, by the provisions of
•n act approved February 6th, 1863,
entitled. “An act to amend an act
entitled ‘An act for the collection of
direct taxes in insurrectionary districts
within the United States, and for oth
er purposes, approved June 7th, 1862/
certain lands in the parishes St. Hele
na and St. Luke, South Carolina, were
bid in by the United States at public
tax sales, and the limitation of said
act the time of redemption of said
lands has expired ; and whereas, “in
accordance with instructions issued by
President Lincoln on the 16th day of
September, 1863, to the United States
direct tax commissioners for South
Carolina, certain lands bid in by the
United States in the parish of St. He
lena, in said State, were in part sold
by the said tax commissioners to ‘heads
of families of the African race/ in
parcels of not more than twenty acres
to each purchaser; and whereas, under
the said instructions the said tax com-
Tliomasville, Georgia, Thursday, September 6, Is<36.
missionerg did also set apart as “school
farms’’ certain parcels of laud iu said
parish, numbered in their plats from
one to thirty-three inclusive, making
an aggregate of six thousand acres or
less—therefore be it further enacted,
That the sales made to “heads of fam
ilies of the African race,” under the
instructions of President Lincoln to
the Uuited States direct tax commis
sioners for South Carolina, of the date
of September 16th, 1863, arc hereby
confirmed and established ; and all
leases which have been made to such
“head* of families/ by said and reot
tax commissioners, shall be changed
into certificates of sale in all cases
wherein the lease provides for such
contribution; and all the lands not
remaining unsold which come within
the same designation, being eight
thousand acres, more or less, shall be
disposed of according, to said instiuc
tions.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted,
That all other lands bid in by the Uni
ted States at tax sales, being thirty
eight thousand acres, more or less, and
now in the hands of the said tax com
missioners the property of the United
States, in the parishes of Saint Hele
na and Saint Luke, excepting the
‘school farms,” as specified in the
preceding section, and so much as may
be necessary for military and naval
purpose at Hilton Head, Bay Point,
and Land’s End, excepting also the
city of Port Royal, on Saint Helena
Island, and the town of Beaufort, shall
be disposed of in parcels of twenty
acres, at one dollar and fifty cents per
acre, to such persons, and to such only
as have acquired and are now occu
pying lands under and agreeably to
the provisions General Sherman’s spe
cial field order dated at Savannah,
Georgia, January sixteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-five, and the rema
ining lands, if any, shall bo dispos
ed of in like manner to such persons
as had acquired lands agreeably to the
said order of General Sherman, but
who have been dispossessed by the res
toration of the same owners : Provided
That the lands sold in compliance with
the provisions of this and the proceed
ing section shall not be alienated by
their purchasers within six years from
and after the passage of this act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That the “school farms/’ in the parish
of St. Helena, South Carolina, shall be
sold, aubjcct to any losses of the same,
by the said tax commissioners, at
public auction, on or before the first
day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, at not less than ten dollars
per aero ; at.d the lots in the city of
Port Royal, as lain down by the said
tax commissioners., and the- lots and
houses in the town of Beaufort,, which
arc still held in like manner, shall be
sold at public auction ; and the pro
ceeds of said sales-, after paying- ex
pense of the surveys and sales, shall
be invested in United States bonds,
the interest of which shall.be appro
priated, under the direction of the
Commissioner, to ‘ flie support of
schools, without distinction of color or
race, on the island in the ‘.Parishes of
St. Helena and St. Luke.'’
Sec. 9. And be further enacted,.
That the assistant commissioners for
South Carolina and Georgia are hereby,
authorized to examine the claims to
land in their respective States which
are claimed under the provisions of
General Sherman’s special field order,
and to give each person having a valid
cliiim a warrant upon the direct tax
commissioner for South Carolina for
twenty acres of land, and the said
direct tax commissioners shall issue to
every person, or to his or her heirs,
but in no case to any assigns presen
ting such warrant, a lease of twenty
acres of land, as provided for in section
seven, for the term of six years ; but
at any time thereafter, upon the pay
ment of a sum not exceeding one dol
lar and fifty cents per acre, the person
holding such lease shall be entitled
to a certificate of sale of said tract of
twenty acres from the direct tax
commissioner or such officer as may be
authorized to issue the same ; but no
warrant shall be held valid longer than
two years after the issue of the same.
Sec. 10 And be it further enacted,
That the direct tax commissioners for
South Carolina are hereby authorized
and required, at the earlist day practi
cable, to survey the lands designated
in section seven into lots of twenty
acres each, with proper metes and
bounds distinctly marked, so that sev
eral tracts shall be convenient in form,
and as near as practicable have an
average fertility and woodland; and the
expense of such surveys shall be paid
from the proceeds of the sales of said
lands, or if sooner required, out of any
moneys received for other lands on
these islands, sold by the United
States for taxes, and now in the hands
of the direct tax commissioners
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted,
That restoration of the lands now oc
cupied by persons under Gen. Sher
man's special field order dated at Sa
vannah, Georgia, January 16th, 1865,
shall not be made until after the crops
of the present year shall have been
’ gathered by the occupants of said
lands, nor uurl a fair compensation
shall have been made to them by the
former owners of said lands, or their
legal representatives, for all improve
ments or betterments erected or con
structed thereon, and after due notice
of the same being done shall have
been given by the assistant
sioncr.
Sec. 12. Aud be it further enacted,
That the Commissioners shall have
power to seize, hold, use, lease, or
sell, all buildings and tenements:, and
any lands appertaining to the same,
or otherwise, held under claim of title
by the late so-called Confederate States
and any builings or lands held in
trust for the same by any person or
persons, and to use the same or appro
priate the proceeds derived therefrom
to the education of the freed people;
and whenever the Bureau shall cease
to exist, such of the late so-called
Confederate States as shall have made
provision for the education of their
citizens, without distinction of cplor,
shall rcceiic the sum remaining unex
pended of such sales or rentals, which
shall be distributed among said States
for educational purposes in proportion
to their population;
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted,
That the the Commissioner.” of this.
Bureau shall at all ti.mes co-operate
with private benevoleat associations
of citizens in aid of the- freedmen, and
with agents and -teachers, duly ac
credited and appointed, by them,.and
shall hire or provide by lease buildings
for puposes of education, whenever
such associations shall, without’ cost
to the Government provide suitable
teachers and means of instruction, and
they shall furnish.such protection as
may be 1-equired for the safe conduct
of such schools.
See. 14. And be it further enacted,
That in every State or district where
the ordinary course of judicial proceed
ings has been interrupted by the
rebellion, and until the same shall be
fully restored, and in every State or
District whose constitutional relations
to the Government have been practi
cally discontinued by the said rebell
ion, and until such States shall have
been duly represented in the Congress
of the United States, the right to
make and enforce contracts, to sue,
be parties, and give evidence, to in
herit,. purchase, lease, sell, hold and
convey, real and personal property,
and to have the full and equal benefits
of all laws and proceedings concerning
personal liberty, pevsonal security, and
the acquisition, enjoyment and dis
position of estate, real and personal,
including the constitutional right to
bear arms, shall be secured to and
enjoyed by all the citizens of such
State or district, without respect .to
race or color, or previous condition of
slavery. • ‘ ; ’ ■ . ‘
And whenever in either of said
States or Districts, the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings has been inter
rupted by the rebellion, alid until the
same shall be fully restored, and until
such State shall have been restored to
its ‘constitutional relations to the Gov
ernment, ‘and shall bo duly
ed- in. the Congress of’ the. United
States, the President shall, through
the Commissioners and the officers of
thc'Bufcau, and under such rules and
regulations as the President, through
the Secretary of War, shall prescribe,
extend military protection and have
military jurisdiction over all cases and
questions concerning the free enjoy
ment of such immunities and rights,-
and no penalty or punishment for any
violation of law shall be imposed or
allowed because of race or color, or
previous condition of slavery, other or
greater than the penalty or punishment
to which white persons may be liable
by law for the like offence.
But the jurisdiction conferred by
this section upon the officers of the
Bureau shall not exist in any State
where the ordinary course of judicial
proceedings has not been interrupted
by the rebellion, and shall cease in
every State when the courts of the
State and of the United States are not
disturbed in the peaceful course of
justice, and after such State shall be
fnlly restored in its constitutinal re
lations to the Government, and shall
be duly represented in the CoDgross of
the United States.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted,
That all officers, agents, and employees
of this Bureau, before entering upon
the duties of their office, shall take the
oath prescribed in the first section of
the Act to which this is an amend
ment, aud all acts or parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this
Act arc hereby repealed.
PI-ATFORtI OF THE NATIONAL.
ANION CONVENTION.
The National Union Convention now
assembled in the city of Philadelphia,
composed of delegates from every
State and Territory in the Union, ad
monished by the solemn lessons which
for the last five years it has pleased the
Supreme Ruler of the universe to give
to the American people, profoundly
grateful for the return of peace, de
sirous as are a large majority ol their
countrymen in all sincerity to forget
and forgive tho past, revering the Con
stitution as it came to us from our an
cestors, regarding the Union in its
restoration as more sacred than ever,
looking with deep anxiety into the
future as of instant and continuing
trial, hereby issues and proclaims the
following declaration of principles and
purposes on which they have with
perfect unanimity, agreed :
]. We hail with gratitude to Al
mighty God the end of war and the
| return of peace to our afflicted and
beloved land.
2. The war just closed has maintain- .
ed the authority of the Constitution,,
with all the powers which it confers,,
and all the restrictions which .it ini’
poses upon the General Government
unabridged and unaltered, and it has
preserved the Union with the equal
rights, dignity and authority ot the
States and unimpaired.
3. Representation in the Congress
of the United States and in the Elec
toral College is a right recognized by
the Constitution, as abiding in every
State and as a duty imposed upon its
people, fundamental in its’ nature,
and essential to the existence of our
republican institutions, and neither •
Congress noi the General Govern
ment lies- any authority or power to
deny this right to. any State or to
withhold enjoyment under the Consti
tution from the people thereof.
4. We call upon the people of the
United. State’s to elect to Ccrurress as
• _
members thereof none but men. who
admit this fundamental right of rep
resentation, and who. will receive to
seats therein loyal representatives from
every State iaallegiancc to the United
States, subjeet to - the .constitutional
right of. each Mouse to judge of the
election, returns and qualifications of
its! own members.’ ‘ . , ,
5. The Constitution of the United
States.and tlip laws made in pursuance
thereof are : “The supreme law of the
hind, anything in the constitution of
laws of any S.tate to the contrary
notwithstanding.” All- powers not
conferred ,by the .Constitution upon
the General Government nor prohibited
by it to the State, are reserved- to the
States or to the people thereof; and
among the rights thus reserved to the
States is the right to prescribe qualifi
cations for the elective franchise there
in, with which right Congress cannot
interfere. No State or combination
of States has the right to withdraw
from the Union, or to exclude, through
their action in Congress or otherwise,
any other State op States from the
Union. The union of those States is
perpetual, and its government is su
preme authority within the restrictions
and limitations of tho Constitution,
G. Such amendment to the Consti
tution of. the ‘United States may be
made by the people thereof as they
may deem expedient, but only in the .
mode pointed out by its provisions ;
and in proposing such amendments,
whether in Congress or by a Convene
tion, and in ratifying the same, all the
States of the Union have an equal
and an indefeasible right to a voice and
a vote thereon.
7. Slavery is abolished and . forever
prohibited, • arid there is. neither de
sire nor purpose on the. part of. the
Southern States that it should- ever be
re-established upon the soil or within
the. jurisdiction of the United States,
and the enfranchised slaves in all the
States of the Union should receive, in
common with all their inhabitants,
equal protection i|i every right of per
son and property. •’ ‘ • .
8. While wo regard as utterly in
valid and never to be assumed o-r made
of binding force any obligation incur
red or undertaken in making war
against the United States, we hold
the debt of the nation to be sacred and’ -.
inviolable, and we proclaim our pur
pose to maintain .unimpeached the
honor and the faith of the Republic.
9. It is the duty of the National
Government to recognize the services
of the Federal soldiers and sailors in
the contest just closed by meeting
promptly and fully all their just and
rightful claims for the services they
have rendered the nation, and by ex
tending to those of them who have
fallen the most generous aud consid
erate care.
10. In Andrsw Johnson, President
of the United States, who in his great
office has proved steadfast in his de
votion to the . Constitution, the laws
and interists of his country, unmoved
by pers cution and unswerved byre-,
proach, having faith unassailable in
the people and in the precepts of the
Government, wc lecognize a Chief
Magistrate worthy of the nation and
equal to the great crisis upon which
his lot is cast, and we tender to him
in the discharge of his high and re
sponsible duties our profound respect
and assurance of our cordial and sin
cere support.
—
Comparative Health of the Thirty
nix Tailed Mlntc*.
The following table of the comparative
healthfulness of the different States will be
found most valuable, giving, as it does,
the ratio of deaths to every hundred of the
population:
Oregon, 38 N. Hampshire, 1.33
Minnesota, 46 Virginia, 1.34
Wisconsin, 96 Illinois, 1,36
California, 98 Arkansas, 1,44
Vermont, 1.00 Mississippi, 1.44
Michigan, 1.04 Ohio, 1.46
lowa, 1.06 Texas, 1.46
Florida, 1.09 New York, 1.41
Georgia, 1.09 R. Island, 1.52
Alabama, 1.19 Kentucky, 1.53
Tennessee, 1.18 Connecticut, 1.56
N. Carolina, 1.19 D. of Columbia, 1.63
S. Carolina, 1.10 Maryland. 1.65
Pennsylvania, 1.24 Missouri, 1.80
Indiana, 1.30 New Mexico, 1.88
Maine, 1.30 Massachusetts, 1.99
New Jersey, 1,30 Utah, 2.10
Delaware, 1.32 Louisiana, 231
By this official table it will be seen that
Georgia is healthier than any New Eng
land State, except one, and is oply excelled
in health by one other Foutheru State
VOL: TL-Xo. 36.
Urbtor nud Creditor.
There is a feverish- anxiety in the-,
public mind in relation to the indebt-,
edness of the cpuntrryyand the meant*,
to- pay off the same.’ The debtor in.
casting-about for means, to pay, ronj- .
ises the fact that the basis upon which
he created , his debt —his negro prop’
erty, State and Confederate, bonds, tiio .
circulating currency of the day—rthe
one is freed, and the other repudiated.
He finds himself a. bankrupt, and •
should he sell his land and home, he -
will be houseless and homeless, anti .
in thousands of instances still be in
debt. The picture is sad to look upon
and worse in realization. •
The question that iorecs itself upon
the mind of the country is : what shaß
we do, what aid shall we invoke —how
shall we ever pay our debts ?—Ques
tions more easily asked than answered.
Some talk of repudiation,, some of a
continued stay law, some for . courts .
and execut'ons. The Question is
surrounded with difficulties gieat and .
embarassing, and the more it is tam
pered with, the greater the evil seems
to grow. -
- We- arc aware of the arguments
used by those in favor of repudiation;
but’ one wrong or two wron gs, will
never make. One right. Repudiation
is unconstitutional, both by our State
and Federal Government. If the
State should paSs a,jaw repudiating
all debts or a convention called that,
would change the present Constitution,
the Federal Constitution still exists,
and that we cannot reach. The.cred
itor, a non-resident of the State, could
collect his debt, while those of tho
State could not. Repudiation would
produce anarchy and cou-fusion in all
financial relations, and matters would
be made worse instead of better- . .
The stay law is the. best remedy so
far proposed and acted upon, but that
does not prevent suits being brought,
but simply stays executions—a relief .
for the time being. The public mind
wants something more, and what that
something will be or ought to be, time .
alone will develop.
In turning the subjeet over in our
minds, viewing it from all stand points,
we. can only give such advice and
suggest such remedies, as- a plain
common-setisc moral obligation policy
would dictate. It is for every one,
instead of thinking of’ investments or
speculations if he be in debt, to go as
soon as he. has money, in hand ami
pay off his little debts first- It is the
little debts, that pay. big debts, and it
is the big debt?, that so embarrass the
people. Tho working is simple;;- alt
understand it. One dollar may be
the means of paying a hundred in a
day, going from hand to hand and
being added to. •We then say, let the
little debts bo paid as fast as possible;
to thousands it .is important-, it is es
sential, that they should have the 81,
2,3, 4,5, 10, .20 and 50 duo them ;
their credit and their daily food is
dependent upon sueh payments. Tho
few dollars owed by this man and that
man to the mechanic and laborer,
amounts to an important sum, aud
when paid the money is put i eir
eulution, and from band to hand it
goes. .
Rut we take a broader view still;
we deal now in hundreds and thou
sands of dollar?. The planter who
owes his hundreds and thousands, miy
not be able to pay all at once with
his eo-tton crop of this season. If li©
eannjt pay but half or one third, let,
him so divide What he can pay, and
give to each of his creditors some
amount, and say to him, that it is all
that he ean spare at this time If he
owes but one, give him all that be lias
for the purpose. All men acting up
on. sueh a principle, with an honest
desire to pay a part of their debts,
would produce instant relief to all,
for all are paying and being paid.—
It is dike the. thousand branches that
flow into, a river, swelling and increas
ing it in size as-it rolls, on.
It is no time for investments, no
matter how tempting or sure the di\>
idends,’ if debts are owing. It is
gross injustice to the creditor, and his
rights and interests should be consult
ed in . some degree. Let it be the
great and controlling duty of all to
pay their debts before they cast about
for speculations or investments. The
creditor cannot afford to wait as in
days past upon the debtor, and be put
off with “I have not sold my cotton,’’
“I have just bought some negroes and
land, and.have np money,” and ahun
dred such excuses, when many times,
the debtor had the money in his pock
et, looking out for investments, and
his creditor suffering and being dunn
cd for what he owed and was anxious
to pay, but could not collect, Wo
speak not alone of the planter, but of
all classes that acted upon such prin
ciples. We speak from a feeling of
experience, being the creditor of thou -
sands, and having thousands due us
in amounts varying from 81 to 8100.
Had we our dues, our debts could be
paid in a few weeks, and we would
gladly pay tjiem if we could.
We want no repudiation, or contin .
ued stay laws if, after the present
crop is upon tpp market, each and
every man who owes a debt will inaka
it a point to pay all or part. Public
covjidence is what is wanted. Con**
fidence in each other, and a show on
the part of all to pay if not all of their
; indebtedness, Rut should our people