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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