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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
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LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor, t-
Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. >
Law and Medical Cards.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTOKXEVS AT LAW,
TBOHAVILLE, CA.
\~fr>ciFFl’"F. • ‘ i ttdry of
Stark * Confect tonary.
L. C BRYAN. U. H. HARRIS.’
Mar 14 A* ts
.'■MITCHELL & MITCHELL.
attorneys rr mw,
YBOMASVILLE, t : GEORGIA
fjßQiog tvn M sit*
NL-Intviv vV Ywing’s.
W. O. Mitchem..’ R Q. Mitchel L
. 6 A .
_ S. B Srfc.vcEß. I’ Hassell.
Spencer & Hansel-1,
ITTORAKIS AX LAW,
. TB( >MABVII.I.K <3 \
AViJI give prompt attention to all legal 4>;i>i
nead entrusted to their care in the counties of
the S jthsrn Citoiait —Dm-aUtr of the South-
Western —anil Clinch, Ware and Appling, of
the Brunswick Cin uit.
’ py*OrnCE orer Messrs. A
.’Store. ‘ . July 4 ly
fr.il. Hates j v Seward
HAYES & SEWARD,
ATTORNEYS* AT LAB’,
‘Til* >M \\ 11.1. K. • 1 •: moniii
aug 8 . “ ‘ 6m
C. C RICHARDSON,
A rrirn r> > \T •V”
IX XA ’ Jt £$ t X
AND
.COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
TnHASriI.LE, VA.
June 6 23-ts
J.S.RrUI, H. B. W.l . OrWilt. H.U,
l)r. lU:il> &. DrWITTi •
OFFER their servH-P* to the citizens of
‘L’hoiMsville and yioini'r
* •jg'OFFICK at Dr. DeWiltt. Drx~ Store
r*b w : . -
flhri T. s. noruivs,
” ‘ O ’ I C I-:
*N SAME LOT with RESIDENCE,
to. <>• AK\L-L
RESIDENT DENTIST
THCM ASVILLE, GA.
\M7IIjL he found at the old y
t T stand occupied by him lor ajfst
the la-st ten years -KLtjyyT*
Aug “2-t-I‘Jtn
Dr. wTp ■ CLOWER
OWING permanently located in Thomas 1
vilie, offers his Profmiual J*M-rri
*■*! to the public.
at the Drag Store of W. I*,
dower Jc Cos.
CVKE^IITENCl —4h house ftumcrlr oc
cupied by Dr. Brandon. nittv 14 ly
I’KKSIL
DRUGrS!
| vli I’. S BOWER bus just returned from
I.” New York and Philadelphia, with ahu-g
•Lock of
FIM Al RELIABLE lIKS
Purchased with a great deal of care from the
tea tnannfacturers in the country— embracing
every article in the Medical Department—
which he proposes to sell on as good terms as
can he had in this market.
He Would call particular attention! to hi*
large supply of
FANCY ARTICLES,
Such fts. Soaps. Cologne. Perfumes, Pomades,
Cosmetics. Hair and Tooth Brushes, Combs,
Air., all of which he can sell at’ reasonable
prices, considering the quality of the art icles.
He has some preparations which will restore
4o the bald head a beautiful suit of hair torn
gray hair to its healthy and natural color, and :
restore the bloom of youth to the faded visage
He vroold call special attention t. hi? urge
*tiH-k of I ‘li a loti's N; l.Tt Blooming €egeus_ and
Laird's liieOm of Youth. Ghn mi a Call
. P. g. UtiWLR .
Juii,e 20 > :f
APOTHECARY
W. P. CLOWER & GO.,
lnuditiisrs ‘
l! tyeren vuted and -retitled the Store next
to Yofcngtci Hotel, for the pttri'ose of -vs-”
tablishing a
First Glass Drug Store.
.Tlie*new (Inn ask for a share of patron
age, and invite the alter*ton oWtlie citi
zens to their well selected stoek of
.Medicines,
Fancy and Toilet Articles.
Soaps and Perfumery.
Fine Green and Klack Teas.
Kcrosiue Lamps and Oil,
pit: stiffs.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared * 4-ts
Jn 24
DRUGS
HlipllTO.
fTNhe undersigned li ll '-.! 11 ® purchase-- toe
f elegant Drugstore ot Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o' - .
ThomasvUle, and the country generally,
that they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs, and Medicines. Paints.
Oil*. Perfumery, Stationery, et,, etc. Call
and examine foe yourselves
By strict attention to business, coartes
cus and honorable dealing with onr cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
wins & CASSELS.
James N. Wins.
Samuel J. Cassels.
f'ITHE greatest Purifier and Disinfectant
f known— PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID. For sail by
W. P. CLOWER,
hug 23 Druggists.
Commission Merchant &
e HUx ii ■I
Smallwood, Hodgkiss & Co s, 1
COTTON
Factors
COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Y. IO (leaver M., .Yew York.
>
. J. I*. Smallwoon, formerly ood,Earle
•4k C.i and J. L Sm . > d,\ < ‘<*.
Th - 11. lliifMtKi.'-vGeorgia, } Late Hodgkiss,
<3 WSt itt, FI la, > Scott'S C
D. 11. Poole, Georgia! ) New York.
■ ■ We are prepared through Resident Agf.vts
.to tilvaiwr mi si ml Well (nttoii in all the
. Sonlhri n I'ortH. or forward from Tho.p
I’orix to n Vork or l.itrrpool Direct,
its onr friends may prefer.
Our cunnoctiens in l.ivi-rpool are such as
will give our customers all the advantages of i
that umi-kut.
• July 4 274 y ..
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Duncan & Johnston,
COTTON FACTORS
t AND
COMMISSION
t rnp fTjr t YTt ii o
AJLXillll JCXiXiX X t>
• irtwtll, till GEOBOIA.
REFERS TO ;
r
■ A''d. A. T. iklMire. TimmasvilW, <4*.
Col. E. Remington, “
DotlaU McLeanyEiqw **
July 25 6m
J. ILS.DA VIS & ( 1 0 ,
AUCTION
COMMISSION
AND ‘ j
nicrOitoii-s,
THOM ASVILLE, GA.
J. 11. S. Davis.• fl. A. JcrrEns.
July 11 e 2S ts }
fISON & GORDON,
I COTTON FACTORS,
m\m m futiiuk
Mcrcliants,
nVutiZ. i SAVANNAH, CUV.
WM. 11. TISON. - WM. W. GORDON.
Jluy Hi - . 6m
• J. t VILLALONGA.
COTTON FACTOR
Minus m caHMisan
Mercliant
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1-ts SA VAXXAIf G.i.
BRItiHAM, HGLST & CO,,
CIIISSI m niVAUIIfiI
AT! lli r.TT \ APS'S
II Brigham, ) SAVANNAH,
O M -HoYst. ■> .
iO. -h.olmstsab y Georgia.
ang 8 .... 6m
W HoAM Ruiut*. ‘ ‘ .1 I. O.•
■ L:ue us N.i.-!i ville. Late of A.-heville., .
Twin. No. <Ja.
R. li. &. It. M. Beaudex, j
Lute of Macon, Ua. r
Harris. Gaines & Cos.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
. • • And Dealers in
Liquor*, Tobacco and Scgarg*
i ki’ocer'sDrugn and Spice*,
AND
omisrinxi.^vxa
’ (:oh}ii)isskC)
20 BEAVER STREET,
T. F Choice, ) AeW York.
Late of MilU Jyeville. Ga. S |
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’ REFERENCES:
E. lb mingion A Son, Thomusvillv. Oa.
Hardaway A McKimion, “
McQueen Jk Mitchell, “
July 11 23-3m* j
C. 8 Rockwell,
Civil Enginocr ami Surveyor.
I.nml- Snrrevril anil I'lnta (lravvu
in the best style of the- Art.
Orders left with A. P. Wright. Thomasvrtte,
. Ga . will meet with prompt attention.
June 20 20-ts
MASSEY’S
COTTON PRESS.
undersigned are now prepared to re
ceive orders for the puttingupof Mitssev’t 1
well known Ml PERIOR COTTOV
PBEBBKS. Having made arrangements
sos, the manufacturing of’ Serews at Macon,
| Georgia, they will now commence operations
as soon as half a dozen orders are received.
Orders left with L.C. Bryan at Thomasville,
will receive prompt attention. ,
DANIEL MASSEY
J S MASSEY,
attg 15-ts P. B. MASSEY.
1033 Acres
OF GOOD LA.\t>
I
sak in Brooks Coantv Ga-, for onlv
’ r* ,660. Some of these lands are under a
‘’ hiirb state of cultivation —with good Dwelling
’ Honse, out- bonses and every othei conve
i nicnce. Fre.ednien also on the place. The
! best bargain ever offered hi the country—now
is the lime to ; strike—terms half cash, balence
secured. Apply at this office,
July 11 ’ 28 ts :
Antwra lo a Vorlhi-rn Applicant Tor
Moulhcrii Cuatloin—Somilhiiiy about
Patent Cotton Gin*. Wave* of emi
gration : Free. Intelligent, Agricul
tural Copulation : Tax on Cotton.
Tlihil. SUcTens. Adam Simith. Vlilita
rj .Vccc*!itr, Arc.
Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 20,15G6.
To Horace L. Emery Sf Sons, Albany
Agri cultural Works, Albany, N.
V, U S
Gen lemen : I am in receipt of
your circular, and infer from it that
you want to sell ute one of your ‘•Pat
ent Universal Cotton Gins and Con
densers.” At the Commencement of
our civil war, so called frotli the dis
tingu'shed civility of your armies *> htle
invading our country, Lurmn:r. our
towns, destroying machinery an 1 im
plements of husbandry, collecting cot
ton, gold watches, jewelry, and silver
spoons, we ltad cotton gins’ enough to
<rive six million bales of cotton. It
seems to us our civil war is not ended,
except on our side; and so far as we
can see there are'no cotton States down,
here—no States at all in fact. We
are very much in the condition of pris
oners in t ; ie- Indian wars. The war
riors have done their part of the job,
and have turned us over as prisoners,
bound hand and foot, into the hands of
■the squaws forsuch delicate attentions
as are usual among civilized nations.
\\ e are at the stake, and a grand dance
is going on around us. W'e don’t know
yet whether we shall be adopted into,
the tribe or tomahawked. Such is the
tury ol the squaws that we. apprehend
the worst, .
We have neither seen nor felt a rip
ple of that “wave of emigration” of
which you speak. Our‘’free, intelli. 1
gent and agticultural population” has •
been very actively engaged in gather
ing the huekleberry and blackberry
crops, and i am happy to inform you
that the yit id ot these valuable crops
has been very satisfactory. They have j
been .verv successfully harvested. A
distinguished colorless man of our town
went out to a large corn and cotton
plantation on Monday and found these
comparatively unimportant crops so
overrun with grass and weeds that h
advised their abandonment, which ad
vice meeting the approbation ol all j
concerned was unanimously adopted.
The “free intelligent agricultural and |
laboring population” on that place are
now tree to join in savit g the remnant
of the more impottant crops above at- |
luded to. The same colorless gentle
men, “which it is.unncssary to suy is a
Union man.’’ informs us that on liu
way cut to this plaee he passed five
hundred acres of corn, the whole of
which will not yield two bushels,—-
The distance he traveled is about eight
miles. It is generally supposed if he
had traveled further he would have
seen more • ■
What excites great astonishment is
that failures of this sort should occur,
not only in spite- of our “free, inte'li
gent agrieultur; 1 and laboring popula
tion, ’ but in the very face of the most
positive assurance of the Rureau agent
from Maine, that “free intelligent agri
cultural labor” would succeed, for lhe
obvious ‘ reason . that everything the
•United States undertakes “with.'its.
army and navy'’ is obliged to succeed! •
T'ue, he probal 1} never saw a South
erner, a nigger, or a cotton stalk until
he came here with his Bureau agency
to take charge of this country ; but
then he was supported by a post of
the army, and learned the theory of
cotton planting and culture, as well as
of free nigger labor in New England,
where they know everything. ’ And,
ean you believe it ? such failures and
abandonments have actually occurred
hot only under his uose, but even on
plantations under, the scientific man
agement of modest; benevolent .and
enterprising Yankees who came out
here solely to demonstrate in the- face
of us tSoutbern barbariatrs the superb
ority of free nigger to slave nigger la
bor, and with no expectation or dcs-ire
to find their benevolence rewarded
incidentally by making a little mon
ey.
Thus you see that their efforts have
not created much demand as yet sot
your ‘-Patent Universal Cotton Gins
and Condensers.’*
The tax of t hree cents per pound on
cotton, it is tiue, is an admirable stim
ulus not only to tho increased produc
tion of the article, but to the efforts of
our “free, intelligent” niggers, espe
cially in this the first year of their
freedom. It cannot fail to encourage
their efforts at improving their condi
tion, and. will enable them very soon
to become land owners, and perhaps to
becoui-j purchasers of your “Patent
Universal Cotton Gins and. Conden
sers.” It is an irrefragible proof of Yan
kee justice, disinterestedness, benevo
lence and sincerity. It will sorely
encourage ignorant and barbarious
Southern wh tes to plant largely next
year, and to compete vigorously for
free nigger labor. It will thus secure
employment and ample wages to all
the niggerrs, for it is an axiom that
the less- we make the more we want.
It will swell the “wave of emigration, p
and tend to encourage the investment
of capital. It was manifestly intended
to obliterate the traces of war, blot
out its bitter memories, and revive a
ieeling of reconciliation, amity and
Union. Lastly, it promises to create
a liberal demand for your “Patent
Universal Cotton Gins and Conden
sers.”
Tliomasville, Georgia, Thursday, October 4, 1566.-
borne of the: “Ignorant and’ barba
rous” uneolored population down .here,
• very stupidly plowed up some of their
cotton fields, when pious old Tbad
• Stevens benevolently proposed to tax
’ cotton five cents per poond, and to'l'd
1 the obvious truth-, that it ea.n be pro
dueed at two cents per pound by free
labor. This tax is a proof of his con
fidence in free labor, and his sincere’
! regard for it.. But you will be - eur
p i.-ed to learn that some of our “free,
intelligent, agricultural and laboring”
niggers actually turned the caws into
their cotton patches upon the game,
occasion. ‘ Really, gentlemen, 1’ ant
afraid it will he ft long while- before
we’ shall begin to waa.t, or’ rather b.e
! able to buy your wonderful “Patent
Universal Cotton Gins and-Conden--
sers. 1 have two gins—-'one of fifty
aiid another of sixty saws, and. shall
| make one bale of cotton if nothing
happens ‘( .
Adam Smith, Say, and other vision
aty and superficial theorists,-have laid
it down as a principle of tl e pretend
j od science of political economy, that
proiucts create a demand lor products.
■ That is, that th t production of cotton
here,• creates a demand,, and opens a
market for the products of the other
sections of the empire. Hence the
more cotton we make down here, the.
greater the number we shall want,
and he able to pay for too, of your ad
mitable “Patent Universal Cotton Gins
and Condensers.” On the other hand, -
the less we make, the less we shall be
able to buy, not ordy from, you, but
from the lo\al-people in every other’
.part of.the empire. * PerV.aps, too, the
moderate tax of fifteen .dollars par bale
■imposed, upou us by-pious- old Thud,
ami the faithful pack ol llad eal hounds
which yelp and follow after his heels
whenever and wherever he tacks his
horn, if left in the hands of those who
toiled to make it, might increase, their
ability to purchase your “Patent Uni
versal Cotton Gins and Condensers”’
• Candor requires us to admit that in
some departui nts free nigger labor
has demonstrated its superiority to
slave labor. Not only has this sup ri
oritv manifested itself very decisively
in the harvesting of the berry crops
and all other spontaneous productions,
but the fishing and hunting business
is pursued with the greatest vigor and
success. Our branches, ereeks, rivers,
ponds and lakes are- constantly throng
ed with our “free, intelligent and la
boring’’- population J and the frequent
reports of guns of every variety, at all
hours of the day and night, the Sab
bath not excepted, give'emphatie evi
dence of the earnest activity with
which the'hunting business i* pursued
by our “free, intelligent and laboring
population/’ A many ludicrous
mistakes have occurred. Thus hogs,
especially fat ones,' are sure to be mis
taken for bears, and many fat cattle
have been shot for deer by some of
our •‘■‘free, intelligent and laboring pop
ulation/’ A fat’ heifer of mine wag
.shot in the subu’rbs of our little’ town
‘last summer by one'of fhesft mult’it idi
ous mistakes; and, horrible to tell, an
ignorant “and ‘barbarous -inhabitant,
mistaking the enterprising hunter for -a
thief taken in Hagiante dcli'do, was sq
inhuman us.'.to- fire into him with u gqu
loaded with squirril - shot. Several
shot took'effect, happily, however, the
hunter recovered- The heifer died.’
This circumstance very naturally ex
cited the honesEindignatioh of the U.
S. colored, infantry against the igno
rant and barbarous colorless inhabi
tant, and I’ believe some threats were
made of burning the barbarian out — ;
However, they magnanimously declin
ed'to execute-them. Thus you see
that one efl’< ct of out ciril tear has
been- a great diversion of labor, .And
this diversion,- I am sorry to say, is
not very favorable to the sole ‘of your
“Patent Universal. Cotton .Gins'and
’ Condens-ers.” There -ma', be a trifling
■fall off of some three or four millions
,of bides in our exports of cotton
•This may effect our commercial marine’
a little unfavorably. Our exports be
ing diminished, there may possibly be’
a correspoding diminution ct imports'.
Hence probably a alight decline in the
number of cargoes inward a3 well as
outward.
If an overwhelming “military neces
sity” had not required the colored
population down here to assist the >
twenty- four millt-ons ol the loyal South
and the rest of mankind to subdue
sh-e millions of ignorant and barbar
oug colorless Southern rebels, perhaps
you might have found a greater de
mand for your “Patent Universal Cot
ton Gins and Condensers.” Perhaps
you might have done pretty well if
this military necessity had not increase
ed in force as the rebels grew weaker,
and came into full play emit/ when they
had all laid down their arms and given
up the contest for the right of self
government. This military necessity,
operating with increased force after
all military opposition Was at art end,
required the immediate and universal
abolition of African slavery. Hence
the revolution of Southern agriculture
—a revolution which y<su will feel in
the limited demand fo'r'“Patent Uni
versal Cos ton Gins -nd Condensers
and thousands of others, : in every de
partment of business and in every part
of the empire, will feel in like manner.
And be assured, the more you abuse,
persecute, tax and inpoverish us, the
more universally and keeuly are you
destined to feel the righteous recoil.
There i sa divine instinct in the soul
i of man which compells -him to feel
undying hatred of all injustice a’tid
oppression. You’ may disarm, manacle
and shackle his body ; you may hedge
him. around on all sides with ad the
infernal aparatus of despotism, but you
cannot eradicate this instinct.’ Nay,
the verry t forts you make, to that end
do but arouse it. into, more vigorous
action. -You’ cannot reach the invin
■ eible soul. • Allegiance to oppression
is a moral impossibility • A1 good
men feel this. Extorted oaths are the
idle expedients of coWirdsand tyrants.’
A’ just and ma-gnaniaious government
alone can win its way to a true uliegi
. nac© in the hearts of a people, and on;
throne itself securely and permanently
in their affections.
Your obedient.servant, ‘B, F.
• • [From the New York ‘World.} .
Impcnrhment **f President Johnann
and A New Civil War.
The’ bitter violence with which the-
Radicals all over.the country are as
sailing’ President Johnson as a “trait .
or,” and classing him with J-efferson
Mavis, is intended to fire the papular
heart, and prepare the way for a forci
ble ejection ot the President from his
office. If the Radicals carry the Cdn
gressibria! elections this fall, arr im
.'peuchmcnt will follow as. Boon as thyy
j can settle among.themselve's the ground
of proceeding. A New York d-elegate
to the so-called Loyalist Convention at
Philadelphia, Mr. Thomas J Bizer, of
Buffalo-'who shares'the feelings and .
the secrets, but- not the cunning, of
•his party, offeredj on .Tuesday the fed*-
lowing resolution . ‘ ■
“Resolved, That ift view of the’prob
able impeachment of a high officer of
the United States government, it would
be exceedingly ‘ improper, unconstitu
tional, and dangerous, to have twenty
members of the Senate designated in
effect, by the President of the United-
States.” ’
It is here deelarcd that the Southern
Senators must not be admitted,, be-,
cause their admission would obstruct
the success of ‘-the probable impeach
ment” of Mr. Johnson. ‘ This resolu
tion was not passed, only because the.
Republican leaders are too crafty to- 1
alarm the country by so .formal an
avowal of the r intentions.- But all
their diatribes, and the whole spirit’
they manifest, show that they are pre
paring for and expecting anew civil
war. If they arfe beaten in the Con
gressional elections, thoir courage will
bt broken, and they will not dare .to
proceed- To be *ure they would still
have strength enough to impeach the
President, as the present Congress
does not go out until the 4th of mxt
March, But the impeachment by the
House, and the trial by the Senate,
would consume nearly the whole of the
three months session, and the sentence
of deposition would hardly, be declared
before.-the body passing it would be
defunct. The President would not
submit. •
lie would immediately call an ext.ra
session of the new Congress, which
would treat the in peach men t .as null;
and continue to recognise ‘ Mr. • John
son as President. An impeachment
would, therefore, bo fut le .unless the
Radicals eleet the next Cong css, •
One of the Radical schemes for get;
ting-rid of the President;’ is to sass a
law forbidding the participation of the
South iti Federal elections, and-de-.
pose the President, for refusing to
execute it : . • . . -. •
*,* . *
■ ■llpOPt-MUt fro*i Eopopp. .
.'. (BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.)
New'York, -Sept. 17. —The Tri
bune -ha-s special cable despatches, as
follows % -
Vienna, Sept. 13.—We are tn the
‘verge.of another war, which threatens
to'-equal in extent that just ended
.Austria ‘ shows bad faith With Italy
and makes uiircasonalle demands,-to
which Italy will'not submit. • Austria
has overcharged the debt-ot Vqnetia
and withholds Venetian propertywhich
she was to have transferred.
Berlin, tfept.’ li.c- Prussia em
phatically. notifies Austria that she
will not suffer Italy, her ally to te
insulted and detrauded, and if Aus
tria pers'sts in her present course, war
i must follow.
Prague,- Sept. 14.—The hrmeward
march of the Prussian troops has beeD
peiemptorily arrested, and the demur,
ilization of its army stopped.
Dresden, Sept 14.—Everything
looks like war; there is no reply to
the notification of Prussia. It is now
but a question of hours whether troops
be not again putin motion,
Grn’l I). Jl. Prfntis* Denounced a
Ij in r —A Card from Ei-§cu.Hor
Kicliardxoa of Illinbi*.
T> the Editor of the Quincy Herald :
’ I see, from the Jacksonville, Sen
tin el, that Gen. D M. Prentiss, in a
speech made at Jacksonville, a few
Jays since, insinuated that President
Johnson was accessory to the assass
in ination of the late President
—He also, as reported, said he was
backed in this suspicion by “the opin
ion of Hon. William A. Richardson,’ 7
as expressed to himself.
If he made the statement in refer
ence to me I declare him to be a base
j and infamous liar.
W. A. Richardson,
Quincy, 111., Aug. 24, 1866.
. Tin- ft.opi-.r *mi tat Lou Question.
Speaking of the Constitutional
•Amendment, so .called, the-Chicago
Einies has ‘the following.-- ’ ‘
The-total population of the-United j
• States in 1 SCO was something ever I
31,000",000, ot which the Northern
. States have 10,000,000,. (including
200,000 “disfranchised”, negroes,)
and the S> uthern or late slave t?tato*
had The latter included
ijOOOjIKIO slaves, two-third of which
number were counted in the basis-of
representation Under the, apportioiTr
ment made upon this basis, the twen
ty-one. Northern States have 156 seats
and the fifteen Southern States have
S5 seats, (the total number of seats
being limttd” by law to 241.) .
Now by an examination of the ccn r
sus tables it will'be seen that front;
185’0 to 1860 the white populatiorfi in
the Northern States increased at an
average rate of. somewhat over 63 per
cent, while the white popnffituon in the
Southern. States increased at an aver
age rate of only a trifle above 42 per
cent. The si ive population increased
• at the rate of 23,42 per cent, while
. t-lic free negro population increased at
the rate of only 12,29 per cent At
the same relative rates of increase, the
tables of population iff 1870 will stand
as frllow : Twenty.one’ Northern
States, whites . . . -. . 30,644,000
“ ‘‘ • “ “ tfegroes. .. 224,000
Total, North. ‘. 30,868,000’
Fifteen -Southern States, . •
whites. ................ 11,3 !O,ODO.
. “. “ negroes . .4,480,000
Total. South. .15,840,000
The basis of representation then, as
the . Con dilution now stands, will be
the total population of both sections,
t'o-wit : 40,708,000, divided’ by 241
(the ntimber of seats,) giving 193,707
for every constituency. It will thus be
seen’ that under the next apportion
ment, as the Constitution now stands,
the twenty one Northern States will be
represented in Congress by 161 mem
bers, and the fifteen .Southern States
Ly only 80 members. • Instead ff the
.Northern States losing twenty-three
members, they will gaih five, and.in
stead of the Southern States gaining’
twenty-thrge, they will.lose five—and
this without any Radical tinkering of
the Constitution to bring about such a
result. . /.**";
We have not taken into- considera
tion the.new States that will be admit
ted before 1870, and which will tend
to make still gteater the proportion of
representatives from the Northern
States. Nor hare we refered to the
many causes that have been at wovk
to change tlie ratio, and relation of in
crease, • especially in ; the Southern
States, since the census of 1860. ‘ We
have ealeu’ated the rate of increase,
irt the Soul hern negro population at,
the general average of the increase of
negroes in astale of freedom showß by
the census statistics, whereas the fact
is well known to be that, instead of
inorea ibg, the number of negroes in .}
tbe Southern States has greatly de
creased since 1860. Good judges es
timate ‘that the negro .population of
the South is a million and.a half less
. tlian it was in 1860. This fact Would
still further diminish the proportion of
representatives belonging to triat sec
tion, unless it should ‘be made- up (as
we think it may be) by an augmented
general average of the white increase .
These are the conclusions which
faefs of the past and the certainties of
the present -go to- establish. They
illustrate the falsehood and. absurdity
of the only argument the Radicals have
ever .attempted. to make in support of
the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution.’ They show that the assump
tion upon which the proposed amend
ment is ostensibly based, to wit i an
increase of the'political influence of
tho Southern States at the expense of
the Northern, is a sham and a deceit,
intended to humbug the people for the
benefit of.political, cheats and demago-.
gues. . ■ ‘ • . .
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Stamps on Dec tl*. I
The following special conimunica- •
tion concerns a matter in which thou- 1
sands of parties in this and adjoining
States are interested who are ‘holders
of or otherwise parties to deeds, the
records of which have been destroyed
during the war. It will be observed
that deeds executed belore October
last, 1862, require no stamps. This
has been frequently published, but
want of information respecting it is still
the cause of trouble and expense :
Treasury Departmet,
Office of Internal Revenue, >
Washington Sept, 8, 1866, )
Sir: In reply to your letter of the
4th instant, that the first Internal
Revenue Act took effect, so far as re*
lated to stamp duties, October Ist
1*62. Instruments executed and de
livered prior to that date, though they
may be recorded afterwards* are not
chargeable with, stamp duties.
Any instruments issued after the
above date, with the proper stamps, I
may be presented to the Collector by
the parties, or any persons interested,
in order to have the requisite stamps
affixed and cancelled. Such an instru
ment issued at a time when, and in a
place where no Collection District was
established, may be stamped by the
party who issued it, or by any party
YOL. YI.--Fo. 40.
i having an interest therein,.at anytime
prior to January Ist, 1867. Wheu
originals are lost, the necessary stamps .
‘nay be affixed’ to copies duly proven,
Yery respectfully-, . - ..
E, A.. Hollins, Com mission etv
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THE PITTBBITIG fOSTUNTIttN
RESPONSE OF GEN. GRANT.
General. Grant was - formally, and
even pressingly iiiTited to attend the
Radical Convention of soldiers and
sailors which-will -assemble in a few
days at Pittsburg, Penn. The follow*
‘ug.lqtter in rqply to the ‘ invt’at.ion
settles the question as to Gen. Grants
1 position, practically, without indicating
the complexion of his political sentiv
j menfs: . • - . •
I Headquarters Armies IT. S., 1
Washington, Sept. 18, 1866. }
L. Edwin Dudley, Esq.-, Chairman
Executive Committee Soldiers and
■ Sailors Union: ‘• ’ • ••
Sir—General Grant direct's me to',
acknowledge the. recQipt of your invita
tion to be present at a “National Con*
vCntion of Soldiers end Sailors’ to bo
held at Pittsburg, Pa., September 25,
1866,” for. poljtieal purposes'. He
instructs me to say it is contrary to his
habit and to his convictions of duty to
attend political meetings of any charac
ter whatever, and that he feels with
. regret the action of any officer of tho
army taking a conspicuous part in the
political dissensions of the day
• 1 am, sir, very respectfully, you*
obedient servant, Adam Badf.au,
• ‘ Cololiel'and Aid-de-Camp. .
Rather hard on the. tv hi*
itivited'the General.- . . .
jAcKsOrf and- Johnson. The
Philadelphia Age, under’ the head of
“Strange Coincidence,” furnishes the
following laets in the lives of the two
Tennessee Presidents} •
“Andrew Jackson was born in North
Carolina, emigrated to Tennessee, and
was elected President of the United
States. During his Administration
the opposition were wonderfully exer
cised because he dared to remove men
from office who opposed the govern
ment.. Andrew Johnson was born in
North'Carolina, emigrnted to Tennes
see, and is now President of the Uni.,
tel States. The opposition are just now
wonderfully exercised about his remov
ing men from office who are now oppos
ed to “the government,” Philadelphia
was the only city in the Union whose
municipal authorities refused toextend
hospitalities to General .Jackson on his
visit to the West, and Philadelphia is
the only city whose municipal authori
ties refused to extend hospitalities to.
Andrew Johnson on his visit to th®
W est. • .
But the people of Philadelphia turn
ed out en masse to welcome Audroty
Jackson, and by a decided vote at the
polls sternly rebuked the municipal
authorities for their contemptible
meanness. The people of Philadelphia
also turned out eh mersse to welcome
Andrew Johnson, and will administer
a similar rebuke to the present me*;
nicipal authorities- at the ballot box..
Strange coincidences sometimes hap
pen ia this wicked world of our#.’: 1
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To k Hired Out.— On the.
6th of August.last, one . Dr. KLiHU ,
Poland was convicted on his confess
ion, in the Criminal Court of .Gadsden
County in this State, of the crime of ‘
bigamy, and was fined ono thousand
dollars and costs, the whole amounting
to $1,126, and committed to jail in de
fault of payment. The prisoner being
destitute of all pecuniary means, the ;
Board of County Commissioners have
directed the Sheriff to put him on tho
block and hire h;m out “to any person
or persons who will take him for tho
shortest period of time and pay said
fine and costs..’ 7 The hiring was to.
have taken place last Saturday.— *TaU.
lakassre Florid iart.
Armixg the Negroes qf the
South >—The Chronicle, tjie organ of
the Radicals in Washington is urgent
upon the passage of laws by Congress
to organize the negroes, of the South-,
pm States on a.military footing.’ It
says that “It cannot.be expected that
the State governments (South) will
organize on any basis the Ipyal black
militia. Congress must therefore takp,
the matter in hand. The black militia
can be organized into separate compa
nies and regiments .” That Radical,
leaders should eventually urge this
measure might be expected, but it is
somewhat surprising that it should be
insisted, qn at this time, so soon after
shrinking from the negro suffrjge ques
tion at their mongrel Philadelphia Con
vention. But though violent leaders
may urge this thing, it is hardly fair
to suppose that the mass of the people
of all parties are not two wise and hu
mane to accept such counsel. —Exi
change .
Arming the Negroes. —The
Washington Union says there is no
doubt hut Congress, at its short sess
ion, will endeavor to arm the blacks of
j the South, to protect the Southern
missionaries who will go South for the
purpbse of endeavoring to change pub-;
lie sentiment. This is the protection
asked by Jack Ilamiltou and others.
It is stated that President Johnson
recently said Mr. Davis must be tried
by both civil and military tribunals. “