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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. • ■ t < * . • • •• .* . 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 .. . i . . * ‘ T | 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 | —-—- ’ 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. . ■ ‘ • . . —’ i 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 - “ g* — 1 * ** •* • “ 1 * 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 • a.--.’ +#- * * 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. “