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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. 1
Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. /
Law and Medical Cards,
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTORXEVS AT LAW,
GAi
I' "3* OFFICE fr*> tioor in second story of
Stark's Confectionary.
L/C BRYAN/ K. H. HARRIS.
Mar 14 11 -ts
MITCHELL'& MITCHELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE, : : : GEORGIA.
pp*< over McLean’s etore —opposite
Mclntyre &. Young’s.
W. D. Mitchell. R. G. Mitchell.
June 6 ty
8. B. Spescer. C. P- Hcksill.
Spencer & Hansell,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
THOMASVILLE. GA.
Will ffive prompt attention to all legal bnsi
hess entrusted to their care in the counties of
the Southern Circuit —Decatur of the South-
Western —and Clinch, Ware and Appling, ot
the Brunswick Circuit.
over Messrs. Woltf & Brother’s
Store. ju'y I ly
W.M. HAYES. J. A. SEWARD.
HAYES & SEWARD.
ATTORNEYS At 1 LAAY,
THOMASVILLE, i t GEORGIA,
aug 8 Cut
C. C. RICHARDSON,
ATTORNEY
AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
THOJIABVH.I.E, GA.
itline 6 23 ts
J. Hi H01d... I. .V. OeAVitl, 11. 1,
l)i s. REID WeYVITT,
OFFER their services to the citizens of
Thomasville nnd vicinity.
| 'ff'OFFICE at Dr. DeU’itt’s Drug Store
Eeh/21 _____ S-ts
Ur. T. S. IIOI'KIXS,
OFF I O B
IN MATH-: LOT with RESIDENCE.
L. O. ARAOLU,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
WILL be found at the old
...ud occupied bv him for
the last ten years
Aug 23-12ni
Dr. W. PT CLOWER
HAVING permanently located in TJiomas
ville, offers his Erofesslonsil Servi
ce* to the public.
l'*r r 'OFFICE at the Drug Store of W. I’.
. C lower A Cos.
Cij'Mv liSl 1) E MCE—the house formerlv oc
cupied by Dr. Brandon. mar 14 ly
~~ FRESH
IDRUGr^’
Dlt P. S. BOWER lias just returned from
New York and Philadelphia, with a large
stock of
fIESS 11 RELIABLE DIGS.
Purchased with a great deal of tare from the
best manufacturers in the country—embracing
everv article in the Medieai Department—
which he propose to sell on as good terms ms
can be had in.this market.
He tvo*ld call particular attention to his
large supply of
FANCY ARTICLES,
Such as. Soaps, Cologoe, Perfumes, Pomades,
Cosmetics, llair and Tooth Brushes, Combs,.
Ac., all of wliki lie can sell at reasonable
’ priors, eonsiileting the quality of the articles.
He has some preparations which will rest/ore
to the bald head a beautiful suit of Ikiir, turn
Kray hair to its healthy ajnl natural color, and
restore the bloom of youth to the laded visage.
He would call special altentioK to his large
stock of Phalon’s Xigltt Blooming Cerens, and
Laird s Blgoki of Yoalti. Girtmt a Call.
P. S. BOWER.
June 20 25-ts
APOTHECARY
HALL.
W. P. GLOWER & CO.,
DRUG IrlS rs.
Dave renovated and refitted the Store next
to Young's Hotel, for the purpose of es
tablishing a
First Class Drug Store.
c’ne new arm ask sliYjS. °f patron
age. and invite the of’ Vhe
sens to their well selected stock of
Medicines,
Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Soaps and Perfumery.
Fine Green and Rlack Teas,
Kci’O'iine Lamps and Oil,
DI E STI FFS.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared 4_tf
Jan 24
PRUGS
The undersigned having purchased the
elegant Drug Store ol Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people of
Thomasville, and the country generally,
ihat they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medieines, Paints,
Oils, Perfumery. Stationery, et., etc. Call
snd examine for yourselves.
By strict attention to business, courtes
o#s and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN & CASSELS.
James N. Wink,
Saulbi- J. Cassels.
jan 17tf
THE greatest Purifier and Disinfectant
known—DARBY’S PROPHYLACTIC
ffLUID. For sale by
W. T. CLOWER,
a ug 2J Druggists.
Commission Merchants.
Smallwood, Hodgkiss & Cos,
COTTOZST
F actors
AND • #
GENERAL
COMMISSION
WIERCHAHYS,
A’o. io Beaver-St., IVew York.
J. L. Smai-lwood, formerly Smallwood,Earle
& Co-, and J. L. Smallwood & Cos.
Titos. If. Hodgkiss, Georgia, 4 Late Hodgkiss,
G. W Scott, Florida, / Scott fc Cos.,
D. H. Poolk, Georgia. ) . New York.
We are prepared through Resident Agests
to Advance on nnd Nell Cotton in all the
Mott them Ports, or forward from These
Port* to New York or Liverpool Direct,
as our friends may prefer.
Our connoctions in Liverpool aresnehas
will give our customers all the advantages of
that market.
July 4 27-Iy
A. M. SLOAN. C. H. STCII US. C; W. STEGALL.
Sloan, Stubbs & Stegall,
Cotton Factors
FORWARDING
AND
©ohjtyissloi}’
No. 4, Mtoddnrd’H l.ewer ICangc,
Hay Street Savaimali, CSa.
Sept 6 lint
AUSTIN & ELLIS,
commissioi m iram
Mcrcliants,
No. fit) It A V STItE ET ,
SAVANNAH,
Thomas IT. Austin, tWorgia.
Charles Ellis.
Oct 4 3m
E. Weit/.feider & Cos.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
Cotton Factors.
50 Leonard St., XLW YORIi.
[yMessrs. 1. Kubitshek & Brother, Thom’
asville, Ga., are acting as our agents, and are
prepared to make liberal advances ch all con
signments made to us through them, or directed
to us. oct 4-ts
J.R.S. DAVIS &C<X,
A.TICTIOJST
COMMISSION
AND
R)ci v eino)Ls,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
J. R S. Davis, G. A. Jeffers.
July 11 28-ts
11. K. Washburn, J, Washburn.
I. Washburn,
J. WASHBURN & CO-,
COTTON FACTORS
COMMISSION AID MVJMDH6
MERCHANTS,
Savaimali, ■ - * Georstla.
Jttlv *25 ■ ■ 3in
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS,
COMMISSION 11 If*
Mcrcliants,
nVuiU. I SAVANNAH, GA.
WM.H.TISOX. WM. W. GORDON.
May 16 6m
J. L. VILLALONGrA,
COTTON FACTOR
mnnrn aid commission
Mcrcliant
No: Street, m
jao 1-ts 8A VANN Alf
BRIGHAM, HOLST & CO.,
Cllffll 11 fOSWARDINB
MERCHANTS,
0 M.'hol’t! 1 SAVANNAH.
C. 11. Olj.stead4 Georgia.
aug 8 . Cm
W. Hooper Harris, J. L. Gaines,
Late of Nashville, Late of Asheville,
Tenu. No. Ca.
B. R. & R. M. Bearden,
Late of Macon, Ga..
Harris. Gaines & Cos.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
And Dealers in
Liquors. Tobacco and Segjirs,
Grocer’s Drugs and Spices,
AND .
QENERAL
£im|li)is.sioi) ?j)ci'cl^i)is,
20 BEAVE3 STREET,
L. F. Cwbict. ? Xetv York.
Late of Milledgeville, Ga. )
REFERENCES:
E. Remington & Son. Thomasville, Ga.
Hardaway & McKinnon, “ “
McQueen A Mitchell, “ “
July 11 28 3m’ |
Quick Sales and
Small Profits!
JSchiff & Bro.
ARE RECEIVING THEIR
Fall and Winter. Stock of.
DRY GOODS,
AND
©©lira®,
Hoots, Shoes, Trunks, Flour,
. Coffee, Rice, Tobacco,
Lcatlicr, &c., &c.
Sept 13 ’ 16 ts
Save Your Money
ALL those indebted to J. Scliiff & Brother,
from, before and during the war, who
will pay up before the first of November next,
will be relieved of four years interest, other
wise they will be sued anil collected according
to law:
If yon want to buy G O O 1> CHEAP
CAI.HOEK, FRENCH UIEKINOS,
Del.A INFS, and a great variety of other
handsome DICESS GOO DS, call on
J, SCIIIFF A ISKQ’S.
A FINE LOT OE
CASSIMERE, Satinets and Kent Jeans,
you can find at very low prices, at the
store of
J. SCIIIFF A IS ISO’S,
If you want
JMJMMIW BUMS
For Ladies or Children,
Call at
4. SCIIIFF A IS ISO’S.
A good assortment of
BALMORALS,
(Ladies and Children,)
SHAWLS, FINE IS FAN U IIIS OF
AM. SIZES, ISKAISI.EY’S El,-
1,11'Tlt: AND OTHER
HOOF SKIRTS
are kept by
J. SCIIIFF A RISO’S,
If you want to purchase
CLOTHING,
For Men and Boys, call at J. SCIIIFF &
BROTHER'S, who have one of the largest
and best stocks in the market. If you wish to
SAVE MONEY come and look.
J. SCHIFF & BRO.
Keep a good article of
Boots, Shoes and Leather,
And will sell them at the very lowest prices.
A good assortment of
Gold and Silver Watches, Jewel
ry, Notions, Cotton Scales,
And most everything else kept usually at a
Drv Goods and Clothing Store.
Come and see for yourself, and you will
admit that
J SCIIIFF & BKO.
Will sell you Goods Cheaper, or at least as
Cheap, as any other House South of Mason.
&. Dixon's line. oct 4
Duncan & Johnston,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION
i’ ia .
SAVANNAH, : : : :
REFERS TO
Col. A. T. Mclntire, Thomasville, Ga..
i Col. E. Remington. “ ’ ‘
Donald McLean, Esq., “ “
i July ‘ fim
103 S Acres
OF GOOD LAND
FOR sale in Brooks Conntv Ga., for only
$9,600. Some of these lands are under a
high state of cultivation—v\ ith good Dwelling
House, out houses and every other ■ conve
nience. Freedmen also on the. place. The
best bargain ever offered in the country—now
is the time to strike—terms half cash, baleuee
secured. Apply at this office. ‘ * . *
. July D • 28-ts
MASSEY’S
COTTOX •, PRESS.
THE undersigned are now prepared to re
ceive orders for the putting up of Massey’s
well known SFPEKIOR COTTON
I’RESSES. Having made arrangements
for the manufacturing of Screws 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,
ang 15 ts P. B MASSEY.
BRYANT’S Cholera Mixture—
A specific for incipient Cholera for
sale by W P. CLOWER & CO.
Thomasville, Georgia, Thursday, October “25, 1866.
liupenrhnirht anil Removal of the
l*resiient—Some l*lain. Talk ’ from
• General* Steeilman.
Gen. Steedman made a speech at
Toledo, Ohio, .on Monda-y night last,
from which we make the subjoined
extracts. After showing that the Presi
dent was carrying ‘ out the policy of
Mr. Lincoln and of true restoration’of
peace and Union, he proceeded :
For doing that they propose to itu- *
peach Andrew Johnson, and remove
him from office, and put one of their
own men in his place. Well, now.l
don’t want to fight with anybody. I
have had fighting enough myself, and
I suppose you have. Still I have no
objection to a little fighting if the men
who did not fight in the la-st war,
choose to have a little shindy among
themselves. We will hold their hats ;
but if they suppose that the American
people will quietly look on while a fac
tion deposes the President of the
United States, and take possession of
the Government with an armed mob,
I say to them here that they are mis
taken. [Cheers.] And they had better
not attempt it. [Applause.] For while
we do not want any trouble, while we
prefer peace, not a painted peace, but
a real bona fide peace-while we do not
want to discuss war with anybody, if
Mr. Ashley supposes that by coming
here and throwing his head back hs he
did in ISGI, and talking about war, ho
is going to frighten any body, I say to
him he is very much mistaken. [Ap.
plause.] While wc do not want to
fight, we will never permit them to or
ganize armed mobs, start to Washing
ton, and take possession of the Gov
ernment, that they may telegraph all
oyer the country that a loyal and patri
otic Government has deposed Andrew
Johnson. They won’t be permitted to
do it [Cheers.] .
The President is the Tribune.of the
W’hole people, lie represents the
whole people, and he is doing his duty
faithfully and Constitutionally. lie is
laboring to restore peace and harmony
to the country, and to maintain the
Government, as we ourselves con-tened
we had left it when the war ended.—
We hold that the Government has
preserved it —that it needed no politi
cal doctrine to be applied to it —that
when the army was discharged the
Union was preserved, (applause,) and
all that was necessary was for loyal
men to put the machinery of govern
ment in motion. —These State govern
ments in the South, that were obstruc
ted by the presence of the military,
were there, ready for the people to
resume their work under them, and to
put the machinery in motion, just as
it was before the war, or else if that
were not so, then indeed the war was
a failure, then indeed the rebellion was
a success.
If the rebels succeeded in destroy
ing the government of the States, the
rebellion was a success, and the war
was a failure, and every man here
ought to have voted for the Chicago
platform. Now, Ido not believe it is
the intention of the people of this
country—the masses who are follow
ing the lead of these fiery men—to
engage in any such unholy work as
attempting to take possession of the
Government. I know that distin
guished Massachusetts General, Benja
min F. Butler, [laughter,] says he is
going to march from Massachusetts to
Washington with his militia. Well,
now, he didn’t hurt anybody during
the war, and I have no idea that be
will hurt anybody now. [Laughter ]
It he marches, and there is any figlit
! ing going on, I will warrant you he
will march in the rear of his column.
[Laughter.] I have searched that gen
tleman’s military record in vain to find
a place where he led a column. He
never did lead it any where. Perhaps
he thinks, as be didn’t make any rep
utation in the last war, it is necessary
for him to get up another one, in
order to redeem.himself. [Laughter.]
No doubt General Butler had a good’
many fierce people to deal with during
the war; no doubt he was provoked a
good deal during his administration at
New Orleans, and goaded to say a
great many things that do not look
well on paper. Ido not like to com
ment on anything done by a Union
General,, but I am bound to say
. ■-” , t, throughout the war, that Gen
t remarkable onlv for his sev u
eral wa. - -*yu**rs <n Wb ~
erity to women ai.d children. [Cries*
of 4< Spoons.”] He was very fierce to
defenseless people. That required no
courage.—People who were within
our lines, and whose protectors were
gone—he was very harsh to them. It
is true, their protectors bad no right, to
go, and they deserved, perhaps, all
they got, but no brave man would take
an advantage of that kind against
women and children; and GenMlut
ler is the only man that ever did it. I
understand he complimented me in his
speech to-day, He says he approves
some things that I said. He approves
of my proposition to give the negroes
the ballot, who had fought, as well as
I had. Well, I can’t return the com
pliment about the fighting, for eve
ry negro that I saw in the army fought
better than Butler did. [Cheers] I
was willing to aid negroes then, but I
have never seen the time in my life
when I preferred a negro to a white
man, for any thing —[Applause.] I
have never seen the time that I would
have voted to give the negro S3OO
bounty and the whitg man only SIOO. j
The Bugbear of Contlscntiou.
If the country id to believe all that
certain Radical leaders threaten as to
what they intend to do hereafter, there
would certainly be just- cause for the
greatest alarm and solicitude. In any
event, the future, looks gloomy enough
without our borrowing trouble —for we
will not conceal from our readers that
we have little hope of the Conserva.
tives of the North being able to secure
such gains in the Congressional eleci
tions as to cripple Radical power for
mischief. But there are certain meas
ures, now held in terrorem oyer the
oppressed and afflicted South, which
cannot be made practical until every
department of the government shall
become demoralized and corrupt. —
Among these measures is one that in
our opinion may justly be characterized
as a “ bugbear,’’ viz : General Con
fiscation. It is true, the creat leader
of the Radicals, Stevens, is the
strenuous advocate of a law with this
intent, and he may even be able,-at
the next session of Congress, to rallay
a greater number to its support than •
could be brought to favor it at the Last
Session; but we do not believe, and
we have as yet seen no reason for be
lieving, that he can carry a majority
of his party with him. The scheme is
s.o abhorrent in itself, and likely to en
counter so many difficulties in its cxei
cution, that if attempted to be put
through Congress, and the attempt in
all likelihood will be made, it must
necessarily fail. But suppose the
proposition should succeed, despite a
- veto which it would un
questionably provoke, it would still be
far from accomplishing the purpose of
its advocate. Before it could result
in injury, it would have to undergo
the scrutiny of the Courts, where
there need be no serious apprehensions
of its receiving’ favor. Such a law
would not bear the test of judicial in
vestigation. There is no provision in
the constitution for the confiscation of
the property of the oitizen by simple
legislative enactment. —There must
first be trial and conviction by the
judicial tribunals before any criminal
even the greatest, can be deprived of
either life or possessions. As well
might Congress direct that all rebels
shall be hung, drawn and quartered
without trial, as to attempt to confis
cate their property without trial. The
one proposition would be just as con*
stitutional and legal as the other, and
neither would receive the sanction of
the courts. Besides the constitutional
obstacle, which of itself would be fatal.
to the success of any such scheme,
there is the President’s proclamation
of amnesty and pardon, which, accord
ing to Stevens’ own admission in his
Beford speech, restored to the owners
nearly all the property made liable to
confiscation by former acts of Con
gress. There is no process by which
the benefits of the President’s act can
not be set aside except by impeach
ing the legality of the pardon itself,
and this would prove such an up-hill
business that even fanaticism would
shrink from the attempt. In the face
of the express authority conferred on
the President by Congress to do that
very thing, Stevens would find his
way for further impoverishing us ef
fectually blocked. Thus it is perceived
that whatever ground for alarm there
may be as to the general designs and
policy of the Radicals toward the peo
ple of the South, there is really no
cause for excitement arid dread on the
score of confiscation. It is an appre
hended evil which cannot befall us.- —
It is but a skeleton scare crow which
may frighten the timid without there
being anything positively dangerous
in it. Such at least is our deliberate
opinion. Meantime, let us of the. South
pursue the even tenor of Our way,
respecting the Government and the
laws, and the rights of all .classes,
without regard to condition or oolor.
Let us’ endeavor to build up the waste
places and recuperate our shattered
fortune. .In this way we shall put to
silence the slanders of our enemies,
maintain our own self-respect and se
cure the approbation and sympathy of
the just and good in all sections,—
Tallahasce Floridian ,
Religious Excitement in Athens
According to the Banner, a religious
excitement exists in Athens, Ga., so
mvt; nun a. *4 ‘x'JiPffi “J- ’ mt^perre
great as to suspend the usual attention*
to secular business. That paper, of
Wednesday, says:
“ Service is held morning and night
every day in the Methodist Church,
and the altar is thronged with mourn
ers. Monday and yesterday the stores
were closed and business generally
suspended during the morning service
at th.e request of the ministers. It is
the most extraordinary awakening it
lias ever been our privilege to witness-.
“On Sunday about sixty persons
joined the Methodist, fwentysix the
Presbyterian and three the Baptist
Church.” • .
Internal Revenue Decision. —The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue has
made the following decision : “In
the case of a tax being assessed for
grading streets, etc.,, by a municipal
corporation, under municipal or other
public laws, and payment thereof is
made compulsory, the tax payer is
entitled to deduct the amount so paid
in making a return of his income.” j
llow 1111 iii ia Formed.
The following short explanation will
sho-w the philosophy of what within
the past seven days has beep the most
common ‘ local’’ occurence.
1. Were the atomphere, everwhere,
at all times, at a uniform temperature,
we should never have rain, or hail, ot
snow. The water absorbed by its eva
poration from the sea and the earth’s ,
surface, would descend ,in aii imper
ceptible vapor, or cease to be absorbed
by the a.ir when once fully saturated.
2. The absorbing power, of the at*
mosphere, and consequently its capabih
ity to retain humidity, is proportionally -
greater in cold than in warm wealther.
3. The air near the surface of the
earth, is warmer than in the reigion of
the clouds; The higher we ascend
from the earth,, the colder do wc find
tire atmosphere. Hence the perpetual
snow on thd very high mountains in
the hottest climates.. Now, when from
continual evaporation the air is highly
saturated with vapor, though it be in
visible and the sky cloudless, if its
temperature is suddenly reduced by
cold currents of air rushing from a
higher to lower latitude, its capacity
to retain moisture is diminished, clouds
are formed, and the result is rain. Air
Condenses as it cools, and like a sponge
filled with water and compressed,
pours out the water which its diminish
ed capacity cannot contain.
Public I.ami* in the Mouth —llounlf
l.antl XVnrrautM.
The Secretary of the Interior has
•decided, in response to an inquiry form
the Register and Receiver of New
Orleans, that public lands in the South
can neither be entered by purchasers
for money or located with Land War
rants. He pays that the only way in
which lands can be acquired in those
States, now, is by homestead, fer actu
al settlement and cultivation, as provi
ded by the act of Congress, approved
21st June, 18G6, and each claimant is
thereby restricted to one-half quarter
section, or 80 acres; the disposal of
mineral lands, however, including iron
and coal, remaining unaffected by the
operation of said act.
He decides that the only way such
lauds can be obtained is under the ne
gro homestead law, which excludes all
who are unable to take the test oath.
It seems our public lands arc specially
devoted to the negroes, and that whites
are to be excluded. The holders of
land warrants can locate them in the
Western States, but not here. —We
have one system of land law for. the
South and another for the North West.
Misers in New York City.-
The New York Citizen thus refers to
a numerous class in the metropolis : It
is not generally known that New York,
at’ the present time, contains a large
number of misers as inveterate and
degraded as any on record, and if we
had space we could give a series of
portraits of wealth and avarice which
would make the reader shudder. Many
of these misers are old business men
who have withdrawn from active life
and still keep up their, faded and
weather stained signs, and beneath the
garb of trade ply their money saving
habits. These men will be found sit
ting solitary in dingy offices, filled with
cobwebs and thick with the dust of
years. Money borrowers know where
to go, and here these pale and thread
bare fossils receive the best securities
fpr their daily loans. Some of these
half starved wretches, whose trembling
hands can hardly sign a cheek, can
draw for sums. that would shake a
bank. One of the richest men in the
city is now to be found in just such a
dihgy- hole as we have described,
where he loans enormous sums daily.
He was a- merchant oncej and his old
sign is still up; and inside all things
remain as they were half a century ago.
He suffers daily for the comforts of life;
but this is compensated for by the
pleasure of accumulation. • “ They
come to “me to beg,” said the-old man
to an acquaintance, “and there’s'not’a
beggar in-New York, that docs not.
live as well as I -do”--a statement
whiclf was quite, true. ‘■ •
Two young carpenters, named re
spectively Robert Brown and Thomas
Jones, were very fond of dropping in
totMr. Smith’s parlor, snd spending an
hour or two with his only daughter,
i4kyv. . when Brown
■\etr’ !iCor
and Mary had discussed
topic, Brown suddenly, in, his sweetest
, tones, struck out as follows :
“Do you think, Mary, you could
leave father and mother, this pleasant
home, and all its ease and comforts,
and emigrate to the far West with a
young carpenter, who has but little
besides his strong hands to depend
upon, and with him search out anew
home, which it should be your joint
duty to beautify, and make delightful
and happy like this ?”
Dropping her head softly on bis
shoulders, she whispered :
“I think I could, Robert.’’
“ Well,” said he, “there’s Tom
Jones, who’s going to emigrate, and
wants to get a wife; I’ll mention it to
him.” .
—— < -
A lawyer is something of a
carpenter. He can file a bill, split a
hair, make an entry, get up a case
frame an indictment, empanel a jury’
put them in a box, nail a witness, and
tyammer a judge.
YOL. YI.-No. 43.
Tlmd. Stevens mid Hi* Policy
Thad. Stevens made a speech at
Lancaster, Pa., the 2. th ult. As tho
acknowledged leader ot the Jacobins
in tho House of Representative,, the
views and opinions of this tincrupulous
political miscreant are important, and
foreshadow the policy which he is like
ly to impose upon his party. lie.is.a
bold, fearless, shrewd and able man,
and possesses a force of character and
determination which carries his party
with him. • .
It will bo seen that ho is o£ tho
opinion that tho rebel States are now
without legitimate governments, and
that they oannot have them until Con
gress passes an enabling act, such as
he introduced, but which failed, at the
last scsion of Congress, lie calls the
present governments “ counterfeits put
up by Andy Johnson. r In the govern,
ments which he proposes, that they
shall establish, h permits all classes
to v6te —white as well as bliiok. —:
When they have formed these govern
ments, ivith the aid of negro votes,
Congress may reject or receive them
as States as it sees proper. . •
In regard to negro suffrage, he says ;
“ I am for it, and shall go for it whe-il
Congress meets with all my might. 1
lie announces in-distinct terms that
though the Southern States adopt tho
constiutional amendments, and ex
tends to tho negroes the right -ol
suffrage, he will still be opposed to ■
their admission to the Union. This
is genuine Jacobinism, and is a fair
exhibition of the spirit by which
Thad. Stevens and his party will be
guided in their future legislation.—•
Thank God that the next session of
Congress is a short one, and if the full
elections, result as we hope and believe
they will, the country will be redeem--
ed from their iniquitous rule.
In the French revolution, with tho
guillotine in full operation, Thad. Ste
vens would have been a Robespierre,
Murat or a Dan ton, but.as be is in
America, in the nineteenth century,
he is —* Thad. Stevens. Louisville
Courier. ■ . •-
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Men One Would Rather Not
Meet. The Savannah Advertiser
don’t, like to meet men who mix a saj
ad better than any other men.
Men who ask you to listen whilo •
they read aloud something they havo
written themselves.
Men who tell- stories that run into
one another, so that you find it very
difficult to get-away at the end-of any
of them.
Men who have quarreled with all
their relations; .
Men who have been .betrayed and
abandoned in the most heartbss man--
nef by all their friends.
Men wh'o have been persecuted and
swindled by a general conspiracy of
everybody.
. Men who imitate popular actors.
Men who are.always asking, “Don’t
you think so 2”
Men who . are always a
case.” . . . . •
Men who agree with you too much. V
Men “who feel impelled to join
issue with you there.” • ;; .
Influx of Population.
The New York Times, noticing tho .
fact that there were sold in New York
the last week about 6,300 beeves and
‘26,000 sheep, making a -weekly con -
sumption of nearly 10,000 animals
more than usual, goes on to state that
there is at.this time an unprecedented
influx into the city of Southerners,,
some with, pleasure in view, and some
the design of rebuilding .in a moro
favored region than their own that
prosperity which was almost-destroyed
by the war. Hotels, boarding houses,
lodgings and every other refuge is full.
There “are few houses to be rented or.
tenements hired, in any quarter in New
York, and even in the suburbs tho
pressure is almost equally great.
Brazil, South America.—lri 18-
53, Brazil had a population of-6,U65,-’
000, with a standing army of 25,450,
•a navy of 42 ships, mounting 301.
guns. The total public debt amount
ing to $59,481,600, being eight dollars
and sixteen cents per head. ■ Extent
of square miles 3,956,800. The reve
nue for 1854 was $18,'360,000; expen
ditures for the same- year footing’ up
$16,932,371. ‘ The most important
•Vcro? oiit rfJlrez.il ■° rc amethyst, gold,
of them ?'■ Income citizen*, .'lii-v re
Ts ~ ’oaur', howev'T
silver, apples, y>nlm oil, castor “L.i, .
coa, rosewood,, sugarcane, bamboo,
cotton, bananas, dates, ipecacuanna,
tobaceo, bread, fruit, India rubber,
vanilla, yarns, mahogany, dyewood,
&c. The population of Rio Janeiro,
the capital, 170,000. ‘ . ‘
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The Congress that voted S2OOO ad
ditional pay to “members,” also voted
to reduce the pay of officers of the
regular army. Before the war a Cap,
tain’s pay was $l5O in gold, now it is
only $l6O in paper, the XXXIX Con
gress repealing the law that increased
their pay during the war. Economy
is the road to wealth.
The Cleveland Plaindealer publishes
a list of fifty-eight Federal Major
Generals and one hundred and fifty
three Brigadiers are supporting
the President’s policy. It seems
strange, says the Louisville Courier,
that any Union soldier should be in
favor of any other policy.