Southern enterprise. (Thomasville, Ga.) 1865-1866, December 13, 1866, Image 1

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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. 1 Terms, 84.00 a year in Advance. > - Law and Medical Cards’ BRYAN & HARRIS,’ .ATTORNEYS IT tiW, TKO’I I9TILId f^rOFFIUE jfr y ‘f < l > * • y- L. C BRYAN. U II HARRIS. Mar 14 lltf MITCHELL & MITCHELL. ATTORNEY’S AT I.AM’, • THOMASVILLE, - :’ : GEORGIA over McLean’s -tore—opposite Mclntyre <Sc Yonn-'s. w. b MlTCHitt.’ B. Q. MiTCHiLf.. June 6 *3 S. B. ‘Spescer. C P- Uvnsell. Spencer & Hansell, ATTOIt \ EYS AT EAAV, THOMASVILLE. GA. AVill give prompt attention n> all legal fciisi ness entrusted to tlieir care in the comities of the Southern Circuit—D'-.atur of the South Wmtrm —mui Clinch, Wkrc und >*t the Brunswick Circnit. Fict over Messrs. Wolff & Brother’s Store. , 4ly w. M. HAYES. “I. A. SEWARD HAYES & SEWARD, ■ATTORNEYS AT I.AAV, THOM AS Y IEEE, : : GEORGIA, aug 8 ,iI ” j.R. Kciil. TI. I>. AA. F. Be Will. HI. B. |>rs. £i ElS> A Dew ITT, OFFER their services to the citizens of Tlioma*vj!le ami vicinity. • at Dr. D . II tit's Drug Store Feb 21 • • ■ - Btf Dr. T. S. III'Ki\S, off i c k IN M l tilt 1.0 C with KESIBENUE. • b. O. IRYOb , RESIDENT DENTIST raoMASVILLE, GA. irn.:, r ▼ > O’ t * > •ihc* last ten. year* .'‘^uCrMTr • Aag &-12 m Dr. W P GLO WER HAVING jerinanetitly located in Tlioaias-. VllL, oHefil ...- 't’i*f. , **iaal crvi* m to the pnl)!ir. IyiAFFIEE at the Drug St ire ./ AY. F. Closer Si Cos, • • . • ‘jT RESIuENGE—thy house ionnerlv oc cupied by Or. Brandon. mar 14 ly 0. 16- Rockwell; . ; Civil Engineer mid Sunteyor. I,9uds sturrojcH j>iiS I*lai <1 rn.sit in the style of the Art. . OrDKHS left with A r , .AVn-:.i.-Thotn;js>v'Slle. Ga , null lucet wi.l/ proptpt altentioy. _.’ • Jims 20 . 20-tt ■: Commission Merchants. A Jl -JLOAN. C, H. STUBBS. C. W. STKCi ALL. Sloan, Stubbs .& Stegall, • <Z?o.t-’tcsjn. Factors • ToRWAKDIXa a\d ‘ €oii)Aissioi) AfchdiiiiiHs, No. 4. Ulotldnrd'i* l.onrr Range, Day Street JSaxaunali, a. Sept t . -* ul ~ AUSTIN & ELLIS. imM II NVIIIIR Merchants, No. NO BA V H T REFT. SAVANNAH, Thomas 11. Austin, Ihorsia. Charles Ellis. Oct 4 E. Weitzfelder & Cos., COMMISSION MERCHANTS A N D Cotton Factors, 50 Leonard St., YKW I. Knhitsliek Jt Brother, Thom asville, (hi., are acting as our agents, and are prepared to make liberal advances on all con .gi £ii in exits made to us through them, or directed to us. “ft 4 ts J. R.S.DAYIS&CO., €0 MM I SSI ON AND Jo i’ [m\ voii) t) ijjci* ci) i\ )1 s, THOMASVILLE, GA. J. R. S. Datis. G. A. Jeffers. July li 28 ts TISON & GORDON, COTTON FACTORS, Merdiants, SAVANNAH, GA. AVM. 11. TISON. Ail. AY GORDON. .May 16 •>“ EMPIRE HAIR RES'IQRER. AN elearttrt Dm ting. An infallible restorer of C t r Aud a ‘wonderful Inr igo ator of the 1 i AIR. . Prepared hv \V. P. CI.OWFR A CO., Jan 31 5-ts Apothecaries Hall J, L. VILLALONGA, ! COTTON FACTOR imm id wo ciMissi Merchant No- 94 Bay Street, jarj 1-ts S-4 VANN AH, GA - . .KEBTMG OF CONGRESS. • Washlngt Dec. 3. Both I lou ses ®f Coigresi met to-day at an early hour. Crowd- of people wc eon their way to the apit >l, and by noon the galleries of both llous.s were densely ■crowded. T ere was a quorum pre sent and punc tally, at 12 o’clock, presiding officers of both Houses ate peared and called the respective bian ches to order. The Semite was opened with priyer by its Chapla-n, Dr. Gray, and the House by Dr Boynton. Thin tv-seven Senators were present. The first business was the present tfion ot the following : Senator DoUaid, of Vermont, elected to fill the unexpired term of Seua'or < ‘ol am r , Oottel!. of New Jersey, elected t- fill the unexi pired term of A4r. Stockton , Freling. huyse ,of New Jersey, el-c ! ed to fill the unexpired term ot the late Senator Wright ; Edmunds, of Vermont, to fid the unespired term of Mr. Koote ; and Frogg, of New llauip-hire, appointed to till vacancy occasioned by the re signation of Mr. Clark. These took the oath of office and were sworn in. Cr dentials of Messrs Burnett and Roberts, from Texas laid on the table Mr. Sumner moved t( take up the bid to e tabl sh negro suffrage in the District of Columbia, saying th t t’• e i people of the country demit ded its passage and would hail it with joy. After a slight di.-cu sion the Chair de* i eided that the motion to ti<e up the bill was not now in or ter. Among the bills introduced is one by Mr. Chandler, requesting the Pres dent to comtnun c tc to the S mate whether ’ the Kinpero- of the French had com plied with the stipulations entered into ! with our Government relative to :he withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico. ’ This message of the President was com mu n c-ated ibou r 2 P M. and read by the S’ cretary After the adoption us tho usual motion to [iri .tt,he Senate a ijourned. . . 1 1 c;- By *F Ikpresrntatives. A resol a tin was introdt>cd in tGo House by;Mr, Elliott, of Mass., pr- viding l'or the apfiointnieiit of Standing Conn, mittee to be ties gnated the Committee on Freedom. Mr. Boutwell introduced a bib calb ii g upon the Secretary of State f< r a 1 correspondence relative to t e arrest of John H Surratt. Mr Scheiiek offer-d a bill to pr>>- vi ie tliat the regular time of meeting of the 40th Congrc-s, and of every subse<|uenl Congress, shall bea r 12 n on on the 4th of March, and the en-uing sess on on t ;e Ist ol January .The bill was made a special opler for Thursday. . Mr Garfield introduced a similar measure . Mr lvelly iiitrtiduced a h 11 to erei ate a Department of Internal Revenue. It transfers all the powers now exer cised * -y the Secretary of the Treasury with regard to Internal Revenue t the Comiu'ssioncr. Referred to the Judiciary Coma ittee. Mr. Stevens presented a bill to reg ulate removals from office It pro vides that in all cas sot appointments where the consent of the Senate is necessary, the Piesident shall not make removals while the Senat • is in session, unle-s concurred in by that bodv. Appointments made dur ng the recess must be submitted, under lie provisions of this b 11 within ten days after the Senate assembles, for confir mation. The bill was made the spe* cial order for Friday next. Mr. Boutwell introduced a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Trea sury to -ell out at publ c au Don, in New York, two millions of dollars in gold, on Monday of each we k, in 1-*t< not exce'.ing ten thousand dollars The following mea-urcs were als > introduced, and referred to appropri ate committees : One to p'ovide, by gen nil liw. for modes of procedure in trials for un peaehment before the Senate. One calling upon the Piesident for information r -litivo to he appbeation of Confederate General Pickett for pa'don. The day was consumed entirely with the introduction of resolutions and bills, until the arrival of the message, b fore which Mr. Stevens ma e au im effectual motion to adjourn. The Postmaster General’- report shows that th • liabilities for mail ser vice in the late Confederate States, for the year ending June 30th. were only $75,383 in excess ot the net rev enues for p'ista- e in that section. A reception was given to the Re pub iean members ol Congress this afternoon, on the eastern portico of the capitol .he procession which proceeded th ther was composed of more than one-half negroes. Spcech<‘> were made by Just ce Carter, Sneak< r Colfax, Senator Tates and Represeni rative Kelly. Their remarks wer ultra Radical, an 1 wer revived with great fav- r by t!u* mived assemblage. Mr. Elliott a-'kul leave, during the session to-day, to intro uc • a hill t>> repeal the loth section of t e •et of July 17, 1862, wliieli section autho rizes th Prcsi -cut t extend pardon and amnesty, hy proclamation, to per. sons who may hav * participated in the rebellion, wtTh such exc pfons at such times and on such conditions as he might deem expedient for the pul 1 c g °Mr. Finch objected to its introduc < 2 (toil, the ruies r quiring one .day’s notice ; but upon motion of Mr Elliot the rules were suspended, and the bill passed by a vete of 111 to 29 Washington, Dee. 4. -Senate Mr. Sumner gave notice that he would toon Trow, intro luce re olut ns dei daring the power • f Congress on the subject oi reconstruction, and ih ■ right to exclude the late rebellious States from Congressional representati n, :d from voting oil Constitution J umeudi ment*, Mr. Ch mdler moved, but tfie Sen ate ret used to take Up the House bid to amend the act of 18(52, so as to take away the power of the President to gra t amnesty. The Senate then adjourned House of Representatives - Mr. (Vi ntworth in reduced resoluti ms which were adopted, insisting on the adopti nos the Constitutou.il amend< incut before the House will consider the proprietv of giving the Southern States representation. The Hu ‘se adopted a resolution di recting an inquiry as to the expedi ency of repealing „he cotton tux law Mr Bromnall, of Pennsylva iia, of fered a Resolution instruct ng th * ‘oiumittee on Territories to inqu’re into the i mpri tv of extending terrii oiial organization over tho Star, s re ecu ly in insurrection. Adopted i<y a v -te of 197 to 37. On mo’ion of M . Stevens, a reso ution was adopted for the app dnt ment of a committee -f five to exam , ine i ito t e relations oetween the Go vernment and Southern Railroad Com - paoies The Joint Committee on Reconi struction is revived The Judiciary Coin nittec of the House have reported aga n-t r* pealing so id ucl> of th” confiscation act as pro hibit the forfeiture of the real estate of the deli l i uents beyond the term of tlieir natural lives They say that to tbrfeit alt igether the property o. tins ■ engaged in the late rebellion would be .the enactment of an er port futo law, within the meaning of • Constitutional interdiction, bv annexing to a crime already committed anew and addi tional punishment. The ‘one ;-nd temper of Congress, as xhibited in the speeehrs at the public welcome y sterday, and by the proceedings of both branch’ s thus far, are decidedly radical Another in■ li c tion of this is the passage (onlay, by 197 agams 37, if the resolution di recting an inquiry into the propriety of extending territorial government over the Southern States. Representative Bingham personally denies the truth of a telegram, circula ting through the press, that he was on -aged- in preparing articles of inn peaehment against, the 1 resid nt on the ground of complicity in t ho assas. sinafion ot Abraham. Lincoln. He says he never had :-uch a design, nor has he ever so intimated. Washington, Dec. 4.—Orders have been sent to Admiral Goldsborough via the cable, to send one if the ves sels of the United States fleet now cruising in the Mediterranean to bring Surratt di ect to Washington. 4 lie resolution which was introduc ed yesterday by Mr. Laflin, requiring the Committee on Printing to report a bill providing for the election of a Superintendent of Printing, will ulti mately have the effect ot ousting Mr. Wendell and reinstating Mr. IL-frees. There is no loubt a bill for this pur- P’ se will be pushed to an early pas -age, a’ there has been much feeling among the Rad'cals in this matter. It is nrabable that a caucus of Sen ators will remove Mr. Doolittle from the Chairma shin of Indian Affairs Mr. Cowan from that of Paten’s and M . Dixon from that of the Post Office. —— -m - • •—► ■ I.ulhrr’N Hmyer for Urlnncthnn. On a certain occasion a message was sent to L itlier to inform him that Me lanctho'i lay dying. lie at once has, ■ened t bis sick be . and found him presen itig the usual premenitory symp toms of death. He mournfully bent • ver him. and sobbing, gave utterance to a sorrow ul exclamation It roused Melancfho'i from h's stupor He 1 ,oked in the face o! Lutlic and said : ‘0 Luther ! is this you ? Why d-m’t you let me depart in peace V ‘We can’t spare you yet. Philip,’ was ‘he ieply. And turning round, he threw himst If up -n his knees, and wres'l and with Go l tor h s recovery, tor upwards of an hour He v -wuf_fn>'ii his kneex to the bed, and took lrs frumd-hy the ha and. Again he sai l. ‘Dear LutKi3Yy why don’t you let me depa- f in peace ?’ •No, iia. Philip ! we can’t ‘pare you yet. 1 wa’ t!ie ret lv He then ordgreet s me > oin; and when pressed to take it, M lancthou and ”1 n- and, s lying again, ‘Dear Luther, why w II \un not let me go home and be r rest V *W e can not spare you yet. Philip,’ was the re ply. He ihen added Philip, take this soup, or 1 will excommunicate v-m ’ He to k the soup. He com menced to grow better. He soon re gained bis won'ed health, and labored years afterwards in the cause of the Reformation ; and when Luther re tarded h nue, he said to his wife wth j -y, ‘God ga eme m brother Metanc t-o-n ba”k in and rect answer t' my prav ere.’ Thomasville, Georgia, Thursday, December 13, 18GG. From t!ie Augusta Chronicle Sc Sentinel. • j SYNOPSIS OF THE • PRESIDENT’S lIESSIGE, | Washington, December 3, - The President reviews the grouuj hereto- j fore taken, and deems it a subject oi profound regret that Congress has thus far fail” 1 to admit to seats loyil Sena- , tors and Represent fives Irom theoth- | er States whose inhabitant*, with , th >se of Tennessee, ha 1 engiged in the rebellion. In the adrni-si m of Senators and Representatives from any an 1 all of the States, there can be no just grouni of apprehension that p°r> sons who are disloyal will be clothed with the powers of legislati in, tor this eoul 1 not happen, when the Constitu tion aud the laws aie ouf .reed by a vigilant am 1 faithful Congress He j knows no measure more imperatively demanded by every c msideration ol j national inti rests, sound p licy and equal justice, than the adm ssion of loyal members from the now unrepre- i sented States This would j m it “ tl e work of restoration and exert a most salutary influence in the re.es> t blishn ■ nt of[eace, har iiAny and fra ternal reeling. It would tend greaTy r o renew the confi leuce of the Am ■> rictn f.eople in the vigor and stability of their institutions. It. would bind us more ct >3”lv together as a nati n, and enable us to show to tho world the inherent and recuperativ : power of a Guvernment louuded upon tlie will of the people, and establish and upon the principles of liberty, justice and intel. ligence Our increased strength and enhanced prosperity would irrefragiblv demonstrate Hie fallacy of the argu ments against free institutions, drawn from our recent national dissections by the enemies of Republican Gov ernment. The admission of loyal members from the States n w excluded from Congress, by allaying doubt and ap prehension, would turn capital now awaiting an opportunity for investment into the channels of trade and industry It would alleviate the present trou bled condition of those States, and, by iiiduring emigration, aid in the settle ment. of fertile regions now u ieultiva to J, and lead t an increased prod uc tion f those staples which have adde 1 so greatly to the wealth of the nation and the commerce of the world. New fields of enterprise w >uld be opened to our progressive people, and soon the devastations of war would be re paired, and all traces of our domestic differences effaced from the minds of our c. untiymen. The President says the report of the Se< retary of the Trea sury presents a much more s tisfactory condition of our financ ‘S than one year ago the most sanguine could have an. ricipated There seems now to bo no good reason why taxes may not be re duced, as the country advances in pop ulation and wealth ; and yet the debt be extinguished within the next quar. f ter of a century. The President re fers with gratification to the statements in t e reports of the several heads of dejuii tments. ‘ The President Says he cannot foreg ■ the hope that France will adopt the same resolution in regard to the evac uation of M xico, which will conform as nearly as practicable with existing engagements, and thus meet the just expectations of the United St. tea It a matter of regret that no consider able advance has been made t..wards the adtustujout of differences between the United States and Great Britain, arising out of the depreda ions upon our National commerce and other tres passes comm'tted during our civil war, by British subjects in violation of in ! ternational law and treaty obligations. The delay however may be believed t have resulted nno smal degree from the domestic situation of Great Britain. An entire change of minis’ try occurred in that country during the la-t session of Parliament The attention of the new m nistT\ I was called to the subject at an early ! day, and ihere is some reason to ex pect that it will now be considered in i a becoming end friendly spirit Tlu i importance of an eatly disposition of the question cannot be exaggerated. V-. hatever might be the wishes of the two Governments it is manifest that good will a -I fri-ndship between the two countries cannot be established until a reciprocity i n the practic- of go *d faith aud neutrality shall be rer ; stored between the respective coun tries. i he Presi lent says in conclusion .ur Government is n- w -;nd”r■-nipy f>-- ■ Htrt-f- DfftfnroUjeal, and my earn >st pr .yer is that the peril may be suc cessfully and finally passed without imi.a ring its original strength and symmetry The int rests of the na tion are best to he pnun ted hy the revival of lrate r nal relations, the com, plete obliteration of o> r past differen ces. and the reinauguration of all the t.u suits of peace Directing our eh Potts to the early accomt lishoi? >t of these great ends, let us endeavor to preserve harmony between the co-or. dinate departments of the Govern, ment, that each in its proper sphere may cordially co.operate with the oth er in securing the maintenance of the (’onsti utiorr,-the preservation of rhe I riinn, and the perpetuity of our free institutions. E.tllUß Y TION TO BBA’/11,. Frrr to FmigrnnU l Krazil bv (hr United Mtntes nnd Brazil flail Au-aniohip Uampany, ON THE -44d OF EACH IIONTII- The imperial Government looks with sympathy and interest on Amer iom Emigration to Brazil, and is re* solved to give the most favorable wel come. Emigrants wjl find an abun dance of fertile lands, suitable for the culture of cot on, sugar cane, coffee, tobacco, ’ice, etc. These lands are situated in the Provinces of San Pedro, Santa Datharina, Parana San Paulo, Espirito Santo, Bio de Janeiro, etc., and each emigrant may select his own lands. As soon a- the emigrant has eno-en his land it will be measured by the Government, and possession giv en Uno cupied hinds of the nation will he sold at the rate ot 23, 46, 70 and 00 cen’s per acre (dollar equal to 1800 reis; payment to be in five yearly in stalments, to commence one year alter possession. Government will pay all expenses for measure, transportation to houn - ste id and free lodgings at port of ar rival. until tlicii departure for settle ment. The laws in force grant many favor to emigrants, such as exemption from import duties on all objects ot person al use, implements ol trade and agri cultural implements and machinery. Emigrants will enjoy under the Con stittuion of the Empire, all civil rights an i liberties which belong to native Brazilians. They will -nj iy liberty of conscience in religious matters. Emigrants may become naturalized citizens after two year’s residence in the Empire, and w 11 hi exempt from all military duties except the National Guard (militia in the Municipality.) No slaves can bo imported into Bra zil rom any country whatever. No colored people permitted as emigrants. Emigrants of agriculturalists and mechanics is the most desired in the Empire Good engineers are in demard in the Empire. Some railr ads are in course of construe ion, and others in project, besides many roads to build and rivers to navigate. The Government is in reed of no persons lor the army or navy. CONTR\CT OF EMIGRANTS GOING TO BRAZIL. The emigrant, in consi leration of the undertaking of the Brazil Emi gration Agency, hereby agrees to sass lor Brazil, as emi rant, with his family or otherwise, upon the following con. ditions, which he binds himself to abide by faithfully : Ist. —Ti purchase lan 1 for cultiva, tion or grazing on the terms specified above. These lands will be mort gaged t the Impereal Government of Brazil, as a guarantee for the advan ces made by that, Government ior transportation, which will be the sum of Fifty Dollars in Gold, ‘’hildren half price, from New York ; Sixty-two Dol lars in Gold from New Orleans, and Fifty-seven Dollars from any other port in the United States. 2nd. To give satisfactory security for his debt to the Government, in case he should prefer some other branch o’ abor than that of farming. In this ease the payment must be effected within one year after arrival. For further details apply to QUINTINO BOCAYUVA, 2G£ Broadway Room 7. Parties seeking in'ormation by let ter must enclose stamp for return pos tage; also, make application two months previous, as she carries only 240 pas sengers. —— Ri'h 4/oi’.< Sons. —Henry Ward Beecher, in a sermon delivered at Ply mouth Church, last Sunday evening, produce 1 the foil owing picture o rich men’s sons : Men seem ashamed to labor, and of ten. often yon shall fin-) men who have trade themselves respect and in labor have built up a business and am ssed a fortune, wh > turn to their sons and say : “ You shall never do as I did ; you shall lead . different li‘e, you shall be spared all this.” Oh, these -ieh men’s sons! They aim to lead a life of elegant leisnre ; and that is a lif- of emasculated idlene-s and lazi ness Like the polvp that floats use less and nasty upon the 3ea, all jollv. all flahbv, no muscle, no hone- -it shuts and opens, and opens and shuts, and sucks in and squirts ouf again, of no earthly account, influence or use. ‘.’-i’j — these” poor fools. Their parents toiled and grew strong, built up the ; r frames of iron and bone ; but denying all this to their song they turn them upon the world bonebgs. mnscle less, s : mnle grizzle, rnd soft at that.— What if you do get your time reduced to eight hours, and wages increased to $•"), doe< that educate you ? SENATOR FOR FLORIDA The Florida Legislature have re* elected Senator Marvin to the Senate of the United States, for six years, from the 4th of March next. — 1 ■* -• • —— A New York date says, John Mor risgey has ‘ee'arcd for Greely for the United Ptn'es Senat , and proposes to spend ten thousand dollars to secure his election. To Ih*-.Vlnxoiiic F^nlrrtiily. Covington, Ga., No . 27, 1866. Brethren : — I take great pleasure in callin ’ your attention to a subject in which, as Masons, v>e all have a deep interest. The B *ird of Trustees ot the Southern Mesonir Female Col lage, situate in this place, have sue. ceeded (most happily, as l think,) in reorganizing the Board of Instruction. Prof. G. J. Orr. whose services as President have been secured is a gen tleman who has had much experieni-c in instructing the young, having devo ted se vet teen years ol his life to the , lusincss of teaching Dunns the greater part of that time, ho has filled with distinguished a! ility, the chair of Mathematics in College, winning for himself a reputatioi enjoyed by few. He will have assoct't”d with him, the Rev Wm. D. Atkinso , a graduate of Mercer Uniwrsity, who comes to the Institution with the hi h est testimonials as a man, Minister and a teacher. Such other Profess irs and assistants as may he needed will be secured. I do not make th s communication to you Bret ren, to ask you (’or money l kn w too well the embarrassed con dition of the country and tho Breth ern. Some of yu, however, have the means left o educate your daughters. It is to such I appeal for patronage. Y-'U cannot make as go>>d an investi ment ol the same a nourit. The S. M. F College, as yon know is the only Literary Institution under the pat ronage of the Grand Lodge of tin State, and as Masons, we are and ought to feel committed to its support It is our offspring, and 1 have every confidence that you iei/1 give it. your united and zealous support l honest ly believe [and I woul . not decieve you] that your daughters may be throughly educated here, that they may become “ corner stones, after the simtlitude of palaceotherwise I could not make this appeal to you, or feel free to lend tho Institution my influence. Let us, Breth rn, make ‘ united effort to sustain the S. M. F < ollege, and make her, not only what she once was, b"t what she ought to be —the pride and boast of th Order — the great benefactor to Master Mason’s daughters The location is known to be as healthy as any in the State ; and board, tuition and other exp nses, as luw. For lull'particulars, I r fer you to the Presid'-nt, who may be addressed at this place. The new Faculty will en ter upon their duties, on Thursday the 10th of Janury, ensuing. JOIJ.N HARRIS, Grand Master. Appearance of the Sun from the No -th Pole To a person standing at ‘he North pole, the sun appears to sweep horizontally around the sky every twenty-four l ours, with out any perceptible variation during it circuit in its distance from the hori zon. On the 21st June it is twenty* three degrees and thirty eight minutes above the horizon—a little more than one fourth of the distance to the zenith the highest point that it ever reach es. From this altitude it slowly de. cends, its track being represent ‘d by a spiral or screw with a very fii c thread ; and in the course of three months it worms its way down to the horizon, which it reaches on the 23d of Bept”mbc*r—On this day it sweeps around the sky, with its face hidden below icy sea. It still continues to descend, and after it has ntirejy fiL* appeared it i-’ still so near the horizon that t carries a brig! t twi ight ar< und the heavens in its daily circuit. As the sun sinks lower and lower, this twi. light grows gradually fainter and fain ter till it fades away. —On the 20th ot December the sun is twenty.three degrees and thirty-eight minutes be* low the horizon, and this is the mid. night of the dark winter of the pole From this date the sun begins to ac cent!, and after a time his re urn is horalUd by a faint dawn, which circles slowly around the horizon, completing its circle every twenty-four hours. — This dawn grows gradually brighter, a''d on t!.e 20th of March the peaks are gilded with the first level rays of the six months’ day. The harbinger of this long day continues to wind his spiral way upward till he reaches his ! highest place on the 21st June, and j his annual course is completed. A Noble Example. In conversation, a few days ago, in , ylue -C.O v j f__Au-usfa . with one of the oldest citizens, Mr. Jone s> who has | been engaged in a very large whole* sale busit ess for a number of years, and has large sums of money due him, spea ingof Die agitation of the ques- j tion of Repudiation, Relief &c., said : ‘ I see no reason that the country shou and bo so agitated on the subject of debts, for in this section, very little ‘ disposition is manifested on the part of cieditors to push their claims, but on the contrary, are disposed to be very lenient. As for uiy.-elf, I pro- i claim it publicly, that any man indeb ( ted to me, can be discharged from his obligations on his own terms. If he i represents that he is abl * to pay only | fifty cents in the dollar, or twentv.five cents in the dollar, or even Uve cents in the dollar, I will receive it and give him a ciear receipt. And if he repre* VOL. VI. —No. 49. sents tint be is unab e to pay any por tion of his indebtedness, without beg p,r n<; his family. 1 “ill give him up his papers, arid discharge him from his obligation to pay any thin . No man who desires to pres rvo his hon* - esty and integrity, ne< and harbor a thou*M of Repudiation on account of his indebtedness to me ! f —MadisoU (Ga ) Examiner. -+ • • Old Bones Tiie oldest remnant mortality extant rs the skeleton of one of the earlier Pharaohs (encased iu its original burial robes and wonderfully perfect considering its age), which was deposited, about eighteen or twenty months : go, in the British 3lusouid, and is ju-tly considered the valuable of all its archaeological treasures. The lid of the coffin which contained*the royal mummy was inscribed with tho name of its occupant. Paraoh Myk cri mus, who succeeded the heir of tlio builder of the Great Pyramid, about twenty-two centuries bes re Christ Only think of it! The monarch whose crumbling bones and leathery integu ments are tiuw cxci’ing the curiosity and wonder of crowds of gazers in Condon reigned in Egypt nefore Abra ham was born, and o - ly about two centuries or so after Mizrairn the grand- 1 nos, 1J Father Noah, and first of the Pharaohs, has been gathered to his fathers! Why, the tide marks ol the Deluge could soarcely have been obliterated, or the ghoper-wood kucQ timbers of the Ark have rotted on Mount Ararat, when this man of the early world lived, moved, and had his b ing ! His flesh aid blood were con temporary wi‘h the progenitors of the great patriarch, his hones and shrivell ed skin are contemporaiy with the nine teenth century, and the date of the Grucil'xion is only about midway be tween his era. and ours. When he flourished, “ remote antiquity” had but just begun. - ■+ ► . A Man 11 is Own Grandfather. , —A European triend of mine related the following story : l marri< and a w’it dow who had a grown up daughter. My father visited our house very of’ len, fell in love with my stepdaugh ter, and married her. So my father became my son-in-law, and my stepi daughter my mother, because he was my father's w fe. Some time after, wards my wife got a son —he wa my father’s bmther-in'law, and my uncle, for lie was the brother of my step* . mother. My wife, i. c my step daughter, had also a son, he was of course my brother, and in fhc.ipoau* time my grandchild, for he was tho son of my daughter. My wife was my grandiinother, bei cause she was my mother’s mother. 1 was my wife’s husband and grandchild at the same time. And as the hus band of a person’s gr ndmother is his grandfather, 1 was my own grandfathi er. — Translated for the New liavcu Register. Professions in the Georgia Legisla ture The r port compiled by Messrs. Oberlin and Cameron thus clarifies the members of the present General Assembly of Georgia: In the Senate there are—Lawyers, IS; physicians*, 0; fanners. 13; mer chants, 4 , ministers, 3 ; total 44. In the House there are —Bankers, 1 ; physicians, 15; farmers, G4jj. plans, ters, 30 ; lawyers, 30 ; hotelkeepers, 2 , merchants, 11 ; mechanics, 2 ; tim bencut'er 1 ; clerk of court, 1 ; distil ler, 1 ; miller, 1 ; minister, 1 ; total, 109. - -m • e Gazi tte do France, aliud* •n<’ to the Jewish Council which id to O assemble in Paris nest ear, remarks that the meeting will be especially called on to decide the following ques tions : The abolition of the prohibi tion of certain articles of food; tbo suppression of Polygamy which exiss among the Jews in Algeria; and the recognition of female children as equal l ly qualified to ‘nherit ii that country with males. The French Government is said to be ve y anxious lor the re. forms relating to the African colony, as there ate in Algeria forty thousand Jewish fainil os, composed of industri. ous people, who >re not subject to tho i>eneral laws of the Civil Code. Bar says that Dr. Geo. Fordyce, the anatomist and chemical lecturer was acm storned to dine every day, for more than twenty years, at Dolly’s 1 ’hop House, in Pater- oster How. His researches in comparative anatomy had led him to conclude that man, through custom, eats uftenertlUlT’ nature requires, one meal a day being sufficient fur the liou. lie made the experiment on himself, and finding it successful continued the regimen- Methodism. —The votes which have b on thus far taken in the several an nual couterencs of the Southern Meth odist®, indicate the ratification, bv a large majoiity, of the proposed <hango of the name of the church to Episco pal Methodist Church, and the pro* posed introduction of t e representa tion into the general conference. *> ■ A Good Pillow.— Gen. Pillow who niadf contracts with a very largo number of freed men to work upon his plantation in Arkansas, is said to-have raised 3,000 bales of cuttou this year-