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L/ C- BRYAN, Editor & Proprietor. VOL V. iTJjf ■ (finkqmse AFliom a&ville, Gs a. . *• — • < ♦ ♦ >• — . WKDRTEKDAV JULY 19, IStiS. SI i s< 3 111 I‘ TI ON r F EHM S. • TEHMS- ‘; .The “ Southk'un l-NTHiiriusK”. ia published weekly at Folk DolLaks pcr.aimum, strictly IX/AUVANCK... • * ’• ‘ ■ AOVISTISING. ?£RMS* *• ’ •’ . |nvtaT(wM .will be inserted for one •della? per square of twelve lines or lpss for • each From this rate ft discount of • • TWENTT-HVI per Cent will be made for fid- Yer'tlsments inserted for .three months or nn ’ -dor six months., and. i iff y per cent'for'twelve months cr more. . . : •’ •’ * Alt advert isnrenfs sent to the.office mustb'e .. marked with the number of insertions desir , td w flic'period to be published, .and in ev-; ’ ry instance accompanied with the amount ve ■fjH.ircd for payment. . • ‘• , “ • Marriages : and ’deaths will- hereafter be ‘ charged for as advestisments. - Special or ed it ©rial; ndtines will be published and- charged at double tlie above rates.. ‘ I’aymeht for ‘subscriptions nray at present ’ be jnade Cither in current funds, or the pro 4 - ’ ducts- of the country, .such as wheat, flour ? qorn, bacoii, beef,'sugar, syrup, tallow, sweet or -irish.potatoes, chickens; • eggs, &c.., &c., -.at their market-value in Thomasville. ; ■ {Remittances may’ be made by .Express at ■our visk’. - All others, must be- at the .risk of iliosq making the Same. • r • • ..Sirb'erfibm names will bedroped from tho li.st-:i't tiro end of the terui for which the sub scription has .been paid, unless renewed.. All coluiu Uni cat ions should b.e addressedto •• .Proprietor Southern Enlerprsc, . • ’ : . Thomasville .Georgia. • To our old Patrons. . l*f our adoption of the cash system in our erms above, needed any apology, we would refer you to a fact known to many of you, that wo tried the credit system’ fro-m May 18- f/5 to April 18G'2, and by reference to. our •books, we find that’over s4ooo’ still remain . tlic.ro against .subscribers and advertisers, • most'y tor'flic last, two years named, while w.c have boen’ oblige and during that time to col” lc’ct money elsewhere to pay debts and office expenses. This is not generous nor fair. We sent vem the paper at your request, lad.cn. • with- news,’ miscellanies’ •k-c.f enough to af ford you inahy hours gratification andamuse . ment, or.- made your trade’ known to the world, an and thus enabled you to reap a rich .’ harvest in business.- hat each of you in*, dividually Owe us is very-small, but collec tively is a considerable sum, quite suffi(|ient to set ns up m business anew. . We know that money is ‘ scarce at present, bilt many of” you have some or all ofThe pro ducts named.in our terms,. to spare, and we ask you t.o renew your patronage to the En terprise, and settle up tho small balance of the •old score, ‘ ‘•'•!■. • ‘ ’ • • . • : .■ / ‘ ■ j ■T•” ■# An Eloqucjif Extract.. Generation after generation have felt a s'-we do now, and their lives were as ac tive as our own. The heavens shall be. bright around our graves as they are around our paths. .Yet a little while all this will have happened.. The throb* ino- heart be stilled, and we shall be at rest. Our funeral will wend its way, and prayers will be said, and we. shall be left ih darkness and.the silence of. the tomb.’ And it may be that for a short time wc shall .be. spoken of, but the things of. life shall creep on and our names will be forgotten. Days will con tinue to’move on, and laughter and song will be heard -in the room where we died; and the eye that- mourned for us will b.e dried ; and animated with joy, and even, our- children .will cease to. think of us, and will remember to lisp our. name no more..'. . /. • ’ * - - --—-• ♦ * —i • Thq Mobile and Onio. railroad is. how • running to Corrintlq and the Southern . railroad is'about complete to Vicksburg'.. THOMASVII. I,I'. (iA.. V EDNESI)AY. .101A 19, 1865. • Maximilian and Mexico;. The New York Herald of the ‘XBifcJ lias a long letter from a correspondent j dated City of Mexico, May -US; ISOSU We give a few extracts ?’ Appearance of. the Empress. Carlotta is about twenty-three years of age, stately in form .and ;a graceful dank cer. In* an. “assemblage,• of which I • should think two hundred ‘were ‘ ladies, she was the- tallest.; Beyond some fabiG lous lace, and a necklace • of. splendid diamonds as large as hazlc nuts, I took no notice of the dress, preferm'g to leave to some-practical Jenkins the congenial’ •task of a more particular description.— Between the sets Her Majesty and ladies of honor'arise, which is. the signal for-all’ to do .thesame,.and.-another short round of social little presentations -follows.- : . Maximilian an and Ccwlotta ... • The Emperor exhibits on these oecu-* sions a cordial- familiarity • among those with whom he wishes to eon verse, Max imilian speaks fluently- six different lan guages.lie is particularly pleasing in’ his.'address, has the air” of a student, and . wears, in conversation (natural or culti vated I cannot say which;) a- kind, and genial smile, which wins. for.him. as many friends as do his .affable .manners. • He is.tall and commanding in form, is thir-’ t.y-six’ years or age, and .looks.every in'cli tlie emperor; ‘ At’ mid nigh t.-the great .supper. hall .is ’ thrown open their Majesties lead the way : to a vast table decorated with, the -most perfect tastefiand loaded with every de licacy that refinement in French cuisine can produce or palate crave; including exquisit wines brought by the.Emperor’ from Europe, -while- the hoard .groans with the most’ superb silver ‘Ware and porcelain, bearing the imperial arms ‘ It is not easy to conceive greater rrehness, J profusion or refined taste, than, is - here displayed. ‘ Their Majesties presently retire, when the. affair relaxes a little from its state formality, and officers and civilians vie in their attentions to Such . ladies as have not followed-the imperial couple. . Carlotta is decidedly and indisputably handsome.. The eyes and-forehead, are full of intellect,.arid in conversation the face lights up with a smile that indicates a pure, and kind heart. There i.s at times, however, a degree of Jeantcaii in the expression, which, . though-it pel-. fectly becomes the Empress, detracts ia little from the winning sweetne/s which characterizes talent, intellil'ence, firm ness. and above all, ambition. ‘ The-cous in of Queen Victoria, the- daughter of the King of Belgiumj.and grandidaugh'* ter of Douis Phiilippe, the’ best blood of Europe.courses in her veins, and having been brought up in the’ Court of Engs land, she fills her station With that dig nity and self-possession inseperable from the afigust society she has.se.cn from her childhood.. The. .Empress • desires by those social, reunions to bring together the most influential families of the emi pi re and the officers of. the several for-, eign legions, and soften as-much as pps-* sible the seefning asperities of a-military occupation, Foreigners (civilians)’ are rarely invited . to tlienr, and a card from the Empress, desiring, the presence, of any stranger visiting the capitol is con sidered a mark of special favor. Maximilian .wants to get rid -of the, • ‘ . French.. Maximilian, in the opinion- of all- who know him, will be only too glad to get rid of the French, and . with them the tiresome surveillance; or rasher domina tion of the French Emperor.’ True they 1 have been the means of placing him in power and of sustaining him’ there) but’ lie is fast reaching the poirit among these volcanic, irruptive people where he can. maintain . himself all over ‘the empire with his disposal. The. intelligence, forbearance, enterprise and wisdom of the man have made him the most pop ular ruler that Mexico has ever had. The Emperor’s Remarks about Recogni s tion. (i Let .the United Stated Understand ‘me/and. recognize my governm.ent/’.sa i*! tlie ‘Emperor, not long since,’ a.nd I will [ open-'a’’market here for millions .of- the •products arid manufactures ’arid’ inven tions; of-the'Aoith. To become, my.on emy and bntdt?up my government w ould but rcmajiii Mexico into her former state’ ‘of anarchy and .disorder.’ The United. Hfates shout'd -wish for a valuable,- p-roi gross:vc.’'thrifty neighbor in Mexico, not a.slothful, unproductive people, who can never .da anything ‘-with Mexico, the natives', nor cau make'Mexico useliil to .the - rest of the world. : • • . . ..THE . ‘; A ’gTeat.irimyy people arc* disposed to. q'ua'iTpl with- tho ‘-negro kt his aew posi tion as freed man.’ ‘There is no justice in tills'. -To oijr mind he ‘is but the victim, of circumstances.- The slave .bas hful very little if any ‘agency-in freeing himself. The event was, ‘d'oubtless.,-as unexpected to him -as to his master-; but .that he accepts the. condition and, with*j out weighing its future responsibilities; is elated with it, should ’not excite oilr ire a..ainst him. The negro - love3 riov’ elty, and is not air enable to : severe-e'en - ’ sure, for indulging this .characteristic up on an occasion -of so much importance as lii.s- own emancipation from bond age A great many of them. have acted very thoughtlessly in quitting ‘good homes, and without making’ any provision for the futurei.to run afeergi deceptive free ‘dom, or father a freedom which involves mere of personal care and trouble than, was ever dreamed of in their philosophy.- . But’ this -is no more'than we .should have expected from .-our knowledge'of the negro character.- Being nngry with him, will not. hel [)•'eitb,er his or -o.ti.r own case. If, In's mind i.- susceptible of logical impres* sion, ncolv it were better for us to son kindly -with him, eontrovert the •specious theories - of-these who neither ■ understand him as well, nor care as much about'his personal happiness,, as do we, who have borne toward him, under differ* en-t a lisp ices,, tii e. most kindly feelings. • There is no reason why we should niakd the negro think, us his. enemies, kimpiy because he accepts -a condition which has-been as much forced upon him as. our own has been upon -us.’ The field, for honorable emulation is now open to the neoro, and it should be our care to.en> O J • __ courage'find sustain the good,’ and dis countenance the evil- among- them. — Upon the question of compensation, wc ‘ flunk,-if the n'egrd; will- faithfully dis” charge his obligations of contract, that his former rnasU'r can afford to give him all that his labor is .worth,- and-yet be - ’ the gainer, in a pecuniary sense, by tho change. . It it our business to show'him’ that we. are: willing to employ and treat .him kindly so long as he is worthy of employment. and kind ‘ treatment; to convin-ce him. that le Can win our - con**. . fidence and respect by a manly and h.on J est ciischarge’of his duties as a freed man ; but That, on the other hand, if he neglects those dutfes, becomes idle and vicious, a reproach to” himself arid abur ’- then toothers, lie vill be-contemned and ■ punished. • His condition now is one of self-dependence; what he makes is his. own,.tO‘ dispose- erf tg the best advantage. • If by industry’ ami...econ'omy lie-can achieve wealth, he will', he justly - e'nti thed to enjoy its benefits. We have got to employ .’labor, and it ought to be a satisfaction to us to- know’ that onr former slaves are to- he the recipients of ‘all the benefits which may'accrue) from . labor faithfully discharged, rather than strangers. ! . - W ■ There is no - rcasbn, ■ then ; why the ‘ Faithful negro'should lot retain the kind regards of his former master, and res ceive from him stich friendly counsels as* will tend to.advance his moral, intel lectual -and- social interests. . But that the line of distinction between good and evil may be plainly defined, We should sterdly rebuke all tendency to idleness and vagrancy, and mark with displeas* ure those who, by their misconduct, bring reproach upon the negro character, and subject the innocent to unjust sus* picion. . We believe the negro mind is TERMS $4 A Year* in Advance, | susceptible of a given amount $f cultis enough; to distinguish • between rightml wrong, .and- both. aisi philanthropists and statesmen, it is the policy, of the atiiuiilate this mv. teiligefice andFaireo.t it for- the befit .in** terestS of the ‘State- -ami the negro Him*; self.’ While We are no longer-permitted . to. direct him in the capacity of,'masterfi y we may jriftuence him as friends. Ami’ this,‘we think,• is- our dutyj ’ politically and .philanthropically. ‘Such-a course ■ ; on’ ou-r part will also prove, that- -our in- .’ \tfcrest in .the. negro has . not been alien-* tirely tnercenary- one, as some of our cm em>es are dispoged to. chdrge. For our own part,-while \ve bad ifo part in- mat ing the negro free’, we are very ‘strong** Jy in favor of makinfg'bds .freedom toler able, and Will- give him nil the.aid ia our -power to do rigkt',bufc shall not spare censure when foe.does Wrong;- He shall at least have the. benefit of our-best wishes.for his', success as a..freedman, ’ though’ we. think’ the day will come . when he will hot thank those who made ‘ hlffil Macon Messengers ‘ • o . *.. \ • . * *-4 • ° . - . Our PoshU Routes. .. The following from - the * Washington correspondent of the Herald is hot very encoujltging '/ -’ .-• ThC question of re-establishing a small • number-of leading post office ‘ routes in ; the Southern Stages’ has been under con srderation’ by the. department for several days past, . Tho chief difficulty is the insufficiency of postal appropriations . made.by the last Congress. The estim* ‘ atos for this branch of the service were made with no.expectation o.f being thus suddenly called upon to extend its ope. ■ rations throughout the then insurgent territory. • Up . to ‘ the hour of the ad-., joimiinent of Congress it was supposed’ •the appropriations made wero ainply suffi •fieent for.the fiscal-year. ‘ SomejarMoge ments willprobably.be made by- which •the first quarter's service can be paid.—• This, will carry.-the burden along until • .Congress eon ‘provide for it.'-..The per* vic-e was.. never self-sustaining in'the . slave States. . For. ‘obvious reasons- it will,continue an.expense to tho Federal Government for years to come, wherever reestablished in the.Southern'Statesj- 1 -- None but leading routes are likely -to be . soon-reopened.. Within six weeks'the mails are expected,to “go-from here, .to •’ • Richmond -by Aequia creek and Fr-edcr- ‘ icksbtirg. The railroads from Richmond o•.. • . • and Moreliead ‘City. -to Goldsboro will.’ soon commence carrying, regular mails. . From Richmond'to Knoxville-and from'. Charlotte westward. to. the. Mississippi river are leading routes .upon which oc casional service is likely to be furnished.. Sweet Petatoe Seed from the ■ ISloom.- . Those who’ raise sweet potatoes should try; the following; • ‘ -. Colin Wood, in" The Plow, the-Loom• and the “Anvil,” says’ that, he has raised for three-years’ past, sweet-potatoes,-of better, quality- than usual, in- the follow-, ing-way., viz :• . - • ‘• . - The sweet potatoe vine blooms in Aug- . . ustj iii about a month, thereafter they-, form’ a pod'; the seeds are then about the size of sage seed,-and the same color. The pod should be noticed.and gathered when, ripe, or else they will • soor-id: op. In’ the spring,, at the usual’ time of sowing seed, I sow them in the’ .same, way I-now sow cabbage seed.— - They will not come up quite asrsoon, but will continue doing’ so through ‘the • spring/ The plant is small and delicate - in appearance, and should be drawn-in a ■ wet season, with a little dirt attached to it, and transplanted; ‘ The leaf and vine have a different appearance from the po tatoc usually, and the potatoe .will be’ found to grow larger and smoother than usual. . • • . I prefer this method, after satisfactory’ practice, to raise the potatoe, than- any. . other. — Working FarmSfc ■ The new Constitution .of Missouri, pro-, ‘ vides that Missouri shall ever remain am'em. es of-ihe American Union, . ; NO; 2.