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■ Wni Southern ‘ •O • 11 OIUS < BRYAN, RPITOR. Tliomasville, Gha. U I’llM-*•!> “ > Jl \ 19. ISfi.\ Going to Hray.il. Jf the Southern people • mean whftf they mj f Brttil .will shortly receive a great, addition to her population. We I . too; thought of gmg to Bnoal botoro | the war and since t.he waT. but OW great ‘• pfevohtatiy was the .want bf courage ggil' money. A mao must ih&ve a great deel of-courage to go to .a wanner cliiui ate than the Noth; whcM.the SQR hoihs all-the water out of the ponds, and where Hurds and Spider.- -to be ot lto*’ . mo m And lie. must have a'yrood supply of money to. commence with in a. country ‘where the people'love it so well . that three out of five of thetn will Out a man’s throat, on any dark night for .twen tv-fivc. cents. Our people may be in earnest about emigrating-to Brazil, but .we are very sure that while many will remain here : whoinow. think, they'are. going, others will emigrate and- regret’ it the ‘. dor of theit lives-. • As >ce do not mean to emigrate, at least for. the present,’ and ‘do not wish, to .bid j ’ n final adieu to our'old friends- and -ac.; \ ” qaaintances, Wo most- emphatically veto • their er. lion proceedings And advise! : .them to st:’ home and bury their .: bones. v.’ their, forefathers on the ever-* - ting hills .of the glorious • old Empire State.- which .will vet arise.from the dust .Wnd sinokd o-f Frerneqrot.<m soA Fanoti< and stand -1 Ti Ct.in her tower ol ; strength—-proud m -anib.ition and exalt- 1 • ed in her position;- We afwiys Icwcd ‘old* itoorgu'i. ‘and love her ntill ■ In her ! I glory'shc nourished and ‘ nfoteeteil ns when we -were weak——how ,| ■. then, can wo forsake-her now ill the hour • of her humih.Uion -and - •we must tarry and comfort-her a while . • • .*• loner : •'. Thcnicm sue is now prostrate • nnder the-iron-lice 1 of- milit power,, she’ willsoon be. Upon her lees’ .again, . • when we doubt not . that with her same 1 • old motto sh'e will ‘ execute justice and *§brd us'manv comforts and. as much J . . happinesses heretofore./- Let us trust tier then. ■ It is good ptdf o make I qodd qov'i fits-, and the finest I . try on ’the ’ globe may afford the least] prosperity and happiness to mankind ac.< cordm<r to ■ the. society -of its inhabitants. Foi example let us draw one or'tv comparrisohs’ Italy, is renowned, the ) . world over for the excellence .of .'its cli- j • matt, the fertility of its soil and its • abundant elements of human prosperity : and happiness It has been the seat off the greatest empire the world has eyer 1 Seen,. and the literary world abounds with the brightest gems ‘from the pens of her philosophers, orators and states men ;.yef what • intelligent Englishman, Frenchman or American .would to-dnv • brine Italy into comparison with his. ‘. countn : When the Roman people lost their virtue they lost tlieir'Empire, and Ita encrated into'in significant On tiu .American. on'tiTie.ti! • ftmzil • • .is larger than the .whol- the 1 cited .u< including the territories, and wn settled by ‘■ European. about t'li'r sn; time. Let u* compare th< tn The l nia ted States, has 30 (H)0 000 of inhabit* . ants and Lrazil has % #OO fKH), - Wtl(l that ‘ population’, only two millions etc i/Attef,’ the remainder Imn. V and Indians Brazil is represented to hr the most magnificent, country on the tdobe. It has 4000 miles rtf see cons I, and is capable .of mote river firtvigatinn than the United States with the gfp?>f Mississippi and its f.rihufarjec -wfiite itg interminable forpsts of voluohle timber, its prodigious mener| nd vegetable •Wealth (imfibiflP to maL-o it the richest nmpur in flip world Notwithstanding these irnmpne'p arlvontsge* 3 ’ ie> * . .. • wer .an exerts, noj influenceinthe politeaf wlrid/trhHe Ibij \ nited States have-risen- to tx One of4h< , <rs of .the’ w-yld. and Is foil •and respected: by ‘the greatest powers of ; Europe. ‘\Yh\; ttis’vast superiority ofj th< i nitod States, over Braril ? . First, j because Hr the Portu gese and the UnHad States by the Kng Ksh and the gre- riority of the hit the fornu-'t.’ both h\ mental an.< rphy.sical encgj ry where visible, i Second because tli.e. govern i-v it-Of.B • I zil is a Portttges -.Mo-', selfish short righted pliicy of the Gov- J erntoent, fettered t ■ • oouraging emigration locking up. its. great channels of commerce, and hedg to op in the'sw at wealth of the country* r. . • r {(-st .other notions becoming,’ acquainted therewith should rob them ot the cquo> try. This policy was’ pursued’ by the Barzilians i’or nearly two hundred yearn. and it has been .bur a few years ago that the present Emperor, Den Pedro, the second, partially removed.the restrict tions and threw open .the empire to. emi gration and trade. © ... ■ To.the above reasons, why Brazil is so far behind the l nited States in popii* la'tion,-influence ana power, we may add that .the greater portion of the empire is j within the Torid Zone where the heat is ex. ‘ that, however .productive the soil the climate is not. suitable-to the labor of’ the white man.'•coming from cold climates', and the lazy indolence of’ .the. natives would never - develop the re** sources of the country. Brazil has more than twice as much cotton and sugar growing lands as the United States, and properly developed she would ultimately control the cotton market of the world, thus occupying th© commercial position of-tbic South prior to the war ; but for ‘the above reasons to which might’ be added many others if we had space, ap hundred years to come will not iind. Bra” ently risen in the scale of civil. * or. cornrrn power to compete ’with the United States.. •’ ‘ ‘• We may be asked, if Brazil. tolerating the institution of slavery, will not now gubercedc the South- the cultivation | of cotton ami deprive us-in a great meas- . ure of our profits in that trade. • V> e an. ; swer• ‘that she will. not. for a asuffb j cient. reason • if’ there . was no- other, i l that, since the great power of the I mteU . 1 States has abolished, ry, that instil ; tution will not live twenty years longer j I iii. any country on the’ continent of J [ America, and if thei white men is to-MM I tivate cotton and sugar the South is a j much more desirable climate lor his la ■ bor than Brazil Let no man, therefore, exchange the I. • % v '* South for Brazil with the delusion On Lhis mind that Brasil will b.e a lfiore de , Mumble home for tie future. If he’ can*- •! not remain'muiri hr- rule oi tie. 1 mien Males. Brazil will be a very good conn* ! try for him to go to, but it ho looks to I national prosperity and greatness as lus i reward fieri* COMgraion, he .will perhaps, find hmisell betto .< /; finally ip- the 1 United Stales,. s he pr.osenl slate of i-nfiairs Will wot b I,lon . ! >I h al of slavery m<tu-v<it ft nils m f,b <h i- . i i.-i l in h ;t! : .. ‘ i:, ! I jby rßme of nut .jirnjih la'l r l t I and-we?- 1 1 wIJ i! 1 . b i:u. leave f in’ uom>e \l< -vt J] > • .ml vise mu hir.iwn p. . . I h s . pfcpei | \ nndei tl ii 11.. .: dt n. s linmriliatP PtniyvltiMii vi- “ will liml ■ ntrn ready pnnoulf l•. of..oin •\ mn iii sire to iatve tdip eonfitry. in ordei that sh y Way vom j sell neoi f> to NoeHifc.ru Speculating capi talisf . vmi i..r,- it. Weds. on ‘ l the U Hnrora nrr. n|| ynfl —lirlir etjOflld 1/nM onppifif.c fliiScr- lot>do In fill’ | No nr>or> l ivicpfo Ofc*lf Omn’ for VrU UO lr>£? lialiotoil pc sum bv their vni nti finn tin- c- ol i ‘• ’ I ” • •’ . quantities of cottoti on-them ifith r-. Would it not tie as Wtdl foY Southern m?B to make this (JoUln . \\ ;hi\ will ny ‘(tint cotton eanffpt hnd will not be nude in e^ton%J . tu t. the al olitiout( sburcty — w t ’ ,) v:i nt it, bftt that VtM ; t -H't ipill gf®*** ly enhance the value of cotton, and al* (though labor will’ not be as steady and certain vet the greatly increased price’ ol .coUor will , its cultivation Be ■ ‘ s'av'Tv wa- abolished t.i e poor man iflora*to make cotton bcow |it 1 ot. onl* %”•■ •* • hut the xich •, “/>> owner would *t©ck the market*end Ibrie . i the pride so* that the poof ■’ ■ icrop worth very-little .Now •that the. • slaves are free aiid the large plantation broken* up -the small ewe I. be ‘greatly i increased and.-tkc poor j inan finds no. competition Save* the poet j man like himself.; Under .these'circuit. | stances if he* sees that the high • price of cotton renders it the most profitable la* * bor he will cultivate. it, though .lie may have to employ free labor. * Th-erc is one thing We wish to impress upon every Southern man, and it is this —if.the South - does no.t -cultivate the.’ cott'en fields the North will. Let livery I | man ponder well ‘this, subject, audit I then he is still, determined to go let him f emigrate to. Brazil. . O • .* • • • . ••. Test Oatli. ’ . ‘ Elsewhere in- our columns will be i found the. Test .Oath. now being applied jin. the State of .North Carolina. The I correspondent of the Tribune says it has brought things to a ‘'.dead loq/c ”. and |we • are not surprised, very’ soon it will come-up ‘lor application in Georgia H and who shall be able to Stand ? ,f The correspondent of the ‘lnbu-nc concludes by consoling himself with the .reflection that in nearli/ all ‘the late, rebel State* good and loyal men will be found wh° can pass the .ordeal ; but ice are of opin * ions that in most of the rebel States, I those ‘flfc men who have presented themselves as loyal citizens to the UnL. ted States should ba the first men hung for rebellion. They pretend to what they have not practiced and many of them opposed the. rebel administration who sought, and would have accepted places in it. Failing however, they, would hot-trust their, -precious bodies on the battle field, and since the roifellion j lias been-crushed-, they suddenly pear as loyal men.’ We have no faith in them and would a thousand times rather trust a oonquored rebel. Some such you -men will soon present themselves I foresee iii Georgia. We ‘ know none . who can pass the -ordeal of the test oath and keep their honor, but we know some who will pas> it honor or no honor. Well let them do it. I j llorxc Stealing. Within the last two weeks three bor • have been Stolen from the streets of ; Thomasville, one of them harnessed to a buggv have not heard that either of tile thieves has been overtaken. I W e hear also that on Friday night last tWo hale > of cotton were stolen from the T pi I unran Ka\ . ISr , who had died ‘ s }dv o da\ ot two bi ftnx \\ e have t heard whether the cotton has been ireoverod bni .su jueiou vest upon no ■ com plaint eouiina. troyn the eonntrv pe<v .pie about the stealing ol green corn. ■ If no x. . l y negro( If has been that negrope bad to exhibit orders before sell inn- certain articles in the market, but | now that they ere tVee, gtuen com. fVuifc, f*iro. chickens, AG, ,Ve.,seem to be le | gitimate plundeV among them and the town people e**u huv them at utmost. an.V I price. We hope that the reetprstion of i lott and nrs,i will sniMi tote ap,i j ppt nr> end to i Wfli n C ptlhl’sh • f A *nmn niotion in I ” •,Aolnmn bv V ****—” * • subject tba! must MOD -.enoauo the bolt talent of the Stats We • pwpar* ~,} to offer any suggestion as to what .. should ho pursued with-the pubjio debts of the State, but <>ur oolumns are open for debate on tbeaubjeut We ~ sinoerely hope that a wise temponaing* ; - poliey may be adopted, which, it it cans ! not relieve may ameliorate the condition . of the sufferers by the calamities <* tho .. country The p.m/ntt debts *o.i the COUn* try will hi’ a much more serious quea* lion for debate and we mav take- occa> sion to allude to tins subject in our next •issue. • . . *•*••. ..* <4♦•• * o . • Hacks will run Thomasville and Albany instead ofsenai* ’ weekly as we published last week. Since our last issue it ha's ramed ate j every day*, aud from warm dry weather j we have* turned to complaining oi wet weather. . •* ; *** . We will thank our friends for handing us i;u any newspapers from- abroad-that may come-into their possession. A negro man was sentenced by .the Provost Court of this place on. Saturday last to five years hard labor with ball and chain , for an .assault with • intent to murder Benjamin F. Linton *of this County* . : FROM WASIIiIiGtOX. 0 • . ■! I “'■■■ A Dead Test - ’ Oatb. . •Correspondence of the N. T* Tribune.’ • ‘ -. Washington, June 23,1565. : The following, act of Congress, . prescib® ing a.stringent test oath, * has just - been j brought to light; and has played, havoc • among the ‘Southern aspirants, for office : under the Government., it Will: doubt, less -be a bar to many ‘good men', especial* ly *ift North Carolinag- where the* St t ’ Governmeut- during the first three years . • of the Rebellion was in the hands of the anti-Secessionists-. The effect .of -the discovery of*‘this .test.oatli, beneath the accumulated legislation'of .three- event* ful years* has produced quite'a sensation . among our Southern’ reconstructionists. . Not one of Governor Holden's nominees, who were promptly appointed to the places for which they were, recomniend ed, can pass the ordeal; and the Govern or himself is in the same box, he having voted for the Secession ordinance, an held the office of State Printer during the war. The appointment of Provis* ional Governor is, however, cne not known to the law; and if he draw pa} r may escape the ordeal. Mr. 11 00 • P. Dick, who is regarded .as one of t most sincere and consistent Unionist-, in North Carolina, has. declined to qualify as United States District Judge,.in con sequence of having in, -some way com - promised him.self with the Confedera. If the righteous cannot be saved,-wh shall the ungodly Rebels and original Secessionists appear? .It is to be renreu ted that such men are -excluded .from office under the General Government such a time, but there is no help for while the law remains .on the statute book. There is consolation- in the re * reflection, however, that it will- keep all | the guilty authors of the Rebellion out |in the cold. The act is as follows :• . Be it enacted, dec .. that hereafter eve ry person elected or appointed to anv I office of honor or profit under the Gov ernment of the United States, either in the civil, military or naval denartmc of the public service, exceptmi’ the President of the United Startes. sk . fore entering upon the duties of office, and before being c: and to tr y salary or other emoluments there: : take and subscribe the lollowice; oath or | firrnation : l. -. do ‘ solemnly swcji ( r > affirm') that 1 have never • •the United Stairs since 1 have been a citizen thei 1 have voluntarily given no aid. con: : nance. counsel 0:- in con rage went to per* - is engaged in ataaed hostility that 1 have neither sought hot accepted ” a! town ted to ex ero-s r the function ‘ of fltq latever, under any i thoritv. or nrctond oo. authority, in hostil? ! itv to the United States : that 1 have n:: | _ • an a * yielded a vnin*ifcarv snpnorr tear, v nr,. tended Government, an: po? ; or ijMiltitntion within the U r. hostile 01 inimical thffnc: . do. further swear, \or affirm that to the best. V>f my knowledge and abilitv 1 will snr"* nrari and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign * and dnmoßtie ; that 1 will bear true faith : on.t q! Ia c-ian or to thf Kama l.t. ihic nbl\s*tion tVe.'b w ihr.. .men** ..... . • —- | So help me God . - . \. wild haU falsely take