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*■**&&&: ’ -- ii ijtiSftiav' i hi r i ^aBtt|iiiigii^ifii : iniliit|iMi L '' S5 l ffiKn. C^BGHLE & CO WISDOM—JUSTICE—MODULATION. S3, PER QUARTER . I.. ALBANY, GEORGIA. MAY 2. 1867. NUMBER 44. ;-r WEEKLY news, «J0113 |,ku 0} * every URSDAV AND SATURDAY. rw Gilbert & Vnson’s Dry j South side of Rroacl street. jo Advertising. Jitn.rt.il at Ihs rale of One Dollar Ur eqnare of Ten Lines, for Ihe i Seycnty-firo Cent, for each ,n_qisyftble In ndrnnce. t oTAjnroTicK. mts of candidate. for office, $10, , lo be charged for at regular ad. Lto be paid in adrancc. ."if Ten lines, of bretler, make one ments that make over eight lines en'lines, counted as two equares. .,n mark on their adrerllseraenls area they wish them to occupy. Jf fo, individual benolll, will lie n^ytequare for eqoh insertion. LAW CARDS. n. j. WRIQHT. ' i.. r. n. wastes. WRIGHT & WARREN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ALBANY, BA. W ILL practice in the several Courts of Law anti Equity in t.iis Stnte snil the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Slate of GtMirgia. Also attention given to COMMISSION in BANK RUPTCY. Albany, Nov. 18,1865. —37 Bankrupt Laws. •1 Atl vorlUomoB !»• ! iVr<W rates for leg*! atlvcrlisi 1 - TJKTITION.S in Bankruptcy under laic Act of U. I t'dngress CAN NOT BE FILED until the gene ral orders of the Judges of the Supreme Court (under section 10) prescribe the form of the petition orders, etc,, etc. When the Circuit and district Court of the United States can properly hear these cases, wo shall gladly represent our clients before them. Case 1 o&n be determined ii^vacntion or term. JUNKS & HOBBS, Attorneys at Law. Albany. Ga.. April 2, 1807. 31lf -fe : J. W. FEARS, Provision Dealer & Grocer, Macon, Ga. M Y arrangements nve complete for sale and de livery of Thera comet h glad tidings of joy to all, To young and to old, to great and to smnll; The beauty which once was so precious and rare, Is free for all, and all may be fair. Tlio Constitutional Amendment. [From Ihe New-YorkTimes.] Votes versus Vletusls—Which will Wlul By lire nw ol CHASTELLA1VS WHITE LIQU1 ENAMEL, MEDICAL CARDS. t lines or less..$ 3 00 t a ‘'' r f'''5'i , v“L'«Se>, per levy 5 00 •* IJO , <Jrw»» 0u ‘ , ‘ ll T h T " 4 °" ffiwdw of dUmlnlon from Admin^ ^ a»P ^ DE. TODI). CORN BACON AND HAY. . In store ami to arrive, '* 25.000 lbs. Smoked Bacon. 20.000 lbs Bulk Salt Sides. 6,000 bushels Com. 60.000 lbs Northern and Eastern Hay. 50 bids A lit! Sugar. 200 bbls Superfine Family Flour. 60 kegs Nails. 100 Sacks Liverpool Salt. Having an AGENT West constantly buying, no one has the advantage. Planters wanting produce especially COHN, should baud in their order* OFFICE—Lehman’s Corner. Opposite Livery Stable. RESWKXCE At X. !>. It HIXSON'S. Fehl2-nll ALBANY, GA. Wffl8£#E£........ u oo jj|ctfii*d Creditors 4 00 ™Ttha above rates will he required in mt itotes. Drs. Cromwell & With UlO CASH, in lime. The corn will be tratisfored on arrival, saving drayage, which wll always be 5 cents in bushel less than prices from 8lore. This is saved to purchasers. 300 bushels is a car load. J W. FEARS. January 26th, 18C7. 6- O FFER their professional servioes to the citizens oM Albany and vicinity, February 2-1, 1RH6. Office on Broad St. 13—tf I^bpbcial NOTICE, ftaadby Administrator!, Executors nr fjjJWatred hy low to be held on the I la each month, between Ihe hours of jrtnoon and three In the aflernoou, at [•me la ihe county In which the proper- Drs. Callaway & Pope, PALMYRA, GA. SEYMOUR, JOHNSON & CO —Corner 3rd and Cherry Street— Jllacon—Gu. March .30th, 1807 [3ft-ly] ice 61 these salsa must be given * vie iittite forty days’previous. sale of personal property must be mer, through a public gazelle ten it toaale day. its and creditors of an estate must -JbtJlStlon will be made to the Court for leave to sell Land must be publish- iths. ' ior letters of Administration, Guardian- st bepublishod thirty days—for dls- Admfnist ration, monthly six months— COM M ISSI( >N MERCHAN TS. ioa froru Guardianship forty days, B furrclosure nf Mortgages must bo Ikly for four mouths—for establishing Asfuti apace of Ihroo months—for Exeoutors or Administrators, i given by the decensed, the mths. M. Merritt, McKtnnell # Co. Atkins, Dunham# Co New Orleans, | G. C. McKinnell, j John D. Atkins, \ Thos. II. Smith, > J. L. Dunham, Hutidhurst, Miss.) W. 1?. Beale, Apalachicola, FI.] Merritt, Dunham, McKinnell & Co., COTTON FAOTOHH, COMMISSION & FORWARDING MERCHANTS, No. *7, CARONDELET STREET, STCBMKJr C25U ® e» aa S3 0 gty J. L. Dunham, of the above firm was an old ami reliable cilitenof this place—latterly or Apa lachicola, Fla., of the firm of Atkins, Dunham it Co October 13, 1806. wOrn* JOHN D. ATKINS, J. I.. DUNHAM, W. V. BKALI. asteen & Co. tO-FORTE ^MANUFACTURERS, ^499 JBEOADWAY ATKINS, DUNHAM & 00., Cotton Factors, Commission and Forwarding ^LE^OHZ^LZSTTS, APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA. ftgr Agents for the New Orleans Line of Steam- October 18, 1800. Cm.* Ships. T^eiv York- FRRDBR1CK J. CONANT atlon of ihe public and Ihe trade is ii.vl- f New Beals Seven Octave Rosewood Pl- ji, Vhicli for volume and purity of tone, are f Any bitketto offered in this Market, n all theiqodern improvements, French ^n,;l!tirp Pedal, Iron Frame, Overstrung >nd each Instrument being made under il supervision of Mir. J. H. QROVE8- o has had a practical experience of over i th*ir manufacture, is fully warrant- inldulal\ * ALFRKn 1. TOUNO CONANT & YOUNG, COTTON FACTORS ^ S2T SA5 General Commission Merchants, 39 SOUTH STREET, HEW YORK j^ji p*y close and Particular Attention to sales of Cotton, Tobacco, Wool, Hide*. &c. Ac., and the purcliaso of Merch.ndiia of ever, Description. Heferenccs : John J.ck.on, Albany, Oa. Vi. II. Young, Columbus, Ga. Atkins, Dunham A ; Co. Apia Fa Young A Woods,.Eufaula Columbus, Ho, Ocl 27, 18W! Cm Srovesteen Piano-Forte,’ I the highest award of merit f all others at the celc-bra- JRLD’S FAIR, BROWNS HOTEL. Oppnlle Depot WACOW, OA 'B. E. BROWN 4 SON, Propricfors. itbtbtted instruments from tbe best [tdon, Parle, Oerminy, Fhlliulelpbin, nnd New York. Also tt the hliote for five eucoeeeieo years, Ihe 1.1s from both of which o.n be kN.rooms. [duction of improvements we make a |&iam> Forte, »nd by manufactur- ba strictly cash ayatem, are enabled 1 aiment at * price which will pre- fflBIB WELL-KNOWN HOUSE baa been I refitted and repaired, and fs now one of tbe NEATEST HOTELS in the State, and the most convenient in tbe city. The Hotel is supplied with every thing Ihe markets afford. Macon, January 17th, 1807. For Improving and Beautifying the Complexion. The most valunlde and perfect preparation in use. for giving the'skin a beautiful pearl-like tint, that is only fuund in youth. It quickly removes Tan, Freckles, Pimples. Blotches, Moth Patches. Sallovr- ness. Eruptions, ami all impurities of she skin, kindly healing (lie same ami leaving the skin white aud clear as alabaster. Its use cannot lie delected by the closest scrutiny, ami being a vegetable pre paration is perfectly harmless. It is the only arti cle of the kind use.I by the French, ami is consid ered hy tin Parisian as indispensable to a perfect toilet. Upwards of OO.tMMI hollies were sold during the past year, a sufficient guarantee of its efficacy. Price only 75 cents. Sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of an order, by BERG Ell. SIHTTS & Co 28.5 River St. WHOLESALE DEALEVfS IX Groceries, Provisions, and lilantifacluroil TOBACCO. Keep constantly on hand one of^ the finest ami best aeleeled Blocks ever offered iu this market. Consisting of Bacon, Corn nnd Flour, Coffee. Tea and Sugar. Mackerel, White Fish and Blue Fish. Chep.se, Crackers ami Raisins. Pickles, Sardines and Oysters. Prime and Mess Pork. Soda. Potash and Soap. Syrup and Molasses. Chewing & Smoking Tobacco. , Chemists, , Troy, N. AFFLICTED! Sutter No Morel When hy the u«e ol hit. JOINVILLK S KI.IXIH yoi can be cured permanently, ami at a trilling cost. The astonishing success which has attended this invaluable medicine for Physical and Nervous Weak ness, General Debility ami Prostration, Loss of Muscular Energy, Impolcncy, or any of. the couse- quen^es of youthful indiscretion, renders it Ihe most valuable preparation ever discovered. It will remove all nervous affections, depression, excitement, incapacity to study or business, loss of memory, confusion, thoughts of self-destruct ion,, fears of insanity, Ac. It will restore the nppetitc, renew the health of those who have destroyed it by sensual excess or evil practices. Young Men. be humbugged no more by "Quack ki.l.idu" i .at.., t*i. I it iiktinl*. Itul ut Liquors, of all Descriptions. Doctors" ami ignorant practitioners, but send with out delay for Ihe Elixir, nnd beat once restored to health nnd happiness. A Perfect Pure is Guaran teed in every instance. Price, $1, or four hollies to one address, $3. Due bottle is enough to effect a cure in all ordina ry cases. ALSO, HR. J01DYILLK'S SPKOIFIU PILLS, for the speedy and permanent cure of Gonorrhea, Gleet. Urethral Discharges, Gravel. Stricture, ami all af fect ions of the Kidneys and Bladder. Uures « fleet ed in from one to five days. They are prepared from vegetable extracts that are harmless on (lie system, uml never nauseate the stomach or impregnate the breath. No chnuge of diet is necessary while using them, nor does their action in nny manner interfere with business pursuits. Price. $1 per box Either of the above-mentioned nrlicles will be sent to any address, closely sealed, and post-paid, by mall or express, on receipt of price. Address all orders to BERGER. 8IIUTTH & To., Uhemlsls. No. 285 River Street, Troy, N. Y, RrMotml hy the Snuitr mnl Mou»f of Representative* of the I'nilol State* of Annnea w Congress asiemhleit (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article he proposed to Ihe Legislatures of the several States ns an amendment to the t'onsti- lulion of the United States, which, when ratified hy three-fourths nf said Legislatures, tdinll he valid us a part of the t'onsiitiiGon, namely: Artici.k—Section I. All persons horu or nat uralised in the United Mates, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are eititetis of the V. States, and of the Sln'.c whereiu they reside. No Stale shall make or'enforee tiny law which shall abridge ilie privileges or immunities of citizens of the I'. 8. Nor shall any Slate deprive any person id life, lib erty or property without tine process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protect Inn of its laws. See. 2. Representatives shall bo apportioned among the several States according to the respec tive numbers, counting the whole number of per sons in cacti Stale, excluding Indians not taxed; but whenever the light to vole at any election for electors of President and Vice President of Ihe United Slates, Representatives it* Congress, execu tive and judicial nflieevs, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to nny of the male in habitants of siieli Stale, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United Stales, or ju any way abridged, except for participation iu rebellion or other crime, Ihe basis of representation therein shill lie reduced iu the proportion which the num- her of such male citizens s|mH |»unr to the whole niiintiei’of male citizens twenty-one year* of age iu that Stale. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Repre sentative in t’ougress, elector «iT President and Vice President, or hold nny office, civil or military, under the United Stales, or under any Slate, who, having previously taken all oath ns a-member of Uongrcs.s, or ns an officer of Ihe United States, or as a member of nny Slate Legislature, or ns execu tive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United Stales, shall liavo en gaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comtorl to the enemies thereof; hut Congress may, hy a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Sec. 4. The validity of the jiiihlie dob! of Ihe United Stales, authorized by law, including the debts incurred fur the payment of pensions nnd bounties tor service in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, slinll Util lie questioned, bill neither III* United States nor nny State shall assume or pay any debt m obligation incurred in aid of uisiirrec- lion or rebellion against the United Stales, or elaim for the loss or cmhticipnlioii of any slaves, hut all such debts, obligations, and claims shall bo held illegal mid void. u Sec. .5. The CmigreHs shall have power to enforce hy appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Every article In the GROCERY BUSINESS can be found, which will be sold at the Lowest Cash Prices 1 SEYMOUR, JOHNSON ft CO. Mi 10, 1807-18—3m CASH DRUG HOUSE I MASSENDURG, SON WIioIomiIc Drn«al"l«... & HAHIUS, ...BACON, OA. Unmlullerilttl Drugs, Ptir« M.Jicine*, Fine Chemieftln, ImiiorledToilelArllolee. French Window Glass, Paints and Oils, 3—3m DOUGLASS HOUSE I One Square West of Court House, Albany, Ga. Cash in Current Funis. Iliic CMlogue, iqntfree -Bn 4 family-paper. ^■COffST^TUTIONALIST flreiniiiny Mornluff, ; PAOE l’AMB, «6nUlnlnr t 1 hy Mail an ! Telegraph, Edi.- Report*,- Mlacel'ai elected or Original Story, ar ig-to Ihe tarn; and Dairy Stages leave this Home every day for Tliomasville, Bainbridge, and Florida. . rp-he Table Supplied with tho BEST the market afford*. March 21-28 If ropm ewa tL Family PRICE.' » year,-..i.;.^„„. one Mine, “f sent when tt'o? J. Gr It-I MBS, Is how prepared to mike to order Gentlemen*’ OneBooli and . Cfep^ avdO eaeh. 8ko«e, oot ef the ftaaet and IftlCo'. LS French Calf-akin All work ■ to give «atl»faction. Re- -■-*—promptly. ' I up over Gilbert. ‘Tlmt’Old Virginia SmokingTohaeco Attention of Dealera tpeeially called to our 8TOOK and SALE OF PRICES. December 15th. 1807. W. F. HAVENS ...H. M. BROWNJ HAVENS & BROWN, Wholesale and Retail Dealera in NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, Light nud Standard Literature, Statjoner, &c., No. 91 Cherry 81 MACON, GA. January 17, 1867 1- 1m agents wanted (Disabled Soldier* preferret!), —FOR THE—- T.ifo, Letters, Speeches, &c., of HOW. ALEXA.KDER H. dt na«*T oiav«L*«», «>q. Lata Editor ol tho Aoguiti (Co.) Conititetionali.1 END for Circulars and sea our terms, nnd ^^description onhe^wortr Address, NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.. Box 842, Atlanta, Ga. SPRING IMPORTATION 1867. There nrc two clttsse* of negroes at tho South which jn*t now iittrtict intention.— One ehittu in cum posed of tho “smart” men, who hnve glih tongues nml quick witr; men who pray almost without censing nnd titlk with fervid eloquence from tho hotel step! ami Hndienl platforms. This elasa is not particulsrly tit need. Their personal ex penses are readily met hy tho demagogues who into their presence nud their own utter ances for their own purposes. The other class is composed otmen with families—men who need food, shelter nnd raiment twenty- four hours seven days in every week. These nnd their little ones ask for hrend nnd re ceive the lmllot; they desire work nnd nro invited twite hustings. Tho first-elns* will lie nhtindniitly represented nt the North this Spring. Eat and Bleak, clad in irrepronoh- nulc alpaca sacks and shiny trousers, thoy will circulate it limit the nttitiversnrics, sit on tlie platforms, make impassioned apnea’s, indorso the Knoxvillo Whig, nnd kindly re ceive nny donut ions for -the colored people of the South t lint tho elmritnlilo people ol the North may wislt to make. Tito other class will hrnoil over their sorrow, grow sullen with discontent,turn childishly iront the bonus of stiflrngc and equal rights, and long for tho flesh-pots ol the olden time. The observation of our correspondent), the records of the Southern Press, the olll- ciul statements of army people and tho Erecdmbn’a lliireuti cnnflrm tho assertion of unprecedented destitution among tho people of both colors nt the South, and tho $ WHISKERS MUSTACHES $ tORCED to grow upon tho HmootheBt fuc* in from three to live week* by lining Dr. 8EV- 4E’S RESTAURATEUR CAWLLAIRE, tho most wonderful discovery in modern science, acting upon the llnnrd nnd Ilnir in an nlmont miraculous iiianaer. It hna been used hy the elite of I’nri* nnd London with the inert flattering HitccesH. Name*of nil purchasers will be regintered, nnd if entire *at- infection i» not given in every imdancc, the money will be cheerfully refunded. Price by mail, sealed and postpaid, $1. Descriptive circular* and teati- moninls maile l freo. Addren* BERGER, SHUT 1*8 a. CO., ChemialH, No. 285 River .Street, Troy, N. Y. .Sole agents for the United Hfnle*. BEAUTY j| Tightening Tiii; SntKWs.—(J moral Sioklos 1i:ih t wo polioomcti ill Wll miiiuton lor allogcil |inrliality in otiloreiiifj miiuioi|m! laws. He Huh uIho 0Htttl)H*luM provostH’ courts iu two districts of South Carolina, on the ground tlial civil law in not fairly dispensed in those districts. (ten. Cope has promulgated an order to his district and post commanders, requiring them to supervise the eivil trihuuais to see that no discrimination shall he made oil nc count of race, color or political opinion. While a previous order requires all civil otlicers to refrain trout using any influence calculated to retard the Congressional plan of reconstruction. The regist ration of voters has commenced in New Orleans, and tho journals of that city inform us that tins registrars use their own discretion as to who arc entitled to register, regardless oPwli it the applicants are will ing to swear. As there is no available ap peal from these registrars, of course their power is immctiae, and iu the hands of un scrupulous parlixans may result in the dis franchisement of a II muii who are in any way obnoxious to radicalism. Other instances are not wanting to indicate the outrage that may he perpetrated in tho name of law and yet plenty of men are to ho found eager to embrace the “ congressional plan,” and hitter in their denunciation ot those who pro pose to test the matter iu the Supreme Conrt. Auburn, Golden, Flaxen and Silken Curls, the us* of Prof. DE RRKUX 1 P RODUCED by FRI8EK LE OHEVEUX. One application warranted to ourl the most straight and atuhborti hair of either sex into wavy ringlets, or heavy min- aive curia. Hah been need hy the faHhicnable* of Pari* and London, with the inont gratif) ing reimltH. Does no injury to the hair. Price hy mail, nealed nud postpaid, $1. Dencriplive Circulars mailed free Address BERGER, HHUTT8 & CO., Chem ists, No. 285 River 8t., Troy, N. Y., Hole Agents fur the United Staten. EXCELSIOR ! EXCELSIOR! CHASTELL Alt’S HAIR EXTERMINATOR For Memo viva Supkkfi.uouh Hair. To the ladies especially, this Invaluable depilatory recommends itself os being nn almost indispensable •rticle to female beauty, ia easily applied, doea not directly on the burn or injure Ihe skin, but act* roots. It ia warranted to remove superfluou* hair from low foreheads, or from any part of the, body, completely, totally nnd radically extirpating the same, leaving the skin soft, smooth and natural — This in the only article used by the French, and is tbe only real effectual depilatory in exlatenoe*— Price 76 cents per package, aent postpaid, (o any address, on receipt of an order, by KR, SIIUTT8 A Co., Chemists, BERGE March 12-23—ly 285 River St., Troy, N. Y. Utkins, Ministry tad Straw Goods. ft Notice to Builders. is thst mre in trail of Lon,b«r ppllrtl prompt* by hunting Ihrir vr-ir-VV.: ARMSTRONG, GATOS & 00. ixu-OBTESS ..OJOrtsaa op Bn ’^— Ladies' Ilata, trimmed and unlrh >,7.1 ShakerIIooda,-Afcr/' 1 f \ 237 cafl 239 BolOmoto 8fc., BALTIMOHE.f » found r Commissions in Bankruptcy. Wright &l Warren, Attorneya nt Law, Albany, Georgia, pr.psrtd fa ausnd to slj basiacss cunnrct- witb lbs UK Bankrupt Law. sunb 80-31 .. X^otAO^! fiiHiJ copartnership heretofore existing between ■ /J,’ Alley & Jclka* ia. thia day dissolved by n* UghttlcfttUlnL, r Tlie bustnees will hereafter be csrrled ori AD«rt Fields 4 B, It. All.., Qt lbs rams FIELDS 4 ALLS growing tlirantisliirtion among n Inrgo pro- (f Freed- portion of tho idle nnd fainine-|iressed men. Unfortunately for the Unilic.il ele ment, tlie issue linn been clearly* made be tween them nnd tlie heat meaning of tho Southern lenders, tho Freodmen Doing given to understand that tho present nud tho Al lure are beyond the control of their late master*, tlie new element being the respon sible power. Quick n* children to uoto tho tarts of the hour, tlio negroes will not bo slow to see that tlie speculators who occu pied plantations during the nhsenco of tho owners, ami ntlor several Reasons of ntipro- litnlilo work, nlmmloned not only Ilia plan tations hut omitted to pay the mnn, are not tlie ones to whom they nre to look for aym- pntliy or aid of nny kind. She law protects tlie freedmen in their newly acquired rights, hut to whom shall they look for employment? In this vlow of the matter the ultimata direction of tho negro vote heroines I'iiaiticaM.y n question of moment. It is claimed hy tho Hndicnls, and loudly ntllrineil by the contented orators of African descent, that tlie votes will he east with tho Itadicnls rather than with tho Consorvi- tives; and ill tho class conservative thoy place everybody who doos not adopt tho cxtreino theory. Tho Inst census, after de ducting ten pur cent, for casualties in war mnl disfranchisements under tlie Sherman hills, shows tile population nnd inlerontinl vote, white and hlnok.'lo ho ns follows: i bo approximately While Fop, Virginia 704,848 N. Garolina... < 631,100 S. Carolina.... 201,388 Georgia, 661,588 Florida 77,768 Alabama 526,431 Misaisaippi ... 868,601 Arkanaas...... 324,161 Louisiana ...... 387,026 Texas 421,274 Blsok Pop. 606,563 301,022 412,320 465,668 62,077 487,770 437,404 112,289 360,878 182,621 Blaok Vole. 101,612 72,304 82.464 93,196 1 2,636 87,664 87,481 22,262 70,074 80,684 Tim Hki.ihhnf.nh of ItAnirAi.iHM.—Sav the New York Kx press, “the biautieH of the Tenure of Office Bill were strikingly illus trated in the three weeks’ extra session of the Senate which closed last evening, with out lilling nil the vacant olliees in the coun try—although in numerous instances the President nominated as many as six dill- front individuals, at different times, for tho positions thus loll vacant. “It may do very well for Hndienl Repre sentatives to insist on the rejection of nomi nees in their respective districts who do not happen to accord with them politically, but, like the fable ol tint frogs, such conduct is death to the Senate. The responsibility for tho vacancies in the public service must nnd will rest upon the majority of that body— for they not only took away from the Presi dent the power to Hll such vacancies during the recess of Congress, but they declined to till them themselves, by consenting to the appointment of such men as were nominated by the Executive—and this, of course, upon thejtlimsiest and most contemptible or all pretexts, to wit: that the nominees were not Radicals; as if no man was competent to hold a public office who was not a believer in the peculiar doctrine of the Radical party. White Vote. 184,110 100,468 46,161 62,833 13,120 88,836 66,846 64.668 63,361 71,070 In this table tho Radical prophets find cause of great gratulntion, for in South Carolina tlie negro Vote is twice as largo as the whito voto; in Mississippi and LouI«(- ana thero is a largo negro majority, and in tho other Htates there Is abundant evident* of tho strongth of the colored element, ff indeed this element would unresenHly cast its strength with the Radicals, tnSy/imight Well rejoice; but will it ? The Southern politicians were never slug gards in political matters. Hoheinlug ami managing are their normal political b*bUf/ The Houthem Press is unanimous f or kind treatment, fair argument, free discussion and immediate cooperation with the negro. Born and reared among them, th6 South erners best understand their ndapMiblo na tures ; they see their troubles, their : aft*ie- ties, and their lack of friends and foot), and to tho uttermost extent wo believe they will share with them, and in tho end by gaining their affections gain their imffrage. Reports and public meetings, annlversa- TiikKuyit of tub South.—The Knox ville Cmniereial, of the 17th, says; Thero is now in the city ot Knoxvillo over twenty thousand bushels of Coru, that arri ved by Hat boats yesterday. East Ten nessee has at tills time more corn that is yet to be brought into ma.ket than many sup posed was produeod -in the State the post year. The valleys and mountain sides of this mountain region arc as prolific of cereals as was Egypt in the davs ol Joseph; and the coming season will find us with more wheat than was over before produced in East Ten nessee in any one single year. A gentleman just retarned from a trip through Jefierson and Green -counties informs us ttiat he never _ sasaSMsggtgaii acres i* unprecedented, nnd tlio amount of ™ grpaitd-being, prepared for corn put. lost yesr’s efforts fir in tlio shade.'' rios nnd tracts,^ bomba,t and flattery are all very weli in tlioir place, but a needy win will longer remember him who roliovos lii* linnsHi* ition *!._ t. _ . .a . / . bonder than tbe one who complacently talks I verities and the “rock of o of the eternal lasting freedom.” I ovor- Nkw Yoke Constitutional Conven tion.— 1 Tlio election -held-ln^the-Stata-oZ New York on Tuesday, for membora of tho Conititutional Convention, *eems' to-Iiaye excited very little interest. Not o.io-Iialf of nS vo is of ‘ h ® stau, 35* polled. The Republican* cliim thut otl the general vote theyhad about twenty ihfm*- nnd majority. It Is «taled, however, that the Democrats in leverat (UitrieU wMCmi ' ^ nomination, having^ dtttnnie^S. to 'let tin eleetion go by default. The Trihiinu e*ti- mate* that the Convention will stand ninety* m 4tr. .The candidates at )ai tho sixteen Senatorial Disti V were equally divided between the two parties, and had i Hon. Horace Greeley is one of 1 elect. •