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snnrHERN suPFERING.

1t is no figure of speech to say that
the South is ruined. If we admit loss
of wealth, absence of Injuries and a
scarcity of the necessaries of life to be
ruin, it is peculiar to the greater part of
the South, War wrought the change in the
fortunes of the people, and it appears
now that a scramble has commenced
among themselves for the fragments re-
naming. The depreciation of real es-
tate is enormous, and is sold at auction
at rates far below its former value We
allude to the country, not to the cities.
One instance is given by a correspondent
writing from Tuscaloosa. A little BUSH
ness, he says, in the courthouse, led me
to inquire into the financial condition
of this portion Of the country, and
/ learn that sheriff sales are becoming
so common that almost no purchasers
are 10 be found for the valuable lands
and other property exposed for sale. A
gentleman informed me that some twenty
farmers had been sold out lately, their
lands bringing less than one dollar per
acre. A sad instance of the reverse of
fortune produced by war, was mentioned
in the case Of old Mr. PREwETr, of this
county, whose estate was sold out on the
first Monday in this month. AT the
breaking out of the war he was the
wealthiest citizen of Tuscaloosa county.
He owned three hundred and sixty
slaves and large tracts Of land. he had
large sums Of money out at
interest, secured by mortgage on
negro property and land. He
was a homespun, economical country
man who bought everything at the low
est price for cash. He paid his physi-
clans bills before the doctor left the
house. When General CRoxToy came
to Tuscaloosa be took from this old man
some forty head of horses and mules, all
his money, provisions, etc, which was
his first calamity. Next came emanci-
patton, which swept his slave property.
Next came the breaking up of all the
men to whom PREwETT had loaned
money, or for whom he stood security.
Finally an execution was levied on his
property for few thousand dollars, and
all his real estate was sold under the
Sheriffs hammer for six hundred dol
lars.
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suffrage on the South, and then upon all
the States whe-e negroes most do con-
gregate. The only parts of the Amend
ment open to serious objection, in the
opinion Of the Times, is that by which
the Southern States would lose portion
of her representation, by the refusal to
let their late slaves vote. If this be
done, their political power is reduced !;
but this need only be temporary, and
need only exist until the Southern States
" find it wise and safe to apply the same
qualification for suffrage to both blacks
and whites.
We have charged, time and again, that
the object of those attempting to amend
the Constitution is to force negro sutf-
rage on the South. This has been per-
sistently denied. In the extract above
given, from the Times, it is avowed.
Without it, the States where people
oppose the mixture of the races, in the
distribution of political power, must lose
their representation in Congress and
then their due weight in the Electoral
College when President is to be elected.
The excuse that the amendment does
not impose negro suffrage on the States
having large negro population, as
Ohio has, is not only flmsy but false.
1t forces these States to adopt it, as
much as if it commanded, with the
right to enforce the command, to have
it done, because without negro suffrage,
if the amendment to the Constitution be
adopted the States lose their rightful
power in the Government which they
can only regain by its adoption.
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LONELINESS IN TEARS.

Some one has said that there is music
in the Autumnal sunshine. That is q
bit Of extravaganza, but if it is pardon
able at all, it is at present. Weather so
lovely as we are now having and have
had, If not musical, is something akin
to it, The elements are in conspiracy,
that is certain. But are they conspiring
to bless us with visions while they wiring
us to the soul with anguish The soft
air, the dreamy haze rolling in the
distance like blue mountains, the
broad sunlight descending unmingled
with floating shadow, make
a picture real and ideal Of indescribable
loneliness. Does it not tax the enthu-
siasts credulity to be informed that, in
the midst of this, pestilence lurks and
death. holds its awful revelries2 We
cannot forget that for two months and
more, the living wore pale and anxious
faces, while the dead and the dying rose
everywhere to remind us of our own
mortality. Friend after friend went
down beneath the golden day, the starry
night, and the breezes of gentlest
breath. The destroyer stood in
the highways, at the corners, aye, in
the very sanctuary, and slew. Poison
dwels in the flowers, and pestilence in
the breezes that cool our brows- But,
as the loneliness deepens, as the leaves
fade, hutter and fall, health, hope and
confidence return. There is now little
paleness on the cheek of the living, and
time is soothing to quiet sorrow the
memory of the dead. We walk out
once more, and the wheel Of commerce |
begins its revolutions. We shall soon
be involved in the worlds great strug-
giles, in the midst of the din and roll of
which, icy hands and broken hearts will
be forgotten. Strew the latest flowers
over the dust Of the sleepers, for
the Winter is near, and the ice
King is already building the
foundations of his throne We shall 60
forth, stepping to the music of new
hopes, and smiling to the smiles that
come up from the depths of hearts made
happy in the light of summers to come.
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RIOT.
Serious Riot in DeKalb, Missouri

ST. JOSEPH, Oct l5.-0u Saturday
last a serious ARRAY occurred at the
town of DeKalb, in this county, in which
three men were dangerously wounded
and two horses killed. 1t being the day
Of registration number Of people were
present While the registration was
going on some drunken Radicals began
denouncing all johnson men as bush
whackers. The Conservatives retorted
that they were better than horse thieves
At this two Of the Radicals drew their
pistols and fred, killing a couple ofvalu-
able horses belonging TO Jno Gabbert and
]. Higgenbottom. Thehre was returned,
wounding Thomas Barns in the arm, Jas.
Dix in the thigh and arm, and Joseph
Ogden in the hand all severely. Dix
will probably die, and Ogden will s1iier
the amputatian Of the right hand
All these men are Radicals who com
menced the shooting. Conservatives
who participated in the ARRAY gave
themselves up and were held 10 bail
The Radicals have disappeared; but Of
ficers are searching for them.
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NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans has not recovered its old
trade. The Crescent says it has been
content, apparently, to see other sections
take from her, by their superior energy
or capital, an amount of trade which
would add greatly to her prosperity, and
to which, from her superior commercial
position, she is legitimately entitled.
The cotton and other products of North
Alabama and Middle Tennessee have
found their outlet, as in former years, by
the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers;
but ST. Louis and Cincinnati capital has
diverted these sources of wealth to their
own doors, by means of the steamers
which they have kept in that trade. Not
a single steamer, as far as we have
learned, has yet been placed by New
Orleans in this trade. If any of the
products of those fertile valleys reach
our city, it is only after trans-shipment
at Cairo or Memphis.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
THE NOON DISPATCHES

New YeRx, October l7.-Gold l48s |;
Exchange firmer at 1881. ~
LIVERPOOL, October l7.-Cotton firm
and unchanged; middling uplands, lot,
London consols, s9!; fives, 6Sf.
WASHINGTON, October ia letter
has been received in this city from Lieu
tenant General Sherman, discussing the
political situation, and emphatically APP
proving of the Presidents policy of
restoration.
New YORK, October lS.-The steamer
James s. Green, from Georgetown, South
Carolina, arrived this morning She
reports that on the 18th large brig was
seen ashore, twelve miles south of Fen
wick island, with the sea breaking over
her. On the 18th she saw schooner
ashore six miles north of Barnegat. On
the 10th the steamer Monticello, from
Savannah for Boston, put into Delaware
breakwater short of coal.
SANDY Hook, October 1S.-The pro-
peller Empire, from Wilmington, N. c.,
is ashore on the outside of the hook.
She is hogged, and has three feet of wa
ter in her. Her cargo of resin is strewn
all along the beach. She went ashore last
night
ST. Louis, Oct ia terrific steam
boiler explosion occurred here this
morning in the turning shop of j. Fl.
Bubreck, on Franklin avenue, totally
demolishing the shop and two other
buildings. twenty-five persons are
known to be buried in the ruins
LOUISVILLE, October l7.-Major Cen
eral Thomas, commanding the depart
ment of the southwest, embracing Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Missouri, will establish his headquarters
here on the first of November.
WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-THE Secretary
of war, on the recommendation of the
Surgeon General, withdraws, on the first
of November next, the military quaran-
tine established in Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
New YORK, Oct l7.-Cotton dull at
40 to 43c. Flour wheat, irmer. Corn,
firm Pork, heavy.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMEE =
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.

The New York Times, the editor Of
which, as a member of Congress, spoke
and wrote against the proposed constitu-
tional amendment and then voted for it,
uses this argument: f.
There is one point the South ought to
bear in mind: The only parts Of the
amendment open TO serious objection are
temporary in their operation. By chang
irg the ratio Of representation their POI
litical power is reduced, but only until
thew find IL wise and safe to apply the
same qualifications for suffrage 70 both
blacks and whites. Whenever they can
mt both races on the same footing and
Allow both to vote upon the same condi-
tions Of education, property, etc, they
become entitled to their full representa-
ton. In the ordinary course Of things,
This result must be attained before many
years.
In plain English, says the Cincinnati
Union. this extract sustains the charge
that the whole scheme is to force negro
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CHASE.

The New York World very correctly
says: "The statement made by Messrs
REED, TUCKER and OULD, of the counsel
of JEFFERSON DAVIS, dated the I'd, and
published in the Richmond papers of the
4th instant, places the Chief Justice of
the United States in a scandalous pre-
dicament. In most criminal cases it is
the prisoner that skulks, and justice
makes haste to prosecute and sentence
him; but in the case of Mr.. DAVIS, it is
the judge that skulks, while the prisoner
presses his petition for a trial.
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to conclude at last that the business OF
life is to hunt down an Office and live on
the public. Other and more profitable
pursuits are ignored, and the most
precious time of existence is frittered
away. The end of q chronic ofice-seeker
is bankruptcy, and the end of his family
is starvation. We have known many
good and capable men ruined by pursu-
ing this bubble. Men make fortunes by
Office; but how many starye in pursuit
oft? We advise defeated candidates to
hush up their growls of disappointment
and go to work at something else. The
public can give every man employment;
but it cannot give him an Office. Work
is needed everywhere, and every
man should pnt his hands to it,
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HEAVY BLACK SILKS ONLY 81 rs PER
Ill yard.
Printed Delaines only 25c per yard.
Bleached Domestics l21a, 49, is. 20 and 25c per
yard.
Canton Flannel only 35c per yard.
Linseys only SOC per yard.
1914 sheetings 75. Soc and 81 90 per yard.
Colored Alpaccas only Csc per yard.
Black Alpaccas only SOC per yard.
Poplins. all c0lors, 5Oc per yard.
Irish Linens only 50 and Goo per yard.
Brown Domestics l21a, Is. II. 20 and 25c Der
yard.
Bed licking 20 to Soc per yard.
Wooden Nubias Toe each.
Flannels. all colors and qualities, very cheap.
White Jaconets only II, ~. Is and Soc per yard.
Nainsooks only 20, Is, 30 and 35c per yard.
Crib Blankets S2 per pair.
White bed Blankets So to $40 per pair.
Colored bed Blankets only q per pair
1000 Balmoral Skirts at So rs each.
Dress Cambrics only l5c per. yard.
Ladies' Kid Gloves, best makes, 81 % per pair.
Real French Reps only 81 10 per yard.
English Merinos only 9Dc per yard.
French Merinos only 81 60per yard.
Children's Merino Hose Zoe per pair, or 81 per
dozen.
Ladies' and gents Hose, a full line at low prices.
Ladies' ilinen hem stitch Handkerchiefs. only
35c eacn.
l aides plain linen Handkerchief only 50 per
dozen.
Also a full line of Cluny Laces, Trimmings.
Buttons, Shawls, Cloaks, Gents Clothing, Fur
nishing Goods and Plantation Supplies.
Wholesale buyers will find we can offer them
inducements both as regards prices and terms.
Our stock is large and well assorted. Remem-
Der our number.
ELSON BROS,
AZ 297 Main street
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RADICAL DESIGNS.

The impeachment of the President,
says the St. Louis Republican, is to be
the bouquet of the Radical fireworks.
The power they have already arrogated
is not sufficient for them. They feel en-
barrassed as long as there is single
independent position in the Government
They are afraid of the least cutlery of the
lacerated conscience of this nation, and
to have an unbiased mind at the head of
It, is a constant source of terror to them.
None must be spared who might check
their usurpations, or expose their
schemes, or appeal from their despot-
ism to the laws of the country, and to
the democratic sense of the nation.
They need the combined powers
OF all the three Departments of
the Government, before they can effec-
tually overthrow the Constitution. The
Judiciary is to be pliable instrument
in their hands, and the President, the
blind executioner of their acts. Then
only they will be satisfied. They need
partisan tribunals, and a partisan Execu-
tive, and they are unwilling to wait for
the chances of the next election, which
might perhaps give them Radical man
of straw for President. To this Radi-
cal despotism it seems an eternity to
wait two years longer, and they hope by
fraud and force and iniquity to shorten
the lawful term of the President.
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OFFICE SEEKERS.

The middle about the municipal cleo
ton is wholly unnecessary. fla man is
defeated by popular sentiment, he cuts
miserable figure in attempting to hold on
by some bubble of Law. When Office
seeking grows to be q passion, the seeker
IS as good as ruined. he will hang for
years about official positions, and come
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e1- A mother and servant were

Gently passing along one Of the streets
of Syracuse, N. Y, with a little baby
carriage and baby occupant, when, I'M
observed by either, the baby rolled out,
while the carriage moved on. After 60
ing some distance, gentleman ap-
preached, and pointing to his babyship,
remarked, " Madam, you've dropped
something"
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gA. There is something very sensible
in the impromptu remark of a pretty girl
not thousand miles from Boston: IF
our Maker thought it wrong for ADAM to
live single, when there was not woman
on earth, how criminally guilty are the
old bachelors, with the world full of
pretty girls"
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B6- The I'd volume of the French text
of NAPOLEON Life of Caesar" has just
been re-published Persons who have
critically compared the English version
with the original declare that the work
has not been we'll translated.
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pretty girIs.
nag The great Memphis house

D1- The great Memphis house of
HOWELL, WooD & REED is increasing IFS
already mammoth business rapidly, and
presents extraordinary attractions for
the public. 1t is palatial in appearance
and proportion, magnificent in contents,
and has become one of our greatest in
situations.
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p6-A man may as well expect to grow

stronger by always eating as wiser by
always reading Too much overcharges
nature, and turns n ore into disease
than nourishment. 1t is thought and
digestion which makes both serviceable,
and gives health and vigor to the mind.
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pa The editor Of the Houston Journal
says: "Our lips are still swollen with
the powder of the cartridge that we bit;
our hands still burn with the red fire Of
the hot gun-barrel; yet we forgive and
forgat -
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RAJ One of the Southern loyalists was
called on to make speech, and this is
the result: ! have no time to speak-the
carriage is now waiting to take me to a
neighboring village, where l am to speak
tonight; but God and the Republican
party and the Devil and the Democratic
marty
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FROM GEORGIA.
Murder Of a Negro.

AUGUSTA, Oct l6z-A freedman was
shot in Columbia county lastnight The
outrage originated from difficulty with
q white man. The freedman applied 20
General Tilson, who advised him 10 seek
redress from the civil authorities A
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B@ Governor THRocKMoRros.

b9 OOVernOr lHkOCkMOkIOh, az
cording to the Houston Telegraph, has
resolved to protect the frontier with
State troops, in consequence of Gen.
SHERIDAS's having intimated that no ma
tionaI troops viii be allotted for that
purpose, at all events, before next
sprinp
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p@ Rumor forecasts the marriage OF
JAMES GORDON BENEFIT, Jr., and
daughter Of Gen. DIX.
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B0. A gentleman in Hudson, N. T.,
was married last Thursday, and cut his
throat the same night
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D6r The taxable banking capital of
Cincinnati is given at 81, 200, OO0-repre-
scented by % firms.
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sG~One quarter of the entire voting
population Of San Francisco is COM
posed of men from New England.
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B1- A girl employed in the Columbia
mills at Lee, found four 500 bills
among the paper stock
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B%The DoUGLAs-LIEcoLy style Of
discussion is again in vogue in Illinois.
LOGAN ard DIcKEY are the champions.
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p9-A prominent feature Of the Pitts
burg Convention was a wagon filed with
drunken negroes.
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p@ A spiritualist in Pittsburg, be-
lieving himself inhabited.by evil spirits,
hung himself
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MARRIED..

BRIDGES-DAVIE.-In this city, at the
residence of the brides father, on the 18th inst.
by Rev. DR.. Steadman, Mr.. M. Bridges to Miss
Bette A., youngest daughter Of p. IL. Dayie.
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Hats, Boots and shoes.
Also full stock of
A CA II ID.

As the season is now advanced, and my stock
of goods unusually large, will offer them 10
THE TRADE ut greatly reduced prices An
experience of thirty years in the Southern
country .jusdies me in the assel ton that fully
understand the wants Of the Country Merchants
and Planters in this section. and therefore re-
spectfully solicit an examination of Iny STOCK,
confident that L can meet the views OF buyers.
determined. as ] am, not to be undersold by
any house in Memphis. A. SEESSEb,
"a $50 lain street.
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HF In less than ten years the negro
labor question will be lost in the Chinese
question.
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WHAT THE PATIENTS SAY OF
DR.. Maggiel's Pills and Salye!

Extracts from Various Letters
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II took half pill and crushed il 10 powder,
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party of whites surrounded his house
last night and murdered him while he
was attempting to escape The citizens
are indignant at the outrage. A military
force has been sent to arrest the perpe-
traitors. M
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AMUSE M e NTS.
GREENLAW OPERA HOUSE.

Fourth appearance of the charming vocalist,
dansesse and pantomimist, Miss MOLLIE
WILLIAMS. Also, fourth appearance OF Mr.
edian.
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THURSDAY EVENING, October IS. 1866,
will be presented the five act drama, entitled
TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-R00M. Sample
Switched, Felix A. Vincent; Mehitable Cart
wright, Miss Mollie Williams.
Prices of Admission Parquette and Dress
Circle, 81; Family Circle, so cts. Gallery, %
cts; Colored Boxes. 50 Cts; Colored Gallery,
% cts. No extra charge for secured seats.