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JlltatqllantOßS Department.
J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
The Book-Binding Department of the Frank
lin Book, News and Job Printing House, was an
important and very essential part of the Estab
lishment, as originally organized in this city in
18(50. It has been in active and successful opera
tion from the date of organization to the present,
ami is now fully equipped for active service.
Fully prepared with an ample stock of material
of the best quality, and with skilled artisans ready
to execute work of any description, in the best
style, and at prices to suit the times, patronage is
respectfully requested. Friends of the Index and
of the cause, aid us in this department. Keep us
busy. Knowing the dangers of idleness, our in
dustrious young men and young ladies greatly
prefer to be actively employed. They live by the
labor of their own hands. Help them. Send
us magazines to bind, and orders for Account
Books, which will be made to any pattern. Giye
us work. Bread we must have, and work we
must do.
Several communications received too late for
this paper.
Rev. Dr. Henderson requests his correspondents
to address him at Jacksonville, Ala.
Telegrams say that New' Hampshire has been
swept by the Democrary—electing Governor and
all the Congressmen.
The President of the Board of Trustees of Mer
cer University makes a call, in this paper, for a
meeting of the Removal Commissioners at G’ar
tersville. Look it up.
Beautify your yards and gardens. E. J. Evans
& Cos., York, Pa., will send you, by mail, for S ; L
thirty different varieties of flower seeds, with
which to form your ribbon beds in the various
(olors of the rainbow.
Place your valuable periodicals, sheet music, in
a convenient state of preservation. It can be
done at slight cost. Arrange the hooks in the
shape you wish them to appear, and address them
to J. J. Toon, Printer, Publisher and Book Binder,
Atlanta, Ga.
The “ Limpid Writing Fluid,” which we are now
is the best ink we have used for years. It
does not corrode the pen ; does not thicken, but
flows freely to the last in the bottle; becomes a
beautiful black. It is also excellent copying ink,
without the addition of ingredients. Put up in
stone bottles holding a quart. Price sl.
The Florence Sewing Machine Parlor, No. 4
Broadway, is attracting that attention which it so
richU merits. The musical instruments of the
Parlor are not the least interesting feature of this
elegant establishment. The Florence does good
work, and is the favorite in many circles.
A quaint old gentleman, of an active, stirring
disposition, had a man to w T ork in his garden who
was quite the reverse. “Jones,” said he, “did
vou ever see a snail?” “Certainly,” said Jones.
■Then,” said the old man, “you must have met
him, for you never could overtake him.”
Money order offices seem not to be distributed
in the Slates in proportion to population or the
opposed demands of business. Indiana, 106 ;
Alabama, 1(5; Georgia, 15; Missouri, 67; Virginia,
2S; Tennessee, 82 Mr. S. J. Daniel, Market
Clerk, and engineer, has left Selma, Ala., for Pa
tona, on the S., H. and I). Railroad. Was esteem
ed as a valuable citizen.
V wei nation. —There are hundreds of persons,
perhaps thousands, in our city who have never
been vaccinated. Would it not be wise for our
health officers to put forth active measures to
prevent the spread of small-pox among us, in the
event it should make its appearance in our city.
Timely action in this respect, may prove to lie
wise action.
The Sun—Our friend, Col. A. M. Speights, an
nounces a full corps of “left-tenants.” Messrs.
\Y. 11. Moore, J. P. Moran and S. P. Wells have
been associated with him in Ihc publication of
the Daily and Weekly Sun. The Sun Publication
('oinpany is composed of worthy gentlemen, and
w<‘ wish* them and it a prosperous and useful
career.
Stvdent’s Lamp. —How many thousands of
persons are now sacrificing, prematurely, their
cu-sight by reading and waiting by an insuffi
cient light f Some are guilty of “ this waste” who
are better informed, and others are doing so for
the want of information. To all we w r ould com
mend the Student’s Lamp. Though it cost more,
what of if ? It is worth twice or five times its
cost. One thing is very sure, that if you try one,
you will bid farew ell to pine knots, wax tapers,
globe lamps, star and tallow candles.
Transfers.—} I. Hawes from Danbury to Goshen;
A. Haralson, Atlanta to Mobile; Mrs. F. 11. Hoff,
LaGrange to Macon, Ga.; Rev. D. M. Breaker,
from Knoxville, Tenn., to Rockford; J. M. Bar
row, from Tuskegee to Meridian, Miss.; R. R,
Asbury, from Talladega to Cave Spring; Rev. P.
11. Lundy, from Greenville to Prattville; F. M.
Longley* from West Point to LaGrange; J. E.
Milner to G. M. Milner, Jonesboro; Mrs. M. M.
.Tones, Camak, to Mrs. J. N. T. Jones, Louisville;
it. J. Bacon from Albany to Baconton, Ga.
The action of the LaGrange Baptist church
with reference to the removal of an aged and very
highly esteemed member from among them, is
fully understood and appreciated by those who
have the honor of an acquaintance with her whose
departure from their midst was justly and so
deeply deplored. Few men more highly honored
than the President of Mercer University, whose
high prerogative it is to claim and call her by the
enduring appellation of mother. Sister Hoff is
now ascending the scale, and is near the approach
of four-score years.
Jackson DeLoaciie. —Our first visit to the city
of Macon was in the year 1852, and Mr. DeL. had
then been in business in that city fifteen years or
more, making his active business career in that
city till a term of about 84 years. During this
period he has dealt mainly in carriages, harness
and kindred goods. He is a man who knows his
business, and has the energy to attend to it per
sonally. Asa man of liberality and rigid integ
rity, lie has but few equals. We have known him
and bis most amiable Christian companion for
many years, and have the pleasure of numbering
them among our warmest and firmest friends.
Decatur Baptist Church. —W. R. Webster,
Treasurer of this church, gratefully announces
the receipt of the following sums as the result of
the efficient agency" of Miss Mary A. H. Gay:
From Rev. S. P. Callaway, West Point, sll 20;
from Rev. M. J. Wellborn, Columbus, $75 10;
from Rev. D. W. Gwin, Montgomery, Ala., (two
checks,) $165 20; from Rev. E. B. Teague, Selma,
Ala., $150: Remittance through Gen. John B.
Gordon. The church is ever grateful to the do
nors. Since the receipt of the above, the Treasu
rer acknowledges, with gratitude, the following:
Rev. C. A. Kendrick, pastor Baptist church, Green
ville, Ala., SIOO.
Railroad officials will find the Franklin Steam
Printing House competent to furnish all railroad
printing promptly, on the best of material, execu
ted in finest style, and at prices the most reasona
ble. The office is now freshly supplied with a
large stock of paper and binding material for
blank books of every kind, blanks, etc., and our
friends are assured that they will not suffer the
inconvenience and annoyance of delay, when the
House is favored with their orders.
A Distinguished, Practical and Scientific
Pl anter, in an address to an Agricultural Socie
ty. makes use of this forcible language: “It is, I
think, obvious to every one, who thinks on the
subject, that fertilizers are now a necessity for this
country. The system of planting hitherto pur
sued, of exhausting the ground and returning
nothing to it, has necessitated a change in this di
rection, and more especially is this necessary, if
we are to get the highest yield from our lands of
of which they are capable.” This is Truth. Then
it becomes important to the Farmer that he should
buy the best and cheapest fertilizer. Read the
advertisement of the Langdon Fertilizer in an
other column.
The Conductor of the Index cannot forego the
publication of the following. The lesson taught
i: for all:
Monroe, Ga.. March 13th, 1871. — Mr. J. J.
Totm, Dear Bro. : Our house Ls in mourning this
morning. God serif his angel-reaper around last
night, and took our little Ernest. The first loss
we had ever sustained, we had not been schooled
to sorrow; but we have learned its hardest lesson
now. Have you any little ones in the grave ?
Then you know it all; if not, tongue or pen can
not tell it to you.
But I pray it may be to my profit and God’s
glory. I know now how to mingle tears in sym
pathy with the bereaved —the sad work to which
1 have been called so often recently. In my
plans for the future, I w ill depend more on Gael,
and less on the promise of my boys. I will con
sult His glory more than family success. And
since the lesson must be taught—since the stroke
must fall—how big with mercy in taking the
child He did. Had He taken an older one, I
might have felt sad and grieved, that may-lie he
was not prepared; but He took our pel, the fami
ly pel and pet of the tow n, but we know he is now
“ Beyond the smiling and ihe weeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
• Beyond the rock-waste and the fever,
Beyond the ever and the never.”
What more could we wish ? Only this: that
we may meet the loved ones all at home.
Yours in Christ, G. A. Nunnally.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 16,1871.
Yoar Mission,
(The following was sung by Mr. Philip Phillips,
at the great Temperance Anniversary, in London,
at the Crystal Palace, on the Ist of September,
1868, when over 42,000 people were present. —
Index.
If you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet.
Rocking on the highest billows,
Laughing at the storms you meet,
You can stand among the sailora
Anchored yet within the bay;
You can lend a hand to help them,
As they launch their boat away.
If you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
While the multitudes go by;
You can char in happy measure,
As they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver
liver ready to command;
If you cannot toward the needy
Reach an ever-open hand,
You can visit the afflicted,
O’er the erring you can weep;
You can be a true disciple,
Sitting at the Saviour’s feet.
If you cannot in the harvest
Garner up the richest sheaves.
Many a grain both ripe and golden,
Will the careless reapers leave;
Go and glean among the briers
Growing rank against the wall,
For it may be that their shadow
Bides the heaviest wheat of all.
If you cannot in the conflict
Prove yourself a soldier true ;
If, where tire and smoke are thickest,
There’s no work for you to do;
When the ba tlefield is silent,
You can go with careful tread,
You can bear away the wounded,
You can cover up Ihe dead.
Di not, then, stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do ;
Oh, improve each passing moment,
For these moments may be few 1
Go and toil in any vineyard,
Do not fear to do or dare;
If you want a field of labor,
You can find it anywhere.
There’s a field already open,
You can leud a helping hand,
To reclaim the many drunkards
Wide extended o’er the land;
You can help us try to banish
From their lips the fatal bowl :
You may gain a crown of gh ry,
If you save a human soul.
General Win. Moore.
It is with more than ordinary pain and sorrow
that we write the words, General Wm. Moore is
dead! He was the kind friend of our youth. He
it was who first took our hand in the first stages
of our heart-sorrow for sin. His flowing tears
and earnest appeal to us, more than twenty-five
years ago, was made the means, under God, of the
subjugation of our hard and hitherto impenitent
heart. We loved him then, and loved him on our
last visit to him, 1870. He was a man of noble
impulses; was a Christian gentleman of high or
der. The Nashville Union and American of the
11th inst., furnishes us the following:
Another Veteran Gone. —One by one the
venerable citizens of our State are passing away,
reminding us of the mutability of all human af
fairs. Tlie many friends and acquaintances of
General Wm. Moore will be pained to learn that
a private telegraphic dispatch was received in this
city last night, announcing the General’s death
yesterday evening at his residence in Tullalioma,
Coffee county, Tennessee.
General Moore, at the time of his decease, was
between eighty and eighty-five years of age, and
was probably one of the oldest Democrats in the
State. He was one of General Jackson’s soldiers,
and was wounded during one of his Indian cam
paigns.
“ How .sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest ?
YV hen Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallow'd mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod,
Than Fancy’s feet have ever trod.”
Whereas, Sister F. H. Hoff has made applica
tion for her church letter on account of removal to
Macon, Ga., and the same has been granted with
emotions of sorrow:
Resolved , by the LaGrange Baptist church, That
we deeply regret that the removal of sister Hoff
has rendered it necessary to sever her connection
with us; that she has been for long years a bless
ing to tliis church and community, and that she
will ever be remembered with sentiments of ten
der regard for her unfailing Christian benevolence
and generous liberality".
Resolved, That our prayers shall attend her
wherever she may be, that God will richly bless
her and hers in this life, and a hundred-fold in the
life to come.
Resolved, That the above be entered on the min
utes of the church and be published in the Chris
tian Index, Atlanta, and LaGrange Reporter.
Offered l>y Bro. W. O. Tuggle, and adopted by
the church in conference, March 11th, 1871.
I. F. Cox, Clerk.
A. R. Callaway, Moderator.
Oglethorpe University.
We have been very much gratified to learn that
the Faculty of this Institution have made arrange
ments to inaugurate a system of night instruction
tor those y’oung men who are so situated as to be
unable to attend in the capacity of regular stu
dents. We hail this as a movement in the right
direction. It is beyond question best, for those
who have the means, to pursue a regular course of
study. The object of a liberal education is not so
much the mere acquisition of knowledge, as the
mental discipline thereby afforded. The men who
leave their impress upon the age in which they
live are the men who think. The main object
aimed at by educators, in the past, has been the
production of vigorous, logical thinkers. In this,
we think they have been right, and it is no doubt,
best for our youth to pursue, up to a certain point,
a fixed curriculum of studies, leaving the choice
beyond this point to be determined by taste,
adaptation and the aims of life. The first thing to
be looked to, is the acquisition of right habits of
thought; professional education proper, comes
after. One taught to think aright will bring his
powers of thinking to bear with powerful effect as
an agriculturalist, as a merchant, as an artificer,
or in any of the w alks of professional life. But
shall that large class of young men who have not
the means to pursue a regular course of studies be
forever cut off from the advantages of culture ?
The number of those left in this condition has
been greatly increased by the disasters suffered by
our portion of the couutry in the last few years.
It may not be practicable, at present, to make
provision for the wants of this cl ass by any gen
eral system, but in a populous city like Atlanta,
with a university successfully inaugurated, having
professorships filled by men devoted to their sev
eral specialties, the thought is practical. An hour’s
nightly instruction might be given in Arithmetic,
Aigebra, Geometry or Trigonometry ; in Natural
Philosophy, Chemistry and the kindred branches
of Natural Science; in Belles Lettres, and even
iu the Ancient Languages, each Professor devo
ting himself to his proper field of labor. In
this way the laboring men, the clerks, and
those compelled to devote tlie day to the struggle
for subsistence, may enjoy the benefits of regular
systematic instruction. Let no young man turn
away from such advantages, when presented, as
unworthy of attention. System in study and the
odds and ends of time, rigidly economized and
properly improved, will accomplish wonders.
The young man who conscienciously avails him
self of such advantages will really save more of
his earnings, will be freed from a thousand tempta
tions to vice, will be daily adding to his capacity
of giving effective direction to the powers with
which nature has blessed him, will, in short, be
giving their proper developments to all the ele
ments of a noble, manly character. Iu the mean
time, the employers of such young men will be
found willing to give them countenance and en
couragement in their praiseworthy efforts; for
they will know that whatever gives intelligence,
virtue, and effective working power to those who
labor for them, is as beneficial to employer as em
ployee.
W e speak by authority when wc say that the
Faculty of Oglethorpe have determined to put the
foregoing ideas into practical operation at the
opening of the next term on the first of March.
Now, there is a chance for our poor young men
to get an education, which will fit them for all
the practical purposes of life. Readers of the
Plantation, take hold of this noble offer of the
Faculty of Oglethorpe University. Is there a
country boy in your neighborhood who is thirst
ing for knowledge and is too poor to buy it, tell
him when this plan is fully developed how he can
get it honorbly, by the sweat of his own brow.
Tell him to come to Atlanta and go into a found
eiy or machine shop, or carpenter's shop, or prin
ter’s office, or drive a dray, or do anything else
that is honest, by which board and clothing can
be secured, and a small fee to the instructor at
night. We hail this movement with gladness.
We are tired of making provision only for the son 9
of the rich. If Oglethorpe University carries out
this noble policy, it will deserve its name, which
is identified with a charity which in the words of
Pope, reached from, " Pole to Pole,” and whose
beautifully Christain motto was “ non sibi sed aliie.'’
— Plantation.
Work on the M. E. church new house of wor
ship, is again progressing finely. We trust it will
continue without interruption until the house is
completed.
Agricultural Correspondence.
Letter from, Burke—Experimental Fawning—Re
sults, Etc.
Postscript. —After wring the accompanying
letter, I thought of some experiments I made last
year on cotton and com, and which I will give
you, as this is the time of preparing and planting.
Well, I took ten acres of land for cotton. It was
such land as would have br„ ght possibly three
hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre without
manure. I took four acres, planted it in the
usual w T ay, with the additional work of subsoilin"
it. I drilled about 150 bushels stable manure and
200 lbs. E. Frank Co.’s phosphate to the acre, and
cultivated it entirely with Brinley’s Sweep, never
“ buring” it, and running the sweep over it four
times. Width between rows, five feet, and in the
drill, about 18 inches. I gathered, on the four
acres, eight thousand five hundred and thirty-five
pounds of seed c0tt0n.(8,535 lbs.) It would have
made more had I planted it earlier, but I planted
on 20th of April. The other six acres was not
subsoiled, and w r as planted still later, and was not
up on the 13th day of June, on account of a six
weeks drought, but it made 1,200 lbs. seed cotton
to the acre, and half of it had no stable manure.
These lots of land were planted side by side, and
E. Frank Coe’s Superphosphate, stable manure
and salt used, as stated above. It was all very
fine, and no one could tell the difference. All
planters can calculate tlie cost of each.
1 planted a small lot of corn on a very poor hill
side on my place—a barren spot —an eye-sore.
Distance, four and a half feet each way, and-put
about a gill of E. Frank Coe’s Phosphate to the
hill. Cultivated it entirely w ith the sweep—never
a hoe in it; and I think it averaged at least 10
bushels to the acre of the prettiest yellow’ corn I
ever saw.
All of this cotton and com was cultivated by
an old man, laid on the shelf “ before freedom,”
and his little grandson, a boy of fourteen, and an
old mule; and they positively did not work half
their time. The result was, eleven hales of cotton
on ten acres, and about one hundred bushels corn
on a little spot of ten acres.
I am now satisfied that it is possible to make
two, three, or even four bales to the acre.
My experience and my advice to all planters is,
make your own manure. Manure all the land you
cultivate, (unless it be rich already;) reduce your
force one-half or more, employ the best, and em
ploy only for money wages; avoid working on
shares and renting out land as you would blight
and mildew, and my life upon it, we shall in five
years lie independent again. I propose to say
something on this labor subject soon, as my expe
rience with a large number of freedmen.
S. W.
[With the view to show ing exactly our idea ot
w’liat agricultural correspondence ought to be, and
with the hope of stimulating the friends of the
Index to a like effort in its behalf, we re-print the
following correspondence from the Cincinnati
Gazette. The letters are short, pithy, and replete
with interest. It is in tlie power of our readers
to perform a similar service for the agricultural
and industrial interests of the South, if they but
will it.]
Cutting Timber.—Ettieville, Gentry Cos., Mo.,
Feb. 17.—A w riter states that, in cutting hickory
timber only, he had met with the greatest success
by cutting from the first of November to the mid
dle of January, and that care should be taken not
to cut in the fall until the leaves were all fallen
and the sap had become stagnant. I differ with
him most radically. I have had hickory rails
made through the winter, and the worms
would get into them and they would rot in a few
years. On the other hand, I have had hickory
(sliellbark) rails made in the month of June, (by
paying fifty cents a hundred more,) and the bark
would all peel off and the rails would get very
hard and would last as long as burr oak or wal
nut. Worms never get into hickory rails when
made in June.
Query about Warbles. —Jamestown, Ind.,
Feb. 22.—Wi1l some one state what kind of insect
or fly it is that deposits its eggs in the skin *r flesh
of the cow ’s back ? And in the spring of the year
they seem to have arrived at their larva state, and
come forth from the back of the animal. They
are about three-quarters of an inch long, and heads
black. And when this larva arrives to maturity,
what kind of a looking insect w r ill it be, and what
do you call it ? Is a cow" in a healthy condition
when infested with these insects ? Are they more
plentiful on a poor cow" than on a fat one?
11. G. M.
What Ails the Calves? —Pittsburg, Ind.,
Feb. 20. —They are quite lame, and have been for
tw’o months. Upon examination I find the cleft
of the foot entirely raw' and running matter. 1
have applied tar and turpentine, but failed. Will
some of the many readers of the Gazette name
the disease and a remedy ? A Subscriber.
Melons. —Reddington, Jackson Cos., Ind., Feb.,
1871.—The farmers in this neighborhood are pre
paring to plant extensive crops of melons this
year. John and Wm. Winscott are the principal
growers and shippers of Mi is favorite summer
truit. The peach crop is all right yet in this vi
cinity. John C. Prather.
Black Leg in Cattle and Worms in Horses.
Wilmington, ()., Feb., 1871.—T0 prevent “ black
leg,” which is contagious among young cattle,
give them plenty of salt. To keep tlie w orms out
of horses, 4jive them salt every day, and every
other day mix a little soot or ashes with tlie salt.
Give a spoonful every day. 8. L.
- Near Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 28.—Will J.
8., or some one w r ho has had experience in build
ing the patent wire fence spoken of in your issue
of the 15th inst., please give the probable cost per
rod of wire, putting up, etc.; also, the size of wire
used, and tlie manner of putting the wire and
paling together, and if it is still protected by let
ters patent, w’liy does not the patentee advertise
in the Gazette, so that we w here the
right to make it can be obtained, terms, etc. ?
Will some of the numerous readers of the Gazette
please inform me, through its agricultural col
umns, when is the proper time for cutting slips
for grafting ? also, the best manner of grafting,
kind of w r ax used, (if any,) time for grafting, etc J
also, when is tlie best time for transplanting youug
trees ? Henry.
Marion County, o.—What nursery can furnish
the Smith cider apple, Rome Beauty, Baldwin,
some choice Russets, and some other choice win
ter apples, naming them; and would Smith cider
apples be likely to bear well, and be a profitable
apple tree to plant in Northern Ohio? I have
some thought of planting perhaps tw r o hundred in
the spring, and desire a choice selection of winter
apples, likely to bear w ell in this locality. C.
Jerome, 0., Feb. 12.—Last harvest I was de
layed in cutting my w’heat until it was very ripe,
and considerable of it was down, so that I could
not cut it dean. The ground has not been plowed
since I harvested the w’heat. After the rain in
September, tlie wheat which w'as left on the
§ round came up, and it looks well at this time.
ome of it is very thick, and some of it is not as
thick as if sowed by hand. The ground w-as new,
and has had four crops of corn and two of wheat
raised from it without mauure or clover. Will it
pay to let it stand, or shall I plow it up this spring v
I have been told that it will turn to cheat, and
that it w-ill not amount to anything if I leave it.
What do you say, brother farmers? Have you
ever had a* trial of a crop like this ?
Subscriber.
Reddington, Jackson Cos., Ind., Feb. 1871.
I w ish some one would inform me if saw’dust is
of any use for fertilizing purposes, and if it is, in
w’hat manner it should be applied. Quite a num
ber of correspondents have sent in statements in
regard to the largest number of grains on an ear
of corn. I w"ould like to hear in regard to ears of
corn that will produce the greatest number of
ounces of shelled corn to the ear, w’ith the least
number of grains to the ear. In selecting my seed
corn, I am careful to pick out the ears that have
the largest and deepest grains. J. C. P.
Pierceville, Ripley Cos., Ind., Feb. 23.—Te1l
W. M. K., Casstown, Ohio, if tlie curb in his horse
is in its early stage, it will, in all probability, yield
to rest and cold w r ater bandages. But if effusion
takes place, or the surrounding tissues become in
jected and thickened, and the horse becomes lame,
then a different course must be pursued. In this
case take—Acetic acid, 4 oz.; Lowdered blood
root, 1 oz.; turpentine, 1 oz. To be applied to
the part night and morning for at least a week,
afterward daily, w’ith common vinegar.
H. Robinson.
Fountaintovn, Ind., Feb. 27.—1 wish some
reader would inform me whether early plowing
sod will destroy cut worms or not. I noticed,
last spring, that underdrained land produced many
cut w’orms, while the land of the same character,
not drained, but covered w’ith water in tlie early
part of the season, produced no cut worms.
J. E. S.
Rich Valley, 0., Feb., 1871. —How much fine
manure should be put in each hill of corn?
Should it be mixed with the soil, or can the seed
corn be dropped directly upon it? If covered,
bow deep should it be covered ? Will some one
please tell me what kind of land is the best adapt
ed for growing sorghum ? Also, the kind of cul
tivation needed from tlie time it comes up until
ready for grinding? Is it absolutely necessary to
strip off all the leaves before it goes to the mill ?
W.
New Carlisle, 0., 1871. —Will some one tell
me what is good to make a mare give milk ? We
have a good brood mare that had a colt, last
spring, and, although it sucked for two days, she
gave no milk. It was her second colt. She raised
the first one very w r ell. The mare will have a colt
this spring, and I would like to know what to do,
or how to pursue the best plan. C. S. F.
Truth Stranger than Fiction.
A Stravne and Remarkable Story—Extraordinary Ex
perience of a Tennessee Youngster Williamson
County Boy in the British Army.
Verily, it may be said that truth is stranger than
fiction, as has been abundantly illustrated in many
instances occurring in our section during the last
ten years, in events arising from and growing out
of the late w"ar. The deeds of heroes and hero
ines, the ingenious devices and hairbrerdth es
capes of partizans, and the dangers and difficul
ties of various kinds when the drum-beat was
heard in Tennessee and the land trembled to the
tramp of an armed soldiery, if known and writ
ten, would form an episode in our war history ad
venturous and thrilling. Enough incidents of a
marvelous and romantic character could be gath
ered to form a volume, equalling in truth many of
the wildest exaggerations of fiction and fables.
We have in point that, were w r e disposed, w r e could
make a tolerable novel out of it. The incidents
are true to the letter, and transpired in an adjoin
ing county. The facts are about these: In 1865,
near the close of the w'ar, a regiment of Indiana
soldiers were encamped near Peytonsville, in Wil
liamson county, near the residence of Dr. A. R.
Pinkston, a citizen of means, influence and prom
inence in the community. The regiment was
camped there for some time. Dr. Pinkston had a
beauteous birght-eyed boy then 11 years-of age.
He was a rosy, rollicking, manly little fellow, the
pet of the family and the pride of the neighbor
hood. The verdict was that both the tide of ge
nius and of “art flowed in blending currents”
through his young veins, and that nature had
stamped the seal of nobility upon his “ anibrosal
brow.” From being the pet of the family, he
became the pet of the regiment. He was with
them much. He was fondled and caressed from
Colonel to private, and was generalissimo of the
bivouac, the mess, the parade and the camp fire.
He evidently became fired with military life, and
a boyish enthusiast of the tented field. Allured
by the furbished arms, and the glittering para
phernalia of the camp, when the regiment left,
w’hich it did suddenly, the boy either followed the
soldiers, or was decoyed off them. Leaving
the endearments of home, he followed the regi
ment to its place of disbandment. The dark and
bitter agony that fell upon the household, at the
loss of the darling, w"as 6f that intensity one feels
w’lien the grave closes up over every earthly hope.
No language can convey the lacerated feelings of
the parents. The mother became almost frantic,
and, like Rachel of old, mourned and would not
be comforted. Every means w’as resorted to by
the parents that the most yearning solicitude could
suggest, or wealth devise, to pocure tidings of
their lost boy. Large rewards w r ere offered and
published in the newspapers of tiie country, and
frequent trips through the North and East were
made. All in vain. No tidings reached them.
The boy w’as given up as lost forever, probably in
an unknown and unmarked grave, neither decked
with the lilies of love or bedewed with the tears
of affectionate regret.
What was the surprise, tlie bounding ecstaey
and indescribable joy of the parents, when the
early part/if this week brought them a letter from
the long lost little wanderer. The letter stated
that he had followed the regiment till they were
disbanded, and had gone to many places. He hail
served three years in the British navy, and seen
life on the ocean wave, tuned to the thunder of
English guns and the roar of their redoubtable
lion.
He is now a private in the 08th British regulars,
stationed in Ireland. The letter detailed many of
his w’anderings and vicissitudes, and stated that
he desired to return home to Williamson county.
Joy inexpressible filled the household on the re
ception of the letter; joy sufcli as swelled tlie
heart of patriarchal old Jacob, w'lien he heard
that Joseph, whom he thought an lshmaelite ser
vant and dead, w as Governor of Egypt, the favor
ite of tlie Pharaohs.
Dr. Pinkston immediately came on to Nash
ville. On Thursday evening he started to Wash
ington City to take the necessary steps to secure
tlie discharge of his son from the British service.
As he is a minor, being now but 16 years of age,
and an American subject, there will be no difficul
ty in his speedy return to the home of his child
hood. The many friends of trie-family are thrilled
with delight at the intelligence. Though he lias
been no prodigal, we venture the fatted calf will
be killed w’lien lie returns to his father’s house,
and we venture further, without encouraging any
such erratic adventures, that this Tennessee boy
makes his mark in the world.— Union & Am., 11
Medical Companion. “We, with pleasure,
placet it on our exchange list?”—March Medical
News, Pliila.
Steel Engraving—24 by 38 inches—Christ
Blessing Little Children.
From the renow’ned painting of Sir Charles
Locke Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy
of London. Engraved by Samuel Sartain, Phila
delphia. Price, $5. The same, smaller size, $2.50.
The Index offers to give one copy of tlie large
engraving named above, to any student of the
Bible 10 years of age or under, who will, of them
selves, furnish the best written sketch of the life
of Christ, gathered alone from the Scriptures.
Said sketch must be addressed to the publisher of
this paper, who will submit it to a committee of
competent readers for examination. Each con
testant will be expected to furnish some reference
as to authorship.
For the article second in merit, a smaller engra
ving will be given. Propositions to close by
March Ist. Articles must be sent in before that
date. “Christ Stilling the Tempest” will be of
fered in our next issue.
We have received but one Sketch of the Life
of Christ under this proposition. It was written
by a little Sunday school girl, fourteen years of
age. To give further opportunity for competition,
w r e now extend the time until the meeting of the
Georgia Baptist Convention iu April. Let the
children write.
DIARY OF LETTERS RECEIVED.
Thursday, March oth, 1871.—Dr. T G Jacobs,
Mrs S J Whatley, E B Ramsgy, V T Sanford,
Mrs E J Whitsitt, T J Pearce, R N Reid, W B
Crumpton, J E Toole, A B Estes, Rev F M Hav
food, B H Crumpton, J F Dennis, E A Steed, W
1 Killin, J F Morgan, W D Summer, J H Phil
lips, L B Bishop, T J Mercer.
Friday, March 10th.—Mrs S Felder. Mrs V B
Oglesby, Rev J Mcßryde, Rev J A Jackson, G
J Orr, Mrs C Whitehurst, A F Riend, Hon W W
Fleming, J J Collier, Rev J M Stillwell, Rev J J
D Renfroe, W S Perry", Rev M T Sumner, C D
Campbell, P M, Griffin, Ga, Rev G W Burson, S
L Patillo, Rev D B Butler, A Oniberg & Cos, Rev
J H Stockton, T E Chambers, Rev P F Burgess,
Rev T J Adams.
Saturday, March 11th. —J P McDonald, Mrs
XV L Hendricks, Mrs E A Olive, Rev J II Stock
ton, Rev F H Ivey, L Markham, P M, J T John
son, J F Usry, S M Pettengill & Cos, Rev D XX"
Gw’in, Rev N A Bailey, Rev E B Teague, A C
Rainwater, Rev J S Murrow.
Monday, March 13th. —Rev J L Underw-ood,
Rev J S Baker, Rev XV N Cliaudoin, L A Corbin
& Cos, Rev A Chandler, J A Rogers, Mrs S XI
Long, J R Barrow, B F Brimberry, Rev J II Kil
patrick, Dr J E G Terrell, R J Bacon, J De-
Loache, Mrs S A Simms, XX" H Booker, J XV
Perry, M R Deadwyier, J C McDonald, Prof S P
Sanford, RevG F Cooper, Dure & Browning, Rev
J F Dagg, Rev H B McCallum, J A Foster, Falk
ner & Molton, Rev S Henderson, I N Davis, Prof
C F Bemis, Shackelford & Cates.
Tuesday, March 14tli.—J John Beck, W H
Thames, W J Lawton, Mary Robinson, Rev W
Ashcroft, Prof B Mallon, J H Borrow, W M Gris
wold, G M Milner, J T Wingfield.
Market Reports.
Financial. —Transactions light,
Buying. Selling.
Gold 109 111
Silver 103 108
New York Exchange. par Jdis.
Georgia 6’s, old. 80; Georgia 7’s, old, 90; new, 90.
Atlanla S's, 84; Atlanta 7’s 75. Georgia Railroad
bonds, 95. Georgia Railroad stocks, 98. Central
Railroad bonds, 95. Central Railroad stocks, 1 15.
South-western Railroad bonds, 91. Souih-western
Railroad stocks, 92. Macon and Western Railroad
stocks, 1 07. Augusta bonds, 75. Augusta bonds,
endorsed, 80. Macon and Brunswick Railroad
bonds, 75. Montgomery and West "'Point Railroad
bonds, 80. Atlanta and West Point Railroad bonds,
95.
Cotton —Dull at 13, as the best price.
Corn Meal, 95a$l 00. Hominy, per bbl., #7 50a$8.
Rice —Tierces, 81»94. Starch, 9a13. Soda, 94a9.
Soap, talO. Candles, I.3JaIG. Beeswax, 2Sa3O.
Salt, $2 25a2 50 ; table, per doz., flat 50.
Sugar— A, 15; extra C, 14a15; yellow C, 13;
Brown, 10al3.
Tea —Green, $1 20al 70; Black, slal 75.
Coffee— Rio, common, 18 ; choice, 21; Java, 26a31;
Mocha, 40.
TV. O. Syrup, 75a80; Molasses, 30a i5.
Butter —Goshen, 45; Tennessee, 22a25; Country,
20a25.
Cheese., 15a21. Potatoes, eating, ssa6; seed, $6 50
a7 75.
Onions, per bbl., ssa6. Eggs, per doz., 15a20.
Flour- Sup., S3as3 25; Ex., $3 50a3 75 ; Fain., $4
a4.25; Ex., $4.50a4.75 j Fancy, $4.50a4 75.
Wheat*- Red, $1 55al 65; White, $1 70al SO.
Corn —White, active and Arm, at 90a95; yellow,
80a85.
Oats— Scarce and in demand, at 70c.
Bacon —Shoulders, 9JaS. C. 12$. Plain hams, 16.
Bulk Shoulders —9g ; casks, C. S., 12i; Hams, 16.
Lard —Trcs, 14ia15.
Herrings -Scaled, box, 65 , smoked, 60c.
Salmon— Picked, $27 50 per bbl. -
Mackerel —No. 2, i bbl., $3 75a9; Nou 3, * bbl., $7 ;
bbls, sl3.
(Dbituarj.
Obituaries containing ten links will be inserted in
the Index St Baptist free of charge. After that a charge
of twenty cents a line will be made.
Persons seeding obituaries must provide for the
payment of the excess beyond the lines published gratis
MRS. ELIZABETH S. LAWTON, wife of Maj. R. F.
Lawton, died in Macon on the 3rd day of March. She
united with the Baptist church in this city, in 1866.
The history of her pious deeds is writteu in the souls
won to Christ by her tender zeal, in the young minds
so faithfully taught in the Sabbath school, in the sor
rowing hearts comforted by her Christian sympathy,
and iu the poor whosoofteu shared her generous boun
ty. “ She is not, for the Lord took her.” With the
bereaved, we mourn our loss. E. W. W.
ERNEST NUNNALLY.—LittIe Ernest, the youngest
son of Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Nunnally, died at their
residence, in Monroe, Ga., on Sunday evening, the 12th
iost.
Without a fault in feature, beauty was perfected
in his form. His mind promised the greatness of a
man. Pis soul was full of emotiuus of kindness.
. That form, though consumed by worms, shall be im
mortalized; that mind shall have its fullest expression,
and that toul be swallowed up in love. Love, rest and
home: we gave him the love of earth, but that of heav
en was stronger; he found the rest of the grave, but
that of heaven is sweeter; he had a home in our hearts,
but God has given him a brighter home in heaven.
“ Oh ! how sweet it will be to meet the dear ones all at
home.” *
ELDER SPENCER MORGAN.—Died, on Feb. 25th,
1871, in Sumter county, Ga., Elder Spencer Morgan, iu
the 75th year of his age. He was born-in Meek! in burg
county, X T a., from whence, at the age of nine years, be
moved, with his parents, to South Carolina. At 21, he
joined the Pacolet church, Union District, S. C. Three
years afterward, was married to Miss Lipscomb, of
Spartanburg District, S. C. Here, at the age ot forty,
he was ealled to ordination by the Providence church,
and served as pastor a number of years. In 1854, he
removed to Catoosa county, Ga.; in 1864, refugeed to
Americas, where he now lies buried, by the side of his
wife. A son and daughter, six grand children and
seven great-grand-children, niouru bis loss. “The
words of wisdom and piety we have heard fall from his
lips, will ever be remembered with fondness. A gen
tle and loving husband, a kind father, faithful in duty
to all about him, he was the same iu the family circle
that he was abroad.” This s his daughter’s testimony,
and no truer one could be offered by his brethren or
acquaintances. He was always hungry for the “bread
of life,” and thirsty for the “ living water."’ Ever
earnestly pondering the precious words of Jesus, going
about doing good, stopping for no sligt.t cause, walk
ing miles, it necessary, iu his Master’s service, he
could say, with Paul, “to live is Christ, to die, is gain.”
A short time before dying, he looked up and said, “ Oh !
why does His chariot delay? I want to be gone.”
How comforting such a death is to the Christian. No
cark fears to encounter—only the presence of our Sa
viour, gently leading the pilgrim through the valley of
the shadow of death to the rest above. X
Americus, March 1 \th, 1871.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Sunday School Conventiou.
Baptist Sunday School Workers in the State
are invited to meet, in Convention, with the Car
tersville church, on Thursday, April 20th, (the
day preceding the session of the Georgia Baptist
Convention.) Arrangements have been made to
secure the interest and profit of the occasion, and
will be announced hereafter.
W. T. Brantly, Pres.
Atlanta, Ga., March 13th, 1871.
Southern Baptist Educational Convention.
It has been urged that the Alabama Educational Con
vention, called some time since, should be merged into
a more general movement, and we accordingly invite
eminent Educators from all the Southern Baptist Col
leges aud schools, and from the pulpit, to meet in Con
vention at Marion, Ala., on the YUh of April, 1871.
It is hoped that the Faculties and Trustees of our Col
leges will immediately appoint and publish the names
of delegates. If any one feels a desire to attend, he is
cordially invited.
Will not our Baptist papers copy this call, and urge,
in frequent issues, the importance of such a Convention,
in behalf of the Board of Education of the Alabama
Baptist Convention ?
2531-td I>. W. Gwin, Prest. of Board.
General Meeting.
Through mistake, the General Meeting of the Fourth
District of the Washington Association, which con
venes with the church at Powellton, Hancock county,
is made to read, in the miuutes of said Association, on
Friday before tee sth Sabbath in July next. It should
be, on kridav before the sth Sabbath in April. The
churches composing the General Meeting of said Dis
trict, will please take due notice of the coriwation here
in made, and send their messengers to meefwitb us on
the last-mentioned date, instead of the former.
The following is the order of subjects treated : Fri
day, at 11 o’clock, Introductory Sermon, bv Rev. J.
S. Fowler—subject: Election. At 2 p.m., Essay on
Family Prayer, by J. F. Cheney. Saturday, 9 o’clock,
a.m., Essay on this Duty of Pastors to their Churches,
by Rev. J. H. Allen. At 2 p.m., Essay on the Religious
Training of Childreu, by A. Jones. Sunday, 9 a.m.,
Essay on the Duty of Churches towards Supporting
their Pastors, by W. J. Northen. 11 a.m., Sermon, on
the Everlasting Happiness of the Righteous, by Rev.
T. J. Veazey. A. C. Rainwater, Ch Clerk.
2531-
Removal of Mercer University.
A meeting of the Commission on the lemoval of
Mercer University, will be held in Cartersville, Ga., on
the 20th (Thursday) of April next, at 10j>£ a.m. The
brethren there must designate the place.
This call is made by order of the meeting held in
Macon, last December, and as it occurs on the day be
fore the Georgia Baptist Convention is to meet, all the
brethren are expected to be present. Business of im
portance is to be transacted.
2531-td D. E. Botleb, Chairman.-
Executive mission board op the
TUSKEGEE ASSOCIATION.—Brethren compos
ing the above-named Board are requested to meet in
the Girard Baptist church, on the first Wednesday eve
ning in April. Between this and that time, much ought
to be done. Let each one of us, in our respective dis
tricts, actively and earnestly prosecute the work as
signed us. The subject of missions should be present
ed to the members of eaeh church, so as to induce
them, if possible, to consider it fully, discuss it freely,
and act on it liberally. We hope much has already
been done, and that eaeh member of the Board wifi be
at our April meeting, fully prepared to report for every
church in his district. We can then act advisedly, and
not till then. Remember the time and place, and don't
fail to be thore. Z. D. ROBY.
Salem, Ala., March 1, 1871. 2535
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mation, sent free. Address MASON & HAMLIN OR
GAN CO., 596 Broadway, New York, or 154 Tremont
street, Boston. 2525—2550
SUPERIOR ARTIOLE
COTTON TWINE, COTTON SEWING THREAD,
AND
Knitting Cotton and Cotton Yam,
made by the OAKLEY MILLS MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Marietta, Georgia, can be furnished to
Dealers and others, at fair prices, by
MOORE & MARSH,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Or WM. L. MANSFIELD,
President O. M. M. Cos.,
2527 —54 —St Marietta, Georgia.
■^T HAT AGENTS SAY OF
O’HARA’S POCKET GIANT COBN-SHEUER.
I sell 20 per day — J. H. Grove, Bolivar, Tenn. Easi
iest thing to sell I ever saw.—A’. A. Ketchum, St. Louis,
Mo. I shelled 22 bushels in 4 hours.— G. W. Brower,
Ottawa, O. Quick sales, large profits. Send $1.50 for
sample. CHARLES MELSON O’HARA,
114 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O.
2527—8»—13t
FERTILIZERS.
pSTIOB REIDTTOEX).
ONLY SSO PER TON IN FIVE TON LOTS.
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED (200) PLANTERS
TRIED
THE LANGDON FERTILIZER,
this last year, and the most favorable reports are heard
from it. Its PURITY and STRENGTH are guaranteed-
The value of
BOSE PHOSPHATE AND COTTON SEED MEAD
as a manure, is known to every Scientific Agriculturist.
These articles form the bulk (4-5) of the “ LANGDON ,
to which are added proper quantities of Potash, Gyp
sum and Salt. These five ingredients form the com
pound. IT IS A HOME PRODUCTION. LurgeCap
ltal invested here in the Works, nffoads a security lor
the guarantee of its purity. HON. C. C. LANGDON.
(Agricultural Editor Mobile Register,) gives advisory
supervision to the production of this Fertilizer. No
High Freights from the far East, nor Large Commis
sions to Agents here, have to be paid, as must be true
of an article of foreign (Northern) manufacture, and
hence the “ Langdon”’ can be sold, and is sold Cheap
er, than any Standard Fertilizer in the market. The
COTTONSEED MEAL is produced at the Works, and
the HA W BONES are gathered from the surrounding
country and ground at tny Mills. Farmers are invited
to visit the Mobile Oil Mills aud witness the operations
of producing the Langdon Fertilizer. Planters should
instruct their Merchants to buy for (hem THE LANG
DONE ERTILIZER, because it is a simple composi
tion of at tides known to be good, and the Purity of
which is insured. Because it is sold at a lower price
than any article of a like quality could be, which is
brought from a distance. Because it will give greater
returns from its use, pound for pound, thau any other
Fertilizer, no matter what the price.
FROM THE MANY TESTIMONIALS from practical
men, these are here given :
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dec. 22nd, 1870.
Col. W. D. Mann : Sir—Your Circular of the Ist
inst. came to hand. As we found the Langdon Fertil
izer the best that we tried, I give you my experience
with it. Our land is poor, red hill land. Used2oo lbs.
to the acre. We used one ton of Gillam’s, ut S7O;
three tons of Zell’s, at SBS per ton; two tons of The
Langdon, at S6O per ton. The land was all worker
alike, and the same quantity used of each. I did i. 1
keep the weights of each field separate, but attended t->
the picking and weighing myself, and know that the' >■
was more cotton gathered to the acre on the Langdo
than any other part of the place. The Zell’s was next
From my own experience, and in the opinion of a! 1
farmers who took notice of it, the Langdon Fertilizer
was far superior to any that we used.
Respectfully yours, &c , C. H. Fitts.
Mr. Thomas H. Kennedy, of Meridian, Miss., after
recounting his experience in the use of the Langdon
Fertilizer, says: “ When I lived ou my plantation in
Alabama, I used many kinds of mauure, but I never used
anything that would begin to compare with the Lang
don Ferti.izer.”
THE PRICE AT THE MILLS IS SSO PER TON,
in five ton lots; $55 for a single ton; $3 per luO lbs.,
for small lots.
It is exchanged for Cotton Seed, 300 pounds, in strong
sacks, delivered free on board boat or cars at Mobile,
for one ton Cotton Seed, free at the landing or depot
up country—sacks and twine lurnished by the Mills.
Os its cheapness, Col. Langdon says: “ Its cheapness
—I am fully convinced thut, at the price now fixed by
you, to-wit: S6O per ton, (since reduced to $65,) it is
much the cheapest fertilizer in our market. Pound for
pound, I consider it more valuable than the prepara
tions that are selling at $75 to SBO. For my own use, I
would greatly prefer it to Peruvian Guano ut the sume
price.’’ Os its merits, he says: “ The result is the best
Fertilizer in the world for our Southern lands, iu my
opinion.
Again : “ It contains more fully and completely than
any other, the elements necessary for the production of
Southern crops and the renovation of Southern soil.”
Prof. Chas. U. Shepard, Jr., M.D., Professor of
Chemistry, South Carolina Medical College, and In
spector of Fertilizers for South Carolina, who made a
full and careful analysis of the Lnngdon Fertilizer, says
of it: “Itis a very superior article.”
I also crush at the Mills, Raw Bones, which are
ground fine. Price at the Mills, $45 per ton. Ground
Raw Bone is too well known hs a strong Fertilizer to
need comment. For Trees, Shiubbejy and Grapes, it
has no equal. The Ground Bone of the Mobile Oil
Mills is warranted to contain nothing but Bone,
Address all oiders fur either of the above Fertilizers,
accompanied by cash or orders on your merchants here,
to MOBILE OIL MILLS, P. O. Box 722, Mobile, Ala.
srs 12 per ton, Cash, paid for Cotton Seed deliv
ered at the wharf or depot here—sacks and twine furn
ished tree of charge at your landing or depot.
BONES WANTED.—SIS per ton will be paid for
Bones delivered at the Mills. It will pay to gather
them about tlie country and ship to the Mobile Oil
Mills. 2525—37—13
THE
EUREKA
AMMONIATED BONE
SUPER-PHOSPHATE OP LIME
Is for sale at
All Points of Importance in Georgia.
WE HAVE SOLD IT
FIVE SUCCESSIVE YEARS,
AND KNOW
IT IS THE VERY ARTICLE
FOR
TO USE.
DAVID DICKSON, ESQ.,
Os Oxford, says
IT IS SUPERIOR TO ANY
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER
He ever applied, and
Recommends it to Everybody.
WE SOLI) OVER
TWO THOUSAND TONS
IN GEORGIA, LAST YEAR.)
I TIH A S BEEN LIT R I E D
AND ALWAYS
PAID
THE
PLAIsTTER.
Send for a Pamphlet. An Agent nay be
found at almost every Depot, but informa
tion can always be had of
IF. W. SIAIS &CO,
Savannah, Ga.
For sale by
MARK W. JOHNSON, Agent,
2521—13 t ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
gRICK! BRICK! BRICK!
FOR SALE.
150,000 BRICK for sale in Decatur, Ga. Price
reasonable Will deliver in Atlanta if desired Ap
ply |q GEO. A. RAMbPECK,
2528—4 t Decatur, Ga.
TALLEY & SISSON,
AT
W. W. CHAPMAN’S,
No. 70 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia,
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS.
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