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About Christian index and South-western Baptist. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1866-1871 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1871)
JtlisqUaiuous jljprimtnt. J. J. TOON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. Tire Book-Binding Department of the Frank lin Book, News and Job Printing House, was an important and very essential part of the Estab- as originally organized in this city in 1860. It has been in active and successful opera tion from the date of organization to the present, and 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. Special attention is directed to our advertising columns this week. Perry county, Miss., boasts a negress 116 years old. Senator Hamilton, of Texas, is opposed to spe cial or general disabilities. Cotton seed oil cake is being shipped to Liver pool. Columbus is fixing up for a horticultural fair in May. The N. 0. Picayune says the next cotton crop will be much smaller than the last. The cattle plague continues to destroy groat numbers of cattle in France. The Rothschilds lost about $75,000,000 by the Prussian and French war. Shipments on the State Road have grown very light during the past two weeks. are being successfully bred and utilized in Nashoe Territory'. Manufactured Ice.— The New Orleans ice factory makes sixteen tons of ice daily. Ki Klux in Nevada—The Vigilant commit tee in Nevada have banished 14 people. Venom. —Gen. Ben Butler has been spouting ‘ Heathen Chinee” at Speaker Blaine. Elections. —Connecticut will vote bn the 3rd, and Rhode Island on the 6th of April. James Gordon Bennett, Sr., is said to be in good health, and worth ten million dollars. Jno. T. Alexander, the great live stock king of America, has failed for $1,000,000. Wendell Phillips thinks universal suffrage a failure. Ladies, Beware !—Prof. Blot says wrinkles are produced by eating too much hash. Died, in Selma, on tl»e 7th inst., of inflammation of the brain, Joseph P. Howell, aged 47 years. A Michigan woman wants capital punishment restored. She also wants to be State executioner. Maine offers to every able-bodied male Swede a farm of one hundred acres, and exemption from taxation until 1876. In the Middletown (Conn.) poor house is a man who is the last of a family of thirty', all children of one mother. An Arkansas planter, who has recently noticed the work of about sixty Chinamen, reports that il,ey are better cotton-pickers than the negroes. Henry Ward Bf.echer will shortly join his wife and daughter, who are in Florida, on a health visit. We execute any kind of Job Work neatly and cheaply, at the Franklin Steam Printing House, always guaranteeing satisfaction. The-lower House of Congress is very busily oc cupied in doing nothing, arid is ably' assisted by the Senate. Wanted. —Authors’ names to the following papers. Can’t proceed without them: “ Queries, *• Obituary of Bro. Hand.” English peas in bloom in this city' on the 18th \I,-ireli, —ten days or more in advance of 1870. Pear trees in full bloom. Supply of bacon in this market light. Bulk meats abundant. Prices of the latter, from 9to 14 cents. The Sparta Times reports planters busily en gaged planting corn. The oat crop is fine, and larger than anticipated. Latest from France.— The mob in Paris is crying, ‘ A Versailles.” Louis Napoleon is confi dent of being recalled to France by r the people. Wedding Cards.— Send orders for Wedding Cards to the Franklin Steam Printing House, if you wish them executed neatly and in the fashion. It is said that a hoy on one of the maebinos of the Columbus Hosiery Manufacturing Company, knits 35 dozen pairs of socks daily. New matter in our Special column this week. It is important, and concerns a large number of our readers. W. H. Benade, of Savannah, is accused of burn ing liis own house to obtain $4,000 insurance.— Sav. News. Hon. Chaß. Sumner— The New York Sun is out in favor of Hon. Chas. Sumner as Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1872. The killed and wounded on the railroads of the United States during the year ending October 31st, 1870, were: Killed, 168; wounded, 484. California. —The mortgage franchise and chattels of the Southern Pacific railroad for $28,- 000,000 were recorded to-day. Cotton Croi*s of 1860 and 1870.—1n 1880 the cotton crop was 1,840,000,000 lbs.; 1870, it was 2,000,000,000 lbs. Peach Blossoms.— A writer in the Home Jour nal says the only way to check the peach tree from blooming, is to cut it down and bum it. Inhuman. —Says the Chronicle and Sentinel, the desertion of children in Augusta seems to be be coming fashionable. The Tribune has a Washington rumor that Spain, through Sickles, offers to sell Cuba and Porto Rico to the United States for $100,000,000. Wm. Dickson, Esq., of Colbert county, Ga., has recently shipped 800 bushels ot' cotton seed to California, w here he is about to invest in a large cotton farm. A man by the name of Pope fled to Texas, in 1866, for having killed a man in Cobb county. He recently surrendered himself to he brought hack to Georgia and tried. A firm in Charleston, S. C., is said to have a sample of cotton 21 years old, which was grown iu Richmond countv, Ga. It has a rich, creamy color, and good staple. Rev. T. T. Eaton, of Murfreesboro’, occupied the pulpit of the First Baptist church at Nash ville, Tenn., morning- and evening, on Sabbath last. Speclu from Nashville. —Clear ribbed sides, 11$;'hams, 124; shoulders, 9s. Flour, $7a59.50. Peanuts, Bai-lc. Corn, in new burlaps, in depot, 68c. Good Templars. —Col. C. W. Hancock, Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Independent Order of Good Templars for the State of Georgia, is in the city on business connected with the Order. Ex-President Davis. — Mr. Davis has been on a visit to Montgomery on business connected with his insurance business. Great numbers of ladies and gentlemen called to see him. British Claims. —The belief that England will make demands upon our government for damages caused by Fenian violations, is causing some ex citement in political circles. The Gainsville Eagle says wheat looks fine. Com is worth 75c. from wagon, and the Air-Line Railroad is completed to Buford, 16$ miles from Gainsville. Interior merchants are beginning to appreciate Atlanta as a wholesale and jobbing market. A number are purchasing stocks here this season who have heretofore gone East. Troops in South Carolina. —The President stated to a South Carolina delegation, that the Government troops would remain in the State till peace is restored and obedience to the law secured. In Atlanta. —The mumps are 9aid to be very prevalent. Business lias been very dull for the past few days. Receipts of cotton have been very light. Prices range according to grade, from il to 12}. Visitin'! Cards. —We have on hand the finest Cardboard yet introduced, and new and beautiful Visiting Card Typo. All selected with an eye to the approved style of the season. In this class of work, the Franklin Steam Printing House excels. Railroad Accident and Loss of Life.— On Tuesday morning a freight train on the Georgia Railroad ran off at Union Point, killing William Oakes, engineer, severely bruising the fireman, and ; mashing five or six cars. Mr. Oakes leaves a be reaved wife and child. Temperance Convention. —Addresses will be delivered by Rev. W. P. Harrison, D.D., Rev. H. C. Hornady and Col. Geo. M. Rolan, at the Tem perance Convention to he held at Jonesboro, Ga., on April 16th. The Macon & Western Railroad will pass visitors to and from the Convention for one fare. The cotton men are scared. They hared passed the four million bridge, and l>egin to talk about the possibilities that the crop will run up to forty two, forty-three, forty-four and forty-five hundred thousand bales. They scout at all idea of any falling off in production, and say the crop will move onward and upward, in spite of fate, until it is a mere drug, worth four pence in Liverpool for strict middling, and two pence for low grade. —Savannah Advertiser, THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOUTH-WESTERN BAPTIST: ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23,1871. Grain. —The visible supply of grain at the receiving points, March sth, was ten million bush els of wheat; four and a third millions of com; Two and three-quarter millions of oats; one and a fourth millions of barley. # Correspondents will please bear in mind that one line written on business foreign to the manu uscript for the press, and inclosed with it, subjects the whole package to letter postage —6 cents per ounce. Press manuscript, 2 cents for 4 ounces The Montgomery MaU (daily edition) is now the same size of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and we trust that the day is near when it will contain as much ready matter, and be as interesting and as successful as that or any other journal. The Providence (R. I.) Journal has the “ best authority” for saying that a comet of large size will suddenly make its appearance on the night of the 19th of June, 1871, and “ during the next four weeks the fate of the world will be decided.” Columbus Hughes. This generous-hearted fentleman and architect, died on March 2nd, at os Angelos, Cal., of inflammation of the lungs. He was a bright Mason, and many' friends in Georgia will receive the sad tidings with deep sorrow. Hymeneal. —On Thursday evening, lGtli inst., the rites ox matrimony were instituted by Rev. XV. R. Warrem between Rufus R. Kirby, of Alabama, and Miss Emma S. Cameron, of Davidson county, Tenn. The marriage took place at the residence of Mrs. John R. Cowan, in North Edgefield. Serious Accident. —Dr. Jno. M. Johnson a»d Dr. Stout were, on yesterday, thrown from a bug gy. Dr. Johnson’s right shoulder was either bro ken or dislocated, and he otherwise injured; his surgeons think not fatally, though seriously. Dr. Stout, although slightly bled, was, luckily, not seriously hurt. Departed this life, in Atlanta, on the morning of the Bth inst., Mrs. Mary Anne, wife of our es teemed friend, Mr. Thomas Scrutchins. “Oh, how sweet it will be in tMU beautiful land, So free from all sorrow and pain, With songs on our lips, and with harps in our hands, To meet one another again !” At a meeting of a portion of the members of the Bethel Baptist church, held Sunday, Rev. Frank Johnson was re-elected pastor for the en suing year. The use of the organ was dispensed with for the present, it being an objectionable in strument to some of the members.— Jacksonville, (Fla.) Union. The Eastman Business College will open in this city on the 9th of May. Mr. R. A. Eastman, principal, assisted by Prof. Detwiler and Magee, of Poughkeepsie. Mr. Eastman will also publish a college journal, devoted to practical education. A Texas paper reports that since last Septem ber, 119,000 immigrants from Tennessee and Georgia, with 1,664 wagons, have entered the “ Lone Star” State, .and that is but a part ot the great tide-wave of population flowing to the Southwest. It is noticeable that a large number of freedmen are removing. The proprietor of our Broad street shoe store, with a blue front, keeps a stock of good shoes for ladies and children, which he offers at low prices. Broad streetls rapidly improving, as the number and style of new buildings now going up will show. It is fast becoming the thoroughfare of the city. The new depot has received the finishing touch of the artisan on its exterior. The interior of the building is now being completed, but we incline to the opinion that it cannot be fully' completed and turned over to the companies before the early summer. When complete, however, it will be one of the most handsome passenger depots in the land. Change of Schedule. —The Georgia Railroad changed its schedule on Sunday, March 19th, 1871, as follows: The morning passenger leaves Atlanta at 7:10 a.m., arrives at Atlanta at 6:40 a.m. Night passenger leaves Atlanta at 10:00 p.m., arrives at Atlanta at 6:35 p.m. The Accommodation leaves Atlanta at 5:30 p.m. ; returning, arrives at Atlanta at 8:00 a.m. Water Works. —The Committee sent to Cov ington, Ky., to examine the workings of the Hol ly System of supplying cities with water, have returned, and are delighted with the System. It furnishes water cheaper than the old plan, and what is of more importance, the water is filtered and perfectly pure at all seasons of the year. Paris. —The insurgents in Paris are wild with passion, and clamorous for blood. They have already executed three Generals. Minister XVasli burne has followed Thiers’ Government to Ver sailles. Garibaldi appears to be prime leader of the insurrection, and wields his power with a bloody hand. Executions increase daily, and there is a reasonable probability that the Prussians will re-occupy Paris. The Mercury, published in Newport, R. J., claims to be the oldest paper in the United States. Its first issue was made in the year 1758, by Ben jamin Franklin, and it has been published unin terruptedly ever since. It is now in its 112th vol ume, and No. 5,864 was published last Saturday. They have a little girl in XYilliamstown, Mass., who is a regular bird and animal charmer. The birds come to her feet for crumbs when she sings, and numbers of cats and dogs are almost con stantly besieging licr house for the hospitality they know she will not refuse. 8o it is said. Mount Raiuer, in Washington Territory, appears to be firing up for volcanic eruptions. * The heat of the summit is so great as to melt the snow. Heretofore, during the hottest summer weather, the melting of the snow was but partial. There is a constant emission of steam, and some persons living in the vicinity report smoke from the moun tain. Assurances from high medical authority and influence, reach the business managers of the Georgia Medical Companion very' frequently, of the esteem in which the magazine is held by the active members of the profession who have seen and read its pages. It has received the com mendations of those who are classed among criti cal readers. Receipts, showing the time to which payments are made, are enclosed to every subscriber who renews his subscription, and we send receipt also to those who make remittances for others, thus placing the business beyond the possibility- of error or leave room for anxiety on their part. Receipts are inclosed with next issue after it is received at this office. Hon. E. A. Nesbit. —This honored son of Georgia is dead. Asa lawyer, jurist and scholar, he was both practical and brilliant. Asa neigh bor, lie was beloved by all who knew him. Asa man of probity and honor, he was admired and revered throughout our broad State. Visiting Cards and Wedding Cards, this season, are printed in Scrip, and on the “ Perfection Card Board.” We have the new visiting and wedding card type —and the card board in all tints. So, reader, if you wish to be in the fashion in this particular, send your orders for Wedding and Visiting Cards to the Franklin Steam Printing House, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. James, Esq. —This enterprising gentle man, we understand, will build, immediately', a magnificent block of business houses on the East side of Whitehall street, on the vacant lots at the railroad crossing. Messrs. XYm. Rich & Cos., the enterprising wholesale dry- goods merchants, have leased one of the buildings. Terrible Calamity. —The residence of Mr. John Jones, in Jefferson county, Ga., was burned on March 10th, burning to death his bright little son Willie. Bad indeed must be the hearts of the afflicted parents, and yet in their great sorrow, how consoling to remember, “ Suffer little chil dren to come unto me, for of such is the king dom of heaven!” Gen. Beauregard.— Gen. Beauregard has writ ten a letter to a gentleman in Petersburg, stating that he has been at homo in New Orleans attend ing to his own business, and had not deemed the report that he had gone to Europo to join the French army, of sufficient importance to entitle it to public contradiction. The Lake Tahoe Water Company proposes to construct a tunnel througli Sierra Nevada, five miles long, to San Francisco. The company will deliver to the city 20,000,000 gallons of water daily for fifty years, in return for $6,000,000 of 5 per cent, thirty years’ bonds, to be delivered on completion of the work. There is a good story told in Washington about a Chinese servant employed by Admiral Porter. On reception-day the duty of attending door was assigned to Ah Sin; Accustomed to the social usages of his own land, where a visitor’s rank is indicated by the size of the card, and where a huge yellow one means the presence of a prince, he treated the little hits of pasteboard with con tempt. While nodding his head and tossing the bits of paper unceremoniously in the basket, the gas collector happened to present his bill. The long yellow slip took Ah Win, and with profound sa laams he bowed the astonished gas man into the presence of the amazed family. A Distinguished, Practical and Scientific Planter, in an address to an Agricultural Soejfr 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 <?f the Langdon Fertilizer in an other column. Col. Mann has disposed of the Mobile Register to Mr. Isaac Donovan. Colonel Jno. Forsyth is retained as editor-in-chief, and of course no change taeks place in either the principles or politics of that staunch old Democratic paper. Success to the Register, and to both the retiring and incom ing publishers. We wish them much good for tune. Mr. Patrick Lynch, an old resident of Atlanta, died at his home on Gilmer street, on Thursday afternoon, 16th, and was buried with the ceremo nies of his church (Roman Catholic) on Saturday morning, the 18th. Mr. Lynch was in the 52nd year of his age, and had been a resident of this city about 23 years. Was widely known and generally respected. Messrs. Richards, on Alabama street, and Phil lips & Crew, comer of Marietta and Peachtree streets, keep the leading current magazines and papers published, among which special mention would be made of the Galaxy, Lippincott's, Scrib ner's, Old and New, Scientific American, Hearth & Home, Moore's Rural New Yorker, Southern Farm & Home, Rural Carolinian, XlXth Century, Go dey’s Lady's Book, Demorest's Monthly, etc. One of the most successful planters in Houston county, (Col. B. W. Brown,) writes us the following, which we earnestly commend to all exclusive cot ton growers: “ Should planters continue to plant as heavily this year as heretofore, of cotton, the whole country will soon be ruined. We must raise almost all of our provisions, and what cotton we can, or go to the ‘ bottom.’ ” We have another large invoice of business en velopes on hand, ready to fill all orders from our friends at $3.50 to $4 per 1,000. We not only fur nish the envelop, but the card of the party order ing them for the above figures. The prices indi cated are by the 1,000 ; 500 are worth $3- Send in orders to* J. J. Toon, Franklin Steam Printing House, Atlanta, Ga. Medical Companion. —lt may be that your family physician may not know of the publication of such a work, and will regard it as a special fa vor if you inform him where it is published and the low price at which it can be secured. The performance of this little service may be the means of prolonging your life, or of relieving you of protracted pain and agony of suffering. Two dollars sent to this office will secure the Compan ion for a year. Congressional. —Butler introduced his Ku Klux bill. It was referred and buried. The Sen ate is discussing the Ku Klux bill. The Commit tee on Elections agreed, 4 to 2, to seat Blodgett and Goldtliwait. Three Democratic members from New Hampshire have gone to Washington. Henry S. Glover lias been confirmed as Collector for Second District Georgia. Congress proposes to adjourn on March 23rd. A Good Law. —Ohio has anew law which per mits the families of men who get drunk, to re cover damages from the parties who sell them in toxicating liquors. It is already working well in the interests of temperance. Many saloon men refuse to sell an old soaker a dram unless he pro duces a written permit from his wife. Let Georgia have such a law, and we venture to say that ere long many families which are now ragged, dirty, emaciated and extremely unhappy, will be neat, plump, contented and prosperous. Goobers.— lt is not too late to prepare for a crop of peanuts; therefore, we remind our read ers that an acre of pinders will pay a larger net profit than an acre of cotton. They are worth from $2 to $3 per bushel. The yield per acre is from 30 to 80 bushels. The consumption of pea nuts in the United States, last year, was nearly one million bushels, and the supply was not equal to the demand. The New Albany Ledger says: “ A young man, who recently married in this city, was refused his wife’s hand* by her parents, who live at Portland, on the ground that they did not believe that he could provide for her. Yesterday, to demonstrate his ability to provide for his fair bride, he stepped into a butcher’s shop and purchased a whole sheep, which he carried home on hid back, with the remark that he’d show ’em how to provide. Mutton promises to be a burden in that family. Tornadoes. —During the past week or two, terrific tornadoes have swept over many portions of the country, laying waste plantations, overturn ing houses and felling forests. In St. Louis, houses were blown down, and loaded rail road trains blown from the tracks, and several persons killed and seriously injured. In Memphis, much property was destroyed, and several persons hurt. Opium Eating. —The subject is again revived of opium eating in the United States, particularly in New York City, and the developments are startling. Physicians are called upon not to pre scribe it in any shape unless absolutely necessary, as the habit is often contracted by being first taken to alleviate pain. It is reckoned that many mil lions of dollars are annually spent in that city alone for the drug, which is taken in the form of pills. Women are known to use six and eight ounces of it in a day. While rains and tornadoes have caused much less of property and delay of travel by washing away bridges, tracks, etc., on rail roads, the weather lias been so warm for the season that many fruit trees have prematurely bloomed, and cause a fear that the fruit crop will be cut short. The weather has been most beautiful for garden ing. and we see promises of fine gardens in every direction, Farmers have taken advantage of the lovely season, and in many eounties planted all their*corn. We hope they have not been too pre< cipitate. The Crops. —We have assurances from all sec tions of the South, that the planters, having seen the error of too much cotton, have determined to raise more corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., and culti vate grass and raise stock; in fact, that they have determined to bring their smoke houses and corn cribs home from Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, etc. The wheat crop in some sections is said to be bad, but generally good. Oats are looking well everywhere, «nd those who have put in grass are delighted at the prospect. “ I am still in the field for y r ou,” are the closing words of a business letter to the Index from one of the most active and estimable ministers in Georgia. They are words often repeated by him during the past live years, and now newly affirmed in March 1871. He acts upon a faith of life, strength and power, which directs him to an in strumentality for the enlightenment and salvation of the world, second only- to the inspired XYord and the living ministry-. * C. W. Hcbner, Esq. —XX r e are pleased to learn that our gifted and accomplished friend, C. XV. Hubner, is retained by- Gov. Bard as bis chief as sistant on the True Georgian and the Intelligencer editorial staffs. This retention will make it a wel come and edifying companion in any family. M. P, Beach will localize in a popular style for the Georgian, as well aa the Intelligencer. The rumor that the True Georgian would be discontinued, grew out of the connection of Gov. Bard with the Intelligencer, and was credited by those not famil iar with tho versatile capacity of the venerable editor. Conscience. —It is a very busv faculty of the soul, and it hath many offices. First, conscience is a register, to take notice of, and record what we do. Secondly, conscience is aTvitness against us when we do amiss. Thirdly,"conscience is a judge, and gives sentence; it sits upon a throne as Goa’s deputy to award life or death. Fourthly, conscience has the office of a tormentor; it is that worm which dieth not, and a fire that never goeth out. The damned shall feel the biting and teeth of conscience forever, though here they have bribed it and blinded it that it might not trouble them. The deposits of bullion at the TJnited §sqteg mint and branches during the last fjscal year, were as follows: Gold, $29,486,268 45; silver, $3,504,- 842 51. Total deposits, $32,090,210 99. Deduct ing the re-deposits of bars made at one branch of the mint and re-deposited in another for coinage, the amount will be $30,498,788 10, The coinage for the same period was as follows: Gold coin, number of pieces, 1,156,087; value, $22,257,312 50; unparted and fine gold bars, $7,846,052 25; silver coin, pieces, 4,649,398; value, $1,767,253 50; silver bars, $902,800 66; nickle, copper and bronze pie ces, 18,143,000; value, $611,445. Total number of pieces struck, 23,961,292; total value of coin age, 33,384,863 19. The Georgia Medidal Companion.— The March number of this valuable journal is an im provement on its excellent predecessors. It is a compendium of medical facts and observations, and its various departments evidence the fact that much labor is bestowed upon it by its talented editors, Drs. T. S. Powell and W. T. Goldsmith. These gentlemen deservedly take a front rank in their profession, not only as practittoners, but as Christians and high-toned, gentlemen. The typo graphical execution of the work is in the highest style of art, and printed by J. J. Toon, at the Franklin Publishing House. Small Pox. —This loathsome disease is prevail ing in many of the cities. Atlanta has, to a con siderable extent, a migratory population, and con sequently, is .greatly in danger of having such dis eases introduced. The very class of a population who are most likety to suffer from small pox, are proverbially opposed to, or neglectful of, being vaccinated. We suggest that, as the city has physicians under annual salaries, it would be well for the Council to require them to visit every fam ily in the corporation and vaccinate all who have not been vaccinated,) of course allowing them to receive a fee from parties who are able to pay.) We would also impress upon all our readers the importance of no delay in vaccination. Not Dead. —Renri Rochefort is not dead, as announced. Foreign News. Anarchy is threatening France The Ger man army of occupation is now rationed by France A bloody riot is anticipated in Paris about middle of Le'nt Negotiations for the re cession of Alsace and Lorraine to France, are said to be pending The government of Italy asks an extraordinary credit of two hundred million litres It is anticipated that in consequence of the very large indemnity paid by France to Prus sia, that German funds* will seek foreign invest ment Tennyson, the poet, is going blind Prussia held 634,345 French prisoners at the con clusion of peace. Twenty-three great battles were fought between France and Prussia, aud 100,000 men killed and 200,000 wounded during the late war. Most of the travel from New York to Europe is German, going home to welcome peace The San Domingo Commissioners are expected to re turn by the 25th of this month, aud unanimously recommend annexation. It is believed that Spain, through minister Sick les, proposes to sell us Cuba and Porto Rico for the insignificant sum of two hundred million dol lars in gold. Japan now treats all foreigners, especially Americans, with great consideration. She is send ing quite a number of her people to the United States to be educated, and her last step in advanced civilization is to express a willingness to form an alliance with somebody and declare war against China. In China, foreigners, and especially missiona ries, continue to be tretted unkindly, if not cruel ly. The coffee crop in many portions of Central and South America is said to be very small. Fifty thousand Prussian troops will remain in Champagne during the three years allowed France for the payment of the exacted indemnity, and at the expense of France. Mobs in various parts, of Spain are amusing themselves firing at officials and killing inoffen sive people. at Steel Engraving—24 by 33 inches—Christ Blessing Ltflle Children. From the renowned painting of Sir Charles Locke Eastlake, Presitr-nt 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 the large engraving named abo~e, to any student of the Bible 16 years of age c ‘ under, who will, of them selves, furnish the beat written sketcli 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 mast 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, we now extend the time until the meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention in April. Let the children write. L DIARY OF LETTERS RECEIVED. Wednesday, March! loth.—C II Rlackstone, Rev B L Ross, H F Bufke. Thursday, March 16ih.—L Garner, Rev D Lee, Dr J I Lamar, N M Smirr, W B Crumpton, G W Smith, D W Lester, Rev F M Daniel, L Kinsey, XV S Blitch, Mrs J R Jones, Mrs J W Johnston, Rev B W Whildcn, Rev S E Brooks, J E Jones, T Tucker, Rev XV II XVilliams, S II Fowlkes, XV M Walsh. Friday, March 17th.—Mrs 3 Langford, Mrs W R Brown, Rev A Chandler. Saturday, March 18th. —Dr P M Tidwell, Rev M T Sumner, Rev E M Amoss, I XY Orr, T G Lawson, S Wallace. Monday, March 20th.—Mrs S E Cox, Rev XY Wilkes, R XY Phillips, S A S Baker, P Loud, Speer & Hooks, E L Van Lew, Rev J II Foster, Dr J S Wharton, Miss S Flournoy, J F Wootten. Tuesday, March 21st. —A J Hurd; J E Toole, S F Wilder & Son, E A Shaffer, Rev J XV Elling ton, Rev W G Curry, Rev J H iWYotie, R A Hen derson, E C Perry, S C Rogers, Mrs E Perkins, T J Dußose, T II Stallworth, H C Hooten, Rev T J Yeazey. gpiciwal. JONES— ED WARDS.-vJn B*»tler, at the residence ot the bride's brother-in-%i4^ v *b 7JS'-', by Rev. B. L. ltoss, Mr. Ab. Jones and Miss Julia Edwards. (©bituarg. Obituaries containing tex lines will be inserted in the lifopx A Baptist free of charge. After that a charge of twenty cexTS a line will be made. psT” Persons sending obituaries mast provide for the payment of the excess beyond the lines published gratis MRS. OCTAVIA ELLlSON.—Departed this life, at the residence of her husband. Mr. J. (J. Ellison, of Lee county, Ga., Mrs. Octavia Ellison, in the 2slh year of her ago. Sister Ellison was the daughter of sister C. Langley, nd sister to Rev. Thos. E. Langley, She was born March Oth, 1840, baptized in 1850, graduated at Monroe Female University in 1858, Dec. I'Jtb, 1665, and diets Feb. 24tb, 1871. Sister Ellison was a devout and faithful Christian. Her health, for a number of years, was quite feeble, and very little exercise would produce weariness and lassitude, yet, her attachment to the cause of Gid was so great, n<] her love for His people so ardent, that whenever her physical strength would permit, she would be found in her place in the church. She gave close attention to all classes of speakers, and appeared to be interested in all the set tnons she heard, however inferior the composition, or poor the delivery. It was not her custom to criticise what she heard from the pulpit. Whatever was good or elegant, she seized upon and appropriated; and whatever was faulty or condemnable, she kindly cov ered with the mantle of Christian charity. She prac ticed like caution'and prudence in her intercourse with the world. She spoke evil of no one. Her own heart was so free from guile, and so accustomed to holy exer cises in the Christian graces, and her eye so trained to look upon the pure and beautiful, that she was incom petent to detect the faults of others, or to feed upon their impel fectious. Her Bible was her daily companion, and a throne of grace the oft-frequented spot. Her aged and pious mother lived with her, read the Bible with her, prayed with her, and ta ted daily with her about Jesus, and knew htr more intimately than any other being could know her, and that mother, at the burial of her only and beloved daughter, said of hor. what tew mothers have ever been permitted truthfully to say: "That from the day she was baptized, in hor fourteenth year, to the day of her death, she had closely watched her Cbristiau walk, and she was all she could wish a daughter to be.” Sister Ellison was the mother of two children. The one lies near her, and the other sweetly sleeps in her arms. Mother and child were twins in death, and mother and babes will rise together on the morning of the resurrection. "Sweet bonds uniting babes and mother in peace, And thrice precious Jesus, whose love cannot cease.” XV, ~~ SPECIAL NOTICES. Southwestern publishing com PANY, 861 Main Stkbvt, Memphis, Tenn.—Neces sity for cash prompts the offer of inducement to pur chasers, for the next two months, on orders for books —their own publications—o? $25 to SIOO, a discount of 40 percent.; ou orders of over SIOO to SSOO, 50 per cent. Send for Catalogue. Address as above. 2582—35-4 t THE BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Ala bama Baptist State Convention propose to hold an Educational Convention, embracing the 12th, 13th and 14th days of April. The Trustees ot Howard College have invited them to meet at Marion, Ala. A cordial welcome will be given to delegates to the Convention, and other friends of Education, who may visit us at that time. Wm. IJ. Mclntosh. 2532—35-4 t M& D. M.-FRIENDSHIP CHURCH.— • Order of Business and Subjects of Discussion, at the Ministers aud Deacons’ Meeting, at Friendship church, 17 miles from Macon, S. XY. R. It., ou the stb Sabbath in April next: The Cause and Remed v for Coldness in our Churches, B. W. Whilden. The Proper Method ot conducting Sibbath Schools, T. X r . Wait. The Importance of Moral Courage among Christians, \V. O. Wilkes. De scription of it Good Deacon, B. L. Ross. Description of a Good Pastor, W. H. Rice. Importance of Prayer Meetings, XY. A. Skelly. The Duty of Churches* to Support the Gospel, both at home and abroad, B. F. Tharp. How far may Christian indulge in “Popular Amusements V" XV. J. Collins. The Duty of a Church to Discipline its Members for the Use of Intoxicating Liquors, J. P. Carson, flow often should Churches cele brate the Lord’s Supper> A. J.Cbeevcs. Should mem bers be compelled to attend Conference Meetings when held on other days except the Sabbath? Francis Bla lock. All Christians invited to attend these meetings. The brethren above-named will prepare to preseut their views, in writing or otherwise, upon the subjects as signed them. 2532 —36-5 APPOINTMENTS. -Elders Asa Chandler and Benj. Thornton will preach, (God willing): On Monday night after the second Sunday in April, 1871, at Greensboro; Tuesday night, April 1 Ith, at Madison ; Wednesday, lath, at night, Social Circle; Thursday, I3th, night, at Covington ; Friday, 14th, night, at Con yers; Saturday and Sunday. (3rd Sunday in April,) at Third Church in Atlanta; Monday night, 17th, at Marietta. Brethren in the vicinity of these appointments will E lease note and have them published- We will name rethren Stocks, Robinson and Preston, of Greens boro; Walker, Burney and Butler, of Madison; Bro. Gibbs, of Circle; C. C. White, Conyers; J. U. Callaway and H. F. . uchannn, Atlanta; Dobbs and Mansfield, Marietta; Dr. Cheney and Steadman, Covington. We will arrive at each place on the day train, and leave as the train passes up next day; and where it is desirable and expedient, will preach in the day as well a3 at night. 2582—85 THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION will hold its next session with the Baptist church at Cartersrille Ga., commencing Friday morning, April 21st, 1871. Preachers—by appointment-Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick, Introductory; Rev. F. M. Daniel, Al tarnate. Rev. 11. H. Tucker, D.D., Education, Rev. L. R. Gwaltuey, Alternate. 2532—«1 Sunday School Convention. t 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. Brantlt, Pres, Atlanta, Ga., March 13 th, 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 and schools, and trom the pulpit, to meet iii Con vention at Marion, Ala., on the 12fA of April, 1871 It is hoped that the Faculties and Trustees of our Col leges will immediately appoiut and publish the mimes 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 D. 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 minutes of said Association, on Friday before tee sth Sabbath in July next. It should be, on Friday before the sth Sabbath in April. The churches composing the General Meeting of said Dis trict, will please take due notice of the correction here in made, and send their messengers to meet with 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 the Duty ot Pastors to their Churches, by Rev. J. H. Allen. At 2 p m., Essay on the Religious Training of Children, by A. Jones. Sunday, 9 a.m., Essay ou the Duly of Churches towards Supporting their Pastors, by XV. J. Northen. 11 a.m., Serun n, on the Everlasting Happiness of the Righteous, by Rev. T. J. Veazej-. A. C. Rainwater, Oh Clerk. 2531- Removal of Mercer University. A meeting of the Commission on the temoval of Mercer University, will be held in Cartersville, Ga., on the 20th (Thursday) of April next, at 10V£ a.m. The brethren there must designate the place. This call ii 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-id D. E. Butler, Chairman. Executive mission board of the TUSKEGEJv 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 doue. Let each one of ns, 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 each 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 each member of the Board will be at our April meeting, fully prepared to report for every church in his district. XVe can then act advisedly, and not till then. Remember the time and place, and don't fail to be tbore. Z. D. ROBY Salem, Ala., March 1, 1871. 2530 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' JS A A C N. DAVIS. ATTORNEY AT LAW, VALDOSTA GEORGIA. References.— Hon. B. H. Hill, Athens; Hon. D. F. Hammond, Atlanta; Col. R. Simms, Batnbridge; U. T. Mclntj re, Thomasville. 2532- A. CONSTANTINE’S Persian. Healing Soap. Patented March 12, 1867. FOR THE TOILET, BATH AND NURSERY. This Soap has no equal. It preserves the complex ion fair, the skin soft, flexible and healthy. It removes all dandruff, preserves the hair soft and silky, and pre vents it from falling off. It cures Pimples, ail Diseases of the Scalp and Skin, and is a GOOD SHAVING SOAP. Agents wanted. Office, 43 Ann St., New York. Ask any dealer for A. A. Constantine’s Soap. 2532 —t FREE TO BOOK AGENTS.-A Pocket Pros pectus of the best Illustrated Family Bible, pub lished in both English and German, containing B'ble History, Dictionary, Analysis, Harmony, and History of Religions, sent free on application. XV. FLINT & CO., 26 South 7th St., Phiia., Pa. 2530—42 BOOKS, PERIODICALS, Etc THE NEW BAPTIST HYMN BOOK. The AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCI ETY' will have ready for sale by the 10th of April, the PEW EDITION OF THE BAPTIST HYMN BOOK. Designed for Public XVorship. PRICE, IN PLAIN BINDING, $1.25. This is a book whose Rounded Fullness of Snbject and Intrinsio Excellence of Hymns, will, we tliiuk, commend it to universal favor. It is emphatically a Book of Praise, especially of PRAISE TO CHRIST. abounding in those hymns which embody the warm outgushings of the Christian heart. On the receipt of the price, $1.25, we will send a sample copy, for examination, to any post-office in the country, postage prepaid. An edition with MUSIC, is nearly ready for the printer. It has been arranged by the best musical tal ent in the denomination. This edition will be ready in June. Price, $2.50. A liberal discount will be made churches on the first supply. Send orders to either of the Depositories. ~ Bev. B. GRIFFITH, Secretary, 530 Arch Street, Philadelphia. HOWARD GANNETT, 2 Tremont Temple, Boston. U. D. WARD, 76 East Ninth St., New York. Dr. C. R. BLACK ALL, 7 Custom-House Place, Chicago. Rev. G. J. JOHNSON, Dist. Sec., 209 N. Cth St., St, Louis. 2530—88—eow ENTS~WANTED FOR HANDWRITING OF GOD IN EGYPT, SINAI, AND THE HOLY LAND. God has kept two copies of His Historic Records of our race: one on parchment, the other on monumental records, and sculptured tablets buried beneath the crumbling piles of ruined cities. The veil is now lifted, establishing the written by the unwritten word of the Eternal. This book traces the footsteps of the Almighty, the handwriting of His power, and the memorials of His iHlghty wonders through all ages. A work charm ing and fascinating. Rev K. C. Buckner, Paris, Tex as, says: “It is giving greater general satisfaction than any book introduced into Texas during the past ten years.” Unusual inducements to Agents and people. Address J. W! GOODSPEED & CO., 37 Park Row, N. Y., or 146 Lake Street, Chicago. 2527-76- ]\TEW AND ATTRACTIVE SCHOOL-BOOKS. Send for our Complete Cataloge of School-Bools before deciding for the coming year. Among our are the following: LOSSING’S HISTORIES. Complete series. SHAW’S ENGLISH LITERATURE. Ccmplete series. STODDARD'S MATEMATICAL SERIES. BULLION’S GRAMMARS. English, Latin, and Greek, and (’lassies. BULLION’S LATIN LEXICON. KEETEL’S ORAL FRENCH SERIES. (New.) MATTISON’S ASTRONOMIES. BURRITT’S GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS OF THE HEAVENS. HOOKER’S PHYSIOLOGIES. ALDKN’S SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT. WAYLAND’d INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY, Etc. etc. Send for Full Catalogue . Any of our Text-Books sent to Teachers by mail, post-paid, for examination, on receipt of half-price. Address SHELDON Sc CO., 2514 493 3f 50!) Broadway, New York, CHOIR SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. The American Tune Book. THIRD EDITION READY. A collection of all the widely popular Church Tunes, Anthens and Set Pieces, which have formed the foun dat'on of our American Church Music for the past fifty years. Containing 1,000 choice pieces selected by 500 Teachers and Choir Leaders. Price, $1.50. $13.50 per dozen. A specimen oopy will be sent by maill to any address, post-paid, on re ceipt of price. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. C. H. DITSON A CO., New York. 2532-2 t WANTED. FEW MORE AGENTS WANTED FOR THE LIGHT OF THE WORD. Anew religious work of unsurpassed interest and value. For terms, address W. FLINT A CO., No. 26 S. 7th St., Philadel phia, 5 Custom-House Place, Chicago, and 176 West 4th St., Cincinnati. 2530—42 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. gPALDING SEMINARY. This young but flourishing Seminary is taking an honorable place among our best institutions of learn ing. The course ot instruction is equal to that of other Colleges. The Faculty -are experienced and competent Teachers. The Institution has two departments—one for Males, the other for Females. For farther informa tion, apply for a Catalogue, to W. C. WILKES, President, 2528 Spalding, Macon county. Ga. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Etc. the City Missionary of Boston says about Allen’s Lnntf Balsam. THERE CERTAINLY CANNOT BE FOUND A BET TER COUGH OR LUNG REMEDY. AS AN EXPECTORANT, IT HAS NO EQUAL. Boston, Mass., Fkb. 18,1869. Messrs. P. Davis <& Son: Gentlemen— The package of Alleu’s Lung Balsam you seut me to use ainoug the afflicted poor in my city missionary work, has proved very acceptable and useful. It has gone iuto several families, and wiih remarkable effect in every instance. Odo woman has been restored from what her physi cian pronounced consumption, after several months’ sickness with cough, great pain in the lungs and pros tration, so that she is able now to do housework and assist iu the support of her family, and with care and continued use of the Balsam, she expects entire resto ration. Another person, a young woman, to whom I gave one bottle, has received great benefit, so that her cough, which was of mouths’ standing, is getting better, and she has purchased the second bottle, and has every in dication of a speedy cure. A young man who was raising blood, and quite weak and sick, has, by the use of two bottles, been much im proved, and is able to do a little at his work. A young man to whom I recommended a trial of it, who has had a bad cough, and much pain in his lungs, for mouths past, and unable to get rest or sleep, has commenced taking it, and is now using the fourth bot tle with great benefit. He said to n.o, ou a recent visit, he would not do without it. Ue is hoping-and rea sonably, it seems to me—to be able to resume his work again. * . X T ery respectfully and gratefully, yours, Charles A. Rou.vdy, City Missionary. J. N. Hamhis A Cos., Sole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sold by all Medicine Dealers. For sale by REDWINE A FOX, Atlanta; PLUMB & LEITNER, Augusta. 2527—34 —8t pLUMB Sc LEITNER, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA , Wholesale Dealers In PURE MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, PUTTY, BRUSHES, WARRANTED GARDEN SEEDS, FISH HOOKS, LINES, POLES, and a general assortment of FISHING TACKLE, including the celebrated Augusta Bream Hook, Plumb’s, Single, Double, and Belle Augusta Cologne Waters, are standard articles with the ladies PLUMB A LEITNER, 2529 Augusta Georgia. MISCELLANEOUS. gIL VER PLATING FLUID. For Silver Plating Copper and Brass Ware, and re plating worn PLATED WARE, making it look as well as new, at one-tenth the cost. Any woman or child can apply it. Agents wanted everywhere. Directions with every bottle. It is sent postpaid, on receipt of (sl)one dollar. Address JAMES E. TATE, 2580—33 West Point, Ga. IMPORTANT NOTICE X TO CONSUMERS OF DRY GOODS. All Retail Orders amounting to S2O and Over Delivered in any Part of the Country, Free of Express Charges. HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS, OF BALTIMORE, MD., jn order the better to meet the wants of their Retail Qustomers at a distance, have established a S-A-IVCTPILiIE BTTF^DEI-A-U, and will, upon application, 'promptly send by mail full lines of Samples of the Newest and most Fashionable Goods, of FRENCH, ENGLISH and DOMESTIC MAN UFACTURE, guaranteeing at all times to sell as low, if not at less prices, than any house in the country. Buying our Goods from the kargest and most celebra ted manufacturers in different parts of Europe, and importing the same by Steamers direct to Baltimore, our stock is at all times promptly supplied with the novelties of the London and Paris markets. As we buy Hnd sell only for cash, and make no bad debts, we are able and willing to sell our goods at from Tax to Fiftkk.n Pnn Cent. Lsss Profit than if we gave credit. In sending for Samples, specify the kind of goods de sired. We keep the best gradesof every class if goods, from the lowest to the most costly. Orders ■unaccompanied by the cash, will be sent 0. O. D. PROMPT-PA YING WHOLES ALE B UYERS are invited to inspect the Stock in our Jobbing and Pack age Department. Address HAMILTON, EASTER & SONS, 197, 199, 201 and 208 West Baltimore Street, 2525 —2575 Baltimore, Md. jNq"EW STYLES, REBUCED PRICES. MASON & HAMLIN CABINET ORGANS, For Parlors, Drawing-Rooms, Libraries, Churches, Sunday Schools, Lodges, Ac. The most popular and widely used of large musical instruments. ELgant as furniture ; suitable for secu lar and sacred music; not requiring tuning, or liable to get out of order. FIFTY STYLES, at |SO, $65, SIOO, $125, $l5O, $l6O, $175. S2OO, to $2,000 each. fiT The MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS are THE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARDS OF EXCEL LENCE among instruments of the class, having been awarded 75 MEDALS* or other highest premiums, for DEMONSTRATED SUPERIORITY, in Europe and America, including the first-class medal at the PARIS EXPOSITION. Nearly 1,00 0 Musicians including a majority of THE MOST EMINENT IN AMERICA, and many in Europe, have given written opinions that they EXCEL ALL OTHERS. (See Testimonial Circular, Sent Free.) NEW STYLES AND REDUCED PRICES this month. AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, with elegant illustrations front photographs aud full infor mation, sent free. Address MASON & HAMLIN OR GAN CO., 596 Broadway, New York, or 154 Tremont street, Boston. 2525—2550 ARTICLE COTTON* TWINE, COTTON SEWING THREAD, AND Knitting Cotton and Cotton Yarn, made by the OAKLEY MILLS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Marietta, Georgia, can be furnished to Dealers and others, at fair prices, by MOORE Si MARSH, Atlanta, Georgia, Or WM. L. MANSFIELD, Presideut 0. M. M. Cos., 2527 —84—8t Marietta, Georgia. agents say of O’HARA’S POCKET GIANT CORN-SHELUER. I sell 20 per day —J. H. Grove, Bolivar, Tenn. Easl iest thing to sell I ever saw.— F. A. Ketch umSt. Louis, Mb. I shelled*22 bushels in 4 hours.— Q. W. Brower, Ottawa, O. Quick sales, large profits. Send *1.50 for sample. CHARLES MELSON O’HARA, 114 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. 8527—89—18t FERTILIZERS. piR/XCE FLEXDTJ OBD. ONLY SSO PER TON IN FIVE TON LOTS. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED (200) PUNTERS TRIED THE LANGDON FERTILIZER, this last year, and the most favorable reports are beard from it. Itt PURITY andSTKENGTtiareguarautted- The value of. BONE PHOSPHATE AND COTTON SEED HEAL as a manure, is known to every Scientific agriculturist. These articles form the bulk (4-5) of tbe "LANGDON," to which are added proper quantities of Potash, Gyp sum and Salt. These five tugredients form the com pound. IT IS A HOME PRODUCTION. Large Cap ital invested here iu the Works, afibads a security lor the guarantee of its purity. HON. 0. 0 LANGDON. (Agricultural Editor Mobile lieffuttr,) gives udvisury supervision to the production ol 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 fqreigu (Northern) manufacture, aud hence the “ Langdon ” can be sold, and is sold Cheap er, than anv Standard Fertilizer in the market. The COTTONSEED HEAL is produced at the Works, and the It A IP BONES are gathered from the surrounding country and ground at my Mills. Farmers are invited to visit tbe Mobile Oil Mills and witness the operations of producing the Langdon Fertilizer. Planters should instruct their Merchants to buy for them THE LANG DONF EHTILIZER, because it is a simp e composi tion of aiticles 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, than any other Fertiliser, no matter wbat the pi ice. FROM THE MANY TESTIMONIALS from practical men, these are here given : Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dec. 22nd, 1870. CW. W. D. Mann : Sir-Your Circular ol ihe Ist inst. came to haud. As we found tbe Langdon Fertil izer the best that we tried, I give you mv experience with it. Our land is poor, red hill land. Used 20U lbs. to the acre. We used one ton of Gillam’s, at S7O; three tons of Zell's, at SBO per ton; two tons of Toe Langdon, at S6O per ton. The laud was all work*--* alike, and the same quantity used of each. I did 1 • t keep-the weights of each field separate, but attended i the picking and weighing myself, and know that tbe - was more cotton gathered to the acre on the Lnngdn than any other part of the place. The Zell's was next From my own experience, and in the opinion of a: ■ farmers who took notice of it, the Langdon Fertilize* 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, 1 used many kinds of manure, hut 1 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 100 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 furnished by the Mills. Os its cheapness, Col. Langdon says: “ Its cheapness —I am fully convinced that, at the price now fixed by you, to-wit: S6O per ton, (since reduced to $55,) it is much the cheapest fertilizer in our mnrket. 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 Guauo at the same price.” Os its merits, he says: “ The result is the best Fertilizer in the world tor our Southern lands, in my opinion. Again : “ It contains more fully and completely than any other, the elements necessary for the production of Southern crops and tbe 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 Langdou 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 kuown as a strong Fertilizer to need comment. For Trees, Slmibbeay aud Grapes, it has no equal. The Grouud Bone of the Mobile Oil Mills is warranted to contain nothing but Bone. Address all eiders far either of the above Fertilizers, accompanied by cash or orders on your merchants here, to MOBILE OIL MILLS, P. 0. Box 722, Mobile, Ala. sl2 per ton, Cash, paid for Cotton Seed deliv ered at the wharf or depot here—sacks and twine furn ished tree ot charge at your landing or depot. BONES WANTED. —$15 per ton will be paid for Bones delivered at the Mills. It will pay to gather them about the country uud ship to the Mobile Oil Mills. 2625—87—18 THE EUREKA AMMONIA TED BONE SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF 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 PLANTERS TO USE. DAVID DiqKSON, ESQ., Os Oxford, says IT IS SUPERIOR TO ANY COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER He ever applied, and Recommends it to Everybody. WE SOLD OVER TWO THOUSAND TONS IN GEORGIA, LAST YEAR.j ITI IT A S BEENJTRIED AND ALWAYS PAID THE IFLALZSTTIEIR,. Send for a Pamphlet. An Agent may be found at almost every Depot, but informa tion can always be had of IT. W. SIMS CO., Savannah, Ga. For sale by MARK W. JOHNSON, Ao*nt, 2521—13 t ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 'PALLEY & SISSON~~ AT W. W. CHAPMAN'S, No. 70 Wihtehai.l Street, Atlanta, Georgia, DEALERS IN DRY GOODS. 2327 - 67—85 gWEET CHESTNUT! A million trees 4 inches to 4 feet high. The best timber and nut tree on the continent. A 16 page cir cular free. Address STORR3, HARRISON A CO., 2521—86 -16t* Painesville, Lake Cos., Ohio. 47
