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.4 S Iff., m r U.. a VOL. II. The Hancock Journal IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, % VI WtbWV (Office, Old Masonic Ilall—Court House.) " ..... 1 ' ‘■* William Bfl. Koval, Editor & Proprietor. Rates of Subscription: One copy 12 months $tl 00—-8 months $2 00 One copy 0 months,- 1 60—4 months, 1 00 mgrTwo copies to one address, J year, 5 00 No name will be taken unless the cash ac¬ company the order. Rates for Advertising: .. Transient Advertisements will be charged A t tho rate of one dollar per square fcjr the first and seventy five cents for each subsequent Insertion, for one month or less. A liberal dis.-ount will he made to persons Advertising extensively, both as to time and *T*ce- Cards, for three months , longer, .« m Business or Will be oimrged six dollars per quar ter for 'each square. fill Twelve lines of this typo onesquare. *. ^^Professionals: F. L. LJTTLE, fflwa MMWp Sparta, Oa. .. Office in Law Building, west cf the O. IT. GEORGE P. PIERCE, Jr. Sparta, Ga. Office in Lev.* Building, west of the C.II PROFESSIONAL CARD T\ll, A.’ F. TiUHUAM, thankful for pint ,J ?h»t / pntrnnnge, continues takes plensurc the practice in of nnnouncing Medicine he still and Nurgery in the town of Hparta. j Having associated with, himself his brother hr- O. W- Durham in practice, one or the other pf them may be found at their office nt nil times of the day. the „ tyfei p Special nttentloa is given to peculiar treat .tii'iit of Chronic Diseases and diseases to Females. Feb 12—ly B 9 , JONKS,” * * , .. . . WITH N II YAMS & CO 114 Mrond Street. X'ttdvr Central Jfotcl, Augusta, Georgia Df.aleus In n.\E <» KOCH Rites, Wines, Liquors and Cigars ; ALSO, G K'N’H L VO Mill S'N MA R LI1A NTS April 80 1800. ly. Charles A. Sleilgc, Trimmer & Upholsterer, Harness Maker and Repairer, Sparta, Ga. *|LJrAY JjjL Souddny’s by found Carriage in fho upper Shop, story where of J he A, is prepared to servo the public in his line of work, on terms to suit tho times. may7-ly JEWEL’S MILLS. (FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.) post Office at C’ULVERTON, Ga. CUSTOMERS W X WILL MANUFACTURE this the WOOL following FOR season, on terms: Wool Manufactured in JEANS (colM wnrp) at ;}0 cents per yard ; 20cts Manufactured into Kerseys at per yard; or Carded into ROLLS at 12J cents per lb. Sheetings, Shirtings, Osnnburgs and Yarns constantly on hand. Wool Wanfcal, |n Excliango for Goods, at market value, for CASH. • Consignments by RnSfroad should be ed to (hit vert on, Ga. D. A. JEWEL, may 14 lira Proprietor. Carriage,Buggy & wagon DEPOSITORY ,1 AMES A. SCUDDAY old has re-opened where his he Cnvrintre Shop, at his slnod, is preps rod to serve tiisohl friends and patrons ami Ills the public generally, in every branch Repairing of hui'iiic**, either with New Work, nr Renovating of Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Ao., nt the most reasonable prices. He has in his employ the well known frecdmnn Tom Coles, alias Tom Thompson, and will warrant nil work to stand tho test. Tom is a thorough Democrat* Mr. S. will also do all manner of Black smith work pertaining to his business, and nolicits a share of the public patronage. Sparta, April 23—8m New Cabinet Shop. JOHN FRIESE, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, Tk E8PECTFULLY informs the eitizens of |\, l-parta and vicinity that he has re ecnlly opened in this place an establishment for the Manufacture and Repairing OF FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, •nd will keep on bond a full assortment of BcdntcadM, Tablet, Chairs, &c. or make to order any article in the cabinet line at tho lowest price* Jtnd nt short notice. Call and see him. 10 - Will also Supply Coflln« at abort notice. jan-13. fPIBU'S ROUSE—Dalton, Ga. A J. D. CAMPBELL, Prop’r. ITSTDEPEnSTDElSTT I1ST ALL TIIINGS-NETJTRAL 13ST ISTOTHIITO. SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 6, 1860. f * * Poetry. ]Lj: Kin "‘tf H i ratt i. — * !?= r From the Nunnery Mol tiers Kisses. A kiss when I wake in tho morning, A kiss when I go to bed, A kiss when I burn my fingers, A kiss when I bump my head. A kiss when my bath is over, A kiss when my bath begins j My mamma is full of kisses, s. As full as nurse is of pins. A kiss when I play with my rattle, A kiss when I pull her hair; She covered me over with kisses Tho day I fell from the stair. A kiss when I give her trouble, , A kiss when I gave her joy : There’s nothing like mamma’s kisses To her own little baby boy. Facts and Fancies. What is the most enlightened nation ? Illumination. A sweet sight—A pair of lovers chew¬ ing taffy in a theatre. Disgusting meanness—To tan a dog’s hide with his own bark. How docs ahorse regard a man ? As the source of all his whoas. Stockings arc now darned by machinery, and they are darned nice. What is a husband’s promise about giv¬ ing up tobacco apt to end in ? In smoke. What did a blind wood sawyer take to restore bis sight? lie took his horse and saw. To make an amusing sympathetic ink, mix lemon and onion juice. Writing or pictures made with this mixture on plain white paper will, when dry be invisible. But on wanning the paper before a fire the lines will appear in brown tints. Ve¬ ry pretty effects may thus be produced. “ If any man wants to be an old bache¬ lor, and get sick at a boarding tavern, and have a back room in the fourth story, and have red-haid chambermaid bring his gruel to him in a tin wash-bason, lie Las got a perfect right to do it.” A vigilance committee in Bryan, Wyo¬ ming Territory, waited on a man they call “Wild Bill,” aud gave him fifteen minutes to leave town. “Bill’ Gentlemen, if this mule dou’t baulk, 1 dou’t wan’t but fire.” A handsome young bride was observed to be in deep reflection on her wedding day. One of her bridesmaids asked her the subject of her meditations. “I was thinking,” she replied, “which of my old beaux I should marry if I should become a widow.” Why should a wood-cutter never be hungry ? Because lie can always have a chop by axing. A late towerist in the Nile district states that he saw not only the traces of the croc¬ odile on tho river banks, but also the prints of whales. Wc have heard of an individual who buys one or two shares of stock in every railroad and bank, so that he may go to all the annual elections and cat all the annu¬ al dinners. A correspondent suggests that tho ine¬ briate person who proposed to escort his girl* to sec “Grossington Washing the Delaware,” should do so on Birthington’s Washday.” It is estimated that there are at least 60,000 American iamilies pcrnwnctly es¬ tablished Jin Europe, living upon the in¬ comes of American investments, and en¬ joying the protection of the American Government, wi*hout contributing a sin* glo penny to the payment of our taxes or toward the wealth of tho country by their protective labor. “Mother, did you hear sissy swear “No my dear ; what did she say ?” Why, she said she wasn’t going to wear her darned stockings to school on Easter Sunday.” — ---------- — ■ A Wahnino.—A n Illinois paper ut¬ ters a warning: “People at this season should look out tor the large worm which infests the tomato vines. Its sting is deadly poison. It is of a green color, two or three inches long, and as large as a man’s finger. At Red Creek, Wayne county, a few days ago, a servant girl while gathering tomatoes, received a puncture from one of these worms, which created a se*$ation similar to that of a bee sting. In a short time the poison pene¬ trated to every part of her system, and she was thrown into spasms which ended in death. Immigration—Reply to ilan , cock. Editors Chronicle <0 Sentinel :—Such Messrs. Editors, is the heading of an arti¬ cle in the Chronicle & Sentinel of Saturday last. We do not know who headed that article with “Reply to Han* cock.” It may be the work of an Editor; therefore, meaning much less than it im* ports—or it may be the work of the author, thereby, prejudicing the readerin advance in favor of his effort. But, Messrs. Edi tors, in either case, we deny its truth. It is scarcely au attempt at “reply to Han¬ cock.” in any argument, illustration or fact, used by us. It is replete with sincrosi ties and tortuosities, perversions and so¬ phistries, but not with logical arguments founded upon our premises. It cannot be expected, therefore, that wc should con¬ sume our time and your space in defence of the positions wc assumed in our first communication, until Klux (what a signa ture to such a subject!) shall read and understand them, as they are therein stated and successfully attack them. \\ e must also request him, in replying to us, not to mistake an illustration of a fact, in or of itself. When wc stated in figures what Georgia could do, wc did not suppose that any one would suppose that we meant that it should be done at once. We unhesitatingly admit that it would be a great calamity to us to grow a crop of 8,000,000 bales in this State or even 1,- 200,000 bales the next year, other cotton growing States producing the same ratio. We expressly and unequivocally argued, that an excess of production as well as an excess of population were great evils, but that they were self-curing, but K. either did not or would not understand our posi tion. Those things he must do, if lie wishes to have fair discussion on a great and paramount question, second to ro other now agitating the public mind, cx cept the return of tho Government to sound principles. .One other thing he must not do. lie must not raise fa se issues with us or attempt * to put * us wholly ,he , defe , „ If _ he .... °" "’7 e ’ opposes immigration, let linn . his lor give reasons it. He do , this ,. if ., . he ... 11. And ... let can w h,m ,. , la, as.de all selfish cons.dorat.ons (tf he has them) and .nd.r.daal mterests.and loot more to the publ.e good than h„ ovrn. f,et him explain how other,, not so fortunate as himself, perhaps, in Retting hands, are to be supplied witJi labor- Let him prove that everybody nearly, but him¬ self, is deluded as to the natural increase of the negro in a state of freedom, and that increase will make better laborers than their fathers and mothers. This would be “furious firing with a great gun” into the friends of immigration. ButK. complains of “the use ol the public funds in promoting immigration when nobody uses their own private funds for such purpose.” The people of Geor¬ gia made the same complaint against their use in building the Western and Atlan¬ tic Bailroad. Does any one complain now ? It was for the public benefit. So is immigration ; and besides this, there arc difficulties in the way of success to private individuals and local associations, of which, wc supp.se, tlfat Iv. would do well to heed in his “reply.” But Iv. says that he “opposes it in fact, because the tendency is to cheapen the price of cotton-” This partakes of the charaetcr of an argument, anil is worthy of consideration. If cotton should be so cheapened from any cans'*, no matter what—commercial manures, Dickson’s sweeps, or anything else—as to bring the price below the cost of production, it would be an evil, and a great evil. The argument is just as good against any one cause as against immigration. “Stick a pin here,” Mr. Iv , and let us have your reply. You say that you “use fertilizers, sweeps, &c., to lesson the cost of produc¬ tion.” Exactly so. We propose to use cheaper ami better labor “to lessen the cost of production, too.” It turns out though, that while you arc doing this you make a great deal more cotton than yon could do if you were to use your means. And icc expect to make more cotton by increasing labor—labor for every man now destitute of hands to till his land— labor that will improve, cheapen and ele¬ vate the labor we now have. Wc arc af¬ ter “dividends" for all—for the country and not for a few individuals comparative¬ ly, who arc fortunate enough to procure hands enough and good hands withal, to cultivate their entire plantation. In short, Mr. K., we are for a broad prosperity , for tho general good, for a “little paradise” hcre in old Georgia. And it wc should build castles that will reach up into the air, we intend that no ridicule shall.pull them down, for we will build them “upon a rock.” We regret that K. should have commit¬ ted so many errors in his “Iteply to Han¬ cock.” We deny that we fired “our great gun” at all. We only fired a squib” to draw your fire and fired it. from one of our smallest batteries. The “great gun” is oh hand, if it shall be necessary to fire it hereafter. Our little gun will be kept charged for appropriate gamej a3 its report was so astounding to you as to induce you to believe that it “had bursted.” We did not expect it to produce suftj^a concus¬ sion on your brain as to cause you to con¬ clude that it had exploded. - r In all seriousness we believe that under wise and good government the true friends .of the South, will, by immigration and other means, redeem the country from poverty and the inevitable Ignorance and degradation which willbeour if we arc remiss in the use of every means we have or can command. These means be wisely used. Agriculture is the gf ea j source of all our prosperity. If we wou j ( j bc a prosperous people we must bave a prosperous agriculture. We now bave no advantages over the other cottoU growing scctions of tll0 world in our labor , We must have free labor, too, and we must w # 8ufficiency Qf 4hat Bufficicncy> when tbc time air ives, wc are quite sure tbafc we oan judge> Xbere wiU be unraistakablo indication9 of tho faot that no rationa l Jnan can mietake And thi Mr . R ig aBOtW of „ the „ htg of hibtory » If ou can ghow (he ple of tb5a count tbat « poverty with it3 attendant ills,” is a hies gin „ . fc be another « light (not) in his . tory „ We beg you not t0 conlbund in . dividua] instancea of prosperit hcre and thcre> with the prosperity of the pc0H Mo ]argQ W(J it0 * ain thafc afc flre cert < <tho ligbtg of hi8toiy » Busta in „ 8 in sav- £ . tbat pcoplCj wbo cither too no are dolent Qr ^ gtupid tQ devclop fcheir natu . ^resources, have over grown groat, or pQwerful> of ^ Do you want examp , ca? Jj0ok at our Indian tribcSj at 0 South America, at Africa, r . portions .. of c Asia, . . mi „ the 0recks at our own doora „ The rerources of , this .. great country can never , be developed , , ,. by the L . present ^ future 1 avail or aUo ubor in itor tboir descendant,, unless u bo io our judg , 0 e„t, by a ju. dicioos immigratio „. We hnT0 n0 fsars #ll the , ubjec , if „ c are a ec „, iblc pe oblo> M „„ tbink „ e m The „ ord of tbo foreigner has served us well on the battle¬ field, mill his plowshearo will yet aid us in filling our barns with plenty, and our cof¬ fers with gold if we cease our cronkings and go to work in the proper way. Hancock. Immigration—Reply to Han¬ cock. Editors Chronicle (»• Sentinel. In your issue of the 22nd inst., “Han¬ cock makes his appearance again. I road “II.’s” letter over several times, and at each reading of his letter I discovered that he did not appear to got at all serious until toward the close of his letter. This caused ray mind to revert back to the days of my boyhood, when my father made it a part of my daily work to curry his horse “Crocket,” which was a spiteful, ticklish creature, ‘Crocket” invariably put himself in a position to le curried, but so soon as I applied the curry comb, he began his “tortuosities” and attempts at biting, kicking and pressing mo against the walls. But as “Crocket” was only “firing squibbs,” L usually (by currying a spot at a time) succeeded in currying him all over. “In all seriousness,” if “Hancock” re¬ ally has “Long Tom” or any other “great gun,” lie should fire at once, for fear spec¬ tators might conclude that his “great gun,” if not “busted,” was very much disabled, and tbat his battery only consists of small guns and stove-pipes. It is certainly very imprudent in any one to impress an antagonist with the belief that he is well armed unless it be really true. “Hancock says that “K.’s” letter is “re¬ plete with senerositics, tortuosities, per¬ versions arfd sophistries,” and that it is “scarcely an attempt at a reply. These are commodities for which I presume “II.” will receive all they arc worth in market, and we leave for otlifrs to judge. By “perversions” wc presume that “H.” meant to say we had misrepresented the county on the subject of immigration. If this inference be correct %rhy did he not say so, and not attempt such a “flank move” as he has on this point. We “stick” to “Traveller’s” remark, and “H.” will find that he has not taken back, nor will not. “Hancock” says: “We must re. quest him (K.,) in replying to us not to take the illustrations of a fact as a fact.” Why, “Mr. II.” do you mean by this to shut the door and lock yourself up. an d by so doing, thwart any attempt at a re ply ? Strip your letter of your <“illustra trations” and there will hb none left. Did your figures lie ? If not then we must deal with them just as you did, as practi¬ cal facts. You built your “Pardise” witli the $24,800,000 “clear profits” which you received from your 1,200,000 ba’es cot¬ ton, and K. must let your illustratins alone. No, sir, these (< illmtrations” are sugar teats, from which the people of Hancock county may suck in the pap of immigra¬ tion. We put the blister on the right spot, and if the pain is severe you must endure it. “II.” says “when wo stafed in figures what Georgia could do, wo did not sup*, pose any one would suppose we meant it should be done at once.” Let us probe t his wound a little. “II.” says 24,800,000 dollars “clear ^profits,” ’&c., &c. “What shall ice” (not our children,) “do with so much money annually ? We” (not tho next generation) “cannot afford to let it Me idle.” “Georgians must be up and doing” (at once ; not in 1875.) “We must go ahead (at once, not by and by) “for other states are moving in earnest.” Now, will “II.” says that he did not pro¬ pose throwing the flood gates of immigra¬ tion wide open, and grow his illustrated 1,200,Q00 bales of cotton, “at once.” Has “II” resolved on making that flank move, or is he only firing “small guns” at “ap¬ propriate game.” Acknowledge that your “great gun” has bursted, or that your am¬ munition is exhausted from firing squibbs at “appropriate game.” “H” pays “we expressly and unequivo¬ cally argued that an excess of production, as well as an excess of population were great evils, but that they were self curing, but K either did not or would not under¬ stand our proposition.” “K” did under¬ stand you, but we object to your “self ewes we prefer to use preventives.— Don’t ignore tho old adage, “an ounce of preventive, &e.,” for it certainly would be folly to destroy our only certain source of income by excess of production or other¬ wise, when it can be so easily (for a long time) avoided. Away with your self cures and all such nostrums, and join us in susi taining and retaining upon his throne our king (cotton,) since it is only through his influence that we have any power at all lelt us, and when we dispose ot him let us demand at least thirty cents per pound, which by prudence and foresight, wc can do. Cotton is now bearing a good price, anil the simple appearance of a big crop would reduce the price to ruinous figures. The whole world (outside tho producers) arc combined to reduce the price of cotton. Don’t invite the world to come and share our prosperity, when the effect would be the blasting of all of ovtr dividends. Remember that the increase of the whites is great (saying nothing of the blacks,) and they must have land to cultivate. Shut the doors against immi¬ gration and away with your “broad pros¬ perity,” which, perhaps means all Europe. A prosperity embracing the cotton States is sufficiently u broad.” Don’t, wc beseech you, don’t rely on self-cures; they can only be administer ed when it is too late. If it were pos¬ sible for your self-cures to remove your immigrants from the cotton States it might, in some way, commend itself, but this is impossible, and we presume its advocates will claim for it no such virtues. “II.” says “if he (K ) opposes judicious immigration let him give his reasons.”— We have waited patiently for “II.” to de¬ fine “judicious immigration,” as we don’t wish to be bit, kicked or pressed against the walls, when we apply the curry-comb. I will simply stute that I am opposed to the immigration of plantation laborers, in every shape and form, c judicious” not excepted, upon the grounds that it will “cheapen the price of cotton,” and, iu my judgment, any such labor for the South em plantatiuis will prove inefficient, and thereby increase tbe cost .of production.— Again, “II.” says, “let him (K.) lay aside all selfish considerations,” &c. This ap¬ peal might have some significance if I held all the cotton lands in the South, but sucli is not the fact. “In all serious¬ ness” we are free to confess that wc are not so generous au “II.” affects to be.— We claim that our own poor and landless should be provided for beforo going to Europe and elsewhere to find others.to be stow this great philanthropy of which “H,” appears to be champion. The most the poor whites amongst us are worthy.— They have a common sympathy with us, they are skilled in the culture of our field crops, and this is more than I could ex¬ pect from your immigrants, even though they be admitted through your “judicious” channel. NO. 15 -5 “Let him (K„) prove that nearly every body but himself is deluded as to the nat ural increase of the negro in a state of free dom, and that increase will make better la borers than their fathers and mothers.”— Since I have no data from which to prove the natural increase of tbo negro in a statd of freedom, and I suppose “H.” has none for disproving it, wo had better decide td “pass.” I feel under no Obligations td prove that tho increase will make better laborers than their perentSj as I never as* scried it. But, compulsion being the on¬ ly.incentive io field Jaborj it trill be very difficult for “Hi” to prove that the next generation of the negro tHJl not bo as available and faithful as their predecessors. “II.” says if cotton should be so cheapen¬ ed from any cause, no matter what,” &c., &c., as io bring the price df eotton belotf the cost of production, it would be a great evil; also, that “the argument is just as good against any one cause as against im¬ migration.” Here “H.” request us td “slick a pin” and reply. Well, let us es¬ timate the present crop of cotton being grown, wilh our present labor and by the use of fertilizers, improved implements* Dickson’s sweeps, &c., at 2,500,000 bales, for which we receive 80 cents per pound. And the next year, or whenever you choose by means of immigration (“judi* cious” it may be,) you produce in Geor- • gia alone 1,200,000 bales, other States producing in like ratio, and thereby pro¬ duce a crop of it at least 1 0,000,000 bales, and the price should fall to five cents per lb. (and I do not think it would be that) would not the decline be chargeable to i Uln migration ? Is it not tho last mile of a journey that lands you at your destination. It is the first days of a drought tbat dam¬ ages your crop, or is it the latter ? “H.” says again: “wo propose to use chdaper and better labor to lessen the cost of pro* duction,” etc., “labor that will improve, cheapen and elevate the labor we now have.” Well Mr. “H.,” no one will mis** *. take this for a “great gun.” Where will you get your “better labor to lessen the cost of production ?” Will you do it by intro¬ ducing (judiciously) amongst us men who cannot plow at all, who> undef the most favorable circumstances, perhaps could not hoc half an acre of cotton per day, nor pick fifty pounds of cotton ? Is this your good labor by which you propose “eleva¬ ting” our present labor and by this “cheap, better and elevated” labor “H.” contends that he will lessen the cost of production! and thereby build a paradise ?” Lastly, “II.” says : “We regret ‘K.’ should have committed so many errors in his reply.”— Well, Mr. “II.” why don’t you hold these errors up to the light, or fire y.our “great gun” into them and route them, so that others, as well as yourself, may see them. 1 Klux. I Love to Steal. An amusing incident occurred in one of our down oast churohes a few weeks agtf. Tho clergyman gave out the hymn : “I love to steal awhile away, From every cumbering care, And spend the hour of setting day In humble, grateful prayer.” The chorister being absent, the duty devolved upon tho good old deacon M., who commenced, I love to steal, and broke down. • lt» Raising his voice to a still higher pitch, he sang, I love to steal, As beforo, concluded lie got tbe wrong pitch and declaring that he had not his “pitch tuner,” he determined to succeed old in the attempt. By this time aWJfc® women were tittering b oinini their fans whilst tho faces ot the “young ones’' were all in * broad grin. jit length after a desperate cough, he made a final demonstration, and cried out~ I love to steal. This effort was too much. Jjlvcry one but the eccentric parson was laughing.— He arose with the utmost coolness and said: “Seeing our brother’s propensities let us pray.” It is needles to say that but few of the congregation prayed. Caution. —We have read an opinion from a prominent physician of New York, that riding babies backwards in their lit tie carriages causes insanity. We notice that babies are very often hauled in that position. It would be well for mothers ttf put a stop to it.—JfenY. . - i i A young lady was asked at the Springs, ; during the past season, how she liked “Crabbe’8 Tales? “I never eat any crab'* tails,” she innocently replied. An Irishman remarked of a lady who had been very kind to him, “Bedad, she'* a perfect jintlcman.