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HANCOCK IV EEKLY JOCRIHL l!' a t j - VOL. The Hancock Journal IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (Office, Old Masouic Hall—Court House.) William II. Royal, Editor & Proprietor Hates of Subscription: On, copy 12 months $3 IK)—8 months $2 00 Oa« copy # months. 1 50—4 months, 1 00 Two copies to one address, 1 year, 6 00 No name will be taken unless the ca«h ac¬ company the order. Hates for Advertising: Transient Advertisements will be charged • I the rate of one dollar per square for the firat 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 «r»c«. Cards, three months longer, Business for or will he charged six dollars per quarter tor oath square. TwAlve lines of this type fill onesquare. Professionals: F. L. L I T T L E , Mmmm mw Sparta, Ga. Office in Law Building, west of tlieC. II. GEORGE F. PIERCE, Jr. Sparta, 6a. Office ia Law Building, went of the C H PROFESSIONAL CARD T\R, \ ) A. F. DURHAM, thankful for priBt patronage, takes pleasure in announcing that ho (.till continue* the practice of Medicine and Surgery in the town of Sparta. Having associated with himself his brother Dr O. W- Durham in practice, one or the other of them may be found at their office nt all times •f the day. g©r Special attention is given tq the treat sent of Chronic Diseases aud diseases peculiar to Female*. Feb 12—1 y GDORGE H, JONHS,” WITH M II YAMS & CO 234 I*road Street. Under Central lintel , A uyusta, Georgia Dkalkkh In *-• | % E GK 4H! ft* K 113 Si, Wines, Liquors and Cigars ; ALSO, GES'llL COMMIT A MARCH ANTS April 80 1809. ly. (’liar I cm A* Mledgc, Trimmer & Upholsterer, Harness Maker and Repairer, Sjxirti, 6a. JJ[| TV/1 " foil ml in the upper story of J A, Scml liiy’s t uning* Shop, where he ia prepared to a»tve th* public, in hi* line of work, on term* to suit the time*. muy?-ly JEWELS MILLS. (FORMERLY ROCK FACTORY.) Post Office at CULVKRTON, Ga. F. WILL MANUFACTURE WOOL FOR ■CUSTOMERS this season, on the following 4ertn* : Wool Manufactured in JEANS (col'd warp) nt 80 cents per yard ; Manufactured into Kersey* at 20cts per yard; wr Carded into ROLLS at 12} cents per lb. Sheeting*. Shirtings, Oanaburgs and Yarns constantly on hand. Wool lYanfcd, In Exchange for Goods, nt market value, or for CASH. Consignment* by Ilaifroad should be direct¬ ed to Culverton, Ga. D. A. JEWEL, may 14 tirn Proprietor. New Cabinet Shop. JOHN FRIEvSE. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, T) E8PKCTFULLY informs the citixcns of XU •' part a lin and this vicinity place that he has re¬ cently opene nn establishment far the ftlttnuftocture and Repairing OF FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, •ad will keep on hand a full assortment of Bedsteads, Tables, € hairs, Ac. •r make to order any article in the cabinet line at the lowest price* and nt short notice. Gall and see him. Will also Supply Collins at alanrt notice, jaa. 15. H. H. SASSIETT, HO Broughton Street, SAVANNAH, GA. Will keep constantly on hand a select stock of BOOTS & SHOES, BOfll AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. HMIE i patronage of my friends aud the public ia oernestly solicited. I will fill all orders promptly for CASH, Jaly 16—ly II- 11 . sainett. Carriage, Buggy and Wagon REPOSITORY. J AME'* A 8CUDDAY ha* re-opened hi* b ARRIAGB SH'IP. at hi- old *t*nd * here I # ie prepared to *erv-> hi old friend- m»d patren* and the public generally, iu every bionrti of hi* koaiu.'M, eiih-r with New Work, repairing nr Ho uivv/i ng of t'Hrnaiee, Bnggie., llViui &e ptth* , «n>wt reawt.iab', pne-* He hw i.* »>t* em¬ ploy th* well kuown fre«.!ai*u ote Coleo aSa* Tom Ti.oii)o*ou. and wd' warrant all work to •tend the t**t. T«.in *« a tho ougb Democrat, Ho win aloft d* all manner oi Biack-mithing ih poalto patvoMfo- INDEPENDENT IN ALL THING8-NEUTRAL IN SPARTA, HANCOCK COUNTY, GA„ NOVEMBER 12, 1869. ATLANTA BUSINESS DIRECTORY. A D A I It & BKO. Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES, TOBACCO, AND V. ESTERN PRODUCE Siilub'e Pacific Gun no. end Mape’ti J. M.&J. 0. A EXANDER, Dealer* in Hardware, Iron, Carriage Material, Bol ing Cloth*, and Implements, Whitehall street. FRIED IAN & LOVKMAN, Wholesale Dealer* in Dry Goods, .Notions, Boots, HATS, CLOTHING, Ac. Whitehall—Thace doors Irom Alabama street. IIUNNICUTT & BKILINGRATH, Plumbers, Steam and <*as Fitters, COPPER SMITHS, AND ORNAMENTAL WORKERS IN SHEET METALS, Sheet Itonfiing Iron, in all its brandies—Tin or corrugated Copper Valley*, c RR Croesiug r H SNOOK & CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in F u r n i t u v ©» Decatur Mreet At’aoia, Ke* p constantly oil hand a large and well eclect stock of Parlor, Bed-room, Dining and Office T. It. RIPLEY, Dealer and Jobber in China & Glass T^are, Whitehall Sued i KCK. D SAULLE k CO. W liolet-ale aud R tail Dealer* iu Dry Motions, Skc., lame*'Building, Ivor. Whitehall and Iluuter Sts. W. C. LAWSHE, Weolt*a!e and ^etnil Dealer I3ST :03rt.TTGrSt Medicine*, Faint*, Dye*, Fancy Good*, Feriume Drui'tsis’ Articles. Corner Peuchttce and Marietta htreeta. A. J. WEST & CO. Wholesale Grocers, Aud Cnininiaeiou Merchant*, Peachtree Street, Order* pmm.itly filled. Consignment* solicited S1LVEY & DOUGHERTY. Doaiere and Jobber* in DRY GOODS, Hoxmry, Notion*, White Good#, Shoe*. Hui*. See , Coiner Peachtree and Deca ur Street*, CHAMBERLIN, BOYNTON &TT67 Wholesale and Retail Dealea* in and Fancy Dry Goods, CAHrKTH, Wl-lrow HI! .1)1’H, OIL CLOTHS 4tU., t’or- Wh'iehnll and Hunter Str’*, W. A. LANS DELL, Wholesale and Retail Dealer iu drugs, iHhhiciies, Paint*, O.le, Glims. &.c. Whitehall St - e*t. COX k 11 I L L, Wholesale Dealer* iu Foreign aud Domestic Xj I Q TJ O E 8, FINE ShuARS, TOBACCO AC. Peachtree Street. MOORE & M A RS II, Wholtsalo Dealer* n DRY GOODS, hats, shoes, & boots Corner ,‘ecatur and Pryor Streets. BEKItMANN & KU11RT Importers of ami Dealer* iu ail kind* of Havana A Rome*tic Sega **, Smoking Whitehall and Chewing Street Tobaccn,Pi)>e- 8■;uff, &c. m ar th Kail Road F. M. JACK & CO. CONFECTIONERS & BAKERS Corner Whitehall aud Alabama 8tre AUGUSTA BUSINESS PETER KEENAN & CO, W’holesa’e and Retail Denier* in Boots, Shoes, Trunks, &c., 230 Broad t Under Central Hotel. F. A. BEALL, Dealer iu Drugs Medicines* Oils, den Seeds, &c. 180 Biond Street P. IIANSBERGER & CO. Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff at Who!e«ale end Retail 204' Bioad Street. F A. BRAHE & CO. Dealer iu fine Watches. Clocks and Silver and Plated Goods, V. B.—W'*tch*a, and Jeweby. R-par> d Warranted. 206 Broad Strer t. J. J. BROWNE, Gilder, Looking Glass Sc ture Fra ut Maker. 0:d Frames Re-ti.R to Look equal to New Old rdinting* I'ar-fuliy Clean*. , Lmed Varn.-hed 135 liromi S.reei Augusta. Ga. HtiKPHY Ik MAY, PROPRIETORS I. T. i ANKS Wholesale’ aud Kteail Dealer in Boots and Shoes? Leather Calf Sk<ns and Shoe rinding*, (Ri.w-ou’s Building) cot Whitehall Sl Iluuter el No connection with any other Hush in I he city CT Extra Inducements at Wholesale. G. II. & A. W FORCE, Wholesale Dealers in Boots and Shoes? Sign Big Iron Boot. Whitehall street McBride & co. Importers and Jobbers of CROCKERY, CUTLERY, And SILVER PLATED WARE. MEADOR & BROTHERS, Tobacco Com’n Merchants, and Mauufactuter of CIGARS, Whitehall street. CHAPMAN, RUCKER & CO. Wholesale Grocers aud COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Whitehall street. PHILLIPS &CREW, Booksellers & Stationers and Dealer* in SHEET MUSIC, PIANOS & ORGANS. TOMMEY & STEWART, Dealers iu Hardware, Iron, and Steel, Cutlery, Material, Tools, of all Cotton kinds, Builders’ Presses, and Carriage l>r<*»k«’ Screw ete W hitehall stieet. J. H. BARRETT, Auction and Commission Merchant, and REAL ESTATE AGENT, Liberal Cash Advance* made on Good* iu Store Peachtree street. PHILADELPHIA & ATLANTA Wine and Liquor Company Granite Block, Broad Street I. GUTHMAN, Agett. PESSELS <fc S'.EKN, Dealer* in Domestic & Fancy Dry Goods, French Corsetv (loop Sk rt*. Balmorals, Ki G ove*. Fancy Goode Sc c. No. 6 Whitehall Street. J. W. CLAYTON & CO., Whole.ale Grocer*, Commission Merchants, And l.iquo- Dealers. Whitehall Street. JAMES 11. WYLIE, Wholesale Grocer AND Commission llerclinnt, Peachtree Street. J. C. HOLBPO K, Wholesale and Retail Dealer iu Fur and lYool llals, (f all th- Latest Styles, Lad e** and MiW Fur*, lVsehtree Street. PEMBERTON, WILSON, TAYLOR & 00. 1 in por 1 v r s, Ha tin fa c t ii rer s and Wholesale Dealers in Pure Drugs Medi¬ cine*. Ch* nvcals, Paint*. Uils, Glass Ac. In ut w dd story Biick BjiMingforuer Peachtree and Deca er Streot. JOHN FICKEN, MaiiufxucUira and Deal*r!«n Fine Segar*. Tobacco, Snuff, Snuff Boxes, P>pe* ke, ’Opposite Nat'onal Hotel. GEORGE SHARP, Jit. Live Jeweler, Imporrer and Dealer in Diamond*, lYatclies Sk Fine JEW’ELRY. solid Si ver, Plated Ware u Fancy Goods, next door to Jack’* Confectionery, W'h tehall Street. Watches and Jewelry rf all kinds carefully Repaired and Warranted T. MARKWALTER’S, 'Sj Marble Works. Broad Street , near lower Market Keep AUGJSTA, CIA. on hitud and ready for sale, a larg- selec¬ tion, and ol»o lu'Ot be*, tootd-r. all sort* of MARBLE MONUMEN T8, TOMBSTONES, etc. etc Ml work for the country carefully boxe I aud •hipp d. Sett. 3d—tf. • _ W.II.WARREN, AJ LANK, J.W.WAI.LACE Augusta, Hancock Co, Augusta. Warren, Lane & Co. (Successors to W Henry Warren &Co.) @Ot»tOH actors \VA R A II O Lb L A N D uummisswn Commission me Merchants r^nanis, CASH ADVAXC^ AUGUSTX « GFC CO"..“ r " k We are ag*m* for Georgia and South i,aro iBa for the celebrated Kettfewell’s Manipulated Ober’s Ptio-<pliatc “ 4 lagr The interests of the firm will be repro ■onted in Ha.tccck c-mnty hy J. ('LAKK5* K 81MMONS. E#q..of8p**r>*. W.,L. Crowding tbe Cities. The bow Governor of Virginia, in a late agricultural address, very earnestly urged the young men before him not to imitate those who had forsaken their “pa¬ ternal acres” and gone to the large cities. This same point was enforced by our own Governor, [Ioffman, and by Ex-Governor Seymour, in their receDt addreeses on similar occasions. These dignitaries, Northern and Southern, all agree on the superior claims and advantages of agricuU tural life. The young men of every part of the country need such testimony, and and wc are glad to see it adduced. The fact is undeniable th t for some years farming pursuits throughout the country have been rather losing than gaining favor. The official returns show that agricultural production has no 1 been keeping pace with tbe advancing popula¬ tion of the country, and alike demonstrates an increasing tendency to concentrate in large towns and cities. Farmers’ sons Lave been moved by a spirit of adventure ti turn their back- upon the steady occu¬ pation of their fathers, and betake them¬ selves to speculation, or trade, or mechan¬ ical employments in town. The immense iramigraion into tbe country has by no means contributed its just proportion to the demands of agriculture. The last nr tional census showed that nearly forty per cent, of the Irish of the country were liv¬ ing in the large cities, and thirty-six and a half per cent, of the Germans. If to these had been added those who were loca* ted in villages, and those who were scat¬ tered through the country employed in constructing railroads and other works of internal improveme Dt, it would be seen at once that there were far more acricultural consumers among this great class of our population than agricultural producers — It is tu be feared that the census will show this disparity in a yet more marked degree. One thing is certain : that, tuk iBg the country at large, there will be shown an immense falling off of produc er*, to the extent of four millions as least from the single event of emancipation. Now, there cun be no more fixed axiom in political economy than that agriculture must lrom the basis of the prosperity and power of the American people. It is the foundation of our wealth and consequence primary source of all our prosperi¬ ty. It feeds us. To a great degree it us. Without it we could not have manufacturers, and should not have com¬ merce. It turnishes our factories with their raw material, and it fills our ships with their cargoes. Social industry de¬ pends upon it; individual life depends upon it. There is no man in the country who is so wealthy as to be independent of the success of this great interest, nor any so poor as not to be affected by its prosper¬ ity or its decline. This country has pecu liar facilities for advadtagcously prosecut¬ ing this department of human labor. The variety of its climate, the abundance and cheapness of its fertile soil, are such as no other nation on the surface of the globe can boast. It is no credit to our vaunted enterpise that wc have never yet made ade¬ quate use of these ingal advantages—that the time has never yet been when the proportion of our farmers to the whole population was as large as it should have boen—when the number of those engaged in professions and trades were not, at the very least, twice as great as the actual ne¬ cessities of society required. There is reason to apprehend that this dispropor¬ tion will increase. This restless, advens turous spirit is ever tending to take more complete possession of our people. Ev¬ erybody is getting more infected with the eagerness to get rich in haste. There is a growing import-nee of tbe good old plan of earning a competence by steady, pre¬ serving labor and frugal living. The young men of the day have tired of the isolation Ind monotony of agricultural life and pant for sojntithing more stirring and exciting, and something that seems to pro¬ mise quicker and more splendid returns. They have seized upon the first opportu¬ nity to launch away into the tide of trade and speculation. And that tide once embarked-upon, it ia very seldom 1 * ,.. 1 elr . way . k* ck . a j> a,n ,0 1,6 . j >loweu htid ** A iarge proportion of them tonnTih^lonh tea. of of them h have " eW m^blj PUrSU M ; ^ T*r Z/T ^ T "Th £ J " 1,6 W,th *" It cannot be too well undferatood by these young u.aicuofcnt* in tbe country that failure there aimost infalibly foreto j te ? 9fai,u I r f f cre The same qualities and % city. the It ia everywhere the same all over world: to fill any situation successful ly, one n.u*t fill it as belonging to it.— The man who feels abort his business, 1st thut business be what it may, in actually below any business. He is without any thing to hold him up anywhere, and is bound to sink anyhow. The great work of life, whether in the city or country, cannot be maintained by any suck weak¬ lings. Least of all is this tearing, grind¬ ing, We crushing mart the plaoe for them.— alreaty have an over production of in eapablcs and drones. There is no room here for the drift of rural weakness and cowardice. Let tbe farmers’ nuns heed the counsels of their Governors and stay at ho ne—holding independent fast to tbe oldest, hap¬ piest most and most honors of human occupations. , Tbe above sensible remarks arc from the New Yoik times of the 28th. In con¬ nection with the above see from the Ce Iambus Sun— W r ii at Boys Gan Do—A Pregnant Example —A young man of an adjoin¬ ing county, “not yet nineteen years old,” aided by his brother, between twelve and thirteen years of age, and a pony, has this year, on rented land cleared three bales of cotton, and one hundred and fifty bushels of com, and “lots of potatoes,” besides supporting his mother and a little sister. He also Las cotton yet to pick. He is the son of a deceased Confederate soldier. He will commence the next year with the following capital: Three hales of ootton, at 23c 8345 One hundred and fifty bushels of eorn, at 81 50 per pushel 225 8570 and his pony. He contemplates buying a mule, and hiring tivatecflhhirty a hand aud more ground. He cul acres this year. THE SOUTH-DIRECT AN ENGLISH VIEW. As it is impolitic in domestic omy to put all the household one basket, so it is inadvisable national policy to be dependent on one customer or one friend. monopolist of trade or friendship may turn his favors into a in which event serious riment may result to the victim. Great Britain and the States, however, appear to putting themselves of within this the mode conducting their trades. The commerce two countries flows through in which there happen numerous obstructions, leakages, and not a little hostility. The whole seaboard the United States is New York—thither the raw ton of the South is transported goods to Liverpool of ; the Lancashire the same hands en route the American consumer. On eastern coast New York enjoys monopoly of American commerce, and it is clearly to the interest this country to break the power, lest it be wielded against to the national detriment. On the practical ground of my, too, there are reasons why wider and freer intercourse should be fostered between tbe two tries. The Southern States, now steadily recuperating, will soon again become the great cotton field of the world, and it is important that the raw material should find its way to British mills burdened with as few imposts as possible. The prevailing system makes the New York dlemen rulers pf the market, and adds needless charges to the grower and manufacturer. But the policy of New York and the rest of the is antagonistic to free trade.— Massachusetts and its congeners de¬ to foster local manufactures by a high protective tariff; they would drive foreign competitors out of the field by differential taxes, and give a non-natural stimulous to their home mills until they are to stand on their merits. This try has already felt the evil of this repressive policy in the minished exports of manufactured goods. Nothing can be done we are afraid to alleviate the burden of the protective tariff until the Amiricans recognize the fact that imposts led upon the foreigner, who prod ces manufacturer, more cheaply than the the retail t*re extra charges on consumer. The system compels the public to pay more f 00d8 % th ? y WOuld be "J. uired to pay if the cheaper commodities of fore.gmrs-who work under WBuTtH Uxfng icam are really the commu nity for the advantage Of a class; but as yet the folly has not yet been raade clear to their understanding solely! Tbe North is chiefly, fJadou, perhaps *0 thU principle, ,u those ‘“teresU of being antagonistic The to the South* former manufacturer desirous of the exclusive right of NO. 2 people, and seeks id promote this policy by subjecting foreign rivals to burdensome charges. The South, being a grower of raw material, is interested in obtaining manufactured" goods at the lowest possible price,' irrespective of the locality of their production ; but its the North, for the ies “protection” differential of own interest, lev¬ which a with tax undue on foreign goods, falls severity on the South. This state of things cannot be al¬ tered at present, but its existence is another strong reason avoided why needless trade charges should be on with the cotton growing why districts. There is no possible reason and raw cotton eign should be exported, for¬ York. goods imported, through New It is a circuitous route, in¬ volving waste of time and needless expense. These may be avoided by the establishment of direct trade be¬ tween Europe and the South. Let the raw cotton be exported direct from New Orleans, Savannah and Charleston; let the Manchester manufacturers and the Liverpool brokers deal direct with these ports, or, better still, with the planters in the country. And in the same way the manufactured goods required for the consumption of Southerners should be landed at the nearest port, not shipped to New York, ahd then this reshipped to their haudling destination. of articles All unnecessary of trade enhances their selling price, and ultimately falls on the consu¬ mer. GROWTH OF STATES. In I860, Illinois had a population of 851,000, Missouri of 682,000, and Iowa of 192,000. Ten years later the popnla* tion of Illinois and of Missouri had doublo ed, and that of Iowa had increased nearly fourfold. The railroad system had offect ed these great changes. In 1870, Iowa will have a population of 1,200,000. Five railroads are being constructed East and West across the State, and others are an¬ ticipated. The plan is to havo a latitude railway in each tire of counties, of which there are nice. The State is fertile be¬ yond comparison. The crop of grain rais¬ ed is immense. Out of 85,000,000 acres in the State, 3,500,000 were drvoted to grain in 1857, and these produced 56,000, 000 bushels of corn, 14,000,000 bushels of wheat and 15,000,000 bushels of oats. Only a portion of this was used in the State, the residue went to feed the hun¬ gry elsewhere. This grain must be trans¬ ported on railroads, and henee we may form some idea cf the utlmate value of the railroad system of the State. There is no northj and south line in the State, though one is chartered. lows is and will be essentially an agricultural State and every farm will furnish freight. The Political Situation.—A prom¬ inent Democrat, in conversation regarding the political situatien, asserted publicly to-night that the Democratic party would continue its policy of opposition to the principles of the reconstruction acta iu all future elections, adding that finall the Supreme Court would snstain them, and predicted that the next Presidential cam¬ paign will be narrowed down to a struggle over the legality of the fourteenth amend¬ ment. In explanation he declared that repudiationists, as well as anti-reeonttruc tionasts, would unite on such a platform, because the amendment, while prohibiting the payment of the rebel debt, guarantees the payment of the national debt, and op¬ position to it is, therefore, the national in clinatioh of the great masses of the Demo¬ cratic perty.—Washington special to Phil delphia Press, October 27th. -1 0 m ( — A letter from Virginia oompalins of great scarcity of labor in that State. The writer says that 75 negroes left Richmond yesterday for Louisiana, hiring themselves at 818 and 820 per month to work on cot¬ ton plantations. The oxodus from Vir¬ ginia southward of tbe black clement of her population, has recently been quite large, and instead of diminishing, seems to he increasing with the rigor of the sea¬ son. A Texas editor thus laments: “Fourh of July! Yankee Doodle equality played thy death match. Negro is rocked in thy cradle, while we but remember with mourn ful pride thy past and glorious mem ories.” A man name Towers hung him self to a bedpost in Schenectady New York, and succeeded in putting and end to his earthly existence. m. hnvs it Mmm* PurKnn p« one day j a8t ' week took little ’ b ” named Frederick Hornickeleven oW built a fire , and horrible to to relate, held the lad over it until ^ John Holley Depute inter,,.! _ Collector Oakland, f*® supposed venue hav^ at absconded pal. 18 to p«8 tbe ^ a8t ^ anama »tcamer. He is a defau, J er to the Government iq the ,° f *!*“?’. rhe ties.that connect business with ttyp Jfqblie-- advertise, 5£en opd slip on water when it i* ftcu Ijpn OP whiskey it i?p't»