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The Norcross Advance. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1873. JAS. P. SIMMONS, ) p ... ro JAS. U. VINCENT. ( Edltors - TOWN MEETING. The citizens of Norcross are re quested to meet at the old acade dy on the night of the 17th inst., for the purpose of nominating eouncilfnen for the ensuing year. This will be an important meet ing, and all who are interested in the welfare of our town should be present and aid in selecting men who will Watch and work for the interest ofit. Every citizen should feel an interest in our municipal government for 1874. There are several important regulations that must be established, and many important enterprises that must be begun and consummated, if we would have our town continue its moral and material growth. Bring forward your candidates. «— ... t SUWANNEE ITEMS. We are indebted to our Suwan nee correspondent for the follow ing news items: Mrs. Scales, wife of W. T. Scales, died near that place on the sth instant. A Mr. Chapman was, by some accident, caught in the gearing of a cotton gin and instantly killed, on the same day arid in the same neighborhood. Suwannee is looking up. Some live or six lots have been purchas ed there within the last two or three weeks, and the owners are preparing to put good buildings on them at once. One of them has a good store house already near completion, convenient to the depot. A mineral spring has re cently been discovered near the town, the water of which is said to have been thoroughly tested and found equal to that of the celebrated Ponce DeLeon Spring, near Atlanta. That town is certainly located in one of the best sections of country through which the Air- Line runs from Atlanta to Char lotte. The lands are very productive, the water is unsurpassed by any, and a better population than that which surrounds .Suwannee depot cannot be found in any country neighborhood on this road. Thon why should not the town prosper ? CHARITY. On last Saturday we noticed sov eral members of the Presbyterian and Baptist Church giving liber ally for the support of our popular Methodist Minister. On Monday morning wo saw a leading mem ber of the Methodist Church walk up to our aged Presbyterian Min ister and hand him a bill of green backs. He was not asked for it. It was not expected by the grate ful recipient. We can but admire such catholic spirit in the mem bers of different denominations. It is a hopeful sign for the reli gious prosperity of Norcross. Let such a spirit be cultured and dif fused throughout the churches, and no longer will the cry of “Church Deterioration” be heard. A CANDIDATE FOR MATRIMONY. Editors : There is a widow lady in our town who says she would marry a man that has a self-sustaining occupation; but does not want a man who is a well digger, or dit cher, low-legged or cross-eyed. She wants a man who can hold his end of the rope as well as she can hers—who will keep her in bread and meat, while she will keep everything clean and neat. She is an honorable Christian lady, and is in deep earnest about this matter. So gentlemen here is, at least, one chance. Shave up and come forward. Don’t wait for your high beaver. Respectfully, A. The Franking Privilege.—Have we not had enough of the effects of abolishing the franking priv ilege# Has any good resulted from its abolition ? If so, what ? We think the press of the govern ment is responsible for its aboli tion. We now ask eui bono f Os all the agonies in life, that which is the most poignant and harrowing- that which tor the time annihilates reason,and leaves our whole organization one lace viction that we have been de ceived where we placed all the trurt of love. RELIGIOUS. We commend to our readers the following editorial article, which we find in the Christian Union, of last week. That paper is edited by one of the most learned theologians, able and eloquent writers, and who is also one of the most liberal mind ed men of the age. His remarks of the present con dition and past history of the Catholic Church, and of her mon asteries and various orders, as well as his suggestions of duty on the part of Protestants, are well worth careful thought of all Christians: THE SUPPRESSION OF THE ROMAN MONASTERIES. The Church of Rome, sitting to day in the shadows, echoes the wail of the mourning Mother and Poet: When you want a great song for your Italy, free, Let none look at me, let none look at me. For twenty years, every move ment which has enlarged the lib erties of the people has involved a corresponding restriction of the scope of the Church. And the halting attempt of the Sardinian parliament, in 1854, to curtail the excessive power of the priesthood, has grown at last into the sup pression and sequestration of even the Roman Monasteries, and the dispersion of the Orders. More than this, (he conventual property is either to be sold at auction or retained by government for pur poses of charity, public business, or public instruction. The propriety of these sweeping reforms is vindicated by the state ment that while, as late as 1870, there were seven priests to every thousand inhabitants throughout the kingdom, not one in five of the entire population could read and write. And while the reve nues of the Brotherhoods were enormous, the scanty school-fund was raised with difficulty. The change in public opinion which they denote is seen in the fact that the property is readily salea ble. Any possession of the Church is, in theory, inalienable, unless the Church voluntarily parts with it. The Pope has laid all seques trated property under ban. But daring Catholics have bought such monastic buildings and land as government has offered for sale in other parts of Italy, during the last few years, and have found that the stones did not tumble about their ears nor their fields yield only thistles. So, despite the papal curse, not Jews and un believers only, but faithful sons of the church attend the Roman auction sales, and offset their pain ful scruples, if they have any,with the comfortable sense of a good bargain. No doubt the time had come when the monasteries and the Or ders were cumberers of the ground and nurseries of evil. No doubt it was a wise statesmanship which has uprooted them. No doubt that reformer, political economist, and philanthropist have just cause of gratulation in this new departure. Yet the staunchest advocate of progress, the stoutest Protestant, the most unsentimental of utilita rians can afford to remember the conventual system tenderly for its dead usefulness. Every one of the monastic Brotherhoods had its beginning in a passionate ex altation of spirit, a fervid devo tion to the worship of God, a pro found and utter longing to live in Christ and to reveal him to the world, such as our age can hardly conceive. Those early monks were so sincere believers that they never dreamed of explaining the words of Jesus. He had incul cated poverty, chastity, and obe dience, both in his words and by his walk. They vowed themselves to poverty, chastity, and obedi ence. Their life was to meditate on him, and do his work. Lest they should know anything save Christ ami him crucified,they forswore every human bond. They fasted and scourged themselves that the body might be wholly subjected to the spirit. They an nihilated the individual in order to be altogether possessed by God. They enjoined celibacy that they might be untempted of earthly affections. They sought obscurity and hardship that they might not seek for worldly advancement. They gave up manhood with its infinite riches, that they might attain sainthood, with its blood less nonentity, not for its heaven ly rewards, but because it was God’s own will. The monasteries them elves, were fragrant with purity. 1 hey were the spare abode of men who had overcome the world. But their bareness was fairer than luxury, since it was the expression oi holiness. By and by corruption crept in. as was inevitable. The monks were overcome of evil. The mon asteries became the home of nameless vices. But, by-and-by, ■ again, a great revival swept over them. The impluse of the first ■ centuries of the Church awoke once more. If the monks had out grown the earlier mysticism, their spirit of worship but put on an other form. If their faith had ceased in a measure to be con templative, it had become opera tive. They taught the ignorant. They succored the starving They interferred between the oppressor and his victim. They braved pes tilence and famine, asking no re ward. They went as missionaries to the ends of the known world. They counted martyrdom but joy for His name’s sake. Their walls sheltered the debtor, the criminal, the outcast. Whom these houses of God protected the powers of this world dared not touch. All the arts combined to make them beautiful. It was the debt they owed to the only sanctuary which learning and the arts could find throughout the Dark Ages. Again the light of the monas teries went out in darkness, not again to be rekindled. The idea which gave them birth, that emas culation and not consecration of man’s powers is holiness,the world outgrows. The work they did has been taken up by more efficient hands. Civilization is learning that education is not a charity but a right. It is coming to perceive that the only real help for the poor is the teaching them to help themselves. It begins to under stand that the Religious Orders are not composed of ascetics bound by vows to renounce the world, but of those unvowed, unfrocked, ■ stout-bodied saints, who, living in the world, labor to make it better through wholesome, hearty, lov ing humanity. But if, with our broader light, we nineteenth century Christians bring less earnestness to our dif ferent task,then the zeal of the monks shame us. Especially if we bring not insight to see that the Romanist idea, (like the ideas of all past faiths), was not a lie but a partial truth, and humility to be grateful that, through the Cath olic attainment of that moiety,we Brotestants have been able, as we believe,to reach almost the whole, then the lowly spirit of the Bro therhoods is our reproach. “There is more day to dawn,” wrote Thoreau. Perhaps when the millennial glory smites our dull eyes we may discern our present selves and our present dogmas to have been as fanatical, as foolish, and as far removed from the true communion with Christ, as the common judgment carelessly as serts the monastics to have been. A teacher is troubled with what he calls a Sunday School flirt, a young, giddy girl, who never pays attention to what is going on in her class, but has her eyes glanc ing over to John Soft or Charlie . Simple, and he wants to know how to manage her. Reraon , strances do no good, and her ex ample is bad. He has a remedy, but his superintendent objects to his applying it as springing from a low motive. It is, to bring John . and Charlie into the same class with Miss Flirt, which would take away the illusions that disturb her mind, and would reveal to them that she was the most back ward of all the girls in the class. This would bring her to her-senses if anything could. Now that teacher, and he is not far from right, claims that any method that will overcome the girl’s flir- I tation ought to be used, because I it is not worse than the flirtation ■ itself, and might accomplish its object. Incorrigible cases can be ' shamed into propriety oftentimes, and why should this not be done in the Sabbath School, when eve r? thing else fails t [Christian Union. An American pilgrimage to Rome is not after aR such a vis | ion ary sceme. From the tone of : many of the Catholic papers, we pudge that next summer will, in J all probability, see an emigration ■of pilgrims from this country to i the Holy City. To be sure it will I cost each of the devout travelers ; the sum of three hundied dollars, ' but what is that to a special bene diction from the Pope ? Arch- • bishop Manning hopes the pil grimage will be made byway of I London, so that he can open h.s 1 | cathredal to the faithful from the New World, and speed them on their mission. A writer in the s Catholic Review suggests that the dress worn on the occasion be of :;avj blue, so that al! the world may know that the pilgrims I are Americans. [Christian Union. .A. oricul Liivstl, KEEPING OUT OF DEBT. RAISING PROVISIONS AT HOME. [From the Southern Cultivator.] Much has been written and said on this subject, not only in agri cultural journals but newspapers, and the cry has been caught up and resounded by the farmer’s great friends, the politician (?) We believe it to be sound policy to raise needed provisions at home, but with some of the arguments presented in its favor, we are by no means satisfied. One of the most universally urged is, a smal ler amount of cotton raised, will bring just as much money as a large crop. Now it is conceded that when a cotton crop is small, from disaster of any kind, drought, caterpillar, etc., the price is there by generally improved. But sup posing it practicable to bring about a co-operation of farmers to produce small crops of cotton, (a thing absolutely impracticable) as soon as this is known in other cotton producing countries, the prospect of high prices would stimulate them at once to in creased production, involving again a lowering of prices. A practical illustration of this is furnished by the history of cotton during and since the late •war. Although foreign cotton raisers knew that the war might be stop ped at any moment and the South ern cotton raisers be again brought in competition with them, still the high price of cotton during the war, so stimulated them that they now furnish from one-third to one half the cotton that is consumed in Europe and the United States. It is only by raising a good article of cotton cheaper than other coun tries can, that we can control the market. During three years of the late war, the world managed to get along without our cotton, and it is useless to deceive our selves with the idea that we have a monopoly of that article. Again. Discussions about rais ing provisions at home are gene rally limited to all cotton versus corn and cotton. This is by no means a fair presentation of the case; for in some, perhaps in many cases, it may be cheaper to make cotton to buy corn than to raise the corn. The true statement is : all cotton versus corn, oats, bar ley, rye, wheat, millet, peas, clo ver, lucerne, grass, potatoes, tur nips, beets, etc. Selecting some or all of these, according to his climate and soil, the farmer can raise his provisions at home much cheaper than he can buy them with cotton money. One for in stance who has valley lands can raise corn very cheaply, especial ly if enough manure is applied to make the yield fifty to seventy five bushels per acre—but one owning no land of that character would find it a losing business to raise corn on old, badly worn up lands. The latter, however, would experience no difficulty in raising small grain or clover or grass, etc. Corn (maize) is not raised in Nor thern Europe, and yet dense pop ulations and vast quantities of domestic animals are maintained in those countries. Why cannot the same be done at the South? Our mild winters and abundant rains, in contrast with our hot summers and excessive droughts, clearly indicate winter and spring crops as those upon which chief reliance should be placed for stock feed. To these belong all those named above except corn, peas, millet, sweet potatoes and tur nips. As often urged before, the oat ought to be the leading grain crop of the South. We do not ap preciate it properly because we have always made it a secondary or side crop, and have never given it a fair chance. The land for it is rarely broken up, the poorest is assigned to it, and scarcely any one ever thinks of giving it the assistance of manure. Is it any wonder that under such treatment the crop often fails ? Suppose corn and cotton were treated in that way, would they do any better? Peas also receive much the same treatment —planted as a side crop in corn, shaded and starved by it in the early stages of growth, and so belated as to be often cut off by frost. Before the war it was customary on the seaboard of this State to plant a regular crop of peas apart from that planted in the corn, and few farmers failed to raise enough to feed their hor ses and mules the entire season— corn was rarely fed to stock. With out farther specification,we assert boldly that the same quantity and quality of land, the same labor and the same manuring, applied to several of the crops named above, selected for their adapta tion to each localitv. as is now applied to corn or that part of the cotton which supplants it—would produce an abundance of provi sions on every farm at the South. Finally We urge upon ourfriends after they have gotten out of debt, and arranged to work within their means, the firm and inexorable resolve to live within their means Buy nothing you cannot pay the cash for. Could a majority oi the farmers of the South be induced to pursue such a course, our cot ton crop could be held whenever circumstances rendered it desir able. The farmer from time to time, as he needed money, could bring a bale or two to market — the latter would never be glut ted —the speculator would thus be driven out of the field, and all the legitimate profits would pass into the farmer’s pocket. Attention Buyers ! We arc offering for cash the following lines or goods very low : DRY GOODS. Staple and Fancy. SHOES. Ladies’, Mens’ and Boys’. IT ATS. Mens’, Boys’ and Ladies’. GROCERIES. Heavy and Light. TINWARE, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, ETC., ETC. We have on hand a consignment of Virginia Salt, which we are offering very 1< w Give us a call before purchasing else where, and do net hesitate to call for what you want to see. ■‘Quick sales and small profits” is our motto. oct22 ts ALLEN * JONES. Alpharetta Hotel. COLONEL ROBERTS, Proprietor AND ATTORNEY AT LAW. ■>ct29tf LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WORLD. A Fatnllij Journal w hich can be trusted, and is always full of interest, is a necessity of the times.— Such an one is the CHRISTIAN INION, An Unsectarian, Literary Eamily Newspaper. HENRY WARD BEECHER, E D I T O It . Something for every member of the household, in Religion, Morals, Politics, Literature, Art, Science, Agriculture, Poetry, News, wholesome fiction for young and old, and truth for everybody, Mr. Beecher’s brilliant arid characteris tic pen in his editorials and Star papers, and the verbatim reports of his Lecture Room Talks in the Plymouth Church Prayer Meetings, are great attractionSj— There is also a large and able editorial staff. A SPLENDID LIST OF CON TRIBUTORS AVrite for the Christian Union, includ ing many famous authors of England and America. GIVEN AWAY! A new and exquisite French Oleograph. (A name given only to the highest and choicest class of French and Italian Art printing in oils, the perfection of Oil Chromo ) The picture is a sac-simile of the latest and most brilliant work of the French painter Lot riehon, a charming sub ject, charmingly portrayed, a beautiful creation of art, entitled ‘‘Little Runaway and her Pets.” This picture is priuted in Paris, and is the largest and handsomest French Oil ( bromo ever offered by any periodical. The size is 144x21 J inches, and gives a very elegant picture, which was publi hed, and" is for sale in the picture stores at sl2. Tris picture, while beautifully complete in itself, is the most charming centre piece to “Wide Awake and Fast Asleep,” those two pretty French Oil Chromos, now fam ous the continent over. We shall continue to present this pair to every’ annual sub scriber who prefers them to the Oleograph. Subjects life-size, and cannot fail to please all who love art and children. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION ARE AS FOLLOWS C One Year Only $3.00. Every subscriber for Three Dollars, shall receive the Christian Union for one year and the choice between two picture premiums, viz.: the pair and the oleo graph. State plainly which premium pic ture is desired, or better yet, send $5.75 for both, and the price for mounting and the price for mouoitg and mailing; also state whether it is a renewal or a new subscript ion._JFj Good Ag’ts Wanted Everywhere. J. B. FORD <fc CO.. Pub’s. Park Place. New York. Save your r Teetli. My Terms are Moderate. All work warranted. Office at Cousin i John’s HoteL I will be in Norcross the , fourth week in every month. R. E. CASON, D. n. S. novo ly 1 MALE AND FEMALE hi on school., NORCROSS, GEORGIA. Was founded at Cumming, Ga., on the first Monday in January, 1871; was removed and opened at Norcross on the first Monday in January, 1873; is the first and the only HIGH SCHOOL (PROPER) in this section of the State; is unsupported by endowment of trustees funds, being sus tained alone by the energy, ability and tact of its teachers; claims to be Christian, but is not in any sense denominational; Stands solely upon its own merits, and asks the patronage of no man, nor set of men, except so far as it is to his or their own interest. for 1874. N. F. Cooledge, President and Professor of Mathematics, German and Natural Sciences James U. Vincent, Professor of Latin, Greek, and Mental and Moral Science. Julian A. Pollard, Proses or of Belle Letters and French, and Director of Primary Department. Mrs. J. H. Cooledge, Teacher in Primary Department. Mrs. L. A. Norryce, Teacher of Music, Drawing, Painting, etc. Addresses. The following named gentlemen have been elected, one of whom will address the Literary .Societies of the Institution on the evening of the fourth Friday of each scholastic month in 1874: Colonel Samuel J. Winn, Lawrenceville. Hon. Hiram P. Bell, Cumming. Co'onel John B. Estes, Gainesville. Hon. William P. Price, Dahlonega. Colonel E. Y. Clarke, Atlanta. General Wil iam Phillips, Marietta. Hon. James P. Simmons, Norcross. Hon. J. R. Brown, Canton. lion. Garnet McMillan, Clarksville. Colonel A. B. Simms, Covington. The Curriculum and Expenses. Primary Department. Tuition Quarterly in Advance, or notes for the same at 10 per cent interest. First Class—Tuition $1.50 per Month. FIRST SESSION. SECOND SESSION. Orthography, (Webster’s Spelling Book,) Orthography, (Webster’s Spelling Book,) Reading, (Sanders No. 1,) Reading, (Sanders Nos. 2,8,) Penmanship, (Spencerian Nos. 1,2,) Penmanship, (Spencerian Nos. 3,4,) Arithmetic, (Rob. Piimary,) Arithmetic, (Rob. Intellectual,) Second Class—Tuition $2.00 per Month. FIRST SESSION. SECOND SESSION. Orthography, (Swinton’s Word Book and Orthography, (Patterson’s Speller and Analysis,) Exercises,) Reading, (Sanders, Nos. 4,5,) Geography, (Cornell’s Inter.) P Penmanship, (Nos. 5 and 6, Spencerian,) English Grammar, (Kerl s Com. Sch.) English Grammar, (Smith,) Arithmetic, (Rob. Practical,) Arithmetic, (Rob. Practical,) Physiology, (Jarvis’ Primary,) ■ Geoprapby, (Cornell’s Primary,) Imp. Mind, (Em. Watt’s.) Advanced Department-Collegiate Course. First Class—Tuition $2.50 per Month. FIRST SESSION. SECOND SESSION. • Latin Grammar, (Waddell,) Greek Grammar, (Waddell,) Latin Reader, Greek Ollendorf, (Kendrick,) Arithmetic, (Rob. Higher,) Cossar, Algebra, (Bob. El.) Algebra, (Rob. Univ.) Geography, (Cornell’s Physical,) Nat. Philosophy, (Steele’s 14 weeks,) Rhetoric, (Bonnell,) Meteorology, (Loomis.) Second Class —Tuition $3.50 per Month. FIRST SESSION. SECOND SESSION. Virgil, (Searing,) Sallust Jugurthrine War, Greek Reader, (Crosby,) Zenophon’s Anab. (Crosby,) Geometry and Trigonometiy, (Rob.) Surveying and Navigate®, (Rob.) Physiology, (Dalton,) Chemistry, (Steele’s 14 weeks,) Botany, (Gray,) Geology, (Dana.) ’ Third Class--Tuition per Month. Horace, Livy, [Lincoln,] Homer, [Anthon’s] Cyropedia, Conic Sect, and Ana. Geom, [Rob.] Calculus, [Rob.] Logic, [Whately,] Metaphysics, [Mahan.] Fo u rth Class— Tuition $4.5 O per Mo nth. Tacitus Histories, [Tyler,] Ars Oratoria, [M. Kellogg,}. Zen. Memorabilia, Demosthenes de Corona, Mechanics, [Bartlett,] Astronomy, [Rob ] U. S.- History, [Alexander 11. Stephens.] Civil Government, [Townsend.] PRACTICAL COURSE. FIRST CLASS-TUITION $3.00 PER MONTH. r Arithmetic, [Rob Higher,] Geom. and Trigonometry, [Robinson,] Albegra, [Rob. Univ.] Chemistry, [Steele’s 14 weeks,] ’ Nat. Philosophy, [Steele’s 14 weeks, Physiology, ] Dalton,] j Rhetoric, [Bonnell,] American Debater, [McElligott,J ‘ SECOND CLASS-TUITION $5.00 PER MONTH. Surveying and Navigation, [Rob.] Book Keeping, [Bryant and Srtatton’a Geology, [Steele’s 14 weeks,] School Ed. Astronomy, “ “ Commercial Law, [Townsend, j Botany, [Gray,] Civil Government, “ U. 8. History, [Alexander H. Stephens,] Treatise on Business, [Freedley.] Lectures. Normal Department, tuition $5.00 per session; German and French, tuition $3 00 per [ month; Music Department, vocal and instrumental, tuition $4.00 per month; Art De l partment, drawing, painting end embroidery, tuition $3.00 per month. Board from SIO,OO to $12.50 per month. The young ladies of the Advanced Department are taught a practical knowledge of Letter Writing, Business Forms and Correspondence, and Book Keeping. CJo-EdLucfitioii. 1 We believe in the co-education of the sexes; we limit their association; they meet ’ only io the recitation room, except in passing to and from the academy, and during the ' suspension of regulations pertaining thereto. Their association to this extent makes them more attentive to p< rsonal appearance, and more refined in speech. It gives boys higher feelings of honor, for they dread the opinion of girls why scoff at meanness J littleness and profanity. It stimulates girls to greater mental effort, and makes them ‘ more capable of thinking for themselves. It gives boys better ideas of true womanhood. It gives girls better ideas of true manhood. It elevates both, morally and intellectually. CJliapol Koo in Tallcs, The Literary Addresses mentioned above and “Chapel Room Talks” delivered each week by the Principal, will be published in the Norcross Advance— the adopted organ of the Institution. Enwolieitcd. Compliments. From Atlanta Constitution, March 11, ’73. I’rof. Vincent, the Principal, is one of the leading educators of the State, and the High School is rapidly taking its posi tion in the front rank of educational in stitutions, From the Atlanta Sun, March, 1873. This is an independent enteprise.***** Prof. Vincent is well known as a teacher of splendid attainments, having devoted his entire time and energies to that busi ness. Norcross is a healthy place, pure i air, good water and immediately on the i Air-Line Railroad, about twenty miles I front Atlanta. I From Gainesvilla Eagle, March 8, 1873. There is nothing of more importance to ! the youth of our country, than a sound I practical education. Indeed it is a mat- I ter of first consideration, and in order . that the foundation for an education may be laid in the shortest time and at the leastexpense it is necessary to have teach era—those who, from experience, have shown an aptness for imparting instruc tion. Such a teacher is the Principal of the Norcross High School. From the Gwinnett Herald. J. U. Vincent, Principal, is a ripe schol ar and experienced teacher. : From the Cartersville Standard. AVe again say to our people that no bet- I ter school can be had than this. Here ’ 1 sound practical teaching, and i will be by the student thoroughly learned. N. F. COOLEDGE, or J. U. VINCENT, NORCROSS. GEORGIA. M e have many private letters from pat rons and former students, strongly endors ing the institution. We take the liberty to refer to the following patrons: Hon II I* Bell, Cumming, Georgia. Hon. A C Kellogg, “ “ Mai tin Groham, “ “ K A Eakes, “ “ J T Brown, “ “ W I) Bently, “ w F A Moor, ’ “ u Col. .1 B Estes, Gainesville, “ “ J. F. Langston, “ G. I’. Boone, “ “ Hon. J. B. Richards, Ophir, Georgia. Jabez Galt, Canton, “ Hon. J. A. Greene, Danielsville. Col. E. P. Howell, Atlanta, N. G. Collior, “ 8. H. Donaldson, “ A-B. Gradv, “ James 11. Wasson, Big Creek. G. H. Hopkins. Goshen. Hon. Abda Johnson, Cartersville Gen. W.T. Wofford, Cartersville', Dr. Thos, H. Baker. “ Martin Maxwell, Pine Log. Gen. S. M. McConnell, Cherokee Mills, Rev. E, McClure, Albany, Niddleton Patrick. Drayton, Ur Sutton, Rockford, Alabama, AV m. Erwin, Godsden, “ Mrs. Middlebrooks, Athens, Georgia- AV . A. Cain. Cains, P. o. •L E. McElroy, Decatur, J. B. Brown, Tilton, Col. H. F. Price, Cassvile, G. K. Looper, Dixon. Hon. W H Nesbit, Alpharetta, Newton Harrell, Cumming, J. L. Hudson, “ « For particulars address