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AGRICULTURAL. I Fork vs. Spades. The time-honored spade is fallingl into disuse. Look at yonder son ofj Erin, as he drives the shining blade! into the moist loam, and heaves out a| square compressed mass, two sides of I which are smooth and compressed as I possible. If you are standing near or working by his side, he will hit it a rap and crumble the top of it a little,] while the mass probably remains in tact. I The ground will be leveled off with a rake, and the lumps will bake slowly, | and remain, likely enough, hard and] impervious all summer, if the ground] is not deeply worked again. When] spading is done in very dry weather,] it is not liable to the same objection | in degree, yet it leaves the soil more] or less lumpy. ] How different it is with the use of] the fork. The spading fork is found] of various forms in the shop. We| prefer one of narrow tines, rather] long and very thick, made of good] steel. A good quality of steel is very] important, for often a single tine stri-1 king a stone or stick, has to take in-1 stantly the whole force of the blow or] shove. The tines should be thick, as considerable prying power is often re quired ; and they should be narrow,] that they should be no more compress-] ed than is necessary. ] A fork like this may be driven much] deeper with the same force. It will] lift the earth quite as well as a spade,] and without packing it. If roots of] trees, bulbs, or anything of the kind] are present, there is little probability] that they will be injured, if care is] used, and the ground will be loosenedl sufficiently in many cases without lift-1 ing the earth at all, in a way to barel the roots. | The fork, in fact, may be used! wherever the spade can be, and al shovel is not more desirable—we dol not claim for it superiority in shovel-| ing sand or gravel—and it may bel used in many places where a spade] cannot be used. About trees, in rasp-] berry, currant or vine-borders, espe-J cially will the fork be found of incal-| culable service, and the spade should | be banished forthwith.— Homestead. I Facts for Farmers. ] If you invest money in tools, andj then leave them exposed to the weath-1 er, it is the same as loaning money to! a spendthrift without security—a deadß 1033 in both cases. R If you invest money in books and* never read them, it is the same asl putting your money into a hank, butl never drawing either principal or in I terest. I If you invest your money in fine! stock, and do not feed and protect 1 them, and properly care for them, it is the same as dressing your wife in | silk to do kitchen work. If you invest your money in choice | fruits, and do qot guard, and give them | a chance to grow and prove their value, | it is the same as putting a good hand] into the field with poor tools to work] with. If you invest your money in a good] farm, and do not cultivate it well, it is] the same as marrying a good wife,] and so abusing and enslaving her as] to crush her energies and break her heart. If you invest your money in a fine house, and do not cultivate your mind and taste so as to adorn it with intelli gence and refinement, it is as if you were to wear broadcloth and a silk hat to mill. If you invest your money in fine, clothing and do not wear it with dig nity and ease, it is as if a plowman were to sit at a jeweler’s table to make] and adjust hair springs. If you invest your money in strong drink, it is the same as turning hun gry hogs into a growing corn field— ruin will follow in»both cases. If you invest your money in every new wonder that flaming circulars pro claim, it is the same as buying lottery tickets at a lottery office where there] are ten blanks to one prize.— Valleyl Farmer. • Culture of the Osier Willow.—| There is nothing more profitable to bel grown on land that is wet, and not sus-l ceptible of being drained, than Osier] Willows. They grow readily from] cuttings stuck in the ground, and the] great advantage is, that they can he] grown on land that will produce noth-] ing else of any value. Large tracts of land in every sec-] tion of our country lying idle, might with great advantage be planted with Osier Willows. They grow very lux uriantly. I have a kind that produces sprouts from eight to ten feet long in a season, often cutting from sixty to] eighty from a single stool or stump. These are not more than from four to! Bix years old. They should be set | close, as the sprouts will not be so thick at the butts, and consequently of a more uniform thickness, and bet ter adapted for basket work. Many farmers have from one-half to several acres of land that brings them nothing, which, if it were plant ed with willows of the proper kind, ■would produce them as much as the best land on their farms, acre for acre, with no labor but the gathering of the sprouts annually.— Farmer and Gar- 1 dener. j A Useful Liniment. Take of| linseed oil and lime water, equal parts] of each, and mix them. This lini-l ment is very valuable in burns andl scalds; efficacious in preventing in-l fiammation after such accidents. f THE GEORGIA WEEKLY. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE Confederate States of America. PKBSXDENT: JEFFERSON DAYIS, OF MISSISSIPPI. VICE PRESIDENT; (ALEX. H. STEPHENS, OF GEORGIA. Heads of Departments : Rob’t Toombs, of Ga., Sec. of State. C. G. Hemming er, of S. C., Sec. Trs'y ,L. P. Walker, of Ala., Sec. of War. S. R. Mallory, of Fla., Sec. of Navy. ' J. 11. Reagan, of Texas, P. M. Gen’l. J. P. Benjamin, of La., Attor. Gen’l. Congress: President—llon. HOWELL COBB Isecre’y— JOHNSON L. HOOPEB. PpS&9Bflvu;c Confederate of Africa. Jfgp- These laws are not to go into operation until so announced by the proclamation of the Post Master Gen eral.—[Ed. , . ON LETTERS. Single letters not exceeding a half rounce in weight— For any distance under 500 miles, 5 cents. For any distance over 500 miles, 10 cents. An additional single rate- for each additional half-ounce or less. Drop letters 2 cents each. In the foregoing cases, the- postage to be prepaid by stiffijps and stamped envelopes. Advertised letters 2 cents each. ON PACKAGES. 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ON TRANSIENT PRINTED MATTER. ] Every other newspaper, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, each circu lar not sealed, hand-bill and engrav ing, not exceeding 2 ounces in weight, 2 cents for any distance; 2 cents ad ditional for each additional ounce or less beyond three ounces. In all cases, the postage to be pre paid by stamped envelopes. FRANKING PRIVILEGE. The following persons only are en titled to the franking privilege, and in all cases strictly confined to “ of ficial BUSINESS.” I Postmaster General. His Chief Clerk. | Auditor of the Treasury for the |Post Office Department. | Deputy Postmasters. 3NT E3 "W MINTING OFFICE! Office, having been fitted up with all the mod ern inprovements, is now prepared to execute all kinds of Printing, such as ■ - p If Op ft T ftp TTY)O 'r ftrr\ attt n r% n i k i « Ii f I T I B\ • i 1u i Hi 4 u v UjU X lIJbUO U JJUs t>l£lu U Jjlixtde J BLANKS, CARDS, HAND-BILLS, BILL-HEADS, Ac., And every variety of Orders will be thankfully received, and punc tuality and neatness guaranteed. TIE GEORGiTwEERLY Is published every Wednesday morning, and mailed to subscribers at $2 per annum, in ad vance. It will contain the latest reliable news from all parts of the country, and as each of the Companies of Volunteers from Merriwether County will contain a Reporter to this paper, thereby furnishing an excellent medium of cor- «***»■»■ eni tupp O U JU X JL> Xx m hk fie 7 /.it: It should be in the hands of every man in the County. Address orders to PECK & LISES, Greenville' Ga. RULING & BOOK-BINDING. THE Subscriber would respectfully inform the public tbat he has in successful opera tion, in the city of Atlanta, a New Book-Bindery. Blank Books —Ledgers, Journals, Day Books, Blotters, Hotel and Stable Registers, Dockets, Record Books, Ac—with or without Printed Headings, and Ruled to any pattern desired, manufactured in the neatest and most durable manner without delay. Magazines, Music, Newspapers, Ac., neatly bound at short notice. Ipgy Orders from any part of the State will meet with prompt attention; and Books required to be sent by mail, hand, waggon or-Railroad, carefully enveloped so as to avoid the possibil ity of injury by transportation. 1-ly J. P. MASON. GODFRED KENER, LA ORANGE, GEO. Manufactnrer and Dealer in all kinds of IUMITUII| BLINDS & SASHES, Also Agent for FISK’S METALIC BURIAL CASES, Mahogany and other wood COFFINS. All the above be warrants to sell at a. reas onable prices as any out elsewhere. 4-1 y Professional &ari>s. E. CHAPEL MOBLEY. BRYAN A. WESTBROOK. MOBLEY & WESTBROOK, fttamp Hi ftato, GREENVILLE, GA. Will practice in Meriwether, Troup, Coweta Fayette and Clayton. And in the SUPREME COURT in Atlanta, and the DISTRICTCOU?RT in Marietta. Strict Attention given to all business en trusted to their care. E&P Refer to a trial of themselves, “©fl Geo. A. Hall. Geo. L. Pjbavt. HALL & PEAVY, fttamp at Jala, GREENVILLE, GA. PRACTICE in Coweta Circuit, Pike, of Flint Circuit, Talbot and Harris of Chattahoo chee Circuit. Also in Supreme Court, Atlanta, District Court at Marietta. 2-ly JOHN W PARK, fttumij at |ato, GREENVILLE, GA. Office, one door above Judge Warner’s. A. H. FREEMAN, fttumij at fail, Greenville, Ga. Will practice in the adjoining counties. Strict attention given to all business. 1-lT- Landreths’ Garden Seed. AFRESH SUPPLY of this' reliable seed growth of 1860—just received and for sale by ELLIS <k SIMON TON. Jan 19, 18H. 1-* GREENVILLE ftonic fmalt ffitollm Greenville, Merriwether Cos., Ga. WM. HENRY PECK, A. M., PRESIDENT, (Formerly Principal of the Public Schools of New Orleans, Chief Instructor in the New Orleans Female College, and late Pro fessor of Belles Lettres, Oratory and History in the State Uni versity of Louisiana. The exercises of the Gheenvillb Flhali College began on the 9th of January for the Scholastic year of 1861, and the President re spectfully solicits the patronage and encourage ment of the cititans of Merriwether and the adjacent counties, in hie desire to advance the College to a rank second to none in the South, and equal to any in the North. The College is empowered by State authority to grant Diplomas to regular Graduates in the Languages, Arts or Sciences. During the last eight years the number of Students bus averaged from seventy to eighty in regular attendance, and durirg that time but one pupil has died. No better proof of the excellent health of Greenville can be asked. The Sctu>bistic.year will consist of Forty Weeks, with a short vacation in July, and will close on or about the 29th of October, 1861. The College will be open for such as may wish to continue (heir studies, until December 20th, 1861. A Prize of Five Dollars,’in Books or Coin, will be given to each Model Pupil of each Colle giate Class, at the Annual Commencement in October. A similar prize will be given to the Model Pupil of the entire College. Minor prizes will be given to meritorious pu pils. The Preparatory and Primary Department is under the supervision and instruction of Mrs. Jennie A. Lines, formerly Principal of Prepar atory Department in the Southern Masonic Fe male College, Covington, Ga. The Musical Department is conducted by Professor A. Schlicuteb, late of LaGrange, and a gentleman eminently qualified to fulfil the requirements of his chair. The Ornamental Department, including Draw ing, Painting, die., will be conducted by a com petent teacher. Grecian Painting will be -taught by Miss Mary Frances Beckwith, of Greenville, Ga. Other instructors will bo engaged as the in terests of the College shall demand. Collegiate Collide of §Uiiy: MINOR CLASS—Arithmetic, Grammar, His tory, Geography, Writing, Spelling, Dictation and Reading. MAJOR CLASS—Arithmetic, Grammar, Ad vanced History and Geography, Writing, Spelling, Dictation, Reading, Composition. JUNIOR CLASS—Mathematics, Grammar, U. S. and Foreign History, Elocution, Composi tion, Oi thogrnphy and Defining, Dictation. EH oric, Logic, Physiology, Composition, DieuW tion, History, Evidences of Christianity, Orthography, Writing and Elocution. The French, Spanish, German, Italian, Latin and Greek Languages will be taught, at extra charge, to such as may desire to learn them. Instruction in Botany, Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry, and other occult sciences will be given during the course to those who may de sire. TERMS OF TUITION FOR THE SCHOLAS TIC YEAR OF FORTY WEEKS. Primary Department, $20.00 Minor and Major Classes, 30.00 Junior and Senior Classes,..., 40.00 Music upon Piano or Harp, 45.00 Each Foreign or Dead Language, 10.00 Each Ornamental Branch, 10.00 Assessment Charge i.oo Dues for tuition must be paid at the close of the Scholastic Year; and from them no deduc tion will be made, except in cases of protracted illness of the pupil for whom deduction may ba asked, or in similar pressing exceptions. A discount of ten per cent, will be allowed for all advance payments. Pupils are charged with these rates of tuition from the date of their entrance to the end of the Scholastic year, except in extraordinary cases. Board for pupils may ba obtained in Green ville, or with the President, upon reasonable terms. Apply in person or by letter to WM. HENRY PECK, President of the College, Greenville, Ga. T. R. RIPLEY, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN miM, CROCKERY, QUEENS AND GIjASS WARES, Lamps, Plated Goods, Table and Pocket Cut lery. Wholesale and Retail. Near Railroad, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Jan. 22, 1861. 1-ly mm SIGN OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE, WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA., CEAEJCR »M fflatrijes, ©lockn, Stodry, Silver Ware equal to Coin, SILVER PLATES WARE, WATCH MATERIAL & TOOLS! WATCHES CAREFULEY REPAIRED. i-iy S. B. OATMAN, MhMU OSRIBR, MONUMENTS, TOMBS, JffiAD-STONUS, MANTELS, VASES, AND Furnishing Marble, South es tha Georgia Railroad Depot, ATLANTA, GA.