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ARTHUR EVANS, Watchmaker & Jeweller, (LATE WITH CHILDS A MOSS,) L> ESPECTFULLY announces to King, and i> prepared to do all kinds of repairs on Wau-hea, Clocks, Jewelry, ate. All work promptly done and warranted. |Attg. 11—8m. i’re lucky if it's hog at all, and when is, there’s nothing but'gristle and j Jamth) laurttal—gtfcoteb to Jjj iw, i lolitics, Stature, Agriculture, ani) 1 |e Jjnkstrial Interests of % Jeo^le. Three dollars per annum in advance. -T — -- - ■rifcggfrgqay—n-- ATHENS, GA. OCTOBER 6, 1871. VOL. XLI.--N0. 6--NEW SERIEWOI, 4. NO. 50 aimer. .li.JVlKll tVMIfeleV, by s. A. ATKINSON, a three dollars per annum, STIlirTLY IN ADVANCE ) (V.*, Broad si., over J. H. Huggins. IHTKS OP AnVF.UTISIXG. .dT.rtlwmenls will be inserted at One Dollar and i(t» Cehn |wr S-juare of 12 lines, forthe lint,and r«nir-li»e Cents for each subsequent insertion, ,u< time under one month. For a longer period t>ral contracts will be made. Business Directory. tMAIl COBB. A. a KRWIW. IIOWJCLL COMB COBB. ERWIN & COBB, A TTORNEYS AT LAW, MhvUH, U«or|U. iifftce in tb« Deuprec nlKling- D. «. CANDLER, A TTORNEY AT LAW, 7\- Homer, Bank* County. (in. Will practice i the count ten of liankn, Jackson, Hall, ILUr- iiu and Franklin. ~ w HI|)K>< \ TTOKNEY AT LAW, f~\ ami Notary Public, Athens, Os. Will pra<- lc« in iho Western circuit; will gW* particuiur aentton t* the collection ofclaints, and will act as fent f.r lit- imr.-liaM? and sale of real estate and •ay uses on Summey & Newton, RIIOAD -*T.. ATIIBN«s,«2A. IRON, PLOW STEEL, STEEL, IIOES, NAILS, PLOWS, MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS, And General Hardware and Cutlery, at Wholesale and Retail. .. ‘ . , SUMiTEV * NEWTON thena, Ga., April 14th. tf No. s Broad SI. ¥M. WOOD, DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF F U RNITURE. a til lands. janl.ltf SKELTON 1 SBIDKI L. T T on N F. Y s AT L A W, 1 Hartwell, II irl County, (ieorgia. PITTMAN A HINTON, \^TT OUN F Y S AT L A W , Je(Tci~.n, Jackson county, Ga. SAM TEL I*. THURMOND, A T T O K X F Y A T L A W , J-'A. A then., i i.i. D;Ree ,,ti r.r.il afreet, over Itrry .» .Son 1 . -n„re. Will sue .pedal attention a wav., in Bankruptcy. Al.o, l<> tlie collection of il claims entrusted iu hi. care. J. J. A J. P. ll.KXAMtMI, ("lEALERS IX HARDWARE, I ■ Iron Steel, Nall., C >rriagc Material, Minins ideal.’ll., Ac., White i ill.t., Atltola. M. VAN ESTES, \TTORNEY AT LAW, *-.V. Hoiii t, llanka Countv. Ga. J. It. 'rri.KSKKY. V T T ()1!X F Y A T L A W . * V ( arnesvil).-, Franklin countv, <»a. Office »ttly occupied bvj. F. Langston, Y>q. Uu\ Caaes alwaya Wareruoms on Ciavton St., next to Episcopal Church. Sep9 6m. WILLIAM WOOD. For Sale or Exchange. I HA YE 300 acres of land in Cle- burue Co.. Ala., which I will sell cheap, or ex change ior rwl estate In thia city. There arc 60 acres cleared, 38of it the heat bottom land on Cane creek, pr.iducing 50 to 75 bushels of corn i*er acre, and cotton in proportion. The remainder is in the wtMidft. The unu is 20 miles from the Selma, Home and Dalton Uailro id, oueand aquarter miles from the county site, Edwanlsvilte, 6 tuilcs from the located depot of the Columbus and Cliat- tauooga Uailroad, and one mile from the route of the Gritfiu and North Alabama Uailroad There is an excellent store house (not be longing to the place), which can be bought or rented chca.p and is a Splendid Stand for a Country Store, Titles indisputable. For further information ap ply to, or address Du. J. W. MURRELL, March 31-3m Athens, Ga. FirestOe Miscellany. \\T ANTED—Aa porter in a store, V V an hoaaat, steady man, who knows hla do ty, and will do it. Apply, rtr. BY THOMAS DUNS ENGLISH. Why, after all, a common want; ’Tis felt in every place and station. In every corner of the land, In this—I fear in every nation. Twas in the journal yesterday— I call your close attention to it— “ Wanted, on honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it.” When lawyers lend thclhselvea-to fraud. It. Andtffive their brains for highest hiring; When judges buy and sell the law, Truckling to mobs, with knaves con spiring— Dike exclaims, her altar stained, As she, and good men round her, view It— •* Wanted, an honest man, Who knows his duty, and will do it.” Ever since 1850, dr, when they got up this universal suffrage, things have been going down, down, down. I never used to shave anybody then, that was nobody; and now I hardly ever shave anybody that is anyabody. Yes, sir, that 1850 suffrage commenced the whole thing, and now nothing is like it used to be. Why sausage, sir, sausage! The old Virginia luxury! What is it now f It used to be made out of the choicest parts of the hog; and now A. D. FARQUllAR, Proprietor of Pennsylvania Agricultural Works, JDflukfiurcr of Imprtmd [YuKK, Pjcnk’a. wemmm s ^V^S EErs ’ STEEL PLOWS, SHOVEL PLOW BLADES, CULTIVATORS. Hotn-Fovin, Tufesu- l*o M«CHiSBS,Ae. t Ae. Sotd for lllastralea Ctialogaa GROVEIUBAKER SEWING MAC TUNES!! I'JiOMIt'MKU THE BEST I'. CSK, DY ALL WHO HAVE TRIED I ' them. Tltcne machine*, eilli all the IMPROVEMENTS be h.v AND ATTACHMENTS, mantifaciliter** prices, freight t'iiirJ, at tie BANNER OFFICE. NOTICE OF ClIANOE OF SCHEDULE ON TIIK GROHGIA UAILROAD. To Housekeepers. TUST RECEIVED, a large assort- f ’ ment of c-.aX-M^CIXS'NDk/' Elfii, which we are orteriug at very low prices. All stores sold by us WARRANTED IN EVERY PARTICULAR. SUMMEY & NEWTON. E. S. ENGLANB & CO^ ^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR NEW FALL STOCK! Selected with care by one of ih* firm, in New York, to which they invite the attention of their customer* and the public. They hare a good assort ment of STAPlE&FAtfCVDBYGOGDS GHOf’KHIKH, PttOVINION*, IMIIDIOHB. I'KOI KtillY, II a i m. pa pm, BOOT*. MIlOKa. And In ahort, everything in the way of Family and Plantation Supplies, (U ■, ) tad. > 1. J AY, KayertaieMileat'a Offlrr, lit* >r»I* and llama A t'lm.ta Hallmai! Align,to !S January 20,1171. X AND AFTER SUNDA wry 22d. 187!, the I'antcnger Trains will I*.y I‘<i**en-jcr Train, Daily, Sunday Excepted. l*are AugusU at 8 00a.m. A limit3 at 10a. in. Arvrp si Atlanta at 6 30p.ro. Arrivr at AujiiMa at 40 in. Sight Passenger Train. t.o»i A tig ilk tint .8 30 p. m. U.na Atlsnla.it 10 15 p. ro. Arrive at Atlanta at 6 40a. in. Arrivr at Au^ti-ia at 7 30 a. in. Ilenrlia l\uscngcr Train. k-avr Augusta at t 15p. ro. l^avr Kt-r/eluat 7 30 a. ro. Arrive at Augusta.. „..9 25a. iw. Arrive at lt« r*« lia ^.6 OOn. ni. U‘tK l».ir and Night Passenger Trains will make ti..se t.tuuvcuttu* «t Augusta and Atlanta with 1 r Tiajn* . onnetting roads. p«si :.g«rs iroiu AtUnt.1, Athens, Washington, U'ltumr vi Giwnvin K.iilr.ud, liy taking the *»n Ihy l*rsM :, K er Tniiii will make close connee- ith Hie M icon l*;i»*v*iiger Train, v at 7 -to p. iu i :iil Night Trains. .6 00 a. in. 7 40 p. 111. ......1 45 p. ni. v Mw\p ()n Macon K Angnistn Railroad. 1 ■ :.|If h'. rtWt Jan. 23, 1871. Awju*ia and Macon—Day Pas- Ocily, Sunday Excepted. tun'ii” Arrive At M Arrivr 4i \ 7 Iu l 4 * ^ A ' M ‘ n v>r Train arriving at Macon at eo’inllr?, reconnect Iona with Trains of -‘t Macon. ,rat »»g Macsin at 6 a. m., will make Tram al ( -amak with Up Day Pa*M»ngur nia ^ Athens, Wnshlu-'ton. and all ***'’• Bhh* n ,?ui ' r>ni: * ,v 1 ' * •» *» 1 n -At- •S. lv. JOHNSON, SupL Liiioi al Cash Advances on COTTOJJ. GROOVER. STUBBS 1 CO PESPEGTFULLY inform the -* V Mcrrlmnlsand planUnof Georaia, Florida *“•1 Malram,, that their lur^e Fire.Pniof Ware* *nh» rapacity ofti.ooo hale., la now ready ri M 'y * l "»-'|' , «f cotton, and that they arc uow pre- W'~. i, , :1K( . lil.Tal ca»h advances on cotton in a.iil n> hold a reaaonaM. length of time, chars* w« hma ntm of lutereat. If y«a want money, V.. Ur - GROOVER, STUBBS & CO. *1' *-* f Sarannab, C 1 . * '' 4-Mille Cation AND v ^mission Merchants m bAY $T., SA VANNAN, GA., 91 SO/Tn, AND . uiZ,Si}!*.BALTIMORE, MD. r °' made on cunaigniasnta. Agente lonno. act Mm ‘ >e, <vonr Old Furniture to ... WOOD’S •wo a ; , .V vIU ma, 1 'iutrch,and have VUIE IIOQI, as NEW. Urrl 2«. Buggy & Wagon , A'Tbhial - ■'I'MMEYrNEWTON. ^ Blacking Brushes. Sl 50 PER DOZEN N 'EW DRUG STORE. AT Will aian 4'oliou at *44 Cenia a Bale per month. Wearc.lclermlneil to deal fairly, aelllow, and by clone attention to huaincas hope to pleuae old custo mers and make many new ones. aeptlSlf NEW FALL GOODS. P ENTER & REAVES have now in C 1 store and to arrive, 140 tine. Catt’rc, lOO llnrrcl* hugar, 400 hacks noil, IO Ton. Iron Tics, 3,000 Itnrds Ragging. Also a large and.weH-aelecied atock of STAPLE (iUODS. hicli we ofler low U» the public for cash or pro duce. We are also agents lor the celebrated i:\KVEIt loTTO.V aug 2.V3m SHARP & FLOYD, ‘ Successors to Gcorjro Sharp, Jr., Newell*?** AND A ilanta, Ga. OFFER n large variety of FINE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, SPECTACLES, FANCY GOODS, FINE BRONZES, AND STATUARY. WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF f atclp&6!$, Jew illus& ^graver* Jtlanuraeturt many Fine Gouda in ourownabop, and arc prepared to FILL AM OKItKKs for goods or work promptly, na. All goods engraved fiee of charge- We make a epocialty or FOR FAIRS! and are prepared lo give any information on ap plication. we guarantee the LARGEST ASSORTEMNT, THE FINEST GOODS, TIIE LOWEST PRICES, ANDTHEBEST WORK. Call and see ni. SHARP & FLOYD, Whitehall Street, Atlanta. May 25-1 y When learned doctors soil their art By fawning ways and cozening speeches, By secret shares in nostrums vile, By stabbing at their brother leeches— At conduct base and vile as this, Asklepios cries, as they pursue it— “ Wanted, an honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it.” When certain clergymen are found To wink at sins of rich church membere; So smother out the t'hristain fire,. Rather than blow to flame the embers, St. Peter shakes his keys, and says— I can’t with half his scorn imbue it— “ Wanted, an honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it.' When in al) parties fellows rulo^ * I Whose place it is to serve in prison ; When all the veriest scam of earth Upon the surface has arisen ; When politics has grown a trade, And ruffians base alone pursue it— “ Wanted, an honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it,” When honest purpose surely falls ; When honor meets with sneers and jeer- » n g; When lanes to go!«l as God are built; Wheu patient merits lias no hearing; When sense oi’right is bffirled deep; Since fraud and wrong and avarice slew it— “ Wanted, an honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it” Oh ! for a leader of the mass Which tain would bear these things no longer; Oh ! for a hand to rend the chain That every moment grows the stronger! We die beneath the upas tret— Is there no axe at hand to hew it ? “ Wanted, an honest, steady man, Who knows his duty, and will do it” Then Lomax drew a long sigh aud roached our fore-hair: “Coffee? I haven’t seen any coffee for ten years. It looks like coffee and it smells like coffee, but it isn’t coffee, sir, depend upon it 1” An Alabama Practical Joke. For twenty-three years old Jake Willard has cultivated the soil of Baldwin county, Alabama, aud drawn therefrom a support for self and wife. He fa childless, ffot long ago Jake I culture- -the highest, noblest, and best left the house in search of a missing employment of Man. Farm Miscellany. CloTer and the Grasses. Mr. President and Member* of the Agri cultural Cmention of the State of Geor gia : I am before you at the request of your committee, to introduce, by some brief remarks, the discussion of the in teresting topic of Clover and the Grasses. This topic oompriseses a family of plants the most extensive, <the most beautiful, and the most impoortaut to the human race. % It clothes, beautifies, and adorns the foot-stool of the Deity with a carpet of living green. It con stitutes about the sixth part of the Vegetable Kingdom. By it, the great er part of the Animal Kingdom that serves and ministers to the wants of Man, is nourished and sustained. The annual value of the grasses and forage plants to the country fa probably not less than five hundred millions of dol lars. Clover affd the Grasses, there fore. constitute the true basis of Agri Old Times. TTILL d BltYDYE, at the old ee- 11 teblahtd BAH BE R-SHOP, on Broad street, over tbo etora of Meeen. J. R. A L. R. Matthowe, Itave tbo beet and moot attentive worknwn sad ail tbe modern appllancee for Ml A V- I XU, nllAXl’OOlNU, UAU-bKOMM, rk. La dle* and children waited on nt their reeldenoee, when deatrod. Pari mortem caaee wUl receive drinking at bars. prompt and careful attention. July 28. Carriage, Buggy & Wagon ^ LARGE and well selected assort* Childs,Dickerson & co. TIRQJT, STEEL, HARDWARE, 1 NalU. Horn. Axm, Cb^ Kubb ~~ There is an elderly colored gentle man, a gentleman in every sense of the word, who holds forth as a tonsorial professor in the Exchange Hotel, Rich mond. Lomax Smith is a relic of the palmy times of Virginia; he regularly shaved Mr. Madison, John Randolph, and Watkins Leigh ; he was the cup bearer, head musiciau, punch concocter, and, in fact, tho presiding genius of the Old Richmond Blues” in the days when George Munford led that rare command and had under his leadership the bluest blood of the Ancient Do minion ! Submitting our face the other morn ing to the still skillful manipulation of the venerable Smith, the writer enjoyed heartily the monopoly with which the Professor interlarded his “ lather and shave.” A nice collection of gentlemen, sir,” said Lomax, “ this convention at Assembly Hall; many very genteel and able persons there, sir. It does me good to see again in Virgiuia the best people coming forward to take part in politics. And, yes, sir, there are some great men here, too—scattered about among the hundreds I don’t know; but —excuse me, sir, turn your face a little to the left—you can’t remember the convention of ’29 can you ? Too young! Yes, yes! Well, there was Mr. Jcems Madison, and tliat other gentleman, very smart but mighty flighty, Mr. Randolph, of Roanoke, and more than I can call now. You hate got big men here to-day, but God bless my soul, sir; they was all giants then; there wasn’t an humble individual here.— Giants, sir, giants, every one.” And Lomax strapped his razor, turned our head gently and began again; “ And how did they come here, sir ? Omnibusses, hacks? Not they! Pri vate carriages, private servants; and every one had a square mahogany box, with silver mountings; in this were four square bottles trimmed with vines and leaves in gold; one held old pine apple rum, one brandy and honey, peach and honey, sir, oue Sherry, and one Madeira. No whisky—and no The case was in ev ery delegate's room, with the key put away, but”—and here Lomax thought fully and suggestively drew his razor through the palm of an honest hand— rimritoiwfi hms wtaa tfc hy teas, sir. Yes, sirl .and shaving then Was fifty cents. No change! Those were days. Why nothing now is as cow. His route led him through au old, woru-out patch of clay land of about six acres in extent, in the center of which was a well twenty-five or thir ty feet deep, aud at some time, prob ably, had furnished the inmates of a dilapidated house near by with water. In passing by this spot, au ill wind lifted Jake’s “ tile” from his head, and maliciously wafted it to the edge of the well, and in it tumbled. Now, Jake hail always practiced the virtue of economy, and he immediate ly set about recovering the lost hat.— He ran to the well, uncoiled the rope which he had brought for the purpose of capturing the truant cow, and.aftcr several attempts to catch the lmt with a noose, he concluded to save time by going down into the well himself. To accomplish this, he made fast one end of the rope to a stump hard by, and was quickly on hfa way down the well. It fa a fiict, of which Jake was no less oblivious than the reader hereof, that Ned Wells was in the dilapidated building aforesaid, and that an old, blind horse, with a bell on his neck, who had been turned out to die, was lazily grazing within a short distance of the well. The devil himself or some other wicked spirit put it iu Ned's cranium to have a little fun; so he quietly slipp ed up to the horse, and unbuckling the bell strap, approached with slow, measured “ ting-a-ling” the edge of the well. * . - “ Dang that blind horse,” said Jake, he’s a cornin’ this way sure, and liaint got no more sense than to fall in here. Whoa, Ball!” But the continued approach of the ting-a-ling,” said just as plainly as words that “ Ball” wouldn’t whoa.— Besides, Jake was at the bottom rest ing, before trying to “ shin it” up the rope. “Great Jerusalem!” said he, “ the old cuss will be a top of me before can say Jack Robinson. Whoa 1 dang you, whoa 1” Jast then Ned drew up to the edge of the well, aud with hfa foot kicked a little dirt into it. “ Oh, Lord!” exclaimed Jake, fall ing on hfa knees at the bottom, “ I’m gone now; whoa!—w-h-oa, Ball 1 Oh, Lord, have mercy on me." Ned could hold in no longer, and fearful that Jake might suffer from hfa fright, he revealed himself. Probably Ned didn’t make tracks with hfa heels from that welL Maybe Jake wasn’t up to the top in short or der ; and you might think lie didn’t try every night for two weeks to get a shot with his rifle at Ntd. Maybe not Be Doing Something. There are not a few persons in the world who pretend to be anxious to ac complish something, but are constantly bemoaning their lack of opportunity. The best thing for such people, and in fact for every body, fa to determine to accomplish something useful and ben eficent eveiy day. Without work there fa little progress. The sum of many Says intelligent work will not be inoonaiderable. Do not hesitate too long. Go to work at the thing which lies near your hand. Sydney Smith very; wisely said: “ A great deal of talent is lost to the world for ..the want of a little courage. Every day sends to the grave a number of obscure men who have only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort, and who, if they could only have been in duced to begin, would in all probabili ty have gone great lengths in the career of fame. Tim fiict fa, that in order to do anything in this would worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. It wOl not do to be perpetually calculating risks and adjusting the chances.” In the Northern and Middle portions of the United States the climate fa cold, bleak, and inhospitable for nearly half the year, and the sheltering and stall- feeding of stock fa a stern, inflexible necessity. There, the culture of Clo ver and the Grasses mainly occupies the farmer’s attention. In these cold climates they are necessarily confined to a very limited sphere of production. To the Northern farmer, therefore, the great economical poiut is, to secure enough food during the short Summer months to sustain animal life during their long, cold Wiuters. Our home is iu geuiul old Georgia— “ The sunny land, the sunny land, Where Nature hath displayed Her tinest works with lavish hand In hill, and vale, and glade ; Her streams flow on in melody Through fair and fruitful plains. And from the mountains to the sea Beauty, with Plenty, reigns.” Here, iu Georgia, we have a soil aud climate capable of every variety of pro duction. We can make auy and eve rything that can be made North, South, East, or West of us, and that, too, to a great degree of perfection.— With the exception of ice and a few of the tropical fruit3 proper, we can have universality of production. This universality of production, aud the boundless recources which Nature has placed within our reach, have had, as yet, but a partial development. This has been the legitimate effect of cir cumstances and surroundings. Hitherto, under the old Constitution, the Agriculturists of Georgia gave but little attention to the culture of the valuable grasses. Their cultivation was less a necessity of plantation man agement at the South, than of farm occupation at the North. ****** Whether we accept, politically, the situation or not, as Agriculturists we must adapt ourselves to circumstances. Our lands must be recuperated, and the waste places built up. We must, and will, make ourselves the masters of the situation. Such fa, at present, the state of the cultivated area of the South, that the recuperation and prevention of the soil from washing and exhaus tion fa not a matter of choice, but one of imperative necessity. This must be done by a permanent grau-eovering of the soil. Our Northern frieuds have assumed the point that in the sunny South this cannot be attained by any possible means. They very gravely assert and publish to the world that experiment has very satisfactorily proved the im possibility,of carrying the English and Northern Grasses (so-called) under the excessive temperatures found in the Southern States. They assert that the normal range of the Grasses fa not South; that their native climates are North, and that we of the South live outside of the climatological limit of grass culture. They assert that we liave not sufficient moisture. What are the facts as to the rain-guoge in the different localities of earth ? The annual fall of rain near London fa only a little over twenty-five inches; at Bos ton, a little over forty-two indies; at Savannah, Georgia, over fifty-three inches. Every farmer knows that a moist Spring, with rains evenly distrib uted over the months of April, May and June, will insure the most luxu riant crops of grass. and Kay.' He knbws that a dry, cold Spring fa fatal to their rapid and healthy development, and that be must, in such a Spring, expect a comparatively small crop of grass. These are facts faufiliar to eve ry one. The State of .Georgia has been, this year, a living epistle of this fiict—known aud read of all of us— and yet, it fa gravely asserted by our Northern friends that grass will not grow in Georgia. An equable climate fa best adapted to the successful growth of the Grasses and Clover. The extremes of cold and heat are certainly greater in the Northern and Middle States than with us. The simple reason why the valuable Grasses and Clover have not been gen* erally introduced in the 8outh fa, that their cultivation was less a necessity of plantation management with slave la bor at the South, than of farm occupa tion at the North with free labor. I assert here to-day, in your pres ence, that the valuable or tame Grasses can bees successfully and profitably grown in.JigiddlftGeorgfaas to compare favorably with any section of the Cra ted States. I hereby testify to you, not only that which I have seen, but to that which I have done. Soon after the war I became fully satisfied, under our changed circum stances, that, to revolutionize our old system of planting, and to master the situation as Agriculturists, it was a point of stern, uncompromising neces sity that the culture of the tame or valuable Grasses and Clover should be successfully introduced iuto our State. With my head and heart determined ou this point, I went to work in the Spring of 18GS. I did not go into the work on n very extensive scale, but on a scale sufficiently large to establish a success—failure not being in roy agri cultural dictionary. I had but little encouragement from any one, and my ideas were regarded as chimerical and visionary by my wife, children, neigh bors, and friends. I then, however, felt that, if success should crown my effort, of which I had no doubt, I should have accomplished a great aud good work, and a work which would result in lasting benefit to the good people of my native State. On the 29th day of February, 1868, I seeded some ten acres of wheat with Red Clover seed, using about seven pounds to the acre. In November, 1868,1 seeded down fifteen acres with the following mixture alone, viz: five and a half pounds Red Clover, five pounds Timothy, four pounds Herd’s- Grass, four pounds Orchard Grass, and three pounds Blue Grass to the acre. Thsee experiments embraced upland, lowland, hillsides, and woodlands.— The land was tolerably well prepared with plow and harrow, and seeded down by myself and a friend—neither of us ever before having had any per sonal experience in such business—with the following result. I forbear to make my representation in my own language. The success which crowned my efforts must be stated in the lan guage of others. The following state ments, received from very intelligent aud reliable geutlemen, about May 1st. 1869, fully attest a decided success.— B. E. Spencer, Esq., writes: I have resided in this (Greene) county for about forty years, but have never before seen a practical test of the growth of the different grasses for hay iu this section of the country till 1 walked through your fields; and being a native of Connecticut, and having lived with a practical farmer of that State some seven or right years of my life who cultivated all these grasses ex cept Blue Grass, I had the opportuni ty of seeing and examining the grasses in all their stages, from the time they came up till they were cut down and made into hay. My recent visit to your plantation, lying on the waters of Fishing Creek, in this county, where I had the pleasure of seeing Red Clover, Blue Grass, Herd’s-Grass, Timothy, and Orchard Gross, fully convinces me that they can be grown as successfully here—especially on your lands and those contiguous—os in any of the Northern or Eastern States. Your field of Clover which was sown on February ‘29th, 1868, I found to be fully hip-high, just commencing to bloom, and nearly ready for cutting.— My judgineut fa, that the field would yield, the present cutting, two tons to the acre. In your two other fields, mixed with Clover, Herd’s-Grass, Tim othy, Blue Grass, and Orchard Grass, sown. in November, 1868, I found growing beautifully. They will do to cut this season—the first year—and will yield an abundant crop. I, there fore, give it as my opinion, that all kinds of grasses suitable for hay or pasturage not only mature earlier in the season in this dimate by one month at least, but they grow higher, and will yield more hay to the acre and more pasture through the year. I believe when known, must greatly enhance the value of land in Middle-Georgio, for it demonstrates tbe fact that, in addition to corn, wheat, oats, barley, cotton, &c., the Grasses and Clover can be grown here as successfully as in the Northern and Western States.” Dr. H. H. Tucker, President of Mercer University, writes: “ I have seen several fields of Clover on the plantation of Dr. Thomas P. Janes, in Greene county, Georgia, and consider the growth fnUy equal to the best I ever saw in any of the Northern Stqtes. From this and other experi- ments that have come under ray ob^ serration, I have no doubt, that any of the Grasses can be raised here with complete success, and with great profit in Middle-Georgia.' Dr. H. M. Burns, of the “ Greens boro Herald,” Jane 8, 1869, confirms these statements. Messrs. Jdhn E. Jackson, and Thos. S. Miller—farmers—July 20th, write: “ We have been careful observers of your experiments in Clover and the Grasses—Herd’s Grass, Timothy, Or chard Grass, and Blue Grass—from the Spring of 1868, down to date, 20th July, 1871. You were very suc cessful iu obtaining a stand in wheat, and you seeded the Grasses down on bottom land, upland, hillside, and low land. The growth, in all localities, has beed very fine and luxuriant. You commenced mowing in the Spring of 1869, and have usually gathered two crops of hay every year since; and sometimes a crop of rowen. Our judg ment fa, that you have put in your barn, each year.since, not less than four tons per acre, of good, sweet hay 1 Clover and the Grasses do certainly grow large and more luxuriantly on your place than we have seen north of this locality. The specimens which you have of the first and second crops of the present year, 1871, are fair specimens, and are not unduly select ed. “ Iu the fall of 1869, Mr. Jackson visited Northwestern Georgia, looking at lands. In no locality there, not even on the Etowah, or Coosa Rivers, did he sec any lots of Clover as good as Dr. Janes.” Mr. Miller has spent sometime in the Valley of Virginia, and North, and has never seen Clover, anywhere, superior to Dr. Janes’. “We have carefully observed a lot of corn planted this year in Clover-sod, on what was a poor hill top, where Clover was set the Spring of 1868, in wheat, no other manure or fertilizer being used. We were forcibly struck with the size, dark green color, and luxuriant growth of the same, and are satisfied that Clover fa the best, cheap est, and most profitable fertilizer, and renovator of our old exhausted lauds. We have not overstated facts, for we testify to that which we have seen; that Clover and the Grasses can be grown as successfully here as elsewhere. It fa no longer experiment—but suc cess ! Your enterprise on this most interesting point, will result in untold benefit to the people of our noble State of Georgia. , “ We have this morning, July 20th, 1871, measured and weighed the cured hay from a fraction less thau one-fourth of an acre, (1,203 yards) and the re sult fa as follows—5,208 pounds of good, sweet, well cured hay, ready for the barn. There was a very heavy storm of wind and rain a few days be fore the Clover was out, which caused it to bed very badly. Hod that not been the case, we believe that fully ten tons, per acre, of hay would have been grow during the Summer months. It'these are' kept inclosed during the Summer months, horses, mules, cattle an t sheep will keep fat aud require no other food, without the costly covering of a barn or any shel ter, and with nothing given them but a little salt, they will do their own mowing and stock-raising. Thera fa no region on the globe, which affords a better prospect of more rapid fortune in stock-raising, dairy farming, and wool-growing than in Georgia, climate markets, and facilities for summer and winter gracing considered. As to the best kinds of Clover amf Greases, I will cay but little. There an many valuable Clovers and Gras ses, some of which are native. The verdict of the jury has been rendered upon the valuable Clovers and Grasses, which I have mentioned. Their value fa not debatable. It fa, however, aa indisputable proposition that any soil will yield a large and more nutritious crop if sown with several kinds of nu tritious grasses, than when sown with only one species. As to ihe time of seeding, 1 would say, that poiut de pends largely on the seasons. L£ we have a very dry Fall aud warm moist Spring, it would be better to seed down in the months of February, March or April. If the Spring fa very cold, late and dry, aud the Fall is seasonable, if would be best to sow in September, October, or November. I think it best to divide the point, sow some in tho* Spring, and again in the Fall. Mr. President, I am fearful that I have detained you already too long.— I must be brief. I must not say all that can be said about Clover and thoGzas-- ses, being appointed only to introduce the topic. In conclusion, I would respectfully suggest that oue of the greatest diffi culties with us lies in our old and er roneous system of agriculture. The cutting down and wearing out system, we have reduced to an absurdity.— We must, and we will abandon it.— King Cotton, with hfa golden glare, has dimmed our eyes to the full value of our. lands for other, more profitable and noble purposes. The Author of our being baa bestowed upon the peo ple of the South the finest soil and cli mate under the sun. The varied pro ducts and extensive resources which Nature has placed within our grasp, must be developed. We must diver sify and dignify labor, and give to the earth wise and proper culture, and that care to diversified products which would make us the most independent, as well as the most luxurious and happy peo ple on earth. We must develop ouo- reaources and burdened stores of wealth. Such fa, at present, the con dition of the cultivated area of the South, that it fa the first, the highest point of importance, that we should have a premanent gran toveriug of th»i soil. The point obtained, and we w3T then have the best cotton, the best clover and grass, the best grain-grow ing, the best stock-raising aud dairy farming, the best woool-growing, the best mineial and manufacturing coun try, and we will be tho richest, happi est, and most independent people on earth. The great difficulty with us, fa to begin. Well begun is half well done. The moment any real improvement fa begun in earnout, interest fa excite^ mutual activity fa increased, the desire for improvement becomes a passion, and though the beginnings may be small, tbe end will be the grand con- crops during the year, besides a crop of rowen." Professors S. P. Sanford and W. G. Woodfin, of Mercer University, write: “ We saw everywhere on your lot a good stand of Clover, and a luxuriant and vigorous growth, and we plucked some branches which had grown to the hight of forty-six and a half inches.— We are pleased to notice that your Herd’s-Grass, Orchard Grass, and Timothy, Ac., are not at all inferior to yoqr Clover. Your experiment, secured tho present (season) cutting of 8U,nmatioa of h '« he,it “ d the Clover. We confidently state, West destiny on earth. that we have no doubt, that five tons of good hay, per acre, have been gath ered from this field of Clover, at two cuttings, the present year. Dr. Janes has proved, beyood a doubt, that Clo ver and the Grasses, can be, not only successfully, but profitably grown in this section.” Mr. President and gentlemen, you have here statements as to tbe result of my experiments, represented to you by honorable and intelligent gentlemen, and in their own language. This fa the fourth year of the experiment—no longer an experiment I have given to you the proof, the quod end demon- straidum. Here, 1 present you with specimens of this years’ growth, first crop Clover, Timothy, Herd’s Gnus, Orchard Grass, out about the first of June, 1871. And here, a specimen of Clover, second crop, cut 19th July, that you can safely count two field- 1871. And, ben, I show you a speci men of native Herd's Grass, to the manor born, grown on a pasture of my bottom land. The seed from which Mr. President and gentlemen of the Convention, I have humbly .endeavord to perform my duty in briefly discuss ing. the topic assigned ine by your com mittee. 1 have introduced Clover and the Grasses, successfully, into Middle- Georgia—specimen* of which, I here by present to your earnest and inteti- gent body. With thanks for your kind attention, I leave the subject with you. Thos. P. Jawks. Greene county, Georgia, 1871. The Rapid Growth of Fall River. The Providence Journal furnishes some interesting statistics respecting tiie material progress of Fall River, which has been quite remarkable.— In the ten yean from 1860 to 1870, the population increased from thir teen to twenty-seven thousand. Since 1870 the rate of progress has been still-great, and steps have already been taken, which will go very far toward doubling the population of the city.— Including the additions to the mill*, already in operation, and the mills this specimen was grown, was not sown : either now in process of building or by me; but the Herd’s Grass was grow- about to be commenced, (he whole ing there before I began ray experi ment in 1868. I have French Clover of twenty years standing. It does just as well here as in France. Any of the Clo vers will do as well here; on rich up lands, Blue Grass, Meadow Oat Grass, Orchard Grass, and Vernal Grass, number of spindles that will be add ed to those now running amounts to 4)15,000, making the whole number tint will be in operation when the new n. ills are completed, 1,008,237. All these mentioned am designed for the manufacture of cotton cloth. Steps have also been taken for the erection of a bagging mill, which will turn out 2,pOO bags per day.