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ATHENS, GA. JDNE 7, 1872.
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Miscellaneous.
I’.E. JONES,
DEALER IN
STOVES,
Miscellaneous.
1U!
,)>■ vovKiirisiM;.
r 1,1in.r-rtod at One Dollar a n't
flJ line'
lire nfl2 line., forthe first,and
fifty Laht I ■ 1 h Sequent insertion,
f ;7,"v y ni« «» "•»«£> month. For a longer period
!ih -rsl contract, will he
Business Directory.
I \M M cult It A. «. KRWIS. HOWELL COBB
COBB. KRAVIN & COHH,
\ ttorneysat law,
e\_ \,he:*', Oeorgia. Office in the Dcnprec
building- ——
~f~ r l.t UPKIN HENRY JACKSOH.
Lumpkin & Jackson,
TTORSKYS AT l.AW. will practice in the
GEORfilA STATE COLLEGE
—OF—
Agriculture and the Me
chanic Arts.
K Y order cf the Board of Trustees
the exercises of this College, under the pro-
Tisional organization, will begin on the 1st of Mar
next. Each Senatorial District is entitled to a free
scholarship, and each county to as many as it has
Representatives. The applicants for these scholar
ships must be sixteen years of age, and have a lair
knowledge of Arithmetic, English, Geography and
History of the United States.
The Trustees are making arrangements to furnish
board at ?1- 50 per month.
All applications should be addressed to
W. L. BHOUN, President,
aprii 12-it Athens, Georgia.
Court of the Slate, and th
for the Northern lli-t
f Georgia
feh. *>tf
A.
SAMCKL P. Till RAIDM>,
T T O R N K Y A T L A W ,
Athens, Ga. Olllre oil llroad si reel, oyer
IlirrvA Son’s Store. Will give special attention
loetse, in Hinkruptey. Also, to the collection of
all claims entrusted to his care.
J. J. X J. <’. At.EX t\IIER.
lEALERS IN HARDWARE,
i Steel, N
upleiuenls, Ac
AI.VAN ESTES,
TTOR X E Y A '1' L A W
Bank* County. Ga-
i piemen I:
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PITTMAN ,V IIINTON,
A T T O It X E Y S A T la A W ,
U~\- Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
JAY 0. GAILEY,
JNVITES ATTENTION TO IIIS
NEW FALL 3T0OK
OF
mw
CZS SWSBE,
ML. A
CHIMNEYS AND
PURE KEROSENE OIL.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing,
icpt 15-tf.
TIN-WA RE,
■ra TVTV1
zMZKvmiui*
A Substitute for Mercurial Preparations,
Castor Oil, Rhxibarb, Senna, dr.
r pHE PUREST AND BEST
-1- remedy known for diseases of the Liver, Fe
male Complaint?, or fo- any disease in which a
medicine is necessary, to keep the Ixawels free and
healthy, or to purify the blood. It acts more nat
urally on the liver than Calomel or Blue Pills, and
answers a better purpose. It is the Great Spring
Medicine. Prepared by J. Dennis, M. D., Augus
ta, Ga. Sold by I)r. King, Athens.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Successors to George Sharp, Jr.,
W
A tlanta, Ga.
E OFFER a large variety of
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
I HAVE STILL OX HAXD
1 the
Largest Variety of Stoves
in Athens, which I will furnish at the Incest liv
ing prices.
THE MARION,
Largest Oven Step Stove Manufactured !
Hundreds of the Marion hare been sold in Ath
ens and vicinity, anti without an exception have
given unbounded sati*faciion. To parlies wishing
a good stove at a small price, I can safely say that
The Marion is the Stove.
THE SOUTHERN HOME,
entirely new stove in design and construction.
By a most novel arrangement, the part of the oven
directly under the fire box is protected from the
strong heat of the lire in this particular place, and
a uniform heat is obtained, in all parts of the oven,
thus securing the most desirable thin? iu any stove,
viz: Even baking and roasting. This stove has
l*een in the market but a short time, and the large
sales since its introduction warrants the conclusion
that it will soon be the
L£ADINGST0VPM<C0UNTRY
I ALSO KEEP THE
FOREST CITY,
QUEEN OF TIIE SOUTH,
FIRESIDE,
CAPITOL CITY,
And Many Ollier Leading
Stoves.
LIVERY, SALE & FEED
STABLE.
GANN & REAVES
At their Old Stand, Athens, Ga.
~D ESPECTFULLY announce te
J-\j tnesrfrieuds and the public thrit they have
recently added to their stock a number of
Fine Harness Horses,
NEW BUGGIES AND HARNESS,
and put everything in fine order for the summer
business.
Phaetons and polite drivers furnished on short
notice.
Teams may always be had for trips to the moun
tains, or any point desired. n.ay243
New and Rare Vegetables.
I MAKE the seed of New and Rare
Vegetables a specialty, besides raising all the
coinmoii varieties. On the sorer «*fmy catalogue
will be found extracts from letters received groin
f riners and gardeners residing in over thirty dif
ferent states and territories, who have used my
seeds from one to ten years, ('atalogues sent free
to all. I grow over on* hundred varieties.—
Get your st-ed directly from the grower.
JAMESJ. II. GREGOLY, Marblehead, Mass.
Fob. 1.2m.
•Icrscy C salves,
Essex and 'Berkshire Pigs
jjigllt jjralpj jjggs and ^inkan?,
FOR SALE.
L. f*. HARDIN,
dec 20.3m Ixiuti.Tllle.Ky
General Miscellany.
The Heart of Jane.
BY CONSTANCE FEN I MORE WOOLSON.
Down in the heart of the June, my love,
Down in the heart of the June;
The gold, gold sun, like a bridegroom
proud,
Lifts the fair sky’s veil of summer cloud.
While the green, green earth laughs out
aloud
In the heart of the red, red June.
This is the best of the world, my love,
This is th.e best of the year;
Behind is the springtime, cold and sweet,
Forward the summer’s fever heat;
Stay, then, my darling, thy hurrying feet;
For the best of our life is here.
Sip the red wine of the June ;
In May it was white as the lading snow,
August’s deep purple will darken its
glow;
Then, with lingering lip and kisses slow,
Sip the red, red wine of the June.
The roses, June roses, are red, my love,
They hang from your lattice high.
Faith was the May-blossom’s gentle
breath—
The orange flower will be strong unto
death;
But the rose is sweet, and its sweetness
aaith,
“ There are none so lovely as I.”
Then live in the heart of this June, my
love,
Live in the heart of this June.
Once we were friends—oh, cold, barren
dearth!
Soon must our wedded life prove its own
worth;
But now we are lovers—are gods on
earth,
In the heart of this red, red June.
— Galaxy for June.
VOL. XLI.-NO. 50—MW SERIES VOL. 5. SO. 33
only such man hi knew: and as he
had been living a good while on spir
itual food, he might possibly live on
four hundred dollar?.
How to Improve Negro Labor.
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
.1HWELRY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF
^aielpMk9rs4[eweUers$ Shaver?
AND
.TIfinuTacfttre >nant/ Fine <f»oasis
in our own shop, undare prepared to FILL AM
OBDKUS fur goods or work promptly.
»vw_ All goods engraved free of charge.
We make a specialty or
FBDIDHS FOR FIRS!
and are prepared to give any information on ap
plication. \Ve guarantee the
J, A KG EST A SSO RT K M N T,
THE FINEST GOODS,
THE LOWEST PRICKS,
AND TIIE BEST WORK.
Tall and sec ns.
SH ARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 25-1 y
I have on hand at all times a large stock of
TinWare of allKinds
The success that JONES' TIN WARE has met
with since its introduction, isa sufficient guarantee
lor its excellence.
ROOFING,
GUTTERING,
AND JOB WORK.
OF ALL KINDS,
attended to promptly. The manufactory is still
charge of Mr. W. II. JONES, who will be pleased
to see bis old friends and customers.
Orders from the country for work or goods will
meet with prompt attention.
13. S3. JONES,
Comer Broad and Thomas sts.,
ATHENS.
j. w* ham-am,
TEACHER OF MUSIC.
( \FFICE corner of Lumpkin and
' ' Clayton streets, near the Epispocal Churrh.
Pupils living out of town can take their less
and practice at the office.
Pianos, Organs & Sheet Music
for sale, on the most reasonable forms. All instru
ments of the best makers and fully warranted.—
Ptr>ons desiring to purchase can have an instru
ment placed in their house, which, if not satisfac
tory alter fair trial, can be returned or exchanged.
*i*5” Pianos and Organs sold on Monthly Pay
ments, and old instrument; taken in part payment,
if iu good condition. [oct*27-ti
~S. C. DOBBS,
n EALER IN DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, PRODUCE, HARDWARE,
H EA D Y-MA I)E CL O THING,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
And in short, an assorted stock of family i*nd
plantationmerchandi.se. The hignest market price
* ays paid fur country produce.
Croquet.
B RADLEY’S Patent Croquet, made
of the choicest hard woods, wirh patent sock
ets, indexieal balls, galvanized bridges, and all the
latest improvements. For sale at
apr VI BURKE’S BOOK STORE.
Send your Old Furniture to
WOOD’S
REPAIR SHOP,
Next to the Episcopal Church,and have it
may Him MADE GOOD AS ME IF.
E. S. ENGLAND & CO.,
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
•Selected with care by <
York, to which they inv
customers and the public
men! of
no of th** firm, in New
te the attention of their
They have a good assort-
STAPLE&FANCrDRYGOGDS
GHOdtHIRK,
PltOVIMIOXft,
luumuiir.
«:ko«'kkky,
EJ A I’M. ClAPM,
HOOT*.
MIOE..
In .h’irt, everything in the way of
FamWij MdPlanlalion Supplies,
The
COTTON or other l 1
Will Hiorr
,.er month.
We are determine.I
rinse attention to hu,
iner* and make main
he HIGHEST PRICE FOR
‘rodue C ,»nd
otluw at -2* Cents a Bale
• deal fairly, soil low, and by
, to I»*ea»e old custo-
scpt!5tf
L A X DI UiTfcL’rS
yiAiJifitait iuuj,.!
jsiura?*- *«
NLA' I)IiT T r; ST UR:
Fin‘h* Kerosene Lhshil
1-) ilh FOUND IX ATHENS,
at Tin:
XEW DRUG STORE.
Five Gross
( U'uiutz horse andcvt-
pri.«aTlh,. r " r at Proprietor’.
fV J<EW DRUG STORE.
Ho! for the Suburbs!
IT you want to invest in a snug lit-
.. u ® •uhurhan residence, call on M ST \ rtopn
lor particulars. Hm,,. Jum bSiR Juy 5
Win. A. Talmadge,
TOST OFFICE, COL. AVF.M'E. ATHF.YS
^ If
$ w
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cj-aaaaauuaua’u.itniiitriiriur.Bl^cuctnui'.-f'icixurrr.:'
Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-plated
Ware, Musical Instruments, Speotacles, Guns,
Pistols, Sporting Equipments, Ac. Ac.
A Select Stock of American and Im
ported Watches, Double Guns with
40 inch barrel, excellent for long
range. Pistols of all kinds.
Penetration of bull
inches into wood.
With a desire to please all, will sell the.above good
at very reasonable prices.
re p a i:e.iisrc3--
Watches, Clock., Jewelry, Guns and Pistol?,
promptly attended to in a satisfactory manner.—
Cal I and'see for yourselves ”l ir 4 _
LONGS & BILLUPS,
BROAD ST., ATHENS, GEO.,
DEALERS IN
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
DYE-STUFFS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
GLASS,
PUTTY,
STATIONERY ;
PFRFIDIERY. IJQroRS. BITTERS,
A XD EVERYUHIXG usually
x l usually kept in • First Class Drugstore.
Particular attention his been *^“1lection
ofaur Stock, to the pu ity and relUbility of out
goods, and families and physicians are assured t hat
urilers will he filled with promptness and fidelity.
STOCK OF FANCY GOODS
is large and attractive, embracing a great variety
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
BRUSHES,
COMBS, AC.
■ It,.: Ayer’s Preparations, Hurley’s
.V or in Candv aiid Sarsaparilla, Drake's
Plantation bitters, Komain’a Crimean
Bitters, Hoofland’sGerman Bit tars,
and many other popular preparations always on
hand.
FRESII GARDEN SEEDS
of the most approved varieties on hand and for
sale in any quantity desired. Also Grass Seed.
Fashionable Stationery
D QUINN, 183 Broad Street,
• Augusta, tin., makes a sjierialty of sending
Ladies’ Fine Note Paper ami Envelopes by mail.—
Any one sending him one dollar will receive, post
paid, a box of assorted note paper and envelopes ol
ttic latest pattern. apr 10-3m
*200 ®*\ LES F1NE tlmothy
*200 BBLS?LIME AND CEMENT.
100,000 LATHS, offered low, by
R. B. HODGSON & CO.
Of Great Beauty,
Just received at the
NEW DRUG STORE
$200 Reward.
T WILL GIVE the above reward for the arrest,
with proof to convict the party or parties whom
i to believe have
niscs occupied l*y
vcral times set fire
COURTENEY BEALL.
ST. LOUIS LEAD,
Warranted strictly pure—the best in the market
Horse. Ilofr, and faille Powders,
Invaluable for all disease, of stook.
TOB PRINTING neatly and quickly
executed at the Banner Office.
MOST BEAUTIFUL
I) F. C A L c; O MAINE,
OK
Transfer Pictures,
AT TIIE
NEW DRUG STORE.
RENOVATE YOUR CARPETS.
Something New !
A DISCOVERY has recently been
made by which Velvet, Brussels "and In
grain Carpets can be thoroughly cleaned and reno
vated, without removing them from the Boor. It
also dostroys and prevents moths. It thoroughly
cleanses all covered furniture, such as Plush Chairs,
Sociables, Divans, Rockers,etc. It is the acknowl
edged cleanser for clothing of all descriptions, re
moving grease spots and restoring their original
colors. For silks, ribl»ons and lace there is noth
ing that equals it, and can be used without the
slightest injury to the finest fabric. It contains no
acids, and is a pure Renovating solution. This is
entirely a new process, and commends itself where-
evei used. We will cleauyour carpets, etc., or fur
nish the solution, with directions for using.
Athens, April 17, 1872
This certifies that Mr. Max M. Myereon has
cleansed for me a very much soiled carpet, remov
ing all grease spots and, where not too much worn
restoring the original colors. I cheerfully recoup
mend him to the citixens of Athens who may need
his skillful service. «• HI «-**-
The undersigned has purchased the re« .
the above solution from Mr. Max M. Myersou^and
will promptly attend to all orders left at his Paint
5,re<t ' JoSsrorS:
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
material*
A LARGE LOT direct from the
rosnufaclory, and will he sold as lo* as can
“ “*SlT5fM E Y & NE^TON
A N O E R-
DUS. IUTCHCOCK A PATTERSON cure
this dreadful disease, without the use
of the knife, or any poisoning mercurial
agent. Tor circular, with, testimonial., ad-
ta» HITeHCTCKA PATTHSBON,.
The Petty Annoyances of Life.
Most temperaments can bear evils of
magnitude with more patience than
evils that are so small as to be reckon
ed among annoyances. A strong man
will endure a fever without a murmur,
but will fret over a “corn.” A heroic
woman finds it easy to risk her life for
the sake of one whom she loves, but
will fly into a passion at a sour look.—
Patients have been known tosit still—
before the era of nmesthetics—during
an amputation, who could not resist
the bite of a flea or the sting of a mu-
squito. Great merchants have often
calmly endured an entire break-down
of their fortunes, after exhibiting the
most vilent anger over a trifling loss.
In every-day life, important events
seem to bring with them a power to
calm the feelings and hold them in
subjection, while little annoyances take
us unawares and disturb us immoder
ately.
It is not easy to analyze the mind
and heart so as to give a reason for all
the shifting phenomena of existence.
There is something great and noble
and enduring in man, and there is also
something small and mean and cow
ardly. Whatever appeals to our bet
ter nature is entertained with be
coming composure and dignity—what
ever strikes our weak side arouses our
selfishness and causes a pitiful display
of idiosyncracy. Man faces the heav
ens, but stands upon the earth. The
petty annoyances of life reveal us to
ourselves and others, not in our high
estate, as looking upward and forward,
hut in our low estate.
So far os our human happiness is
concerned, our well-being does not de
pend so much ou our department in
the midst of great events, as on our
patience in managing the numberless
and nameless trifles, the microscopic
atoms of existence.
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A Wonderful Grapevine,
Among the innumerable wonders of
the Pacific Slope, the mammoth grape
vine of Santa Barbara, California,
deserves notice. Seventy years ago it
was the riding whip of a Spanish don
na, one of the earliest settlers of San
ta Barbara, presented to her by her
lover. Now it spreads its branches
r an area of more than 5,000
square feet, and produces annually
from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of
grapes. This grapevine is said to be
twice as large as the, famous vine at
Fontainebleau, in France, and larger
than any found among the villas-in the
vicinitv of Ropio. Altogether it is
one of the wonders of the world, and
aiferds a striking example of the won
derful vegetable growth ol the Pacific
coast.
A good anecdote is related of Dr.
Rice, which enforces its own lesson.
When he was at the head of the Theo
logical Seminary in Prince Edward,
one of the out parishes of Virginia
sent to him for a minister. They, as
usual in such cases, wauted a scholar,
a gentleman, an orator, a pastor, a
fine writer—in short, a perfect minis
ter. They “ had formerly given 8350
per annum: but now, if they could get
such a man as they wanted, they
could raise it to 8400." The doctor
answered by telling them to send to
heaven for Dr. Dwight He was the
The following sound article we copy
from the Nashville Union and Ameri
can, a paper that is doing much for the
promotion of agricultural interests in
the South.
The most difficult problem of solu
tion, and upon which the future pros
perity of the South, in a large meas
ure, depends, is 4he best method of
managi negro labor. This problem
is grentjf’ oompnofUtffcf the /act of
an abnormal, or unusual relation hav
ing existed heretofore between the ne
groes who labor on the farm and the
persons who employed them. It is
difficult for the people of the South to
realize, the fact that the negro is a free
man, entitled~to all the privileges ol
native-born citizens, subject to the
same laws and claiming the same
rights. The negro, on the other hand,
has been instructed to believe that the
white people of the South would de
prive them of their freedom, and re
mand them back into slavery if they
only had the power. These two ideas,
acting in antagonism, have served to
repel the two races from each other,
and like a magnet distributing their
forces in opposite directions. With
few exceptions there has been but lit
tle sympathy and but little good will
between them, other than that which
results from a mutual dejicndenee
upon each other. This, in the impov
erished condition of the South, is
greatly to he deplored. She needs the
hearty concurrence of every force, mor
al, intellectual and physical, to regain
her lost ascendency, and to place her
on the high road to wealth and pros
perity.
We propose to submit a few sugges
tions founded on experience, by which
both races may be benefited.
1. As the white race has more in
telligence and more experience with
the world, the beginning of a reform
should commerce with it, and the first
step is to make the negro more perma
nent in his home. As a wandering
laborer, with no ties to bind him to
any locality, lie is deprived of those in
centives which makes enterprising and
industrious citizens. They should be
furnished with comfortable houses, in
which they may board themseves, have
their own gardens, their own milch
cows, a bee hive or two and such com
forts as a laboring man feels that he
ought to have. They will then know
that they reap the lull measure of
their labor, and that superior skill
and industoy will he rewarded by in
creased enjoyments and comforts.
2. As the introduction of machinery
into the operations of the farm is be
coming more general each year, so a
larger degree of intelligence is con
stantly demauded. The senseless ex
ercise of muscle cannot compete with
the precision and intelligent action of
machinery. Each succeeding year
will show a diminished demand for ig
norant labor and an increased inquiry
for skilled labor. The highest interest
of the South, then, demands a recog
nition of this fact, and the adoption of
some measures by which the laborer
may be instructed in the higher re
quirements of the farm, for all the ex
perience of this country goes to prove
that it is more economical to employ
intelligent labor to direct machinery
than to employ ignorant labor and dis
pense with machinery. The produc
tion of cotton, since the invention of 1
the cotton gin ; the increased produc
tion of wheat since the invention of the
reaper, are cases in point; and so far
from machinery reducing the average
price of labor, the producing power of
a day’s labor, is greater now than it
ever has been; employment is more
constant; sales of agricultural products
more certain, and a gradual elevation
of the laborer in the scale of dignity
and intelligence more decided.
3. No labor can be made permanent
ly profitable that is not contented.—
Whatever then is done to make it con
tented and happy redounds as muoh
to the interest of the employer as to
the laborer. For this reason we think
every large employer of labor should
have a school-house erected on his
farm, so that the children may be in
structed in the elements of “ learning,
virtue and science.” A part from the
happiness which it gives the parents,
it fits the children lor more intelligent
labor demanded by the advance of a
true civilization. The largest piofit
ever paid by any cotton factory in the
South, was by oue in Georgia, where
the stockholders not only furnish com
plete homes for their employees, bat
keep a teacher constantly employed
for the instruction of their children.—
The operatives consider it a rare priv
ilege to be employed, and the owners of
the factory have never been troubled
with “ strikes” or a scarcity of labor.
gome regard ought also to be had
to their employments. Every class of
people have their special pleasures.—
The Germans, for example, have their
beer gardens; the Irish their “ wakes;”
the French their soirees; the Spaniards
their fandangos, and if the negro
shows a predilection for “ big meet
ings,” loud prayers and doleful songs,
it must be set down as one of his “ pe
culiar” pleasures, to which he has a
right by nature and a desire by in
stinct. Let him enjoy them ; nay, let
him be assisted in enjoying them, if it
will make him a more effective, relia
ble and honest laborer.
4. The confidence of the negro must
be secured, and he must be made mor
ally certain that he will get the full
value of aft his.4abor, and that he has
a right to spend it in any manner that
he pleases. He may need advice, but
advice, should not be forced upon him.
When he is fully convinced that his
employer is looking to his interest, he
will not be tardy in seeking and fol
lowing his advice. A laborer should
be paid also in proportion to his real
value. The habit of having a fixed
rate for grown men, and so much for
boys of equal age, is discouraging to
those who wish to excel by : he quali
ty and quantity of their work. It re-
Tohtical Miscellany.
,,, *■' During these twelve years, through
three Presidential terms, they have
The CItII Bights Bill.
Editor of the Banner:—Dear
Sir :—In the Southern Christian Ad
vocate of the 8th of May, 1872, will
be found the following synopsis of the
so-called Civil Rights bill of Pearce of
Mississippi:
It makes the refusal of privileges to
schools, hotels, cars, steamboats, the
atres or concerts, stages, churcles and
cemeteries, on accouut of color, or any
witnessed, not only the four year?
bloody war, but the complete revolu
tion of the Government. They have
seen the Constitution of their fathers
changed by force and fraud, and have
witnessed the erection of a centralized
military despotism ujion the ruins of a
constitutional republic. They have
seen fanaticism in place of reason rul
ing the land ; they have seen the most
sacred rights of persou disregarded
one udvisiug the same, a misdemeanor, jand trampled under foot; they have
punishable by a fine of oue thousand j seen the Presidential chair removed
dollars, and imprisonment for nut* year; and a throne established in its place,
gives the person refused an action on and they have stood side by side an«l
the case for one thousand dollars; it should*r to shoulder through all these
gives jurisdiction to the United States 3 ~ 1 — —’ 1 1 1 *’ * ’•*
courts, and makes neglect of duty by
the Officers of the courts a like mis
demeanor, and repeals the word
“ white" in all laws, and makes exclu
sion of colored jurors a misdemeanor,
punickuble by a line of five thousand
dollars.
Now as the author of that dame in
the Constitution of the Slate of Geor
gia of 18t>8, which says “ Tlie social
status of the citizen shall never be the
subject of legislation,” i announce my
living, dying, unqualified and eternal
dark days, and have borne defeat with
a manly courage and au unflinching
heroism worthy the causa they upheld,
aud have battled for civil and jiefson-
al liberty and constitutional govern
ment, with a tenacity and unflinching
bravery worthy the heroes who for
centuries shed their blood in defense
of the same principles and won their
cau.-e at Ruunymcde, where the great 1
hill of rights, Magna Charta, was
wrung from the hand of despotism.
And will these same Democrats sur
render to thejenemy, and yield all for
tards progress in the right direction. | said clause in the Constitution ot ’US,
protest against the provisions of said | which they have sufiered so much and
bill. Iu the case of Scott vs. The so long just as victory is certain, and
State of Georgia, 39 Ga. Repts., p. all for which they have struggled is
224-5-5, the Supreme Court of Georgia | within their gra>p ? Will these same
say, among other things, speaking of. Democrats disband just as schism ha
Its tretehes all upon a Procrustean
bed, cuts down good qualities and ele
vates bad ones to the same level.
5. The most liberal rates should be
paid for labor. The best interests of
the farmer require this. In this man
ner he can always secure as many la
borers as he may wish on his farm,
and he able to secure the best. Know
ing that they are receiving the highest
wages they are not so easy to take of
fence and “ quit,” but are willing, in
pushing times, to move forward with
alacrity and a will which the poorly-
paid laborer never feels. More satis
faction is felt aud greater energy se
cured and developed in the manage
ment of the farm.
6. The employer should he kind
and act with impartiality and kindness
towards his employees. Fretting and
fault-finding persisted iu, will ruin the
best set of farm laborers in the world.
Rules should be reasonable, but rigid
ly enforced. Too many orders should
not be given at once. The farm
should lie supervised by the owner,
and the laborer should he made to feel
his responsibility for faithful work.—
Occasional holidays should he given,
and for good and faithful service, well
and truly performed, a Christinas
present or New Year’s gift; would be
no bad investment It is not the val
ue of the gift It is the manifestation
of good feeling ; it is the sympathetic
link that unites the superior to the in
ferior ; it is an evidence of kindly re
gard that is always appreciated by the
most ignorant One of the most suc
cessful business men iu the State,
when in Rome on a visit, had a num
ber of beads blessed by the Pope, and
the proper distribution of those among
his house servants has made the bond
of attachment between them indi-sol-
uble. All admi e s of Sir Walter
Scott remember how proud his old
servant Tom Pardie was of a ‘gift
bought for him in Paris by Sir Walter,
It is not the gift, said Tom, that I
prize so much as that the lord should
think of me so far from home.
Let the negro become identified
with, and attached to the soil upon
which he lives, and he and the land-
owner aDd the country will all be ben
efited by his labor.
How to Measure an Acre and Parts of
an Acre. ,
Land can he measure! with satisfac
tory accuracy for many purposes, by
pacing. Five paces are equal to one
lineal rod. A man having long legs
will usually measure more thnn a rod
at five paces, while a short-legged man
will be obliged to step unnaturally
long to measure a rod at five paces.—
The correct way is to measure 161 feet
on level ground, then practice guaging
the steps, until one can measure one
rod at every five steps. Then one
hundred steps or paces will he equal to
twenty rods. If a plot of land be two
hundred paces long and fifty paces
wide, call every five paces a rod, mul-
tinly the rods in length by the number
of rods in width, and divide the pro
duct by 160, the square rods iu one
acre. Thus: 100 paces, 20’rods,
and 50 paces, 10 rods, or 10 by 20,200
square rods, which, divided by 160,
H acres.
A square acre is about 208 feet 8£
inches on every side.
In order to lav out one acre of land
twice as long as the width, the length
must be 417 feet and 5 inches, and the
width 104 feet 4 inches.
Twenty feet front and 2,178 feet
deep, one acre.
Twenty-five feet front aud 1,7424
feet deed, one acre.
Thirty feet fiont and 1,452 feet
deep, one acre.
Thirty-three feet front and 1,320
feet deep, one acre.
Forty feet front and 1,089 feet dee‘d
one acre.
Fifty feet front and 871 2—12 feet
deep, one acre.
One hundred feet front and 43 a*
feet deep, one acre.
The laws in force when the Consti
tution was adopted lett the churches
in this State free to regulate matters
connected with social status in their
congregations, as they thought proper.
They could say who should enter their
church’edifices, aud occupy their scats,
and in what order they simuld be clas-
a tied or seated. In all this they
were protected by the common law ot
this htate. The now Constitution for
ever guarantees this protection, by de
nying to the Legislature the power to
pass any law withdrawing it, or regu
lating iiie social status in such assem
blages. The same is true of railroad
ami steamboat companies, and hotel
keepers. But they were not compelled
to put persons of different races or sex
es in the same cars, or in the same
apartments, or scat them at the same
table.”
Again, one of the Judges iu his de
cision in the case above stated, says:
“ This in my opinion is one of the
wisest provisions in the Constitution,
as it excludes from the hulls of the
Legislature a question which was like
ly to produce more unprofitable agita
tion, wrangling aud contention than
any other subject within the whole 1
range of their authority.”
The aforesaid Civil Rights Bill at
one fell swoop contemplates depriving
the white race of Georgia of that so
cial status to which, from time imme
morial, they have been entitled as a
sacred heritage, and which the Con
stitution of 1SU8 intended forever to
secure to them and their children.
There is no pretext for Pearce’s bill
of abominations, unless it be found in
Article 14 of the Constitution of the
United States, which prohibits the
States from making or enforcing any
hw which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the United
States, or which shall deny to any per
son within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of its laws. The conclud
ing section of said article says : “ Con
gress shall have power to enforce, by
appropriate legislation, the provisions
of this article.”
Now, from the first organization of
civilized society, every member thereof
has had the inalienable right to choose
his or her associates. The veriest ty
rants have never presumed to deprive
their subjects of this most precious
privilege. This abominable till im
poses upon the white race of the South
ern States, and their children, the in
tolerable burden of admitting to their
ranks, on terms of equality, an interior
race, in all schools, hotels, cars, steam
boats, stages, churches, cemeteries,
theatres, and concerts. A greater in
sult was never oflcreil to any people.
It claims for unrefined and boorish
ignorance a privilege to which it never
had, nor ever can have the least possi
ble right on account of citizenship, or
the right of protection under the law.
But the savage barbarity of Pearce’s
bill goes farther, and deprives the
parent of the privilege and immuuity
of selecting the school associations of
his children. With sacrilege it pro
fanes the worship of the Almighty by
seating iu churches liuv.ng lice seats
all races promiscuously. It deprives
congregations whose funds have erect
ed and dedicates! temples for the wor
ship of God, of the right to say who
shall he admitted therein; thus pro
hibiting those whose property a church
is, from controling the same; aud to
which a congregation has as dear and
sacred right as any one has to his
own individual estate. It commits
the same unhallowed trespass upon
the rights, privileges and immunities
of all proprietors of hotels, railroad
cars, steamboats, stages and theatres.
In a word, it intends tiie utter de
struction of all the social status of
Southern refinement and society. The
14th Article of the United States
Constitution can be enforced only by
“ appropriate legislation.” Never was
legislation more absurd or inappro
priate than the bill of Pearce, when
we consider the condition of the South
J upon wha?e society it is intended to
operate. I regret t< use the language,
but conscientious conviction compels
me to do it. The Ku-Klux bill was
the firey muttering of Vesuvius.
Pearce’s so-called Civil Rights Bill is
the boiling over of hell itself.
C. D. DAVIS.
entered the Radical organization and
hopelessly divided the party? Will
they not make one more effort to stive
the Constitution of their country ? Iu
our humble judgment tlie | olitioil
field presents a very gloomy view to
all true Democrats. Men who have
stood up nobly for years seem sudden
ly to fail, like the swimmer who sinks
and drowns just its he stretches fort h
his hand to grasp the shore that, he
has almost reached. We see nothing
ahead to encourage us, hut can, at
present, only wait for the development
of events iu the future, while the only
thing w'hieh we can speak with any
certainty, is to say that nothing can
induce us to vote a Radical ticket, no
matter whose name may head it.—
Washington ( Wilkes county) Gazette.
Platform of the Pennsylvania Demo
cracy
Will the Democracy Surrender in the
Honr of Victory !
Since the political campaign of I860,
which culminated in the defeat of the
Democratic party, the election of Lin
coln to the Presidency, the succession
of the Southern States and the four
years of war which followed, the Dem-
Ilesolvcd, That the Democratic par
ty, while in the future as in the past,
firmly upholding the Constitution of
the United States as the foundation
and limitation of the powers of ti.e
General Government and the safe
shield of the liberties of the people,
demands for the citizen the largest
freedom oouautont uiiiU |HlUlui Ardor,
and for every State tiie right of setr-
government; that to uphold the form
er and protect the latter, the Demo
cracy of Pennsylvania i-an find n« bet
ter platform upon which lo stand than
the great leading principles enunciated
in the inaugural address ot Presi
dent Jefferson and tiie farewell address
of the immortal Jaeksou. Upon these
great State papers we plant ourselves
and enter the contest of 1872.
Resolved, That abused as the public
confidence has been by a long period
of official mismanagement, waste, and
fraud, this convention invites the co
operation of all citizens of the com
monwealth, in the earnest efiort which
the great constituency it represents is
about to make, t > remove from our
State administration every taint cf po
litical corruption. The interest of ev
ery Penusylvauian is directly a< d vi
tally concerned in the eradication of
unjust usages and practices by which
individual fortunes may he created at
the public cost, and the attempt to do
this can be made certainly successful
hv the uniou of upright aud fair-mind
ed men of all p Tries, and by sustain
ing candidates of unquestioned abili
ties and unspotted names.
Resolved, That this convention ap
peals to the people of Pennsylvania
for the support of the candidate lor
Governor whom it has placet! in nom
ination, because his election will se
cure at once a corrcciit n of existing
wrongs and the permanent future pros-
jierity of the Slate. It asks for his
support because he has been nominat
ed not to subserve the views or pro
mote the interests ot any section or
faction, but to meet the requirements
of an urgent and common need; be
cause lie fully represents, and iu his
life and character fairly illustrates, the
true spirit and principles of popular
government; because he has been au
earnest, sincere and efficient opponent
of the fraudulent practices and false
doctrine of the party that has held
power through many long years of
misrepresentation aud misrule; be
cause he stands pledged by the record
of his whole life to administer his of
fice, if elected, for the benefit, and
only the benefit, of the |>eople; be
cause he can be tru ted to secure care
ful, economical and responsible con
trol of the agents and officials and the
treasury of the commonwealth; be
cause he can be relied on to abstain
from unfounded aud unjust demands
to the prejudice of public rights, to op
pose with vigor the encroachment of
[towcrful corporations, and energetical
ly resist the grant to aggregated capi
tal of privileges which could be used
to injure, hamper and impede the ef
forts of individuals in the various en
terprises and fields of labor which the
State affords, and because his action
in the past is proof that his official in
flui uce will be used hereafter to pre
vent the mischief of special legislation,
and to destroy the possibility of pro
curing the euactment of any statute bv
the useof money orotherc rrup* mea: s
The third and fourth resolutions re
late to State affairs.
Resolved, That the grant, by the
Radical Legislature of this State, of
numerous charters creating such cor
porations as the Southern Improve
ment Company, the Continental Im
provement Company, and others of
similar character, is unjust to the in
terests of trade, is dangerous to the
rights and liberties of people, and as
such meets with an unqualified con
demnation.