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VOLUME XX.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, 1874.
NUMBER 50.
pe Southern Watchman.
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PROFESSIONAL
) |. n< | \. s. KKVIX. | HOWELL COBB,JR.
euwix & coon.
attorneys at law,
A T/IEXS, GEORG JA.
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V.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attorney-nt-Lnw. Athens, Ga.
u ert.orrr the »tore of Harry A Sc
Mention r<* crises *n Bankruptcy. Al
ii ..f all claims cutrus'ed to hi? care.
1
i|KS !*. LYLE,
r \t Law.
1 TKIXSYILLE, GA
] A\Y;UM) A Oltlt
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BY RALDON.
Spring is coming, Spring is coming,
With its blossoms, song and glee;
Soon the storm-king will cease raging,
For its cheering signs I seo.
See, beneath Sol's rat's dissolving.
Winter's hoary frost and hail;
Cease, ye wild winds, cease your roaring,
Nature’s cheek no longer pqje.
Spring is coming, Spring is coming; i
List! the gleeful song-bird hear;
From tho glen his cotes are pealing,
Telling us that Spring is near.
Zephyrs, on their wings now bearing
•»• - n -°" I Odors from the first blown flower,
Guardianship A.00 | lls t00 th at Sp r j ng j s nearing.
Winter soon will lose his power.
March is coming, March is coming,
Wrestling with the tempest wild,
Yet through storms his way hoforceth,
Leading May and April mild.
Come, oh ! March, though winter's forces
lludeiy meet thee on thy way;
Crowns are the rewards of crosses—
Crowns tho victor’s toils repay.
April comes liko Rachel, weeping
O'er her fair, her loved ones dead ;
April, winter's cold is leaving
Scarce a flower to deck thy head.
Yet wo hail with joy thy coming;
From thy tears shall roses spring,
And tho hills and vales rejoicing.
Their gay chaplets to thee bring.
Nest o'er blooming landscapes skipping,
May, in robes of green appears,
And the rose and myrtle twining.
Form tho wreath tho maiden wears.
Come, oh ! May, with flowers fairest,
Deck thy sister April's tomb;
From the germs her tears have nourished,
Spring this verduro and this bloom.
Welcome, March, though storms oppose theo ;
Welcome, April, with thy showers,:
Welcome, May, all hearts will greet thee,
CloiUo with green the fields and bowers.
Welcome, Spring, thou emblem fittest
Of the bloom of Eden lost;
Child of all tho seasons fairest,
'Tis thy charms delight us most.
Yec, oh, Christian ! Spring is coming,
Radiant with celestial light;
Then the flowers, blushing, blooming.
Ne’er shall know tho winter’s blight.
Then no suns of autumn, burning.
E'er shall fade tho landscape fair.
Where the angels now are wreathing
Garlands for tho good to wear.
Athens, Georgia.
family of that name said to live in these parts..
“ Why, yes," said Jones. *• Webster, why,
yes, our old neighbor. He bad two likely boys.
Les' see—Zeko ; and then there was—what’s
his natuo—Ob, Dan’l—Dan’l Webster.” And
then Daniel leaning on the fence, engaged in
along talk with the farmer about the Webster
family—a talk quite unnecessary to reproduce
here. The farmer was very enthusiastic
about Ezekiel. Ezekiel Webster, it should
be remembered, was a young man of
rare promise—of even greater promise than
his famous brother ; as we believe the latter
admitted in riper years. Ho died when but a
young man. Tho farmer could not say too
much in praise of Ezekiel, to all of which, of
conrso, Daniel Webster listened with bound
less satisfaction. But finally tho latter said
“ What became of the other brother—Daniel ?'
“ Oh, I don’t know,’ said farmer Jones.
“ He went away, and I believe is a kind of a
lawyer down in Boston.”—M. F., in Golden
Age.
'HEWS.
Attorney at I.j
Dani
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Llavule, Ga.
Miy business on-
MarchU.
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.,,,1 Retail Danli
U MISSION .Ml
jrciiants,
in roe Hall. Urea.
1 St, Athens, Ga.
utl to store Cott<
>n fit 25 cents per
e cash whan do*
irod. 0ct2S.
otail Poalor in
tOCERIES, HARDWARE. Ac.
Dread Street, Athens, Ha.
..IN !l. CHRISTY,
1 fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, '■la.
T : •( urn t Hr.-ad and Wall streets, over the store
I\ I*,Hard. tf
DiYIU'iX HOTEL,
CHA ESTOX, -S'. C.
■IK-1'.CLASS Hotel is situated in the very
' tite hiHinoss part of the city, ami nil who
r ail! fimlovery convenience audluxury that
wared. Board, per day, $3.00.
«n.ros, Sup). Mrs. L. Il.lltm mriEm, 1
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DIMKY it .NEWTON,
and Domestic HARDWARE,
No. fi,Broad street, Athens, Qa.
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e.nd Retail Dealer in
DRV GOODS, GROCERIES, &c.
No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
DMEY STEER,
LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
■licitr.r General of Western Circuit, will attend
r:s of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, JIall, Bank?,
. llahcrsham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
t attention to collecting and other claims in
untie.-. March 19, 1873.
EUas, Attorney at, Law,
’ LEAN KLIN, N. C.
'.i'e- in all the Court? of Western North Caro-
i i in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in
!'of the State. aplG—ly
piw.vuit i!. HARDEST
" nlj^eU. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
i.uw Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
July2A ly (Juitman, lirook* County, Ga.
K.
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V. O'KEIjLEY’S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
'• rlYilliaus* Shoe store, Broad street, Athens
sep3.
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A Attorney at Law,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Mill^ive prompt a’tcntion to all business entrusted
Ilf- will attend the Courts of Habersham,
[ Iraiiklin aad llall. sep!7—ly.
TF.Uri...<i. k. r. 1IOWELL.
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
■VlTOIiNEYS AT LAW,
£0 o?.<l Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA*
])R ACTICK in the State and Federal Courts, and
:• nd regularly n'.l the Courts in Atlanta, iuclud-
ly; the Supreme Court of tho State, and will argue
* *Jupon briefs for absent parties, on reasonable
• practice inth j Courts of tho counties con-
ccessibleto At antaby Railroad, aepll
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M.AV.RIDEN, *
, ATTORNEY at law.
U- S. Claim Agent and notary Public
GMXESY1LLE, GEORGIA.
■■ OSce on Wilson street, below King A Bro’s.
t thruary 19,1S73.
RS R. r.RTE». MADISOX BELL.
Estes & bell,
ATTORNEYS at law,
-; /A VSVILLE GEORGIA.
\\ * practice in the counties composing the West-
r,t /j!! 3 ^-Trouit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
-it t luc Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in
irr ^ re l** C Uorart °f Georgia, and in tho United State?
a ’ Atlanta. mayI4
JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
Mrifpop Accoucheur and Physician
[Office a; }fr. Thouiatt Sheats* Slorj,)
Good Hope Histriot, Walton co., Ga.
I 1 ' Hofcssional services to the citizens of the
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livery, Feed k Sale Stable
A TUIAXS, GEOJiGIA.
ANN & HEAVES, DEOPHIETORS,
\\ n, ‘'and, re.r Franklin
v. .'(jling, Thomas street. Keep always
StV R iV I ar "' u, ' lls iln 'l eareful Jrivers.
s,, Wi! “ c »red for irhon entrusted to our care.
V* on hand for sale at all times. dee»5—tf
A. A.. EDGE,
Bo °t, Slaoe and Harness
.m akeb,
-All WATKIKSYILLE, GA.
WALTON HOTEL,
T:iei, MONROE. GA.
I t tna W0U 1<1 lespectfully inform travelers
«tk, ab« f P n lle , eM - r, rtU tUl Vekas taken charge
spare no ps.Eh to make
I ^ Hi. lla. who ?*** favor ^iih their patron
| " jbe r#asenable. jan28 lm
!|SkR. B. ADAIR, D.D.S
OA1KESV1LLE, QA.
^"yheaUeorner Public Snn.re.
legal blanks.
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For tho Southern Watchman.
A<1 venture with a Panther.
Nearly half a century ago, when that beau
tiful section of country, now thickly dotted
with villages and improved farms, along the
Noiachucky river, in upper East Tennessee,
was comparatively a wilderness, the hero of
my story had an adventure with a panther,
which I have often heard him relate, and which
I shall never forget.
Immediately after night-fall ho found that
ho was lost in an extensive forest, without even
a path by which to find his way out. His first
impulso was to dismount, lie down aud try to
rest until morning; but with tho hopo that he
might bo heard, ho rasolved to halloo, which,
to his horror, was immediately answered by a
loud, shrill cry, which was soon repeated much
nearer him, and again in close proximity to
him. lie was riding a young, but spirited
horse, aud at onco knew that his only safety
was to remain upon him, if possible.
Tho panther was now crouching before him
—the nobio horso leaping furiously over him
tho panther in turn leaping over both horso and
rider. IIo gave tho horso tho rein and bado
him go through the trackless forest. The flight
was rapid and inexpressibly terrific; and great
drops of perspiration foil from tho rider's brow,
as ho felt the keen breeze, made by the pan
thcr in leaping over him. Hatless, lacerated
and bleeding, tho rider was carriod over falien
trees and young saplings, until tho bridle
caught over one, as it sprang back to its place.
Having no kuife to cut the rain, various at-
mpts were made to bend down the sapling,
unbridle tbe horse; with a last desperate
effort tho bridlo was loosed, and the horse,
maddened almost to desperation, again bound
ed forward until ho reached a cleared field,
and having been trained in a regiment of light
horse, (of which our hero was Colonel) he leap
ed tho fence aud the panther gave up the chase.
A light was seen in the distance, which,
when reached, proved to be tbe abode of a
friend, who took the horso and bado our hero
go iu;’ and upon going into the house and
seeing tbe scratched and bleeding condition of
his guest, declared that ho would not have put
up his horso for all ho possessed, if bo had
known of his bair-breadth escape.
The next day, after hearing of the adven
ture, Maj. James Britton and others started
from Grecneviilo with a pack of bounds in
pursuit, and reaching the locality, soon ‘ struck
trail,’ and on reaching the river behold a large
panther emerging from the water on tbe oppo
site side, which finally made its escape.
Tho adventurer, bending under the weight
of nearly four-score years and ten, now lives
within 13 miles of Athens, having sur
vived all of ten children but three. He work
ed on tho Arsenal near Richmond, Va,, and
has built forty public buildings in Tennessee
and North Carolina, and was a member of tbe
Georgia Legislature during tho war.
Respectfully, A Patron,
From the Randolph Enterprise.
Grange Secrets Revealed--How the Initiations
are Conducted--Fun for the Million.
On being brought into tho ante-room of the
lodge, (Greengrocer Temple, No. 101.) I was
told that I had been balloted for and accepted.
My informant, who was securely masked by
what I afterwards learned was a largo burdock
leaf, perforated with holes for tho eyes, told
mo that if I valued my life, it would bo neces
sary for mo to strip. As I did consider that
of considerable worth to mo, and as ho italicized
his wishes by carelessly playing with a seven-
shooter, I withdrew from my garments with
eagerness. My masked friend then furnished
mo with tho regaiia of tho first degree—called
* The Festivo Plough-boy’—which consisted
merely of one large cabbage attached to waist
band of potato vines. In this airy costumo
was conducted to tho door, where my compan
ion gavo threo distinct raps. (I was securely
blindfolded by binding a slice of rutabaga over
each eye.) A sepulchral voice from within
asked : * Who comes ?’
My guide answered: ‘A youthful agricul
turist, who desires to bccomo a granger.’
Sepulchral Voice—Havo you looked him
carefully over ?
Guido—1 havo, noblo gate-keeper.
S. V.—Do yoq find any agricultural marki
about his person ?
Guido—I do.
S. V.—What are they ?
Guide—The candidate has carroty hair, red
dish whiskers and a turnup nose.
S. V—'Tis well, Why do you desire to be
come a granger?
Guide (answering for candidate)—That he
may be thereby the better enabled to harrow
up tho feelings of tho rascally politicians.
S. V.—You will briug iu tho candidate. My
worthy stripling, as you cannot see, I will cause
you to feel that you are received at the door
on the threo points of a pitchfork, piercing tho
region of tho stomach, which is to teach you
the threo great virtues—faith, hopo and char
ity. Faith in yourself, hope for cheaper farm
machinery, and charity for tho lightning-rod
peddler. You wiil new ho harnessed, and in
representation of the horse, Pegasus, will be
tested as to endurance and wind.
The candidate is here attached to a small
imitation plough, by means of a bempea har
ness. A dried pumpkin vino is put in his
mouth for a bit and bridlo—bo is mado to get
down on all fours, tho guide seizes tho bridle,
and urged on by a granger armed with a Can
ada thistle, which ho vigorously applies at the
terminus of the spine, the candidate is gallop
ed threo times around tho room. While mak
ing the circuit tho members rise aud siug:
knowing ones.’ This is extremely bandy in
prognosticating now weather, and saves tbe
wear and tear of almanacs. Wagging the ears
gnifies sublimity of purpose, and is thought
be emblem:' tical of childhood’s happy hours.’
is supposed by some profound scholars to
have a distinct reference to apple dumplings,
hut this fact is somewhat obscure by tbe dust
of ages. In token that you are one of us, you
will now bo branded. This ceremony is very
impres sive, and consists of two brands. They
are both applied ‘ while the iron is hot,’ and
consist of one letter of the alphabet each.—
The first is a large letter S, on which you will
pleaso sit while the other letter is applied to
your stomach. Tho letter S, my worthy
chicken, signifies scooped, and refers to rail
road monopolies. It is also supposed to indi-
cato the seat of learning—tho spot where the
old-time teacher bunted for brains vgith the
ferule. The second letter is C, and is applied,
as I said before, to tho stomach. It has a
double meaning. First, the application is an
ricultural one, ‘ corncrib,’ and has reference
to tho stomach as being the great receptacle
for Bourbon whiskey. But, brother, do not
bo diligent in finding a home market fer your
corn. The second application of the letter
my distracted infant, is got hold of as follows:
When one Granger desires to ascertain ‘ for
sure ’ if there is another of tho order in the
room, ho raises himself gently by tho slack of
his—of his unmentionables—scratches his off
thigh with his near hoof, and remarks in
voice of thunder : ‘ Are thero any Grangers
about V Tho answer is * Jcoso wax.’ The in
quirer then says, ‘ let us see ’ (letter C,) and
the other party must immediately pull out bis
stomach and disclose the brand.
These brands are applied in such a manner
that I am enabled to assure you that they will
wash.
I was hero interrupted, Mr. Editor, by a vol
ley fired into tho open window, evidently in
tended for mo. Fortunately I escaped with
out a scratch, and what is of more consequence
succeeded in fetching off my precious manu
script. This is about all thero is in tho cere
mony of any importance. I must leave tho
country at once—armed men are at my heels
—tboy know that I am writing to expose them.
You may hear from mo again by mail, if I
should deem it best to expose the other de-
rees. Until then—adieu.
From your sacred friend, B. Folk.
corn, Whitaker and Drayton streets, and leas
ing the samo; and also to authorize and em
power said Mayor and Aldermen, after reserv-
ng and keeping open as many of the docks as
the necessity or convenience may require, to
close up all other docks by the building of
wharves, and to vest in said Mayor and Coun
cil tho absolute property in said wharves when
built.
88 To levy a tax for tho support of the gov
ernment for the year 1874, aud to provido for
the collection of the same, and for other pur
poses therein named.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Got up and dust, you bully boy—
Who wouldn't bo a granger?
If tho thistle’s prick don’t cause you joy,
To feeling you must be estranged, eb !
Awn
Anecdote of Webster.
When Daniel Webster had reached the very
topmost height of bis fame, after bis great
speech in reply to Colonel Hayne, of South
Carolina—tho speech commonly kcown as his
Constitutional Speech"—be paid a visit to
bis old homo in New Hampshire, tbe neighbor
hood of his boyish years and bis first manly
aspirations and stragglings. A well known
citizen was his companion. After going up
the rongh mountain roads for a good long
while Webster pointed out tbe nearness of the
old parental roof-tree. “ There," said he, “ is
neighbor”—Jones we will call him—" there’s
our old neighbor Jones. I’ll stop and talk
with him, and see if he knows me.” So Mr.
Webster got oat of the wagon and walked on
ahead. Soon he met tho old man Jones, and
"passed the time of day,” as they say in good
rural Now England. Webster/talked lazily,
loitering along the road, and finally turning,
said to tho seamed, gnarlod, rugged old far
mer,
“ Wasn’t there a family named Webster
After this violent exercise he is rubbed dry
with corn-cobs, beeswaxed where tbistled, aud
brought standing up beforo tho great chief—
tho Most Worshipful Pumpkiu Head.
M. W. P. H.—Why do you desire to be a
granger ?
Candidate (answering for bidself)—That I
may learn to extinguish sewing machine agents.
M. W. P. H.—Have your bands been hard
ened with toil ?
Candidate—Not extensively, but then I am
not running for office.
M. W. P. H.—’Tis well, for our lodges con
tain several wno are supposed to bo ready to
sacrifice themselves for tbe good of their con
stituents. Do you feel pretty smart this even
ing»
Candidato 1 ~ Yes, where tho bustle goes on.
M. W. P. H. (savagoly)—Givo me a chaw of
tobacker!
Candidate searches himself thoroughly, hut
as there is no place about him to stick a pock
et, tries to explain, but tho Most Worshipful
Pumpkin Head interrupts him with:
‘Nevermind, my dear young friend—I am
well aware that in your present condition you
can no more furnish your friends with the
weed than Adam could be comfortablo in a
plug bat and tight boots. It is merely to teach
you the great lesson of economy—doin,
others as you’d like to havo them do to you,
You will now be conducted to tho Most Emi
nent Squash Producer, who will teach you the
grand bailing sign of distress. This sign, my
worthy brother, will insure you against many
of the ills of tho agriculturist—amongst others,
against drouths and being bit by tho ferocious
grasshopper.’
Tho candidate is now conducted before the
Most Eminent Squash Producer, who thus
says; 4 My worthy brother, I will now invest
you with tho order of the festivo Ploughboy
which you have well won by your herosic
achievement while in harness—may you ever
wear it with pleasure to yourself, and by it be
a terror to your enemies.”
(Tbe M. E. S. P. then proceeds to invest the
candidate with tho regalia of the festive Plough-
boy, which consists of a long tomato necklace.)
Tho grand bailing sign of distress is mado by
gently closing tbe left eye, laying tbe right
fore-finger alongside tbe nose, and violently
wagging the ears. It requires practice, but
tbe advantages are iDtense. It is also an im
portant signification, which you will do well
to beed. The closing of the eye signifies that
in all youi dealings with mankind you are
bound to have an eye to business. Laying the
finger alongside the nose is emblematical of
LIST OF ACTS,
Passed by fho Legislature of Georgia in the
Session of 1874, aud Approved by the Gov
ernor.
1 To charter the Direct Teado Union of the
Patrons of Husbandry.
2 To transfer the county of Glascock from
the Middlo to the Northern Judicial Circuit.
3 To ratify the issuing of §25,000 of bonds of
the city of Athens to tho University of Georgia
for educational purposes.
4 To alter, amend, and add to an act cuti
tied an act for tho protection of deer, partridges
and wild turkeys, in the counties of Bryan and
Chatham, and to apply the provisions of said
act to tho counties of Fulton, Clarke and De-
Kalb, and to make the killing of tbo samo, in
certain seasons, a penal offense, and for other
purposes.
5 To create a board of commissioners for
the county of Morgan,
C To repeal an act entitled an act to repeal
so much of an act to creato a couuty court in
each county of the State of Geargia, except
certain counties therein mentioned, approved
Jan. 19, 1872, as applies to the couuty of Lin
coln.
7. To amend an act entitlod an act to pro
scribe tho mode of granting license to sell in
toxicating liquors in tho counties of Jefferson,
Burke and Washington ; approved Feb. 20tb,
1873.
8 To fix tbo place for sheriff's sales in tbe
county of Baldwin.
In reference to tbe officers of the jail of Chat
ham county.
9 To amend an act incorporating tho Peo
ple’s Saving Bank of Nowuan, approved Jan.
20, 1872.
10 To authorize A. King, of Houston coun
ty, to peddle in certain counties withoutlicense.
*11 To amend an act to organize a criminal
court for tho counties of DeKalb, Henry, Car-
roll, and Sumter, approved Feb. 22, 1873.
12 To amend an act incorporating tbe town
of Franklin, in tho county of Heard, assented
to December 26tb, 1831, and all acts amenda
tory thereto.
13 To confor additional powers upon tho
Mayor and City Council of the city of Borne.
14 To incorporate tbe Rising Fawn Iron
Company.
15 To incorporate tho North Goorgia Rail
road Company.
10 To amend an act entitled an act to create
a Board of Commissioners of roads and revenuo
of Mitchell county.
17 '1 o amend an act to create a County
Court in each county of tho Slate of Georgia
certain counties therein named, so far as the
same relates to tbe county of Clarke,
18 To prevent the sale of spirituous liijfcors
Trmn L’nntnru nnJ rimnitv in tlio nnnnlv
at Trion Factory and vicinity, in the county
of Chattooga. »
19 To empower and authorize the Ordinary
of Forsyth county to sell tho real estate known
as tbo Academy Lot, in tbo town of Cumming,
in said county; tbe property of said county.
20 To amend an act establishing county
courts iu ths counties of DeKalb, Henry, Car
roll and Sumter, approved Feb. 23,1873, and
for other purposes,
21 To appropriate one thousand dollars of
Baldwin county bond3 now in the Treasury of
tho State of Georgia, for the Mayor and Coun
cil of the city of Milledgeville, and for other
purposes,
22 To prevent tho sale of spirituous liquors
near the Ridge Talley Iron Works in Floyd
county.
23 To incorporate tho Ridge Valley Iron
Company and to confer certain powers and
privileges thereon.
24 To incorporate tho Atlanta Fire Insurance
Company of the city of Atlanta, Ga.
25 To alter and amend the act entitled an
act to create a board of commissioners of roads
and revenue for the county of Dawson, approv
ed December 13tb, 1870,
26 To repeal section 1978 of tho Code of
1873, except liens of landlords.
27 To repeal an act to incorporate the town
of Hillsboro in the county of Floyd and all acts
amendatory thoreof, and to incorporate tho
town of South Romo in Floyd county.
28 To prescribo the mode of granting licenses
to sell iutoxicating liquors in the county of
Chattooga.
29 To repeal an act entitled an act to ebany
tho lino between the counties of Baker ?.nd
Early, assented to Dec 21,1866.
30 To incorporate tbe Southern Land Man
ufacturing and Labor Society.
31 To extend the jurisdiction of Justices of
tho Peace and Notaries Public in tUr, county
of Stewart in certain cases.
32 To change tbe name of tbe AtoYorm Med
ical College to the Collego of A’mer ican Medi
cine and Surgery.
33 To lie. enact and declare in fall force an
actapgfoyfld pecembep ip, iK»J r entitled an
therein named, so far as the same applies to
the Chatham Artillery.
34 To amend an act to incorporate the Wil
mington Railroad Company approved 1868, and
tho acts amendatory thereof.
35 To amend section 2783 of the new Code
of 1873, in relation to pnblic holidays.
36 To amend the Penal Code of this State,
by prescribing the punishment for wilful and
malicious burning of an unocupied dwelling
house of another, on a farm or elsewhere, not
in a city.
37 To amend tbe charter of the Dade Coal
Company, to increase its capital stock, legal
ize the issue of bonds, to extend its railroa'd
facilities, etc., etc.
33. To authorize tbo Board of Commission
ers of the county of Wilkinson to levy au extra
tax for the year 1874,
39 To define the line between tbe counties
ol Montgomery and Laurens, on the West side
of the Oconeo river.
40 To proscribe tho mode of .issuing license
to soil intoxicating liquors in the county of
Emanuel.
41 T6 reduce tbe Sheriffs bond of the coun
ty of Quitman
42 To repeal au act entitled an act to in
crease the pay of jurors in counties of Stewart
Webster, Troup, Terrell, Spalding, Gordon,
Paulding, Early, Miller, Greene, Murray, Quit-
man, Fayette, Dawson, Lumpkin, Heard,
Clarke, Chattahoochee, Taylor, Macon, Tel
fair, Thomas, Decatur, Habersham, Monroe,
Dooley, Jasper, Houston, Worth and Clay, ap
proved December 14th, so far as the same re
lates to tbe county of Quitman.
43 For tho relief of Richard Bower of the
county of Ware.
44 To change the timo of holding the Su
perior Court of Talliaferro county.
45 To prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors
within threo miles of Antioch Male Academy,
in Stewart county.
40 To repeal section twelve, of an act enti
tled an act to reorganize the municipal govern
ment of tho city of Augusta.
47 To change the line between tho counties
of Miller and Early.
43 To mako tho Tax Receivers of Webster
and Gilmer counties, ex-officio county treasur
ers of said counties, and for other purposes.
49 To make the county court of Richmond
a court of record; to extend the jurisdiction
thereof; to create tho office of County solici
tor ; to fix the fees of tho officers of said court
and for other purposes.
50 To repeal section four of an act to change
tho line between the counties of Randolph and
Calhoun, and for other purposes thcreiu men
tioned, approved Feb. 21st. 1856.
51. To amend section 4441 of tho Code of
Georgia.
51 To consolidate, amend and codify tho
various acts incorporating tho city of Dalton
iu tho county of Whitfield.
52 For the relief of J. W. Renfroo and W.
C. Mathews, of Washington county.
54 To change tho line between tho counties
of Pulaski and Dodge, and to add a portion of
the county of Dodge to tho county of Pulaski
55 To reduce the Sheriff’s bond ofPaulding
county to five thousand dollars.
56 To amond an act entitled an act to es
tablish a county court for the counties of
Dougherty and Leo, and the act of February,
1873, amendatory thereof; aud to extend tho
provisions of tho same to the county of Do-
catur.
57 To ropeal.section 312 of the revised Code
of Georgia, “ edition of 1873,” so far as tho
samo relates to the county of Columbia.
58. To amend section 4890 of Irwin’s Revised
; Code of Georgia. - .
59 To repeal an act entitled an act to amend
the charter of tbe Georgia Railroad and Bank
ing Company, and to amend the charter of the
Atlanta anff West Point Railroad Company,
and for other purposes, approved August 26,
1872
60 To fix tho times of holding the Superior
Courts of the Oconoe Circuit.
61 For tho rolief of R. G. Ford, Jr., and of
J. P. Williams, of the county of Worth
G2 For the relief of M. R. Homo, of the
county of Worth.
G3 To exempt from jury duty the officers
and members of the City Light Guards and
Columbus Guards, military organizations of
the city of Columbus,
63 To authorize and requiro tho county
treasurer of Greono county to sell the bonds
in which tho fund known as the “ Gwino Alli
son School Fund" is invested, and to invest
tho proceeds arising from said sale in the bond
or bonds of said county, and to authorize and
requiro the Ordinary of said county to issue
said county bond or bonds.
67 To prevent the town authorities of Cedar
Town and the town authorities of Franklin
from assessing and collecting taxes in certain
cases therein provided.
63 To change tbo lino between the counties
of Towns and Union.
69 To make valid contracts with tho Au
gusta Real Estate and Building Association,
and to authorize remedies for the enforce
ment of the samo, and to mako - conveyances
to said Association binding as absolute deeds,
and for other purposes.
70 To crcato a couuty court for Bartow
county.
72 To repeal all provisions contained in tho
charters horetoforo granted to different rail
road companies in this State, granting State
aid to such companies where their right to the
same has not been vested.
73 To prohibit the sale ! of intoxicating
liquors or alcoholic bitters wi’thin two miles of
Villa Rica, in the county of C arroll, in quanti
ties less than ono gallon, except in cases there
in specified.
Newspapers Domestically Considered.
Too low an estimate is apt to be set on the
domestic value of newspapers. After reading
them, and putting oursslves, through their
agency, in mental correspondence with the
world, they are thrown aside and forgotten.
But to suppose their usefulness bounded by
their news columns and tho waste bag is a thrift
less mistake.
In the first place, there are household re
cipes to be found in stray corners often ex
cellent and deserving a refuge on tho fly leaf
of the family cook-book. Then comtes tho pret
ty verses, tho strange and droll stories, the
brief biographies and remniscenccs which,
pasted in a scrap boeb, are a source of never
ending pleasure, not only to those who do not
care for richer intellectual food, but to those
who have only odd moments for reading,
Notwithstanding the squibs jocular journal
ists have penned on tho uso of newspapers for
bed clothing, we know from experience that
these are not to bo despised. They may not
be as comfortable as your blankets, but cer
tainly thoy keep out the cold. Two thickness
of papers are better than a pair of blankets,
and in tho case of persons who disliko the
weight of many bed clothes they are invalua
ble. A spread made of a double layer of pa
pers between a covering of calico or chiutz, is
desirable in every household. Tho papers
should bo tacked together with a thread, and
also basted to tho covering to keep them from
slipping. An objection has been made on ac
count of tho rustling, but if soft papers bo cho
sen tho noise will not bo annoying, especially
should it bo spread between a blanket and a
counterpane.
As a protection to plants against cold, both
in and out cf doors, nothing is better. If news
papers aro pinned up ovor night at a window
between pots and glass, tho flowers will not
only not be frozen, but will not oven get chill
ed, as they are so liable to bo at thi3 season.
In tbe samo way, if taken to cover garden beds
on the frosty nights of early autumn, thoy will
allow plants to remain safely out doors some
timo later than is common.
Ono of the oddest services to put our jour
nals to is tho keeping of ice in tho summer.
An ingenions houskeeper recently discovered
that her daily supply of ico would last nearly
twice as long when wrapped in newspapors,
and placed in any kind of a covered box, as
when trusted solely to a refrigerator. This is
Tho Logan Fertilizer $44.55 per ton
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar’s Home
made Fertilizer, Formula No L 27.36 “ “
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar's Home
made Fertilizer, Formula No. 2 17.04 “ “
E. Frank Coe’s Ammoniated Bono Suporphos-
pbato §54.62 per ton
Peruvian guano (Guanape).... 99.09 *• “
Peruvian guano (Cbincha) 46.27 “ “
Langdale guano 36.26 “ “
The most astounding revelation hero mado
is the value at which tho Peruvian (Cbincha)
guano is placed. This, as it is well known,
has always furnished the standard values for
fertilizers. But when it is seen, by rcferenco
to tbo analysis, that this sample (and it was
taken with tho greatest of care from several'
sacks in a lot of six thousand tons) contained
21-53 per cent, of sand, the valuation set upon
it is no longer a mattor of surprise.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Malcoxi Johnston, Secretary.
University or Geodc.ia, 1
Laboratory of Applied Chemistry. J.
Athons Ga., March 3,1874.)
M. Johnston, Esq., Secretary State Agricultural
Society :
My Dear Sir :—I have tho honor to enclose
report of analyses and estimation of commer
cial values of seven (7) additional samples of
Commercial Fertilizers received from you in
tho same manner as those previously reported
upon. Pleaso assign appropriate names aud
mako uso of this for tho benefit of tho Agricul
tural Society.
The commercial values employed aro tho
samo as heretofore used, viz :
For Phosphoric Acid soluble iu wa
ter lGJc. W It)
For *• Reduced” Phosphoric Acid..l6Jc. “ •*
For Insoluble 5&c. “ “
For Potash GJc. “ “
For Nitrogen 30 c. “ “
60.2 pounds soluble phosphoric acid.. .§10.03
7.2 pounds reduced phosphoric acid.... 1.21
18.6 pounds insoluble phosphoric acid.. 1.02
46.8 pounds potash phosphoric acid.... 2 63
40.4 pounds nitrogen (=49 pounds am
monia) 12.12
§27.31
SAMPLE MARKED 13.
Hunt, Rankin Sc Lamar’s home-made fertili
zer, formula No. 2, sold in Macon at §66 per
ton.
Moisture and volatile matter 24.45
Non-volatile matter 75.55
Sand and clay 1.02
Phosphoric acid a traco
Nitrogen (=ammonia 3.10) 2.84
Commercial value per ton (2.000 pounds.)
5G.8 pounds nitrogen (=68.9 pounds
ammonia S17.04
SAMPLE MARKED 11.
(Logan Fertilizer, sold in Macon at §50 per
ton.) PER CENT.
Moisture and Volatile Matter 28.86
Non-Volatile Matter 71.14
Sand and Clay 5.44
Phosphoric Acid Soluble iu Water 12.11
Reduced Phosphoric Acid 1.05
Insoluble Phosphoric Acid..: 0.32
Commercial value por tou (2.000 lbs.)
very convenient, since it is possible to have 242.2 pounds soluble phosphoric acid §40.57
tho best and cheapest refrigeracor constantly 21.0 *• Reduced phosphoric acid 3.32
at band. 9 6.4 " Insoluble phosphoric acid 0.35
To polish all kinds of glass after washing, |
except table glass, no cloth or flannel is half I
so good as a newspaper; and for a baker’s
dozen of other uses, quito foreign to its pri
mal purpose, it is without a rival.—Scribner's ]
Monthly.
genital Uniters.
§44.55
SAMPLE MARKED 12.
(Hunt, Rankin Sc Lamsr’s Home-Made Fer
tilizer, Formula No. 1, soldiu Macou at $63.-
75 per ton.)
Moisture and volatila matter 29.83
Non volatile mattor 70.17
Sand and clay 3.58
Phosphoric acid, soluble in water 3.01
Reduced phosphoric acid 0.36
Potash... 2.34
Nitrogen (=ammonia, 2.45). 2 02
Commercial value por ton, (2,000 lbs.)
SAMPLE MARKED “ 14.”
For tho Sonthern Watchman.
How to Bed out Yams and Sweet Potatoes.
Make a box framo, by setting up four pieces
cf plank or slabs edgewise, and driving in eigbt I (E. Frank Coo’s Ammoniated Bono Super-
small stakes on tho outsido and two on tho in- phosphate—soldiu Savannah at §55 per ton.)
side, to keep them up. Tho box should bo 12 Moisture aud volatile mattor 53.05
inches deop and 4 feet wide, and to hold ono Non-volatile matter 46.95
bushel of yams, should bo 5 feet long. FillJ ***6 c ' a 7- — - - - - -
this box or framo with fresh horse-stable ma- Rcdu ^d phosphoric acid F.55
nure, that has never been wet, and pack it insoluble phosphoric acid 0.53
down until it is 10 inches deep, or within 2 LNitrogen (=ammonia 3.19..*..Y 2.63
inches of the top; cover the manure 1 inch] Commercial value per ton (2.900 lbs.)
with good rich soil; lay your yams closely, but 209.0lbs. soluble phosphoric acid $34.00
not on no,K n,W t!» lmrl Iroonlnr, ,Lom I ? l -0 ’ reduced phosphoric acid. .... 4.20
11.6 " insolublo phosphoric acid.... 0.64
not on each other, over tho hod, keeping them
or 4 inches from tho sides and ends of the
frame;.covor them 1 inch deep with rich soil;
raisoone side of tbo framo 4 inches with apiece
of scantling and cover with boards, so that the
potatoes cannot get wet until they come up,
which they will generally do in 10 or 12 days;
after which thoy should be kept uncovered
and watered, if tho weather is dry.
74 To amond section 468?/ of tho Code of
Georgia,
75 To authorize tho city council of Augusta
to affix a penalty for failure to mako tax re
turns or to pay tho same, and to enforce tho
collection of the samo by e xecution.
76 To alter and amond an act entitled an
act to establish a county court for tho counties
of Dougherty and Lee, a pproved August 24
1872, so far as relates to Bho couuty of Dough
erty
77 To amend tho act of tho General As
sembly, approved Angn.'it 27,1872, entitled an
act to authorize the city council of Augusta to
open, change, widen or extend streets in said
city, and to provide for the assessment of
damages for tho samo.
78 To authorize tho road commissioners of
Bibb county to use tbo labor of certain con
victs therein nam'sd, in working the public
roads for said county, &c.
79 For tho relief of B. Chancy, Tax Collec
tor of Early county, and his securities, A. R.
Ransom, A. A. S taton, John Gilbert, M. S.
Alexander and I saac Timmons, from the twen
ty per cent penalty, for tho year 1870.
80 To amev.d an act entitled an act to Jay
off and orgar ,ize a hew county from tho county
of Baker, ar td for other purposes, approved
December 15th, 1853.
31 To s .mend an act incorporating the town
of Fonree-tville, Floyd county.
To amend an act entitled an act to es-
[f’.oHsh a county court for the counties of
'Dougherty and Lee, approved August 24,1872.
83 To provido for the manner of issning
county and municipal bonds, and to declare
all bonds issued contrary thereto null and void.
84 To abolish tbs per diem of grand and
petit jurors of the counties of Wilcox and Cof
fee.
85 To organize a Board of county commis
sioners for county purposes in tho county
Gordon, and for other purposes, &c.
86 To.organize a free school iu the town
Morganton) and appropriate money for the
same, and for other pur]
87 To confine tbo (jct)<}n of tbo Mayor and
m wtw tfi tbe m Wm»
§54.62
SAMPLE MARKED « 15.”
[Peruvian—Guanape—Sold in Savannah at
§60. Gold.)
Moisture and volatile matter 59.17
„ , .Non-volatile ibatter 40.83
Soapsuds I s and an d clay 2.90
makes them grow off very freely. I usually Phosphoric acid soluble in water 2.31
havo slips largo euougli to transplant, in 3 or I Reduced phosphoric acid 1.01
weeks from tho time of bedding out. I have | Sg e *"("XmmoDia'iLH)V.V.';;.'::: X
Commercial value per ton (2.000 lbs.)
46.2 pounds soluble phosphoric ai’id $ 7.74
reduced phosphoric acid.. 32.80
52.6 “ nitrogen [=63.8 lbs. ammonia] 15.78
37.8
183.6
bedded out in February and had slips largo
enough to set out by tho 1st of March, and
had to protect them until tho dangor from 1195.8
frost was over. Slips can bo obtainod in this | 20.2
way a mouth earlier than by tho usual process
of bedding, and at least five times as many
slips from tho, same quantity of potatoei
Examine them every two or threo days, by
inserting the hand into tho manure, to seo if 1 sample mared
they are too hot. If tho manure feels uneom-1 (Peruvian—Chincha—sold
fortably warm to the hand, remove the cover-1 $67.50, gold.
insoluble 1.11
potash 2.36
Nitrogen [=223 lbs.] am
monia 55.08
§99.09
16.”
n Savannah at
ing for 24 hours, provided there is no danger Moisture and volatile matter, .39.70
of rain, as it would ongender too much heat to I Non-volatile matter .1 .60.30
let them get wet in less than 10 days, by which I Sand and clay 21.53
timo the heat is nearly all out of tho manure. Phosphoric acid solublo in water 3.07
- j , , Reduced phosphoric acid... 0.68
Prepare the ground for transplanting by [ nao luble phosphoric acid 0.41
filling an open furrow with manure or ashes, Potash 0.54
and bedding on it. If the woathor is dry, set I Nitrogen [=ammonia 6.59] 5.43
out and water the plants before they are co- Commercial value per ton [2.000 lbs.]
vered up, and they will not even wilt. One] |61.4 pounds soluble phosphoric acid..$10.23
good working is sufficient. I have raised 3501 436 pounds reduced phosphoric acid.. 2.23
? . , ... . .. .. , 8.2 pounds insoluble phosphoric acid. 0.45
bushels por acre, wmch pays bettor than cot- 10.8 pounds potash..---... 0.68
ton, even at 50 cents por bushel. For several io3.6 pounds nitrogen [=131.8 lbs. am-
years they have been bringing from 75 cents |
to$l. A Patron.
monia.....
..32.58
§46.27
SAMPLE MARKED “ 17.”
[Langdale guano, sold in Savannah at $50.]
Moisture and valatile matter .25,29
Non-volatilo matter... 74.71
Sand and clay 5.00
Phosphoric acid soluble in water,.... 9.72
Reduced phosphoric acid 0.74
_. . .. .. . . . ,- >os
# te.y :
From the Atlanta Herald.
Another important Report from Prof. White.
FERTILIZER BULLETIN, NO. 3.
Georgla State Agricultural Society, ?
Atlanta, Ga., March 6,1874. j
To the Planters of Georgia :
It becomes my duty herewith to report to I Insolublephosphoric acid.........
yon the results of the analyses of seven addi-1 Commercial valuo per ton [2,000 lha Y
tional commercial fertilizers, as received from 194.4 pounds soluble phosphoric acid..§32.67
tho Chemist in tho State College of Agricul- ] 14.8pounds reduced^ phosphbric acid.. 2.46
ture and the Mechanic Arts. As heretofore |“®-4 pounds insoluble phosphoric acid.. LM-
stated by me tbe names of tho fertilizers wore | $36.26
unknown to the Chemist, tho analyses being 11 am j a receipt of other samples, rcoort* ot
made by number. | which shall be duly forwarded.
The accompanying report or Prof. White Yery resnectfuliy. yonr oh
gives the following fertilizers tho commercial | S p y ’ *
Wm Ml p]?P°3jte $§ir pames, tq-mt i