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ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1S74.
NUMBER 52.
The Southern Watchman.
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I ,mn l-IBB. 1 A. S. ERWIS. ] BOWEM. COBB,JR.
Eli WIN & com?,
ATTORNEYS AT RAW.
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
ni -o in the Dcupioo liuildinR. I)ec21
AMKS R,
B W'KKITTi’Y.—Sa;r.;iel P. Thurmond,
Attorncy-at-Law. Athens. Oi.
ftroatl street, or. r the ntore of Harry A Non,
Wiilnve special attention to cases in Bankruptcy. Al
ii t<» the collection of all claims entrusted to his care.
LYLE,
Attorney at Law,
WA TK/XS VILLE, <7A.
M. matthews7
Attorney at Law,
Daniolsviile, Ga.
Pf.»jnrit*ttenlion will he »iven to any business on-
rusictl to bis care. Mnrcbl4.
nXtiLANIt & ORE,
[L Wholesale ami Kolnil Denier..,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dnproe llitll.Rrond St, Athens, (ia.
We ate now prepared to store Cotton at 2S cents per
hale,and will advance cash when desired. Oct2S.
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J. 1
li. iiniiiiNs,
ii »lo-ale and Hotail Dealer in
Pl-Y ti00D4, GROCERIES, HARDWARE. Ac.
Febl♦> Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
TdliN II. CHRISTY,
J plain and Fancy ROOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athens, Ga.
office orner Broad and Wall streetA, over tbe itoTe
Jjme* D. l’ittard. tf
THE BONDAGE OF DRINK.
BY 3‘ELEG ARKWRIGHT.
You think 1 lovo it t If this nerveless hand
Could gain immortal strength this very hour
I’d sweep the hellish traffic from the land,
And crush its blighting, maddening, night
mare power. .
Yea, now, with all my latest, dying breath,
I’ll curse the thing tbatdrags mo down todeath.
Lovo it t 1 loathe it! A'et I drink and drink,
And hate my bondage with a loathing hate,
And hate myself as through the town I slink.
Tho plcdgo T No, no! Too late—too lato!
No pledge! 1’vo tried it twice—a waste of
hreatii!
Too lato! Thero's no releaso lov mo but death
It’s bad euough todrink, Hhtj^Ato drink
Doth such a train of ghastly horrors wake
As in one hour would leavo me dead, I think.
Ah, keep away,' ye fiends. for pity's sake!
The very thought of them affects my brain,
My end will ha when they shall come again.
Love rum f I’d lovo to hold my head up high
And breathe God’s air, a free and fearless,
man,
And look with undimmed eyes on earth and
sky,
With steady nerve to do and head to plan;
I’d lovo to grapplo trials as they come.
In manly fashion, bravo and strong. Lovo
rumf
If only I could como into some land
Where no drink is, God knows how willingly
I’d fight those dreadful torments of tho damned
That clutch the soul of him who would be
free.
But marshal up those grizzly shapes of woo
To fall again as twice before? No, no!
Ah, if I might bavo known how it would bo
Iu those old collego days so wild and gay .
Whou first I drank in youthful revelry !
llow easy then to put tho cup away !
A mother’s hope and joy I was till then ;
Now see mo trembling—ha! Those eyes again!
Back, fiery eyes, to bell, where ye bolong!
I’ll drink ve down—what, blood ? Drink
blood t
Help! help! They come, a hideous, devilish
throng!
Back, get yo back ! They’ll toss mo in tho
llood!
Long, crooked hands are clawing in my hair!
Is this tho end t Ua, ha! Too lato for prayer!
S'
PAVILION HOTEL,
£ CHARLESTON, S. C.
Tbi* FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in tbe very
entre **f tho l usiuoss part of the city, and all who
Mpthora will lindovconvenience and luxury that
in bepr.icrroti. Board, per day, $3.00.
K. Hamilton, Siipt. Mrs. L. H.Buttrrpield, )
De,22 tf Proprietor**. j
YMMEY St NEWTON,
Dealers in
Foreign and Dome.^t’.c HARDWARE,
June J No. 6,Broad street, Athens, Ga.
vJ (\ DOlUtei
O# Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac.
Pel# No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
I^MOliY SPEER,
1 J LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
As Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
ho Courts of Clarke, Walton, Gwir.nctt, Hall, Banks,
'ai’kson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
md give attention to collecting and other claims in
h .no counties. March 19, 1873.
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. FRANKLIN, N. 0.
Practices in all tho Courts of Western NoTth Caro
lina, and in tho Federal Courts. Claims collected in
all parts of the State. apl6—ly
TOWARD R. HARDEN,
JJj (Late JuIgoU. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah,
and i;ovr Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
Jtdy.d ly Quitman, Hrool•* County, Ga.
T t’. O'KEILEY’S
t) . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Over Williams* Shoe store, Broad street, Athens,
Georgia. sep3.
U F. CAMP,
U* Attorney at Law,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
B ill give prompt attention to all business entrusted
to him. lie will attend the Courts of Habersham,
1 unklin and Hall. sepl7—ly.
C. PKI?S.Cfi. E. P. HOWELL
PEEPLES & HOWELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
20 mid 22, Kimhall House,
ATLANTA, GA.
pRACTICF. in tho Statoand Federal Court*,and
1 attend regularly all the Court! in Atlanta, includ-
‘V the Supreme Cuurt of tho State, and will argue
'•‘-'upon briefs fur absont parties, cu reasonable
t.rins.
They nlsu practice in the Courts of the counties eon-
tijuuu. or accessible to Atlanta by Railroad, sepll
XL W. RIDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U. S. Claim Agent and Notary Pule
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
Office on Wilson street, below King A jdro’a
F.bruary 18,1873.
». ism. iiADisotr *eli,
estes & bell,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
''■UXKSVILIE, GEORGIA
U’ILL practice in the counties composing the West-
, , "a Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
.. 'J* “><“> T.-dge Circuit. They will also practice in
rsuprcmcCourtof Georgia, and in the United States
C««iUtAtiaiiU. inayld
A. A.. EDGE,
“dot, Shoe and Harness
^X-A-IvTt*
jpriin-]y WATKINSVILLE, GA.
^ JAS. L, LONG, M. D.
burgeon, Accoucheur and Physician
[Office at Mr. Thomae SAeat•' Store,)
Good Hope District, Walton oo., Ga.
,, professional services to theeitiseni of the
■rron ndlKp co „ ntry _ *ne27
Livery, Feed Sale Stable
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
irn N & HEAVES, PROPRIETORS,
WILL be found at their old stand, rear Franklin
..vJ5“^'‘huiWinf,Thomas street. Keep always
St “t *°“d Turn-outs and earefnl drivers.
. c,r#< I for when entrusted to oar earn,
J 0B '‘“ad for palo at all times. dee2S—tl
WALTON HOTEL,
MONROE, GA.
1 .‘"““riher would respeetfully Inform travelers
et tht ,V h * r?“ He generally that behaa taken charge
e<Lrl 0 .I e v, Uot ? ' fcn ' 1 ,rllt *Psr° noptdfa to mike
*sa ,t v > * * ho “* y f»v°r him with their patron-
^ ” shargea will ha raaaonablo. jan28 lm
R. B. ADAIR, D.D.S.
GAINESVILLE, GA.
—^D‘.8oethoaatcorner PobUo Sunare. STmar
• legal blanks,
^UhLaipply always on hand, at the
WATCHMAN0F1ICE.
Snow Plows.
IIOW SNOW BLOCKADES ARE BROKEN ON THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Onco in a whilo, when tho storm would
lighten up, wo could catch a glimpse of tho
groat snow plow, with its sis engines, around
some bend, driving into tho drifts •with a force
that it would seem would move the world.—
Those snow plows aro a curiosity, both in their
construction and the manner in which thoy do
their work. They are immense structures—I
say structures—for they are as big as a two-
story house, and weigh from 45,000 to 55,000
pounds. In front they are shaped liko the
iron prow of an iron-clad frigato, only tho
sharp, vertical portion of this prow changos
into a flat surface whoro it approaches tho
ground. Attached to this flat or horizontal
prow is what is called an “ apron.” This apron
attached to tho prow by means of hinges,
lifts up and lots down diroctly on tho track
pleasure, and when down it is hold there by
large steel springs. When in motion this apron
slides right on the rails, pressing hard on
them, but from tho rounded snrfaco which it
presents to them it glides over tho joints and
any other littto irregularities with case. The
long plow i3 pushed under tbe snow, tbe apron
scraping it clear from tho rails, and lifting it
up bodily it meets the vertical section of the
plow which divides it, and hurls it off on either
sido. When running at a high rato of speed,
as is often tho case, these plows sometimes
burl tho snow into the air fifty feot, and plungo
in huge masses into deep chasms and canons.
Somo such scene as this was presented tho
otbor night when Mr. Fillmore, tho Division
Superintendent, brought the eastward bound
express train through with oleven engines.
The scene was one of the wildest and grandest
that has ever been witnessed on this road. It
had been storming all day and all night and
all tho next day, and tho snow had fallen and
drifted in some places ten and fifteon feet in
depth. Tho train started out from Colfax
with three engines, bnt at Alta it took a fourth.
A snow plow, with seven heavy 55 ton engines,
went on ahead to clear the way, but at Blue
Canon the plow stuck in a bugo drift, and the
whole force of the seven engines could not
budge it an inch ahead. After shoveling
awhile tbe express train and the sdow train
wore coupled together, making a team of eleven
engines, a snow plow and six cars. Such
sight was nover seen. Tho long chain of puff
ing monsters backed down for a mile or two
and then, taking a fresh start, camo at the
drift at the rato of forty miles an hour. Tbe
only wonder is that the plow was notcrancbed
into saw-dast. It not only stood this enormous
strain, but it kept to tbe track and cut an
eleven foot passago in the drift with tho pre
cision of a surgeon’s knife. W ith the power
so increased, tho plow cut its tray Uirough to
Emigrant Gap. At one point near niero tbe
spectacle was magnificent. On a sharp curve
on a steep embankment the snow had been
piled np to tho very height of the smoke-stacks
cf tho engines for a distance of 1,000 yards.—
Tbe curve was so situated that it was in fall
view of tbe station at the Gap. Tho weather
had cleared off and the moon sbono brightly
on tho snow. In the distanco, slowly forging
ahead, were the eleven black and begrimmed
leviathans, while in front of them was the
great plow throwing up snow in hngo masses
like ocean billows, and rolling it down the
mountain sides thousands of feot into the
yawning chasm below. Tbe smoke and fire
from eleven funnels, the tops of which could
just be seen above the drifts, tbe horrible noise
and din of tbe puffing steam, and the great
glaciers being thrown high in the air and
tumbling down tbe mountain sido, all furnish
ed a scono which bnt few who have not wit
nessed it can over appreciate.--San Francisco
Chronicle.
Superior Mode of Boiling Potatoes.—
Pat them in a pot, with just sufficient water
to eover them, leaving off the lid of the pot,
When the water becomes scalding hot, with
out boiling, tarn it off and replace it with cold
water, adding salt. The cold water sends the
heat from tbe surface to the heart of the po
tato, rendering it mealy. When potatoes ore
old, they should be pared previous to boiling
them. • -
LIST OF iCTS,
Passed by the Legislature of Georgia in the
Session of 1S74, and Approved by the Gov
ernor.
89 To levy a tax for tho support of the gov
ernment for tho year 1874, and to provide for
tho collection of the same, and for other pur
poses therein mentioned.
90 To change tbe charter of tho Merchants’
aDd Planters’ Bank at Washington.
91 To amend an act entitled an act to cre
ate a board of Commissioners of roads and rev
enue for tbecouuticsof Floyd, Berrien, Schley,
Effingham, Sumpter and Greeno, approved
December 13,1871, so far as said act relates to
tho county of Greeno, and to vest the county
business of tho county of Greene in tho Ordi
nary.
92 To prevent the sale of intoxicatingliquors
near tho State Lunatic Assylum.
93 To chaugo tbe lines between the coun
ties of Ware and Picrco.
94 To change tho lines between tho coun
ties of Cobb and Douglass, and for other pur
poses.
95 To prevent the destruction of insectivor
ous birds, and to mako penal tbe killing, trap
ping or other destruction of game in the coun
ties of Richmond, Dougherty and Randolph
during certain seasons of tho year, and to pro
hibit the destruction of fish by poison.
9fi To render certain property liable to levy
and salo now exompt by law.
97 To amend an act entitled an act to in
corporate the town of Buford, in Gwinnett
and for other purposes, approved August 24tb,
1872.
98 To amend section 139(1 of the Codo.
99 To amend an act entitled an act to incor
porate tho Atlanta Savings Bank of Georgia
and tho Gainesville Savings Bauk.
100 To authorize owners of lands upon tho
different rivers and largo creeks in tho county
of Gordon to keep up and maintain gates
where public highways or prirate ways legal
ly established pass through their lands over
said streams to save expense of unnecessary
fencing.
101 To prohibit bunting upon tho lauds of
another in tho counties of Quitman and Cam
den, and for other purposes.
102 To prevent the salo of ardent sp rits
within one milo of Varnell’s Station in Whit
field county.
103 To repeal an act entitled an act to organ
ize a criminal court in the counties of Marion,
Talbot, Stewart, and Chattahoochee, so far as
the same relates to Marion County.
104 To amend so much of an act as relates
to Taylor county, approved August 25, 1872,
entitled an act to provido for organizing a
public school system for certain counties there
in named, and for other purposes.
105 To confer additional powers upon tho
commissioners of Doravillo in tho county of
DoKalb, so far as to give to sa d commission
ers tho power to regulate the salo of intoxica
ting liquors within tho corporate limits of said
town.
loti To regulato tho manner of giving in
land taxatiou and tho salo and exemption
thereof and lor other purposes.
107 To nmci.u tho tax laws of this State so
far as the same relates to railroad companies
and to defend tho liabilities of such companies
to taxation and to repeal so much of tho char
ters of 6uch companies respectively as may
conflict with the provisions of this act.
108 To change tho lino between tho coun
ties of Marion and Schley.
109 To exempt tho counties of Glynn and
Thomas from the provisions contained in sec-
tion 3936 of tbe revised Code of Georgia.
110 To prescribe and enact separate and dis
tinct stock law for certain territory therein
specified, tho said territory being partly in
Milton and partly in Forsyth county in this
State.
111 To chango tbe time of holding tbe Su
perior Courts of Stewart county.
112 To amend the act incorporating tho Sa
vannah and Thunderbolt Railroad Company
and for other purposes.
113 To chango the lino between the counties
of Lumpkin and Dawson, and for other pur
poses.
114 For tho relief of John F. Hollio and the
heirs at law of Jacob A. Clements, both of
Marion county.
115 To fix, define and mako uniform the
fees cf tho Ordinaries throughout the State for
filing, approving and recording homesteads
allowed by section 2041 of tho now Codo of
Georgia, and to amend tbe same.
116 To aniond tho charter of the city of
Athens. .
117 For tho relief of the Stato Lunatic Asy
lum.
118 To amend tho act to incorporate the
Norcrosa and Dahlonega Railroad Company
Approved Feb. 22,1873.
119 To incorporate the Dublin Mills of Au
gusta.
120 To creato tho office of Stato Geologist
and to provide for a Geological, Minerological
and Physical survey of the Stato of Georgia,
etc., etc.
121 To oxtond tho time of holding tho Su
perior Courts of Campbell county.
122 To change tbe line between the countios
of Laurens and Johnson.
123 To suppress and prohibit tho sale of in
toxicating and spiritnons liquors within throe
miles and a half of the depot of tho Atlanta
and West Point Railroad in tbe townjof Pal
metto, and also to amend an act to prohibit the
salo of malt or spirituous liquors near Bartow
Iron Works and Cherokee Iron Works'.
124 To amoDd an act entitled an act to pro
toct planters of this State from imposition in
the salo of fertilizers, approved Sept. 17,1868
and to affix the fees for inspecting and analy
zing fertilizers in tho county of Chatham.
125 To incorporate the town of Clayton, in
Rabun connty, and to grant corporate powera
to tbe same.
126 To change the times of bolding the Su
perior Courts of the county of Fayette,
127 To require judgment creditors in certain
cases to have their judgments recorded in the
county of the defendant's residenco.-
123 To amend the various acts of this State
relating to common schools, so far as these re
late to the poll tax collected by law.
129 To authorize and provido for the revis
ing of the jury box in Fulton county.
130 To change tbe line between the counties
of Irwin and Coffee.
131 To fix tbe pay of jurors for tbo county
of Fulton.
132 To amind rr act to create a board of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue for the
counties of Ware and McDuffie, assented to
Ang. 24,1872, so far as relates to tbe county
of Ware.
133 Establishing a new charter for the city
of Atlanta.
134 To incorporate the Oconee Savings Bauk
of Athens.
135 To amend section 4814 of the new Code.
136 To amend an act to provide for tbe pay
ment of insolvent costs to the county officers
ot Sum tor county.
137 To exempt from taxation the Angnsta
and Hamburg bridge.
138 To amend section 4637 of tbe Code.
139 To increase the powers of the Board
Commissioners of Jackson, Butts county, and
to prevent the use of the jail of said county for
confinement and punishment of offenders, etc.
140 To authorize the County Judge of Clarke
connty, in conjunction with a Board of free
holders to be chosen by the Grand Jury, to
sue county bonds to build a Court House and
Jail, and to provide for tbe redemption of the
same.
141 To change tbe name of tbe Tallapoosa
Judicial Circuit.
142 To amend an act to regulato tbe grant-
ing of license to retail liquor in Newton, Stew
art and Jasper counties, approved Fobrnarv
20,1873.
143 To define the powers of the Judge
the Superior Court of Chatham county, on the
hearing of cases carried by certiorari from the
City Court of Savannah.
144 To amend an act entitled an act to or
ganize a Criminal Court in the counties of
Marion, Talbot, Stowart and Chattahoochee,
approved February 27,1873.
145 To change the time of holding the spring
term of Screven Superior Court.
146 To provide for a correct assessment of
taxable property of this State.
147 To establish a Board of Commissioners
of roads and revenue for Campbell county.
148 To re-enact and declare of full force an
act to incorporate a volunteer company in
Millcdgevillo and to grant certain privileges,
approved December 31, 1833. And aho an
act to grant exemptions of cavalry corps, for
tho promotion of cavalry squadrons, and con
fer certain privileges upon tho “ Baldwin
Blues.’ - Approved Jan. 22,1852. And to ex
tend the provisions of both of said acts to the
“ Baldwin Blues," Company B. Oglethorpe In
faatry, Clinch Rifles, and Irish Volunteers, of
Augusta; and Athens Guards.
15U To authorize tha Ordinary of Chatta-
hoocheo county to discharge tbo duties of
Clerk Superior Court.
151 To ameud an act to establish a county
court in the counties of Dougherty and Lee,
approved August 24,1872.
152 To amend an act entitled an act to
creato a county court la each county of tho
State oxcopt certain counties therein mention
ed, approved January 19,1872, so far as re
lates to Screven county.
153 To causo tho enumeration of tho school
population to bo taken every four years, in-
Lead of annually.
154 To amend an act approved December
, 1859, entitled an act to amend an act to
provide for registry of voters, Ac., in the city
of Augusta, approved Feb 25,1856.
155 To establish a board of commissioners
public buildings, roads and bridges iD
Marion county.
156. To provido for tho payment of insolv
ent criminal cost in tbe county of Crawford.
157. To recognize and make valid and logal
tho Board of Public Education appointed in
the city of Griffin, and to legalize their pro
ceedings establishing public schools, and to
authorize said board to draw from tho school
fund of tho Stato their pro rata share of said
fund.
158. To repeal an act entitled an act to pro
vido for a Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues in Marion county. Approved
August 23, 1872.
159. To exompt from jury duty tho mem
bers of certain volunteer companies therein
named.
160. To incorporate tho Hana Gold Mining
Company.
161. To charter tho Clayton Railroad Com
pany.
162. To prescribo tho modo of granting li
censes to soli intoxicating liquors in the coun
tios of Warren and Houston.
163. To authorize tho payment of insolvont
costs due to tho estate of W. R. Yenablo de
ceased.
164. To amend the charter of the Gqorgia
Railroad and Banking Company.
165. To protect certain bridges on little Oc-
raulgeo river against injury from timber or
lumber rafts.
166. To amend and add an act approved
Feb. 21,1873, entitled an act to create and or
ganize commissioners of Chatham county, who
shall be ex-officio judges, to define their juris
diction, etc.
167. To change the lino between the couu-
ties of Randolph and Terrell.
163. To prohibit tbe salo of spirituous or
malt liquors within ono mile of tho school
house or academy in Fair Mount, Gordon
county.
169. To changewthe time of holding tho Su
perior Court of Cobb county.
170. To chango tho time of holding the fall
term of tho Superior Court of Houston county.
171. To prevent monopolies in the>transpor-
tation of freights and to secure free competi
tion for tho same.
172. To amend section 611 so far as applies
to Bullock county.
173. To amend an act entitled an act to in
corporate the town of Wooten, in Lee county,
and to provide for tbo election of commission
ers for tbo same, approved August 23, 1872,
and to change tho namo of said town to Lees
burg.
174. To amend tho laws of this Stato on tho
subject of tbe running of freight trains on tbe
Sabbath day.
175. To allow tbe treasurer of Worth coun
ty to have his offico at bis own residence.
166. To allow and authorize tho commission
ers of roads and revenue of tho countios of
Quitman and Mitchell to levy a tax to pay tho
indebtedness of said countios.
177. To mako citizens and residents of muni
cipal corporations competent jurors to try is
sues in which said corporrtions aro parties or
interested.
178. To prevent obstructions iu Muckalco
crook from tbe city of Americus to Flint river.
179. To better provide for tbo measurment,
inspection and salo of timber and lumbor with
in the city of Savannah and by tbo lumbor in
spectors thereof.
180. To limit and regulato tho assessment
and collection oftaxesby municipal authorities
except tbe city of Savannah.
181. To provide tor the permanent location
of tho county site of Douglass county.
182. To prevent tho obstruction of tho Great
and Little Ohoopee rivers and their tributa
ries ; also Great Satilla and Ten Miles Creok.
183 To exempt from jury duty telegraph
operators.
184. To require tho Receivers of tax returns
and Tax Collectors to make returns of all tax
es returned and paid by colored tax payors
and to require tbe Comptroller General to ex
hibit tho same.
185. To create a County Court in Clayton
county, and to provide for tbo disposition of
convicts therein.
186. To amend an act entitlod an act to
prescribo the manner of incorporating towns
and villages, approved August 25tb, 1872.
187. To amend an act to incorporate the Ma
rietta Savings Bauk.
183. To create a Board of Commissioners of
roads and revenue of Houston county.
189 To repeal an act entitled an act to re
peal an act to create a County Court in each
county of this State, approved January 19th,
1872, so far as applicablo to Butts county, ap
proved August 23d.. 1872.
.190 To incorporate tbe city Bank of Macon
191 To consolidate tbe offices of Receiver of
tax returns and Tax Collector with that of
Sberiffin Union county.
192 To legalize and approve tho sale of cer
tain streets in the town of Quitman, made by
tbe Ordinary.
193 To authorize tbe ordinary of Twiggs
county to issue bonds of $2,500 to pay tbo debt
of said county.
194 To establish a Department of Agricul
ture for tho State of Georgia.
195 To amend an act to incorporate tho
town of Cochran, in tbe county of Pulaski
and to appoint officers for the same, approved
March 19th, 1869.
196 To protect more effectually the planters
of Georgia from imposition in the sale of fer
tilizers, and amendatory of tho several acts
now in force in this Stato for the same purpose.
197.To change the name of the Georgia Me
tropolian Banking Company, to the Repnblic
Bank, and amend the charter thereof.
193 To provide for appeals from Justices’
Courts in claim cases.
199 To incorplrato a bank in the city of
Milledgevillo, to bo known as tho MilledgevUle
Banking Company, and for other purposes.
200 To amend an act entitled an act to
of amend the act regulating the tavern li
cense in this State so far as the same relates
to the connty of Wilcox; and to defino the
fees of the Ordinary of Chatham county, in this
State.
242 To repeal an act to compensate Ordi
naries, Sherifls and Clerks of the Superior
Court, so far as applies to the county of Haber
sham.
243 To ameud an act entitled an act to con
solidate, amend and supercede tbe several acts
incorporating the town of Carrollton, in Car-
roll county and to grant certain privileges to
the same.
244 To incorporate tho Fleet Creek Manu
facturing Company.
245 To establish rates of fees of Magistrates
and Constables in tho city of Savannah and to
provide for the payment of costs by the coun
ty of Chatham in criminal cases.
346 To amend an act and the amendments
thereto, establishing county courtsin tho coun
ties of Dougherty, Early and Leo, so far as re
lates to Mitchell connty. ’
247 To amend an act to incorporate the
Spanish Creek Canal Company in Chatham
couuty
248 To chango tho timo of holding tho Su
perior Courts in the counties of Berrien and
Colquitt.
249 To amend the charter of tbo city of
Newnau.
250 To protect tho Rabun Gap High School,
ia Rabun county.
251 To amend an act to establish a county
board of commissioners for Bibb county, and
to defino their duties.
252 To incorporate tho Walker Iron and
Coal Company, and to defino tho powers,
rights, objects, privileges and liabilities of the
same.
253 To amend section 4 of an act to alter
and amond tho rovonuo laws of this Stato and
provido a penalty for tho violation thereof.
254 To provide for a speedier and more eco
nomical mode of distributing tbe Laws, Jour
nals and other documents required by law.
255 To incorporate tho Summerville Railroad
Company.
256 To fix tho timo of holding tho Superior
Courts of the Brunswick Circuit.
257 To prevent the destruction of game in
Liberty and McIntosh counties
258 To extend tho polico jurisdiction of
tho connty commissioners of MeF»tosh county
in their capacity of Mayor and Aldermen of
tho city of Darien, over all of said county and
the navigable waters thereof.
259 To extend tho corporate limits of Jef
ferson, in Jackson connty, and to extend the
limits of said town.
260 To amend an act to keep open, remove
and prevent obstructions to tho free passage of
fish in Eiawasso river from tho N. C. lino to
Osborne’s mills in Union county, Ga.
261 To mako it a misdemeanor for any per
son, or persons, to soli spiritnons or intoxica
ting liquors within three miles of any academy
school house, church or meeting houso, or
other place of divine worship in tbo county of
Muscogee.
262 To provido tho modo of fixing tho pay
of tho shorift', clerk of Superior Court and bai
liff for service in said court, so far as refers to
Richmond county.
263 To repeal tho several actions of the
Codo appointing flour inspector for Augusta
Richmond county.
204 To incorporate tho town of Whitesburg,
in Carroll county, and confer eertain powers
and privileges.
265 To authorize tho Clerk of the Snjierior
Court of Hancock county to hold the offico
Treasurer.
266 To authorize tho municipal authorities
ofElborton, Elbert county, to subscribo
stock of tho Elbeiton Air-Lino Railroad Co
267 To amend tho caption of an act to pro
scribe tho manner of incorporating towns and
villages in this State, and to re-onact said act
so amended.
263 To amond section 4593 of tho Codo.
269 To chango tho time of holding the Su
perior Court of Floyd county.
270 To repeal an act approved August 24,
1872, so far as section 3 refers to Haralson
county.
271 To transfor tho Dahlonega Academy
building and grounds to the North Georgia
Agricultural College.
272 To extend the time of organizing the
Mechanics’ and Traders’ Bank.
263 For tho relief of Perry Taylor of C’hero-
keo county and to authorizo tho payment of
cortain jury scrip of said county.
274 To authorize Wm Ward of Carroll coun
ty to erect two gates on the public roat'ls on his
own land upon certain conditions
275 To allow two woeks instead of oivo for
bolding tho Superior Court of Terrell cot"ioty,
276 To incorporate tbo Trion Telegi aph
Company.
277 To extend tho jurisdiction of tho Jl’s-
ticcs Court embracing tho county site of Cline b
county.
278 To establish a connty court in Coweta
county.
279 To create a board of county commis
sioners of roads and revennes of Emanuel
county and to dofino tho powers and duties of
tho samo.
201 To authorize tho City Council of Augus
ta to take down and remove from its pre
sent location tho market houso in the cit y of
Augusta. , .
202 To repeal tho ninth paragraph of section
2d of the general tax act of 1873 so fsjr as tho
same relates to a tax on malt liquors.
203 To consolidate tho offices of Sheriff and
Tax Collector and tho offices of Clerk of Su
perior Court and Tax Receiver, of Baker coun
ty.
204 To change tho name of the Georgia Me
tropolitan Banking Company to the Republic
Bank, and to amend tho charter thoroof.
205 To provido for appeals from Justices’
Courts In claim cases.
206 To prohibit tbo salo of intoxicating li
quors witbin cortain limits of tbe depot on the
Atlanta and Richmond and Air-Line railroad
at Duluth, iu tho county of Gwinnett; or with
in two miles of a Malo or Female Academy at
Alpharetta, in Milton county, or withir* ono
mile of the contro of tbe town of Chickv.sabat-
chie in the county of Terrell, or within one mile
of tho depot building at Milner, Pike connty,
on tho Macon and Western railroad.
207. To amend an act to creato a connty
court in eaoh county of tho Stato of Georgia,
except cortain connties therein mentioned, so
far as tho samo relates to the conn ty of Bibb,
to increaso the civil jurisdiction of said County
Court of Bibb, to prescribo tbe powers and
duties of the Judges of said Court, iu certain
cases, etc.
503 To require throe road commissioners of
public roads in Chatham county, who aro as
signed to tbe Islo of Hope District on the old
Skidaway ferry road, to turn said road at the
fivo milo stone, and carry it by the most direct
route practicable to tho city of Savannah.
209 To amend an act entitled an act to or
ganize a County Court of Muscogee countyf
define its jurisdiction, etc.
210 To prevent the wholesale destruction of
fish in certain rivers and creeks in this State,
by fish traps, gill nets, etc.
211 To change the lino between tbe conn-
ties of Pierce and Wayne.
212 To prescribe tbe mode of applying for a
homestead of realty and exemption of person
alty when it Bhall occur that the Ordinary of
the county of the residence of the applicant
is disqualified from passing upon tho same.
213 To extend the time for recording certain-
liens.
214. To incorporate tbe town of High Shoals,
in the connties of Clarke, Walton'ahd Morgan,
and tbo town of Belton, in the counties of Hall
and Banks. '
215 To amend the charter of St. Mary &
Western Railroad so as to authorizo tho Direc-
road to connect at any point or placo with tbe
Atlantic & Golf.
216 For the relief of Solomon Page of Lee
county.
217 To incorporate tho Farmers’ and Me
chanics’ Bank of Senoia.
218 To amend an act to create a Board of
Commissioners of roads and revenues for Wal
ker county, and prescribo tho powers and du
ties thoroof.
219 For tho preservation of game on Cum
berland Island, etc.
220 To define the per diem pay of Grand
and special Jurors of Emanuel county.
221 To amond an act incorporating the
town of Lumpkin, in Stewart county.
222 To repeal an act to compensate Ordina
ries. Sheriffs and Clarks Snperior Courts.
253 To repeal an act entitled an act to al
low Solicitor Generals to col'ect their costs
from the prosecutor on bills of indictment ig
nored by tho grand jury.
224 TO authorize Owon €ribson, an aged
and crippled man to peddle without license in
tho counties of Lowndes, Brqoks, Colquitt and
Berrien.
225 To require tho numeration of tho school
population to bo taken quadrennially.
226 To amend an act to incorporate Cotton
Hill Male an“ Ferario Seminary, in Clay
county.
227 To prescribe tho modo of granting li
cense to soil intoxicating liquors in Screven
county, and vo repeal an act iu reference to tbo
same, approved February 20tb, 1873.
228 To form a Board of Commissioners on
roads and revenues for Crawford county,
229 To prohibit any volunteer company or
military company, in tbi3 Stato, from parade,
drill or muster on an elo>-tion day, except the
samo shall bo called by tho civil authorities of
some county or city in this Stato.
236. For tho relief of W. A. A B. M. Bar
den, of Muscogee county.
231 To amend an act creating commission
ers for McIntosh county, to define their duties,
powers, etc.
232 To amend an act to creato a County
Court in each county of this Stato, so far as
the same relates to tho county of Glynn.
2!13 To repeal an act to provido for the
payment of insolvent costs for tho county of
Washington.
234 To declare tho true intent and meauing
of section 3703 of tho Codo.
235 To amend tho garnishment laws of tho
State.
236 To further amend an act to amend an
act to creato a board of commissioners of roads
and revenues in tho counties of Floyd, Berrien,
Effingham, Schloy, Sumter, and Green so far
as relates to Floyd county.
237 To probibitit the sale of intoxicating
spirits within throe miles in every direction
from tho Wellington Academy in Morgan
county.
233 To incorporate tho town of Summer
igtitaltntttl Hatters.
villo in the county of Chattooga, and appoint
commissioners for tho samo.
239 To better provido for tho measurement,
inspection and salo of lumber and timber in tho
city of Savannah.
204 To regulato the manner of holding mu
nicipal elections in West Point. (Requires vo
ters to register, and dofines who aro legal vo
ters in said city.)
241 To amend tho acts in relation to the
civil and criminal fees of tho Sheriff of the
county of Chatham, and point out tho manner
of collecting tho same.
The Eagle and the Crow.
In a recent speech in the House of Repre
sentatives, against tho Civil Rights bill, Mr.
Robbins, of North Carolina, speaking of the
loveling ” spirit of tho day, mado a pertinent
suggestion of a reform that ought to bo put
into immediate execution. Ho said:
Abovo your head, Mr. Speaker, I see the
image and presentment of tho eagle—our na'
tional emblem. In tho namo of equality, sir, I
demand what business has ho there f He is a
monarch—the king of birds. He is not a fit
emblem for us in these times—no proper rep
resentative of tho prevalent idea. I suggest
that ho be torn down, as the French tore down
the monogram of the Emperor. Do you ask
mo what bird could with propriety be put in
his placet Tho crow, sir. Ho is a bird of
medium size, and therefore embodied well the
size of lovclers. His plumago is of the favorite
color, so dominant with tho popular party.—
[Laughter.] I will not—because it wouldseem
ungracious—carry out tho parallel iu its de
tails, and show how fit an emblem for the times
ho is in other respects, such as his thioving
propensities, and tho liko. [Laughter.] I
think what has been suggested is sufficient to
aatisfv you that if this bill is to pass, the so-
called reformers should at least amend it, by
providing that tho eaglo shall henceforth come
down from his proud porch, and tbo crow bo
exalted in bis stead." [Laughter.]
Cure for tfhecp-Cliasing Bogs.
Many people will assent heartily to tbo prin
ciplo that tbe best possible cure for a sheep
chasing dog, is t®kill him at tho earliest prac
ticable moment; hut there may be exceptional
cases. A correspondent of tho London Field
seems to think so at least, and relates an in
stance where, after other attempts have failed,
•a fine Newfoundland dog was cured by tyiBg
.him to two old Scotch rams, aad loft to such
a-musemouts as ho could extract from their
society. Tbe result was an extensive ramble
ov.er hill and dale, bodges and ditches, and di
versified, of course, by tbe discordant views
eacli ram and tho dog entertained as ' to the
roubs for enjoying the best sconery. When all
thrAO were very tired, they were loosed, and
uoth.'og thereafter was so extremely offensive
to that dog’s taste as the society of sheep
AT FEACE.
11Y,WILLIAM WINTER.
Green treeand quiet fields, and sunset light,
With hoi y silence, save for rippling leaves,
And birds t bat twitter or the coming night,
Calling tl te<r. Riates beneath my cottage
eaves;
These Fate b ath gra^fd for a llttlo space
To bo companions 01* m y pilgrimage,
Filling my hcrirt with Na.*' ure ’ 8 B race ‘
Not unrememliered here the garish stage,
Nor tho wild city’s uproar,' i/ or “*e raco
For gain aud power iu which we , H " e pfi a g° >
But here temembored dimly, in “* ea “’
As something fretfal that bath ceased tojret—
Here, where time lapses like a gentle 8 .“ eam >
Hid in the woodland’s heart, and I forge.”
To noto its music and its silver gleam.
But never, never let me cease to know,
O, whispering woods and daisy-sprinkled
grass,
The beauty and tbo poafie that you bestow,
When the wild fevers of ambition pass,
And the worn spirit, in its gloom and grief.
Sinks on your bosom, and there finds relief.
A New Way to Use Cotton Seed for Manure.
J. W. Crawford, of Cold Springs, Pickens
county, South Carolina, sends to the Southern
Cultivator the following account of bis way of
handling and preparing cotton seed as food
for making more cotton:
For two years I have used this manure (al
most exclusively) for cotton, applyingonly fifty
to 8eqouty-fivo pounds of guano per acre, with
the planted seed, in bottom land.
Previous to the discovery of this manure, I
used guano almost entirely. My anccoss with
this manure has given the greatest satisfaction,
exceeding any guano I have tried, and I have
used tbe bast kinds. I will state tbe results
of the use of this manure. I live near theiaor-
thern limit of tho cotton belt—almost under
the shade of tho Blue Ridge. The lauds plant
ed are very old, mostly ia sedge twenty-seven
years ago, when I came in possession of them.
They were originally good for this part of the
country, and have been planted in cotton for
the last twenty years, except during the war.
The yield of the crop last yoar from 55 acres
was 43 bales of 420 pounds. This year 40
acres have made 35 bales, of 430 pounds.—
These crops were made entirely with this ma
nure, except 75 pounds of guano to tbe acre,
on half tho land (bottom) each year. Had tbe
caterpillar not injured 20 acres of this year’s
crop, tbe yield wonld have been not less than
ton bales more, which would havo boon 45
bales from 40 acres. I feel certain of this
yield, as the same land made 1,430 ponnds per
acre last year, and only 750 this, which is the
bettor cotton yoar ol the two.
The mode of making and applying this ma
nure is simple aad easy, but requires attention.
I will stato, in tho first place, I have four mules
and one horse, and do not make any ot it dur
ing tho months of Juno, July and August, ns
it would endanger the health of the place.
Tbo mules stand haltered in separate stalls,
and in each one I put about 35 bushels of seed
right from the gin-house. Thoso seed are stir
red daily with a manure fork, mixing the ex
crement thoroughly with tho seod; every other
day would do, but it is better done evory day,
only requiring about twenty minutes to do it.
I find it requires about twenty days to get
them thoroughly mixed with tho exoreraent.
At tho oxpiratiouof this timo thoy are carried
out and deposited in an open log house, well
covered, and remain till I am ready to put
them on tho land. Occasionally they should
bo thrown about in the houso to prevent burn
ing, or Qro-fanging. Burning deteriorates their
value, aud it cannot be obviated, unless a
largo shelter is used, mixed with something
else that will prevent the escape of ammonia,
which is objectionable, as it increases greatly
tho labor of hauling and applying.
I apply thorn by preparing the land just as
I would for any other manure, which should
bo deep aud. close. 1 apply about 35 bushels
per aero; 20 or 25 Is enough for old red land,
as they will burn tho crop in a dry time on this
kind of land. On low, moist land 40 bushels
or more wonld not be too much, bnt when this
quantity is put on, the plow should be run
through thorn after they are deposited iu tho
furrow, mingling tho soil with them, so thoy
will not present any mechanical obstruction to
tho roots of tho plant whilo young and dolicato.
Iu fact, this is a good plan with all manures,
but more particularly when they aro abun
dantly applied. I bed on thorn as with other
manure. What I claim for this manure is,
that it is tho only substitute for guano—that
is, it is tbe only manure except guano, that
can be extensively used. Of courso it cannot
bo hauled and applied os easily and rapidly as
guano, but fonr mules can haul enough for four
or fivo acres at one load, aad throo hands can
apply them about as fast as ouo cau guano. I
use handled baskets in distributing them.
Many farmers say they have not seed enough
to make this manure. I reply that I bought
no seed for last year's crop or this, but arid
over two hundred bushels, and had about this
much left after planting cotton this year. If
800 or 1,000 pounds of seed cotton are made
per acre, it will bo sufficient to manure tbe
samo laud.
The Celery Crop.
Tho Portsmouth (Va.) Enterprise says: Our
market has been bountifully supplied with fine
celery this season, and to an unprecedented
extent. In fact, we never saw so much and
such prime garden colory as may be obtained
in our market, even tuts late iu tbo season.—
Its cultivatiou as one of the staple vegetables
is gotting more general with oar market
gardeners every year, and from tho excellent
condition aud appearance it is evidently grown
with great care aud attention. Tbe habitual
use of celery is more beneficial to us than is
commouly supposed. A writer who is familiar
with Us virtues says:
I have known many meu, aud women, too,
who from various causes bad becomo sc much
affected by nervousness that when they stretch'
ed out their bands they shook like aspen leaves
on windy days, and by a moderate daily.use qf
the blanched footstalks of celery as a salad
they became os strong and steady in limb as
other poople. I have known others so nervous
that the least annoyance put them in a stato
of agitation, and they were in almost constant
perplexity and fear, who were also effectually
cured by a moderate daily use of blanched
celery as a salad at meal time;' I have known
others cured of palpitation of the heart.—
Everybody engaged in labor weakening to the
nerves should use celery daily in season, and
onions in its stead when not in season."
Blacking eor Harness.—Melt four ounces
of mutton suet with twelve ounces beeswax;
add twelve ounces sugar candy, four ounces
soft soap dissolved in water, and two ounces of
When melted aud I ^ Ia rch. _
Killing Grass and Buying Hay.
It is a little singular that a people engaged
actively for half a year iu killiug gross cannot
grow grass enough to feed their stock. Tho
mistake bus been in trying experiments, in
futile efforts to make foreign grasses whip out
l be natives. If a little of the pains taken to
cotton was used to make crab grass meadows,
or sAonrq swamp grass, wo could; have an
abundance of forage. Any pieco of upland
that auli grow 12 or 15 bushols of com per
acre, ploughed up and harrowed ia April, will
yield m.oro monoy valuo for the labor 1
than in a’-ny other crop—Rural Carohman for
indigo finely, powdered, when melted —
woll mixed, add half a pint of turpentine, f Sum folk's never git reddy; they are always
Lay it on tho harness with a spqnge, and pol-[ behind hand; they will suta ot them be too
tore of said company in the oonatrootion of said])ish off with a brush. yiate to tender own pbuneral.