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VOLUME XLV.]
M ILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, MIT 4,1875
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FROM MEXICO.
Letter from C. A. X.
Vera Cruz, April 9, 1875.
On Sunday at 1 r. m., the good
steamship, City of Havana, left the
port of Now Orleans with the follow
ing remnant of the Senatorial excur-
sionalists: Col. Tliom?.3 A. Scott,
wife and private secretary, Maj. Ben
Perley Poore and daughter, Miss
Nellie Peters, Joseph E. Brown and
wife and son, and Lemuel P. Grant
A rapid run was made down the river
with a view to crossing the bar be
fore dark, but the fates were against
ns, as the ship brought up hard and
fast in the mud where we remained
until early mom, when getting again
underway wo headed for Tampico.
gateway at ike end of the quay into
the city and to the diligence of the
hotel.
TUB CITY.
The city, with its enclosures, from
a distance, ie of a pole yellow—about
the color of s fire-brick; and as we
reach the inside retains the same
color. The buildings are
tly of brick and coral rock—
fioors and roofs of tiles. But little
timber used in their construction.
They have no chimneys or heating
apparatus whatever, and it would
be next to impossible to create much
of a conflagration.
The city is aneloaed by a wall 5
feet thiek an* 16 feet high built of
coral rock. It has 6 gates, at the
various and necessary points of out-
let The cathedral is of some pre
tentions. Its dome is covered with
tiles of variegated colors, which
gives it the appearance of an im
mense inverted fancy washbowl.
The lighthouse is a beautiful struc
ture, painted blna The population
of Vera Cm is 15,500. Of these
12,000 are Spanish and Mexicans,
500 French, 125 Germans, and the
remainder of various nationalities—
Americans doing but little business
here.
The French and Germans gener
ally represent branches of European
houses.
The streets are critically clean—
water is brought 15 miles from Jam-
pa river, near Medellin. The price
of water is two dollars per faucet.
All the surplus runs to waste
through the streets. Only two hacks
! or carriages are to be found in the
city, and they are of an antiquated
pattern. There is but a small pop 1 -
illation outside the walls of the city,
and they of the poorest class of na
tive Mexicans or Indians.
THE VERA CRUZ MARKET.
Stepping for a moment into the
market one saw immense piles of
watermellons, an abundance of tom-
atoes, cucumbers, corn, potatoes,
pineapples, bananas, and most all
other kinds of tropical fruits and
vegetables.
OFF FOR THE INTERIOR.
The regular passenger train for
Mexico leaves at 2 a. m.—a most un«
seasonable hour for the comfort of
the traveler. The superintendent
kindly furnished an extra train con
sisting of a baggage and comforta
ble passenger coach, which was an
nounced to be in readiness to start
at 1 p. k., and to reach Orizaba at 6
o’clock—82 miles distant, and now
we gather,*up our hand baggage, take
up our line of march for the railroad
It is proper here to remark that j ^ion, and 0 ff for the Halls of the
this bne of steamships receives a MontezamafJ . C . A. N.
handsome subsidy, mostly from the
■waba range which heron the treat,
terminating on the east at the pass,
by a bold, barren peak. On this peak
was stationed a Mexican force when
the French advanced and it became
necessary to dislodge it before they
could proceed. i
K>r four long weeks the French
forces worked day and night, cutting
into the almost perpendicular moon-
tain side a road from hake to sum
mit, continually under fore from the
Mexican* At an angle of this cut
near the foot of the mountain- is
erected an immense whitoeroas, and
on the summit * black one. The one
at the starting point hthifo high
hopes and determination and that at
the terminus immense sorrow and
de^h, mingled with their final tris
umph.
AVo found acceptable quarters at
the Diligence Hotel, and passable
provisions for the inner wants. In
stincts, however, prompted orders to
be given for breakfast at the restau-
oentre a head or bulb nearly as large
as a peck measure. At a certain
stage of its growth this head, ia un
capped, and the milky secretions
dipped out. This process is.daily
repeated until the plant beoomea ex
hausted. It is said the value of each
plant is about twenty dollars. The
leaves are nsed for cordage and mat
ting-
If we entertained an uncontrola-
ble disgust for the drink, as present
ted with pleasant surroundings, it
was fearfully intensified when stop
ping at
AFAM,
sixty miles from Mexico, and the
shipping center of the city’s daily
supply, where it was prepared ready
for the cars and transportation.
Here, piled upon long platforms
was at least 100 tons—lees than one
half the quantity in casks—the re
mainder in hog and sheep skins.
The legs were eut off at about the
rant adjoining the depot It was a “ d ** 8tr °“****** “ d
sensible forethought and a decided the front re " e “brasures recur-
Mexican Government, for the follow
ing service: Leaving New York
every three weeks, touches at Ha
vana, Progresso and Campeachy in
Mexico, April 11,1875.
LEAVING VERA CRUZ.
■*•“■** - —e>- j — | One t. m. found all aboard the car,
Yucatan, ^ era Cruz, Tuxpan and made f or and used by the Emperor
TampiCO thence to New Olleans, MoTimilittn. und nnl. Wfl WAnl. ttrnnfrli
Tampico
returning by the same route to New
York.
PASSENGERS.
Among tlio passengers outside onr
party aro found the following nota
bles: Confederate General Thomas
A. Harris, editor of the New Orleans
Times—a man of line ability and of
fine colloquial endowments, ex-Con-
grossman W. W. Phelps, of New Jer
sey, Richard Wightman, one of the
editors of the New Orleans Picayune,
and bride, and ex-fifteon-liour carpet-
bagger Congressman General George
A. Sheridan, of Louisiana. Sheridan
is a man of fair ability, pregnant
with repartees, sharp, and at times
vulgar witticisms—a jolly fellow in
its broadest sense—would make an
excellent, popular clown, hairing the
acrobatic part of the performance—
for in physique he very much resem
bles Macon's favorite comic song
ster.
THE VOYAGE—FREIGHTING UNDER DIFFI
CULTIES.
Nothing occurred to vary the mo
notony of the voyage until we drop
ped anchor at noon on Wednesday,
off the town of Tampico. A small
steamer towing a lighter soon came
along side, bringing a few passen-'
gers (Mexicans) and a light freight,
consisting chiefly of silver coin and
Vanilla beans. Transferring freight
to and from ship to lighter in a roll
ing sea is an amusing, if not a haz
ardous business. Three heavy bar
rols slipped from their fastenings,
splashed into the sea and disappear
ed. The job was finally over, when
late in the day the vessel was head
ed for Tuxpan about 100 miles dis
tant. A slow run brought us off the
town at eight e’clock, Thursday
morning. There is only seven feet
of water on the bar with heavy
breakers running. A very small river
steamer ventured out bringing two
passengers and a small freight of sil
ver coin and Vanilla beans. These
beans aro very valuable—worth their
weight in silver here.
The sea was too rough for a light
er to venture out, although the ves
sel had on board forty tons of freight,
some of it having already been car
ried past the port three or four times.
This freight is carried to Vera Cruz,
transferred to the out-coming steam
er from New York and another effort
made to land it If unsuccessful,
the trial is made again and again,
until it is delivered. .There is no safe
ty in shipping perishable merchan
dize to these ports when there is so
Maximilian, and out we went through
one of the gates of the city, into the
suburbs filled with the most wretch
ed abodes of native Mexicans imag
inable. These hovels appeared more
fit for lairs of wild beasts than habi
tations of human beings.
Out of this, we entered the Mex
ican chaparal—a growth quite famil
iar to the old veterans of the Mexi
can army. This is a close, dense,
gnarled, interlocked, impenetrable
growth, some ten or twelve feet high,
and can only be penetrated so for
as you cut yonr way. Emerging
from this, we entered a barren, un
dulating country, covered in a great
measure with stones and scoria of
volcanic origin—miserably poor, dry
and worthless. The road has a mod
erate gradient, and the country visis
bly changing for the better.
Arrive at Camaron, forty miles, in
good time, and are here met by "Uni
ted States Minister John W. Foster
and Lnis G. Bossero, an agent of
the Mexican government. These in
telligent accessions to our party aid
ed muoh to while away the monoto®
ny of travel by their general conver
sation, pointing out and explaining
localities and places of interest, and
giving valuable information regard
ing the country, crops, resources,
etc.
Fifty-three miles bring us to
ATOYAC PASS.
It is a narrow gorge of surpass**
ing beauty, through which pass the
old national road and the railroad.
On our left is an immense mountain
peak rising almost perpendicular—
the row] hugging closely the gorge
on theright, while deep in the ra
vine below runs a beautiful clear
stream, leaping ever a frightful cas
cade then foaming and dashing
through its narrow embatilement out
into the plains below. The national
road passes under the railroad, fol
lowing the mountain side a short
distance, thence turning to the left,
crosses the chasm by an immense
arched stone bridge. This being a
strong place of defence, is generally (
the first point of resistance made by i
the Motm-ati army against an inv&s
ding force, the magnificent bridge
being sacrificed in every contest.
Coming out of this pass on a hea
vy grade we approached the beauti
ful
COFFEE PLANTATIONS.
1 Here is where the American colo
ny, General Price and others, set
tled immediately after the war. The
, ! , - ., . .. . . ... colony has broken up and left The
much irregularity m its being dehw-, their failure, to the unini-
emi - tiated, would be difficult of solution;
APPROACH TO VERA CRUZ.
improvement on the fare of the pre
ceding night
We are now 82 miles from Vera
Cruz, and at elevation of 4,000 feet
Here the ascent commenced in earn
est and to meet its requirements we
find onr car attached to a 75 ton
double-ender with four cylinders and
twelve driving-wheels—a monster
FAIRLEE ENGINE.
To give a faint idea of the hoarded
pressure on the various parts of the
boilers and cylinders of these ma
chines when in full service, I will
say it exceeds thirty millions of
pounds.
At 7 a. m., are off—winding through
the pass—np grades, much of which
aro four per cent, until we enter
MALTRATA VALLET.
which is like passing into the open
end of a big horseshoe. At first
sight there appears only one way of
exit—that is.to take the branch track.
The mountains rise in towering
height around. We proceed by mak
ing a detour to the right, striking
the mountain’s base, clambering into
its sides and tunnelling a sharp
spur, then crossing a gorge on the
best of iron bridges and circling to
the right and left, running at every
point of the compass, jon curves of
325 feet radius, and grades of over
211 feet per mile, and then repeating
in rapid succession the tunnels,
bridges, curves, etc. A large part
of the road is cut into the almost
perpendicular mountain side.
THE JCOKO
is os secure as fho best of material
and human ingenuity can make it—
heavy steel rails, an extra guard rail
at all short curves—tbe rads accur
ately curved, heavy irotf^ode, at
short distances, confine the road bed
from spreading, the outer rail' ele
vated to the highest practicable point
and a faithful watchman every three
hundreds yards.
At eight miles we halt for water,
and find ourselves.
1,500 FEET ABOVE THE VALLEY
and within a rifle shot of MaKrata
depot
To one wanting confidence in the
surroundings the position look fear
ful; for an accident that would pre
cipitate the train from the track
would bring sure destruction to
everybody and everything.
“Col. Scott, how does this com
pare with the crossing of the Sierra
Nevada?” “The scenery, the difficul
ties, and the work on the Sierfa Ne
vada are child’s play, and tame, com
pared with this,” replied the man,
who of all others is best qualified to
judge.
We proceed—curving and rising.
All conversation ceases; forthe mind
is so absorbed in taking these mag
nificent surroundings—crossing fear
ful chasms—sliding through or un
der shelving rocks—overhanging
precipices—looking down which
makes the Btrong shudder, until final
ly turning to the right, through a
narrow chasm, we emerge ^ipon the
great Mexican plateau, at 8000 feet
elevation, alighting at
BOCHA DEL MONTE,
(the month of the monntain). My
mechanical enthusiasm prompted me
to caress the now docile monster
tkat has so majestically performed
such a Herculanton task.
We are now 107$ miles from Yera
Cruz and 156 from the City of Mexi
co. A short delay and'we proceed,
drawn by an ordinary four driving
wheeled engine. Tlis
GREAT ALTITUDE
is sensibly fait, having been too sud
den for the system to adapt itself to
the change. The grades bong now
moderatet, fair time is made, and In
doe time we haul up at Apizaco to
dinner. A Telegraphic order from
Orzeaba in the morning gave (hem
time to make a royal spread.
Dr. Shelton, Co:
joined us here:
the best possible coh'dition to enjoy
a feast, which in its fullest sense
was set before us. "Here we were
introduced into the mysterious fks-
dnatfoi of the Mexican
NATIONAL DRINK PULQUE,
It was reported as of a superior
quality. Each one's glass was fifed
and the HuggcstiOnigi?«fi that all pre
pare to drink. 1 think less than a
gill satisfied all the caw.recraita. and.
ed by the same method. The liquid,
occasionally oozing through some
insecure fastening kept the whole in
a slimy, repugnantly filthy condition
which added to its jelly-like tremu
lous moving, and paunchy appearance
made a spectacle ludicrous and re
pulsive in the extreme.
We are now on the border of
the
MEXICAN VALLEY
proper, and on a very light down
grade approaching the city. Much
of the land is well cultivated and all
being capable of high productive
ness. Objects of curiosity and inter
est pass in a panoramic view rapidly
before us. When near the waters of
Lake Tczcuco, two immense pyra-
midical mounds about a half mile
distant are pointed out as the sun
and moon of Aztec worship. It is
an undeniable fact that we are in the
land and home of the ancient Aztecs.
The imagination is in a whirl. The
Aztec reign and splendor—Cortes’
chivalric march and conquest—the
once proud and haughty empire falls
at the feet of the conqueror, the im
mense sacrifice of life—beauty and
booty—all pass in rapid review.
The suburban cottages, churches, and
shrines flit rapidly by us, and at 4
p. m. we are in the city of Mexieo.
C. A. N.
k Cartons Historical Relic.
Original Miniature Portraits
Washington and His Wifo.
of
nsul at Mexico,
The party was in
tion to
Weighed anchor at 5 p. m., and
steamed slowly for Yera Cruz. Early
morning found us in full view of the
city. The harbor, though not a good
one, is the last on the Gulf; is some
what protected by a row of cliffs
which extend in a northeast direcs
tion from fortress San Juan de Ulloa,
about one mile into the open sea.
Vessels anchor half a mile from
shore under the walls of the fortTwss
in thirty five feet water. Freight is
discharged at a cost of $1.20 per
ton. The lighters discharge their
freight on a strongly built granite
wharf, or quay, which is about eight
feet above the water and extending
out into the sea three hundred and at 0 r.
fifty feet. All passengers and freights
are required to land at this quay.
The boatmen are as clamorous sad
persistent as New York haekmen.
Mr. Scott's private secretary con
tracted for the party to be knd«d on
pte quay and baggage delivered at
for better lands, more liberal prey
du<
ctiveness and fascinating climate
would be hard to combine in any one
locality.
We *re now passing through the
fiae Cordoba oofiee estates. The
lands are very rich, lie well and are
passably well cultivated. Coffee cul
ture is profitable, easily managed, re
quiring BO great skill, the greatest
labor and care being xequ' J
nj " ~
,:e cWWapgnereis OT a
rior quality, and in the judgment of
connoisseurs, preferable to the best
old Java.
Pressing onward up heavy grades,
we reach the Fortin station, and
x., hauled up for the night
The city lies to the right of the
read and makes some pretentions to
manufacturing and mechanical en-
terprfo* for nrf'mV running, forge
flooring mills, a respectable cotton
A curious and interesting art relic
is among the contributions to the
art exhibition at-the Lotos Club this
evening. It consists of a miniature
portrait of Gen. George Washington
accompanied with a portrait of Mar
tha Washington, each painted on
ivory, and encased in a medallion
solid gold frame. Each miniature
ia surrounded by hair from the origi
nal. The pictures have, for nearly
a hundred years, been in the posses
sion of the Washington family. The
portrait of Gen. Washington was
painted in the Federal camp during
the siege of Boston, by Charles Wil
son Peale, and presented to the Gen
eral Some years later, at the time
of the first Presidency, the portrait
of Martha Washington was painted,
and the two pictures were inclosed
in the present case; with the hair of
Gen. Washington and his wife, and
presented by Washington to his sister,
Mrs. Betty Lewis. Upon the death
of Mrs. Lewis, the miniatures de
scended to her daughter, Mrs. Carter,
and from her were banded down to
her grand son, Mr. John H. Patte-
son, son of Eleanor Carter, the
granddaughter of Mia Betty Lew
is.
There are several points of interest
in this portrait of Gen. Washing
ton. The expression of the face
gives a different Impression of the
man from that conveyed by Stuart's
famous picture. The mouth is. soft
er and more kindly than i« the
Stuart portrait, and the eyes and
the brow also vary in noticeable par
ticulars. It most be remembered,
however, that Washington at this
time ffas less mature than when the
Stuart portrait was painted. Ho
onuaik puiuani nao pomiou. uq iaut w |hij ~
had not yet begun to wear the set Of MBs; lost all my money in the Freed-
r false teeth, made from a solid block men’s Bank; nebber got no forty
acres an’ de mule 1 dey promised me;
an’ can’t help myself to a little chick
en, fryin’ size, widout gwine to the
penitentiary. I’se got ’nuff cibbil
ofivoty, which afterward distorted
his face. Under the General’s tad-
form coat is seen, in ttmr miniature,
a wide blue scarf, which, ft
ted, was only warn at this
riod of the war. A general o:
which included Washington hint-
self, indicated, by the color of the
scarfs to be worn, the grade of the
various Generals, at that time per
sonally unknown to the army. The
color of Washington's hair beneath
his powdered peruke was brown,
slightly streaked gray at this time.
The braid of Lady Washington's
hair is of the beantiM auburn hue,
which remained almost unchanged
to . the end of her life.
as time was too precious to devote
to cultivating an appetite foritlfe vfle
drink, it area ■nanireemaly act aside.
It is of a pale white color, q# sharp
acrid tasfe ropy and repulsive.
This table** plates* is { w
A MAGKinOENT OtoUXE,, , • t
most of the fond of m anj
ity—black, riph^and v
But the tillage is sieve;
toral implerhen
and of obsolete pattern
vance. They ^ncumbn and depress ^When a cortmnn Japanese
prcKlnctishrtfeaadfeOttjWtltoftotifov- jfcto the presense of on office-k
eg an tly uneconomical. Immense
•elds of wheat are harvested with
the hooln ■*
swarm of diminutiy^donkeys. H ith
a high, systematic; energetic in
vedferm of agriculture, this
would
We ore now ruinate into tffiT
HEART OF THE S
The plant k a gpSBeo' of
called Maguay, owTis the
century plant, pfcfite tot
year! Small planto are ifef between
The Grave of ‘^Highland.. Mary.”
Bev. Dr. Ouytar gives the follow
ing sketch of a jaunt id! Scotland:
t 75ne hour more brought us to the
Tontine hotel, at Greenock. This
morning we sallied out through the
rain to visit the one spot m Green
ock which every mad or woman who
has a toad must visit—tba tomb of
Burqs’ Highland Mary. This poor
| dairy maid immortalized in the sweet
est of all lovesonga —mo from
Montgomery Castle to Greenock,
died here, and was buried in the
Presbyterian kirk-yard, just out of
Crawford street. Wa Boon found
the tomb, to which a well-trodden
footipath leads. A graceful marble
monument, twelve feet high, covers
the gentle lassie’s dust. It bears a
sculptured medallion, which repre
sents Borns and the young lady
clasping hands and plighting the
troth, he holding a Bible in his
hands. Beneath is this inscription:
Erected to the grave of
Highland Mart.
in 1842.
These lines are from the impas
sioned verses. “To Mary in Hea
ven,” and have been read through
tears by many an eye. Wonderful
is the charm of genius which could
beat a pathway trodden by thou
sands of feet, to the grave of an
humble dairy-maid, who lived nearly
a hundred years ago.
A Colored Man on the Civil
Bill.
Rights
Wallace Putnam Reed writes to
the New York Independent an ac
count of his interview with uncle Bil
ly* a good old colored friend of
Reed’s, on the question of civil
lights:
“Don’t want nnffin mo,” said Un
cle Billy. “Got too much already
for dis niggah.”
“How is that, Uncle Billy? Is it
not a good thing to be equal before
the law ?”
“Now, Marse Boss,” grunted Bil
ly, plaintively, “dar’s jist whar de
misery comes in. We’re ekal befo’
de law, an’ dar yer hit our weak pink
Befo’ de waw, ef niggeh stole chick-
en an’ pig, yer jerked him np, guv
him thirty-nine lashes, an’ let him
go. Bnt jist let a cullud pusson try
it now! Yer hauls him ’for court, and
een’s him to de penitentiary, just like
he wns one of your poor white trash.
Dat’s what ’tis to be ekal befo’ de
law!”
I suggested to Uncle Billy that
this might be obviated by being a
little more honest.
“Marse Boss,” interrupted Billy,
“we can’t run agin natur. It’s nat’-
ral fur niggah to steal pig and chick
en fryin’ size. Yer knows it is, an’
tain t no use tryin’ to stop us. Now
we uns are willin’ to let you tms
alone, and you all jist let us alone on
thin pint. We’re powerful weak on
dis pint, Marse Boss,”
Just here a perverse and disloyal
spirit tempted me to hint to Uncle
Billy that the colored people were
indebted to their Republican friends
for this change m their status.
“Well, den, Marse Boss,” said he,
“all Ise got to say is, de law’s got
to be changed. Mas’ hab a law for
de white man and a law for de black
man.”
Strange as it may seem, some of
our best citizens echo Uncle Billy’s
sentiment- They are inclined to view
the negro’s minor transgressions in
a lenient Hght, and I know that some
of onr Democratic Judges impose
lighter penalties upon colored men
for small offenses than they wonld
do in cases where the guilty parties
were white.
Before Uncle Billy left I asked him
how he would like to sit down at
the table with white folks in tho ho
tels.
“Great Goodlemighty!” exclaimed
.the good A)ld man. “I allow youse
tryin’ to make fun o’ dis chile. Why,
you knows yourself dat no culled
pusson ebber lets a white see ’em eat
ef dey kin jhelp it!”
This is strictly true. The ordina
ry Southern negro will not eat in the
presence of a white spectator.
“Well, Unde Billy, I said, “it is
very evident that you don’t want any
civil rights-”
“Not anyting mo,’ I tank you,”
replied Billy. “Nearly dane rained
now. Hot to pay iuy own
doctor’s
Rather Late.—A petition is be
fore the Maasaohneetto Legislature
praying fyr a formal repeal of the
sentence of punishment pronounced
against Roger Williams by the Gen
eral Court of Massachusetts Bay in
the year 1635. The ground of thle
petition is “that Roger Williams was
banished because of his advocacy of
the separation of Church and State;
that the principle has since been re
cognized as correct, and has mace
been of great benefit to the United
States, and, therefore, that Roger
Williams, its first edrocatet ought
to be set right," If Rdgef it hover
ing about the nigged edges of tune
as a spook he will be compelled to
' nit that posterity is disposed to
the “square think.”
e above is no production of the
foxlcy. It is a true incident, honest
ly told, and it is impossible to talk
to the country negroes without hear
ing just such things as I have rda-
Atfotber Tornado.
Last Saturday evening, the 10th
inst., a portion of Harris county,
near Ring’s Gap, was visited by an
other furious tornado. The house
of Mr. Robert McCarter, near tho
Chip, was utterly demolished and
the timbers carried a considerable
distance. Mr. McCarter and a son
were badly injured; Mre. McCarter
escaped injury, and after the cyclone
passed was found sitting where one
of the chimneys formerly stood. Tho
father and son were found in the
debris of the dwelling. Crossing
the mountain into Meriwether the
wind became less violent, but the
kail was very heavy in the track of
the storm. Hailstones as large as
guinea eggs are reported On the
forms of Messrs James Crowder and
Abner Snelson, while they lay oa
-tho ground four inches deep. Doubt
less the wheat was badly damaged
by the heavy rain and hail.—Meri
wether Fwidimtor.
he must my
“Great and
gnished child of .tht sigp, deign^to
S'
put yonr foot upon mj
There’s some pleasure iu holding on
office in that country! sr.d
• W . > hUMn r ,
—The wool internet now rafts
only socoiiff to goLMii Bminduetries
muv MHSU0E. of Australia, and vBt quantities ore
exported annually.-’ •
—The orchards of "this country
,00*
are estimated to
acres, and contain
to various sUga of
Imcnt.
David. Didf jou. g;i CuLUm Planting.
_ Chicago when a fellow gets
a driuk of whiskey at a saloon, they
also fawfiah him with a olob—to
kffl snakes, The idea is both econo-
■uoalund effectual.
—A atrange freak of a dog, a few
‘ days ainoet was to catch a bantam
hen, carry her a mite in his mouth
and busy bar under the snow. For
tunately, a woman observed the bu
rial, and dug the bird out unhurt.
Eighteen women in A Massachu
setts town recently uowhaied a min
his wile, dud
The following is copied from a
“Treatise on Agriculture,” by David
Dickson, Sparta, Ga., a work that
should be in the hands of every far
mer. The premium cotton crop, ex
hibited at the State Fair in Georgia,
in 1869, of eighteen boles on six
aeres, was cultivated according to
Mr. Dickson's plan:__^
I. Lay off cotton rom four feet
apart with shovel plow, doable fur
row, and put in. fertilizers eight inch
es deep, v >■
- 3l Ridge wiihlong scooter, five in
ches wide. : Make the bods with turn
plow, subsoil the turn plow furrow ;
split ont the middles with shovel.
Plant with a cotton so d. sower, and
cover with a board or harrow.
First plowing—run 22 inch sw eep
with right wing turned down, hoe
out to two or three stalks to the hill
every nine inches, ten days after
plowing. Second plowing—use same
sweep, the Third plowing—in same
way, run a third furrow in middle to
level.
3. Cotton standing thick in tlxe
drill will be much more forward in
maturing.
4. Cotton only requires distance
one way.
5. Be careful not to cut the roots
of cotton.
6. Have a deep water furrow in
the spring; work fiat by hot weath
er.
7. On level land run the rows
north and south.
8. A cotton plant to stand two
weeks drouth, must have four inches
soil and six inches subsoil; thiee 1 John
weeks—six inches soil and same sub- World.
soil; four weeks—eight inches and
the same subsoiling.
9. If you prepare your land and
carry out this plairwell, and manure
liberally, you may expect from four
hundred to one thousand pounds of
lint cotton to the acre.
10. Fertilizers bring a crop of
bolls on the cotton early,
II. To improve the cotton plant
select seed every year after the first
picking, np to the middle of October,
taking the best stalks and the best
bolls on the stalks.
12. On all forms there are some
acres that produce cotton better than
others. Seed should always be ses
lected from those spots.
18. Manure everywhere you plow
bad plant. Your labor will be more
certainly rewarded. It pays to ase
manure, and it pays best on land
that pays beet without it.
14. From the 10th to the 20th of
April is the best time to plant cot
ton.
15. Apply one half of all labor and
land to the making of lull supplies of
all kinds that aro needed on the farm,
and enough to spine for those enga
ged in other pursuits, and you will
have more money that if the whole
was employed in making cotton.
16. Leave no grass to bunch and
cause a future bad stand.
17. Plow cotton every three weeks
and let the how come ten days be
hind, clearing it perfectly.
18 Continue plowing cotton until
the 15th or 20th of August. Once
or twice during the season shove out
the middle with a furrow, to keep the
land level.
19. The plowing of cotton requires
one and a fourth days per acre.
20. Cotton plants commence when
small to take on and mature bolls,
and continue until they exhaust the
soluble matter or exhaust the full ca
pacity of the land. Two stalks will i
do that mnch sooner than one, and ;
will so avoid the drouth, caterpillar, j
etc.
21. Cotton will grow after cotton
a number of years in succession, with
plenty of maaure.
22. Make just the amount of cot
ton you want, at paying prices.
Keep oat of debt, be the creditors,
make yonr supplies at home ; then
and only then will you have pow.*
erage fifty to each hen. No. 2,
one cock and tw o Black Hamburg
pullets laid one hundred and thirty-
five eggs; average sixty-seven and
one-half. No. 3, one cock and four
Golden S. Hamburg pallets laid two
hundred and twenty-nine eggs; aver
age fifty-seven aud one-quarter, No.
4, one cock and five Silver H. Hams
burg hens, four years old, laid two
hundred and fifty-five eggs; average
fifty-one. My fowls, for the past
five months, have been kept in coops
made of laths, thirteen feet long,
four feet wide, and two feet high.
They commenced to lay about Feb
ruary 1st. My fowls are in good
health, free from vermin, and the
eggs hatch well.—Charles SeUer, in
Poultry World.
3-3 I
few days the plants will appear,
if all or nearly all ths assetsiiave ger
minated vigorously, the quality of
the seed may be considered positive
ly settled. This work should be
done promptly, so aa to get another
assortment if that on hand prove de
fective.— Western Jiural.
Killing Cabbage Worms.
Every year we get a new botch
of remwbes for the cabbage worm—
or rather we get a rehash of the old
remedies and every year after trying
one or more of them, we all go
to the oldest remedy of all the thumb
and finger. ‘'Try again,” however,
it is a good motto, so we now give
one more certain cure. It is given
by a correspondent of the New York
Tribune, and is this: “In Jnne, he
says, in going through my early cab
bage, I found it completely covered
with worms. Immediately I obtain
ed a handful of bran and sprinkled
it over the heads- The worms began
to squirm and fall of the cabbage,
and wherever the barn touched them,
they seemed to be in pain. The fofo
lowing morning they were all dead.
Since that time, on the first appear
ance of the worm I sow the bran.
Some seasons it may be necessary
to do it the second time. If the
worms are thick it is better to take
a handful and sprinkle it over tbe
cabbage, A hundred weight is am
ple for an acre.” This is simple^
cheap and easily tried. Possibly it
may be the very thing we have been
looking for.
The Irwinton Southerner says
that in Twiggs county it is estima
ted that Mfthe has been an increase
in the ardv^f^Jand planted in corn
of 15 per cent!,’and a corresponding
decrease in the area planted in cotton-
The planters of Twiggs have tried
the ruinous policy of raising large
cotton crops nntil they have become
satisfied that it will not pay, and they
will endeavor in the future to HUM
their own hog and hominy.
Attorney General Williams’ Resigna
tion.
A special to the Louisville Cour
ier-Journal says Attorney General
Williams denies to-day that he re
signs in order to run for the Sena
tor in Oregon, and says that his ob
ject is to practico law before the Su*
preme Court. Mr. Williams baa
the closest relations with the Presi
dent, and has done much to shape
his harsh Southern polity, except
as to Arkansas, where he proved
himself, wiser and more liberal than
Grant As a general rule, however
he has been very bitter, and is,
therefore, especially obnoxious to
Democratic Congressmen. It is well
understood thk„ the next House of
Representatives will investigate
thoroughly the manner in which the
Department of Justice has been con
ducted, and this fact probably had
its influence in leading Mr. Williams
to resign.
There is a good deal of specula
tion as to Mr. Williams’ successor.
The opinion of well informed per
sons is, that ex-Senator Carpenter
can have tho position it he chooses,
but that having already entered up
on a practice which promises much
larger emoluments than the offioe
of Attorney General, he will not ac
cept the appointment if it bs offer*
ed
l'reve" tion of Chicken Cholera and
Roup.
I have for the last two years tried
at the least calculation, fifty different
remedies for the cholera and ronp,
for I have lost during that time one
hundred and fifty clucks. I keep
about fifteen or twenty laying hens.
About this time the roup would take
my chicks and kill them all off but
two or three; then I would recruit
my stock, and the cholera would take
and kill them. I have at last found
a remedy, however, which I wish to
give to the public. I have lost but
two chicks since I commenced using
this remedy, and that was my fault,
for I had neglected to use it. Take
one gallon of tar, rosin, or crude tur
pentine, and after dark, when yonr
chicks have gone to roost, smoke
them, making a dense smoke, bo that
it will burn during the night; do
this once or twice during the week.
P. C/terard, in Poultry
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., April 8, 1875.
Tho Agricultural Department of
the United States desires to com
municate to its correspondents the
following information:
1. The object and purpose of the
Department is to procure the best
and most approved seeds which can
be obtained in this or any other
country, and so distribute them as
that they may be introduced into all
parts of tho United States to which
they are respectively adapted
2. Vegetable garden-seed is put
up in packages and varieties, having
a reference only to the climate and
soil to which they are to be sent.
Any designation of these seeds want
ed by individuals is useless, because
they are already put up; except the
general one of flower or vegetable,
or particular field seed, such as
corn, oats, barley, spring or fall
wheat, or particular kind of grass.
3. The Department does not pro
fess to have every variety of seed
for distribution to supply the wants
of any person, but only such as are
particularly gqod. and useful, and
which cannot be readily obtained
elsewhere.
4. The Department often receives
from five to fifty letters from one
place, and sometimes written by one
hand. These, are not responded
to,
5. The Department has its own
agents for distribution, therefore
lists sent here are not attended
to.
6. Money or stamps should not
be sent to the Department for any
purpose whatever. It has no au
thority to receive it. General Bristow has got over the
7. No seed is delivered at the De** j worst of h?g troubles in th© Tmfl
partment—but only by mail. ur y Department, as he has reorgan-
Seed sent, in pursuance of the ; j ze< j j n a ]arge measure, and shown
special appropriation of Congress, > Himself able to control his snbordi-
to the grasshopper districts has not | na te 8 , and the impression therefore
23 Rotation of crops, deep and
deeper plowing every year, incorpor
ation of vegetable mould, returning
the proceeds of the cotton plant, ex
cept the lint, to the soil, making as
been subject to these rules
Correspondents should save the
product of seed sent them, for fu
ture use.
Frederick "Watts,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Dairy Washing—Four Ways.
I cleanse milk pans by first rin*.
sing then in warm water, then I
wash thoroughly, with hot water and
soap, or if I don’t wish to use soap,
I put in tho water a tablespoonful of
saleratus (but this is more expensive
much manure as possible, comprise tfian soap) to remove every particle
mj system of improving lands.
24. One object in cultivation is to
keep the surface broken, so as to let
in light, heat and air. Never stop
tbe plows for dry weather.
25. My policy has been to make
toe most money with the least labor
and capital, even if it appeared to be
wasteful.
26. The cotton planter shonld
make his whole supplies, everything
neoessaay to run the form.
Gravel for Fowls.
of grease that may be on the pan;
then I pass each pan through boiling
water and dry them thoroughly and
they are then clean as they can be.
I use my milk pans expressly for
milk and nothing else. A churn
made of wood shonld seldom if ever
be washed with soap. I use salera
tus whenever I think it needs it,
bat boiling water is wbat I use as a
general thing. If tbe butter comes
good and hard, as it should, boiling
water is all that it needs. My tray,
stamp, and paddles I cleanse in the
same way, and dry them well before
putting them away. My mother
kept a separate cloth for her milk
dishes, and laid great stress on hav
ing it sweet. My way is, put a lit
tle washing soda into hot water and
wash first with this, then rinse twice
with hot water, be sure the last
There is nothing, says the Na
tional Poultry Jo*'-mul, that is more
nsceasary for tho health, comfort and
productiveness of fowls than gravel.
A bountiful supply of eggs can only
be obtained when a corresponding
supply of gravel, or some substitute i
therefor, is provided for the layers. | boils, wipe from the boiling water.
Appropriate to the subject we quote j The soda operates in connection
the following from the Growing ! with the hot water to dissolve the
World: • ! milk stricking about the pans and
Hen’s Teeth.—“Scarce as hen’s removes it more readily. In the
teeth.” This is an old saw. Yet first place, I wash the milk off in a
you should see to_It that your fowls little lukewarm water and save it
are possessed of good teeth. Not for the pigs (never washing the out-
natural ones exactly, neither artifi- side in the first water,) then in as
cial ones; but natural artificial ones, ‘ hot water as l ean bear the ana in,
in the shape of gravel stones, with then scald in boiling hot water five
is that he will not care to go from
one department to another. There
is no doubt that Mr. Pierrepont, of
New York, would like, of all things,
to be made Attorney General, and,
under the circumstances, his chanos
is regarded as good by the knowing
ones.
The Railway “War.
The contest, which commenced
more than two months ago between
those two overgrown corporations,
the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and
Ohio Railway Companies, is still wa
ged with unabated vigor, and there
seems to be no prospect of either
peace or truce. The war between
these companies and the wholesale
undercutting practiced by both have
affected other lines, and are cansing
a general reduction of rates. The
large New York railways—the Erie
and New York Central—have abro
gated what is known as the Saratoga
compact, whieh bound them to uni
form rates, and are now competing
as fiercely as the others. The South
ern and Western lines have begun to
take part in the amusement, and peo
ple this Summer will be able to ride
a great deal for very little money.
The old fare from New York to New
Orleans was fifty dollars; the present
price of tickets is thirty-five dollars,
with the indications in favor of a
further foil to twenty-five dollars.
The fight for the passenger business-
between Cincinnati and St. Lotus
resulted in lowering tho fare from
one of these cities to the other from
ten dollars to one dollar. The fare
before tbe war was twenty-three dol
lars. Freights are also being rapidly
lowered by the competing lines, and
Western merchants are taking advan
tage cf this movement to make large
which they may ’triturate tbe food
in their gizzards. Hen’s teeth com
prise no incisors, nor .canines; but
jri all grinders. The flattish or
scaly gravel Is not suitable, but a
form approaching the spherical is to
be preferred.. D yonr neighborhood
shipments of goods. The Baltimore
or ten minutes, aa the case may be, | and Ohio Company has a large re>
never using soap. As I wipe them
I set them separate to cool and air;
never pack them while hot, to sweat
serve fond, which the president is
willing to use to maintain the strug
gle, and its rival is also well sup-
benreferred II yonr neigrmoruuuu — —
is not gravelly, blocks of granite or 1 thoroughly then put in the snn-
mrnrtz may be reduced to irregular, ! shine, and take m before they have
jfonriar ftaWienfe’.^Which are excel* I staid out long enough to catch any
Umi. Shenh of the quahog, or round ' dew .—Mirror and Farmer.
clam, pouhded, Serve the double pur-
and sour. We wash the milk all; plied with the sinews of war. This
from the pans, then wash in soap I warfare may be fine fan for Messrs,
and hot water, rinse off and scald j Garrett end Scott, but it looks like
^ for kicking bis
tree* so well don* toot be hasn’t been able
I* split wead felte weeks. |foid for*
pose of grin _
Bupply of lime for tho formation of
egg wells, and on this acconnt are
better than tyster shells.
Dogs or Poultry.
Hez^ frequently wo see from one
to three.worthless dogs about a poor
man’s door,, and it takes more to
feed them than twenty hens. For
the hTtftl of jour renders I will
give mi experience with poultry in
small eoops for three months, March,
April, and May No. I, one cock
mid five Dominique Leghorn pullets
and
Importance cf Seed Tests.—An
experienced corn grower can gener
ally give a pretty safe opinion as to
whether com will be good for seed.
There are some special marks which
help to determine this question of
vitality, but when it is so easy to de
termine the question definitely by
planting a few kernels it is not wise
to run even a slight danger of being
mistaken. In a less important de
gree the same is true of garden
seeds. We strongly advise taking
a few seeds of each kind to be plan
ted, counting them, and planting in
a box of good earth, kept in a warm
qggs; ar- room and watered as needed. In a
death to the stockholders.—Chroni
cle <b Sentinel.
Time is money, and many people
pay their debts with it.
T. MARK WALTER’S
Marble Works,
BEGAD STREET,
Near Lower Market,
AUGUSTA, OA*
A large assortment of
Menmeats, TenteUies,
AND
MARBLE WORK
Generally, now and always on hand.
AH order* ailed wife dispatch and aB work kr
the country carefully hsaed aad delivered at
Depot. .
ApriltO, Wi.