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lished in Savannah.
Affairs in (ieorsria.
\Ve Itave received the first number of
the Gainesville Southron, edited by Prof.
.James I'. Vincent, formerly of the Nor-
rross Advance. The Southron, is a neatly
printed paper, and its editorial page ap-
a particular place can be given, aa
pears
to
be uncommonly well managed.
T>rof. Vincent is a vigorous writer, and
the Southron will take rank among the
leading weeklies of Georgia. The local
department is in the hands of Mr. John
T Wilson, a gentleman of large expe
rience.
t Jlr. Fleming was seriously hurt in
Macon the other day by the fall of his
horse.
The Atlanta papers, and the Augusta
Chronish. are taking the trouble to deny
the rumor that they have entered into
combinations in the race for State Printer.
}Ir. C. E. Carnes, formerly editor of
the Wilkinson Appeal, will shortly start
a paper at Irwinton.
Mr. William Henry Wagner, of San-
dersville. a brave ex-Confederate, died
recently of consumption.
Pr. John D. Andrews, of Thomasville,
has cured Mr. Pendleton Sapp, of Burke
county, of a cancer. Mr. Sapp is seventy-
two years of age, and his friends had
given him up to die.
Thomasville had a colored cutting
scrape the other day. There was no food
for the Coroner.
It seems that ignorance is always back
ed by stupidity. A correspondent of the
Newnan ID raid, in alluding to those who
do not favor the re-enactment of the
usury law, idiotically speaks of “newspa
pers ran in the interest of bankers and
brokers.” This is the best argument we
have seen in favor of the re-enactment
of the usury laws.
The gin-house of Mr. John Carpenter,
of Coweta county, was burned recently
by an incendiary. No. 52.
Thomas county is safely out of debt.
A Wilcox oounty man caught a homed
owl in his chicken house the other night.
Mr. J. G. McVay, of Hawkinsville, died
recently from the effects of an overdose
of laudanum.
The gin-house of Hon. Geo. R. Reid,
of Wilcox county, was burned by an in
cendiary on the 28th of December.
No. 53.
Coffee county claims a citizen one hun
dred and seven years old, who raises his
own provisions aud does his own hunting.
His name is Edmond Spivey.
General A. C. Garlington, a ready and
brilliant writer, has taken editorial charge
of the Griffin Messenger.
Mr. Paul C. Hudson retires from the
McDuffie Journal, and is succeeded by
Mr. W. F. Combs, formerly of the Daw
son Journal. Success to both.
Home hugs the effete skating rink to
her bosom.
Captain C. H. Bussey, of McDuffie,
county, lost his bam and stables by in
cendiarism recently.
The spring races open in Augusta to
day, in Charleston next Monday, and in
mis city on the Monday following.
Newnan thinks she has conquered the
small-pox.
Joseph Reynolds, of Rome, took some
morphine for the headache, and came
near lifting himself out of the country.
A full-blooded mule sat down on a
Gwinuett county nigger the other day in
a style that would have been creditable
to a pile-driver.
The Darien Timber Gazette thus speaks
of Judge Henry B. Tompkins: “The
Judge appears to be less than thirty years
old aud has already established a charac
ter as a sound lawyer and won a reputa
tion for legal attainments. He presides
with the graceful gravity befitting the
scholarly gentleman and administers jus
tice with a diguity becoming the majesty
of the law, and a suavity indicative of a
heart. His successful mode of conduct
ing the business of the court has made a
good impression, and will insure him a
welcome. It is safe to predict that in his
judicial career justice will be adminis
tered, not through pedantry and observ
ance of rule coldly* correct, but will be
dispensed with the unction resulting from
a clear head and a love of justice.” .
The Hawkinsville Dispatch: Mr. Billy
King, aged sixty-nine years, and living
near Henderson, on the line of Houston
and Dooly counties, made this year with
his own labor, except sixteen days of
hired help, one hundred and eighty
bushels of corn, 1,700 pounds lint cotton,
ho gallons of syrup, 50 bushels of peas,
aud saved 2,500 pounds fodder. He
made his own fertilizers. We are now
ready to hear from our ex-Representative,
James Roothe, about those crops his man
made for the last five years.
Correspondence Hawkinsville Dispatch:
I see in your valuable paper several re
ports of good farming from Coffee, Dooly
and Pula.ski couuties. I will give you one
from Telfair county: Joney Mack, four
teen years old, made this year by his own
labor 200 bushels of corn, 1,500 pounds
of fodder, 300 bushels of potatoes, 12G
gallons of syrup aud 300 pounds of sugar.
“ e yas not seen lounging around railroad
Rations during work time. If all the
- vs would imitate his example there
would not be such a cry raised for want
of labor.
Quitman Independent: A meeting of
me stockholders of the Quitman factory’
Was held at the court house on the first of
* uls month, when the following officers to
mauage the affairs of the company for this
year were elected: Dr. H. Briggs, presi
dent : directors, A. J. Roundtree, *J. B.
f inch. J. R. Creech, A. W. Groover, H.
M. l ornsides. During the past year be
tween one and two thousand doljars of
machinery, etc., have been purchased
an d placed in the factory, and
Everything is in good working or
der-better than it was twelve
months ago. The result of the year’s
"ork justify the conclusion, that if suffi
cient additional stock could be raised to
relieve it of the debt under which it went
mto operation, it would soon become a
paying institution. Carrying this debt,
however, and having no outside capital to
fall back upon, but being dependent on
sales to raise funds to buy cotton and pay
greatI y cripples the operations of
the President. Instead of being able to
hold his goods for remunerative prices,
he is frequently compelled to sell at short
profits in order to provide the means for
carrying on the business.
Gainesville Southron : We have yet to
meet a single active, enterprising, think-
JJS farmer, who does not regard the
Homestead Law ae deceptive in its effects
Jnrinfl yuubines.
J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1875.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
upon the individual availing himself of
it, and as terribly pernicious m its effects
upon the aggregate population of the
State. Some few even of those who
have taken the Homestead affirm that
they would to-day rather have back their
lost credit than the property retained
under the Homestead. Saying nothing
of the baneful moral influences of
constitutional enactments that put a
premium upon dishone.-.ty in a com
monwealth, we venture the assertion that
of all other causes, the Homestead Law’
has contributed most to the paralyzation
of individual and corporate industries
and to the general prostration of business
in the State. If we mistake not the pop
ular pulse, this impression is nearly uni
versal. So great indeed has the outward
pressure become on this line, that lead
ing politicians and the press are now ven?
turing something more than a whisper
against the continuance of it.
If, then, the Homestead Law is per
nicious to the interests of the State
and must be “modified or abolished, ’’the
question is, how shall it be done I It can
be done by the action of two successive
Legislatures and a ratification of such
action by the people. Or it can be done
by* calling a State Convention to frame a
new Constitution, w’hich can be submit
ted at once to the people for ratification.
The former method requires too much
time. The deadly upas demands imme
diate and “heroic treatment.” The peo
ple and sound policy demand not only
that its branches be trimmed, but that
the axe go to its very’ roots.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER
OF AGRICULTURE.
An Interesting and Important Document.
I ll i: MORNING NEWS.
Noon Telegrams.
THE LOUISIANA INFAMY.
THREE OF GRANTS CABINET
EXPLAIN THEMSELVES.
THE REVOLUTIONISTS MAKI A
SHOW IN NEW YOKE.
AN ATTEMPT TO SUSTAIN GRANT
AND HIS TOOLS.
THE ALABAMA OUTRAGES AMD WHO
COMMITTED THEM.
. THE ALABAMA “ OUTRAGES”
Livingston, Sumter County, Ala., Janu
ary 9.—Messrs. Albright and Buckner, of
the Investigating Committee, yesterday
concluded four days’ investigation at this
place. Many witnesses were examined. The
Killing of Billings and Ivey, and the whip
ping of the negro Nolson Doyle, were proven,
but there wa» np proof connecting those acts
with political motives. It was proven that the
Torkland riot originated in a strife between
negroes respecting the distribution of gov
ernment bacon. Attempts to quell the distur
bance resulted m a combination of the ne
groes against the whites,and an attack by the
former, who subsequently transferred
operations to the adjacent (Belmont)
neighborhood across the river and
in this county, where tiio armed
demonstration was suppressed by the
civil authorities without bloodshed. The
reported outrages in Choctaw were proven
to be mere inventions. It was proven that
in this county the United States authorities
made arrests, seized houses and carried
away private property without warrant.
The same authorities took possession of tho
county jail. A colored Democrat was fined
without warrant, and imprisoned and sub
sequently discharged without examination.
While imprisoned the military guard threat
ened to shoot him if ho did not furnish
information which he could not give. It
was in proof that Bob Reid declared he
would carry’ Sumpter county or ride chin-
deep in blood. In refutation of the charges
of intimidation of Republican voters it was
proven that in tho last election the Repub
lican vote in this county was increased thir
ty-three per cent, over Grant’s vote in 1872.
This is sustained by official returns.
HOW NOW, MASTER BROOKE ?
New York, January 9.—Babcock & Co.,
grocers, have tailed.
Mayor Wickham presides on Monday night
at the Louisiana indignation demonstration.
Both parties are getting up calls. A coun
ter-document reads : “We, the undersigned,
recollecting how the rebellion was inaugu
rated and the country forced into a war by
the failure of the government to protect its
forts and officers, hereby testify our approval
of the prompt action of the government in the
late case of the Legislature of Louisiana,
According to the Herald's Washington
special, Secretaries Fish and Bristow, and
Postmaster-General Jewell, stated in inter
views yesterday that they were not con
sulted with reference to. nor did they see,
the dispatches sent to Sheridan by Belknap
saying the President and all the Cabinet
approved of his proceedings.
COLD WEATHER.
Chicago, January 9.—Tho weather sud
denly turned cold, with a driving snow’ from
the west. Dispatches from the North and
West report extreme cold, with heavy snow.
At Des Moines the thermometer fell from
eight above to eight degrees below zero,
the coldest weather for many years, with*
drifting snow.
St. Louis, January 9.—The thermometer
at four o’clock yesterday was thirty-one de
grees above, and at seven o’clock was live
below zero.
HINDS VS. HEALEY,
Washington, January 9.—An effort is
afoot to have Hinds succeed Healey as Mar
shal of the Middle District of Alabama.
FOR WASHINGTON.
Cincinnati, January 9.—The Louisiana
Committee are here. Thev leave for Wash
ington to-night.
A Terrible Disclosure.—John Martin,
an old Mexican who lives a few miles be
low this place, has a small garden-ranch,
on which is situated a fine spring. A few
months since, this {spring not supplying
sufficient water to irrigate his garden,
Martin employed some three or four In
dians, and began to clean out and enlarge
it. After digging down a short distance
he found an immense quantity of loose
rocks of all sizes, which he proceeded to
remove. After doing so he found sev
eral human skeletons. On making this
discovery the Indians became somewhat
excited, and expressed a desire to stop
work; but, after much persuasion, Martin
succeeded in getting them to work again,
and in a short time took from the spring
nine skulls aud other bones belonging to
the human frame.
The Indians refusing to work any
longer, and the water coming in so fast,
he was compelled to give up work for the
time. Martin is confident that there are
several more yet in the spring, and as
soon as possible will remove them. Those
taken out were buried a short distance
from the spring. The skulls are evidently
those of white persons, of all ages and
sexes—infants, children, and adults. Be
sides these were also found glass bottles
and other conveniences used by emigrants
in c imping: also a quantity of flint arrow
heads, such as are used by the Pit River
Indians, and in one of the skulls was
found a split ball. The Indians profess
to be wholly ignorant of the matter, yet
all the circumstances give evidence that
an emigrant train was murdered here
many years ago and that the Indians are
the authors of it—Modoc (Cal.) Indepen-.
dent.
It is quite possible that the Republican
party may endeavor to retrieve its ruined
fortunes by a vigorous policy toward
Spain in the matter of Cuba. We agree
with the Baltimore Gazette that it would
be a desperate gamester’s last throw. The
condition of Spain is such as to invite a
quarrel. With Alfonso this country has
no sympathy, nor with the ideas he repre- 4
sents.
Ges. Sheeidas's Obdeks.—a Wash
ington special says Gen. Sheridan is un
derstood not to have had special orders
for this case, bat to have had carte
blanche from President Grant before he
went down to New Orleans, and an un
derstanding that he was to go to all
lengths in. sustaining the Kellogg gov
ernment.
State of Georgia, 1
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., December 17,1874. j
To His Excellency James M. Smith, Gover
nor of Georgia :
I have the plea-ore to lay before you this,
the first annual report of the Department of
Agricultur*, in compliance with the last
clause of section C of the act of 20th Febru
ary, 1874, creating the D partment.
organization.
On the 2Gth day of August last I was ap
pointed Commissioner of Agriculture, and
on the 31st day of the same month I was
du'y qualified and commissioned.
On the 1st day of September I appointed
Thoa. C. Howard clerk ; on the 10th, i\ H.
Mell, Jr., chemist; on the 15th, J. Henly
Smith, statistician, and on the 22d October,
R. H. Loughridgo, geologist.
My first duty was to organize the Depart
ment. This was onerous and responsible.
I had but little in the way of precedents or
experience to guide me. Everything had
to be outliued and systematized, and the
Department placed in working order, with
few or no aids at command.
The ficope of duty prescribed by the law
creating the Department, was most compie-
hensive, and included, no* only the geologi
cal, mineralogical and physical features of
the several counties in the State, as iho
basis of agriculture, but the whole science
of husbandry.
Iu this new field of labor, there was much
to learn, as well as much to accomplish; and
in inaugurating a work of such magnitude,
my policy has been to make haste slowly.
Much in the way of results cannot bo ex
pected at an early day.
A HAND-BOOK FOB THE SEVERAL COUNTIES.
The first duty prescribed bv the law, is
the preparation or a “Hand-book describing
the geological formation of the various
counties of the State, with information as »o
the general adaptation of th* soil of said
counties for the varioas products of the
temperate zone, and for the purpose of giv
ing a more general and careful estimate of
the capacity and character of th* soil of
the counties of this State.” From this, it
will plainly appear, that a geological survey
must precede the preparation of the hand
book. The act creating the department au
thorizes the employment of a geologist to
make a geological survey of the State. After
mature reflection, I thought a duo regard to
economy and the best interests of the State,
required that this department should co
operate and act in perfect harmony with the
St He Geologist appointed by the Governor—
especially in view of .the fact that the inten
turn of the law evidently is, that the results
of the geological survey must furnish much
of the nn-st important material for making
up the hand-book of tho counties of the
State.
In conformity with this view, I instructed
the chemist and geologist of this depart
ment to unite their labors with those of the
corps of the State Geologist, and make a
complete reconnoissance of Bartow county,
and collect all tho facts necessary to prepare
a complete map and hand-book of the same.
As any very exten led survey of the coun
ties of the State could not possibly bo made
before the meeting of the General Assembly,
I thought it would be acceptable to select
some one couuty in which to perform the
work required by law, and submit the same
as a sample, indicating the manner iu which
the work is to be performed.
SOIL AND MINERAL ANALYSIS.
To the chemist and geologist of this de
partment has been assigned th* duty of col
lecting and making an analysis of the
diverge soils of the conuties in the State, in
compliance with tho first clause of para
graph 1, section 4, of the act of 20th’Feb
ruary last; also, the 5th paragraph of the
same section ; and a laboratory has been fit
ted up and furnished with a suitable chemi
cal apparatus for conducting soil and min
eral analysis.
Heretofore, these analyses have been
rather the abstract diversions of scient’.sis
than the practical helps of the working
farmer. Tho rules which I have prescribed
for conducting them are different, in somu
particulars, from the usual methods, and
are designed to be practical in their results.
From the explorations in this province of
research, by these gentlemen, I hope many
data will be supplied, of great practical
benefit to agriculture.
The appropriation of $1,000, “with which
to purchase a sufficient chemical apparatus”
for soil and mineral analysis, was not quit*
sufficient for the purpose, and I have had to
supplement that sum with funds of this
Department. It will be necessary for the
Legislature to appropriate money to re
plenish the apparatus as Occasion may re
quire, and purchase the necessary chemi
cals.
statistics.
We very greatlvl^eecl a systematic collec
tion of the fact* of Agriculture, showing
fully aud reliably the material condition and
resources of Georgia. The practical deduc
tions to be drawn from them would be in
valuable. To obtain them will reauire ac
tive, yet patient investigation and labor,
which must be wisely directed. This can be
done only through the agency of such an
organization as a State Agricultural De
partinent, which speaks from the record of
a well authenticated collection of facts.
I have caused circulars to be issued from
this Department (copies of which, number
ing from 1 to 8, accompany tho report,) for
the purpose of placing the Department in
communication with, and giving informa
tion to, those who are actively interested in
agriculture; and also of collecting useful
statistical information. Those containing
appeals to our agricultural societies, the
Grangers, and leading agriculturists of the
State, have been most politely and kindly
responded to, and the suirit evinced thereby
has satisfied me that the establishment of
this Department by law has been most fav
orably received by the people generally.
A decennial cencus. though very import
ant, fails to supply tliat information which
public necessity demands. We want, not
ouly annual returns, but they should be had
on special subjects—say the condition of
crops, etc.—several times during the year.
These can be obtained only 'by means of
some well devised, convenient and reliable
system. By such a system, full information
may be obtained, and* highly valuable statis
tical tables and faevs may be prepared an
nually, or oftener, and furnished to th*
people at slight cost, without the expense of
an additional officer.
1 am pleased to be able to say that Geor
gia has seriously entered upon this work,
and on a plan the wisest yet devised by anv
of the States, and I trust she will steadily
aud vigorously extend the system, till the
people of Georgia shall annually bo placed
m possession of every fact relating to our
material condition and interests. The
present system is, in my judgment, the best
that can* be devised, but there are some
defects in its details which can be easily
remedied.
FARM LABOR, ETC.
I respectfully ask attention to circular No.
5,which contains a number of plain questions
upon the subjects of labor, bom* supplies,
etc. Copies of this circular were sent to a
number of intelligent and experienced farm-
era in every couuty in the Slate. They
were selected with reference to their peculiar
qualifications for imparting information
upon tho subjects named. The questions
asked were such as could be readily and
correctly answered by every farmer, from
his ovvn’actual knowledge, obtained by per
sonal experience aud observation.
Responses to these questions have been
received from nearly every county in the
State. There is a remarkable unanimity in
the testimony thus rendered, upon some of
the more important topicss embraced in the
circular, which is well calculated to make a
deep impression upon every mind interested
in the welfare of the State.
The idea has obtained among many of our
most judicious and well-informed farmers
md planters that negro labor in Georgia is
not adding to our values, and is really not
self-sustaining.
This apprehension,if well founded,is alarm
ing, and calls for the most serious considera
tion and wise action. It is a matter of mo
mentous importance. The material conse-
qu< nces are of suen magnitude that I am
reluctant to express any opinion, but the ob-
hg itious of official duty demand that I should
give the facts in mv possession, that the
country may have them for what they are
worth.
To the question: “What is the number of
colored persons on your lands; how many
are workers, and how many are non-workers
ou the farm?” the responses show that more
than half of our rural negro population are
uon-workers. These consumers appear to
be made up of nearly all the negro women,
the girls approaching womanhood, and the
younger members of the family. These
must find subsistence in some way, and I
fear that way is too plainly indicated in the
statements of fruit, poultry and hog raising,
given in the responses. It certainly makes
a discouraging e xhibit for a class of people
excinsively agricultural in their habits,
training and dependence.
In all parts of the State where the farm is
depended upon for the support of the fami
ly, where it is owned by white people who
cultivate their lands with their own labor,
out-door work is not disdained by the adult
females, nor are the children exempt from
their proper share of labor. But it really
seems that in Georgia, field labor i* regarded
by the colored population as degrading to
negro women and their younger children,
even though that labor is bestowed upon
their owu crops.
Aul they farther show that the average
time engaged, of those who do w;>rk, is
about four and a half days in the week ; that
the average effectiveness and value of this
labor, compared with that of 1860, is about
sixty per cent.; and they still further show,
with most remarkable unanimity, that negro
labor is not self-sustaining, and not adding
to the substantial and permanent values of
the State.
The general testimony is, that they are
not willing to make rails, build and repair
fences, dig or clean out ditches, or make
necessary farm improvements, which are of
a more permanent character, even for extra
compensation, frequently refusing to do such
work at very remunerative wages, and very
often unwilling to comply with tneir plain
contracts.
These significant facts, obtained in the
way before named, are only briefly men
tioned. A full aud careful digest of the
responses to this circular will be made iu a
short time and given to the country. I con
sider this information very valuable. It
comes from those who know the facts
whereof they speak, aud are fully competent
in the premises. It is the verdict of a can
did, intelligent and competent jury, aud
fully establishes the truth oi the statements.
This representation being undeniably true
exhibits an alarming condition of affurs.
The remedy I will not presume to suggest.
It rests with the legislators of Georgia, rep
resenting a just, intelligent, humane aud
Christian people. I consider that I have
discharged my duty in frankly presenting
the facts. Facts are stubborn things, and
cannot be safely disregarded or ignored.
Evils that cannot be endured must be cured
or inevitable consequences will be entailed
upon the country.
It further appears from these returns that
the class of white persons who are hirelings
do not render as efficient labor ai the ne
groes, being less tractable as employes. The
majority of this class do not appear to be
thriftv, diligent and of steady habits, aud
are uot accumulating property or improving
their condition.
I*, however, clearly appears that more of
this class, in proportion to numbers, are
acquiring property and elevating their
standard of comfort than among the negroes.
There are exceptions in both classes.
It is an important fact, and worthy of spe
cial consideration, that wher* the white
man owns his land and works it altogether
by his own labor, and that of bis family, he
is very generally realizing benefit, and often
very large profits, aud rapidly acquiring
wealth.
A deplorable shortness of provision crops
throughout tho State marks the agriculture
of our people, where cotton is largely de
pended on, and negro labor to produce it.
The returns to this department show that a
majority of the negroes of Georgia eDgaged
iu tillage are renters or croppers on shares.
While in a few instances the proprietors of
the lauds thus occupied, contract for the
control and direction ot tho tillage of the
lands, and to dictate tLe methods of culture,
still it is believed that in a very large num
ber of instances the negro lessee does as be
pleases, aud i* the ir. espon-iblo manager.
Wherever this is tho case provision crops
are scant, and each and every agricultural
process is sloven aud unremuuerative.
Tho system of renting lands to negroes,
or cropping with them on shares, in most
cases, does not pay, aud unless it is changed
or modified, will surely result in a dec iue iu
the value of our lauds, and a stead)’ decrease
in our annual crop returns. The wages sys
tem, with proper oversight, is certainly the
most remunerative to the land-holder and
the laborer, ami the wealth of the country
will most surely be incrcasod by adopting it
generally.
I have’dwelt at length upon the question
of labor, because it underlies all our indus
trial interests, aud to be effective, it must be
wisely directed and controlled.
GENERAL FARM ECONOMY.
A great deal of our depression and want
of success is to be attributed to mistaken
management in the conduct of our hui-
bandry generally. As an example: What
can be more ill-advised, or more certain to
entail loss and final decay in all our agricul
tural investments aud interests, than a sys
tem of farming which ignores all restoring
aud improving processes? Nothing is more
self-evident than the fact that if the elements
of fertility incorporated in the crop re
moved, are not returned to the land, that
land is doomed to inevitable sterility. It is
hard to fend off this deplorable result, even
where th* lx»nt appliances of science and the
aids of the most judicious methods of cul
ture are adopted.
What hope is there for the soil of Ga< rg ; a
where it is abandoned to the mercy of an
ignorance and perverseness that no appeals
of present interest, or solicitude for the fu
ture, can reach or alarm? If the improvi
dent aud unconcerned negro is to control the
agriculture of the .State, which he does
virtually for the year of nis lease, thou is the
end certainly near.
It must bo admitted, and with much re
gret, that our agriculture is languishing
generally, and that other causes than ineffi
cient auii uncontrolled labor have aided in
producing this result.
The injudicious use of high-priced ferti
lizers has been a fruitful source of loss and
embarrassment; aud I regard the motive
which prompted that indiscreet use and
abuse, as raoro to bo deplored than any loss
which U has yet entailed. From the staid
ness and ecor omy of the former time, which
distinguished tho tillers of the soil, we have
turned aside, and hastened to be rich on ex
pensive cotton, the market value of which
has kept constantly behind tho cost of pro
duction. With the Inc >ming of this spirit,
sober saving and persistent iudustrv took
its departure, aud with it, too often, safe
profits and solid improvements. Lands,
farm-buildings, and fixtures, have been ne
glected, and iu a lamentable number of in
stances. the man whose surplus productions
should have fed tho non-producers, has not
made enough for himself. A vast number of
our farmers are consumers of farm produce,
where they should be dealers; and have re
lied upon sources of supply, remote and un
natural, for the neceas.tries which their
vocation is intended to create. The strange
contradiction has been witnessed of farmers
resorting to the store-houses of tho city for
broad and meat with which to sustain their
'amilie*, and fo- the provender which was
fed to their stock.
From wen considered returns ma e to
this department, I thiuk I am fully war
ranted in giving the opinion, that more than
half the farmers r in Georgia do not raise
meat enough to supply their families ; that
fruit and poultry are generally considered
unprofitable; thit sheep raising has been
largely abandoned for a number of years
past, and that very few, comparatively, are
raising horses and mules.
This must a 1 be changed if we would be
prosperous. Sensible farming, the creative
interest of the State, should not only fur
nish all needed supplies for both producers
and non-producers, but a surplus tor tho
markets of the country. This remarkable
reversal of the laws of trade aud thrift, and
J the ignoring of the dictates of common
sense, if persisted in, will surely break down
the agriculture of the State, and with it the
r *»x-paying power, and the hopes of the peo
ple.
Great numbers of farmers are seriously
embarrassed with debt and a lack of re
sources, and tho mortifying fact must be
stated, that this unfortunate condition ex
ists at a time when every product of the
farm commands enormously high prices.
The case is still worse, because the farm
ers are in debt lor ntcessary supplies—for
bread and meat and torage—tbe very arti
cles which the farm ought to produce
abundantly.
Too many hwe bought provisions and
fertilizers on time, giving a lien on the
coming crop of cotton, out of which they
e xpected to realize enough to pay debts,
buy provisions, and have a handsome sur
plus. Instead of this, the cotton has not
paid the cost of raisipg it, and many are
unable to pay even crop liens, aud the em
barrassed farmer is without money, without
3 lies, anl without credit. Such is the
irable condition of large numbers,
whose vocation should render them inde
pendents
The testimony on all sides is, that it has
been brought about by making cotton, and
failing to make corn, and wheat, and meat,
and forage. It was expected that cotton
would bring enough to buy supplies and
save money; buc for the last three or four
years it has cost more to raise it than was
realized for it iu market.
The policy would ncr have been good,
even if the expected high price had been
realized; but actual results have disap
pointed expectation, and farmers have re
sorted to tne equally ruinous policy of going
in debt—not for lands or permanent im
provements, but for what they consume.
As to the remedy, I can say nothing bet
ter than to quote from a pointed speech by
Hon. George W. Adams, before the State
Agricultural Convention in August last. Ho
said:
The way to do is to keep out of debt.
That’s the sovereign remedy for our evils.
* * * Law is not the remedy, but tbe
remedy is not to go in debt.”
Col.’Z. H. Clark, at the same convention,
said :
I’ll tell you the sure and certain remedy
for all the troubles in this respect. It is to
live within our means. We ought not to go
in debt. * * * We must make up our
minds to do without what we can’t paydown
for. * * * We mist work. We must
make money cheap by living at home.
Make your own coru, and wheat and oats,
and hay, and potatoes, and hogs, and cattle,
and horses, and sheep, and if need be, yonr
own clothes, too; and then make what cot
ton you can besides all this. Then the
moneyed men will coma to us to bqv our
c ttou, and give os qut price for it. * • *
Then we will all be decent, respectable and
independent.”
ENTOMOLOGY.
The dis< ases which affect our orchard,
garden and field crops, and the insects
which prey upon them, arc bias'ing the re
wards of labor to an incalculable extent. It
is certain that the cotton caterpillar inflicts
a lose upon the State of Georgia, iu some
seasons, to the amouutof millions of dol
lars. The insect which pioduce* the blight
in grapes has driven one of the most prom
ising varieties ever introduced into the
State, almost entirely out of cultivation,
after many thousands of dollais had been
spent by enterprising citizens in its propa
gation and culture. Some of the io< st de
sirable and valuable fruits whuff would grow
here iu the fullest perfection, if tho condi
tion* of soil and climate only were to b*
considered, are almost entire straugers to
our people. The smooth-akiuned fruits, such
as nearly every variety of luscious plums aud
cherries, as well as the apricot and nectarine,
are hopelessly abandoned because of the un
sparing ravages of the enruuiio. The ap
ple, which grows and matures almost every
where out of tb« sweep of the sea breeze's,
is year by year becoming more uncertain,
because of the depredations of its insect
enemies. The same may be said of the
peach. When it is considered what a cheap
apd exquisite luxary our people are deprived
of when a crop of fruit is lost; when we re
member what an immense saving as a sub
stitute for grosser food which a fruit cr >p
insures, wo can iu some sort estimate what
we are annually losing in our productive
wealth aud comforts by insatiable insects.
We have strangely neglected the study of
entomology. Our best informed classes sre
almost entirely ignorant of the habits and
nature of these formidable enemies to the
succssb of our fruit garden and field culture.
The great losses sustained by the ravage* of
insects is increasing year by year, and it has
reached a stage where defensive measures
will soon be forced upon i:s; yet but littl*
has been accomplished or even attempted
by us in this most important field of inves
tigation.
It is not extravagant to say that we have
suffered losses in a single year from the
frightful ravages of th* eotton caterpillar
sufficient to pay th* *xpoitse* of ear civil
list for ten years. If there is any reasonable
hope of discovering means of relief the8tate
could not employ her talents and treasnres
to better purpose than in seeking remedial
measnres. It wonld pay the State in won
derful savings if an expert should be kept
constantly at work investigating the habits
of these insects and experimenting ou the
means of their extirpation.
SHEET-HUSBANDRY.
The neglect of sheep raising should be re
garded as among the most serious draw
backs to our prosperity.
The information furnished thi* depart
ment in response to the inqoiry : “ Do you
keep sheep; is it profitable; what p*r eent.
upon investment does it pay ?” shew* very
forcibly the sad state of negle*t into which
this most important branch of husbandry
has fallen, as well as the large profits which
it pays whon properly cared for.
England, having an area not twice the
size of Georgia, maintains thirty millions of
sheep. The very turnips which are raised
to feed the sheep exceed in value, in the
couuty of Norfolk alone, the whole cotton
crop of Georgia. By the help of this ani
mal the kingdom is enabled to raise on its
own soil not less than six hundred millions
of bushels of small grain annually.
We have in Georgia about four hundred
thousand head of sheep—only double the
number which a single county in Ohio has ;
and this strange neglect of a wonderful re
source is persisted in, when in many sec
tions of our State men of large experience
and sound judgment assert that a pound of
wool can be produced as cheaply as a pound
of cotton.
From practical tests wo know that tur
nips, which seem to be a food particularly
adapted to tbe raising and fattening *f
sheep, can be produced at a eost of four
cents par bushel. In my opi*i*n, it may be
safely said that sheep-*-nabandry would pay
well in many sections of Georgia, if never a
flaece was clipped nor a peund of mutton
consumed. Well has it been said that the
“sheep’s hoof is tipped with gold.” for
wherever it ranges the soil is blesseu with
restored fertility.
The pound or wool which might displace
tho pound of cotton, moans cheap ana de
licious meat, thousands of acres rescued
from repulsive sterility, and millions of dol
lars realized from wool—a fair rival of the
sin vy fibre of our wasted fields, whieb has
so misled and bewildered the judgment of
our people. I venture to say that in the
economic history of a working people, no
such grand opportunity as sheep husbandry
offt rs. has been bo ignored and neglected’,
and for such inadequate reasons, as have
obtained with ns.
Because a worthless cur (whose owner is
often of as little worth) will kill a sheep,
and because the sheep will not thrive on
negiect, tho State of Georgia is presented
before the agricultural world as having only
four hundred thousand of these animals !
This will, perhaps, remain a humiliating
feature of our census tables, as long as a
protective law, encouraging sheep-hus
bandry, is the subject of “infinite jest.”
FERTILIZERS.
The law creating this department, bear
ing upon the subject of fertilization, is very
significant. It wou d be difficult to exag
gerate the importance of increase iu yield
iu crops, by any real improvement in the
method f enriching onr arable lands.
It may be safely estimated that any mann-
rial agent of merit would increase tlie jield
of our staple crops at least one-fourth.
Most of onr farmers who use properly com
pounded and judiciously applied fertilizers
rea ize far better results than one-fourth in
crease ; but we will suppose only this is real
ized from a fairly good fertilizer. The value
of this increase, confining it to our three
leading crops—corn, wheat and cotton—
would reach the wonderful result of thirteen
millions of dollars; and a corresponding in
crease in all our crops would not probably
bo less than eighteen millions a year!
Does the reformer, the oatrlot, the states
man, see nothing in this ? Is it not appa
rent that right here is to be sought a resto
rative for our failing fortunes—a recovery
of our former power and influence?
Much as we may hope from the rapid
strides whieh science is making iu the do
main of agriculture and kindred interests;
much as improved machinery may do for
ns, I am confirmed in the belief that the
hrl s which will enable tbe people of
Georgia to make more an one acre than has
heretofore been made on three, will do more
to raise our drooping prosperity than every
thing besides.
Tho progress made in the last fire year*
in learning the lature of plant growth* and
the solid addit.oue to our knowledge of the
true principles ot fertilization, hare been
very remarkable, and offer great encourage
ment in our search after better and cheaper
fertilizers and improved methods of apply
ing them.
incalculable good will result to our be
loved State from a successful effort ip com
pounding cheaper home-iqade fertilizers.
It will add millions to our yearly produc
tion*, secured at a wonderfully less expense,
and would in a great measure solve that
most perplexing of all our domestic prob
lems—the labor question. It would so en
courage and iasure the tillers of the soil that
thousands of young men in Georgia, who
have been driven by dis ouragements out of
the field or who have b*en deterred from en
tering it, would adopt agriculture as t.ieir
pursuit, and send the waning fortunes of
our State forward vrith a bonnd.
INSPECTION OE FERTILIZERS.
The law on the inspection of fertilizers,
as it exists, is comprehensive and stringent,
and tbe public interests require that it
should be rigidly enforced. No efforts shall
be spared on my part to secure to our peo
ple the full protection from imposition and
frauds, which the law is intended to guar
antee.
CONCLUSION,
In concluding this report, which is neces
sarily imperfect, because of the cursory
manner in which I have been compelled to
discuss the subjects embraced, and because
of the short time the department has been
in existence, I would say that the future is
not without hope, Our people, amidst stu
pendous and crushing afflictions, have
evinced a most creditable degree of pa
tience, resolution and energy. Our troubles
have been singularly trying in their variety,
nature aud force ; and though they have
produced much discouragement, our people
are u->t despondiDg.fWith increased energy,
they are putting forth renewed laborious
endeavors. Experience has demonstrated
that many of our efforts have been mis
guided, and I trust that our past adherence
to old habits will be, iu some measure, mod
ified, and that a new direction wiJi bo given
to our subverted labor system.
With a few years more of etrenuous exer
tion; with the practice of a just economy
and the blessings o? Providence, we hope to
see Georgia restored to her former wealth
and prosperity, and advanced to a point she
never yet attained, in many things which
constitute a noble people and a powerful
commonwealth. Yeryjrespectfnlly,
Your obedivnt servant,
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Third Term Revived.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says it was almost univer
sally thought after the elections that the
third term business was dead. From
what has transpired in the last week or
two the country may be assured that it
is not dead, and that the President
dreams of it as fondly as ever. Just be
fore the recess the President was in
conversation with a member of Congress.
The third term subject was alluded to by
the member. The President significantly
remarked, “No one knows what the
White Leaguers will do in the next
two years.” From the circumstances,
and from the manner of the President,
the only inference to be drawn was
that the country would be in great dan
ger from the White Leaguers, and that
he was the only one that could save it.
This gobliu cry of White Leaguers was
echoed on the floor of the Senate to-day,
on the Radical side. The White Leaguers,
they say, are organized throughout the
entire South, they are armed to the teeth
and number hundreds of thousands; they
intend to renew tbe war for the destruc
tion of the Union, and the man who
broke the back of the slaveholders’ re
bellion is the only man who can stem the
new rebellion. This is the new third
term programme.
Sheridan’s telegram set the ball in mo
tion, and a new impetus was given to it
this afternoon. The Radical leaders in
the Senate, in their desire to hold on to
power themselves, are thus forced, whether
they will or not, to help the ambitious
aspirations of the President. They can
not get along without him. He knows
this and they know it. The President
has resolved that if he goes down the
Republican party shall go with him.
Thus the President calculates that in
1876 the party will be compelled to look
to him, as in 1868 and 1872, to lead it to
victory. The people may well take warn
ing in time, aud refuse to be further de
luded.
In the debate this afternoon there was
evidence of deep feeling among the
crowded galleries. There was very slight
applause over Mr. Logan’s fulmination,
but when Senator Bogy characterized the
action of the President as that of an em
peror, and 6aid the people of Louisiana
would be perfectly justified in resisting
it, there was very decided applause, sev
eral times repeated, which was very an
noying to the Radical Senators.
An Astonished Heath an.—The Vir
ginia City Entcrpri'(Nevada) says,
that recently in that city, while a high
gale was blowing, a curious accident oc
curred on Union street A nobby-look-
ing Chinaman was walking behind a
young lady dressed in the extreme agony
of the fashion, when a sudden gust of
wind blew the Celestial’s tail forward and
wrapped it around the lady’s neck.
Being frightened, she grabbed the end of
the queue to snatch it away, but she
pulled in the wrong direction. The Chi
naman also made a grab to recover his
property, but he also was out of luck, as
he got hold of one of those long curls
which are usually seen hanging down
from wateifalls, as well as of his queue,
and when he took a pull at it the whole
of the lady’s top hair, hat and all, came
off. The lady’s head had no hair on it,
only a little that was gathered into a
small knot that stood erect, like the scalp-
lock of a Piute brave. If ever you saw a
Chinaman astonished at what he had
done, it was that one.
$otrl£ and (Restaurants.
BRESSAN’S
EnropeaiiHm
150, 158, 1GO & 16a
BRYAN STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
(Brocmrs and Provisions.
Just Received.
XA BBLS. CHOICE RED APPLES.
150
20§ bbls. Peerless, Rose and Jackson POTA
TOES.
10 bbls. CARROTS.
50 bbls. SILVER SKIN ONIONS.
25 bbls. and bags new NUTS—“Almonds,
Pecans, Walnuts, Filberts and Brazils.”
100 boxes RAISINS.
100 boxes FIGS, assorted.
5 Frails New DATES.
10 bbls. New CIDER.
20 half bbls. New CIDER.
10 bbls Choice CIDER VINEGAR.
And for sale by
L.T. WHITCOMB’S S0N,Ag’t,
Wholesale Dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
Nuts, Vegetables, Hay, Grain, Feed, Ac. Sole
Agent for Rogers' Pure Cider and Cider Vinegar.
141 BAY STREET,
nov21-tf Savannah, Ga.
Fancy Groceries !
CANDIES,
FIREWORK S
ORANGES,
APPLES.
At 22 Barnard Street.
FELIX Itl SSAK.
Country orders promptly executed. decl9-tf
ESTABLISHED 1856.
GEO* G. - WILSON,
No. 190 Congress and 185 St. .Julian Sts.
Groceries, Wines and Liquors,
AND PLANTERS' SUPPLIES GENERALLY,
Which I will sell low for cash or good acceptance.
C ONSIGNMENTS of Cotton and Country Pro
duce solicited, to which I will give my per
sonal attention, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Parties shipping small lots ot Cotton will find it
to their advantage by shipping me, aa “my
charges will be small,” and remittances in cash or
goods, as may be directed, made promptly,
sepl-tf
(educational.
The latest sensation is a plot to assas
sinate President Grant and Gen. Sheri
dan. The would-be assassins, of oourse,
are the “banditti” whom Little Phil is so
anxious to exterminate by means of mili
tary commissions. And yet these same
“banditti” have allowed Kellogg, Casey
and Company to live among them un
harmed for more than seven years. Too
tbin!
(fipiifaiJ'K
COL. ASBUKY COWARD,
PRINCIPAL.
A FULL CORPS OF ABLE PROFESSORS.
Complete outfit of arms, apparatus, etc., for
thorough mental and phvsical training. Location
noted for heslthfulnees and possessing railroad
and telegraphic facilities. For Illustrated Cata
logue apply to Principal. janft-tf
tfrmcnt 3?tpr$, &t.
CEMENT PIPES.
Savannah Brick ManuTg Co.
Having purchased the
Cement Pipe Machine Patents
are now manufacturing Cement Pipes for Drains,
Sewers, or Well Curbs, of all sizes, and have
on hand a large stock of pipe of the following sizes:
3, 4, 6, 9, 19, 15, 30, and 36 inches, and Bends and
Branches to suit. Contractors are requested to
give them a call
BEFORE USING ANY OTHER PIPE.
This Patent Pipe has been tested for j’ears in
the North, East and West, where it lias given en
tire satisfaction; and it has also been used in the
South with success.
Orders for Pipe in any quantity are solicited and
wffl receive prompt attention. Orders left at the
store of Messrs. Crawford & Lovell, 157 Brough
ton street, for Pipe or Brick will be promptly at
tended to.
E: C. SWAIN, President Sav. B.M’fg Co.
D. Bailey*. Sec. and Treas. jan4-3m
llisitorirat.
SIEGE OF SAVANNAH,
—BY—
COL. C. C. JONES, JR.
Just received and for sale by
jao8-3t JOHN M. COOPER A CO.
f jp HE Proprietor, having completed the necee-
JL sary additions and improvements, can now
tfler to his guests all the comforts to be obtained
tl other Hotels at less than
HALF THE EXPENSE!
A RESTAURANT
ON THE
EUROPEAN PLAN
Has been added, where guests can
.A.T ALL HOURS
Order whatever can be obtained in the market.
ROOMS, WITH B0ABD,
$2 00 PER DAY.
Determined to be
Outdone by None,
All I ask is a TRIAL, confident that complete
satisfaction will be given.
JOHN BRESNAN,
PROPRIETOR.
feblJMf
Jin Booting, &r.
con'FractoR
—FOR—
TIN ROOFING,
Gutters and Conductors.
Also, for making and putting up
GALVANIZED IRON CORNICE,
ORNAMENTAL BRACKETS,
GUTTERS AND CONDUCTORS.
REPAIRING ROOFS will meet with prompt
attention Orders solicted.
Cormack Hopkins,
No. 107 Broughton St.
jan7-tf
Millinery ©ood$.
Millinery ! Millinery!
—AT—
Reduced Prices!
I AM now offering all of my Stock of MllJlnery
Goods, consisting of
PATTERNS.
BONNETS, nATS,
RIBBONS, VELVET.
FELT and STRAW GOODS,
For less than they can be bought elsewhere in
the city. Also a fall line of Velvets on the bias,
in all colors.
I have just received a large and beautiful as
sortment of TIES, in all the new colors.
Also, a new assortment of Hosiery, Kid Gloves,
Corsets, Rushing, etc.
My line of Ladies’ Underwear, made of the
best Muslin and Cambric, is still complete.
Real Hair Switch, Hair Ornaments, and Fancy
Goods.
Also, a large assortment of Silk Umbrellas for
Ladies and Gents.
Ladies, call and examine my stock. You will
find them cheap and of the best quality of goods.
H. C. HOUSTON,
jan5-tf 22 Bull street (Masonic building).
Clothing.
The New Departure
c. o. i>.
By This Sign We Conquer.
IIEIDT, JAUD0N & CO.,
One of the Oldest Clothing
Houses in Savannah,
R ESPECTFULLY announce to their large cir
cle of Friends and Patrons, that from and
after this date they will adopt the “Cash System,”
aud sell for cash. Their prices will conform to
this change, aud will be found lower than any
house in the city.
They now offer unparalleled inducement* to
cash buyers. janl lm
Pfflicinal.
VIRGINIA
BUFFALO SPRINGS.
A MONG the most remarkable cures upon
record, whether by medicineor mineral wa
ter, sre some made by these waters in diseases of
the KIDNEYS and BLADDER, in DYSPEPSIA,
in DISEASES PECULIAR to WOMEN, more es-
liecially in Leucorrhea. They have accomplished
the most gratifying results la GOUT and RHEU
MATISM where dependent mon uric acid in the
blood. In CHRONIC GONORRHEA, SECOND
ARY SYPHILIS, Gleet, and ALL KINDRED
diseases, they are regarded by all medical men
conversant with their effects as decidedly supe
rior to any remedy in the range of medicine or
among the min era 1 waters of the country.
They are put up for sale in cases containing
oue dozen Half Gallon Bottles, delivered at the
Scottsbnrg Depot of the Richmond and Atlanta
Air-Line Railroad at $6 per case. Address,
THOMAS F. GOODE. Proprietor,
Buffalo Lithia Springs,
dec21-MATh4m Mecklenburg County,jVa.
fiorsrs ana
KENTUCKY STABLES.
HEXDBICKS & DARKALL,
DEALERS IN
MULES AND HORSES,
West Broad street, head ot President,
Will keep a full stock of all kind* oi MULES and
HORSES always on hand. dec!7-tf
■Bulbs, (it.
PLANTS !
octl-tf
BOQUETS and
FLOWERS.
DESIGNS for
Weddings and Funerals.
Choice BULBS,
In variety
uso.
BULB GLASSES.
FLOWER JARS, *e„ 4c.
J. H. PARSONS 4t CO,
UI State and at Boll atreet
WHAT MORE APPROPRIATE
Christmas Present
—FOR—
Wife, Sister or Mother,
—THAN A—
WHEELER & WILSON
tag Mine
Several new aud elegant styles Id
GOLD AND PEARL
JUST RECEIVED.
OFFICE:
New Masonic
dec!4-M,W&F<fcwtf
Temple.
©ift (tonffrt.
ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY
TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, WITH POSSI
BLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, IS OFFERED
BY THE POSTPONEMENT OF PUBLIC LI
BRARY OF KY. TO THE 27th OF FEBRUARY,
NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND LAST CON
CERT AND DRAWING. THE MANAGEMENT
ARE PLEDGED TO THE RETURN OF THE
MONEY’ IF THE DRAWING SHOULD NOT
COME OFF AT THE DAY NOW APPOINTED.
One Grand Cash Gift $259,000
One Grand Cash Gift 100,009
One Grand Cash Gift 75,609
One Grand Cash Gift 80,909
One Grand Cash Gift 95,009
5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each 190,099
10 Cask Gifts, 14.000 each 146,999
15 Cash Gifts, 10,000 each 160,909
20 Cash Gifts, 5,000 each 199,909
25 Cash Gifts, 4,000 each 166,909
30 Cash Gifts, 3,000 each 99,999
50 Cash Gifts, 2,000 each 169,999
100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 each 160,999
240 Cash Gifts, 500 each 129,999
500 Cash Gifts, 100 each 50,999
19,000 Cash Gifts, 50 each 950,999
Whole Tickets, $50. Halves, $25. Tenth, or each
Coupon, $5. Eleven Whole Tickets, fSOO.
For Tickets, or information, address
TIiO. E. BRAMLBTTE,
Agent and Manager, I/oaisville. Ky. t or
R. R. BREN,
21 BuM St. and Screven House, Savannah, Ga.
dec!8-M&F&wtfeb23
£ov £ale.
FOR SALE.
AW MILL, DOCK HOUSES, and Lease o£
Dock, PINE LANDS, as follows:
PANAMA MILLS, Jacksonville. Florida, with
Dwelling House and twenty-fire acres of
Land, a’l in good order.
DOCK, HOUSES and Lease of Dock; Lease, 78
years to run; Dock and Houses coat $26,069
to build, at Brunswick, Ga.
10,000 acres of PINE LAND, on Brunswick tad
Albany Railroad, Georgia. Apply to
JOHN J. MACDONALD,
True tee of Dodge & Co.,
9 Nassau street, New York City.
Also, for Panama Mills, to FLEMING &
DANIELS, Jacksonville, Florida,
no v20- F, M A W2m
Real Estate For Sale.
Brick Stores,
Several Dwellings.
Choice Building- Lots,
On Gaston, Drayton, and New Houston streets,
CHEAP JLOTS,
With and without Houses, on Gwinnett street.
Four Superior Oarden Lots,
On Middle Ground Road, over a mile beyond
Anderson street, (one with a house on it).
A Good Farm,
In Effingham county, at Grrat Bargain. Apply te
HENRY BRYAN,
oct24-tf 113 Bay street.
Rice Plantation for Sale.
T HAT fine RIVER RICE PLANTATION,
owned by the late John S. Montmollin. situ
ated on the Savanuah river, about fourteen miles
from this city, together with all the woodland
thereto attached. The rice fields are free fr*m
volunteer and all bad grasses. For full particu
lars, apply to BLUN & DEMERE.
dec!4-M.W«fcFtf
FOB SALE,
White Pine and Black Walnnt
—ALSO—
COUNTER TOPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
C. S- GAY,
sep2-ly Corner Charlton and Tattnall 8ts.
Hankers and Srokrrs.
$10
$50, $100, $J00 Shares in Wall ntreat.
^ No liability. Full personal cxmtr*L
Profile every thirty (lays. Pamphlets allowing
the various methods of operating in stocks seat
free by J. IIICKLING & CO., Banker* and
Brokers, 72 Broadway, New York. Order* for
Stocks executed.
A. Wjldbon, formerly of Charleston, S. C.,
and Augusta, Ga.. beg/ to state that be !* con
nected with the above firm, which is perfectly re
liable, and will be glad to receive commifeione
from his friends. dccl5-6n
JAMES HUNTER,
BROKER,
DEALER IN
Coin, Securities & Exchange,
No. HO Bryan Street,
(Geoigia Historical Society Building).
L OANS NEGOTIATED. Advances made oil
securities placed in my hands for sale §t
current rate*. Real Estate bought and sold 6*
commission.
Mb. H. J. THOMASSON will take charge of
the Real Estate branch of my bnsiness, and will
give his personal attention to the leasing oi houses
and collection of rents. sepl-tf
ALFRED L. UART1MDGE,
SECURITY
—AND—
EXCHANGE BROKER,
No 8 Battersby Building,
SAVANNAH, ........ UA.
Octl5-6m
Jioda Water.
SODA WATER.
N OTICE—Learning with regret thut * party
employed by me to deliver SODA WATER,
Ac., to my chstomers, had by his b id conduct
rendered himself so objectionable that maay
withdrew their patronage, to my loss and inmry.
To all such I would say th** party is no 1 tiger fa
my employ. All erroneous charges against my
custoiuygra will be amicably adjusted, and th*
driver heW legally responsible for the same.
In the future, as in tbe past, my best effort*
will be to please all who patronize me, and fur
nish goods in my line unequalled by any that is
or ever has been in competition with them.
This is a fact you must all r cknowledge. If yon
want the best, you must buy
JOHN RYAN’S.
Factory 110 and 112 Broughton street. The old
est in the State. Established 1852. dec20-tf
Jftad and %strrs.
Shad and Oysters.
GEO. A. HUDSON.
X. M. SULLIVAN.
HUDSON & SULLIVAN,
—DEALERS IN—
Shad, Oysters, Open and Shell
—ALSO—
All kinds of SALT and FRESH WATER FISH
in season. Orders from all parts at I he country
promptly attended to.
North aide of Bar ntreet, foot of Whitaker
street. jonl-tf
Professional and Business Hen
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