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JONES k WILElNOriAM.
Attorneys.
W. O. Tt’OtiMO,
ATTOliNKY AT LAW,
T>n Grange, (■i hi rIii.
t, H. TOOLK, r. w. MMim.
TOO M2 & MAURY,
ATTORNEYS AT T-AW.
LaGmngr, Georgia,
■liriLIi practice in tho Kuporlor Court a of tlio oountloa
ff of Troup. Ilonrit, Carroll, Cowotn, Morlwothor nml
Harris. Also, in tlio Hnpronio Court of (iooi'Kla, unit in
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FE11RRLL, HAMMOND & 1IRO.,
ATTOllNKYH AT LAW,
T«n Grange, Georgia,
TI r ILT. prnetleo in Troup county. All business entrust-
\r oil to tliolr earn will receive pornouul, prompt and
teS'l
‘jeMt
Tailoring.
NOTICK THIS I
Cutting anil Work l)nnr Promptly t
fid ’ Tonus CASH! .V«> irnrJt- deli ivjvrf until mid for!
Itll.HKIlT FOIUIKK.
AVM. E. L«VEI.A( K, Tailor,
HAH Ul>OPKNP.D HIS SHOP, up-stflirs. over the
IffinxYry Ktoro of Win. C. Yancey. West side Public
iMSquHn., whore lie invites all to cull who want cheap
PRICES:
Cutting Cout $1 no
CuttiuK Pants 7ft
CiltthiR Vest 7.".
Ofi* Kvery rif.trt will be madn to give silt infliction. Hp26
Cotton Warehouses.
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
(No. 0 Iloycc's Wharf,)
Charleston South Carol In
OWEN & HARVARD,
COTTON AYA1I KlIOFS K,
ha Grange GeorgI
fPHANKFCL for tlio liberal irntroiingo bestowed oiins
I last yoar, wo announce to COTTON SHIPPERS \Nl>
VOLUME XXV.!
LA GRANGE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY I, 1809.
{NUMBER 1.
IT. R. WlMtltKK. A. n. ABRAHAMS.
WIMBISH It CO.,
MEHfcllANTH nnd TMAOKUH,
(NorUi East Corner Public Square,)
W
GROCERIES, HARDWARE, PROVISIONS,
HEAVY ROOTS AND SHOES,
BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIALS,
STOVES, AC., AC.
CHOICE Itio, LAG U A YU A and JAVA COFFEES,
STOVES—(Warranted to glvo satisfaction.)
GUNNY and BLANKETRAGOlNGf (41 to40 In. toQ\' lbs..)
GREEN LEAF ROPIC and ARROW TIES,
AXLES, HUBS, RIMS und SPOKES, (buggy and wagon)
BUGGY TRIMMINGS, (every kind,)
GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES and CAPS, .
PLANTATION and MECHANIC’S, TOOLS, (every klud.)
LOCKS, BUTTS nnd SCREWS, (groat variety,)
BUGGY nnd WAGON HARNESS,
CALF SKINS, SOLE, UPPER and HARNESS LEATHER,
IRON mnl STEEL (Sweden and Refined—all sizes,)
SUPERIOR CHEWING nnd SMOKING TOBACCO,
BACON. LARD and FLOUR, (superior quality,)
COTTON YARNS, OSNABURGS, STRIPES k SHIRTINGS.
NO. 1 SHORE and BAY MACKEREL and WHITE FISII,
on tlio most reason-
WIMBISH k CO.
■ COTTt IN SHU
FARMERS that we have re-opened our old Stand, ui
U. It. Depot, and will give prompt and personal
to nil cottn
atoi
with
We also have
WATCHMAN in the
Of Augusta. Ga. | Of Madison, Morgan eo., On.
HTOVAIiTi it; IH’TliEU,
(’O'lTON WAREllOUSF.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
(NEW FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE)
Southwest Corner of Buy and Jackson Street*
TIIOS. M. JOXI2S,
F . AY . SI M S ^ C O.,
COTTON FACTORS and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Savon null, Georgia.
I N order to eunblo Planter* to HOLD
ordei
l-.'tm*
HOLD THEIR COTTON
P* r I"""" 1 ’»» »>
d hold nix months, (lint subject to tin
if be alioiild desire to sell before thui
t per month, for the money advuneed.
Cl.AGIIOltX, IIRUU1NG ik CO.,
COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 7 Wumm Block,
Anguatu, Georgia ;
Corner Vendue Range and Acoommodatlou Wharf,
Charleston, South Carolina;
JJO Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
TDERAL CASH ADVANCES mado nt nil times on con
Miscellaneous.
E. II. HA8HEKN. I II. W. YOnK. | It. T. JOCIttUS.
UNITED STATES HOTEL.
Atlanta, Georgia.
HASSICEN, YC »UK .fc JOUHDAX,
PROPRIETORR
J. W. K. BRYSON AND It. T. JOFRDAN, Clerk*.
IlflTHIN ono hundred yards of the general Passenger
Vf Depot. Corner of Alabama und Pryor Streets,
W. E. TERRY,
FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER,
(In the Siiua House,)
La Grange, Georgia.
S PECIAL attention given to CUTTING CHILDREN’S
HAIIt.
iy Grateful for past patronage, will, by diligent ntteu
tlan to business, hope to continue the same. oobMMf
~ FnANdH a. fkost,
] J A X K JO II ,
(Office West Side Square, next door to Wise k Douglass,)
La Grange, Georgia.
r\ OLD nnd SILVER bought and sold. Atlanta, New
VT York nnd Philadelphia EXCHANGE always on hand
•t Atlanta rates.
$fg- Special attention givon to Collectious. ocWO-tf
* MEDICAL NOTldE I
D R. It. A. T. RIDLEY, having associated with himself,
his aon. Dr. CHARLES B. RIDLEY, a recent gradu
ate of the New Orleans School of Medicine, would offer
their services in the various brauchea of tbo Medical Pro-
fesslnn, to th« citizens of I^Grauge and surrounding
oountry.
A residence of thirty years in LaGrange, and an exten-
aive nractlco during that time, by |ho senior member of
the firm, is a sufficient guarantee to the people that nil
cases, either from the town or oountry, will be promptly
and faithfully attended to. ...
Office ono door North of Pullen k Cox’s old stand,
nnd throe doors South of the Post offlce.__
NOTHING LIKE LEATHER AND PRUNELLA!
F. liojLLE,
1JOOT AND SHOE MAKKH,
(StiU at bis Old Stand,)
/ La Grange, Georgia,
H7TTH the very best of Fiiksch Calk Skisb nnd other
\V material for putting up Ills fumoiis work in the
ROOT and SHOE line, where ho invites his friends and nil
others to call and see him nnd continue the generoiis pa-
tronago with which they have heretofore favored him.
Those indebted to him for recent work, he begs that
they come up and Skttle that lie may be euahtod to keep
his business going on. novRI-tf V. HU1J.E.
ATLANTA MARBLE WORKS!
WX. GRAY, Prop’r, ». B. OATMAN, Ag’t,
DEALrnSIN
jVmericnn and Foreign Mnrblo,
MONUMENTS, TOMBS, VAULTS, HEADSTONES, TABLETS,
Mantles, Statnary, Urna ami Vane*,
A ND all descrlpUons of FINISHED MARBLE OF THE
A BEST WORKMANSHIP AND LOWEST PRICES.
ff DESIGNS FURNISHED, for those purchasing of us,
free of r.hnqjr!
A wMODELING, iu clay or plaster, and othor ornamental
%rork*. o
0JT All orders faithfully executed and proirtptly filled.
Ba*OFl lCE AND YARD—Opposite Georgia It. It. Depot.
Atlanta, Ga. octlfl-tf
ALEXANDER EKGK N ZINGEli,
(Hunter Street, noar Whitehall,)
Atlanta, Georgia,
W OULD respectfully Inform hts old friends In LaGrange
and HiUToiinding country that he is prepared to fill
all orders for
FURNITURE, UPUOLSTERINO,
MATTRASSF.H AND BEDDING,
DECORATIONS.
WINDOW CURTAINS,
Ac., &e,, kc.
KfiT All orders carefully oud promplly attended to, u
the most reasonable terms.
octl6-tf
riAHE prtei* of Tire LaOhasok Itnr.i-onrKB Is for <iui
I year; =2 fbr six mouths; oud $1 fur three mouths.
1000
rpiIIRTY B
Seed Outs.
Bushels SEED OATS on band nnd for sale by
WlMllIHlf A CO.
Potatoea.
Barrels Early Gnotlricli nnd Neslinniioi'li !*>
ry early and choice varieties. Just
WIMBISH .V CO.
Nexv Orleans Molasi
Choice article, for sale by
WIMBISH k CO.
ugui-
WIMBISH A CO.
0 s
C lover Seed !
I^RESH and GENUINE, for sale by
WIMBISH k CO.
Family Flour I
I /tRESH and of superior quality, just received nnd f.i
1 sale by WIMBISH k CO.
Extra Fine Clieese I
1 IWWl I-BS. EXTRA FINE CHEESE, Just receive.
JLVMJV/ by WIMBISH k CO.
Ta»vc*ri»ool Hull.
NE CAR LOAD just roeeived and for sale hr
WIMBISH k CO.
0
CJunno! Ciimuo!! Guano!!!
YI^Earo Agents for f)lKir’s(Kittlnwe!l’s) MANI1MTLATED
It GUANOS, certain nnd reliable fentilizers for cotton.
Will also furnish genuine PERUVIAN GUANO, BONE
DUST nnd LAND PLASTER, all ut Baltiinom prices, with
freight added. Gtvn us your orders eurly tliut yon may
have them tilled in time. Will send your orders to olHsr
or Merrymaii. ns you may prefer. Can furnish you Land
Plaster, iu strong new suclX nt .Cit! is-r ton, at the dejs»t
1 tulle Alt*nt.
"If will sen bul:
VV profits, or orde
n BULK MEATS, for CASH, at von- short
r a small commission.
WIMBISH k CO.
-YT.il 1TCT1T LFillMA N,
WATC1J.MAKKK AND JIAVFM’.U,
La Grange, Gunrgla.
NEW JEWELRY.
JUST received a largo stock of
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
WATCH CHAINS, CLOCKS, (of all sorts and sizes,)
JEWELRY, (of the very latest styles,)
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, (very best quality,)
SCISSORS, (every size, and the finest that can be had.)
PLATED WARE, (all descriptions on.l licst quality,)
SPECTACLES and SPECTACLE CASES, (of all kinds,)
and many other fancy articles. All of which I will sell
lowjor Cash.
novrt-fls-tf a. LEHMAN.
HLAUGIITER As CO.
J J AVE Just received another large lot of
Cooking Stotfii
GOOD SAMARITAN—Tho finest Cooking Stove made.
iflfuctfon.
GOOD WIIL aud CAPITOLA—Abo kept .
kinds ot
Tin and Shcot-Iron War
n nuu
i) order.
Roofing, Guttering and Job Work,
iu our line, douo at short notice. Wo arc practical me.
chanics, of more than twenty years’ experience, ami feel
confident that wo enu please. We are tryiug onr level
best to make a liviug. Gtvo us a slmro of your patronage.
Bring us your work. We’ll do it, and wc’lfdo it promptly,
nnd chari/e you rmtonality. Call aud see ns. We na\n
many things that you want. South side public square,
Laorange, Georgia.
TO THE TUADkI
JORDAN, HOWARD HARALSON
T NVITE the ottontion'of the trade to their magnificent
stock of TOBACCO* consisting in part of the follow,
lug celebrated brands:
Chewing Tobacco.
Davis A- Son’s Gold Leaf,
Davis k Son's Rattlesnake,
Davis & Son’s Three Belles,
Magnolia of tho South, Extra Flno.
Three Kings,
Mountain Rose,
Rosa Bell. Gold Bar.
Rose Bell. Twist,
McGee’s Best.
Max 1 A, Max 2 A,
Magnet,
Tycoon, nnd many other popular brands.
Smoking Tohuoco.
Priilo of Virginia, Hiawatha, Here's Yer Mule, Fruits
aud Flowers, and a variety of other hrauds.
JORDAN, HOWARD k HARALSON,
Oetl0-:im Whitehall Street. Atlanta, Ga.
For Sule.
O NE NEW ROCK AWAY AND HARNESS, nnd one PI
ANO. Chickcring’s make, Low FOB CASH, or ON
TIME, secured by lieu. JOHN A. SPEEIt,
oot’iiMf Executor.
CARRIER'S CHRISTM AS A DURESS TO TIIF. PATIIOXH
OK TIIK LAGRANGE REPORTER.
The year Is almost gone—tlio good Old Year!
Scarco twelve abort months ago, wo hailed its birth,
And welcomed it with smiles and goodly cheer,
Unknowing what Its courso might bring to earth:
Whether of weal, to fill our henrts with Joy,
Or woo, to rrunh our spirit* to the dust;
Of liberty and pearo without alloy,
Or lyrauny, that mukos existence cursed.
Full of Its mission, knowing nought besides;
Writing its page, iu the vast, endless Rook,
With diamond-pointed pen, that ceaseless glides,
I.onvltig unnoted deed, nor word, nor look;
So, iu its omvanl course, the passing year
Has made Its history of every life,
Nor, In its haste, forgotten sigh or tear,
Or griff of wear}- souls, or groan or strife.
And now, Its checkered page is well-nigh writ;
And soon the record, with its blots nnd stains,
Tliut mark our sins; and brighter gleams, more fit
To note tho deeds where better counsel reigns;
This record soon will end! Another page,
Spotless nml fresh, will open torecoivo
Like transcript* from another mimic nge,
Which twelve succeeding months, iu turn, nliull give.
Gaily time-serving mortals now prepare
Their glndodicux, to "speed the parting" year;
Ungrnt('lu1^.ainrn no longer they may slmro
The fuvors, which have rendered It so dear:
Aud, with devices no rare, they’ll wclcomo in
With joy Its now successor; thus tho world
Forgets its buried Joys, and new friends win
Devotion to tho dead or absent sworn.
Nature, alone, with sadness seems to vlow
The closing seouo. All A* r most pleasant things
Are changed to mournful ones. List now! In lion
Of summer breezes, from tho quivering wings
Of zephyr-wuftod, wailing Bureau blasts
Ite-oclio strains of sadness ’round our homes:
And the forced hush of wood-birds* music, casts
Through their oncts favorite haunts, a dcnth-like gloom:
And nights ami weary days of dripping skies,
Succeed the soft, refreshing, summer showers:
From trembling trees tho licauteous verdure files;
And earth resigns her gala rube ot flowers.
Tims, silencing her soiiuds of gentle nurtn,
And strip png licr of all her loveliuess,
Does Nature witness, through obedient Earth,
How sadly elm beholds the year grow less.
But why thus linger o'er tho year’s decay.
When swilt-itpproaeliing scenes our interest claim ?
As justly might we mourn each Hying day.
When we behold her god's depurtiug beam.
For, like tin* glowing lights of sunse t skies.
Como Christmas joys, shedding a mellow glow,
Over tho saddening gloom Hint ever lies
Where shade succeeds to brightness here below.
Bright, blessed ( brishnasl hallowed trysting-timo
Of l-’nitb, aiul Love, and Memory, aud Hope,
Thou art n theme on which my soul might climb
To towering heights, worn it but fit to cope
With thn exalted grandeur rightly thine,
When Faith's pure vision peers through ages dim,
And, while her arms with holy Love's entwine.
Beholds the manger-cradled Babe and worships Him 1
There let them kneel, nor holler slirlnn desire.
For there they view their Savior, Lord of all:
While Memory, unfitted to aspire
To such delights, contents her to recall
The joyous seasons passed at Christmas-tide—
Perchance in worship in some holy place;
Or social converse ot the iugleside;
Sueh recollections Time cannot erase.
And, by her side, sits Hope, with cheerful mien ;
For, in Hie pleasures Memory recounts.
She views a future, whose pure jova unseen.
By mortal ken, spring from perennial founts
From which she drinks her spirit's sustenance.
Thus, half,tin! happiuoss which crowns man's life,
He owes to Memory und Hope, whoso linked hands
Can bear his spirit up ’gainst present strife.
(ilud, joyous Christmas! thou dost feed the heart
With gladsome memories and happy hopes;
Swect'uing tho Christian's Ilf*!, nor scorning part
E'en wlmro the aoul in skeptic blindneaa gropes.
For happy childhood, ” Merry Christmas” makes
Tlic brightest time, iu all tho year's glad round;
Life’s tide, in pleasuro-seeklug youth, it wakes
To fresher vigor and more rapturous houud.
And middlfl ogo, from cankering toil und euro
But half released, o’en on this festive day,
Cannot refuse the harmless mirth to share.
Lost, with a cloud, ho darken ouo bright ray.
Even hoary ugo, won from Its cares nnd pains,
By sight and sound of sport and merriment.
Its tottering steps with trusty staff sustains.
As toward some gleeful group itu course is bent
Thus through our whole broad earth, from Arctic zona
To equutoriul regions, docs there reigu
Joy universal, whcrosoo’or la known
The magic "Christmas;" and its wondrous train
Of witching pleasures, is os varied found
As are the tastes and wants of human kind:
Despotic Fashion dictates here no bound,
While Fancy wields her power o'er every mind.
But there’s an agency, more potent known
Throughout tho world of nations civilized,
By the generic title, money, here, alum*,
The term specific, yreenbacl:s, is devised.
Without the aid of this despotic power,
Fashiou uor Fancy can be gratified -,
O’er Christmas skies, dark clouds of want must lowor,
And over}- longing be uusutisfled.
Since then, kind patrons, money is the key,
The " Open Sesame,” ut whoso behest
Spring wide joy’s portals, wonder not nt me,
That I should cravo its aid to make me blest,
And since " the Carrier Boy" hna faithful proved,
Nor wind nor weather heeding, the year through,
He leaves your hearts and purses to be moved
By that good adge; "Give the DEVIL his due!"
CODA.
And now, wishing you all the jolliest g«x»d times,
And begging your pardon if you don’t like my rhymes,
But hoping you’vo read them quite through,
I’ll eugnge, for twcivfi months, solemn silence to keep,
And, perhaps, at their closo, take another bold leap:
Until llicu, I must bid you, " Adieu l"
December V>, 1868.
Get Sleep Enough.—A young man iu busi-
n'CHB must acknowledge ono mathematical fact.
He known by experience about how many hours
of sleep ho needs to be as fresh one day as on
tho previous day. Ho must acknowledge the
the fact that hb cannot sit up late and liso early
and get this amount of sleep. There is a right
mathematical 'obstnelo to tho accomplishment
of such a feat." If he needs seven hours sleep—
as many young men do—or eight hours as more
young men do—ho cannot get them between the
hours of 1 o’elo.ok and 7 o'clock in the morning.
Iff he insist on late hours, ho must neglect either
his sleep at night* or his business in tho morn
ing. Nearly every young man has sufficient
mathematical acuteness at 7 o’clock a. m. to ap
preciate the impossibility of taking one from
seven nnd leaving eight. Tho question is.
whether or not he appreciates this impossibility
in tho evening when ho is called upon to decide
between a “jolly good time" and his bed. One
can bo made up. In the first place, whatever a
young man may intend to do, he very seldom
actually tries to make up lost sleep. ^ If ho
needs eight hours sleep and gets but five, ho
tries to make up the lost three by sleeping about
ono hour longer than Ufiual the next night. Or
perhaps ho depends on Sunday on balancing the
whole week, nnd by three hours extra sleep
makes up for ten hours lost In the second
place, one hour of regular sleep is worth, for
purposes of recuperation, at loast two hours of
••make ” slumber. There is practically no such
thing as making up lost sleep.
Advertising.—An advertising people are al
ways thrifty. Tho enterprise and energy that
prompt them to push forward in tho race and
keep themselves and their .business before the
world ensure them against failure. It would be-
diffienlt to point to a single instanco of great
success that has not been through tho valuable
medium of the pras. Our most famous houses
in every branch of business are those who have
expended fortunes as advertisers, aud perBoveroa
until they have forced patronage from the pub
lic. Tho American people, nnd especially the
citizens of Now YorRjt are beginning to under
stand these truths, fandf advertising is now as
much a necessity of busffi^bss life as aro tho rail
roads and telegraphs.—n.^Y: Herald.
The Ileporlcr, published at La Grange Ga.,
comes to us in a new. GRd beautiful dress. In
theso stringent times wo ore glad to note this oy-
i d e n c e of prospori ty.—Clarkes ville (Tentf)
Chronicle.
Topers should boar in mind that what they
quaff from tbo goblet afterwarda appears in the
mug.
8TATK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
City Hall, Macon Ga. )
December, 10 1808. f
Tho Farmers' Convention met at 9 o'clock
this morning—the chairman presiding.
The Committee appointed yesterday to pre
pare a memorial to uo laid before the Htnte Leg
islature, reported that they had in their posses
sion an able appeal prepared by Col. Frank
Sehallcr, of Athens, which, however, owing to
its considerable length, they thought best not to
read before the Convention this morning, and,
therefore, begged further time before milking
their report. The time was granted. Mr. How
ard addressed the Convention as follows:
There will meet iu this hall, this day by ap
pointment, three bodies other than the ono now
assembled. They are each a separate organiza
tion, but working ostensibly to the Hnmo end.—
I consider it of great importance that these Con
ventions be united. I think too that there is a
like wish prevailing tho members o! fhe other
bodies, and I therefore move the appointment ol
a Committee of five to meet, such committees as
mav ho appointed by tho oilier Conventions.—
The motion was carried and the followinggon-
tlemen wero appointed as the Committee:
Mr. Howard of Dartmv; Mr. True, of Morgan;
Mr. Hutton, of Macon; Mr. Stacy of Fulton; and
Mr. Thomas, of Baldwin.
An invitation having boon received from the
officers of other Conventions that the members
of tho Farmers’ Convention moot with them,
tho chairman announced the same, and request
ed that all members accept the invitation.
Tho hour (10 o’clock) having arrived for the
assembling of the Agricultural and Manufactur
ing Association, tho Convention adjourned to
meet at 11 o’clock in tho afternoon.
B. T. Harris, Chairman.
Sam'l A. Echols, Secretary.
agricultural and manufacturing association.
On the ai\jouminent of the Farmer’s Conven
tion, pursuant to the call of tho President, the
Agricultural nnd Manufacturing Association of
the State of Georgia organized by culling its
President Hon. Ben. C. xancoy to tho Chair.
The Chair then announced that the Secretary of
the Association was absent, and asked a Secre
tary pro lem. to he appointed.
Moved by Mr. Nisbet, that, whereas, a com
bination ot tho Conventions is pending tho ac
tion of to-day:
Hr sol red, That Mr. Samuel N. Echols, Secre
tary of the Fanners’ Convention, bo requested
to act as Secretary pro tnn. for this Association.
The Chainnan brielly addressed himself to tho
Association, recounting its history from its first
organization. He. had cherished the objects of
the AsKocinrion, nnd striven to advance them.—
It met in lStiil. nnd was to meet again in 1807.—
when the time appointed for its meeting arrived
the public mind was in a slate of unrest, to an
extent that rendered a call for tho meeting im
practicable. Ho had postponed convening the
association until the present time. Aud here,
gentlemen, (addressing tho assembly,) I am
gratified I am gratified to meet three other as
sociations, evidently with the same object in
view— the promotion of the agricultural and
manufacturing interest of our State* I am grat
ified to know that there are so many movements
of the kind. It. is a clear manifestation of a live
ly interest in the minds of our people. I want
the good spirit to march on. developing the re
sources of our land from the seaboard to the
mountains. For the more successful accom
plishing of these ends in view, I advocate a un
ion of these different organizations, and I an
nounce for this association that it. is ready to
meet the others on a common platform, for the
purpose of effecting this union.
Dr. 11. D. Moore, of Clarko county, moved the
appointment of a committee that he was inform
ed bad been appointed bv the Chairman of the
Farmers’ Convention, and the Committees from
the other Conventions. The motion was car
ried and the committee was appointed:
Dr. 11. D. Moore, of Clarke; J. B. Jones, of
Burke; W. N. Mathews, of Houston; J. A. Mil
ler, of Houston; T. J. Smith, of Hancock.
The chairman announced the Agricultural and
Manufacturing Association adjourned, and a
meeting organized by the members of tho dif
ferent bodies.
The State Agricultural Society, through its
President, Mr. D. W. Lewis, also appointed a
committee of conference, composed of the fol
lowing gentlemen:
liev. C. Vs. Howard, of Bartow; Hon. B. T.
Harris of Hancock; Hon. “Win. Schley, of Chat
ham; Joel A. Billups, of Morgan; T. L. Smith, of
Washington; Gen. Goode Bryan, of Lee.
The Committee from the Macon Mechanical
Association were:
G. S. Obear, Joseph dishy, James A. Nisbet,
C. J. Harris, T. G. Holt
Committee from the Farmers’ Convention:
Rev. C. W. Howard, of Bartow; Mr. B. II.
True, of Morgan; J. S. Hutton, of Macon; Mr.
It Q. Stacy, of Fulton; and Mr. John Thomas,
of Baldwin.
The Committees retired from tlio Convention
hull, and after a half hours conference, returned
and handed to the Secretary, through their ap
pointed Chairman, K. D. Moore, the following
resolution:
Hcsolved, That the different associations here
represented, viz: The Fanners’ Convention, the
State Agricultural Society, the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association of Macon, and the Agri
cultural Association of Georgia, merge them
selves into the State Agricultural Society; that,
they proceed to organize by the election of offi
cers, and that the Executive Committee, appoint
ed by the President, shall obtain from the Leg
islature such change in the charter as may l»e
deemed necessary by them to accomplish tho
ends of the various association.
Mr. Yancey announced liis administration as
chairman at an end, aud resigned the chair to
Mr. Lewis, the President of the State Agricultur
al Society.
Tho President asked the Society for a Secretary.
Moved, by Col. D. E. Butler of Morgan, that
Samuel A. Echols, of Fulton, act as Secretary
during the present session of the Society. Mr.
Butler’s motion prevailed and Mr. Echols re
sumed tho desk.
Tho Chairman stated that the society was
ready for business. Tho first duty before the
body he deemed to he the election of officers;
said he had long held the Presidency and now
resigned in favor of some other, whom the so
ciety should choose in his stead.
Mr. Nisbet, of Dade, nominated Mr. David
Dickson, of Hancock, for President
Mr* Billups of Morgan nominated Hon. B. C.
Yancey of Clarke.
Mr. Yancey asked to deelino tbe nomination,
as lie did not wish tho office.
Mr. Nisbet, of Putnam, nominated Hon. B.
T. Harris, of Hancock.
Mr. Harris declined the nomination.
The vote was taken by ballot, aud resulted iu
the election of Mr. Dicknon.
On motion of Mr. Fulton, of Clarke,
Jiesolvedt That tho Executive Committeeunilo
in a letter to Mr.' Dickson, appealing to him,
by all tho considerations arising out of his ad
mitted abilities and distinguished success as
a Southern planter, and the great want of his
State for liis services in this cause so important
to the well-being of tho whole people, to accept
tho position so honorably and unanimously ten
dered him by this Convention.
Col. Fulton, of Clarko, moved an amendment
to the Constitution, providing that, instead
of two Vico Presidents only, tho Society, have
seven Vico Presidents—one to bo elected from
each Congressional District.
After considerable discussion, tbo motion of
Col. Fulton prevailed.
Mr. Nisbet, of Putnam, moved that a Vice
President bo nominated for each Congressional
by the members of tho different Districts pres
ent.
Tho following wero tho nominations read by
the Secrotary, and which wero confirmed by ac
clamation.
First District—non. Wm. Schley of Chatham.
Second District—Gen. Goode Bryan of Lee.
Third District—J. A. Miller of Houston
Fourth District -Josoph Clisby of Bibb.
Fifth District—B. T. Harris or Hancock.
Sixth District—B. C. Yancey of Clarke.
Seventh District—C. W. Howard, of Bartow.
Motion by Mr. Nisbet of Bibb, that Hon. B.
C, Yancey bo known as first Vico President.—
Carried. . ,
Motion by Col. Joel A. Bilnps, of Morgan,
that Hon. B. T. Harris, of Hancock, bo known
as Second Vico President. Carried.
Mr. Lewis then announced that his duties as
presiding officer for the Society, was at an end,
and, in the absence of Mr. Dickson the new
President elect, vacated the Chair iu favor of tho
first Vico President, Mr. Yancoy.
Moved by Mr. Obear, that a Committco of sov-
on composed of one member from each Congres
sional District, nominate a Secretary aud Treas
urer. Tho motion prevailed, and the chairman
named:
Mr. Scbloy, 1st; Mr Irwin 2d; Mr. Mathews,
3d; Mr. Nisbet 4th; Mr Butler, Dth; Dr. R. D.
Moore, 6th; and Mr. Ilowurd of tho 7tU District,
as the Committee*
After a short absence from the hall, tho com
mittee through its ehairmau, reported to tho
Hoerctury, for Secretary of Die Society, Hon. 1).
W. Lewis, of Hancock; for Treasurer, Dr. James
Catnak, of Clarko.
Mr. Ecliols, tin* Secretary pro tom., offering to
yield the desk, Mr. Lewi* requested the contin
uance of his services through tho present session
of the Society.
Moved by Sir. Fulton of Clarke, that whereas
tho duties of the Secretary are very arduous and
continuous, requiring the majority of his time
and close attention:
llrsolvcfl, That a sal ary of $2,000 bn paid to
the Society, to justify him in devoting liis entire
time and attention to the duties of his office.
Tlio motion of Mr. Fulton was referred to the
Executive Committee.
The motion by Mr. Howard was entertained
by the Society—instructing the Vice President
to appoint, and report to the afternoon session,
the Executive Committee.
Moved by Mr. Hayes that a committee bo ap
pointed by thn chair to prepare and report busi
ness to the afternoon session.
Tho committee appointed were; Messrs. Hayes,
of Sumter; Russell of Clarke; Butler of Mor
gan; Howard, of Bartow; B. T. Harris, of Han
cock.
On motion the Society adjourned to meet at
3j o’clock, p. xi.
B. C. Yancey,
Vice President, presiding.
Saml. A. Echols, Secretary pi'o tem,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 10, 18G8.
The State Agricultural Society was called to
order by the Vice President
The names of the Executive Committe were
read, and are as follows:
C. \V. Howard, of Bartow; J. A. Nisbet, of Dade:
J. S. Hamilton, of Clarke; W. J. Russell, of
Clarke; P. W. J. Echols, of Fulton;B. H. True,
of Morgan; G. S. Obear, of Bibb; B. T. Harris,
of Hancock; J. A. Billups, of Morgan; J. B.
Jones, of Burke; J. S. Thomas, of Baldwin; C.
M. Irwin, of Lee; A. S. ltcid, Sr., of Putnam;
T. J. Smith, of Washington; T. R. Bloom, of
Bibb; P. M. Nightengale, of Glynn; D. W. Vis-
eher, of Houston; Jonathan Miller, of Rich
mond; Josiah Hillsman, of Crawford; J. A Mil
ler, of Houston.
A memorial was laid before the Society pray
ing the importance of a committee being ap
pointed to memorialize the Legislature, and
pray the aid of the State by way of appropria
tion, in the purchase of machinery, models,
apparatus, etc., for the use of industrial and sci
entific schools that this society may institute for
the young men of the State.
The memorial was referred to a committe of
, three: Prof. W. Leroy Brown, of Clarke, Samuel
Barrett, D. E. Butler.
Mr. Jones, of Paulding, addressed the society
on the importance of a direct effort ut inducing
immigration, nnd offered to be one of five hun
dred men in Georgia to pay to the the Secretary
of the Society one hundred dollars each for ten
years nnnuully, for the purpose of organizing an
independent immigration association.
Mr. Hutton, of Bibb, read a U tter from an
agent of a Liverpool and Savannah line of steam
ships, which was referred to Committee on Im
migration.
By Mr. Howard, of Bartow—
Jlrsolvtil, That a Committee he appointed by
the President to address the Legislature of Geor
gia upon the subject of immigration, aud pray
that body to appoint a Commissioner of Immi
gration, and to take such other steps as may be
necessary in order to secure a steady influx of
useful laborers into the State, through our own
seaports.
Mr. Rocs, now of Bibb, formerly of Norway,
addressed tlio society, suggesting that more lib
eral inducements be* held out to foreigners than
Georgians were wont to allow.
Mr. True, of Morgan, in a few pointed re
marks, made plain that Georgia held out strong
er inducements than any State, North or West,
to which Mr. Rees laid alluded.
By Mr. Nisbet—
Moved that the Society adjourn until to-mor
row at 9 o’clock.
B. C. YANCEY,
Vice President, presiding.
Samuel A. Eciiolk, Secretary.
night meeting of tiie executive committee
Rev. C. W. Howard, of Bartow, Chairman.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee,
held in the private parlor of Brown's Hotel, the
following business was transacted:
Mr. Nisbet, of Bibb, offered the following
resolution:
liesolvcil. That a sub-committee of five be
appointed who, with the Secretary and Vice
President, shall go to Atlanta, at the approach
ing session of the General Assembly of Georgia,
to solicit an appropriation of money and such
legislation as may bo necessary to carry out the
purposes of the Society. Agreed to.
James A. Nisbet, T. R. Bloom, Geo. S. Obear,
J. S. Hamilton, C. M. Irwin, B. C. Yancey, and
1). W. Lewis, were appointed.
Mr. B. T. Harris, of Hancock, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Jicsolced, That Mr. Harris. Mr. Nisbet, Mr.
Obear, Mr. Bloom, and Mr. True, he a commit
tee to arrange the Premium List for the Annual
Fair of 1869, and that they convene iu the city
of Macon for that purpose, nt the call of the
Chairman.
J. A. Nisbet, of Dado, offered the following:
Unsolved, That tho Vico President of the So
ciety, Mr. B. C. Yancey, Mr. Bloom, Mr. Obear,
Mr. True, and Mr. Lewis be appointed a Com
mittee to procure from the United States Gov
ernment tho Laboratory buildings, formerly oc
cupied by tho Confederate Government, near
Macon. Adopted.
G. S. Obear, of Bibb, offered the following:
Resolved, That the Secretary Vic directed to
appoint ono person in each county, and request
them to solicit names of persons as members of
the Society, with tho annual membership fee of
two dollars cqeh; that these agents so appoint
ed be requested to appoint sub-agents to solicit
memberships, with ton per cent, upon the
amount collected, for their services.
C. W. Howard, of Bartow, offered the follow
ing:
Resolved, That the Secretary is hereby author
ized to publish a short address to the people,
and appeal to them to become members of the
Society by subscribing the sum of two dollars
and sending their names to tho Secretary.
On motion, tho Executive Committeo ad
journed.
C. W. HOWARD, Chairman.
D. W. Lewis, Secretary.
City Hall, Macon. Ga., [
December 11, 1868. )
8UOND DAY.
The President called the Convention to order
at 9£ o’clock and announced tho order of busi
ness to bo tho consideration of Col. Schuller’s
report upon Immigration.
Tlio Secretary read the proceedings of yester
day’s Farmer’s Convention and also the proceed
ings of the regular Convention. Tlio minutes,
as amended, were adopted.
Mr. Butler, of Morgan, moved a reconsidera
tion of yesterday’s proceedings, so as to take up
the order of the day, which was the Laud and
Immigration Business. Carried.
Tho order of business was read, and Immi
gration taken up.
It was then moved and carried, that Colonel
Schaller bo requested to read his Report upon
Foreign Immigration.
Whereupon Col. S. came forward to tho Sec
retary's desk aud road an able paper upon that
subject
Mr. True moved a vote of thanks be tendered
to Col. Schaller for his able paper. Carried. —
It was ordered also to be published in the pam
phlet of tho proceedings of this Convention.—
(It is understood that it. will be made tlic found
ation of a bill which will bo presented to the
Legislature.)
Mr. Rees, of Bibb, offered a resolution for tbe
formation of sub-societies in each county, to act
in conjunction with the State Society, whoso
duties shall ho to offer the peculiar advantages
of each section for immigration.
He supported his resolution in a few clear and
pointed remarks.
A motion was mado to udopt Mr. Howard s
resolution to appoint a committee to memorial
ize tho Legislature upon the subject of immi
gration.
By Mr. Butler, a resolution instructing tho
committee raised under Mr. Howard’s resolu
tion, to publish from time to timo short address
es. to the peoplo of Georgia, containing such
facts as may be important lor them to know.
By Mr. Fulton, a resolution advising our
young men to abandon towns and cities and go
to work cultivating the soil. Also, declaring,
that while wo favor foreign immigration, wo ob-
joct to any system which will fill our Ktato with
an indiscriminate lot of worthless people, and
that tho Convention disclaims all intention of
displacing tho negro who faithfully discharges
his work.
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These resolutions wero supported by various
members. They were read several times, and
finally adopted* In the discussion it wos dis
claimed that we had no objection to honest in
dustry coming among us, but we did object to
abandoned population from tho jails und work
houses of Europe.
The Chair appointed the following standing
committees:
Committee on Colored Laborers —D. E. Butler,
Morgan; J. A. Cobb, Sumter; T. J. Smith,
Washington; W. M. Brown, Clarke; M-C.\ Ful
ton, O. C. Home, Samuel Barnett *
Immigration and bind Companies.- F. Schaller,
Clarke; vV. Hehlev, Chatham; J. S. Hutton, Bibb;
Janies Gardner, New York city; W. M. Brown,
Clarke; H. F. Rees.
Committee on Manufacturing and the Rest Mrtli-
od of Raising Capital.—J. J. Gresham, Bibb;
It. L. Bloomfield, Clarke: A. J. Hansell, Cobb;
W. G. Jackson, Richmond; H. V. Meigs, Mas- j
cogoe; F. T. Cooper, Houston; Enoch Stead
man, Newton. #
Committer on Mining.—John Jones, Polk: J.
Nisbet, Dade; T. R. Bloom, Bibb;J. L. Rogers,
Dade; G. II. Hazlehurst.
Mr. True—A resolution to print Mr. Howard’s
report us a portion of the proceedings of this
Convention. Adopted.
Mr. ltees renewed his resolution in regard to
formation of local organizations. Adopted.
Mr. Butler—A resolution favoring the circula
tion of agricultural papers in our respective
counties. Adopted.
Mr. Bloom reported 101 members of the Asso
ciation which he had obtained thiB morning.
afternoon session.
Air. Howard—A resolution recommending, as
far as practicable, tlmfc freedinen be required to
obtain certificates of good behavior from their
lust employer. Adopted.
The subject of printing next came up. A res
olution was adopted to print one thousand pam
phlets of the proceedings of this Convention,
together with all acts of the Legislature reluting
thereto.
Mr. Bloom—A motion to increase the Execu
tive Committee to thirty-one. Amended so that
seven constitute a quorum. Adopted.
Tho following is the Executive Committee
complete:
C. W. Howard, of Bartow; J. A. Nisbet, of
Dade; J. S. Hamilton, of Clarke; W. J. Russell,
of Clarke; 1*. W. J. Eehols, of Fulton; B. II.
Tree, of Morgan; Geo. S. Obear, of Bibb; B. T.
Harris, of Hancock; J. A. Billups, of Morgan;
J. B. Jones, of Burke; John S. Thomas, of
Baldwin; C. M. Irwin, of Leo; A. S. ltcid, Sr.,
of Putnam; J. T. Smith, of Washington; T. R. 1
Bloom, of Bibb; P. M. Nightingale, of Glynn: I
D. W. Yischer, of Houston; Jonathan Miller, of j
Richmond; Josiah Hillsman. of Crawford; J. A. i
Miller, of Houston; William Schley, of Chatham; j
li. G. Lockett, of Dougherty; Dr. J. Dickson
•Smith, of Houston; R. Casey, of Columbia; It.
G. Harris, of Richmond; It. Peters, of Fulton;
It. H. Tilten, of Bartow; II. L. Penning, ot
Muscogee; T. M. Furlow, of Sumter; William
Duncan, of Chatham; Dunlap Scott, of Floyd,
and R. H. Hardaway, of Thomas.
Tlic next business iu order was the next place
of meeting. After a long debate, it was finally
determined to adjourn to meet in Atlanta on the
first Tuesday in February, at. which time oil
committees are requested to meet.
Mr. Butler moved a vote of thanks to the citi
zens of Macon for tlieir generous hospitality.—
Unanimously adopted.
Mr. Howard— A motion to request Mr. Rees
to furnish the Secretary with an abstract ol his
remarks made to the Convention yesterday.—
Adopted.
Mr. Fulton—A resolution on the subject of
fencing. Referred to tho Exective Committee.
Mr. Howard moved to adjourn, which was
carried; whereupon the chair declared tho Con
vention adjourned, to meet in Atlanta on the
first Tuesday in February.
State Agricultural Conventions.
About one hundred delegates from various
parts of the State are in attendance upon the
Convention here. Business pours so fast upon
the Secretary that we are instructed to say that
tho official record of proceedings will not ap
pear until after the adjournment.
So soon as the Convention was called to order,
B. C. Yancey, Esq., in the Chair, a committee
was appointed upon the subject of an union of
the various societies represented. This com
mittee, after retirement and debate, reported a
proposition to unite and organize under the
charter of the old Stab*. Agricultural Society of
Georgia, and that the Legislature should be me
morialized for such amendments to tho wune as
would embrace all the objects of the various as
sociations and adopt the organization to the sit
uation and wants of the people. I
The report und resolutions being received and j
adopted, the Convention proceeded to enroll j
members, and afterwords to elect officers, with
the following result:
President—Duvid Dickson, of Hancock.
Vice Presidents—First Congressional District j
—Wm. Schley, of Chatham.
Second District—Gen. Goode Bryan, of Lee.
Third District—J. A. Miller, of Houston.
Fourth District—Joseph Clisby, of Bibb#
Fifth District—B. T. Harris, of Hancock.
Sixth District—B. C. Yancey, of Clarke.
Seventh District—C. W. Howard, of Bartow.
The following gentlemen were then appointed
the
executive committee.
C. W. Howard, of Bartow,
James A. Nisbet, of Bibb,
J. S. Hamilton, of Clarke,
W. J. Russell, of Clarke,
B. T. Harris, of Hancock,
J. B. Jones, of Burke,
A. S. Reid, Sr., of Putnam,
C. M. Irwin, of Lee,
B. II. True, of Morgan,
P. W. J. Echols, of Fulton,
T. R. Bloom, of Bibb,
D. W. Viseher, of Houston,
J. Hillsman, of Crawford.
The afternoon session was principally devoted
to a desultory discussion of the emigration ques
tion, without any definite conclusion. The Con
vention has before it a highly interesting com
munication upon this subject from F. Schaller,
General State Agent of Immigration for Virgin
ia, which we will publish as soon as convenient.
—Macon Telegraph.
Important to Todacconimts. —Commissioner
Rollins, has issued the following circular;
Washington, December 5, 1868.
Sir:—In answer to your letter of tbe 8th of
October I have to say that the law imposes a tax
on tobacco “reducedfrom leaf into a condition
to be consumed,” by whatever mode such re
duction may be effected, and also on all refuse
scraps and sweepings of tobacco. Tobacco put
upon the market for sale or consumption as
smoking or chewing tobacco must, under tli*
law, be regarded as tobacco in a condition to be
consumed, and therefore taxable. And all such
tobacco, before sale or removal from the place of
manufacture, must bo put. up in packages as
prescribed by law, and have stamps denoting
the payment of tho tax affixed and cancelled.
Manufacturers of Begun who sell their scraps
and clippings for consumption as smoking to
bacco must pack and stamp it according to law;
and as collectors of internal revenue are only
authorized to sell stamps for tobacco and snufi
to such manufacturers of these articles as have
given bonds as required by’ law it may become
necessary for segar manufacturers who put up
their scraps and clippings for consumption and
salo to pay the special tax aud give the requisite
bond as manufacturers of tobacco before they
can procure stamps of tho collector.
Tho scraps aim clippings, however, may bo
sold in bulk without the payment of any tax,
provided the sale of the same is made directly
and exclusively to manufacturers of smoking to
bacco, or to any other manufacturer who will
use the same in tho production of smoking to
bacco, snuff, and cigarettes, or any other similar
product which will pay tax, and which manufac
turer is houud by law to account for to the. Gov
ernment for all the materials of whatever kind
ho purchases and consumes or uses.
Stems and sweepings which are neither in a
condition to bo consumed nor ot sufficient value
to warrant their salo as material to be used in
the manufacture of other products may be dos-
stroved if done with tho knowledgo and consent
of the local revenuo officers.
Yours, respectfully,
E. A. ROLLINS, Commissioner.
Value o’? Foreign Exports and Imports.—The
total value of exports from this port for the month
ending. December 1st, to foreign porta, amount
ed to $2,148,038, viz: $1,487,515 in American
vessels, aud $660,523 in foreign vessels. The
value of foreign imports for tho same period
amounted to $75,648. To coastwise ports the
value of exports amounted to $3,529,660.
Gen. Joe Johnston has determined to make
Georgia his home, and will soon take up liis res
idence in Savannah.
A bill to provide Tor the reauiiiption of sporic puyruents
on the 4th of July, 1800.
Whereas, The interests of business suffer from
a derangement of the currency, aggravated by
doubts east upon the public faith injurious to
tho national credit, nnd without excuse, amidst
the overflowing resource . of the country, now
relieved from the exigencies of war; therefore,
in order to secure a sound currency, free from
all uncertainty, as the interests of business re
quire,
Be it enacted, Ac., That the faith of the United
States is solemnly pledged to the payment in
coin, its equivalent, of all the national obliga
tions now outstanding, except where tlic law au
thorizing any such obligation has expressly pro-
vided that it may be paid in wlmt is culled law
ful money.
Sec. 2. That any contract providing specific
ally for payment in coin shall be legal und valid,
and may be enforced according to its terms; but
this provision shall not apply to the renewal or
extention of a contract already made.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of tlio Treasury is
hereby authorized to issue coupon or registered
bonds of tho United States iu each forms os ho
may prescribe, and in denomination* 3 oi ono
hundred dollars, or any multiple of that sum
payable in coin at the pleasure of the Unite.!
States, after thirty or forty years respectively,
and having interest payable semi-annually in
coin, as follows: the bonds falling due iu lortv
years at four per cent, a year; which bonds and
the interest thereon shall be exempt from all
taxes or duties to the United States, other than
such income tax as may be assessed on all income
as well as from taxation in any form under Stutc,
municipal, or local authority; und these bonds
and the proceeds thereof shall lie exclusively
used iu the discharge of the outstanding obliga
tions of the United States, by purchase, ex
change or otherwise, in such manner and on
such terms, not less than par, as the Secretary
of the Treasury may deem most conductive to
tho interests of the Government, and may be
issued to an amount, iu the aggregate, sufficient
to cover the principal of all such obligations.
Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts making
anything but gold or silver lawful money and
legal tender in payment of debts, public and
private, are hereby repealed, this section to take
effect from and after the fourth day of July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine: Provided, how
ever, That any currency now recognized as law
ful money and a legal tender shull continuo for
one. year thereafter receivable in payment of all
taxes, debts, nnd demands of every kind due to
the United States, including duties on imports.
Sec. 5. That in order to promote the object
specially contemplated by this act and for the.
purpose of meeting any exigencies arising under
its provisions, for which the powers already
granted are insufficient, the Secretary of tho
Treasury is hereby authorized, in hie discretion,
to borrow money on the credit of the United
States in such manner and upon such terms as
he may deem best, the same to bo applied exclu
sively to promote the resumption of specie pay
ments, and to no other purpose.
Sec. 6. That this act, except ns herein other
wise provided, shall take effect from its passage.
Rail Roads and Immigration,—Below we ap
pend which has been issued by the. Superinten
dent of the Western and Atlantic Rail Road.—
It has, we are glad to sav, elicited very favora
ble responses from several prominent rail road
officials and the prospect is that Col Hul-
bert will susceed. He is on the right track, and
wo hope his reccommendation will be heeded by
those to whom they are addressed.
The importance of encouraging the influx of
Northenraupitul in our impoverished country is
universally tolt aud acknowledged, and any mea
sure which tends to further this desirable end
will meet with our hearty commendation and
support. Nothing less than Northern capital
and our own hard, earnest lubor can raise us to
our former prosperity, aud we are therefore pleas
ed to give all our support to any measure which
will promote this end. The following is the cir-
cularreferred to.
Western and Atlantic Rail Road, )
Office Superintendent, V
Atlanta, Ga., December 13, 1868. )
Dear Sir: Frequent inquiries respecting tho
price of lauds iu the South are being made by
parties in Northern and Western States showing
a growing disposition for immigration and trav
el Southward.
The Hagarstown (Maryland) Mail thus an
nounces a contemplated excursion of a party from
that section;
About the 18th of November, a party of gen
tlemen contemplate a second excursion to Vir
ginia ond the South. All who wish to join tho
party, and report to the Mail office prior to tho
10th of November, will be furnished half-faro
railroad tickets for the excursion. Hotel and
other accommodations have been promised at
reduced rates.
It is very evident from the tone of the North
ern press that there is a strong inclination in
that section to sell lands at the prevailing high
prices there, and to invest in the cheap lands of
the South.
Tins inclination should be encouraged by us
as far as practicable.
One great restraint upon emigration, or tho
travel which to u great extent precedes it, is tho
expensiveness of the trip, as compared with tho
accustomed Northern rates.
To obviate this objection it has been suggest
ed that winter excursion tickets, at half laro,
good for any route, he arranged for two or three
mouths thi*8 winter on Southern lines, giving
the traveler an opportunity of seeing the coun
try by stopping and laying over a reasonable
time ut such points as rni^ht attract his atten
tion.
If Southern Roads generally would enter into
an arrangement of this kind, giving it an exten
sive and general publicity through the Northern
press, it is believed that a large travel would be
attracted to our lines, Which we would other
wise fail to secure, and ultimately result in a
large emigration to our section of a skilled and
wealthy class of agriculturalists and manufac
turers.
It is presumed that our hotels, with their
usual liberality, would heartily concur in the
proposed plan, and moke the same reduction in
their charges.
The attention of our railroad managers is di
rected to European immigration aa a question of
deep importance to the great interest entrusted
to their sagacity and care, and it is deemed of
tho utmost importance that some well devised
plan be pul into immediate action to secure to
the South a share of the benefits to be derived
from tho large immigration that is now pouring
its wealth of labor and population upon tliis con
tinent.
To bring about a concert rtf action in theso im
portant matters, it has been reccommended that
a general convention of Presidents and Superin
tendents of Southern roads to bo held in tho
citVfcOf Atlanta, Georgia, on January- 4th, 1869.
Your active co-operation is earnestly solicited
in arranging with hotel keepers upon tho plan
suggested, and in securing a full attendance
ot rail road officials at the Convention.
An early reply to these suggestions is respect
fully requested, in order that suitable arrange
ments may be made for the meeting of the Con
vention. Respectfully.
E. HULBEBT, Superintendent.
Robinson Crusoe’s Island.—Some months
since we noticed tbo return of some shipwrecked
Japanese by the Hawaiian bark Eagle. These
Japanese were discovered on Ht. Peter’s Island,
which is five hundred miles South of Yokohomn,
by Captain Nye, of the William Rotcli, and by
him taken away and finally put on board tho
Eagle and Ohio. This island is a barren place,
without fresh water, but full of ahibatros and
other seabirds. It iH rather a fatal island for
Japanese navigators, several of their ^fessols low
ing been lost there, and weary' imprisonment of
mouths und years endured by the survivors.—
Captain Nye had gone onshore to procure bird’s
eggs, and was just shoring off when he saw in
the distance theso Japanese coming down the
beach. They approached him with supplicating
gestures and low obeysance, and when assured
that they could go on board the ship they exhib
ited great joy and gratitude. They hod been
eighteen months on the island, subsisting on
fish, birds and eggs. Those and other former
shipwrecked men have constructed five cave
houses in the rock. Iu their house the captain
found hundreds of egg shells filled with water,
caught from tho rains and preserved in theso
frail containers. Captain Menjeron of the Ja
panese navy, whom some of our readers may re
member by reason o4Jiis visit to Honolulu, wua
a shipwrecked tenant of -this same island for
many months.—Ilatcaiian xkizette.
Matrimonial Epigram.—Says Kate to hernew
husband/^ John, what roek does true love build
upon?” Quoth John, “Th* yoarly roek of yon
der cradle, dear."
It is not what we make, but what we>
thakinniket. ufi rich.