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Newspaper Page Text■ajfc*ffiJS-.-*SKS* ,* ... , . _« PROFSSIOXAI. CARDS LAWYERS. BlCK DICKINSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, “tAnd R^al estate Agent* l' - ALBANY, GEORGIA. * •9-Tbe 8-le of load* • Specially. l AT LAW, ] ] ; 'ALBANY. CKO. ««- OflM with War tt*n A Hobka. -KB C.B. mwTKX. V.T.J WOjraK. JOKES ft DAVJSj ATTORNEYS AT lAW, ’ • ALBANY. GEORGIA By WESTON & EVANS.} devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00Per Annum VOLUME 12. ALBANY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14.1878. NUMBER 11 From UioTsiegraph m A PLEA FOR OUR FORESTS. Anil the Influence of Forests on the Production «f Rainfall. ATTORNEY AT LAW, NEWTON, Baker County, GA p^gs »i» coait. or fttboay *^. ly LAW NOTICE* W* tender ear joint peifowllnal nrtos toon Hlatiul the publie generally PETER J.STROZER, tiff, i > WU.E. SMITH, Mayn-tr. ' DOCTORS* W. W. BACON i hlsaerrtato to I bo raised. of Albany sod “We la Willingham-, heild- •oo Wy W. A. STROTHER, U. D. . ALBANY. GEORGIA. Ofice flier DB, S. J. ROBERT, Q*Sj5i»«i* rr *"** li ‘*| *jj rtt ** “**• *•**»•■• Br.Benj. M. Cromwell, Or. E.W. ALFRIEJND, asrriceerta ihe to- So, totboeiUsms ■~ro ot on. Dr. P. It. HILSMAN, fttaKFICE IX FROST ROOM/irer Watch’s to* vTstor*. IDridiqpo oo Pin* oil Sw i »r MOM? should bftlclt at (law nnwSttw*. ftsslIfaUy. wl lyla. a fuilssC Erti Bra. HOLMES & DeMOSS Dentists. Rtfular Graduates af Ohio Dental College.) Albany, Persia eegibementhT* Fill T—Ih , with Geld or Sitter by Ibe impaired .1*. Insert AriiSeislTeeth. from one to Extract loath vilbual pain, by use u MUrtaOxUsarltamhlaxgas. Ksvp thoroughly peeled vllh on fmproremeats in tMMMry ; and Coexernle, ia n sriealitr. derabic (111 in.'r, all epemtioas beluog.ng to Pita moderate bat cash. (Wire apriUS- D.W. Kl.bn.ftil, STOCK DEALER, 1 ALBANY. GEORGIA. HOTELS I>A.Y BOARD AT THE BARNES HOUSE, Per Month. $20 BOGEN HOUSE, (FDESnJtLT TOWNS HOUSE,) BROAD STREET, ALBANY, GEORGIA traEBoc*n Boose i* now ready tor the reception JL ofgwmtt. The aim* {* a eadfetoat gasnntre hat the hsow wfll be fcryt la Snt-ehao style. •*41 y O. WXiKJf, Proprietor — McAPEE HOUSE, Smithville- : • Geornia- ^ Opposite E. C Deput. ' tS' 9. McAFEE. Proprietor. : Brown House, MAC OK. - GEORGIA - 83 PER DAY. RATES REDUCED. WJWOM sad after thie dan J? day. boanhoHt goodoolb* MltaldMla -mods e* keep op the weU-k ill br *2 per sod eomfertaMe. UUe oa ‘■d <orso iniekn . , Kb Kb DHOWS. Xttmmtm Oaryetnas threogheut every Mat** [• theUaieo jmor:t BARLOW HOUSE, AMER1CDH, OA. la the Center ef basi ■ite the Coart House. Ofj-o- y Board Per Day $2 00 B. F. COLLinS, Proprielor. eUtteettee ye Idle thewaafs ef ell gucUa- f thsheaiboceli la tbe Hut*. Amended Ordinances. - - _____ % T>E IT ORDAINED BY IHE MAYOR A Nil D Coonril od lb* Uty of Albeay, and U is hereby ordain«d by aolhority of lb* MM, Tool neb oerrnn oxonWb* lb* yocetfo* or pratmion of lowyrr. pby- statea, dentist, or sewing smebioe agent. shall ’.my* tarontbo bads—of ftold rocaUoo or profetsiro of Bo H fori bn otdftlood. byfbc authority afireriid, TbotooMbaJf of oar per cent. bo :mpo.ed opoo ■ I pcfteeada arlsiog from llio laio of wl bom or mu asfd within lb* elty 11 miu, by •MUloMftrtlncbX ' F. Y.EVAjn,l1«Tfc of Council. - w liUii Hath 1,187t. W. H. WILDER* Mayor. Like! for Divorce WomlommawR,) Urmiu ifnwum Delator Ion. \ n. 1*77, 1 J. F. tVcTHKiwi. It OryMlOj I* Uw courtio IIm aliOT.r uaiwl ia>* Ibot lb* dcfoLdoat dun not mbfe ia IbU rounly, sod It further snwario* tbal ho duc<nul toll, la the Mata odflcM*u, but In lb. Sum of Tiiu, Motion Ordered: Tbal tbe dedrodont ipicir i ante.r at the nezl T.ra of ibe foert, and tbal Mr . eta* be perUcted on blur by yoldicallon .f tbie role, one* b »onlb lor AurMbtboia lb* dlbmyNoern a gaMUo poUlibed la lb* ton at Albany..and SUM ofDoorfla, a. J. WKMiJlT, Woolen A Bofthoe, AKory-efor mV. ■ af BY 1. P. 8TKVKXS. 'Dr.-Sehlieman says: “As a fellow Unitarian, I feel sorry for the Turks, but as a .■ inspector of (ioii’s physical laws I must own that they deserve their fate. Men who for twenty gen erations have proved themselves tree ilestiwyers on principle have no right to complain If the world rises against them." Abundant testimony very conclu sively shows that the" Turks arc not the onl}\ people who render them- delve* amenable to the stigma of trcc- ilcstrovers on principle. The same irinciple of selfisiu uncontrolletl by ntelligence. aud philanthropy reap- its legitimate reward in t'liristian countries, as well as in those lands where fatalisms as with the pall of death, broods over populations en slaved for two thousand years by ig norance and supcrslAiou. No religious faith nor creed is free from the impntation of tcljism, which we interpret to mean the accomplish ment of any purpose for present self- aggrandizement Without reference to the interests of another, and often with a blind disregard of future eoiT- eqnciices. The love of the true and the beautiful in nature and in art is ubordinated to the love of gain, and the crude of debasing instincts require preponderance and control over every elevating and enobllng aspiration. Hence the Islamite illustrates in his daily life the principles of his relig ions creed that promises after death an eternal perpetuation of the gmtili- cation of sensual pleasures. But we should expect better things of this en lightened and progressive age. whose intellectual advancement within the last fifty years has eclipsed the aggre- S ated min of intelligence acquired tiring two thousand years anterior to the present time. Science strug gling for existence under the stupifv- ug mysticisms of the Aristotlean philosophy marched on with limping gait, until now rudiaut as the Aurora of the morning, she sits in queenly majesty receiving universal homage whileilispcnsiiig her light and beauty into all the raniitications of social, civil and national life. . Agriculture has reaped her full share of ihe harvest of truth in the ppliention of scientific principles to the development of the art. hut how many there are who heedlessly impede her progress hv frustrating her plans, in the rnihle?-. destruction of those agencies which nature supplies for successfully utilizing physical princi- les and nierhanical appliances. In the discussion of this subject, we will endeavor to he as brief as its na- tureand transcendent importance will warrant. The function of the leaves of plants is not merely that of a chem ical laboratory, whereby, through the agency of sunlight in the presence of the green coloring matter of plants, the materials of the sap are converted into the organieslructiire of trees and ogetatiou. hut the function of traus- dratiou of leaves present a vast cx- ■aling surface, whereby a -great S,| P" ply of moisture is supplied to the at mosphere. The roots of trees present an immense absorbing surface, where by they drink up incredible quanti ties of moisture front the earth. A healthful spite of Hie plant is condi tioned by the maintenance of a prop er equilibrium between the aniouut of absorption by live root-, aud the de gree of exhalation from the leaves. An inadequate supply of moisture l>y the roots will necessarily entail the withering of the leaves, apt! conse-. qiient iniiguishinent of the plant. It is evident to every observer that the function of exhalation, or the evapo ration of moisture from the leaves, is most rapid under the influence of in tense solar heat. Forcsts.thereforcpro duce rainfall ecen in a dry lime. The moisture arising front Ihe leaves dur ing the day being diflii-cd into the atmosphere, at nightfall, meet with cool currents of air, and arc condens ed in the form of rain drops and wa ter the earth. It is estimated that one acre of full grown beech trees con densed and dispenses more moisture than two hundred acres of cereals. The vegetable humus of forest (anils arising from the decay of leaves.! wigs and branches of trees, nflbrd a vast reservoir of moisture. Like a sponge it sticks up an immense quantity of water; and the dense shade of the fores! enables it lo hold the latter for a long time, to l»r surrendered to the rootlets of the trees and to the atmos- ilierc, in times of drought, again to hi condensed in the air and returned as dew and rain. The absorptive ca pacity of ploughed soil is estimated at SI, while that of humus is 120. We see, therefore, the inestimable value of humus not only as a producer of rain in forests, hilt to agriculture, as a retainer of moisture around the roots of plants. The town of Valen ki in Zvoith America is within one and a half mile- of a large lake,which was surrounded by a dense forest. In course of time ibis forest was de- stroyed, and the bed of the lake re eded four miles from the town. The forest was restored by replanting, and in twenty years, the lake reeov- ired it- former dimensions. On the authority of Mr. W. Flagg, M Matthew, of Nancy, France, for two rears ami eight inoiitlis, tested the oiiiparntive degree of rainfall on a piece of ground denuded of ita trees and on another piece surrounded by tense forest, and the latter showed a difference of several inches in it favor. During the la-t three years, i portion of Ia:e county, in this State, shows demonstrative evidence of the wholesale destruction of forests. This section includes a scope of territory we-t of the Kinchafoonee creek about four and a half mile- in extent north and south, and about seven or eight miles east and west, and including many tliou-aiid acres unobstructed by probably l,2fSJ acre- of woodland nil hill the area prescribed. I hirin' the last three years, the opinion ha been expressed l»y intelligent farmer that, in the months of .lime and .Inly the aggregate ainonnt of rainfall ha not been f nflirient to abundantly sup- plt the necessities of the growing ■ rops for u -ingle summer season. The consequence has been that the use of fertilizers of every description has been prejudicial ratlier than salu tary, and the crops have been less re munerative than within the experi ence of the oldest resident. East of the Kineiiafoonee there is a large ex-' panse of forests of pine land, with eotu|>arativcl.v small clearing, and es pecially during the last year, the rain fall has been ample to supply tlio ne cessities of the farmer, ana exception ally good crops of almost every kind have beeii made. In the section al luded to, west of the Kineiiafoonee, often have we observed dark and por tentous clouds approach apparently almost overhead, with the momenta ry expectation of tho long coveted blessing, when the vast volume of heated air, like the monsoon of the desert, at a temperature of 95 degrees in tlie -hade, would rise up lit its might, vaporize the elond anil scatter it beyond the reach of hope. It is notable throughout tills whole section of country, that the rainfalls very generally followed tlio water courses and the well-wooden districts. More especially did they follow tho water courses when the latter were fringed on either side with woodland. A correspondent of the Bulletin to tho Torrev Botanical Club writes as follows: “The influence of trees upon rain and the general moisture of tho atmosphere, which has been much discussed of into receives a strong il lustration from the island of Santa Cruz, West Indies. A friend who spent the mouths of February, Marcit and April last, 1871, upon this island informs me Hint,irttujjL lie was. there twenty years ago the island was a gnrdeii of freshness, beauty and fer tility. Woods covered tho lliUs, trees were everywhere abundant, ana rains were profuse and frequent. The mem ory of its loveliness railed him there at the beginning of flic present year, when, to his astonishment, lie found about one-third of the island, which is about twenty-lire utiles long, an alter tleuert. The forests and trees generally had been cut away, rainfalls had ceased, and a process of desiccation, begin ning at one eml of the island, had ad vanced gradually ami irresistibly ii]Hm the island until for seven miles il is dried and desolate as the sea shore. Houses and beautiful planta tions have been abandoned, ami the |H-ople watch the advance of desola tion tuiahlc to arre-t it, but knowing almost to a certainty, the time when their own haliilations, their gardens, ami fresh fields will become a part of the waste. The whole island seems doomed lo hcrome a desert. The in habitants believe, and my friend con firms their opinion, that thiA sad re sult is due to the destruction of the trees upon the island some years ago.” Similar testimony is given by anoth er writer, with reference to* Sicily, which was once the gvanery of Borne, but now almost a barren waste, front indiscriminate and unreasonable clearing of the forests. It is said that the island has scarcely a stream that lasts during Hu- sunmier. Greece and Asia Minor have been shorn of tlieir original forests, and “their character istic feature is represented in ttnpro-* ductive, barren wastes.” it is esti mated that Spain hud one-fiftli of its surface in forests, blit that proportion has been reduced to otie-iiililli, and now she is keenly sitllering l'l-otn her inexcusable folly. Dr. F. S. Oswald thus writes: '•Southern Spain, from Gibraltar to the head waters of the Tagus, main tains now only about one-tenth of its former population, Greece about one- tirentieth. As late as A. D., (570, a >od while after llic rise of the Mahout medan power, the country now known as Tripoli, ami distinct from the Sahara only through the el evation ol its mountains, was the scat of cighly-five Christian bishops, and had a population of0,000,000, of which number only three-quarters of. one per cent, are note left.” Tho climate which, according to authentic de scription. rimsl once have resembled our Southern Ailegha’nies, is now so nearly intolerable that even the in humanity of an African despot for bear to exact open-air labor front 9 a. in. to 5 p. in. Steamboats that pass near the Tri politan coast in summer, on their way to Genoa from Cairo, ltave to keep up a continual shower of artificial rain to save their deck hands from being overcome by the furnace air that breathes from the barrel! hills of the opposite coast. The rivers of some of these countries have shrunk to the size of tlieir former tributaries, and from Gibraltar to Samarraml the an nual rainfall lias decreased till failnre >f crops lias become a chronic com plaint. And all this change is due to the insane destruction of forests. The . lent (’am-atisian sylvan ia that once adorned the hirlh-iaml of the white c from the Western I’yrennoes to the foot-hills of the Himalayas has lisappearcd: of the forest area of Italy and Spain, in Ihe days of the ol- dcr I ‘liny, about two acres in a hun dred are left; to Greece hardly one. Blit even the nakedness of the most sterile tracts of Southern Europe is exceeded liy the niter dissolution of the Ottoman provinces. If there was not evidence that a great part of the ruin had liecn accomplished before the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Turks would really seem to have been “tree-destroyers on principle.” Cltant- polliou draws even more graphics picture of the neighborhood of flu laike of Tiberias and fhc valley of Hie Euphrates. He affirms .that lie traced the course of creeks and small rivers by the depressions ill the soil and the shape of the smooth pebble, on the piateau of Sidibelbez, in the very centre of the Sahara. “And so llie astounding'truth dawns upon us,” he says “Ilist this desert may have been a region'of graves'and fouii- t-rim aud the abode of happy millions. Is there any crime against nature which draws down a more terrible curse than that ofsi ripping our Moth er Earth of her sylvan covering? The hand of man lias produeed this de er I, nnd | very believe every other desert on the face of the earth. Earth wa» Eden once, mid our misery is the punishment of our sins against tin world of plants. The hvrniny sun of the desert is the. anyel with the fltvnt- iny Kteord who slanits bet ween ns and I’aradise." From the blind seljlsm of the old world we will turn to the new, from which we should expect tidier things, a-, we are in the infancy of our days as a nation, hut enjoying the full blaze of a Christian civilization, and a halo of self-glorification in all that appertains to the. dignity, intetiigeiici and viritie of linmnnity. “In a conn try blessed with such a plethora of woods as the looted Stale, between the Atlantic and the valley of the Mississippi could boast of less tluiii a hundred years ago, the work of “clearing” could he pursued within very liberal limits, not only without hut with positive benefit to the cli mate, inasmuch os it would counter act ejtccss of moisturo. and miasmat- sc tendencies. But in some of our Southern and Central States this limit has already bccti passed. Tho States of Ohlompl Indiana,nnd the South ern part* of Koutueky and Michigan, so recently a part of tho great east American forest, have even now a greater percen to ye. ef treeless area than Austria and the yurfh German em pire, that have been settled and culti vated for upwards of a thousantl years. The northern borders of Ohio are kept coninaratirely fertile by tlio neighborhood of the g.-eat lakes, lint the-central rcgloift nnd many of the river counties begin to sillier from drottgli and sec their springs fail every summer. Tho blue grass region of Kentucky, once tho pride of the .West, lias uow districts of such a bar ren und arid nature Hint their' stock farmers aro moving toward the Cum berland Mountains bemuse the creeks and old springs dried up, und tiieir woils became too low to furnish wa ter for their cattle. Wherever tobac co and cotton arc cultivated the work of ruin has made rapid advances, niul in all the southeastern counties of Virginia otul North Carolina, and throughout Mississippi. Alabama, Georgia nnd Soutii Carolina, the traveler nmy ride for hours without seeing more than four or five trees in a group; droughts arc becoming more aud more frequent, and the locust, that ominous pioneer of die desert has made its appearance.” Forests modify the vicissitudes of temperature whether of extreme heal or cold. They form a mechanical ob struction to tlio sweeping winds of the Xoi tli ami west in winter, and by their leafy exhalations of moisttii-i- tcniper the scorching breath of sum mer. Forests are conservators of the pub lic health. It is well known that plants absorb carbonic acid and ex hale oxygen. They decompose car bonic acid, appropriating its carbon to tlieir nutrition, and return the ox ygen to ttie air. Oxygen in its prop erties apparently presents a beautiful paradox, that of being the universal destroyer, ami yet the vitaliz.er of all organic matter.' It is tin- universal agent of combustion, yet iu its inten sified form, that of 'ozone, it is the universal purifier of atmospheric air. Oxygen is the life and breath of till animals, and ozone is the consumer of the products of animal and vegeta ble decomposition. In low, malarious district^ the feeling of lingor, lassi tude and general inertia, that paraly-' zea the physical energies-and depress es the spirits, during the summer, Is doe not alone to the debilitating ef fects of iutensc solar heat, blit in a great measure to Uie absence of ozone in the air. The atmospheric ozone is pretty much consumed in burning up (lie product's of Vegetable decomposi tion, and lienee there is very little left to vitalize the animal spirits niul en ergize tlie mental faculties. The electrifying influence of tlie moun tain air to the low countryman in the months of July und August, on his transition to the mountain region, is due, not merely to diminished tem- peratue, hut to tlie inspiration of ozonized air that tin-ills every nerve and fibre of his body, imparts a de gree of mental exhilaration which none can fully appreciate tint those wtio have experienced the blessing.— Now, trees aud flowers are said to ltave tlie property of exhaling ozone; and we thought that tlie health-giv ing properties oftlie Eucalyptus glob ulus is due, at least in some degree, to tlie evolution of ozone, as it. is af firmed that it imparts a delightful balmy fragrance, at least when iu clusters. Whether or not these sug gestions be hypothetical, we will go to the testimony as well as to tlie law. “Dr Brchin observes, that ophthalmia aud leprosy, which ltave become he reditary diseases, not only in the val ley of the Nile but on the tahlc-lamls of Barea and Tripoli, nrc utterly un known iu well timbered valley of Ab- ysiuniu, though tlie Abysiuuiuiis live more titan a hundred geographical miles nearer to the equator than tlicil- alliictcd neighbor.” Dr. Oswald savs: •Tlie traditions oftlie ‘blessed islands of the West,’ the ‘Garden oftlie lles- ileridcs,’ probably referred to Made ra and tlie Cape- Verde Archipelago, which,according to DeGam'sdescrip tion, must have come nearer to our idea of terrestrial paradise than any other region of this earth. The ills that flesh is heir to, he savs, “are only three: wound, the cflccis of poison, and dccreptitiide—tlio latter rarely makes its appearance before the com pletion of tin: uincljclh year. Since the Portugese have jelled" tlieir glori ous forests for the sake of blinding material, these islands have become hut-beds of disease. Again: The valley qf tlie Guadalqiiivcr, as late as i century before tlie discovery of America, supported a population of 7,(XX),00Q qf probably the healthiest and happiest nicit of Southern Eu- rop'e. Since iivuoak and chestnut groves oftlie suri-oiiiidiiig hills hare disappeared, this population lias shrunk to 1,250,(XXI of sickly wretches wtio depend for tlieir sustenance on sandy barrens that become sandier and drier from year to year.” It is unnecessary to adduce ftirllirr testimony in confirmation oftlie val ue of forests to liiu general welfare and prosperity of tlie agriculturists, as well as to every class ami condi tion of society, "fit the Northwest, such have been tlie baneful results of the indiscriminate and unreasonable destruction of forests that the subject has been seriously discussed not only iu agricultural vent ions Iml by tliu Citato Legislatures. A great im petus tins been given to tlie culture of forests. Illinois, Missouri, aud Iowa, have encouraged tree planting In state laws, in 1858, Massachusetts oflerad a premium of $1,000, for the best plantation of forest trees. The Ohio State Board of Agriculture,aftcr wnruity discussing the subject of ilc- forcHteration of tlieir lands, passed a series of resolutions, among which are the following: Besolvetl That the Slate Legisla ture be requested to encourage the planting of artificial forests aud act ing trees along the sides of ail high ways and railroads, and also dial they he urged to pass more stringent laws for tlie protection of forests from destruction and damage by fir especially those caused by wanlonue and by locomotives.” lttsolred T. “That we urge the in stitutions of learning established un der the agricultural laud-grant net to give special attention to the culti vation of trees for the i 11 tint ration of tlieir teaebiug of forrestry.” Mr. W. C. Green, iu spunking of the destruc tion of forests in tlie Southern States, says lie had experience in gathering Timber through n portion of that country, from Columbus, Ky„ to Mo bile, Alabama, a distanceof470 miles. A few years ago this country was covered with line forests, but to-day there is scarcely a timber tree left upon it. At tlio dose of the war he had occasion to ro-bttild 155 miles through (his country, a rood which traversed the most magnificent timber country he lias ever seen—but to-day these fine trees have alt disappeared. Within the last two or three years, in many portions of our own State, we have Imd mournful demonstra tions of our indiscretion, if not of our willful folly, in (lie suicidal destruc tion of our forest lands. Ii is estima ted that at least twenty per cent, of forests are necessary to protect against hurtful droughts iu extensive clear ings, and so distributed ns to be dis persed over different portions of the plantation. The passage of n creek or water course denuded of its trees is not sufficient of itself to furnish moisture by evaporation from its surface to guard against the preva lence of drought. In large planta tions where hillsides have been de faced by the washing away of the soil, aud by unsightly gorges and yawning chasms, they should he re planted in trees. In new clearings of iaml a portion of timber on either side of u miming, streaiq should al ways he left to fix atid generate moisture. The Khedive of Egypt, it is said, has reclaimed several hundred miles of barren wastes, by tlie planting of palm niul date trees, aud tho amount of rainfall lias been doubled thereby. In tlie tiureasoualilc destruction of forestA where litis crime against na ture has been committed, tlie only re course left us is to atone for past of fenses by restoring what we have ig norantly or designedly taken away from her. Yet this requires time for its full fruition, and though we our selves may not live to enjoy it, we are responsible to our children and to the commonwealth for tlie guardianship of ttie trust committed to our keep ing. If we arc derelict iu the dis charge of our duties in tills regard, posterity will execrate our memories, and tlie State wTll he defrauded of its legitimate revenues. When with wise discretion aud witli a Christian phil anthropy tve are fortified against in cursions of drought and barrenness, by tlie retention of a sufficient pro portion of forests from the wood man’s axe, we can heartily subscribe to the aphorism of Dr. Hadcliff, “Timely prevention not only saves us from diseases, but from those greater evils—the remedies.” This subject is one of absorbing in terest, and it becomes us to heed tlie admonition of other countries and stay the tide of desolation which threatens to overwhelm us if we per sist in shutting our cars against the voice of reason. Man cannot contro vert tlio uiideviatiug laws of Nature. Ilis arrogant and perverse will is the only force that insanely laughs at her behests, and disregards iter admoni tions, and in every conflict with her lie will certainly be sadly defeated.— She holds out iter bcuificcnt hand, and generously responds, for the time, to man’s omuiverous greed, but tlie punishment of any violation of her laws, will, sooner or later, descend upon his head witli crushing weight. Let us, therefore, patiently and intel ligently. interpret her laws that oper ate with unerring certainty, and in such beautiful harmony," woo her smiles tiy complying with her reason able demands, then sltall we rejoice in harvesting tlie fruits of obedience, and our hearts will ltave cause to be tilled with ‘ gratitude to tho Great Dispenser of every blessing. Albany Enterprise. Tlie contractors for erecting the main building for the Southwest Georgia Industrial Association are, lioiiiul to have it completed by May* ISth or forfeit $2(X>. Tlie building is !HI by 100 feet, ill tlie shape of a cross, two stories, double galleries iu front, has four cupolas, one at each end of (lie four angles, one spite in the cen tre, and the ctilrc structure, it is said, will he eighty feet high. If the As sociation it not needing $200, we are certain lo see tlie hiiihiing completed at Ihe fair on the 21st anil 22il of May, hut they mean to succeed down that way. anil if necessary those contract ors will delay a day or so in order to increase their subscription. We hope our Florida visitors will not forget our suggestions to remain iu the Iaml of Dowers long enough to take in Thoinasvillc, Albany and other points having horliciilltirai displays on tlieir ay home—Southern Enterprise. Tin* following is from the Atlanta irrespomlcnt Griffin yews: “Well, sir, there is right now more suffering ami want among people here in Atlanta than there is in nil Hie balance of (ietirgia,” said an cx- jmlgo of a Georgia Superior court, only a few days ago. And he is a man who is very well acquainted through- nit the Stale, ami lias Imil every op portunity for being well informed here in Atlanta. A casual inquiry into tlie matter develops the startling fact that Hie assertion is not altogcth- ciisational nor idle talk. Of the :5<>,(KI0 people in Atlanta—white and black—there are about 0,000 out of employment or without visible means of support, and of this number prob ably 1.500 of them are males, uml of these 1,000 are blacks. The New Zealand correspondent of Hu- Medical Examiner reports a re markable case of sctf-sncrificc. A Maori chief can “tapii,” i. c., make sa cred anything lie chooses, ami no one would then dare to touch it. The fol lowing story is absolutely true.— Names, places and dates could he giv en. A Baugatira chief full in love with a handsome girl, who, however, .liked another man. The chief “tap- lied” her, and Huts shut out Ids rival. The chief then made love, but the girl left tlie village, went to a leprous hag, drank In-r blood, lived with her for a short time, and (lien, as a leper, returned (o spite Hu; chief. Mrs. Ingci-soH—lids is tho infidel’s wife—is tall, lias a prominent nose, large dark eyes, heavy dark hair iu a twist, wears rich jewelry, copies no body’s dress or iiiuuiier,' does ju*t as she pleases, and asks no odds. She also is an infidel. Letter From Albany Georgia. Wo find tho following' nicely “don« up” letter in the Columbus Enquirer- Sun of a recent date: Albany, (}*., March 3rd, 78. Editor Enquirer-Sun : This pleas ant little city deserves indeed Die name of being one’of the most social, hospitable, and altogether pleasant little cities in Georgia. In “ante bcllnm” times, when our bcautiftil South enjoyed a universal aud boun teous prosperity, Douligerty county was the wealthiest iu the State;, by judicious calculation, her wealth was estimated at $22,000 for every tax payer she had ; but like tier sister cities, Albany has sulfered severely from shrinkage of values aud gener al hard times, yet, site maintains her old standard of integrity. Her mer chants are all of that class—solid, shrewd, honest business men—tlie bone aud sinew to tlie prosperity of a town whose interest they have at heart aH well as their own. Tltoy have uow under headway a plan to establish a fair ground aud public pleasure resort Unit bids fair to become one of tlie most picturesque spots in the State. These grounds are situated immediately on the flunks of the Flint river, tlie race course fences, stables, &c., are all iu readi ness, trees, shrubbery and flowers of tlie choicest quality and iu endless quantity have been planted, walks and drives along tlie bunks of Uie riv er have been laid olf beautifully, and, work on the main buildings will lie commenced in a few days. A fund of $10,000 lias been raised, which will be increased to $20,000, and every dol lar of it expended in beautifying these grounds. The citizens arc all deeply enthused with tho work and arc pushing it forward with that steady determination that always in sures success. Tlie sociability of Albany cannot be excelled. The writer had the pleas ure of attending a grand masonic ball and supper on tho 26th, which was indeed a 'magnificent affair. The at tendance was very large, yet there was a pertect harmony and thorous** sociability existing that made every one enjoy themselves. The supper deserves special mention. II was a perfect feast, everything Unit the heart could desire, and in abundant plenty. Also attended a social hop given by the Isrealitish voting men of Uie city, aud must say that 1 ltave nev er attended a pleasanter occasion. Kessler's band from Macon discoursed sweet music, and “dancit|g in tlie dreamy waltz” was tlie order of tlie evening. The thanks of your correspondent arc due to the roung men of Aibauy for courtesies extended, particularly to Messrs. S. Sterne and Richard Robinson, and to Messrs Weston and Evans oftlie Albany News, the most popular weekly in Southwest Geor gia. S. A grumbler writes to the Brooklyn Eagle: “Last Sunday when subscrip tions were being received for the li quidation of the debt on the Taberna cle church, a lady sent up a diamond ring. A moment iatera poor old wo man declared in a trembling voice, that if God spared her life site would give ten cents a week for six months to the cause. In the evening Dr. Tal- mage told the story of the ring, ex hibiting on his finger. But lie said nothing of (lie poor woman's ten cents.” Tlie stock of the Meridian, Miss.. Oil Mills lias been increased to seven ty-six thousand dollars, ami it is to lie made one of the largest concerns of the kind in the South. A wealthy firm in Cinciiniatti engaged in tlie business of refining cotton seed oil subscribed twenty-five Uiousand dol lars of the new stock, and bought tip old stock, all of which has been paid in cash at par. It is true a liaby is not. a very large tiling—“only a baby,” says the poet; yet this inconsequential "package of tender humanity will, with scarcely an apparent eli'ort, drown the heavy breathings of a mighty engine, out bellow tlie raging uceaii, banish sleep from two decks of a steamboat, and chain the attention of a thousand sleepy passengers for seven consecu tive hours. Tlte most successful promoter of a moneyed immigration into Soil Hi Car olina and Georgia, is Mr. Tilman It. Gaines, editor of the Southern Her ald. He lias turned Peter Cooper ami other large capitalists into South Carolina to purchase property, and tlie white population of tliai Stale lias been increased 55,000 during the past year. Mr. Flood, the wealthy Itom.-iu Catholic, of San Francisco', held a mortgage on the Tabernacle Presby terian Church for$100.000. The Tab ernacle was sick, and no Kimball came along so clear ott’ tlie wciglitv toad, fo it had to he sold under fore closure, as the interest laid long been unpaid. Mr. Flood bought il in, and then presented it to tlie Congregation. B. F. Butler’s financial scheme is briefly this: Ho wants an irredeema ble, non-exportable paper dollar and a 3.65 bond—the two to he convert! tile at tlie pleasure of tlie holder.— This system, lie thinks, is now de manded liy tlie people, aud is sure to lie adopted in timu by tlie Govern ment. He 1ms put Jumself at Ihe head oftlie Greeutii A curious candlo uso^^Alaska is a fish eight inches long almost trans parent, nml very fat, the fat being pure white and very sweet. Tlie In dians dry this tlsh, then light it at tlie tail, and it burns witli a clear, spark ling flame, which tlie wind will not extinguish. “The old Russian marriage bene diction was tills: “Her* wolf, take tlio lainb!” For the IodlM. GENERAL Join*Superior Court—O. J. Wright. Boilcitor-Gunerftl—W. O. Ftaalftg. Octiaarf—B. A. Collier. Clark and Treasurer—W. P. Burke. Sheriff-J. W. Mayo. Tax Racairar—I. N. Wlaaaaan. aOAD coMMiasiomraa. JjS 620 District—A. P. Baiter, J. L. Doaiar, L. M. *». 10*7 Difttrtct—E. E. W Ildar, K. H. Sim, B. F, Hull*. amen or ns rues. *20 Dtitrlct—A. K. Junlnfft. Snow gauze is the novelty for ball dresses. Ombre ribbons have a shaded satin stripe in tho middle. All the postage stamps are made by eighty pretty girls. , The “Fanchette” and “Camlllo” are new chip bonnetsi. Tlie new beige Color is a grayish, greenish brown or drab. Poppies and honeysuckle buds are favorite artificials this season. Worth thinks a lady’s dress should always have “expression.” The new colored grenadines show India colors and Turkish designs. Ostrich tips dusted with gold are seen on the new French bonnets. Ombre, or shaded moire and satin- faced ribbons, are very fashiona ble. A new perfume bottle is made of wood, and represents a knotty iimb of a tree. The Nashville ladies have an or ganization known os the “Belles of tlie Kitchen!” Tlie widow of President Tyler as sisted at a reception In the White House recently. Ribbon watered on one aide and sat in-faced on the other will be much worn this summer. Numbers nine and twelve ribbons will be the widths most used this summer for trimming hats and bon nets. Cream color is somewhat abandon 1 ' ed this winter, and pure white, so tong discarded, ia now reinstated in favor. Dancing dresses for very young la dies are made with conveniently short trains—in fact, scarcely more than demi-trains. Fresh importations of spring milli nery arrive daily, and confirm the rumored revival of and mastic gray shades. Olive Logan seldom goes shopping in London without meeting a mob of royal persons to be sketched by her judicial |mn..... Elderly ladies are going to wtea* evening robes of white silk and satin, made up very plain, bnt prbftasely trimmed with laca. La Creole is the most stylish break fast cap worn. This is made of a gay striped silk handkerchief, and trim med with lace. The married ladies of Chicago have formed a come-home husband club. It is about four feet long, and has a a brush on the end. Mrs. Lncy Hooper, the Paris cor respondent, is described as a stout la dy with a peachy complexion. She wears an India shawl. An abandoned wretch affirms that' in engaging a wife only a ring is neces sary ; but nothings short of the cash will secure a good hired girl. Gallery scats are the best in then, t res uowadays if one wants a view of the stage which, ffiotra stairs, ia en- tirelv obstructed by the towering bonnets. “Madame Falcott” ia the name of a new rose of a rich ochre color, resem bling the Safrano, excepting the color is deeper and the bad more solid. The first court dress which the Princess Mercedes wore as Queen is white satin, with a ruby velvet train, six yards long, magnificiently broidered with gold. Fringed ribbons are shown as nov elties. These ltave an inch wide stripe down the middle of satin, silk or wa tered surface, with a fringe of the same width on each side. Silk mufflers, with sporting scenes, containing figures two or three inches high, and with elaborate details of landscape on either end, are the latest novelty from Paris. Tlie young Miss Sherman who Is about to marry Senator Cameron has, it is said, a fresh, blush-rose face, sparkling dark eyes and brown locks* She is to——>two years old. Mr. Cameron is forty-five. Tlie dainty “cobweb gauzes’* are as t hin as if woven by spiders, ail'd there is a new fringe guaze with rows of Tom Thumb fringe woven across it so tightly that the threads can not be pulled out. Talmage says: “I have seen men who, at the marriage alter, thought they were annexing something more valuable than Cuba, found'out after ward that they had got only an al lium, Oodeys Magazine and a medi cine cliest.” Altiani, whose voice is now the de light of Paris, is quoted as being very siipcrsliltuus about a pet nightingale, which, ever since crossing the chan nel. lias refused to siug. “If he does die,” site says, “I have a superstitious feeling that I sltall never sing again.' Very many ladies now make their own lace, and lace braids are sold for Hie purpose at all fency stores. Tbe work is less difficult than embroidery ami much of the lace—princess point, miqttarflise, Raguan, etc., now sold in our lacc stores, is made in America. Poor young thing! She feinted at Hie washtub and her nose went kerslop into the soap-suds. Some said it was overwork; others, how ever, whispered that her beau had peeped over the back fence and railed out: “Hollo, there Bridget i Is Miss Alice home ?” MS District—Jo*. Armstrong, A.T. OrftSS, Jr. 10S7 District—S. D. Bostic. - « OOtlXTT oousr. JaSg*—WT Janes. Major—W H Wilder. covKiunir. Nelson Tift. 8 Merer, Joha Jsctxw, JOS T H Willingham, K F Mercer. Clerk anfTnuanr—Frank V1 ■ Marshal—FO Edvards. Foltaaan—J W KhdoV Eason I Cttj Physician—Drww Bacon. • Clly Attorney—Wm OHrcr. council, comtiren ^ Ways a*d Meaos-John Jacks**. j Os < 3tartr-8aou*l Mayer, X M ’ NeUon Tilt, N F Mercer, Tho* B Willi* Oa Kre DtyarHnmt—J Q Stephens, Jol N F Meteor, M*l £MS«w£t^TH Willingham, JO Staphm*MF ' On JVWtsp—Somael Mayor. J O Stephana 1 RELIGIOUS. Bsmar Can ten—Bar Mr Bitty, « rery Sunday, forenoon and Ml. 9 a mooch Sunday. Prayer mm nag ateay ■- #Tin ing 7o’clock. ; —99 CBoacn—Her H U Fstdsr, Fata, i *r*ry Btndsy, 11 a m ead 7 pm. Mhah - a nu Prayer m*eUngs-reaw SBOBk ' * Is general prayer meeting TaaxsSar ’At tuoacH—But T a Toot tamtam arary Sunday forenoon and atternaon. SoaMBh,'-: School. 914 ft in. PamariaBi. t Cicacs—Bn Jne T Mi Bipla Pastor. Santa Brat and Udrd Sabbaths dm «**h ' g' month. Prayer ranting Tuesday ciiilin ijeyonnLj o’clock. Bahtath School mch Sunday qftqtmm.sl 1 o'clock. - ~ P0ST0FFICE. OmnnanAar, Kaianis RSRuLXCa. AM WoU&ln, Kiwi, "i&MV*** ***** ia ««* mmOku uifht in each month. .— MICHA LodgMOBB—MMUtoisaAMfl d»jr nlghU In each month, at Welch* llaB. Richard Roblnaon, Sect MILITARY; FIREMANICy Chief of Fire Department:—T M Outer ot. Chief Fire Depart:—3k D Gortatowskr ItROVATamxa Vo 1—{Steam Fir* Eagtae>—■!. £ot.N^Hftnd Engine—Isaac Jackaea, cad- •md, Foreman. bwnw Book ft turnon—F W Ool. ft Hines. . amrai. aud pctaxtou or Masts. South veatsrn or Northern, doom at IS at - 0 ga^^5gcor r8 o.thc m, dams St ArtGgtonVotfStkeley eilcntion. etas ott f a, Moodayo,Tuesdays, Thursdays. Friday, and MSB*. at 9-JO a m, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Jftftay*. Sta. Brunswick and Albany Railroad, doom Tamtam Thursdays and Saturdays, at 7J0 a m, and spam Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday* at7 p m. Warrick, Vienna oaUMcUtland'a Mill, epos* Friday* a pm, and cloaca Saturdays 9 am. Qlntown, Arnold, Minion, Moultrie, opana Walt Ties days, 6 p m, and closes Thersdays, 9 a m. omci tiooas. From S a m to 12 m, ana from ltd p m ie I p m. Office ia open alt the .line daring the staled >■* ith the eieepUon of time nfulrad tor diapetMeS eUTCTjofmalL sthe German lAsqdsa nag FRATERNAL. ftxsaxr Loom No MTFftlC—T » Dopant W M ft MWoUhln, Secretary. Meet* SriTSs tad Friday nights of each month. iainciaiB, No is R ft M —W B Dental HP. ft.M Woillhla,Secretary. MeetsM Friday GRAIN. 1 .A., ”W. Tucker, Produce Broker, Head Headquarters —fok=>5^ WATSON & Save Money by Using Ilf IN THE Mi a*5i*SS atthaatar* net to Aiat> Office^ <*1 f*b lf.et4 Power in a -°ra THOMAS* PAIN ALLUVIA 1 ATOWBXm ExtemalRemedy worn THE CURB OP Heftdftche, Verrous Hredftdre, RhftqmUlim* NeurelcU, Weaki Mm is Um BcckpAdin la tl — tttep Swelling or 8UShe«. _ l> and Limbo, Brulere, Burn* Gate, SeUda, and all Achee and Paloe, wtthoal regard to name. Aaaa iyTBRJfAL REMBD It la good for Patna in the Stomach and Bowels, Ooltc, Cramp Colic, do. DIRECTIONS.—Rub In thoroughly wllh the hand. When the Mtab eg longstanding, or wry ohetlnfie, mm. -all a piece of flannel with the AlftJt- ilATOR nnd bind on tho part eibrtad. .DOSS.—10 to 20 drop*.for in ndntt, In a wteovtam or voter or mUk,tu h* repeated if Decenary. Children accord. In* to eg*. ’IU CW0. S. TB9SCA3, ftBeap. On •Aavaa SAVAA/IV FOR salt:. CORN AND PEAS. {S^2d*9»'fo&htfomr'ptasB ■ growth. The mm* will be said CHEAP H. A. lSDESTTI Isbil-tt.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, March 14, 1878, Image 1