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Newspaper Page Texti Vol. L. MILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1869. No. 38. K. IvT- ORME SON, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms—5 -1,1)0 per annum, in Advance. Viivi:KTi.siSii— Per square often lilies, each jiti hi. v* I 99. Merchants and others forall i nits i ver $ 25, t wenty-tive percent, off. I.EUAL ADVERTISING. I rh ii" ry's. —Citation sf°r lettertol ad- nstration .guardianship ,«fcc $ 3 yy , :i iHstead notice 2 0(t jlicatioutorietters of dism’n fromadm’n 5 00 iiic*tiontor lettersot disra’nofguard’n 3 50 ,,iiiation tor leave to sell Laud 5 yo to Debtors and Creditors 3 yy 5 00 1 50 2 50 5 00 5 00 Stales »>f Laud, per square of ten lines. < jf personal, per sq., ten days < nf*— i'i-tch levy ot ten lines, or less.. \| , r ;i*.ige sales of ten lines or less ij jilector’s sales, per sq, (2 months) /, ^..--Foreclosure of mortgage and oth- 1 ( ' r monthly’s, per square 1 00 i’stray notices, thirty days 3 00 fribiitesof Respect, Resolutions by Societies, obituaries, &c., exceeding six lines, to be charged ■ transient advertising. rales of Laud, by Administrators, Execu- , , ri jr <» In dians, are required by law, to be held mi tin) first Tuesday in the mouth, between the 1 jurs of teu in the forenoon and three in the af- " 1 hi, at the Court-house in the county in which I . >erty is situated. .N 1 ;ice of these sales must be given in a public rizette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notice for the sale of personal property must be veil in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to debtors and creditors of an estate ;:1 i-it also he published 10 days. Xitice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell laud, must bt •ijblished for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Gnar- ji niship, &c., mast be published 30 days—fordis- iiioii from Administration, monthly six months ; f- Jisiaissiou trom guardianship, 40 days. 1C lies for foreclosure of Mortgages must be njiisiied .ninthly for four months—for establisb- j-.ist papers, for the fall space of three months — jr .» up siting titles from Executors or Adminis- ntors, where bond has been given by the de- .>^sr1. the full space of three months. Charge, 0 IJ per square of teu lines for each insertion. P t >iications will always be continued accord u r to these, the lejal requirements, unless oth .-wise ordered. v'.iodiile of M icon & Augusta R. R. Leaves C amak , daii y, at 12.30 P. M. “ Miiledgeville 6.30 A.M. Arrives aj Miiledgeville 4 20 P.M. Camak 9.00 A.M. Pajseni*ers.eaving Augusta or Atlanta on Day i'ij.sengar Train of Georgia Railroad will make ,se connection at Camakfor intermediatepoints mi the above road, and also for Macon, & c. Pas- ,ea»ersleaving Milledgevilleat 5.30, A. M.,reach Atlanta and Augusta same day.and will make rinse connections at either place for principal lintsi 11 adjoining States. E. \V COLE, Gcu’l Snpt. Augusta, January 7,1868 4 tl vtl TII-H ESTEliN H. H. CO. OFFICE, MACON, GA., March24th, 186°< Co l It. in I) u s 7 'ru ia — Daily DRY GOODS! CROCK.33RY, Saddlery, and Harness, &c.. &<*.. FOR SALE BY T. T. WINDSOR, & CO. MILLEDGEYILLE, GA. T HE Citizens of Baldwin and adjoins ing counties will find a large and good assortment of Brown and Bleached Goods of all quali ties. Calicoes, of all grades, Dress Goods in great variety, Hosiery, Gloves and Shelf Goods oj all sorts. The most complete assortment of ever offered for sale in this place, consisting of Miles & Co's Philadelphia work; Shelley & Bros'North Carolina work; Butchelder & Co’s Brogans, and Children’s Misses’ and Ladies tine work of all styles. HATS, of Wool, Felt, Straw, Panama, Ac CROCKERY, A full line of everything that can be called for, with Glassware and China in Plain and Gilt Tea Sets. SADDLERY, From the old Army up to the fine Morgan Cavalry Saddle. Harness—Single and Double, Blind Bridles, Riding Bridles, Whips, &c METALIC BURIAL CASES, Plain, Half Satin, and full Satin Trimmed, in Plain Cases and Caskets. ■‘‘iiiiidlli ‘Hill Drug Arriv Ltf.iv Arriv Arriv 1,-avi Arriv > Macon ? at Coin mbits Columbus 1? at. M aeon 5 15 A M. I 1.15 A.M. 12.45 P. M. 6.20 P. M. Bufau!a Train—Daily. Leave Macon 8.00 A. M. Arrive atEufaula b.JO P.M. I. ave Hu fail la 7.20 A. M. Arrive at Macon - 4.r>0 P. M. I'n,meet ing with A/hany Trainat Smithrillc Leave Smitliville 1 -46 P. M. at Albany 3.41 P. M. Albany 9.35 A. M. at Smitliville 11.00 A. M. lag with Fort Gaines Train at Cuthhrrt. Cuthbert --- 3.57 P- M. at Fort Gaines. 5.40 P. M. Fort Gaines 7.05 A. M. at Cuthbert 9.05 A . M. Connecting with Central Railroad and Macon A Western Railroad Trains at Macon, and Mont- -laierv A West Point Trains at Columbus. VIRGIL POWERS, Engineer At Superintendent. Schedule of the Georgia Railroad. / AN AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH 29th V7 HtiS, the Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (Daily, Sundays excepted.) Leave Augusta at 10 A M. " Atlanta at - 5 A. M. Arrive at Augusta 3.30 P. M. " at Atlanta - — 6.10 P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 3 45 P. M. Atlanta at 6-45 P- M. Arrive at Augusta ,r> .30 A.M. Atlanta 4.00 A.M. BERKELEY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave xYugusta at 4.30 P. M. " Berzelia at 7.00A.M. Arrive at Augusta 8.45 A M. “at Berzeiia 6.15 P.M, Passengers for Miiledgeville, Washington and Atheus,Ga.,inusttake Day Passenger Train from Augusta and Atlanta. Passengersfor West Point, Montgomery, Sel ma, Mobile and New Orleans must leave Augusta 011 Night Passenger Train at 3-4;> P. M., to make close connections. Passengers for Nashville,Corinth, Grand Junc tion, Memphis, Louisville and St. Louis can take either tram and make close connections. Through Tickets and Baggage checkedthrough to the above places. Pullman’s Palace SloepingCars on all Ni In the Grocery Store next door to the Store of John M. Clark, will be found Provisions, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Flour, Sugars, Coffee, Syrups, Molasses, and everything found in a Grocery Stock, all of which will be sold at lowest market rates for CASH. T. T. Windsor Jfc Co. Miiledgeville, Ga., May 18. 1869 20 tf AnXillSTG-TOM fi it cv Spcfdi of Kev. C. W. Howard. Mineral Resources. The following facts given by Kev Mr. Howard in a speech to the Press uponlhe Steamer Etowah,is to the point Ali that is needed is capital lo develop our great resources ; and we hope in a few years that the Northern part ofour Slate will be alive with men and means. Tire finest field in the world for capi talists to enter, as there cannot lie a failure. This is an unusual spectacle and a most interesting one. L doubt whether the like was ever seen before, and 1 believe it is ihe promise of better things for our Slate. I have heard with surprise and in dignation the charge against the press ot the South, of venality—a charge that I can but think so unjust that it il could not be excused by “a demijohn of whis ky.” This occasion demonstrates die pow er of die press, and there is wisdom displayed in the use that is made of that power by our Superintendent,Col. Hulberl. The press does not only con- i vey, hut il creates public opinion ; it I informs and controls public opinion ; j and the wisdom displayed in bringing together the members of the press on j this occasion is but a part of that adrni-1 rabie policy pursued by the present j Superintendent of our State Road. J would say frankly to you, as au old Georgian, without any reference to par- tisanship, that [ think die Stale of Georgia eminently fortunate in secur ing the services of so wise, able and patriotic a public officer. It is a part /large bod v of minerals, which, when f culture or with the coni fori and orna- I die Van Wert Railroad is completed, inenl of cultivated home. All produ- j will find a market. jeers, manufacturers and luventors are What we lack to develop these mines I invited to forward them to this oilice is money. We are all as poor as —freight paid. church rats. Mr. Stevens, of Baldwin county, has Kingston is hut a small town, yet j deposited in this off ce for examination the mills near bring 16,000 pounds of specimens of pipes for drainage of all Hour daily to the market. Five steam ; sizes, from 1 to 15 inches in diameter, mills turn out an immense quantity of j also specimens of fire brick. Parties lumber, which is shipped to the North may examine and leave orders. As il and the Tennessee valley. In July, ’65 j is intended to connect with the office I learned, by personal examination of not only a museum of all implements, the hooks ol the Slate Road, that there j machine and new inventions, but also were received 8,000 feci of lumber per j specimens ot all the ores and minerals mouth, and this year 25,000 feet are I of the Stale, the members of State Ag- 1—an increase of 17,000 in one! ricultural Society and of ihe County \gricullurai Societies, are requested receive yea r. We come now to the Rome Rail road, and let me here say, that lor beautiful farming lands, no twenty miles in I he country surpasses it, and when we come to Rome, where we liave been so handsomely entertained, j we find a city with advantages misut- j passed. Mr. Nichols, in bis Menda cious Romance, (Sherman’s march to ihe sea,) told one truth when lie said that Rome had no rival except New Haven. Down the road from Rome to South west Georgia,which trip we are to make you will find indications in coal and iron, of the inexhaustible resources ot the State. The legislature ought to make an ap propriation for improving the naviga tion of the river, deepening the chan nel at the shoals. No money could be more wisely expended, as it brings us in the range of mountains, where for forty miles the coal lies buried along their base, iron in abundance, and slate of the policy of the Superintendent to deposits of great value secure the press to aid in developing the interests of the Stale. Now, how can the press second these efforts ? In brief, I would say—First, put at rest the political occasion for misrepre sentation : work together for this end. There is a strong analogy between our social and material world. In domestic life you have seen the delicate, tender woman, the loving wife. You have seen that husband overcome by misfortune, and broken down by adversity ! but this frail, ten- tier, loving woman steals her arm a- tn bring with them to the Fair, il not a specimen of every stone or mineral in their county, at least, one or two of the most interesting. Mining companies are requested to furnish a good sped men of ihe ores in which they are op erating and a specimen of the metal smelted or extracted therefrom. A ten dollar premium will be given to the County Agricultural Society or individual which will contribute the most interesting collection of stones or minerals and fossils to be found in any one county. A premium of ten dollars will be given to any individual or Counly Ag ricultural Society which shall bring the greatest variety of wood from any one county—the samples to be in sec tions, sawed vertically to the grain, showing the annular rings or annual growth of each tree, and of from one lo four inches in thickness, according to the diameter of the sample—each sam ple to have the bark on it ; the object being to ascertain how many kinds of woody growths there are in the State petroleum region of Pennsylvania, and j and the varieties of each, can say, from Indian creek, twelve At the suggestion of members and miles to Coosaville, their are surface j correspondents, the folloming addition al! such sales, moreover, are declared to he null and void by Section 1st of the Act of 7lh of March, 1SC9 and by Section 2d it is further declared that all persons in possession of lands so purchased, shall acquire no right, under any color of title to possession of the same, but the owners thereof are hereby authorized to enter upon said lands and take possession thereof. When any portion of the wild lands in any county is not returned in that county to the Receiver, the law makes it his duty lo make a separate digest of all lots or parts of lots in this county, which have not been returned, &e. By the instructions issued from this office 'ami storing them in small houses built on high posts. Each principal house has one of these store houses near it.— They hunt the bear ami the deer. The skin of the tormer their Japanese mas ters oblige them to give up to them, but those of the deer they are allowed to keep for their own use. The skull ot the bear is always carefully kept as a trophy, and placed on the top of a pole near the house of the man who killed it. In front of a single house Professor Bickmore counted twenty- nine of these skulls. The two great physical characteris tics of this people are . first, that their eyelids are horizontal and open widely, —page 7—Receivers are directed to I and are not oblique and open but par- make use ol a space designated in the | tirtlly, as in all branches of the Mongol back pari of their Wild Land Digest, j family , and, secondly, that their cheek in which to give u list of all unreturned (bones are not prominent. These two important characteristics which are lots of wild land in their respective counties. After the digests are receiv ed the law makes il the duly of this office, by compairmg the different -di gests, to make out a complete list <>l ill wild lauds iirlhe Slate, and alter publication in the manner prescribed by law, to sell the same at public auc tion unless the taxes shall be paid. It constant except in the ascendants of those Japanese officers who have tatien j Amo women lor their concubines, sep- jarate them trom the Mongol family (to j which t#ev have been hitherto referred by all ethnologists,) and show that this peculiar people, in that remote corner ol the earth, are really a fragment of Another subject: I have visited the indications of oil regions that surpass any in Pennsylvania, and will prove more valuable. 1 might go on to point out other matters of interest, but have indicated enough to satisfy you that the half has not been told. I beg of you to give information to the people, and one thing more 1 would add. Counsel our young men to pul aside the idea that labor is a reproach. Let them put round that husband, and bv her gentle j their hands to work and aid in (level guilding, arid the power of her undy- “ping resources of the country, ing love, imparts a strength that brings There was a time when oratory him out of disaster, and enables him to ! might lead to advancement, but orato- achieve a victory out of defeat that ry and eloquence have ‘ played out.” seemed irreparable. (A smart committee appointed to do We may have ibis realized among the business of a conveniiorr will have us in the building up of the interests of all the points made, and the work “cut and dried” before your orator makes RICHMOND, VA. dp Persons desiring- to insure their lives wit call upon R. M. ORME, Jr.,Ag’t. Miiledgeville, May 19, 1H68 20 tf P. PL PEIPNT, COTTON and RICE FACTOR AND General Commission Merchant, West of the Exchange, BAY STREET, September 8,1868 IDr. Gk ■W. i^lcslcinzt SAVANNAH, GA 30 Jy* JONES, When List. bt: ALL DENTAL opera tions performed with skill and care. Artificial teeth inserted in all styles known to the profession. Old cases, not comforta bly worn, can be made so. Old Gold Flatus takeniu partpaymeutfor Den tal operations. BPOffice, East. Rooms Darien Bank building. Miiledgeville Oct. 13, 1868. 41 tf^ UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE. ivloolioai Departm’nt. T our wasted homes. Almighty God, when he designs to accomplish great results, does not come in the tempest or in the earthquake. He does not come in ihe lightening or in the ihunderings of His power; but lie speaks to the soul in the still ^mall voice. He lias so spoken lo us. He has given to us in the fibre of the cotton plant the most your orator his points plain to the people. Ii is practical men tlist are needed. We want educated mechanics: we want educated machinest ; we want educated surveyors, civil engineers and miners. The idea that any occupation is to be discouraged, or that labor is dishonorable, the better sense of the tender, delicate gossamer—that which community is very last exploding, has supplied wings lo our commerce, ! Look at one of these young men who enabled the toiler to have light in his (is managing the interests of a coal dwelling, and oil for his machinery, j mine, and exploring its recesses, and and that which has yielded the greater j compare him with a young lawyer in influence of all things that grow from | his piazza sunning himselfin his idle our soil. Our countiv—our own State, sup plies from its plains on one side, the cotton, and from its mountains on the other side, the iron ; and here, gentle men, are the two that must be wedded ; the man and his wife. What God hath joined man put assunder. The press can do much to allay the COURSE of Lectures will commence on the First day of November nert. The Preliminary Course commences on the First Monday in October. \ Theory & Practice—WM. K. BOWLING, M. D. aseuger Traius. | Obstetrics—CHA’S K. WINSTON, M. D. E . W. COLL, Geu lbuperint dt. | chemistry—J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY, M. D. 4 tf , Surgery—WM. T. BRIGGS, M. D. Institutes—THOS. L MADDIN, M. D Augusta, March 26, 1868 . //i . * i I lnstituies—iiiuj. Et u. df nnfn Af l/fcst Irauit. I Clinical Medicine-'WM. L. NICHOL, M. D. LLLLULLU. (V / v 1 Materia Medica—JNO. H. CALLENDER, il D. RAIIi ROA33. Day Passenger Train—Outward. Leave Atlanta 4-45 A Arrive at West Point 9-^0 I D.ay Passenger Train—Inward. Leave West Point Arrive at Atlanta M. M. 1-30 P. M. 6.20 P. M. Outward. Si"ht Freight and Passenger Leave Atlanta 4.15 P. M. Arrive at West Point ] 1.40 P. M. Might Freightand Passenger Train—Inward. Leave West Point 4.‘20 A. M- Arrive at Atlanta 11.30 A. M. /fiuutcfG of. 'JlccIllLo. OFFICE SOUTH CAROLINA R. R. CO-, t Augusta, Ga., March 25, 1668. > O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 29th March, 1868, the Mai and Passenger Trains of this Road will leave and arrive at through Central Bepot,Georgia Railroad, as follows; Morning Mail anil Passenger Train ^ or Charleston, connecting Train for Columbia, South Carolina, Charlotte Road, and Wilming ton and Manchester Railroad. Leave Central Depot at 5.50 A.M. Arrive at Central Depot 3.30 P. M. Night Passenger !f Accommodation Train 1' or Charleston, connecting with Train for Co- lnmbia.and withGreenville andColumbiaRail- road: LeaveCentral Depot at 3.50 P. M. Arrive atCentral Depotat 7.00 A. M. H. T. PEAKE, Goneral Superintendent Anatomy—THOS. B. BUCHANAN, M. D. Surgical Anatomy—VAN S. LINDSLEY, M. D. Demonstrator—HENRY’ M. COMPTON, M. D. FEES.—The American Medical Association at the meetiug in May last at New Orleans passed a resolution that no school charging less than $120. (while it favored by a large majority .$140.) should be represented in that body, nor should graduates of such schools be recognized—there fore the ticket for the full course of lectures is $140; Matriculating $3 ; Dissecting. $10 ; Grad uating $30. For additional information apply to J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY, Dean of the Faculty. August 3j 1869 31 3t LOOK after vour WILD LANDS. F iRSONS owniug WILD LANDS in Appling county, or any of the counties of old Wilkin son,—now Telfair, Pulaski. Laurens and Mont gomery,—will find it to their interest to send their numbers to the undersigned who, for a small fee, will, if desired, make examination of lands in person and report as to value, &c. Special attention given to buying and selling lands on commission. references. GEORGE H. HAZLEHURST, Pres’t Macon and Brunswick Railroad, Macon, Ga. Rev. J. W. BURKE. Macon,Ga. WALTER T. McARTHUR, Jacksonville, Telfair county, Ga. July 20, I860 29 3mH uess and whittling sticks for employ ment, and tell me which of these pic tures you prefer. We need young men who can build up the interests of the Stale. Georgia has suffered severely, and is yet in the mire ; but if we lake We are one.— |a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull logelber let no j all together, we will take her out. No doubt their will be difficulties in the way. The steps we are to lake are lroubles of the present, a~n<l ' by Tiffins- j not on marble hewn—they arc rough ; ino information concerning the mineral | L,ul arc steps that will lead us to resources which arc now almost on-1 prosperity. The work is not unpossi- known, and in building up the best in- ble * We iiavo no Alps Input on Alps; lerests of tbe State. 0s3a °« Pehon ; but a straight,plain There are many gentlemen here worl< ’ antl Georgia, struggling, wresl- whose lot has not been cast among the ,, "S> panting, yet everns.ng, will come mountains, and who, till now, have not oul aH n S hl ' ° ur , con,rrK ’n mother is been familiar with the ¥ ust mineral ! In U.o dust, sick very sick. We wealth of this region, and rould not ex-1 look U P°» lier emaciated form ; but her tend the information needed. pallid cheeks shall regain their wonl- In order, therefore, lobe explicit on f. hlush ; her lustreless eye shall be this occasion, accompany me as we hghled up and revived; rehabilitated - • ' •' <- > 1 she shall vault again among her sister Slates, and take her proud place in the a! premiums are offered : For the fastest single harness— horse trotting $10 00 Foi the fastest pair harness hors es—trolling 10 00 (Open to the world.) For the best horse collar lor plough and wagon $10 00 For the fastest single harness horse—open to ihe world 10 00 For the fastest pair harness hor ses—open to the world 20 00 All the premiums to be subject tothe approval of the Executive Committee. The notice given in the premium list is here repeated, that all articles of merit, of whatever kind, will be care fully examined and reported upon, even if not mentioned or provided for in the regular published list. If an individual has an article to ex hibit which he may suppose to be ex cluded because the published list con fines the premium lo Georgia raised or Georgia manufacturers, still let him or them enter for a*premium, for under the regulations if the most meritorious, the arlicle will receive a premium. | Tu a few days will be published a Bulletin containing in full, the regula tions and the order for the opening and management of the Fair. . David W. Lewis, Sec. Ga. Stale Agriculiurfff Fair Papers ofthe Slate will please publish and furnish this office with one copy. From the Atlanta Constitution. Important to Land Owners. be perceived, therefore, that the our own Caucasian, or Indo-European ■ race. This view is confirmed by the wonderful development of their hair, which has been regarded as their chief characteristic, though it is really of only secondary importance. In this respect they come nearest to the Rus sian, or Slavonian branch of the Indo- Europeans. Their language is pecu liar, and is known to differ entirely from that of the Japanese, and of every other people near them. It is suppos ed lo be a syllable language. From the Japanese histories we learn that this people have inhabited the islands known as the Japan groupe at least for half a century before the time of Nebuchadnessar, yet it was only in 1S67 that Professor Bickmore’s re searches showed their true position.— Their entire population is supposed to be from 10,000 lo 12,000. Under the iron tyranny of the Japanese this peo ple. Comptroller General possesse& the sole power ami authority lo sell uuretumeJ wild lands- Respectfully, Madison Bell, Comptroller Gtn’l. The Bonaparte Family.—When Louis Napoleon came into powe»after trampling upon the Republic, au effort was made by the Imperialists to prove for the Bonapartes a remote and illus- Lrions origin. Records here in Tusca ny were ransacked, and a sounding story was made out. But the simple truth, which every intelligent person here knows, is, that the ancestors of the family were persons of position sim ply respectable—which is saying much —such as lawyers, writers of books, and cannons of churches. If the Bo napartes have made a name in the world, they owe it to talents which na ture has given them, and not lo the fac titious circumstance of a long line of ancestors. are passing away, and Professor Bickmore thinks that “if the enlighten- iue Bonaparte family can be traced j et ] nations of the western woild had back to Florence in the time of the bee n but a few centmies later reaching Gii(df and Glnbelhne wars. In those lba ^ distant region of the East, this people would only have been known to us by a few passages in the writings of the Japanese histories, and even then, such references would have been re garded by scrupulous investigators as apocryphal and more properly classed rude times many ofthe common peo ple had no family names, but one or another was known as John of the Slone, or Peter of the Iron Hand, and so on through a varied list. The hum ble ancestors of these now French he roes in the struggle between Papacy and the Empire took the side of ihe for mer, and received the name of Buona parte, or, as we say in English, Uood- part. This continued to be the orthog raphy until the first Napoleon dropped the u in writing the name, and it is still correct,according to the somewhat flexible Italian analogy.—Florence Corr. N. Y. Times. Scientific Congress—Tlte Ainors, or Hairy Men. At the meeting on the 25th instant, Prolessor Bickmore, of Madison Uni versity, read an interesting papet on the “Ainoes, or Hairy Men of Yesso, Saghalen, and the Kurile Islands.” Il has long been known, lie said, that a race of men live in those islands whose bodies are so profusely covered with hair, that they have been called hairy men. Professor Bielunore, during all his travels over the eastern and north- with myths and fables.’ We publish the following letter from ! era parts of Asia, visited Yesso, the Blanks for Sale al Ih is Office- visit these mineral regions of North Georgia. When you cross the Etowah river,you strike the limestone bell. There are no lime stone deposits South ol this river ; but no more limestone is found in an acre ofthe soil of this tegiou than in that of any other. The most deli cate chemical analysis ol the soil from Pennsylvania to Texas reveals the same tact. Leaving the Etowah bridge, on the road to Cooper’s Iron Works, you find the fall ofllie water to be eighty feet, affording abundant power ever}- five miles for all purposes. On the right of the road from Car- lersvilie, are the richest deposits of iron ore in the country. Before the war there five furnaces on this line ol road : there are now but two, partly owned by the brother ot Ex-Governor Curtin ol Pennsylvania. Manganese is also found along this belt of country. Much has been ship ped to Baltimore and from thence to Europe. We also find in this region every va riety of marble, not of second quality, but white, or statuary marble, excel lent and abundant. But all of these deposits are at present unprofitable, be cause too far from the railroad. AUum-slate is also found here in so large a body, that in walking I have gathered several pounds from the surface. To the left of Cartersville is found a march of progress. Georgia State Fair. Secretary's Circular. Omen Ga. State Agricultural Society , j 66 Mulberry street, Macon Ga , > • September 13, I860. ) The Secretary acknowledges the re ceipt of some two hundred and fifty copies of the Agricultural Department Reports, for 1867, from the Hon. S. F. Gove ; also a like number from the Hon. Mr. Prince, Members ofCongress from Georgia; twenty-five copies di rectly from the Department of Agricul ture ; two hundred volumes from the Department ot the Interior, upon the ordet of Hon. H. V. M. Miller, in iayor of the Society ; copies of the transac tions of the Ohio Slate Agricultural Society, from 1862 to 1869, from Mr. Gove ; twenty-five copies of Mineral Resources West of Rockv Mountains, from Mr. S. F. Gove ; twelve copies of the Report of the Agricultural Society of Mass., for 186S, from Mr. Flynt, Secretary ; the series oT- Annual Re ports ofthe Slate Agricultural Society of Iowa, from Mr. Shaffer, Secretary five copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, Second Session Fortieth Congress, from Mr. Gove. This office is at all times open to re ceive on exhibition or for sale all spe cimens of seeds, implements and ma chines, which are immediately or indi rectly connected with progressive agri- the Comptroller General, addressed to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Col- fee county, in answer to a letter ad dressed to the Governor, from which it will appear that Tax Collectors have, no right, under the law, to levy upon and sell for taxes wild lands that have not been given in by any one. The Comptroller General alone has the au thority to bring these lands lo sale for taxes, and all sales of unreturned wild lands by ihe Tax Collectors arc null and void. The letter is plain and to the point. Read it. CoMrTOLLEK Gen’LS OFFICE, \ Atlanta, Ga., Sept.—, 1869. 5 .8. P. Gaskin, Esq., Clerk Superior Court Doug/dss, Coffee County : Sir—Your letter of the 27th ult., ad dressed to His Excellency the Gover nor, in reference lo the sale of wild lands in certain counties by the Tax Collectors, having been referred to this office, I have to reply that Tax Collec tors have no power or authority to sell wild land lying in their respective counties when the same have not been returned in the county where they may iie. By Section 871 ofthe Code “all persons owning improved lauds which have a tenant or tenants thereon, shall return the same in the county where the land lies.” By Section 2d of an Act approved 10th of October 1S68, it is declared that “it shall be lawful for each owner of such lands (wild land) to give the same in the county of hts res idence.” The distinction between wild lands and improved lands is very obvious, and the wrongful act of a trespasser cannot distrey that distinction. There fore when a trespasser settles on a lot_ ol wild land in any county, and im proves it, without the knowledge or consent ofthe owner, the character of the land is not changed, but it still re mains wild and may be returned in any other counly in the State where the owner resides. A tax collector who sells such land, or tax receiver, who returns it as unimproved land, acts in direct contravention of the law, and especially the scheme adopted by the Legislature in reference to wild lands. most northern of the Japan group.— From Hakodadi, its chief city, he trav eled northward over a mountain chain, and came down to Volcano Bay-so named by Commodore Perry’s expedi tion, on account of the many volcanoes along its shores. Following round this bay to its head, he came to a village of this strange people. Their houses are made of a rude frame-work of sticks covered with millet straw or coarse hay. The walls are only four feet high, and holes iti these under the caves serve for windows. They have no benches or stools. A tew boards and sticks rest ing on stones or blocks of wood and covered with the skin of some wild an imal, form their only lounges and beds. Their cooking utensils are comprised of a few iron pots obtained trom the Japanese, and their dishes are all made of wood or from the valves of large shells Their only clothing is manu factured by stripping off the hark of a tree and removing the fibrous inner layers, which are twisted between the thumb and forefinger into a continuous line ot the size of a mackerel line. To weave cloth from this cord, a number of pieces of it are fastened at one end to a post, and at the other lo a a stick, which is held horizontally. The lilting is then passed through from right to left, and vice versa. All the cloth they have, is manufactured in this slow and laborious manner. Their dress con sists of a loose cloak or dressing-gown. The only thing they cultivate is a little millet, their whole subsistence being dependent on fishing and hunting. They are, therefore, perfect savages in regard to civilization, while at the same time their great mental characteristic is au over flowing good nature, which manifests itself in every possible way. Everywhere Professor Bickmore was kindly received into their houses, and ail the many questions his interpreter asked, were most politely and fully answered. During a part of the summer their bays and friths are literally filled with salmon, and at such times a stock of food is laid up for the coming year by drying the fish in the sun, without salt, Wouldn’t See it.—The worthy gentleman who rules the rising genera tion of boys in a certain town in Tenn., had occasion recently to correct a little boy name Johnny. Now, Johnny had what is called “sulks,” because lie was whipped, and in order to convince him that he was justly and necessarily pun ished his teacher had resource to the following argument : “Well, Johnny, suppose you were riding a big horse to water, and had a keen switch in your hand, and all at once the horse were to stop and refuse to go any further, what would you do?” Johnny stiffed hts sobs for an instant and looking up through his tears, inno cently replied : “I’d cluck to him sir.” “But Johnny suppose he wouldn’t go for clucking, what then ?” “I’d. get down and lead sir.” “And suppose he was obstinate and would not let you lead him ?” “Why, I’d take off his bridle, and turn him loose, and walk home, sir.” “You may go lo your seat Johnny.” Johnny couldn’t see the necessity of using the switch. Interesting Facts. Glass windows were used for lights iu 11S0. Chimneys were first up to houses in 1236. Tallow candles for lights in 1290. Spectacles were invented by an Ital ian in 124(L Paper was made from linen in 1302. Woolen cloth was made in England in J341. Art of priming from movable type in 1440. Watches were first made in Germany in 1447. Telescopes were invented by Porta and Janson in 1500. Tea was first brought from China lo Europe in 1501. Circulation of blood was discovered by Harvey in 1610. A newspaper was first established in 1629. Pendulum clocks were first invented iu 1630. A barometer was invented by Tor ricelli in 1635. A steam engine was invented in 1649. Bread was made with yeast in 1650. Cotton was planted in the United States in 1759. A fire engine was invented in 1785. Sterotyping waa invented in Scot land in 1785. Telegraph was invented by Morse in 1S32. The first daguerreotype waa made in France in 1839. Wiiai’s in tiie Wind 1—TLe New York Sun says : Great activity prevails id tha Brooklyn Navy yard. More than three thousand men are now at work there, and au additional reinforcement was put or* yesterday. Frigates, sloops of war and. ironclads are being got ready for sea with extraordinary energy.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, September 21, 1869, Image 1