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THE TELEGRAPH.
8ATURDAY MORNING, OCT. •, 18*9.
AOk%TI FOR THE TELEORAPIli
The < ilowinc gentleman ore authorised to reoeirt
moner for us:
Anr.c;oci, Ga.. M. B. Council: Albaey. Ga., E.
Richardson; Barbbbyillb. Oa., H. H. Bwatu ;
BAiiritRroar. Oa.. T. R. Wardell: Blackly. Oa.. B.
M. Fryer; Bctlee, Oa., Hinea k Goddard; Ccth.
p.Kar, 0*.. T. 8. Powell: Daweox. Oa-J. M. Sim
mons : KaTOVTOB, Oa.,J. Q. Ad Am*; Ki.layillb-
(ia.. S. Montgomery ; ErrocLA, Ala.. T. L. Yar-
rington; Foiusyth, Oa.. A. U. bneed: Fobt Val-
i.rv, Oa.. J. O. I’wery ; Gairns, Oa., H. 8. John*
,n; Hawkibhyili.b, Oa.. W. W. Rieka; Kvoxtille,
<*a.. J. W. Avant; Marshallyillk, Oa.. J. A.
Sparry : Moetexcma. Oa.. W.S. Truluck; Mobti-
oxllo, Fla.. Thomas Simmon*: Milledgeville,
<ta.. W. T. Conn: Oglethorpe. Oa., C. A. Greer;
Perry, Oa.. Jno. S. Jobson; Smithyillr. Oa.. John-
ion Jc Gornuch: Talbottor, Oa h J. C&llier; Thom-
abyille. Oa.. J. R. S. Davis; No. 13 CertralRail-
-oad. Chi^*. I. Davis; Sardersyille. Oa.. E. A.
Sallivan; Moyticello, Oa.. B- T. Dishy; Sayab-
v*h.Ga. Wm. M. Sneed; Jobebboro', Oa.. E. L.
IIones; Nkwtob, Oa., W. W. Stallings : Oeoror-
Tovjf, J. H. M. Neel; Colcmbcb.Messrs.Thompaon
A iiu-h. News A cents; 1 homartob. A. W. Brown.
'aetseb Revitttbo Mobby to os can send Poetoffiee
M oney Orders, if hey can be had ; or Cash in Rearis-
lered Letters, at oar risk. If sent by Express they
mast pay charres.
Connell Proceeding*.
REGULAR MEETING, 1
Council Chamber, October 5, 1869. j
Present—Tho Mayor; Aldermen Sparks, Weat-
cott, Crockett, and Turpin.
Absent—Aldermen Ham*. Roes, Grier and Light-
foot.
The minutea of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Clerk of Market reportod fees to date, 826.50.
BILL* PASSED.
I*. II. Wright, 83 75; B. A. Wise, 4 00; J. H. Zeilin
A Co., 11 25: Hospital attendants, 600 00; J. W.
Blount, 3 00; D. J Baer, 14 52; B. A. Wise, 2 00;
J. W. Blount, 251 05; 0. P. Finney, 62 10; J. W.
Burke «fc Co., 75 00: Harris, Clay A Co., 12 25; Har
ris, Clay A Co., 5 50; Jones, Baxter & Day, 57 14;
M. R. Freeman. 12 00; Harris, Clay & Co., 43 00;
J. E. Elli.«, 17 84.
Tho following report of the Clerk and Treasurer
for tho third quarter, ending September 18th, 1869,
was read, received, and on motion of Alderman
Crockett, ordered published:
Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Macon, in ac
count current icith Chat. J. Wiilianuon, Treas
urer.
1869 J> r -
Juno 17—To Balance from last report. .8 5,452 32
To Market 168 95
To City Lots ^20 00
To Insurance Tax.... 583 20
To License • • &I9 05
To Bills Payable 1,293 30
To Fine 396 00
To Tax 2.744 50
To Tax on Sales 4,233 C7
To Doga (received for badges) 2 00
To Street. 10 00
To Bills Receivable 246 69
To Milledgevillo and Warrenton R. R.
Bonds 11,000 00
To Railroad Connections 1,250 00
To Gas Stock (received dividend)
To Hospital
To Chanty
To Stock .Macon and Brunswick R. R.
Company .*.....
To Incidental
To Interest
To Annuity Bonds
To Gas Bill Scrip outstanding, issued
to stockholders.
120 00
50 00
5 00
150,000 00
5 00
70 00
15,000 00
3,885 00
$197,774 68
1869—Sept. 18—Tobalanco tonewacct.. 2,050 35
1869 Or.
Juno 17—By Market 185 32
ByGuard-houao 704 00
By Snlitrv 1,449 93
By Hospital 1,161 23
By Fire Department... 1,56109
By City Tax 14167
Bv Interest, paid coupons, interest on
notes, etc 9,140 C8
By Charity 1.287 93
By Polico 6,116 73
By Dogs
By Incidental....
35 00
2,131 46
10 50
200 00
70 00
9,000 00
By Street 4,033 06
By City Pound
By Macon Frco School
By Milledgevillo and Warrenton Railroad
Company
By Stock Milledgevillo and Warrenton
Railroad Company
By Discount on Macon and Brunswick
Railroad stock 100,000 00
By Bond paid Macon A Brunswick. $4,600
By Bond paid Milledgevillo and
Warrenton 2,000— 6,500 00
By Stock Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad Company
By Gas Lights •
By Roso Hill
By Discount on City Lots
By Cash and Cash Items to balanco
$197,774 63
Macon, October 2, 1869.
This is to certify that we, tho Finance Committee,
have examined the abovo report of the Clerk aud
Treasurer for tho Third Quarter, ending September
18tli, I860, and find the samo corroct and accompa
nied with tho proper vouchers.
W. T. Lioititoot,
Cnahi.es J. Harris.
Finance Committee.
Committeo on Fire Department report favorably
on potition of J. J. Flanders, referred last mooting,
and adversely on that of D. Abraham. Adopted.
Tho Sexton of Roso niil and Oak Ridge Cemete
ries report interments for the month of September,
as follows: White adults 9; children 11; total 20—
of this number 6 were non-residents; colored adults
3; children 10; total 13.
Reports of City Physician and Surgeon of Hospital
wore read and filed.
DILLS REFERRED.
B. A. Wise A Co., R. C. Wilder, Greer A Lake,
E. Peschke, O. P. Finney, Boon A Holt, H. J. Pe-
tor, (2) E. Feuchtwangor A Co., R. T. A B. P. Walk
er (2).
Tho communication of W. H. Morgan was re
ceived in reference to his Fire Extinguisher, and
referred to Committeo on Fire Department.
Tho position of O. A. Caldwell, asking for an en
croachment of 10 or 12 feet on Tatnal, from Ash to
Elm streets, in front of Lots 3 and 4, Block 47, was
referred to Committee on Street Encroachments.
The Petition of E. C. Grannies, received last
meeting, was, on motion of Alderman Turpin, re
ferred to Committee on Fire Department, with pow
er to act.
On motion, Council adjourned to meet again this
day two weeks at 7 r. m.
CHARLES J. WILLIAMSON, C. O.
WM. HENRY WOODS,
Cotton Factor & General Commission
MERCHANT,
BAT STREET, : : SAVA NXAH, GA.
A GENT FOR REESE’S SOLUBLE PACIFIC
GUANO. Ia prepared at all time* to advance
liberally on consignment, for tale in Savannah, or for
ahipment to hia corraapondenta in New York and
Liverpool. anglt d3m a
M. KETCHUM.
Of New York.
A. L. HABTRIDGE
Late of Hartridge A Neff
KETCHTTM & HABTRIDGE,
EOF7HKABT ROOM EXCHANGE BUILDING.
SAVANNAH, GA.,
D EALERS in Domestic and Foreign Ecxhanre,
Gold. Silver and uncurreat Money. Buy and sell
Srocks,.Bonds, etc.
Receive deposits, allowing four per cent, interest
per annum on weekly balances of $- 4 *> and upwards.
Collections made in this city and all the principal
towns of Oeorsia and Florida.
Will make advances on consignments of Cotton,
Rice, etc., to ourselves, or to our Northern and Euro
pean correspondents. june20-6m
CLARK & WILSON.
Factors and General Commission
MERCHANTS,
No. 1 STODDARD’S LOWER RANGE.
RAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
e on Produce in Store.
«-L iOeral advances
a u c'2'2 d im
. fAERAMOEE,
JOSEPH FINEGAN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
BAT STREET, - - SAVANNAH, QA.
r IBEKAL ADVANCES made on Cotton consigned
j to us or to oar Correspondents in New York and
Liverpool. - aug5-dJrw3m*
J. W. & C. A. McIXTIRE,
Co*. St. Julies, Beta* aud Jeffersox Street*,
NAVA NX AH, d A.,
D EALERS in Groceries. Dry Goods. Hardware,
Wines, Liquors, atd Country Produce generally.
Highest prices paid for Country Produce of all
kinds. augl8-dAw3m
J. F. WHEAT05.
X. B. BROW IT
F. W. SIMS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
— AXD-
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
SAVANNAH, GA.
Consignments solicited; Remittances msde
promptly : Advanc* j* *<i Provbi .n». Bagging. Ties and
Rope made to persons sending ua Cstton for sale.
septl6daw6m
me. h. tisox.
W3C. W. GOEDOX.
TISON& GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS
—•AND —
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
96 Bay Street,
SA VANN AH, - - . - GEORGIA.
H AGOINO and ROPE or IRON TIES advanced on
Crors. y
Liberal Cash advance* made on consignment* of
Cotton.
Qratefol for libera! patronage in tho .past, a con
tinuance of the same is re?pectially solicited.
8ept2-dlwGm
for tNo xr n ;
REST SIX r 0RD ««r) AU
STOOL COXXOV q-L too XaBUS.
The Printers Again.—The Typographical
Union of this city asked the Congressional
Printer yesterday to yield to a new rule re
quiring copy-holders to bo printers in the gov
ernment office. Mr. Clapp replied as follows :
“I can say in brief that I have yielded my last
submission to the behests of any combination
of men, inside or outside of the office, relating
to its administration. Holding myself respon
sible only to the government for my steward
ship, I cannot respect any attempt outside of
the Congress of the United States to interfere
with me.”—Washington special
Is Utah, according to a Gentile paper—the
Daily Reporter, of Corinne—the Mormon apos
tles, presidents, bishops, elders, priests and
teachers, without shame or secrecy, practice
worse crimes than Mrs. Stowe accases Byron of.
High officials marry nieces—their own brothers'
daughters—and even two of them at onoe ; mar
ry half sisters, mothers and daughters at the
same time, and even sisters of the whole blood.
At Lyons, Engenie wore a short costume of
myrtle green covered with frills of white Valen
ciennes over frills of the silk. Her casque was
of black lace, as also her hat, round which
wreathed a garland of dark foliage with ruddy
clusters of fruit between of the same shade as
her hair.
Greeley told Mrs. Stanton before breakfast
the other day that his reasons for displeasure
with the woman suffragists were that they de
feated negro suffrage in Kansas, opposed the
Fifteenth Amendment and were free traders.
After breakfast he wasn't so savage.
The Bishop of Bath and Wells, who has just
resigned (superannuated), is Lord Aukland. He
is seventy years old, has been twenty-two years
a bishop, but for a long time has been too feeble
attend to the duties. The revenues of the
bishopric are *25,000 gold annually.
Free Transportation.—Delegates, provided
with proper credentials to the Commercial Con
vention, to be held in Louisville, on the 12th,
will be passed free over the State Road, and Chat
tanooga and Louisville and Nashville Roads.
The blasting the Hell Gate rocks is made with
charges nearly 200 feet apart, one of which is
fired by electricity, the shock exploding the
others.
Anna Diosinson makes two thousand dollars
a night in San Francisco.
SIX-CORD.
jomenrOTAEcniNCLoss,
Sole Agents nfivU fer J&P. COATS,
af Paisljy, ScolLtai.
IPORTAIT TO SOITIIERV FARMERS.
THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF THE
Ramsdell Norway Oats,
In the Sooth, daring the past Season, has opened up a new and profitable branch of
Agriculture. THIS SEED HAS NOW BEEN THOROUGHLY AND SATISFACTO-
RIALLY TESTED in every Southern State, and leading Agriculturalists in those States
have urged ns to devote a portion of the limited quantity of SEED, that will be of
fered this year, to their section.
The following letters, from prominent and well known planters, will prove in
teresting :
Thanks in the Name of the Farmers of Bast Tennessee.
D. W. RAMSDELL— ,
Dear Sir : I desire to rive you a brief account of the success of the NORWAY OATS in this section.
First, however, allow me to thank you most heartily in the name of the farmers of East Tennessee, a few of
whom have become practically acquainted with your Oats this season through the agency of Dr. J. P. Qreves*
Ralph Church, E*q.. and myself. f«r your perseveraace in propagating and developing their wonderful
merit*. I became interested with Dr. Greres last spring in the introduction of forty-five bushels in the
vicinity of Knoxville. I confess I had some misgivings as to their success South, notwithstanding their su
perior qualities over all other varieties seemed to be thoroughly established in the North, for I had ob-erved
some doubts expressed by member* of the New Turk Farmers’ Club as to their being grown successfully in
the South. In order, however, to make a full and fair test of what they would do in our climate and soil, we
concluded to scatter them among a number of planter* in different localities and on different kinds of lands,
lienee I am enabled to speak of their success on a variety of soils, having furnished seed to twelve planters
in this and adjoining counties. The various crops having now been harvested v and having seen a large por
tion of them since and before the harvesting, I am prepared to say that the Norway Oa*s have proved an
eminent success, although exceeding my expectations, and that in my opinion they possess all the merits you
claim for them, and that they are admirably adapted to the soil and climate of this section.
Most respectfully your-'. CHARLES RICE.
Knoxville, Tenn.. July 31, 1S69.
The Opinion of a Gardener of Forty Wears’ Experience.
Chattanooga, August 6, 1S69.
D. W. RAMSDELL. Esq.-
Dear Sir: I have been a gardener for forty years, five of which waa in the employ of Hon. nenrvCIay,
of Lexington. I voluntarily say that I never saw a* good Oats as those grown from your seed by Mr. Divine
of this place, and I advise our people to sow no other kind.
Respectfully yours, WM. GEORGE.
Card from Prof. Francis US. Grace.
Fast Tennessee University, August 6. 1S69.
I take pleasure in certifying that I witnessed on last Tuesday the operation of thrashing the crop of
Rarmdell Norway Oats, produced on one acre of the farm adjacent to the University, and known as tho Agri
cultural College farm, and that the yield far exceeded anything which I have ever known in the history of
S uthern agriculture. The land was rood Qplani and has not been manured, that I am aware cf. for a cum
ber of years. I consider the seed of the Norway Oats as by far tho best l have ever known-
FRANCIS M. GRACE.
Prof. Eng. Language and Literature, E. T. University.
From CoL James BE. Toole, well known throughout the Southwest.
Knoxyille, E. Tknx., August 2, 1889.
Mr. D. W. RAMSDELL- . t „ . , .
Sib: Having, for ths past thirty years of my life, watched with interest the growth and pros
perity of the country in the development of new inventions, new appliances, and consequently increasing
sources o* supply, I could not but desire an opportunity to te:-t the merits of the Gray Norway Oats, origi
nated and introduced bv tout perseverance aud now practically illustrated by wondering thousands, and
which must soon add millions yearly to the value of this important nroduct: all the result of placing one
grain in a rich and secluded spot in your garden on the 2d of May, 186l. Truly we live in a great country,
and in no common age. I procured several bushels of this seed last year, and gave them out to gentlemen
to sow for me, with a view of testing them rn our soil and climate, and while growing and harvesting they
have been the wonder and admiration of all who have seen them. They were sown 15th to 10th of March,
and the yield is three tim**s greater than that of other oat* in the same land. Parties who have not hesitated
to pronounce them a humbug are now willing to accord to them all you claim. They overcome a difficulty in
the production of small grains in this country on our rich lands, being capable of the highest culture on deep-
est soil, bv their great development of strength in stalks to sapport a corresponding length and weight of
bends. Many new and good varieties have been introduced into tho Sontb, bat have not the strength of
■talk to««up port them an 1 lodge or fall before the grain manures. In saying to you that I believe that the
Ramsdell Norway Gray Oat* is to work still more astonishing results, and occupy a proud and envious place
in the prosperity of our extended country, I say no more than what I believe the future will attest. I wish
to sow two or three hundred acres of them next year.
Respectfully yours, JAMES M. TOOLE.
A Well Known Tennessee Farmer Responds.
August 12. 1S69.
I certify that I cultivated thirty-one acres of Norway Oats, the present season, on ray farm near Con
cord. I gave them tb* same cultivation and the samo soil that I gave my black oats, and the result has been
that tho **Ram«dell Norways" yielded more thsn double mv black oats. The stalks aro very large and
strong, and tho heads yield more than double the number of kernels of the ordinary varieties. I am of the
opinion these oats are well adapted to the soil and climate of the South generally, and that our farmers
should not fail to raise them, and on their richest soil if they choo?c, a* the stalks are sufficiently strong to
prevent lodging. I hope the farmers in this section will not fail to secure seed, at an early day, for their gen
eral introduction. I shall cultivate no other variety of oats on my farm.
O. W. MARBY.
THE ALABAMA
GOLD LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Home Office, No. 34 St. Francis St.,
MOBXXiXI. A Ti A.
OFFICEES :
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CARY W BUTT, I T. X. FOWLER,
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ASSETS, : : $300^000 IN GOLD!
DIRECTORS:
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C. W. BUTT, of Walsh. Smith A Co.
A P.BUSH. of A. P. Bush A Sons.
W. A. BUCK, of Buck A Tullcr.
L. BREWEK, ot L. Brewer A Co.
JAMES CHALMERS of Chalmers & Miller.
J. C. CHAMBERLAIN, of Chamberlain Jr Co.
THUS. HENRY. 8r.
Hon. JACOB MAGEE, of N. W. Perry* Co.
A. O. McCANTS. of Morris G. Towles A Co.
S. JEN NINOS Ml'RPHY. of S. J. Murphy k Co.
D O. GRADY.
TE10S. P- MILLER, of Thomas P. Miller A Co.
Hon. Alt AM MURDOCH. Pres dent M. JrO.R.R.
JOHN H. MARSHALL, of Marshall A Conley.
C. O. RICHARDS, of O. G. Richards A Sons.
T. W. slMS. of Sims, Harrison A Co.
Hox. J. M. THOMSON, of Thomson, Cockrell k Co,
R. J. YOUNG, of R. J. Young A Co.
M. P. LEVY, of M. P. Levy & Co.
A. J. VtOSBS.
A. PROSK AUER, of A. Prcskauer k Co.
P. H. PEPPER, of P. H. Pepper k Co.
JNO. H.GAKY, of J. H. Gary Jc Co.
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^•AGENTS WANTED throughout the State.—
Apply to
ISAAC S. BOYD,
General Agent for Georgia.
Office—NEWNAN, GA.
W{Tight A DOUGLASS Attorney, : ED. SMITH.
M. D.. C. D. SMI rtf, M. D.. Examiner,
8tat* 8np.rvl.or. to whom Referent-. I*
Given i
Merarr. Branch A Sons. Aanutaffa: Messrs.Clisbr
• j m n. . u.: T l J
A Prominent Mississippi Planter Bndorses Them.
Capt. n. A. Ricx. widely known in the South, says:
I sowed one bushel of Norway Oats on about three-fourths of an acre. They came up and grew finely.
In fact, the prospect for 75 baahets from the sowing was very flattering, until they began to head out, when
tbs rats made an attack upon them, and despite all all my attempts to rout them they destroyed all except
a strip of about two feet around the edge of the patch, which I harvested, making only a little over four
bushels. I have several heads over 18 incbo3 in length with stalks over five feet high. Iain satisfied that
the heads would overage over twelve inche*. The stalks were nearly as large as my littlo finger, and very
succulent, which I think was one cau*e of the rats being so destructive. Notwithstanding my misfortune, I
am fully convinced that the Norway Oat* arc as g icd a« they aro represented to be by Mr. Ramsdell. I saw
no rign of rust. I shall endeavor to select a more suitable place to sow them next year, and not sow them so
thick. . I noticed a few grains that were not to much crowded, and I counted as high as 51 stalks from a sin
gle grain. •
Macon, Miss., August 16, 1869.
Over One Hundred and Pifty Bushels from an Acre.
The following two letters are from one of tho most prominent and widely known planters in tho Sooth-
west:
Chattanooga, Tkxn., July 31.18G9.
D. W. RAMSDELL-
Drak Sib: About the first nf February last, I ordered from your agent* in New York fivo bushels of
your Norway Oats I received them about tho first of February, and sowed them immediately on five acre*
of Tennesseo River land, and cut them about the 15th of July. I think when thrashed I shall bavo about 140
bushel* to tho acre. The average height of the oats was over 5 feet 6 inche?. The heads will average from
18 to 22 inches in length, with from five to *ix hundred grains to the head. The representations in your cir^
culkrof last year fall far below my crop of this year: in fact, they surpass anything on this Continent, and
are well adapted to this climate and soil. I am satisfied they are an improvement of vast importance to tho
country. Very respcctfally, etc ,
JOHN L. DIVINE.
SECOND LETTER.
CnATTAXooQi. Txxx., August 8, 1869.
D. W. RAMSDELL-
Dcar Sib: Since my last, I thrashed my crop. They have turned out something more than ono hnn-
dred and fifty bushels of oat* to the acre. I tried a dozen sheafr taken as they come from the stack : the
yield was four bushels and one pint to the dozen, or over one-f >urth bushels to the sheaf. Owing to the bard
weather one-third of my oat* froze out. We have had the longest and most disastrous drought we ever had
in »bis country, haurg no rjin. scarcely, since May If we had ha l an ordinary season, I would un*
doubtedly havo mode two hundred bu>hels per acre. If I live, next season, I will give your oats a fair tejt.
I do not write this for advertising or publication, as I havo nono for sale, what I spare will bo gratuitous to
my friends. I believe I can excel anything of the oat kind in the world with this se»d next year.
Respectfully yours. v JOHN L. DIVINE.
One Hundred Per Cent. Better.
Kkoxville, TlSJf.. Aupist 12. 1869.
Gkxtlxuen : I have no hesitancy in saying that, after a careful examina’ion of the Norway Oats, made
whilst growing in the field, and since harvested, I am satisfied that their introduction will be attended with
great brnefit to our farmers The increase in the yield is fully 100 per cent, over the other varieties and the
quality is also better. Tho great strength of the straw preventing, to a great extent, lodging, especially adapt*
these oats to this latitudo whero severe wind storms are not unusual during harvest season.
Yours, W. P. ELLIOT, of
S. H. Davis k Co., Grain Dealers.
Fully Up to expectation.
Middlxtox. Baltimore Co., Md.. July 31, 1969.
I purchasod of you, last spring, one-half bush el ofyour new Oats, and thesame were sown about tho 10th of
Anril on about half an acre of ground in a fair (»tate of cultivation. The result is fully up to my expectation*
of this grain from your description of them. The spring was backward and cold weather continued until
May 10th, which of course kept back the oats, but after once started they grew rapidly. My neighbor farm
ers admired them much, and estimate the yield from the half bushel at 30 bushel*. The yield would have
been much heavier if sown in a clear patch. I put them in a poach orchard and the ground was too much
shaded. 1 heartily endorse and recommend them.
I am, gentlemen, yours, etc., F. J. WHEELER.
“The Way to Heaven is Open to All.”
Selma, Ala., July 26, 1S69.
D. W. RAMSDELL * CO.-
DearSirs: In reference to those Norway Oats, we prepared one acre to suit ourselves in a field of GO
acres of different kinds of oats, an i we have cut off 8.6K) rounds of Norway Oats and straw. It is now stacked
up. and we can’t tell what the yield will be until thrashed. H’e enclose a piece of the butt or lower end of
one of the stalks. They grew six feet high on an average, with broad leaves resembling corn blades, and
heads about one foot long. We had an excellent season for oat* and fine crops, bat the Norways were much
the best. We propose to show what we do to all our farmers who wish to see, and then let them think and
act for themselves. Tho way to Heaven is open to all the world, but very few take the trouble to steer by
that compass, and it is so with farmers.
We have, at this time, a splendid crop of cotton: our neighbors have very poor, indifferent ones, but if it
suits them, being none of our business, we shall try to not lose much sleep over it.
Yours truly, GEO. 0. BARKER k CO.
Jas. V. Qreves, M. D., of Tennessee, on the Hew Work Farmers’ Clnb.
Dear Sirs: After carefully examining tho testimony of your agents, Messrs. Jones k Clark, given in
tho New York Tribune. 1 became satisfied that you had been succes.-ful in introduce g a new and valuable
variety of oats, and I resolved to try wh»t could be done in the “Sunny South.” A little conversation with
*ome cf my neighbors resulted in oar ordering 180 bushels. The proper time to sow here i* last of February,
but owing to extreme cold weather we were two or three weeks (ate. Tb»*y were put on different farms within
a range of twenty-five miles of Knoxville. Two farmers put it in by drilling, the others broadcast, the 160
bushels covoring ISO acres in all. The crops are now harvested but not thrashed. The result thus far ascer
tained may safely be summed up as follows:
1st. The largest part was seeded with one bu3hel to the acre, some three peeks, and in one instance half
a bushel
2d. The growth was rapid, roots striking deep, and putting up often as many as twenty stalks from each
seed.
3d. The height of stalks was from four and a half to six feet, heads from ten to twenty inches long, leaves
half an in<*h to one inch wide.
4th. The united testimony of the farmers who grew our crops is. that they will yield more than twice as
much as any other varie ie* known here.
5th. The kernel is well filled, the hull thin, and the flour very white.
6th. In consequence ot the rite and strength of the stalk it can be grown on the richest land without
dancer of lodging, which cannot be said of any other oat known in the South.
JTth. We are satisfied that not over three pecks should be sown to the acre, while by drilling one-half
to say that cer ! ain members ot the Farmers* Club of New y or fe have done you
and u* great injustice in representing that the Norway Oats could not be grown at the South successfully.
None of them could have based their opinion upon a knowledge of facts, when it is well known here that
thus far all good varieties heretofore grown at the North have succeeded equally well here, while the Nor
way 4 have exceeded our highest expectations.
Knoxville, July, 1S69.
Would not Fart with his Seed at any Price.
_ _ ,, , „ Lexington. N. C.. Ausrnrt 1. 1869.
Sirs : I sowed 16 pounds of y-ar Norway Oats, half on a poor piece of land by the side of some black
•prior oats, and the balance on some rich tobacco land. The first were at least a third hisher than the oth-
ers by their gide, and double the kernels on the heads. The drought damaged our oat crop seriously; in
fae’, it is about a failure, but I find on measuring that I have 14 bushel*. I am so well pleased with them
that I shall sow a good part of them again, and would not part with it for any money.
Yours respecttullj, ABRAM CROSS.
Forty-five Baskets from One-haif Bushel of Seed.
„ „ . Yew-burgh, Md.. July 29.1S69.
Gentlemen* : I purchased half a bushel of your Norway Oat* from Jones Jc Clark, New Y’ork. They
were ir jured bv the drought to a considerable extent, but 1 find on measuring that I have a yield of foriy-
five bushels from the half bushel of *ced. They ripen about the same time as the common oat and are muck
heavier. Very respectfully yours, P. A. L. CONTEE.
Perfectly Satisfied.
M. Ferguson, Crains Creek, N. C., writes, August 12,1869: The season here ha* been most unfavorable
for oats, and I nut them on poor ground. I have not thr.ished them yet, but it is sufficient to say I am per
fectly satisfied with the Norway Oats. I find there is'rom three to four times as many kernel* on the heads
of Norway* as there are on the other varieties. We generally sow in the fall season. Will itdotosow thefe
in the fall?
otk.—We never have known of their being sown in the fall, but we can see no reason why they will not
do well and even better in some sections.
L M. Smith, D. D., Oxford, Ga.; Hon. Wier Boyd,
Dahlonega, Ga. augl5-{f
W. A. RANSOM & CO.,
Kurafaetaivn and Jobtwn of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
GEORGIA
LAND AGENCY.
To oar Friends and Patrons:
A FTER the discouraging events of the two years
past, that have prevented us from selling Lands,
we now feel warranted in inviting those wishing
their lands sold to place them with us. From late
personal interviews with our agents in the Northern
cities, and letters received from them, we are led to
believe that there will be considerable immigration
this way the coming fall with a view of purchasing
lands. We have already effected some sales.
Our Public Register is open to all. FREE OF COST,
to register the lands they have forsale, and inspection
for those wishing to buy.
We Ofier for Sale the Following-
Property :
No. 2. A body of 8000 acres Timber Lands on Oc-
mulgee river, with Plantation of 500 acres, in
Telfair county.
No. 12. Beard’s Bluff Place, 4361 acres Timber Lands,
nine miles above Doctor Town, oa Altamaha
river.
No. 17. General Coffee Place, in Telfair county, 5000
acrei Timber Lands, on Ocmuigee river, with
Plantation.
No. 24. Place two miles from Macon, 340 acres, 40 of
which is upland, 150 cleared and 150 heaviest
timbered wood-land.
No. 35. Farm five and a half miles from Macon, 450
acres, extensive Orchards and Vineyards.
No. 45. Plantation on Chattahoochee river, 1300 acres,
of which lOuGare improved.
No. 77. Plantation in Houston county, 2250 acres,
1400 acres open land.
No- S2. Plantation in Decatur county, on Flint river,
containing 1400 acres.
No. 89. Farm in Catoosa county, of 70*1 acres.
No. 90. F<rm in C**bb county, containing acres.
No. 112. Farm and Mill property, five miles from Ma
con.
No.ll3.A first-class Merchant Mill, near Gordon,
ample water-power for Factory.
No. 114. Choice Cotton Plantation, in Houston coun
ty, containing 1265 acres.
No. 120. Plantation in Jones county, containing 3340
acres.
No. 122. Plantation in Clay county, adjoining Cotton
Hill, containingl‘>27 a*'res.
No.124.Twenty acre* in Vineville—Market Gardens,
Orchard* and Vineyards, with Cottago House.
No. 127. Plantation in Terrell county, containing 600
acre?, with fine improvements.
Many other Plantations in Middle and Southwest
ern Georgia not enumerated.
Also, valuable Cotton Factory Property on tho
several river*, with water-power sufficient for an
almost unlimited increase of Machinery.
Also, 230,000 acres of Land, finely timbered with
yellow pine, in the counties originally Appling, con
venient to the ports of Savannah and Brunswick, con
tiguous to rail and water carriage.
One hundred and eleven thoasmd acres of Timber
and Agricultural Land, in counties originally Irwin.
Fifty-two thousand acres Yellow Pine Timber
L.t’-d. in \Y.i>n- county.
Sixty thousand acres of good Timbered and Agri
cultural Land, on the line of railroad and herd of the
Suw.im.ee ri\er. ir: Columbia county. Fast Florida.
Forty-eight thousand acres of good Timber Land,
in Middle Florida—an entire township and contiguous
sections—on tbe navigable stream of Now river, which
empties its waters at White Bluff—Dure Channell.
best rort on tho Gulf. Also, contiguous tracts of 4000
to 50U) acres each, of Timber Lands, convenient to
rail and water carriage to Savannah and Brunswick;
good location for Steam Saw Mill*.
Two first-class New Steam Saw Mills of Forty norae
Power each—everything complete.
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PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.
MANUFACTUEINS JEWELEE AND OPTICIAN.
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Tho reputation this ex»
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truly marvellous char
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public do not need to be informed here that it is in
most cases a specific and absolute remedy.
Scrofulous poison is one of the most destructivo
enemies of onr race. Often, this unseen and unfclt
tenant of the organism undermines the constitution,
and invite* the attack of enfeebling or fatal diseases,
without excitimr a suspicion of its presence. Again,
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then, on some fiivorablo occasion, rapidly develop
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surface or among tho vitals. In tho latter, tuber
cles may be suddenly deposited in tho lungs or
heart, or tumors formed in tho liver. These facta
make tho occasional nso of tho Setrsajparillcs as a
preventive, advisable. •
It is a mistake to suppose that so long as no erup
tions or humors appear, there must bo no scrofulous
taifit. Theso forms of derangement may never
occur, and yet the vital forces of tho body DO so ro*
duced by its subtle agency, as materially to impair
the health and shorten the duration of life. It is a
common error, also, that scrofula Is strictly heredi
tary. It docs, indeed, descend from parent to child,
but is also engendered in persons bora of pure
blood. Low living, indigestion, foul air, licentious
habits, unclcanliness, and the depressing vices gen-
crallv, produce it. Weakly constitutions, where not
fortiilcu by tho most constant and judicious care,
arc peculiarly liable to it. Yefc tho robust, also,
whoso turbid blood swell* the veins with an appar
ently exuberant vitality, are often contaminated,
and on tho road to its consequences. Indeed, no
class or condition can depend on immunity from
It, nor feel insensible to the Importance of an effec
tual remedy.
In St. Anthony 9 * Fire, Jtosc or Frif^ipftas,
fbr Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Read, Ring-
worm, Sore Far* and Eye*, and other eruptive
or visible forms of tho diseases caused primarily by
tho scrofulous infcc^on, the Sarsaparilla is so ef
ficient as to bo indispensable. And in tho more
concealed forms, as in Uyspeps la,Dropsy, Heart
Disease, Fils, Epilepsy, neuralgia, and other
affections of the muscular aad nervous systems, the
Sarsaparilla, through its purifying power, re
moves the cause of the disorder anu produces aston
ishing cures.
The sarsaparilla root of the tropics does not by
itself achieve these results. It Is aided by the ex
tracts combined with it, of still greater power. So
potent i3 this union of healing virtues, Syphilis or
Venereal and Mercurial Diseases are cured by
iL though a long time is required for subduing these
obstinate maladies by any medicine. JLcucorrhaca
or Whites, Uterine Vicerations, and Female
Diseases in general, are commonly soon relieved
and ultimately cured by the invigorating and puri
fying effect of our Sarsaparilla. Rheumatism
and Gout, often dependent on the accumulations of
extraneous matters iu the blood, have their remedy
also In tills medicine. For JAccr Complaints,
torpidity, inflammation, abcess, etc., caused by
ranxling poisons in the blood, we unhesitatingly
recommend the Sarsaparilla.
This medicine restores health and vigor where no
specific disease can be distinguished. Its restora
tive power is soon felt by those who are Danquld.
Fistless, Despondent, Sleepless, and filled with
Xerrous Apprehensions or Fears, or who are
troubled with any other of those affections symp
tomatic of Many, after taking it for
General Debility, have written us of the youth
ful vigor imparted to their nervous system, which
seemed buoyant with that prolific life they thought
had departed on the advance of age. Others, whoso
fountains of life were always sterile, acknowledge
their obligations to it for an obvious change.
EVERYTHING IN OUR LINE PROMPTLY MADE TO ORDER.
Adapted to the South.
S. H. Harris, Knoxville. Tenn.. write*. Auea*t 2.1869: I have just harvested 17 acres of your Norway
Oats and have them now in barn. I have been a farmer for 35 year*, during which time I have tested a grea*
many varieties of oats, and I can truly say that I have never seen any oat in the South that will compete
with yours in productiveness and stout, heavy growth. I consider them peculiarly adapted to the soil of the
South. I am satisfied that they will yield at least double that of any other variety known to us, on tho same
soil and with the same culture.
The above are a few of many hundred letters received. The demand for this Seed is now so great that
it is safe to say. that many orders will have to be returned unfilled. Those desiring Seed should order at
once. The a surances of a large demand next season for Seed will make this the most profitable crop the
farmercan grow. A few acres will prove a rich harvest. Judging from the result of the past year, we be
lieve would be a low estimate of the profit* of a single acre. The demand is certain.
The See 1 will be furnished at the following rates :
PER PECK SO
PER HALF BLMIKL 7.7.7 * OO
BT THE BUSHEL. 7 50
.. Mousy can be sent by draft, or Post-office orders, and should accompany the order—with full direc
tions for shipping.
For the convenience of farmers of the Southwest, we have established a Depot at Knoxville, Tenn., where
a supply can be found. A large, illustrated circular, with a full and interesting history of the discovery and
progress of this grain, sent free to all who desire it.
n w n . KNOXVILLE. TENN., GENERAL SEED DEALERS.
*■ «*»., 918 Fnri St.. New York, and 111 Dak* St., Chicago. IU.
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and where other remedies had wholly failed. _
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For Fiver Complaints, arising from torpidity
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Dr. Richau's Golden Balsam. No. 1, cures Ulcers, Ul
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I)r RichaU's Golden Balsam, No. 2. cures Mercurial
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will run a* follows:
UP DAT TRAIN.
LKA%*- ARRIVE.
4 "■ «=« r «
MifaW'" II :•"
Eatonton p *
Connecting with train that leaves An- f
gusta at...... A *
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:W a. m.
Savannah—
Connecting with train that leaves Au- ^ ^ ^ ^
UP NIGHT TRAIN.
Savannah —7:2^» r. „
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Connecting with trains that leave Au-
gusta at ^ *■ H
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon.. -&25 p m
Savannah — A
Augusta— .. >:li
Milledgevilie 4:30 p. u.
Eatonton ....2:49 p. u.
Connecting with tram that leaves An-
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p. u Train from Macon, connect with MtlledgeviIIe
Train at Gordon daily, Sundays excepted.
4»*P M. Train from Savannah connects with
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r x Train from Savannah and Augusta with lr-ainf
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