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Atlanta WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. DfcOE MBER 25, 1877. AGRICULtURAL. a ir.ii if c rru m* olo nri.n* WNf.Hr+M ffiwr RfMMtlni for .%» Il* MMtl AflKKT* tlwcM. filial air Ton Dalna T \W in k yon thi* qtreffon, farmer? Wo ha • r* hVd a m*rr’flceot fall and winter for farm work ; hav* too taker Advantage of it? We prmome Uiat vnr erf re* were traThered aoroe time eii <-• ; »1 at e|r c- ; hate f'H done any l.l-wire? If yon hav* done math, work will he eaay for yon next apring. A great deal ran be acenoifdiahed on tin* farm ;e the winter month*. Do yon keen toofa? if so, why not repair the word work <rf yonr harrow*, plow*, cultivator*, hr ? Yon ahonld now oc cupy yonr faianre hoora in repair* of varion* kind*. Make front ihflda e f rtable, repair yonr barn*, in fart do*11 v. m ran ’o have everything abont yon eriug. and that will aid in accomplifthiog the work of yon farm. l/.ok f er little thing* that annul to nr. ke farrnirig profita.de, and they i id to swell the Income of the farm. Rem «fl*a *»r Hnrnen. u o e back—If the «or© ha* proad He. ti m it, sprinkle calomel lightly over i*. ar-d lire the following poultice by bin ling i* on: Take red clay and make it soft wi h vinegar .then take the leave*- of gvtn-on weed*, heat them nntil lirobed, and w< rk all through the chr llarnea* gal!*-Take one tgg, lahlerpoordal of lard, and I wo table Mimonfnl* of brown Htigar. Melt tl lar land atlr in argar. Then beat tfa #gg wall, and pour it In, atir it well,and c.Hok it down to* thick aaJve, and rub on the affected part. Itig knee* are much benefitled by bathing the affected parts every ruorr. ing in warm wafer and waching wifi cm-tile *oap, ao aa to aofteri the akin . th* n apf.lv kerosene oil, rubbing bard, Colic— Every horse owner has . a remedy for thindiseene. The folio ring fa very good : One-half pint of hickon ashes, mixed with a quart of strong apple vinegar. lie caution* and pin the vinegar in ’he bottle firnt, and then drain in the aabee slowly, then drench AH over the continent of Europe there is more live stock kept, more capital owned, more produce rud in come yielded by small farma, than by arge estate*.” ** A’ the pr« went day/’ say* M Hip- *o!yte Patsy (Memoirs de t’Acaderaie e* Sciences Morale* et Polii qaee, dan* la reance da Jan. 4 1845), “on the same area, and under equal clrcum- lance*, the largest clear produce is ieided by small farming, which, be- d*-s ir.cr«a*ing the country population opens a safe market to the product* of cnarinfacttfring industry.” “The moat cosdy agricul’nral ma chine, the loc'-root’ve thresher, is everywher ( ire' 1 o*owned i- .c .mnu-nj among the. small cu.tivxio»B of F an ient.”— System* of lanl tenure in va rious countries. “Flemish agriculture has no rival, or at .east no superior The farm* are in the hand* of email proprietors. Il was here that was developed the system of the rotation of crops, nr si, presnoos disco very for the human race ” American agriculturist* ffif authority confirm these evidences of the advan tage of thorough cultivation of small area', by men in moderate circumvian eta. “A hankering after much land i* a serious drawback to successful farming in the United States. We dij —Out of 100 men—authors, clergy- mer, doctors, artists and journalists— and mental resource* who farmed the Centenary clnbin New u -—■ York city in 1846, only six are living. These ha f d sen lemainicg mortals are William CuMen Brvant, Rev H. W Bellows, J< hn II Gourlie, Diniel Hnn- tington, William Kemble and E S Van Winkle. These Turkish officers are made of 1 Contffunoi three months, and, our are better now. Patience, endurance j WOT d f or it, you will continue for the ill give u* victory f he hair-tri*:ger could not ss- cure.—NaahviU American, d«m. — The republican party lost an excel lent opportunity when the Gordon- Conkling difficulty was settled. Oh what chance woe lost to begin again the cry about southern rutfUniem! the eon'hern general would have afforded „ . _ deepi flow our gardens well, but fields light ly. We cultivate a small fatch of ground thoroughly, and scratch over a large space of land s;i W hat caHing more honorable—what ' »n fjeer from cares and annoy nnc«-•? Good judgment, energy and attention by the farmer, and eunsbine and rain from above, and the business is a Hticceaa No fawning to otberr, n*« bank bills to meet, no sleepless nights, no particular dependence on o’herw, hut work and energy and a reli ance on self are the great requisites h o crilining and servility u pon another’* power and caprice in the * apply of their wants. It is immaterial bow they please men by their vote* and acts; under the smile of God’s ani shine, and the fruc tifying influences of His showers, they are the makers of their own fortune*, ai d get their living by a faithful and and upright use of the faculties « f bed. and mind with which God baaendowed them. Ir|**l« IN*11%<«>«**. We take pies sure in Acknowledging the reception of a lilieral sample of very large and excellent Irish potatoes, raised and farwarded to u* by one of our esteemed readers, Mr. K. P. John s*'i(, of Griffin. We would gratdhw 1 to learn from him the variety and ho, mode of cultivating them. R<«tUol. We acknowledge the reception fr. James I*, llarrir-on ,k Go., publish slid hinders, At'anta, of a copy of J It. Wtritely** “Farrier and Farm ll» • dies far M rk.” The little hook i: s- me one hundred pages, and is made up of remedies procured from farmers ami stock men. L willdoubtlew* prove en • equfaition to the farmers’ libiary, T he t) p*■graph'' and general make tin of the r»ook r< llects much credit iijsin the publisher*. Ueorala Kuritl llriim. Hamilton Journal: The cotton of this section is hardly np to an aver sire, but corn, meat and wheat have been made in quantitie* sufficient U supply abundantly U»e mceasities of a i t her year. .Mr. J. H. Brooker, ot th>s county, haa made this year sixtj odd bah s of cotton, 1,200 bushels of w rn, l. r »0 burhels of |>otatoee, also wheat and net* in proportion. lie has s<>(!><• twenty five bogs, which will nci h* rue I Jit 10 (Hiundrt meat. (Jliiitmaii li* porter: The planter lliniuclmiit tIlia entire section finish* d it heft i g ther cotton about the first of Hoh ihoiiUi, and have made up their ► »r«p and sng*r, of which there ""■s' jdumdant crop than was ever hue the year suiting it better than oi the other cropa grown. They art i iv busily ei gsgi d sowing their small grain, to which a much greater area of boot w ill be devoU d than hereto!' Valdosta Times: laiwndeawili make enough ••sweetnin*” for her own c ffee, uml bundrt da of barrels for her neigh Koine V nv.er : M. M. Wrigld, of 1» i luwu^ valley*, 9 made five lade* of •'*" *«» on tivo i ere- that nveiagcd five hundred p m d-, hi d without any in lend manure Nor th Georgian : There yet remains rome c .iton in the in Ids, and oar far n.eip have conahleimblw wheat to I’ovington Star : C'onaiderable cot ton -till reiuwiua iu the fit Id.- unpicked in the county. Muntl llrt %lfllew. - Il in pWsant to sec a gathering of farmers. To gaxe upon the enlightened ami virtuous yet imnry of .he country - alike removed from the enervating fever of unbridled avrice and sersu ali y, and the violent contests of polili cal it-minion. --Georgia is filler) with wealth, if d* velotwtl. It lay* about our hills fills our vales, murmurs In our stream , and is re echoed by our mountain.-. Inti orgia are rvntbin* d the ad van- fact-t* . I a mild climate all the year r< ond, good health, fine socirtv, good w i:.»r, the growth of nearly all the lead .' »< . * 'due'.* and vnltwWp staple*, with g •« Lc.lilies for all kiuds of manufao - ii.nl provide* the farmer with his nv.gv.v machine, the earth, ar.d his ah » owi iful agents, air, water, heat. If then lie does hi* duty he can change li.e eeed into a plant, with leaves, blos- t mi-, bolls, cotton; wud o.Ivors into n iim:, corn ao>l oats. Farm .Nuim. — Take on ear of corn, put it into the tire until the grains are well charreil, snd men shell off and throw to your f. w’s, it will bn rg about a healthv i >. -i.uuion. -- ifain wa’er bring* down yearly a "u 1_* ,HMin-!sof «.:nmnu>a to the acre • f gt. und, which forms a most valna Vclive principle as a tcrtili XT. — To rn prove wheat seed, soak the " !| e*t in a strong brine far abont six i n.-, then pour the brine off. Th» Mr ng brine will also cause to rise t. flit* surface everyihingof a foul nature in the wheat, except cockle. Then roll the wheat in slacked lime. — A li t e c*'e will pnalnce good fruit, and good fruit, wed grown, will always ci-mmaud g^od price* at the home market, ~Tbe chufa is of about «he same va ne iu» potato*-*, artichokes, Ac They are ‘.H’M planted in drills, aad kept i a an by the hoe or cultivator. - F w ’slhat are olloweii their liber- tv will no: b. come too fat for (ayinir. i: ey should be given a variety of food: i' cludir.g animal food,at seasons when th *y cannot get it for themselves. - Scratch#*: App’y, twice dailv, a t or: ub '4 the foil* w ine Uni .nan’: Take :w.» vu.uces of crude carbolic acid, two « ur ce» * f glycerine, and twenty ounces • f r«* i. -*ed oil; mix. I-et the heeL- b«- wa.-j t* I c eon with lukewarm snap stu> »-\ery uu ri.icg. When dry, apply a euifivirr cv. The fset and heels oi • . r-i> Mi.mld never l»e le:t wet after .isving been worked in muddy soil, . ' " 111 lar * xjoeed to drafts of cjW a mall Imm ^ u.:djoiicy, and good practical n having small fauns, so com to men who reflect, that rot sdd one word ourselves— cg»*-t to **ur readers that lhc\ r ixtracte t e'.owtakeu from the ■ -1 m.at p actical Engliah jour- V mmmrern. Under the improved system of a ro- totation of crops, root culture and al ternation of grass, combined with yard and Mall feeding of sheep and cattle : the quantity of manure produced on the farm has in many instances been quadrupled, and the amelioration of the soil ha* been in the same propor tion. Farmer* do not make the mannre from their ntahle*and yards a* efficient and available as they might. Oue main object should li§ to prevent the escape of tho liqu.d and volatile parts of the mannre, a* experience proves tha these are the most active in exciting oi supplying plant* with food and thu scee eratir g their growth. The yards and s!ji\>h-H ahonld be provided with filter, with vegetable mould or inuck U» absorb and retain ti-e urine and Other part* ot the manure. The great object in the application < f manure should be to mnke it nfford much soluble matter os possible to the roots cl the plant; and that in a slow and gradual manure, so that it may b< entirely omHumed in forming it* *u|. and oi gal*.zed parts. Write to n«. Will our agricultural reader* write to u-*, giving plain, every day common riensu facts? If you have found tha' your Htock thrive better by a certain kind of treatment, tell us about it. Il you have fouml that certain crops pay better than others, let ns know it. If you prefer a certain class of stock, be cause they have yielded greater returns than others, let us hear it. In short, we desire fact* in your cam? that we may spread it before others and let them profit by your experience. (Tows. ’Tis true that in some localities of the state a few of our farmers are paying a filths attention to their cows and their improvement, A few sleek looking l evons can be found. Then there are Durham* who **,ard the lean earth” a* th* y walk in lordly excellenee, superi or. And * few peerle&s milkirg Jersey* ii. their mottled dun colors. Yet there are not many of these cattle in o r state, snd we doubt if min nls tha: have graced the parks of Devon’s side, ortliAt have fed upon then.ckyemi nence* of the channel ifde*, are alto gether the l»eftt stock, for Georgia farm era: Ah a matter of course there can be no ohjt-c'ion to imporlcd cattle, erptci a ly in these days of tough *P*ak and Watered milk. The common rattle oi the country could be vastly improved if proper nu-ans were resorted to, and care and judgment were prac ticed in feeding, wa'erii.gand keeping cattle comfortable. Our cow j.roja rlv looked after and attended to, is more valuable and serviceable than half a dozen badly fad, poorly mma^cd one*. a*ha at the head of a half starred army, struggling to the lost, and of Mckhtar Ifafcha declinii g to leave the field ot Deveboyum, must touch the hearts of mldier* everywhere, and c*ll oat more than admiration. —The London World says that when M. Grevy told the marshal that he pomiively must get rid of De Broglie and hi* set, the mx'shal who ciung to his dukes a* Grmtd.d to his Bibcocks, replied, “I would ratherreeign myeelf.” To which M. Grevy gravely and politely made answer os he bowed himself out, “Well, that would be one way oat!” —It is a practice on Mime of our rail road* to allow a d* rgyman to ride for half fare R cer.tly a mioietar received a clergyman’s had fare trave ing card, as they are called, and wrote to his superintendent asking “if I e could not embrace his wfea so.” The superin tendent replied that he wh* not in that line cf busmens juat then.—Naatian Telegraph. —Rusrian women g > oat of doors with their children, but seldom with their husband*; and a man is not ex pected to lake notice of another man’ wife, by bowing to her f she posses him in the streets. One of the sight* which surprises a Kuw-ian of the midland cities moat when be goes to S'. Peters bunr, Momjow, or Odessa, is to notice the promiscuous flow of both sexes in the streets and in place* of amusement As to the spectacle of married ladies sitting in the boxes of theatres with iheir shoulders bare, this amezir.g li cense is enough to take his breatb away. —The largest bell in the world is in the lem; fa u» Cfars, in Kioto, Japan. Unlike the great bells in Pekin and Morcow it is whole, and it* tone is a* perfect and ** sweet as when first ana- pended. Whe.eaud ly whom it was ca*t is r*ot known. Chinese and San- eerit characters completely cover it but tbev sre not translatable by Japh nese scholar*. It is twemydour leer high and sixteen inches thick at the rim. It h*9 no clapper, but i* struck by a sort c.f wooden battering ram on the outside. —Judge fa ring, wbo has retired from the United Slates court of claims, is now more than seventy years of age. He it was that in 1851, being then a United State* commissioner at B»ston, alive a decision under the fugitive slave law which tent the famous Sims back to bit shackle*. He was appointed to the bench in 1858, and, upon the suc cession of faincoln an effort was made to U gib late him out of office because of the K eling against him growing out of the Kims case, but it failed, and he now retire* from the bench with an untar nished record. —It seem* to be the ambition of all young wives to look well when anyone call*. Yesterday a South Side bride heard a rirg at the front door. The he had knocked Conkling down or shot him or chal lenged. By tt.eir leave the southern people hive learned that the patience and c urapeof endurance, the ma cb- ing ot mind with mind, is the course which produce* the better results more surely. -Nashville Amer can, dem. —Lawyer Evorts and Ancient Morin Thompson work the j a'ronoge ma chine for mutual benefit in a highly profitable way. Evait'gKve Thompson the mission to Bn zil for one of Thomp son’s friend*, because Thompson had given Evans a berth in the navy de partment ft r one ol Evarta’s friends, ■hus theee two worthies are sble to Phare tbeir patrosage on the co-opera tive plan Perhaps Schurz and Sherman, or Dp venn and McCrary may be able to work in pairs on the eame basis. Evarts and Thompson couldn’t ate mxnodate each «ther more neatly if they were old political back 1 *, instead of the emi nent champions of a high-toned civil service reform.—New York San, ind. —After all, though we cannot see any directly tangible benefits likely to arise from a war with Mexico, it may be questioned whether such an event would net serve a* a prompt and effect ive safety valve for the sectional and political animosities that prevail among ourw-lvcs. It is scarcely to be doubted that a great national crisis, appealing to every man's patriotism and better sen- timeut, would overshadow at once and forever the petty wrai g es which keep a:ive the old hatreds of ten i ears ago and otat' net the return of harmony and good will throughout the land. For such an end it were fairly worth while to drub the Mexicans and clear the Tamaulipas atmosphere of cer ain va pors that now impngnate it. For such a consummation the country could well afford the treasure RDd the blood involved. We need the sweet and gracious influence* of concord among ouraelves more than we need any other thing* and if it should appear that nothing short of quarreling abroad will ^ u ®fi the bickering at Lome, our ruler* would be wise and patriotic to apply the remedy,-New Orie«n H Times,dem. what iuk yviMtd huso Ami Ilip itievp will »c*!np'*r In the loid Wduu Ut« north u gun iu b. ••Whirl* h the wind tb«i liriri irlt l«th<> wln*l that bririK" lb' H«»' — Europe expendctl f ir b-legraphic niewages last year $15,400,000. - Christm:u> is coming, and more I ban oue conflict i* going on between a generous heart and an empty pocket- book. Boston jreopfe ral eich veir about 120,000 1leaves, >1 ubich the west pro vides 38,0UO to 40.000. —The crush to hear Mo*m1v and .S.iu- key v* a* so great in IVovideiice tliat a bore car was crowded off the track, mid clothing was ruined. — Haves ha* abandoned the southern trip which he contemplated takingdur- ir g the holiday recess. Excuse, care* of state, Ac., (and privately, the time f*-r gush i* over.) —Dr. Tochsmersajsthat the little black speck* on apple* and orange* are clusters of fungi, ami mat they produce whooping cough. fanny Kemble, ' nee a liewifching beauty, is now sixty-five years old. and weigh* nearly two hundred pouuds. C'iie read* now only for the amusement of her friend*. —A Kentucky postmaster eloped with ?7tX) aud a tli«a rieai tioupe, t u his mother pi ompliy made good the money deficiency and :s now an appli cant for tire position oi postmistress. — When the rector of ifce Kpiscopal church at Corpus Christi, Texas, opened the JU.ble in the pulpit a few Sundays ago, he fmr.d between the leaves fiv» v playing cards representing a. euchre hand. —Tire St. Albans Messenger makes a boast of the fact that some brine owi e l oy J. M. Morrill, of C:<el*ea. Vermont, has been in use for pickling pork for more than seventy-five years, having been first prepartd by Mr. Morrill's tall er, and in constant use every year. —Tiier.' U » report that J mlee Hea- dersou J. 1\ iwaids, of Watertown, Massachusetts, will tie appointed asso ciate j net tee of the supreme court in New Mexico, in place oi Mciin, ol Honda, rejected by the senate. —Judge Davis appear* to “Gath” in the attitude cl *‘a bold man parwhsed bv smbfliab.” Aud he svys: “The judge browses between camps lice a fame army mu.e, suoial by both sets of -“urmishers.” —One of fayiba Thompaon’a burlesque actrrseos, Camille Dubois, who j ur- neyeii ail over Aim r.ca, dancing d« g danc* s and singing nursery rhymes,ha* had the gvod fortune to hid tlie affec tion of the Hon. Wycd .am 8;anhope, who luta wedded her. —The culture ot coffae in California is becoming proti ab.e. Tae plant grows as vigorously as iu the evtfee countries of > uth Amenci, and yields a bean of strong aromatic flavor. Cen tral and southern California are the re gion* peculiarly favorable. —Jauausch^k did an immense busi- nee* at the Philadelphia Walnut last work. Her share of the receipt* was $3,200. At the clooe oi her ei gtge- ment ahe will begin a four weeks' tour south, in Bdtuu re,™ der the manage ment of Eilaler «.v Canning. —Nearly all the distinguished Cali* f rufane of the day are »4»d to be aeif- ed oca ted meu, guilt lees of college tram ing Senator s>argenL tv \>rnor Irwin another. Mayor B'jant, <f San Francnco, * no her. M-s-rs Flooif, Mackey, Fair. Jc»n«?, a:;*: Miaxon ma> lie added to the li*r. —There are over a hundred million aires in Pnildelplua,th* richest of whom ire Asa Packer wort* $12 000,000D m Cameron, worth $ft,5SO0uU, and hs fatiier-in-lsw, togetner with Charles Thompoon, Jones and Kemble, $3,000,- 000 each. caller. There was a moment of light ning work Irefore the dreeeing care, (fancker Ilian it take* to tell it, a ribbon wa* fastened at her throat, a flower stabbed into her hair, a fl.sh of powder on her face, and she was at the door, all amile» aud blushes. The. gentleman said be had walked from Memphis, and couldn’t remember that he ha-1 fasted faod « nre he leit Cincinnati.-' 0:1 City Derrick. — Washington *pr cial fo the New York Worla: “Mr. Conkling inti' rnat« * that a nominee for collector may be Kent to the senate who is leas per snnally olijnctionaHe to him than Mr U ’Ot-evelt.hnt that it will uot intlnenct rum, »b lie do* h not intend U» permit the removal of Collector Arthur. He now boast* in the flush of hi* triumph that he has ten rn re vote* against il then when the roii w era’led ou Thurs day, and these he believe* he can hoi to the end. This is suggestive of an increased democratic coalition, aud seem* to confirm the report, which was mid inet winter to l>e well founded, that Mr.C-nklingha'l made a bargain with Mr. Til den to eccurehi* inaugu ration a* president a barg-.in which even held go *1 after the vote waa tak en *'n c umii g Louisiana in the sen at • —The dry good* jobbing trule i* fast being taken away Irorn New York city by the establishment"! jobbing bouse* in Chirago, Cincinnati, bi. fa»uis, fa.u i*vtlle, Toledo, BuU.il", Atlanta, and *.»her interior ntiea. The *alea Fteid, faieter <k Co., r f Chicago, year amounted to over $17,000,(MX), i creaur over ibe previous year of $7, 0* 0 (KH>, und those of other house* the «:iin-h mentioned have been in like prop*)rtion. Many new homes have recently sprung up in those places, and are doing well, and A. T. 8tewar «(• Co, have thought it worth their while to ewabiifth a branch in Chicago A large proportion of this business ii drawn from New York City. Oa the other hand, since January fat, no lese than efant im|K>r ant New York con t erra have g* ne out of bu*ine*«. the la-l being Ad nance. Bobbin* A Co., who failed on \Vednc«d*y, with liabili i ie* estimate*! nt $2U0000, aud Jamee genera* j >bber and importer woollen g"od-i, wbo failed ou the same •lav, with iiabili[ie.samouutiiigto$l30, Out). — He stor'd nhivering around the Central market, a drop of tain finding the way down hi* spinal coluruu now and theu. He recognized the fact that the season ha<l closed and that sleep ing under slitd* had becoin- cold and monotonous “I’ve to la v out plans for the winter,” he b * heaid mnsieg a* he •lived in hi* pocket*. “I’m kinder ’:raid that the public are sick grasshopper and tire sufferers, and know they are up to snuff on the dodge « f the clergvmau being driven out of Arkansas by the ku-kiux. L t’* see I might be" a Russian or a Turkish r x le but I can’t talk the largu.-ge. I might bea s-itle: driven out of Idaho by the Injuns, but the war is ended. All these kerosene and gunpowder ac cidents are old ; the public don’t care any more w ho get* hurt on railroad and my eye* are too good to play • blind. 'Mother hand organ wouldi pny, the chestnut business is too cold, at d folks won’t buy any more tooth ache cure. Hang it, all the dodges are played, ar.d here I am as hungry ai wolf and clothes ail gone. It 1« oks if the day wasn’t far off when we ll all have to go to work and wear ourselves down to the bone to get a Uvii g.’ r Burlington Ifawkeve. TO Lilt A l. COMM TXT — OonkUrg has found that it is a hard road to travel over Gordon.- Cnicag« Tribune, rep. —Whenever the repabl ; cau party cut «. f amusement,it vets Jim Blaine stir up a confederate brigadier.—Chi cago Time*, ind. —.Mr. Hid in this currency matter tfoes against the wishes of hi* hi* ptate, and bis personal c •nstiiuenfa, and in this “new departure” his people will heartily oppose, and positively re- fn*e to endorse hi* course.—Savannah News, dem. —It is very evident that the firm Have* and Wheeler has been dissolved by mutu-1 consent. The vice president has laid hold cf the coat tails of Mr. Oorkiingand staked hi* political salva tion on the virtuous course* of that magnificent senator. — Philadelphia Record, ind. —The supreme court of Georgia ha9 ruled that to be too drunk to form trie indent to kill,* man must be too drunk to form the intent to shoot. This is hitting the target in ’h** bail’s eye, and tmssieurs murderers who get drunk to kill and are arqui'Udo! in order because D t-y drink, will uot taktChicago Times, ind. —When the offending M* x can crosses the Rio Grande he cff .-mfa the aa:bori- ty and the tUg < t the United States, and touches the rights of our citizens, which we are be-und to keep sacred. Let the United Mates Government take care of it* own, at whatever cost, none the lees because it is a foreign one example, I nngand, a tropical plunderer, a greasy \f««svr Rf..n* ^Mexican' than if he wer«» a decei t foreigner.-Cincinnati E quirer, dem. —i^eu (Gordon’s courage i* above •n^picion, and he appears determined t at, hewever much temper may pre- * le for the moment, he will allow piu fence to control. Twenty years ago tee difficulty in the seuai'e w« u d have produced a duel or a caning or the southern repr«»entative woo d balance oi your natural life. —Macon Telegraph, of yesterday: Yesterday at 12 o’clock, at the resi dence of Hon. J. T. Nisbet, Rev. Geo. T Gnetrhius, of Milledgeville, and Miss Pauline A. Wingfield, of Macon, were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock, by Rev. A. W. Clisby, pastor of the Preebyterian church, c! Macon. The bride is one of the most lovely snd highly esteemed ladies of oar city, and her large circle of friends regretted to give her up. She is the daughter of the late Hod. Jimea Wingfield, of Eatouton. The groom is the talented and beloved pastor of the Presbyterian church of Milledgeville. Augusta Chronicle: Atlanta, now that the carital question is settled, has moral spasm, and all the keepers and owners of houses of ill fame in that city have been indicted. We believe At lanta has been afflicted in this wav several times before, but her efforts in GEORGIA THE BEST! col a. b. 8TKxr.BB>a rn its ou XAXAa,TUX LAUD OT TBOM13B. Ue Sllcki to Gpoiyln an tk« Coming Mm*-A Wooderfat Flood of 1 raitao—Ktaj at Borne, Georgian*— Sen ib^s common sen** Tak BOCUDABOVl IK QKOHQIA. — Louise Pomeroy is highly spoken .1 by the newspaper^. As she is shortly to appear in this section, we o the south and < f Geoigia should strive to ignore the fact that she was once wedded to 44 Brick,” the well-known two dollar patriot —A Savannah man has taken up the idea that he has royal bfaod in his veins because his youngest baby is the prin cess of wails. His tittle boy, however, woo has been reading the French news of late, insists Hat the baby is simply another cry-si*. —Cap*ain Ned Parcel!, of the Geor gia railroad, fired < ff his Christmas gun the other day, and brought down some ducks. At any rate, be sent us a brace of fat ones yesterday, for which he has thanks. ■Mr. IV. A. Harp, wbo has been con nected with Georgia journalism for many ^ears, and who, in the opinion of Col. J. Nathan Leonard, of Eatonton, is as good au editor as he is a fiddler, has t«k*-ii editorial charge of the Rock da!e K g’ftter. We most cordially wel come Mr. Harp back to the klan. — U ce Jim Anderson, of the Oov- ingtot Sutr,8till allows his Atlanta gloat to hang out in his paper. —We gat her from the Milledgeville Recorder that Judi<o Sanford, of that town, who will be remembered by Atlanta people as the mau with the low-necktd collar, nfuaes to have an awning put over bis bosom until At lanta builds a new capitcl. Fellow- citizms, you have au oppr.rt unity to accomplish a noble work. Let us ail, os one man and with one accord, put our shoulders to the wheel. Let the new capitol go up at orce. We must begin this great work immediately. — An inecudiary fire destroyed the dwelling house of Mr. Janie* McDon aid, near Snapping Shoals, in Newton county, recently. —The Covington young ladies draw pictures of the boys on their thumb nails for kissing purposes. Those Cov ing boys are notorious for their plague- faked sweet tiers, anyhow. — Watermin, of the L Grange Re porter, has discovered a conspiracy •gainst Gordon in Atlanta. — Dr. Charlie C. Allen, a son of Dr. E. M. Aden, of Marietta, died at Great Bend, Pennsylvania, on the 12th inst., of paralysis of the heart. His remains were brought !»• me to Marietta, where they were interred on the 17t h. —A mad wag of Allaula, a.Biding a hen-pecked f unhand, remarked “Why, that’s the reason Mrs. Blank opp* sed to female suffrage. She don 1 want Jim to vote.” —Mrs. 8. T. Barnwell,«f Marietta, wife of the Episcopal minister, died of heart disease on Saturday. — fbe Covington Star says the gin- house of Mr. J. C. B .*yd, of Newton county, was destroyed by fire recently, together with about fifteen bales co. ton. —In the case »ti George Brown, con victed oi murder in Cobh superior court, and sentenced to be hanged the 28th instant, a motion tor a new trial has been made. The motion has not yet been disposed —The bandereviile Herald says that Mr. William Exam, near Warthea, that county, killed three pigs eleven month* old, averaging 3t>l pound*, net. He pre cured the stock of Mr. Gabriel Hooks. —The Columbus Time* says that Mr. W. R. Worthen, county school com missioner of Talbot county, who has recently received the tchool fund that county, amounting to $2,000, we are reliably informed, has disappeared and the fund with him. Mr. Worthen is an old citizen of Talbot county, and has been looked upon as an honorable upright man ; and the people ot Talbot county, who have known and honored him so loDg, are loth to believe him guilty of wrong doing. We hope he will reappear and make things right in good lime. —In a runaway scrape in Griffin last Tuesday, one ot the fine horses belong ing to Stonewall lire company was killed. —Mias Lily Byington. of Griffin, was seriously hurt last Tuesday. 8he was riding in a buiq^y with her brother-in- law, when the b use suddenly became frightened and ran away. The overturned and Miss Byirgton seriously hart. At lost accounts, she was ly ing in a criti cal condition. —Mrs. Joseph Carru;hers,an estima ble lady cf Columbus, is deau. She was about 21 years c i age, —The Chronicle says the new shift ing engine of the Georgia railroad car ries enough coal and water m its tendr r to lost for two daya, and can pull twenty-five loaded cars without any trouble. **■ —Daiton Enterprise: Oae of the best and sprightliest dailies which c^mee to this office, i* The Atlanta Constrrc- Tiosr. It is ably edited in all its de partments; it is beautifully printed, and, in tact, is np in all things which constitute a first-clara city paper. In addition to oil this, the proprietors are must genial gentlemen, aud the corps of editors just such men as know the ins and oat* of human nature, and how of little avail, or the labors of the pres ent grand jury would not be to arduous The soiled doves will be despoiled f some of tbeir plumage, some of the poorest may be seat to jail, and then the stern virtue of Atlanta will be sat isfied. This is scarcely the way in which to improve morals. •Talbotton Register: A touching scene took place in the attar, last Sun day, in the Methodist church. As that great man, Dr. Pierce, was seated in the altar, borne on the arms of Major T. A. Brown and Brother McGebee, from the former’s residence, a most af fecting ecene was witnessed by many who sat near by. Father Dunwoody, like Dr. Pierce, has passed through the best port of this century. As the doc tor sat down the two old fathers in Israel, sitting close by one another, grasped band*, and for some minutes tears streamed down their cheeks un der great he Dr. Pierce, like John Wesley and Asbury, is one of the lounders of the Methodist church aud lailh on the American continent. _ —Savannah News: A delegation con sisting of Captain M J. Doyle, Messrs Michael Cash. John Kelly, Charles S. Ledlie and J. C. Duggan waited last evening upon the Rev. P. J. O’Keefe, formerly of Macon but now oi Colum bus, who is at present stopping at the Planters’ hotel in this city, and presen ted him with a handsome purse, the proceeds of a subscription list headed “Testimonial to Father O’Keefe, for eminent services rendered by him to the sick and dying in Savannah during the terrible epidemic of 1876.” The presentation was accompanied by the following address, deliverer! by one of the nnmmittpn• “Rou h'.iv. rm the committee: “Rev. Father: The persons whose names are inscribeu on this list, aware of the chivalrous charity that prompted you to leave your home in Macon for a perilous pilgrim age to the plague stricken city of Sa vannah in the summer of ’76, to as- surge the sufferings of the sick and im part to the dying the last rites of the church, the only consolation that coaid illumine the gloomy passage to the tomb, avail themselves of the nity of your sojonrn among testify by a small but cheerful offerinj consisting of a purse, their gratitmj. and appreciation of your generous and invaluable services, which you will accept with the assurance of their abiding affection and esteem and warm' est wishes for yonr future success.’ The reverend gentleman,as soon as the emotions caused by such a generous and unexpt cted ovation permitted, re turned thanks briefly, in feeling and eloquent terms. fiooafljiiit. —Jas. Wilder shot two tramps near Greenville, Mns., in self defense. —A colored brakeman fell at York, la, Saturday, in attempting to jnrni from one car to another, was killer) —An Alabama exchange says: T flow of emigration from Pike county the west still continues. Every week sees the departure of large crowds, seeking more genial homes in Arkansas and Texas. —A passenger train of the St. Louis and Southeastern read was chased down a steep urade on Thursday by several detached freight cars, aud seven miles were run by the fleeing passen ger train in less than seven minutes, least so says the Nisbville Banner. — Vick*burg Herald: It appears that the people are universally refusing to pay the additional tax of two per cent, levied by the mayor and aldermen i their last meeting, in obedience to mandamus issued by the U. 8. Circuit court, to provide for a judgment rende - ed in favor of W. W. Wharton for $3,000 and upwards ou permanent improve ment bonds. —8an Saba (Tex.) News: S. Y. Yoe t esq., who has just returned from a trip through Brown and Hamilton countic* gives a rather discouraging accour of the condition of affairs in thoeecomi ties. Crops thtayear have been almost a complete failure. Many families have been forced to leave their homes and go to more favored districts, where they could get cotton t-o pick and thus earn- * subsistence. Numbers of these will never return to their homes, which many cases were pre-emption settle ments. —In the case of the state agains Johnson, convicted of bigamy, thesu preine court of Alabama decided that inasmuch as the defendant had procur ed a license ai d the services of a clergyman, be could be indicted the same as if tire offence hod been com< milled. —The citizen* of Tallahassa have de cided to bold a tlrral and horticultural exhibition in February, next, and hold the regular fair some time in October, 1878, soon after the annual Thomas county fair. The ground will be pur chased, and the erection of buildings proceed forthwith. —The Quincy Hera’d says: “The mail train for Chattahoochee on last Thursday morning just paM over a cul vert in time to avoid a disaster near Mount Pleasant. The rain had wash ed out the supports, and the motion the train earned the structure to give way Had the train been a longer one some of the cars would doubtless have been precipitated into the chasm. —Norfolk (Va.) Landmark: Tne oys ter trade is rapidly developing into i remunerative and enormous business so that this year we shall send to niarke‘8 of this country not less th 700,000 gallon of oys'ere, duly packed, to say nothing of those sent coastw* in the shell and to Europe. Then t cotton trade has sprung into existence with a healthy vigor that makes thi* port one of the wonder* of the dav, inasmuch as it went up from zero to second rank in the receipts among ports of the country, with an increase of export values counted by millions in place of hundreds previously counted for. —Brookhaven (Miss.) Ledger: Our next legislature will be probably tlie most unanimous legislative body, as far as politics is concerned, that ever met in the United States. The senate, 37 members, is solidly democratic, with two exception*. O the 120 member* of the house, 109 r re democrats, 7 in dependents and 4 republicans Ihe independents are so-called hectare elected in opposition to the rega ar democratic nominees, but they are also democrats, so that »*f the 157"members of the Mississippi legislature 151 are democrat*. —Capt Jo! n Miiler.of the mercantile Arm cf Miller and Henderson, of Tam pa, has suggested a plan which meete with general acceptance, to build a railroad from- the town of Tampa ac ross the big island to* deep water. Tampa bay, although the'finest harbor on the Gulf coast, has not sufficient water in the channel leading to the town for first-class veesels. This defi ciency may be supplied by the means suggested by Capt Miller, whose plan*, if carried out, will be the making ot the town. The road will be a small fraction over two miles in length, and can be made substantial with com paratively small expense. —Tipton (Tenn.; Record: We have an English farmer living a few miles from town. He has pursued the same plan of farming here as in the “old country.” This season he ha* gathered sixty bushels of corn per acre from an old field that four years ago would hardly sprout peas. He saves all the manure, placing it in pits dog for the purpose; never barns a cotton or corn stalk; never sell* a bushel of cott n- seed *, spends the wet days hauling the rich earth from the fence-cor ere an*! It will be remembered that during March Colonel 8 B Spencer, ex-mayor of Atlanta, jacked np bis t ff cts and moved out Texas. On last Monday ha returned to Atlanta without hit effects l Hi* »ory of Tfxaf life la a rich one. He cer tainly realized, while out there, the yearning* * that poor fellaw wbo ran away from his lather to go to Tex**, and alter bqlng there for year or ro, telegraphed" hack, * Preiare .tied cal! for me.” Colonel Spe: cer is a man of fine abilities, doubted tt'eLt. tireless energy and unblemish- cbaracier No m*n waa better calculated give Texas and it* vaat outcome a fair trial th: His words sre con* qnently of pr ctical importance, ard m*y be called fitting APPLZS OP G ?U> IS PICTURES OP felLVXR We found the distinguished returnee reclining a couth in his room. ▲ box of pills snt near. “Colonel, can yoa give me for publication reasons why .a Georgian should not emi grate to Texssr* Well, sir,” replied the colone\~ with that grim humor that li characteristic, "1 do not know that I coaM give you a better reason than I furnleh in myeelf. Look at me. Here's a good reason for uot leav ng Georgia for T^xaa ” \\>u had bad luck out there, didn't your 1 Yes, sir, I did. I reminded myself ol the fellow who went to California to make a fortune digging gold, and wound up by washing clothe* for ib« miners until he had scooped together enough money to bring him h« me. I didn’t do quinrthat badly. I went to Texas to practice law with a good firm. Both of the partne rs were Invalids. I soon found that the bur.new, while large, was a great deal of it criminal and pauper bu&iuc«. The beat run of work was the practice among the cattle drovers of the western counties. .These were called “cowboys” good patrons But it was the wildest circuit thatevera man rode, it would take you month to reach jour court, and your lUe waa in perpetual danger. If you pi ea-ed a prosecution ag»init some fellow, he would shoot you, or he didn't want to do it hinueif, might have done for 45 bp some dirty aud undistinguisha- ble Mexican 1 felt that it was not the sort businean that a man at mp time of life shouk: build up. Consequently I gave it up. went to 8an Antonio and thought 1 would tr. it there. 1 commerced»diting a daily paper, aud was do.ng very well, when I f< aad that THE DEPRESSING, ENERVATING CUM ATE was killing my wife. In that city there la actu ally ten months of summer every year just takes all the energj of a man. While there ktne&a, who had been to school tome.. southwestern Georgia, and he told me If would gotoD.lU., I could B et, good whool I went to Dallas; and soon had a school that would have paid about $18 0 a year, but l found everything ao unaettledthat I determined to coma beck to Georgia. And here I am heartily home-sick, and determined never to play truant to this great old state again.” SOME WORDS THAT SHOULD BE FEAMED 1 "What are the advantages that Georgia has rer Texat? • “Why, nearly every advantage. Iu the first place, let mo tell you this. When a mau find* it bard to get along at his owu home, he fancier that he is suffering from the effect of a local de preasion, and tnat if he were elsewhere he would do a flue business He - forgets that the depression exists everywhere, and that a man has to scratch like the mischief for a living matter where he is. ‘No w when he goes to Texas.it is generally in response to the desire to go and “grow up with the country.” Thlaia all folly. He will find when he gets there that he is in a miserable society. It is chaotic, uncertain, shifting and transient. Instead of meeting with a warm reception, he finds that be is looked on with a sort of surpiclon, and simply because he is one of a host ol strangers that have come into tbc state from everywhere, many of them the wont of adventurer*, and most of th< m withon' coLCiusive credentials. This spirit SOCIAL AND BUSINESS DIsTRU.T pervade* nearly every town in Texas, *Dd nat u- ndly, too, bccciue there co man knows wbo is his neighbor, or where he cume from, or what his character la. £ very thing is looaely thrown together. •You can hardly imagine how this spirit oi Etupiciou we ghs a strai ger down, and keep*- back in his bueinew It is a terrible lnaa to straggle against. The same amount of work, pat to any sort of business in Georgi>S WILL GIVE MUCH BETTKB RESULTS than it would in Ttxas. I am certain of tLR You then have the advantage of betters*.duty, and all the rocUI comforts here.” “lsToxr s a better country lor a young mac than Georgia <” “It is not In the first place, the most ot the young men who want to go there h*ve little no capital. They consequently dis'.re to i work as soon as they get thrro. To do this is almost totally impossible. The state is simply overran with yonug men desirous of obtaining work. You never saw anything Uke IL They can get literally uothing to do. It maybe poe sible to get a job on a farm, but I tell you the who trice to work as a farm hand out then and mid: "While I am not going to be offi cious, I am going to do my very beat to keep people in Georgia. It is a great, and often a fatal mistake, for a man to try Texas as a reme dy against hard time* at home.” AT BOM9 VOX GO; D. Co’ Ppencer is now at borne foe all lime. He will never leave Atlanta again. He rays be !• satisfied that it is the beet city in Americ*. and he Intends to go to w irk and build up his shat tered fortunes right here We are h^art iy glad to welcome Col Spercer Pis e< ersy and abil ly here woo him * host of admirers here, and he is certain to achieve a fuccem. Hi* head" i> level on Texas, a* it is on r early everthi .g ehe. RIDING TIE CIRCUIT. Crystal Soap, IT SEVt R FAILS f MANY USE IT ! ! MORE WANT ITU ALL CAN HAVE IT Ml Every Uoa.*» keeper in the land should l se WEN QWSTA- Por all household purpose*. rnn and PoltshfnzTIN, RRASS. COP PER Z1N . >TKPL and aH other mrtalllcwaie It wi 1 SCOUR BN IVE* and PORKS, WA H Disass, CL®VN PUNT* POLISH WIN- Steinau Jewelry Co. TPOlfiTMEXTB CJP TO* SOUTH GLOIHUA coy TUBE SC K. nows. SORIB P LOO ITS »nd a rood deal more than "15 other Soap# combined will wot do It remove* every kind and every particle of •t. i rcaee or stain* from whatever ft I* applied withoo* Injnry to the ware. wo-ld for the hands. Let « •at ilny'skeiMlon of ibe ' our reure —T-Ibnle to Rev. Lovlc Plere Ctber Matter*. KITCHEN CRYSTAL SOAP the mod- ... „ p. r?*n r v used in hard or *oft water They who try it once always nee It ftr tim* <*,tm ISp clal D'»*patch to The Const tnfltm.) ilbottox, (via) Geneva, D c. 18.—At thi vercary meeting of the m : **iouarysode y of the Sou h Georgia conference, Saturday aftcr- i, the usual r- ports were re*d, after which Dr. llaygood d l vert d *n address. At the cIojw the meeting a collection w*s taken up, c 9“5'y j amounting to one hundred and thi ty-seven dot- laas. The repo-ts were vriy grat'fying. Collec tion* have been taken up ,a* follow#: Domestic mi&io" a $1,903 6T; foreign mie*'orr, for fupcrannuatel preachers, f-J,lS5 51. DK. 'LOVICK^riEROE. At 3 o’clock ^Saturday afternoon) the venerable Dr. Lovick ‘Pierce p cached a acrrao \ bnt hi# t.o weak to be a^ti^factcrily heard by the andieticc. .To-day, in the examinati character, wh- u the name of this venerated fa ther in I#r ul. was..called, the following resolu tions were pas«ed: Resolved, Th t w* as members of this confer ence, express to almighty God our, heavenly fa ther, our devout gra* itude for that kind pr which has preserved the life of orr venerable father. Rev. Lovick Pi rce, P.D , < nd which ha rVvmi tvm str ngth to att nd the sixty fifth lim its annual session. Resolved, That we will, by th* help of God. try to emulate _his exmnple, i nd to profit by his fa herly and godly councils end rdmouitions. Kea lv d. That on invoking upon him the di vine ble sing we will earnestly prey that itmiy please the great betid of th-* church to preserve his health and sta-ngth, and enable him to be pre-cut at the eneuiug session of the conference, os the senior representative of th body. APPOINTMENTS, The following list of api>oiutiuenta waa road 1s t night: SAVANNAH DISTRICT, A. T. MANN, P. Sv.vs.nnah — Trinity, R J Corley Wenley Monumental church J O Branch, City Misiion.y W Sinmonr, Springfield. E J Burch; Sylvauia, J 8 Jordan; Scarhoro, C E Borland; Bethel, J R MeRloskey; Al( zander, N D Mora house; Waynesboro. R B Lester; Bethany, J Austin; Louisville, J D Maulden, Randenvllle, R M Lockwood; Washington, ,J D Anthony Da vis boro, R B B-yant; Gibson, J W Folsom. MACON DISTRICT—-J O. A CLARK, Mulbcrrry, Macon, G G N MclUrauell; Jones' Chapel, Macon, S N Tucker; First Street, Macon. W Lewis; East Macon, R L Honlker; Mscon circuit, J £ Rule; Itw.nton, W 8 Baker, Jeffer sonville. J W Domingos; Gordon, J W Bark* C W Smith ; Toomsboro. D R McWil liams HawkinsviUe. A M Williams; Hiyneville RL Wiggins; FortV-»lU»yand Perry.j B McGehee; Montezuma, P S Twitty; Byron, supplied by G Evans; Crawford J B Ciflpepper; agent phans Home, L B Payne; Wes’eyan F male coi ege, W C Biss president. C W Smith, H W K- prolessors; Emory college, O L Smith, proles- Administrator’s Sale. RORQU, M1LTGN COUNTY.—By v riueof order T rom the Honorable Court of Ordi- Milton corny. Oeorria. will be s Id he- tbeconr hoisedoorat Alpharetta, In s«id “ **“*“* "■- ”■* ! n January rext, rale, the following elavm hundred and _i*trict of the second •ecticn of said count*, containing l« rtv acres, ~0;e or less Sold as th" Property of Nancy Morris, Ce erased, for the hrire and creditors of said etc, cea ed Terms, half cash, balance November 1st, 1878, with 10 per c fit interest from date. •—**-«—* chaser. F Administrator. will FIND HU Ml'SCI ES TISTED TO IHE UTMOST. The plowing is Ihe most of it done there with two horse plows—oftenex four horses than The plow Itself is a huge 18 inch affair, and it cats a farrow like a gaily. It is a tremendous task to fol ow one of these plows for a day. One of the plows we use here couldn't be pull ed a foot through that deep marshy soil there. “No, sir; a young man had a.thousand times better stay in Georgia than go to Texas. If he has capital he c in use it much more safely, i quite as profitably here, as there. If he has and desires to get work, hia chances for a good Job are a dozen here to one ont there ” A WORD ABOUT ’ HI FARMING INTELEV ”ls Geoigia a belter farming country than Texas?’ ••It is not ao rich, I ut It is much more safer. A man will sometimes make as m year In Texas as he can make In three here, bat in the aggregate ot ten year's work he woul< make more in Georgia than he would make in Texas * The soil there is wonderfully rich. It is six fset deep and is very fertile. A s> ck of goat o l a curiosity out there. It is hardly aver used But this rich soil is uncertain as arable land. If there ts the slightest drougth it toughens * that you can’t work it If it happens to be little rall y it get* so bopgy that it would awal< low a saddle-blanket. For instance, I know man who last year made TWEMIY BALE OF COTTON ON 2) ACRES. •-This year on the same laud he had a good crop and on Saturday come in town hards to gather it It commenced raining and blowing on Sunday, and he got hard y a bale oi storm cotton from the whole twent' -live acres. If yon hit the seasons exactly right you will get nch. If you mits it a hauVbreadth in eithei direction you will become a bankrupt As an evideLce of the u:.ceruinty of tbe crops, 1 will aay that when 1 went ont there, corn w*& a drug on the market at 2J to 25 cents a bushel Now it is worth 70 cent- a bush. 1 in Da lat- than it is worth here, I believe. These sudden changes mate everything out there uncertain and Icveri-h. There is nothing settled and safe It is a place that a man with a family aud respectability should cert&ij 1> svol i. THX COMPARATIVE EXP* N-E«. •*Is living cheaper here than in Texas*” “Yes sir; 1 find that I can board my family here cheaper than I cm out there, and at the same time get better fare and accommodation. ont there, there are so many strangers that everything la pitched at a transient rat*, aud it is consequently cheaper here.’ Just aa wp started to leave Col. Spencer stop ped us and •T have nothing personally to say against Texas I was treated kin lly there, and made a great mat y warn* frundi. There are many pleasant associations connected with Texas, and I should have liked very much to have made it my home “But I give it a fair trial. It failed in all the ereential element* of a home, and 1 felt it to be my cuty to warn ray friends and the public in general against making the mistake that ha* proved so disastrous to me. ■If vou had seen what I have seen, you would dily perceive the necearity for maklcg tom. efforts to stop tbe enormous .lde of immigration flowing logon!* Ti xia. J never dc&acasd that it was halt so senoue. All tl rough north* era Texas THX TRAINe ARE LITERALLY JAMMED with immigtaata pouring into the state. Tbe *eats sre full, the aisles of the cars are pecked, and children are pinned in between tbe seats I have seen, since I left here, hundreds of such train*. The immigrant* are, most of them, the poorest of people, having barely enough money with which to reach their destination. I have pothers sick and fainting, with a half- u hungry, crying children witn them, an husbands, depressed snd discourage”, and not a .’a living assured tham after they had *■ d. dea out their ticket. My heart always Med fo Nine-tenths cf them Thai stay in Texas do ao because they have not the money to get home on, snd eke out s miserable exis tence—away from home aad friends aad kin dred—despondent snd almost helptea*. IN PALLA*, SUNDAY TWO WKSK>, 1 saw a train of thirty-two wavons from Miaaou- file into the tows. The occupant* were in good spirits, and were going further w s . By a wwMlerfu. mischance, they mst about fifteen gi-ns of emigrant* going back to Mireoari COLUMBUS DISTRICT—A M. WYNNE P Columbus, St Luke, J O A Cook; Columbue. t Paul, J 8 Key: Columbus Broid street, Wright; Girtrd and Trinity, JVM Morri taula. J B Wardlaw.Ejq Abbott supernumerary; Hamilton, 8 D Clements; Talbotton, B F Breed* love; Talbot. W W Stewart; Geneve, LAD. sey; Sutler G S Johnston; Rrynold*, W Tignor; Cusseta, H C F. litres*; Up'.tM, W Stallings’; Buena Vista, J P Ward law; Marion, A P Wright. AM BUI CUS DISTRICT—J. W. HINTON, Amcricus, F A Branch; Magnolia. J K Little john; Ellavilio, P II Grumpier; Oglethorpe S S 8weet; Cedar Greek, RM Booth; Vienna F Evans; Damon end Smithvl’.le, R <v Dlx i: Leesburg, L A Srow; Terrell, J M Potter; Calhonn mission, P C Harris; Lumpkin Weston. T II Timmons; Cuthbcrt and George town, G C Clark; Randolph J T Ainsworth; Clay, to be supplied ty W D Steward; Stewart, G T Embry, Snrater, W W Tidwell. THGMAbVlLLE DISTT tCT—K A H N'OEHKK Thom&sville, T T Christian ; Fort Gsincs.l C Lovett; Blakely, W F Lloyd ; Albany, Felder: Camilla, EJ Kontz ; Pelham, to be sup plied; Cairo. E C Hines ; Bainbridge, O J Grif flth ; Decatur, J M Marshall; Trinity. P F Con- nail j; Spring Hill, 8W Stubbs; Boston, Leonard; Oc&pilco, K H Harman; Morven. Lane; Lowndes and K< hole, N B UuJey; Quit- man nnd V ildi'Ata. W M Hayes. BRUNSWICK DISTRICT—J K. SENTE It Brumwiik, RJ Walker; Camden, TS Anoin ted ; St Mary's G C Thompson ; Charlton, W CConleyDarien, B W Key; Jonesvi!le aion, W F Bearden; Hinesville, P B Simms; Bryan mi&rion, W F Conley; Jemuo, A A E;i wood; Biackahear and Waycrosa, J W Weston; Hornetville, C P Bickley; N/shville, J F Cary: Moultrie mission, -o be supplied ; South Coffe mission, to be sip piled by J E Took©; Worth mission S G Childs ; Wares boro, D J Pr Brock field mission. R S Key. D* RLIN DISTRICT-T. B. LjiNIKR, I Dublin. C A Moore; Laurens Mtadon supplied by J L4Hg*tou; Eastman, E M Wbi'iug; Telfair, W F Huberts; Ormulgee, D Blalock; Spriug T I Nerse; Mt Vernon Mireion, W J Fiocdere; Reidsvil'e, W T McMicbsel; BtiUoek. Adams. Swtinsboro. J J Giles; Wright Vi Ik suppled by J B Purvis; Appling, J L William* Wilcox Mission, John R Kipper; Cor fere roe’ Missionary, L Pieitv; Sunday school agent, Anthony. Dr. Tutt’s PUIS. =lillg£3 -S-* "Aes't'S <S»« SL*=S S l| 5£iii*U tSs,E Administrator’s Sale. BORGIA. MILTON COUNTY.—By virtu*ot an ord< r from the Honorable Court of Oidi nary of aid county, will be sold before the con* 1 ;e door at Alphas tta. In said county, *lihlr . kaal boor- of sale, on the first Tuesday ir Jsnn&Ty nezt, the following property, to-wh: Part ot land lot number thr-e hundred and xty fonr, in the sixth district «f origin all innett. iu w Milton ronu y, containing eighty three acres, more or lesa Fold aa the property Of Ann B. Binten. of raid county, deceased, fo- tbe benefit of the helm and VIS decS..wtd Adm nktrator. of personalty and setting apart a 1 of a homestead, and I m 111 pass upon at 10 o’clock a. m., on the 34th aay of December, 1877, rt ny office 313 declt ..wit Relief for the Affll. ted. DR. RICE, 37 Court Place, LOUISVILLE, KY., A «UcMo* u4 tmllr qulISet fhyHcUn aad tbs tifatfSTEnr Spermntorrliea and Impotency, m th« rtMlt of xir-abua* in yMUh. min! iumwi in mm, tnrer ye*r». or otber cna«.m, nu4 jirMurinf mtif tb<M- Wwin« ,'3ecu: NerrniincM. bcminnl EmluioM, (nljbt cmU- Haus l)_T ditUH). Diiun'-u at fticbU I’rffCtivr M-story. ftj- fl-nllVcnr, FinplMn* Face, A*ei»ion to ftockt.v mt FcmaM, Cuehwiu* •( ldeu, I«m «f Sexual Power. Ac., rrnd. rinj ■tarriMW imvrover or unLnprr, nre thoe*««Vl GLEET. Stricture, OrchlU., Benin, ru ennJ other prime diatMce qekktr cued. It U»-ir-«vilnt that ephy rieLa whopnj*»i ally, nc^nire* treatnhUL Phjakuan knowiaxtUnibctettn J!^re^itj’STtnwI^t, (: *»«lkl»rrj»a Uem'pitmDly and sxfkly by Bail or exprem anywhere. Cures Guaranteed in all Cases undertaken. Consultatioox personally or by letter free aad Ii Charge* reaseaable and correspondence strictly cocM PRIVATE COUNSELOR Of *W pages, oeot to any nddrcaa, srewrely aealvd, tnt Sufidaya, 2 to i ■nta. Should be read Y A PHYSIOLOGICAL View of Marriage MWCnsnsraBB .lOaldato WcdKck ai WOMAN duties el marriage and causes that tuiftt tor it; tht creta of B*produeTion y^lgue* of Won MARRIAGE j«|»n wadlag- S0O past*, ytlca O. .n MLA'lXli’FK, Abuse, Excee-ee. nr Secret Plaeaae*. with t a Bab it. Ac., price Meta Lithrr bo ik arnt postpaid on receipt of prte*: or a!1 three, e*>ri!.in-nv.'-outwre-s.h-antiftil!y illiMtrated, for J4cte. Afifim* DE. BU TTS, No. US. Oh be tit. Louis, Mfr 434 angt6 -dAwly. Dr. KIcorri’R Dweucs of Life restore* advertisers who oiler eo-callad Free Prescrij lions that fire ubcIcsb, and finally prove rainourl ole Agent, Dr. JOS. JACQUK . I’lace, sflew York Draggfeta rappiied. 6! aag5.18T7...<llv The Greatest Medical Triumph of Modem Times m Eeconmisxded by Physicians. Indorsed by Clergymen- These PUT* have gained a popularity unpara!- “ y The Reason is Obvious. They »re no worthless nostrum, puffed np to deceive the credulous, but are tlio result of long research, by a chemist and phvMirian of thirty yr:tr»’ experi ence, who values his reputation more than gold, , What Tutt’s Pills will do. THEY CURE SSSfSS&YSilKffiwia TU rv Miinr Sick Hta.lsohe. Font Breath, THEY CUnC Jaundice, Flatulence, aud lu- digeetlcm. THEY GIVE Appetite, Hesh to the Body, ■ nni wvc. gpa dlencl Low gpirita. TUpY ACT on tbe Blood, and remove all inci lm ,^ritiM. THEY CURE CJOU, I - | Rheumatism, » u d Kid- THEY CURE j,’!sS^ u g , * rtl " ra - “ J THEY CAUSE «T!. mlut «' “* THFY CURE Nervouanesa, and give re- intf UUnt freshing sleep. THEY ARE yem * le lrrt ^ n * THEY ARE th. ^Tamr itoucine ..er THEY ARE harmless, and alwaya reliahte. Sold everjftckere.' iS& bento a Bar, Office, pri :e» act dh^tlo^fcr pmatin* ***** *»—«. k**. D. M. FERRY (£^Detroit, Mich. 398 dcc’8...weow4w have stood aifidumned. Oar Ucuw to administer to iL Subecribe for Tus we need in this country. spreading it over tbe toor sr°* says be can pay two dollars fir h tw • horse load oi stable manure and ilouoie J woaW *° noUiia ** boWtTtr » l>ai bis money. This is tbe kind 01 farming pushed Coi Spenter was very emmai in his remark*. High School for Boys AT CAVE SPBISG, G k. . . Spring 1 Jan ary 7th, and clot** Turret^h 18* . Tuition forth* year 20.$« or »40. led fiend! expense* * oo BoaTO with th* Prl el ral, er- c urive of wa*h''s* and tewe’a, at $101 «r it on h. Prize* will be awarded in Fnalho, lauin, Greek and k* , fceffl’ , lra Surveying will be . radically taught. Student* w il he prrpa:ed fort e Higher Clara** in f’o»h ge or Kntrar c-e into Burine** ( rise mc!am*'ion June 2*. For c'reufa s or other mformatiun. ad£rrs» tte prnc'pal. PA LEMON J. KJNGTa. M. 220decK>- diwlsx* flyer’s Cherry Pectora FOR Dfaerwcu of «ho Throat and tau Nncti *n 4'onghM, riolrtw. Whoop ing; Uaugli, Broartaliff*. Asthma, and ton* sumption The few eompoei- lfnrs, which have won •he confidence of man. k : nd and become house bo d woroa, amoi gno< "rd nary Vlrtuea. Per- bap* no or.e ever *e c ired • o wide a reituU- ■ I a r »i the public about forty by a long continued «erfes of mwelkrai- ', that have won for It a confidence in It* equated by but other tnerilelne unmuwthr f.om iheir faUl cfircta. tbatl* well founded if th * ro-mrdy !•» taken fn season Even family eheuid have in their closet for the ready and prompt relief of its member*. Sirkne**. coffering and even 1 fe Is paved by this timely protection The prudent should not neglec'*' • n-i the wi-cwir no*. tOvp it bv you for 1 It affords by iu timely rue in sudden PREPARED BY Dr. J C. AYER ^ CD., fenfeig eftlll ll * slo Shafting, PuiLEYSi _ W;: coim am& presses forSteam, t/lAMMJfORSE POWER. &0RGHUMMILLS Ercsrc. pi^clILAR PY/NSHIP &BR0. r ° ATLANTA.GA. Cotton »actors. CELEBRATED E. CARVER COTTON C1M W H. HOWAHD <*3 SONS, COTTON FACTORS, AUCUSTA, GA. W K offer to the planters of Midfile Georgia the above Justly celebrated Oottcm Gin, many of which are now In use in’thls section, and we can safely aay have given entiresatirfaction. Hon « Power Glim, lO I**. Nuwn.SJAOSaw. Water and Memn Ultra, I21n. Khhn, #4 OO How. We can also furnish from our slock In store any part of ihe above Gins to parties df siring to repair those now in their potectwlon. Ample time to test Gina before paring for them. ft trV.dA'r HI 4^rii«‘ GEORGIA. Fultun county. Ordinary’* Office December#, 1871. \TTHER*-JA8, R. B Jrtt a:imini-traVr of the VV eftateof Stenhen Je t. dereased, shows that he has fa ly discharged hi* trust, and pray* for letters of diwisrion: Ail persona coeceraed are notified to file their objections, if any exis\ within the lime pre scribed by law, else let lew wil» be granted ihe applicant. UGOKtilA, Fulion Coantjr. \XrnKRKA8,M. A. Stce’eand Bml y H Smith VV adrainlrirators of the cnlatc of Ji.roei W. Smith, late of said county!, dr ceased, r.prw.-nt that they hare fully discharged their said trust: Thefore. all person* oouoerued are notified 95 «1cc4.„w1ara»im DANIEL PITTMAN, Ordinary. GEORGIA, Ini ton county. Ordinary’s Office, D cemhev#, 18T? tETUEU'SAS. Mira i yn h.gnardlan for Eur^ne TV 1. Lynch ana James O Lynch, n inors, liis applied for leave to sell a portio'i of thu red of said wards for * h< purpose of reinvest- their objections. If any . “ ‘ * — r n , DANIEL PUTMAN, first Monday In January ncxt ; 97 eec4..w4w Ordinary. GEORGIA, Kill Ion coiinfw. Ordinary’s t ifflec, December 3, 1877. W HKRKAS, W. F. Parkhnrtappiic 4 for litter of adraini.-tratlon on th esta'c of O. Il B’a tvcll, late oi raid «unity, decoioec, upon h . own fan'. All per.-on* concerned are hereby notified Jo fl < the robjociions, f .my they have, on orbrfi first Monday in J nua grantee the applicant. 98 d c4 first Monday in J nuary DANIEL PITTMAN, GEORGIA, Foyclle county. Ordinary’* Ollice, Noveml>er 5, IS',7. guardian « lATUEItEAS. Jamra W. Johnron, VV L. 7 , J. W , Allen, Casper, Elflah Johnson, mini r« of sain J< i«rd a .. ^ John W, John S hu app ielfor leave to soil the inlcrert ol minora in s xty acres of land; the interest ol -aid miners being un« -rlxtb each; for the purpot* of re-investing in other Ian*: This is, therein*e, to notift all perron* con cern d to file .tteirohj ctionn, if any oxht, on or before the first Monday in December next, da leave to ceil will be * raided the ni>plicant L B, CtitiGGS, 187 nov8. M w4w Orainary. Gu’irdian’s Sale. rirtne of an order frt: •arv of Fayette count/, •* e, Fayette countv. Gt-orr dav in January next, will s*.fe, tbe foi'owini projH-ny of land No 97, In ihe iowVr7‘ h diririci ofTa>clt< county. So d aa th* property of L T . J. V, , Os per. Alien Leonard and Elijah J< hnron m’nor children of 4. W Johnson, for the pu pos of re lu; eatment Term-cash. Dec.-mbci 3 . 877. 0 0 deefi. wtd JAMES W. JOHNSON, SIXT-SIX’ to ag rite. Incior to nay posta-je. i.'incmLati, Ohio r li*an t r r a; pin ati attick-. LOWELL, MASS., Pmctlcal and Analytical (Tirwfat* “o’d by all Druggist* and Dealer* In Medicine. 444 dcrl8...dA 'Vm fri A NPL^DID OFIOATVtirT TO D Y. JANUARY 8 Louisiana State Littery Com’y. Thrs loeti'uth n war repnh.rly ir rorporated b} ti e Legislature of the State for Educational aoc rhvitaale jHirp ees tn 1868. wit>* a f apttal of {1.COO,"Of. to which It h*s since a> deda reserve am of|350(W. I tn Grand single % um ber Of-tntonf ion will take place monthly It never *cale or pcsfpor,e* Look at the following Distr.batioa. CAPITAL PRIZE, »3 000 ’0 ,(00 TICKETS AT TW » DOLLARS EACH. HALVHCFET8. ONE DOLLAR. 1 Capital Prizj * fan non 1 Capita’ Prizs 1 Capital Prize... .... 5,ror) 1 Capita’ Prize ' ~ ' [ Prize of 12500 ... n r azes of 1000 ?0 Prizes of f00 1 0 Prizes of luO 2 0 Prizes of '0 5." f^-z-aiof 20 ICO Pises of 10 *rP!toxzj**TroN rr.’zzs 9 \pprnT)rusticn Prizes of..|30t.. 9 'pnroximitlon Piizee of 2iX) . 9 *.pproxnr a , ioa Prizes of 109.. 10.(0 5,ror il! prominent i»ints, to w cm a liberal remoner it Ive c'>mpcn«a*Jon will b»p*fd. Write for for circular* or rend orders to M A. DAUPHIN, All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are der the *upervb * . . « T. Bi i and manse meat of <»EN T. BEAT * E»RLY. lafM’ai IT ze, »’U0 000. wnoje Ticket 319 dccl5. ,d3w rat tara^tfcur A w3w Jlast CHANCB! Buy YourTfcketaNo w TV* DAT ArniOACHINO TOH TH* Second Grand Drawing of the rOHMO.fWF.ALTH Prize Distribution Comp’y (Under Act of Legislature of Kentucky ) Drawing PwItPrie on DECEM BER 31, 1817, — or Vrney Returned in full to the buyerr* $390.0t»0 CAHH 18 THtXEH. $50,000, $90 OOO, $10,000, $5,000• $3,000. $9,000. as4 raven Thousand others. Farunre’ aud Driven' Bank, + I.unbtllie, HfpoM'iry Ticket* onl ytK: Halves, IS: Quarters. $t 50. * fficial llrt of drawing ■** ill be published tn Nzw Y< rut Haeano and LoutevitJ.* Coraraa JoCfcN *l, and mailed t^-axis to aJ buy< n. Address G. W. BARR f *W AM), General Managers.‘'ourier-Journal Building, LOULS- VILLE, KY MKEfD FOR A « IRC I L*K. rft ort31„.d Pot7,10.14,21.24,48 dtc4A,l 1,13,15 {s,20.22,:5 wklynoVTall dceS.I2A19 WE WANT AGENTS ftSOTOftTO Pi'll MONTH. HOW TO BE a„ k. YOUR OWNi‘.r, ” iawyer ssfesTfisp: Men. P operty Own ers,Tenants Trusteea. GuTdiaiis, I*u' i; fic'-ra, Ac. S«-n' « *c lar a«.ri 7< P. W. ZIKGLKR A CO., 5 8 Arch Pt, 1 hila o lphia, Fa 237 oct12. wist (J* n «• |% per mouth s \yh|| Sheffield Wh! MAAaJU GUAR*NIK I KED TO LAW IMfi. Address Sheffieitl Wire Works, 52s WaJ ^,btre*\Ptila'dphla. Pa. t aud prays for letters of dismisrion: All persoas concerned are hereby notified toflk- their objections, if any exist, cn or before tbe first Mondty in Januar next, else letters oj diamiMiou will be granted lie applicant. Executor’s Sale. ILL be sold by virtue of an or’erf.om the F v Court of Ordinary of Ca> ettc county, at the '”ourt House in Fayuferire, Faictt* «>t uty Georsria, on tha first Tuesday in .Tannarv next, n the legal hoora of sale, the following prop erty. to- wit: The nonh half of lot of land camber twenty one, oonttlnlsg one hundred sexes, more or! s- In the ' th dbffnct of Faye* to < onnty. Sold as the property of Jo*»ph Banks, decta-d, f<»rdis- tribotion among tne distributes of aid ce- ceaeed. Terms cash. ’ eeetrber 3, ri»T7 DANUL MoLUCSR, 000 deefi^wtd Executor, *c GEORGIA, Fulton county. Ordinary’* Cffi ■*, December 3, ltT7 C C. EMB3 V Saa a t lied for ’c tie's nf ad • ministrat • n <>n the estate or Hiram H. Embry, lore of b**u county, neceaeed DUonnte. November 6 1877 TAKE NOTICE. WK A 18*hwt,..f !•«:>» lot YAluahto J»»relry. Cnni|>l«i« »«nn>le ixu-i atra. » lth *lo- gantgal.l utAiio BuiKitm. Srt «i")d ptat«<1 JStii(t»,Ka- IXrjn ■nd Vtvopil.^ tMMjMlVl 1 Stsra. «?ACKAOK8witS iHMMHtfP £L* A Splendid Watch and ■WPPIPBwIth every tSO worth of Coodu vou buy. Sairnordtenry induoanmnu to Ageui». r BRIDE U. CO. ix Clinton Place, New Yorn Guairdian's (Sale. »Y virtne of an order of :ho honorable court > ui- rdinitry of Fulton county, I will sell ‘ere the oour’ hones floor in Atlanta, on the t Tuesday fa January next, ell thst portion . . _ ty wunty. lying rset of the Air .. the property of -arah Varina C ‘Hum, minor, for the Pen owl l of said minor Term* cash. AtlauU, Ga, Di comber 3 1877. viRHHA BU81I, Guardian. aid GEORGIA. Fulton ronnty. Ordinary's Office, THsc- mbtr 3,1877. 1T7HRRRAH, Henry C P«p v *. wiawfiff^’or »V of the estate of C. 1 ecl'I -s, late of said countv, «i -ceased, i ..,1 , - - tion. This fs tiiTcfoce to notify all person* cooremed to file their ohlections. If any exist, on «*r liefore 'h ‘. first Mond^ m Jannwry, else leave will be granted to sell land a atm’l d for._ 99 dtc4«.wlw WORK FOR ALL loca'ities, canvaseinv for tte Ft». 1*1 IT ” * ’ “ *■' Irar R . moth h'.oruuA Five of Sum cl Smith, late o* , Alabama, dteeated. appti* — he real eetate of said di ceas'd, lj ing Jn •fc - the county of Cam'^beU, “ oi vision among the heirs of *aid • ffi dec5...w4w RAW MJHS WANTEf*. brin* preupt cash morns. GEORGIA, laystle cnnnfy. Crdinarv’s Office, Decemhor 4,1877. -| IRAK SLATON, wife of O. W. Slaton (to ] ■» re'uting) has applied for exemption of per- ! sonaHy and eettuu' apart aud v*lrati«> t.f h meftead and I will para n;on ‘ • •cJockajm-.'u thsaAihdiyol I at mv offloe- L. I 000 deefi.. w2w _ . same tt lu . i-o ml er, 1877 4 wURIUG*. U $2508 A YEAR. Agent* wanted. Iti»«f— lieu legitimate. Particular* fmi. a«4rwa* WOBTU A OO^Si.LMi*, TU. t> flic their objection*, if y hnv*. ” itiWn the time prescribed hv 1 w, else letter* rranted said appheant as r pnlicd for DANIEL PITTMAN. 91 dec4^.w4w " -" ’ . «• Trails. Mo T4V0 t GEORGIA, Fallon county. Ordinary’* Office, December i, 18 7. IY/HSRFA9, Jem D. Willis, Sarah Willi* V v and W - r . F. Wild*, ezeentor* of tbe estate or Joseph Willis, deceased, have appllul for lettera of diamisei'-c: This Is, there'ore.to no*dj alt rerson* cos- cetned, to file their obiectinn-. li any they have, within the time preacrih d by law. else letter* »ill be grant'd the app4cant*aa applied tor. 95 dec4...w1am3m iaS12ISi® < _ OLD PLATED VVATCK1EM. CheafP ert In the known world. Sample Watch Free to Agents. Addrem, A.Cuui.TzaAOu,Cmuign 4S4 aag28 wlv borne*'cad, and I will pass pon th* same r 10 o'clock a. a>.. on the 28th cay of Dec* ruber. It77, at my office. 311 decl4—w2t S1200 MAI. All Y. r-riMMiil wii Kta|*« lw.T»- OR*NT *1^1, GEORGI v. Pulton conuty Ordinurv’* Office, December 13, 1877. C HAHI ES S. WAD^Y ha* applied for «*x eruption of personalty and I sill pa-- upon _ — .« -•-*— - — — the Uh day MSI* I ITTMAN. agents wanted iok THE AKER CA?I STATESMAN A Political History of the United Stale*, exhibit ing the origin, nature, ar-d puttied operatic*of constitutional goverr ment in this country; the rise aud progress of rartles, Ac., com tit .Unc ut Kncyclopedia of American Politic* 4 ver 1,fi0D ace* T rlc», *5 Address for term*, II OODSPEuD A C »., New York, or I iucinuati. GEORGIA, Nilinn county. Ordinary’s Office, November 9, 1877. IIRREAS, H. T 8 ale administrator of Ann B. Hinion d«cea**d. appll r *“ ’ * — VV asss:ravia.*«><;•»» iril the real estate r>f raid cioaa-.d, for dins on } moT>g heir*of raid der^ar-sd: il person* cone-rued »re hereby net n-d o die h£r objeetiors. If *nv ezis-. on or ^cjoreihe fir t Monda In Moaday !n D«»' *** r) »« eav- will be grtnud app-leant as au- piled for. W H. KK6BIT i’S .m4" GEORGIA, ramnlwll c<»w»*’y Ordinary’s Office, Dcccmbe 11 1 77. W IL1IAHU ‘ TOl.OSb* Wfal We'- Ice- K. V. BEAVER . onflb ary. WANTED •» every Co. in the V. A WMttew POPULAR BOOKS. Qoor> r*T **i Bte*4r W*rk. Write «k term*, ete. 4. C. McCcgUV * Co, PhUad’a