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The Cherokee Georgian. P. H. BREWSTER, } -p Hitnrq J. J. A. SHARP, f - tbdltors * Ocbxiton, G-zl-7 WEDNESDAY, - OCTOBER 6, 1875. Immigration so Georgia. Political economists will all agree that population and a diversity of employments are the sure means to bring wealth and prosperity to a country; and, where there is a dense population, a great variety of in dustries will of necessity spring up. Nei ther agriculture, merchandising, mining, nor the mechanical arts, can flourish where either one of those callings engage exclu sively theattenti >n of ah the people. Each of those pursuits acts as a stimulant to the others, and, where each receives the neces sary amount of attention, a wholesome equilibrium is kept up between supply and demand, aud prosperity among all classes of the people is the consequence. We think these propositions are self evident facts, and arc susceptible of easy demonstration. It is plain, then, to see that the primaly and great want of this and .. every other part of the country is people— white people; people full of energy and public spirit. We want, all over the State, people to build railroads, manufactories, • churches, school-houses, and to develop and utilize all our resources. But how is this great want to be supplied, except by immigration from other countries, and how can we expect the tide of immigration to flow this way until all obstacles which pre vent it are removed, and the necessary in ducements are offered ? But there exists in the minds of many a strong prejudice against people who happened to be born in latitudes other than those where they themselves first breathed the air of heaven ; ti- if human nature were not as good in one country as another, and the same, under similar circumstanc.es, the world over. It is a fact well known to all, that indi viduals, associated together and identified in interests, soon become adapted to each other’s modes of thinking and acting, and a feeling for the common good of all per vades the whole. This is only true, how ever, where there is social equality —where all attend the same church or churches, send to the same schools, and mingle to gether at social and other gatherings; in a word, where all are of the same race. For instance, who does not know that English men, Irishmen, Scotchmen, Dutchmen, and even Yankees, are often included among our very best and most useful citizens ? Away, then, with this foolish prejudice against good citizens from any country ! We ought to bj.il all such a cordial wel come into our midst, foi we need their help. And what prevents them from coming to our Slate, and assisting in building up our waste places? The negro— the inevitable negro, the source of perpetual strife. It is said that “capital is timid,” and the same may be as truthfully said of immigration. People at a distance magnify, it is true, the difficulties under which we labor in the South, but the plain truth presents the state of things in a light unfavorable enough to prevent those who levo peace, and security lor life and property, from coming here to live and to rear their fami lies, and the effect will follow the cause so long as the cause exists. Let the cause, then, be removed which prevents the tide of immigration from flowing this way, ami soon our shores will be thronged with thousands of intelligent aud industrious citizens from other countries, who will make the waste places in the State glad, and its “deserts to rejoice and blossom as the lose.” ■MI- - The Oaslrtiian’a and Etow?h Rivers. We select the following extracts from' a letkr written bv Gen. 1/ Hardy, one of the most eminent civil engineers of the age The letter is in regard to opening the above rivers to navigation ‘ rtk'*a p irt of a great system of wftlcr transportation Ihrohgh at rich and fertile coiffitty, extending thirteen hundred miles* from Knoxv’fle, Tenn, tol Mobile, Ala. : I was often told that, in former times be fore the const ruction of i ail ways, produce from East Tennessee, iron, corn, wheat and other products, were often ctrried to Rome and below, <luwa the Coi.-si in flat boat?, which performed the whole trip to their destination. There is a perfect flat and level gap seven nr eight miles long between the watersol Hie Tennessee river through its tributaries the lliwus»cc and Goowu.iuul those of thq Oostana ihi river and its tribu taries, the ConnaSinga and Coosawattee. During freshets, these bdats were curried by the water Hselt over the gap; and when water was confiu d in ils banks, they were brought over by wagons. We see then, through the junction of the waiters of the Coosa river with thnseof the nmnessee riv- i er, through the Hiwassee aud its trill Uary. the Oconee river, ygu easily in- done, and >s i m the most fiporalde conuitiaii to make a • cheap work 6f it. A j-t liciou- system of tiara or wing dams to appropriate conven-1 ieutly the depth and level of the water, perhaps one or two locxs, and a simple channel cut throng', tin ti.,t Laid forming the intervening gip ■ st ven or eight miles long, form. Insides the cteming of the r:v- ; < i*sand tritiuiariis. al, fttr work mccssary It is, in a word, one o the easiest and cheap <st canalisations which can lie found any where. As to that of the Etowah riv r, I im eon- j fident that it presents no technical u >r ma-j lerial difficulties to overcome; nt least as ! far up as the former Etowah iiuv. work- of! Maj. M. A Cooper. ri 1 that the only differ ence of co-' will c ms -■ only in some in<»r<- bars or wing darns, am, locks, due to a I greater slope in this r.vcr than m t'aeother. , Between these wotk> aid Canton the d.fli cully is to <pp>rinnate in the locks the I rapids alxiut the Etowah works, which are | crowned by a ge >il distance of navigable waters. If we now examine into >hc m rits of! c-»ch countv -. at i'c'y, we find that they j Combim-t<>_; o. r :l > p. ; . i henen's <>t natu ral « I lnmielikffe niwv Englmd tin' fic.l st cou.i V i.l l Auld. I’.hV UVJtlv i all r . :... .. :.m : t , wuah ' make the first fouud .lion of the wealth of a country. t We find besides stone con] in in Hamilton, Meigs and Anderson counties, in Tennessee, beds of iron ores, nearly on the whole line extensive deposits of coppef ore in Polk county, Tennessee; silver, lead and zinc in Murray, gold in Murray and Gilmer, slate in Floyd, limestone, marble, granite, greystone and an abundance of timber scattered all along the proposed , channel, are as many elements to secure a ] constant and lucrative transportation up on it. ! If we now examine into the elements which must constitute the transportation 1 on the Etowah river, except the stone coal ; which will go up s'ream, the counties tra- ( versed by this stream, possess equally as , good, rich and productive soil, if not more so; iron ores enough to supply twenty States with all their necessities made of i this metal. We find besides immense beds, of the best slate, of soapstone, of granite, gold and copper, white marbles, statuary 1 marbles, limestone and others; all said metal gathered and scattered over the counties of Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens, Lnmk n, Union, Habersham and Hall, the first to be benefited from the opening of thisconnnu nication. The adjoining counties Io all these possessing natural wealth of a heavy nature, such as minerals and timber, will be bene fited by this new channel of transportation in the ratio of the new’ facilities given to them by these communications to deyelop their sections, -•-« The Teacher’s Responsibility and Duty. Extracts from an Address delivered before the Cherokee Teachers' Association by B. F. Payne, Esq. Once upon a time the gods met in solemn council to ascertain the worthiest man in heaven, and, after long deliberation, yielded the palm to the most undeserving-looking one in the whole midst—a neglected fellow in theccornear —a school teacher. At this the world became offended, and, I’in .sorry to say, is growing worse offended every day. I verily believe, jf the dissatisfaction lasts much longer, men will rebel against the g< ds as they have long since rebelled against school teachers. On the present occasion I shall endeavor to show not only that the imputations cast upon the profession are unjust, but. that the status of every country depends upon the teacher. You have observed this fact in y.o.ur own personal experience : A first-class teacher will in every instance revolutionize a rough, rowdy, illiterate community, and stamp upon it his superior impress. Recall pass, ville, Oxford, Athens, Bowdon—how they sprang from the ashes of illiteracy, tower ing upward full fledged by means of the plastic hand of a Rambeaut, a Church, a Lipscomb, a Means, and a McDaniel. It may be seen among Slates. Behold Vir ginia, rising in peerless grandeur under the molding touch of a Bledsoe, Venable, Mau ry ; Kentucky, honored by a Butkr; Mas sachusetts, matchless star of New England, glorified by the world-renowned Agass : z and educators of lesser note; and other States, eleya'c.l through the labors of a Loomis, a Silliman, a Davies, a Goodrich, an Abbott, a Webster. Thyse arc the sub lime characters who give stamp to a na lion’s history. Stand with me at the foot of that spire which lifts its lofty nca.l high toward th* burnished heavens, and see twelve hundred youths in Oxford preparing to move with increased force the brainpower of England. Hard by, in silent grandeur, Cambridge lifts her hoary head, and there the minds of a thousand more are forming lor the intel lectual struggle. It would convince your j idgment and electrify your wonder, to go with me to France and Germany and Suitland and Ireland, and there, in universities filled with the sacrc 1 dripping- of science, behold i the nature’s future shaping to the majestic stamp of the immortal teacher. Around the shores of the Mediterranean ' I now invite you; to a wave-lashed clime, washed by the limpid wali rs of the .Egean, skirted by the towering peaks of Al >.qedo nia, fringed by the gcnlly winding, plains of Eubea, gilded by the sparkling belt of the lonian isles—there, amid the exuberant splendors of glittering tides and mingling peaks, lav the ever-living city of Atkins, and in that city pestled the giant brains of the world. Tin re stood Plato, teach t.g in Auidemus’s grove: there stood / no, in a porch ; and around the groves Aristotle the Peripatetic taught. And there in the Ly ceum, borne down by the weight of y< ;;r.s, sat Socrates, the greatest teacher of the age's. Roll back the dark folds of three thousand years, and behold him. He taught the immortality of the soul, incul- I cated morality, nn I give, rise to the method j of teaching by question and answer. The trophies of Mihiades n?ay wither t n the emblazonry of glory, the works ot P. ricks may crumble to dust, the hosts of Alcxau- | der may roll beneath *he l)ood gates of; oblivion, but the migli'y truths and piin- ! ciples of that heathen sage will bloom I when every vestige of his proud nation is j ides‘r >ycd, and the relics of her glory are j • lost in the whirling sa rds of lime. 1 might cite every nation in the world, I ’ and where there is edneation, there you I ’ will find a civilized people. On the other hand, all people witlnwit t‘at hers bow be-1 foie Stupidity’s* throne. Africa. Asia, Au»- : itr .lia, the islands of the Pacific, South I America, and British America, stand like < '.hundcr-bl.istcd deserts, on whose arid plains the teacher’s foot has s< I :un> tr< d,! ! and into the obtuse brains of who*' people ; the light ot science has never downed. Why do they d-p.nd on the teacher ? I Because he directs them at lire turuing p »inl of m< ntal growth. A vine turned, a i channel cut, a shoulder wrenchid, a mtiwlc weakened, or an arm btokvn. is perm meat ■lv changed or injured: so with the mind. If it be not ar »uscd and deva loped iK'/orc | the skua hardens with age, it is likely to liwwiw dwarf'd ami enfeebled; and, at the rare of the pan nt is mostly physical, their characters nicut diy are kit to be formed at sch>H»l by the teacher. Now. if you could feel projkr'.y tire wi;g;iry i\ pnr.sibh.ty of the d siiuii.s of. four thousand children, you might then be somewhat prepared to learn how, in part, to meet that responsibility. Prepare yourselves first Ypi# dare not shririk with effeminate timidity from the struggle. Four thousand ch Idlen mint not be neglected. Then firm and unflinching stand. To your present st< ck of inlbrma* tion add one book each term. One hour A day will master it. In eight years you y/ill have completed ten new books. Say alge bra, geometry, surveying, natural and men tal philosophy, chemistry, geology, botany, and rhetoric. This will make you almost equal to any educator. Now, I ask vou for* another hour a d iy for general reading —history, biography, romance. This flood of information will enable you to lend your pupils inspiration, creating in them a hun gering and thirsting after knowledge, in order to equal those who have gone before. As examples of good boys rising through all difficulties, refer them to Cobb, Ilarde man, James, Stephens, Clay, McDuffie, Franklin, and others. Finally, I think this duty devolves upon you as one you owe yourselves, your country, and your God. You owe it to yourselves, since your anxious feet have climbed a hill or two of knowledge, and now your enraptured'eye catches a glimpse of the delectable mount ains of wisdom lifting their brows in cap tivating wonder higher and grander, upon whose snow-clad summits your panting ambition longs to fold its triumphant wing. There is a serene joy, a sweet pleasure, in the upward flight of your own minds when, forsaking the interminable forests ol ignorance, qnd passing by the dark, heavy Lilis of slolhtul stupidity, you begin to move in the bright realms of intelligence and grapple with giant thoughts. You owe it to your country. rest of fortune, scarred by battle, rent by fire and sword, and on the gory heels of stalking ruin left exposed to the misrule of ignor ance, your country —your mother, who fondled you in her lap and cherished you in her bosom—lies bleeding, giaping, dy ing. Save, my comrades, save your inno cent, loving mother from the direful shac kles of ignorance; wrpneb her mangled body from the malignant fiends of dism 1 night; place her form erect and breathe into her nostrils the breath of life, that she may become a living souk She pines in droops in idolatry, sickens in ignorance, but break unto her the bread of intelligence and she, lives forever. You may live for self, you may not heed this call, you may fall by the way side, but your placid heads will never rest on the downy pillow of a quiet death unless you labor for your country’s good. What happier life do I desire, What sweeter death to die, When I have made my peace with God,’ to know that I have sprinkled the seeds df virtue and intelligence that shall bloom when I am gone. v You owe it to your God, sinceSbc has given you one, two, or five talents, and commanded you to add thereto as many more. Go forth, and it shall ever be my duty and my pleasure to encourage every needy, untaught boy and girl to fly to you for help. The economy of the government is well understood and practically applied in Ger many. Tn the city nf Be lin, the city law provides for a tin bbx to be attached to the lamp posts, into which boxes the snw>k< rs are requesred t > deposit the stumps of their cigars. These slumps are saved, and made ; int > snutf, the sale of which for the past 1 vear was $20,0(10, all of which has been d< • ! voted, to benevolent uses in taking care of i i the poor. Perhaps the American cities j know less, or practice less practical political iconoiny than any other communitK s in the world. What alderman or councilman would have the courage to ndvoc.de the saving of cigar stump ? Name the man, a id let him be applauded.—[Memphis Av alanche. Times aiie Miuuty Habd—is the complajnt we hear dailv. There is a remy dv pretty inuHi lor i’ll things iff this- worttl; is there iionb for hard times? Walk Irom Dolib’s corner, on Whitehall street, to Pow ell block on Ihiubtree street, and every day vou find perhaps iiumiri'its of men, who have the disease called “hard limes.” A large majority of them, if questioned, will say to you, *’l have no money.” Now, sup pose there was money hi re, how are these I men to procure it, having no desire to work, ■ no cotton, corn, l*eff, ]*o’at<R's, onions, hid<s, j hom< -made-tools, butter, or anything else to sei ? The truth is, if more ot our jwople would ! gq to work, if we would rin in debt‘le»», | spend less, pay nmre, be more saving and I | industrious, this disease callcil scarcity of | i money, would abate and ouruffdrsgeu rd- , Iv would mend. No doubt about this.—- i | [G< o; gi x Or mg.'. The Vnidosta Tiim-s wants to transform j south Georgia into a fruit and vegetable nnmtry. Colton, it sivs, nt prices, isa dv-i i lusion and a snare The G ilf road isdomg I valuable work in the same direction, and i the result must be satisfactory. Laods about Gainesville. I lorhla, have quadruped i in value through the cnlliv.ation of frpit nn 1 regetubks, ami south Geo gin pnqxjscs to do likewise. Goveuxoh Baud s p.qwr s.jys the R pub- j beans of M due should be ashamed yf their , ip ithy and Ji-orgatrz ttion. A*l rialft ;we . do not care wl.at you call it. We know it will Ikcoine more and more aggravated as thcy. ars roll by. Il is chronic, now. JAVIZ3 O. DDW’O k, i Attorney at Law, CANTON, - - - GEORGIA. ' \I7ILL practice in the Superior Courts W oi Cherokee and adj >i.ling C-sualies. Will fiithfully and promptly alien 1 luAhe coil Tiion of Bl c’uim- put in his hun sT O.■ in the e ra::-lioux-, Caa’.un. Gk. aug i, i p PROP. VINCENT’S A. -ji A 4b. Ab ’ ■ "ibs ' .3 SEI ECT HIGH SCHOOL I ran Young & Middle-aged Men WILL OPEN THE REGULAR TERM OF TEN MONTHS At Canton, Georgia, ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER. THE CURRICULUM embraces a thorough course of the English, Latin, Greek, and German language; ffi® Natural, Mental and Moral Sciences ; tne United States Military Academv Course of Mathematics, and a Practical Business Course. Special attention is given to Note and Leiter-writing, Lin'd Surveying, Science of Accounts, Legal Forms and Commercial Law, and the, Applied Sciences. THE SYSTEM OF TEACHING discards in toto the memoritcr and rigidly enforces the rationale — the reason u>A,y and wherefore — method. Students are taught to think for themselves. THE TEXT-BOOKS used arfi the very Vanguards of Scientific Progress. THE RECITATIONS are always lively, awakening and delightful to young men who earnesily d< sire to get a soldi and progressive education in the shortest time, and at the least possible ex pense. Only l a small nnmlx'r of young men will be admitted, and to th' in the Principal will give every needed attention. Young men who have time or money to throw away—who do not mean to study for the love and use of it—are not wanted. CANTON is situated on the banks of tire Etowah, twenty-four miles above Cartersville and twenty-five miiet north of Marietta, on the projected Mxriet'a and North Georgia Rail load, is surrounded by beautiful mountain, scenery, water as pure as gurgles from the earth, the atmosphere salubrious and salu tary, its populition quiet, industrio'i'’, gen erous, and highly moral —jqsl the place to do earnest, hard studying. BOARD lias lieen engaged at the justly popular Canton Hotel aiid with S' lrct families at from $8 00 to $12.50 per month. TUITION invariably five dollars per mouth. REFERENCES. Believing young men who have for. the most part been educated by the Principal, and who are now in life’s arena, are the b< st judges of his competency and efficiency, be takes the liberty to refer those interested to the followimr former pupils : E. D. Little, M. D., Duluth,Ga. Henry Strickland, Principal Bay Creek i Academy. W. L Moore, M. D., Gainsvilfe. Oa. Geo K. Looper. Attorney, Dawsonvi I<*. Geo. W Hendrix, Attorney, Canton, Ga. J. B. Biown, Merchant, Tilton, Ga. J. (3. Hughes, Teacher, Mt. Zion, For syth County, Gu. I). D. McConnel, Attorney, Acworth. ' M. J. L‘ wis Clerk, Atlanta, Ga. i W. P. Hughes, Teacher, Big Creek, Ga. D. W. Meadows, Teacher, Danielsville. J. W. Estes, Merchant, Cumming, Ga. Thus. O. Wolford, R. 11. Agent, Carters ville, Ga. I. N. Strickbind, Civil Engineer, Duluth. Geo. W. Collier, Teacher, Atlanta, G«. Allison Gro n, Clerk, Atlanta, Ga. T. G. Donuldson, Farmer, Atlanta, Ga. Jsb> z Galt. Farmer, Canton, Ga. 11. H. Parks, Traveling Agent Atlanta ConstiUitiem. J, A. Bak< r, Farmer, Cartersville, G*. For further particulars, ad'lre-s JAMES U. VINCENT, Canton, Georgia. Aug 4, 1-iin W. A. BRIGHTWELL, CARPENTER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Besidonae, Canton, Ga. j o U ALI. wnrk don« bv me will be done with nsat. ' iit-bs aiid dispAtcli. Prrew.- —wutisfortloH ' Kuurau<<knl. Aug 4, 1-fim J. M. HARDIN, HOUSE AND SIGN i P ER, Canton Ga. Aug t. I—ly RF.XJ X PAYNE. JAS. U. VINCEN T. Payne & Vincent, Attorneys at Law, CANTON, . . . GEORGIA, I Will practice in the Superior court* of Cherokee ami ni l lining counties, an I i n the justices* courts ot Cherokee. I’nsnpt attention will be siveu t* tiie collection ol accounts, etc. in the < house. 2-1 y TF YOU WANF PRI NT ING I with neatness and .dispatch, cull at this offi -C. It Will Pay You, 4 i yr TO EXAMINE, 3 ■* TO EXAMINE, 2 AND PURCHASE, » 5 AND PURCHASE, H I*- Q OF B. F. CRISLER, WHO KKBPfi A FULL VARIETY of such goods Mi are k*pt in a Dry Goods ?. Grocery Store Also prep ired to put up T3oote and Slices in the best style, and on short notice. Will furnish LEATHER in any qnanti tiea to suit purchiwers. Will take COUNTRY PRODUCE at the best prices, and pay cash or goods for HIDES. ang 4 1-ts SHARP & CO., ■ WALESCA, GEORGIA, < id* Io . Pt Imt». . Dealer* in > \ i ■ ■ ' * I ' ‘ ' • ; General Merchandise, (J L - - ' ' ,r t a - I, . ; i . ‘ T I ■ ! - Am mMmui ; a- ,/<• ' , • •' ■ -:V • At LOW DOWN FIGURES. Ojii ?M| 1 ' J f. I ■ i , ■ ■ I ‘ .i Will give . ■* A- Extra Bargains lOR CASH OU BARTER, Bring anxious to make room tor th-. Fall trade. If you need anything in our line, call and sec us. SHARP & CO. aAg&i. 5- Dr. J. M. Turk. WILL CONTINUE THE PRACTICB OF Medicine and Surgery. DTSE VSES of WOMEN and OBSTET- RICS ma lea SPECIALTY. Unice ou Main street, west cud. Aug 4 1- ts CANTON HOTEL, Canton, G-a, J. M. McAFEE, Proprietor, WILL ANNOUNCE to his friends, and the public generally, that everything IS IN FIRST-CLASS CONDITION, and that the Tnb’c will be supplied with the best the market affords. Charges mod erate. As soon as your hunger is appeased, ynn will please WALK ACROSS THE STREET, my Store, where you can be snppliW with any and everything k»*pt in a flrsl elmft Dry Ooohs AND GROCERY HOUSE. COUNTRY PRODUCE taken in ex change for goods, at fair prices. TO MY OLD FRIENDS CUSTOMERS. I d< s’rc to call your attention to the fact that the year is drawing to a close, nml that I AM COMPELLED TO HA VS MONEY. I have endeavored to accom modate all those who have nffiffied to nw, and now in rttur*) I ask all who owe me to r-spond, in part payment at least, and re lieve me from a pr< ss—and especially those owing M< As <• Mo.'-*. AU failing to give me some assistance within thirty dtys. I will put their notes or acevunU in judg ment. THE are especially invited to call, as my Ch rk, Mr. E. B. HOLLAND, Is Exceedingly Anxious to Marry, and he will always take pleasure in show ing you goods, and selling to you very low, as he WANTS TO MARK A FAVOXARt.K IMPHRSWtOX. USTew 'W’agnns. I have a number of new wagons fi»r sale—one and two-horse, and spring-wag ons. They are of Hudson’s make, so f«F*r ably known to all in this community. I have known them for twenty five yean, and will fully warrant them. Will s« 11 «• time until cotton c an s in, with good nate and bcc iri’y. J. M. McAFEE. Aug 4, 1-tC New House! New Goods! JOE IL BARTON. J’M «• BtLBT. Dlt. JAMES H. SPEKIi. J. B. BARTON & CO. . / ■- • > Cor. Marietta and Gainesville OcAITtODL, Oa,, Keep a full assortment es .an .otfi'hmK DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, Ghent’s Furnishiag G»ed«, 1 ■■■. ’ i y. NOTIONS, ETC. GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Drugs, Paints, Oil,Varnish, PATENT CLASS FBUIT-JAKS, ETC., ALL AT RKDUCKD PRICKS CASH (JR COUNTRY MTe respectfully invite all to call and •«- amine our stock and prices. No trouble ta show g<sxls. C2T Come and see the Red BaL JOE B. BARTON & CO. «’»5 R Rtf