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Vol. 2. i pmmv. WHAT THE SOUTH SAYS TO HER CHILDREN, BY MARGARET J.PRESTON. I have, smoothed from my forehead its sadness • ’Tis over, —thaak Heaven therefor ! I would hide now with garments of gladness The sackcloth and ashes 01. war. Not a ward of the past ! It has perished— Gone down in its beauty and gloom ; Yet because it so proudly was cherished, Shall we sigh out our years at its tomb ? llut the beauty and honor undaunted, 0 Still steadfast and stern as can be ; By the laurels a Jackson has planted— By the hopes that we buried with Lee ; Lot us wrest from the future the guerdons That to resolute purpose belong • Lit us fiing from our spirits their burdens. And acquit us like men and be strong ! \ bring you, compatriots, brothers, (As largess ye dare not disdain, Like Nature’s that bountiful mother’s), Savannahs as smooth as the main ! % valleys shall whiten all over With snows never born of the cold ; And grain, like a Midas, shall cover Every slepe that it touches with gold. The clink of the artisan’s hammer Shall scare from the forest its gloom ; In the brake shall the water-fowl’s clamor Be drown’d by the crash of the loom ! Then up from your terper, ye sleepers ! The dream ye are dreaming deceives ! Go forth to the fields with the reapers, Aqd garner the prodigal sheaves ! With flocks gladden meadow and mountain, With tinkling herds speckle each hill, And blend with the splash of the fountain ’J ; rumble and roar of the mill. S3 1 3 § S % 1 A i3 7 * The Country Paper. When men speak of the power of the f"ess aim the importance of the “Fourth Estate,” they generally hip/e m their mind’s eye some influential metropolitan journal. They invest their favorite Herald, Jrilnvie or 'dimes with a pow er which no single paper possesses. Bat this is not the way to ileal with the sub ject. The great city daiiiei are a power in the land, it is. true, B it, after ah they are only immense reservoirs fed by the tributary streams which (low from the sparkling fountains of the country press. These little local weeklies—spicy, newsy and audacious, have more to do avith educating and forming public opin ion than their pretentious city neighbors .are willing to admit. The country mer chants, farmers anti mechanics feel when they take up their county paper, that they are conversing with a friend—-one whose present and future interests are bound up with their own. They know its strong and weak points. Its wisdom or its folly, its fidelity or its treachery cannot be concealed within so narrow a <- * field of operation. These sud other rea sons account for the influence of the local paper, and should win for it the patronage and good will of all within its reach. The country paper gives far more than ■it receives. It is the poorest paid ser yant in the land. It informs, protects and warns the public—advertises the resources and progress of its section makes and unmakes statesmen—is at once schoolmaster, watchman and friend, and for all this work it receives barely enough from its patrons to keep the wolf from the door of the editor and the prin ters. This is not a complimentary ex hibit for the communities to vvhich these remarks apply. But intelligent men ev ery where are beginning to appreciate the value of the country paper. People of this class believe iu having their locality in the “Ear. Gallery of JheGlobe.” They Believe iu advertising, and experience has taught them that .money invested in printer’s ink yields an abundant return. There is no surer in dex of the prosperity, intelligence and litorals of a community than its paper, and by that sign it is praised or con demned abroad. Schooling not Always Education^ Ordinary schooling is a failure because -it too seldom goes beyond digging nobs and putting in something hard now and then, which may come up, but some how very seldom does when most need ed. Education should weed, spade, seed and water, and that requires more than one tool. A schoolmaster can go very little beyond the books he is bound up in. Perfection in Harvey’s Grammar and Davies’ Arithmetic does not even in jure graruatical speaking and writing, correct accounts, nor even practical book-keeping. The best farm accounts I have seen are those of a Virginia ‘gentleman who, when a buy, taught himself t° keep such accounts for “his father when absent on business in iVash j'lgton. Practical training kn 1 ,he cul to and Cl ' o ' ent h:lbitS ,uU be *tten Ird to, and the powers both of mi. and and body diawn out and strengthened m the most judicious manner CONYERS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY TO, IS7O. [for tiie register. intemperance. Editors Register .-—Your humble writer feeling a deep interest in the well fare and prosperity of the Queen City, (Conyers,) as well as the surrounding country, is prompted from the purest motives to offer a few thoughts, however insignificant they may seem to bo, upon the much neglected subject of intern perance. Every person is capable of exerting an influence over his fellow man, wheth er his station in life bo high or low, con sequently no one can excuse himself from the performance of duties that are made obligatory, because he has not as much of this world’s goods, or per haps as liberal a share of intellect as his neighbor, and be assured that it is none the less binding upon him. We see the saddenning effects of King Alehohol every day, either the hungry cry of some poor destitute family, the sad look of some broken hearted mother, tlie stricken brow of some fond, devoted wife, whose pride has been brought low on account of seeing him, who was once a ipodel of society, a man worthy of confidence, seeing him reeling as he comes from his frequent resort, or as he is picked up from the streets, a drunken wretch. This is directly the effect of the greatest evil that our laud is brought to the painful necessity of tolerating. Such should not be so if those who are in power, do their duty without fear or affection. Any reasonable thinking man can admit that the abuse or even the present use of ardent spirits, is the greatest curse, or is the cause of more mean, low, vi'c acts and productive of less good than any other thing that can be mentioned. And that the mod erate use of it only encourages the abuse of it, is a foregone conclusion and will be admitted by all wio duly consider it. Hence we can see the necessity ot total absU'iegce front intoxicating drink. Many a mother's heart has been made sad, to see her son brought to degrada tion and shame, when, perhaps, she was the first to train him to quaff die poison ous drink. Little did she dreem when she began to make toddies for her prat tling boy, that he would over drink to excess, hut would have her friend to understand her boy wo Id never be a drunkard, at the same lime that is the first step. If the first dram is not taken the second wiil never be wanted, and if we never acquire a thirst for it, we need have no fears of ever becoming a victim to it. Hence, it is necessary that thereshoukl be restraining influence unless the evil could be removed, which would he the the greatest blessing offered to the 19th century. Mothers should take warning from the past and seek to train their offspring to obey the first laws of piety and if such was the case, there would be less fre quenting of gambling saloons and grog shops, which dot our Towns and Cities, so closely, where every grade of vice and immorality is taught and practiced. But the result would be that their minds would be trained to grapple after things that would benefit them in after life, and not after things of a low, groveling nature, consequently they would become men of distinction and leave their noble history to serve as land marks to guide others who are climbing up the steps of fame. H. S. M. A Singular Sermon; Four gentlemen and an old minister were assailed on the highway by three robbers,* who demauded and took pos session of all their funds. The old min ister pleaded very hard to be allowed a little money, as he was on his way to pay a bill in London. The highwaymen, being generous fellows, gave him all his money back again on condition of his preaching them a sermon. Accordingly they retired a little distance from the highway, and the minister addressed them, as follows : “Gentlemen, you are the most like the o'd apostles of any men in the world, for they were wanderers upon the earth, and so are you ; they had neither-lands or tenements that were their own, neither, I presume hare you. They were despised of all but those of their own profession, snd so, I believe, are you ; they were unalterably fixed iu the prin ciples they protessed, and I dare say so are you ; they were often hurried into jails and prisons ; all of which suffering, I presume, have been undergone by you ; their profession brought them all to un timely deaths, and if you continue in your course,, sucli will be jour end. But iu this point you differ mightily : for the apostles ascended from a tree into heav en, where 1 am afraid you will never come ; but as their deaths were oompen ate.l with eleinal glorv, yours will be • ewarded with eternal shame and misery tm.css von mend your manners ” Hmv ManyfWould be Lott ? A wliter asks the following pungont questions : When too following classes aie taken out of our churches, how many , would be left ? All who will npt pay just debts. All who are hypocritical. All who are deceitful, and talk about others behind their becks. All who go in debt without a prospect of paying the same. All who are proud and scornful, hold ing themselves above their fellow men, and shun those less fortunate than them selves. All who worship money more than they do their Creator, All who speculate on the ignorance of others. All who are tattlers. All who think more of wicked rich men than they do of a pious poor one. All who oppress the poor. All who make iong prayers for the sake of being heard and seen of men. All who are vain aud self-conceited. When these, and a good many others that could be mentioned, are taken out, the church will be left without a mem ber. The religion of Jesus does not have any of the above defects. It makes the true convert cheerful, hopeful and charitable; disposed to visit the widow and orphan, and to keep unspotted from the world. It does not make one proud, scornful, but on the contrary, makes one desirous of doing good to he msi k and humble, and to be kind to all, as oppor tunity may offer. Oh ! that we had less pretention in our churches, and more genuine (Jhrisiianty. Hon. A. H. Stephens. In the February of Harper’s Magazine, we find a brief but very interesting sketch of Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens. Referring to Mr. Stephens and his known hospitality at Liberty Hall, the writer says : “Qnce in you are sure to be asked to stay all night, if you find Mr. Stephens at home and are n >t too manifestly a re porter; and it he is in Washington, someone will kindly show you all that you wish to see. This is not n uch. The house is the one Ip which ’ he once boarded when the six dollars were a great sum to him, and as it was the pride and glory of his young manhood to at last own and complete it and sloiviy to own adjacent property and to gather his kindred about him, so it has always been his glory to keep its little rooms, that are boarded and papered, and its steep stairs, that he has not often climbed since a great gate fell upon him in 1869 and crushed him into life long lameness, and its breezy, passages, where the water bucket waits for often-thirsty lips ; ils twin back porches, in which questions of Southern empire have had debate of life and death ; its library from which thiev ing borrowers constantly.skim the cream; its lijttle back bedroom where lie wrote the “War Between the States,” and where lie suffers like a martyr and en dures like an Indian.” In conclusion, the writer says ; “His heart has two loves, wifeless and child less ; the one to rest his ashes wi‘h those of his fathers by the heap of stones that is th? ruin ot the chimney of his boy hood's first fireside ; the other to die in harness, always seeking the good of all men, not of part, and loving the repub lic and liberty as men have loved thejr families,” How this World is Given to Lying. In proof of this, read the following story from the Washington Chronicle, which will excite the risibles of Mr. Hill’s friend. It seems that the Yan kees, having commenced by calling him “Gen. Hill,” are determined to make him figure as a military man—when, in truth, he is and has been as guiltless of tnilita ry aspirations a3 the writer of this : “Ben Hill, the Georgia Congressman, was a soldier—a General of Home Guards in Georgia and Alabama, in which capacity, at the head (when they started home) of about five hundred “mossbacks,” he paderlook to drive back, from Talladega, Ala., April 23, 1865, a bout eighty soldiers of the Second Mich igan Cavalry, but Benjamin changed his mind (as he lately changed his speech.) and, within five minutes afte.i the first ri fle shot, he was busy digging the sou out of a noble S uthern mule wilh a big pair of spurs, and still at the head of his command. The “General” left on the field, everything that was not fastened to Lira, such as artillery (two pieces) pack mules, overcoats, blankets, his hat, &c. Ilia command did not again get together until the day of B. H.’s election to Con gress. It may be they have scattered again.” Hotel accommodations in Philadelphia promise to be ample for the demand to be made upon that city during the Cen tennial Exhibition, and it is not likely that prices will be increased beyond the present rates. One of the’ new hotels within a square ot the Centennial build ings has already published its scale of prices for lodging, A single room and single bed will be furnished for one dol lar a night, and meals can be procured at restaurant prices, cither in the Hotel or elsewhere, as the guests may desire. TV Hoy’s Chances. It is related of at least one of evory two men of henorabh place in this coun try who have died during the last ten years that he achieved fame and fortune under the most adverse circumstances. The ohituariei of these men all contain the picture of a sturdy lad poring over his book by the firelight at night when his day's work was done. Great stress is always laid on the tact the boy reads by the light of a blazing pine-kn >t, and this, the first incident in Ins career, is contrasted with the splendid scene of his manhood's triumphs. These tri umphs are almost invariably in the politi cal arena. Now, so far from such cir cumstances being adverse, the frequency of their occurrence is proof to the contra ry. The health and strength begotten of daily toil, the strong and though per haps narrow convictions resulting from the reading of a few books, the self reliance, the physical courage that be long to the man who when a boy read by the pinekot fire when his day’s work was done, help to insure his success. Moreover, “the masses" are disposed to give their suffrages to one whose origin is humble, and who, they think, is likely to sympathize with them and take their part in vexed politica' issues. “ The poor boy” has every incentive to endeavor, lie has fortune to strive for and social position to gain. His every effort is put forth in pursuit of these. II is very manhood is to be measured by success. To fail is to remain unnoticed and un honored. But while our sympathies 'o the youth whose ba our bears this de vice, let us not overlook that other boy I who is so unfortunate as to be born of wealthy parents. For him, alas! there is no pine-knot fire, no daily toi'. He has fortune, why should he strive for if \ He has had social position, perchance, what wants he more '? Ave, there’s the rub. Actually, as the world 1 :oks at it, he has less incentive to exeilion and a more limited opportunity tor self devel opment than tiie inoie favored “poor boy.” Then too, if poverty lias its temptations, so has wealth. Indolence and the thousand and one vices that spring from it—pride, resolution, effemi nacy, physical cowardice which are con sequences of self-indulgence—are not these in the path ot the rich boy * It two thousand ye .rs ago it was esteemed harder lor the rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the small gate in the ciiy’s vail cdlcd the needle’s eye, to.-day the temptations that lie in his way aud in the way of his children, and keep them from striving after self-culture, are just the same. The meaning of the pa-able is plain : It is almost impossible for the rich man to overcome the temptations that of necessity belong to his position. If, however, lie does overcome them, lie deserves the highest praise! And this conclusion leads us to the end of our argument: the rich boy, if lie achieves honorable success, whether in literature, science, trade, or politics, in civil or in military lite, deserves vastly more credit than the poor boy who does equally well, for the reason'd)at the former has greater obstacles to encounter and fewer incent ives to manly endeavor. But experience shows that it is not from fhe wealthiest nor the comparatively poor classes that the most useful and the most distinguish ed men generally come, but from the respectable well to-do mid lie class—the class that is equally removed from the bitter temptations of poverty and’the fascinating seductions of wealth. “Give us neither poverty nor riches” should he the prayer of all parents who have at heart the welfare of their children.—- Editorial in January Home and School. American Titles. Since the war the extraordinary mul tiplication of “colleges” has made civil ian titles as cheap as military—let us be thankful they are not hereditary. The other day there was an account in the papers of an “Illinois inter collegiate contest, eight of the leading colleges in the State participating.” Think of eight leading colleges in Illinois, to say noth ing of the modestly subordinate ones ! I wonder how many readers of “this page ever heard of five out of the mul titudinous colleges of Illinois. Well, somebody has been showing from the reports of the Bureau of Education that there are no fewer than 238 “Uni versities gnd Colleges" in our favored country, which conferred last year 3,520 degrees in course, and 44( honor u-y de grees. This was quite independent of the 35 Agricultural Colleges, with their 3G2 degress, the 65 woman’s colleges, with their 563 degress, the 81 medical schools, with their 2,845 degrees, the 59 divinity schools, with their 339 degrees, and in fine a total of 8,859 degrees in course. In some of these institutions the conferring of scholastic degrees a mounts to a mania. One of them crea ted six doctor's of law or divinity at a pop.— The Galaxy. Water Communication, Col. B. W. Frobel, who was appointed to make the survey of the water route from Macon to the sea, and to Bruns wick and Savannah, has this to say in .reference to the communication from Macon to Brunswick ; “Between Ilawkinsville and Macon the most fcmudable obstructions to nav igation are the two bridges belonging to |tbe Macon and Brunswick Railroad. [Thu first of these bridges is about nine miles below Macon, and its lower chord is only fourteen feet above extreme wa- ter. At the time wo passed it was scarce nine feet above the surface of the water. Th bridge effectually closes tho* river, to steamboat navigation, and oven to loaded flat-boats. The second bridge is at Ilawkinsvillc. Its lower chord is a bout twenty-nino feet above extreme low water, and although not such an ef fect al barrier as tho one near Macon, is still a formidable obstaole. Before the construction ot tiiese bridges boats USy oended the river, to Macon, and this lias been the case in recent years. From the mouth of the Altamahu there is an unobstructed inland naviga tion to Brunswick, with water sufficient ly deep to accommodate vessels much larger than any that will be used upon the proposed canal. One route is down the south channel of the Altamahu sound, and thence through Butter Milk sound and Frederica River into St. Si moil’s sound, which is Brunswick har bor. The other route is through the Darien lliver, which is the north chan nel ot the Allamaha, to Three-Mile Cut; and through that into Aitamaha sound, and thence through Butter Milk sound and Frederica lliver to Brunswick. By the former route tho distance from ihe mouth of tho Altainalia to Bruns wick is twenty miles ; by the latter, the dislancr from Darien is thirty miles. m ad mm and ld. Valuable if True. 4<A 2 The Fincastle Herald lir.s been in- 1 formed that a piece of iron hung in j fruit trees will effeel ualy prevent the lavages of frost Tho informant states • that the night'before tiie freeze in April, he hung several pieces of old iron in ten of his peach trees, and the trees were loaded with peaches, the yield be ing not less than seveniy.--live bushels. Tiie fruit of the remaining trees (sixty five in number) in the orchard was killed. A piece of horse shoe was hung in a cherry tree in the same orchard, and the yield wrs abundant, while in three adja cent trees the fruit wis entirely killed lie says the idea originated with his mother, and that he, by her instructions, when a jroy, tried the same thing fre quently, and with the same result. This is important, il true, and it will cost but little to tett the truth ot it. Brine That Will’ Preserve Butter A Year. Among the many devices for keeping butter in a manner that will preserve the fresh rosy flavor of the new, withal its sweetness, is the following fiom the Duchess Fannei, which is said to be en tirely successful : ‘ Three gallons of brine strong enough to boar an egg, add a quarter of a pound of nice white sugar and one tablesoonful of saltpetre. Boil the brine and when it is cold, strain carefully. Make your butter into rolls, and wrap each separate ly in a clean white muslin cloth, tying up with a string. Pack a large jar full, weigh the butter down, and pour over brine‘until all is submerged. This will keep really good butter perfectly fresh and sweet for a year. Be careful not to put on ice, butter tnat you wish to keep for any length of time. In summer, when the heat will not admit of the but ter being made iuto rolls, pack closely in small jars, and, using the same brine, allow it to cover the butter to the depth of at least four inches. This excludes the air, answers very well, as (he first method suggested.” Farmers, ilon’l Go In Debt. The greatest agent to produce pover ty among farmers or any other class is debt. Many farmers will got a deed to a small piece of land, enough td support themselves and families, and lay by a small annual income. But that is not sufficient. They run iu debt for more land, and become a slave to debt. They pay an interest on money borrowed, which wi'l soon consume the little prop erty they possess. They, often pay high* er than ten per cent. Such proceedings engender a spirit of discontent, and they lose faith in farming and try to sell their farms in order to get to town and enter into business. In nino cases out of ten, every farmer who is doing well, that goes to town, tails outright. Having no faith in farming, or having no breadth of understanding, they buy the rqeanest stock and the poorest tools, and drive poor teams before poorer wagons and agricultural machinery. Iu the fall and winter they feed poorly, just feeding e nough to get their live stock through the winter into spring. Then it takes all summer to put ou the flesh that was lost in the winter by poor shelter and bad food. They never put fruit trees on their farms. Ttiey send their children to senooi but little, as too much learning is a dangerous thing. They always sell their best lambs and cattle to the drov. era and keep the poorest at home. They do not take agricultural papers or believe in book farming. They never give their children spending money for it makes them spendthrifts. In short they are the most miserable people in the world, and would not keep money if they had it. Such farmers are poor and will remain so to the eild of their days, and most of the sons will follow the path of their sires. Sonic JKacfcs About Manures. From careful experiments, made. un-1 der the supervision of Lord Kincaid, of: Scotland, we hav<’ most valuable con , elusions concerning manures covered oi lying iu open yards. Potatoes treated wiih barn-yard rai ’. • * i . . i . nil re. One acre piodiiccd 272 bushels. One acre produced 292 bushels. Potatoes manured from the covered) sheds. One acre produced 442 busheb. One acre produced 171 bushels. Tho next year the land was sown wUh wheat, when the crop was as follows Wheat on laud treated with barnyard manuro : One acre produced 41 luisUc.ljS, 18< ponnds(of 61 pounds per bushel). > Ono acre produced -12 bushels, 38 pounds (of 61 pounds per bushel). Wheat on land mahuved from coven( sheds : aero podtice 1 55 bushels, 5 pounds (of Gl pounds per bushel). One acre produced 58 bushels, 4T pounds (of 61 pounds per busehl). The srtawalso yielded one. third more upon the land fertilized witli the manure from the covered stalls than upon that to which the ordinary manure was appli ed.— Ihe Shaker. Drinking, for the Effects. The Irish World says: He said lie didn’t care anything about liquor only for the effects, lie never liked tho’ taste of it; it always made, him “gag” to drink it, and he made up an awlu 1 face as he look it down. But it was the effects that, ho was after. If it wasn’t for the effects he would never dunk a drop of whisky in his life, lie was a nice young man wheo we first heard him say that- lie had health, good looks and a respectable position in society T-hc only perceptible effects of his po tations then were the heightened color in his cheek, increased brilliancy of the eyes, and vivacity in conversation. He was generous and liberal with his money too, and had a host of friends, well, lie kept on drinking for tho effects, and " ho got them a every mail will who keeps at it long enough. Tiie last time we saw him lie was that pitiable object, n human wreck. lie was standing at a bar pleading for a drink on time, his trembling fingers being unable to'find q solitay nickle in the pockets of his rag ged apparel. Ho had kept on “gag ging” over hiswliiskv and drinking for I the effects until lie didn’t have any effects left except thosoe painfully appa rent onus, poverty, disease, privation and vanished respectability. Verily lie got tho effects. Masonry in Georgia. The first mention of Free Masonry in Georgia in history was in fJrcston,s Il lustrations in 1773. It said, “ Tile' his tory of the society at this time affords few remuikuble instances of record. Some considerable donations were col lected and distributed among distressed Masons, to encourage the settlement of a new colony, had just been estab lished at Georgia, in America.’' In 1735, Lord Weymouth, being Grand Master of England, issued warrant to open anew Lodge at Savanali, in Geor. ’ gia. The Free Mason,s Monitor of 186.1 said : The Grand Lodge of Georgia is holden by virtue of the right of succes sion, legally derived from the Most No ble and Most Worshipful Thomas Thynel Lord Viscount Weymouth, Grand Mas ; t4r of England, by his Warrant, directed to the Bight Worshipful Roger Lacy, 1 and by renewal of the said’ power Sshalto Charles Douglass, Lord Aber„ dour, Grand Master of Scotland, for the years 1755 and 1756 ; and the Grand Master of England for He years 1757 and 1878, as will be seen by his war rant directed to the liignt Worshipful Gtay Elliot. December 16, 1786, a convention of the smaller lodges holden in the S(,flto assembled at Savaunali, when the per manent appointments, which had been theretofore made by the Grand Master of England, were solemnly relinquished by the flight Worshipful Samuel Elbert, Grand Mrster, and the other officers of the Grand Lodge. William Stephens was the first Grand Master; an.l Solo,-’ moi.’s Lodge, No. 1, at Savannah, is the oldest Lodge in the State. The num ber of Lodges in the State of Georgia is now neaily three hundred. Till} Newspapers in New Yorls. The first newspaper in New York was the New York Gazette, established by William Bradford in 1725. During the war the only journals were Hugh Gaines's New York Mercury, Livings ton's Royal Gazette and Robertson’s Royal American Gazetter, suspended after the departure of the British. In 1784 the newspapers were the New York Packet and American Advertiser published py Samuel London, the New York Gazetter by Shepard Koflock, and the Independent Gazette, or the New York Journal, by John and Elizabeth Golt ; the Independent Journal or the General Advertiser by McLean & Web ster. Tc-'diy New York boasts of 44 4 newspapers aud periodicals, of which 28 are daily semi-weekly, 187 weekly, ‘Tii semi-monthly, 180 monthly, 3 bi-month ly, and 16 quarterly; 32 are in foreign languages, and 99 have a circulation of 5,000 copies. Of the ten principal news papers one has a circulation of 127,000 copies. Of the illustrated papers, one weekly issues 100,000 copied Of the newspapers devoted to literature arid stories, one has a weekly circnladon of 300.000, and another of 180,000. Ono of the religious papers issues 7H,00(J copi s, anil one ot the monthly maga zines 130,000 copies. The Weight of newspapers and periodiea's mailed by publishers at the city Post-office to reg ular sub. i libers for the fi st three quar ters ot 1-74, Jen. 1 to Sept. 30, was 17, 392,091 lbs and the payment of hostage $ 4 ',952’17. __ No. 29.