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T - HAMILTON," ~~T. W. M 6 BLsE V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IIA MILTON, GA. Will rnnlimic tf* prnctirc- law in all the Htir'e aiul Unit’ <1 St sites Court**. tiios.~s. mrchull, i/. n., Rrsiikiiil Physician ami Surgeon, HAMILTON GEORGIA fpocial attention given to operative surgery prr Terms Cash "CHATTAHOOCHEE TIOU&E, By J.T.HIGGINBOTIIEM. VTEST POINT, OA ALONZO A. DOZIEK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, COLUMBUS, GA. Practices in Plate and Federal Courts in Oeo gia and Alabama. Makes Commercial law a specialty Office over C. A. Re id & Cos s store, Uolumhu?, Ga. dec4-ly I-lines IDqhslox’, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA Will practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit, or anywhere else. Office in the Northwest corner of the Court-house, up-stairs. janß Columbus Dental Rooms, W. T. POOL, Proprietor, Grorgia Home Building, rolumhns, Gb CENTRAL HOTEL, Oolmntous, CS-ci- Mrs. S. E. Woldpjdge, Prop’ss. L. 1. Harvey, CLrk. H. A. RUSSELL c. B. HTFSSEELL RUSSELL & RUSSELL, Attorneys at Law , SQLUMBTTS, .... GA. ill practice iu the State and Federal -ourte. over Acee & Murdock’s store, J j P ,rf >ad Street, Columbus, Ga. Rankin house CGLUJVIBCJS, GA. Hp.p. E. M. GRAY, Proprietress • A. Sellers, Clerk. On tv. a the car wi, .dcs this side ot u the morning of the .irpriscd to see a heav_, , ost, —some- thing I had not lo„ . for in Florida. ARRIVAL AT JACKSONVILLE. Close connection was made with the David Clark at Jacksonville, and we were soon steaming up the grand and noble St. Joints. brock’s line. Right here, before I forget it, I de sire to pay a deserved tribute toC'apt. Jacob Brock, and his “old reliable ’’ line of steamers, composed of the Florence, the David Clark, and the Ilattie. There may be faster boats,but there are none safer or that give better fare, or managed by more expei iencctl and polite officials. This line carries the U. S. mail, and receives its full share of freight and passengers. Gupt. Brock’s line was the first put on the river, and is fully deserving of the patronage received. RIVER SCENERY. The scenery on the river is beauti ful and imposing. On either side are to be seen lofty oaks with moss trail ing from them their branches, while ever and anon a neat cottage or hand. f ime resilience is seen peeping out amid the trees. The river ranges from one to one and a half miles in width, until you reach PALATKA, seventy-five miles from Jacksonville. As the boat remained here several hours, I crossed the river to hart’s GItOVE, for which lie lias refused $<5,000. Here I saw the largest and best kept grove in the State. Some of the trees are forty years old. The grove contains TOO bearing trees, and cov ers seven acres. Palatka is a very pretty town. The streets arc shaded with orange trees, some o' them covered with fruit, and bananas are seen in many front yards. CP THE RIVER. Soon after leaving Palatka, Thurs day morning,we entered Lake George, which is several miles across, and re sembles a miniature ocean. After crossing this lake we entered the upper St. Johns. The river from here to Mellonville is narrow, and the change is quite a relief to the eye. The boat often goes so close to the bank, in making the sudden bends, that you can almost jump on shore. I saw thousands of ducks, several water turkeys, cranes and other birds, and a few alligators. The lat:er were not as numerous as I expected; prob ably owing to the cool weather. On the afternoon of the 17th we reached mellonville, 200 miles from Jacksonville, arid situ ated on Lake Monroe —another beau tiful body of water. The place lias four or five stores, a hotel, a church, and a few residences. Here I made the acquaintance of Mr. Isaac Newton, who formerly pubiislied a paper in the place, but which lately suspended for the want of patronage. On Friday morning Mr. N. accom panied me to FORT REID, and other places in the vicinity', wliere we saw several young groves, and some fine bearing ones—inc!u c!ndii:g Ginn’s, Hayden’s, Wylly’s and Markham’s. Judge Hayden, of Atlanta, gave 630,000 for his gn.ve, and lias already sold young trees to the amount of $19,000. We aiso saw a tine grove at the Orange House, :*m JOURNAL. g the hotel, ■vers it Bruce ■r gentlctoian a! is a brother jw-citizen, Dr. sure of dining i Kentucky, who Crystal Lake, ilonville by way of KD, . Way A Osborn, a prosperous ah aa a tine hotel, and residences, a ! took steamer for JESSUP, les distant, but being the bar, the boat re ellonville, but stuck on Rike Monroe. After re- board an hour or more, I .row-boat bound for Lake p, and embarked, leaving the mllie Boy still fast on the bar. I arrived at Luke Jessup wharf about dusk, and found our young friend, Mr, John Mitchell, formerly of Ilawkitisville, clerking there. The night was spent with him, and next morning we started for his fath er’s, Dr. Batts Mitchell, who lived some four miles distant. Of course, Dr. Batts, being an old Ilawkitisville friend, was glad to see me. I spent the day very pleasantly with him. He has one of the prettiest young groves in the county, besides lemon, citron, peach, apple and other trees, and a nice banana patch. But few of his orange trees are yet bearing, but be has several lemon trees bear ing tine ft uit. Monday morning T started for ORLANDO, the county-seat of Orange, taking dinner tit Air. Partin’s, who has sev eral bearing trees, and a young grove. In the evening 1 arrived at Judge .Mizell’s, and spent the night. The Judge lias some fine bearing trees, many young ones, and a nursery of l, each of lemon and orange trees, lie also has the bitter-sweet orange, limes, lemons, etc., and more land in cultivation than I saw nnywhereel.se, Orlando was reached next day at noon. Tiie town consists of a hotel, m. v'.-pf.house, a few stores and resi deuces, and one of the finest and largest court houses in the State — lately erected at a cost of SIO,OOO. There is some good land in this sec tion, and it can he procured at more reasonable rates than nearer the river. TIIE RETURN. On Tuesday evening I returned to Judge Mizell’s and spent the night. Next, morning I hid adieu to my hos pitable Lost, and returned to Dr. Mitchell’s to dinner. The night was sj ill with Mr. Need Jelks, another Hawkinsville friend, who has charge of some groves belonging to his brothers. I was sorry to find Need sick in bed, but hope, ere this, that lie is able to be out again. FISHING ON THE LAKE. On Wednesday, in company with Messrs. Love and Cone', both form erly of Hawkinsville, we went fishing in a boat on Lake Jessup. After fishing four or live hours, we counted the spoils, and found we had one trout (similar to our black bass) and forty-two speckled perch. Friday night was spent with Dr. Siin Taylor, another old Ilawkins ville friend. Next morning he took us over his place. He has some ex cellent land, and is industriously en gaged in fencing and improving the same. His trees are young yet, but when they get to bearing will be quite remunerative. The remainder of this and the next day were spent under his hospitable roof, and he and his excellent wife did all in their power to make my stay pleasant. Monday was spent in fishing at the wharf on the lake. After trying the sport all day, I returned to Dr. T.’s with one lone perch and a solitary catfish. This satisfied me that fish j iug at the wharf on Lake Jessup is not a success. start for Jacksonville. Tuesday morning 1 bid farewell to my hospitable entertainers, and, in company with Air. Cone, who was on | his way to Jacksonville, we were rowed across the lake, and after a weary tramp of five miles, valise in hand, reached Mellonville. TAKING TIIE STEAMER. Next morning I embarked on the Hattie. Nothing of interest occur red on the down trip, excepting the continual shooting of alligators by the passengers, mostly Northern men. i Notwithstanding scores of cartridges HARRIS C 0„ OA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1876. were exploded, only one “gator" was hit,ami it by Iho engineer with a shot gun. The rifles mostly used by tlie Northerners have adjustable sights, and nro only reliable at long range, and not always then. CONNECTION MISSED. Owing to a strong head wind, the boat did not reach Jacksonville tintil after the train had left; so I had to lav over a day, which was spent in walking around the city. Jackson ville is a pretty place, claiming 15,000 inhabitants, and considerable busi ness is done there. BOUND FOR HOME. Friday, at 5 p. m., I was on the cars on my return home, and arrived without incident in Columbus before day Sunday morning. 1 was glad when the hour came for mo to take the N. & S. train next day, and still gladder when I got home that night. VIEWS OF FLORIDA. * But, what alfout Florida? someone may ask. Well, much. The country has many advantages and some disadvan t ages. i A person wishing to enjoy perpetu al summer, can find it here. Ice is very seldom seen. The summer heat is rendered tolerable by the delightful breezes that constantly prevail. The nights are cool enough, generally, even in the summer, to require cover. Owing to the sap in the trees, fences do not last long. Meat is hard to save. The only way you can do it is to cut. it in small strips, leaving out all bone. Beef is cheap and good, and requires no stall feeding. But the stock is poor, and you have to keep three or four cows to get enough milli to put in coffee. Few people keep cows, and country butter is a rarity. You have to pay fifty cents a pound for it. Eggs are worth thirty-five cents a dozen; hens fifty cents a piece. Hogs are common, but they get wild very soon. The}' are fat enough to kill right out of the woods. The'water, as a general tiling, is not good, but. equal to that in Macon, Columbus and several other places in Georgia. Mosquitoes and black gnats are nu merous. The latter only prevail du ring March and a part of April. The lakes and other streams are full offish. An abundance of game exists. A visitor to Orange county will no tice the absence of chimneys to the houses and offences around the yards; also a scarcity of negroes. 1 did not see exceeding eight negroes in the county. White labor prevails, and many of the rougher sex assist the gentler in the culinary department. Florida is a good place for a man of means, but a poor one for a man without money, unless ho will make up his mind to go to work at any thing that may offer—plowing, hoe ing, grubbing or anything that eotnes to hand. A laborer gets one dollar a day anil board; one and a half if he boards himself; or his board and from SIO.OO to $20.00 per month. The few negroes in the county are indo lent and independent, and it is hard to get w ork out of them at any price. The majority of the settlers are averse to the introduction of negro labor ; and as they seem to got along so well without the negro, politically and otherwise, I am persuaded they are about right in their views on this subject. They are certrinly free from many of the troubles incident to the presence of a largo black popula tion. * Owing to the shallowness of the wells, the old-fashioned sweeps are universally used. I remember to have seen only one rope and wind lass on the whole trip. All the country through which I passed was more or less sandy, ma king it hard work for man or beast to travel; nevertheless I walked six to ten miles daily with less fatigue than 1 would have accomplished the distance in Georgia. It is said tha*t a person soon gets used to walking here, and I believe it. Notwithstanding the poor water and the numerous lakes, creeks, etc., the health of the county is said to be excellent. A person can get wet without fear of being made sick, and your appetite gels better after a few and ys’sojourn, as was proved in rny own etise. Dr. Taylor has been in Florida six years, and be informed me that his practice during that time would not exceed 100 dollars. This is one of the best evidences that can be adduc ed as to tbe healthiness of this section. Lands suitable for orange culture are held very high, T hoard of six acres near Mellonville, without a house or an orange tree on it, selling for 300 dollars per acre! Most of the land is not suited to corn or col'on. Some of the ham mock land is too wet after it is cleared, and where it is not, it will cost fifty dollars per acre to clear it. It is a hard matter to keep corn on account of the weavils; hut you can got from $2.50 to $3 a bushel for peas, and they can be raised as easi ly as in Harris county. It seems to me it would pay to grow and sell the peas, and buy the corn, which can be bought at sl.lO per bushel. With the exception of two months, you can have a garden all the year round. I saw as line hard-headed cabbages hero as tlioso brought from the* North, and )Irish potatoos arc now large enough to eat; sweet pota toos grow the year round; corn was knee-high in February. lii traveling through the country I noticed orange trees every w hero — in the woods, in tho yards, and up to the very doors and windows of tho houses. The people have the orange fever badly. Whether, when Orange county be comes one vast orange grove, as it doubtless will ore the lapse of many years-—whether, then, the owners of groves will reap a harvest of green backs from tho golden fruit, or wheth er, as some prophesy, the increased production will bring the price down below the cost of transportation, is a problem yet tolu solved. The or ange business is as yet in its infancy, and time alone can decide as to its remuncralivcnoss. Nearly every kind of fruit can bo raised in Orange county. I saw sour, sweet and bitter-sweet oranges, cit rons, lemons, limes, guavas and pine apples. And this, remember, in Feb ruary. To the consumptive, the dyspeptic, the rheumatic, or those troubled wish asthma or bronchitis, 1 would sincere ly recommend a removal to Florida— not merely a trial of a few weeks, but n residence there, winter und summer. I saw persons there, who came sick with consumption and dyspepsia, who are now hearty and healthy, and can eat most anything. Thero are a few bears and panthers in the county, hut they rarely trouble anything, and are seldom seen. Dr. Taylor told me that, ho had only seen three bears and one panther during his residence thereof six years, lie showed me a panther’s track through his field. A singular sight is the innumerable salamander hills that dot the face of the earth. They are said to be very destructive to a grove of young trees. Tiie growth around the streams, is water and live oak, and the cabbage palmetto; and inland, black-jack ridg es and endless forests of pine, varied occasionally with bays, scrubs, marsh es, ponds, etc. The cabbage palmcttoesare so call ed from the heart resembling that of the white cabbage. They arc boiled, and some people like them equal to the regular cabbage. We tried come at Dr. Taylor’s, but think they form q very poor substitute for the genuine article. They are also eaten raw. Some very nice hats and other articles are made out of the leal of the pal metto. The soil, which all seems to be the same from a top view, varies under neath the sand—some being “hard pan,’' and some white clay. This “hardpan’’ is a kind of rock which will not absorb Lite water in the wet season, and which is very dry iu the dry season; and as no root can penetrate it, it is unsuitable for the growth of the orange. While they have a few chills in Florida (and there are a very few places in Georgia where they don’t have them occasionally), the more malignant types of fever are unknown, and the mild types yield reddiiy to medical treatment. Orange seed are at a premium. Every Floridian, when eating an or ange, saves the seed, and if he sees a stranger eating one, he requests the seed. The seed planted in Orange county may be numbered by the million, and young trees will doubtless be plenti ful in a year or two, and cheaper in price. At present, a three-year-old tree will readily bring one dollar, and the supply scarce equals the demand. Sweet seedlings bear at the age of seven or eight years, but are hgrdly remunerative before the tenth year; but by budding the sweet orange on the lemon or soar orange stump, you sometimes get a hearing tree the fourth or fifth year, and it will prove remunerative the sixth or sevonth year. E toll tree, in a good grove, yields from five hundred to one thou sand oranges annually. Some of the land needs fertilizing, and this is furnished by nature at the very door of the f.n'mer, in tho shape of a rich blaok muck, found in the hays and ponds, and wldoh is splen didly adapted for intermingling with the white sand. 1 believe Florida a good place for a man who has means sufficient to buy n bearing grove, or who is able to sustain bimself, after buying land and setting out a grove, until it. becomes remunerative. Otherwise, it is not. A man without means, pro vided ho has no family and is wiling to work, can also do well. But tho doctor, tho clerk, and ho who ex pects to live by his wits, had bettor stay away from Florida. Orange county is fast settling up, and is thickly settled around lakes Jessup and Maitland, and the town ot Orlando. Thero is some good land there yet, but most of it is taken up. United States and State lands can be procur ed at a reasonable price, but lands owned by private parties are very high, and advancing. Orange county is two or three times the size of Harris; and owing to its desirable climate, suitability of soil tbrorange culture, and absence of negroes, will soon be one of the most numerously populated counties in the Slate. The citizens equal those of Georgia in hospitality, intelligence and obedience to law. 1 did not see a drunken man on my trip, nor hear of any disorderly conduct. The trip from Hamilton to Mellow vilfu eatt be made in lour days, at the cost of about twenty dollars. Parties going thero to live should look around ale w days beforo pur chasing. By bo doing they can find tho most suitable land lor what they desire to raise. D. \V. D. Boully. Ordinances lor the Town of Ham ilton, Georgia. Section 1. Roil ordained by the Mayor and Couneihucn of the town of Hamilton— That the Clerk shall, in a well bound book to be kept for that pur pose, record the proceedings of each meeting of the Council, issue all li censes for retail groceries, billard tables, shows, circuses, menageries, slight of hand shows, etc., and receive the money for the same, and pay it over to the Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same. Hue. 2. Be it further ordained, fco., Vhat the Treasurer shall receive all monies from the hands of the Clerk and Marshall, and pay them out on the order of the Mayor, after the same shall have been appropriated by the Council. lie shall make semi annual reports showing the condition of the Treasury, bis receipts, disburse ments, etc. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of tbe Marshall to arrest and bring be fore 1 lie Mayor all offenders of the laws of the State or ordinance!! of the town of Hamilton, commit them to prison when required by the Mayor; execute all warrants issued by the Mayor ; serve all summons apd sub penas for witnesses; suppress riots and rows; preserve the peace anil exeroise a vigilant supervision gen erally in said town ; and he shall per form such other dulies as may he re quired ofhirn by Mayor anil Council. Sec. 4. Ttiat when the Mayor shall have knowledge that an Offense has been committed in said town against the laws of the Htato of the ordinances of said town, he shall issue a warrant as the law directs to apprehend tbe person charged, and the offender shall be dealt with according to law. He shall issue subpenas for witnesses in any case where a person may be charged with a violation of any town ordinance, and any who slmli fail or refuse to attend, and give evidence before tbe M a ypi', shall be fined by him in atiy sum not to exceed $lO, or imprisonment in the common jail for any lime not exceeding ten days. Sec. 5. Flint if any person shall offer contempt, or use any immoral or obscene language, and make any threats or do anything to disturb the Mayor and Councilmen, while in ses sion, he shall be fined not less than $1 or more than $lO, and be imprisoned in jail at tin: discretion of the Comici!; and the Mayor is hereby endowed with power to assess the fine against such offenders. Sec. 0. That every proprietor or owner of a Billiard or Pool table on which billards or pools is played shall be required to pay u license tax of $2.00 A YEAR. one hundred dollars per annum ; nlo every owner or proprietor of a retail grocery in said town shall ’procure a license from the Clerk, provided tho Council slia'l authorize the same to he granted for which ho shall pay one hundred dollars per annum. Such licenses shall not be transferable without the er ismtof the Council j nor shall any person retail at more than one place Under t.he same license. Sko. ?. Every circus or menagerie, before exhibiting In said town, sh ill procure a license trom the Clerk, for which the proprietor shall pay twenty five dollars for each exhibition, and lor all other show performances or exhibitions for which charges are made there shall a license be procured for which shall be paid five dollars. Sec. 8. That all persons vending malt, or fermented liquors by retail, shall first procure license, for which shall he paid twenty-five dollars. Skc. 0. That if any retail liquor dealer or vendor of malt or fermented liquors, ortho proprietor of any cir cus, menagerie, or oilier show for which a tax is required, fail or refuse to pay the town tax the owner or proprietor shall bo fined double the amount of tax required. Sec. 10. That if any person shall run a horse or mule in said town shall lie fined not less titan five nor more than fifty dollars. Hue. 11. That if any porson shall tie guilty of destroying, or removing, or displacing any sign of another, or who shall obstruct the side walks by piling up timber, barrels or boxes, or other articles, or who shall cut down, dig up, or cut, or Injure any shade tree upon the public square or side walks, or remove, tear up or injure any bridge in said town, shall be lined not less than one nor more than twenty-five dollars. Sue. 12. That any person who shall discharge any gun or pistol within two hundred yards of any occupied or public building in said town with out good and sufficient reason, shall be fined not loss than one nor more than live dollars. Sec. 13. That any person who shall be guilty of creating a disturbance or any unnecessary whooping or loud swearing in said town, shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten dollars. Sec. 14. That any person who shall beguilty of injuring or defacing in any way any church,college or school hunt 0 of other public or private property or any church ordinance of said town shall be fined not Icsb than one nor more than fifty dollars. Beg. 15. That any person who shall fill up or obstruct any ditch, now open or may bo opened by the proper authorities to convey off tile water from the town, shall be lined not less than one nor more than twenty-live dollars. Sec. 10. That if any person shall fasten any horse, mule, or ox to any shade tree or paling, or shall ride or drive on the sidewalk In said town shall be lined not less than oue nor more than ten dollars. Sec. 17. That if any person shall resist the Marshall or molest him in the perfonnanco ol any official duty ho shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten days ; and that in the event of any disturb ance of the peace or when necessary to arnst any offenders against the laws of the .State or the ordinances of the town, the Mayor or Marshall may summon any of the citizens of said town to assist in quelling the dis turbance or to arrest the offend* rj and any person so summoned who shall neglect or refuse to obey such call shall be fined not exceeding tun dollars. Sec. 18. That if any person shall use any vulgar or profane language in the presence of any female, or shall be guilty of any aet of public inde cency in any public place in said town, shall be fined not lost! than five dot more than twenty-five dol lars. Sec, 10. No person who shall soli liquor by the gallon or other larger quantity in said town shall allow the same to bo drank in his house, un less he shall have taken out a license as a retailer ; and any person not a retailor who shall bo convicted of violating this ordinance shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every offense. .Sec. 20. That it shall be the duty of the Marshall of said town to sum - raon all persons residing in the Cor porate limits of suul town liable to' road duty by the laws of this Stfitiv to work on the streets, roads and sidewalks of said town one day be fore each working. Any person lia ble to said duty who shall fail to work when so notified, shall be fined not less than one nor more than three dollars per day or imprisoned for any time lull longer than ten days, pro vided that any person liable to aai.l duty may pay a commutation in lieu of such duty the sum of six dollars per annum in advance, Sec. 21. That any person who shall be fined by the Mayor for violation of any ordinance of stud town. wln shall fail to pay said fine promptly, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for any time not to exceed ten u..ys or until such fine is paid. Adopted by tins Board of uku, February 22d, 1870. J. I. C. WILLIAMS, Clerk \ i. ROBINSON, MarstuUL