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'ifhit'Vl fli-fuiL Jackson County Publishing Company. l>r, J. I), Lon<. I X. 11. I*KNI>EKiR ASS, President. j I ire President. T. If. XI BLACK. S'-rr'i/ Treat. JEFFERSON, G5-A. N4TI Kll.iV nOKVU, .HI.V 17. IH7R. The Fourth of July \Vp “duly observed’’ North of Mason and Dixon's line—and in the Southern States, in many places, the “day we celebrate" received its share of homage. At the Capital of our own “Commonwealth"—Atlanta—the De claration of was read, and the lion, A. 11. Stephens delivered an oration. Everything seems to have passed off without any accident or unpleasantness. Asa matter of course, it is enough for ns to mention the fact that Mr. Stephens was the orator of the occasion. We all know and acknowledge his superiority, intellectually—though we may possibly find fault with him in some other re spects. Columbus Enquirer has inspected a small lot of Georgia silk, from Meriwether county. The specimens are said to be first class. Georgia was settled with a view to producing silk, and it begins to look as if she will vet work out her original destiny, although rather slowly. The next Centen nial will s<e the hopes of Georgia’s kind* hearted projectors, we are confident, fully realized ; for the Enquirer says that the busi ness is certainly increasing in the State. cn he Postmaster-General has decided, after taking the advice of the law officer of the Department, that postmasters are liable on their bonds for losses of government prop erty while in their possession. A registered package containing postage stamps having l>een traced to the Boston postoffice for trans mission beyond, and no further trace of it feeing found, the Boston postmaster was held to be- liable and charged with the amount lost. i The tendency of the legislative bodies in which rural constituencies hold power, to deny the cities the representation to which their population entitles them, has received its latest demonstration in the Missouri Con stitutional Convention, where twenty-four counties, with a population of more than half that of the whole State, have been aceorded z representation of fifty-three in the State House of Representatives, the rest of the State taking ninety. i ef The only newspaper in Mississippi that is edited by colored men publishes an article fn which it asserts that the time has come for the colored people to take anew departure, cut loose from the political adventurers who, while professing all sorts of friendship for the negro voters, only use them to accomplish their sinister designs, and join in with men of character and respectability in the com munity, who are bonud to the soil of the State by ties stronger than offices and political emolument. • ]p J A traveling editor of the Macon Tele graph learns from an interview with Comp troller Goldsmith that the happiest results have followed the postponement of the pro posed abrupt sale of the wild lands, which were in default for taxes. Upon no less than three-fourths of the number of acres adver tised, all dues hare been settled, either in cash or by corrections of the list. Washington correspondent of the New York Times represents .Senator Ransom, of North Carolina, as saying, on Thursday last, that he had recently conversed with a number of those gentlemen elected to the next Congress from Southern States who were officers ill the rebel army, and was led to be lieve that they will be more conservative in speech and national in their actions on the floor of Congress than very many Northern Democrats who will be members of that body. They arc determined to avoid everything that might be construed as sectionalism, and will prefer to follow Gordon and Lamar rather than the hot-heads of the party. IIP’ The Boston Post has no faith in the ex istence of a large political body of independ ents. It says : “In opposing the Adminis tration party, the Democrats seek to do it in the most effective manner, and to that end to win over the confidence and support of a ina nity of the povrple by the manner of their opposition. Last year's results demonstrated what if was possible to do in this direction. They were not the work of “independent voters"’ as a class, but of tiie people them selves, breaking, away from the organization that had forfeited all further confidence, and iillaying themselves with those who upheld and defended well-known Democratic princi ples.” ' Profits of a 135 Acre Farm in New York. Mr. James R. Meat, who cultivates a farm of 155 acres in Troga county, New York, re ports to his Farmers' Club the following re sult of his operations for 1K75 : Oats. 750 bushels; wheat, 00 bushels; buckwheat, 100 bushels ; corn. 150 bushels; peaches, 4 bushels ; hay, 55 tons ; corn fod der, 8 tons; oat straw. 8 tons ; butter, 2,100 pounds ; wool, 40 pounds ; apples, 200 bar rels ; beef cattle, 3 ; pigs, 11 ; lambs, 5 ; calves, 9 ; deaconskins, 6 ; chickens, 100 ; tur keys, 8 ; gosling, 1 ; eggs, 100 dozen ; bees, 5 swarms. There was also some pears, gar den vegetables, etc. The cash proceeds, af ter reserving for use of a large family and seeding purposes, cleared $1,750 50. Amount ot labor cnrfployed in producing the above and hauling to market a distance of five miles, was one pair of horses and one man for eight months, besides myself, a share of my over time being devoted to the heavy work of the dairy. The outlay, including some extra work in haying and harvest, was $200; capital invested in real estate and per sonals, about SIO,OOO ; taxes and other farm and family expenses $450. The Currency Question. The following paragraphs, taken from the Atlanta Constitution of different dates, will, | perhaps, show the direction of the “ political | wind.” Let us all, however, be sure we are right, “then go ahead!” The currency question is making strange bedfellows. The complications are daily in creasing. The Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.) and the Chicago Inter-Ocean (rad.) are hand in hand on this question, while the New York World (detn.) and the Cincinnati Gazette (rad.) sweetly quote each other’s financial views. The simple truth is, neither party is in a position to fight a campaign for either hard money or for more money. Congress must settle these questions in the end. and the people can decide what they want when they elect anew house of repre sentatives. Send the whole matter, there fore, to the congressional districts. The parties are equally confused on the currency question. The republicans of Ohio are in favor of immediate contraction and return to specie payments, but the repub licans of Wisconsin, who met this week, want resumption of specie payments provided it can come by continuous steps in such a manner as to disturb the business interests very little, if any. The democrats of Ohio want more money and better times, but the democrats of Minnesota, who met this week, demand an immediate return to gold and silver as the currency of the country, with effective measures to secure the resumption of specie payments. Each party is divided by the perplexing question, and each will proba bly be compelled to remand it to the con gressional disticts, or suffer defeat at the polls. The Press Convention, Which met in Atlanta last week, repealed a former resolution prohibiting members of the Association from using “ patent outsides.” At the suggestion of Mr. W. T. Hatch, of Minnesota, the Association passed resolu tions extending a cordial welcome to all im migrants who may come to Georgia, and assuring them of the perfect security of them selves and their property. A resolution thanking Mr. Hatch for his interest in this matter was also adopted. Mr. Christy, of the Athens Watchman , offered resolutions con demning the personalities so frequentty re sorted to by the members of the press, and establishing a Board of Honor to which shall be referred all differences and difficulties arising from this practice—a member failing to abide by the decision of the Board to be expelled. Resolutions repealing the rates of advertising heretofore established, and favoring the establishment somewhere in the State of a “Printer's supply House,” were al so adopted. We are glad to add that through | the intervention of a committee, appointed by ! the Association, Cols. Clarke .and Alston ' agreed to drop the whole matter of their late quarrel. The Association resolved to hold its next annual meeting in Savannah. The fol ; lowing officers for the ensuing year were 1 elected: President, J. H. Estill, of the Savannah News; Ist Vice-President, E. Y. Clark, Atlanta Constitution; 2d Vice-Presi dent, J. B. Gorman, Talbotton Standard; Corresponding Secretary, S. W. Hawkins, Covington Enterprise; Recording Secretary, | 11. H. Gabaniss, Forsyth Advertiser; Treasu ! rer, S. R. Weston, Dawson Journal; Execu | five Committee, R. A. Alston, Atlanta Her ' aid; J. R. Christian, Sparta Times $ Plan ter; IT. 11. Jones, Macon Telegraph; John Triplett, Thomasville Times and C. W. Han cock. Americus Republican. When last heard from, the members of the Association were enjoy irg themselves “ huge ly ” on the excursion to Toccoa and Tallulah Falls, &c., tendered by the Atlanta Constitu tion. The above we get from the Columbus Sun day Enquirer. Of the “ Excursion *’ to Toc coa, the Gainesville Southron remarks as follows: The points of interest visited were Toccoa and Tallulah Falls, and the hoys were unani mous in their praise of these wonderful and beautiful freaks of nature ; were utterly as tonished that such points of interest and nat ural curiosities lay within the confines of our State. Several had visited Niagara and some Europe, and all agreed that for natural beau ty and grandeur Tallulah was far ahead of anything they had ever beheld. Some of the “ piney wood ” fellows thronght in passing over the spurs of the mountains they were ascending the Alps or the Hymalaya—they could not comprehend how such things could exist so close to them. We were hospitably entertained by Col. Nichols, of New Holland, Trammell and Thrasher, of Belton, the citizens of Toccoa, and Col. W. D. Young, of the Tallulah Ho tel, and for these courtesies we mingle our thanks with the other excursionists, and wish them a long and prosperous career. In stead of Georgians going North or to Europe to see the curiosities of the world, these mag nificent summer resorts, together with the renowned natural scenery, should induce them to explore and visit the garden spot of the world and the Eden of our own State. Appended are the resolutions offered by Mr. Christy, and alluded to above : BOARD OR HONOR. Col. Christy offered the following resolu tions which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That in the opinion of the Press association of Georgia, personalities detract from the respectability and lessen the influence of the press, and should therefore become avoided. Resolved, That in order to give force and effect to this resolution, and to elevate jour nalism to that high standard of respectability and usefulness it has a right to claim for it self, a Board of Honor be established by this association to which shall be referred for ad justment all serious misunderstandings and difficulties between the members, who shall abide its decision, or, failing to do so, be ex pelled from this body. The Floods in France. We notice that the great floods in France are rendered more terribly by every succes sive account. One report states that more than a hundred thousand people have been made homeless and destitute, by this swift and wide-spreadjTig calamity. And through out France great efforts are being made to help the sufferers, and all Europe will prob ably share in the good work. In regard to the late disasters, it is perhaps some conso lation that the overflow of river banks, as illustrated by the Nile and Mississippi, is usually succeeded by seasons of extraordi nary fertility. If this should prove to be the case with the great freshets in France and Bohemia, it may at least prove the preven tion of further famine there. Children arc to-morrow of society. Take Care of the Horses. The season is now upon us when there is a great deal of fast driving done in town and i country ; and while we make no pretensions as a “ horse-doctor,” yet it is hoped no one will object to a little wholesome admonition on the subject above noted. Too much care cannot be exercised as regards over-working and over-heating at this season. A gentle man drove through Jefferson a couple of weeks since, and had scarcely passed the town limits ere he was compelled to return in quest of medicine for his, now, sick horse. It was too late, however; and in less than an hour—or at least a very short time—the no ble animai was dead. We do not pretend to say that this horse was over-worked ; not at all. The da}' was very warm—he had come from a neighboring county, and the circum stance was, to say the least, suggestive. The following appropriate hints on the “ horse” subject, we take from the Washington Ga zette, and respectfully commend them to the attention of all interested : Good for the Horses.—There arc few things which are so injurious to a horse as to allow him, after a ride or drive, to stand idle, fastened to a tree or rack, for hours at a time. In the cold weather of winter there is great risk that he will take cold and be seriously if not fatally injured, and many a poor animal has died from what was called distemper who lost his life solely by being left standing to suffer with cold, after being heat ed by a brisk ride or drive. Many others have been permanently injured by this, and the disease attributed to something else. It is almost, if not quite, as bad to leave them exposed to the sun and flies and deprived of water in the summer time as to leave them exposed to the cold winter. Horses are weakened and enfeebled and rendered incapable of doing full work by this cruel treat ment ; and merely as a matter of economy, as a question of dollars and cents, and leaving the in humanity out of the question, it is better that horses should have a shelter and attention after being worked. No farmer would dream of plow ing a horse or mule for hours, and then of letting him stand tied to a post without food or water for hours, and then putting him back in the plow and | working him till night. And yet a great many : farmers will work their horses to town over a bad : road and then leave them without shelter, water or j food, and then work them back home by night or | b}- some late hour in the night. For the Forest News. Primary Education. Bv yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay. There in his noisy mansion skill'd to rule The village master taught his little school.— Goldsmith. In the times when the lines above quote 1 were most appropriate, the greatest attention was given to the subject of this brief and un pretentious article. Asa general rule, very few were able, in a pecuniary sense of view, to avail themselves of the opportunities then afforded at the few colleges of the land for the acquirement of an advanced or classical education. The tuition in the common or old-field schools of the country ranged from four to six cents per diem, and the school master was distinguished and celebrated for his will and ability to apply the birch, and this he did in a manner befitting his imperial posi tion. Flogging, carried to the extent that it was in those days, was in our conception a disgrace to civilization and enlightenment.— This, with many others, was an error which characterized the then existing systems of “ teaching the young idea how to shoot.” But, notwithstanding all this, the import ance attached to a thorough acquirement of the rudiment al branches of the English course, was truly a commendable feature in the sys tems of teaching at that period. The pupil was thoroughly drilled in each study pursued before he was permitted to advance, and as a result the English scholars of that day were superior to those of our own. Now, in the hurry to advance young men and women, in order to get them to college, they are never taught. The pupil is rapidly carried over orthograph}', arithmetic and grammar, (these being branches of minor importance,) then smattered with a little Latin, Greek, etc., and sent to college, where he soon graduates, and goes out into the world ignorant of a practical education in his own language. We think we know what we are talking about, for we have seen many such cases. From the above remarks we would not have it inferred that we oppose a high standard of learning. Far be it to the contrary ; but what we contend for is, that the foundation should be well and thoroughly laid, and if but little is learned, let that little be learned well. Do not advance the pupil too much, but let him advance. Do not drive, but lead. It is a lamentable fact that childrens’ minds are fre quently overtaxed, and as a result, they be come despondent and discouraged. The formation of a lasting structure requires that a solid foundation be laid. If, in early youth, the pupil is habituated to running over studies half understood, it is but a practice which he will pursue, to a greater or less extent, throughout his entire life as a student. Hence, “ Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” The masses of our people are never educated beyond an ordinary English course. But a very small per cent, of them ever expect to or do make lawyers, doctors, statesmen, etc. A large per cent, of them have not the means to incur the expenses incident to a first-class education, but none are so poor, if the proper exertion be used, but that they may make themselves familiar with the elements of an English education, and let this education be made as perfect as possible. We therefore favor the establishment in every institution of learning of the higher grades, a separate and distinct department for primary instruction, not in name, but in fact, through which the pupil shall be carried and undergo a sifting examination before being allowed to enter the more advanced depart ments. When tills is done there will be fewer scholars to sit doivn at spelling bees on ac count of not being acquainted with Webster s Elementary Spelling Book. Irenaeus. Galilee, July 15 th, 1875. A flirt is a fool, who dclights in fooling fools ; and the fool who is fooled by such a fool is the foolishest kind of a fool. For the Forest News. Crop Prospects of Jackson. Editor Forest News :—Having been traveling with a threshing machine, threshing wheat, it afforded me an opportunity of see ing the crops, and I now report to you the following: Wheat crop is yielding from eight to ten bushels per acre. The com crop I have never seen look more flattering in any coun try. The ridge furrow will yield equal to the low ground furrow of an ordinary year. I have never seen a crop better cultivated than it has been this year. The cotton crop in Jackson county never was any better than it is at the present time. The potato crop is good. A few more seasons, and Jackson county will be independent. The bottom cracks of her corn-cribs will be stopped; her meat boxes in her smoke-houses will be fill ed, and her gin-houses will be filled with the great staple, waiting their own time to change it into greenbacks. No longer will they dis turb the smoke-houses of our Western breth ren ; neither will they have to make their will and bequeath their all—body and soul —to some clever merchant, to win them anoth er 3’ ear’s glory. Enough for one time—my soul is happy. Hurrah for old Jackson county ! To our low-country neighbors, we say dis pose of your old red hills. • If you cannot do so, leave them while you are able, and come to Jackson, where you can get good land and pure water —where you can live at home and board at the same place. Some have come ; still, there is room for more. Come along— we will give you a hearty welcome. You will never regret coining to Jackson count} 7- . You can get as good land as there is in any State in the Union, and on as reasonable terms. Mr. Editor, I am speaking what I believe to be the truth, when I say that the time is not far distant when Jackson county will be considered the garden-spot of our State. But I must close. More anon. Yours, trul\ r , Curry’s Creek. I*. S.—l send you the following recipe to clean a potato patch : Prepare your land as you did at first—the same size as your grassy patch—then pull up the slips of your grassy patch, and plant them in your clean patch, and my word for it, you will have as clean a potato patch as anybody. Try it. My bill, Mr. Editor, for the recipe is 30 cents ; please send me the amount by Express. C. C. Jackson Cos., Ga., July 1 2th, 1875. A Grand Scheme. * The grangers aud the co-operatives pro pose to go into business on an international scale. The one produces grain and cotton that the other needs, and the latter produces fabrics and machinery, that the former is now compelled to buy with several interme diate profits added. They propose to effect an exchange by their own ships through their own agents. A lengthy correspondence con ducted on the part of the grangers by Secre tary Kelly, has resulted in a delegation of co operatives who are en route to this country to confer with the executive committee of the national grange, and perhaps to settle the de tails of the plan. The co-operatives of Great Britain number 500,000 members, and the grangers of America probably 2,000,000. Here is certa'nly the basis of an extensive partnership. Whether the partnership, if formed, woul 1 endure or not is quite another question. That depends, to a great extent, upon the wisdom of the men who are entrusted with the gener al management of the new system of excange. Both organizations believe in the principles direct co-operation ; both want cheaper goods for ther own use ; both are efficient and pow-. erful, and both have already a large number officers and agents trained to the work. If the plan can succeed on an international scale at all alliances of the grangers and co operatives should certainly poduee such a result. It is an excellent and almost un paralleled opportunity to try co-operation on the broadest scale. The experiment is worth a trial, and the conditions for a grand trial were never more favorable. The cotton crop of the South will be an important element in this international effort, and the people of Savannah should watch the movement with a view of getting from it the inception at least of a direct line of steam ships. The grangers and co-operatives will certainly need a direct southern line to effect an equitable and economical exchange of their products. Savannah is clearly the best Southern port for such a purpose ; and Mas ter Smith of the State Grange can do his State and his order noble service by keep ing his weather eye on the movement, for the purpose of securing all that the advantages of Georgia plainly justify.— At. Const. Texas Crops. | From a gentleman just returned from a ! tour through more than forty counties of this | State, we learn that everywhere cotton is looking well, and as yet has not suffered from the drought. In Fort Bend, Brazoria, Waller, Washington, Grimes, Brazos, Robert son and Limestone, it is unusually fine. As for corn, in the counties just named, it is much better than the average. In the coun try west of the Colorado it is suffering great ly for the want of rain, and will not make more than half a crop. On Tuesday and Wednesday last there were fine rains in the country between the Guadalupe and Colo rado, which will be of great benefit to the cotton. Upon the whole, our informant thinks there will be an abundance of corn raised, and, unless the drought should be greatly prolonged the cotton crop will be much larger than last year. —Dallas Herald. bishops of the Methodist Episco pal church, south, have decided that the sale of intoxicating liquors, by the large or small quantity, constitutes a violation of the Meth odist law as found in the article of the gen eral rules requiring the avoidance of evil of every kind and the doing of no harm. Un der this ruling, the Augusta district confer ence recently passed the following resolu tions : That the members of our church are most earnestly exhorted to separate themselves from a traffic condemed by good morals, Methodist rules and the Holy scriptures. That our pastors are hereby called upon to judiciously, yet firmly, enforce the ruling of our bishops as to the law of the church with respect to the sale of intoxicating li quors. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Gumming —Corn planted the second week in April silked in June for the first time in sixteen years. — Clarion. Sparta —The brain ofHobert Braswell, who died of brain fever, weighed 72 ounces, or four pounds and a half.— Times 4' Planter. Macon —Seventeen years ago Mr. A. B. Strippling, of Jones county, put a small cat fish in his well. The fish still is there hearty and active, a perfect monarch of the waters, subsisting, as best it can, upon what fate throws in its way. A negro woman in south Macon was struck by lightning a day or two ago. She says the fluid struck her on the head and glanced off, leaving her smartly stunned. She had a child in her hand at the time which was not injured at all. Columbus— Old Billie, a colored man, was in the twentieth Georgia regiment, Benning’s brigade, as cook, during the war. Every memorial day “Old Billie” puts on his Con federate gray coat and goes to the cemetery to put flowers on the graves of the “boys.” He leads the horse in the funeral procession of Gen. Benning.— Enquirer. General Benning’s life was insured in the Brooklyn Life Insurance Company for $lO.- 000. We are requested by Col. S. K. Johnson to say to the people of Athens that he has no intention of discontinuing either train on their road until after Commencement, and not then if business will justify running both. If either is taken off it will be the night.— Aug. Const. Aug . 15th. It is rumored extensively in Atlanta that Judges McKay and Trippe, of the Supreme Court, will resign at an early day, and it is thought that lion. Hope Hull, of Augusta, and Col. L. E. Bleckly, of Atlanta, will be appointed to the position.— Herald. Elberton.— The fourth of July celebrated. Major H. A. Roebuck read the decleration of independence, and S. N. Carpenter aud Hon. Robert Hester made addresses.— Gazette. The Grand Lodge of the Good Templars of Georgia meets in Gainesville September 2 ( J. The Eagle says visitors will be well enter tained. Rome Commercial : We see in the last issue of the Times, that a child, about eigh teen months old, of Mr. A. J. Langley, living near Gadsden, Ala., was killed by a chicken. While the child was playing in the yard, it was furiously attacked by a rooster, knock ed down and spurred several times. I)r. Ewing, who was called in, says that one stroke of the spur entered the brain through the sucher connection of the occipital and tem poral bones, which in young children are not knitted together. The Doctor thinks this is the first case of the kind in the history of the world. The news from the crops, not only in Georgia but all over the South, continues most favorable. More so, indeed, than known in a whole decade of years. A gentleman just returned from Nashville, says he never saw such a prospect all along the road from Atlanta to that city. The Georgia corn crop South of Atlanta will be made in the next ten or fifteen days, or at least placed beyond the possibility of blight. —Augusta Constitution alist, 1 5th. Goldsboro, X. C., Correspondent of the New York Herald. THE SV/AMP ANGELS. Capture of George Applewhite, the Last oi the Lowry Gang—A Desperate Struggh With a Desperate Man. Since 1871. a stalwart mullatto, passing under the assumed name of Bill Jackson, has been living in this locality, following the location of a plasterer aud brick mason. It seems that Jackson and another negro, whose name escapes my memory, for some time have been suitors for the hand of the same woman, and that this contest engen dered the most bitter hostility between them. They had hitherto been warm friends, and it was during this period of intimacy between them that Jackson divulged to him the ghastly secrets of his former life with the robber chief 1 Henry Berry Lowry, in Robeson coun ty. Jackson’s rival betrayed him, and acting upon information received from him, certain parties here addressed a letter to Mr. McMil lan, the Sheriff of Robeson county, asking for a minute description of Geo. Applewhite. A photograph of the bandit was the response, and led to the apprehension of Bill Jackson, as the escaped freebooter. Applewhite was standing, engaged in conversation upon one of our principal streets to-dav, when he was approached by William Freeman and Brvant Copps, who commanded him to surrender. Upon his refusing the summons the officers clinched him, when a desperate struggle ensued. Though wholly unarmed Applewhite did effective execution with his brawny fists, knocking Freeman into chaos and out of time in the first round. This giving him a momentary freedom, he ran rapidly down James street toward tha market house, but was soon overtaken by his pursuers and beaten into submission. lie was terribly cut and bruised by the batons of the police, both in the temple, and back of his head. The officials here are positive as to his identity since coming into possession of the photo graph. It will be remembered that George Applewhite murdered Mr. King, a former sheriff of Robeson county, and for which felony, in conjunction which others of no less magnitude, he was SENTENCED TO DEATH. I lowever, with the assistance of his confede rate he escaped, and has been at large ever since until now. He was considered one of the most daring, brutal and devilish of the “ swamp angels,” and his name alone sug gested murder. There is a standing reward of $6,000 for his body, dead or alive. To night a strong guard will be placed around the jail in which he is imprisoned, to prevent any possible attempt at rescue. Intense ex citement prevails here consequent upon his capture, and knots of citizens upon the various street corners have been discuss ing’the evente the entir afternoon. Robeson county is only distant about eighty miles from this point, and it is a little remarkable that an outlaw of Georgie Apple white’s reputed sagacity should expose him self so near the theater of his many depreda tions. The By-Laws of Journalism. 1. Be brief. This is the age of telegraphs and stenography. 2. Be pointed. Don‘t write all around a subject without hitting it. 3. State facts, but don’t stop to moralize. If it is a drowsy subject. Let the reader do his own dreaming. 4. Eschew preface. Plunge at once into your subject, like a swimmer into cold water. 5. If you have written a sentence that you think particularly fine, draw your pen through it. A pet child is always the worst in the family. 6. Condense. Make sure that you really have an idea, and then record it in the shortest possible terms. Wc want thoughts in their quintessence. 7. When your article is completed, strike out nmc-tenths of the adjectives. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. St. Louis, July 0. —Gen. Frank P. Bl a i r expired at midnight, surrounded by I family and a few intimate friends, lie has been in a precarious state for several months but under blood-transfusing treatment had begun to grow stronger and was generally supposed to be steadily improving. During the past few days he has taken frequent rides and yesterday walked down stairs His death came suddenly and will be a pain, ful surprise to his many friends who ha : confident hopes of his recovery. Long Branch, July 11. —Mrs. Algernon Sartoris, daughter of President Grant, gave birth at 8:15 this morning to a fine 'boy weighing 10| pounds. The happy house hold immediately telegraphed the news to the President, who is at present at Cape May. He immediately sent congratulations and a father’s blessing by telegraph. Many friends arrived during the day to congratulate the happy mother, but by special instructions from her physicians, none were permitted to see her, except near and dear relatives. This evening the mother and son were doina well. Columbus, Ga., July 10, 1875.—General Henry L. Benning died at his residence in this city this morning at three o’clock, after a very short illness. He was formerly a Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia, aud at present a prominent member of the bar, and was during the war, the commander of the famous Benning’s brigade. No mar. was more honored and loved, and his death will be university regretted. His funeral takes place to-morrow. Caktersvili.e, July 10. —At the election held here yesterday under the local option law, the restrictionists carried the day by a majority of fifty-three votes. The total mini. ] ber of votes polled were 281. New Orleans, July 14.—A bale of new cotton was received last night from St. Landry Parish, classed from middling fair to fair, new classification, and weighing 400 pounds, was sold at 25 cents per pound. The first receipt of Louisiana cotton last year was on August 12th. Providence, R. 1., July 14.—The National | Division of Sons of Temperance of North America are in session. Ninety four repre sentatives are present. Twenty-seven repre- 1 sentatives were initiated. Atlanta, July 14.—Tom. Wells, formerly a commission merchant of this city, suicided. Financial troubles. New Orleans, July 14.— A letter in the Bulletin, from Melton, Florida, reports the lynching of a white man and a negro, eaeli charged with rape. Verdict of the coroner’s jury: “Hanged by parties unknown, and served them right.” Raleigh, N. C., July 14.—1n the Cotton States Congress, Col. Holt, of North Carolina, introduced a resolution requesting the dele gates to the Congress to urge the Legislatures of their respective States to follow the pre cedent so wisely established by Georgia in ’ establishing a State Department l of Agri culture. Dr. Janes, of Georgia, spoke in advocacy jj of the resolution, and explaining the great good that had been accomplished in that State by this department. He claimed that 8200,000 would be saved to the farmers of Georgia this year by its workings. The resolution was adopted. The affairs of the Direct Trade Union were liscussed. It was stated that while its 1 working had not been altogether satisfactory, it had establishd the fact that it could be j productive of great good in the Southern ; States. An essay was read from Dr. E. M. Pendleton, of Georgia, pertaining to agricul- | tural colleges and the department of agricul ture. Col. Johnson, of North Carolina, reported from special committee, advocating the re establishment of the State banking system as peculiary advantageous to the whole coun try, and asking Congress to relieve the tar upon State banks as a matter of justice and right. Resolutions were adopted urging the im portance and absolute necessity of producing an abundance of art icles of prime necessity. ■ # >i S H # Crop Averages in Georgia. Circular No. 13, from the Georgia Depart ment of Agriculture, gives the average con dition of the crops in the several counties of the State, as returned to the Department up to the loth of June. We copy, says the Columbus Sun. the general averages and com parative estimates for the whole State, deriv ed from a consolidation of county returns. Corn—Average condition, 98. Suffered in South Georgia from drouth. Reported clean ; but small. Cotton—Average condition, 100—late but in a thriving condition. Rick —9s. Melons, 96. Sorghnm, 109. Sugar Cane — 93 ; retarded by drouth. Oats —Fall sown, 106: spring, 80; yield of both compared with last year, 114 : spring sown, injured by both rust and drouth, It is well demonstrated that oats succeed bet-j ter sown in the fall. It has also been de monstrated that a good stand may be secured by sowing in cotton about the first ofSeptem her without plowing in. Planters should try at least a part of their crop in this way next fall. Wheat —Condition of that not harvested June 15th, was 90. The yield of that tbenf harvested is 108. The crop has been har vested in good dn’condition. In some coon ties in Middle and South Georgia it W& 5 materially injured by rust. Clover—9o: harvested in good condi - tion. Corn Forage —Acreage, 121; condition 99. Field Peas —Acreage, 100. Speckled an White Crowder are the varieties principal! 5 ' recommended. Postal Points. The law went into effect on the let Jnl f placing the fees on domestic money order* as follows: On orders not exceeding sls, 10 cents. On orders over sls and not exceeding S3O, 15 cents. On orders over S3O aed not exceeds S4O, 20 cents. On orders over S4O and not exceeding S6O, 25 cents. Postage on printed matter and merely dise, one cent for every ounce, or fractal thereof, up to four pounds. The fee for registering letters will short be increased from eight to ten cents, in * dition to the regular postage. Postage on letters to Great Britain, G e many, Sweden, Spanish Possessions, Swit#‘ land, Turkey, Italy and Denmark, has b# 1 1 reduced to a regular standard rate of | cents for every half ounce or fraction ther^ By remembering these points, those, have business at the post'office willjsave tffc* | selves and the clerks much trouble $ I annoyance.