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Jackson County Publishing Company.
Dr. J. D. Long. ; N. 11. Pknderurass,
President . | Vice President.
T. 11. NIBLACK. Secr'if 4* Treat.
JEFFERSON, <3-A..
SITI RD.tl MOR.VG, Jf 11.1 21, ltfT*.
IdTW e are in favor of short art icles as a
general thing, but had to strain a point this
week In the extracts on “ Georgia—its Gen
eral Resources.” But the matter is well worth
perusing. A great many of ns. while “loud”
in praise of our grand old “Empire,” know
really very little of its immense resources.
The Forest News.
We have before us a copy of the Forest
News, anew paper recently started at Jeffer
son, Jackson county. Ga., by the Jackson
County Publishing Company, Malcom Staf
ford, managing and business editor. The
mechanical execution of the paper is excel
lent, the selections of type show experience
and judgment, and the general make up of
the paper is pleasing and attractive. The
editorial and local departments are ably and
and skilfully managed. $2 a year.
Yours, truly, Mr. Gazette. We have been
loth to repeat the many flattering compliments
paid our little “ representative” from the “ for
est” of noble old Jackson, but the above is
so handsomely said, and comes from a source
of such undoubted authority and good judg
ment, (the Elberton Gazette.) that we are com
pelled to la} 1, aside our ‘modesty’ for the time
being, and let the world see what others have
to say of us. And furthermore, we take the
liberty of saying, our outfit came from the
“Southern” firm of 11. L. Pelouze & Cos., of
Richmond, Va., who are ever ready to fill or
ders for anything in the printing line, from a
bodkin to a “ Hoe Lightning Press,” on good
terras and at short notice.
Dry Your Wheat before Sending to Mill.
In one of the early* numbers of the News,
was published a communication on this sub
ject. Attention has been again called to the
matter, and we are informed by those who
ought to know, that it is of great importance
to those wanting good flour, to have the wheat
thoroughly dry before sending to mill. And
while on this subject, we append a short ex
tract. from an exchange, that may be of some
importance to millers and others interested
ki the flour question.
Facts About Flouiw —At the present time
it is the practice, to a large extent among the
millers to grind the finest, soundest wheat into
white flour, and the noores. into what is called
“Graham flour.” This term “Graham flour”
ought to he no longer used. It is a kind of gene
ral name given to mixtures of bran and spoiled
flour, to a large extent unfit for human food.
What we need is good, sweet wheat flour, finely
ground, and securely put up for family use.
This article we do not find in the market, and
the Western miller who will give his attention to
furnishing such flour will realize a fortune speed
ily. The brown loaf made from whole wheat is
to our eyes as handsome as the white. It can be
made with all the excellencies of the white so far
as lightness is concerned, and it is sweeter and far
more j min table. With this loaf we secure all the
important nutritive principles which the Creator,
for wise reasons, has stored in wheat.— Louiscillt
Ledger.
Come one, Come all I
We noted the fact last week, we believe,
that there was to be a Picnic at Homer on
the 30th inst., under the auspices of the farm
ers and Grangers. We find the following re
solution. inviting “ everybody and his chil
dren,” in the Eagle, of Gainesville, and for
the benefit of our readers, transfer it to our
columns.
Homer, Ga., July 6, 1873. llesoloed , By
the Homer Grange. No. 357, That we have a
farmers’ and Grange picnic at Homer, on
Friday', July 30, 1875. All sister Granges
throughout the country, and from elsewhere,
are cordially invited to be with us, and brine
full baskets for the picnic. The public gen
erally are most cordially invited to come and
participate. Distinguished speakers, as well
as the Worthy Master of the State Grange,
Br .T. J. Smith, are invited to address the
people the great subject of Agriculture.
Daniel T. Busii, Master.
A. C. Moss. Sec.
From the same piper, we take the follow
ing item in regard to Judge Bagwell, a most
estimable citizen of Franklin county :
W, W. Bagwell, an elderly and highly re
spected citizen, is severely and strangely
afflicted. Some months ago he accidently
but ver\ T slightly cut the great toe of his right
foot; it afterwards began to pain him, and
rapidly grew worse. The toe was taken oft'
at the first joint; now Gangrene has set in,
and his many friends are seriously appre
hensive of his condition. When not under
the influence of opiates, his sufferings are in
tolerable.
Commencement exercises of our
College began yesterday morning, but owing
to the time we go to press Monday, it is
impossible to give any of the particulars in
this issue. \Y e hope our citizens and the
visitors will greet the students and show
their appreciation of their labors. We under
stand the programme is highly entertaining.
—Gainesville Southron , 2 Oth.
From Dr. H. J. Long, of Jetferson, who
was present a good portion of the time, we
learn the Exercises referred to above, were of
a most interesting and entertaining charac
ter. Everything pertaining to the “ Exhibi
tion” was, as the expression goes, an entire
success. Speeches, dialogues, &e., rendered
in a style reflecting at once, the highest cre
dit on instructors and pupils. We also learn
from Dr. Long, that the number of spectators
and visitors present were larger than ever
before. Three cheers and a tiger for the
" Queen city of the Mountains !”
BP*We had more preaching last week than
ever before fell to the lot of Gainesville.
The Methodists had a revival at their church,
the Episcopals held their convocation at the
Presbyterian Church r the Catholics, with
Bishop Gross, officiating, held a series of
meetings at Candler Hall, and a suburban
revival on the Brown's Bridge road attracted
the attention of our citizens in t hat locality.
—Southron, 20 th.
F<>r the Forest News.
THE YAZOO FRAUD, AND HOW JACKSON
COUNTY GOT IT’S NAME.
In this communication I will give a scrap
of history that ought to be interesting to
Georgians, and especially to the citizens of
Jackson county. When Georgia was a Col
ony*, under the King of Great Britain, and
when she became an independent State in
1776, her boundaries included all the territory
now in the State, together with nearly all of
the present States of Alabama and Missis
sippi. the middle of the Mississippi river be
ing her Western limit. After the close of the
war of the Revolution, speculation in lands
became rampant. A joint stock company of
land-speculators was formed to make fortunes
out of Georgia lands. This company was
composed mainly of Virginians and citizens
of Georgia who had emigrated from Virginia.
In 1795, Gen. George Mathews, of Ogle
thorpe county*, a native of Virginia, was Gov
ernor of Georgia, and Gen. Blackburn, of
Elbert county*, was a leading member of the
Legislature. He was also from Virginia, and
(I believe) a son-in-law of Gov. Mathews.—
At the meeting of the Legislature in 1795,
this company* of land-speculators succeeded
in bribing a majority of the Legislature, and
in prevailing upon that body to enact a bill
selling to the said company* several millions
of acres of the best lands now in the States
of Alabama and Mississippi, for the paltry*
sum of $150,000, and Gov. Mathews approv
ed the bill, and it became a law. When the
members of the Legislature who had voted
for the fraud, commonly called the “ Yazoo
Fraud,” returned home, they were met by a
perfect storm of indignation from their out
raged constituents. Every* man of them was
chased from the State, along with the Gov
ernor. Some were pursued beyond the limits
of the State, and were shot or hung. Gov.
Mathews and Gen. Blackburn fled back to
Virginia, and never returned.
Musgrove was the member for Oglethorpe
county, who had voted for the fraud. Soon
after the adjournment of the Legislature,
there was a public gathering in Lexington.
Solomon Jennings lived ten or twelve miles
east of Lexington. Solomon Jenninga’ neigh
bor had started to Lexington, and as lie rode
np to Jennings’ gate he saw him coming out
of his house to the gate to mount his horse to
go to Lexington also. Jennings was stuffing
anew rope into his pocket, and his neighbor
said, “ Mr. Jennings, what are you taking
that rope for?” His reply* was, “I am going
to hang Musgrove, because he sold the peo
ple’s land for a bribe.” But Musgrove got
wind of the intention of his indignant con
stituents in time to make his escape, no more
to return. Much of the land thus fraudulent
ly* sold by the corrupt law-makers of the State,
was situated upon the Yazoo river, hence the
expression, “ Yazoo Fraud.”
When this gigantic fraud was perpetrated
upon the people of Georgia, by their legisla
tors, James Jackson, of Savannah, was a
member of Congress from this State. He
was a young man of commanding talents, of
unbending integrity, and of unflinching en
ergy. When he learned that the people’s
land had been fraudulent ly sold, by* a bribed
Legislature, he immediately* resigned his seat
in the Congress of the United States, return
ed home and stumped the State in favor of
repudiating the fraudulent sale. He visited
all parts of the State, and on every* occasion
his theme was, “The sale of the lands of the
State was procured by* fraud and bribery, and
is not binding on the State, and therefore
should be annulled, and the very records of
the fraud should be burnt up.” Convinced
by the logic, and fired by the eloquence of
James Jackson, the people would not vote
for any candidate, for a seat in the next Leg
islature until he had given them a solemn
pledge to vote for annulling the “Yazoo
Fraud.” Accordingly, when the new Gov
ernor. Jared Erwin, and the new Legislature
met at Louisville, Jefferson county, in Jan
uary, 1796, their first legislative act was a bill
declaring the sale of the public lands by the
former Legislature fraudulent, and therefore
illegal, and not binding upon the State and
the people, and that all records of the fraud
should be burnt up. They then took the re
cord-books and cut out of them every leaf
that had upon it anything pertaining to the
fraud, and marching in solemn procession to
an open space on the public square, they
built a huge pile of combustibles, and placing
the records of the fraud upon it, they, with a
sun-glass, drew fire from heaven, and con
sumed them ; and to this day the public re
cords of the State bear no evidence that her
corrupt law-makers *fld her lands for a paltry
bribe.
After burning up the records of the fraud,
as James Jackson had advised them to do,
the same Legislature, in a short time, organ
ized anew county out of the Western portion
of Franklin county ; and, in honor of James
Jaskson, and out of gratitude for what he had
done to secure the State against the effects
of the fraud, the new county was named
Jackson.
Thus the name of Jackson county forever
stands connected witli a heart}' repudiation
of fraud and bribery. Jackson county hav
ing thus derived her name from one of Geor
gia's truest and noblest sons, and from an
opposition to dishonesty and corruption, her
sons should seek to keep her reputation un
tarnished, and to make her the nursery of
many noble men and women.
At the next election, in 1798, Jack
son was elected Governor ; and as long as he
lived, Georgia delighted to honor him ; and
being dead, he is not forgotten.
G. 11. Caktledge.
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“Py, Sheminy, Ish Dot So?”
Pay tfie Preacher, if you woudd Suc
ceed. — Some people, able to do so, fail to
give the preacher a marriage fee. Now the
New York Tribune tells what it calls “one of
the prettiest stories of the da}',” to the effect
that a well-known clergyman married a cou
ple, years ago; that the wife, after a lapse of
years, called on the minister and told him
that she had not had any babies ; that she
thought it was a judgment on her for not
paying the parson when he married her. So
she paid him then, went home with a clear
conscience, and now is the mother of a dear
little boy.
Certain parties, no doubt, will look
well into this matter !
Col. R. B. Nesbit, of Eatonton, has con
sented to deliver an address before the
veterans of the Third Georgia Regiment, on
the occasion of their approaching second re
union in Portsmouth, Vs., on the 4th of
August prox.
For the Forest News.
THE UNIVERSITY, and UNIVERSITY FARM
ING.
Athens, Ga., July 18th, 1875.
Mr. Editor :—The notice now appearing
in some of the newspapers that all the Pro
fessorships of the State University will be
vacated at the approaching Commencement,
has been the subject of much speculation and
some misunderstanding. Some suppose that
the present officers will all be dismissed and
new men elected. Others think that some of
the present incumbents will be retained, but
certainly not the Chancellor. Some assign
one reason for this act of the Board, and
others another.
The whole truth is this : !About nine years
ago, the Board of Trustees adopted, hastily*
and without debate, (we are informed,) a
resolution to re-organize the Faculty every
four years. At the end of the first four years
no action was taken under this resolution by
the Board ; but the second four years having
expired last July*, the resolution was called
up and action under it postponed until the
present July.
Thus we see it is not the design to turn all
the present officers out, nor was the above
notice given because of the fault of any* of the
Faculty.
This answers many of the wild conjectures
which we have heard here and elsewhere, as
well as the charge that the College had to be
re-organized because it was in a waning con
dition; it is also an act of justice due the
present management. #
But, Mr. Editor, I intended to devote this
paper to a visit to the Experimental Farm
connected with the Agricultural Department
of the University. We found the Professor,
Dr. Pendleton, exceedingly* courteous and
obliging. By-the-wny, lie has just written the
first work that has ever been published in the
English language on Scientific Agriculture,
and we take pleasure in recommending it to
our farmers.
We would recommend that the farmers of
Jackson and adjoining counties call on the
l)r. at the Rock College, and see his little
farm. It is no burlesque on farming, as too
many* of the efforts of experimental farmers
prove to be. We found on these old and ex
hausted lands corn and cotton which would
do credit, not only* to virgin soils, but to our
most experienced and successful agricultu
rists. His experiments on broad-casting and
drilling fertilizers would indicate that the lat
ter is preferable for this year, with its abund
ant rains; but he thinks that the former
would prove superior in a dry season. An
other experiment clearly proves that the ef
fects of fertilizing will be shown in a crop the
third year after its use, for we saw cotton on
land which had not been manured since year
before last, and that cotton was far superior
to some which adjoined it, and which had not
been manured at all.
His experiments to prove the distances
which should be given corn or cotton in the
rows, and between the rows, or single stalks
and multiple stalks in the hill, we found ex
ceedingly interesting and instructive. But
all the facts developed by his experiment
will be given, we presume, in his forthcoming
annual report, for he is testing all kinds of
fertilizers, all modes of culture of every kind
of grain, grasses and staple, common to our
State, as well as of many yet little known.
He exhibited to us quite a number of young
plants from the seed of the Euchalyptus tree,
which is now arousing investigation and ex
citing quite a discussion in the medical and
scientific world. This tree is a very recent
introduction into our country, and it is hoped
that it may* flourish in the lower part of the
State, as it possesses very important medicinal
qualities. It is said to be a powerful prophy
lactic, a sure antidote to the shaking chills
and parching fevers of the malarial districts.
It is said also to furnish splendid timber, is
highly ornamental, and it comes, ice suggest,
with its claims of economy*—saving to farmer
and citizen the expense of lightning rods, as
it rises near two hundred feet above ordinary
dwellings, and presents points enough and
body enough to carry off the exaggerated and
extravagant thunderbolts of even these
modern days.
Biit we do not intend to mention all the
interesting things which the Dr. has, or is
doing, we are only trying to remove some of
the prejudice which exists against scientific
or book-farming, as it is called, and at least
excite enough interest in this department of
agriculture for the people to go and see for
themselves, and read the reports of this ex
perimental work with some confidence. Dr.
Pendleton is not a fancy man, nor a wild en
thusiast to mislead with baseless theories and
impracticable plans, worked out in figures
and printed on paper, but is a plain, unas
suming farmer of logg, experience, exceeding
ly modest, not over confident, and as truthful
as little George Washington under the search
ing eye of pater-familias. He expects his
work to be subjected to the crucial test of
practical life, and on ordinary farms. His
work proves itself by paying the expenses of
all the experiments ; for of the five hundred
dollars appropriated by the Legislature for
this year’s expenses, he used eleven dollars
and forty-seven cents.
Some prejudice, no doubt, exists in the
minds of parents who have sent their sons to
the University to study agriculture, because
those sons are not taught practically to plow
and hoe. Let us suggest that a school is no
place to learn such things, and that all art
must be built on a basis of science, and
schools are designed to teach the science
only. Dr. Pendleton will teach the boys this
and much of the art, too, if they will spend
their leisure hours in watching his operations
on his little farm. We believe he is doing a
great work, and the day will soon come when
he will be fully appreciated.
Agrtcola.
Charlie Ross.
A whole year is completed since Charlie
•Ross was stolen away, and yet in despite of
the energy and intelligence, backed by an
unlimited supply of money, displayed in
searching for him, he is to-day more surely
lost than he was twelve months ago, for then
the scent was hot, while now it is cold. A
nation has been baffled by the cunning of
two wicked men and their accomplices, and
it has been proved that a crime of the black
est hue may becommitted and may go un
punished in the full light of what we deem to
be the highest civilization which the world
has ever known.
For the Forest News.
Harmony Grove Academy.
Mr. Editor :—The closing exercises of this
flourishing institution, under the management
of Prof. R. S. Cheney, commenced on Tues
day, J uly 20th, with the examination of the
different classes ; this occupied the time until
Wednesday evening. We did not attend the
examination, but, upon inquiry, the unani
mous opinion was that all did credit to them
selves and their efficient teacher. Wednes
day evening ushered in the finale of this
pleasant and, to some, momentous occasion.
A large and appreciative audience as
sembled under the arbor in front of the Acad
emy, to witness the following programme :
Music —Song of Welcome, by School.
Poem Miss L L Hardeman.
The Elements Primary Class.
The Juvenile Eddie Cromer.
Truth Eddie Wood.
Music —Dear Jesus, Hear Me, by Miss Fauuie
Edwards.
Don’t Want to Speak R C Richey.
Seasons Girls.
Wonder ... J L Wood.
Music —Riding in a Sleigh—Anon.
I'd Rather Take a \\ hipping Thos Adair.
Labor John Wood.
I Wish I Was a Man Joe Edwards.
Music —Patchwork Polka.
Discussion by young ladies.
Song— u Suffer Children.’’
The Working Man D G Sanders.
Sparc My Moustache C A Bond.
Music —Close the Door Lightly—Miss L L Harde
man.
Improvement W L Williamson.
Test of Affection Miss L L Dcadwyler.
An Ode L J Farabee.
Music —Petersburg March.
Modern Belle F E Crow.
5ea50n5........... Miss E G Wood.
Tell me, Ye Winged Winds Willie Hardeman.
Music —ll ea von ward March.
The New Church Organ Anon.
Parody on Marco Bozarris J F Deadwvler.
Disappointment Miss R E Nash.
Music.
The Dram Drinker W B Barnett.
The Hours Miss P C Farabee.
Spartacus to the Roman Envoys J T Holland.
Music —Uncle Joe—Anon.
Washington. E II E Borders.
The Real Enjoyment of Human Life—
Miss I. C Richey.
Niagara S B Adair.
Music —Prize Banner Quickstep.
The Maniac A B Dcadwyler.
Maternal Affection Miss L L Hardeman.
Rienzi to the Romans D C Wood.
Music —Maid of Athens.
Memory Miss L L Nash.
Mysterious Rappings I, W Williamson.
Duty Miss E T Sanders.
Music —Congress March.
Misfortunes of Man Mostly Chargeable Themselves
...Miss M A Williamson.
Marco Bozarris W B Barnett.
Reflections on Death Miss S R Dcadwyler.
Music —Tf Papa Was Only Ready. •
The Lone Star of Texas 0 J Hood.
To-Morrow Miss F E Hardeman.
Music —Work for the Night is Coming.
Hope Miss A J Nash.
Music —Hold the Fort.
Development of Western Resources—
J T Deadwyler.
The Proper State of our Temper to Each Other—
Miss L A Wilhite.
Annexation of Texas W L Williamson.
Music —Evening Song.
We do nothing but justice to all concerned,
in saying that it was well done. And while
all did exceedingly well, some (like it always
will happen) distinguished themselves, and
led us to hope that we may again hear from
them as true women and noble men—an hon
or to the community in which they may live.
The compositions of the young ladies and
misses exhibited a high standard of literal
knowledge, a thorough comprehension of their
subjects, a skillful and masterly treatment,
which would have done credit to older and
more mature heads.
The enunciation also was good, and show
ed that they have been well drilled in that
important branch of education. We would
like to comment upon some of the young
ladies’ productions, but space forbids.
The declamation (young America’s chief
characteristic) by the young men was of a
superior order. The extracts were distinctly
and spiritedly spoken, which can only be
done after careful study and a proper appre
ciation of the sentiments of the speech. We
predict for them something higher in life than
the office of a Justice of the Peace.
The songs were rendered in a superior
manner by the young ladies, and here they
were materially assisted by Misses Cheney
and Borders.
In conclusion, we will say that the occa
sion was a successful endorsement of Prof.
Cheney's proficiency as a teacher. We con
gratulate the citizens of Harmony Grove up
on having so valuable a gentleman amongst
them to “ learn the young idea liow to shoot.”
We notice that the people of Harmony
Grove have, with their usual liberality, pro
vided the Professor with anew and commodi
ous school-house, which shows that they have
the proper opinion of a good education, and
the superiority of an educated community.
Harmon}’' Grove presents quite a different
appearance since the location of the North
eastern Railroad. The citizens have awaken
ed to anew life—built two new and elegant
churches, several new store-houses, and Mr.
Hood has erected perhaps the finest dwelling
in Jackson county, upon a beautiful site near
his store.
The people are hopeful that the echoes of
the iron horse will soon reverberate through
the pleasant little village, and we shall re
joice with them in the consummation of this
long looked for event. SriCE.
teTGeorgia, says the Nashville Banner.
is an enterprising State, and Macon is one of
its most enterprising and wide-awake cities.
The fair of the Georgia State Agricultural
Society, to be held there in October, promises
to eclipse all her efforts in that field. Mr.
Malcolm Johnston, the Secretary, is making
the tour of the West and East to direct pub
lic attention to it in these sections, and to
make arrangements with connecting lines of
railroads for transfer of visitors. He was in
Nashville yesterday, and visited the farms of
Gen. Harding and the Messrs. Cockerill in
this vicinity. Distinguished husbandmen
and eminent statesmen from all parts of the
country have been and are to be invited.
We doubt not it will be a grand success.
The Easton Free Press says that Joshua
was the first man who ever took a newspaper.
He stopped the Daity Sun. We suppose he
did so because the war news did not suit
him.
Mrs. Hennessy, of Boston, allowed her
husband to squander her fortune as he pleas
ed, until he paid a thousand dollars for a
monument to put over his first wife’s grave.
Then Mrs. Hennessy rose up and made
things lively for him.
Fred Douglas on Begging Agents, Freed
men’s Banks, Etc.
About the most refreshing Fourth of July
talk we have seen is one given by the above
high deacon of the darkies at Hillsdale, near
Washington City. We commend it to his
people down this way, though doubtless it
will strike some of them as coming a little
too late, especially' that part referring to the
Freedmen’s Bank. The “rebbels” have been
telling Sambo just wliat Fred does for many
3'ears, but without the slightest effect. lie
laughed them to scorn every time and went on
voting for these beggars with the most per
sistent regularity. Douglas said :
“All we ask is a fair field to work in and
the white man to leave us alone. We have
been injured more than we have been helped
by men who have professed to be our
friends. There are lawyers without clients,
ministers—broken-down ministers—without
churches, wandering teachers without schol
ars. They are great beggars. They have
the gift of begging down to a nicety. They
are great getting out circulars. They scatter
them broadcast over the land as leaves be
fore the autumnal gales. If you are worth
anything they will find out where you live,
and if you never got a letter before you will
get one now.
“Fellow-citizens, we must stop these men
from begging for us. They misrepresent us,
and cause the country to look upon us as a
poor and helpless people. They say ‘please
give something to help educate the poor black
people ; but do, I pray, pay it to me,’ and if it
is a hundred dollars, it is reduced to about a
hundred cents when it gets to the ‘poor black
people.' We do not want, we will not have,
these second-rate men begging for us. We
protest against it.
Referring to the Freedmens* Savings Bank,
he said : “We have had a Freedmens’ Savings
Institute, but we don’t want any more. Our
white friends told us that if we ' had cents to
to bring them to them aud they would take
care of them ; if we had dollars, or hundreds,
or thousands, to bring them to them. They
told us they had a goose and a golden egg.
Yes, we put our millions there, but where are
they now? The men who went into that
bank a few years ago poor men are now dom
iciled in beautiful homes and drive their fine
turnouts. It makes me feel badly to think
how we have been robbed. Just enough hon
est men have been put into the bank to in
sure its success. But while they put in two
sound apples they slipped in five or six
specked ones, and were sure to turn the
specks down.”
He urged the colored people to stop beg
gingfor themselves, and if they built churches
not to ask the white people to pay for them.
11 they had banks, colleges, and papers, not
to ask other people to support them ; but be
independent. In conclusion he said : “We
propose to cut loose from all invidious class
institutions, and to part company with all
these wandering mendicants who have fol
lowed us simply for paltry gain, and we now
bid an affectionate farewell to all these plun
derers. and in the future if we need a Moses
we will find him in our own tribes.”
Has the Currency Been Contracted ?
On the 30th of June, 1865, the total
amount of greenbacks and fractional notes
outstanding was, in round numbers, $456,-
000,000. In the following October the whole
amount of national bank notes outstanding
was, in round numbers, $171,000,000. On
the Ist of October, 1865, therefore, the total
amount of circulating medium of both kinds
could not have been $627,000,000 since the
greenbacks were contracted between June
and October, and the national bank notes
were expanded after the Ist of September.
The present amount of both kinds outstand
ing is about $740,000,000. There has, there
fore, been an expansion of 113,000,000, in
stead of a contraction of more than one
thousand millions since September 1, 18G5,
as stated by a number of Pennsylvanians, of
whom Pig Iron Kelley is supposed to be one,
in their recently published call for a conven
tion.—Nashville Union and American.
Not So.
By far the most important of the issues
before the people of the United States is that
which relates to the currency. —Portland ( Me.)
Press.
This is not so, says the New York Sun.
The currency is an important thing, no doubt,
but it is of trifling consequence compared
with the question whether the affairs of the
country shall be administered by thieves or
by honest men.
If plundering and swindling are to be the
rule in public life, it makes very little differ
ence whether the currency is paper or coin.
Let us first drive the robbers out of the tem
ple of our republican freedom, and then we
shall be prepared to consider what sort of
money is most convenient and beneficial.
Dates of Colonial Settlements.
Asa matter of special interest for these
days of centennials, we give a resume of the
order in which the Colonial settlements were
made in the old Thirteen States. Twelve
years—l6o7 to 1610—says Lossing, were
spent by English adventurers in efforts to
plant a permanent settlement in Virginia.
For fourteen years—l6oo to 1623—Dutch
traders were trafficking on the Hudson river
before a permanent settlement was estab
lished in New York. Fourteen years—l6o6
to 1620—were necessary to elfect a perma
nent settlement in Massachusetts ; and for
nine years—l 622 to 1631 —adventurers strug
gled for a foothold in New Hampshire. The
Roman Catholics were only one year—l624’s
—in laying the foundation of the Maryland
colony. Seven years—l 632 to 1639—were
employed in effecting permanent settlements
in Connecticut, seven years—l 636 to 1643
in organizing a colonial government in
Rhode Island, and about fifty years—l63l
to 1682 —elapsed from the landing of the
Swedes on South river, before Delaware, New
Jersey and Pensylvania presented colonial
features. Almost sixty years—l 622 to
1682—passed by before the first settlements
of the Caroli as became fully developed col
onies. But Georgia, the youngest of the
Thirteen States, had the foundation of its
colonial government laid when Oglethorpe,
with the first company of settlers, began to
build Savannah, in the winter 1733. — Sav.
News.
G. J. N. Wilson, Esq., is the duly au
thorized General Agent for The Forest News,
and will receive and receipt for subscriptions, ad
vertisements, <Sc.
GLEANINGS.
A year has now elapsed since Chari
Ross was kidnapped. He will prob*b/
never be heard of again, and the know! ’ •
detectives have quit picking up his double
A Michigan promologist says he h a .
after y’ears of study and labor, found the
of imparting any desired flavor to fruit wltfi,
on the tree and during the process of gro*t
The first female lawyer admitted to t
bar of Ohio has proved a dismal legal fail Ur ,
The baby is doing well, however, and if
clients can wait, their cases may poseib
come around all right.
A young man of Atlanta, was greatly
gusted a few days since by coming across
repulsive looking finger nail in a piece o'
tobacco he was chewing. He did not discov
:er it until he had been rolling the BWee .
morsel under his tongue for some time.
There is a little four-year old girl at a
gusta who doesn’t know a letter of tfc*
alphabet, but who spells three syllable word,
off-hand, and without a moment’s hesitation
Gov. Smith and Attorney General Ham
inond left Atlanta last week for New York
to be absent eight or ten days.
Mr. Henry C. Smith, of Reidsville, hu
just finished planting a crop of melons, beans
and peas—all from seed raised this year.
The Baptists of Great Britian reporta clew
increase of 10,502 members during the past
year, the largest gain they* have had in anv
one } r ear since 1864.
Comparatively few are aware of the fact
that the lJnited*States has now become the
greatest silver producing country in the
world, taking precedence of even Mexico
wliick has heretofore been supposed to fur.
nish two-thirds of the total supply.
The oracle of Fashion, Jennie June, de.
clarcs that a boy in his Sunday clothes be
haves better than when he is dressed in his
ordinary coat and pants. This is probably
true ; but she ought to have told us what boy
she means and how long he behaves himself,
If there is a well-behaved boy r anywhere, he
ought to be mentioned in such a way that he
he can be found and presented with anew
Sabbath-school book.
It is stated that Barnwell connty', S. C.,
has a genuine case of Siamese Twins. We
are informed that a woman in that county
recently gave birth to two children who are
joined together by a ligaturej very closely
resembling that which united the bodies of
Chang and Eng. At last accounts, the twins
were alive and doing “as well as could be
expected.”
The surviving veterans of the Third Geor
gia Regiment will have a re-union at Ports
mouth, Virginia, on the 4th and sth of August.
Hie fare for the round trip from Augusta will
be sl2. Efforts are being made to get half
fare rates over Georgia roads. Col. Snead
has charge of the excursion.
“Jess So.”—Says the Augusta Constitu
tiorudist: The other day' a gentleman was
asked if the “ Yankees were sincere in their
centennial sentiments.” His reply was.
“ Just as sincere as the Southern people are."
Ahem !
The New York Journal of Commerce says:
“ The Secretary of the Augusta (Ga) Ex
change asks us, in behalf of a subscriber to
to that institution, the respective weights of
half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth sacks of
flour. \Ve answer, 98, 49, 24£ and 12{
pounds, with our compliments.”
Thousands use it. Why Hesitate?
Joy to tiie World! Women is Free!- ■
Among the many modern discoveries looking to 2
the happiness and amelioration of the human
race, none is entitled to higher consideration than
the renowned reined}' —Dr. J. Bradtield’s Femalo
Regulator, Woman’s Best Friend. By it womin
is emancipated from numberless ills peculiar to
her sex. Before its magic power all irregularities
of the womb vanish. It cures whites. It cure; 1
suppression of the menses. It removes uterint
obstructions. It cures constipation and strength
ens the system. It braces the nerves and purities
the blood. It never fails, as thousands of women
will testify. This valuable medicine is prepared
and sold by 1.. 11. Bradfield, Druggist AtlanU J
Ga., Price $1.50 per bottle. All respectable drug
men keep it.
SOUND AND WELL.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 29,1865.
Dr. J. Bradfield —Dear Sir :—I take pleasure \
in stating that, sometime previous to the late
war, I used, with the utmost success, on a servant
girl, your Female Regulator, prepared then j
at Bradfield’s Drug Store, West Point, Ga. She j
had been suffering severely from suppressed men
struation and this medicine soon restored her to \
health. She is to-day living in Atlanta sound and :
well. I will state farther, that I know of it* \
being used with equal success in other cases. I
do not hesitate to indorse your preparation for
the purpose for which you recommend it.
Yours truly, JNO. C. WHITNER.
July 24
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Athens. —The exercises of the Georgia Facto
ry Sunday School, on Friday last, were unusuallj
interesting, the pupils indicating marked progres !
during the past year. At the conclusion, th<
audience was entertained by an eloquent address
by W. W. Lumpkin, esq. and by words ofwisdoff
by the Rev. A. W Williams.. The Gra^
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, for the State o
Georgia, convened in this city on yesterdaj
Their sessions arc being held in the Deupr#
Ilall The Grand Lodge of the Indepen<leß ; |
Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Georgia
will meet in this city on the 11th of August next j
The Northeastern Railroad will no doubt
under favorable circumstances, be completed bj
the first of November.— Georgian.
Atlanta Constitution: The other day a negU
man in DeKalb county, seven or eight miles froflj
this city, was attacked by a pair of coachwhiF;
snakes. One coiled around his legs and the oth
around his body. After tightening their cop I
the}' proceeded to lash the darkey with their tail’
which resembled a coach whip very much.
unfortunate negro thought the Ku-Klux had hi®
and he made the welkin ring with his alarm*
Parties came to his assistance and the snakes wer ■
killed. They were male and female. One j
ured eight feet and the other six feet long.
negro put a good deal of alcohol in himself a® j
the snakes in alcohol.
Remarkable Freak. —Mr. J. G. McLero* j
of Jackson county, informed us one day last wee*
that his old "bell-ewe” brought a lamb, as usus
the week after Christmas. In this there
nothing remarkable; but he was greatly astonis""
ed when she brought forth another one last Thnp
day week ! We have never before heard t* l 1
similar case. — So. IF atchman.
Mr. Amos Persons, of Coweta county, is p i
happy possessor of a grove of bushes that produ
white blackberries.
Mr. H. Lumsden is going to start a uewspspi
in Ellijay soon. Newspapers will soon be * j
thick in Georgia as black gnats.