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®lu ftite. Tt ar \ i 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. i i o i > “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.