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CjjepamiltonijsitDr BY P. W. P. BOULLY. Fill DAY MORNING, AUG. 7, 1874. Public Meeting. A meeting of ilic Democratic party of Harris county was held at the court-house in Hamilton on the 4tb. The object of tho meeting being announced by Hou. \V. I. Hudson, chairman of the executive committee, Mr. Dennis Miller was called to the chair, and O. C. Johnson to act as secretary. On motion, the Chair was requested to appoint a committee to draft reso lutions for the meeting, and the fol lowing were appointed: W C Johnston, Hamilton district; J A McCurry, Blue Spring; Flynn Hargett, Whitaker’s; W D Cook, Upper 19th; W FNuualee, Lower 19th; T H Kimbrough, Cataula; G Hines Dozier, Waverly Ilall; James Whatley, Dowdell’s; T N Sparks, Valley Plains; S C Goodman, Good man’s X Roads; Gains Tucker, Smith’s X Roads; Nat Hutchinson, Whites ville ; Robert Collins, Negro Heel. During the absence of tho commit tee, lion. W. I. Hudson was called on for a speech, in which he said that Harris was justly entitled tho next senator. He had lotters from promi nent men in Talbot, in which the writers said Harris was justly entitled to it. Some say Upson is entitled to the next candidate. He thought no one prcscut would grant this. The committee here roturued with the following resolutions: 1. That this meeting appoint six delegates, to-wit, Flynn Ilargett, W •C Johnston, J F C Williams, John \V Murphy, It E Fort and Hal Moss, to represent this county in a conven tion to be held nt tho time aifd place that may be agreed on by the coun ties composing this, the 25th senato rial district, to nominate a candidate to represent this district in the next Senate of tho State of Georgia. 2. That this meeting nominate the Hon. W. I. Hudson, of this county, as tho Dornocralio candidate to rep resent tho 251 h senatorial district, composed of tho counties of Harris, Talbot and Upson, in the next Gen eral Assembly. 9. That our delegates be instructed to present tho name of Hou. W. I. Hudson to said nominating conven tion, and that they uro lioreby in structed to cast the vote of this county for him. 4. That wo suggest Talbotton as the place of holding said convention, and the 27th of this month as tiro time; and roquest Talbot and Upson counties to meet us by delegates at said time and place. 5. That the Democratic voters of Ilurris county bo requested to meet at tbeir respective court grounds in the several militia districts, on the 29th of this month, and elect three delegates, who shall meet in conven tion at Hamilton on the first Tuesday in September next, and nominate candidates to represent this county in the next General Assembly. Tho Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th wore read separately, and unanimously adopted, but much dissatisfaction was mani fested at the sth. . After considera ble discussion, it was adopted. The Chair was requested to ap point delegates to tho Congressional convention, and tho following were appointed: WI Hudson, Flynn Hargett, Ilines Dozior, J F C Williams. •A resolution was then passed that our committee bo requested to pre sent tho name of Col. Jas. M. Mobley as a candidate for Congress. On motion, tho Chair was requested to appoint anew executive committeo. Tho proceedings were requested to bo published in the Visitor, and the meeting adjourned. Mountain Mill Lodge, I. 0. G. T. Ed. Visrroa —Tho following per pons were initiated hy L* C. Hargett, W O* Ti #• iU ooit • Rev. S. W. Bartley, *M. TANARUS). Cook, TV. H. West, Tlios. Jennings, J. C. Buffurd, Grissom Davis, W. L. La mar, Andrew Hubbard, Jas. Massey, Francis Rasmore, Jno. Hubbard, Mrs. Mary Hargett, Mrs. Hethio Roles, Mrs. Missouri Davis, Misses Mollie Bartley, Lou Dukes, Emma Smith. We are glad to see a temperance star rising in thiß direction, and hope it may so shine that others, seeing its good works, may be constrained to follow. We wish the Worthy Chief and members of the lodge great success iu their temperance move ment, aud hope this lodge may be added to daily of such ns will prove faithful to the sacred cause of tem perance. Citizen, IST” Plcasaut Hill Debating Soci ety meets every Friday night, at 1 o’clock, at Pleasant Ilill Academy, Harris county, Ga. John Askew, President; Ilorschel V. Hargett, Secretary. Question for next debate: Which is the greatest injury to a country— War or intemperance ? Affirmative—H. V. Hargett, Gris som Davis. Negative—Seals and Nawton Askew. Largs Pju’l'ku.—Mr. It. G. Hood has sent us a pepper fire inches long, Our Texas Letter. Johhson Station, Tfxa*, July 4, 1874. Brae Visitor.—l have been *<:> busy that I have not written this k ter as soon as I expected, and nt w I will answer your questions, in pa at least. I wrote yon, in a general descrip tion of the country, that there were creels running through the prairie, and that they all have more or less timber along their course. This tim ber famishes the fuel for the families living at a distance from the Cr oss Timbers. It is not unfrequcntly the case, however, and especially in Ellis county, that the firewood has to be hauled from four to six miles. .This cut and hauled in the fall, with ox teams of from four to six yoke, roads are as fine as pavement—-in deed, better—and they haul no Ham ilton loads, but just as much as crcu be packed on a large ox wagon. Tho matter of fuel is one of the disadvan tages of the prairie, and consequently the lands near timber are much high r. In regard to water, during thtf win ter season there is an abundance, but during the summer it ia scarce. Many of the streams go dry in summer: where there is no permanent stream convenient, the farmers have a tank or artificial pond, forme! by damming across a ravine. This is sometimes mclosed, and is used, only for stock. If favorably adapted for bolding water, it becomes a water ing place for stock generally. There is no difficulty in getting never failing wells of water, at the depth of from 22 to 35 feet, any where. Now I will say a word in regard to our climate. Of tho winters speak my experience of last winte There was no severe weather from Jan. 20th—ice only a few times. We had, I believe, three of what might be dignified by the name of Northers. The severest was in Feb ruary. It wag quite a warm spell, and about twelve o’clock a hank of clouds rose in the north. We were eating dinner when the first gust of wind saluted us. In a few minutes we had some little rain, and the sue; den change made it very disagrees bio indeed. I worked, however, all the afternoon, but it was not agreea ble to the flesh. I suppose, out where there was no. protection by timber, it would have been impossi ble to have worked. The wind blows incessantly flora the north ; usually for about 24 hours; then there is a lull, and the wind comes directly from the south for about the same length of time, and is almost as disagreeable. I rode all day on the open prai rie during a very light norther, a few days after I landed in Texas; but fortunately it was going south, and I did not suffer half so much as I have in Georgia. Some of the citi zens say there was not a very severe norther last winter. Our last was a long, but very light one, in April. Our summer, so far, has been the most pleasant I ever experienced. There have not been three days that we have not had a fresh south breeze almost constantly. The nights are perfectly delightful—not a sultry night this summer—very rarely neces sary to raise a window—generally have to have covering, even in the first part of the night, and almost in variiably some time during the night. The breezes a.ie exactly like tho sea breeze; and riding on tho open prai rie, which I did a few days ago, till evening, just out of the school-room, and not at all accustomed to the su’.i, was not found to be at all disagree able. So the great bugbear of Texas climate, according to my exjgcrienoe is an •• The labor ift thtß section of the 1 State is mostly white; is worth, by the month, from sls to S2O and , board, or half the crop—landlord supplying stock and farming iin pie-! ments. Fully ono-half tho farmer* here are renters: they are new comers, and are renting parts of farms for the present, to get a start to improve and buy land. I use tho word “ Jurat ere,” because they are a different class from the laborers, and are as good citizens, in roost cases, as can be found auy where. This country is very inviting to I young men who are not afraid of the plow, and it is no disgraoe, as iB too muoh the case io Georgia, for a young man to labor. Of our stock I will say hut little, as it would be but a repetition of what you have already published. There is no scarcity of horses, lou oan buy a very good horse, gentle to ride or work—about auoh an animal as Judge Wiliams’, or any horae of that sine, for about SOO. Dr. Cameron’s gray for #4O or $45. Same hoisoa unbroke, from S2O to $35. A horse, 15 to 18 hands high, from #<& to #i;6. The market for horses te poor, and they are accumulating nz the prairie. Scrfue stock men are now turning their attention to mule raising, which will, I think, b“ quite profitable. I have frequently beard it said by men here, that they would Jtefer an even number of cattle on the prairie to horses. The cattle business 3s profitable. Ail cows calve once each year. The yetrttg cows calve at two or three yckra old. The steers are marketable at your door at three and four years old —are worth, this year, mixed, about sl7 each. I know of one lot which were hayed tome last winter, mostly 3’s, marketed at S2O. Milch cows from $12.50 to $26. It would do your eyes good to eoe a $26 cow, and your b—y flood ’it have one in Hamilton. You won and want no more country produce, in file way of butter aud milk, in exchange for the Visitor. I have two cows, worth sls each, and wa use butter entirely for cook ing for a family of five, and still V accumulates; and besides, we all ah s extr-miAt*/ pju.i vf vdStw—r® s **. Notwithstanding all this, half of the families do withont milk during the winter, simply because they won’t feed tbe cows, but turn them on tho prairie. I told you in my last, that tho wheat was not good. In thrashing it did not yield as well as was antici pated. The average for this neigh borhood is 15 bushels. The grain Is fine, weighing 64 pounds per huahoi. I wrote you in my last, that v/e were ngeding r%in. We have lnd but one light rain in about eight weeks Tiro prospect for com was very fine, bat it ia now seriously suffering f vain; and wfilev# we get rain in a tow days, it will be out qnite short.. The prospect for cotton was, they say, never finer. It is usually from half-thigh to hip high; is not Buffor ing yet. This is the cat-.'eet country to cultivate cotton in I ever saw— no crab-grass to contend with. There is a piece of cotton, about 20 acres, iu front of me, ou land that was sodded last year, first crop. IV is over knee-high—bids fair, if it was'in <’' orgia, to make a bale to the acrye. In* is as level as wheat, t hero i another piece in the same field hip-high. The county is not suffering w.tb a drouth, 1 here has been plenty of rate each way from here, within 'four mil-*. This is tbe unfortunate piuvj, •*-&*- I|>.- *- r “ of rm\, and I hope, before this reams, you, we will be blessed with a good raio. The health of tbe country is very fine; the health of my family, although unacclimated, was never better. I frgot to answer your question in regard to editors. Not being imme diately iatorested in that business, I can’t say what tho prospect is for their entering the poor-house, but will say that uchool teachers, judging from personal experience, aud from what I hear from Hamilton, can • much better hero than with you. Mrs. B. is well pleased with this section, notwithstanding the fact" that a lady’s duties here are much ! more burdensome than with you. Wo do all our woik, except washing, many of the ladies do this. I enclose you the fangs of a taran tula—rather ngly-looking fellows. They are very vicious, showing fiek, ou the least provocation, and leaping at the object of their wrath. They are very easy to kill—a very light lick being sufficient. They are never found about a yard--chickens seizing them immediately. I have seen only one centipede—a very email ofie. Will some time send you specimens of both. If there are any points upon which you would like to hear from me, let me know through the Visitor (which makes it visits regularly), and, if possible, I will famish the' desired in formatiou. I know' of no other points of espe -1 tal interest presented by this eoun try, aud wifi, in an occasional letter, . [** 7®*yStte-lujhit, ■vrope. ctc;,' i Wt *rfigtofflgeneeac I suppose this will be ■fery 4 able to many of your roaders, who are already tired of these gasing Texas letters. JBut, reader, before you close your eyes to information, cwue aud see, and I agree to foot tbe bill from the time you laud iu Dallas till you are ready to return, if I don’t prove the Country to bo just such as I repre sent it. I‘iease inform me where I can pro cure the Uill-Stcphens controversy H. M. £. N. A. S. Road, —Dr. Fiewellet, * announces that, i ntil the 16th of nex; month, parties of six or more leaving Uoluntbae aud returning the same i day, will he passe, ♦‘•- round trip for cno fare. This is a good m***ngi went, but wa think a still better one would be to put down the fare to ha'fpriosi The low! travel would thereby bo considerably increased. As it is, ao inducement is held out to any !mt those living in Columbus. New Paver —-0. D. Borman, of the Talbottou Standard, hao bought out R. C. Floyd Cos,, of Columbus, ami W going to atari a daily pajrer in that city very scon. Mece Mention. An abandoned woman in Memphis poisoned her paramour, and then at tempted to poison herself. She was arrested. A man in Chicago was arrested while firing his store. A boy ia Baltimore, while flying a kite from a tbird-story window, fell to the pavement, and was killed. A fine gold ring was recently found inside an eel at Pensacola, Fla DcVotie, of the Columbus En quirer, lately handed a Macon news boy fifty cents to pay for a paper. DeVotie waited an hour for the boy, who Went after the change, but he failed to return. Kimball has returned to New York. He said he would come back, but thi- Is doubtful. As tho Florida train rolled into tbe Savannah depot the other day, a little boy spied his father, and jumped out of the window before his mother could catch him. Strik ' \yv if.*, ground rolW over the Vifir Into the middle the track, i and the last car paassd over pfe, ; fortunately without hurting Mm, A violent s.ortJLf rasa asw luf ’ in Moravia destroyed fifty he, ie, and many lives were lost and vihoyartbs ruined. A clergyman’s wife in was killed by falling down a .flight of steps. The Standard says a negro in Tal bot county .likes n good rope by taking hundreds of small hickories, beat:>. 4, o>za into a frazzle, and then twisting thrim. Re sells thirty feet. oi it hr 25c. The first bafo of the new cotton crop was received nt Galveston on tho 27tu ult. It raised in I)-Witt county, Texas, weighed 442 pounds, chased middling, arid was sofd at auction for 27c. per pound. Twenty sunstrokes occurred at St. .Louis on the 28th ult —half of them fatal. A terrible landslip has occurred at Alarra, Spain. The overhanging rocks fell on and utterly destroyed tl.£ village. Over 200 lives were lost. By the explosion of a magazine at tpaiza, Spain, thirty men were killed, and many wounded. The Carrollton Times of July C4th, ; *;*•: “ One bushel of wiTOM will ihyftt*- it" l 'llMpy 1 .'V-vni ’"O'-'; 1 • h* , i hut of August’, 'nwnwHai jtSAx pa j per, we should say. The flood at Pittsburg, Pa., caused a loss of fully 200 lives, some 150 houses, several bridges, and hundreds of cattle, horses, sheep, etc. The Carrollton Times says two boys were fishing, and had their fih tied in the water, to keep them fresh. Seeing a moccasin coiled round the i fish, they 'pulled them ont, and as the snake still stack, they took him intp a field and killed him. The grasshoppers are reported to have destroyed a million and a half bushels of wheat in Minnesota. The misunderstanding between Toombs and Stephens has been amic ably settled. The Radicals have renominated Whitely for Congress in the second district. As- Whitely is for social equality, this of itself should be suffi cient to ensure his deficit, The fimt barrel of Hew Sow fo ot) ved in Liverpool this year was mu.de oi' Georgia wheat It sold for £5. One boy killed another vfith a stone, in New York, tho other day. A garter snake was killed in De- Kalb county, the other day, and when out open, fifty young snakes, w> ten inches long, issued the _ ~ ■ h **—- Vdvo ottrnt off t; w the root, and fallen aoross the track, caused a train to ran off on a Michigan railroad, whereby six men were killed aud several wounded, James Dunning, who robbed tiie Atlanta post-office last year, was lately captured and brought to At lanta. He has given bail in the sum of SIO,OOO. Someone has shown the Ameri ous Republican a tomato weighing two pounds aud measuring nineteen inches in circumference. The Americas Republican states I that a negro preache- in that place t killed his own obild shortly after its ; birth, and that the mother of the ild w&s Ins own daughter. This is .-'bpmblo. | During the Chicago lice several . jiftola went off. A ball from ocq, sruck a man in the hand, and anutner tent through a looking-gl&8 in a Wagon. Rev.'Henry Boera, the patriarch of Amerioan Methodism, was ono hundred years old on tho Bth of last Jone. He has been a preacher 73 iycArs, ' ?'■ J. H. H A M I L T O -N, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN BAGGING, TIES, BACON, CORN, SALT, SUGAR, COFFEE. '&o., 4e< FLOUR! FLOUR! FLOUR! A Large Stock of Best Brands at prices which defy competition. ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions, Junction of Franklin, Warrefi and Oglethorpe Sts, CQLUMBUS - - 1 GEORGIA* No charge for Drayage. feb2l-lyr BOATRITB & CLAPP, > 7 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in . Dry Goods, Clothing*, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c., Have Just Received Their NEW SPRING GOODS. Best Spool Cotton 7<)ie. Prints 10c. Tw I*oooß ami au oittov at very low prices. 4—4 Bleached Goods 10@12^e. —worth 16c. COi-utrars, Ga., May 1, 1874, mayl-3m e— — ... - ■■ 1874 SPRING MILLINERY 1874 CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL! MRS. L. A. LEE HAS NOW OPENED AT HER STORE, 75 BROAD ST-, COLUMBUS, GA.., A Magnificent Stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, trimmed and net . med. Flowers, Parasols, Fans and Ribbons. Hosiery, Gloves and Corsets. And many other novelties, which she offers cheaper than ever. Orders faithfully attended to. may 1-3 m GRAND ATTRACTION. NEW CLOTHING STORE. THORNTON & ACEE, 78 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, GA, Having received their new stock of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, For Men’s, Youths’, Boys' and Children’s wearfoflfer superior inducements to the trad*. Having carefully selected their goods with on eye to the wants of the trade, and the fiuan . ial condition of the country, and having purchased their entire stock for Cash, they art eonlili and to offer great bargains to all buyers of good clothing. TUeir stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap. Give them a call. aplo-6m J. W. PEASE & NORMAN, COLUMBUS, GA,, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ®ej<basjc ksihbv sjnseiE© a inßAimßSb mj 0 Rosewood seven octave Pianos from S3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woods & Cos. Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banjos, mouth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and music books every few days, and anything wanted and not in stock, will be on red and furnished at publisher’s prices. nov7-ly - < —g W. J. CHAFFIN, B DOK-SEIjXiER. tfc STATION 88. AND DEALER IN' ' MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, OTROMOS, VEAMBS All© MOTOBSMSS, NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.] A- V ITTICH- C- M- KIHSELr WITTICH & KINSEL, r rSACTiCAn -waretHiaKAHs, fSWSLKRS ill BSMMES9* SO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, .VATCnfiS jjfifßL SWffiMEJ ® JIWGLRT JPJSAIT®® All of tlxo Batost Manufactures- An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought in New York, and is hereby offered at the Lowest Cash Pbices. j *■ XAMi5 s, gold and silver Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladle* ana g*tts’ Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of bcautifnl workmanship, and every _ , T> of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store. Eie iilsOTi andAgents for t' e Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly color favor with erery bo.l idng specks or eve-glasses. tranches. Hair Jewelry, -■ _ tcb. Clock and Jewelry repairing in all its ’ rtwK , nn .l,le charges. |Dn )nd setting, or any new woTk made to or** oo&4-lyt * • i " Engraving promptly executed*