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to oar stock of frefitabie products.
Let us the more cheerfully welcome 11
into food hojciwy* » ll *t has been es
teemed so outcsst, when we fiod
that oalf oar ignorance of its value
has eeiiftig ae& it to that position.—
The Sumac, as it has grown in hedge
rows and fence comers, has always
afforded a meagre return when gath
ered foi < dyeing purposes. Why
may it not be planted and cared tor
and made profitable both for dye
and wine which is now manufac
tured fisu what have been hereto
fore thought the poisonous berries?
To counterbalance the fears of an
over production of cotton, which of
lufo has been so generally enter
tained by those most interested id
the article, we publish the annexed
exinfot from the circular of Messrs.
Barber, Simeon & Cos., England :
“Great Britain is now consuming
about 68,000 bales weekly,—conse
quently the consumption of Europe,
irrespective of Spain and Russia, is
at the r*te of nearly 93.000 bales
pier week; but the consumption or
these'countries is increasing. We
are without uny exact information
regarding Russia, but we know that
Spain is consuming about 4,000
bales weekly ; the arrivals at Bar
celona in the first three months of
this year have reached 62,000 bales,
and the stock on the 10th instant
amounted to 43,000 bales. Thus,
Europe requires, at present prices,
about 100,000 bales every week;
and, even with an American crop of
4J millions, we shall not have more
than sufficient for our wants.”
Time of Cutting Grain. —The best
time for cutting wheat is when the
grain has acquired the consistence
of stiff' dough, and can be kneaded
between the thumb and forefinger.
Grain 9Q cut is plump and heavy,
Left until it is entirely ripe, it shrinks,
and Ibepe is more loss from shattering
id the seed, and from broken heads
—moreover, it has been proven by
repeated experiments that wheat cut
before it is fully ripe, will yield 15
|>er cent, more Hour than the same
grain will produce when dead ripe.
4 asst Ussfol Invsatien.
One of the most useful and im
portant inventions lately is the Tin
lined Lead Pipe, which will preveul
the water passing through it from
partaking of the taste of lead in its
transmission. Cases of sickness
which have oocured from drinking
water left standing in lead pipes can
thus be obviated. The pipes will
doubtless be generally adopted. In
the pipes to which we allude ooe
fiflh ol the thickness is pure block
tiu, encased in four-fifths of lead,
forming a perfect union of the tin
and lead, and giving the pipe twice
the strength ot common lead pipe,
while the price is less.
Bam.
We should like to preach a ser
mon to all our parishioners on
barns. We think they need a ser
mon on this subject-end it should
be enforced in a positive style.—
There should be no milk-and-water
sentiments or opinions uttered on a
subject of so much importance to
every Western farmer. Millions of
dollars are wasted every year by
the want of good barns. Grain and
bay are stacked in the fields, and
exposed to the storms of the seasons,
and damaged materially thereby.
The waste and destruction thus caus
ed would pay more than 25 per
cent interest on every judicious in
vestment of money in barns on ev
ery form in the West. They are in
dispensable appendages.
The iDcrease pf in Aus
tralia has so outgrown the require
inputs of the population that an influ
ential meeting of squatters of the
Riverine districts was held at Dem
liquio iq May, at which it was re
solved to establish at Hay, on the
Murrumbidgee, a joint stock estab
lishment capable of boiling down
ten thousand sheep a week.
A Connecticut lawyer, who wish
ed to cross the fiver on the ice, was
told tbatit would be entirely safe to
make the attempt if be crawled over
on lp# knees. Anxious lo go, he
humbled himself accordingly, and
had laboriously got half way across
when ha was overtaken by a man
driving.leisurely ip a buggy. The
rapidify with Which be assurrted an
upright posjtiop, was startling to
the driver.
"a>i). ii eHSWaWwSNi J" it —■ —
A certain insect lays 2,000 eggs,
but k single tomtit will destroy SOO,-
000 in a year. A swallow devours
643 insects in a day, eggs and all.
con
tain 700 pairs of fbe upper wings of
the cockchafer, though other food
was procurable m abundance. 8o
pave the birds.
GMsHsasML
Dr. *htu*i Ka^UoJ-Fellww «f
thf Afopripae Academy if Ins and
SqMtakua, lays: (i Tne
fedfogiknh mao and arm mats, sad
frequently transmitted by animals u>
man, is generally accepted by physi
°k?Lrth, air and water with
the germs of fungi, ia rbe grakt, pert
originating in human eacreU, and
gaining admission into the animal
through food, drink and breath.
To prevent the vivificatioo of these
germs in the living body, both in
medicine and surgery, carbolic add
is the best substance yet discov
ered.”
Asparagus from Ssel
The Gardener't Monthly says: **li
has been argued that asparagus will
not come true from seed, but, like
rhubarb, it can be propagated true
only by division of the roots.—-
There is no reason why varieties of
asparagus may not do as well from
seed as peas or beans.”
CoNSCMMATS FoLLY. It IS foolish
policy for a farmer to expend his la
bor upon three hundred acres of land,
when by judicious management he
might get tike same prod at • from one
hundred acres, and save the expense
of two-thirds of the land and two
thirds of bis labor.
If the roots of trees are dipped
into water just before planting, the
earth that sticks to them will give
immediate suppoittuthe small fibres.
Look over our advertisements
carefully, you may find something
of advantage to you.
The Be cant Railroad Movements Ex
plained.
Savannah, Ga., June 2d, 1871.
Editor Morning N wt —Having been
informed by my friends to the interior of
Georgia that thore i< prevalent in that
section a report that the recent lease of
the Macon & Western Railroad by the
Central bad been secured through some
collusion of the Central Railroad aritli
the gentlomen interested in the con
struction of tbo Atlanta Be Savannah
Railroad, and having had my attention
called to a newspaper article, in which it
was intimated that I had aa a “junior at
torney” been a party to this matter, I
consider it bat just to the Central Rail
road, to the interests of the Ssvannab
St Atlanta Railroad, of Which I am a
Director, and to mytolf, that a statement
of facts should be made. In my corres
pondence with Col. Robert C. Humber,
of Putnam county, 1 find a letter of the
25th of May, wbioh presents these facts,
and I prefer to them to the pub
lie by the publication of this letter, rath
er than by a statement made subsequent
to the events which seem to have dis
turbed the equanimity of some persona.
Very respectfully yours,
H. D. CAPERS.
Savannah, Ga., May 25tb, ’7l.
Robert C. Humber, Eatonlon , Ga.:
Mv Dear Sir —Your letter of the 23d
iust., has been anticipated by me, find
hence my communication of the satne
date, giving my conjectures a: to the
action of the City Council of Savannah
on the resolutions aJopted at the citi
zens’ meeting on the 16th, a eopy of
which I have forwarded to you. The
c 1 ims of the Atlanta & Savannah Rail
road have been presented to the people
of Savannah, as we desired that H should
be presented solely on its merits, as an
enterprise iu which they are interested
as representatives of Georgia’s commer
cial emporium.
As far as ay part ia thU matter is
concerned, whether well performed or
not, I have oertainly labored under great
embarrassments, just such as yon know
how to appreciate, from our expended
conversations and correspondence. Yon
are, therefore, fully prep .ed to ap
preciate the remarkable action of the
Council last night, a copy of which I en
close, taken from this morning’s papers.
From the information I Lave receiv
ed, I am satisfied that tome good has
already come to Atlanta and Savannah,
the termini of our road, even though
our friends along the line may be for toe
pre -eut disappointed. I am assured tb .t
a lease of the Maoon & Western E:.il
road has b?en, or is about to bo consum
mated by the Central. This is a , :ult,
at least, of the agitation of the qn: tions
involved in the eonstruei : on of the At
-1 '.nta and Savannah, rnd an incident in
the progress of oar work which will re
quire careful consideration. I would in
vite your thoughtful attention to it now,
as I will make it the principal anbject
of tbia letter, and it must become a sub
ject of grave deliberation among the
friends of the Atlanta and Bavannah
Railroad.
You are familiar with the circumstan
ces connected with the inception of oor
enterprise and the obtainmentof its ch ■-
tor from the L islature. Pray, pardon
me, if I should weary you by repea iag
them, and be jrod, my dear sir, lon
ly do so to pre; .ve against every future
contingency the re >rd of a work which
has .o this and jo been preserved in its
spirit, and moved onward in the full rr
cognition of every principle of equity or
of law—reoognizeil by men of ch a raster
in tbo eivil walks of iiie. Oor charter, as
you are aware, was obtained from the
Legislature by myself representing tbo
wants of tbo people in vour section of
middle Georgia, nod their great com
mercial friend, the Central Railroad.
Mr. George W. Wyl'y, a sagacious
bnsiocss man and public spirited cit-zen
of Bavaunab, acting at tbs time as (be
President of (be Central Railroad, da
ring the absence of Mr. Wadley, aporov
ad it. in advance of is being submitted
to tbo Legislature, and haa to this day,
unofficially declared hia hearty eodorse
ment of the enterprise as one » the in
terests of the people along its project ad
line, tbo cities of Atlanta and Savannah
sad of the Central Railroad.
Acting under bis advise, I presented
ifee eti.fr ter l« tut- Leg**-* ll !'* ihe loiui |
of aa act t.f incorporation. This had
xotboon done Lmg Before 1 ditcoveird
id oho opposition arraigned against U the
ialrMSt it waa to affect »u tbo State.
Net withstanding that we asked for nnm,
of the -muT' which was' being lavishly
hast owed upon the multitude of railroad
•bartered at this torsion, our enterprise
was or with an opposition in the Le
gislators, the very organization and
MMly declared purpose of which evi
denced the fact that rival corporations
Wove at least afraid of its power. This
opposition was by persistent effort over
coats and the charter granted by a very
smalt majority vote ia both branches ol
the “developing’’ General Assembly. As
•eon Os 1 returned to Savannah and could
do so, I presented the charter to the
Hoard of Directors of the Central Rail
rood in session, believing that it war
from the circumstances of my relations
the property of this corporation.
It was then for the firtl time that I
hoard directly the views of Mr. Wadley,
the President of the Central Railroad,
expressed upon this subject, as it hail
been associated with the interests of LL
rood. Mr. Wadley, in the frankness and
daliboratien characteristic of tue gen
tleman, stated to me, that under the cir
cumstances then existing the Central
Railroad could not aid fn the construc-
tion of the Atlanta Be Savannah Rail
road, either aa a branch of the Centra),
or as an independent line of railway, and
that aa far as the interests of his road
were eoneerned, be did not appreciate
the necessity for its construction. The
action of the Board of Directors was in
harmony with Mr. Wadloy’s view S, as
expressed to me, and thus terminated ul!
eouoection whatever of the Cent at Rail
nod with oor enterprise.
Up to this time I considered that I
had been acting as attorney for the Cen
tral Railroad, with the interests of an
attorney in the work which had been
completed by him, and as a citizen ol
Georgia, with the interests of a citizen
ia the results to secure to this seaport,
the city of Atlanta and the people along
the line of the projected road from Ten
oille to Atlanta. Since then, by no
, word, spoken, written, or iu any man
ner whatever conveyed, has Mr. Wad
ley or any official of the Central Rail
road intimated to ine, or to any one con
nected with our enterprise, that I am
aware of, that he desired the construe
lien of the Atlanta and Savannah Rail
road, or that he or nig Board of Direc
tors would encourage auy more iu that
direction. This, us a tact, you arc a
ware of. All that has been done to
wards the construction of our road has
been accomplished through the advice
and counsel of onr President and Board
of Directors and as independant of the
advice or of any collusion with the Cen
tral Railroad as we are to-day of the rail
roads in Great Britalu.
The lease, therefore, of the Macon
and Western Railroad by the Central,
if indeed it be really accomplished, is
but incidental to the active manner in
which we have prosecuted our work.
Mr. Wadley, with the sagacity of an
able exeentive officer, has watched the
progress of the fight, and having placed
himself in position, has accomplished an
end which he would have achieved at
some day by a slower but by an equally
sure process. Had he done less than
this, be would not have buon ac
ting np to bis past record as a discreet
aad skillful officer.
I think Atlanta and Savannah should
be congratulated ou the result, and give
ns at least, the credit of having hasten
ed the eomplction of a through line be
tween these important commercial
points.
There yet remains much merit in onr
enterprise,and lam rather indisposed to
leave the field when my judgment is
convinoed that there is a remaining
ebanee for success. Let us bury the
dead, send the wounded to the roar, get
the old women and the croakers out of
dangers, and call another council of
war.
I have great confidence in our Gener
al, and at the same time that the great
Oentral has not expressed any open
friendship, we have no reason to believe
there is any enmity existing towards
ns.
The country betweau Tennille - and
Atlanta is as fertile to-day as it was last
week, and if the people along the line
really feel the necessity for tho road,
they most eome forward and evidence
this by subscribing stock. Atlanta is
a progressive place abounding in ener
gy, and desires to reach the trade of this
fine country. This in manifest in the
subscription made to the road by that
eity, and in tho manner in which it was
done.
The increasing commercial importance
of Savannah, as a seaport, will at no
distant day stimulate merchants of en
terprise to establish a wholesale busi
oets here which must be Maintained to
make oor city more than a depot, and
who knows but that the day will soon
come when the people of this city can
oanvass all questions of pnblio improve
ment, and express their judgment in the
good old-fashioned way of freemen? In
the prosecution of our work, however,
we must folly appreciate one fact con
nected with our record. Wo arc clear
of H State aid.” the great curse inflicted
on oor people in these days of affliction.
Let us keep the record preserved. If
onr people want a railroad, in the name
of common honesty let them build it
with their own mouey, or with means
secured in some other way than by com
promising Stvte credit, Stato pride, and
their own self respect. If railroads can
not bo built in this way, in my opinion
they are not worth the time I have ta
ken in writing this letter.
Very truly yours,
H. D. CAPERS.
By passengers from Raleigh, we learn
that the Hon. Josiah Turner, editor of
the Sentinel, had gone to South Carolina,
aad from that Btate bad sent a challenge
tn Governor Caldwell, in consequence of
a sard published in the Telegram last
week. Mr. Turner was accompanied, as
we are informed, by Governor Vance,
H. C. Joses and Benj. Guion, Esq. Tho
hostile message wss received in Raleigh
on Wednesday eight, but whether the
flevortir will meet the gentleman whom
he bos SO outrageously slandered, has
uot jet transpired, — Newbem Journal.
The Ulnstrsted
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