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From the Rural" ©troll man/ ' “-
The Question of Labor in the South.
i< U hue been «aid there is not a
* sufficiency of labor in the Southern
States to agrletlUvtid
resources.’* - L -n.Ticr~ahat which we
have has been underrated and con
demned as worthless; but lam in
clined to the opinion that we have
in the negroes as good laborers as
the world can produce; and tb»thy
proper organizations among land
owners, they can be made as effi
cient now as they have been in the
past. And ii net adequate to the
lull supply ot all our wants, 1 Yhirik
they will be found sufficient for our
present purposes until, by the ope
rations of natural causes, others are
seeored, especially as they are ac
climated, and familiar with all the
details of the farm and plantation.
In the past they were a part and
parcel of the lands on which they
operated ; they were well organized,
well disciplined, quiet, orderly and
efficient, and produced results which
haye gone far to enrich and build up
the North, whilst they contributed
largely to the comfort and refine*
tnent of the South-
It is equally true, that at the pres
ent lime they are a demoralized,
idle, dissatisfied set of gulled human
beings, seeking after that they know
naught of, and which is ever eluding
their grasp. This is the effect of a
100 sudden and premature emanci
pation. What is the remedy? I
believe it is to be buna in p well
regulated system of labor, and in a
judicious organizati° n among plant
ers and land-owner 8 -
Can the negroes be blamed for
their present demotivation ? Can
not frf edmen be organized and dis
ciplined as well as slaves ? Is not
the dollar as poterit a* the lash ? Hie
belly as tender as th e back ? Can it
lie expected that an ignorant, half
civilized and inferior race, just e
merging, as they are, from a suite of
slavery to a condition of freedom,
rhould see through ah the mazes
that involve them, and at once adapt
themselves to theft iru® condition ?
Blinded, misled* and bedeviled as
they are, are they not more the ob
jects of pity than of blame ? And
does it not become us, as the more
enlightened and experienced, to
combine and devise soaie well reg
ulated. well digested, just and equi
table system of lree labor, which
each individual concerned in should
carry out in good faith, as not only
involving his own and the interest
of communities, but the destiny fft a
{wnlfO XJ L *
Having devised such a system,
we should collect the broken frag
ments of a hitherto efficient labor,
and strive to make it as efficient as
it has been in the past. This can
only be done by combination, and
by standing shoulder to shoulder as
men determined to solve this knotty
problem, et»d to secure the public
good. lam aware of all the diffi
culties in the way of success, but by
united and persistent effort, these
difficuUies will melt like snow h®*
the summer’s sun. We cannot
control the waves of the ocean, yet
we do construct vessels sufficiently
strong to bear us safely over them.
Li organizing gangs, the employ
er should ifftver lose sight of the fact
that he is “bbssand that success
or failure depends entirely upon him
self. And in proposing terms and
conditions, they should be such as
will insure good order; for upon this
depends tho successful management
of any business. There should nev
er be but one arrangement with the
lahorer, and that should be the first.
All innovations upon an agreement
already made, and which ought to
be binding on both sides, will tend
to demoralization. Before entering
into an agreement, it is always well
to hear what each laborer has to say 5
and I will venture the opinion that
no two will agree upon the same
contract. Whan the matter has
been fully canvassed, and their dif
ferent modifications and amendments
suggested, simply ask:
“What are you going to give me
to work with you ?”
This will startle and confound
them, and they will say:
“Why, boss, we thought you were
the (me to pay us!”
“Exactly so j then if I am the re
sponsible party, I claim the right to
make contract, and impose
such conditions, as will best sub
serve my interest, and secure me
ygainsi loss, and at the same time
tecurelo you the faithful and honest
discharge of my part of the agree
ment. lam the one to plan and di
rect, you are to obey. I employ
and pay you foriwhat I order done;,
you are to do what T require. It
my terms do not suit you, why there
is an end of it ; you will not suit
me.”
Now, I will venture to say, that
nine times in ten this straightforward,
independent course 1 wrtl ghin their
confidence ais teefll as command their
respect. And there will bebut few
found i WW , ' I WiU not w*¥Wing to
coreo!rSßr!jiSrt!eSss^SS
|gtAfWPM
grnes can be coaxed into
JThey must be eontnUed, or they 1 is
perfectly worthless as tabore Sr
This control can be had through t be
operations of a superior inteiligen »,
as readily as by the more coersi re
remedies formerly used, and will be
the more aa lutarv as it can be maUe
to appeal' directly to tbeir inter* tU
After the le.ms and conditions of
the agreement have been fully OH
should, devia
tion from the correct line of pib*'
tation rule or regulation, the offend
ing party, unless be submits himself
to the discipline necessary to the
preservation of j»
promptly discharged* esraa wero be 4
worth a dozen tends. And ’aa
neighbor ought to employ such dis
charged laborer, as te is equally
interested in the preservation of oh>
der and the maintenance of discip
line.
Laborers so discharged should be
forced to spend the time intervening
between tbeir discharge and the
commencement of another year as
vagrants, and if taken up by Stafe
law, his education and improvement
will have commenced. Discipline,
must be enforced, if the aim is to
preserve order and secure success.
And no laborer should be allowed
to remain or. the plantation after hav
ing assumed an attitude aritugenif
tic to discipline.
Study well the capacity of your
plantation, and employ no moat la
bor than is necessary, with the as
sistance of animal power and im
proved implements, to effect the ob
ject to be attained; and thefa, if the
labor of the rural districts, is found
inadequate, let our townsmen and
villagers come to the rescue, ants
see that their streets are swept deai|
of the useless idlers that now infest
them, and force them to seek em
ployment in the more healthy oeeu
pation of the farm, where they will
have fewer temptations and fewer,
wants, and where they will become!
useful producers instead of idle con
sumers ; a blessing, instead of a
curse tq humanity.
A well regulated, uniform system
of labor, carefully übaerwsd, and
good rules and regulations strictly
enforced, with kindness arid a high
sense of justice oil thb part of the
planter, or bis agent, in all business
transactions, would, t believe, work
wouders. It would at least show to
what extent the South is in
labor, and would open the way for
others. For when those which we
now have are organized under pome
uniform and practicable system, fire
actively and profitably employed,
more would come. In the m*dn*«
time, let us strive to organize and
discipline them. ' ,
A South Carolina correspondent
of the Maryland Farmer, aftel to
porting the loss of a horse, suppos
ed to result from eating musty oats,
says: “I am certain more homes |ie
in the South from eating damaged
oats than irom all other causes. As
the oats are cut rather green, and
often with many green weeds ambng
them, it is very difficult to
them from moulding inore or less ip
the centre. Many animals die fSroih
this cause, which are supposed ip
have had blind staggers, flNs the
case of mine. Another horse died
recently neat’ the, in the same Way,
after being fed on oats mostly found,
but some of the bundles musty 1$
the middle.”
but some of the bundles musty ii
the middle.” < x%
Emigration.— Mr; Edward Young,
Chief of the Bureau of Statistics at
Washington, has made a careful re
port in regartUo emigrants apd im-
United States thus far came from
the Unighted Kingdom,orthe British
Possessions in North America. The
srrjssss&r&tf
remainder. Tu influx of Scandi
navians, which began only a fowl
years ago, is increasing. Asi&ficlm
migration has never reached a high
er figure in a single year than TO f
-000, being only about four per cent
of our population. Deducing wo
men and children, about 46 per cent
of the whole immigration has bfeeti
trained in sonie skilled pursuits. Mr.
Young estimates the average capita!
value of each immigrant at ISO|.
At this rate, the immigrants, who
reached this country last yetr added
$285,000,000 to the nationarwealtb,:
and during the last half centaur* im
migration has contributed $6,243,-
880,860. It appears that the whole
number of aliens added to our popu
lation since the formationoi the Gov
ernment is about 7,800,000. During
1870, the number of immigrants was
was 378,706 ; and in
The decrease is accounted for by
the Franco-Prussian war. The num
ber of immigrants arrived at this
port since January 1, is 88,234
10,000 less than to same date last
year.
In the creation of the world God
give the'wait trill* ft* At* «&-
to the beast, air unto the fowl, heav-
Sunto the glorious angel*; and
;n, after all these goodly seats
were bestowed, He made man “in
His own image,” that men
sav with the Prophet, “Whum have
I Hi heaven but thee?”
-ttWNI Jit-A . .*•**?
. QfeAtoffifcME MMBgXAogs in
Where there MM dfepfaSui Wff- Lu n
ness, ~T iff
stauilMEhe m it* rein ttitr,- sav. * Q.
'tfii *” {nmckJteit iMuhftißll
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HHli
SfSurj? oSlgyS*.lrprf
mg ♦uraiat.qTqp Jauar aohwness
SMMi4fttou«did* ihsy wWuld. net know
much as ifiteurete ste*mfles off from
any offiferlftfor. you get up
to theram huatlredaand seventh stair,
you would be so glad-to sit down,
but you cannot. They ado not put
all stone. You cannot sit 00 them,
yoor black cloak all white and cob
webbed, while you wait for the mys.
terious chain and rang, which you
have pulled, to buqg Jwffi .an an
swer. Then the areal door creaks
and open#, and you get breath
enough to ask if furnished
molraA nn iliHaiwn/ia mlukiUnp t ho«r
SStSSSE ' Ui'ioTS
this,
think you are dll right. Then you
see oue great bedroom with two
beds, and one little one, on neither
of whteh Jhe Sun has apparently
ever shone; a. fine parlor, with
stands of artificial roses under high
glass cases, no end of china teacups
sitting around ; in the dining-room
there is a great display of glaSs and
china on the tables and the Padrone,
if he is at home, and . the Padrorn,
and the one or two or three daugh
ters, all down at the down
at the neck, and huddle up some
how with pins and strings in the
middle, and looking like regimen
and rag-women, begin to talk, glint
once, with their totigues and their
shoulder* and- their finefers; add
they tell you that the sun shines at
some impossible hour of the day. at
some impossible angle, into all three
I rooms ; and that two beds in one
bedroom ate exactly the same
thing, a* two bedrooms with a bed
in eacb ; and that their linen arid
their silver and their furniture are
“so mgeh, so much,” and “so fine,
so fine; ” and they Smite and Show
white teeth, arid tbeir eyes are such
a lovely brown-black, that you are
in some ddn|eir of believing them ;
Slmply that they are not to have the
use of your tea and sugar and
Wad, they shrug their shoulders,
andlpok at each other, with such.an
expression of injury, that ton feel
likeSbi awful sneak ytortel/,— just as
if you had stolen all 4 your life ; and
for aU that, you know that you are
the honest one, and they steal, and
all, and-yon edge along to the’door ;
and then the faces of the Padrone
and the Padrona" and the daughters
all gfow black, apd the white teeth
go tloiyn their; throats apparently,
they disappear so absolutely and for
true character of the petijjte you
might have lived with, turn round
quickly and look at ihe laces which
have settled down,behind your back.
A Polar Expedition.
Captain Hall’s expedi
tion to the Arctic regions, for which
appropriations wefe mide by Con-*
gress* and which has been Biting
out for some months, will sail from
New York to be gone three years.
The Polaris, selection for the expe
dition, is a schooner, of 400 tons
burden, and ft provided with a pow
all of whom haye had long experi
ence to the Arctic regions. An Es
quimaux m»med Jbo*wiff accompa-
Newfoundland, thence to tho wost
r, I* l A - 1 1-,,,. iins'iiifo Tn*l
01 vxrd?i»isnci j 1 j ones .
Sound As for as latitude'B(P, where
will be sent ou# into the unknown:
ptete outfit, and the bardy experi
ence of the men who compose it, it
i m OVnOAIaH iktut Pentalft |T_1 1 11
wajHvlWl fllal \JWpUI Hi nVll
outstrip every other Polaf explorer,,
even if not attamingthe object of the
expedition—-the discovery of , a
northwest passage,
“WeßAtere
as the man said wbeo he tried to
put on his boot with ,a kitten in it.
*■ ffjouvthfirtmp infewspa
him, - real |*«4«S a a
A»t ««ir wtrM u fm
Za I# ?ft g tVU Jlmna ssg *
IM# Tiraew an s
pZmatOm i*s»gr»»#««f. - -i\ a
area are ros
Milter.
*4e to order All work warranted and sat-
guarantee! both as to work and prices
i«i n .c.'wgarv*.- 7-1 —i — 1 —? r ■
& HAYLES,
IK
AND DOMESTIC
GOODS,
-AND-
T AETietSS
, , yHESCRIPTION,
NOTIONS,
HOSIERY,
${ l If (I /, H OEOTES,
"Wliite Groods,
BOOTS, SHOES,
*
SSSaaO® aumda
of the most seasonable styles
always found on hand.
In connection with our business
we have a" fine assortment of
GROCERIES,
which we offer cheap for
O—- A. » - "EL- ...
WAR&BN 6l HAYLES.
Lonisville, Oa.
MajS, 1871. 1 ts.
§st PETER KEEHM
Again Salate# thp good and true PEOPLE of IIANOOSSt, and her DEMOCBA'IIC SIS
TGB-CQUNTIKS, and invites them when they come to Augu*ta, to callfat hie FIBSX CLASS
fJfpfT and SHOE STORE,
> «wa nil ‘ Xfo. 330 Broad flt. under Central Kotcl,
•• r..-
And th«r»n»ey will find everything that pertains to good .Stock, good Style, and good
' S*promUe» hia Cnstomers, that by his adoption of the ONE PRICE. SYSTEM,, tbeir in
terest* -will he Sernpulouily protected, and that the never changing-Priqciples of Honor and
Integrite wW be,hi* GUIDING STAB, in public as well as private transaction. Come and
,hoy yon, SHOES where you have the positive assurance you will be fairly and honorably
dealt with, Ail Shoes bought, Exchanged inside Os three Months, or the MONEY RE
FUNDED.
SffPETER KEENAN,
So 330 BROAD St. ATT OUST A, OA, Under Central Hotel
pan Miy 6,187 J. 69 ts.
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13*71. Hpring and Summer, 187*1.
lIILLINERI GOODS.
MRS ZiBOSJDB
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refurne j frrim New York, takes pleasure jin informing her
friends and th® Ladies generally, that She has now open a
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
PATTERNS, BONNETS and HATS purchased from some of the LEADING IMPORTERS
Os NEW YORK. Beautifal SASH RIBBONS, cheap. Ladies’ DRESS clflS Infant’s
LACE BgNNETS and HATS'
Hie fargost stock of FRENCH FLOWERS in the city.
The handsomest assortment of Jet and Gilt JEWELRY in the city.
The largest stock of Jute and K„al HAIR CURLB and CHIGNONS In the city-
All tho above goods will BE SOLD AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES
s * MRS. IiROBIIB, 171 Broad Street, f }'
■ . Under the Augusta Hotel.
n *p Aj.ril8 v 137- 65 tt.
JOHN VOGT & GO.,
IMPORTERS OF
French China, Belgian and Bohemian Glassware, Lava ware
GDiiityftgim DGsuPlkillCße
86 A 87 L»-AJRS; PLACE,
Between Church St. & College Place, NEW YORK.
' H RUed* Paradis Poissonniere, PARIS. 6 Cours Jourdan,Limoges, FRANCE,
“*Buao. mmw >n»b.
... XriOIIJ&ITIjijLXAX^VBSYSftSMfIMVWff’ 4 - * 9
Printer, a neat and ingenicns Uttle instrument
for marking all article* of wearia* apparel,
and for the printing of Buiiiea Cara* and
nis£^
n May 19,1871. 3 ts. '
LoolM<rlofiAii^est!
j.> V -. fi P ‘ -i;y' 1.. ■
I. A. EVANS & CO.
Bartow, Ga-, No. 11, C. ft. ft.
~ o— ■
Keep on hand the
LABOEBT AND DENT
Assoriment of Goods,
to be found ip this Section of Coun
try.
Which will be sold
LIOYV FOR OASH-
If small Profits and Correct
Dealings are properly estimated,
This is the Place to Trade,
Liberal Prices Given for
COTTON, WOOL, HIDES, EGGS
AND POULTRY, fee,, &c.
Don’t forget to Call on
M, A. EVANS & CO.
Bartow, Ga.
n. May 5, 1871, 1 3m.
To Gin Owners!
THE Undersigned Repairs Cotton Gins at
Gin House—On Time. Thos. E. Dick
ens agent at Sparta; E. A. Sullivan agent at
Sandersville; Thos. N. Shurby agent at War
renton; T. H. Harlow agent at Louisville.
J. B. CAEN, Louisville, Ga.
p April 1,1871. G 4 ts.
SPOTSWOOD HOTEL
©s>3p©s3?P2a s > j^ssass , (snaia,
DEPOT.
T.H. HARRIS, Proprietor
HaCONJGEOBGIA.
BROWN’S HOTEL,
Opposite Depot, MACON GA.
w. F. BROWN & CO., Prop’TS
(Successors to £. £. Brown & Son,)
W* F. Brown. Geo. C. Brown
1 . Driw:
Books, Music, Stationery &c.
- * .i * - f'.. (j ; #-* : ;
*-;'F .'jJ&C'Tk
. fr-iiineiy; > Hr.. ,A ZZU£Z £IV. ...
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Southern Branch Book and Music Depot,
X' .. ,t ? jr »JaindO set ai iaiW' - / . - >
.L ils-iinlO i ,
we have aecegtal ftemMUto—to* of atomnch of several large Publishing and Manufacturing
Houaeftjg wMrti >nWwrtitotmo*m mUi 1 to tell
i .- .v.
Books, Music, tffgieil Instruments, Stationery Ac., &c„ Ac-
at New York prises.
IN our Book Department we offer at lowest publishers’ rates.
LAW AND MEDICAL BOOKS,
SCHOOLBOOKS,
; . • MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
v . THEOLOGICAL BOOKS
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Music Books! Music Books !!
K • v .m u-ll x ' !»•,»*.,* „• to .i . . - "
PIANO FORTE METHODB,
PIANO STUDIES,
tfto JHavwiq rt PIANO MUSIC.
Primers, Dictionaries and. Theoretical works, Musical Literature, Organ Instruction
Music.
HARP AND GUITAR,
VIOLIN INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
FLUTE INSTRUCTION BOOKS,
FLCTE AND VIOLIN MUSIC.
ACOORDEON, FLUTINA AND BANJO, FIFE,
DRUM, BUGLE AND BAND MUSIC.
VOCAL METHODS and Exercise* for Adult* and Juvenile Classes.
GLEE BOOK& AND PART SONGS,
VOOAL MUSIC, CHURCH MUSIC, ORATORIES,
SABBATH SCHOOL MUSIC & &c., Ac
Under each of tfaeabeve head* we have a larg* and varied .election. All kinds of First
CUss writing papers. Beta, Cap and Letter Paper, Curt,, Envelopes Bill-Head Paper, Legal
Blanks Ac., Ac. ' ! v 4 .
As w, have .J* PrintingOMeelh Cenneeßen with our store, we can furnish printed Let
ter Heads, Bill Brad*, Card. Ac., Am, at a small advance on first cost.
Piano*, Organ*, MeMeens and any other Musical Instrument furnished at
fibn ix fa otur ©rs ’ 3? rio 0 s
When alargeorgan e* pissm hsold.waweadaman toputitup, free of charge.
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Miscellaneous.
•
GOLD AND STEEL ERNE*
GOLD PEN AND PENCIL CASES,
ENGLISH, FRENCH AND AMERICAN WRITING PAPER S
COPYING BOOKS,
COPYING AND SEAL PRESSES,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COPYING,
WRITING AND INDELIBLE 88,
LETTER, NOTE ANP WEDDING ENVELOPES,
PORTFOLIOS, WRITING DESKS,
CHESS AND BACKGAMMON BOARDS AND MEN,
DOMINOES, CROQUETS,
PLAYING AHDVWm»3fcABDS, *.?■
SEALING WAX,
IffDIA RUBBER BANDS,
PEN KNIVES,
' DRAWING AND TRACING PAPER,
mathematical instruments,
SURVEYORS’COMPASSES,
PORT MONIES, Ac., A*.
Subscriptions received for any Periodical, American or Foreign, payable in all eases to
advance. i\ ■
Foreign Bobks Imported at New York prices.
Book* are bring constantly ordered,and a single volume of the smallest value may at any
time be sent for.
Small package* sent by ExpreM*rm*il at a very slight cost
Parties unknown to us most remit with their orders.
Packages seat by Express collect ou delivery, when desired.
All inquiries m to oust of any article, meat b* aeoMptalod with a (tamp lor return letter
with price list* Ac.
Address all commnmaatieu to
R. A. HARRISON t CO.,
Sparta, Ga
May 6,1871, 1 t
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