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—L.-W.,.JR g 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 - 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. ' - . - - - ggggg 13*71. Hpring and Summer, 187*1. lIILLINERI GOODS. MRS ZiBOSJDB TT 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. ... ? . -f- **; v ■ ; '*■ ■ ,r''} \Z’a ii&iit 's»: U. • 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 - 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. . —,|H .mw; k \ \r \ . *,• ; _ ; _ ! * 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 .%l M4bhJ ’• • .*•••• —- J,i»ll ;: .'rjff- 6*XOt> - ’ ‘ <\W> i