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Thursday Morning. April 22,1875
BUCCESSFU I. A«RI CU LTIJK F..
Thcro 1ms been so mueli written on
this subject by abler and more experien
ced pens, that it seems useless for us to
attempt to add more to it; and, yet, tve
are inclined, from a deep interest in the
success of our agricultural interests, to
call the attention of our farmers to a few
(mints, not to enlighten them so much
as to recall to their minds facts already
within their knowledge, anil to impress
upon them the importance of “living at
home.”
No country prospers when its imports
exceeds its exports. The people who
buy more than they make are always
poor, and will never prosper. Those
who depend upon the corn cribs and meat
houses of their neighbors, cannot expect
to purchase "bread and meat” as cheap
ly as they thamselves should make it,
because those who produce these staples
demand profit upon their labor and capi
tal, or it would be useless to invest cither
in such production. The farmer who,
year after year, buys his "bread and
meat,” even at his own door, pays interest
and profit upon what he should produce
at home without either.
But what can the farmer expect when
ho is dependent upon his brethren of the
West for these necessities of life ? He
not only pays the producer a profit upon
his capital and labor, but he must pay
the produce merchant, the railroads and
others a heavy per cent, upon theirs.
The little money he makes on his cotton
is sent abroad for provisions, and he is,
year after year, made poorer and poorer,
because of his pursuing the false policy
of making his imports greater than his
exports—buying more in food supplies
and tho necessaries of life than he can
pay for with his cotton, leaving himself
nothing for profit or funds with which to
improve his farm.
We have heard tho best farmers—the
most successful ones—assert that one
bushel of corn made nt home, is worth
moro than two made abroad. When the
greut amount of capital and labor to
make cotton and to get it into market,
aud the loss of time in “getting corn
from town,” are considered, it will be
seen how it is that one bushel of corn
made at home is worth moro than two
from abroad, to say nothing of the rough
food for stock, pasturage, Ac., that add
so greatly to the value of food produc
tion.
The little we know of farming has-
been gathered from observation and en
quiry of those farmers who are always
successful in the production of their own
food supplies and in always having mon
ey to loan- to safe borrowers. We have
yet to see the first industrious, discreet
and energetic farmer who makes it a
point to produce his own food supplies,
reduced to the necessity of giving a crop
lien or a lien upon his homestead, or ap
plying for a homestead exemption. He
that lives at home from his own corn
crib and his own meat house, and is a
careful husbandman, will always thrive,
while those who laise nothing but cotton
are always forced to the necessity of giv
ing liens to buy provisions at exhorbitant
rates of interest and profit to keep soul
and body together.
If our farmers would so “pitch” their
crops as to be certain of a full and liber
al supply of food for man nud beast ev
ery year, and make his cotton crop the
surplus or interest part of his labor aud
capital, there would be a change for the
better in their condition that they would
be astonished they ever pursued so stupid
a policy os that of making all cotton and
little provisions. They would begin to
prosper-, their stock would be fat and
Bleek, and an air of prosperity around
them would be so evidoat that it woujd
make them happy.
It is not too late, even in the present
season, for our farmers to resolve to “live
at home and board at the same place, r>
and that, too, from their own corn cribs
and meat houses. If they will now put
one-third of their proposed cotton land
in corn they will find themselves all the
better off on next Christmas Day,
THIRD TERM ASPIRATIONS.
A special Washington dispatch to the
Courier-Journal, under date of tho 18th
inst., says that the discussion wheth'or
General Graut intends to be a candidate
for a third term is reviving in political
circles. The belief thvrc is very general
that ho will he. A prominent Republi
can Congressman, who some time sinccdis-
credited the report of General Grant run
ning again, since then lias had a full talk
on the political future with the President!
and has changed his opinion. He now
says that while the President did not in
this iuturview make uny explicit declara
tion on the subject, at the sume time the
impression was very decidedly made ou
his own mind that the President expect
ed to be a candidate again.
We do not doubt that Grant desires a
third term. Cupidity, if nothing else,
we believe, would inspire him in that
direction. There is no law to prohibit
his being elected for a third term, and
hence it is not to be presumed that lie
will refuse to accept it if his parly wish
es mill is strong enough to confer it.
Grant is not of that sentimental cast of
mind that entertains any special rever
ence for tradition. It doesn’t matter
with him whether Washington, or .Teller-
son, or nny other of his distinguished
predecessors scrupulously discouraged
Presidential third terms—for isn’t he
called a second Washington by his ad
mirers, and didn’t ho make a biggar fight
htan “the father of his country” did in the
preservation of a great government that
Washington merely inaugurated? and
therefore, it would not bg anything im
proper for him to step beyond the bounds
of an ordinary propriety to grasp addi
tional honors held out to him in a third
term.
If the Democratic party will just have
the wisdom to arraign Grant’s party upon
its usurping and iniquitous measures, in
stead of making a personal attack upon
him, we are of the opinion that lie cannot
be elected again. If we can defeat his
party, the defeat of the third term is ac
complished. The mere cry of “no third
term” will not do the work. We prefer to
leave the fight on the third term idea to
be fought among the Republican leaders.
We want them to divide on that, while
the Democracy shall assail Republican
usurpations with such effect ns to over
throw that party of centralism and de
feat its chief object in bringing Grant
forward for a third term.
THE NINTH DISTRICT.
The dead-lock in the Congressional
Convention in this District is one of the
most remarkable known to Georgia po
litical history for the pertinacity with
which the friends of contending candi
dates "slick to their man. For six
days the Convention has been in ses
sion without effecting a nomination up
to tiie afternoon of Tuesday, when the
337th ballot was taken. This is out
last intelligence. It was announced
that tho friends of Mr. Bell would move
yesterday for I he majority rule.
While wo have confessed us we be
lieve that Mr. Bell 1ms made a good
Representative in Congress, wo do not
admit that he is tho man of the ability
Mr. Hill possesses. Wo have been very
anxious to see Mr. Hill in Congress. If
Mr. Bell’s friends insisted yesterday on
tho majority rule, and enforced it be
cause they had the power to thus take
a lvantage of Mr. Hill, wo do not think
the friends of Mr. Hill will be bound
by the nomination.
We are opposed to a majority rule in
nominating conventions, believing that
if a party candidate can be made on
the two-thirds rule, he will be more
acceptable. We shall look with interest
to-day to see what were the results of
yesterday’s session.
“The Southern Chrislan Advocate is
right when it says that the average read
er shuns a long article as absolutely as
ho does a small-pox hospital,” says
The Ninth District.
The Dend-Lock In the Congressional Nnm-
Ination
[Special Telegram* tho Herald.]
G UNKsvn.i.K, April 20.
Tho Convention met at 2 P. M. Af
ter tiie 3S2 ballot Williams nominated
Wellborn. On this issue the vote
stood, Hill 28, and Wellborn 30. Three
ballots with the same results. Candler
then nominated Dorsey, who got 301 to
Hill’s 245, Hull going for Dorsey, and
Gilmer commencing to vote. Turnbull
nominated Billups, and the vote was,
Hill 28, Billups 30—Habersham going
for Hill, and Morgan for Billups. All-
red nominated Grier, of Gilmer, but
afterwards withdrew him. At the
same time lie gave notice, as did also
Jamieson, that ho would move, to-mor
row, to suspend tho rules, and allow a
majority to make a nomination. Other
men will ho put in nomination to-night,
but there will he no choice made. If
the majority vote is established to-mor
row, Hill’s friends will issue an address
calling upon him to take the field and
make the race. All efforts to remit the
question to the people were voted down
to-day by BellVfriends.
Special telegram to the Atlanta Nows]
Gainesville, April 20.—Tho Con
vention lias passed unotherday in bal
lotting,without succeeding in making a
nomination, and ns the friends of Mr.
Hill we determined not to abandon him
under any cirrcumstances, it is certain
that no nomination whatever will be
made. The morning hour was spent
in taking ballots, which gave Bell 30
Hill 25 votes, and in sounding speeches
which did not effect anything. A re
solution was then offered and adopted,
for the appointment of a conference
The Financial Outlook
The Times in’its financial review says
of tho outlook:
“Tho bondscalled in connection with
the syndicate, may not result in an out
flow of much gold, as tho syndicate will
probably turn in largeamour.ts of called
bond and coupons, but the May and
July interest, andthe830,000,00Ubonds
for tho sinking fund, will ho paid in
gold. If there is no export of coin dur-
these payments, the bulk of gold to be
(laid out by the Treasury will find its
way into bank vaults. Thus with the
legal tenders flowing in from tho coun
try, and gold flowing out of the treasu
ry, there is every prospect for a great
increase in the strength of the banks,
and consequently assured case in mon
ey, both for legitimate and speculative
purposes. The voice of the croakers
is growing fainter, and wo are likely
to enter the centennial with a degree of
prosperity that will rellect credit upon
the enterprise and speculative ability
of the American people.”
the Atlanta Co net i tut ion. And now we'committee, to ascertain if there was
may look to sco every lazy editor in
tho country stealing paragraphs and
loading thorn as editorial.
Mr. Neal, of the Marietta Journal, has
at last knelt nt tho hymeneal altar.
Ho was married to Miss Georgia
F. Downes, of Atlanta on Tuesday last.
May the “ ups” of life be ns pleasant
to him as we know his “ downs” will
be blissful.
A new penny Democratic paper, the
Evening Telegram, is to bo commenced
in Washington City between the 1st
and 15th of May. It is very impor
tant that the Democratic party should
have an organ at the Federal Capital.
Ex. Gov. A. J. Hamilton, of Texas,
died at Austin on Saturday morning
last, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He
had been afflicted with consumption
some months, and had recently re
turned to Austin from Savannah some
what improve j, but bursted a blood
vessel while cough 1 ng, and died in
stantly.
The frosts of lost week destroyed a
large amount of fruit in Tennessee and
Kentucky, but tho accounts of effects
on the growing wheat and bnrley are
conflicting. A dispatch from Midway,
Kentucky, says that the forests which
were the day before green and beauti
ful, aw BOW “black and dead.” .
INDIAN HOMESTEADS.
Commissioner Burdett, of the Gene
ral Land Office, has issued a circular
regarding Indian homesteads to regis
ters. It lefers to the Indian Appropri
ation act, passed March ?, 1875, in
which any Indian born in the United
States, who is tho head of a family, or
who has arrived at the age of twenty-
one years, and who has abandoned, or
may hereafter abandon, his tribal rela
tions, shall, on making satisfactory
proof of s.uch abandonment under rules
to be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Interior, be entitled to the benefits of
the Homestead act, under certain defin
ed restrictions. The circulnr then ((notes
tho following.
Section 1G.—That in all cases in
which Indians have heretofore entered
public lands under the Homestead law,
and have proceeded in accordance with
the regulations prescribed by the Com
missioner of the General Land Office,
or in which they may hereafter be al
lowed to so enter under said regulations
prior to the promulgation of regulations
to be established by the Secretary of the
Interior under the fifteenth section of
this act, and in which the conditions
prescribed by law have been,or may be,
complied with, the entries so allowed
are hereby confirmed, and patents shall
be issued thereon, subject, however, to
the restrictions and limitations contain
ed in the fifteenth section of this act,
in regard to alienation and incum
brat ce.
And so it seems that the poor Indian
is to be entitled to the rights of citizen
ship as well as the negro. The original
owners of the soil, we do not see why
they should not be entitled to all the
rights conferred upon tiie negro under
the restrictions required under the
homestead law referred to above. Con
gress has also passed an net requiring
all able-bodied Indians on reservations
to perform work enough to pay for the
supplies they receive from tho govern
ment. Wherever there are whites in
termarried with Indians they must have
the marriage legally recorded. No
supplies will ho granted to any Indians
unless they earn them by labor.
They will be encouraged to select
land and erect houses upon it, and to
conform as far as possible to the amen
ities, duties and responsibilities of civ
ilization.
Old man Griffin, of Medina, Ohio, is
114 years old, and has been trying to
kill himself on Cincinnati whiskey for
100 years; and yet the old man survives
and is able to work in his garden daily
and chop wood, though he has but one
arm.
The Atlanta Constitiution aud the
Harold have adjourned all other ques
tions to settle the circulation difficulty.
Whenever a correct decision is reached
we propose to make due announcement
of the same.
Louisiana Affairs.
New Orleans, April 20,1S75.—There
is great excitement over the determina
tion of the Conservatives to seat certain
members which will givo the Conserva
tives a majority on joint ballot. Pack
ard quoted. If this course is pursued,
tho senate will adjourn for three days,
and, if persisted, will adjourn sine die.
Tho Republicans did not, would, not,
consent to being deprived of the majori
ty on joint ballot.
The majority report of the house
committee on elections and qualifica
tions, declaring G. B. Buekhardt, of Or
leans, O. L. Collins, of St. Helena,
Charles Dtdehommo, and Felix Voor-
heys, of St. Martin, were entitled to the
seats now occupied by Richards, Roch-
eon, Floyd and Martinette, was adopt
ed by 61 yeas to 32 nays. Before the
above action in the house, the senate
had adjourned until to-morrow. Be
fore adjourning, however, a resolution
was introduced unseating Goode, and
reseating Crozier.
Mr. Lowell (Republican), chairman
of the committee of the house, appoint
ed tooxamine the books of the auditor,
submitted a report which closed as
follows: Your committee further re
port that upon evidence collected by
them, and in virtues of powers and
duties imposed upon the by the laws
of the State, under which they were ap
pointed, they f. re of tho opinion that
Charles Clinton, auditor of the State of
Louisiana, be impeached for highcrimes
and misdemeanors; they, recommend
to tho house the adoption of the accom
panying resolution:
Resolved, That Charles Clinton, audi
tor of public accounts of the State
of Louisiana, be impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors in office.
The report wont over under the
rules.
Good Democratic Governors.—Un
lucky in more than one respect, the
Democratic party is certainly fortunate
in its Governors. We doubt whether it
has any debt which itowes them. Tilden
in Now York, Bedle in New Jersey,
Gaston in Massachusetts, Ingersoll in
Ark .nsas—not to mention others hardly
less deserving—are magistrates who
would do no discredit to a better parky.
If prominent exponents of Democracy
in Congress and the press had shown
half as much good work as these genle-
men, the result next year would be
the “forgonest” of foregone conclusions
—Springfield Republican.
A well known merchant of New York,
a bachelor upward of eighty years of
age, has given a million dollars, and
signed a will bequeathing all the rest
of his estate, valued at 84,000,000, to
endow a colle «< of music, excepting
a life interest of about 8250,000, of the
estate to several relatives. A ehartor has
already passed. one branch of the
Legislature. Trustees have not yet been
selected, but the names of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, W, B, Astor, D. A. Kings-
land, Dr. Elmer, Chas. I). Tiffany and
Mr. Witthaus are mentioned.
One day a lady came in a carriage to
ask Corot, the famous French painter,
who has just died, for 1,000 francs with
which to pay her rent. “She is well
dressed,” said fhe maid who had seer:
her. “I can’t understand how anybody
with suen clothes can borrow money.
If I were you I would refuse.” “Take
that to' her. my child,” said tiie artist
offering a bank note for the required
sum, “and' remember that poverty in
silk ig the worst kind of poverty.”. ..
any way of settling tho dead-lock, the
object being to bring a third man on
the convention.
On reassembling the committee re
ported that it could not do anything,
and ballotting was resumed. Billups,
Welborn and Dorsey were voted for by
the Bell men, the two first receiving
36 votes i a :h, while Djrsey surpassol
everybody by obtaining 3a, coming
withintwo of a nomination. In this
fruitlcssmanner the day was spent.
Before adjournment Mr. Allred, (of
Pickens, gave notice that he would move
to-morrow to rescind the two-thirds rule
and provide for a nomination by a ma
jority vote. The Hill men will not agreo
to this, as they claim tlmt tho majority
have no nuthoritj to rescind the rule. It
is believed that it' Allred’s resolution is
adopted, the Hill men will retire from
the Convention anil call upon Mr. Hill
to make the race. Thus far the utmost
good feeling has prevailed, hut thcro is
likely to be n'row, if tho majority sup
port Allred’s motion. There is no chance
of a compromise and none of a nomina
tion. Northeast.
Assessing National Banks.—In
view of the retirement of Gen. Spinner
from the office of Treasurer, on the 1st
of July, it has been detirmined to assess
upon the severarl national banks tho
expense of redeeming nnd assorting
their notes, at the National Bank Re
demption Agency, on the 1st of May,
instead of the 1st of July, as originally
intended. It will probably bo some
weeks after the 1st prox. before the
apportiontment of expenses will be com
pleted.
“While the temperence movementhas
been urged with ever-growing enthusi
asm for halfacertury,” says Dr. Willard
Parker, “inebriety ha3 steadily increased
during the past twenty years.” Then
don’t you think, Doctor, that the tem
perance advocates had better go on a
bust of their own for a year or two,
and give the rest of the world a chance
to get sober.—Courier Journal.
The Parisians eat 100,000,000 apples
every winter, An eminent French
physician thinks that the decrease of
dyspepcia and bilious affections in
Paris,is owing to increased consumption
of this fruit, which, he maintains, is an
admirable prophylactic and tonic, as
well as a very nourishing and easily
digested article of food.
The latest news in the London papers
about tho Hon. Judah P. Benjamin is,
that throe weeks ago as Queen’s coun
sel, he made a great speech in behalf of
the plaintiff in the case orBinanuel vs.
Pad wick. The reporter writes: “His
scatching criticism at the conduct of the
delcndant, produced a greaf sensa
tion in court.”
The Columbia, Tennessee, Herald
says that General Marcus J. Wright,
who has been appointed by the Khe
dive of Egypt, adjutant general of
his army, is in that city. General
W. is considering the acceptance of
the appointment. The salnry is $6,000
a year.
The rush of immigration to Nebraska
Wyoming, Utah and the Pacific coast
this spring, via Omaha, is reported un
usually large. Nearly 10,000 emigrants
have passed through since March 1st,
and 1,000 more are there now awaiting
transportation
The third term business must be set
tled very soon or it will bo the end of
tho Republican party.—Beaver Radical
(Senator Rutan.) We hope Gen. Grant
will oontinue his ominous silence, since
it is settling Radicalism prety fast.—
A ugusla Constitutionalist,
An effort is being made to secure
the holding of the next National Domo-
oratic convention at Indianapolis, and
is supposed to bo» especially urged
by the friends of Governor Hen
dricks.
John W. Forney writes from Florence
thus: “Such skies, such weather, such
fruit, such women.” Precisely, colo
nel; but what lire all such talk to do
with that little Pacific Mail matter of
825,000,
Lord Pufierin, “his Excellency” of
Canada, is going to Europe next week,
and rumor says he will not return, as
he has a well founded hope of the ap
pointment of Viceroy of Egypt.
The Attorney-General has replied
and commissioned the law firm of
Emmett, Burnet it Hammond, of New
York, to represent the Government in
tiie approaching suits for damage
brought by the livo Democratic mem hors
of Louisiana who were displaced by
Col. Do Trobriand nt the time of the
organization of the Legislature. The
suits are against Gen. Sheridan and
Col, De Trobriand, and damages are
laid at 8100,000 in the case of each un
seated member. The Government
undertakes the defenso of tho two mili
tary officers.
The New York Tribune pertinently
ask* “Isn’t it about time tho Northern
partisan learned that it is not necessary
to hate and abuso the South in order
to appear patriotic?”
Miss. Mary Sellers and Mrs. Barbara
Babb, of Milton, Massachusetts, are pro
bably tho oldest twins in New Englnnd,
being eighty-five years of age.
The California Republican State
Convention will be held at Sacramento
June 20.
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