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VOL- 11.
THETHCMASTON herald,
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McMICHAEL 8c CABANISS,
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LEG A L AD V E RTI SI XG.
A« hetetofore, since the war, the following are the
pric-ie for notices of Ordinaries, Ac.—To bk l*au> in ad-
Tt'ce:
T firry Days' Notices •• $ 5 00
fnrty Days’ Notices . 6 25
Sales of Lands. Ac pr. sqr of tea Lines 6 00
fiittv Hats’ Not'ces 7 00
six t„ n ths’ Notices It 00
fn Day-’ Notices of Sales pr, sqr ... 200
s iiki:ifkt‘ 8 u.fs —toV those Sales, for every fi hi *3:00.
Mortgage Sales, p r square. *5 00
“le*t asirt • a liberal per ccptage for advertising
Kee' yott self unceasing!v itfefore the public; and it
matters nnt what htisl efis v>u are erigag.-d in. for. .f
inie lig. ntlv an I industriously pursued, a fortune will
betlier.su t —lluttfs Merchants' Vlagaeine.
“\fter t began to > 'verti-e my Ironware freely,
btisiti.-as increased with amaiing rapidity. KoV ten
p*S'S mist 1 have spent £3H.p(itj yearh to keep niv
superior wares V»ef re the public Had I been timid fn
I'vertislng. I never should have po-scssed tny fortune
bf £ tit in tu”.— McLeod Iteiton. Birmingham
'• tdvertising like Midas touch, tu’ u* everything to
gold H ir. ymir mSti dntw millions to their
coffers " —Stu
* Vhat and ieit\ is to love, and boldness to war. the
hdl'ful use of printer's i U,is to success in business.’
Be chef.
Witho and the aid of advertise men’s 1 .-ou’d have done
tmfti ngin my p eutaridns 1 have the most couple e
hi h in-printers’ink.” Adve. tisltig is tlie “t-b.jtul ibud
t. business ” —Barnum.
Professional Cards<
\V X REA EL, Attorney nt. Lu'v.
* * i Thomastsm (la. Will practiceiothcscver-
UC.iiins of Hint Circuit aiid ‘2sih benaioiial Distiict.
mai2d-tf
MU SaNl> WIM H . \ttnrney at Law.
• Thomaston. da Will practice in the several
v"ti r *uf the "tate ofde *rgia Special ' ttention given
toOullection of all Claims Office up Stairs. Cheney
building niay2tt fim
B’ Y NOV DhMrKK \tr-irnev< nt
Ij*w, driltifi. dn; Offieein Almnh Hall, n* dbor
1" 'he ''Tak Okfick Will practice in the Counties
•‘'tniM.slng the Flint <Mrcuit. and in the United States
1 istrict - nurt. Attention given to cases in Bankruptcy,
max 18-ly
]) »Y\L «t NUN’V \LIiY. A’t rnevs lit
I * Law, drilßn. da. Will practice in all the coun
hrs .•."uprising the Flint Judicial Circuit, and in the
rjuindesof Meiiwether, Clayton. Fayette and Coweta.
. dl practice in the Supreme Court of de<.rg>a, and the
•'strict 'nurt. ot the United states tor the Northern and
Y'.'itf! era Districts of Georgia
W ( m-n.nai.i.y. [apUs lv] L. T tVITAU
®° Y rvLLEN. Artor* fv «t L w Thntii
• aston, da. Wilt practice in the rounded corrt
,''ing the fifut Judicial Cicenit. and elsewhere by
contract All business promptly attended to.
'ni.'e in Cheney’s brick building. mchl 1-ly
Ov T R KEN *» VLL ff *rs his
? siunal services tc the citixen- of tbomast.ou an 4
?| lrr "»iii.ling country. May be found burin t o <tay at
*’ H Hardaway’s tt.ore, at nigTft at the fo'ftnVr fesi
rte Cc us . 'harles Wilson. .fan 14 ly.
TK KEIU)INtI, Anir'-'-v »if Lw,
• Rarnesvil e. Pike co, da. Will practice tn the
bounties comprising the Flint Judicial OW< ttlt, and
-‘-ewhere by special ontract Al toidfness promptly
ended to Office in Elder > budding, over« liamber's
'!iißture. aug*>- y
r f »I <>Nl \S BEALL Attorney nt L us,
» Thomaston, daf. Will practice in the Flint Ctr
fuit and elsewhere bv special contract. aug27 'y
T ill N l. tl \ LI, Atr.<r»>ev mnl o"unr»ytl r
i.t Law Will practice b. the. counties composing
Flint t'irciiit.. 1 u th** Supreme Court of t.eor ia,
*n<! m the TYiitr'lct t’Ohrf of tfiV UtiUed States for the
enrthern and Sou hern Districts of t.eorgia,
Th un.aston. da., June 18th. IS7"-Iy.
\ XBKRSUN & McOALL X. A/T..r-..-v8
J V at Uaw. Covingt m, (><>rgTa. Wifi attend regcr
•'dv. and Practice in the Superior <'«>urts of the
panties of Newton, liutts. li nrv, Spalding Dike.
** "» oe, Upson, .Morgan, l)eK.alb Gwinnctte and Jas
per. r ° dec 0-ly
|\MEs t\l M A UiE'VS. Ad .rney ut
*1 Laws, Taibotton, da. will practicttnil’ tfng conntfes
the ■ hatiahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
contract <lecD*-ly
\\/ r 11,1,1S .t WILLLS Att-riipys or Law
v * T.db tton, »4a Prompt nttuntion given to
l! ' neBH placed in <>ur ha"ds. declb-ly
RMIEKT P TRIPPK Attorney hi L»w
da Will practice in the State Conns
*'■' »ri'»Ht* (Tnited States' District Court at Atlanta and
c *'ann-di, d a , dec 0 ly
X UUX I'. Att'irr.ov at Law Bac'»(*8«
tbu •viHe, «;a Will practice in all the counties of
v n * ircuit, and Supreme Court of th» State.
\f Gllo\ BETIIUN E, Attwruey at
uiiibc L :tw - Talboton, da Will practice in all the
the Chartahobchiife Circuit, and Upson and
r cunties deciß-ly
l)l,«'» »KkS -v.ll cunritniPi the r ructicP
bu,»v. of Office at B. D. Ilardawav’s Drug
decl”-ly
[) ‘ ,l w T is pleHNffd to
• hie 'he citizens of Upson that he will c*»ntihue
1 AC*; *«• '“ Xledicine in its various branches at
I declS-ly
I WALKER \ffnrnpy «r Liw
'*(Bl'i t anav WIM pracice in Circuit Courts of
* n l^e Uaited states District Courts. i
J. G. MITTS, | h ., rjß
01 >Wc„u„ IJ , 0, ! ut . wiriTa,*^
butts & WEST,
GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND DEALF.US lf<
GROCERIES 8c PROVISIONS;
barnesville, ga.
Wit 11 *'r vp fn ?ai n the confidence
T T of the people and their
CASH CUSTOM.
We shall deal for CASH, both buying r.nd selling.
Therefore we can sell Goods very cheap. With honesty
nnd promptness for our motto, we solicit, a share of the
public patronage. We cordially invite our friends and
tlie public generally to cull on us at To.,ley’s New Br ek
Building near the Macon and Western Railroad Depot,
BArnesvtlle, Ga;
TO THE PUBLJC;
I take pleasure in recommending .las. F. West, who
has been with mein bnsinessfor 'lie last twelve months,
as being an honest,.upright and industrious ybiiimjmHh,
and every one will get what is due them by dealing
with him.
itiay 13-itn FRANCIS L. MATHEWS.
ANDREWS & HILL,
MANUFACTPkKRS AND DKALKRB *N
FURNITURE,
COFFINS, Si o, Icc,
AT
.J. & T. €». ANDREWS’ Mill, Five Miles
Southwest of Thomaston, Ga.
I\T F. wouM rp.tr>ootfi|]] v inform nnr
▼ V friends and the public generally, that we have
established a
FURNITURE MANUFACTORY
at, the above named pla f- c, where, we manufacture and
keen con-tanMv <>n handsnpe-lor Furniture->f «|| kin.ts,
larleties, and grides. We are prepar/d to fill all or-
J.rs lor COFFIN \ and do all kinds of Cabinet, work
with neatness and <ilspatch We fl .tter ourselves that,
we ran please all that know good work when they see
it »>ur fueilitios arid advantages in preparing our own
Lumber and Manufacturing our owu Work enables us
to otter anv quantity, better varieties, an I decidedly
better bargains than other Furniture dealers in this
section of country. We earnestly request all that arc
in need of anything in our Mile to cdl ..nd examine . Ur
stock, as we feel satisfied th .t we can give sat!-taction
in style, quality and price. All work wnrranleed to be
as represented. Orders solicited.
may2u-1y ANDREWS* IIILL,
FOUR COOD BOOXst
Should ha Had in every Family.
r\v\ r OtlO\ T AL fif'd H'-fipficfil palycrlntt
/ F \ kll LY r BIBLE, containing a copious index.
Concordance Dtc'ionarv of Biblical Terms. de<*wraf»h
tcal and Historical Index, *e Fourteen hundred pages
furnished in three styles of hi ding
L \ WS of BUSINESS for all the states in the Union
By. rheophiUts Parsons, LT. D This volumecont.-dhs
tor ms for m ••n of every trade or profession, mortgages,
d.e-ds. hills of sale. >easf s. b >nd, articles of copartqer
sh:p. will, awards. *e Punlishedby the National Rub
li.-hing ‘ o . Nemphis, Tenn. . ,
Tllr, I.IFEOFdEN. R. E LEE.by Jus D. Vfc(l»he,
author of a life of St-one wall Jackson. Tift-nook should
find Its way into every family as it is.one of the best
written accounts of the heroic deeds of tlie Great Vir
ginian yet published.
I.t ■HT IN TllE EAST; hy the weti-fenown writer,
Fleetwood.
Mr JOHN A. COCHRAN has taken the Agency for
Upson and Pike counties, and wi 1 call upon the people
with these invaluable books immediately aprili-3t.
STEREOSCOPES,
VIEW Si
ALfcllMS,
cnnoMos,
FRAMES.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
finite th‘e attention of tlie Trade to their extensive
assortment of the above good-, of their own publica
tion, manufacture and importation.
Also,
PHOTO LANTERN SLIDES
atid
GRAF IIOS COT* E.
NEW VIEWS OF YOSEMITES,
E. «Si 11. T. ANTHONY »fe CO.,
591 Broadway, New Yokk,
Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
Importers and Manaf.ictuiers of PliotogrnpHlc
Materials. mchlS 10m
The Southern Farm and Home.
A FIRST CLASS AGRICULTURAL MONTHLY.
G EN. W, M. BROWNE,
idITOR,
At $3 OO per Year in Advance.
rpriF, Smv»nd Volume commences with
I November number. N<>w is the time to sub
scribe. Address, J. W. liEKKE, «fe Ct>.,
octa ts Macon. Ga.
DR. YHOS. A. WARREN,
GRIFFIN,’ GEORGIA.
OFFFRS his services to the C'tizons
Griffin and vicinity Special attention given to
the treatment of
CIIROMO DISEASES.
Tiu.se ai adist. .nee can can consult him by letter.
Office over George Beecher *' o , iil Street, .
april29-tf
“WATCH REPAIRING”
npiJR citizens of l T r>S*»n fif'f) fidjfippnt
I counties are respectfully informed that. 1 hn?e.
moved my stock t-> the store o Vr VV m U albce and
am now prepared to execute work in my line «»f hu<i
n*ss, on the most favor .hi tenns. Kep irfng ..t ail
klhds done at the shortest n»'ice an I i the neatest man
ner. I have tacilities f**r turnlp>r**iit good w .rk, and by
strict atierttior. to bn-inesS h6pe to receive a liberal
abate «>f patronage. Very respectfully. .
aprilS ts VVM u BKI AJ *-
DENTISTRY!
'"PHE h(*imr n(*-m tnently
I located in Thomston.still tenders thier professional
set vices in the practice of Dentistry to the c.tlxens oi
Upsdn and adjoining <••>00118 Teeth inserted on g I<l
silver, adamantl eor rubber. All work -arr .nr.Ml and
a g >'d fit. guaranteed. Office op st.irs over \ ILSON
SA dcd> ft U fl Bl ° rC ' REYAN t SAWYER.
thomaston, ga*, Saturday morning, june 17, isti.
pOETIiY,
i For the I homaalon Herald.
LINES TO A3IELIE',
BT LROX.A.
“Radlentin beauty- not brighter the skies,
Than the gold ot h.*r hulr. the blue of her eyes,
•’’nt richer the damask th it crimsons the ro-e.
Tlian hei cheek as it flushes and smiles in repose !”
Thou bid'st me Minstrel sweet, to wake
My long neglected Harp for thee,
Lut, oh I fear its silvery chords
May toll too unhar oniotls hij,
Since wintery winds so pitiless.
Have swept, where only sunlight shone,
And laded is the rosy Bower,
Where echoed oft its joyous tone.
Yet Warmly heats the heart that eret
Fang careless all the live long day,
tl. may h£ happy ativwhere,
If lave will lend its brightening ray.
Then ask me not to butch the Lyre,
But let us ramble o'er the lea,
And as thy hand mine own doth clasp
Oh, whisper retnembeme !
Bright, child of sunny France! Thy Hfe
Be ever free from care as now,
May none but summer’s fairest flowers,
Be twined about thy radiant brow.
M hat, though >lie despot’s heel hath spoilt
The glory of thv native vale,
Thou’lt find true hearts to love thee here,
Then welcome to our quiet dale.
There Is no winter dark and drear,
M here e’er thy sunnv smi’e is seen
Thou art like Morning on the wave,
Illumining the rippling sheen.
Around thv path sw. et. roses spring,
The sun for th* e beams ever bright,
And oft of fabled nymph I’ve dreamed,
When list'mng to thy songs so light!
Oh, ever sweet as silver
That gently o'er the waters peal,
And soft as twilight's hallowed shades,
That over Aiden geh'tiy steal.
May'st thou, fiir queen of melody;
E'er sing ihy sylvan notes so free,
And when o'er distant lands you ro.am
Say, wilt thou kindly think of me f
Tin maston, Ga., ;fune 9th, IS7I.
yvLiscellaneous.
The Labor Questions
Cor. Chronicle and Sentinel.]
As the question ot labor is the all impor
tant one with our planters, I trust a few
remarks on this subject will nor he wholly
urnit preciated by many of vour readers.
We propose to show that m gro labor is
better adapted to our cotton growing States,
and must succeed better than any other
element that can be introduced.
In the first place, the negro is naturally
berer adapted to ouraimost tropical climare
tliuo any other race on earth. Why? Be
citi-e he is of a hard. i< r and more robust
con-titution. and has been accustomed to
this kind of work for generations pact
The thick and woolly coverinfr of his rraui
um seenrs to have been destined by Provi
dence to fit him for the nvd summer rays of
our almost tiopical sun. and it is an estab
lished fact that, he is less subject to the dis„
cases which are so often produced by ex
p >sure to the sun, than titty other rice on
earth. None can deny that he was all suf
ficient as a slave. The question then is.
can they he made as efficient as formerly?
Negro labor, we know, is very much demor
alised ; hut we contend that this is a mat
ter which may he regulated by the planters
themselves Hut how.? Simply by ad >pt
insr th° same plan that other people have
adopted with freed laborers.
Let planters throughout, the South organ,
ize into societies, and pass suitable resolu
tions, and the end is accomplished. Let
each man hind himself to ahHe by tlp’se
rules, &nd let the society require it at the
hands of all. Let the employers resolve
not to employ, or furnish any provisions to
any laborer, that comes without a free dis
missal and recommendation from his former
employer. This is * nlv justice to all par
ties, ant! will work good by forcing the
laboring population to look to their own
interest, by attending strictly to their duties.
The negro must live, and he cannot unless
he is advanced a support by the capitalists
who employ him. If he will Work, it is
the white man's interest to’ employ him,
and he t Call dn if.
Let, this plan he universally adopted, and
free labor will work on in a smooth channel
and much trtofe agreeably than heretofore
Do thifS, and plant within the h »unds of
reason, farmers, and you will succeed aud
prosper Once more.
very respectfully,
Agricj >la.
.Tosli Hillings on t lie Gaos.
The goos is a grass animal, but don’t
ohaw her cud.
They are g »od livers, about one acre to
tho jj„os is enuff, a'tho th,pre is so fire folk's
who thinks one goos to 175 acres is nearer
right.
These two calculations is so far apart it
is difficult to tell now which will finally win.
But i don’t think if i had a of 175
aer*>s awi paid for. that i would sell it for
half what it w as worth just because it dido’t
have hut one goop on it.
Gooses stav well, some of our hes r biogra
phers says 70 years, and grow tough to the
hist.
Tha la one egg at nnce. about the siz* of
a goos egir. in which the goslins lie hidd.
The goslin is the goose's baby.
The go *s don’t suckle hisyoung, hut turns
frini our to grass on somebody's vakant lot.
Tha seems to lack wisdom, hut are gener
ally considered sound on the g >os.
Tlt a are good eatin hut riot go >d chawin ;
the reasons ov this remains a profound
gekret to the present day. ,
When the fetnail goos is at work hatebin,
she is hard to please', she riles clear up from
the bottom in a mlnnit, and she will site s
yoke of oren if tha show her the least hit
of £us'. t ,
The goos is excellent for feathers,
which are shed every year-by the handful.
Tha are also amfibicus, besides several
other kinds "f cuss.
But tha are mostly curious about one
thing. Tha kan bawl up one leg into their
bodv, - and stand on turher awl da, and not
touch anyrhig with their hands.
I take notis thar ain’t but ffew men kan
d6 this-'
The Hint Laws of Conuecticntl
Many of <>ur readers, who have often
heard of tb<§ Connecticut “blue laws” have
probably never had tin opportunity of
perusing that famous code. The.territory
n>.w comprised in the State of Connecticut
was formerly two colonies, Connecticut and
New Haven. The colony of Connecticut
was planted by emigrants from Ma-sachu
setts at, Windsor, ip 1<»33, and at Hartford
and Weather'field in 1035 and 1036 The
other colony, styled by its founders the db- .
mitiion of New Haven, wtis se'tled by emi
grants from England ip 1018. The two
colonies were united in 1005.
The statutes copied below, from an an
cient volume relating to the history of the
American colonies, were enacted by the
people of the “Dominion of New II tven *.”
The Governor and magistrates, convened
in assembly, are supreme power
under God. of this independent dominion;
From the determination of the assembly
no upped shall oe made.
The Governor is amenable to the voice of
tlie people.
The Governor shall not have a single vote
i” determining any question except a c »st
ing vote, when the asternbly shall he equally
divided.
The assembly of the people shall not be
dismissed by tire Governor, but shall uis
miss itself.
Conspiracy against this dottiinion shall
be punished with death.
, Whosoever ;*avs there is a power and
jurisdiction above this dominion, -hail stiff
er ti’Bith and loss of his property.
Whosoever attempts to change or over
throw this dominion, shall suffer death.
The judges shall determine controversies
without it jury.
No one shall he a freeman, or give a vote,
Unless he he converted and a member of one
of the churches allowed in this dominion.
Each freeman shall swear by the blessed
Gud to hear tme a'iecience to this domin
ion. and that Jesus is tlie only King.
No Quaker or dissenter from the estab
lished worship of this dominion, shall be
allowed to give a vote for the election of
magistrates or any officer.
, No food or lodging shall he offered to a
Quaker, Adamite or other heretic
If any person turn Quaker he shall be
!)iir\ish>-d and suffer death on his return.
Priests may he seized by any one without
a warrant.
No one to cross a river except with an
authorized ferryman.
No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except
reverently to and from meeting.
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make
hP'ls, sweep house, cut hair or shave ou the
Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her dhildren on the
Sabbath or fitting day.
The Sabbath shah begin at sunset on
Saturday.
To pick a year if corn growing in a
neighbor’s garden shall he deemed theft.
A person accused of trespass in the night
shall be judged guilty, unless he clears
himself by his oath.
When it appetrs that the accused had
confederates, and refuses to discover them,
he may he racked.
None shall buy or sell lands without per
mission of the selectmen.
A drunkard shall have a master appoint
ed by the selectmen, who is tc debar him
from the liberty of buying and selling.
Whoever publishes a lie. to the prejudice
of his neighbor, shall be set iu the stocks or
be whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall keep a sch"ol.
Every rateable person who refuses to pay
his proportion to support the minister of
the town nr parish, shall he fined by the
C .urt, £2 and £4 every quarter, until he or
she pay the rate of the minister.
Men-stealers shall suffer death.
Whosoever wears clothes trimmed with
gold, silver or bone iaoe above 2s per yard,
shall be presented by the grand jurors, and
the selectmen shall tax the offender £]Oo
estate.
A debtor in prison, swearing he has no
estate, shall be let out aud sold to make
satisfaction.
Whosoever sets a fire >n the woods, and it
burns a house, shall suffer death ; persons
suspected of this crime shall be imprisoned
without benefit of hail.
Whosoever brings cards or dice into this
dominion. Shall pav a fine of five pounds.
No <infc shall read common prayer books,
keep Christmas or set days, eat minced
pies, dance, play cards, ur play on any in
strument of music, except the drum, trum
pet. and jews harp.
No gospel minister shall jo n peop’e in
marriugc. The magistrates only shall join
them in ma'riage f aH they may do it with
les- scandtl to Christ’s church.
When parents refuse their children con
venient marriages, the magistrates shall de
termine the point.
The selectmen, on finding children ignor
ant. may take them aw a y from their parents,
and put them in better bauds, at the ex
pense of their parents.
Fornication shall be punished hv compel
ling marriage, or as the oobrt shall think’
proper.
Adultery shall be punished with death
A man strikes his wife shall pay a fine us
ten pounds.
A woman that strikes her husband shall
be punished as the court directs.
A wife sha'lf he deemed good evidence
against her husband.
No man shall court a maid in person, or
by letter, wifnnut first obtaining consent of
her parents ; £ ) penalty f >r the fir-t offence;
£lO fir the second ; and for the third, im
prisonment during the pleasure of the Court.
M .rried persons must live together or be
imprisoned. . > ,
Every male shall have his hair cut round
accordirig t<> a cap.
[Nuts —The above laws were originally
printed <>n blue paper, on which account
they were called the “Blue Laws.”—
ton Courier.
“When' I g *es a snoppmg.” said an old
lady, “1 aHera ask for what I wants, and if
they have it. and it’s suitable, and I feel
inclined to take it, and it’s chean, and it
can’t he got at any place for less, I almost
aliers take it. without chaffering'ail dity, as
most pec pie d6,”
Cotton ami Corn.
Careful analyses of the agricultural re
ports from the Southern States show that
the cr*»p of cotton- this year will fall far I
short of th&t of 1870, while the corn vvdl
probably be the iatgest ever raised in that
section. Inthe middle and S rnthern part
of Georgia, according pi go.*d local authori
ty, the quantity of cotton grown this year j
is not only below the average production, 1
but the plant is backward and sickly, a cold I
and rainy mason having caused serious j
injury. In Northern Alabama, in a part ,
of Mississippi, and in Tennessee, the reports
concerning cotton are still mine unfavora
ble. In the Missi-stppi Valley, on the
Arkansas and Red Rivers, the. country is
fl >oded and all the crops are deficient, tut
cot’on is especially feeble.
These reports, derived from authentic
sources, indicate the coming change in the
character of Southern productions. Cotton
ceased to he king when the war of the
rebellion opened, and although at intervals
during the past five years tlie yield of tlie
crop has been So ahuuhant as to revive the
memory of the old days when a single staple
produced ample fortunes, tlie want of re
sources and tlie p tucity of labor have been
nearly fatal to continued and profitable
production. The planters tint! small farm
ers of t!»e 8 >utb begin to understand the
p isition they occupy. They see that it is
idle to and -vote the greater part of their land
to the raising of one staple, and that it is
the wiser course to give the attention to
food crops ami other products which can be
grown without fear of total ruin thr mgh
the accidents of unfavorable weather or
insufficient supplies of labor.
It is not surprising to hear tha’ in all
parts ot the South ao increased breadth has
Been planted in grain, and shat the pr.'R
p>*ct. nf an abundant yield of home bread
s'tiffs this year is satisfactory. The adapt
ability oi’ the Southern land climate to the
growth of grain aud other crops, w hich are
almost sure to Geld good returns, is a
sufficient reason for diminishing the area
of cotton culture ; and the planters who are
now trying this.eXperiment will find their
account in it. The lab >r problem, however,
is vet to be solved. The S >uth invites
immigration, and it appears from the fre
quent applications made to the Labor
Bureau at Castle Garden, that farmers are
in great demand, hue the inducements
offered are coupled with a condition that
the immigrant shall pay on his expenses
from rite purr at which he lands to the points
in the interior where work is waiting fi,r
him. This unwise economy prevents the
accession of the desired element, and as a
natural result the lands of the S >uth do not
yield tho crops which systematic hnd care
ful ciilture would produce.
It and >oS not appear that the unskilled
freedruan is more competent than his lan*
inejporienc“d master to conquer the diffi
culties which obstruct the proper develop
mftnt of natural resources; and the process
of education is pecessarialiy gradual. What
the South wants is an abundance of intelli
gent stnd well-direct* and labor, capable of
making the rich fields triineP of wealth
through steady industry and the best
appliances of inventive fikill. The day of
cotton as the one great product, has long
since passed away, and although there
limit always be a steady average yield of
that crop for requisite supplies, the safer
tind better resource of the majority of South
ern farmers will he found in the,- direction
so successfully the agricultural
producers of the South.
The opportunities for useful labor were
never so good in the South as now, and the
new generation of its people, freed from tlie
disasters and trammels which have put
hack that region f>r the past ten years,
should understand that their first duty is real
reconstruction, and hard work is not
only honorable hut profitable. The South
ern States want a fair start, more labor,
more capital, and, above all. more thought
ful care of their present and future interests
The young nun, not the old, are those by
whom the ta-'k of thorough rehabilitation
must he performed. They have splendid
opportunities before them, and the fault
will be their own if the Sooth does not win
new and better glories through their in
dustrious work th in it ever enjoyed in irs
palmiest days. Immigration is wanted,
and will be welcomed now ; hut the men of
the Sooth must have their own burden to
carry in the end, and their education in
essential processes of practical industry
shoo’d not be delayed.— New York Dlily
Bulletin.
‘'Too Good Company for Me.” —lt vras
one evening last summer,* when a lady who
belongs on the editorial staff of one of tlie
dadies of New York, had been detained by
office duties until rather a late hour. Living
on the Heights, in Brooklyn, but a short
distance from Fulton Fer r y, it was nut
much of a venture to go home without
escort, and so she started. Go the boat, on
tiie outside, star ding outside enjoying the
refreshing breeze, alter the day's toil, she
perceived a gentleman (?) in raih<T close
priixanity to where she was leaning over
the guards, hut said nothing. “Are yog
alone?” said he, as the boat neared the slip.
"No, sir,” said tl.<* lady, and with ut fur
ther interruption, when the b"at touched
she stepped off “I thought you were nut
aV.ne,” said the fellow, stepping to her side
again. “I am not,” replied the lady.
* Why, I don’t see any one; who is with
you ?” “God Almighty ao 1 the angels,
sir; I’m never alone!” “You keep too
good Company for mo, madam ; good
night 1” aud he shot for a Fulton avenue
car. then nearly a block away. The heroic
woman was permitted to ‘ jteep ; tu the right
as tlie law directs,” and that fall
measure of quiet satisfaction one always
feels from keeping good company.
MTijilr at the Georgia Railroad freight
depot yesterday, says t e Atlanta Coosa;
tution, we noticed that our merefiants were
receiving their frutfhts' via the Charleston
r ‘Ute. W'e ure told that the recent onnsoli
d’ation of lease of the Macon & Western
r ad by the Central has hud ,this eff-cf to
drive our merchants over to the Charleston
r-ute, grot .the opposition **< the Macon &
Western Railroad to the Passenger Depot
has also had its influence in this directiuo.
, A M4v’ who diifh'utwlieve in advertising
has'gone into partnership with the sheriff,
and that official now dues the advertising.
Rules for Fruit Distiller*.
U. 8 Internal Rkvknce. )
Assessor's Office. 4tu District >
Atlanta, Jut e 1871 )
F>>r the informAtion of the public, and in
renlv to numerous enquiries from persons
desiring to distill brandy from fruit, the
present season, I herewith give a synopsie
of the revenue laws relating to the same.
The special ur license tax is u,t the rate
of soo per yeiv.-dating from May 1, lßio,
to April 30th. 1872 , , . .
The stamp tax is 50 cents gallon, and
10 cents per gallon Ganger's tesa.
These embrace all of the revenue tax o *,
provided the distiller reports as having
made
make from the quantity of material U'od,
taking into aooauut the capacity us the
stfjs. . ,
Ocher requirements are that th 6 cti'ls
must be by an officer of the reve
nue. Ttie distillers nui-t give notice in
writing when and where he wishes to com
mence operations, lie must register his
‘•stills for use," and give bond with two
approved securities in the sum of at least
§SOO, that he will comply with the revenue
laws, lie is also required to keep an ac
count of his daily operations, and report the
same to the Assistant Assessor on or before
the sth day of the following month
Blanks f»r all these purposes will he fur
nished by the Assistant Assessor on appli
cation.. ,
At the same time he must apply to the
Collector ot the district for a gauger to
gauge the spirits made the previous month.
After the spirits have been gauged, ha
must, within the same month, apply to the
Collector for stamps, which must be prop
erly attached to the packages before removal
or sold, distillers’ packages must
contain not less than ten gallons each.
Assistant Assessors may not be able to
prepare the papers for all who will probably
desire to distil, unless application is tn pfe
at least a month before the time they wish
to c onmenee.
In thi - District the address nf the Assist
ant Assessor are as follows: Fulton county
Lewis Selder, Atlanta.
Troup, Heard, Carroll, Ilaralsnn, Doug
las*-’, Paulding, Campbell, Coweta, M**rri -
wether, Fayette, Clayton and Henry—W. J.
Brvan, Newnan.
P >lk, F)ovd. Chattooga, Walker I)ida,
Catoosa, Whitfield. Gordon, Bartow, Cobb
and Murray —W. J. Goodwin, Cartersvilie.
Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Cherokee. Mil
ton, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union,
Lowndes, Rabun, Habersham and White—
S. C Atkinson, Gumming.
DeKalh.Gwinnett Hall, Franklin, Banks,
•Jackson,.Walton, Clarke, Madison and Hurt
—S. T. Anderson, Athens.
* William Jennincls.
r ~. Assessor.
Little Tiling* anil tire at Results.
A gnat choked Tope Adrian to .death,
which caused wonderful changes in the
nation and history of the whole world.
A counsellor of Rome was strangled by a
hair in tip* mi'k which he drank. This
ovent caused the most serimis results of
anything that ever transpired in his family.
Anacreon, one of the lyric poets, is said
to have lost his life by*swallowing the skin
of a raisin. The world then lost one of the
most illustrious poets and writers.
A destructive war between France and
England was occasioned by a quarrel be
tween two boy princes.
The “Grasshopper War,” which took
place about the time the Pilgrims came to
X.-w England in the Mayflower, between
two Indian tribes, was brought about in
this way :
An Indian woman, with her little son.
went to visit a friend belonging to another
i tribe. The little fellow caught a large
grasshopper on tfie road and carried it with
him. A lad from the tribe wanted it. but
he refused to give it up. A quarrel ensued,
which soon drew the fathers and mothers
into the dispute, and ere long the chiefs
were engaged in a war which nearly exter
minated one tribe. »
Several centuries ago, so,me soldiers of
Modena carried away a bucket from a pub
lic well at Bologna, which was the cause of
a long war ; and the King of Sardinia was
imprisoned for twenty-one years, where he
died. o, v
An English and French vessel had a
quarrel about which .should he supplied
first from a certain well of water, which
induced a war that c >Bt a thousand lives.
T h e' great philosopher. Newton, saw a
child playing with soap bubbles, which led
him t) his frost important discoveries in
optical instruments
Stephen Montgolfier saw a shirt waving,
when drying before the tire, from which ho
first; conceived the idea of a balloon.
When Galileo was in the Metropolitan
temple of Peria, he observed the oscillations
of a lamp ; and this was the first coneep
ti n yf a.correct method of measuring time.
The art of printing was suggested by a
mm cutting the letters of his name on the
bark of a tree and impressing them on pa
per. On account of which we have books
printed on good legible type on almost any
and every subject sought by the human
mind.
Little drops of water, little grains of sand,
Wake the mighty ocean and the beauteous land.
are made up of moments, fountain#
of drops, and human character* of tittle
words and actions.
, The International Typographical Un
ion.— The Baltimore Sun, in speaking of
this body, now in session in that city, pays
it a high compliment. It says :
*‘l he procedi ngs were characterized with
a dignify, decorum arid harmony seldom
Witnessed iw bodies representing every sec
tion <f the „Union,'.and in these respects
affudsan example w *rthy of imrnitatinn bv
ofher legislative bodies of greater pretend
siona .There are two lady delegates in the
convention, who manifest an earnest and
active interest in tho proceedings, and
whose presence is, pert aps. not Without its
advantage ms influence oti the rhalC rttoto-
There are many female'c .ropositmV
or type-sftiers in the North, engaged in
hook and fancy job work. The body, as a
manifests intelligence and charac
ter worthy of the members of the ‘art pre
servative of all arts * “
It is mote dith ult to manage riches well
than to acquire them.
NO. 28.