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Will practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia. and the
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South ern Districts of Georgia
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• aston, Oa. Will practice in the counties cmn-
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cl evvhere by special nntf iet Al ' nsfness promptly
attended to' Olhce in Elder * budding,-.ver chamber's
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r P l()v| \ s BKxLL Art.itinv m Lw.
1 Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in the Flint Cir
cuit and elsewhere bv special contract ang27-ty
rill \ 111 \ FI, \tti.r e v tl <■ ti'isoii e
•it Law Will practice in the counties composing
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and in the District. Court of the United States tor the
Northern and Son hern Districts of i.eorgia.
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Counties of Newton, Butts. II nrv, Spalding I ike
M *n oe, Upson. Morgan, DeKalb Gwinnette and -Jas
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G EN. W. 31. BROWNE,
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S H«r.U ft RS BtorC ‘ BRYAN A SAWYER.
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1871.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of sniil Si ate .
M FtFREAS, official information has been received at
this Department that JAMES TOOMBS, a d< spemD
c aracter, recently convicted of murder nnd confined
under sentence of death iri the common jail <>f Houston
county, has made Ins escape from said jail anil is how
at large:
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this
my proclamation, hereby offering a reward of FIVE
HUNDRED I)<'LEAKS for the apprehension and de
liv. rv of the said JAmea I’oombs to the Sheriff of Hous
ton county, in *>rder that he m iy be punished for the
offen«e of which he stands convicted.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the ttate,
at the Cnpilot in Atlanta, this fourteenth day of May,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-one. and or the Independ nee of the United
States of America the Ninety-six'h.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
BaVid G Cutting, Secretary of State. july22-4t
A proclamationT
GEORGIA.
BY* RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor of said State.
WiTF.REAS, There is now pending in the Superior
Cbnrt of Muscog e count v a Bill of Indictment, charg -
ing Sharp Johnson with the crime of murder, alleged
to hax e been committed upon the body of Emanuel E.
Paul in said county of Muscogee, on or about the l(ith
November, 1809. and it being represented to me that
the said Johnson has fled from justice!
I have thought proper to issue tills my pi oclamation,
thereby offering a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for the apprehension anil delivery of the said
Shaip Johnson, with * vlb-nce to convict, to the Sheriff
of saH county of Muscogee, in order that he may be
biought to trial for the offense with which he stands
indicted.
Given under my hand and the Gieat Seal of the State
attheCapttol in Atlanta, this seventeenth day of July,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven
ty-one, and of the Independence of the United States
ol America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting Secretary of State. july22-4t
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGIA.
BY RUFUS B. BULLCK,
Governor of said State.
WHEREAS, Official information has been received
at. this Department that an assault with intent to mur
der was committed in the county of Habersham on or
about the 18th of June last upon the peuon of Isaaac
Oakes, by one ENOCH DP KSON, and that the said
Dickson has tied from justice:
Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this
my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of ONE
THOUSVND DOLLARS for the apprehension and de
livery ot the said Dickson, with evidence sufficient to
convict, to the Sheriff of Habersham county, in order
that he may be brought to tiial for the offense with
which he stands charg *d.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of rhe State,
at the Capi < >l, in Atlanta, this fourteenth day of July,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sev
ty-one, and of the Independence of the United States
the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. july22-4t
A proclamation”
GEORGIA.
m urn s u. bvli.ock.
Governor of said State.
WHEREAS, Official inform"tion has been received at
this Department that one PblvUS Fricks, a notorious
character, has of late committed many depreda iohs
upon the good and law abiding citizens of Lumpkin
county, nnd the counties a*'j icent thereto, and that
several indictments are now pending aeain>t him in
those counties, charging him with assault with intent
to murder, arson, horse stealing, and other divers
crimes? and '
Whereas. Notwithstanding the diligent effor’s by the
civil authorities in endeavoring to rppivhend the said
Fricks, he has succeeded in eluding their vigilance,
and is still at large gieatly to the terror and the disturb
ance of the pence • nd good order of said communities :
Now, therefore, heiieving that the offering cf a snita
ahle reward iscs«etitial ns a mentis of bringing to Justice
the said Fricks, I have thought proper to issue this my
proclamatim, hereby offering a reward of FIVE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery
of the said Phleus Fricks to the Sheriff •>f Lumpkin
county, and an additional reward of FIVE HUNORKD
DOLLARS on his conviction of any of the telonies with
which he stands charged.
Given under mv hand and the Great Seal of the State,
at the Capi'ol. in Atlanta, this tlie twelfth day of July,
in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seven
ty-one, c.nd of the In<l- pendence of the United States
of America the Ninety-sixth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By the Governor:
David G. Cutting, Secretary of State. ju!v22-2t
STATE OF GEORGIA.
DEPA KT.M ENT OF ST \ TE.
Atlanta, July 6, IS7I.
ORDERED:
By his Excellency, the Governor, that his Proclama
tion of June Sth, offering a reward of One Th"U'.and
Dollars, fur the apprehension and delivery of Mathew
Harris, with evidence to convict, to the Sheriff of Jack
son county, be. and the same is hereby revoked, and
that the Secretary of State give public notice thereof
Given under my haßd and seal of office.
DAVID G. COTTLNG,
julyl«V4t Secretary of State.
yVIISCELLANEOUS.
JOSH BILLINGS OX THE THEORY' OF
FARMING.
“What 1 kno About Pharmln.”
I kno about pharmin iz ku*«nd little.
Mi Biixzum friend, ilura e Greeley, has
rv a b 'ok with the uhnv nutne. end aith*> i
haven’t hud time tew peioo*e it yet i don’t
hesitate to pronounee it fully.
Phartuir e (now daze) is pretty much all
the**ry, and therefore it ain’t astonishing
that a man kan live in New York and h° a
ff°od chancery lawyer, and also know about
pharming.
A pharm (now daze) ov one hundred
akers wiil produce nn-re buckwheat and
pumpkins, run on theory, than it would
8 xty years agi, run on manure and haid
krmks.
There is nothing bke book larnin. and
the time will eventually come when a man
won t hnv to hav only one of “Josh Billings’
Farmers’ A’munax” to run a pharm or a
kamp- meeting with.
Even now it a ; nt unkommon tew see
three or our hired men on a pharm, with
three or four spin of oxe *, till standing
still whi e the boss goes into the library and
reads himself up (Ur the day’s ploughing.
If i was running a pharm, (now daze), i
suppose i would rather have thirty-six
bushels ov sum new breed of p* tat* ze tag* and
on theory than tew have eighty-four hu~h
els got n the mean, benighted and under
hand way ov our late lamented grandparents.
Pharming, after all, is a good deal like
the tavern bizzness, ennyb**dy thinks they
kan keep a h tel (now daz* ), and ennybody
thinks they kan pharm it (now daze), and
they kan, but this is the way that poor
hotels cum tew* lie so plenty, and this is
likewise what makes pharming such eazy
and profitable bizznes.
Just take the theory out ov pharming,
and there ain’t nothing left, but hard work
and all fired life krnps.
When i see so much pholks rushing into
theory pharming, »z there is (now daze),
and so menny ov them rushing out agin, i
’hink ov that remarkable piece ov skriptur.
whieh remarks, “menny are called but sow
are chosen.”
1 onst took a pharm on shares miself, and
run her on some theorys, and the thing
figured up this wav. i dun all the work,
phurnished all the seed an manure, had the
ague for 0 months out ov 12. t**r mi share
ov the profits, aid the other phellow paid
the taxes on the pharm for his - hare.
By mutual konsent i quit the pharm at
the end ov the year.
What i know about pharming aint wurh
hr'iggin about, arid i feel it mi dooty to
state, for the benefit of mi kreditors, that if
they ever expekt me tew pay nve cents ou
a dollar, they musn’t s art me in the theo
retikal farming employ.
It a man is really anxious to make rhun~
nev on a jrhttr™. the less theory be lays in
(be.better, and he muG d*. meuy muon all
thqf work hisseif and support his family on
v 1 (tit he can’t sell, and go ragged enufi' all
the time tew hunt hoes
I kno of menny pharmers who are so
afflicted with superstition that they won’t
plant a single bean only in 11»e last quarter
ov the m >on, and i kno others so pregnant
with science that they won’t set a gate s>*-st
until they have had the ground anulised hi
sum pr*Tossor of onat<*mv tew see if the
e-trrh has the tight kind of ing edience for
post holes.
This is what i call running science into
the gr nnd.
The fact ov it iz that theories of all kinds
w-*rk well except in praktiss ; they pre too
often desiged to do the work of practise.
There aint n<> theory in breaking a mule
only tew goat him with a klub in your
hand and sum blood in your eye, and brake
him just as you would st-lit a log.
What 1 know about pharntin aint wiuh
much enny how, hut I undertook to brak**
a k eking heifer once.
I read a treti-s on the suhjekt, and phol
lowed the direkshuns close, and got b.r.okt
endw.ize in about 5 minits
I then sat down and thought the thing
over.
I made up my mind that the phellow who
wr te the treaties was more in the treaties
Dizziness than fie was in the kicking heifer
trade.
I enm to the konklushun that what he
knu about kiking heifers had learnt by
leanin over a barn-yard fence, and writing
the thing up.
I got uo fmm mv refl *kshuns elrengthen
ed. and went t*>r that heifer.
I will draw a veil over the language I
used, and the things I did, but I went iu to
win. nnd won !
The heifer never bekum a cow.
Tins is one way to brake a kicking heifer*
and after a man has studied all the bo ks
in kreashun on the suhj ct, and tried them
on, he will fall hack onto mi pi m and make
up hi< mind as 1 did. that a kicking heifer
is wuth m* re for beef than she is for theo
retic miik.
I hav worked on a pharm just long enuff
tew kn* w that there iz no prayers so g od
for poor hind as manure, and no theory kan
beat twelve hours each day (sundaz except
ed) of honest labor applied to the sile.
I am an old phasioned phelow, and heart*
ilv hate m**st r.u things, bekause I hav bin
by them so often.
I never knu a pharm that was worked
pretty much hi thporv, hut what was fo*
sale i r to ler in a few veers, and I never
knu a pharm that was worked by manure
and muscle, on the good oid ignorant way
ov our ancestors, but wnat twaz handed
down from father to son, and alwus was
noted for rai-ing brawny-armed bovs and
buxmn lasses, and fust rate pot it**es.
What I kno about pharming is nothing
hut experience, and experience now daze
ain’t worth a kuss.
I had rather have a good looking theory
tew ketch flats with than the experience
even ov Methu>ler.
Experience is a good thing to lay down
and die with, hut yu kant d*> no fuzziness
with ir (now daze); it aint hot e uff.
Cue me a red n**t humbug, and I kan
m ike most ov the experience in this world
ashamed ov irsp f
CTncinnaii n»<i a iifcs.e t 1* >rt!and ex
perience on the f<>urth. A number of b *ys
playing with fire-crack-et tire t*> a sta
ble and tf*e flames, before they emud be
suppressed, consumed twelve buildings and
rendered a dozen families borneles*.
Politics in Teuncsace.
From the Atlaata Sun.]
Memphis. July 2G. 1871.
Editor Sun : Y ur the r inks
of j *urnuli>m carries me hack in history to
the better and purer age of nur Federal
Republic, wi»en such men n*» Jefferson and
Madison, Hamilton and Jav, Livingston
and Calhoun, Bar and Richie, and a host
of others like them, dul not d'sdain. by
t‘eir writings to instruct their fellow
c itintrymm, through the public press, in
the true principles jf Constitutional Liber
ty*»
It is ns lamentable ns iWs mortifying to
think of tho degeneracy of modern times in
this particular. Many of those who now
address the public through the l’tess are
f are expediency men. The people are al
m *B l daily advised by this latter class to
surrender some right or to abandon some
principle. They never teach, as did the
great men above referred to, that constitu
tional liherty can only be maintained and
preserved by those who have the intelli
gence ami courage to defend it against the
insidious encroachments of power. Nor do
we anywhere read where they exhort their
cOuntrvmen, as did those great men, never
to suffer an invasion of their political C in
stitution, in however unimportant a par
ticular, to pass without a stern condemna
tion, and a determined persevering resist
ance.
But the former were statesmen, who had
made the science of Government their study,
while most of the latter rise to no higher
dignity than that of mer° politicians. The
former had learned from reading “old
hooks-.” by experience, and from observa*
tion. that one precedent creates another,
that these soon accumulate and become
law, and are then resorted to as pretexts by
hid and ambitious men, seeking to over
throw the liberties of their country, in
order the better to conceal their real mo
tives.
These men have appeared to us, of late
year under so many names, that I am in
doubt bow to designate them at this time !
Only yesterday they were known as Con
servatives; but. the people discovering
tiieir rea 1 character and design, and utterly
repudiating them, they re-appear to-day,
under the new and captivating appelations
of “New Departurists,” “Young democra
cy.” and “Progressive Men,” whichever
will best suit their particular localities,
hoping to mislead and entrap the unwary.
I'ruler whatever name they may operate,
the people may he assured of one tiling
that the leading spirits who will eventually
control the movement are no friends to
Constitutional Liberty, hut, on the contrary,
are among its most determined and deadly
enemies. In this section of the country,
they assumed, as best suited to their pur
pose, the name t.f “New Departurists,”
wdth which they had beeu dubbed upon
their first re-appearance.
Some politicians in this State, of the
cl I, El. 4.-o nn till* lookout to l*et
their fingers in the public ciib, lured by the
tempting motto, in substance, <>f ‘ Anythin'/
for Victory and Spoils,” “Anything to
win,” with a haste that Was as imprudent
in them as it was indecent for honorable
men, jumped at the bait thrown out, arid
hooked themselves ; but the great mass of
the Democracy have almost unanimously
refused to give it their approval or sanction,
notwithstanding the Unauthorized recom
mendation to this effect Uy the State Cen
tral Executive Committee of the Party
This I know to be particularly true of the
Middle and Western Sections of the State
In the cities and towns, one mav m°et.
here and there, with a “New Departurist,”
so called, from the, Democracy ; hut it is
almost impossible to find one such in the
country. Y"nr course is indorsed and ap
proved bv the great body of the Democracy
of this State. The Tennessee Democracy
are sincerely and devotedly attached to the
Constitution of their Fathers and will never
stultify themselves l>y sanctioning measures,
which they have, for yems past, and nounced
as “usurpations, unconstitutional, revolu
tionary and void ” Elbert,
Fair List for 1871—. State and General.
Illinois Do Quoin, Sept. 25-30.
Central Kentucky Danville, Aug. 15.
New England—Lowell, Mass., Sept. 5- 8.
Am. Pumological—Richmond, Va , Sept.
6-8.
Cincinnatti Industrial—Cincinnati, Sept.
6-Oct 7.
Kansas—Topeka, Sept. 11-15.
lowa—Cedar Rapids. Sept. 11-15.
Mich. Pumological—Grand Rapids, Sept.
12 15
S mthefn Wisconsin—Janesville, Sept.
12 15. 1
Central Pennsylvania— Altoona, Sept.
12-16.
Northern Ohio—Cleveland, Sept. 12-17.
California—Sacramento, Sept. 18-23.
National Swine Exposition Chicago,
Sept 19 21
Cedar Valley, Indiana—Cedar Valiev,
Sept. 19-21.
Union, lowa--Mechanicsville. Sept 19-22.
Central Ohio Mccbaniceburg. Sept. 19-
Culorado -Denver. Sept. 19 22.
New Jersey—Waverly Station Sept. 19-
23.
North Kentucky - Florence, Sept-. 19.
Central lowa Des M oops, Sept 19 22.
W isconsin—Milwaukee, Sept. 25 29,
Belie Plain Union Delie Plain, lowa,
Sept 19 22
Indianapoli* A , M. and ll—lndianapo
lis. Sept 2 i-30.
Minnesota—St. Paul, Sept 26-29.
Nebraska—Brownvil e, Sept 27-"29.
New York —Albany, Oct 2 6.
St. L -uis A aud M. Association—St.
L *uis, Oct. 2 7.
Central Michigan Lansing. Oct. 35.
Southwest 1 wa—Red Oik. Oct. 3 G.
N Tther;. Kansas— Atchison. Oct. 3-6.
Northeastern I >wa —Oiennont, 0 :t. 4 6
Atlanta A. and I. A. —Atlanta, Ga., Oct.
6-21.
Ai kmsa*— Little Rock, Oct. 3 6.
Georgia—Mac**n, Oct. 23
Alabama—Montg.*njory. Oct IG 20.
Cotf.*n Srate;—Augusta, Ga , Oct. 31-
N*»v. 2.
Louisiana—New Orleans. Nov. "28.
N**rth W isctnsin—O-hkosh.
S uih Georgia AgrnMiltural and Mechan
ical Association, Oct 31
Colombo* Lidos rial Association. oe r 31.
Cher kee-Georg a an i North Alabama
Fair Association, Oct. I^.
0«-uth of (hr Wonderful FiuU-f* Child in
Ilostou.
We mentioned in our columns yesterdav
the presence in Boston of a most remarkable
child, the offspring of J seph and Ann R.
Finley. It preaeted the ns well
ns unprecedented phenomenon ot two heads,
lour arms, and two legs, and ail upon a
simile body The girl —for such was its
fi' X —died lost evening at No 6 B wdom
street. The first half, or head, breathed its
lust at 5. nnd the second shortly after 8
o’clock. The many thousands in the West
ern and Middle Btates who have seen this
marvellous ec*entricity of nature will learn
its enriv death with regret. The child—or
children as it would almost seem prop r to
allude to the phenomenon hud enjoyed,
excellent health from her birth, nine moths
ago. until within two we- ks, ut which time
one exhibted signs of illness. This, how
ever, was but temporary. It recovered,
and was bright and playful. Since reach
ing Boston, a few days since, the other—or
the other half— was taken sick and died
yesterday afternon, as already stated. The
two portions of the body were so intimately
connected that the death of one rendered
that of the other inevitable. The spectacle
was equally novel, strange, and unparallel
ed Upon one end of the body reposed the
head of the dead infant: upon the other,
that of the live one, with its eyes still bright
curious, and its lungs in full breathing
order. All that medical aid could accom
plish was done, but it was found unavailing.
The child died in the presence of her parents.
The corpse presents the appearance of two
infants asleep. Apparently, they escaped
the ordinary suffering incident to death, for
the countenances had the express! >n of
repose. The di position of the body is not
determined upon. Several of our physicians
were desirous of having it opened for ex
amination. It is doubtful if the parents
consent. They reside in Monroe county,
Ohio, and live upon a farm. They have
other children, but none have exhibited any
unusual developments. Nor can this ex
traordinary departure from the laws of na
ture be accounted for In Philadelphia,
where all the medical Solons undertook to
solve the problem, nothing whatever was
brought to light. The child was looked
upon with amazement and interest, but all
attempts to account for its existence were
futile. It is regarded ns more of a curiosi
ty than the Siamese Twins, and most ♦or
tainly the spectacle was more pleasurublo
to the eye. The child was shortly to have
been exhibited to the public, and would
doubtless here, as elsewhere, have attracted
throngs of visitors. The parents were es.-
peceially devoted to the little marvel, and
their sorrow is grievous.
llow to See Down a Well —lt is not
generally known how easy a matter it is to
explore the bottom of a well, cistern or
pond of water, by the use of a common
mirror. When the sun is shining brightly,
h .l,t a mirror so that the reflected rays of
light will fall into the water. A bright
spot will be seen at the bottom, so light as
to eiw.w the smallest obiect plainly. By
tins means we have examneu o»„
of w r ells fifty feet deep, when half full or
more of water. The smallest straw or other
small objects can be perfectly seen front
the surface. In die same way one can ex
amine the bottoms of ponds and rivers, if
the waters be somewhat clear, and not
agitated bv winds or rapid motion. If a
well or cistern be under cover, or shaded
by a building, so that the sunlight will not
fall near the opening, it is only necessary
to employ two mirrors, using one to reflect
the light to the opening, and another to
reflect it down into the water. Light may
be thrown fifty ora hundred yards to the
precise spot desirable, and then downward.
We have used the mirror with success to
reflect light around the hou-e to a shaded
well, and also to carry it from a south win
dow through two rooms and then into a
cistern under the north side of the h use.
iialf a dozen reflections of light may no
male, though each mirror diminishes the
brilliancy of the light. Let any one not
familiar with the method try it, and he will
not only find it useful, but a pleasant ex
periment. It will perhaps reveal a mass
of sediment tit the bottom of the well that
has been little thought of, but which may
have been a frightful source of disease by
its decay in water.
Good Temper—“ Oiling tiie Wheels.”—
The great moral lubricator which makes
everything in human life run without fric
tion, is good temper. As soon as this is
exhausted, the journals of the human
machine begin to heat, and wear, and
screech, and the entire mechanism becomes
noisy and ruinously wasteful of power.
“The horse that fre's, is the horse that
sweats,” is an old saying of horsemen, ami
it is just as true of men as horses. The
man that allows biinseif to get irritated at
every little thing that goes amiss in his
business, or in the ordinary affairs of life,
is a man that, as a rule, will accomplish
little, and wear out early. He is a man for
whom bile and dyspepsia have a particular
fondness, and for whom children have a
particular aversion He is a man with a
perpetual thorn in his flesh, which pricks
and wounds at the slightest movement ; a
man for whom life has little pleasure, and
the future srn ill hope,
lo keep jolly” under all provocations,
is perhaps a ta-k which only l>iclens y Mark
Taplpy could perform. We never have
met M irk Tanlev in our experience of hu
man nature, but we have see him ch.sely
approximated ; and it would he well if
people in general coo'd approach more
nearly that inimitable character.
In ail the phases, emergencies, and oc
cupations of human life * good temper is a
commodity for which there is great d'inand;
but in tnose which bring an individual into
daily contact with rrtariy others, it is per
haps in greatest ckmand and most limited
-apply.
Greeley a Duellist— ls is reported
that 110,- oe Gre. ley has got into a muss
with a lex as edimr. It ft r pears that in an
agricultural es.-ay on the culture of tobacco,
Mr. Greeley asserts that fine-cut will nit
ripen well unless the tin-foil G stripped
fr.on thri grow rr>g buds earl 7 i'r the spring,
and that plug tobuCeb might to he kot*ock»
etf • ij tfie free- u itt* clubs instead sjl being
lucked bv har.d Tnis the T-in editor
said hus uunscDce, and Mr. Greetev chal
lenged him.
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