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AJSTD GEOBGrIA JOXJIiNAXj «fe MESSENG-ER.
OLISBY, JONES & REESE, Proprietors.
The Family Journal—News—-Politics—L ite rature—Agriculture—Domestic Affai
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ESTABLISHED 1826.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING
MACON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1871.
Volume LXV-No.5
Dolce Far Niente.
jn warmth of languid summer noon
I wander forth with rod and book,
And loiter down tlirough sinuous paths,
And seek my own familiar nook,
Where willow branches bend to kiss
Ihe dimples of tho brook.
Hie prudent boughs the sunlight hide,
But all unread is volumed theme,
And rod and reel are all forgot,
Though calmly sleeps tho peopled stream.
Or. stirred by trembling breezes, wakes,
Aod babbles of its dream. . t
For quivering aspen's leafy tongues
Are fraught with legends, as of yore,
That bend with beat of mimic waves
That murmur on the sedgy shore;
And. dreaming in the moted air,
j listen to their lore:
Or laugh to hear the fickle wind
Trate changeless love to perfumed lips
Of star-eyed flowers, whose gentle life
Too swiftly from their petals slips—
The while the jealous bee bemoans
The fragrance that it sips.
The cricket shrills amid tho sedge;
I bear the dry voiced locust call;
The agilo squirrel lightly leaps
Along the crumbling orchard wall,
Where breaks the sunlight into smiles,
And flecks of shadow fall.
I note, while thus the slumbrous hours,
Sandaled with Idle dreams, go by,
The emerald of enameled fields,
Tho amber of tho ripening rye,
Tho white of tranced summer clouds,
Tho blue of Eummersky,
The flaming oriole’s scarlet robe,
The crimson of the robin’s breast,
Tho painted blue bird’s violet hue,
Tho startled quail in russet dressed,
The dusky arch of swallow's wing,
Tho black bird’s ebon crest;
And drink tho balm that nature pours,'
The peace her bounteous hands bestow,
Till snnset shadows tinge the turf,
And sunset sky is all aglow,
And noiselessly the brook begins
Its retrograding flow.
JOS1I MIXINGS ON THE THEORY OF
FARMING.
‘•IVhnt I kne About Pbarmtn.”
What I kno nbont phnrmin iz kussid little.
Mi Buzzam friend, Horace Greeley, has rit a
book with the abuv name, and and altho i
haven't had time tew peroose it yet i don’t hes
itate to pronounco it bnlly.
Fharmin (now daze) is pretty ranch all theory,
and therefore it ain’t astonishing that a mankan
live in New York and bo a good chancery law
yer, and also know abont pbarming.
A pliarm (now daze) ov one hundred akers
will produce more buckwheat and pumpkins,
ran on theory, than it would sixty years ago, run
on manure and hard knoks.
There is nothings like book laroin, and tho
time will eventually oome when a man won’t
hav to hav only one of “Josh Billings’Farmers’
Aluianax” to run a pliarm -or a kamp-meeting
with.
Even now it aint ntikommon tew see three or
four hired men on a pharm, with three or four
span of oxen, all standing still while the boss
gees into the library and reads himself np for
the day's ploughing.
If i was running a pharm, (now daze), i sup
pose i would rather have thirty-six bushels ov
sum new breed of potatoze razed on theory than
tew have eighty-fonr bushels got in the mean,
benighted and nndorhand way ov onr late la
mented grandparents.
Pliarming, after all, is a good deal like the
tavern bizzness, onnjbody thinks they kan keep
a hotel (now daze), and ennybody thinks they
kan pharm it (now daze), and they kan, but this
is the way that poor hotels cam tew be so plen
ty, and this is likewize what makes pharming
6uch eazy and profitable bizznes.
Just take the theory out ov pharming, and
there ain’t nothing left, bnt hard work and all
fired lite krops.
When i seo so much pholks rushing into the
ory pharming, az there is (now daze), and so
menny ov them rnshing out agin, i think ov
that remarkable piece ov skriptur, which re
marks, “menny are called bnt few are chosen.”
1 oust took a pharm on shares miself, and
ran her on some theorya, and the thing figured
up this way, i don all the work, phnrnished all
theseedand mannro, had the ague for 9 months
out ov 12, for mi share ov the profits, and the
other phellow paid the taxes on the pharm for
his share.
By mutual konsent i quit the pliarm at the
end ov tho year.
What i know abont pharming aint wuth brag-
gin about, and i feel it mi dooly to state, for
the benefit of mi kreditors, that if they ever ex-
pekt me tew pay five cents on a dollar, they
msan’t start me in the theoretikal farming em
ploy.
If a man is roally anxious to make munney on
• pharm, the less theory he lays in the better,
ud he must do pretty much all the work hisself
and support his family on what he can’t sell,
Mid go ragged enuflf all the time tew hunt bees.
I kno of menny pharmers who ere so afflicted
jrilh superstition that they won’t plant a single
bean only in the last quarter ov the moon, and
i kno others so pregnant with science that they
won't set agate post until they have had the
ground analised bi sum professor of anatomy
tew see if tho earth has the right kind of ingre-
Oience for post holes.
This is what i call running science into tho
ground.
The fact ov it iz that theories of all kinds
work well except in praktiss; they are too
often designed to do the work of praotiss.
There aint no theory in breaking a mule only
j**go_at him with a klub in your hand and sum
blood in your eye, and brake him, just as yon
*°o'd split a log.
What I know abont pliarmin aint wuth much
enny how, but I undertook to brake a kicking
heifer once.
I read a trotiss on the snbjekt, and phollowed
tho direkshuns cluss, and got knokt endwaze in
about 3 minils.
I then sat down and thought the thing over.
I made up my mind that the phellow who
^role the trcatis3 was more in the treatiss biz-
onass than ho was in the kicking heifer trade.
I cum to the konklu&hun that what he knu
about kiking heifers he had learnt by leanin
over a bam-yard fence, and writing the thing
I got up from my reflekshuns strengthened,
vent for that heifer.
I will draw a veil over the language I used,
the things I did, bnt I went in to win, and
won!
Tha heifer never bekum a cow.
fhi8 ia ono way to brake a kicking heifer, and
- : - :• t_sn has studied ail the books in krea-
5*}b on tho subject, and tried them on, he will
ax jk on *° plan and make np his mind
Sia kicking heifer is wnth more for
°**f than sho is for theoretic milk.
i hav worked on a pliarm just long enuff tew
«iow that there iz no prayers so good for poor
“hd as manure, and no theory kan beat twelve
“bora each day (anndaz excepted) of honest Ia-
■ bor applied to tho silo.
hat am an Passioned phelow, and heartily
most nu things, bekau3e I hav bin beat by
‘km so often.
? 6 J. e ^knu a pharm that was worked pretty
ca hi theory, bnt what was for Bale or to-let
a tew years, and I nover knu a pharm that
^ worked by manure and inascle, on the good
hanSS?? 0 * ov onr “b® 81018 ! but what waz
“°vn from father to son, and alwns was
«a for raising bravmy-armed boys and bux-
insses, and fust rate potatoes,
trn!» ■ 1 k Q0 about pharming is nothing but
a kus3 fcnc °’ an< ^ ex P er ience now daze ain’t worth
ral her hav a good looking theory tew
klolhujfl 8 *ban the experience even ov
dlfSu? 6 ? 00 is a 8°° a thing to lay down and
“i but yu kant do no blzziness- with it
daze); it aint hot ennff.
Sf a r6< t hot humbug, and I kan make
0T itself experi61Ka in tM8 world ashamed
Georgia State Agrlcnltnral Society.
secbetaby’s bulletin.
Hxobetaby’s Office }
Macon, Ga. July 17,1871. - J
The Weekly Pbess.—The thanks of the State
Agricultural Society are tendered to the various
weekly newspapers which have from time to
time given publicity to important notices from
this office—and, indeed, have Aver failed to
comply with the Secretary’s request in this re
spect The service of the office has by these
favors been incalculably aided in its efficiency.
It is mainly by these means that this office is
enabled to hold direct and frequent communi
cation with the individual members of county
societies.
• The Secretary, relying upon the past liberali
ty of these papers, with confidence requests that
they publish in full the following card:
Ackn owleugments.—Acknowledgments are
due to members of Congress from Georgia for
valuable contributions of books, documents
and-reports to the Library of the Society. •
The thanks of tho Society are tendered Hr,
Edward N. Dickerson, Becording Secretary, and
Samuel D. Tillman, Corresponding Secretary of
the American Institute, New York, for copies
of the transactions from 18CC to 1870; and
also to GoL W. J. Lawton, at whose solicitation
they were presented to the Society; also to Gov
ernor Geary, of Pennsylvania, for valuable doc
uments and reports connected with Agricultural
education in Pennsylvania.
The thanks of the Society are also tendered
to Mr. E. E. Brown, of Brown’s Hotel, for a
photograph -of Governor Tronp, and for the
autographs of Greene, Hancock, Washington,
Madison and other revolutionary worthies. To
Honorable Thomas Stocks, Major Mark A.
Cooper, Dr. A. Means and Colonel John S.
Thomas, for their own photographs, and to Mrs.
Collins for one of the late Dr. Bobert Collins.
These were presented to the Sooiety at the re
quest of the Secretary, who is endeavoring to
collect in a group the likenesses of retired or
deceased officers and members of the Exeentive
Committee, especially of those who, like the
above named, were among the early founders
and friends of the Society."
Tho relatives of deceased members to whom
this may be sent are requested to send the pic
tures of those members.
To Col. Bobert Bonner, a native of Hancock
county, and at this lime in business with Howes,
Hyatt & Co., wholesale shoe dealers, Grand
street, New York, acknowledgments are dne
for the presentation to the Library of a map of
the State of Georgia, published by Eleazar Early,
in the year 1818. The map is in a perfect con
dition as if published bnt a year ago. On it are
delineated thirty-seven counties, and by the
side of Bntt’s new map of Georgia, with its one
hundred and thirty-seven counties, hnng on the
walls of this office, it presents at a glance a view
of the progress of tho State, most suggestive of
the changes and events of fifty-two years.
To Messrs. Pelligrini & Giorgi, Terra Cotta
Works, Atlanta, for a beautiful flower vase made
at their factory, near Atlanta, and also for basin
for fountain in tho office, and fitting np tho
same.
To Messrs. I. B. and A. G. Butts, for a newand
improved map of Georgia.
To Governor Bullock, for repeated attentions
in the donation of documents, and in repairing,
refitting and decorating the Agricultural office.
To Mr. P. J. Berckman, of Augusta, for most
beautiful specimens, of plants; whose beanty
consist in the color and vareigation of the leaf.
Among these are specimens of the Coleu3,
Achyranthus and Caladinm.
To Colonel Richard Peters, of Atlanta, for
package of New Zealand flax- seed, for distrib
ution, accompanied by a description of modo of
planting, culture, etc.
Expbess Company and Expbess Packages.—
The Southern Express Company has generons-
ly offered to carry all packages from this office,
on tho business of the Society, without charge.
For this service, which saves the expenditure
of several hundred dollars in the year, they are
entitled to the special thanks of tho officers of
the State Agricultural Society, and of all offi
cers and members of county societies. By this
favor we are now sending, without cost, large
packages of premium lists to tho Secretaries of
county societies, containing a copy addressed to
each member of every county society which has
reported a list of its members to this office.
They will please call on the Secretary for their
copies. • •
PROCEEDINGS AND PbZMIUSI LlST.—Copi63 of
the proceedings of tho February Convention,
and the Premium List, have been sent to mem
bers of the Convention. Copies will be prompt
ly mailed to all persons making application by
letter or otherwise.
Aobicultubal Bepobt pob 1868.—In a few
days copies of the Agricultural Report for 18C8
will be sent to those county societies imme
diately on the line of the Express. Those coun
ty societies not on Express lines, bnt accessible
thhereto, will please report to this office, imme
diately, to what stations or depots on Express
lines packages may be sent so as most certainly
to reach them. ‘
CdUNTT Societies — List of Membebs. —
County societies which have not reported the
list of their members should do so at once, that
they may participate in the distribution of
documents—papers from this office, etc. Qopies
of the premium list and other documents will
be forwarded on recipt of the list.
Counties Having no Societies.—In comities
which have no agricultural societies, copies of
this list have been sent to the Clerks of the
Superior Court and to the Ordinaries. At these
offices they may be found for examination by
the enterprising citizens, who may, it is to be
hoped, be found now theD, though friendless
and alone in his aspirations for improvement,
scattered and isolated here and there in unaffili
ated, nnaroused, indifferent, no-agricultural-
society eonnties. All such citizens who maybe
discovered by this circular and brought to light,
so far as to. report their names to this office,
will be kindly remembered by the Secretary, in
their misfortunes and afflictions, when ho comes
to distribute his favors, documents, eto.
All connty societies are urgently requested to
report, at once, to this office the times of their
Monthly meetings, and a list of their members.
This information is necessary to the efficient
wording of this office and very valuable in its
result to them.
The August Convention at Bome.—The city
of Bome has arranged to extendto the delegates
of the Convention the hospitalities of the citi
zens, Maj. John T. Burns, O. W. Spronll, M.
Dwinnell, Esq, W. H. Jones, Esq., Judge
Thomas J. Perry and Major B. P. Jones are the
Committee of Arrangements and Beception for
tho city. The members of the Convention,
conveyed in a body by a special train of tho W.
& A. B.B., on Tuesday morning, August 8 th,
will be met at the depot and escorted by tho
Committee to tha Hall of the Floyd County
Agricultural Society, and there assigned lodg
ings and introduced to their hosts respectively.
For this and other important reasons, it is desir
able that all delegates should bo in Atlanta,
ready to take this special train.
Delegates who may reach Atlanta Monday af
ternoon, will find the office of the State Agricul
tural Society open until 11 o’clock, f. m. An
informal session of the members there, at 7 to
11 o’clookon Monday night, will bo a pleasant
reunion of friends, and may do much good, by
means of conversational discussion, towards
developing the thoughts and conclusions con
nected with thesubjeots which will come before
the Convention.
. The following gentlemen have been selected,
by a committee appointed for the purpose, to
address the Convention on the subjects opposite
their names: _ _
J. B. Jones, Sheep Husbandry; T. P. Janes,
Clover and Grasses; D. A. Vason, Cotton Cul
ture; S. W. Blood worth, Com Culture; J. N.
Montgomery, Drainage; D. E. Butler, Stock
Law; Sam’l Barnett, Labor Question; 8. L
Livingston, Oat Crop; B. T. Harris, Bust;
Pope Barrow, How to Avoid 'Washes; B. M.
Bonner, Foreign Labor; Wm. Schley, Com
mercial Fertilizers; Jonathan Miller, Stock
Food ; 11. J. Moses, Fruit Culture ; J. J. Toon,
Dairy; G. W. Adams, Dog Law; S. J. New
man, Home Fertilizers; E. Steadman, Manu
facturers; Bobert Toombs, On Best Policy for
Developing the Interests of the State; B. H.
True, on best Method of Preserving Fruits and
vegetables; H. V.. Johnson, the State of Agri-
omture; Gen._ John B. Gordon, Southern
Education and School Books.
The following is a list of the delegates to the
August Convention ■
Bartow County-Dr. 8. W. Leland, George
H. Waring, Thomas Tomlin.
Baker Connty—Major W. D . Williams, W. H.
Hoggard, W. H. Whitehead.
Baldwin County—g. J. Kidd, B. B. Adams,
L. Carrington.
Banks County—J. W. Pruitt, Phi Delta Agri
cultural Society, D. T. Bush, W. B. Pruitt.
Agricultural Club, Banks County—M. Yan Estes.
J. T. Turnbull. ^
Berrien .County—B; F. Whittington, Wm.
Bober Is, W. E. Connell.
Bibb County—Captain T. G. Holt, jr., Gen.
Wm. M. Browne, Wm. Lundy.
Brooks County—Jaa. H. Hunter, J. O. Mor
ton, F. B. Fildes.
Bullock County—John Grimes, S. E. Groover,
W. A. Hodges.
Burke County—J. J. Palmer, E. A. Carter,
E. Gresham.
Butts Connty—Dr. Jno.- G. Elder, G. W.
Thornton, G. B. Elder.
Calhoun County—G. W. Colley, John Colley,
C. M. Davis.
Campbell Connty—0. Winn- S. P. Steed,
Levi Ballard.
Catoosa .Connty—T. M. Gordon, A. Graham,
J. M. Combs.
Chatham County—Dr. Wm. M. Charters, J.
J. Dale, W. W. Holland.
Clark Connty—Frank Schaller, Dr. B. D.
Moore, Prof. Leroy Broun.
Clayton Connty—J. W. Story, Bobt. McCord.
J. M. Hole.
Clinch County—T. G. Barney, S. W. Hitch
J. L. Sweat.
Cobb Connty—Amos S. Way, 0. D. Phillips,
J. A. Bhaner.
Crawford County—G. P. Culverhouse, W. S.
Ogletree, K. P. Moore.
Decatur County—Duncan Carry, Thomas A.
Barron, John O. Rutherford.
DeKalb County—Lythonian Club—John 0.
Ragsdale, Simeon Smith, Wm. M. Reed, J. W.
Akers, E. A. Alston, T. 0. Howard.
Dooly Connty—J. H. Woodward, J. S. Toole,
J. E. Ltlloy.
Dougherty Connty—Dr. 0. P. Hartwell, Dr.
M. E. Vason, Carey W. Styles, D. S. Baine.
Early Connty—John D. Mulligan, B. L. Mc
Intosh, Joel W. Perry.
Effingham Connty—F. Gnaw, jr., E. H. Bahn,
Amos F. Bahn.
Elbert Connty—Emory P. Edwards, James
M. Carter, J. P. Shannon.
Emanuel Connty—M. B. Ward, Dr. J. H.
Sherod, B. J. Pnghsley.
Floyd Connty—Capt. A. Griffith, Dr. E. D,
Newton, Joel Branham, jr.
Franklin Connty—T. T. Dorongb, A. T. Lit
tle, O. O. Wyley.
Fulton Count}—E. E. Rawson, J. O. Kimball,
Geo. Sharp, Jr. East Point Agricultural Asso
ciation—Col. Robert Rangh.
Gilmer Connty—LaFayetto Milton, Rufus
Greer, EL R. Foot.
Gordon County—W. J. Canhall, W. H. Bon
ner, B. Garlington.
Greene Connty—Dr. Thos. P. Janes, Bev. J.
Knowles, W. H. EL Branch.
Gwinnett County—Eli J. McDaniel, Thos. H.
Mitchell, Tyler M. Peeples.
Hall Connty—M. B. Coker, P. M. Fears.
Hancock Connty—J. S. Newman, E. B. Bax
ter. Frank White.
Harris Connty—B. A. Bussell, R. B. Mobley,
W. J. Hudson. •
.• Houston Connty—Col. S. D. Killen, John H.
King, J. H. HilL Agricultural Society of Fort
Valley—J. M. Miller, S. H. J. Siatrunk, L H.
Branham.
Jackson Connty—W. O. Howard, W. J. Pike,
E. M. Thompson.
Jefferson Connty—Dr. E. H. W. Hunter, Gov.
EL V. Johnson, J. EL Wilkinson.
Jones Connty—CoL E. O. Greer, Capt. R. W.
Bonner, Samuel Barron. - .
Laurens Connty—Dr. S. T. Chappell, Elijah
F. Blackshear, Rollin A. Stanly.
Lee County—Rev. 0. M. Irwin, G. M. Byne,
G. M. Stokes. . . '
Lowndes Connty—W. B. Manning, V. F.
Dasher, H. B, Holliday.
Lumpkin Connty—CoL Weir Boyd, CoL M.
B. Archer, Dr. M. R. Van Dyke.
Macon Connty—L. M. Felton, C. A. Walker,
W. A. Reese.
Miller Connty—J. J. Christie, G. S. Hurd,
F.M. Platt.
McDuffie County—John R. Wilson, Geo. P.
Stovall, W. T. O’NeaL
Milton Connty—Jackson Graham, A. W. Hol
comb, G. Brown, Farmers’ Club—Geo. H.
Jones, J. J. Thrasher, Moses Richardson.
Mitchell Connty—J. B. Whitehead, James
H. Spencer, B. F. Brinberry.
Monroe County—George W. Adams, Lewis
L. Fonder, Robt. 0. McGocgh. Colaparchee
Club—D. P. Searcy, J. E. Taylor, E. B. Taylor.
Montgomery Connty—John - A. McMillan,
Duncan J. McBea, H. D. Hughes.
Morgan Connty—B. H. True, Phos.' P. Saf-
fold, CoL L. W. Pou.
-Muscogee County—W. A. Cobb, E. S. Banks,
J. M. Leonard. Colnmbns Industrial Associa
tion—Chas. A. Redd, T. E. Blanchard, J. H.
Sikes.
Newton Connty—Gen. E. L. Thomas, J. G.
Payne, J. B. Davis. Livingston Farmer Club—
Alfred Livingston, CoL E. Steadman, S. J.
Cowan.
Oglethorpe Connty—Hon. H. Clarke, Dr. T.
D. Hutcherson, Dr. W. W. Willingham. West
Oglethorpe Connty Cinb—Pope Barron, J. H.
Brightwell, J. F. Smith.
Pierce Connty—B. D. Brantley, D. W. Wea
ver, J. O. Nichols.
Pike County—J. M. Mitchell, Dr. J. S. Lav-
ander, J. S. Pope. Barnesville Agricultural
Society—M. J. Howtfrd, Alois Stafford, W. O.
Hood.
Folk County—M, EL Bonn, J. O. Waddell, A.
E. (Tones.
Putnam County.—W. T. Young, J. A. T. de
Jernett.
Quitman County.—John O. Pittman, T. G.
Gnerry, J. T. Flewellen.
Randolph Connty—Wm. Coleman, O. P.
Beall, PL H. Jones.
Richmond Connty—George A. Oates, E. H.
Gray, A. R. Wright..
Schley Connty—Bobert Barton, E. 8. Bald
win, L. E. Eason.
Spalding County—J. A. Beeks, EL M. Gray,
G. W. Grant.
Btewart County—John M. Soott, J. B. Bioh-
ardson, B. F. Watts. .V
Sumter County—W. B. Gnerry, W. J. Reese,
T. D.-Speer.
Talbot County—S. Maxwell, B. Leonard,
Tho3. Lumsden.
Tatna’.l Oonnty-»-j. O. Esterling, 0. W.
Smith, B. F. Lester.
Terrell County—D. A. Cochran, J. B. Mar
shall, M. L. Harp.
Thomas County—John G. Dekla, E. T. Davis,
John Hambleton. South Georgia Agricultural
and Manufacturing Association—B.F. Hawkins,
B. B. Moore, W. D. Mitchell.
Tronp Connty—John S. Boykin, John EL
Treylor, W. O. Tnggle.
Walker Connty—T. E. Fatten, M. Bussell,
W. M. Bryant.
Washington Connty—H. N. Hollifield, Wm.
M. Moses, B. D. Evans.
Wilkes Connty—T. T. Hunter, BobLToombs,
J. B. DuBose, W. M. Jordan.
Wilkinson County—J. N. Shinholser, Wm.
Taylor, T. Chambers. ’ '
Suggestions fob the Reposts of County
Delegations.—Delegations are requested to
agree upon a written report, in which they will
give as full and aconrate an account as practica
ble of the agrlcnltnral condition of their coun-
ties. Information upon the following points is
desirable : The quantity of land cultivated in
the orops of the county—ootton, oom, grain,
roots, etc.—compared with last year; the com
parative quantities of fertilizers used this year
and last and the difference in their cost; what
proportion of the fanners of the county came
through last year’s operations without loss;
what proportion caino through with satisfactory
profits; what proportion were compelled by
losses to entirely suspend operations; was there
more or less land sold in your county, during
tho last winter and spring, than in the winter
and spring of 1870? What is the prioeland?
What proportion of land is cnltivated and
dressed by home-made fertilizers ? Is there any
increased attention to the preserving and mak
ing of fertilizers from home material, and how
is it usually done ? Which of the ismall gTain
crops give the largest yield in your county, and
what the difference in acreage of small grain
this year and last ?
Any npooial attention to stock raising? What
kind of stock ? What are the locai^r other ad
vantages for raising that-kind of stock ? What
the difficulties? Any epidemic among stock?
What is the disease and remedies used? What
per cent, of farm stock or working stock is lost
from all causes? What per cent, by disease and
ill treatment ?
What attention is given to the selection of
seeds ? What seeds are brought from other sec
tions and.higher latitudes? Any seeds from
lower latitudes ?
What staples or commodities does yonr connty
produce for sale ? What in the largest quanti
ty ? What next ? What next ? etc.
Any investments in lands by Northerners or
Foreigners ? To wbat extent ? How much pro
duced usually by one individual ? In wbat de
partment of farming or planting do these stran
gers engage ?
Any organization for immigration ? To what
extent? On - what plan? What class of immi
grants sought? Laborers, mechanics, honse
servants or others ? From what nation do they
propose to import ? Have any been imported ?
How many ? Are the results satisfactory ? If
not, what causes or difficulties present them
selves ?
Iietter from Dawson.
Dawson, Ga., July 24,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger ; I have
just returned from a three days’trip through
the Southern portion of this (Terrell) connty,
and Calhoun county, and will, give youabriei;
account of my observations.
On Friday I attended a Sabbath-school oele
bration at New Hope Ohnrch, abont 12 miles
south of here. By 11 o’clock A. ir., there were
about three hundred persons present, who were
highly entertained by a very eloquent and in
structive address from the Rev. Mr. J. K. Arm
strong, of Dawson, after which dinner was an
nounced, and what a dinner it was 1 It would
be impossible for me to describe it. Suffice it
to say that it was “too good for poor folks” and
editors; but notwithstanding this fact, myself
and Captain Weston, of the Dawson Journal,
partook very heartily of it. The many beanti-
ful young ladies arcond the table added mate
rially to the pleasantness of the occasion, and we
all were soon “filled to overflowing.”
In tho afternoon we had some very entertain
ing addresses from L. M. Leonard, Esq., Rev.
Mr. G. T. Embry of Ghickasawhatchee, and
Mr. W. O. Dodd of Dawson. As for Capt.
Weston and myself, we were “ too full for ut
terance.” Every thing was well conducted and
tho day passed off very pleasantly, indeed.
On Saturday I attended a railroad meeting in
Morgan, Calhonn county, the object of which
was to ascertain whether the Savannah and
Pollard railroad, of which Col. Nelson Tift, of
Albany, ia President, could be induced to devi
ate a little from a straight line, and run through
Morgan. CoL Tift was present, and, being
called upon, made a short spcoch, in which he
told the citizens that it would be impracticable
for him to ran the road through their town and
advised them to move down to the line of the
road, which would be four or five uules south
of Morgan. He said the road would pass
through Albany, Blakely, and thence to Pol-
lard, Ala., and finally to Mobile and New Or
leans. This road, when completed, will, I
think, damage the Central and Southwestern
roads very considerably, and will be of incal
culable benefit to Southwestern Georgia, and
the whole south and west; CoL .Tift will not
accept any “ State aid.” He says the road can
be bnilt with all ease by the cities of Savannah,
Mobile and New Orleans, and the people along
the line. In my opinion it will be the best
paying and most prosperous railroad in Georgia.
On Sunday I attended church at New Hope.
Mr. Armstrong preached an excellent sermon
at 11 o’clock a. m., after whioh we were again
invited to a very fine dinner, which the goodie-
dies abont’New Hope know so well how to pre
pare. We “tapered off” on some of the finest
watermelons I ever saw. They were raised by
Mr. J. W.' Tarver, of Calhonn county, who I
would like to get to raise all my watermelons
and—wives.
In tho afternoon we were delighed with an
able and feeling sermon from onr old friend
Rev. Wm. Hayes, after whioh we, the young
people, indulged in an old fashioned singing,
which we all enjoyed very much.
I paid particular attention to the orops, and
am glad to report that they are in much better
condition than E expected to find them. The
oorn, of whioh there is at least 25 per cent, more
planted this year than last, is flourishing, and
will yield abundantly. I don't think there will
be a bushel of Western corn sold in Calhonn
and Terrell eonnties next year. The Cotton was
first kept back by the cool spring, and then by
the abundant rains. '-But now the weather is
very suitable for the weed, the planters have
suoceeded, after mnch hard labor, in overpow-
ing the grass, and now the cotton is growing
rapidly and loking welL *
I am under special obligations to Messrs. J.
W. Tarver, D. H. Miller and W. G.'Pieree, for
their kind and generous hospitality. ELans.
Macon connty Fair.
M~numiT.TTT.T.li, Ga, July 12,1871.
Colonel D. W. Lewis, Secretary Q. S. A. A.,
Bib :—Our monthly fair for July was another
brilliant success. The number of contributors
was not so great, bnt the artiole3 on exhibition
were far superior. Indeed, I must think that
there must have been an unusual effort made
by our numerous contributors to excel eaoh
other, and without each other’s knowledge.
We judge so from the fact that no one could
find ont who or what would be on exhibition
that day. One would ask, what are yon going
to exhibit at tho fair on Friday ? The reply was,
well, I don’t know. What are you going to ex
hibit? Well, I have nothing worth exhibiting.
And such was the case with all, and I began-to
think we would have a poor affair. I repaired
early on Friday morning to the exhibition room,
and got it in good order for the reception of ar
ticles, bnt felt, all the while, that the thing
would be a failure. But before eleven o’clock
that delnsion was dispelled, for, by that time,
there were articles in for exhibition far superior
to anything I had over seen. Think of cucum
bers 17A inches long, weight 4Ibs Oozs; stalks
of com 16 feet 5 inches, with from two to three
large ears of corn on each; watermelons of en
ormous size; peaches of fine size and quality,
for which this section is proverbial; beets, one-
half dozen, weight 331bs; onions, squashes, etc.
The varieties of grasses were very gogfl, par
tioularly the old-fashioned and abundant crab
grass, put on exhibition by G. H. Slappy, meas
uring 2-J feet from the cotton field. The sam
ples of cotton from field were good for the
year. The patch-work was very credible, and
the samples of embroidery were very good. The
samples of cake were as good as could be, and
when taken in connection with the aromatio
wine, made it multum in parro.
I think you would have enjoyed it had you
been hero. Your attention is respectfully called
to the report of our committe on the condition
of the crops. A oopy of which is hereby at
tached for your Inspection and disposaL We
are of opinion that a similar committee in each
connty would be of value to the planting in
terest of Georgia, and the South generally, and
would respectfully ask oo-operation in thi«
respect by our sister county societies, for we
think thd object a good one, whioh is apparent
to all.
The Association thinks of having a fair of
considerable magnitude next October, open to
the world. We hope to be joined by Houston.
subscription list will soon be opened for that
purpose. Very respectfully,
W. H. Rxebb, Secretary.
Give ns Back -me Tails.
[Editor’s Drawer, in Harper’s Magazine for August.]
If we, as Mr. Darwin says,’
From monkeys are descended,
'Old Time, in changing things, hath not
■ As yet the matter mended.
Descendants of our ancestors
- Have no such times as they,
Who had no rent of house or tax
Of government to pay
No tailor bills came in—Dame Nature
Clothing gave—
And freaks of fashion did not make
Of moDkey girl a slave.
So the olden way’s the happiest way;
The new condition fails;
And, Darwin, if yon o*n, my bov,
Just give us back the tails.
No hurrying out of bed had they,
No bolting breakfast down;
No hasty walk to shop in fear
Of some old bosa’Trown.
The lady monkey sat not up
Till day the night did rout,
In waiting for the lodge to close
And let her husband out.
They had no votes, ’tls true, but they’d
No officers to keep.
And o’er defaulter's cash account
They nover had to weep.
So the olden way’s the happiest way;
The new condition falls;
And, Darwin, if you can, my boy,
Just give us back the tails.
They hafino fashion’s promenade,
Where beauty’s feet could stray:
But then the old boss-monkey had
No milliners to pay.
They had no wine, the monkeys young
Through night to keep a-storming;
They saved thereby (you know yourself)
A headache in the morning.
A peaceful race were they, who ne'er
To war’s appeal did fly;
They saved thereby occasion for
A Joint Commission High.
A smarter race were they than that
Which from them hath descended,
And Time, by changing things, hath not^ .
An VAf. thft TYialfAr mflndaii.
As yet the matter mended.
For the olden way’s the happiest way
The new condition fails;
So, Darwin, if you can, my boy,
Please give ns back the tails.
Across tue Ocean—The Voyage of the
City or Xtsgnsa.
The Manchester, (England) Examiner of the
4th inst., contains asketch of the recent voyage
across the Atlantio of the tiny craft, the City of
Ragusa, registered tannage one ton seventeen
hundred weight:
At 5 o’clock on Wednesday, the 23d of May,
the City of Ragusa left New York harbor for
Liverpool. When the shores of the Empire
State had sunk from view, and open waters lay
around these adventurous navigators, Captain
Primorez turned his little vessel northward, re
garding that as tho best course to take at this
time of year, and for three days she went in ex
cellent trim. Her speed was extraordinary, and
on the third day she made one hundred and
sixty miles. That was her greatest speed during
any one day of the .voyage, but frequently for
portions of days she ran seven knots an hoar,
the average speed during the voyage being four
and a half knots an hoar. Bad weather set in
off the banks of Newfoundland, and for ten
days a series of gale3 tossed them around in a
*— The gale subsiding, the Captain
torriflo sea. _
was able to turn his vessel’s head to the east
ward. Icebergs were frequently seen in that
latitude at the time, and a sharp look ont had
to be kept. The ico was avoided and the ship
continued her course. The weather continued
extremely heavy; and there were rare periods
of calm. A succession of heavy gales came
on, and then, as it was utterly impossible to
take observations, the course was taken by
dead reckoning throughout. From the begin
ning to the end of the passage the Captain saw
the snn rise and set only onoe, and daring the
remaining days the weather was too thick to
permit him to make observations. Daring all
the trials Heyter (the “crew”) behaved in a
most patient and manly spirit, never complain
ing and the bravery of the two men seemed to
be emulated by the extraordinary endurance of
a brindled bull-terrier, whioh bore all the suffer
ings of the long journey with as muoh fortitude
as his fellow-voyagers. On Thursday last the
vessel sailed one hundred and twenty miles.
On Sunday she was off the Fastnet, and then,
as Primorez and his “crew” felt themselves in
comparative safety, they amused themselves
with catching a young shark. While following
a pieoe of beef a noose was slipped around his
tail, and he was pulled on board. His tail was
hung at ihe bow-sprit, where it is still to be ob
served. The speed with which this passage was
accomplished is not the least extraordinary fea
ture in tha voyage, for the little yeasel actually
beat large ships, many of them having taken
thirty-eight days from New York to Queens
town.
From Fort-Valley.
Fobt Valley, July 24,1871.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: We had
lecture from'our State Agricultural Society’s
Secretary on Saturday, in whioh many valuable
thoughts were suggested as to the “ways and
means” of making county dubs more useful to
the country. What he “knows abont fanning”
praotically, he modestly said, was very little;
bnt he evidently is on intimate terms with sev
eral who do know muoh, and not in the way
that Josh Billing’s New York lawyer knows it.
Our Club here is lively—working on short
time for an exhibition 11th of August as a
mere Iubrioating process to get the machinery
in order for a more extended exposition in Oc
tober. We invite adjaoent oonnties to enter
artioles on equal terms with onr own people
for premiums. If the aspiring little towns be
low ns show the largest cabbage, it shall have
the premium, and no hearsay testimony as to a
larger shall be admitted. We like competition;
let the field be open, chances even, and eaoh
rejoioe in other’s suooees. Onr premium list
will soon be published; it is bnt the trickling
fountain; we hope to lead yon beside the broad
stream a few months henoe. We are not par
ticularly influenced by local considerations in
suggesting our “little village as a suitable point
of concentration in the matter of a District
Fair; it is more easy of aooeas, and affords
greater facilities of transportation than any
other in this section; that’s' argument enough.
Crops in this immediate locality are mid to
be quite as good as usual. Sorry that this is
not true of our county generally.
L H. Bbahham,
Secretary Fort Valley Agl. Club.
The Pranks of a Devil Fish.
The Savannah Advertiser, in the subjoined
paragraph, narrates as an actual fact an inci
dent precisely similar to that upon which Bev.
F. B. Goading fonnds his popular story of the
Young Maroon era. In the oase of the latter the
anohor was secured by a chain, whioh the young
orew of the boat were unable to sever and were
therefore towed out to sea beyond sight and
rescue: * -
One of those horrible looking creatures of th«
deep, better known as (he devil fish, whose ap
pearance in the waters of the coast ar» some
what unfrequent, has been distinguishing him
self lately byiendeavorihg to spirt* away one of
onr old residents.
Day before yesterday Msi«* Bonand, who has
many friends in this oitr f was fishing in Warsaw
sound, near Cabbage island, his boat being an
chored. By some means or other, a devil fish
became entangled in the anchor rope and started
off at a rapid rate of speed, towing the boat
after him, with the oooupants in no pleasant
frame of mind. The situation became so de
cidedly unpleasant, that it was thought best to
cut the rope and let the fish go fancy free. This
waa accordingly done, muoh to the relief of the
fishermen, ana the creature took its way in peace.
A circumstance something bke this occurred in
Charleston harbor not long since, the parties
being nearly sapaized.
Foreign Motes.
(fBEPASED FOB THB TELEGRAPH AND MNBdSHOEB.)
The news from France is unimportant. The
search after arms still continues. A few ar-
rondissements in Paris excepted, no serious op
position is made to their seizure. It appears
that the Commune had about 540,000 rifles and
800 cannon, as well as a large stock of ammu
nition and powder at their disposaL At one
time their army numbered 150,000 men, all
branches of the service included. The work
of rebuilding Paris is progressing rapidly. The
number of private houses destroyed amounts to
abont two hundred. The Paris Figaro calls the
Americans “ bumble oourtlers," because a new
American city has reoeived the name of Bis
marck ! ; <-r j.' .
The abolition of the purchase system in the
British Army by a Royal warrant, has created
the greatest sensation in England. Bitterly
denounced by the noble Lords, who see their
prerogatives, dating back from feudal times,
abolished one by one, the measure is hailed
with great satisfaction by tho liberal majority
of the English people. The higher grades of
the service, being only accessible to men of
large means and vast influence, were generally
held by the younger sons of the aristocracy.
This system, in the coarse of years, has been
made the subject of various regulations, whioh
were sanctioned by a royal warrant. The-bill
for the reorganization of the army had passed
the Honse of Commons, but was very unfavor
ably received by the Lords, who defended their
cherished system to the last. The majority of
the people supported the Commons. It being
impossible to convince the Tories of the neces
sity of the reform, the Ministers advised the
Queen to abolish the whole by withdrawing the
Royal warrant. - The English press,- in most
violent articles, either approves of or oondemns
the course of the Government The Times, very
sensibly advised the Lords to heed more the
wishes of the people in the future. The act is
undoubtedly a brilliant proof of Gladstone’s tact
and wisdom.
The Berlin Provinzial Corresponded thus
doses a review on the last session of the Reich
stag: “The maintenance of the newly estab
lished nnity is the most important result of the
session. It is a.remarkable and highly gratify
ing fact that no division has taken place in the
Reichstag between the old and the new mem
bers of the Empire, that no distinction has been
made between North and South. The South
German representations have ranged themselves
in one or another of the parties, according to
their political opinions; their views and ideas
have had an animating, a modifying, and in
some cases a conciliating effect; in no oase,
however, has the admission of the South Ger
mans increased or inflamed party animosity.
The sentiment of national unity whioh was.
displayed with snoh irresistible force against the
foreign enemy, has |also most fortunately pre
vailed in internal policy. The first session of
the German Reichstag has proved in the most
satisfactory manner that the national ties which
now unite the whole country exist, not in the
dead letter of the treaties and the constitution,
but in the living spirit of the inhabitants of all
the States.”
Cavalry was almost considered an obsolete
branch of the service until the entirely novel
method of employing the German horse in the
late campaign aioaud tha attention of military
men. The Prussian system consists in forming
tha cavalry into divisions of middle strength,
which are divided into brigades of two or three
regiments. These, either as a whole or in .parts,
may be employed with the greatest freedom, as
well for scouring the country, securing the
safety of the army, pursuing the enemy, as for
an attack on the battlefield. The system is par
ticnlarly calculated to secure a lightning rapid
ity in attack, and its results have been so bril
liant that, while in 1866 soarcely a single attack
on the olosod ranks of the Austrian infantry
proved successful, the German cavalry in the
aa Beaumont and Amiens, the second
battle of Orleans, ana at P-»peaume, broke up
and dispersed intact French squares, in spite of
the rapid fire of the chassepots, and took batte
ries which were engaged in firing, sword or
lance in hand. The new organization has proved
even more effective in scouring the country afid
securing the safety of the army.
The German Correspondent asserts that com
mittees have been formed at Pesth and Vienna
for the purpose of directing the religions move
ment in Austria and Hungary initiated by the
opposition of Ignatius von Doellinger against
the dogma of Papal infallibility. A central com
mittee of action has also boon constituted at
Munich, Bavaria, under the special auspices of
Lord Acton, who has made it his business to
spread the opinions of Dr. von Doellinger at
Turin, Florence and London. Diocesan meet
ings are to be held in Silesia and upper Austria,
while there will a great General Assembly assem
ble at Heidelberg next falL We presume that,
the religious riot reported from Vienna is con
nected with this movement. The imperial gov
ernment will apparently vigorously resist any
encroachment of the Catholic church on the
rights of the State. The North German Gazette,
a semi-official paper, sharply reproves the Cath
olic Bishops of Germany for their encroach
ments on the civU power, while the Cross Ga
zette oondemns the course of the olerioal or
oentre party in the German Reichstag which
favored intervention in favor of the temporal
power of the Pope. “This government,” the
paper says, “will never assist to establish or
strengthen a political party whose only (dm is
the revival. of old and long-forgotten papal
claims and whioh endeavors, not only to re
awaken old religions differences, but also to
kindle again the old oonflict between the spirit
ual and the temporal power. Still less can the
Imperial government sanction such an introduc
tion of religious tendencies into political mat
ters since, according to the constitution, the
empire has no j&wer over eoclesiaatioal affairs. ”
The Spanish Cabinet crisis is ended. The
King will govern now with a ministry, repre
senting the various political parties whioh are
supporting his dynasty. Marshal Serrano wished
King Amadeo to issue a decree outlawing mem
bers of the International Sooiety in Spain, while
Zarilla, oh the oontrary, favored a policy of for-
bearanoe as best calculated to preserve politi
cal rights and public peace. The Cortes has
adjourned tumultuously, amid the protests of
the minority.
Pius the Ninth is despairing pf having the
temporal power restored to him. In a consistory
he told the assembled prelates that they oould
hope for no help from any quarter. King Vic
tor Emanuel would be there in a few days, at
tended by tbe Ministers of the Catholic States.
They might still have some hope in Franoe,
bnt France oould do nothing. She was going
through a frightful crisis, whioh might be sue
seeded by others yet more dreadful. He r8 ’
The Boy and the Brook*
LONGFELLOW’S NEW FOEH.
Down from yon distant mountain height
The brooklet flows through the village street;
A boy comae forth to wash his bands,
Washing, yee, washing, there he stands,
In the water oool and sweet.
“Brook, from what mountain dost thou come?
O my brooklet oool and sweet 1”
“I oome from yen mountain high and oold,
Where lieth the new snow on the old,
And melte in the summer heat."
“Brook, to what river dost thou go?
O my brcoklet oool and aweet I"
“I go to the river there below,
Where In bunches tbe violets grow,
And son and shadow meet."
- “Brook, to what garden dost thou go ?'
O my brooklet oool and sweet 1”
“I go to that garden in the vale
Where &U night long the nightingale
Her lore-song doth repeat.”
“Brook, to what fountain dost thou go ?
O my brooklet oool and sweet 1"
“I go to the fountain at whose brink
Tha maid who loves thee oomes to drink,
And, that, whenever she looks therein,
I rise to meet her, and kies her chin,
And my joy is then complete.”
Visible Supply of Cotton.
The New York Commercial and Financial
Chroniolo of Friday gives the following table of
cotton in sight at that date the past two sea
sons:
1871.
Stock in Liverpool ..bales 660,000
Stock in London 75,967
Stock in Glasgow 700
Stock in Havre 72,840
Stock in Marseilles 22,168
Stock in Bremen. 59,149
Stock rest of Continent. 65,000
Afloat for Great Britain
(American) 80,000
Afloat for France (American
and Brazil) 36,285
Afloat for Bremen(Amerioan) 15,572
Total Indian Cotton afloat -
for Europe* 575,585
Stock in United States ports 156,319
Stock in inland towns 16,216
1870.
607,000
26,19(1
400
151,580
10,100
23,317
50,000
62,000
16,716
452
414,000'
126,384
26,326
Total 1,835,751 1,514,465
•This item inoludes all Indian cotton afloat
for Europe, and also all ootton afloat for Liver
pool other than American.
These flgures'indicate an increase in the cot
ton in sight to-night'of 321,286 bales oompared
With the same date of 1870.
The small inorease In ’risible supply on the
book of an American cotton crop, showing a good
deal upwards of a million bales’ excess, is the
subject, of some discussion among dealers. In
their circular of July 1st, as we gee from the-
Chronicle, Messrs. Ellison & Edwards, of Liver
pool, insist that there ia a real exoess in risible
supply of 878,000 bales over 1870, and of 1,-
Q68,db0 over 1869. But this they shake out in
figures, all of whioh the Chroniole successfully
contradicts,except the estimate T>f 420,000 bales
increase of stocks in the hands of English and
Continental spinners, which is altogether con
jectural.
The total sales for immediate delivery daring
the week in New York amounted to only 13,170.
For forward delivery they reached 65,500 bales,
including 25,800 for August at 19$ to 20$; 24,-
250 in September at 19g to 20 and 11-lCths;
for Ootober, 4,900 at 18] to 19$; for November,
3,900 at 18$ to 19$; for December 3,200
18J to 19$; for JanuarVj^OO bales at 18?, 400
at 19 oents. ->•
• -"^Yhe mercury at Maoon during the week aver
aged 85; Columbus 86; Montgomery 89; Sel
ma 91; Memphis 87; Charleston 86.
Cotton broke down generally on Monday,
241b, markets giving way half a cent
A Great Day’s Work.
On Sunday last the guage of the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, 340 miles in length, was
changed throughout daring the day. Each rail
was taken np and moved seven inohes towards
the middle of the track, making 680 miles raised
and relaid. The St Louis Republican of
Saturday tells how it was to * be done, as fol
lows :
To effect all this in one day, preparations on
the largest scale have been made and nothing
has been left undone to facilitate the operation.
The two lines of inner spikes, marking the nar
row gauge have been driven the entire length of
the road. Tools, spikes and all the mafawiaia
required by the workmen to-morrow faaTe been
distributed by. special trains to every point
where they can possibly be needed. Even-the
places where the outside spikes are to be driven
in, have been marked and prepared beforehand
by boring holes in whioh to place the paints of
the spikes, so that it will only be necessary
after shifting the rati, for one man to place the
points of the spikes in the holes and a man fol
lowing with a heavy hammer will drive them
home. The saving of time by this simple ar
rangement is very materiaL The guage aiding*,
curves, Jkc., have been long since changed, and
on many of them narrow gauge oars have been
plaoed, ready for nse the moment the change of
guage is completed. At three shops belonging
to the company—one at East St. Louis, one at
Vincennes and another at Cochrane—twenty-
eight locomotives have been reduced to the nar
row gauge, at an average cost of $3,500 each;
fifty passenger ears, including baggage, mail,
express, parlor, night and sleeping cars, at an
average cost per oar of $160. Seven hundred
and fifty freight cars, including all classes, and
300 new cars, with outside oar platforms, have
been contracted for.
Progress In Kentnekv-
While other States are nnwiseV multiplying
their colleges, Kentucky has t»*on a step in the
other and better direction. Her old Transyl
vania University has united with the
younger Kentucky University, which has been
removed from jnirrddsburgh to Lexington,
where it has scared for a site Henry Clayli old
homestead -Ashland, with “Woodlands” adja
cent, tnf at h* r comprising 433 acres of the fin
est und in Amerioa. The renovated Kentucky
university now consists .of five oolleges, devoted
respectively to Arts, Law, Theology, Commerce,
„ Agriculture, and Manufactures. It has secured
peatod that everything was lost, and a for the latter the endowment of Public Lands
miracle oould save them.
The Sultan has reoeived an acMfraph letter
from the German Emperor co»«h®d in the most
friendly terms. Tho relat^® 8 between Turkey
and Prussia arc very 5 Turkish gov
ernment is even sai^ 60 have permitted a Bus-
■inn iron-dad fle*' 10 P 888 the Dardanelles and lo
nfnam Into tb' rilack Sea. The Sublime Forte
seems det^miued to settle the pending differ
ences the Bey of Tunis in a peremptory
m.wier. An iron.dad squadron had been or-
jered to leave Constantinople on July 1st, and
Homed Bey had received ins! ructions to annex
formally the Regency of Tunis to the Turkish
empire. The sentiments towards the Khedive
of Egypt are also very hostile. Ta Turquio, a
semi-official paper had'published another vio
lent artide, accusing the Vioeroy of having ra
ined the country entrusted to him and enslaved
the Egyptians. The considerable armaments
which the Khedive continued with a view of
declaring himself, at the first opportunity, inde
pendent, were an enormous burden for tbe Fel
lahs, who were rapidly sinking to the level of
slaves. This state of affairs oould not last muoh
longer, without wholly undermining the author
ity of the Sultan. As the Viceroy ruled Egypt
in violation of the prescriptions of the Imperial
Firman, as he would again and again refuse to
listen to tho Sultan, he had forfeited his office,
and the Ruler of the Faithful, in the interest of
Wisely granted by Congress to Kentucky, in
common with her sister States, in aid of in
struction in Agriculture and Mechanics, and
dosed its last term with nearly 700 students.
Mr. J. B. Bowman, the Regent, raised by vol
untary contribution, the $125,000 needed to
purchase tbe grounds,, and has given yeara
without compensation .to its service; and it ia
mainly through his efforts that its entire prop
erty is now valued at $850,000. Many students
support themselves by labor on the farm or in
the workshops of the U Diversity. Its agricultural
department is regarded as equal to that of any
Western college. Professor Patterson is at the
head of this department, while to Regent Bow
man the Credit is given of haring breathed a
new life in tbe University as a whole.—Tribune,
22 d.
What a pity there cannot be more ‘‘program”
of this kind in other ^Southern States 1 Then
we might at least hope to have of
learning at the South that really deserved to Ira
called Universities—rich enough and strong
enough to open their doors ta all tha-Stele’s
sons asking instruction in any department of
knowledge without charge, as many Northern
oolleges now do. And the first step towards this
consummation is to popularise them, which hi
Islamism, of Turkey, and his own, should no only another way of spelling Alumni repreaen.
longer postpone Island tic unity. Jasso. taiion.
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