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For the Federal Union.
coi.vrv (Ol'KT,
Messrs. Editor*: By u recent act of
the Legislature a County Court will
be established in every, county upon
the recommendation of the Grand
Jury. As a citizen and tax payer I
beg leave to call attention to the fol
lowing communication.
While it is the earnest desire of e\f-
erv good citizen to have the laws en
From the Savannah Republican.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
or THE
STATE OF GCOKGIA.
THE FEDERAL UNION.
Corner of Hancock end Wilkinson Streets.)
Wednesday Morning, February 28, 1872.
MORNING SESSION.
At tb<» appoint el hour, 10 o'clock, the Savannah
Sabre Club, Capt. Anderson, was drawn up in front of
the Theatre, and before many minutes had elajised
tli*- low>r floor was nearly filled with delegates. The
body whs called to order by the President Gen. A n.
Colquitt, after which an eloquent aud appropriate
prayer was offered up oy Rev Ja§. E Evans, of Trinity
MothodUt Church.
The Committee of Citizens had assembled in the
pass who had not bid away in his corpus the scrip
tural number of seven plass^s of the champagne
punch, which constituted the principal beverage
of the evening Hut very le v were turtle i back,
though availing ourselves of the privilege of to e
press, we managed to get through with six.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
MORNING SESSION*
The Convention was called to order at 10:30 by
the President, and opened with prayer by Dr. A.
Means. "
The Secretary then read the minutes of the first
day’s proceedings.
The following question and resolutions were of*
o . . - . r . ; rue Lommittee ot Ciuzens naa asaemuieu iu me. me L7
forced, it is well, in View OI our heavy ; rear of the stage, and at this point, Major Screven ' tered by Major Cooper, and laid on the table to
taxes, to adopt that mode of punishing th * ^ andsddreMed the j ^ZZddrZ"^ b
crime which is first, most speedy and \
fer. the title of the farms to the factor. Coder these
two law*, the farmers of Georgia will, in a few yea s,
be reduced to a geoeial va.--salage uod tenancy, and
all the lauds lie held by factors. \Ve advise tbe repeal
of both of said acta and the restoration of the old law
of tile
Mr. V
'de.
ikard offered a series of resolutions en the
The History of A national Remedy —Here is |
the history et the most celebrated tonic of the age
iu a nutshell. In I86D it was announced that a
certain combination of vegetable iugr-'dionts, with
a pure diffusive stimulant, was working wonders
in tbe cure of chronic dyspepsi i, nervous <1- bill y,
same subject, which were accepted a* an amendment { liver c- niplaiiit, pe> todical fev era, rheumat.sm anu
to ■ lie above, and after a lull discussion, the previous . constitutions weakness, lhe unpretending name
question whs called and sustained, and tbe resolutions given to tbe specific was PLANTATION IilTTEKS
as aineuded were adopted
Mr. Adams, of Monroe, moved that when the Con
vention adjourns, it adjourn to meet at nine o'clock,
A M, to-morrow ’
Ou motion tbe Convention adjonrned.
The statement attracted the attention of invalids,
ev. rywhere. The new remedy received a fair tri.
al, and tbe results more than continued ail that
had been said in its praise. Thenceforward it was
The business
a grand success.
i — , , , . a columns of the : tracts with which the market is flooded
The Convention adjourned tine die on Saturday.— i press spread the glorious news far and wide, and j hiuazidard Flavoring Extracts are e.t.KU.k-, tt *
Hon Sam Barnett, of Washington. Wilkes county, was the martyrs to indigestion, bilhousness, physical I ^3 *trougest purest and the best *»bed XI
elected Secretary. Tbe next Convention is to be held ' ,«/t m.m.inrfl dccav. ,f l><, “~™ 1 '
at Griffin in August.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
You are Troubled with a Bad Breath. It
noy* your friends as well as yourself. Y on won'a
like to get rid of it, but scarcely know whatm..'
to adopt VVe will tell yon. Use the fragrant Soi^
dont it will cleanse and beautify your teeth
leave your breath pure. * na
Burnett a Standard Flavoring Extracts
Lemon, Vanilla, &c. Charge your servants a.a
dealers aud observe that they do not snbslituu;
tiwir stead any of the pernicious unpalatable exll
State Agricultural Convention.
—The first and second days proceed
ings of this body, which assembled at
Savannah iast week, will be found in
our issue of to-day. Their length re
quire# no apology. Their interesting
character will commend their insertion
to our readers, aud their perusal will
be profitable and instructive to all
who h^ve our agricultural interests at
heart. Our county was represented
in the convention by Col. Wm. Mc
Kinley, L. Carrington and Henry Ste
vens.
Our readers will be interested to
learn from these proceedings that the
location of the Agricultural College of
Georgia is still undetermined, and that
some further State legislation is ne
cessary prior to a location.
THE WOKK COES BHAVELY OlV.
Whilst Sumner and Carl Schurz are
exposing the frauds and stealings in
the War Department in the Senate, in
the House several Democratic mem
bers are overhauling the Navy, and
the disclosures are astounding. Mil
lions of dollars received for the sale
of ships and material have not been
accounted for. In the pension office
there are frauds and stealings without
number. In short, from head to toes
this whole administration is corrupt
and full of cheating aud swindling, and
the people are fast finding it out. May
they correct these evils before it is too
late.
Very Grateful for Small Fa
vors.—Our friend of the Atlanta Con
stitution has just found a man that is
in love with Atlanta, and he is brag-
ing over it considerably. This phe
nomenon—this rara avis, is the editor
of tiie Griffin News. It appears to be
a desperate case of love at first sight,
and as this is leap year we suspect At
lanta made the advance and invited
him into her bowers or drinking sa
loons. There is no accounting for
tastes. According to Milton legions
of angels were so much attached to
Satan as to follow him down into the
regions of fire and brimstone. That
much if one man can be foVndlnTove
with Atlanta, and the course of his love
will probably run smooth, for he
need fear no rivals.
tKITICAL IV®TICES.
WELCOME BY MAYOR SCREVEN.
effectual', secondly, that which costs j Mr. President and Gentlemen of (he Georgia Stale
At „ , J I Agricultural Society:
I have at once an honor and pleasure in extending
the | in behalf of Hie people of Savannah, through their
committee of citizens and the humble but important
body of individuals composing their municipal gov
rutnent, a welcome to the local representatives of
Georgia It is a happy selection which you, the sons
of the soil, have made in choosing this spot for holding
your Conveniion for we are all sons of Georgia, and
with pride honor a common ancestry. Here Ogle
thorpe led his little colony; here the first blow of the
axe was struck that leveled the forest; here the first
colonial as-embly mot; here the first free legislature
ol Geogiasat: here were fought the first and blood
iest conflicts ; here lived Nathaniel Greeae; here died
Pulaski; and in this immediate vicinity Jasper illus
trated by his life the prowess and the courage ot a
hero; not tar from thia spot stands the crumbling foun
dation of the first cotton gin ever invented ; and from
this port the first steamship essayed to cross the
stormy bosom of the Atlantic. If these were but ac
cidents they were accidents of no small significance.
Butin the sequence lias followed a train of circum
stances, powerful in their importance,as this assembly
will not fail to recognize. Here Oglethorpe a centu-
BY MARY FAITH FLOYD.
NEW ROOK* FOR CHILDREN.
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger,
well known publishers 819 arid S21
Market Street, Philadelphia, have re
cently issued a large number of ele
gantly bound, handsomely illustrated
volumes for youug people, affording
them a delightful, intellectual aliment.
Among these books can be had every
variety to suit the mental palate; from
the solid and substantial story of do
mesticity, with its hourly struggles
and difficulties, its joys and its sorrows,
the rich dessert in glowing and fan
ciful fairy tales, to the still frothier
confection of nursery rhymes.
We have read with pleasure Lou-ly
Ways, or The Diary oi a Poor Young
Lady; and The King’s God-child, after
the German. These books are instruc
tive, deeply interesting, and inculcate
the highest moral tone. They show
most conclusively that happiness does
not come to us, iu the inordinate grat
ification of our desires, but in propor
tion as we set a just and conscientious
limit to our wishes. Poverty brings
with it many inconveniences and some
evils; but it certainly is the imple
ment which fashions and developes
the inner resources of man. If we
combat Bturdy difficulties with sturdy
courage, with an honest and clean
heart, even the direst poverty has
some glimpses of gladness as felt by
the “Mole Peters” when their home
was under a shade tree with God’s
own aether their only roof.
Adventures of Big Foot Wallace,
The Texan Ranger, is filled with thril
ling incidents of border warfare. Dar
ing adventure amid perils of the toma
hawk and scalping knife, amazing ren
counter# with wild animals, and
yarns of the bold hunters around the
blazing camp fires in the wild prairies,
crowd its pages. This volume must
ever find eager and ready readers
among the growing boys of the South.
American Wonderland—a book of
the least. Under our present system
misdemeanors, which make up
great bulk of crime, are tried in the
Superior Court, once every six months.
Even the most trivial misdemeanor re
quiring indictment by Grand Jury and
trial by petit jury, and the trial often
comes off after the prisoner has laid in
jail for several months at a cost to the
county of 75 cents a day. If, by rea
son of the adjournment of the Court,
this expense is continued six months
longer. At last the prisoner is tried,
and as many months after elapse be
fore it take# place, some of the main
witnesses have gone oil, and those
who appear have forgotten about the
case. Now if this Court is established
these petty offenders are brought to
trial ju#t as soon as the offence is
committed, and are either punished or
discharged. This speedy mode of tri
al, and without delay or cost to the
prosecutor, will bring to the bar of
justice many who now escape, because
the prosecutor is unwilling to wait a
week or ten days on the Superior
Court with all his witnesses before
trial.
The only objection which can pos
sibly be urged to the establishment of
this Court is the erroneous idea that it
entails additional expense on the coun
ty. It is true that the law contem
plate# that the Judge shall receive a
salary, but when it is understood that
this Judge discharges without cost to
the countv, the same county business
now done' by the Ordinary (and for
which his office receives five or six
hundred dollars a year) and that all
the fines and costs of the County Judges
Court are paid into the County Treas
ury, the payment of his salary does
not increase the expenses ot the coun
ty one cent. And now for the money
profit# which will grow out of this
county Court, and the saving of ex
pense: Our last August Court, ow
ing to the pressure of business, was
obliged to hold an adjourned term;
four days of that time was taken up
entirely in trying the misdemeanors
which the Comity Court could try.
The Ordinary reports that last year
$1,152 were paid to Jurors, conse
quently the trial of misdemeanors
(pay to jurors) was $-576 ; and all this
because a few petty thieves stole hogs
and chickens. This item of expense
is direct. Indirectly whatis the cost of
the Court? In the time lost by the
Grand and Petit Jury, the best and
most useful men of the county for four
days? What is the indiiect cost of
the witnesses and suitors, and other
tt&ESCslXS!.waiting upon the Court until
tried? In conclusion I offer the fol
lowing facts:
1st. That the County Judge dis
charges the same duty as to county
purposes which the Ordinary Court now
does, and without pay ; whereas that
office receives an amount nearly equal
to the salary of the County Judge.
2d. That the fncs and costs of his
Court are paid to the Treasurer.
3d. That the attendance and cost of
Jurors and witnesses in the Superior
Court is diminished by four days.
4th. That the criminal is brought
to speedy trial, and without delay or
cost to the prosecutor.
5th. That the large jail fees will be
saved.
There is no good reason why this
Court should not be established at
A moderate calculation will
convince any one that after paying the
Judge a salaiy of six or seven hundred
dollars a year there will be a clear
saving to the county of fourteen or
fifteen hundred dollars, more than
enough to pay the interest on the year
ly indebtedness of the county, w hich
is now over $17,000. This Court, if
established, will reduce that amount
to $15,500. Our taxes are too high
and we are too poor to pay every year
two thousand dollars to punish petty
thieves and offenders. So establish
the Court, save tlie present expense,
and try every petty rascal and thief as
soon as he commits crime, and with
the least possible expense.
Tax Payer.
ry ami a quarter ago planted bia colony nmidst forests
and savages, and to day we see the fruiU of that sa
gacity. Had be lived nntil now he would hare seen,
instead of his little commuiity of ene hundred and
twenty toiling pilgrims, an august population; a com
merce exporting annually sixty million dollars worth of
the products of the soil, and floating a tonnage of six
hundred and twenty thousand with twenty-one thous
and seamen bringing and bearing the commerce and
traffio of a great and prosperous people. He would
have seen Savannah the first port in all the Southern
Atlantic States, the second on the Southern coast aud
the fourth in the Union.
It is to the cultivators of the soil that we owe all
that we have. They are the living and first principles
ef prosperity and success, and we feel that we do nut
feebly in bidding you welcome to Savannah. We
welcome you as Georgians and fellow citizens ; come
whence you will, from the north and from tne south,
from the east and from the west, from the sides of the
majestic mountains, and from Lhe surge beaten shores
of Georgia, we welcome yon, one and all, with our
hearts and with our bauds.
The President of the Convention responded sub
stantially as follows:
RESPONSE OF GEN. COLQUITT.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Committee:
For myself ami in behalf of this Convention, I
thank you for the cordial welcome you have so kindly
given, and so gracefully expressed. It is with no or
dinary pleasure that this body has come together to
hold its annual session in your delightful oity. We
admire your genial skies, your regular an.i shaded
streets and your tasteful buildings ; but above all these,
it is the welcome smile, the hearty grasp of the band
and the spirit of truo hospitality, that command our
gratitude and our thanks.
Savannah is dear to us all from the sacred memo
ries to which you have alluded, for her intelligence
and spirit ot enterprise, and as the great pert through
wuich are poured the industrial products of the whole
State into the trade and commerce of the world. There
is a bond of sympathy and mutual interest between
the ti lers of the soil and men of trade. The interests
of the city and 1 he country ara inseparably connected.
The prosperity of the on# depends upon the prosperity
of the other, and all good and wise men recognixe the
obligation of riveting between them the bonds of
pleasant intercourse and lasting friendship.
Again, Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I thank you with
all my heart for the kindness and courtesies which you
have so handsomely extended to this Convention
Mr. Hunter, of Wilkes, then offered a resolution that
the Convention extend a coidial iuvitation to the
ladies i f Savannah to attend the sittings of the Con
vention which was carried unanimously.
The next thing in order was the President’s address,
which was listened to with marked attention.
At the conclusion of the President’s address, the
gentleman from Bartow moved to suspend the order of
proceedings tor the purpose of taking into considera
tion a resolution to perfect a record of Delegates to
this Convention, by setting down the appiopriate
name aud locality of each member of the Society,
with his post office address; the object being to put
them into direct communication witli each other, and
with ether similar societies. Adopted.
On motion, the delegation from the Geological and
Mining Bureau of Cartaraville, Messrs. Crawford and
Atkinson, were admitted to seats in the Convention.
Mr. Toon, from Fulton, then offered a resolution
that W. H. Weents be iuvitrd to address the Society
and citizens of Savsuuah in reference to the Southern
Canal, and that a committee of three be appointed to
acquaiut him with the fact, and extend the invitation.
Committee appointed by the President—Messrs.
Toon, Biack and Cooper.
The Secretary then read the names of the Execu
tive Committee
The Secretary’s report was then read, aud its re
commendations referred to the Executive Committee
Mayors of Macon and Atlanta De luvnea id St-sWlm
the stand, which was carried. Also, that a committee
be appointed by the Society to ascertain who are del
gated by city authorities to represent them, and whe
shall be admitted to the privilege of the floor.
A communication was then read from Mr. Cliarle:
Green, ot this city, President of the Chamber of Com
merce, inviting the members of the Society to partake
of the hospitalities of his house at nine o’clock that
evening, which invitation was accepted by a rising
vote.
The next business iu order was the reading of a re
port by Mr. Jones, of Burke, ou the subject of sheep
husbandry, but Mr. Jones, not coming up to time, tiie
discussion was postponed until this morning
Indian traditions wrought up into
marvelous and magical stories capti
vating to the imagination, constitutes a - , „ , ., , ,,
° , . ... , ties her masters that the security for
another of these charming publica- , , - , - • , 0 /
,- m ■ . rr • • r i the debt is not impaired. Surely no
tions. Also, Christmas Fames—aspark- ,- „ r , „
The Postoffice.—The Postmaster
requests us to call attention to a circu
lar recently issued from the Postofiice
Department “requesting the public,
that in all cases the name of the county
as well as the Postofiice and State be
8uberscribed upon letters, circulars 4
newspapers and other matter to be
forwarded by mail.” He also reqnests
us to say that Postmasters cannot be
compelled to take mutilated currency.
Reinvasion of France.—A Berlin
telegram announces that in consequence
of the threatened change of govern
ment in France Bismark is getting
ready to re-occupy that country, in
the interests of the German indemnity
claim. Franee can’t be allowed to set
tle her own government until she pays
up that little debt, or, at least, satis-
tspark
ling chain of fairy gems written by
one of Georgia’s daughters, Mrs. Theo
dosia Ford. This author, who has la
bored earnestly for the instruction
and edification of the young, is the
sister of Gen. Francis Bartow, who
fell fighting gallantly in the first battle
of Manassas. Mrs. Ford was a regu
lar contributor to Burke’s Magazine
or Boys and Girls, as well as Burke’s
during their existence,
hese volumes, and many equally
interesting, can be had at L. W. Hunt
& Co’s Drug Store in our city. These
gentlemen have on hand a considera
ble number of the publications of
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger.
EP 1 An interesting article on “Farm
JPolicy” will be found on the 4tb page.
nation of modern times was ever to ig-
nominiously held or had so harsh a
creditor.
London, February 22.—The Ala
bama excitement is rapidly subsiding.
The Times only alludes to the subject,
and urges diplomatic solution. John
Bright approves of the conduct of the
Government iu the controversy.
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas-Williams
is at Fort Leavenworth, where her
present husband has command.
Springfield Mass., has distinguished
itself by electing Miss Williams to the
responsible office of city physician.
Bishop Pierce has been a minister
forty one years and a Bishop eighteen
years.
THE RAISING OF OATS.
The discussion was opened by the reading of n very
able and instructive paper on this subject by Mr. Liv
ingstone. He stated that the prejudice against rais
ing this crop was based on the assumption: First,
that it was an uncertain crop. Second, That it was
an impovenshsr of the soil. He than proceeded to
demonstrate that both were untrue, and supported bis
argument by citing his own experience.
lie gave it as his opinion that the successful produc
tion of the oat crop depended on good soil; good pre
paration of that soil; the time of sewing, and the
kind ef seed sowed. After elaborating these points lie
retired and left the subject open to the discussion of
the bouss.
The nropricty of grazing it was taken up at first but
soon disposed of: and the discussion then became as
to whether it was a profitatile crop, and if it was,
what seed was the best to use. Alter praising the
merit of >-hc.!i variety, the society adjourned until
three o’clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
According to agreement the Society met at three P.
M., and was call-d to order by tbe President
Tbe discussion of oat* was resumed. The gen
tleman from Dekalb in order to give shape to the
discussion, moved the following resolution :
Resulted, That it is the opinion of this Conven
tion that the oat crop is of greater importance to
farmers than it In's heretofore bean thsught, and
they recommend its increased production : that it
be sown in the tall abont tbe first week in Septem
ber, aud grazed by light stock during the winter.
After discussing this resolution at some length,
the Society found themselves just where they
started, and the subject was dropped without
reaching any conclosion.
A motion was then offered and adopted, that a
committee of seven be appsinted to prepare a re.
port ou ti e geological and mining resources of
Georgia, with a view to the beat means of derel-
oping them, and that Mr. Crawford be appointed
chairman.
Tbe President appointed Mr Crawford, Mr. At
kinson, Mayor Huff of Macon. Mr Jones of Burke,
Mr. Steadmau, Mr Adams, Mr McMillan.
EVENING SESSION.
The President feeling indisposed, the Society
was called to ord-r by Judge richley, of Chatham
Tbe gentleman from Munroe offered a resolution
that Hon Emanuel Heidt be invited to a seat.aud
participate in thd deliberations of the Convention.
The resolution was objected to by Col. Stilrs. but
carried with but one dissenting voice Mr. Heidt
hen rose to thank tiie members for their kindness,
and reply to the strictures cast upon him by Col.
Stiles.
The next business in order was the considera
tion of the report of the Committee on tbe consti
tution. Mr. Barnett, the chairman havingjust ar
rived from Washington, was not preparsJ ta make
his report, aud tbe matter was deferred until to
morrow morning.
Tbe next thing in order was an address by
Herscbei V. Johnson. He not being preseut.the
matter was also deterred. Mr. Barnett stated that
Mr. Johnsou had made no positive promise to ad
dress the Convention and lie supposed did not in
tend to be present.
As Mr. Barnett had just returned from his mis
siou to tbe Washington Agricultural Convention,
it was moved to set aside the regular order of bus
iness in order to hear Lis views.
Mr. Barnett complied, and gave a concise sc
count of the doings of the convention, wiib bis
opinion of the practical results liable to flaw from
it. and bis persona: labors in behalf of tbe body be
represented.
At the conclusion ef bis remarks, a vote of
thanks was tendered him for the faithful manner
iu which be had discharged his trust.
No further business of importance was trans
acted, aud the meeting adjourned until 10 o’clock
to-day.
The members then proceeded along Broughton
street to the store of Messrs. Ludden <fc Bates
where they formed a procession and marched in a
body to the bouse of Mr. Green.
AT MR. GREEN’S.
By invitation of Charles Green, Esq., after the
adjournment, last evening, tbe entire Convention,
together with a large number of citizens, assem
bled at the palatial residence of the gentleman
named, to partake of his hospitality. It was ene of
those joyous occasions that have te be aeen te be
fully appreciated. .The honored host acquitted
himsef to the enthusiastic satisfaction ef all bis
guests. In fact, there is no necessity for giving
this assurance to those who know that estimable
citizen. Speech, song an'd story occupied the
evening, and at a very late konr when we left, a
distinguished Judge of the Snperior Court, from a
position on the tapper table, was striving to gst
an adjournmena to the same jtUss to-night, while
a prominent merchant had charge ef the front
door, with positive instructions to allow no one to
hat a proper person be appointed by
the President to prepare and present to this Society
at its next session, a paper on the subject ot clover,
its benefits to animals, aud its advantages for ma
king lands rich and productive in Georgia.
Questions. 1- Some of us who are interested in
gardening, have great trouble from destructive in
sects, the cut-worm and yellow bug with black
spots, worms an 3 bugs in cabbage plants ; also,
flies aud bugs in cucumbers, watermelons, etc.—
Can any one suggest a remedy ?
•J. Some of us who have to do with sheep ob
serve them to have diseases and dwindle with no
apparent cause Has any one any facts or obser
vation that will explain or suggest a remedy 1
Ilesolred, That delegates from this Society shall
b- appointed to the Agricultural Congress, which
will conven at St. Louis on the 27th of May.
Resolved, That a Committee ofThree be appoin
ted to inquire into the utility aud availability of
lime as a fertilizer,and the advantages to the State
which may result from its use and report at the
next session.
Resolved, That the President appoint a suitable
member of this Society to inquire into the statis
tics of the commercial fertilizers bought and used
in Georgia. Committee to report at the next ses
sion.
The Secretary read a communication from the
Mayor of Savannah, inviting the President and
Convention to be present this afternoon at a re
view of the police force, to take place at half-past
4 o’clock.
On motion, the invitation was accepted.
Also,a aommunication from Mr Kuekert, Chair
man of the Committee on Entertainment, inviting
the Convention to an excursion on the Savannah
river, on Saturday, at — o’clock.
After same discussion, it was accepted and the
hour 12 named as the time for departure.
On motion, Dr, Fentchwanger, geologist, from
New York, was invited to a seat on the Hour.
A series of resolutions were offered by the gentle
man from DeKalb as follows :
Resolved, That the agriculturists of Gecrgia may
be regarded as among tba fairest and most res
pectable exponents of the social, financial, and in
dustrial status of the State; and. as designing aud
interested men, both in this country aud in Europe
have persisteutly and from the most selfish motives, era ( 9 cruisers to depart from hnr ports upon their
misrepresented us before the world greatly to our
detriment; Therefore be it
Resolved, That as far as it may lie in the power
of this Convention, speaking for our State in its
official aud representative character, we will, in
the future, actively co-operate with any agency
which this State er the Southern States may see
fit to employ for the purpose of counteracting this
pernicious and wrougful hostility to our section
Resolved, That this body favors and invite im
migration ; that it will uphold peace, good order
and upright administration of the law.equaljustice
to all ; an uutarnished financial honor lor our
State ; the payment of every dallar of our just
debts, principal and interest ; and every measure
that loaks to the encouragement of the material
growth of the State and its importance in the toll
of commonwealths in the earth.
Resolved, That this convention looks with groat
favor upon the proposed mission of Charles \V*
lace Howard to the States of Europe, which mis
sion has for its exclusive object such a complete
and authoritative description and history of our
State and its society as shall expose and refute our
calumniators, and hold out to those willing to em-
migrate the transcendant ’liducemenls whichGeor
gia’s soil, climate and staples have to offer to all
who will cast their lot among us.
Resolved, I hat tiiis Society authorize its Pres
ident and Secretary to prepare such testimonials
under the seal of the Sochty as shall afford Mr.
Howard and his mission the cordial and unreserv
ed endorsement of that gentleman and his work.
These resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Col. Barnett then read selections from the report
of the Committee on Distribution of tiie Labor of
Observation among tiie several Agricultural Soci
eties.
The report was accepted, and ordered to be pub
lished.
SHEEP RAISING
The d scussion was opened aud conducted by
J. B. Jones, Esq., of Burke, the gentleman show
iug a thorough kmTwled^e of iiis subject, and an
swering all questions put to inm with candor and
ability. He several times brought down the house
by his apt replies. In order to bring out the sense
of the house and give shape to its deliberations
the gCPil? 1 ?.?! 1 from DeKalb offered a resolution to
the raising of sheep is ot greaf *
people of Georgia, and that iu order to their p oper
protection this Convention recommend the pa3
sage of a dog iaw.
Committee to acquaint Col. Weems with the
invitation to address the Convention, reported
that he would make an address at St. Andrew's
Hall this evening.
On motion, the regular order of business was
suspended in order to hear Coi. Howard on the
object of his mission to Europe. Being carried,
Colonel Howard was invited to address the Con
ventioD; and he, stepping forward, explained the
origin of this mission, the ways and moans of car
rying it out, and what he p oposed to effect.
A gentleman from Clark offered a fesolution
t’ at the Committee on Immigration be continued
till the sitting of the next Legislature, to further
tho'introductiun of intelligent labor into our laud.
APIERNOON SLSSIOX.
Tho Conveniion reassembled at half past 1
o’clock, and took up the question under considers
tion offered at tho Rome Convention looking to
the pubhcat.on of a work entitled ‘'Chemical Ma
nures agricultural lectures delivered at the ex
perimental farm at Versailles, in the year 1867, by
Geo. Ville; translated by Miss E. L. Howard,near
Kingston, Bartow county, Georgia
On motion of the delegate from Clarke county, a
resolution was adopted to the effect that it is the
sense of this Convention that the Legislature
should establish a Bureau sf Immigration.
The delegate from Bartow offered two resolutions,
oue looking to the answer to several questions as to
the destruction of ceitain bugs and insects and tho
other appointing a delegation troin the Convention to
the Agricultural Convention to be held in St. Louis, iu
May next.
The delegate from DeKalb offered a resolution iu
effect as follows: That the 1’iesideut of the Conven
tion appoint a committee of one from each Congres
sional District, who shall memoralize the Legislature
at its next session to place under the control of the
State Agricultural Society the land scrip appropriated
by Congress for the establishment of an agricnltural
college; and that the same committee visit the loca
tions dueined best calculated for the establishment of
said college aud report the result of their proceedings
to the Summer Convention of this body. The resolu
tion was seconded, and an animated discussion ensued,
which continue ! to the hour of adjournment.
The delegate from Cobb offered a resolution upon
the same subject, looking to the establishment of said
college at Marietta in connection with a M llitary Acad
emy upon the grounds of tho old State Military Acade-
rny, and spoke at some length, of advantages offered
at that point.
Pending the diseussiou, the hour set apart for the
risit to the review of the police force at the police bar
racks arrived, and on motion tiie Convention adjourn
ed to meet at St. Andrew’s Hall, at 7 l-‘Jo’cloek.
NIGHT SESSION.
The Convention assembled at St. Andrew's Hall at
7 1-2 o’clock, pursuant to adjournment, and listened
with rapt attention to the address of Walter A. Weems,
Esq., upon tti« subject ot ‘ The Great Atlantic and
Western Canal.” The claims of this great work upon
the material interests of Georgia were strongly di cuss
ed, and a mass ot'steli-tieal information showing the
immense value of the work. He gave a minute his
tory of the conception of tho work, the progress of
the surveys already made and in progress, and the
eutire practicability ot the scheme ; ot the ineiinatiou
of Congress to grant aid at the rate of $80,000 per
mile constructed.
The estimated cost of this great water communica
tion, which will unite the great West with the South,
he stated was $12,tlO!),OUO, and the estimated advan
tages were not to be numbered in figures. The gen
tleman spoke for about an horn' and was listened to
with marked attention. He asked that this Conven
tion take action, tiy the appointment of a committee
who would act with the cominittees appointed by other
interests, to urge apou Congress the passage ot tho
WI " —liioh wit! come before it as soon as the contolida-
From the Now York Sun.
Wbal .Hr. Sumner Prapawi la Investigate.
The investigation which Mr Sumner proposes
in the resolution he introduced in the Senate en
Monday is one of great importance.
In September and October, 1870, heavy salts of
arms and materials of war were made by th# Ordi
nance Department to tbe agents of the French
Government for use in the war with Germany
then going forward. Iu effecting these transactions
it was at the time understood in this community
that the military ring which surrounds General
Grant and some of his intimate civilian associates.,
were deeply interested Everybody who was
cognizant of the affair believed that they were ma
king a great deal of money, bnt how much was
net known- It now appears, however, by the of
ficial statement* of tho French Govemment that
they paid for these purchases about eleven mil
lions of dollars in gold, equivalent, considering the
premium on exchange, to fourteen million»in our
currency, while in his recent report npon the sub
ject our Secretary of War states that the War De
partment received but ten millions. This profit
of four millions was not made by the purchasing
agent of the French Government, for they bad a
regular commission of two and a half per cent.,
which is not counted as a part ot the purchase
money. This 1-aves the four millions to be shar
ed, as the facts now appear, among the military
ring and the other partiva who engine-red the bus
iness. These facts Mr. Sumner desires to have
completely investigated.
Anetber point of equal if not greatar importance
is the fact, which also seems te be proved.hy offi
cial evidence, that the workshops of tbe War De
partment were employed during the period in ques
tion in manufacturing cartridges for tbe French
Government. It appears that France would not
buy the arms unless ammunition was furnished to
use in them ; aud so great was the power of the
military ring ot speculators that they were able to
cause the War Departrnant to furnish these car
tridges. This was a violation of the laws of neutrali
ty and of international obligations far exceeding
all that England can be charged with for allowing
the Alabama, the Florida, and the other Contvd
errand of destruction. In that case she was guil
ty of negligence ; but in the case of the ammuni
tion manufactured for the French during t ieir war
with Germany, Gen Grant's administration was
guilty of taking direct part in the war. Tins ap
pears tho more crim nal because it seems to have
been dictated exclusively by the desire of the mil
itary ring to realize thair four million dollars from
the sale of the arms It was not only a treacher
ous act arainst a friendly power, but it was worst
from being committed in secresy aud for mercena
ry ends.
Georgia News.
Macon appreciates the importance of the great
Western Canal, and has appointed a delegation to
go to Washington to urge the matter. This dele
gation is a very fine one It consists of Colonel
Thomas Hardeman, Colonel L. N. Whittle aud
Colonel John B. Weems.
Only sixty persons died last year at Athens, of
whom fourteen were whites, aud forty-six negroes.
Mast of the whites were over sixty ) ears of age
Gov. .Smith has revoked Conley's appointment
of Cal. Daniel S Printup Henry Clews A Co.’s
agent, as Receiver of the Cherokee Railroad.
At the stockholder, meeting of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad J. Milbank. M. R Jessnp, H
W. Grap, J. P G. Porter, Geo. II. Hazlehorst, L.
N. Whittle, John Screven. H. P. Plant and J. U.
Hammond were elected directors.
The Macon Telegraph of Friday says : We are
pained to announce the death of Col. A. W. Per
sons of our city. He died night before last in
Americus, of typhoil fever. His death will he
universally lamented by all who knew him.
The Rome Commercial says the wheat crop of
that section is immense, and promises to be one ot
the best ev*r harvested.
Distress'- d —We hear from a friend a joke on
one of our city physicians which is too good to
keep. The physician walked into the office of our
friend a few morning’s ago apparently in great
trouble. Being asked the cause of ail this per
plexity he replied : “When I got up this morning
my wife told ine that during the night I had been
wnkeM up hy sain- person who seemed to,be suf
foriiiff cuusiociauiy Snu niixiotis lot immediate re
lief. It se ins thar I w*-nt to the doo". examined
my patieut. gave him a prescription and again re
tired. Now the trouble is that I must have been
asleep all t ie whi e, as I remember nothing of it
whatever. I’m not so much troubled about the
prescription ; the only thing that worries me is, I
don’t know who to charge it to."—Macon Tele«
graph.
The Conyers Examiner says the wheat crop in
that section is looking remarkably well-
The citizens of Columbia county will dedicate
on the 21 of March a monumental slab to the mom-
ory of the Confederate dead of that county. The
dedication will take place at Appling, the county
seat.
During the recent session of the National Agri
cultural Convention iu Washington City, a reso
lution was passed requesting Congress to relieve
Georgia from the penalty of forfeiture of the Land
Scrip which Benjamin Conley pretended to sell for
a mere song, and which, it is thought, Congress
will certainly give heed to
A very serious throat disease is prevalent in
Bainbridge. Its attacks have been attended with
fatal consequences in several instances.
An Augusta newsbay named SsmOel King de
sires to know the whereabouts of his brother, Gid
eon King. Papers friendly to tho cause will please
notice -
Captain Eldridge Barlow, a prominent and
highly esteemed citizen of Stewart county, was
thrown from his buggy last week and killed
Col. William A. Lofton, of Macon denies that
he ever petitioned.directlr or indirectly for a remov
al of h<s political disabilities'
The Sandersville Georgian says that farm work
in that section is very much behind.
Pocket Pick eu —We were informed that a gentle
man named Williams, a tax collector from Jsaper
county, had his pocket picked' yesterday morning of
$520 in the neighborhood of the Post office.—Atlanta
Xeic Era, 21.
Mr. Milo G. Hatch, ef Sandersvillo, has received
the appointment of Solicitor General of the Middle
Circuit.
prostration aud premature decay, as if by common
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A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph gives an
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Joel Burke, a young man in that county, owned a
plantation, and on it he had a store, aoout one mile
from iiis father’s, Mr. Nimrod Burke. He boarded
witli his father and slept at his store. On Sunday
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that he saw no sign wh*-re Jo,-I had come out and gone
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the family went and broke rite store open, lint lie was
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Wilkinson Sheriff Sale.
GEORGIA, Wilkinson County.
W ILL be sold before the Court iiouse door in
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tion returns of the engineers have been perfected
Resolved, That the State Agricultural Convention of
Georgia recognizes the importance to the people of
this State ot the building of the Atlantic and Gieat
Western .Canal; and th,t the members of Congresa
from Georgia be requested to use their influence to se
cure the passage of a bill by Cougiesa lor its construc
tion.
Resolved, That the President of this Convention ap
point a committee of three to act in concert with tiie
committee appointed by Atlanta and Macon, to memo
rialize Congress to build, or aid in constructing said
canal.
Tho question ol tiie disposition of the land scrip,
and the location of the Agricultural College was the
next business in order, and its consideration, which
went over Irom the morning session, was resumed.
The animated discussion of the morning was repro
duced, and many members spoke a. to the manner
and policy of controlling said scrip. The debate was
finally cut short by a call for the previous question,
which being sustained, tiie resolution of the delegate
from DeKalb. for tiie appointment of a committee of
one from each Congressional District to memorialize
the Legislature, etc , reported iu the afternoon pro
ceedings, was pat and carried.
>lr. Win. McKinley offered tbe following resolution,
winch elicited a warm debate, and which called torth
the reading, by Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, *f au essay
he had prepared on tiie subject of credit farming and
its disastrous consequences to the agricultural interests
of the State, a chaste aud eloquent deseitation, and
which, on o subsequent motion was ordered to be
printed;
Resolved, That the joint operation of the lien act of
1866, and the mortgage or “ security” act of Decem
ber 12,1871, is working tbe swift ruin of the farmers
of Georgia and ought to be repealed. The lien act
discourages the culture of tood crops in tiie cotton re
gion and then forces the cotton crop out of the farmer's
hands into the factor’s hands, in the fall months, at
low prices, leaving the producers in debt; and then
come* th* new mortgage or security act, and trans-
money
of change, and also about a dozen pair small size la
dies’ shoes, two bolts of calico and some other goods
taken, the murderer carrying the keys off with him.
It is not known how much money tiie murderer got,
but it is thought some $19 or $59—about $1 iu silver
and $1 iu gold, aud the most of the otiier iu greenbacks.
Joel Burke was regular in his habits and went t.- his
.tore every night: and being a cripple—having but
one leg—the *ue tha’ killed him had not mach to con
tend with, as lie was weakly and small. Y'oung Burke
served during the whole of tiie last war and was twice
wounded, losing Iris leg in the last battle around Rich
mond. He wa« quiet and attentive to his business,
and is tiie last man that I would have expected to be
killed. W.
Twiggs County, February 21, 1872.
A negro calling himself Sam Hicks, but whose real
name is Pete Blunt, an escaped convict from the pen
itentiary, has been arrested at Maeon who eontesses
that he was present w hen tiie mnider was committed
and shared tile plunder. Most of the stolen nrticle*
were found in Ins possession, or in the possession of
those to whom he had disposed them.
The store of Messrs. Goodman Sc Co, at Millen,
was destroyed by tire on the 21st. Cause Kerosene.
Loss between $4u(>0 and $5000.
On Monday morning, 19th, Mr. Q. S. Price, of Fay
ette county, shot a young man by tbe name of Hub
bard, who had been par ing Iiis addresses to bis daugh
ter, much against the will of Mr. Price, who had fre
quently uotified him to discontinue iiis visits, but with
out avail, as it seems tiie young lady was determined
to marry him. On Monday morning Hubbard called
at the house of Price, aud after a few words passed
between them, the iatter stepped into his room, got hie
gun and emptied its contents into the body of the
former, inflicting apainfnlbnt not dangerous wound.
The youug lady seeing what had been done, v a«t to
Whitawater creek, clos* by, jumped in ard was
drowned. Her body was found ou Tuesday evening
near Price’s old bridge. These are the fact* a* we
have them.—Griffin Star.
Mr. A. W. Bethune, Ordinary of Talbot county, died
on the 17th of consumption.
The taw mill of Meter*. Bradley Sc Sons at the eas
tern wharf, Savannah, was destroyed by fire ou Satur
day night' Lo*t about $35,000 insurant)* $10,000,
■Stuckey aud W. Chapman, et al, contai’ ing two
hundred two and a half acres, more or less, levied
on to satisfy two Justice Court Fi Fa’s in faver
of M. C. Collin* vs E. P. Collins, and also one
justice court ti fa in favor of John Purcer vs E. P
Collins, and other fi fas iu hand not levied. Tbe
above levies made aud returned to me by a con
stable, L. L. PEACOCK,
Deputy Sheriff.
Jan. 27, 1872. 27 tds.
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