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THE FEDERAL UNION.
20th Senatorial District.—The
Washington county delegation has ac
cented the proposition ot the Hancock
lelegatiou. to meet with the Baldwin
jeiegation, in Milledgeville, on the
4th Thursday in this month, (August)
to nominate a Senator lor this district.
The question ot which county is
entitled to the Senator this time, will
be letermined by the Convention.
We are glad the matter will be thus
settled, and ho; e all parties will, in
good faith, abide the decision of the
Convention.— Times i)' Planter.
Corner oj Hancock and IFilkinsur. Streets.)
Wednesday Morning, August 7. 1872.
FOR PRESIDE!*T :
HORACE GREELEY,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
B. GRATZ BROWN,
OF MISSOURI.
For Governor:
HON. JAMES M. SMITH.
To the Patrons of the Southern Re
corder.
By contract of sale, the name, good
will, etc., of the Southern Recorder has
been transferred to the Federal Union.
These papers will hereafter be consoli
dated into one. All contracts subsist
ing between the publishers of the
Recorder and subscribers, advertisers
or other patrons, will be filled out bv
the purchasers of that paper.
1 lake this occasion in bidding adieu
to mine ancient patrons, to commend
to their favor our consolidated succes
sor. 'The concentration of patronage
should, and doubtless will, make the
Union Recorder a better news me
dium tbau either or both its predeces
sors.
With best wishes, yours,
J. A. Orme.
CONSOLIDATION OF NEWSPAPERS.
The readers of the Federal Union
and Southern Recorder are informed
that the two papers have been consoli
dated. As soon as we can precure a
new head the name of our paper will
be changed to the Union and Re
corder. Our paper will be seut to
all of the subscribers of the Recorder,
and we shall also publish all of the ad
vertisements sent to the Recorder, and
we solicit a continuance of their sub
scription and a renewal of their ad
vertisements. We can now hold out
superior inducements to those who
wish to advertise, as our paper now
will circulate not only among our old
patrons, but also among the patrons of
the Southern Recorder, so that advertise
ments will have the advantage of a
double advertisement for one price.
Every intelligent man must see that a
good paper is a great advantage to
any community, and they must also
be aware that a newspaper cannot long
exist without a liberal patronage, and
that it is their interest to patronise
their local paper. On our part wt 1
are determined to supply our patrons
with as good a weekly paper as can be
found in the State, and as our price is
as low as a good paper can possibly
be afforded, we shall deserve and ex
pect a liberal patronage.
Congressional District Conven
tion.—We publish in another place
the new Congressional Districts as re
cently established by law, under the
new apportionment. It will be seen
that Baldwin county is in the Gth Dis
trict.
District Conventions will shortly
be held for selecting suitable persons
to represent us in Congress. We sug
gest Milledgeville and the old Capitol
building as a suitable place for hold
ing tfie convention for this District,
at such time as may be agreed upon
by the counties. What say the press
and people, shall the convention be
held in Milledgeville? Baldwin conn
ty has no aspirant for Congressional
honors, so far as we know, and we
have no axe to grind. Milledgeville
is central and accessible and a proper
place for the convention.
The North Carolina Election.—
The first reports we got from the
North Carolina election were very
favorable to the Democrats, this was
before the Radicals had time to tam
per with ballot boxes. But the New
York Times and those who were in the
secret claimed the State for the Radi
cals. They had determined to count
in their candidates anyhow, this they
can do, as most of the managers of the
election are their own men, and they
can take out Democratic votes and
put in as many Radicals as they
please. Under such circumstances it
will be wonderful if they allow any
Democrat to be elected. The last
count makes the election to stand as
follows :
The Democrats now claim the Gov
ernor by from six to eight thousand
majority, six members of Congress and
a large majority of the Lesislature.
But as the Grant meo have manage
ment of the polls there is no telling
how they will count out.
IVTismanagement of the Mails, dec.
In our last issue we complained be
cause the mails were four days coming
from the Indian Springs to Milledge
ville, when passengers coming over
the same route were cnly eight hours.
We have received a communication
from the Post Master at Forsyth,
which explains how the mails from
the Springs were delayed there one
day. We came on those roads
made the connection, and reach
ed home in four hours from For
syth. According to the statement ot
the Postmaster in Forsyth, the mails
for Milledgeville must be detained in
Macon about three days. We publish
below the communication from the
Post, Master at Forsyth.
A CARS.
Milledgeville, August 5th, 1872.
Thanking my fr ends lor their com
plimentary desire that I should be
come a candidate for representative
from Baldwin^. I most positively re
fuse to allow my name to be placed
before the nominating convention for
that office.
JOHN H. FURMAN.
■■ Y.WKNKA It.
BT JAMES M’ARTHUR.
nominations to represent uncreated
di>tricts—and lobby loafers conclave
at the Kimball House to breed discord,
that selfish greed may he gratified.
Alas, it stops not in the lobby. The
Legislature ot the State is corrupted,
that clamorous patriots may be ag
grandized. What is the remedy?
What is the remedy? Let the “of
fice seek the man.” Beware of tin
“ man that seeks the office.” Let selfish
importunity be rebuked. Let prudent
men, who do i ot overrate themselves
be selected, for prudence is wisdom. Let
the State avail itself of whatever ca
pacity in State-craft it may. Modest
ability is abu> dant, all over the land,
though obscured perhaps by the shal
low preturbiousness of ignorant up
starts. Let the people be wise in se
lecting their servants, and wise admin
istration and legislation will restore
the joys of a new-born success.
Town Creek.
Oglethorpe, Ga., July 29, ’72.
Editors Federal Union :
I merely drop you this as a bit of
news, and if it is worth anything use
it. There has been a severe ram and
hail storm which passed through this
section of country. I have not learn
ed the extent of the damage, but so
far as I can learn it did great damage
to crops. It almost completely de
stroyed the fences and trees in its
track. Large numbers of fruit trees
were destioyed and corn and cotton
was laid flat on the ground.
I have just finished footing up the
books of the Tax Receiver of this
(Macon) county and the result is as
follows :
Pulls, 2,053
No. acres laud, 204.193
No. children between 6 and 18, 8841 privileges in the way of patrouageYf
under guardianship, 32 j he would support Grant’s San Dornin-
“ ,nd ’ 2 igojob. This the St. Louis Grantites
employed 2,0801 doubted, and telegraphed to Washing
ton to get the truth from beadquar
Murriace extraordinary
Junt liaa taken place :
Miilodeeville has many a merry
Smile upon her face.
Old male “ Federal Union” wiggled
On hi* weary way :
Poor old maid “ Recorder” wriggled—
Said at laat “ her say.”
Leap-year here, she popped the question.
To i he “Union” gent;
His open anna took the suggestion—
Straightway for her “went.”
Now in happy matrimony
Is the pair united:
May it prove a matter-of-money
To the twain delighted!
Hail “Federal Union !” Hail the bride, too!
Happy dreams attend yon !
This poet thus, has gladly tried to
Bless the bonds that blend you,
Down with celibacy! You’ve tried it—
Found it full of trouble !
True blis* consists—’tis vain to hide it
Alone in fit-tag double !
Grant Cornered.—It is Grant’s
misfortune that many who were in the
confidence of his administration and
know all about its rascally practice,
are now in the opposition and can tell
what they know about Grant. The
telegraph brings us a cast in points
Carl Schurz stated in his St. Louis
speech that he had been offered lar»e
Hands
Value of land, S908.614
City Property, 152,750
Money, notes & solvent debts, 230,856
Other property, including
mules, hogs, cattle, &c.,.. 257,354
Aggregate, 1,761 0S6
Taxable property, 1,60S,706
A Radical move.
Post Office Forsyth, Ga., )
July 31, 1S72. >
Mi ssrs. Bough ton, Barnes Sf Moore,
Proprietors, Federal Union.
Dear Sirs.—My attention lias been
called to an editorial in your paper of
this date, headed “Mismanagement of
Mails, &c.” In reply I would beg
leave to state that the Daily Mail from
the Indian Springs to this office is car
ried bv the proprietors of the Couch
Line, from Indian Springs to Forsyth
without any expense to the Post Of
fice department, and it has not beefl
received at ti.is office (until to-day)
until after the departure of the daily
morning mails for Macon and all points
South of this, which necessarily causes
the letters to remain at this office un
til the next morning, “6 a m.” and if
you receive your mails from Macon by
tiie Macon & Augusta Road, day Train,
they are compelled to remain.in Ma-
ei»n until the next morning, as this
(the M. & W. R. R ) does not connect
with that Train. The former leaving
some two hours before the arrival ot
the latter in Macon. No mails leave
this office by the train which passes
here at 8 p. m. The regular mail from
Indian Springs to this place, arrives at
this office on Tuesdays and Fridays at
11.30 a. m.. and leaves same days at
l p. m. This daily Mail is carried
solely for the accommodation of the
visitors during the Summer season.
Hoping that this statement is satisfac
tory
I remain Yours Truly,
S. R. POTTS, P. M.
P’r. A. II. Snked, Ast., P. M.
ters. Gen. Grant denounced the state
ment as false, whereupon Schurz pro
duces the testimony of General Pleas
anton, recently Commissioner of Rev
enue, who sustains the St. Louis state
ment, arid says he made the proposi
tion to Schurz, and with the knowl
edge and at the instance of the Presi
dent! This looks bad for Grant, but
then, as falsehood was proved upon
him by the whole of Johnson’B cabi
net, and base teaching Dy his own con
fession, he is not likely to suffer great
ly in mind from the new dilemma.
[Sou. Republican•
The rats are leaving the sinking
ship. The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion
The Report of the Bond Com
mittee.—The House of Representa
tives have ordered 3000 copies of the
Report of the Bond Committee to be
published for general circulation. The
material part of the Report is said to
be written by the Hon. T. J. Sim
mons, the able Senator representing
the counties of Bibb, Monroe and
Pike. It is generally acknowledged
to be a very able production and con
clusive as to the proper course for the
State to pursue in relation to the ille
gal Bonds issued by Bulloch. Among
those declared to be illegal and in
which the law was not complied with,
that are recommended by the com
mittee not to be paid, are the Bruns
wick & Albany Railroad Bonds, the
Cartersville and Van Wert and the
Bainbridge & Cuthbert Railroad Bonds.
About $-5,000,000 are thus prepared
to be wiped out and hereafter not to
be paid.
A. J. McClure asserts positively
that Gov. Curtin will stump the State
of Pennsylvania for Greeley and
Biown. Sumner says this settles the
question in that State. The adminis
tration is tearfully demoralized over
the defection of Curtin.
For the Federal Union.
‘•THE IV11. D HUNT.”
Messrs. Editors: The gray streaks in
the east scarcely betoken hope of de
liverance to our Southern people, from
a tyranny more cruel than unhappy
Poland suffered at the hands of Russia,
or infidel Turks imposed on wretched
Greece, before the whole horizon is
resonant with the clamors of politi
cians for office. Verily it would seem
that the common suffering, the com
mon humiliation and the common hope
for a happier future, would have lev
elled the aspirations, cemented the
sympathies and intensified the devo
tion of men to the common interest of
our oppressed section. Truly the
uncertain arid unsettled aspect of af
fairs shows no place for selfishness or
favoritism. A great and an earnest
work indeed is to be accomplished in
our recuperation. The hand of the
oppression is to be stricken down, and
that is but the beginning. To revive
industry, to restore credit, to establish
confidence, to educe order and securi
ty, to build up the waste places, to
confirm the material prosperity of the
South on a sure basis, with a promis
ing future—hie labor hoe opus esl. In
times of general prosperity and peace,
when the common weal moves for
ward by its own innate vigor, official
position may be used as a mead ol
honor to the personal favorites of the
people But in this dire emergency,
when the future of the South oscil
lates between life and death, surely
she needs all the ability, all the devo
tion, all the sobriety, all the learning,
that she can possibly secure in her
counsels. What honest heart does not
shrink from the responsibility of so
great a work? Yet “fools rush in,
where angels fear to tread.” Flip
pant politicians, who scarce know the
length of u Presidential term, boldly
offer their services and commend their
qualifications for Congressional labors !
Men who rode into the Legislature on
a whiskey barrel, barter and trade
zealously for higher promotion. Cau-
cases distribute county offices by
wholesale-—newspapers teem with
Washington, D. C., July 2S.—
The distinguished Governor Sam Bard,
who is empowered to search for the
President and bring him either person
ally or by letter, to Chattanooga and
the Lookout Mountain, is already on
his travels, and will deliver the official
document of invitation in a day or two.
It can clearly be seen that there is an
immense political effort, which will | learns on good authority that Mr. J.
be likely to fall through, because of L. Morphia, at present a Republican
the disinclination of the President to ~ '
travel South during this hot and mal
arious weather. There will however,
be the usual letter of thanks, from
which it is hoped much good for the
Radical cause South will be obtained,
though in what manner it can be de
rived from any letter the President
himself would write is not just now
described.
Ralexgii, August 2, 2 o’clock.—Re*
turns come in slowly, though it is con
sidered that the election of Merriman,
Democratic candidate for Governor,
is certain, by about S,000 majority.
The contest in the Fourth Congres
sional District is very close with equal
chances ol success for opposing candi
dates. Leach, Ashe, Vance, Wat.dell
and Robbins. Democratic Congressional
candidates are elected. The Legislature
will have 40 Democratic majority on
the joint ballot.
New' York, August 2.—The dis
patches received at the Liberal Repub
lican and Democratic headquarters
here to-day, confirm the news of the
Democrtic gains in North Carolina,
estimate Merriman’s majority at 10,
000. There is a gain ot 300 in Rock
inghnm county, securing the election
ot Leach over Settle, in the Fifth Dis
trict.
Washington, August 2.—Many
wild and contradictory dispatches
have been received from North Coroli-
na. The indications at this hour are
that Merriman has been elected by
10,000 majority and seven Congress
men. A dispatch from Greensboro
reports gains from the west. Agents
have been cautioned to be very care
ful, and the Raleigh dispatch dated
two o’clock may be regarded as safe.
A Washington dispatch (July 28th)
to the New York Herald, says in refer
ence to the “archives” purchased of
Pickett, “it is the opinion of those in
position tojudge. that the publication
of the records ot the Confederacy will
unite the South for Mr. Greeley more
effectually than all the speeches that
could be made.” The dispatch does
not make specifications, but this re
mark is made iu connection with inti
mations that the Grant party will seek
to influence the North against Greeley
by showing that his vi>it during the
war to Niagara to confer about peace
was undertaken against the judgment
of President Liucoln, who thought at
the same time that it was necessary to
show a bold front and was opposed
to any compromising policy.
The following “interesting if true”
statement is made by a Washington
reporter of the New York Herald, on
the 28th : “Admiral Semmes now of
fers to the government all the docu
ments in his possession regarding the
Alabama and other cruisers. It is said
by those who have examined them
that they do not compromise the Brit
ish government in the slightest par
ticular. Louis Napoleon, it appears,
ill correspondence with Slidell, not
only invited the Confederacy to build
war vessels in France, but offered Sli
dell numerous facilities for arming
and equipping the rebel cruisers in
French p^rts.”
Arrival of New Cotton.—The
earlier products of the new cotton
crop have begun to show themselves
in our city, and the last arrivals of the
staple reached the city last Saturday
and were received by two leading
firms of this city. Messrs. Groover,
Stubbs & Co., received a bale of su-
perioi quality. Messis. Sorrel Bros,
received a bale from Alachua county,
Fla., shipped by Foster & Colclough
of that city.—Sav. News.
Representative in Congress from the
Second District of Mississippi, has de
clared in favor of Horace Greeley for
the Presidency.
The Anderson forgery case is still
on trial at Macon. The only material
disclosure on Wednesday was the
statement of the accountant of a bank
in Montreal, that he had endorsed a
credit of £350 upon Anderson’s letter
of credit, which was no longer there,
and must have been removed by acids.
Senator Doolittle told a reporter of
the New York Sun that he had no
doubt of the triumph of Greeley in
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota,
and if there was as much unanimity
among the Democrats and as much
dissatisfaction among the Radicals in
the other States as there wms in the
Northwest, Grant would not carry a
single State out of New England, ex
cept Iowa.
Cotton is stiffening under the ap
prehensions of damage from the cat
erpillar—but caterpillar or no cater
pillar, the product will not come up
to the present anticipations of consu
mers. If the world absolutely requires,
four millions bales of American cot
ton, then the supply is bound to be
short at best.—Macon Telegraph.
The Connecticut Legislature has ta
ken up the question of compulsory ed
ucation. It is said that sixteen thou
sand children in that State, between
the ages of four and sixteen, do not
attend school at all, and the advocates
of the new law think it is a state of
things which should be remedied.
The Caterpillar.—A letter from
Wilkinson county informs us that the
Caterpillar have made their appear
ance in some portions of the county.
The writer had seen them on the
plantations of Messrs. J. T. Parker,
Julius Evans and J. M. Freeman
where “they were on the cotton, corn
and grass and moving in every direc
tion.”
The Saratoga Democrat says of the
spread of Liberalism in Saratoga coun
ty: “The present indications are that
there are at least a thousand Republi
cans in Saratoga county who favor
the election of Greeley, ai d who will
vote for him.”
The romances of the Jubilee are
coming out. One member of the Eng-
1 i>h band met, at the Coliseum, his
sister, whom he had not seen for
twelve years, and another met there
his future wife.
Ohio is arousing. The Steubenville
Gazette gives two columns of the
names of Republicans who have come
out for Greeley, and are forming Gree
ley and Brown clubs. Says the Ga
zette, “We might fill our paper two
or three times showing bow the tide
is running.”
Gen. Scburz makes the damaging
disclosure, and offers to furnish the
proof on demand, that he was tender
ed all the Executive patronage he
might desire if be would support the
Sanit Domingo job.
Mr. Sumner will find his home pa
pers unpleasant reading. The Boston
Globe styles his letter “The Sumner
surrender,” and designates him as “the
Judas of rancor and revenge.” The
Boston Advertiser, the “respectable
daily,” always friendly to Mr. Sumner,
says: “The fact that Mr. Sumner has
brought himself to that state where
he could see the Democratic party re
stored with equanimity, and thinks it
best for his peculiar people to bend
their necks once more, while their
traditional enemies climb over them to
power, is a phenomenon which noth
ing in modern political science ex
plains.”
THE NEW COnOKEOSieniAL DIS
TRICTS.
The bill to lay the State off into
nine Congressional districts has pass
ed both Houses without amendment,
and been approved by the Governor.
The districts are as follows :
First District—Appling, Bryan, Bul
lock, Burke, CamdeD, Charlton, Chat
ham, Clinch, Effingham, Emanuel,
Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh, Pierce,
Scriven, Tatual 1 , Ware, Wayne.
Second District—Baker, Berrien,
Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, De-
caiur, Dougherty, Echols, Early,
Lowndes, Miller, Mitchel, Quitmau
Randolph, Terrell, Thomas.
Third District—Coffee, Dodge, Doo
ley, Irwin, Lee, Macon, Montgomery
Pulaski, Schley, Stewart, Sumpter,
Telfair, Webster, Wilcox, Worth.
Fourth District—Campbell, Chatat-
hoochee, Coweta, Douglas, Harris,
Heard, Marion, Meriwether, Musco
gee, Taibot, Troup Carroll.
Fifth District—Clayton, Crawford,
Dekalb, Fayette, Fulton, Henry,
Houston, Milton, Monroe, Pike, Spal
ding, Upson.
Sixth District—Bald win. Bibb, Butts,
Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Newton, Put
nam, Rockdale, Twiggs, Walton, Wil
kinson. .iWVJlVfc . 4/*
Seventh District*—Bartow, Catoosa,
Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade,
Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray,
Paulding, Polk, Walker, Whitfield.
Eighth District—Columbia, Elbert,
Glascock, Green, Hancock, Hart, Jef
ferson, Johnson, Lincoln, McDuffie,
Oglethorpe, Richmond, Talliaferro,
Warren, Washington, Wilkes.
Ninth District—Banks, Clarke, Fan
nin, Forsyth, Franklin,Gwinnett,Gil
mer, Hall, Habersham. Dawson, Jack-
son, Lumpkin, Madison, Morgan,
Pickens, Rabun, Towns, White, Union.
THE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE.
The Boston Herald, the Eastern or
gan of the workingmen, has always
been consistently Republican. Its in
fluence amongst the working classes is
enormous. It circulates near a 1 un-
dred thousand copies daily, nine-teuths
of which are bought by the mechan
ics and laborers. In its issue ofthe 17th
the Herald discusses the peculiar fit
ness of Mr. Greeley as the “people’s
candidate.”^ We reproduce the arti
cle entire. It will pay a careful per
usal. It is the tersest and clearest
statement of the Liberal Republican
position we remember to have noticed.
Here is the article:
“Horace Greeley is the people’s
candidate for President. The politi
cians on both sides dislike him. He
has given a great many of them very
hard raps. He knows them thorough
ly, for he has measured and weighed
them all. Like Abraham Lincoln he
is of the people. He has many of
the homely characteristics which the
political opponents of Lincoln enjoyed
ridiculing so much, but which endear
ed him to the American people, and
made him the most beloved of the
Presidents. Horace Greeley was a
poor boy, with no aids but a stout
heart, a clear head and a willing hand.
By his own exertions he made him
self one of the the foremost men in the
country. Probably no other man has
had so powerful an influence for the last
thirty years, or so uniformily for the
best and highest principles of society
and government. He has been ear
nest, honest, zealous and indefatigabh
in advancing what he believrd to be
the right.. Even his bitterest politi
cal enemies have acknowleged his hon
esty and independence. The founder
and editor of a great political paper
he has never been a narrow partisan
On the contrary, he has kept his mind
open for new truth, and always recog
nized the fact that party was only the
means to secure an end. He sees now
that the Republican party has accom
plished its mission, and that new
questions of government policy de
mand a new division of parties. He
is as simple hearted as Franklin, as
plain and unpretending as Lincoln, as
patriotic as Washington. He is to
day the best type of the true Ameri
can—the product of our free institu
tions—and we have no doubt he will
honor the office ennobled by the char
acter ef Washington, and made sacred
by the blood of Lincoln. He will not
except the office of President as a re
ward for his services, which are many,
to be made the most of for bimseW
and his relatives and friends, but he
will take it as a sacred trust to be ad
ministered faithfully for the people.
TnE Cotton Worm and Politics.—
Jackson, Miss , July 22.—The Clarion
publishes authentic accounts from va
rious parts of Mississippi, showing
that the cotton worm has already ap
peared throughout the State, and that
very great damage is being done the
cotton crop. Besides the worm, the
rains are doing great damage in some
sections of the State.
Politics are lively. Both political,
parties are in active training tor the
campaign. But three Democratic pa
pers in the State oppose the action at
Baltimore.
The Executive Committee of both
Democratic and Liberal Republicans
will meet in this city the 42th of Au
gust, when a proper understanding as
to the conduct of the canvass will be
had.
The word carat, used to express the
fineness of gold, is so called from an
Abyssinian bean, which from the time
of its gathering, varies very little in
its weight, and for this reason is used
in Africa as a weight in gold, as it is
in India for gems and pearls. It is
with us, an imaginary weight, used to
express the proportion of gold in a
given mass ot metal. Thus, if an
ounce of gold is divided into 24 parts
or carats, then gold 20 carats fine is
that in which 20 parts are pure metal
and 4 parts silver, copper or some
other alloy.
A bevy of young ladies, while cross
ing Mill creek, at Salem, Cal., by
moonlight, thought they observed a
goose swimming in the creek, and be
gan pelting with stones, when they
were greatly astonished by hearing
the aforesaid goose exclaim : "Vt hy
can’t you let a fellow alone? I ain’t
botherin’ you folks any.”
LETTER FlCO.n lOl.QllTr (•I'STX.
Moultrie, Ga., July 30, 1872.
Editors Fidirul Un ion :
When we wrote the little commu-
nieaiion of the tilteeuth of July, it was
our intention to say something of the
“natural advantages,” as the western
correspondents have it, of Colquitt
County before this, but “circumstances
over which we have no control” has
prevented us hitherto. We have been
looking with some little anxiety we
confess for another “stray shot” from
your “occasional” from this county
upon the “political situation”, but a
suence “as of the tomb” seems to have
taken possession of him, but probably
he is “n^t dead but sleepeth,” and
will arouse himself and shake off the
lethargy occasioned no doubt by ta
king an over dose of the “H. G. and
B. G' B.” pills, which we presume he
has swallowed with the rest “for the
good of the country.”
But to our subject, in which we
have more interest for the present
than in politics. We before stated
that our county is healthy. A more
healthy cannot be found North or
South, East or West, and also our cli
mate is favorable to longevity ; there
are numbers of cases now living here
in this county to witness this fact. We
know of as many as a half dozen men
now living here over seventy, some
few passed “four score” and one gen
tleman living in the upper part ot the
County one hundred and lour years
old, so he himself states, and can
now mount his horse hitched to his
cart and ride, and drive for fifteen or
twenty miles in the day without any
very serious results or comparative in
convenience experienced or resulting
therefrom. Also great for “raising
children;” one old gentleman living
not far from Moultrie has his third
wife and twenty ninth child, children
very near all living, some of them
(some dozen perhaps) married and
have large families of from eight to
ten children, some of the grandchil
dren grown and married and families
on the increase fast; to count up his
descendants they will no doubt at the
present time nearly double the “num
ber of souls that went with Jacob
down into Egypt;” and do not think
this is an isolated case that we have
struck upon for there are numerous
others, who have, although not quite
so large, very interesting families. An
other case to the point: not long since
we were in the society of some of the
“natives” and were conversing about
our relations, and one of the company
was calling over his brothers and af
ter he had exhausted all the “comeata-
ble” names lie remarked, “there is one
more yet, but I can’t think which
one’s name I have left out, but I am
satisfied there is one more some where;”
at this point a bystander remarked,
it is Moses ;” “yes, yes,” said he, “I
had clear forgotten him.” Some for
numbers that family as you will prob-
ably guess. Now we do not wish the
ladies to think because we casually
alluded to a third wife that our climate
is unhealthy for females ; it is to the
contrary, very heal thy and some of
them live to extreme old age. Near
Moultrie now there are several over
fifty and a few that are approaching
rapidly toward the “four score;” it is
tureswith ghosts, nor hob-goblins of
any sort; if any thing occurs worthy
of note we will acquaint you with it
forthwith, in the meantime we will
bid you and yours “good evening.”
Old Settler.
not that “women die younger” but
that “men live longer,” here. There are
almost scores of cases ol “second and
third wives;” but the above would ap
pear as if we were jesting about the
country to any one that was not “fa
miliar with the fact? herein set forth;”
but nevertheless these are truths
whether classed as advantages or dis
advantages,health, long life, and abun
dance of offspring in many cases
would be classed with on the advan
tage side. It would do your “heart
good,” to use a common slang term to
get with some of our octogenarians
and hear them recount their “scrapes,”
their remiuiscences of hunts in thegoud
bid time when game abounded and of
fishing when fish “did much more
abound.” It was our good fortune
not long since to be will} one of the
first settlers and especially delighting
in hearing cf “those good old days,”
we gently lead him on to tell of days
gone by, and he gave us many interes-
ling anecdotes which if they possessed
only one third ofthe interest to any ot
your numerous readers as they did to
us # we would venture to rehearse a
lew although well aware that we
could never beableto make them“beam
with interest” (right here - a thought
suggests itself would not glow with in
terest sound better?) to others as they
did to us, for we could never throw
Oie vim into our “pen scratches” that
he threw into his words, and also well
aware that your readers are more in
terested in politics than these remarks
we presume we Lad as well close; but
a few remarks on the crops first: corn
is “exceeding expectation,” although
the stalk from being injured from the
drouth is small and, to use a phrase in
common use with one of our oldest
citizeus, “very footy,” yet it is earing
well and that is the main thing,a good
ear if the stalk is small and footy. We
recollect once being in conversation
with a farmer and he said, “it is the
general opinion of people, that there is
a certain time of t lie moon in which
you may plant corn and it will make
a good stalk and another time in
which you may plant and make a
small stalk but a large ear,” but said
be, “I don’t believe in any such. I
don’t plant corn in the moon myself,
but in the ground, but if I did plant
for either and the moon had anything
to do with it, I would plant for the
stalk, if God will give ine the stalk I
will make the ear myself.” But not
withstanding we listened to his re
marks with due and becoming rever
ence we did not exactly agree with
him upon the stalk question. Cotton
here in our county and the adjoining
counties is doing well so far; some
sections are visited with the catapillar
and boll worm, but we hope a benefi
cent and extremely kiud providence
will shield us from this visitation, for
we believe it would be like Cain’s
punishment “more than We could
bear.”
Since writing our lest we have not
heard of any more marvelous adven-
GBN. BANKS' LETTER.
The following is a full text of
Banks’ letter:
Boston, July 31, 1S72.
My Dear Sir—I have the honor to
acknowledge by this note, in addition
to our conversation to-day, the receipt
of your invitation to address the citi
zens of Lynn, on Thursday evening,
in the support of the re-election of the
Grant policy and his administration.
No invitation could have greater
weight with me from any part of the
country, nor from any portion of my
fellow-citizens, and it gives me great
pleasure to assure you that nothing
could be added to your suggestions, as
a representative of tbe citizens of Lynn,
to induce me to accede to the request.
Their kindness of many years ago is
a continuing life rememberence, and
nothing would give me greater satisfac
tion than to renew my associations with
them; but I regret to say that I am
not in accord with them in regard to
the Presidential canvass.— Against
my wishes and personal interests, I
am compelled to believe and say that
tbe perpetuation of the present policy
of tbe Government is not for the ad
vantage of the country, and that i t
will not tend to establish its forme
good and prosperity nor promote th
interest of any class of its citizens 6
No personal feeling of any form o‘
character enters into this judgment, r
It is in view of general principles and’
and public interests alone that 1 am
to lead this conclusion.
The uniting of the masses of peo
ple of all parties, sections and races,
in support of the grand results of the
war, is indispensable to the perma
nent establishment of a general recog
nition of these results; it can he se
cured by no other means. We shall
all be forced to this conclusion soon
er or later. This united action on
this basis has been the hope of my
life. I fervently desired it during the
war and in the reconstruction of the
States subsequent to the war. I be
lieve it is now tendered in good faith
in the nomination of Greeley, and, lor
one, I cannot reject it. It was what
I desired ; its consummation, although
sudden and startling, does not alarm
me. My duty to my country and my
self requires me to give him my sup
port. I cannot advocate before your
friends a*different course, which neith
er my judgment nor my heart ap
proves. It grieves me most deeply to
separate myself, in thought or act,
from any one of those with whom I
have so long associated, and to whom
lam so greatly indebted; but I be
lieve that the result will justify my
action, give to the country peace and
prosperity, which is the object of our
labors, and secure to every citizen,
civil and political, equality and free
dom, which was won by the sacrifice
of so many valuable lives.
Accept the assurance of my lasting
friendship and esteem and believe me,
Yours truly,
N. P. Banks..
DEATH OF
EX-GOVERNOR CRAW
FORD.
One by one the old statesmen of
Georgia, the connecting links between
her past and present, are being taken
away.
It is our painful duty to announce
the death of ex-Governor George W.
Crawford, whose name and lame are
among the proudest possessions of the
State ol hisnatutity, for which he did
so much and which so loved and hon
ored him. He was born at the close
of the last century, in Columbia coun
ty, Ga., December 22d, 1798, and
was therefore in the seventy-fourth
year of his age. He graduated at
Princaton College, New Jersey in 1S20,
and on his return to Georgia became a
law student in the office of the lion.
Richard Henry Wilde, in Augusta, and
was admitted to the practice of law in
in 1S22. Five years after his admis
sion to the bar he was elected Attor
ney-General of the State, which office
he retained until 1S31. From 1S37 to
1842 he represented Richmond county
in the Legislature, and in 1S43 was
e'ected to Congress, but Was elected
Governor by the Whigs ol Georgia in
the same year. In 1S45 he was re
elected. Appointed Secietary of war
by President Taylor, he resigned on
the death ofthe President and returned
home to spend the remainder of his life,
as a private citizen, among his own
people. His last public service was
as President of the State Secession
Convention, since which time he has
lived in retirement. His example will
remain as a shining light to the rising
generation. He died on Saturday
night last.—Sav. Republican, fifth ult.
The Times, at Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, says. “If Greeley gains
from the Republican ranks in other
parts of the State as he will in this
city and county he will carry New
Hampshire by from five to ten thou
sand majority.
Texas Railroads.—Eight lines of
railroad are now under construction in
northern Texas. Many of these are
extensions of eastern lines, and three
inks in the transcontinental system.
Texas, with its internal resources and
its immense prairies, is destined to be
come agrand railroad State, and affords
favorable opportunities to all capital-
ists.
The British government, with a view
to the development of a more exten
sive cultivation of cotton in India, has
projected ten thousand miles of nar
row gauge railroads in that country.
Brownsville,. July 31. Another
Indian raid near Loredo, Texas, is re
ported. Seventeen persons were kill
ed and many ranches and stores were
plundered, and stock driven off. The
raiders were the Kickapoos from
Mexico.
It is said that Bishop Bailey, of
New Jersey, will soon be made Cath
olic Arch Bishop of Baltimore.