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ite (Qitifman geputfe.
The Paducah (Ky.) New reports
that the Kansas grasshoppers, or
“hoppers” similar to them, have made
their appearance in Calloway county,
and are creating devastation with all
kinds of vegetation, and particularly
with the young tobacco.
Tlie New York Herald says: “It
may be interesting to some people to
learn that hemp and Democrats are
usually raised in Kentucky.” The
hemp ought to he used to hang Rad
ical rogues and the Democrats to fill
their places in the public sorvice.—
Macon Telegraph.
Mrs Degree, of Now York city, wns
sent to jail for twenty-five days re
cently for cruelly whipping her hus
band. Good. If tlie laws were
properly executed everywhere as in
tliis case, the universal demand for a
society for the prevention of cruelty
to husbands would soon die out. —
Courier Journal.
Gil Haven was on the platform of
the Forty second street railroad de
pot, llio other day and spoke these
words: "I didn't care haw much the
people talked against the President—
they would talk against their sainted
grand mothers—but when I saw him
taking his whisky without any water
in it, I ceased to pray for a third
term. Brooklyn A rgtie.
The colored Radical delegate has
been promptly refused hotel accom
modat o is at the Caucasian caravan
saries in Cincinnati, and has been
told to betake himself to the “negro
hotels.” As the sensitive Fred Doug
lass declined to attend the Nashville
colored convention in April, because
the hotels were in the habit of refus
ing accoininoflafio’rts to Africans, the
convention on Wednesday may pos
sibly be deprived of his presence.
Kerosene a ('tire for Snake-Rites,
The Aberdeen (ijtiss.) Eramh.er
••*# that. .‘.n effective
antidote for (he bite of a snake, when
applied externa tel v. It says the lit
tle child of C. M. Jones was bitten
by a high-land moccasin and per
fect relief and wife itas obtained bv
application of tMs oil. It further
says that a valuable doe Was bitten
by a ‘eoftrth-ttlunfb, and was in a dy
ing condition when the first external
application of the oil Was made and
obtained ittsfant relief and was up
and running about in two or three
hours.
A NeW York letter Srtys: “The
marriage of Mr. James Gordon Ben
net, the proprietor of the Herald, to
Miss May, will take place shortly, but
will be celebrated in a perfectly quiet
and refy private manner. No one
will know it except the immediate
friends and relatives of the parties
until after it has taken place, so that
newspaper gossip and comment may
be avoided. Miss May has one of the
brightest and loveliest of faces, and
is said co be relined, accomplished
and good, and Mr. Bonnet is to be
heartily congratulated on the acqui
sition of the only earthly good he did
not possess—a wife, who willMouble
to him the value of every other pos
rossion.
The Marietta Journal of the 2d says:
“There is ono Mr. Well of Louisiana
in our county looking out a location
for sheep raising. Says he has 4(!00
of sheep, and realizes ten pounds of
wool from each. He wants two thou
sand acres of poor ridge for pastures.
He is in the right pew now.” Would
that North Georgia .hild he visited
with a thousand just such gentemen
as Mr. Wells. It would do more to
ward bringing about prosperity and
independence among her now impov
erished people than all her agricult
ural interests combined. We will
gladly welcome nud joyfully receive
all who shall be pleased to make their
homes among ns.
Wo clip the above in order to in
form those who desire to go into the
sheep husbandry business, that there
is no portion of the Southern States
that offers greater inducements than
that portion composed of Colquitt,
Worth, Irwin, Berrien, Coffee., and
Telfair, counties, in this State. The
herbage found all over the above nam
ed counties seem peculiarly adapted
to the browsing of sheep, and hero it
is they flourish and do well with the
least amount of attention, and here
lands can be bought nt lower prices
than any portion of the State, wild
lands frequently selling for not more
than ten cents per acre. Those en
gaged in the sheep growing business
iu the above named counties have
found it exceedingly p*o<)table,though
they have not yet procured tL im
proved, breeds which makes their
profits much greater.
(juiTMAii, ga., Thursday, jine , isffs.
state News.
Penciling* mid Scissoring* from
Oilt' Exchanges.
—The Rome flouring mills are do
ing a good business, So witli all in
the State.
—A Thomas county colored far
mer has five hundred dollars invested
in good securities. It, is needless to
add that he lias corn to sell.
—Atlanta had a fifty thousand dol
lar fire last week.
—Lowndes county will hold her
meeting to select delegates to the
gubernatorial convention on Tuesday,
4th of July.
—W. It. Mclntyre and Eli Mallette,
two Thomas county boys at the State
University, have been elected orators
at the approaching commencement
exercises at Athens.
—The crop new* from all over the
Stato warrants the conclusion that
there will be even more cotton made
in Georgia this yoat than there was
last, whilst the present indications are
that it will not bring more than eight
cents per pound next fall.
—When Macon thieves make a raid
on an unsuspecting citizen’s premises
they carry off everything they can
lay hands on—not even leaving the
watch dog.
—Rough Rice wants J. H. Janies
to be Governor because he used to
plow an ox when he was a boy.
Whereupon Charley Pendleton re
marks that “If that fact will make a
Governor then we ought to become a
President. We have, in our boyhood
days, plowed a couple of oxen and a
blind mule, and rode a billy goat to
mill"
—Bovd announces that the Quitman
Reporter has entered into silly abuse
of Atlanta. We can’t tell who this
“sarkasm” bears hardest on, Atlanta
or the Reporter. Atlanta doubtless
thinks she has the worst of it.—
Warren lon Clipper. That “sarkasm”
wasn’t the fruit of Bond's own brain,
brother Ham; he stolo it from the
Atlanta trumpet, which we think is
the “hardest" filing of all. Tf von
eive Boyd credit for all the leaded
matter you see in his editorial col
umns. “there’s where you make a
mistake.” A more accurate wav
would he to judge by tho style of his
rhetoric.
— l Thomasville Enterprise: The
Atlanta Conslihdion does not like the
remarks that are being made about
Atlanta. Well, "entlemen, we are
snrrv that von feel badly about it.
but there is the strongest sort of feel
in" throughout, all this seetion that
Atlanta is not a rood plaee for the
T/egialatnvo to hold its sessions, nor
for the officers of the State to reside,
and when tho proner time comes a
vigorous effort will be made to move
the capital back to Milledgevillo.
Don’t get mad now, gentlemen; it's
entirely too enrlv. Your ammuni
tion might give out before it is need
ed most.
—-From the aruienranco of tilings,
the Fort A'alley Mirror is apprehensive
tli.-.t. that section is to have a visita
tion from the great plague of the
Northwest—grasshoppers. On Ma
jor Neil's place they have accumula
ted in ’arge numbers, and are eating
up bis cotton. They have already
destroyed a hundred acre field of cot
ton on Air. Mac. Robinson's up on the
river. He ploughed up the few re
maining stalks in the iield and plant
ed corn, and now the pesky grasshop
pers are eating his corn. Large num
bers have been seen on Mr. AVesley
Houser’s farm, but as vet they have
done no damage to crops. We no
tice in onr exchanges that they are
eating up tho crops in North Ala
bama.
—The Columbus Enquirer of the
15th says: Mr. Kendrick in the last
few days has appeared on Broad
street. He remarked only yesterday
in a store that he was innocent of ev
ery charge brought against him, and
that he would yet establish it and
bring his accusers to shame. The ac
cusers, who number nearly all Colum
bus, are waiting to be put to shame.
Mr. Kendrick, seemingly, is very anx
ious to have a trial, but every post
ponement has been made by bis side.
The general impression is that he will
try to get another ooutinauce next
week.
—Thouiasville Times: The large
and respectable number of citizens
who met on Thursday to organize an
immigration society, demonstrated
that at last the people are aroused on
the subject of immigration. The
meeting was called to order by Capt.
Davis, who nominated Col. James L.
Seward for Chairman, and Mr. H. J.
Mclntyre for Secretary. The society
was organized by the enrollment of
fifty or sixty members—and the adop
tion of a Constitution This instru
ment provides that it shall be man
aged and controlled by a board of
tbiit-cu Directors. These, by resolu
tion, w ill be elected by the Assoeia-
tion on next Wednesday. Col's.
Young, Mclntyre; Judge Handel],
Capt. Davis atul dtHers took part in
the discussion, all evincing a warm
interest in the organization We re
gret that want menace prevents us
from giving a full report of the pro
ceedings. They will appear noxt
week. The bull lias been put in mo
tion. Keep it moving. Lot every
land owner in the epunty who will
sell lands, furnish the Association
with a description of the san e local
ity, quantity of soil, price, ami every
other needed information necessary
to make a sale.
Savannah News: Tim Atlanta Cam
monweallh says: “Soma' thieves broke
into an establishment a short time
ago, and their cry was: ‘Remove the
Capital!'” True, Commonwealth.
Comparatively a short time ago, the
Bullnck-Biodgett-Kimball gang broke
into the State establishment and re
moved its capital as well as its Cap
ital. The former could not, we pre
sume, be recovered even by process
of law, but the latter we desire to seo
returned to Milledgcville. Whatever
may be vour opinion in regard to this
matter, Commonwealth, you owe it to
your readers—to justice and fairness
—to advocate a plan whereby the peo
ple may be allowed to say whether
they desire the Capital to remain in
Atlanta.
Savannah Ninas'. “Dov ain’t no nig
ger on de top side er iteration,” said
a colored man at Tennille the other
day, putting his hand to his banda
ged head, “what can sing a hymn an’
put de gear on a kickin' mule at de
same time.”
The Eaton ton Me.i.trnger lias the fol
lowing, which we apprehend is not
an-exceptional case: It is currently
rumored that there is a man in this
county who says that his family is ac
tually suffering for bread to eat. And
yet, strange to say, that man can vis
it liis neighbors, stay till dinner, cat
heartily, and then sit down and play
drafts the whole evening, without ex
hibiting any care or solicitude for his
wife and children at home wanting
something upon which to live.
Over in Florida.
—'Bah,for Drew Hid Hr' 1 -! i
’ —David Montgoimjry, the Radical
candidate for Lieutenant Governor
of Florida, will probably put on a
more dignified air now and quit play
ing base ball. He is quite an expert
with the bat and ball, and has been
“pitcher” for the Madison club. We
don’t know that it will afford David
any great satisfaction to hear it, but
we are nevertbless constrained to of
fer it as onr opinion that there is no
danger of his ever having to give up
his favorite game to attend to the du
ties of Lieutenant Governor. Too
much “foul ball,” David.
—The new management of the J.
P. ,A M. It. H. showed what kind of
schedule it was going to run by send
ing the Radical delegates and a host
of hummers to the Cincinnati conven
tion in a special car.
—Monticello has organized a Dem
ocratic Club for the Campaign.
—Every Democrat in tho State
seems to he satisfied—yea delighted—
•
with the nomination of Drew and
Hull.
Tallahassee Sentinel: On the
first day of the present month the
Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
bile Railroad was turned over to
Hon. Dennis Eagan, as agent of
the State of Florida and of the Trus
toss of the Internal Improvement
Fund, by Mr. Robert Walker, the late
receiver of the road, in accordance
with the decree of the Supreme Court
of the United States. Under the new
regime the officers of the Road are as
follows: Dennis Eagan, General
Manager; Edward M. Cheney, Assist
ant Manager and auditor; T. C.
Spooner, General Superiutenent; AY.
At. Cowgill, General Freight and
Ticket agent. The new management
has already taken steps to curtail the
running expenses of the road by re
ducing the employes to the lowest 1
number possible, and pursuing a sys
tem of rigid economy. A circular
has been issued to station Agents and
other officers and employees on the
road by the manager to the effect that
those who have not already received
notice to the contrary will bo contin
ued in their present positions.
Madison News: The supple parson,
W. \Y. Hicks, who boasts that he has
a “backbone” nevertheless, closed the
funeral obsequies of the late Radical
party of this State by making a fare
well speech and singing the doxology.
Asa specimen of the manner in which
he engrafts quotations from scripture
upon his slang phrases and the lingo
of the race course, we note the fol
lowing, taken down at the time from
his lips: “AVo have fought a good
fight, kept the faith and are now com
ing in on the homeward stretch.”
Floridian: If Cheney, flgan & Cos.,
are so much opposed to “immense
landed estates,” and to the “baronial
system,” why did they not oppose the
selling of three million acres of lands
belonging to the State of Florida to a
Yankoo company for twenty-five cents
per acre ? AVhy were not those lands
divided up into forty-acre lots and
sold to the poor tenants of the
“DjuiYou Democrat,” instead of e.ip-
italists, to bo hold without being im
proved for the purpose of specula
tion ?
Floridian: The Nentinel says that,
uuless it has beep "mpnstrpUiUJ im
posed upon,” George F. Drew, the
Conservative candidate for Governor,
fled to Jacksonville just before the
surrender, where ho was kindly re
ceived by the Federals, etc. The
Sentinel has undoubtedly been “mon
strously imposed upon.” Mr. George
PV Drew spent tlie closing years of
the war in South Georgia and Flori
da, engaged in salt making and
bridge buildiug. He ueyer went to
Jacksonville until after the surrender.
Mr. Cnrfbfihti* Drew was rtreidcntrrHy
caught in Jacksonville by the Feder
al Pickets late in the war. He went
therefrom Monticello to remove his
family, effects, etc., hut before he
could get out the enemy had posses
sion. He, however, escaped in a few
days.
The New Silver Rill.
In the House of Representatives on
the 10th the Committee oil Banking
and currency reported the following:
Cox, of New York, Chairman of tlie
Committee of Banking and Currency,
having called Sayler, of Ohio, to the
Speakers chair, reported the follow
ing bill: That the Secretary of tlie
Treasury, under such limits and reg
ulations as will best secure a just and
fair distribution of tlie sums through
tlie country, may issue the silver coin
in tlie Treasury to an amount not ex
ceeding 1,000,000, in exchange for an
equal amount of legal tender notes,
shall be kept as a special fund sepa
rate and apart from all other money
in the Treasury, and to he reissued
only upon the retirement and de
struction of a like amount of fraction
al currency received of the Treasury,
and in payment of dues to the United
States, and said fractional currency,
when so substituted, shall be destroy
ed and held as part of the sinking
fund, as provided in the act approv
ed April 17, 1870. The hill passed
without division.
The same Committee reported the
following: That in addition to the
amount of subsidy coin authorized by
law to be issued in the redemption of
fractional currency, it shall he lawful
to manufacture at the several mints
and issue through the Treasury and
its several offices such coin to the
amount of $2,000,000.
Sec. 2. That the silver bullion re
quired for tlm purpose shall lie pur
chased from time to time at market,
by the Secretary of the Treasury with
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, and the resulting
coin may ho issued in tho ordinary
disbursements of the Treasury, or in
exchange for legal tender notes nt
par; bi,it no purchase of bullion shall
be made under this act, when the
market rate for the same shall be such
as will not admit of the coinage and
issue, or exchange, as herein provi
ded, without loss to the treasury, and
any gain or seigniorage arising from
this coinage shall be accounted for
and paid into the Treasury, as provi
ded under existing laws relative to
the subsidiary coinage, provided that
tho amount of money at any one time
invested in such silver bullion, exclu
sive of such resulting coin, shall not
exceed $10,000,000.
Sec. 3. That the trade dollar shall
not hereafter boa legal tender, and
the Secretary of the treasury is here
by authorized to limit, from tiino to
time, the coinage thereof to such an
amount as he may deem sufficient to
meet, the export demand for the same.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, moved to
strike out of the secoud section the
words “or in exchange for legal ten
der at par,” also to strike out the
words “or exchange.” The amend
ment was agreed to. The bill as thus
amended was then passed without
division.
GKOridlA AM) PKX.XSrLVAXIA COM
PA HKD.
During the debate in the House on
the bill to restrict the disposal of gov
ernment lands iu flie Southern States,
Air. Hewitt, of Alai a na, made a
speech, in the course of which lie
drew the following comparison, which
we commend to a careful reading:
“If we should take the State of
Georgia instead of Indiana, and com
pare it. with the State of Pennsylva
nia, we would have a better illustra
tion of our proposition. The State of
Georgia has five million of acres in
cultivation in excess of Pennsylvania.
The value of the farms of Pennsylva
nia is over nine hundred and forty
seven million in excess of thosje of
Georgia. The State of Georgia has
engaged in agricultural pursuit over
7(1,000 persons more than Pennsylva
nia, while the value of the annual
products of agriculture of Pennsylva
nia is over one hundred and three
millions in excess of those of Georgia.
The reason why the Pennsylvania far
mers succeed so much better than the
Georgia farmer is found iu the fact
that Georgia has but 3,830 manufact
uring establishments, while Pennsyl
vania has over 37,000; that Georgia
has employed in these establishments
only 17,000 persons, while Pennsylva
nia lwis-over 300,080. Georgia pro
duces from her manufactories annual
ly only about *31,000,000, while Penn
sylvania derives over $700,000*000.
The Geargi i farmer, like the Indiana,
seeks a foreign market, while Penn
sylvania furnishes a home
her farmer.
Ignorance in Fanning;
Olla of the grentait drawbacks to
successful farming is the presence of
the unknown quantify ignorance of
the exact condition of things, in val
ue, weight and measure. Concerning
our products. Womoften produce at
a loss. Ail account v*th each crop
would decide the matter, it after a
few trials it Cost more to produce
than a crop will ScW for, its cultiva
tion should be abandoned, Many
continue to produce.from year to year
at a loss, simply frpm the want of a
little calculation.
In order to conduct farming opeyn
tions understnndingly, and intelli
gently, it is necessary to ascertain the
cost of production by keeping accu
rate account, as far as possible, with
the farm as a whole, and rich field in
detail. To do this requires, in the
first place, c.n accurate measurement
of the different fields. A map of tlie
farm should be made, and each field
numbered, with the number of acres
also marked down. A farm account
book should lie prepared or purchas
ed, in which should be noted tlie crop
productions on each field, charging to
its account the labor required to pro
duce the crop, together with seed,
manure, interest, taxes, etc., credit
ing the amount for which the pro
duce sold, or at its market value. By
this course the actual cost can easily
be ascertained showing liow and
where the profits or losses arise, af
fording an excellent guide for future
operations. An account should also
be kept with the farm, as with an in
dividual, on the above basis, balanc
ing tho books at the end of each year,
and taking an inventory of stock,
farming implements, etc., to open cor
rectly the account for tile succeeding
years. This method will demonstrate
conclusively whether farming pays or
not as fur as that person Iconcerned.
Most farmers aro very -careless about
keeping any account whatever even
with neighbors and others with whom
they have dealings, which is a prolific
source of trouble and vexation, often
leading to expensive lawsuits.
But farmers will say they have no
time to attend to such things, and
trust to luck and the honesty of other
people to carry them through. Any
merchant or business man who con
ducted his affairs to such a slipshod,
slovenly manner would surely fail, and
would not deserve to succeed. It will
require but afew moments at the close
of each day, and one year’s trial of
keeping farm accounts will convince
most farmers that it is a very sensible
aud proper method of doing business.
T would like to hear from others
through these columns on this sub
ject. Country <i ntleman.
Why Johnson's Ram Failed lo Got
:t Prize.
* [Michigan Farmer.]
Our comity fair’s just over; but
Johnson’s Cotswold ram did not take
the prize that was offered for the best
animal of that kind. Judge Klump
was chairman of the committee on
rams, and he manifested the deepest
interest in Johnson’s, indicating clear
ly that if any cheep ought to take a
prize that one ought to. Johnson’s
ram was by itsclt in the pen with a
high board fence, and before adjudi
cating the Judge thought lie had bet
ter go in and make a close examina
tion of the animal for the purpose of
ascertaining the fineness o c the wool.
As soon as the Judge reached the in
terior ho walked toward the ram,
whereupon the ram began to lower
his head and to shake it ominously.
Juntas the Judge was about t feel
the lleeoo, the ram leaped forward rtftil
planted his head in the Judge’s
stomach, rolling him over on the
ground. Before the judge had time
to realize what had happened the ram
came at him again, and began a seri
es of promiscuous butts, each given
with the precision and force of a pile
driver. It butted the Judge on the
back, on the ribs, on the arms, on the
shoulder-blades, and tho bald place
on his head, on bis shin; it butted his
spectacles off, butted his high hat in
to silk chaos; it lmttcd him over into
the corner ami lip against the fence,
then it hutted four boards off the pen,
and escaped into the fair grounds and
skedaddled, and would not wait to
have the first prize ticket pinned to
his ear. Judge Klump did not go
after it. No, no! Four men came
and carried him home. The doctor
anticipates ho will recover bv the next
fair.
Happiness. —The idea has been
transmitted from generation to gener
ation, that happiness is one largo and
beautiful precious stone a single gem
so rare, that all search after it is vain,
all effort for it hopeless. It is not so.
Happiness is a Mosaic, composed of
many smaller stones. Each taken
apart and viewed singly, may bo of
little value, but when all aro grouped
together, and judiciously combined
and! set, they form a pleasing and j
graceful whole—a costly jewel.. Tram
ple not under foot, then the little,
pleasures which a gracious providence '
scatters in the daily path, and which, 1
iu eager search after some great and
exciting joy, we are so apt to over-,
look. AVhy sisou’d we- always keep
our eyes fixed on the bright, distant
horizon, while there are so many love
ly roses in the garden in which wo are
permitted to walk V The
of our chase
thc
our -
m f<ji' Tat
Among the anfloVed and drippinpf
pedestrian)! who sought the aid of a
Grand rivet atiedt car yesterday to
help shorten the way home was a mau
with gray locks and aii old maid with
beau catchers and false teeth. They
seemed to hate each other at first
sight, for he was hardly seated beside
when lie growled:
"If you women ilidnH wear bustles
there'd be twice as much room in
street cars.”
“If men didn't sit cross-legged
there’d be three-times ns much
room ?” she snapped in reply.
•'lf I was a woman I wouldn’t lie
gadding nr on ml with fbo rain pour
ing tlowu ill this way,” ho remarked.
‘ Yes you would. Tf you were if
woman yot! Would wniit to go out
and show those feet.”
Ho drew liis No. ll's under ihe
seat, flushed no a little, and growled:
“They are not false, like some
folk’s teeth!”
“No, and they don't turn up quite
as much as siJittr people s nose! she
answered.
He was rtllt'fi'feil for a time, lull
presently recovered himself and went
on.
“Thirty years ago women got along
without paint, powder, bustles, straps,
buckles and such nonsensical fixings.”
“Thirty years ago," sho promptly
replied, “it was a rare tiling to sec a
man come out of a saloon wiping his
mouth on liis thumb I
He didn't say anything more but
lie wondered if she wasn’t looking
out of the window when he signaled
the car,
Sheep in Orchards.
Having a small orchard of bou£
sixtv trees, I have for three years past,
pastured it with six or eight sheep for
die benefit of the trees. Last year,
being It non-bearing year in this State,
I had more apples than all the neigh
boring farms together. My practice
is to plough shallow alternate years,
in order to disturb the surface of the
ground and not cut the roots too
deeply, which I consider to be against
the longevity of the tiees, and sow to
clover, to be fed one year to the sheep,
the meet plowed and sowed again to
clover, the sheep kept in another
feeding lot rill after haying, when flic
clover roots have gained strength and
maturity, so that the close fee ling of
the sheep will not kill them. AVhy
J plow so often is because the tramp
ling of the sheep is apt to pack tho
ground around the roots of the trees,
preventing their bearing. The sheep
eat all the blighted windfall apples,
which contain the germs of the inju
rious insects, ns soon as they fall fro nr
the trees; and they distribute their
manure so evenly and finely over tho
ground that the rains soak it immodi
atelv down to the fine surface l'ootc
of the trees, causing them to bear ev
ery year. The sheep should not be
kept in too late in the fall, nor put ill
t o early in the spring, when the grass
is dead, as they are apt to kuaw tho
bark of the small trees. — Nor Eng
land Fanning.
Some Southern papers are printing
a call issued by the officers of llm
National Independent Political Lnioit
for a national convention of colored
men in tills city, on the 20th of June.
The purpose is avowed to he: "To
shape onr ’iciV' miff Consolidate ouf
baih/ts, to tlie cod that, the best inter
est of our people may bo subserved
thereby, and that the loathsome par
ty yoke imposed on us may be sett
aside, and to confirm a final depart
ure from the Republican party with
its loathsome corruption and forever
hetcafter cast our vote for better moil
and a better party.” The. political
interests of the colored men of the
South are identical with those of the
whites. AVe hope to see thousands 4
in the coming campaign appreciate
and act upon this fact. HeiotofOftf
they have hunted with the white Re
publicans who have given them tho
buzzards and gobbled all the turkeys.
—A ngusla (Ihrnniele.
AVe think the negroes are getting
their heads level all over this coun
try, after so long a time, and if reports
are to bo believed, especially is it true
as regards Florida. Al e understand
that they are very indifferent in that
State, and express themselves boldly
that they will not again be controled
by the designing carpet-baggers.
Tun Biggest Hog in the AYoki.d.—
The famous hog owned by Air. Win.
Bush, of Alonroo, aud so celebrated as
the largest porker ever known iu these
■ parts, passed through the city on
j Tuesday last, in charge of its owner,
join the way to Philadelphia, the seat
of the great Centennial celebration..
It is of a black and white color, and
is a cross of the China aud Poland; ie
live years oldwas born in this coun
ty on t lie farm ot Air. Joseph Pond.
It measures 7 feet aud -l inches iu
length, 3 feet and 1 inches in height,
full 30 inches across (he busk, girths*
9 feet, and weighs 1,510 pounds. It
has been fed principally on milk, with
small quantities of com occasionally
to give solidity to the flesh, and show*
that no particular pains have been
taken to give it an artificial nnuear
anee. Its hair is
flesh rough
and it i;*!^
No. 17.