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01.ltu.rW* are clurif.-d fr
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I \v TIHHMAV. Attnr.iPT nt Lovr,
J . R rm-Kville. fla. Will Practice in the Courts of
yiint (Fruit, :m<l Klwsahwe t.y Special Contract.
~p ' T , t Kttcntion given to all collection of claims.
jiinet-ly
fOSKPM H 811 ftH and
J Counsellor at Law. Offi.-e Corner Whitehall and
t,L„ cm its ÜB.n a. da. vy.ll practice n 'he Su
. ri<,r Courts of Cowt ta iind Flint, < ircuitg, t.n*>
L. tie 'ourt of the State, and the United States Dms
trict onrt All com nnications addressed to turn at
i\tiantn will receive prompt attention. aprillMy^
fvo R Hv RT J- .1 Y ALLEN have
J united for the purpose of practicing Law. One
nr Mil mtv always he found in their office Kv strict
attention to business and ‘air dealing with all they
ii.iiie to merit a liberal share of patronage.
The senior member of the firm refers with confidence
to nil for whom he has done business during the past
Will iirncticc by contract, in any of the courts, or in
any portion of the State.
Tliom iston Ga., Jan. 22,1870. jan2t?-3in
4 XUEHSON & A Aftnrnpys
.V at Law. Covinzt -n. Georgia. Will attend regu
lniy, awl Practice in the Superior «'ourts of the
e umtiis of Newton, Butta. Henry, Spalding Pike.
Monroe, Upson, Morgan, DeKalb. Gwinnette and Jas
per. < dec o-iy
T \Mf!S M M VTHFiWS, Art irnc? lit
t 1 Laws, ralbotton. Ga. will practice all the counties
cimposing the "huttahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
pecial contract. declO-ly
U T ILUS .$ WILLLS V f t(.rnPV'i nt Law
7’-ilh 'tt.on, la Prompt attention given to
Insinm placed in our ha ids. decl(l-ly
IVWfItT !» TRIP PR A-nmev : r Law
I I Forsyth, (la Will practice in the St.a’e Cour'g
•ft "t in th" United Stiites' District Court at > tlnnta anti
Savnnnuh. da, dec 0 ly
II HI XT \rt<>rt'py }| *• f ow, Pf.c' e»«
« ville, <;a Wifi practice in all the counties of
Hint' ircilit and Supreme Court ol thv State.
M'Hiov rs hiuxk, a • -if
I.i’-v. T.IV) iton. On Will practice In .11 t.hv
<>!inti»N • f the ('tmttahoo- hei* 'lrcuit., ami Upson nntl
Merriwcther counties dec S- lv
T !( Af\S RK\LL V-N.rt oy L-w,
| how listen Ua. 'ill practice in the Flint t'ir
ml else a here bv special contract dcciS 1\
ni ! ■ ERS If it ■ '' .* -’• ■ c
Os Medicine Office at It TANARUS) HanUi -:tv\s Dr a*
' ! " IV dec' v -1y
TV «i H r T if •MX\ |l ,s r.looscl
- ""lev the cit.i*:'ns of Upson that he «iH continue
Jrt-tico ot Medicine in its various In- lv tcs at
1 »"inaiii>n. declß-lv
f M!V 'S W \ IKKII \ toenov »< L
hafiiince Oa til practice in Uircnit Courts o
* , lt ‘Vond n the United -Ut«? District «>urtn
neclO-l
hGNTI wT aY.
I nod. r^i,rnpd lapinfir tap mo»jPt»tiy
s inThomston.still tenders thier professional
ifMlntb.. practice of Dentistry to the citizens of
silv(!» n T ai ''°) n >i'e connti s Teeth inserted on 2 Id,
aif '. a ‘ ' lrnant ' eor rubber All work warranted an*i
0n,,. ~ guaranteed. Office upstairs over Suggs &
V o t ,lru 8 store,
r u BRYAN k SAWYER.
I I™* FUHRiO IheVP m Vfd ort to
Inc amt am'r*. 1t ‘ ssrß r hencv and Allen’snewbuild
oine idrHfP™® in '»'e practice «f medi
to see me isl „n, n ' lt * ny time Persons wishing
IV,r mans V. '* ,n I n J. v 0,1 ce, can call on M ssrs.
• tion th- v cun i•' . | lsan< l Sawyer’s and obtain ir.forma
be promnth a- Hv > a'** UICS age lbere ’ which wil :
DR J 0. HUNT
DHILV UIBI.lv!
1 t ;u?,' t °i U P ro Posing t,. sell, by subscrip*
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traimiati A ' ns a °" nc i*e history of different
denied i IS " a ®‘ble Dictionary—a con
"f all religious denomina~
coins— a „^ S H } weights, measures and
ful Fauii v n p r c ' ncur d ar, ° e ~ a beuuti-
Len P I rtniirs ec "r^. aa d an Album for six-'
is|,; S t , 48 published by a busi
National guciett h °S e an<l n,,t b ? a den«*mU
P ,)p liase f,. r j loose who may wish to
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For Pi(( P yj • WOOD, Agent,
®«rnes viUe Gi '° and b P s,) u Counties.
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L OAIS PirT,‘n ln? B *CON corn,
Yh die FUNDS 11 Er ° M and not
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TINSLEY & CO.,
Q Macon, Ga.
THOM ASTON, GA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1870.
The sy atoms of liver
it I Ml If A %1 n 8 cofl Vlaint are uneasinesa
v I ill HI ft \ \ ’ and piUn in tue &i^-
(> 1 ill ill 1/ il U Sometimes the pai .in in
the shoulder, aodls inis
taken for rheumatism,
iho stomach is affected uTi loss of appetite and sick
ness, owels in g-neral costive, sometimes altern .ting
with lax. The head is troubled with pain, and dull
heavy sensation considerable logs of memory, accom
panied with painfut sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been done. Often com-
and iow spirits Some
times, some of the above
1 If if n n I 11 to' o ' attend the dis
-11 I I F li I ‘ Jase ’ and Hl other Un,es
| « 1 I U II I very few of th.-m; but
£ I fLe Liver is gener dly the
MNaMMKssMBnI orgun most involved,
thrre the Liver with
DR. SIMMONS’
Liver Regulator,
A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted to be strict
ly vegetable, and cm do no injury to anyone
. II has been used by hundreds, and known for the last
ns ..ue of the most reiiaide, efficacious and
harmless preparations ever offered to the sutfering If
tly i is sure to cure.
gpir.C.JHtttWcaSOiT'l “'Wow Dyspepsia, headache,
I neifiri am An B j tumiico costiveness, sick
§ bladder, c..mp d\s«ntery,
flections oi the kidneys,
fin er, nervousness, chills, diseases of the skin, impurity
of the blood, melancholy, or depression of spirits, heart
burn, colic, or pains in the bowels, pain in the head,
fever and ague, dropsy, hulls, pain in back and limbs,
asthma erysipelas, female affections, and b lious dis
eases general! v. Prepared only by
J. 81. ZFSLIV & C 0.,
Deice “*1: by mail $1.85. Druggists, Macon, Ga.
The following highly respectable persons can fully at
test to the virtues of this valunbl medicine, lin’d to
whom we most respectfully refer:
Gen W. Holt, President 8. W. R. R. Company;
R v T. Felder, Perry, Ga.; Col E. K Sparks, Albany]
Gn.; George J Lunsford, Esq.. Conductor K. W r. r. ;
C Musterson, Esq, Sheriff Bibb county; J A. Butts,
Buitihridge, Ga ; Dykes & Sparhawk, Editors Floridian]
Tallahassee; Rev. J W. Burke Macon, Ga; Virgil
Powers Esq., Superintendent S. W. R R.; Daniel Bui
lard, Bullard's Station. Macon and Brunswick K. R.
Twiggs county, Oa; (irenville Wood. Wood’s Factory]
Macon, da; Dev. h F. Easterlinn, P F: Florida Con
fererce; ''>ajur A. F. Wooley, Kingston, Ga.; Editor
Mac n Telegraph.
For sale by John F Henry, New York, Jno D. Park,
Cincinnati, Jno. Flemming, New Orleans, and all Drug-
8 :tt8 apl2-iy
TIN AND STOVE
STORE.
JTA.VING at last procured ths services
of a first ciass Tinner I am prepared to do ail kind of
Tin Work.
T I IV - W A R K
Manufactured and sold at the lowest possible pricei
and all kinds of repairing at the shortest notice. Act
ing as agent, for
F. M. RICHARDSON’S
justly celebrated Stove, and Tin House, in < tlanta, 1
hid prepared to offer the greatest inducement* to all
those in want of a Stove of any kid.
GOOSING- STOVES
splendidly furnished, and gua-anteed to give perfec’
sutisiaction. I aui also agent lor the celebrated
“COMMON SENSE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE.”
The very best, made, high priced or low only s2b. Cal
and examine njy stock, and l will be thank ui for pa
trona,.e
\V W. IIARTSFIELD, Agent
juriO-tf
GOLDEN MOMENTS!
OLIVER S. HIGGIN’S
New JEWELRY STORE. Barnesa :11c, Ga., a Ike, p
(>n hand and arc coostant.lv rcc iving fresh from New
York the latest and most improved style of
Watches, Clods and Jewelry,
which I am offering at astonishingly low v«rices, as I
am dealing diiectly with i porters I feel confident
that I can furnish this class of Goods as cheap as any
House in Georgia. 1 am determined to keep < n
hand a GENUINE W \TCH and CLOCK, which we
can sell to our customers and
WARRANT AS REPRESENTED
I am permanently located in
13ARNESVILLE,
and am going to build up a business in this line purely
on merit, so if vou want a FINE WATi’IT or CLOCK
• all t the sign of the ‘ BIG W 'TCiL’ in the new
BRICK BL<X’K, next door to Blond worth *fc Murphey,
East side public square.
Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and
warranted.
OI.IVEIt $. IllMdW
|an‘2‘2-tf Barnesville, Ga.
J()IIS!iOi\, CIWLL & (0.
WHOLESALE dealers in
GROCERIES AHD PROVISIONS,
MACON, OA.,
Planter’s Supplies on TIME for
Macon or Savannah Warehouse Accept*
ance. mav2l*4m
AI.BAXY HOUSE,
MERRICK BARNKS. Pro.
CORNER PINE AND JACKSON STS.,
ALBANY, G^- a
pf* Polite Servants constantly in attendance, and
the comfort of Guest studiously regarded.
Hacks always ready to conv 0 *' Passengers to
and from Depot, )0n29-iy
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TIIOM AS ; imG aTTu SEAhli).
* GO, FEEL W[j \T I HAVE FELT."
[A young lad, of Now York wa* in the
habit oi writing for the Philadelphia Led
ger on he subject (it Temperance. Her
writing* evinced such deep emotion that
a triend of hers accused her of boing a
roari’ac on the subject cf
Whereupon she wrote the following stan-
ZRB :]
Go, feel what I have felt,
Go, hear what I have borne
Sink 7 ueath the bl"ws a father dealt,
And the cold world's scorn ;
The sufferer on from year to year—
The sole relief the scorching tear.
Go, kneel where I have knelt,
Implore, beseech and pray-
Strive the besotted heart to melt,
The downward course to stay ;
Be dashed with bitter curse aside,
Your prayers burlesqued, your tears
defied.
Go, weep as I have wept,
O’er a loved father’s fall
See every promised blessing swept—
Youth’s sweetness turned to gall—
Life’s fading flowers strewn all the way
That brought, me to woman’s day.
Go, see what I have seen.
Behoid the strong man bow—
With gnashing teeth, bps bathed in bb>i and,
A cod and livid br>>w ;
Go, catch his withering glance, and see
There mirrored his soul’s misery.
Go, hear, and feel, and see, and know,
All that my soul hath felt and known ;
Then lock upon tne wine cup’s glow,
See if its beauty can atone—
Think if its flavor you will try
When all proclaims, “’tis drink and die !”
Tell me I hate the bowl—
Ilate is but a feeble word;
I loathe—abhor—my very soul
With strong disgnst is stirred,
When’er I see, or hear, or tell
Os that
AMNESTY FUR ALL.
IN EARNEST PI.F.A F R TUB REMOVAL oF POI.I
TIC \L DISABILITIES.
From the Cincinnati Gazette i Republican).
Senator Revels was called on in
t!u Senate on Tuesday to give his
views as to a general amnesty« He
stated that the Republican party in
Mississippi bad approved the policy
of a general amnesty for the people
of M ssissippi, and that he supported
it This is Senator Revels’ testimony
of the Southern people, so far as he
knows them. There is no reason to
suppose that the san e policy would
not be as wise in the other Southern
States. And there is much evidence
that an elective government which
disfr nchises the principal body of
the tax pavers, and ostracises those
most intelligent and most accustomed
t-» the affairs ot government, runs to
prefhgaey.
We know that in the States that
formally seceded, the mass of the in
telligent, and of the tax payers, and
of the natural leaders of society went
into the secession movement either by
instinct or by the force of association.
We can reason that to attempt to car
ry on a popular government which exi
eludes these, is to abandon the con
servative forces of intelligence and
responsibility. We cannot avoid the
conclusion that such a government
has no right to exist, and that if the
people can not be trusted the Nation
al government should govern them.
But we are met by a picture of the
heniousness of the crime of rebellion,
and are told that to grant amnesty to
rebels is to become accessories after
the fact to the murder of our soldiers.
And. furthermore, we are frightend
with the bugaboo that if the disabil
ities are removed, Jefferson Davis and
John C. Breckinridge will be back in
the Senate.
This is a fearful anti climax. The
gigantic crime of the rebellion against
the best government the sun ever
shone on —a crime wihch our most
strained orators were wont to say is
the greatest since the crucifixion—
the murder of a quarter of a million
of <’ur soldiers--all taken satisfactory
vengeance upon by excluding Jeff
Davis and JuhnC. Breckinridge from
the Senate ! It is like the regime of
vengeance brought in by Andrew
Johnson, who, for a month, bellowed
to admiring delegations retribution
upon traitors, and then exhausted it
all in a requirement that Jefferson
Davis should be Hed by a jury,
which roost unavoidably be made up
of his confederates.
It seems to us that any seal© of
justice adequate to this view was
abandoned when Lincoln and* Giant
granted terms of capitulation to the
rebel armies, which amnestied in
termaall the fighting men of the re~
hellion. To go around after that
picking up civilians and stragglers to
administer justice upon in rather a
small business.
And besides, we find it impossible
to be scared by the prospective return
of Jefferson Davis and John C.
kinridge to the Senate. More than
that, we sav let them come. We
would as lief have John C. Breckin
ridge as any other Kentucky Demo*
crat. We believe him preferable to
many who practiced Kentucky neu
trality, and who somehow fancy that
they conquered, and are anxious to
continue the rebellion. Breckinridge
tried it thoroughly and bravely, and
has had enough, and we see nothing
in his conduct to indicate anything
else than a desire to repair the des
truction caused by war to his own for
tunes and to those of the Common
wealth.
True, lie will probably continue his
relations with the Democratic party.
But if by fidelity ti our slain soldiers
we mean exclusion of Democrats
from Congress, let it be distinctly
said. And if we do not mean this,
let us recognize the distinction.
If we are to have a Democrat for
-Senator from Mississippi, is it not
morally certain that we shall have
one who fully sympathized with se'*
cessiou and aid-d it? And if so, we
would as lief have Jeffersoi Davis as
any other His ability is unquestion,
ed. lie has large experience in the
affairs cf our government. The Sen
ate needs such members. The lead
ing Southern members were always
good watchman of the public Treasu
ry. That is what is most needed now.
The debasement of the Senate, both
in the number of Senators who lack
that element of responsibility which
is made by adequate constituencies,
and by the number whose position is
so temporary and unnatural that it
lacks all the elements ol responsibili
ty, has given such ease to pmfligite
Schemes that the country needs the
aid of all the forces that w uld op 0
pose them. This is now the most
practiced patriotism.
The conviction has been forced
upon the public mind that the exper
iment of governing the Southern
States by ostracising the great body
of tax payers and all those who, un
der the natural conditions, came into
the administration of government,
and by foisting over them INorthern
sojourners, freedman’s bureau men.
and the most ignorant of the natives,
has worked badly, and that the ser -
vices of the former governing ele°
merits are needed for the protecrion
of the people. The name of loyalty
is too dear at cost of such a system
of plunder, as, for example, that in
South ( arolina, under an Ohio car*
pet bagger.
There may be a question if patru
otism is compatible with public plun
der, or, if patriotism which requires
public plunder tor its support is worth
the cost.
But let us understand the principle
upon which we are acting Is it
that all who went into the rebellion
should be deprived of political privil
eges? Then our reconstructions are
all wrong.
There is a talk of willingness to
remove disabilities as fast as these
men give evidence of a return to loy
alty. What are the si*, ns of loyalty?
Let its conditions be plainly set forth,
that the Southern rebels may know
what is required of them Does it
mean an oath ol allegiance to the
Constitution of the United States ?
That certainly should be indispensa*
ble. Does it mean that they shall
join the Republican party, or that
they shall support the next amend
ment to the Constitution ? If that
is the meaning let it be set forth in
plain terms. But in fact, it is very
hard to state any rational conditions
for continuing these disabilities, and,
on the other hand, there are many
urgent reasons for removing them.
To this conclusion the public has the
testimony of the first representative
of the co ored race in the United
Siates Senate, who speaks for a race
which has most reason to be jealous
of the restoration of the political
power of the old sliveholding class,
and who affirms that the people of
his color in the State of Mississippi*
have declared for a complete amnes -
ty. If it is good there it is good in
all the States.
Jack. McCray who was convicted o*
murder at the last term of the Crawford
Superior Court was pardoned by his Excel>
lency Gov. Bullock, on the 2ud of June.
So much for luck Jaok.
STEAM-PLOW iNG IN LOUISIANA.
A twenty-horse power steam-plow
ing tackle breaks up twenty inches
and subsoils twenty-four inches.
The first forty acres of steam-plow
ed lands, which weie broken up in
the spring of 1868 and planted in
corn and peas, and sugar cane in the
fall of the same year, gave a yield of
luO.OOO pounds dry sugar, being over
2 500 pounds, or two and one-half
bogheads of sugar to the acre. On
other steam-plowed lands, planted
the following spring in cane, the re*
suit has been nearly as satisfactory,
and this too during a seasoß more un
propitions for the yield of sugar than
any known for the last twenty-five
years Many fields where the stand
of cane was equally as good, but cul
tivated only with horse power, and
receiving much more labor and atten
tion than the steam-plowed lands, did
not produce more than 1,500 pounds,
or one and one half bogheads the acre.
Therefore, experience fully justifies
stating that the yield of cane upon
the steam plowed and steam-cultivat
ed lands, and with less than haty the
labor , will be fifty per cent, greater
than can possibly be obtained by any
other system of cultivation. The ad
vantages which will be derived from
the application ot steam to the culti
vation of the soil, in our rich and in
exhaustible lands in the valley of the
Mississippi, and the vast prairies of
the West, so admirably adabted to
steam cultivation, is not now within
the reach of human mind to calculate.
The prejudices against steam-cul
tivating machinery may yet, for a
time, retard its general use on this
continent; but the scarcity of, and
rapidly increasing demand for labor,
now so sensibly felt in every section
of out country, can only be supplied
by the introduction into general use
of the steam plow. It will suppersede
the necessity of the introduction of
Chinese labor. We will then be able
to supply the world with cotton,
bread and meat. There is no coun
try so admirably adapted to steam
cultivation as ours ; and the day is
not far distant when the smoke of the
steam pl( w will ever be in sight of
the millions of freemen who will then
cultivate and inhabit our vast agri
cultural continent. Constitution.
Senator Chandler vs The British
Lion . Don Piatt writes it was a
great day for America when Zach.
Chandler assailed the British bon in
the Senate. “The brave, the valor
ous old Senator smote the lion on the
snout until he quailed. lie shook
him by the mane until his old bones
rattled. lie twisted his tail until the
vile beast howled with anguish. All
the while the American bald-headed
eagle soared and screamed, and
screamed and soared, holding aloft
the forked lightning and the star
spangled banner. It was a proud
day for America, and venerable Sen
ators, with bald-heads and ill-fitting
garments, snorted defiance while writ
ing letters and reading newspapers.
The conciliatory smile passed for
once from the face ol the Vice Presi
dent. He sat like Mars, and his
majestic brows corrugated, resembled
a vulcanized roof in a thunderstorm.
Fleet: ic streams of loyal patriotism —
that is not States-rights patriotism
—flashed and quivered along the
galleries, while tear settled like an
old iien in the diplomatic gallery,
where Mr. Thorton’s first attache and
two old ladies of German origin,
trembled and shook until their shawls
fell off.”
United States Mail to Germany.—
The direct German mails are dis
patched from New York to Hamburg
on Tuesdays, and to Bremen on
Thursdays and Saturdays of each
week.
The postage on letters for the
German States via Baltimore, is 10
cents fur each Jounce; single papers,
3 cents : book prints, 6 cents for each
four ounces.
Religions and their Followers. —Os
the population ot the earth 260,000,-
OuO are comprehended in Christen
dom. Buddhism numbers 170.000,-
000, Brahminisin, 60,000,000. There
are 5,0**0,000 Jews, and Mahome
danism claims 96.000,000. Outside
of these religons there are 100,600,-
000 souls who worship the objects of
Nature, animals, plants, etc.
Gambling. —“ What harm is there,’
said a young man, “in playing a
game of cards for amusement ? It
leads lo the formation of bad Habits—
gambling, drinking, swearing; and it
is attended by loss of time, loss of
health , loss of reputation , loss of peace 1
loss oi fortune, and loss of both body
and send.
RELfGOIIS ITEMS.
Revision o f the. Bible m England.
—The London correspondent of the
Now York Times says:
The Convocation of York Refuses
to join with thut of Canterbury in
bringing jfbout a revision of the En -
glish Bible. For this reason a goyal
commission is out of the question*
but the Convocation of Canterbury
lias resolved to undertake the work,
and ask the aid of all religious de
nominations throughout the English
speaking world. The Dean ot Can
terbury wished to include the Jews
also, so far as the Old Testament is
conerned. Therefore, every one who
has an amendment to propose should
send it to the Archbishop of Canter
bury, postpaid. The present version
was a long time in preparation, and
after it was published it was a full
half a century before it came into
general use. A new* version might
take longer, considering the violent
opposition of men like Lord Shaftes
bury to any change. It is said that
an adequate revision would on an
average change one word in every
verse of the New Testament; and
many whole verses, and some that
are considered very important ones,
would be left out altogether. Still
as far as I can see the errors are not
so important as many suppose, and
the interpolations are, in nine cases
in ten, merely explanatory, and
many have been first introduced as
marginal notes, and afterward care
lessly embodied in the text. But in
a rapidly changing language every
translation requires frequent revision.
Words and phrases have not the
same meaning now that they had two
centuries ago.
Strange if True. The Charleston
News recently gave the following
strange story :
A few days since, there was a col
ored man in the city with a scar en
tirely around his neck. It i3 stated
that during the closing days of tho
late war, lie was tried by a drum-head
court martial, found guilty, sentenced
to death, duly hung, and pronounced
dead by two surgeons in attendance,
one of whom secured the body, 110
tnen res toyed the hanged man to lite.
Although he was to all appearances
dead, yet the vital spark was not
quite extinct. The hanged rnan hid
himself until -the war was over, and
then settled on a farm wi bin thirteen
miles of the city, where he is now at
work. The scar alluded to is hut the
marks of the rope by which he was
suspended. The execution, it is al
leged, took place in Kershaw county.
It is also stated that the surgeon
who restored the man to. life is now
a resident of this city.
TENANCY FARMING INIILELXND.
Information recently laid before
Parliament embraces some interest
ing facts relating to tenant farms in
Ireland. The whole number of farms
is 682,U00. There are 512,080 larms
of less value than 8*75 a year ; 91.008
are valued at $75 and under $150;
38,534 at $l5O and under $250 ; 24,-
857 at $250 and under SSOO ; 72,-
698 at SSOO and upward. This val
uation is supposed to be the basis of
poor-rate assessments, and at least
twenty per cent, below tho actual
letting value. Os these farms 526,-
539 are tenancies at will; lease ex
ceeding twenty-one and under thirty
one years, 22,217 ; exceeding thirty
one and under sixty years, 4,312 ;
exceeding sixty and under ninety
nine years, 5,497 ; exceeding ninety
nine years, 3,903 ; for lives, 28,339 ,
for live3, alternative, 30,880 ; renewa
ble forever, 4,540 ; perpetuity, 10,-
128 ; in occupation of proprietors it)
fee, 20,217. » '
A Famine Virginia. —An exchange
says, in Appomattox and neighbor
ing counties in Virginia, there is a
genuine famine. Hundreds are re
duced to beggary. The drought of
1869, the ruin of the country by
Grant’s army sacking it, the inabili
ty of property-holders to give labor
to the people ns the result of Govern
ment measures, and the social disor
ders, are the causes.
The Columbus Sun truthfully fore
shadows the future political move
ments of the ex-Governor of Idaho
iu a few words: “The promised
crusade against Bullock will amount
to weak and silly abuse of him per
sonally, until he pays Bard to stop.”
—Savannah Republican.
The Port Royal Railroad. —Eleven
hundred hands are employed at work
on the Port Royal railroad. The
work is progressing simultaneously
»t both ends, and the rail is being
laid the rate of half a mile a day.
Bo says tac Barnwell Jcvrr***.
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