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THE KIPIRIENOE AX D PrtOsPKCTI
OP lUVniKHN PLASTERS.
,fc CO.,Propi-Ictori
TheiNorth, being the manufacturing sec
j tion o? the Uhion, and interested in keepihg
_ down the price of cotton, has inruiinliiv
7"] : ~ r 'j ovoreetimutcd the crop irom planting time
j clown to the close of receipu at the |>orM
1 1 j The New York Herald concedes that it
••*'*i«tn.-n : j ovcre«tiin::;td tlie crop ot 1S0T by i-v-r-
runt T(U( ^”3j*2 ii) oo hundred tli m.-and bales,'jin(l that til? sripp.lv
1 ,UG __ j is so small that the price is not likely timure
ml PRINTING. tlcrgo any serious abatement ft cun >n;
Z 1 !'.'!™ tig urea. This system of guei-sim:,
. ,\£F,Di i editors.
klS
■ r Y)| WORK, slid we guarantee s.itis-
• -■
, rt -Some of the Radical-Negro
Porting that the editor of this
L the credit of having Judge
- sited for Governor. The editor
'vrhM setup no such claim, nncl
tV inserted without a particle of
interest, has worked great hardship upon the
Southern planter, causing, in the pre.- at in
stance, a large majority of them to d rpoae of
their crops at prices that did not remunerate
them for the cost of production. IHs mm of
the tricks of trade, from which, we :. .r, the
South is destined always, to nufiwr. New
York estimates are authority iu -Liverpool,
and as cotton speculators and martitlaetn-
rers may choose to misrepresent -the facti,
just to,that extent is the market controlled
and ourplantera made to suffer; - S<>ine idea
of the full ekterit of injury that may be
brought on,them by this disreputable game,
may bo gathered from the history of tbe last
crop. Planters, or the ftw> who held their
cotton, arc getting more titan- double the
j . , . l of a political club for service
iri! campaign. Wo were glad to
inrwt and enthusiasm manifested.
■ cminled, and tho finest spirit
ntbe Atlanta Intelligencer and. tho
L, Ptes reporter have both an.
he acceptance by Judge Rcesc of
L.tion for Governor, it may, not be
that up to «hi* date wo «
I weired by the Executive» Com-
lytbe official notification addressed |
I in . ! euinpki^ for.it three of foilr jn.?°’ths ago,'
■ y,rso Men in me Field.—'The fluctuation unparalleled, in the trade. A few
iHMitcon helda rousing meeting producer# omit tit by this appreciation, while
llall, Thursday, the object being speculiforsfind irmmifactnrorvli&ve gathered
in their'profits by millions.
Under ordinary circumstances the Soiitli-f
ern plauter might protect bim-wlf against
tliis nefariouB system of plunder by-bolding
0. A. Bacon,-Esq., was callod to j bis crop until'the'brokers and manufacturers
•:d Mr. Robt. Stubbs requested to ) are-willing to pay Ijim a reaSonHldc profit'oo
rftarr, lor the purpose of otgani-1 the cost ot production; but, unfortunately, for
tho. South, shli is impoverished, without capi
tal to employ in agriculture, and dependent
upon loaus at heavy,interest anil ton’ - short:
tithe in- order , to make a crop at all. This
makes lrcr planters-.the slaves of the nloacy.
changers, who, take iilLcontrol over.thc pro
ducts oflabor out of tha'hands of'tbc former.
Nor can we see any .remedy for this state of
tilings until tho South shall have again
worked its wr.y to commercial independence
—a tardy process, indeed, - in: view of the
niiny embarraisraenls thatfetter her energies.
But still she w-II do it in timet Another inodo-
rcvolnlion. Our people must keep out of
b we"adopt his debt, oxceptfcr the necessaries of life, avoid
T i,„ P „ no l excesses of living, stay at home, put every
tlutiim was reported aud adoptwl,
[tb Hon. Clifford Anderson, was
^ident of the Club, Messrs.' N. II.
s ,;d L. II. Wing Vice Presidents, A.
Ii Secretary, and F. Tye Treasurer.
: fcommittees were appointed and
gi ufainizatittn formed for nctivc
t. work. Eloquent 'and stirring
i,; made by Hon. Clifford Ander-
acui Hall, Esq., of Oglethorpe., jh
hhor TU«iiiFBiiujtDB.-Lifhoccji-
iilhiiTNews, who was at Atlanta,,. • . . . . , ,
.Vro-BatlHi! nomination for! »»o.crop of (3«toa r with an abundance of
•:: "made, end tpok down with ^visions and frugality ij every department,
the ayings of certain | 6° tdward perfecting the. desired
i rcjitcl thereto^ ^ves their then
: *cit length, and
obSmofoorowh. There is no. , , , . ... . - B
;::Uir mtire corrector. e “ er Sy t0 work, and all will yet cpme oat
m . ' * ' /.jilgnt. .....
xn ntov Among- TiTirves.—Bay! Regarding the prospects of the coming
b-jc wh te men of Georgia who crop, wo perceivo that misrepresentations are
"i recnnstroction -are seeing the ! already beginting to find their way into the
-.m-to which the State is being I Northern pre:is. Everything is reported as
'ienegroes and carpct-bag Tan- favorable, whip exactly the converse of the
;:r« out from tho vile claw of proposition is true. True, our planters have
•t We copy elsewhere an excel- gone to work with a good will, notwith
.•>»» gallant soldier, Col. J. J. standing the reverses that have happened to
*-o Indbcen seduced by tho hope j all.who were compelled to go in debt last
livni'.ite r.-construi: , year; but they have numerous and formida-
ttlc Mictman Sliellabarger bill, not ble obstacles tc. contend with, such as will
T-iiti dea of political rogues and j require ninterif.1 changes for the better and
a lie was entering. There was j most propitious seasons, to admit of a crop
; -<did not like,and the late Degro I at all larger than that- of the year just post.
* wd its candidates hove proved j We have the strongest reusons for the belief
■'bwk thecamcl's back. He now that die amount'of cotton'to be produced
“ Mrom tbe beginning and wipes will hot exceed the production of last year,
■I ill* viie concern. Read bis ; even should it reach those figures, which is
• j doubtful. In tho first place, the season
• *•- , 4 ■ t jg nearly o month later than last
' A. Lipscomb,. Chancellor <>f,i car aml t l, 3 ,,UnUtion work more
•■frdty, is now travelling in Eu- j th J- a m0DtJ ; beliind. * The excessive
, n , cold pnd wet weather df January andFebru-
A Iteconstructioiiist Repadlatea Them,
From t\c'Athiniu hiteUiffenoer.l
A CARD—'TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
In times of great politital peril,'like, the
present, it becomes the .duty of-every ■citizen
who thinks well of his country, and whp has
i lie interest of the human race at heart more
■ than temporary personal aggrandizement, to
not only study; the situation calmly, in all it3
-.bearings, but to decide for hrinselt upon the’
conrsc he inteuds to pursue, arid to express
his sentiments freely,'without libpe of reward
or i'earof punishment. It is with an inrleli-
bif conviciion of this duty, which should be
smugly impressed upon tho mind of every
limn, ihat I now undertake to address you iu
as brief a manner ns possible.
There'is such a thing as crowding the ag
ony on a little too thick and a little too fast.
This i3 exactly pliat my reconstruction
fritntds in the late Georgia Convention, un
der tbe guidance and protection of an infa
mous Radical Congress, are trying to do.
But a man can’t hold out to stand everything.
There is. a point, beyond which honor and
manhood alike demand that we pause to re-
llect and inquire into the probable result pf
the wort'
-to sanction.
Geu« Meade on the Repudiation Swindle
| Fn»* tie Auyu'tu Chronidle <t Srntinil-l
i Gen. Alwulo has issued an .order,. printed
elsewhere in-our paper: to-day, in which he
requires from alltlic civil ofEpers of the State
the duo ol«mx:irice <iud, recognition of the
repudiation ordinance of fjie Convention, un
til further orders.
We do not rehret this action of cur mili-
tarysatrap. fne hclrcvc that its practical
erilorcement, af oricc,- will open the eyes of
our people ‘ to - the great and irreparable
wrong done by-if to the industry and welfare
of the State. The people jn etery district
and county in the State will have au oppor
tunity of witnessing the uuequal and oppu «-
sive working of the law on all classes of so
ciety, and, further than this, and which is of
equal or perhaps greater importance, it will
tend to the development of those plans and
remedies tn which the creditor will resort to
enforce his rights' and protect his property.
. The Bankrupt Law will be appealed to
and the United States Courts will bo resorted
to for the enforcements of these contracts
which General Meade and' tbe Menagerie
Convention have tabooed in our State Courts.
Nearly all the indebtedness of tbe country is
kings of measures we are called upon ia , * h f of promissory notes,
ion, before wc can take hold of and which, by law, pass .from hand to hand merc-
aMvoCate their adoption. Those who have by delivery. ^ Thc?e c\ idenccs of debt will
followed the'Reconstruction party from, the ^ he transferred to non-resident holders
close of the war to the’ prcBent time, have w h° will institute suit in the Fedora
reached that point now, where- they are iH Courts. There the proceedings are much
honor hound to pause and reflect Srich has pore speedy, expensive a “d summary t mn
heretofore been my course, but Pdesire to 1 btatcstnbuna s. Judgment is obtained
hare it distinctly Understood that I shall no : J ? l lh e first term, unless a substantial defence
longer follow’in the wake of a party whose c entered by a proper plea Executions issue
practical legislation amounts simply toeither '-promptly, »nd- the Marshal of the State will
tlm tlcgrndatibn of the White race or the de- apt be prevented from levy and sale by^any
- b ----- - ~ - 1 plea ot Convention repudiation or of Gen.
Meade’s order.--•.'We would, like to see a
man brazen or foolhardy enough to attempt
to file a plea in tbe.Federal Court, based upon
the action of the Convention or ot General
Meade. Governor Brown, with all his disre-
strnction of the black,
To surrounding friends and acquaintan
ces, iriy political and military course for the
eight years last past arc well known. Op
posing secession at the. , commencement with
all my ability, because I believed the Union Meade. Uovprnqr nr< ■
as a whole would continue to be more proa- gard o .pnnc.pk and recklcssness of private
per,.us and the people continnc W enjoy more
nml, genuine happiness than ir divided;-I did i ln f Qcl ‘ a f out MW® ™ a :
not hesitate -one moment after the State of dlatIon bashc iea?t ^ ta !^ r ^ a KT wind
G«»rgia seceded to espbuse her cab seas my! , Our people are. vow sowing the jyind-
In olr.en mvW in the ranks with I «>«J Wlllsoon tOlp the whirlwind; and WOC
cause, and to place myself in the ranks with
her noble
Ipnght tho
Tegc.her
good fight on many a hotiy-con- ; 1 r.iinf from tl.eir old
ipngut uiqgoou iigui| op rnauj a uguj-vjn- , mpn may conclude t h ttt relief from their old
tested battle field, w ith alternate vict rj an 1 undcY which they are being harrasSed
defeat. I look back upon the action then | “^u ^ b be J kss C[6di t or3 , is some
taken w.ti, pleasurc anil witl pnde and ; for f heir disre gard ot moral and
I IS tm .S, m But
the final
versed. But unfortunately for our cause, we
did not possess sufficient strength, and re
sources to successfully cope with the enemy,
, * , | ieor»ii obligations: uuu w&bu iucy uuu mat
sc, but one single regret, and t a is a | they have been betrayed intp a surrender of
Inal decision pi the war had not been rc- \ ™ to violate, their solemn
and: effectually subj
What course was there then left us to'puff
principlo and induced to violate their solemn
laith upon.the vain and shallow pretext of a
relief that is illegal^ unconstitutional, • unat
tainable,“they will turn, in tjie ' ferocity df
o, iu
ruin and disgrace.
Our people will soon learn tlie lessons
upon us that it can afford no relief to our
people. More than this, we have shown that
it is a cunningly devised snare set to entrap
our people and rob them of tlicir honor and
integrity. We warn our people now, and
shall, continue to warn tliem, against this
treacherous device of their malignant ene
ciics—the Radical ring—Bullock, Beaird
Bradley, Blodgett, Bryant and Brown.
T J-nkin& is ft Waslnngton, and ary,- months wlicn nearly all ierms of the Reconstruction acts our late judgmcDt8 ’fcfag out of State courts
wirglana are organizin./ for the usually completed, closed in most cases w’tn- rj pnr „; ft Convention, beinir more radicalthan —a ♦!,«
organizing , , .
•d election and wifi vote if down. I out <bo running of a farrow.or plantiug.of a
|bt„ of Alabama, sacrificed by the I seed. Then, fewer hands are employed than
; C'nRrrss, has neived them to I wcr£ last year, nt more reasonable prices we
grant, but that will not affect production,
except, perhaps unfavorably. Again, in all
the 1 cotton States, except Alabama, in the
very midst ot the planting seaRon and the
busiest of the year, we are to bo scourged
with elections, and all the various devices of
demagogues to take negroo6 from their work
and hmkeidlers of those that remain. From
now until the :10th April and for some days
thereafter, in this military district, hut little
; io 1 ii* is right.
-'»»rpr Bill vs. Relief.—Tho
5 id on this page a sensible
on this subject, taken from
"fto-nicleft Sentinel. II expo-
’ fallacies of tlie much lxiHsted
' i to debtors by the Radical
Tin- people will find out that
it relief— for it’ is only an at-
^nr, except by its reflex ac- r 6tcady< bonest labor is Jo be expected frojn the
'1» debtor class, and Hurry negro. Candidates have taken tliefield in every
Itila fatal delusion—a cheat j p„, t of those State*, and tfe aro to have an
•retires-and unprincipled au- I exciting campaign in which the negro'is to
‘•dy he ashamed, but will be j act a prominent°pftrt. We see that a “mass
Ittcouot by a deceived W d j metJUrigH is called in this city to-morrow,
Were it legal, its practical ! and probably wo shall have from four to six
thousand hands drawn from the plantations
for thirty miles nrouud, with a consequent
loss with manj of from two to three days’
labor, all to liiiten to the political diatribes
and fooleries of nicii demagogues as Bullock,
Blodgett A: Co. Fcrhapk wc sb ill have one
or two more elpctions during the Summer,
ami wind up in the Fall, In thc-ipidst of the
gathering season—tlie most critical of all to
,T( the law and the power on 1 the'eotton planter—with a Presidential con-
'"11 approach his settlements test.
I human .kindness dried up We submit these facts, and would ask all
ffi( rey closed by dishorn-^si i reasonable men everywhere to jtulgo forthem-
II hin » of his rights: Mark j ?e ] V es of the prpspcct for heavy crops in the
’ . lean upon the bro- South, allowing everything to continue
peaceful, lor the year 1868.
li the North wishes to get cheap cotton
i and put the people of the South in a con
dition to- become valuable customers toils
merchants and manufacturers, let it prevail
on the Supreme Court to declare its honest
j convictions and pronounce tlie Reconstruc
tion acts unconstitutional and void. Such
I a decision would be sustained by the coun-
J try, and bring, in its train stability, pros
perity and progress.
be to plunder the honest
<!I p*iise of the dishonest rich ;
"• uni void, though ratified nt
its nocejsary .effect will
[ ri ?*ul bitterness and-reproach
[ , ® ! °r *nd creditor class, and
two which is obbgcl to
' ,r fttn of the former. The
i| i»thing shall be brought to
4^: . ^ ^ "r.*
i> Relief,and arc even will
■ * J e liberties of yoursclvis and
s, 1 y°« may grasp nt glittcr-
—This erratic individual,
P "f the Grant -Bullock rat*
41 'he close of the piebald
'u a card, iu* which he
•ue respect left for the
a,f . lie repndifttes the
l,e i t'ndorses Judgo Irwin
J*—white am
.j" mrification
a Jid his su.
iie§ Ua# ’ wil h 11
, w )th n determination
* till the last vote be
' ■">•, and Georgia yet
a ‘‘Umiliation yet un-
The S ipreme Court allowed the par
don granted bj> the President to be filed, in
the case from New AKxieo, iu which the pe-
•lorud —
tors, all
“ rr °dread^of I titioncr lost his property under tlie confisca
tion act.
A Mexican correspondent writes that
! “the state of affairs in the capital are indeed
! gloomy.” His mind is probably distracted.
! Our people will soon learn rue lessons
sue but to yield a ready compliance to ti e j tnugUt by a ,j history, sacred and profane, that
t ? r ”« ot^-nquerors. M ecoul c 1^°; j, B wbo undertakes contracts, and agreesupon
tbe fig!it, ho longer, and I Wt it to c y , # y(l i uable po Dg i d cratiou received, either of
duty, in onlerto restore peace and harmony ^ p roper ty, tp pay for. or make resti-
once more to our distracted country, > tulioa ot - UlL . 6aulc will be compelled to per
cept tbe terms first imposed; which as far as : f tlie stipulations of his contract or eur-
the negro was. concerned simply Ruvehim J rcnder asuf ^ cicut amount 0 f his property to
frecdona, and left him to fulfill his destiny in ggggf. all dalh&go'Irbich may have resulted
that epherc of life in which his habits and from ^ i3 brCRch of faitb . T1 f e lawa of no civ .
Jiis natural proclivities best adapted him. | jjj^ country, or, as to that, heathen or bar-
The Southern people did not coincide with ; . g() M W( , knovf will perm i t their Warlike
declined tp accept the first | [ Q break pli ohted faith without mak-'
my views, and so
proposals for peace. Then came the Recon- | - n<r propcr restitution by way-of dam-
struction acts, one after another, m rapid sue- q bo Georgia Radicals and carpet-bag
cession, which conferred on the negro the un^ar'ic* know Vull well that their relief or-
right of lranchise and permitted him to li kl d ; aancu j a a delusion and a snare. They are
a ana* in tlie; Convention which was to frame even now djuckling.over their contemplated
& pew Conatitntion for the State. Nven to overtbrow . 0 f the integrity-and honestypfour
this proposition: I yielded assent, though far | 0 _j c
from aiipToying the measure. I have never r fiiii ■nirnnf fiib mispr»blo
; Stanton’s Fears.
Although the greatest care lias been token
to smother the matter, the real cause for
locking the back door of the War Depart
ment has leaked out most probably tlirougl
a discontented soldier. Out into the mildest
form possible, it cannot be conoealed that the
high-minded occupant of the War 1 Depart
ment was overtaken last week with so great
a panic that it almost resulted iu stampeding
him. When the terrors of the nitro-glyce-
rine conspiracy burst upon him he resorted
to the military for protection, and while
even the most nervous people regarded the
story as a very weak hoar; Air. Stanton saw
danger enough in it to surround the Depart
ment with a strong skirmish line, having a
hoavy reserve for support located within the
building and camping but on the hard brick
floor. A more absurd story never emanated
from the intelligent contraband of the re
bellion than ibo report which caused such
consternation iu the War Department on Fri
day lost. •
This It was: A detective employed ty ~AIr.
Stantoil to bring him early*'intelligence of
any danger that might threaten the safety of
his official sanctuary appeared before him orr
that day and imparted the startling intclli
gence that Mosby had organized a force .in
the country adjacent to-the Potomac river,
and was prepared to enter Washington, sur
round the War Department and seize the re
fractory Secretary pf War, so-called. What
disposition was then to have beea made of
the illustrious prisoner was not clearly
known, but uncomfortable visions of a mid
night .ride on a Virginia fence rail, exppsed
to tho biting blasts of Wintry air,, with no
other covering'than a liberal coat of tar and
feathers, of, perhaps, ii sudden dissolution of
all that is mortal of the great War Secretary,
and his remains thrust into -some- orie of the
half filled holes that cover the Bulf-Run
battle-field,’ filled the mind of the nervous
Stanton, and he at once drdered out * force
of seventy-five men.
Thisforce was held under marching ofders
to more to the scene of action at a moment’s
notice. At night, while tho weather was
quite cold, a strong guard was scat- to the
Long Bridge across tho,Potomac to look out
for the approach of the enemy and contest
tlie passage of the river. The guard, much
to'their disgust^ bivouacked in the cold night
air on the Long Bridge for two night3, but
were doomed to disappointment,- for no
Mosby made liis appearance. Then it was
resolved to lock the rear of tlio War Depart
ment in order that there sbonld be :but: o; -
entrance, which ■ it was thought tho Forty-
fourth regiment, assisted by the Twelfth regi
ment ofinfantry and the Fifth cavalry, would
be able to. hold against any force that could
bo brought upon it.— ffasA. Cor. N Teller aid,
March 12. -
HOUSEHOLD, FARM AND GARDEN.
Preparations—Thaa. Stevens’
Health.
from approving trie measure, i nave never ■ > y* years past the allies of this miserable
believed tliat the negro po-sessed sufficient ( j- act ; on - at tb e North havo fauntccl tlie South
intelligence to exercise the voting privilege. w j tb the charge of repudiation growing ont
C r > . of the action, manyj cars ago, of the State of
rtradis- , Ei i
JHIBHpB 1 ■ 'F
His prejudices and his passions are th
elements ol his nature. Judgment and dis
cretion he has none. -' ’ ' " * '
Soine of iriy friends may perhaps think it
strange that, with this knowledge ot the
negro’s character, I could at the same time
assent, to enfranchising him. But I speak
with candor when I' say, that it’ being im
posed upon us by the party in power Norjh,
my main and only bbject was to settle dis
turbing elements as much as possible, that
our country might again enjoy the blessings
of peace and prosperity. These blessings
were, to my mind, paramount to tlie ques
tion whether the negro voted or not.
But now, as if the white man of the South
had not been sufficiently humiliated by the
Mississippi; in relation *to sortie classes of her
bonds. Now, they have fixed the infamous
brand of repudiation upon our good old
State, arid asik lier people to burn H into
their foreheads Jiy voting their endorsement
of its infamv in order that they may. be
pointed at with the fib'gef of Scorn and dis
grace in all time to come. This' is a great
truth, and Georgians, of all’classes, should
ponder it well—^that, the strict.npd rigid en
forcement of,.alI legal contracts is absolutely
necessary for the safety of r 'socIety.
We - kriowthat many persons are laboring
Under .the delusion that, as a large portion of
the indebtedness ofithe.country 1ms been put
into the shape of judgments, and that such
Georgia Convention, being more raaicaitnan , J ;anao j he enforced except through the
Congress itself, must yet go a step further, j en nnd -instrumentalities of the State
and byits legislation attempt to place t ‘ ,c , triU unal s, and -tliat-con scquently no transfer
negro.qpon an equality with the Wlme. man *
in all tlie relations of life, both social and
political.
This legislation, whether hdopted by vote
or not, occupies that relation to myself, and
to men ot my way'of thinking, of which
the u last straw” is a symbolic representation.
If this last straw is put upipn us our backs
will be broken, and is it reasonable to sup
pose that wc will submit to this further im
position witliont a struggle? Whoever dc-
cid'-s that we will, docs not understand the
feel in"* and instincts of the Southern white
man. ° While wc know that the laws of God
cannot be changed by the laws of man, and
that a ncTO cannot by any means be made
thy equal of a white mari, yet the danger in
the adoption of this unwise legislation lies
in the lnct that a few reckless and unprinci
pled white men, with a like number of fool
ish and aspiring negroes, will have it in their
power to institute a war of races whenever
they make up tlicir minds to enforce the law,
as engrafted in’ the Coinditution. For as sure
as the sun shines by day and the moon by
night, the white race can never admit tho
African to be his equal in all the relations ol
life. ,
I entertain no enmity towards the negro
because ho is •colored. I have been reared
from infancy, to matihood with , them,_ and
believe I feel a deeper interest in their fu
ture welfare than their Northern emissaries
who are striving to instill false ideas in
their head ; and therefore, I tell them now-
that if they want to enjoy the blessings of
life, liberty, property, mu! the pursuit of hap
piness, to remain in the relation to the white
man that God has decreed he should occupy,
and not attempt in any way—even upon in
ducements offered them by our enemics-to
rule the white man of the South. Their rule
would be temporary, but their destruc ion
and annihilation sure and speedy.
With such views upon me, I cannot any
longer affiliate with the Reconstruction
party, btitrenouuce them and their teachings
as I emphatically do the devil incarnate.
Their object is evidently to degrade the
white man or to destroy the poor negro. I
| tribunals, and- that -consequently
of.such, judgment!, to non-resident* would
give to.the holder thereof any ‘greater rights
than those previously 1 held by tile original
holder or plaintiff. Here, again,'is a fatal
mistake. These judgments and the laws
under which .they are secured to the owners
thereof can and will be enforced in the
Federal courts.'
By reference to the 35th section of tbe
Bankrupt Law; It will be seen that any trans
fer assignmentqr conveyance of any part.of a
debtor's property to defeat any or either of
bis creditors, constitutes an act of Bankrupt
cy, and subjects the debtor io the provisions
ol the bill which are applicable to ia volunta
ry Bankrupt*. Under this section the at
tempted enforcement of a junior judgment
one, for instance, founded upon a contract
made prior to the 1st of June, 1865, or a
payment or settlement of such judgment by
the debtor—tho confession of a judgment on
a contract made since June, ’65, and the
Courts have e7en gono so far as to hold that
a payment iu cash or a bill of exchange or
draft to a junior creditor by one. iu insolvent
circumstances—would create a condition-of
Bankruptcy. , .
How, then, can any debtor in Georgia hope
to save Jits property or prevent its legal ap T
; propriation tor.-.tlie paynleot ot his debts!
As soon as he attempts to make a purchase
or sale of property, or to pay a debt created
since June, 1805, his creditors, who, undet-
the provisions of the repudiation humbug,
are debarred from pursuing him in tho State
Courts, will force him into bankruptcy, and
take immediately from hia possession and
control all of his property, both, real and
personal, and have it,placed iu the hands of
an assignee to be sold for the bent fit of all
bis creditors, without'regard to the provi
sions of the repudiation swindle.
The Blodgett Homestead bill will not af
ford the deceived and injured debtor the
least relief. The Bankrupt law secures and
sets apart, by its fourteenth section, for the
use of the debtor’s family, all the property
which by the laws of the State are exempt
from levy and sale, and in addition thereto,
at the option of the assignee, five hundred
New York, Ararcli 16.—The Herald’s
Washington dispatch contains the following:
It is understood that the expectation of an
attack from tho Virginia shore Iras, within
tbe past few days, taken a form that was at
first not anticipated. It is known air order
has just been issued in the War Department
directing forty army wagons, with teams and
teamsters, to be kept in readiness ta more at
a moment’s notice, for the transportation ol
supplies. Orders have also been, issued to
the commanders of the garriSrins'about - the
cityto ; keep their commands, both - officers
and men, in quarters.
'Since.the excitement’ of Friday last, the
'health of-Thttd. Stevens hha assumed a more
serious evidence of decline.than at any other
time since his arrival here, and it is. thought
by thoso intimately acquainted with every
phase of his failing condition, that it is very
doubtful whether he will again be able to
leave his room. Mr. Stevens has a negro ser
vant towards whom lie has always been par
ticularly kirid x and every, morning upon en
tering his room he 6alli him by name. This
morning, upon his servarit htlteriog his room
as nSual, Mr. Stevens was observed to look
at him intently, lint failed to recognize him.
This indication of so great a change was ob-.
served by several of , Air., Stevens! household
who were in the room at the time. Several
members of^Congress,who called tb-day upon
business of an important nature, were reques
ted not to insist upon seeing Mr. Stevens.—
The greatest fears are entertained that Mr. Ste
vens’ days of duty have ended.
Unfortunately for this statemerit, the tele
graph, twq’.days after, reports Air, Stevens in
the House making a long speech on universal
suffrage. It was prob&Wy, though, read by
the Clerk.—Eds. Tel.
am no longer for such a party, and I quit it! dol!ars W o rt h of'othci- property! The provis
now because I seethe cloven foot sticking ionso f the Convention Homestead hill can only
app |y to and afford relief from the lien of
such debts as have been contracted since the
out. The Democratic or Conservative party
is now tlie only party in existence to which
we can with confidence look for the salva
tion of the country from calamities more hor
rible than pen can describe; and I trust that
inv friends who have heretotore been with
me on this reconstruction question will take
to examine into t^is matter for
passage of that ordinance or after the ratifi
cation of the Constitution. That Homestead
bill cannot deieat the lien of old debts cre
ated l»eforc June, 1865, upon all the property
1 of the debtor, except such as was exempted
tlie pains to examine iuiu u.u-« : . a „ d b y the State law as it has
themselves, and decide 'upon whatever^n , existed for the last ten or fifteen years,
their eouod judgment, a t - , j Thug fin(1 tbat in any and every legal
aiul wisest course to pursue. I • tba t can be taken of the so-called re'
Respecting ^ I the conclusion forces itself
Radical Nominations for Chatham.
The Savannah Advertiser has a full
count of the negro meeting held in that city
on Monday, and says the negro Bradley read
from a paper the following names, which he
said had been selected by a committee of
pne hundred, to fill the various offices men
tioned: . . i ..
Governor—R. B. Bullock.
Congress—Rr v ^J. W.,Clift.
State Senator— Aaron ; Alpeoria Bradley,
uegro, acting Secretary on the call.
Representatives in the State Legislature—
AI. Doyle, John Devereaux, negro; Isaac
Seeley. • _
Clerk of‘the Superior Court—Richard
White,
Clerk of the District Court—Win. A.
Garey, (colored.).
Judge of the Superior Court for this Cir-
cnit—P. B. Bedford... .
r Ordinary—.Walter S. Clift.
'Receiver of Tax Returns—W. R. Hopkins.
Tax Collector—Charles II. HopkiuB, Jr.
County Treasurer—A. M. Ross.
Coroner—Dr. J. B. Robinson.
Surveyor—Peter Luddy.
Justices of the Peace for the city—Thomas
Smith, James Porter (colore-l), Levi S. Hart,
L Marsh ; for the county—Jackson Sheftall
(colored), James Lane (manifestly intended
for Daniel AI. Lain), Lewis Towner (colored,
and a vacancy to be filled.
County Sheriff—A. E. Pillshury.
County Constables—Alfred E. Jones, A. B.
Smith (colored), Robert Burke (colored), Na
thauiel Sneed (colored), George Caussc, A.
Scbeidemanu, J. R. Herrick.
Several ot tlie parties named as candidates
for office have expressed their indignation at
being nominated witnout their knowledge or
consent, and one of them goes' so far as to say
that he will whip any one who votes for h:m
on such a ticket.
Wuat SiiaTl we Cook ?'—Last year being
the guest for a month of a young housekeep
er, who had an elegant home and appoint
ments, with all at hand foreConifort and con
venience, I was much surprised - at her fre -
quent and earnest repetition of thp question,
“What shall I cook' to-day ? • If we only
could, live without eating, or if oho'meal per
day were all-that were’necessary, TShould be
happy as a queen. But this-cooking and
eating three regular meals, besides luncli r and
Harry such an epicure, too, is too much for
my skill arid patience-.’' '
I could not help being amused at this
bright little woman, although not devoid of
sympathy for her, nor failing to seo what a
charm would escape from her home, could
she have her wish.
AIucli of this young housekeeper’* dislike
for culinary matters arose from her inexpe
rience and ignorance of the various methods
of preparing the same article of food.
“Variety is the spice of life,” is no less true
of our stomach than of our liigher'rieeds.—
Physiologists state this to be exceedingly
important for health. The cravings of the
stomach testify to the truth of the assertion,
and the great All Father, in his lavish sup
plies, teaches us the same fact.
Iu order to redeem our necessities for food
from entire animalism and vulgaricy, all pos
sible effort should bp made to exercise care
and taste in'the preparation of food and the
arrangement of the table. We have given us
scientific laws and principles by which to
prepare the gooddhings at our disposal, be
sides the cravings ot nature to assist our com
mon ser.se and good taste.
When'woman’s ready' brain and skillful
fingers jilan'and execute what conduces to
the health; comfort' and refinements of her
family, with cheerfulness and alacrity, her
duties will lose their homely, aspect; there
will be fewer sources of ; discoriterit,. antl/ihe
will wonder at her former 'aversion to what
has become so-fruitful of good. 37f '
'She to. whom these cares are especially com
mitted, is wofullyat fault, if through pride,
neglect or ignorance, her dear ones suffer in
health or cheer, or are constantly’reproached
for needing to eat threo times a day!
The family meal should be something to
be looked.forward tp with delight, the. table
adorned with tasteful dishes, and surrounded
by cheerful, talkative faces, if digestion is to
be promoted and happiness secured. -Being
conscious of a serious defect in this depart
ment of home education, I propose a series of
articles, describing to the readers of the
Country Gentleman. how a'friend of mine
conjures up varieties in food ffotri such
staple articles as potatoes, com, meal,:apples,
rice, tapioca, etc.—T-. S. H., iu Co. Gent.
Beak Fie or Pudding.—Wash .Iclean one
quart of the white navy beaus; tbeu pour
boiling water over, letting them remain till
morning;' then put qn in colcf -water, (this
method destroys rririchi-of the strong.tristmof
th beans-) let them boil slowly but-steadily;
when perfectly tender and mealy, takeout
and drain; then mash with a spoon, through
a sieve. When you have thus obtained one
and a half pints of the pulverized beans, aidd
half a pint of sweet cream,.(milk witldo) four
eggs, three-quarters pf a * pound of sugar
(either white or brown,) a. piece .of butter-
the size of a hen’s egg, an'd one nutmeg.—
Season to taste, with lemon or vanilla. I
prefer the latter, a9. tho better neutralizer of
the taste of the beans.
These, proportions will make one large
pudding, or tlirpe pies, provided .the plates
are not tb'o deep. ' Y
Superior Cough AIixture.—Half an ounce
of senna,-half an'ounce of stick liquorice,
half an ounce of carraway seed, half an ounce
of snakeroot. Boil’in a quartof water until
reduced,to a pint; then strain it, nnd_add half
a pint of molasses, aud, boii it,a few minutes
longer; ' When ' cold,' add a goo’d'geherous
half pint of best gin. or whisky, and bottle
tight, i I .'• -.-.-l; .ri I'd Io 1
Take half a wine glass four times a day,
until relieved.
Lire Around Apple. Trees.—Tbe Cin
cinnati Enquirer sajsr .“.We have known
Some farmers make it a regular practice for "a.
succession of years to throw cnustic liino
around-tht-ir apple trees- in the SpriDg and
Summer. We onoe noticed tbat a tree stand
ing in the immediate: vicinity,of. our dwell
ing had all at once pnt lbrth with' renewed
energy, and we were at a loss for some time
tp define the Cause. On examination we
found that. a quantity of lime, which had
accidentally been spilled; and rendered
worthless by becoming mixed wifh the refuse
on the stable floor, had been thrown at the
foot and around the tree, and tp this, as the
priricipal cause, we immediately accredited
the revivescencc and renewed fructification
of the tree. r
“Taking the hint from the incident, we
purchased twelve'casks'of lime, and applied
halt a bushel to each of the trees in our
orchard, and found.that it produced imme
diate beneficial effects. Not,the health of the
trees only. Imp the quantity of the fruit also
was greatly improved. This application will,
be especially beneficial in soils where there
is a' redundancy of vegetable matter. We
would advise our farmers in some places, es
pecially in new forest lands recently cleared,
arid on low lands, to make trial of this ex
periment, and see whether it is hot deserving
of the high recommendation it secures.’!
Poisoned Stock.—ATany farmers find that
sheep, cattle and calves, will'eat vegetable
poison in Spring and Autumn, and thus every
year they lose more or less.
When snow is on the ground, sheep will
eat the grounding and the Idhrel; lambs will
eat the ivy when turned out in the Spring,
if it grows in their pasture. Feeding plenti
fully of salt to grown stock, often has a good
effect, but when they have lain a day or two
before discovery, its efficacy is lost when ad
ministered..
A certain remedy is found in blood root
(sanguinariii) and brand jr. I have saved sheep
that had lain helpless for days. Into a quan
tity of spirit, cut enough of the root to make
a strong extract, and keep in a bottle for use.
Give a tablespooDful to a sheep and more to
a calf. In both cases give several times, at
intervals ofa few hours.—A. A.L., in Country
Gentleman.
■ Hops.—The hop product of the United
Slates this year, is estimated at 20,000,000
pounds, of which 7,000,000 pounds are cred
ited to Wisconsin, and 4,000,000 of that to
Sauk county, in that Stato. Thu year’s crop
in Sauk county was raised on 2545 acres, teok
20,000 pickers to gather it, and brought into
the couutry $2,000,000.
Sugar Beets.—The yield of juice from
the sugar beet is usually from seventy to
eighty per cent, o the beets worked, and
trie per ceutage of sugar from five to eight
per cent. In one establishment in France
where the old process is still pursued, the
vield of sugar was 5.48 per cent., that is
about 5 1-2 pounds of sugar to 100 poundaof
beet and per cent, of molasees. This is
regarded as a very poor result.
In gome of the better establishments, where
more recent processes are adopted, the yield
often amounts to eight per cent., of which
more than half ia of tho first quality and fit
\ff~The Prince ol Wales’ expected visit to
Irelund during Easter will be heralded by a - -
proclamation of partial amnesty to political for immediate consumption, ana. the balance
offenders. I of a lower grade. The cost of preparation
is in, the ; neighborhood
pound.
AIedICINAL QuALITTES OF PniFKINS.—-At
a recent discussion in the New Yoifk Farmer's
Club, a correspondent writes of the virtues of
the pumpkin : “I yvii 1 give you a simple yet
valuable cure for inflammatory rlieumqtiim.
A. woman’s arm was swelled to an ' enbrrimus
size arid painfully influmed. A porilriccr was
made of stowed pumpkin, which wa- renewed
every'fifteen minutes, and in.u shot; i.me pro
duced a perfect cure. The fever cV.r.vq out
by the poultices made thhm ixtreniuly'offen
sive, as they were taken off. I know' a man
Cured of severe inflammation ot ;:e bowels by
the same kind ot application. 1 ihink such
subjects as this proper forjdise i^ion in a
farmer s club.”
Dr. Snodgrass—I linve no-dnubt pumpkins
make a good poultice. Whatever holds
warmth best is the most suitable.
Dr. Smith—In my travels in -?yria J fquad.
pumpkin seeds almost universally eaten ' by
the people on aocount of their supposed med
ical qualities—not because thev are diuretic
but as an antidote against auim;.lcul;e which
infest tbe bowels. TJjmwinsgfold in the. streets
as apples and nuts are; here. It fs a medical
fact that persons bare been cured bf tape
worm by the use of • pumpkin seeds. Tlie
outer skin being removed,, the - meats are
bruised in a mortar, into an oily mass. It is
swallowed by the patient after fasting some
hours, and it takes the place bf chyle in-the
stomach, arid the tape wbrm lets fed its hold
on the membrane and becomes, gorged with
this substance and iq some measuri^probably
torpid. Then ii large dose of. cagtor oil is
administered, arid the'wrinus are qji Cted be
fore tiley are able to renew their hold.
Cto/nvATTON or Huckleberries!—'Few
persons are aware of the extent of tlie 'trade
in hucilebwries,<jarried on between soufh Jer
sey. apd the cities, of Now York and Phila- .
delpnia. Estimated tqiher in regard to quan
tity,*or amount realized, the buck eberry trade'
largely exceeds tbat of any small fruit Daily
trains, devoted specially to the carrying of
this fnii.t; pas? over the various rai lroads lead
ing to flu; great cities, and thousands.of men,
wtnricri arid children find profitable employ
ment in the gathering of them; from July
until September. - The immense uncultivated
tracts of southern and western ■ New Jersey
abound in.tiiis,fruit, and as the. growth is
sp'ontanebus and the crop generally a good
one, an expert picker will readily realize from
$1 50 to 2 50 per day. Huckleberries, taking
the season through, command, a belter price
than, strawberries or blackberries, and as the
season, is fully, three times as longas-that of
either of the frriits named, some idea nfay ho
formed of the importance of this crop] And
here the question naturally presents itself—
“Why,should not the huckleberry be cultiva
ted, its size increased, and its productiveness
arid market value proportionally advanced?”
There ia no good reason -why this shouRll'not
Lxvtiie case, and^dtps.not unreasonable to sup
pose that, at no distautday, wa- shall have
huckleberry plantations, and fruit of double
or treble' its present average size. Why
should wc notjiave seedling huckleberries as
well as seedling blackberries or raspberries?
We should, and doubtless will in time, have
them, and, instead of depending upon the
woods and old fields for the berries, our mar
kets will be supplied from cultivated planta
tions. We shall be pleased to hear from any
one who has given attention to tho subject,
as it is one of large pecuniary as well as hor
ticultural interest, and. deserves more atten
tion than it has ever yet received at the hands
of fruit gro were. Almost tbe only writer who
has given huckleberries even a passing notice
is Air. Fuller,.in hiri late work on Small
Fruits.—Culturist.
Advantage of Reg rafting with Health!
Scions.—Mr. T. Rivers g'voa tbe following ac
count ol bis success in regrsiting. old and tnterior
varieties: Reverting to tbe tact that a healthy,
gratt will restore to health a feeble or unhealthy
stock, ol whieh-.I will give some illustration*. I
may state tliatabeut the year 1780, my grandlather
planted a row ot apple-trees, about lTlty in num
ber, in a deep alluvial loam, most favorable to the
growth of apple: trees. They were all oi one kind,
the Nonsuch,-1 supposes favorite sort in those
days. .My attention was not drawn to these trees
till between 1820 and 1830, and then I saw that
their heads were masses bf cankered branches;
lull of nests of the aphis latufina (wooly aphis.)
The branches annually put iorth vigorous young
shoots, which, altera dry warm season, died back
.one-third, and after a cool wet season to nearly
their base. If two ..or three consecutive seasons
were dry and warm, tbe trees bore a considerable
S uautily ol line frutt, but ’in my eyes they were
(.fortuities, although I may add their stems wero
clean arid healthy.
; I had previously tried my hand at’renovating
some old standard Crassaue pears,. full of can
kered shoots, by grafting or. ^them "some hardy
kinds. I therefore took the old Nonsuch apple .
trees in baud, had them all beheaded, and grafted
with’a vigorous growing kind of apple, received
under the name of Shepherd's Fame, a large
fruit, but not the true kind. They grew most
vigorously for soma four or five, or more years,
and tnen showed symptoms of canker. I then
found that the Nonsuch was so unhealthy a
stock that I should not be able to renovate the
trees, but being of a persevering nature (Antho
ny Trollope’s experience occurs to me, “It’s
dogged aa does it’’) I regrafted all nsygraftswith
Dumelon’s Seeding, or the Normanton Wonder,
as it was then called. From that day to this not
a canker shoothas made its appearance, and the
heads of the trees aro double the sireof theNon-
such trees when they were fsrty years old. I
afterwards tried my hand at renovating some old
Nonpareil trees, full of canker and disease, and
fully succeeded in making them healthy and
fertile, by grafting them with sorts hardy and
not liable to canker. These trifling facts, which
seem to require more words than they are worth,
show precisely the effect of the graft upon the
stock. Any fruit grower who happens to hava
planted apple or pear trees too tender for his
climate or soil, has the remedy at hand, yis, re
grafting.— Gard. Chron,
Destruction of Warehouse* by Fire at
St. AIauks. —A serious disaster has occurred
to the Pensacola & Georgia Railroad. On
Friday morning last, the warehouses of the
Company at St. Marks were fired and con
sumed, with extensive wharves, the whole
valued at not less than $30,000, not a dollar
of which was covered by insurance. The
general opinion ia that the tire was the work
of an incendiary. It was discovered early kt
the morning, too late for extinguishment, hut
aji the circumstances show clearly that it was
the handiwork of some villain.
Besides the loss to the Company, numbers
of citizens suffered who hud goods for the
interior stored in the warehouses waiting for
transportation. j'*j
The entire loss to the Company, individu
als and insurance companies, cannot be less
than $75,000.-—floridian, 10th.
Ci^“The stagnation in England continues,
according to the latest London papers, while
money is so ulenty that it is offered to first-
class borrowers at the astonishingly low rate
of one and three eighths per cent per annum.
Death of a Noted Tennessee Preach
er.—Elder John Smith, particularly known
in Kentucky as “Raccoon Smith, ’ died at the
residence of his son-in-law. in Mexico, Mo.,
on the 28th ult.
United States Senator from Delaware, and
Alinister to Belgium, died in Philadelphia, on
Tuesday, aged seventy-five years.
Three hundred woikmeu will be dis
charged from trie navy yard at Washington,
under recent orders.