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rhiuH»> nn demanding His
>» th ‘ u Rights.
m9 from San Francisco give ns
V tidings to-day. The quiescent
waited on the peripatetic Con-
^trom the Atlantic shore, and demand
Section-some fair showing at the
‘mva United States Government. They
Ca iifomia to Congress, and they
t what is due to a common liu-
I ^SL-tion for property and such a sta-
Br^JI^owthemtobc heard -"roes.
*** defence.
«soon see whether all the talk about
has any applica-
.of man as man,
i«iatic, or are mere party claptrap
n egro votes. John Chinaman is
^Like''old John Brown, he’s a march-
. as t0 his soul alone, but in verita-
tfr-iMhfl* and presence, greater in num-
Father Abraham’s army of five hun-
** ’strong!
w*» -
Tiie "Greorsia7 W eekly Telessraxili.
telegraph,]
18G9.
The Crops of Georgia.
Our reports of the condition of the crops in
—• j Georgia have been very numerous the past
week, and we are under particular obligations
to our faithful and intelligent correspondents,
who keep us so well advised. As we are now
entering the great crisis months of the cotton
crop, we hope the planters of the entire State
will see their interest in keeping us well advised
of all the vicissitudes which affect the plant,
and its condition, at intervals of not more than a
week. Meanwhile, we avail ourselves carefully
of every thing reported on these subjects by the
local newspapers, and compare their reports and
conclusions with those obtained from private
The crop tidings of the past week have been
about as favorable as could be desired. To this
remark the exceptions are so very few and un-
Ue newspaper and magazine literature
waking up to the monstrous and
potent of such an immigration
v ^litiealanareligious destinies of the
Continent. There will not be so
12 s - as sung to universal suffrage after
the mischief was done when the
v-.celv surrendered its birthright tb
control of the land of our fathers,
jtF ofit,c tnmed the latter over to a
**S,t2t God Almighty had himself
n their physical organizations the
against amalgamation.
Cotton Gins.
iet for Cotton Gins is just about to
114 ^1 there is reason to believe that it will
<f *Tttan ordinarily active. The promise
*«olcropat high prices, and the ambition
^wwie the staple will dispose planters to
^uperfect arrangements as possible, for
^ "nation of the crop for market,
fa advertise several varieties of Gins. The
r Gin—a Mississippi invention, but of
r.;. m manufacture—has been in our market
TearS) and is a very fine machine. Hen-
£ Jewett, G4 Second street, is agent for this
important as scarcely to merit attention in
general review. In some one or two localities
the rain has been excessive—in one or two oth
ers, the stands are reported poor. In Dough
erty, the crops on two or three plantations have
been seriously damaged or destroyed by hail-but
these conditions and casualties cover but small
space, and we may say, from the whole broad
cotton region of Georgia comes the most cheer
ing intelligence. It is a better report in short,
(we mean is to the area actually in cultivation)
than we ever heard before.
The cotton is growing rapidly with the aid of
rain and sultry weather. The grass, under the
operation of the same causes, is also springing
up with equal vigor, but the crop is in a condi
tion to meet the foe. It is all thinijed to a stand
—it is of good size—it has only a young growth
to combat and the rains have not been so con
tinuous as very seriously to interfere with field
labor.
Consequently, we do not anticipate any of those
disastrous blocks in plantation labor, in which,
under a pressing accumulation of work in very
warm weather, the hands get discouraged, or
get sick, or fagged and unambitious—and which
frequently force planters to abandon a part of
their crop in order to save the remainder.
Two conditions lend additional cheerfulness
to the picture. The freedmen are universally
reported quiet, friendly and industrious, and
the health o'f all agricultural Georgia is good—
far better than last year or any year since the
war.
The highest cotton we have heard of, is about
three feet six inches, but the average of the crop
even in Southwestern Georgia, is probably less
than two feet It is universally healthy and
the more forward part of it is blooming freely.
The use of fertilizers has made a difference
,atFar>
Gallett Steel Brash—also of Northern
Daniel Pratt's Eureka and Swinging
r-ciL a* 5 ® at Prattville, in Alabama, and S. Z,
Cotton Gin Feeder are represented by F.
^Johnson, Esq., and samples may be seen at ^
■J’s. Tbe planter should examine for him- j more than fifty per cent., and we believe
^udhear testimony. All are no doubt good I under favorable circumstances, make a
ytiiaw, bat which is the best ? IVe refer to I of more than a hundred per cent, in
y jjwrtisements of these gins, and recom- j tbe pro dnct We believe it will bring cotton to
-ad enquiries into their respective merits by • TT>arVpf probab i y from fifteen to twenty days
-duel*- m J earlier than usual, (and probably more,) if the
The Macon Postmaster.
Te team that Turner takes possession of the
jKoa post office to-morrow. The people of
£wa see in this appointment an unmerited
cJ unworthy insult, which, in due time, will
gdoM its natural results to the perpetrators.
[ilea we are wholly misinformed, Gen. Grant.
favorable conditions we speak of continue. All
the trouble to the cotton crop, in short, is yet to
come, and the time for its appearance, if it
comes at all, is at hand. July will pretty much
determine the question.
The com crop is unusually promising, and
three weeks more of favorable weather will put
us out of danger. The wheat crop of Georgia
has been very fine. Indeed the products of
particular acres have been marvellous, and
i show what we assert and believe to be true,
More Filibusters for Cuba. i that Georgia is a better wheat country than
It is reported that two large ocean steamers, j O hio or Illinois. Withthb same labor we can
Hottining about twenty-five hundred recruits 1 dnea mor9 an( j better wheat,
or tbe insurgent forces in Cuba, left Sandy ' ««» 1
look on Friday night, 18th, or Saturday mom- j Judge Fleming ou the Decision,
ag. Tbe recruits- were taken down the bay in
»il> the delegation who waited on him to pro
test against it in the name of the people.
The Exercises, Barbecue, etc.
mer’s Academy.
Friday last was a big day in the Rutland Dis
trict -of eH« county. On that day the examina
tion of the pupils of the Fanner’s Academy,
took place. A splendid barbecue was spread
before the patrons-and pupils of the school.
BeV. David 'Wills delivered an able and eloquent
address on physical and mental education; the
classes in elocution were to contend for prizes,
and the exercises of the day were to close at
night with an interesting exhibition of tbe school
in the way of tableaux, charades, music, etc. The
weather was all that could be reasonably expect
ed for the latter part of June—the day opening
with a cool, bracing atmosphere, and old Sol
seemed to subdue the intensity of his rays for
this special occasion. Consequently, the whole
neighborhood for miles around, turned out to
witness the closing exercises of the school, and
refresh the inner man with the substantiate and
luxuries to which they were all invited. Several
hundred persons were present, among whom we
noticed quite a strong delegation of ladies and
gentlemen from the city.
The examination of the pupils began about 9
o’clock, a. it., and continued until 1 p. si.; dur
ing which time we never heard a more rigid and
thorough examination in any school; and, as a
general thing, we never saw pupils acquit them
selves more handsomely, or manifest a greater
knowledge and familiarity with their studies,than
those of Farmer’s Accademy. The examination
was conducted by the able and accomplishedPrin
cipal of the School, Mr. Samuel W. Goode, and
before a class “got out of it,” he was sure to find
any weak points which a pupil might have in
any of the branches of study it had gone over.
Classes were examined from the rudiments
of the English language and mathematics, up
through the usual course of studies to Homer
and Horace in the Greek andLatin tongues, and
in surveying and trigonometry in mathematics.
In all, the pupils reflected honor upon their
teacher and themselves.
The pupils of this school are limited to the
number of twenty, and the examination on
Friday convinced us of the wisdom and pru
dence of the Trustees, in thus confining the
labors of the teacher to a reasonable number of
students, so that he can, without over-taxing
himself, faithfully and thoroughly discharge his
duties as a teacher to both patron and pupil.
The examination of the classes in mathema
tics and the languages, was very pleasantly and
sweetly spiced with musio by Miss Alice Walker
and her interesting class. Some of the songs
and instrumental pieces were very fine indeed,
and gave the patrons of the school the assurance,
that in the person of Miss Walker they have
fine performer on the piano, a sweet singer, and
one who is in every way qualified to teach their
children tho divine art.
At the conclusion of the examination dinner
was announced, and all repaired from tho large
and commodious school-room to a grove some
two hundred yards distant, where the tables
were spread with the choicest barbecued meats
we have yet seen this season; with an abund
ance of pies, cakes, fruits, and other delica
cies, strewn in rich profusion here and there
on the tables, and among the aforesaid elegant
meats. Dinner had not more than been dis
posed of, when a right sharp shower of rain be
gan to fall, and all again hurried to the Acade
my to get out of it, and listen to Dr. Wills’ ad
dress. He spoke for nearly an hour on the
subject above named, and the address was just
such a one as might be expected from Dr.
Wills. It was practical, forcible, and at times
| very eloquent At its conclusion the classes in
| elocution were introduced, and the
ciu,uuv. were introduced, and the prizes
, The Chronicle and Sentinel, of Friday, pub- j awardei ^ tbe tra i n was to pass Seago’s Sta-
s»am togs, and the affair was so w ell manage • bgbes an op inion from Judge Fleming, on the j t j Qn at jjalf-pest four o’clock, wo could not stay
>•1 tli a Fnits/? frtQ effi fll ^ 110 till DC i « . e _ 1 fI c ? /-vv» CaIi /'I ... . s *a it.
Jut tie United States officiate knew nothing , eSec( . Qf ^ e ii„ibiiity decision, solicited by
ibont it nntil it was too late to interfere. j Q enera q Wright, one of the editors. The Judge
to bear all the youngsters, and witness the other
exercises of the day and evening, and after
i hearing the first class, we retired. In this class
The Competing Cotton Acres. • says: D
The Entente News has inspected one of the I have no idea that my opinion will have, or. ^ Johnnie w. Stubbs won the prize—a hand-
^ —• <* «■» 2 *«“?“
hr. The case is Dickson against Peeler, and ; because you desire it, I will give it. I can see ! Davis.” It was presented to the little orator by
he didn’t say which of the parties he ’ n o reason why this decision should have an Dr. Wills, in a few most felicitous and appro-
mJin^ here is an account of what he saw: ! effect different from other dedstoiw: TOe de-, riato remark3> which were frequently ap-
ZL the acre all and more than was | planded during their delivery,
uimed for it Tho ground had been thorough- I , for ^ a ec isj 0 n of other cases in which
tprepared, much more s o , than any^gardenjve ^ ffari , 0 qnest ion arises. But who ever heard
that the decision of any one case decided every
_ _ . .« .A— iDLawa ninct
Judge Clarke’s Charge.
Judge J. M. Clarke delivered a. long charge
to the Grand Jury of Dougherty county, last
Monday, which we find reported in the Albany
News of the 25th. Tbe charge developes some
interesting views upon the material and social
interests of Georgia, which we should be glad
to transfer to our columns. We have space only
for the following on . " v
Immigration to the Cotton States.—-The
scarcity of labor is one that new and im
proved modes of agriculture and immigration
will overcome. When I speak of immigration,
I do not refer, even in a remote degree, to for
eign immigration. That seems, now, to be a
favorite newspaper topic—somewhat ofa hobby.
But nothing will ever come of it. The white
immigrant never has and never will go exten
sively into the cotton culture. England, with
her bounty money, never succeeded iu inducing
white laborers to the East Indies. Her peasant
ry never could be tempted. They preferred to
remain in the country upon low wages, even to
dig in coal-pits, hundreds of feet below the sur
face of the earth, shut out from light and air
rather than go to India and engage m the cnlti-
vation of cotton. . ,
The tide of immigration has set, heretofore,
towards the grain districts—(There are reasons
for this which could be given if there was time)
and into the grain districts it will continue to
flow. It is now setting towards the griiu regions
of Virginia and other sections of the South.
Colonies are pouring down into the rich valley
of Virginia from Pennsylvania and other north
ern States. That great and good old State will
soon become a vast hive of industry, and her
vallies and her mountains will blossom as the
rose. As the tide flows into the old dominion,
the blacks will recede before it, and settle in
the cotton belt. Such has been the tenor of my
addresses to the Grand Juries around this Cir
cuit, but I did not think the fulfillment of my
theory was so soon to be realized. Within the
test four weeks, as many as three colonies of
blacks have leftthe old State and settled in Geor
gia. The Exodus has commenced^ and will
on until the cotton belt receives the great b
of the negro population of all the grain region
north of us. Atlanta lies ou the' great isother
mal line. Above it the whites will congregate,
and below it the blacks.
So that we may fairly conclude that the cot
ton belt is to become the home of the blacks,
whether they will or not, driven and forced here
by the great tidal wave of immigration. This
result will be accomplished sooner than we an
ticipate. Then labor will he abundant and then
capital will control it. As long as labor is scarce
—as long as there is one man to two plows, labor
has capital at a disadvantage; but as soon as
these two men who seek to work the same mnle
or use the same hoe,have each a mule and a hoe,
then the triumph is complete and capital as
sumes her rightful position; and then the ten
ant assumes his proper relation to the landlord.
He becomes a dependent, and the moral and po
litical power of the landlord at once becomes
paramount and supreme here, as it does in other
countries and localities. It is supreme every
where else, and for wise and beneficent ends,
it should become supreme bere, which will be
the case only when the present anomalous rela
tions are charged—when instead of the landlord
being dependent on bis tenant, the tenant is
dependant on the landlord. This view of the
case relieves the future of its unpleasant features,
and adjusts the balances of powers and influence,
properly and evenly, and in accordance with the
balances in Europe and other labor countries.
It is our duty to set ourselves in order, so as
to reap the advantages of this new order of
things. Save our land as a priceless heritage,
and wait for the developments of a few yearn.
They will come. There is no reason save the
scarcity of money and labor why the land of
these sections do not appreciate in value. In
Tennessee, Kentucky and other sections, an
acre of land that will produce 50 bushels of com
at a value of §25, is worth §100. The time will
soon come when an acre here that will produce
$50 worth of cotton will assume its proper rank
and approximate its true value, say 50 to 100
dollars. As money becomes abundant, this
iririfl of investment will be sought after with
avidity, and as the demand increases, the price
will appreciate until it reaches the point of value
which other properties have that yield remuner
ating dividends. Onr people are beginning to
love land. It is a good indication of future
growth and prosperity. Heretofore our prefer
ences were for another class of property. As
our affection for land increases, its value in
creases ; and as its profits increase its value
■vrill continue to increase. These are no utopian
theories, but practical suggestions that even
some of our old citizens will live to realize.
From Marlon Coanty. ’ ' I’i' : A * r «w wonw. ,| v
Condition of the. Crop*—Opmparat it e Effect* of Editors Tdegraph: Having seen it stated in
™ . T> ,-} . -m-i nh.. fttmcnlfcnra] naners that chiokena would eat less,
Fertilisers—True Polity of Flankers—The
Wheat Yield in Marion—Peace with the
jmhfcaen. 1 '
'/. Chubch Hnx, Marion Co., Ga.,1
June 24, 13G9. f
Editors Tdegraph: I seldom write for . the
papers, but as I have not seen anything in your
columns recently from our county in regard to
our prospects and progress in farming, I have
concluded to write you, thinking it may interest
some of your numerous readers.
Less tend h«« been planted in corn this year
than was last, but considerably more in ootton.
Most of the tends in this county are of a gray or
sandy nature; the growth of the corn was there
fore retarded by the uncommon cold winds
which prevailed in the spring, and the stands of
cotton materially injured from the same cause.
Our planters, though, were very energetic, and
by continually replanting, most of them have
still pretty good stands, and where fertilizers
have beef applied, the warm June weather, to
gether with the recent genial showers, have
made a great improvement in our prospects,
and where the cultivation has.been thorough,
com and cotton both look extremely well and
are growing very fast. ic->
I saw the first cotton blossom in one of my
fields on the morning of the ICth inst. This
morning I stood on the outside of the field and
counted forty-five on a spot of land about two
rods square. I do not state this boastingly, (for
there may be better cotton than mine near me,)
but merely to show onr prospects and progress.
Forward corn is tasseling and silldng, and
should the seasons continue favorable, (though
we have had many disadvantages to labor under.)
Marion county may reasonably expect (if no
disaster happens in the future) to realize an
abundant harvest.
I used on my cotton crop Peruvian Guano,
Chesapeake and Baugh’s Phosphate, about one
hundred and twenty-five pounds per acre of
each, separately, as near as I. can calculate.
At this time the Chesapeake is leading off.
The cotton plant came np strong and healthy,
seemed to be less affected by tbe coldandis now
tbe largest. The Peruvian is next best, and Is
not very far behind. The Phosphate seems to
be doing but little, if any good, at present.
It is but fair to state that where the Chesa
peake is doing so very well, .1 spread on the
land, and ploughed in before planting, a light
coat of lot and stable manure. This is my first
experiment with chemical or foreign fertilizers.
So far I am well pleased; and should the final
result prove as good as the present prospect
seems to indicate, I shall not be satisfied to use
next year less than four times the/quantity I
have used this.
The trae-policy, I think, now is, to make one
acre produce as much as four did when cultiva
ted by slaves, and thus save three-fourths of
the cost of labor, money invested in stock, for
age, blacksmith’s bill, etc.
But little wheat was sown here, and the crop
was poor generally, but in some cases where
well manured the crop was a good one for this
climate. I sowed a few acres of old land and
manured well with cotton seed. The yield was j
about ten bushels per acre. The farmers of our
county have almost despaired of raising their
flour. I think it bad policy. "We cannot com
pete with our brother farmers, perhaps, of the
! Northern counties of the State, but we can gen
erally make enough flour for home consumption,
and then the pasture is an item worth all the
trouble of sowing. I have always raised, and
still do raise, my own bacon. I could not well
get along in that particular without my wheat
pasture. Gardens are very fine here. We are
using all kiufia of vegetables necessary for our
health or comfort.
We have peace hero now among the freed
men and between them and their employers,
since there is no bureau for them to run to for
every petit grievance. If we had never had any
bureau, no carpet-baggers nor scalawags here,
we'should never have had any troubles with the
negroes. Respectfully yours,
pay better, and lay better, if kept supplied with
a perpetual pile of corn, I determined to give it
the test of experience. ■ I did so. The results
are worthy of the consideration of your readers.
In four, months twelve hens ate four buahete of
com, and laid thirty-six dozen eggs. Counting
com at one dollar, and eggs at twenty-five
cents per dozen, which they were worth at the
time, there was a clear profit of five dollars.
In other words, one hen will eat one dollar s
worth of com in a year, and will lay two dollars
and a quarter’s worth of eggs—a clear profit of
one dollar and a quarter on one hen. Any one
may try the following experiment: Give to any
number of hungry chickens as much com as
live Men lately, and tho stand we thought was
aceflent It was nearly three feet high, and as
level as though it had been trimmed for the
Hcuion. We did not count the fruit on any of
the stalks, for it was too much labor to find out
ahieh one contained the most, when all were so
veil laden. To a remark made by Mr. D., one
d the planters alluded to—the Major stated
that li he thought his crop was a little backward,
bat he put his faith in the last quarter."
Grs. Cinbt decides that the iron-clad oath
will be required of all members of the Legisla
ture elect in Virginia before taking their seats.
This movement throws out the most of the Con
servatives or Walker candidates, as it is well
understood that many of them cannot take the
oath, and the Conservatives are thus put to the
trouble of finding new candidates who can take
Fmr Lied.—Proctor & Gamble, of Cincin
nati, put up in wooden cadies a choice article
of pure Family Lard, which is for sale by most
of the grocers. It is in three, five and ten
pound packages, of full weight, very white and !
dean, and will keep for any length of time.
case involving the same question. There must
be a separate decision in every case as it comes
up. The case decided by the Supreme Court
settles the question that White, although a ne
gro, may bold the office of clerk. It can have
no other effect beyond the retaining of White
in office, except as authority to control the de
cision of other cases as they arise involving the
sumo question. But the decision will have to
be made in every case. _ . , . .
It cannot possibly have the effect to put m
or out of office others who are strangers to the
judgment. Is it not a well-settled principle
that a judgment binds only the parties to it(
There are some cases in this county (Chatham,)
where white persons have been installed into of
fice by the Ordinary, who, I think, very prop
erly felt it his duty to do so, under the decision
of Judge Schley. Can it be that the eflect of
the decision in the case of White is to put them
out, and put the negroes in? Could a judgment
of ouster be entered up against them on the
judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of
White ? Can these negroes be put into office
except by proceedings regularly instituted lor
tbe purpose? I think not.
The same, I suppose, is true of the negroes
1 who were elected to the Legislature. The de-
And here our report must close, as far as
being an eye-witness is concerned. We are in
formed, however, that the exercises which fol
lowed in the afternoon and those at night were
of a highly interesting and pleasant character,
and reflected great credit upon all concerned.—
It was, as we have said, a big day in the Rutland
District, and will long be remembered by all
who were presant
The Eufiuila Delegation on Brnns*
wick.
The Eufanla News comes to us in new type
and very handsomely printed and tastefully com
posed. We are glad to see our contemporary
Black getting ahead in the world. Black is
tramps, generally, in these times, and we do not
know that we are wishing him any luck, when
we hope he may brighten still more.
The New3 contains the report of the Eufanla
delegation to Brunswick, before mentioned, and
here is what they say of the city:
The city of Brunswick is most beautifully lo
cated ; nature has done all that it could do to
make the town site attractive and desirable as a
place of residence. Its shady groves of live
' oaks and cedars and magnolias; its _ tropical
I wuu —- .—o- . . .. ... • | oaKs ana ceuaiB ujuu ’ . . —*
cision in the case of white cannot put them in, ^ ^ flower3 ^ connection with its mag-
i. i or the white men out, and for the simply rea- nificent harbor, will always command tiie
The 0u> Sroar.-The European and Ameri-, n ot parties to that act
politicals are predicting the downfall of) ^ nd now . coraea the question—can negroes
Kipoleon. They have been afflicted with the I ejected to the Legislature make a cr.se before
«aefrenxy of vaticination at frequent inter- the judicial tribunate of the State ? I have no
tdiBlnce 1848, but still the Empire stands, and j d^effityra^sa^ ^ey^cr^ ^ ^
lance will not better her condition by another ( qnegt j on) an a from the decisions of that tnbu-
rtiolntion. ! nal there is no appeal; it is final and conclusive,
fcsircxi Mn-iTAcr Lnstitute.—We have ° ravin wad or reversed." That
Stated catalogues of this Institute, which
be distributed to applicants. It numbers — m —
£ pnpila, and is, no doubt, a very efficient! qualifications of its members, etc.
A^ungmk turn Article 3, Section 4.
admiration of the visitor. The population
of the city is now estimated at twenty-five
hundred people, white and black. The citizens
are intelligent, active business m6n, and justly
famons for their courtesy and hospitality to
strangers. Much as we had heard and read m
the United States Coast Surveys concerning the
superiority of the harbor of Brunswick, we were
agreeably disappointed in finditf S££ W*
decision can be reviewed or revei^d That j tha ^ ealize a. We accepted an inyi-
tribunal is the Legislature itself. Each House . ^Dieli we had been honored by the
shall be tbe judge of the election retums^d « autttorities to accompany them on a steam-
knGE Fostee.—The Atlanta Constitution re-
Prtsthat Hon. N. G. Foster, of Madison, was
^dly sinking on Wednesday, and not expect-
•Jtosarvive many days.
Tbbtj-one Yeabs under one management,
^ American House has grown from a small ho-
to the largest in New England. It is f urrnsh-
^rithallthe contrivances for the convenience
comfort of its guests, and is deservedly pop-
^vith the travelling public.
HowThet ake to Vote in Virginia.—The
Work Times says:
A vote in Virginia is to be taken on tbe
•■Awing propositions: 1. For or against the
'JlKgated Constitution—(there is no vote on
Jr’tiporgated Constitution.) 2. For or against
^isst-oath. 3. For or against the disfranclns-
'iuses. 4. For the candidates for Gover-
JJJ Lieutenant-Governor and Attorney-Gen-
****; for tho Legislature, and for Congress.
According to that the Virginia Constitution
expurgated by Grant’s Proclamation.
■‘‘'sAIacon Telegraph, of Jane 12, came to
^Tribune office with a ten-cent Confederate
stamp attached. Have they a Rip Van
So, but they probably have some young mail-
j-? clerks, who cannot restrain their love of
"We have only to express the confident opinion
ihnt the best legal minds in Macon will differ
toto eedo from this letter as to the proper legal
effect of the decision; and as to the practical re
sult of the policy the Judge indicates, we think
there can be no difference at alL
The Supreme Court of the State has, most
unfortunately for all interests, affirmed the equal
ight of the negroes, composing two-fifths of
the voters of Georgia to hold office. All out
side radicalism, even before that decision, was
fiercely committed to maintain and enforce that
ight What hair-brained policy then, to set up
these legal quiddities against both the outside
and inside force of arbitrary power and of Con
stitutional tew which asserts the eligibility of
the negroes!—a strained and unphilosophical
interpretation of the powers of the legislature ^ |
to exclude members, against a solemn and an- j, TicTw>1a J . ‘^.^johnson’s acre, which was also
in a thorongb inspection of the harbor and
adjacent waters. .
The greater part of two days was devoted to
this examination. We found the capacity of
the harbor sufficient to accommodate the Com
mercial Marine of the whole country, and aver
aging in depth twenty to forty feet of water.
The largest class of ships can readily approach
the docks—thus saving the delay and expense
of all lighterage. On Friday morning we were
carried out to the bar at the mouth of the har
bor, and there carefully sounded its depth at
low tide. The water on the bar then averaged
from nineteen to twenty-four feet deep. Noth
ing but the absence of railroad connections
with the interior country lias hitherto prevent
ed Brunswick from becoming what nature de
igned it to be—a large commercial city.
Griffin Wheat Patches.—Several of our
“town farmers" sowed “brag patches last fall,
which have been harvested, etc., and we submit
the results: Mr. Beek’s acre, which looked very
promising a few weeks since, but was badly in-
'ured by the birds, yielded thirty-two and a half
« i/ T-V JL earo YVftS fllSO
Chrajhaj jjj the South.—Gen. N. B. Forrest,
jWdent of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis
rjjlxotd, has a plan on foot to secure 1,000
-^Etse eg laborers on this road.
The Showmen Are in Bad Luck.—A Mem-
P-U dispatch says:
^hitman, the opera man, eluded the officers
lost night, and left for parts un-
Fn® ik Atlanta.—The Gate City Foundry in
was burned Thuischy ni"bt.
thoritative exposition of fundamental law—the
right of the ins to exclude the onts with equal
original title, in virtue of having got possession.
In point of practical policy it is like damming
np the Savannah river with bulrushes. It is a
fight in which ignominious defeat is bound to
follow the first onslaught. Are the people of
Georgia willing to risk even the measure of
prosperity and liberty they now enjoy on such
a hazard ? we trust not. We are sure not.
The Telegraph Beaten.—The Macon Tele
graph says, of the large rabbnge we noticed last
week from the garden of Mrs. Hardaway . If
this is a cabbage head with the stnmp cut off,
and stripped of such outer leaves as would not
be put into the pot, he beats ns. Even so, Mr.
Telegraph and therefore we wrote that it
weighedmghteen pounds net. With its stamp
Ld outer leaves, Mrs. Hardaway’s cabbage
weighed twenty-three pounds, so you are still
further behind. ; ■
Can’t somebody quiet tbe Thomasnlle En-
terpriMi ffho wws over tw w above ?
From Atlanta,
We quote the following from the New Era of
Saturday:
The State papers are quoting the Atlanta pa
pers for authority for the statements that the
Legislature is likely to be convened in extraor
dinary session at an early day, and that arrange
ments are being made for the impeachment of
Governor Bullock. The Lccal of the Constitu
tion is alone entitled to the honor of being the
first to gather and publish these important items.
The other papers were distressingly sluggish,
and are entitled to none of the credit.
The Amebicus Courier ought to be a morally
conducted paper. It is owned and published by
a pair of Christians, and has two ministers for
the associate editors.
Crop reports from all parts of the country are
most enconraging. Even tho farmers have
ceased grumbling, and when that is the case,
prospects are certainly good.
Mr. Hoar.—We have no idea that Mr. Attor
ney General Hoar will give an official opinion
as to the political status of Georgia. Further
more, we do not believe that President Grant
has asked him to do so.
Cotton in Troup.—The LaGrange Reporter
^Mr. L. C. Sprattling has shown us a stalk of
cotton three feet four inches high, with thirty
squares and eighty-five leaves. This was not
the tallest stalk in the field but seemed to have
the most squares. There are about two acres
of similar 'cotton in the field (upland,) from
which this was pulled. There was a blossom
pulled from this field on Tuesday, the 15th test.
This cotton grew on a plantation of A. E. Cox,
cultivated tins year by Mr. Sprattling.
The Dayton (Ohio) Ledger, Vallandiohaji
organ, is still urging a reorganization of the
Democratic Party or the formation of a new one.
It says: “What is needed in our judgment, is
for the old, tried and trusty statesmen of the
Democratic faith to infuse some of the wisdom
that characterized their former action into the
voting heads that are everywhere around them,
and allow them to lead off in the crusade against
crime and usurpation,'entrenched in place and
power, and supported by one of the most cor
rupt band of traitors that ever controlled a po
litical organization of the patriotic people of this
country. Even the time-honored name of Dem
ocracy might be laid aside, if necessary, for the
accomplishment of such a holy purpose.
Tlie Crops in Randolph.
The Cuthbert Appeal of Thursday says
For a week past we have had a succession of
bright sunny days, which coming after the late
heavy showers, have given an extraordinary im-
petus to the growing crops. Corn has stretched
up at least two feet, and bids fair to be large
enough, and with a few more rains to yield
^Cotton also has put on a change almost magical.
We hear of blooms, and manured and guanoed
portions of the crop are remarkably flourishing.
We are still forced to chronicle, however, that
considerably injured from the same cause,
yielded thirty and a half bushels ; Mr. i-hrel-
keld’s yielded—well, we are almost afraid to
say how much, for fear onr readers may “tender
doubt it,” but here goes—his acre made JfjJty-
Einht bushels, which is ten bushels more than
the brag acre of Athens. Enough has been
Droven by these and other experiments to show
that an acre, well cultivated, will easily bread a
small family. Let our farmers get up a premi
um next fall, to be awarded to the party who
produces the largest yield to the acre.—Onffin
Star.
A Juvenile Farmer.—Master Walter Smith
is doubtless the youngest farmer in. Spalding
county, aged about ten years. Like many of
his semora, he has cotton on the brain, with a
good prospect for making a large quantity on a
small area. He is cultivating the front yard of
his mother’s lot He sent ns a stalk yesterday,
on which there were twenty-two tarms. _
For the week ending Jane 5th ten steamers
left Liverpool for the United States and Canada
with nearly 7800 souls on board.
Fair.—Colonel D, W. Lewis bavin*
they will eat; as much more will last them a
week. It’s all stuff about fat hens not laying.
The fatter they are the more they will lay. It
don’t make chickens lazy to feed them this way.
It makes them lazy to lie around the door all
day, waiting for a few crumbs. Keep by your
hens a'pile of corn; never let it give out. They
will stay in the woods and hunt all day ; they
will not trouble your garden or patches, if they
have any.woods to scratch in, and they will lay
all the year round. H. A. O.
Unprecedented Immigration.—A letter from
one of the Liverpool steamship agencies re
ceived at New York Saturday morning says an
average of five thousand emigrants may be ex
pected at the port of New York for the next five
or six weeks to come. The pressure for pas
sage, the writer says, is tremendous—nothing
■was ever seen like it before. "Wkat is to be
done with the crowd when they come, unless
they push on west, is a problem. Even now the
streets in tbe lower part of the city are thronged
with the advance guard, not only from Liver
pool, but from Hamburg, Bremen, Amiterdam
and Swedish and Norwegian ports.
The State Fair.—There waa a meeting on Fri
day afternoon last, of the various committees that
have heretofore been appointed to look after certain
matters connected with the proposed State Agricul-
mittee appointed to locate the ground* toe holding
the State Fair, In November, met yesterday after
noon tor consultation and to hear what CoL Lewis
might have to say in regard to the matter.» «- , — —
He stated that his mission to w«»' —
entirely successful, arid that he hgd rsta*ied p*h|’ j
an order from the Secretary of War, upon CoEffiel * ,
Lewis, of the Freedman's Bureau, to turn arst to
the State Agricultural Society the armory bafldi$*B
held by the Bureau in this city. Col. Lewis further
stated that he had scarcely a doubt tint the Gov
ernment would finally donate the property to the '
State for agricultural purposes and the holding of
State Fairs.
We understand that the work of putting the
armory buildings and grounds in order and proper ,
condition for the Fair, in November, will be imme
diately entered upon by the committee of arrange
ments, and when completed there will be nothing
pf the sort, in the country, that will surpass them
convenience, elegance and amplitude.
Bier Superior Court.—Four casee were dia- .
posed of in this Court yesterday—two criminal and
two civil cases. The latter were of no public in
terest.
The first criminal case called was against Reese
Davies, charged with cheating and swindling. In.
consideration Of the fact that the draft upon whioh
he obtained the voluntary endorsement of Mr.
Schofield, was drawn upon his father, and . his
prompt return of the money, when Mr. S. mani
fested an uneasiness in the matter—the jury re
turned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was
discharged.
■Willis Thompson, the negro who stole a lot of ■
crockery ware from the Brown House, plead guilty
to the charge of larceny, as made in the indictment,
and he was remanded to jail to await the sentence
of the Court.
Sound as a dollar.—At no time since the close
of the war have the business men'of Macon, gen-
. erally, stood upon firmer ground, both in regard to
turalFair, in November next, at which His Honor, . an q their ability to pay, than they da.
M n At J r,-r>A lltA ^/-(llnwincr .... .. IS a •
George S. Obear, presided, and the following r u’hg free price at which cotton sold daring
gentlemen were present: E. O. Grier, H. N. Ella, tbe 6 ‘^, on now drawing to a close, and the prompt-
S. L Guatin, 0. Hi Rogers,' C. A. Nutting, B. ne33 planters met their obligations,
F. Roes, E. Feutchwanger, J. Waxelbanm, E. P. liav0 ena bled the merohants of Macon to meet
Strong, E. Windahip, G. S. Jones, E. Crockett, L C. I t heir bills with corresponding promptness, and bus-
Plant, S. Collins, L. W. Rasdal, A.L. Maxwell, D. t#in their cre3it abroad. We hear no complaint
Daly, John 0. Curd, W. A. Huff, L. H. Wing, J. F. among t1lPrn about the tightness of money; no
Grier and W. R. Phillips. intimation that any one of them, occupying a re-
The meeting was called to order, and the follow-1 8pecta hi e position in business chiles, is in danger
tag proceedings were then had: of failing ; and no idea is entertained, in any quar-
On motion the report of the Chairman of the 1 other than that their present financial condition
Committee for locating the Fair, who reported fa- I ^ ^ 80nn d as a dollar. With propitious crop sea-
vorably to locating it at the Laboratory, was re- gona f ron i now until the middle or last of August,
ceived and adopted. j and a reasonable degree of business judgment and
On motion the Executive Committee were author- econoln y on the part of our merchants and business
ized to rent an office suitable for the Secretary and J mgn> the dull summer months, they will be
Treasurer of the State'Agricultural Society. enabled to enter the fall and winter trade upon an
On motion, the Executive Committee were author- a j mog t impregnable financial basis,
ized to take such stops a3 are necessary to put the uheir prosperity, the past season, is already be-
Laboratoiy and grounds in order for holding the ^ nriing t o manifest itself, on every hand, in the
Fair. numerous fine business houses and family residences
On motion, the sub-committee for soliciting, sub- t |j atare n0 w building and in contemplation; and
scriptions were relieved and disbanded. w hen onr sash, door, and flooring mills are running
On motion, Colonel D. W. Lewis, Secretary and ^ ^ while, and the carpenter’s hammer and saw.
The farmers of our Treasurer, was invited to act with the Executive ani , t , ie hrick-layer's trowel are heard throughout the
Committee in the discharge of their dutiee. I wa d ea ^. e no stronger proof than they give of
On motion the meeting adjourned. the onward course of the city, the prosperity of its
In conformity with the resolution on the subject peop i 0i tlie solid basis upon which o’ui business
above given, the Executive Committee rented yes- men ^ operating. .' . ,* ' f
«,»»■»««.
street where all who desire to subscribe anything that a new Episcopal Church had recently beenpr-
toward carrying out this great enterprise can call ganized m this city, and yesterday, by request of a
and eo. 'mLv of our citizens and business men friend, we rode out to see the bmkhng ^<*is
have already responded liberally to the call of the being prepared for divine worship, by the new cOn-
Committee on Contributions, and there are, doubt- gregation and the generous assistance of a few out-
won whom the Committee did aiders. The building is known the old magazme
not call who desire to do likewise. They are urged and was, virtually, presented by the City Council,
to come forward at their earliest convenience, and for the purpose for which ltie to be used. It is ait-
do wTatthTy cm in aid of tho Executive Com- uated on the Forsyth or low^Tmevdlermid .teiut
mittee to repair the Laboratory bondings and two hundred yards beyond College sttett, and to
...., B .L for hold- the left of the road as you pass out of town. It is
The Eligibility Question—A
Article.
Farmer.
St ron;
that the general average of cotton is several
weeks behind what it usually is at tins season of
^TheYice have disappeared and the weed looks
healthy and is comparatively free from grass.
Onr farmers wear smiling faces, and all would
be well, but for the cry of more com andbacon.
How long shall we continue to be the ser
vants of the North and West.
The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer, of the 18th
instant, says that General John O. Breckenridge,
in company with, ex-Govemor Magoffin, of Ken-
tacky, lately chanced to witness a parade of a
Minnesota regiment, in that town, and adds:
4 ‘General Breckenridge descended from the plat
form as the regiment was forming, exchanged
commonplace salutations with a few acquaint
ances, then turned to look at the veterans. They
unfurled their own flag, and the band strackup
the inspiring strains of “Hail Colombia. The
ex-Confederate chieftain listened a moment to
the glorious music, watched the banner as its
folds spread out to the breeze, then reverently
raised his hat from his head, waved it toward
the Stars and Stripes, and exclaimed, /That is
the old flag, after all; thank God for it! This
was in a quiet comer, away from the crowd,
without ostentation, or attracting the notice of
more than one or two observers, and he seemed
to be unconscious of their presence. ./
The New York Express complains of the
sc&rcity'of good washerwomen in that city.
MrMibi
The Editor of the Cuthbert Appeal, who pos
sesses. in our judgment, one of the most judi
cious and practical minds in the State, gives his
views at length upon this topic in the Appeal of
lost Thursday, as follows :—
Thd'right of the negro to hold office under the
new Constitution, has been conceded throughout
by many Democrats of the straightest sect.
After the vote was taken and the motion to
strike out prevailed, the majority of the Conven
tion having thus deliberatelypronounced against
the matter at issue, we considered the question
finally disposed of. The Chief Justice concurred
in these views, and non-eligibility was made the
turning point of the canvass in upper Georgia,
when the ratification of the constitution was
submitted to the people. Had the contrary doc
trine been asserted, who believes that so re
spectable a vote of whites could have been se
cured for that instrument ?
As events liave , turned out, the political jug-
gling of the conservative minority in the Con
vention, has been completely checkmated and
defeated by a radical judiciary, which all are
forced to concede possesses the power to con
strue and interpret the Constitution.
Once more have we cause bitterly to deplore
that suicidal laches and blind submission to old
party leaders, which impelled the whites of
Georgia to withdraw from the convention can
vass, and allow our enemies, without let or hin
drance, to frame the organic tew of the land.
The very first general election in which we
condescended to participate, demonstrated that
the Democracy might have controlled the con
stitutional conventiqn, and then and there settled
forever the questions now in dispute.
But regrets are unavailing, and we can only
address ourselves to the present duties of the
h °We hold then, that perfect and uncomplaining
submission to existing tews is the paramount
duty of every good citizen. Indeed this is also
our true and wisest policy. Any effort at resist
ance now, would but aggravate the asperities of
the situation, and result in deeper and more ig-
nominous humiliation. We should hear the tread
of the armed sentry again in the halls of justice,
and be remanded back to the role and tender
mercies of Federal sub-officials. _
May heaven avert from ns such a fate. But
it is contended by some that the General As
sembly, having the right to pronounce upon the
qualifications of its own members, may continue
to exclude those who have been ejected from
their seats. We do not hold to this doctrine
when it comes in direct conflict with Constitu
tional rights. Nay*, this privilege is accorded to
legislative bodies for the express reason that
they may purge themselves from such charac
ters as may be ineligible under the law, or who
violate the rules, or treat with contempt the
members of those assemblages. '*
That any, clearly elected under the Constitu
tion, and against whom neither fraud nor crime
is imputed, can be expelled by the mere will
and caprice of a majority, is simply an absurd
ity. ; - p -' > tv
But in the present instance, each house has
by a direct vote, already decided that the Su
preme Court has jurisdiction in the premises.
And but for the Executive veto, the General
Assembly itself would have referred the ques
tion to the arbitrament of that tribunal
Again, onr -Legislature- should defer to the
late deoision of the Supreme Court, because
not only expediency but necessity demands this
course. A refusal, would be construed into an
act of rebellious opposition to tew by the Fed
eral authorities, and the military would at once
by force of arms sustain the Court
We trust then, both Legislature and people
will yield a ready assent to this obnoxious pro
vision of the constitution. When once admit
ted into the Union and to our congressional sta
tus, another convention can remodel the organ
ic law, and correct the abuses which we are now
powerless to abate. To be thorough and suc
cessful, the remedy should be peaoeable and
legitimate. Surely, we have already suffered
sufficiently, by an appeal to other and harsher
measures.
srounds and put them in proper condition for hold- the left of the road as you pass
S the fair. It is estimated that it will take about a brick bufldtag about GO feet long
312 000 or §15.000 to accomplish this, and. we and though presenting, at present, a rather lowand
dare say the Committee will have no trouble in ungainly appearance, yet, Buck repairs are being
raising that small amount in a city distinguished made upon it as will vastly improve its appearanro
alike for its wealth, pride and liberality. Dona- and make it really a very nice, convenient and cona
tion will be received by any member of the Execu- fortable little churcte Windows ° a
tive Committee, of which Mr. A. L. Maxwell is the at the ends of the building have been opened, an
Chairman, or at the rooms of the Secretary and j entire new floor laid, a well arranged chancel fitted
Treasurer, m tho Ayres’ building, adjoining Mrs. j up, and there is to bo /wo front doors leading into
Dessau’s.
tho church, a portico, belfry, etc. All this is being
done through the zeal and indefatigable energy of
Distinguished Arrival (?).—H. M. Turner; the! wor thy Rector of Christ Church, Rev. H, K.
negro Postmaster at Macon, arrived yesterday on Reea .
the one o’clock train from Atlanta. We understand g{ p au p g church, when completed, will be a
that it is his intention or desire to take possession gj 0a t convenience to Episcopalians living in that
of the office to-morrow. When he shall have done par j. 0 j city in which it te located. The seats
so, the greatest outrage ever perpetrated upon are- wiU b0 free and the Rector will receive for his labor.
fined, 1 peaceable and intelligent people will have on i_ v the voluntary contributions of those wlioat-
beeu consumated. j tend service in that Church. It will thus be open
and free to all and will, we are porsuaded, be ot
eat and lasting benefit to the surrounding neigh-
irhood. ■ n - • f
Summer Arrangement.—Mr. H. W. Bronson,
Master of Transportation on the Macon and West
ern Railroad, publishes in our advertising columns
his “summer arrangement." It will be seen that
parties visiting the Indian Spring, andthe various j “ ei1
known hotel
on this road. The arrangement will go into opera
tion on the first of July and end on the first of Oc
tober.
Brown House.—For several days past the work-
en have been engaged in digging out the cellar of
parties visiting the tacnan spring, w.1 “ e ^ - babuilt to thi8 popular and widely
watering places in North Georgia and^Yirguna, will theinewwin 0 woe ^ & ^
be enabted to do so at half the usual rates of travel The
a nu.o ow»r,!rp mP nl wfll co mto ooera-I bunorng wm ironi aooui wbuij
street; will be three stones high, and make an im
posing structure as viewed from the passenger
her- .. I shed We understand that the work will be pushed
This is very liberal and generous on the part of rapidly as possible, that it maybe com-
the officers of the Macon and pietedbv the opening the next busy season,
we are sure that an intelligent and grateful public j P ; ^ nrnvpmpnt orattv mucb one of ue<
will duly appreciate it.
This improvement^is pretty much one <
. ,1 oify as the patronage ot the hotel has been very
Excursion Tickets to any of the places named 1^ariacities have fre- •
xive can be obtain
Agent, in this city.
„ p . .. — , , large the past year, and its capacities have fre-
above can be obtained at the office of the Ticket | qu0ntlj . been ove r- t axed. We are glad to chronicle
this evidence of prosperity ou the part of the
P S-We learned from a gentleman, after it was j hospitable and publie spirited proprietors of the
too late to mention the fact in an article on the out- Brown House, and hope their patronagemaym-
side of this paper, that a young Mr. Denson won the crease until they are forced t0 ^ u ’ 1 ^ F “^ h
prize at Fanners Academy, in the senior class of street from the corner of Plum street to the Alley.
TSZXZI'gZ£ I the Moonlight Pic-Nic.-Thmsday mght was as
and happy remarks. ^ j uoa ba q gathered at the landing, in estatic antici-
Enlaroino.—The Southwestern Railroad Com- j pation of the pleasures of the excursion, when the
anv (if the organization has not recently sold itself raft was set adrift, ’midst peals of meiry teug 'ter,
out to the Central Bailroad,) is making extensive and the sweet music ^Italian. Eaiid.
additions to their freight depot in this city. For moon, until now hidden behind clouds, threw her
months past the building has been too small for the soft and mellow light over the scene, mateng it 80
amount of business which the road has done, and strangely beautiful that one could Mmost una^ne,
before the next busyaeason sets in, it will he so en- ha band of fairies were the occupants of the little
larged as to meet all demands for storage that are craft. Dancing, laughing and being merry, we
ilkelv to bo made upon it, moved up tbe river to the distance of about a mile,
While on the subject of freight depots, we might where, fastening to the shore, we spent several de
mention the faettbatthe Central Railroad Company lightful hours, doing honor to tiie muse of the
will soon commence their extensive improvements many twinkling feet.’ Never did la ^ e ® ^ k
on the old Court-house grounds, purchased from beautiful, or were Mc-a-tetei more aekghful There
the coantv last year for the purpose. is one picture not soon to be forgotten-A
* nr — lovolv always, but weirdly so as she rested on a rock
A Model Plantation.—Whilst the examination of overhung by willows, fringing the river; over whose
the smaller classes was going on at the Farmer’s head the moonbeams played through the leaves
Academy, on Fridav morning last, we took a little above—while yours truly was at her feet. About
stroll, in company ivith a friend, about the plants- 3% o’clock the party returned, after resolving that
tion of Col. John* W. Stubbs, about a mfle from the the happy affair should be repeated at an early day.
We had heard I
J.
N. P. WilusV well-known “Idlewild," on the
Hudson, has been purchased by Thos. George,
of Newburg, New York, for §35,000.
A Shoemaker was tbe other day fitting a cus
tomer with a pair of boots, ; when the buyer ob
served that he had but one objection to them,
which was, that the soles were a little thick. If
that is all," replied the maker, “put on the
boots, and the objection will gradually wear
away.”
George Francis Thun says Colfax can take
a pail of dough and divide it more equally
among one hundred chickens than any other
mr.n la the United States,
school-house, in the Rutland District,
much of the Colonel’s skill and success as a planter,
but we really believe that he baa aurpaseed himself
this season, as we never aaw more beautiful crops
of com and ootton than are now growing on liia
place. He need fertilizers pretty freely on nearly
all his lands this spring, and the result is, that his
cotton plants are four or five times larger than those
of his neighbors who used no manures, are of finer
color, and will produce fully five times as much lint
cotton per acre. He has one small patch of cotton
—some three or four acres—in front of his resi-.
dence upon which he has used the celebrated Dixon
Mixture, composed of Peruvian guano, bone dust,
salt and stable manure. The seeds in this patch
were planted two weeks later than on other
lauds in that neighborhood, and the luxuriant
plants will now average thirty inches in height,
are well branched out and perfectly teeming with
forms, blooms and bolls. Not over a half mile from
this patch we were shown a piece of land of precisely
the same soil and similarly laid, which had not been
guanoed and had been planted two weeks earlier.
The plants varied in height from three to eight
inches, looked rather pimy and the stand waa bad,
notwithstanding the fact that the field had been
well tended and there was not a blade of grass to be
found in it. 1710181 this field will average about
150 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, its guanoed
neighbor will average about six hundred pounds.
But then, all of Col. Stubbs’ ootton and com is ,
losing remarkably well, whilst his potatoes, melon j
and garden have been most prolific this,
season. Taking all together, his is a model planta- |
tion. vriA-Jkxj
a! m
id'
OBITUARIES.
Died, in Macon, Georgia, on the I2th of May,
lStji), of a lingering disease, Susannah DuPont Mac-
caw. The ardent Christian, the pore woman, tho
devoted wife,the affectionate and exemplary mother,
arid the loving sister, has passed away from ns all
into the Spirit Land.
Her remains were interred in Laurel Grove Cento-?
tory, Savannah. Julius.
Died, at his residence in Crawford county, Gs.,
on the 15th inst, Mb. James Long, aged eighty-five
years, two months and six days.
The subject of this notice'was bom in the State
of Maryland, in the year 1784, removed to Wash- \
tagton county, Ga., and waa married in 1808, re
moving to Crawford county in the year. 1812, where
he and his wife lived for sixty-one years. She sor- •
vivea him He was a member of the Methodist
Church from the year 1804 until May of 1867, at *
which time he united with the Primitive Baptist
Church, and died a devoted and much esteemed -
member of that denomination.
Although a man well stricken in years, his reia- .
tions, neighbors and friends were loth give him ap,
feeling their loss irreparable, yet fully oonvinoed
that it is his eternal gain. Having borne the fruits
of Christianity—a well-ordered Walk, and a Godly
conversation—we believe, andare sure, that he has
fallen asleep in Jesus Christ, who watches his .
sleeping dus t
Relatives, Neighbors and Friends, weep not roe
him, but weep for youraelvWa and your children.
A Fbxend.
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