Georgia Historic Newspapers

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fliK TELEGRAPH.
%KOOV, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1869.'
ADDRESS
p r rtM on tl»c Telegraph and Men-
monger.
... trt) ,ier our grateful tlianks to the Georgia
'fix the good opinions and wishes expressed
ycoasion of the recent consolidation of
f Tki-eok* 1 ’ 11 aHD ME83KKal “' We hope
** r interouurie with the press of the State
Ull* mutually pleasant and profitable. So
11 w e are concerned, we mean that it shall
* r ’*.iilateJ by the law of kindness and conrte-
uniform good-temper and self-possession,
*7- a r ,-M)lute avoidance of mere personal
J^iniveroy. which ia not only unprofitable, but
aim-hit-vons. . .
The Savannah Republican accompanies its
,rk-» upon the consolidation with some forci-
r^ tiews upon the general subject-matter of
’ f ~. r publication in Georgia. No doubt it
** busine’'" vastly overdone, and, considered
** whole, worse than unprofitable in.a pecu-
1 T He thinks, and we think, that the
* hlianual interests of the publishers and the
® blic would he vastly promoted by further
Validations of rival enterprises all over the
laic There are few cities or towns in Geor-
• where the peoplo would not get a better
^ rand the publishers a belter living by a
^ Jidation. The saving effected in the mere
rr of type-setting alone would make a fair
liti.lend upon the investment, and the combi-
^,,0 of industry and capital would vastly in-
W^oilie attractions and the influence of the
Prof- „ r
The Results.
»rc building high hopes of the great re-
alt* for good to grow ont of the immense con-
jonrse of people from all sections, now in at-
gndsnro upon our State Fair. Men from the
h'orih who have never been South before, and
|«e all their ideas of this section crude and
imprfi ct from partisan sources, will meet in
load intercourse with representative men of
£« South, and find their prejudices and erro-
jeons notions dissipated and neutralized. They
till learn to know us as wo are, and not as our
Oftnies. for the nnworthiest purposes, have
pjuttd >w. When such representative men ns
jamey and Cameron nit down quietly with
Hampton and others for a survey of the field
with their own eyes, the truth cannot be blinked.
That we are at peace with each other and
tholly Absorbed in efforts to lift onr material
interests out cf the dnst, and that we have put
nr hands to the plough manfully and in good
fiilb. with no disposition to lookback, are facts
lUt such intercourse mnst establish. We are
filling to givo the class of our visitors referred
to full credit for honesty of purpose, in this di
rection, at least. They say they are here on
this errand, and we will believe them till the
future contradicts them. If a visit to Georgia
it this time raises np one more advocate at the
Horth. who slrnll demand in the name of truth
ind justice, that oar story bo believed, we shall
hive made jnst ibnt much clear on the transac
tion. We hope to mako a great deal more, and
its another simitar occasion to find ourselves in
their fall enjoyment.
The Florida Orange Crop and Fish-
• cries.
The beautiful orange crop, we are glad to
Uaru. is full one-third larger than-last year, and
fir above an average one. Great improvements
kire been introduced into tho oaro and culture
if the trees, and the Florida orange groves now
exhibit, a rare and beautiful spectacle, while,
in point of profit, as compared with tho labor
ind capital invested, tho orange crop is far in
alvatico of all other Southern crops. The bulk
of the E ist Florida oranges go, of course, to
New York ; hnt large shipments are made to
Stv.imrab and Charleston, and from those ports
into tin; interior of Georgia, the Carolinas and
Tennessee. Tho vast qnnnlity of oranges which
Ind* a i .'.rhct in Macon is brought, generally,
by railway transportation direot from Jackson
ville IYi.ix Corpus is the principle shipper to
this p'liut, both of fruit and fish, and to his en-
lerp- is.; onr people mainly owe the recent abun
dant supplies of these delicacies. Both come
from tho neighborhood of Jacksonville. Onr
ibamhnt stores of mullet, breams, perch and
trout are tho prodnee of tho St. Johns River,
vhilf the snappers, bass and red fish aro abnn-
fctit about its mouth.
Through tho Brunswick Railroad we shall, in
* few days, have n more direct and rapid com
munication with Florida and its treasures of
lild and flood will find, we hope, a cheaper and
flicker transportation to tho Macon market and
points beyond.
The IPcarl Democracy.
Notwithstanding Greeley has killed tho Dem
urs'i.- party time and again, on paper, and sun-
Southern editors have preached its funeral
Urnion and dnly buried it, it presents a most
lively appearance whenever an election takes
pile-. I(,-re is the latest effort of tho defunct
*ear<-rn: • *
“It now seems that the Democrats will have
* majority in the Constitutional Convention
vhidi i* t„ meet in Springfield next month to
••vise ihe Constitution of Illinois.”
Tte blessed State of tho “late lamented” has.
lone Democratic, and the victorious party is
joinj; to remodel a Constitution which tho Rsd-
>m!s lnve umlj simply infamous. Tho atten
tion of Southern monrnere at the lato funeral
•eremonies over tho dend Democracy is invited
to these little things. Tho Radicals of tho North
k»ve seen them with special alarm and constor-
tttion.—Baltimore Sun.
Apropos to the above, we understand that one
•f the Radical members of Congress from this
State has been indulging recently in sundry
•hackles over what he styles another sign of
Democratic decay in Georgia, viz: The consol
idation of the Telegraph and Journal and Mes-
tonger. lie was congratulating Gov. Bullock
•pon the fact, and was especially gleeful, avail-
lag himself of tho ocoaaion to make sundry
lings at the Journal and Messenger.
We hope he feels better. If ho will tako the
double, however, to announce himself a Candi
da for Congress and stay in tho field till the
of election, ho will find out how dead the
Party is, in bis district, at least. And wo tell
him another thing, too: That the Telegraph
•s® MrissEtoEB intends, hereafter, as horeto-
kte, to make a stronger fight than ever for
toaud principles and against tho corruptions
•ad wrongs of the dominant party. Tho Demo-
**tie parly now, as ever, is the natural custo
dian of thoso principles, and ns such, tho Telx-
•sapu and Messexqzb will give it an undisguised
•ad hearty support. If this honorablo gentle
man, or any other, snpposes that this consolida
tion business has nny meaning further than was
••pressed in these columns on Snnday, and en
tity if bo is gloating over the prospect of
•weakening in tho battle line of Democracy
herealmuts, lot him wait and see—that’s all.
nr
HO If. HARK . A. COOPER.
At 3£ t. it. an immense concourse of people,
‘numbering into the thousands, assembled in the
amphitheatre to listen to the orator of the day,
who was briefly and appropriately introduced
by Hon. Benjamin C. Yancy, President of the
Georgia Agricultural Society.
After the usual salutation, the Hon. Mr.
Cooper addressed those assembled as fellows:
To the Members of the Slate Agricultural So-
cicty, to assemble at their Annual Fair at
Macon, Oa.\ on the Cth of Aorember, 18C9 :
Gentlemen :—According to a promise elicit
ed from me by your Secretary, I have the honor
to present to you this paper.' The snbject for
consideration is “ The Destiny of Georgia, in
duced by recent changes, and the Interest nnd
Policy of Cotton Planters indicated thereby.”
The changes here referred to have been
brought about by a revolution through which
we have recently passed. They relate to our
social, political and financial affairs, and have
deeply involved the common labor of the coun
try. They have been produced by a combina
tion and concentration of the great powers
which rule and direct all governments.
We believe that the following propositions
will be fonnd to bo jnst and trne, to-wit:
Fir«t. No notion or commnnity was ever
powerfnl amongst men and nations which did
not use the mechanical powers for manufactn
ring purposes. .
Secondly. A nation or people iR powerful in
proportion to its prodnets in mannfuctnres.
Thirdly; Politically, socially and financially,
the manufacturing interest, compared with the
agricnltural interest in influence and control, is
as three to one.
Fourthly. Agriculture, manufacturing, and
commerce are the great elements of pence.
The two last are intimately associated. Closely
allied to these, stands also mining. The first is
diffuse, and never is concentrated. Tho oth
ers always combine nnd readily coalesce. Hence
they cohtrol the government! They bring to
their aid the machinery of banking and the in
fluence of currency. A fonrth interest has lately
grown np—a power equal, if not superior, to
any. This is the railroad interest. It combines
and concentrates in a day. It is eminently sym
pathetic. This power, with its associates, tho
telegraph and express, will lead off r.nd control
governments and all other powers, unless gov
ernments, by accumulation and concentration,
shall assume to control it.
Fifthly. One man may control tnillinns-in man
ufacturing and railroading, and may thereby ex
ert an influence in proportion; whilst, in ngri-
cnlture he is limited to ft ffiw hnndred thou
sands, and his influence is limited in proportion,
in the inverse ratio, as three is to one. ’
These propositions ore so well understood,
and so well established by history, that I will
not consume your time by attempting to elucid
ate them.
The State of Georgia, by the adaptation of
climate And soil to tho product of the great sta
ple, hns been, heretofore, necessarily an agricul
tural district. This was true also of tho entire
South. A system of labor entailed upon us by
our ancestors made it so.
Tho perquisites arising from a change in this
system of labor, forces upon us a destiny which
must place ns in a different relation to each
other, as well as to the great elements of power
in government, referred to above. We must
be transferred or transposed from that power,
which, by diffusiveness, is felt hut little to a
combination of all the combined and concen
trated powers, and have them clusely allied
with that of agricnltnre. In other words, the
cotton planter of the the South mnst bo identi
fied with the manufacturing and commercial
interests of the conntry; and therefore must be
associated with the railroad and shipping in
terest, the banking, tho telegraph, and the ex
press interest. Into -.hose channels their an
nual gains must necessarily flow; otherwise,
the exponents of these interests mnst hold these
gains snbject to their will. The annual profit
on three millions of bags of cotton mnst dem
onstrate for itself, or be administered UDon by
others, since there is no longer a place for it, as
heretofore, to cherish the power of reproduc
tion. We are now in the transition state. We
may direct, but cannot stay the progress. Tho
cotton planiers of tho South mnst seize the op
portunity, fall in and grasp some or all of these
powers, and thereby become tho princes of the
land. It is now the destiDy of the South that it
shall become a vastly powerfnl manufacturing
district.- If from inertness or want of enter
prise they will not avail themselves of the op
portunity now before them, they have one al
ternative-left, and only one, that is, to become ^ ^
j the overseers or managers of the incumbents of j practicability, the”success.’or the beneficial re-
th iso great powers, with the privilege of hold- j sn its which they propose, we have only to refer
ing titles to the lands they cnltivate, conpled j to tho est-ahliahmenta now operating in the
with an obligation to produce and prepare for . of Georgia. Tho history of one nlone will
the market the rich staple, out of which those j 8n ffi ce . With a capita! of less than $500,000, it
inenmbents shall, at their pleasure, take what j j s making an annual dividend of twenty per
their cupidity and interest may designate. The j con j paid quarterly, with a reserve fnnd, equal
planters will have this one guarantee of the hi w, 1 - - -•
to-wit that tho soil is theirs. A guarantee based
upi n the- interests of, and secured by, powers
turn them all; shall grasp thereby all the ele
ments • of power, heretofore enumerated, by
which government is formed; by which laws-
are made and administered; by which science
sheds its light; the arts made to flourish; the
literature of the country is made to adorn it; by
which the freedom of conscience may be de
fended ; and the moral grandeur of man himself
shall be exhibited in the image of his Makes*
Then we shall have the balance of trade in our
favor. Then, and not till then, will capital flow
to us as a tide, and immigration ns s wave roll
in uppa ua without an effort on onr part.
Ndw, sirs, will yon ask where tho money is
to come from? I answer from the planters
of the South first, if they pleasei They have
the money power. Unless thus used, it must
run to waste.
Again, let us look at the facts. First, All the
water power at command in Georgia, now ac
cessible by railroads and navigation, is suf
ficient to manufacture the raw material of two
such States, in addition to driving the ma
chinery of all operations, necessary to cotton
or woolen milling; whether it be of wood ot
metals.
Secondly. The material ores of metals needed,
are in richest profusion found within onr limits
everywhere, identified and associated with the
water power referred to—iron especially. This
is in quality nnd quantity both iD Georgia
and Alabama, Virginia, Teenessee, Kentucky,
Missouri, Mississippi, Aikansas and Texas,
unsurpassed in any count ly, and nneqnaled
by any corresponding portion of the United
States.
On a former occasiou we felt called upon to
present to tho Legislature of Georgia an esti
mate of the_resources in this State in iron, as
compared with those of Pennsylvania. We then
demonstrated, satisfactorily, as wethongbt, that
those of Georgia far exceeded the like in Penn
sylvania. At the same time we presented also
an estimate of the iron crop of Pennsylvania,
as compared to the cotton crop of Georgia, de
monstrating that- the former direct and incident,
exceeded the latter. Hence we ventured the
opinion, that in the sequel, the pTodncts of iron
iu Georgia, could only be equaled by those of
cotton; and that the powerof the State, through
the agency of tho farmer, would far transcend
that derived from the cotton. We still think so.
Thirdly. The most interesting and available
localities for water power in Georgia, are ndw
' in market at specnlntive prices. They mnst
nnd will’be taken hold of, very soon, by some
one. One alone that, we know of has power in
twelve months to convert half the crop of Geor
gia into manufactured products. These local
ilies, being secured, will have much to do with
leading and controlling the-manufacturing in
terests of Georgia.
The gains of tbe'eotton planter on the crop
of tins year will probably be eqnal to $10,250,-
000. Four parts of this, say $500,000, may,
without inconvenience, be appropriated to the
purchase of those localities, and will bo suffi
cient to accomplish it This will secure power
sufficient, Trben added to the thirty-five fasto
ries now in operation, to "pin np, annually, /be
cotton crop of Georgia. There will the.n be an
nually $9 000,000 in the hartf* of planters for
the erection and operating t“ c 50 factories to Jm
erected at the several localities reft,'.* 1 ^® to /*" e
annual combination of skilled labor. rnL ^hor
of nil sorts, will cause an appreciation of the
property at these localities until it shall double,
treble and quadruple the prime cost, thereby
affording ample means to build and carry on
with ; thus enabling the planters to appropriate
other millions to the purchase or construclion
of interesting and important liqgs of railroad.
One of these happens now to be presented, ex
tending entirely across the State, traversing
thfbnghont its entire course, the richest, most
varied and most abundant resources of valuable
minerals which can be fonnd in tho world. It
has also, along its lino, the most ample and
abundant water power for manufacturing. If
is blessed, also, with the most salubrious cli
mate, and a soil luxuriantly rich for agricnltu
ral purposes. Tbi3 line of railroad can bo en
grossed by the planters with tho use of a very
limited amount, of this year’s gains. They wiil
then have a hold on not only the manufacturing
interest and tho power it affords, bnt .they will
have a cine to the power of railroading. ’ Here
they will make their permanent homes, nnd
combine their agricnltnral power with all other
powers. * Here they will -annually open a mar
ket for their products of cotton, receive it and
convert it into a manufactured product, to be
shipped by themselves, by direct line of ex
ports, to its proper destination ; for which pur
pose they will have transportation by land and
by sen, and financial and mercantile agents at
home and abroad.
You liavo now. sirs, the crowning suggestion
which X proposed to make, after stating the facts
here enumerated. If the cotton planter, on re
ceiving these suggestions, should doubt the
A Sign of tiie Times.—A cable dispatch
from Paris says that it is now declared that after
•II, the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope is
•ot to be forced on the (Ecumenical Council.
Die Pope declares that he must be assured of
•n imposing majority of the Bishops in favor of
tiie dogma; otherwise he would prefer tliatrthe
•alijfct should not be introduced, desiring to
••otd a discussion which might lessen the in-
" deuce of the principle. Meantime the Jtsuits
•reusing every effort to secure an overwhelming
m »jority.
which they can neither wield nor check.
Sirs, addressing, ds I do, a body of intelligence
rarely convened, it would be an abnse of your
patience here to amplify. Then let me proceed
to call your attention to a few facts, nnd then to
crown them with one suggestion. The facts are
these:
The cotton crop of Georgia is stated to be
500,000 bales, averaging 500 pounds each. The
value of this per hundred pounds, in paper cur
rency of the United States, after paying freights
and charges to Liverpool from New York, if
sold in Liverpool, is $28,841. For this, the
New York shipper pays in New York $20 00,
thris leaving for him a balance of $2.84 J for his
profits. A bale of 500 pounds, therefore, affords
him a profit of $14,221. Tho crop from Geor
gia of 500,000 bales, when thus sold, will there
fore afford to the New York shippers, on aggre
gate profit of $7,200,000.
The cotton crqp of the South is supposed to
be 3,000,000 bales. Two million bales shipped
as above and sola in Liverpool, afford to the
New York shippers a benefit of $28,840,000.
This is the result of one crop. Is it wonderful,
therefore, that with this to build on Now York
should be a great city, with centralised power
to make and control the policy of n nation?
Again, cotton in the process of manufactur
ing, loses 15 per cent, or 15 ponnds t in each
100 pounds—equal to 75 pounds par bale.
This amounts to 7,500 bales in a crop of 500,-
000 bales, or nearly one bale in six; which, if
valued at 20 cents a bale, is eqnal to $750,000.
The planter loses this. Ho also loses the
freight. Ho pays on this waste.
The freight from New York to Liverpool
alone is 35 cents per hundred pounds, which is
equal per bale to $1 Vi. The freight from New
York to Liverpool on 500,000 bales made in
Georgia, if shipped from New York to Liver
pool, is $875,000.
The raw cotton, when manufactured into
yarns suitod to the foreign markets, diminishes
tho bulk 15 per cent., and therefore saves about
one-sixth of this freight, which is eqnal to
$145,833 saved in freight on waste from a crop
of 500,000 bales. The manufacturing of tho raw
material at home saves also the waste of 15 per
cent., and turns it to domestic account.
Manufacturing nt home for the foreign mar
ket adds two-thirds to the value of the bulk.
Hence, ono bale of ootton thus manufactured is
worth three of the raw cotton, say equal to $300.
The erdp of 500,000 bales manufactured in
Georgia, less 15 per cent, waste, is 425,000
sum of $50,000,000, tho value cf 500,000 bales
sold in the raw state.
Thero is, therefore, a balance in favor of the
country of $87,500,000, produced by converting
tho raw cotton into a manufactured article.
Add to this the sum of $145,000 paid on the
waste when shipped and saved by manufactu
ring at home. Add also the value of the waste
saved and used at homo, by estimate $100,000,
and yon have tho snm of $87,745,000 made and
saved to tho country by manufacturing the raw
material. Hence it is perceived that you re
turn to tho producers the value of their raw
material, cs is case of sale and shipment, and
nearly double that sum to them and their coun
try, in proceeds of sale of manufactured goods.
This comes to them, or to the State in.imports,
or in specie; being that mnch over and above
what is now received,, and that is an annual
result. .
Great and interesting as this may seem to tne
planters, the results to the country financially,
politically and socially, are grand beyond any
ordinary conception. Such an annual increase
of labor products, say $87,000,000, through the
agency of one commodity, produced by one
class of oitizens, will annually increase tho pop-
illation and meins, material and money,
the wealth of the State can only be told by
hundreds of millions. Until towns and cities
sball.be built where the forest now stands, and
until thousands of wheels shall turn by t&e
power of water; until tho planters and pro
ducers of this staplo shall found, and build und
to half itscapital. invested in available securities.
One of i*s largest stockholders, ns we learn, in
vested $5000 in stock, from which he now holds
six hundred shares, worth $'00 000. paying him
an annual dividend of $12,000. In this estab
lishment, however, there is a long list of stock
holders. nnd very few of them are planters.
Such will bo the relation of planters to manu
facturing establishments which must soon he
built np within the limits of Georgia, if they de
cline these suggestions. Such is destiny, and
with the growth of this interest the great, miner
al region of Georgia will he developed in aid of
it, and railroads will open the latter up—will
carry and wield hofb.
I have, now, gentlemen, submitted to you
what I had to say, nnd hero beg lenvp to eom
mtt the matter to yon. knowing that, it is depos
ited in the hands of those who have the power
nnd intelligence to dispose of it properly: in
which you have my hearty wishes for success.
SHOW OF BLOODED STOCK.
Following the address was a fine preliminary
exhibition of racing anil other stock, in the vast
arena lately vacated by Mr. Cooper’s attentive
audience. V* T e say preliminary, because the
exhibition was informal, and not intended a«
a part of the inspection or premium awaiding
exercises. Tiiere were some fifty or sixty spirit
ed, well groomed mares, geldings, stallions,
and a few fine looking mules, all eliciting.mnch
admiration by their sleek coats and beautiful
action. ’ •
Not to disparage any of the many, yet in jus
tice to the few, wo deem a passing notice due
to the exhibition made by Mr. Dorsey, of Louis
ville, Ky., who had present a fine pair of “gold-
dnst mares,” a gelding, a stallion and two splen
did saddle horses. Onr attention was particn
larly called to the spirit as well ns showy action
of a largo coal black stallion belonging to Mr.
Wators, and a grey stallion, tho property of
Dr. Drew Massee, of Marsballvillo, Ga. This
latter animal displayed a careful training, as
well as uncommon intelligence in the numer
ous antics he performed, equaled only by a
circus horse. "We shall enter more into detail
when tho stock has been adjudged and premi
ums awarded.
Immediately «pon the withdrawal of the
stock an impromptu scrub race was gotten np
for the special benefit of the mounted marshals
and others present. Some fine running quali
ties of the several studs was shown, conspicu
ous among which wo noticed a clean-limbed
five year old mare of tho famous “ Whirlwind ’
breed, owned by G. W. Mayo, of Albany, Ga.
ridden by a young gentleman whoso easo and
gra«y of seat called forth many flattering re
marks. Wo understand both rider and horse
will enter for the Tournament, for whom we
predict success in its fullest sense.
7TIE DAY’S FINALE AT THE GROUNDS.
Unfortunately for those desiring fo remain
longer, the clouds at 4 o’clock givo token of an
approaching stoim, whose quickly falling drops,
whirled aloDg by tho freshing breeze, soon
caused the tido-of locomotion to turn cityward.
Change in the Cabinet.—A Washington dis
patch to the New York Tribune says: “ It is au
thoritatively stated that a change will occur in
tho Cabinet in a short time, the Attorney Gen
eral having decided to accept the vacant seat in
the Supreme Conrt, and he is now said to be en
gaged in arranging the affairs of his office pre
paratory to (he change.
Hoopkanschaaf says the track of coolio em
igration to the South will be across the Indian
Ocenn, through tho Suez Canal, and across the
Atlantic to New Orleans.
GEORGIA Vr’ATE FAIR.
. r«*r.r rW*&> -dat. n su
The day dawned yesterday morning under n clear
sky, but with a high and cold-wind blowing from tbs
Northwest, which waa very unpleasant to visitors on
the Grounds, and particularly so to the speaker*
and the large number of ladies seated in the hippo
drome. But notwithstanding the unpleasant weath
er, crowda of visiters began Jo pour in upon th*
Ground* by 8 o'clock, and from that time until two
o’cluck in the afternoon, they continued to arrive by
every accessible mode of conveyance. We heard
the crowd at 8 o'clock estimated at between fifteen
and twenty thousand. Wd think there were at least
fiftte-i thousand.'
The proceeding* of the day were opened about 13
o'clock, by the presentation to Hon. Ben. C. Yancey
of the inrited gueit* of the Society by A. O. Bioon,
Esq , who said: *
Hr. Pmldtrt .* As a member of the Eeception
Committee, it affoidsmepleasure to present to yon.
and throngh you to the Georgia Agricultural Society,
tho gentlemen from other States who have_visited
U3 upon this cccn-ion in response to our invitattun.
Thev have como from all tlio leading States, from
South Carolina to Wisconsin. Some of them occupy
high official positions, while most, if-not all. the re
mainder aie gentli men prominently identified with
important indnsbial enterpiises. They aro our
guests, and as such I present them to yon, that you
may express to them, ofiiciaUy, those feelings of
cordial welcome entertained for them by tho mem
bers of tve Society. •
Mr. Yancey then addressed tho visiting gentlemen
in a speech warm, eloquent and cordial iu its wel
come. We regret that our notes would only enable
us to give an outline of this admirable speech, and
an abstract always does injustice to that which is elo
quently said. Ho was greeted with frequent applanso
by his audience, the enthusiasm of which was special
ly aroused when, in alluding to the rich resource* of
the State, he bade them look upon the women of
Georgia, her fairest jewels.
Mr. Yancey was responded to on the part of the
invited guests by Judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania,
and Gen. Horace Capron, Commissioner of tho Ag
ricultural Bureau, Washington, D. C., m the follow
ing word*:
RESPONSE OF HON. O. W. WOODWARD, OF PENNSYL
VANIA.
ifr. President, anti Gentlemen of the Georgia Ha tel
. Agricultural Society :
Several citizens of Middle and Northern States
have come, upon the invitation of your Society, to
witnees the renewed energies of Georgia as man
ifested In this very successful Fair, and to inter
change friendly salutations with cur fellow-citizens
of the South. We were met by a committee of your
body, and to their provident' politeness we arc in
debted. under the providence of God, for a safe and
most agreeable journey. At Atlanta ire wet © kindly
received by Governor "Bullock and entertained at
breakfast,"and we came on to this beautiful city
with no accident or detention, and here we have
been entertained with a truly Southern liospit-lity,
tho fame of which is world-wide. For all these at
tentions, as well as for your cordial reception on
behalf of the Society over which you preside, my
fellow-travelers have imposed upon me, since we
camo upon this platfdtm. the duty of expressing
their heartfelt acknowledgements. In their name
and for myself I return you onr thanks. Wo have
met as friends—as friends of agricnlm-e, as citizens
of a common country—who acknowledge a common
flag *nd a common constitution, and who are bound
to a .''"union destiny. We have bt en gratified with
the evidence of prosperity that lias met ua on every
band. If vour fostration by the war was as com-
plete’as I supposed, roll nmst be the most energetic
and »ecuperative people of whom I have ever read.
How much better it is that citizens of the differ
ent secliouc should meet on such a peaceful field a*
this than on the battle field. War tramples the
green earth and stains itiwfth Mood. Agncffituro
makes it biing forth bread for t.ho eater, and fruits
and flowers that delight th* starts. The voice of
war is carthago delenlla est. The pi‘.'.‘' ct
ture is, ‘ tliv kingdom come, givo us this , ? (’ ,fr
daily bread.” *
Sir, I have no sympathy with the man who would
drench our native land in blood, in preference to
tho cuhivationof thesepeaceful arts and industries.
We Northern men differ from each other in many
sentiments and opinions; in many things wo differ
from von. and among yourselves are divemties of
thought and action. But to-day we merge all differ
ences ; wo forget all disagreeable memories; we
leave tho dead past to bury the dead; and we unite
as brethren of a common country to promote the
groat intiTestB of agriculture, on which tho prosr-er-
ity of all States and nations are built. Let us love
as brethren. Let the sections exchange their pro
ductions. Let them marry and give in marriage.
Let the South welcome Northern capital and indus
try. and the near future shall repair the ravages of
war; a new prosperity shall return South, and then,
if not before, yon men and women of the South can
apply the words that burst .fronrtlio lips of Byron,
as from Alpine heights ho iooked down upon Italian
plains—
Oh. it is a goodly sight to see
What Heav’n hath done for this delicious land,
What fiuits of fragrcui'-o blush on every tre«f,
What goodly prospects o’er her hills expand.
^Renewing our thanks for your cordial reception,
whice wo as cordially reciprocate, I proceed to intro
duce to you, individually, the members of our dele
gation.
nZBPONSE OF HON. HORACE CATRON.
Ifr. President and Gentlemen of the Agricultural
Society of Georgia :
Not to occupy time to the exclusion of other gen
tlemen who may be expected to address you, I have
preferred to reduce to writing, in as condensed a
form as possible, tiie few practical remarks I pro
pose to offer on this occasion, ai d with your per
mission I will proceed to read them:
Jt is with pleasure that I have responded to your
kind invitation, which I have accepted in the spirit
in which it was tendered—a spirit of mutual con
cession. sympathy and encouragement. This pleas
ure is enhanced by a knowledge of the great re
sources of your State—a soil rich in all the elements
of fertility and suited in its variety to the entire
circle of the productions of tho farm, orchard and
garden; phosphates and marls, in many localities',
to repair tho waste of continued cropping, and min
erals u-oful in the arts; water power enough to
manufacture all the cotton grown iu tho State, nnd
the implements of agriculture awl of other ir. !us-
Irics; and a climate in winch the cereals and Irnits
of temperate zones may flourish side by side with
semitropical forms of v< getation, and in which man
mav exercise in highest health and vigor, all his
meiita) and physical powete. in subduing nature,
enlarging productions, increasing wealth, and cn-
having human happiness.
With such resources at your command, with act
ive invention to plan, ami an iudomitable will to
work, who can set a limit to thp career of activity
and enterprise upon which yon iiave entered ? 1
have come among you with some knowledge of heso
natural a lv.ni'a :<■*, and wi h a full appreciation of
the laudable ambition that impels you, to speak a
word o‘ enconregement—to present the allurements
of new hopes and now aims, and ask that, extirpa
ting ancient prejudice, foigetting tho things which
are behind, you press forward to those which are
liefore—aiming to advance the united interest, and
biigljten the consolidated gloiy of a great and grow
ing nation.
The change in your labor system involves a radi
cal change in the manner and appliances of euiti-
varion : a necessity which many of you fully re&lizo
and thoroughly understand. Free labor, to bo most
efficient, must ba educated labor—in a certain de
gree, skilled labor; it must bo supported and sup
plemented by improved machinery, so that every
dollar expended in tho exercise of human muscles
mav become tiro by the magical augmentation of
rural mechanism, ‘it is thus that onr lands must ba
•cultivated, and crops grown, in pait by brawn, in
part by brains.
■ This change in labor also involves the necessity
for smallrr farms, better culture, tho uea of ma
nures, rotations in crops, and a larger working cap
ital in proportion to permanent investment.
Broad acres of impoverished soil, without abun
dant means for needod fertilizers and fixtures, ma
chinery and farm animals, are not only non-pro
ductive, hut absolute sources of cost and discour
agement—a mid-stone upon the neck of enterprise.
Without a working capital, at least equal to that
invested in lard, recuperation must be tedious, and
tho profits of fanning small; with its aid inutiliz-
ingtbo labor at command, that which is more effi
cient and intelligent will naturally flow in.
The result will bo a rapid development, a higher
condition of fertility, larger crops, valuable and
cieditable improvements, good neighborhood roads,
larger profits, wealth, eftmfort and contentment.
As a natural sequence to this system of industry,
variety in production will take the place of an in-
ceasing culture of cotton and corn. Tho broad capa
bilities of soil and climate will have free scopo and
exercise, and while tho product of cotton will be
gi eater than now.dherc will bo com enough for
man and beast, an abundance of beef, pork and
mutton, the finest of vegetables and rarest of fruits,
not alone for homo consumption, but for tho supply
of less favored regions. Sugar, in favoring soils,
may take the place of cotton as an export crop ;
sorghum may yield its sweets for local u*o of dwel
lers among the hiUs; a multitude of now and prn;
fitable crops may awtll by millions tho grand ag
gregate of tho cash teeeipte of agricultural labor,
ltamio, introduced in 1855 into tho Botanic Garden
at Washington, and propagated foryeara in tho ex-,
perimental gtrden of the Department of Agricul
ture, promises to v:e vith cotton in profit and use
fulness if tho manufarturera succeed iu improving
and cheapening its fabrication, and thus create a
great and permanent market for tho new fibre,
which can be produced in unlimited qnantities at
reasonable rates. ' !
You have also an irimeasurablo source of wealth
in the cultivation of fiuits; even that most valnable
of. all domestic fruits! tho apple, can be produced
hero in tho highest perfection. It is true that fail
ures have resulted from introducing varieties. of
Northern origin, but Vour pomologists have collect
ed native varieties fitiiv equal in flavor and keeping
qualities to the best' of those from any other sec-
t.on. 1
Merely mentioning tho pear and. tho peach, the
latter especially refeliug in your bright and length
ened summ-ie, alifw me to ilirert your attention to
tho fig and the grape- Tho former of the«o proba
bly requires less skill in propagation and care in cul
ture or in drying or other preparation for market
than any other fruit of value.. Tho grape, mure ca
pricious as to c'.imaie and locality, can here en jay
Its faTOred region; on yonr'hill sides.' the best table
and wine grapes of the* Northern States,will attain
perfection, and it is prophesied that only on the ele
vated lands and mountain sliipes of the Southern
S'ates will the region be fonnd that is to yfold wines
eqnal to a Johannisburger. a Tokay, or a Margeaux,
while in your lower landByouhave tliofamoitn Scii]>-
pernoi.g, that even now is highly esteemed, both
here anil in foreign countries. Vast development*
await you in tlrs direction, and when you reflect
that even on your wora-iratland—unfit for corn or
cotton—'nuts and vines may lie produced in the
greatest abundance and perfection, tho propriety of
giving attention to these crops will become apparent
Nor will this mea*uie of diversity suffice. Manu
factures must occupy the sites of waterpower*; and
the surplus forest products be used in propelling
machinery by steam, thus beautifying your State
and enriehingyonr peoplo not only by theirproduefs
and profits of this industry, hut by tho stimulus it
will afford to agriculture in tho consumption of its
prodnets and the enhancement of their talma. I
hope to foe the day when, with the help of mann-
fs'-turersin other States of this country, wemiylic
ablo to manufacture every pound of cotton that we
can produce Yon mav in self defence be compelled to
do it. as Groat Britain, is. already preparing to col
onize India with tho skil'cd laborers of Lancashire,
as teachers and directors of tho teeming mllioris
whoso services may be had for * remuneration
scarcely appreciable. Ship abroad among this
nations of the earth, at litUe cost fur froigii tande
commissions, all yon* cotton in dims and fabrics,
bearing the added value of much cunning lalior.
ready for tho maikets of the world, rather than
depend upon tho wants ortho caprice of other nations
for the sale of the raw material Tho small begia
nmg of five and a half millions of pounds of cotton
manufactured in this country in 1791. increasing to
fifty millions in 1821, has augmented to four l.un
died and fifty millions in 1868—ono million Ija'es of
450 pounds each—a consumption greater than that
attained in 1860. It will continue to increase, and
with its ewolling volume change the whole current
of trade, advancing our national wealth and pros
perity.
Wn roust not ignore the effort* of the British Cot
ton Commission to at twin independence of foreign
markets through their Indian empire. It ia true
tiiat the fibre known as “surats” sells at lower rates
than onr uplands, but it should be remembered that
it is owing more to careless handing than to any
defect in the staplo itself, and that strenuous and
systematic efforts arc producing a cleaner and bet
ter fibre. If the ‘•Dhers.’’ with tlif-ir clnmsy ma
cliiuery. have prodncsl from this cotton—with care
ful manipulation of the fibre from the beginning—
the finest thread known, measuring 150 miles to the
pound, and lunnii g to No. 200 in fineness, may not
tho teaching anil practice of skilled English labor
ers in India >ct incite a sharper competition than
we have heretofore enconmered? Portions of
India possess some of the most productive boBs of
t tie world, peculiarly adapted • to the growth of cot
ton Their success is shown in tho following state
ment:
The annual consumption for the wi ole of Europ'e
it present is about 3,800,000 bale*, (it has been
greater.! of which
America send* 1,500,000 hales
India senda about... • 1,400.000 hale*
Egypt send* about 250 000 bale*'
Brazil sends about hales
Other countries *end about S-U'iV? 0 hales
Approximately. 4,0000.000 bales,
births among the free were 334 per cent, less
than among the slave; and that tho net in
crease of slaves was 130.93 percent, greater
than that of the free blacks. These statistics
may bo valnable as enabling us to approximate
what will bo, or wbat should be. tho number of
negro laborers in the Smith duiing any year np
to 1890. and to ascertain what effect freedom
has had on tho mortality and the ratio of in
crease among the blacks.
Turning, now. from the laborer to hiS work,
wo have to consider what, system of cnltnre is
the most productive—and here I have no hesi
tation is saying that tho system which calls to
its aid all tho appliances of skill and science,
will always, other things being eqnal. prove tho
most successful. I do not propose to enter in
to the details of cotton planting, nor to givo tho
best plan for its C?Uiv#tion, because the. same
rules will not apply to all localities, nnd because
time will not permit ute to do more than tonch
on tho grand fnndatuental principles which
should govern all intelligent planters. The
problem for onr solution is how we can obtain
tbo maximum production at the minimnm
cost. We cheapen labor by increasing its
productiveness, for while we may in doing the
latter have to pay higher wages, wo receive for
the work doue larger profits. Our object should
be not to enlarge the arga of cultivation, bnt to
mako every acre cnltivat d yield to its highest
enpaeity The labor with which wo cultivate
one acre producing from COO to 1000 pounds of
seed cotton, costs as mneh-ns that which would
make that anroe acre bring 3000 pounds. Is it
economy to use labor, which is now money, so
that it will only mako from ten acres wbat it
can as easily mako from five ? If onr laborers
cnltivate ten acres to tho hand, is it not best to
plant only half that, quantity in cotton, working
*s reported by the Indian Comm'esionor. Yet I do
not believo wo aro to lose tho first rank as & cotton
producing nation. Our opportunity lies in a better
and more perfect cnltiva'ion of the soil, its thor
ough aeration., draining in heavy lands and liberal
manuring; a more complete adaptation of the im
plements of its cu'turo to their pecnlir work, the in
vention of labor-saving expedients and processes,
and the reduction to a minimnm of the costly us -
of human muscle; a regular rotation svstem of
cropping, by which thensoil may bo constantly im
proving rather than continually'•‘wearing out." and
finally a proper manipulation of the fibre for mar
ket, by which uniformity of length, freedom from
foreign admixture and perfect clean’inpes may he
secured. These are tho points in which India cot
ton is deficient', and in which ours must continue to
excel. To secure a longer, finer and evener staplo
is entirely practicable. It, however, can only be ac
complished bv observing the great laws of repro
duction on which all improvement in animal and
vegetable species is founded. The key to this pro
gress exists in a single word—“pedigree.” Select a
plant producing abundantly a superior fibre; plant
its seed in a genial and well cultivated soil, select
again ahd again from its progeny tho finest and the
best-, discarding all else, and few yeats will elapse
ere mat ked results will prove tho great utility and
exceeding profit of the effort In this connection
I present tho suggestion of an experimental farm,
4fetabH*bed by your State Goverement, and con
ducted by an experienced and intelligent planter,
where new varieties of cotton mav be produced and
foreign varieties tested. I would also commend to
each individual planter (be necessity of a constant
regard to this principle of selection, in the planting
of every crop lie may attempt to cultivate.
I desire also to call your attention to tho impor
tance of a system of co-operation among planters
for the destruction of the cotton caterpillar when it
first makes its appearance, either as a caterpillar,
or in its perfect utate. While their numbers are
few. any expense necessary for their extirpation
would be a profitable outlay; when they swarm by
millions in every field, their presence is dish arfen-
iDg and their ‘destruction impossible. Let these
considerations bo regarded, witli intelligent labor,
and a personal supervision by tho ob-erv.nt planter,
and yon may defy the competition of the world, pro
duce a fibre unsurpassed.- and realize a profit apple
for any want, and to.satisfy every requirement of
luxury.
In such views of progress I personally feel a deep
and untiring interest. To assist in forwarding them
yon may command my constant endeavors as Com-
missionerof Agriculture.and co-operation and aid,so
far as tho limited means at command may permit.
The magnitude of tho interests involved, and the
effective manner in which tho Department may ad
vance them, lead me to believe that larger appro
priations by Congress will hereafter permit wider
and deeper usefulness, and that wkil- hundreds of
million* aro given to railroads, a mere moiety at
least, may bo accorded to advanco the progress of
agriculture. This Department now consists of di
visions of statistics, agricidtural chemistry, botany
—to which attached is an herlarium—natural history
and practical horticulture. Tho first is the office of
publication, from which aro issued tho anunal of
nearly a quarter of a million of volumes, and a
monthly report of twenty-five thousand copies, em
bodying, official data from thousands of correspon
dents and nearly every county in the Union.
In connection"with a museum of natural history,
as allied to agriculture ia an oconomic collection ex
hibiting the processes of manufacture of tho raw
products of agricultural industry, in which the tex
tile art*,' the making of sugars and dyss, and the
utiiizati >n and extension or tho primitive products
of tho earth are illustrated aud described.
The experimental garden—to which has lately
been added an arboretum—is a theatre of active
and intelligent effort, including tho test and
propagation of exotic fruits for your own favored
section, and the introduction or new and promising
plants suited to every climate.
The chemical section of tho Department is occu
pied with the^xaminations of tho natural sources
of agricultural wealth, in mineral deposits: Tho
knowledge of the composition and food of plants is
being increased by scientific investigation. A series
of analyses of cereal grains is contemplated for the
purpose of determining the amonnt of influence
which the latitude, soil and climate of different lo
calities exert upon the growth of our food plants.
A collection of specimens representing our agricul
tural and economic geology and mineralogy will af
ford a valuable display of tho rock strata of the
whole country, and serve to complete the efficiency
or this division.
The Library of the Department, though not ex
tensive. is receiving large additions by purchase
and exchan ga with numerous scientific and agricul
tural societies in Europe, Asia, Africa, aud even the
Islands of the Pacific.
A system of exchange of seeds and plants is in
opera’ticn embracing societies, industrial colleges,
and botanical gardens, throughout tho world. An
extensive correspondence 3* conducted, embracing
the entire country and the wholo range of practical
agricnltnre. All these parts of our organization
are working harmoniously, and I hope in some de
gree effectively; and all aro laboring for the ad
vancement. by equal steps, of every section and
every rural interest in onr broad land. And in the
coming general prosperity and uniTtjnal progress.
I hope and pray,your favored State may have its
full and generous share.
At tho conclusion of the reception addreascs, Hon.
Ben. C. Yancey then introduced Gen. \Y»de Hamp
ton, of 8outh Carolina, orator of th® day, whose re
marks aro given in full, and which will bo read by-
every ono with peculiar interest and pleasure.
At ita close, a resolution was offered and unani
mously carried, requesting of Gen. Hampton a copy
of his oration for publication.
Hon. Ben. Yancsy then read the names of anpm-
ber of gentlemen who had been appointed as chair
men of various committees for tho award of premi
ums, and requested that they would select the mem
bers of their committees ‘ from among those who
had no articles on exhibition, and gentlemen of in
telligence and purity, so that no undue partiality
might bo made in the award of premiums.
• E'tHG-'A.TELFA 1 n. COUNrY.—All pcrs*aiia-
debted to tho estate of Alexander Powell, de-
esaai-d, will come forward and settle Those havir.fr
trims asainst tho •amewitt present them in term*of
Ihetiw. WASHINGTON POWELL.
** “* Ailtniairtraisr.
pnvlR w4M
P &TP NrD ADMINISTRATORS’ SALB.—WHl
ho *»ld for eub, brforo tbo Oourt-ho*se ''•nr.al
Vienna, in Doolv e-mnty. on the'first Tnerdar in D*
cemb r next, within the legal hours of sale, £®§K
ere of land, bele-gi' K to tho estate of Hi Peavj.
Ic-eiFei: the saute being lot’of land Nos.’Wand
2D5, and the .north half'of lot of l»nd No. Ill, in the
i bird Destrict of D-.i-ly county. Sold for the benefit
of the heits and creditors of s id deeesred.
BYRD J. PRATT.
JK8SE J. PEAVT.
Administrators of Eli Peaw, deceased,
nev 16-tds
a DMINISTRATOR’S SALK.—Will be >old •» the
fir-t Tae;d -y in January next, before the Court
Hour* d or in M-irion County, Fifty Acre* of Laud
fi theca ter- pe-tions of lota '-os. Uland 119. in the
VH *’i trio of laid county, being the plaeo nheremt
John B.Tbaggard died. Terms ea-h. Nov ll. IHKJ.
B. P. ONES. *
Administrator de bonis non.
novll-tds—Printer’s fee$6.
PUT.. AM COUNTY
FLOURING MILLS
—AID—.
Plantation for Sale. .
PUB Fine Mi!l< known a* the DENNIS INDliN
1 CREEK MILLS, with four **ts of I'unneni—two
for Corn and two lor Wheat-1< aether with Ibe
Plantation attached, containing 'twelve lino died
Acre*, more or lei*. Bir.g upon Indian Oreek and
Little Biver, five miles from the town of EatontoB.i*
now-offered f riale.
Parties d'eirii.f further information er terms.-will
p ease comrannicaic with cither ot the uodertigsed
at Eatontoi., G*
REUBEN R N'gBKT,
LEKUY C. DENNIS.
Executors of Michael Demis, deceased.
novl8-2taw swtf
NEW MUSICnTuRE,
No. it Mulberry Strcei^naeoB, Ga.
G. P. OriLrOKD. j. w. BCKKR 4 VO,
BURKE, GUILFORD Sc CO„
dealers nt
Piano'Fortes, Organs
* ■ And all kinds of
Musical Instruments and Merchandise.
- ALSO,
SSEfEET nitlSYC
OF ALL THE AMERICAN PUBLI8HBBB.
Wo will keep s full Bupply of all
New Music and Music Boots.
of every variety.
A DMINISTRATOR’* SALE.—Will bo sold nnth
first Tuesday in -' nrra -ry next, before iho Couit-
lloure door in Maridn County, lot af L'*ni No. 152. in
tho sth ds'rietof said cotirty. On rh's place there
is s mo lund cleared and in a aoi>d tt-te *! oultiva-
iii-n. er-io l dwelling, etc. So'd as tbo property of
Wiu F Kelly, d.ceased, for cash. Nov. 11, 1861
CHAS. WOMACK, Administrator.
novlC-tds—Printer's fee J6.
fV EOHG A. MARION COUNTY.-Whereis, Wm.
V5T ji. Tbageard applies for the suardia' »*-ip of the
raiiior- and orphan of John B Th-urcrard. decreed.
Ail interreti-d are noti6ed to fils tbeir objections to
the s .me. Nor 11,1869. JAS. M. i OW B.
nortG SOd Oaiearr.
G eorgia, Telfair countr.-whereas, j. n.
McLeod, Administrator of Elizabeth Burke, |W-
re ted, h&a applied for-Lett err of Dismission; aH » r r-
-ons interestm will be and sppeanit my athte on the
•i ' u .' n<Iay , ,n March next, to shuweaufe, if any. why
*aid letters ? vuld not be tranted.
, W. P. CAMPBELL.
norl6-w3m Ordinary.
C JFORUIA. TELFAIR COUNTY -Whereas. J. C.
I Cit-mens and W. W. Pitman have applied for
Letters of Administration on the ertatc of James Pit
man, deeea-od.: all perrons inVreatrd are required to
be and appear ot my office on Monday. 2d day of J*n-
na'y next, to rhow cause, if any. ahv raid letter,
.homo i?{treated. YY. V. CAMPBKI.J,
nor Ordinary.
G BoROl A. TAYLOR COUNTY.—Mary pTWright
ha* appliel for exemption of personalty and fel
ting apart and valuati' n ft homestead, (out of the
property ot her husband. William Wright): and I
*11 pa** upon the *sme ar So'e’ock, r. on Thurs
day, 21 day of December, .869, at my office.
JAMES D. RUSS,
nov!9-2t . Ordinary.
G EORGIA. M ANION COUNTY.-John B. Watfon
has applied for exemption of personalty and
I wilt p»s‘ upon the same at my t-ffi;eon Tuesday, the
23d day of this month, atlOo’clorkx. m.
JAS. M.LOWE.
novl9 d2t Ordinary.
G EORGIA, JASPER OOUNTY.-Whereas Emily
C Talm»dge. Administratrix of tho rstate of
J -bn Talma ige. of said eonnty dceoasod, makes ap
plication for letter* of dismission from said edmicic-
tmtinn.
Theso are thereforetocitcandadmonish all person!
conoerne'* to show cause, if any *hey have, on or be-
f -e ibo first Monday in Jur-e next, why letters of dis-
rolf-ion shall not issue to said applicant.
Givo- under my hand and official (denature this 15th
day of Novettber, 1869. M. H. HUTCHISON,
novl9-3m Ordinary.
ADM INISTR ATOR'S S ALE.-Will be sold, on U-e
first Tuesday in January next, bofore the Court-home
dor.r o* Houston oounty, the real estate of Amos Onry.
deceased, comis’ing of the following lota of land-fn
the ut-p-r >loventli (11 to)district of *aid county, to-
wit : No*. 254. 14,19. 20. 9. 111. 23 and 253, containing
in nil fif'rer hnndred and ninety-eicht and thre*-
fourths acres, 0593% . more or less. Sold by order of
the Court of Ordinary of Houston enup'y, for the ben
efit o' the boir* ar.J ctiditois of sail Ames iinry.
Term .one half esah and the ba'p.nto on credit of
twelve months. ,D. H. RILEY.
novl9 w6t. Aminiftrator.
/GEORGIA. HOUSTON COUNTY.—Thirty day*
VT after date application will be made to the Conrt
of Ordinary of Houston Count* for leave to Bell a
part of the land* belonging to estate of J. YY Burn.
THOMAS II. RUTZ.
Guardian. *
nov19 wlm
O N EORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY—Robert T.Per-
T sons has this day fi<ed his application for Home
stead and setting apart and valuation of the same:
nd I will pass npon the petition the 27ih inst. at 10
iVloek a. m.. at my office. YY. T. SWTFT.
nov I9-2fc • ' Ordinary.
G EORG rA. HOUSTON COUNTY.—«. YY. Persons
ba« this dav fited his application for personally
nnd acting apart and valuation ot -Homestead: and I
will pass upon the sumo on the 27-h inst, at to o’clock
a. it my office. W.T. SWIFT,
nov 19-2t Ordinary.
G EORGIA, JASPER COUN 1Y — All persons con-
coreeiare hereby mtifi- d thatWra D. Belcher
ha* applied tor ex* mption of personal'y and srttin?
a*-art and valuation of Herat stead; and I will pass
upon the same at Monticello, on the 24-.h doy of No
vember 1859. at my office.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
13th day of November, 1839._
nov 19-?t
M. H. HUTCHISON.
Ordinary.
A DM i v IS TR ATRIX’5 SA1 E.-By virtue of an or
der from the ordinary of Maron Countv, will be
sold befo-e the Court-house door, in said county, on
the first. Tuesday in Janunry next, wi'hiti tho l yal
hours of sale. Lot of Land No 83. lyiog and being in
Tuylor county, '3th district - sold as the ixonert.v of
the estate of Joseph R Hand, deee ued, for the pur
pose of closing up and so'tlinu* the estate amongst the
heirs and creditors thereof. Terms cash.
ELIZABETH HAND,
Administratrix of J. R. Hand, deceased.
nov 19-td
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—By virtue of an or-
icr from the Conrt of Ordinary of Houston coun
ty, witT- he sold before tho Court-house door, in tho
town of I’errj, between the nsu-1 h* urs of sale on tbo
first '1 uesday in January, 1870. tho fol'owive tract* of
land to »ir: East hotf of Lot No. 218.1C6JS acre- 5 of
Lot No. 231,10 acre- *>lf the North west com-rof Lot
22. nnd 24 acres in Northeast corner of I ot N>. 217,
m iking in th*> aggregate 301acres, in the lOtb-die-
irlgi <>fsaid county of Hou>-toi,:snid laud sol-t subject
to th» encuurtranro of Sirs. Do'oorah Roquemorels
(now Mrs. McDonald’s) Dower.
S -Id ss the property of James A.Rcqneroore, de
ceased, for the benefit, of tho creditors. Terms cash,
EDYVARl) JAt K^ON. Adm’r. de bonis non.
novI3-6w Of Jas. A. Roquemore. deceased.
G eorgia, macon county.—wniiam p. Her
bert, a* next friend of Nancr J. Herbert, wife of
Dr. C. L. Herbert anil mother ot a family of six chil
dren, applies to mo for the setting apart and exemp
tion from Jcvy and sale a certain am- not of Person
alty, as provided for under the Constitution and Act
ot th* General Assembly, approve! October. 1863. and
l will pass upon the some at my Office in Oglethorpe,
on Monday, tho 29th instant, at 12 o’clock m:
JN0. L. PARKER,
nov!9 2t ’ Ordinary.
0 1 EORGIA, BIBB COUNTY.—Anna J. Bradshaw
X applies for exemption of personalty, and I will
pass upon tho s me. nt 10 o’clock, a. u„ on the 26tb
day of November. 1S69, at my office. Given under
my hand officially. C. T. YY*RD,
novi9 d2t Ordinary.
rfl EORGIA—UPSON COUNTY.-OliverC Hill, of
VJ said county, has this day filed his petition for
exemption of Personalty, and I wi'l pass upon the
same at 10 o’clock a. >(., on the 29th instant, at my
office in Thomaston. \VM: A. COBB,
novl9 d2t Ordinary.
TTXWXTtftt AND EDPAISSOT*.
Mr. GUILFORD, who has had fifteen years’, ex
perience in the business, will give special attention
to the tuning and repairing Pianos and Organa, i
We aro solo agents lor sale of the celebrated
KlSTABE tPr A.KTOS-
Which will bo exhibited at tho coming Fair.
OLD PIANOS
TAKEN IN EXIHANGE FOR NEW ONES!
We intend to mako tills establishment the K'«-
eical Emporium of Georgia, and we feel tatisfigd-
tliat the citizens o! Macon and vicinity will sbsU&*
rot in the enterprise.
All orders filled with promptness.
Liberal discounts to Teacliurs aud Dealerfc
Catalogues sent free on application.
Address'
BUBKE. GUILFORD A CO.,
oct9-lawdAw2m 84 Mulberry btreet, Macon, Ga.
FOR SALE!
or 4200 Acres Good Pine Laud,
C OMPRISING TWO PLANTATIONS in a. com
pact body—1900 acres cie -red, and in Trry ‘good
repair, with all neces*aiy buildings. 21 Mules, aboort
140 bead ol Cattle, ubuut 100 head nf Hogs —
2500 bushels of Coin. Fodder. Oats. Pets, Pota
toes, Supar-G.ane and Cotton Seed. 2 -"sgar-Cano
Mills and Boilers, 2 Blacksmith Sh- ps an-l Tools, 8
large Road Wagons, aniscveral other smaller ones,
2 Yoke Sr<ers and Carts, and all Plantation Tools and
Farming Implements- ' .
The above Lands are in Baker e-unty, on one of the
finest streams in Southwestern Gei>rgi“, 6 utiles from
slesm-bout landing, £0 mil-s from Bainbridee and 10
miles from Newton, railroad survey from Baihbridec
within a fow miles. All th* nho\e rroi rrty e»h no
bought for StO.Cfiit, or divided to suit puial-asers. For
ty five hands on the place. Time *»n ha given on pnrt
ifdcsired. Addre-i CHAS J.MALONE.
oct31-2taw A wlm : Americas, Ga^
W. E. TANNER. ALEX. DELANIY
METROPOLITAN ffOMS
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
Corner of Seventh and Canal Streets.
WM. E. TANNER & CO.,
Stationary & Portable Engines,
SAW MXlrXiS,
BOILERS, BRIDGE BOLTS AND CASTINGS,
* IRON AND BRASS WORK.
TRON and WOODEN TRUCKS for Cart. IM-
1 PR0YED MACHINERY of all kinds built and
repaired. \
Also. Agent sin the Southern States for
H. B-. DROWN, Ag’t,
*ept4-d*wly No. 35 Third at.. Macon. Ga. j
G EORGIA-TWIGGS COUNTY.—Jno. H. Strong.
of said eonnty. Read of a family, has applied to
me for exemption of Personalty, and I will pass upon
tt>o8ame on Wednesday, tho 24th day of November,
1869, at 30 o’clock a, m., at my office.
JOHN F. SHINE.
nov!93t Ordinary.
/^•EORGIA—CRAYYFORD COUNTY.—Agreeably
VX to an order of the honorable Ordinary of said
county, will bo sold on the first Tuesday iu January
next, before the Court-House door in tho town of
Knoxville, in said county, at the utual hours of sale,
th“ follovri slots and part« of lots of lands belonging
to the estato of Washington 0. Cleveland, lato of said
county, deceased: Lot No. 132. south 159 acres of lot
No. Ml. cart half and northwest fourth of lot No. 154.
Sold for tho bonefit of heirs ana creditors. Terms
cash. WILD C. CLEVELAND.
novlD tds -Executor.
A DM IJPSXRATKIN'S SALE —YVill be sold before
tho Court-House ooor of Houston County, en the
first Tuesaay in j.n-iary next, tot of Land No. 74, ia-
the second district of Dooly county. S< Id by author-
>'y of thq Oicanary of HoYiston county for tho benefit
of the https and creditors of Enoch W. Gaddy, de
ceased. Terms—one-half caih, remain ler on credit
oftwclvertnonths. M. R. GADDY,
n»v9tds 6 dminist-atrix.
f>E iRGtA—CRAYYFORD COUNTY.—Agreeably
V, to an cruer of tbo honorah>o tho Oninary of
snid county, will be sold on *ha fir-t Tuesday in Jbh-
u 2r? D, ' x * before the.Court House door in the town
oiKnexville. in said county, at the usual hours *f
sate, the following lands belonging to Mary Mnlia
Simmons, m n*>r: Lot 133, 120aeros, more or les« of
lying northof AlcopatoheoCreek, aJM i jhe
east third ot lot No. 152. Terms on the day of sale
, D. YY. SIMMONS.
novI9tdf Uwardiaw.
Florida Land for Sale.
1 OftA ACRES OF GOOD FARMING LAND
1 for sale, lying in Hamilton county, near
BelviUe, and twenty utile* south of Valdosta,
Ga. Inquire of Capt. John R. Stapler, Valdosta,
Ga. The subscriber will be In Bi lville by the 1st
of December, to show th* land to those wishing to
purchase.
mot3 tilljwl A. ROSSETIR.
JIONTJNUhS to treat all private diseases. Syphilis
1 j iu ail its forms. Gonorrhea, Gleet. Str etttre,
Orchitis, and all urinary diseases, and the effects of
iaurcury are completely eradicated: Spermatorrhea
or Seminal Weakness, resulting from self-abuse or
other caufes. and which produces some of the follow
ing effects: As blotches, bodily weakness, indigestioR,
constipation, aversion to society, ui manline.-s. dread
of future events, loss of memory, indolence, nocturnal
emissions, end finally prostration ot the vital powers,
can bo fully restored to health. Persona afflicted
with this, or any other delicate, intricate, pr Jong
standing constitutional complaint, should give tho
Doctor a trial. He never fails.
The Doctor publishes a medical circular that givqt
a full exposition of venereal and private diseases,-that
can be had free at his office, or by mail for one stamp.
Itgivesa cleardcHnen.ti.rr ol all the diseases.and
conditions resulting from the infringement of the
moral laws, excesses, indulgences, exposures, and im
prudences in married or single lifo. Every sentence
contains instruction to the afflicted, and enabling
them to determine the precise nature of their com
plaints.
The establishment, comprising Ua amplo.rooms,
is central. YYhen it is not convenient to visit tho
city, the Doctor’s opinion can bo obtained by giving
a written statement of tho case, and med’eine* can be
forwarded by mail or express. In some instance!,
however, a personal examination is absolutely neces
sary, while m others, daily personal a' tention is re
quired, and for the accommodation ot such patients
there are apartments connected with the office that
are provided with every requisite that is calculated
to promoterecovery, including medicated vapor baths.
All prescriptions are prepared in the Doctor’* own
Laboratory, under his personal supervision. Medi
cal pamphlet at offico free or by mail for two stomps.
No matter who have failed, read what he says.
Office No. 1S3 Third street, betw.een. Green nnd
TYainut streets, near the Pcstoffice. Louisville, Ky.
Office hours. 9 x. x„ to 7r.it.; Sundays. 10 a. w.,-tc
12 k. july3-d*wly
I H l.l H IM
qtO THE WORKING CLASS.-We nr® now pre-
1 pared to furnish all classes with constant employ
ment at home, the whole o* the time or for the 'spare
moments. Business new, light and profitable. Pot
ions of either sex easily earn from 50c. to 85 per even
ing, end a proportional sum by devnting their wholo
tine to tho business. Boys and girls earn nearly as
much as men. That all who see this notice may Mud
their address, and tost the business, we make this un
paralleled offer: To such as are not well satisfied, wo
will send *1 to pay for the trouble of writing. Pull
particulars, a valuable sample, which will do to com
mence work on, and a copy of The People's Literati
Companion—one of the largest and best family paper*
published—all rent tree by mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address
*. C. ALLEN k CO.,
»ct2*-dtw3a Augusta, Maine.
GUARDIAN'S SALE.
THE BEST a-': ’ *
Southwestern Georgia Oak and Hickory
COTTON PLANTATION!
T>Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of
JL> the county of Dougherty, and State of Georgia, I
will sell, on tho first Tuesday in December next, be
tween the legal hours of sale, before the Court House
door of said county, at Albany, that splendid planta
tion in Dougherty county, known as “Mud Creex,”
containing twenty-seven hundred and sixty seven
and one-half acre*. 2.767J£) 8ol;i as the pronertyef-
the estate of Lewis Bond, Joseph Bond, and Mary J.
Bor d. minor children of Jo eph Rood, deceased, for
the benefit of heirs and minors.
Terms—One-half ea«b ; balance in twelv. months,
with mortgage on the place. R. K. IIINF8
oet24-endtm) . Guardian.
NEW LARD.
REPINED
FAMILY LARB>
and 11 B>. Caddies, adbADuMh?' 1 or rriantiis ' < ™
dress PROCTER 1
cct27-eodow) m.»