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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN. VOLUME 11. The Cartersyille America PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING ST American Publishing Cos. €A RTERBVILLE, ©A, OFPIOEI Ui>-St4(rs in Hie Baxter B*il<li*r. North-east corner of West Main and Erwin streets. All communications or letters on business should be addressed to AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO. Cartersville, Ga. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, Cash In Advance SI 50 Six Months, • “ 75 Three “ “ “ 60 If not paid In 4 months, $2.<X) per year. Papers sent outside oi the Count’., 15 cents additional for postage. RATES OF ADVERTISING: For each Square oi l inch or les% for the first insertion, >1.0(1; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Special contracts made lor larger space •r longer time. All oontruct advertisements must be paid quarterly. Local Notices, 20 cents per line /or the first iusertion, and 10 cents for each suqsequent in sertion. Special Notices ten cents per line. Tributes of Respect and Obituaries over Mx line*, 10 cents per line. All nersonal cards in Local Columns 25 cents per line. . DIRECTORY. COURT CALEWDMB-CHEROKEE CIR CUIT. J. C. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solici or General. Bartow County—Second Monday in January ai.d July. _ , Catoosa County—Second Monday in February and August Murray County—Thiid Monday in February ana August. Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February and August. l ade County—Third Monday in March and Septem 'icr. Whitfield Count) First Monday in April and October. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. A. Howard, Ordinary. K. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court. 11. W. Cobb, Treasurer. John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin Deputy Sheriff. Bailey A. Barton, Tax Collector. W. W. Ginn, Tax Receive*. A. M. Willingham. Coroner. 1). W. K. Peacock, Surveyor. Commissioners —S. C. Prichard, T. C Moore, A. Vincent, John H. WikiC, T. S. Hawkins. CITY OFFICERS. A. P. Woffor I, Mayor. James D. Wilkerson, Marshal. Geo. 8. Cobb, Clerk. B. R. Mountcaslle, Treasurer. Aldermen —First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R. Hudgins; Second Ward. G. Harwell, W. 11. Barron; Third Ward, John . Stover, Klibu Hall; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaroh Collin,. Professional Cards. W. T. MILNER. J. W. H ARRIS, JR. MILIEU fc HARRIS, Altopiieys-At-Law. Office on West Main Street. mayS-tf Cartersviile, Ga. H. WIKLE. DOUGLAS WIKLE. WIHLE fc WIKLE, Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Aseuts Office up stairs North East Corner West Main and Erwin Streets. may9-tf Cartersviile, Ga. TIIEO. ML SMITH, Atloroey-At-Law. Office with T. W. Baxter Main Street, may 9-tf (Mitnvle, GEOROE 8. JOHASOX, Attorney-al-Lau Office, West side Public Square, CAUTERSVILLE, GA. Jg§yWill practice in all the Coarts. . D. GRAHAM. W.M GKAIIAM. GRAHAM A GRAHAM, Attorney*, Solicitors and Counselors at laiw, Cartersviile, Ga. Office in the court house. Will practice in all th* courts of Bartow county, the superior courts of northwestern Georgia, and the su preme and federal courts at Atlanta, Ga. A. M. FOCTK. WALTER M. UYALB. FOI TE & RI ALS, A ttomey s- At-l*a w. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of this state. Prompt and faiChtul at tention given to allJnisiness entrusted tc us. Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up stairs. (JartersvMle, Ga. J. M, NEEL. J . J. CONNER. W. J. NEEL. AEEL, COXXER A X.EEL, A tterney s-At-Law. WILL PRACTICE IN A LL THE COURTS of this state. Litigated cases made a specialty. Prompt attention given to all bus iness entrusted to us. Office over Stokely & Williams' store. • Cartersviile, Ga. 1)R- J. T. SHEEHERI), Physician and surgeon. Office at Curry’s Drug Store, DR, W, IS. LEAKE, Physician and Surgeon, Cart ersvllle, Ga. Office at Wor i-s drug store. DR. W.W.LEAKE, Praclleing Physician, Cartersviile, Ga. Special attention given to diseases of women and children, And all Chronic affections. Office up stair-way between bank and post office. May be found at office or Word’s drug store. TOLBURN HOUSE, ADAIKSYILLE, GA. W, J. IHLRERX, Prop’r. Nice rooms,c lean beds, thorough ventilation, tables tpplied with the very heist the market affords. TERMS MODERATE. ju!4-tt LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT^ Harlow County Nherifl's Sales for February, 1881. WILL BE SOLD before the court house domr in Cartersviile. Ga., on the first Tuesday in February, 188/, between the legal sale hours, Tlie following described property, to-wit: Ihe undivided one-half Interest in anil to lots of land Nos 43, 44. 5, 66. $9. 80, 81, 101, 109.144, 148 and 182, and all of the following lots: Nos. 100, 186, la7, 181,187 and 247, all in the 22d district and second section of Bartow county, Ga., each lot containing 160 acre-., more or less. All lev ied on and will be sold as the property of E. 11. Woodward, to satisfy one Bartow superior court mortgage fi. fa. in favor of Mrs. Emily A Pool, executrix of B. G Fool, deceased, vs. Edward 11. Woodward Property pointed out and described in saaj mortgage 11. fa., and in possession of T. F. Barratt, agent of said Woodward. Jan 1, )884-J4.30 Also, two acres of laud lying in Cussville, Bartow county Georgia, number not known, bounded on the west by public road, on the north by lands o Dr. W. Hardy, on the east bv lands of W W. Myors, and on the south by lot oi H. H. Holmes. Levied on and will be sold as the property oi W. S. Barron, to satisfy one Mistier court fl. fa. from 828th district G. M., : in favor ol W. L. Aycock v. W. 8. Barron. 1 Property in possession of delendant. Levy made and returned by W. 8. Powell, L. C. $3.06. A Do, one lot in the city of Cartersviile, Ga., hounded as follows; On the norih by M. A. Collin’s lot, on the cast by Tennessee street, on the south by Main street, and on the west by Gilmer street. Levied on and will be sold as ilie property of the Pyrolusite Manganese Company, to satisfy one distress warrant re turnable to Bartow superior court in favor of Mrs. Mary F. Duckett vs the Pyrolusite Manga nese Company. Property in possession ot defendants. $2,46. Also, one dwelling house and lot, lot con taining one-fourth acre more or less, in the city ol Cartersviile, ‘aid county, bounded on the north by the “Holly Mills” propeity, and lying in tile loik of Gilmer and Tennessee streets, Alo, the old livery stable and lot, upon which there are also two frame houses (one a tenement, the other a store house), said lot hounded north by Main street, south bv Mrs. Jane Smith’s lot. east by Gilmer street, and west by the property of B. G. Poole’s es tate, all in Cartersviile, said county, and in possession of and ifendants. Levied on and will be sold as the property of the Pyrolusite Man ganese Company, to satisfy one state and county tax fi. fa. for 1883, against said Pyrolu site Manganese Company. $4 03. Also, all that tract or parcel of land situated, tying and being in tbe sth district and 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia, to-wit: Being ten (10) acres of laud, bounded on the west by John Allen’s land, on the south by W. B. Bishops land, north and east by lands of E If. Woodward, being part of lot of land No. 238, this ten acres to include and taxe in the im provements, this bein r the ten acres excepted in ttie deed from D. F. Bishop to E. H. Wood- ward. Levied on arid will be sold as the prop erty of R. H. Furguson, to satisfy two justice’s court ii. fas lrom fr-liimi district G. M., for purchase money, in favor of Elijah Smith vs. said It. H. Furguson. Property in possession of defendant. Deed filed and recorded in clerks office Bartow superior court $4.56. Also, one ho vise and Jot in the town of Tay lorsville, Bartow county Georgia, bounded as follows: On the east by Emma street, on the north and west, by Finds ol T M. Atiwlv, and on the souih bv lands of N, Cochran, contain ing one-half acre more or less, and being lot' No 33, in the town survey of Taylorsviile. Levied on and will be sold as the property of J, M. Dorsey, and now in his possession, to satisfy four j ustice court fi. las. from 851st dis trict G. M. in favor of J. W. Goldsmith & < o. vs. J. M. &H. A Dorsey, Levy made and le turned to me by E. M. Crow, L C. $3.35. Also, one lot containing one-half acre more or less, in the city of Cartersviile, Bartow county Georgi , on which there is situated a cotton gin; lot hounded on t.ie south by a street and th<- Wallace property, north by the M. It. Stansill’s property, east bv Erwin street, and west by Skinner street. Levied on and will be sold as the property of D. F. Bishop, to satisfy one state and county tax fl. fa. for 1883, hgainst said I>. F, Bishop. Property in possession of defendant. $2.64. Also, lots of land Nos. 12 and 13 in the sth district and 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as tJic property ol C. F. Price, to satisfy’ one state and county tax 11. la. for 1883, against said U. F. Price, and in his possession. $1.65. Also, lot of land No. 961 in the 17th district ond 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as the property of T. A. Rogers & Son, to satisfy one state and county tax fi. fa. for 1883, against s, id T. A, Rogers & Son. $1.65. Also, lots of land Nos. 234 and 247 in the 16th district and 3rd section of Bartow county Georgia. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Mrs. J. C. Branson, to satisfy one state and county tax fl. fa. for 1883, against J. C. Branson, agent. Property in possession ofd fendant. $1.89. jfc.Mso, 19 acres ot land in Cartersviile, Bartow county, Ga., beginning at the southeast corner ot the old Salter land, running west with the original land line 75 poles and 6 links to the northwest corner of said lot; thence south 51 poles and 15 links to the centre of Rowland’s ferry road; thence north 86 degrees east 24 pules and 8 links with said road; thence north 69 and grees < ast; 62 poles and 18 links t.o the fork ot Rowland’s ferry and Douthet’s road; thence north (ffdegte-- ea-t. 9 poles and 12 links to the corner of G . VV Dili’s lot; thence north 38 de girt s we.-t with said Hill’s let to the beginning corner, being the property apart as a homestead to Mary J. liuckman out of the pioprt\ other husband, the dciendant, J. If. Ruck man, according to plat by G. VV. Hill, county surveyor, recorded on book "4,” of homesteads’ clerks’ office, B u tow superior court, page 26. Levied on and will be sold as the property oi the estate of .T. H. Hackman, deceased, to satisfy one Bartow superior court fl, fa , in favor of Margaret Curt y, executrix of .1. VV' Curry, deceased, vs. John H. Rnekman. Property pointed out by D. W-Curry, plain tiff's agent, hjul In possession of Mis. Mary J. Wilson. J. A. GLADDEN, Sheriff, A. M. FRANK LIN, Dep. SlPff, Jan 1,1884-4 t Administrator 9 !* Sale. Will be sold before the court-house door, in Cnrtersvillo, Git., on the Ist Tuesday in Feb ruary next, between the hours of sale, the interest which Charles W. Sproull had at the time of his death in and to lots of land Nos. 654, 715, 726, 729 and 787: also, al> of 714, ex. cept ten acres in the northeast corner; alo, the fractional parts of 786 and 798, which lie north ot the Etowah river; and also, all of lots Nos. 716, 725, 788, 797 and 861, which lie on the north ot the Etowah river and east of a linn running north and south through said lots, cutting them so as to leave live-eights ot said lots on the east of said line and three-eights on the west, all said lots and parts of lots being in the 4th district and third section ol originally Cherokee (now Bartow) county, and being the dower whicli was laid off to Eliza M. Sproull out ot the lauds of her deceased husband, James C. Sproull, by the superior conrtol Bar tow county, Ga. The interest of said C. W. Sproull in said land was one undivided fourth inter* st in remainder after the expiration of the lile estate oi Eliza M. Sproull; which said : ntert*st in remainder the said C. W. Sproull had. iu his liietime, conveyed to R. T. Fouche, by deed, and the interest to bo sold in any equity of redemption which the estate ot said Charles W . Sproull hits, or may have, in and to said laud. Terms of sale cash. R. T. FOUCHE, Dec 25 4t Administrator. Georgia, Baktow count. Whereas, John Crawford has applied for letters of guardianship of the property of H. F. Crawford, an insane person of said county. Thi- is to cite all persons concerned to be and appear at the February term. 1884, to show cause, if any they have, why said appointment should not be made. Dec. 31, 1883. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. Jan 1, 1884-4t-$2.10 Georgia, babtow county. Whereas, B, F. Posey has applied for let ters oi administration on the estate of John l’osey, late <-f said county, deceased. There fore, all persons concerned are hereby notified to flic their objections, if any they have, in my office, within the time presc. ibed by law. else letters will be granted applicant as applied lor. This Dec. 31, 1883. J. A. HOW A RD, Jan 1, 1884-4t-|2.10. Ordinary. P EORGIA, Bartow County. J. W. Gordon has applied tor exemption of personalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock a. m. f on the sth day of January, 1884, at my office. Dec. 12,1883. dec2s-2t J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. Georgia, Bartow county. Whereas, B. D. Clark has applied for let ters of administration on the estate of W. I. Clark, late of said county, deceased. Therefore, all rersons concerned are hereby notifled to file their objections, if any they have, in my office, wiihin the time prescribed by law', else letters will be grunted applicant as applied lor. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. dec2s-2t CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1884. GEORGIA, Bartow cocxtt. Whereas, J A. Fleming, guardian of Bei tamin \Y\. Kate and Lula Dill, minors, has ap plied for leave to sell the land belonging to said minors. Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby notified to file their objections, if any they have, in ray office. within the time prescribed by law, else leave. will oe granted applicant as applied lor. Dec. 17. 1883. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. dec2s-4t WCETTS" ART SCHOOL AND CHINA DECORATING WORKS. 62 2 Whitehall St., Atlanta. Ga- Lessens in china painting, oil and water color. I’hotogr iph coloring, Firing and Gild ing for Amatuers. Largest assortment of fine china lor decoration in the. South. Sole agents for Bedell’s ivory white ware for oil or miner al painting. gjjf- Write lor circulars. Dr the Perfect -Vrititig Machir.o. Weigh* Iff pounds jlt eleven styles oi type. Deseriptiv cata'ogue cent free. ILwksBURY h CROMELIN, Stenograph, GfßMbeni Arts, 44 Marietta St. ATLANTA. - - GA PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING. VV e fake contracts for the above class oi worF upon the most reasonable terms. SPENCER & MORRISON, The Bill Posters, Cartersviile Ga, SIOO.OO A WEEK!" 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The beating—for the caning was done with a large hiekory stick, and we had as well call it beating—occurred on Broad street, and it occasioned great excitement. A few daj\s before this justly deserved chastisement was inflicted, the aforesaid Harrell insult ed Burts’s wife who was traveling without escort on a railroad leading to Columbus. Mrs. Burts was com pelled to call on the conductor for protection. True men never insult defenceless women. But when a brute in the shape of a man offers in sult to woman he gets the sympathy of no good mau. Geo. H. Pendle ton, of Ohio who ha lately been looming up so prominently as a prop able democratic presidential candi date, was inploriously defeated by Henry B. Payne, before the demo cratic legislative caicus, in Colum bus, Ohio. The result of the caucus election on the first ballot wa* as fol lows: Payne 48, Pendleton 15, Ward 17, H. J. Booth 1, George W, Geddes 1. This drop* Pendleton from among the able democrats in the United States Senate, and it will be likely to cool off his warm aspirations to be the occupant of the White House when “Chit” has been retired to pri vate life. Politicians, like all other men, are sometimes just “a leetle too previous.” Atlanta never does things* by halves. When it was dis covered last week that the cold weather was rendering about twelve hundred families was than miserable the noble hearted and generous At tantians promptly organized a force two hundred wagons to convey to the destitute the abundant supplies of rations of food and fuel whish were necessary to make the suffering peo ple comfortable. In response to a call of Sunday’* Constitution the ci tizens of Atlanta generously contri buted four thousand dollars worth of the necessaries of life. Tiere are thousands of as good and true men and women in our Capital City aa can be found on the Globe. A little stir is being created in some of our large cities by the dudes who are in favor of reviving the knee-breech es arrangement, of their ancestors. Our dudish friends will remember that the calves of our fore-fathers were rather more pronounced than i those we are likely to find on an average dude* How| would the dis tressingly fashionable young men, who are generally spindle-shanked fellow’s, look withthe bottom of their trousers taken off. The men inter-* ested in the manufacturing of pad* will doubtless favor this cranky crass. Gen. Longstreet does not seem to be sailing very smoothly with the authorities at Washington. Not long since two of his bondsme l wrote r n to the department at Washington asking for a release. The Attorney General refused to release them, but ordered anew bond. It is supposed that anew and stronger bond will be made by Longstreet at an early date. While Emory Speer was in South Carolina as council for the United States Government, the press of that state was not very particular as to what it said of him. Hois preparing a report in which iris expected that he will retort to many of the flings made at him. No deubt his report will be a very readabio paper. Men of his turn of mind are generally un scrupulous as regards what they say and how they say it. The conduct of able bodied uegro men and women in Atlanta during the recent cold spell shows conclusively that our brethern of the North have not as ye* taught iheirdear “brothers in black,” that labor is honoraole, that all men mifst must live by the sweat of their brows —Step forward, generous and philanthropic men of the North and deavor to inject into the tractable but sluggish minds of your inky dissci ples this lesson that is taugt us so plainly in the Bible. Senator Jo seph E. Brown has la*ely given an other thousand dollars to Richmond College, Richmond, Va, .Senator Brown is really a f. reat man. He not only Knows how to make money rapidly, but he also knows how to use it wisely. This is the third thou sand that he has given to the college of the Viiginia Baptists. On the 9th. instant the Columbus Female College was laid in ashes. The less is estimated at about $30,000, the Col lege building carried insurance amounting to $20,000. The loss of the college building ju9t at this *ea 9on ol the year causes orreat ineon vience to the progress of the school. Twenty-two pupils and five sis ‘ ters were burned to death in the fire at Bellville, 111., on the night of the sth. instant. The convent of the Immaculate Conception was dlstroy ed. Many serious confliigrations will be chronicled if the cold wt'ather long continues. In the endeavor to keep warm, larger fires and more fires are built and the danger of the flames thus many times increased. Housekeepers and servants should be ali watchfuldees in such times. A rather novel and unusual occurrence took place at the rws’dence of Dame! Banders, in Dayton, Ohio, Christmas week. He had cut down a cherry tree and placad it in his house, and while it was there it commenced to bloom. The warmth of the room probably effected the changes. The tree, says the Dayton Democrat, is still in hloorn, and presents a beauti ful sight. The free trade experi ment in Hollaud appears to have been disastrous to industrial inter ests. So thß manufacture* and work ingmen say in a petition to the King, asking for a tariff. They declare that “whole branches of industry have been ruined,” and others are “taud iog toward total decay.” The apost le* of free tradism overhere might well go to Holland and get wisdom. Mi*s Mary Anderson hassnubbed the Prince of Wales, rejected the Duke of Portland, recorded her name in history and accumulated an ample fortune. And now it is given out that she intends to make her final ex it from the stage, enter a convent, and leave the broken-hearted Duke to the sad musings of what might have been. The poor Duke has the heartfelt sympathy of friend William Moore, of Augusta. -Ella Wheeler, in recent poem, says: “I love with a love that burn* to hate.” You won’t do us Ellen. We want to he loved with a love that will keep nice and quiet at home whon we are too busy to attend to it. Futner parti culars of the Hunter-Padgett tragedy, in Echols county, Georgia, have come to hand. The particulars are about as follows: George Huqter lives about three mile* from hi* fa ther-in-law, J. T. Padgett. The latter has been complaining for gome time of Hunter’s doys killing bi* hogs. Padgett became angry, anffl determined to take redress in his own hands. He took a double barrel led gun loaded with buck-shot, weat to Hunter’s house and killed one ot his dogs. On hearing the report of the gun, Hunter came out of his house to learn the cause. Padgett in formed him that he had shot his dog with one barcel and would kill him with the other. Padgett raised hi* gun and made some effort to carry his threat into execution. Hunter ran back into the house, got his gun and killed Padgett instantly. The murdered man waa an old citizen of Echols county, being 70 years of age. A little negro boy, sou of Seahorn Walton, living at Bed Hill Mill, Burke county, Georgia, was acel dentally shot and killed by an older brother a few days ago. It seem* a that the older boy had raised the gun to fire, when the smaller boy ran be fore the gun and received the con tents, killing him almost instantly. Foreign immigration to this couuty reached nearly four hundred thousand last year Not quite eight thoesand of the newcomers settled in the South, and Texas got nearly one third of these. The cold weather we recently had ought to remind those who went Nerth and West of the great mistake they have made. Hoa. J. C. C. Black, of Augusta, ought to be sent to Congress from that district this year. Mr. Black is one of the greatest men Is the South, and the “small fry” politicians should he set aside for him. Free trader point out that industrial statistic of the census show a reduction of wages since 1870. Ou average, the falling off is very slight. They are disin clined, howsver, to take a note of the fact that during the past decade there has been an increase in the purchasing power of money, THE CASH SYSTEM. We clip the following sensible ar ticle from the Savannah Morning News, and commend it to all classes of our readers: The failures that have taken place among farmers and merchants dur ing the past year would not have beeu so general bed it not been for the looseand unbusiness-like methods which are so prevalent. Ever since the war there has been a mania for engaging in large transactions, and the idea of acquiring sudden wealth has become so firmly fixed in the minds of the people that its eradica tion Is a matter of extreme difficulty. The phenomenal success of a compar atively small number seems to nave set the rest on fire, and they rust in to all kinds of enterprises and specu lations without a proper knowledge of the unyielding laws of trade, and without being able to see far enough into the future to avert the disasters that even the ordinary vicissitudes of the times render inevitable. No business can have a rca-onable probability of success unless it is founded on adequate capital and is conducted with prudence. A man who would be certain to succeed in an enterprise which corresponds iu extent with his means, only invites disaster when he inflates his business by use of the fictitious capital which an unwise credit svstem renders only temporarily available. There are in stanceo of the aaccess of men who have begun business without sub stantial cash foundations, but they are few in number, and should only serve to call attention to the risks in volved in such eases, and to warn the many fro ji hazarding their all on auch uncertain chances. The man who gees in debt without having a reasonable certainty of be ing able to meet his payments when due, does a wrong not only to hi creditor, but to himself, his family, and to the community. There is a a degree of uncertainty in all human transactions, and it is altogether too common for men to become over sanguiue, and involve themselves in debt in the hope of making lucky hits and in anticipation of fortunate contingencies which are of rare occur* rence. Credit is almost always dearly bought, even where the security is ample. Interest is a consuming fire that burns day and night, and the percentage is always increased in proportion to the risks the creditors takes, and in this thoso who will pay are expected to cover the losses occa sioned by those who do not. A farmer enlarges his operations beyond his means. Land, stock and supplies are bought on a credit; money is borrowed to pay current expenses, and perhaps he may do well for a year or two. This tempts him to greater risks. In such cases it is only a question of time whan the seasons will, be unfavorable, crops short, and everything he has will be forced on. the market when there is little or no demand, and he is ruined. The same is true in regard to the merchant. He buys largely on a credit or with borrowed inouey. He is anxious to aell, and is tempted to take great risks by the high prices obtainable. Crops are short, his col lections fail, and bridging over his troubles from year to year only post pones an intensifies his distress. “Misfortune, like a creditor severe, rises iu demaud for her delay”—noth ing can be more true. “Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry,” and buying on a credit is the most ex travagant kind of borrowing. There is butene absolutely safe rule to in sure success—let every one pay as he goes, and he wiil be not only sure to live within his income, hut it will not he long before a basis for a per maueut prosperity will be laid that will prove a blessing through life. WARFARE UFOXJEFV DAVIS. The bill reported by the pension committee,excluding Mr. Davis from its provisions without saying so, is not an unmixed evil. A democratic measure, the inspiration of radical hate appears upon its surface, still unappeased by the execution of an innocent Dutchman and a helpless woman. It is tho spasmodic jerking of the little part of northern conscience ded icated to a simulated patriotism; the balance of its “aching void” has been quieted with a plethora of green backs. Northern patriotism has a like sensitiveness to that which per vades the den of thieves on Wall street; it rises and falls with the stoek market and its loyalty is meas ured by the supposed solvency aad general condition of the federal treas ury. The maximum of its purest exhibition is to hate Jeff Davis. Stanton thought he had woven his me*he* about his intended victim when by Conover’s aid he suborned the perjury that connected this old and illustrious man with Lincoln’s assassination. True, he and Holt af terwards pursued his accomplice to escape the perfidy of the crime and Conover was prosecuted with the vigor inspired by guilt and the fear of detection. The southern people have grown weary of this vicarious sacrifice. It is a hollow trick, not an honest treaty, whieh condones the crime of millions and concentrates its wrath upou a single victim. There is no method in the madness which concedes the absence of treason in the confederate rebellion and contin ues to accouut its leader a traitor. The preseut commander of the Uni ted States army, whose education was partly paid for by southern gold, is a very feeble type of this intense but puerile hatred. It is ofted sim ulated. we know for the purpose of speedy and premature promotion, and it is the invariable attendant of shallow intellect and accidental po sition. The horseman who at pres- NUMBER 37. *nt heads the list of unretlreil pa triots was afraid of Albert Sydney Johnston when he had been dead for years, and scenting treason In hit tshes, had them smuggled through Galveston on the way to their last resting place in the empire he had helped to win with his sword, and Among the people who loved him so well. The ashes of real heroes will fill some people with apprehensions; c mtrast is not the most palatable method of testing merit. Except some sorts and conditions of men, only the animals enjoy the reputa ton of feeding in grave yards and fattening on dead men’s bones. But it is time we should have done with this warfare upon Jeff Davis. It seri es no other purpose than to defeat the ohjest of his persecutors and excite the unnecessary contempt of the civilized world. When he was discharged by the judgment of a talented court, organ** ized to convict, the whole thing should have ended. The alleged crime of the sonthern people was there confronted with its accusers,and no man dared cast the first atone at Mr. Davis, who w*s it* representa tive. But they have fallen thick and fast since then; behind his back the burly arms of the radical fanatic hurls them at his devoted head and the hated Jeff Is the ogre of the northern nursery, I 8 congressional aspect is in 14ih amendments and pension bills. To do nothing more ior the old Mexi can soldier now than to put him on the pension list is an indignity; but it adds insult to injury when one of the best captains of that fight Is ex cluded for the offense of which near ly all are guilty. How easily satis fied Is radical patriotism!* HOME-MADE MEAT. All the evidence* go to show that the far* mere of Goorgin, begin the new year with more home-made meat in their smoke-hrates than they have had at any time alnce the war, and it ia ta be hoped they will seize ait the advantages which that fact implies. The probabilities are, hewever, that great tempta tions will be placed in their way in ouo shape and another. In the first place, if the condi tion of onr Georgia smoke-houses is an evi dence of tha condition of smoke-honses in the sonth, the fact will fetch the price ot western meats down a notch or two; in the second place, the farmers may regard the fact as an invitation from providence to increase the are* derated to eotton, aud they may allow tho pigs to wander off Into the sheep pas tares. How while they are fairly comfortable, the farmers should take eonusel ef their common sense and make arrangements for increasing their comfort and addiug something as e surplus. Oottou is the staple crop, of coarse, bat cotton should be kept under control. It sboald never be allowed te manage a farm. When cotton goes into partnership with • commission merchant, the former suffers. All cotton means big debts, heavy Interest, and • condition of vossalago well nigh iatolorable ta a conscientlons man. The next best thing tea bank .'hll of money so far as the formers are concorned, Is fall smoke-house* aud corn cribs. If,at the same time, the ginhouse is full, the : farmer ought to 6c happy. But if the ginhouse 1* full and the smoke-house aud corn-crib are empty the farmer belongs tc ths commission merchant aud te poverty. We have already demon strated in these columns lh*t the farmer, who is really successful—who is out af debt and laying by something for a rainy day—is the former who makes a specialty of raising his owa provisions, calculating cotton as an in cidental to a well-regulated and prosperous business. We are very much interested in home made me t. In the eld times during such weather as we have recently experienced,every planter in the slate killed and cured his own pork. If ke had to buy hogs he bought them on their feet out of droves, and there was no diseased meat oa the market. Very few plauters.how ever,were under the necessity of baying hogs. They raised tkeir ewn porkers, and demon strated at annual state fairs that an immeas amount of bulk meat coaid be got Inside then hide of the average Georgia pig. Thera wu a tins whoa the children ia fell part of the state could Select the odor of boiling spare-riba ia the air. There was a time whea they fatteawl oa back-boue plo aad when they coaid go to bed sad dream of the great bunks of fatty-bread they had cob aimed. Those were the go Idea days of pros* parity, aad the state will aerer be prosperous until the farmers reuew the system of making their ewa previsions. The state may bellied ap with factories of one sort and another, bat all prosperity is Ictilioas that is not based on the substantial prosperity of the farmers. Whit we want to see in Georgia is the old. fashioned’ smoked meet, spare-ribs and back bones cat from the crisp carcases of boge fat tened in Georgia corn, and an abundance of hetae-mude lard. Net only tke farmer*, but everybody in the state will be better off when the season of plonty is renewed. If it is true that the farmers have began to raise their own meat euce more, let everybody pray (hat they may continue it. Home-made hay, home-made meat, and home-made corn, wiU beat the world, for they are the anretlee that the cotton crops will be profitable once.—Oo*t stiiution. Tke Sab Francisco reporter didn’t get anything new wkeu he asked * Chinaman how the children of Confu cius kept Christmas: “Samee like Mel ican man ” was the rejoinder; “eat, dlink and gld dlank.’* When a man enters a sample-room and sees a person there with whom be has sworn ©ff, the man inside saya h© entered to warm his hands, while the other says be just dropped in to ascer* tain the time of day.