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r CRAWFORDVILLE DEMOORA c . O By Edward Young & Co. POETRY. GOD PIl’Y THEM. [Our readers will pardon us for the space occupied by the following poem, but there Is so much in it that is touching, so true a picture painted iu rhyme, and so appealing to those feelings, of pity and eharity that men hold most dear, that it is better than any matter we, could select. It is clipped from the Athens Chronicle. The person who composed this piece has had experi, ence, it is breathed in every line every word, and every idea.] BY r. m. c. God pity the rising youth of our land, Who at the bar-room counters stand, Learning to drink the accused dram, damned, Going the way of the wicked and , Forgetting the prayers parents dear, Sinking lower and lower year by year good ; aud But a word from the true, tlie brave. May save these youths from the drunkard's grave. God pity the drunkard who staggers throng along, Tlie busy street, ’mid the surging ; His clothes in tatters and blood shot eyes, And caring not whether he lives or dies He’s sneered at by people as tlio’ but a dog, But his soul he’d give for a drink of grog. A word from the good, the true and the brave, from the drunkard’s Might this soul save grave. God pity the women of tastes refined, Who offer young men the sparkling them wine; When they should encourage never to taste That which will cause them eternal dis¬ don’t grace. give them wine, fair I Oh ! women, pray, regret it at future Or else you may some day ; daughter, Be you a mother, a sister or Offer them nothing hut pure cold water. God pity the wife wlio weeps and mourns, When her drunken husband comes stag With * gering for home. kisses and licks for curses em brace Causing deep furrows to wrinkle her face. That home is more desolate than words can tell, the depths of And might ho compared to hell. This was a young woman of taste refined, That offered young men the tempting wine. God pity the saloon-keeper, with fiendish smile, iiquor, poison and vile, Who pours out tlie Never for a moment stopping to think Of the misery caused by the cursed drink ; Of hearts lie has broken, of tears that are shed By the widows and orphans lie’s robbed of bread— Of the men lie’s made to curse and rave, And finally to fill a “Drunkard’s grave.’’ God battle pity those w ithout accursed courage stuff, enough To against the SWho mAnya sEv/h'tt it’s good In its Miey proper place, f And good blessing to it done, c3 i traqe. 1 To every that rum has Can be shown te.n thousand evils to one. There is no sensible man but can tell, That of our earth it's making a hell, Now, friends, just lend a listening ear, And 1’li show you tlie work of a single year; thousand lives Intemperance destroys sixty alone, orphans the Two hundred thousand are on world thrown, Twenty thousand children are in the poor house fed, the gallows And four hundred murderers to led, and One hundred thousand men women to prison follows, Hundred million dollars. All at acostof two Then rise up comrades, and fall into line, Let’s banish the liquor, the beer and wine, This liquid tire—damnation’s curse— That makes a man a fiend and worse. And to tlie world tlie news we’ll send : “We’ve whipped the enemy—tlie devil’s best friend.” Then our reward for this labor of love, Will be a home in the • Golden Oity”above. Oh, help us Lord in our noble with fight, To illumine the world temp’rance Let light. look hack, stop, us never nor pause nor Till closed are the doors of ev’ry dram shop. Help us the fallen to restore, Carry gladness to homes of rich and poor. To our labors thy assistence lend, And thine be the praise, forever. Amen. Athens, Ga., Jan. 30th, 1882. NATIONAL CAPITAL. WHAT IS BEING DONE THERE AND WHO IS DOING IT. The Tariff—Morrill Bill—Taxation on Cotton—Internal Revenue—Mr. Ste¬ phens Celebrates His Seventieth Birthday—Presents-Reception—Ru¬ mor as to the CollectersUip at Atl.in ta-A spicy Letter from Dion. ] Special Correspondence of the Democrat. ] Washington, D. C. February, 12,,— Congress is wrestling with the tariff. Tlie Morrill bill which provides for a commission partly consisting of outsiders, to adjust the schedule, is being warmly discussed in the Senate. Alorrill and Frye have already con¬ sumed much valuable time advocating the doctrines of protection and prohibition and Williams,ofKentucky has succeeded in put ting a word in edgewise on the othej side. Frye’s wonderful speech of Friday Gas an abortive attempt to raise the sectional issue which most folks though was buried at last and favored nue at all from taxation. The AIcKiniey bill in the House seems to he a determined ef fort to enrich iron manufactures at the ex pens* of other industries. By it, the du ties on cotton ties alone will increase the expenses of the cotton planters in prepar ing that staple for market, nearly half a million of dollars. Truly a pleasant out look. The Kasson tariff commission bill which lias been reported to the House by the Ways and Means committee, restricts the inquiry of the commission to the tariff and leaves the House free to modify the CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, SA1URDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1882. present Internal Revenue laws as it may deem necessary. The commission bill ex cites opposition from many protectionists as well as anti-protectionists since it is re garded merely as a scheme to delay consid eration. In 'the actual changes in the schedule until the eve of the next election, a measure which several Southern and Wes tern members have been free to de nounce. There will be plenty of solid talk from all sides of the question before it is settled and the contest will be no less bit ter than in the days of Evans and McDuf fle. Kelley, McCinley, Randall, Robeson, and Kasson will *o douot say all that is worth saying from the protectionist stand point, and will be met by such men as Morrison, Cox, Carlisle, Tucker and other able anti-protectionists from the South and West whose highest utterance is worthy of attention. The same, class of men, North, West and South are bending all their eir ergies to the adjustment of the tariff and to the reduction of Internal Revenue taxa tion with good prospect of success and sessional)]ds fair to be long and interesting Last week, the House passed a bill thaj no person guilty of bigamy, or polygany should be admisted to a scat as delegate from any Territory. The hill was passed under a suspension of the rules and whil e the House was in a very inattentive mood,so that when the vote was taken but few mem. bers voted and the bill was declared car¬ ried before many of them could find out what was up. This is regarded a blow at Cannon the delegate from Utah, whose polygamous habits are well known. Just here it would be well to remark that had the hill applied to all members guilty of immoral practices there would be not a few empty seats in consequence. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, celebrated the seventieth anniversary of his birth, yesterday. There was a constant stream of callers during the day, among them Hon.DavidDavis president of the Sen¬ ate, Gen J. A, Bridgland, of Indiana. Se¬ ller J. ,F. Elmore, Peruvian Minister and many other prominent men in and abou t the capital. The number of calls was es. timated at more than four hundred. Among the presents received by the venerable statesman, was a beautiful autograph al¬ bum containing many autographs of lead¬ ing men from President Arthur down, and in which many of the visitors at the even¬ ing reception, wrote their names, and in inscribed appropriate sentiments, the fol¬ lowing among others being peculiarly ap¬ propriate. “A’cherislied link between the present and the good olden, golden times. Good bless yon.”—Hon. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia. “Histor y has a big place for you now and will have a bigger one when you are gone which I tans* wayJiiiiniw. pn>longe| ."Gen J, A. Briungland, of Indiana. Henry Jones, of Augusta, now eoniiec ed with the Washington Post >vrote, “With an esteem approaching .meration for the ablest living advocate of tlie great principle of Jloeal self-government, the one support of our free institutions.” Gol. Richard AI. Johnson wrote “Dea r friend whom fifty years ago I learned te know and to love may God extend your career in its present and defend you amid the labor and the sorrow oi' the period be¬ yond three scoiti and ten.” The Peruvian Alinister, Senor J. F. El¬ more, inscribed tlie following, ‘Wishing you many more years of life for the bene¬ fit of the American Union.” “With tlie best wishes of ‘old Berks,’’ wrote Congressman Daniel Ermenarout, of Pennsylvania. Hon Jno. G. Mills of New York inscribed above his name. < ( Three score and ten of honored years, Are rounded in the stateman’s days Who honored in botli hemispheres, With faithfulness and love repays. , Historian, statesman, author learned, True friend of worthy deed or man, Is Georgia’s greatest statesman turned To-day past life’s allotted span.” A beautiful laurel wreath was suspended from the chandalier bearing a card with the following inscription from Chicago In¬ dies : “1812—1882 February 11. Hon. Alexan¬ der II. Stephens. May heaven’s choicest blessings ever crown tlie advancing years of our Southern hero and friend, and will he aceei>t the laureles emblematic of his valor and noble services in private and public life. (Signed) Aina. M. E. Buckingham, Miss Rosa Buckingham, Afns. F. R. Chandler.” Truly Georgia has reason to be proud of her “Great Commoner.” Air. Stephens private parlor at the Na¬ tional Hotel was gayly decorated with flo¬ ral tributes, some of the most elegrnt of which were a mound of roses from Cap¬ tain Alack, of Boston, another from a lady in Florida, a basket of flowers from Alount Vernon, another from Detroit and several from Virgina and Afaryland. In the even ing Mr. Stephens gave a dinner to the Georgia delegation at which were present, Hon. Fillip Cook, of Americus, Hon. II. G. Turner, of Quitman, Hon. J. II. Blount, of Macon, Hon. George R. Black, of Svlva* nia, Hon. nugh Buchanan, of Newnan. Randoll, of the Augusta Constitutionalist, | Prof. Richaid M. Johnson,of .Maryland,the j biographer of Air. Stephens, Mr. William i F. Holden, of Crawfordville, Ga., and Mr- i Chas. W. Seidell, Afr.Stephens’ private sec ; retary. The occasion was one long to be I remembered. There is quite a fight going on about the colleetorship at Atlanta and it is positively asserted by some that Andrew Clark the present collector is to be removed, notwith standing the President gave him an oppor tunity to reply to the charges against him. Air. Speer of the Ninth District oftleor gia, is said to be the active mover in this war on Clark. In case, the removal should he made, Mr. Walter Johnson, the present postmaster at Columbus, Ga., will most probably be offered the place. On Thursday nignt A.M. Seteldo Jr.,for merly local editor of the Republican being offended of that at some accompanied publication by in recentissue^ his brother, paper, both armed, visited the office to demand n» retraction by Barton the present local tor, which being refused a fight ensued during which the younger Soteldo fired upon Barton, and missing his man fatally wounded his brother who died last night. About the same time news reachedh ere of a like scene in the office of the Atlanta Post-Appeal though with less serious con sequences. Air. DeWitt, of the l’ost-Appeal was well known in this city, and the news created much excitement among Ins many friends here. -Attempts to ‘•bull-doze” ed hors don’t seem to pan nit v, All Diok. Profitable Patients. These most wonderful and marvelous suc¬ cess in cases where persons are sick of wasting away from a condition of miseia. bleness, that no one knows what aits tliom, (profitable patient for doctors,) is obtaiil ed by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the first dose and keep it up until perfect health and strength is restor. ed. Whoever is aifleted in this way need not suffer, when they can get Hop Ilitte ? —Cincinnati Star. In a letter from Mrs. Charlotte Lisle, of Chicago, a lady well known as a contribu¬ tor to the Western press, she ascribes the cure of a dangerous cough, accompanied by bleeding at tlie lungs, to Hale’s lloncy of Horehound “threatened and Tar. suffocate “Aly cough,” * she .* says, to me * * hut the Honey of Horehound and vrlm real),-el every trace of it." Tlie Tier was to a lady tlie friend in this C. city. N’ CMit¬ Who has placed it Fulton at disposal street, N. of Y. ten-ton, 115 Fi ire’s Toothache Drops cure in one min - ute. [Communicated.] '7M • THE TOWN FINANCES. An Inquiry Prom Many Town-Ariiey Tgx-I’ayers a* to the Condition ol the Call on the Council lor a Report, <4^ To ffons. //. S. Smith, EdwaH Young . William A. Legwin, William, J. Norton, Charles Bergstrom, Commissioners for the town of Crawfordville for the year 1882. Gentlemen As various errors nro afloat as to the condition in which you find •he finances of said town, therefofc for th e purpose of quieting, and putting at rest, any, arid all rumors prejudicial 1 > yonr . fetlgUo-'jG selves, or, to your.predecass vritif D.O Usofi, ; and tax-payers, i.f this' town, 4 deep interest ttii) oiu t aiid truth, who havc'a Vigiit, to know the facts, and respectfully suggest to your honorable body, of custo¬ dians ol Crawfordville, and its finances, the propriety of publishing through tlio of The Demock at, a clear concise and tabu¬ lated statementof all the moneys,accounts, receipts, and vouchers, turned over to you by the out-going board of commissioner 14 for the fiscal year, of 1881. This course is not less due to yourselves and your prede cessors than to those of your fellow etizens who have borne the burthens by taxation, Unit tjiey may know the exact condition of everything appertaining to our town finan¬ ces. They know for what purposes taxa¬ tion is allowed by law, and they know that your streets and side-walks are in a most execrable condition. And now they want to know why you permit them t,o re¬ main so. The money arising from ail sources is believed to he enough, to have macademize the side-walks if judiciously applied. Aud, as all the tax is said to have been collected, and the streets in|thc order they are in, tlie presumption is tlie money is still on hand, and that your predeces¬ sors bequeathed you a full treasury The people wisli to know exactly what state tlie finances of tlie town are in, and as they are tlie interested parties and you their ser. vants it is your duty to inform them Therefore, let the facts he known, that the tax-payers may knew what has been done with their money. Tlie public expect it Many Tax-Payers. Crawfordville, Ga., Feb.’ fi, 1882. Wonderlul Power. j When a medicine performs such cures as Kidney-Wort is constantly doing, lit may truly be said to ba*ve wonderful power. A carpenter in Montgomery, Vt., had'' suffer¬ ed for eight years from the worse of kid ey diseases, and hash ien wholly incapac¬ itated for work. * He savs, I “One bo x made n ew mar. of me, anil sincerely believe, it ly will afflicted.” restore to ft health is all sold that in both are (similar¬ nd dry foini.—Danbury now News. liquid !■ SENDING US WORD. WHAT THIS PEOPLE OP ADJACENT TOWNS ARE DOING. The News of Neighboring Count! eg Cull ed from our Exchanges, and Written SHEENE. [Herald and Journal] — There are a good mauy farmers in this county who liave no hands as yet. — Mr. P. W. I’rintup, who resi les near Union hjs private Point, has a cotton seed Haulier for use. —Thieves robbed Air. Littleton’s mill last week of some 11 or 12 bushels of com —Irish potatoes command good prices at present. They aie selling at $fi.0( per bar rel in this market. , - Labor is likely to he abundant this yjear as a large quantity of small grain has wen sown than for many years, J A good deal of property sold at Sheriff s jaleinthis place last Tuesday, at prices twrt'il /*hieh another should cause is plaintiffs gathered, to defer sales crop j —The store-house and lot ot Walter Grif tin, Esq., comprising several rooms, offices -te , and one of the best business stands in 1» city, under a ti fa in favor of L, T. San vs. L. B. Willis principal, and Walter ffin etaL, securities, was bid off by (plaintiff for $2,275. , —C18 acres of land under mortgage fi fa |iu favor sold of for Curtis $810. 1’avrott, vs. A. J. Jack son, - 800 acres of land under mortgage in favor Stare; - & Bro. vs, W. Armor; was bid K oif by J. N. Armor for $700. —Two acres of land in the city under a li fa in favor of E. O. Backus vs. Bob Wray; ^jcl off by plaintiff jtor $35. —18!)-acres of land at administrator’s Lsale, sold to storey & Bro. for •* —Of the election in this county on the question of “fence” or “no fence” resulted In a vote of 7(55 for fence to 3(50 forno fence. Majority for fence, 405. No wonder old fields an? cheap in Greene. WILKES. [Gazette.] —Air. Henry Wylie has been quite sick for the past few days. —Col.J T WiUis is said to have two of tho best fish ponds in tlio county. —Messrs. Merriwether Hill and Harnett Irvin left on Alondny on a two week’s visit to Florida. —We regret to state that Mrs’Gen.Toombs Is ill. Dr. Steiner, of Augusta, was up to visit her Saturday, Feb. 5th. —The groat goose case which was tried in the county t|mrt not long since, Is not yet settled. It has since been brought before the church in the neighborhood. —Alr.Blanehard of McDuffie county and Aliss Georgia llfftnbrlck were married near Washington Thursday Feb. 9th. We wish tlie young people much happiness. —Mr.Len Smith has traded one of his dray horses for a fine young mare. —We had a prominent yoniigcouple book¬ ed to pay their vow to Hymen this month, but the young lady Informed us the other day that the rainy weather, hard times, and the small-pox scavo, had caused the affair ro be postponed indefinitely. —Air. Samuel Brooks, who has long held a position in the store of Air. John AI. Cnllan, has recently become a partner in the busi¬ ness. —Complaint is made, and very justly too, that certain parties have been carrying a barrel of whisky along the road down alien!.Delhi,and retailing it out us they trav Yho -jwd •'‘uple d eve there qre iu dignant at the procBLfttf if,"fHhWki 1 Yaw \\m probably he applied. * .—The.colored Baptis debating society diseased the question on lust-Monday night to-wit: “Whisky or no whisky?” The no whisky side won the fight. One on tlie whisky side, said: “Mr. President, whisky is a good thing,Iweaiise’old miss’ used to pu whisky in all of her rakes. The receipts at tlie door were $3.35, which will appropriated foi repairing tlie colored Baptist church. WARREN. [ Warrcnlnn Clipper.'] —A negro from towards Macon stole a pair of shoes from a drummer at tlie hotel here last Wednsday night; Live next day ho stole the overcoat of Col. Morgan of Warrenton while at Mayfield: on Saturday night having hired himself to Air, James Medlock at Jewells, stole his horse. All the property has been recoverd except tlie shoes,and we hear that Mr. Medlock got the thief as well as his horse, about Milledgeville, Monday. —Tlie editor of the Clipper sighs for an insect exterminator. —Warren county lias twenty two white paupers for the support of which $437 is paid, and twenty one negro paupers to which she donates $188. The total is forty three paupers at an expense of $025 or about $12.21 each. —We propose to organize an insurance com¬ pany for invalids from which all healthy people shall be excluded by medical exami¬ nation . —We are indebted to Air. A Lesser for a card of invitation to his marriage to Miss Miriam Solomon, at the bride’s mother’s 240 Nortli Section street Phiadelphia. 7 o’clock P. AI. on Sunday February Iff, 1882 —Warrenton is down on organ grinders. m’dufkie. [ McDuffie Journal, j —FrancesGlyde.only child of Mr.andMr J, F. shields, died in Thomson Feb. loti 1882 aged about 8 months. —Annie Reby, youngest child of Air. and Airs. T. N. Lewis, was born January 23d, 1881, and died in Thomson Feb. 14th 1882. —The regular Spring Term of McDuffie Superior court will convene in Thomson on the third Alonday in next month. —The mumps continue to flourish in Thomson, —Dr Willis of Thomson killed a cow for beef a few days ago, and found iu her giz¬ zard four freight receipts, a yard of cotton baggaing, a return ticket to Mesena, spikes a section of a cross-tie, three raiiroaed and a bushel and a Half of guano. She had been browsing about the depot. • Too Alany “Elephants ” The Park Commissioners,it is stated, have been authorized to purchsse, at an expense not to exceed 82,500, an ele ; pliant for> the Zoological Gardens at Central , : : ^ m I tb* luiUiority lie’s money in this way Y Who [,as to do so V It seems to ' u8 our authorities have too many -‘elephants” on their hands already.— i I New York Ledger, Just so. CRAWFORDYILLE ITS MOST PROMINENT MERCHANTS AND THEIR BUSINESS. Crawfordville is tho county seat of Taliaferro. It was first in corporate,! in 182G by an act of the Legislature^ It has a population of 800, and is a thriving town. It is situated 107 miles from Atlanta aud 61 from Augusta, on the Geeig^i railroad. In this short article it is impossible while it had been our intention—to de¬ scribe in full the buildings of the town, and we must confine to a few simple facts. The cotton receipts up to the pres ent time have been, 2,500 bales. A num¬ ber of farmers, however, are holding their cotton for better prices. We will now take up the business houses in Crawfordville. The first on his list for enterprise and energy comes. BERfllft’KOM’. Wi*. CHARLES This name is synonymous of all that is enterprising and businesslike. No man in Crawfordville lias done more to build up the town and induce trade tnau Air. Bergstrom, lie is accommo¬ dating, pushing and does an excellent business. He has everything in a first class store. His advertisement may be found in another column. II. 8. SMITH, is one of tlio leading druggists of our section. He is a line pharmaceutist, an excellent physician, and keeps the purest of drugs. In addition to drugs of all kinds he lias on hand perfumeries, line toilette soaps and toilette articles of all kinds, groceries, confectioneries, cigars and tobacco. Helms one ot the handsomest stores in Cvawfordyille built but lately, is attractive in appear ances outside and in. See bis adver¬ tise ment. AY. .1. NORTON, is tho largest contractor in Talinferro count,yMr.Norton Is an old resident of of Crawfordville, and has always done a splendid business. Those who con¬ template hnildiug’would do well to get al, his estimates. He keeps on hand kinds of builders material,locks,liinges, and screws, lumber, nails everything wanted by carpenters in building or re¬ pairing. „ win ' Theso gentlemen have elegantly . an lilted up drug-store, I hey keep on hand the purest of drugs and medicines. Dr. II. .J. Held.is a physician with an extensive practice and with the reputa tion of being one of the most success ful practitioner of medicine in our sec tion In their atone, Messrs. Reid & tlenl have m>en tMig “ceded, family ined.cities of all kinds, toilette soaps, toilette articles, hair-brushes, combs stationery, fancy goods, Their confection erieSjCigais and to; acco. “White Elephant” Caawfoi’dville. cigar is the most popular brand in Remember their place, next to tha post-oflice, Broad street. RHODES & CIOUHAM, wagon-makers, ts botli a comparatively new tirni, although are well-known throughout this section. They are botli energetic young men and practi¬ cal mechanics and deserve to do a splen¬ did busines. They umn ifacture all kinds of bug¬ gies farm wagons and keep on hand a full line of farm iinplime its. They will shortly receive a full line of bug frotn Cincinnati which they will offer at the lowest rates. Wo trust they will meet with that patronage which their energy, and strict attention to business so richly merit. CASPAR MYERS, is the most successful merchant we have. Everybody likes hint, and those who patronize him can be sure they will receive no “shoddy” goods. He keeps everything in the dry goods line, boots, shoes, clothing, hats, fine rib¬ bons and notions. Ho offers them at the lowest prices. He has also farm provisions, meat, bacon, lard. Hour and everything needed by farmers. His clerks are ail clever and attentive and it is a pleasure to deal with Mr. Myers on account of tlie treatment one re¬ ceives. ■ J. W. DAltRACOTT. Mr. Darracott is too well known to need any extended notice from iis. He is a gentleman renowned for his honest and upright dealing. J/e has a full iine of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats arid faun provisions. He is agent for the celebrated llookwalter Engine,the best engine made for farm work. Re¬ member him in your visits to Craw¬ fordville, when you want anything’You will be sure to receive, the best bar ains and the kindest treatment. QUR COUNTRY. The Cause of the Present Condition of Tilings—A few Plain Words to Far¬ mers. l'R vwFaii&viLLE, GA., Feb.,17th.l832. Editor Democrat : The country is evidently growing poorer and tlio people more thrift¬ less, and tinder these circumstances the course they should pursue in the fu¬ ture should lie discussed more fully than it lias ever been. This subject, it is true, has already been much discussed. Agricultural clubs have been organized through¬ out the country for tbe purpose of fur¬ thering the ends of agriculture; agricul¬ tural schools have been established fo the purpose of teaching the sciences or agriculture; expositions and fairs havf lteen held for the purpose of encourage ing agriculture; all the modern inven- Yol. 6.—No. 7. tions of ii.'iionHural implements hay* been brought in to use, and variou methods - f legislation have been sug¬ gested and many adopted for the pur¬ pose of advancing the agricultural in¬ terests of the i o.nitty; a -d yet tha cry is hard tiroes. Upon agriculture de¬ pends all the other brandies of In¬ dustry; and when it linguistics they must likewise languish. The success of the lawyer,the doctor, the merchant, the mec a lie and of all those engaged in the Various other pursuits of life de¬ pends upon the success of the tiller of the soil. The present want of prosperity among the planters is owing to a combination of causes, the principal of which i&that of raising cotton to tbe exclusion of almost every other product, another cause is the want of a system of labor In “ante liellron” days when peace and. plenty iei.n d thio igl out the borders, of the entire quint ry, the planters in¬ stead of depending upon other sections for thfir su m lias, as ih y d > now, made more than they could consume; a sys¬ tem of labor then prevailed, and the Southern planters were the most inde¬ pendent, prosperous and happiest peo¬ ple that ever lived in any age or coun¬ try, and kept steadily advancing in the march of wealth and prosperity until the emancipation of slavery. It is true that no institution ever equaled that of slavery for the rapid accumulation of wealth; and that by emancipation for¬ tunes which had required a life time to accumulate, were swept away, and tha Southern planters veduceed from a state of affluence and luxury to poverty. This brought about a state of demora¬ lization and weakened the ener¬ gies of tlie planters from which they have not as yet fully recovered. Wars are always demoralizing to people, and history proves that no country ever recovered entirely trom the disastrous effee.s of war, A. people, whose property has been swept away like the Southern planters’ may be likened to a man, who by misfortune, has lost his property ; nothing but energy, pit-severance and judicious management, on his part,will enable him to regain ins former stan¬ dard, and w die tbe Southern people can never hope to regain tliefr former wealth and prosperity, yet by energy, perseverance and judicious manage me.it they may hope to become morn thrifty and prosperous in the future than they have beeu to the past. But for energy, perseverance and judiieione management, Napoleon would have never sealed the Alps and thus, made hinr.solf Monarch of Italy, and Colum bug would have never crossed tlm At i ;iU tic and thus discovered America, jj ut to return to the subject. While slavely does not exist, and there is not, that system of labor now there Wits wlien it did exist; yet -thereto i abov h , the country end the same lliud la cultivated now that yieldVj wm cultivated then, but the nol M gmi tlaud not of the same 2he grain rrnp i irnrn then uhuni'Klttg withhtori Htld IM> fanner was satisfied y ear ’ B labor unless his. granaries were full- AU vv m admit tliat tlie agricultural wealth of, a country consists in its resources. Egypt’s great and matchless weultli in the d*ya of old arose front the abundance «f corn which she pro¬ duced, which enabled her to support all the neighboring countries famine. Egypt during an almost universal was. at one time tlie granary of Rome and Constantinople, the two most populous, cities then in tlie world, a ml tive Egyp¬ tians boa-6 id that they cduld contest, the prize of plenty with the moat pro¬ ductive countries of tlie world, and that though conquered, they fed their conquerors. The Southern people could boast in the same manner were they to pursue the same course. Ask; the question why do the planters raise cotton to the exclusion of almost every oilier product, and you will receive tha ready reply, that it is the only artlolot that they can produce that will, at all times, command the cash, and that they are in debt and are therefore com¬ pelled to raise cotton te pay their in¬ debtedness. Oan tiiey ever pay itf wiien the cotton they make doesn’t pay for the supplies consumed in making it.. A distinguished gentleman once said that “Jacob finding that he could not. afford to haul corn from Egypt,although it wns given to him,moved to it.” The corn used by the farmers is hauled from the West at their expense, and tho question naturally arises, can they af¬ ford it ? The cost of transportation of earn or other coasuraed grain from by tlie West, anA the time the farmer* m hauling it to their barns would pay for raising the same, consequently, the farmers loose the prime cost of every bushel of corn or other grain which they purchase in our markets. Can an agricultural people afford such Ex¬ perience teaches '.hat they cannot, then why not change ? Should they contin¬ ue in tlie course they have beeu pursu¬ ing for tike last seventeen years, their eventnal bankruptcy, together with that of all tlui.se engaged in tlie various other pursuits of life, is only a question of time, Go where you may, and you will hear it said, “the country is ruin¬ ed.” and indeed without a change ine¬ vitable ruin awaits us. In a land Ukb ours such should not be the case. Hear en never smiled upon a more enlight¬ ened people, and nature newer favored any country more. Its soil to fertile and produces nearly everything known to the vegetable kingdom; its church and school bells are heard upon, almost every hill; its railroads run fehreogb al¬ most every section; its manufactoriea are numerous, and above all its climate is most deligntfud. With sach a coun¬ try we should he the most prosperous people on earth, and doubtless would be, were we to. change vox course. la conclusion, we would advise the farm¬ ers to raise more grain, and less eotton, and should they do so, in our humble judgment, they would soon be On the* road to independence ane prosperity, i. to Z- A.