Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL.
13Y CHRISTIAN, HOYL & CO.
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Published Every Thursday
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■WMMMiimiMHWiWinmntniimimtimr*—
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff’s Sales, per levy, $2 80
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Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00
•i « *« Guardiauship, 3 00
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Job If *ork of every description eve
cuteduitb neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL -ROA_D GUIDE.
Southwestern Railroad.
WM. HOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL POWERS, Sup
Leave Macon 5.15 A. M. ; arrive at Colsm
hns 11.15 A. M. ; Leave C’olu-'bus 12 46 P.
M ; arrive at Macoo 6.20 P. M.
Leaves Macon 8 AM\ arrives at Eu
(aula 5 30, P M ; Leaves Eufaula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, PM. #
ALBANY BRANCH.
Leaves Smithville 1 46, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, P M ; Leaves Albany 9 36, A M;
Arrives at Smithville 11, A M.
Leave Cuthbert 357 P. M.; arrive at Fort
Glins 5 40 P. M ; Leave Fort Gains 7.05 A
M. ; arrive at Oulbbert 9.05 A. M.
JHacoii A Western Railroad.
A J. WHITE, President.
il. WALKER, Superintendent.
BAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leaves Macon . • • 780A. M.
Arrives at Atlanta . . . 1 57 P. M.
Leaves Atlanta . . . 6 55 A. M.
Arrives at Macon . • ■ 1 SO P. M.
NIGHT train.
Leaves Macon . . • 845 P. M.
Arrives at Atlanta • • 4 50 A. M.
Leaves Atlanta * . • 8 In P. M.
Anives at Macon . . • 125 A.M.
Western & Atlantic Railroad.
CAMPBELL WALLACE, Sup’t.
DAT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta ... 845A. M.
Leave Dalton .... 2.30 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 5.24 P. M.
Leave Chattanooga . • 8.20 A. M.
Ariive at Atlanta . . . 12.05 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . • 7 00 P. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A. M
Leave Chattanooga . . 430 P. M.
Arrive at D.lton ... 7.50 P. M.
Artive at Atlanta . . . 1-41 A. M.
gastotfa ®nrag.
DBS. HQDNETT & PERRYMAN
HAVIiYG formed a co-partnership in the
practice of jtfedicine, offer their Pro
fessional services to the public, and as expe
rienced Physicians in all the branches o f
their profession, confidently anticipate that
iheir former success will insure a liberal share
of practice.
71ie cash system having been established
in everything else, all bills will be considered
doe as soon as a case is dismissed.
Ovrica—Until further notice, in the front
room ot the "Journal’’ building, up stairs.
W. H HODNF.TT,
J L. D. PERRYUAS.
Dawson, Ga , June l;tt
C. B. WOOTEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bateson, Ga.
J*n'« 1868 1,
DR, R. A. W A KNOCK,
OFFERS bis Professional services to the
citizens of Chit kasnwhatchee and Its
vicinity. From ample experience in both
civil and Military practice, he is prepared to
treat strecessfslly, eases in every department
of his profession. janl6’6Btf
bylntgofs hotel.
(Opposite The Passenger Ptpot.)
®ACOj|, - - GEORGIA*
TS Nuw open for the reception of visitors
A Having spared no expense in furnishing
this House new throughout, and determined
that the Tabic and Bar shall be inferior to
none in the Sooth, I feel confident that I can
offer to my old patrons and the public ail that
they can wish in a Hotel. Call and see me.
J. L. BYINGTOff,
Octg3m Late of Fort Valley, Ga.
ADAMS. WASHBURN l CO.
FACTORS
and
Commission Merchants,
OFFICE No 3 Stoddard’s Lower Range,
j“0 30 ts SAVANNAH, 6A.
Uorreapondent at Dawson, Ga., 8. R. WESTON
u* *; Os Katonton, Ga.
• K. IPaebbiiru, Os Savannah, Ga.
A. Adami, sis Amorim*, oa.
Dawson Business Directory.
Dry Goods Merchant*.
PRATT, T. J. Dealer in all kinds of
Dry Goods. Main Street.
ORR, BKOWN ft CO., Dealers in
Fancy and Staple Drv Goods, Main st.,
under ‘‘Journal” Printing Office.
SIEMIL, S. .71. A BRO., Dealers
in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hals, Trunks, Ac.,
Main st.
IOVGESS A GRIFFIN, Dealers
_J in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries.
J/tin Street., _
Roberts J- w. ft co.,Deai
era in Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,and
Groceries, North West corner Public Square.
PEEPLES W. M., Dealer in S'a pie
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
Main street.
I7FXTON, J. A., Dealer in Bacon,
Flour, Meal and Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, M tin st.
KOOD, R. 11., Dealer in Groceries and
Familv suoulies generally, next door to
‘Journal” Office, Main st.
Cf REEK ft 81711TIONS, Grocery
3 and Provision Dealets, South side Pub
lic Square.
FTARNDNI A SHARPE, Dealers
in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
Public Square, Main st.
Alexander a parrott,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries aud
Provisions, 2nd door Irom Hotel, J/ain st.
WOOTEN, WM., Dealet in Groce
ries and Piovisions, Loyless Block,
Main street.
LWYEESS, J. K., Dealer in Groce
ries and Provisions, Jfain st.
L. TIICKI K A BRO., Gro
• cer and Commission J/en hauls, J/a.n
Street. __
Druggisl.
(NIIEATHA 41, C. A., Druggist and
J Physician. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
the ills that flash is heir to. At bis old stand,
the Red Drug Store, Main st.
Warehouse*.
A. A., at Sharpe A Brown’s
. old stand. Main street.
Loyless a griffin, ware
house aud Commission Merchants, Jfain
street.
millinery.
WiLLunsoN, mss mol-
LIE, keeps constantly on hand the
latest styles of Hats, Bonnets, Dress Trim
mings, Ac., Loyless Block, Jfain st.
Watch Repairer.
4 LLEN, JOHN P., will repair
. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, J/usie Books,
Acco and ons, Ac , always to be tound at bis
old stand, on North eide of Public Square
Livery Stable*.
I7ARNEM A SH YKPE, Sale and
' Liverv Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and hire Horses boarded. North eide
Public Square.
Fringe, n. g. a j. K,saieand
Livery Stable, and dealers iu Horses and
Muits. Carriages, Buggies and Horses for
hire. Horses boarded on reasonable terms
at their new Stable on Main st.
Tobacconist.
LEWIS, W. TANARUS., Keeps constantly on
hand, all grades of Tobacco, at Alexan
der A Parrott’s, Main street.
Gunsmith.
S7IITH, J. G. S., Dealer in Guns,
Pistols, Caps, Cartridges, aud sporting
goods generally, Main st.
Saloon.
WARD, PATRICK, Dealer in fine
iV Wines and Liquors, Cigars, Ac., J/uinst.
Tannery and Shoe Shop.
Lee, w. w., Shoe Afanulaetory, on
South side Public Square.
ORR, BROWN & CO
—ARE—
SELUWG GOODS
VERY CHEAP!
Ict our fried r remember that wc keep al
ways on hand such a supply of GOODS as
the times and the place demand, which WE
WILE #
Sell On Reasonable Terras,
Home-Made Shoes.
Os the best article, at
ORR, BROWN & CO'S.
Dawson, may 28th 1868 ; 3m.
B. A PORTER. JNO. D. HUfOINS.
PORTER & HUDGINS,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
PRODUCE K i\»
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
third street,
(Opposite Southern Express Office.)
Macon, Ga
jud< 25;.fin
DAWSON, CjtA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER SIO, 1 §OB.
POETRY.
THE UNFINISHED PRAYER.
“Now I lay me,"—“Say it darling
“Lay me," lisped the tiny lips
Os my daughter, kneeling, bending
O’er hir folded finger-tips;
“Down to sleep’—“To sleep,” she murmured,
And the curly head drooped low;
‘‘l pray the Lord”—l gently added,
“You can say it all, I kuOTt.”
“Pray the Lord”—the words came faintly,
Fainter still—“My soul to keep;”
Tber the tired head fairly nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened,
When I cl. sped her to my breast,
And the clear voice softly whispered,
“Mamma, God knows all the rest.”
0, the trusting, sweet confiding
Os the child heart I Would that I
Thus might trust my Heavenly Father,
He who h#*rs my feeblest cry.
LOVER’S qiIABKELS.
Well, let him go, and let him stay,
I do not meau to die;
I guess he’ll find that I can live
Without him if I try ;
He thought to frighten me with frowns
So terrible and black ;
He’ll stay away a thousand years
Before I call him back.
He said that I had acted wrong—
And foolishly beside ;
I wou’t forgive him after that —
1 wouldn’t il 1 died.
If 1 was wrong, what right had be
To be ao cross to oie?
1 know I’m notan angel quite—
-1 don’t pretend to be.
He had another sweetheart once—
Aud now wutn we tall out,
He always says she was not cross,
And bat she did not pout;
It is enough to vex a Saiut—
It’s tuoi e than 1 call bear—
I wish that other girl ol bis
Was—well, 1 don’t care where.
He thinks that she is pretty, too,
Is beautiful as good ;
I wonder If she’d get him back
Again, now, il she could ;
I know she would, and there she is—
She lives almost in sight;
And now it’s after nine o’clock,
Perhaps he’s there to night.
I’d almost write to him to come—
But then I’ve said 1 wont —
I do not care so much, but she
Shan’t have him, if 1 don’t;
Besides, I know that I was wrong,
And be was in the right;
I thiuk I’d better tell him so—
I wish Le’d come to uight.
A NIGHT WITH A MANIAC.
BY A YOUNG PHYSICIAN.
The nriniac was a giant. He bad
broken his heavy chains sa Samson
broke the withes; had torn open the
door of his cell—torn the keeper liter
ally in pieces—burst the outer door —
killed the watchman with a heavy iron
bar, that he wrenched from the door
and escaped with his formidable wea
pon into the city.
The tow n was aghast with the news;
and we s uden s at the hospital and
dissecting ro m who were connected
with the asylum, bad to nervu our
selves to beip capture the escaped wild
beast
I had gone to the dissecting room
alone, and was about to commence
using the knife on a subject. There
was a storrn raging, and with a low
sob the wind swelled through the long
aisle of forest trees and dashed with
ihe gathered force of an ocean wave
against the dead house. S mui'ane
ously, a band struck the light door
and the yell if am, nine rang through
and through my brain
Above the door, through a small
ventilator, the face of ibe madman and
the murderer peered at me.
■‘Hu 1 ha! 1 have caught you at last
—here—and alone. 1 have been wait
ing for you. You took me once
didn’t you? Ha! ha! Let me in.”
The coolness of imminent peril
brought my powers to action I hold
his eye an iuslant; but it was evident
that he was too wild for that; h,s
blood was up, and it roved with eugtr
feroeny thtough the room and over
the frail walls. With the light bound
of a Repaid I gained tue door, and
shot the double btut A gleam if rage
darted Ironi his eye, but be laughed :
"Ha, ha 1 You tbiuk that you wio
keep me out.”
He leaped to the ground In an
iusiiißt the light was out.
"Wait,’’ I cried. “I have a weapon
in my nand as keen as a razor. It is
poisoned by the body I have been
working on. Burst the door and I
will plunge it into your heart You
may kilt me, but I will kill you also, as
certain as there is a God 1”
The swarthy giant shook tDe door
until its hinges creaked and groaned
beneath bit baud. Then laughing
again low to bimseif he muttered ;
‘‘Fool 1 I’ll ou wit yiiu yet.”
And stole est io the dt.rkn°ss I
beard him, for an instant, pressing
against the wall of the buildiog and it
swayed and bent inwards with his
weight, 'lhen silence. The dm of tny
pulses made thunder in my earn, as l
tried to hear hie stealing tread, and
the sobbing wind rose anew with
wierd shriek, and made tny efforts
fruitless.
A thousand times I beard hie low,
devilish, murderous laugh. A thou
sand times I felt his brawny strength
against the door, and saw bis wild luce
Icok down on me through the gloom;
but still he did uot coins.
1 tried to thick be hud abandoned
the design and slunk off diaconraged ;
hut I kuew it was not so—l knew he
was crouching in some corner on the
watch, to spring upon me when I
passed.
Could I stand there all uight ? No,
certainly not. An h<ur more und Hur
ry Leigh (my young wife’s brother)
would come and see me—come uncon
oiousof the danger, until a bloodhound
at his throat would choke the bravo
young life down there forever.
f hstened io the intervals of the now
fitful storm to hear if he was breathing
near me. I put my soul in the sense
of Hearing, but no human shadow of
sound greeted it.
When the storm swelled again I
drew the bolt and looked into the
night; a black pall bung over the
earth and sky. I had as good a chance
to pass turn in the obscurity ns he to
oatch mu. W itb my knile in my teeth
und the massive thigh bone of a negro
to fell him with, it 1 must, I drew off
my shoes and stepped out into the
darkness. A sudden whirl of the tem
pest almost took me off my feet, and a
briek, di lodged lrom one of the chim
neys, grazed my head in its passage,
and broke in half on the f avement.
With baled breath, and a step like
the tread of a panther scenting his
prey, I parted the thick darkness and
turned my lace toward the hospital.—
He might be either here—at any step
along me passage—or hid in the angle
of the wall at the dooi through which
I must enter This seemed most prob
able; but there was another door
known only to tbe doctors
i thought 1 would elude him. W T itb
infinite caution I began to scale the
high wall, dreading horribly lest some
euddcc break in the sky might reveal
me to tbe wild eyes that watched for
me—but no.
Safely passing the summit I threw
my leg ovtr the desoint, and—felt my
foot seized. It wes but the clingiDg
tendril of a wild vine, skirting tha
wall. Graspiug my knife in my right
hand, I crept along the bushes tor fifty
yards, thens ruck across the lawn lor
the ,-ide entrance. The darkness per
plexed Hi'-, but I thought I was steer
ing straight. Suddenly my foot struck
bricks. Wbat this? 1 tried to rec
oliect. There was no pavemeDt round
that part of the hospital
1 pushed on uncertainly, and feeling
a weight in the air, put out my hands
to grope for some c;ew to my wherea
bouts. I was in an alley—fluuked with
stone walls above my head It gave a
sudden turn. In au instant 1 knew I
was id tbe subterranean passages of
the asylum. I turned to retrace my
steps—the opaque density of some
heavy body crouched between ine and
the outer air. I beard its stiffed breath
ing—its stealthy tread approuebing
me. My God ! he had followed me
from the very door of the dead-house
here ! A s ruggie for life with a mad
man in these narrow, gloomy vaults —
to he in tbe | 00l ol one’s own heart’s
blood in this undiscovered tomb—and
my young wife Constance !—’twas
maddening.
For an instant my brain was on fire.
Then I thought there m ght bear, tx
it—other devious windings in which I
couid elude my deauly pursuer. Go
ing deftly backward, I turned the i.n
gle iu the wall, and then plunged at
tne u ; most speed of a young and ac
tive man along the pas-age. instantly
I knew 1 was pursued. Meeting an
other cross path I struck into it in an
opp>osi e direction The maniac in
stantly foil- wed me. What a race
through those cavernous depths of the
m idliou. e ! VVhat tragic pitfalls might
lurk at every step ? whut black and
stagnant poo s lie waiting to engulph
me ? what deeper depth of icy biuck-
Dess into w hich to fall—and fall lor-
The pnssage grew narrowet. We
were, perhaps, under the very ceDtre
of the building, and furthered frum the
lrom the outer air. *1 had tried to
breathe noislessly ; the effort exhaust
ed me. J knew nothing of the laby
rinths; could on y guess at our posi
ti n by the distance from the entrunce
I bad counted the turnings we had
made I thought I could retrace them.
My strength was tailing. I wus fleet
est but be was most enduring.
Presently he w< uld ruu me down.
It wus a tertible venture, but the ne
cessity was imminent. 1 would try it
Ga-boring ail my lorce l darted like
an arrow on into the darkness, 'i be
suddenness ol my increased speed baf
fled him. I succeeded iu put ing silty
yards between us, gained and turned
the nest angle, then drawing myself
against the wall, with every nerve and
muscle strained in preternatural ten
sion, with the mighty heave of my
chest crushed into silence by an iron
effort of despairing w ill, I wailed for
turn to pus* me. 1 heuid bim come
rushing on with new strength through
the blackness, reach the anglt, turn it,
string bis mass.ve body ugainst the
jutting stones. I heard bun spiing like
an animal on along the track. I felt
hi, hot bre th like s earn—the foain of
his set jaws flung atro s my face—and
he slopped I felt ttiai he was fteliny
Jer me! —that he was crouching on the
stones. 1 saw the red lire ol bis eye
balls glare up to me through the dark
ness. 1 felt the touch of his icy flesh
on my hand. Like lightning ha raised
himself, and throwing his vast weight
against me, pinioned me to the stones.
All the mad rage of a man at bay
surged upward to my brain. I c.a-ped
my knife convulsively, and seized bim
by the throat, reso.ved to die hard. It
wus hairy—it was shaggy. Tho hands
against my chest bad a thick coat of
fur. I clusped nim to my breast. It
was Liou—my dog Lion
* • * ♦ *
“Great Heaven, Winter Keene !
What kept you the whole night in that
cursed dead nouse ! It is near by;
the door bus been open this two hours,
and Herbs and King have been asleep,
I wus getting on my boots to look for
you.”
“What in the name of common sense
did you let this dog out ufter me ? Will
you D ll me that ?”
“Why, he howled like a maniac, and
clawed the door till if I had been sus
picious I should have thought you in
somedangei, und could not keep him
in.”
“Danger I Well, we can’t talk now.
Rouse yourself; I have hud an inter
view with your maniac, and he is
prowling round the grounds after me
no* . Call up the men. I must go
after Phillips immediately ”
“My God 1 you don’t say so 1”
“Yes; don’t waste a second ”
In five minutes the whole force of
the hospital was out in the grounds.—
We took him iu the angle of the great
door, crouched behind the jut’ing wall
waiting Jor met He drew his lips back
over his teeth, in the dumb ferocity of
a mad brute, as he saw roe, and his
eyes settled into a dull, lurid gaze,
impossible to describe, as he hissed
out :
“Ha ! this is twice— twice you tri
umph, wait till the third time ’’
Around the blazing grate in the
closing hour of tne tempest-tomed
night, we shook hands over the glad
ness of our re-uniun, and after the sto
ry was over, and the horror first, and
the laughter after (at the close of ray
adventure,) and Derby and King bad
loft, and watching the young winter
day rise over the hills, there was some
thing very like tears over the bold,
bright blue of his eyes as he pointed to
the granite walls of tbe madhouse, and
said:
“Constance would have gone then,
Winter, and died, and mine would
have been a heavy life after
From tbe New York World, Oct. 15th.
COTTON.
Egypt as a Producer of the Great Staple.
Tbe cable announcement of a heavy
yield of cotton in Egypt is of great im
portance to the people of the Southern
States and to our people generally. The
Herald thinks not, but that sheet is no
better authority on cotton than politics.
When it expresses contempt for Egypt as
a cotton-growing rival, it betrays lack of
knowledge, for it is a fact which no one
properly informed will dispute-not oven
Commissioner Welles’ mao Atkinson—
that, of all the competitors who have
takcD tbe field against ns. Egypt is by
all odds the most formidable. And when
it states that tbe cotton of thatconnty is
“a poor, short stsple and dirty article,”
it asserts what is not correct.
Cotton has ling been the most impor
tant item of commerce among nations
This country held an uninterupted mo
nopoly of tho article up to the commence
ment of the war. A large portion of
Eogluod’s commercial greatness grew
out of aud depends upon it. To give em
ploymeot to her 3,000 mills, 33 003,000
spindit sand 1,000,000 operatives, she
has looked to our Sea Island and Gulf
State plantations. Io a single year she
actually paid out $412,000,000 for a
supply. These facts sufficiently indicate
the importance of our possessing the mo
nopoly of supply, and of doing all in
our power to regaia the ground we lost
by war. That result i« certainly not
to be reached by misleading cur cotton
planters as to their real situation To
them that there is nothing to fear from
Egypt is a fallacy. There is much to
fear; but it is certain that, under a sta
ble political government, perseverance
and well directed labor will eventually
place tbe South fir:t again on the list
of suppliers, aod make cultivation of tbe
s aple in Egypt too unprofitable to be
continued.
There is a point beyond which it be
comes more profitable for that country
to send England breadstuff than cotton
It is to that point our planters must
force this rival’ Were it not for the
fact that rhe cannot devote beyond a
given acreage to cotton without being
compelled to import the cereals for
home consumption, the rivalry would be
emioenily threatening. The commer
cial returns of the World’s markets tell
I as bow prosperously her ootton interest
has thriven siuce 1861. There is no
wisdom in affecting contempt lor the
staple she produces; nothing to be gained
by assuring our planters that our own
staple is so greatly superior that no other
growth can stand beside it in the mark
et)* Let trs not disguise the fact that
the Egyptian staple ia a good one; that
it oommaods a good price; that it is all
bought; and that it has been thought
worth while to introduce Egyptian seed
on our own plantations for trial. It has
been demonstrated that our Sea-Island
variety, the gest growD, cannot be pro
duced in any other quarter of the world
excepting along tho region of the Nile.
{ Proof that the Egyptian staplo is held
high may be found in the fact that the
seeds commonly selected for experiman
tal cultivation in new asd favorable lo-
Cdliihs are the American and Egyptian
I and the value of the latter has been at
tested in Peru, where the plant grows
thriftily in tour months, while the native
plant only yields in eight. When the
Sultau encouraged cultivation iu Moroc
co, in 1863, Amerioau and Egyptian
seeds were imported from Eagland,
which jointly produced an artiole claim-
ed to be equal to the American in qual
ity. But the the actual cotton opera
tions of Egypt since 1861 arc tbe best
test of her importance as a competitor,
aod the results of wbioh she is capable
of io an emergency. And it must always
be remembered that England is dissat*
•sfied with her dcpendeuco upon Amer
ica for raw cotton, and will lend all
possiblo aid to tLat country which offers
her the prosyect of iodenpeodeoce of us.
Egypt furnishes that natiofr with tho
followiug amounts in the years named :
1861 41,000 000 lbs.
1862 59,000,000 lbs.
1863 93,000,000 lbs.
1864 125,000,000 lbs.
1865 177,000,000 lbs.
These figures are official, and may be
trusted. Io 1864 England paid Egypt
ovei $64,000,000 for ootton. Tbe year
before the war she paid her less than
$7,000,000. There is a lesson in these
figures.
How far tbe preset)* crop of that coun
try will interfere with our sales in Brit
ish markets will depend en circumstances
but one thing is certain—that we shall
be importantly affcoted by it in several
ways. It ill becomes us to affeet an in
difference for competition that we can
net afford, and it is in every respect
more sensible for the South to set about
reoevering her lost ootton status in all
earnestness, and with a sincerity that
shows her appreciation of tbe trne char
acter of the situation, that for her to
rely upon past power for present pro
teotson. Affairs have changed and she
has experienced crushing discourage
ments. Her labor system has been total
ly revolutionized; even worse, it has
been destroyed, and she has been forced
to devise anew one. la the midst of
her prostration, Congress, in defiance et
all tbe principles of political economy,
aod with utter disregard for tho nation
al good, levied a tax upon tbe stsple
that would have been a daath-bkvw to
its cultivation bad it been much longer
retained. These drawbacks must be
overcome. It oan scarcely bo believed
that this section is no worthily yielding
to them, and yet that would seem to be
the fact from tbe reports constantly re
ceived here that tho cotton area is more
and more being given ovci to wheat and
corn.
The south can not reasonably
to recover bcr»olf at once. Restoration
must necessarily be gradual; and during
its progress, periodical and temporary
relapses must bo Icoked for. The ulti
mate result can not bo doubted.
We are bound to bo master of the
ootton market if we use our advantages
judiciously. To recover lost ground at
a single stroke wo must throw a full
crop into the marke*; nothing less will
suffice. The planters of the South must
bend all their energies to effect this If
they exert themselves they will win, if
not they will lose The prize is certain
ly worth the effort. The losses on a
short crcp one year will be compoDs.tcd
by the gains on a fail crop the next one.
Above all, it should bo remembered that
the reign of Rtdiculism will Dot last
forever, atd that there is a period com
ing when we are to produce an annual
orop of 5,000,000 bales, to manufacture
it for ourselves, and thou convey the
fabrics to the great markets of the world
by American means of transportation.
Eogland may set that down as a fixed
fact. Let the S.itrtb keep her eyes
npon it, and steadfastly labor on in the
fulfilment of her sure and prosperous
destiny.
A Scene in Court —An individual
possessing unmistakable evidences of
African extraction, was arrainged tor
larceny. The Judge, ae right, was
dignified, but with severe presence
‘Are yod guilty or not guilty Y be in
quired.
‘Sur Y
‘Did you steal these clothes V be re-
peated.
‘Golly boss, ’clar I never done it ’
‘This man says you did.’ ,
‘He ain’t nothin’ but white trash.’ (
‘And what are you ?’
‘Me? Why don’t yer know me? I
r, and wid you in do pern scion. 1 help
ed to tote you home when yer got
tired dat night —don't yer ’member mo
now Y
There was the ‘suddeoest’ no! pros
in that darkey’s ease that judicial arv
! nala afford an esarnp'e of. So much
for the advantages of good society.—
N. 0 Pic.
The Rural World siys that a hog
sweats not like a home or a man, but
through his forelegs. There is a spot on
each leg just below the knee, in the form
of sieve. Through this the sweat pass
es off, and it is necessary that this be
kept open. If it gets closed up, as is
| sometimes the case, the hog will get
1 sick, he will appear s'iff and cramped,
and unless he gets relief it will go hard
■ with him. To cure him, simply open the
pores. This is done by robbing the sinrt
writ a corn cob, and washing with warm
water.
Is it any indication that the city has
no farm yard attributes when the snow
will not "lay f”
Yol. 11l iVo. 38.
I Tbe letter of William Smith, tbs
colored orator who addressed tbe oiti
tens of Dawson a few weeks ago, has
1 made its appearance. Smith l shows tip
Radioal sympathy for tha oolored man
, “ovor tho left." We copy his letter
from tbe Macon Tefegrapk. ■?
As yon see 1 by this communication 1
arn at the great headquarters of Radical
ism in America. You know t started
on invitation to vieittbe State of Maine
but since arriving here and seeing whsl
ebanoe a colored man has in the North,
I have concluded to return home. And
now 1 want to show my oolored friends
what they may exptot on their travels
in the Rtadioal States.
I arrived at Atlanta just before day.
It was a cold, damp morning, and I Win
a stranger in a strange place. I asked
someone where I could find z place to
stay until light, and was pointed to the
National Hotel, the headquarters of
Gov. Bullook and the Radioal party iu
Atlanta.
After all the passengsnrwere through
registering, I went np to the elerk,
puffed of my bat and asked him eould
I stand by bis stove till daylight. He
looked st me, saw that I was colored,
and replied: “No, no, this is no nigger
hotel—we have no negroes here but a
few waiters, and if we could do any bet
ter would soon get shed of them.’* I
told him I did not ask to stop at his
hotel, hut I was a stranger and only
wanted to stand by the stove in the cf
fioe, till it was light, He said, ‘‘go out
and stand by the door, and when the
porter gets throngh with his bsggage he
will show you a nigger hotel.”
1 left immediately aod was pointed to
tbe United Btates hotel, which they
told me was the Democratic headquarters
and was kept by a Southern man. 1
1 asked the clerk, there, Could I stand by
bis stove till it was light? and he said
“Ob, yes, my good fellow, and she them
carpet bags and trunks and make you
up a bod. You can get a right good
nap before day-light.” And here you
see the diff rence between a Southern
mao, as he has been used to ns all his
life, and the Northern man who is not
used to us and docs not like aw.
I left Atlanta cn the nine o’clock
morning train for this place, and all
! the way along I met with the same dis-
f rejer; wherever I spoke to a Southern
whiteman; he gave me a kind answer,
but I could tell a Northern man Lot
more from his looks, than the way he
treated the colored people*
When 1 got to Washington, I was
tired out and wanted a dram. So I
went to a bar-roctn, as I would do in
Macoo; and asked for ons. The bar
keeper iookod at me—raised bis eyes
and said, says he, “No niggers are al -
lowed to drink at this bar. Says I, ”1
axes your pardon—l am a stranger, a
travelling about and I wants a drink
mightily, anl would you please tell mo
how 1 cwrgetone ?’’ Says he, "Thar’s
a perlieeman at 'ho door, and if yon givo
him tie money he will buy one for yon.’
Then I went to the door, and pulled off
my hat and stated what I wanted. Says
he, give me fifty cents, which I did.—
Then says bej you stand here. Then
he went in and soon bronght out a little
wbi-tkey ia a tumbler, and I drank it in
the street* Then I stopped a while to
see if there was any change coming,
and he says, says he, what is you waiting;
for? Brys Ia little change, if you please
Says be—chango hell—we djrs’t wart
on niggers for nothing up hero.
| Then I next encountered a gentleman
in a high place, holding office of both
trust and honor under the United States
Government, and I assure yoa he talked
very plain. Says he, we Northern peo
ple have no use for negroes. We are
willing yon should be free and have
freed you, but as for yonr equality no
tions, they ar« all stnff and nonsense.
Do yon reckon I would tske yoa inside
my house ? Do you reckon yon conld
sit at my table? No, yon eould not
come inside my gate. Yon negroes
mast learn to keep ponr place* The
South is the best p'ace for you to live
in. If yoO oorne North you will starve,
for we have no place for yon here.
These few anecdotes will tell yen, my
colored friends, what the Northern
sympathy for ns means. It is all a po
litical bobby and thare’s nothing in it.
It won’t give yon a pla-e by the whita
man’s fire—or a morsel at his table—or
a bit of whiskey in his bar-room, or •
kind word, except he wants to nee job.
There’s more kindness for the negro
among our old masters in the South, in
a day, than there is in a year among
the people op this way.
Tho Southern white men are yonr
best friend*. Btand by them and don’t
, mind this Northern talk. :
I remain, your humble servant,
William Smith. *
i “The child is fa.her to tboman.”Not
r invariably; we have known it to be the
mother ot the woman.