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From the Southern Recorder, 28tb.J
Wliali* an Acre Worlh ?
When the Southern fuiraer, bo ho a
large or f mull one, will rightly com
pute the vuluo ol an acre, and set the
proper worth by it, we may then ex
pect that material anil teal wealth to
the State that is only now imagina
tive. Wc call ourselves an agricultu
ral people, and admit that the wealth
of our State lies in its productions. To
a great extent, we may say altogether,
that as a people we are dependent
upon our cotton, rice, and tobacco
crops for what money wo mate. As
to our corn crop, we hardly feel like
counting it in, if we judge from thou
sands of bushe's that are brought
from the West to supply the demands
of cur people, and the thousands upon
thousands of dollars we send out of the
State for that article alone; not count
ing the millions of pounds of bacon
that we buy also from the West.
Every man that cultivates a few acres |
of land, imagines that he must put half
or two-thirds in ootton ; that cotton is
the ODly thing that will briDg ready
money. We would not have a word to
say about planting cotton, if caoh acre
planted brought a bag; but wbeu we
know that if it takes from three to four
acre* of our worn lands to make a bag,
we feel that it is labor and money thrown
away, and that tbe farmer has Lever for
a moment sat down and calculated tbe
worth of an acre well manured and well
worked.
An acre of land well manured, well
taken care of, is woith from SSO to SIOO
An acre that will bring twenty-two
bushels of wheat and thirty bushels ot
corn the same year, is worth SIOO per
acre ; and any pains taking farmer can
make an acre produce that. The ma
nure dropped in stables or yards by
horses, cows, bog*, sheep, &e , will ma
nure one acre well. We speak of tbe
small farmer, the man with but little
Stock. Care and economy is all thr.t is
needed to save manure ; but so long as
we drive along in our slip-shod way of
making and saving manure, wa may ex
pect but poor returns from the soil. If
tbe small farmer could bo induced to
take half t’a 3 pains tbe New England
farmer does on his [dace, there would
not be a farm in Baldwin ccunty that
would not be worth at least S2O to the
acre.
But what we desire to call the espec
ial ettentionof our farmers to, is the im
portance of manuring at least one acre
well and planting it in something that
will bring him SIOO clear. It can be
done and done easily, but there must be
system about it. Let the small farmer
who reads this, look at the nearest city
or towu to which he trades, and see
what article of provisions sell readily.—
Take for instance, sweet potatoes, every
body eats them, and they find a ready
sale ; they ke<p well and can be sold by
the wagon load or bushel, at front fifty
cents to one dollar.
A farmer knows how many bushels
an acre will bring, and be knows that he
can get SIOO to an acre even at 50 cents
per bushel. Take the ground pea ;it
will sell readily and bring a good price.
Take onions, take Irish potatoes, take
peas. Put the acre in anything but cot
ton, and it will brißg more money than
cotton would. Much manure is some
times saved and wasted by trying to
manure ten to twenty acres when in fact
it should have been put on one or five.
Farmers get discouraged and say, it
won’t pay to save manure, because they
have tried it, and tbeir orops were a fail
ore ; and failed because they tried to do
too much with too little, just as a fool
ish house wife would attempt to make
one blanket cover three beds.
Reduce manuring to a system ; make
a calculation how much one bushel of
manure will manure well; how much
one horse load will manure well, and
then put it on accordingly. Don’t guess
at the matter, but go at it like sensible
men, and in a few years, with deep
ploughing, you will find your lands dou
bled, quadrupled in value. Take one
acre at a time; see that it pays for the
manure put on it, and make it so rich
that you can always say, there is one
acre that will pay me well, if do more ;
but it is as easy to make ten do it as
twenty or fifty. Torn under in the
ial! the green crops of peas or the
rank weeds, and much has been ac
complished; but our small farmers
need not expect ever to improve their
lands so long as they plant cotton and
it takes about four acres to mako a
bale. Their lands will wear out and
they grow poorer every year, and
when they die, the farm is not worth
two dollars per acre.
Remember, that an arcre of land is
worth SSO when well manured, und
will be worth SIOO if kept well ma
nuied, for it will bring provisions to
that yroouDt any time. Will our Email
farmers act upon the suggestion here
after 7 \\ e know of two tier ain Mil
ledgeville that produced 47 bushels ol
wheat, and the same year produced
84 bu-hels of corn. It was manured
from the stable, but well don* and well
ploughed. What would ten such acres
be worth to a small fanner?
Hints to Farmkks. —A writer gives
the following advice:
Don’t buy a piano for your daught
ers while your sons need a plow.
Don't give a person a chance to dun
you. Prompt payments mase indepen
dent men.
Keep good fences, especially line
fences ; they promote good feelir gs be
tween neighbors.
Decent and substantial clothing for
your children, makes them always
think betior of themselves and keeps
the doctor away.
Don’t starve your land; if you do it
will grow lean.
Don’t buy patent rights to sell
again.
Don’t become surety for him who
waits for the sheriff.
Buy a farm wagon btfore you do a
carriage.
A Quaker’s Better to his Watch
maker —1 herewith send thee my
pocket clock, which standeth in oe<d ot
thy friendly correction. The last time
he was at tby friendly school, he was
in no way reformed, nor iu the least
benefitted thereby; for I perceive byjthe
index of his mind that he is a liar, and
tbe truth is Dot in him; that Li- pulse
is some imes slow, which betokecetb
not an even temper; at other times, it
waxelh sluggish, no'.wi'hstanding, I
frequently urged him, when he should
be on his duty, as thou knoweth bis usu
al band denoteib, I find him slumber
ing, or, as the vanity of human reason
phrases it, I eatch him napping. Ex
amine him, therefore, and prove him, I
beseech thee, thoroughly, that thou
mayest, being well acquainted with nis
inward frame and disposition, draw him
from the error of his way. and show
him the path wherein he should go It
grieves me to think, and when I pon !
uer therein, I ant verily of the opinion '
that his body is fjul, und the whole
moss ia corrupted Clean-e him, there
fore, with thy eharmin r phisic, from
all polution, 'hut he may vibrate, and
circi 1 1 e t ccording to the truth. I
will place him for a few days under
thy care, and pay his board as thou
requirest. I entreat thee, fiiend John
to demean thyself on tbi# occasion
with judgement, according to the gift
which is in thee, and prove thyself a
workman; and when thou hy> st thy
correcting hand upon him, let it I o
without passion, lest thou shouldst
drive him to deal ruction. Do thou
regulate his motion, for a time to come
by the motion of the light that ruleth
tbe day; and when tbou findeth him
converted from the error of fits w ays,
and more conformable to the above
mentioned rules, then do tbou scud
Lim home with a just bill of charges
draw n out in the spirit of moderation,
and i' shall bo sent to theo in tbo root
ol all evil.
AQiakeressnt Bloominton, Indiana,
jealous of her hu>band, watched his j
movements, and ac ually one morning,
discovered the truant hugging and kiss
ing the servant girl, broadbrim Was
long in discovering the face ot his wife,
cs she peeped through the half opened
dcor, am] rising vith all the contacts
of a general officer, thus addressed her :
‘ Betsey, the had better quit peeping,
ot thro will came a dis urbance iu the
family,’
•*l*apa, please buy n.e a muff when
you go to Boston V said a little three
year old Ruth. Her sister Minnie, hear
ing this, said;
“You are too littlle to have a muff.’
“Am I too little to be cold?" rtjoin
ed the indignant Ruth.
An excellent cure for dyspepsia is to
give a hungry dog a piece of meat and
chase him until he drops it.
A lellow in an oblivious state
took up his lodgings on the sidewalk.
He awoke next morning and straights
ened himself up, looked upon the
ground upon which be tawd made his
couch, and said :
“Well, if I had a pick ax I would
make up my bed.”
A correspondent, in describing a
recent grand dress ball, says of a lady
that ‘she looked sweetly io a plain
white muslin dress lucked up to the
waist.’
£=SrKe brave, be noble, bo true, and j
you will pass through the coming year
as through a white colonnade of monu
mental pillars.
A New jersey Radical paper says his
party in that State are working like bea
vers, whereupon the Post thinks they’ve
got a dam bard job.
A human donkey at Chicago was
staring at a man’s wife the other dav,
with a lorgnette, when the married man
took the printed card, “Taken,” which
Iny on a reserved seat near by, and held
it up before his wife. Donkey looked
do more.
“My dear,” said a rural wife to her
husband,on his return from town, “what
was the sweetest thing you saw in ben
nets in the city ?” “The ladies faces, my
love.” That must have happened years
ago.
Don’t undertake to kiss a furious wo
man risk not a smack in a storm.
A gecious out West who wished to
make a half a d> zen shirts, marked
the first “John Jones,” and the rest
“ditto.’'
A sailor defines a comet as a star
sprung a leak.
Query for the Lyceum —Dors a mil
ler ever grind bis teeth.
Democratic I*lailo»'iii.
ADOPTED BY TUB
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON
VENTION.
The National Democratic Party, in
Nitioni I assembled, reposing i's trust
in the intelligence, patriot! m, aud dis
criminating justice of the people, stand
injr upon the Constitution as the found
ation and limitation of tbe powers of
the Government, and the guarantee of
the liberties of ilia citizen, and recogniz
ingthequesiionsof slavery and secession
ae having been settled for all time to
come by tbe vrar or tbe voluntary action
of the Southern States in Constitution
al Conventions assembled, and nev<-r to
be renewed or reagitated, do, with re
turn of peace delta id
Ist. The imtn' diato restoration of all
the States to their rights in the Union
under the Constitution, and of govern
ment to the Ame iean people.
2nd. Amnesty for all past political of
f, nce.«, arid the legulation of the eleotive
franchise in the S'ates by the citizens,
and the payment of the publio debt of
the United States as rapidly as practi
cable.
3rd. All money drawn from the pco
pie by taxation, except so much as is
requisite for the necessities of the Goa
ernment economically administered to
be hoDcstly applied to such payment,
and where the obligations of the Govern
noent do not expressively State upon
their face, or tbe law under which they
were issued does not provide that they
shall be {'aid in coin, they ought in
right and justice to be paid id the lawful
money of the United States.
4th. Equal taxation of every speceis
of property, according to its real value,
including Government bonds and other
public securities.
sth.One currency for the Government
and the people, the laborer, and the of
ace-holders the_ pensioner, and the
soldier.
G:b Economy in the administration
of the Government; the reduction of
the standing army and navy ; tbe abol
i-hment of the Eteedman’s Bureau, and
ail political instrumentalities designed
to secure negro Supremacy, the simplifi
cation of the system, and discontinuance
of the inquisitorial boards of assessing
and collet liug internal revenue, so that
the burden of taxation may be equalized
and lessened, ‘.be credit of the Govern
ment and currency made g od, the re
peal of a'l enactments for enrolling the
State nibitia into national forces in time
of peace, and a tariff for revenue upon
foreign imports, and sueh equal taxation
under the internal revenue laws as will
afford incidental protection to domestic
matiuf et l'ies, and as will without im
pairing the revenue, imposo the least
burden upon the best, protect and en
courage tbe great industrial interests of
the country.
I 7 1 L. The reform of abuse in the ad
ministration, tbe expulsion of corrupt
men from office, the abrogation of use
‘ less officers, the restoration of rightful
authority to and the independenceoi tbe
Executive and Judicial Departments of
the Government, the subordination of
tbo military to 'ho civil power, to the
| end that tbe usurpations of Congress
and tbo despi tisru of the sword may
e se.
Bh. Equal rights and protection for
naturalize and native born citizens at
borne and abroad. The assertion cf
American nationality, which aball com
mand the respect of foreign powers, fur
ni-h an example and encouragement to
people struggling for national integrity,
corttitutionai liberty and individual
r ghts, and the maintinance of the rights
of natural zid citizens against the abso
lute doctrine of immutable allegiance,
and the claims of foreign powc rs to pun
ish them for an alleged crimecommitted
beyond tbeir jurisdiction.
Upon this platform, the Democratic
1 party appeals toevery patriot, including
j all the conservative element and all who
desire to support the Constitution and
restore the Union, for getting all past
differences of opinion, to unite with us
in the present great strugle for the liber
ties of the people, and that to all such,
to whatever party they may have here
tofore belonged, we extend the right
hand of fellowship, and hail all such
co-opperating with us as friends and
brothers.
ASIATIC CHOLERA IN CHINA.
Almost Every Case Cured With
PAIN KILLER.
Read the following letter from Rev. R. Tel
ford, Missionary to Chi .a, now visiting bis
home iu Pennsylvania :
Washington, Pa., June 25, 1866.
Messrs. Perry Davis A Son, Providence, R.
I.—Dear Sirs : During a residence of some
ten years as a missionary in Siam and China,
I found your Vegetable Pain Killer a most.
valuable remedy for that fearful scoui ge the j
cholera. In administering the medicine, I j
found it most effectual to give a teaspoonful
of Pain Killer in a gill of hot water sweet
ened with sugar; ‘hen after about fifteen
minutes, begin to give a tablespoonful of the
same mixture every minute until relief was
obtained. Apply hot applications to the ex
tremities. Bathe the stomach with Pain Kil
ler, clear, and rub the limbs briskly. Ot those
who had tbe cholera and took the medicine
faithfully in the way stated above, eight nut
of ten recovered. Truly yours, R. Telforo.
In an attack with Diarrhoea, Dysentery, or
Cramp Cholic, don't delay the use of the Pain
Killer. Sold by all n.edicinj dealers. Price
25 cents, 50 cents aßd #1 per bottle.
Swatow, China, Sept. 22, 1865.
Messrs. Perry Davis & Son : Dear Sbs—l
ought to have acknowledged long ago the
box of Pain Killer you had the goodness to
send us last year. Its coming was most prov
ideolial. I believe hundreds of lives were
saved, under God, by it. The cholera ap
peared here soon after we received it. We
resorted at once to the “Pain Killer,” using
as directed for cholera. A list was kept ol
all to whom the “Pain Killer” was given, and
our native assistants assures us that eight out
of every ten tj whom it was prescribed re
covered. It has, too, been very useful in ra*
rious other diseases. It has proved an incal
culable blessing to multitudes of poor people
tbiougbout all this region. Dur native preach
ers are never williug to go out on their ex
cursions without a supply of the “Pain Kill
er.” it gives them favor in the eyes ol tb.
people, aud access to families and localities
by wboro o'heraise they would be indiffer
ently received. Believe me. dear sir, gratc
lully aDd faithfully yours, etc.
J. M Johnson, Missionary in China
«pißo’*Bly
in i iiiii,
WAREHOUSE * COMMISSION MERCHANT.
DAWSON. GEO
FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE!
I AM NOW PREPARED TO RECEIVE,' weigh, mark, store, sample and
sell, or ship yonr cotton at moderate rates. Will moke liberal CASH advances
on cotton stored in my Warehouse, and allow the planters to bold as long as
they wish—sell when they see proper, or ship it at any time, and to any place
they choose. 1 would advise my patrons to sell iiekr, but if they wish to tiy
other markets, I will ship their cotton to parlies in Macon, Savannah or New
York whom 1 know to be responsible and reliable gentlemen, aDdwho will guar
antee tbe planter entire satisfaction.
My Scales are correct, as the Ordinary’s Certificate below, will
show, and they cannot be changed to make them weigh more or less :
GEORGI A, ) Ordinary’s Offiie
Terrell County. $ fer said ccuoty.
I, T. M. Jones, Ordinary, in arid frr said county, do hereby certify that
I have this day tested the Series used by J ho A Pultun so. the purpose ot
weigbiog cot'on at. his Warehouse and find them correct, said weights balancing
with the Standard weights in my office for the use of Terrell county.
010 witness whereof I have hereto signed roy name official
ly, and affixed the Seal ot my office. September 28tb,
1808.
T. M. JONES,
Ordinary, Terrel 1 County.
COOKING STOVES! COOKING STOVES /
I HAVE THE LARGEST AND FINEST assortment of CookiDg Stoves
that has ever been brought to this market, aod I will sell them below Macon
prices with freight, &e., added. I invite all, and especially the ladies, to call
and examine my stock; and would advise every family who has none, to purchase
on° as soon as convenient, as the demand is so very great, the prices will certain
ly increase during the coming winter. Sell, or draw bn one Bale Lotion,
AND BUY YOU A GOOD STOVE WITH FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
enough to last a life-time. You will have no more use for negro cooks, who are
becoming a nuisance, but every lady can do her own cooking with pleasure, even
with their “Sunday harness” on, without stoopmg or straining, and without
scorching, smoking, greasing or smutting her bands and face, or dress.
The following are some of my best patterns of S'.oves. I have sold a great
many of them, and every oie has given entire satisfaction :
BARLEY SIIEIF, lined throughout with Tin R flectors. FORE'T QIT.EN
with six holes and Hot closet. IR<W WITCH, *nh
ORIENTAL, RED JACKET, PALMETTO, DELTA, EASI REN PREMIIM, Ac.
If parties should want ary Cooking or Heating Stovo which I have not on
hand I will order and sell it lower than it can be bought in New York, or any
% TOY,
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‘WESTWARD, THE STAR OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS **»,'
SECURE A HOME IN THE GOLDEN STATE!
The Imigrant Homestead Association of California 1
INCORPORATED under the laws of the State, November 30tb, 1867, for the purpose of
providing
HOMES FOR ITS MEMBERS.
and thereby, induce lmigration.
CAPITAL. STOCK, 1,000,000
Divided into 200,000 shares, at $5 each. Payable in UNITED STATES CURRENCY. Certificates
stock issued to subscribers immediately upon receipt of the Money.
NO PERSON ALLOWED TO HOLD MORE THAN FIVE SHA RES.
A circular containing a fnll description of the property to be distributed among the Stockholders
will be sent to any address upon receipt of stamps, to cover return postage.
information as to price of lands in any portion ol the State, or upon any other subject of interest
to parties proposing to investigate will pc cheerfully furnished upon receipt of stamps for postage.
V 11 letters should be addressed,
Secretary Imigrant Homestead Society,
Post Office Box, No. 86.
sept3;2raw SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
H. T. JOHNSON, JXS- H CAMPBELL,
Late of I-ate 01
Seymour, Johnson A Cos. Campbell A Beal,
B. 0. smith, Macon, Ga. [Albany, Ga.
JOHNSON, CAMPBELL & CO.,
New Grocery, Liquor,
AND
Commission House in Macon'
\\J E have opened onr house in Macon for
»T the purpose of transacting a general
Grocery, Liquor, and Commis
sion Bll»iness« Our Goode ar** new,
well assorted, and bought Low for Cash, and
comprise everything needed by Planters, or
kept in a First-class
GROCERY HOUSE !
We propose to sell oor Goods ttiih small
profits, and incite tbe attention of Planters
and Merchants of Sooth Western Georgia to
our stock, hoping, by promptness io business
md fidelity to the interests of our customers,
«o obta n a share of tbe public patronage.
Capt. W. L. Johnson, of Americas, Ga., is
with our House, and will be glad to see all of
his old friends.
oetljlmw
THE PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE.
rpOthe Planters of Hay, E*r\y, and Cal
I houu counties. Ga . and Henry and Dale
counties, Alabama, the undersigned would
most respectfully inform his Friends aod tae
Planters of the above uamed counties, that
he has erected a
LARGE AND COMMODIOUS
WAREHOUSE,
On the corner ofWasington and Hartford
(Streets—Oposite the Masonic Hall,
where he is prepared to Receive and Store
all Cotton and other Produce that may be
brought to him. He will Nell or Mhip Cot.on
to reliable parties in New York, N.vaunah,
New Orleans, or any point his friends may
desire—either by Railroad or Steamboat.—
He will aiwaws keep on h&Dd a good supply
of BAGGING, ROPE, IRON-TIES, SALT
AND—
Plantation Supplies,
Which he will furnish to farmers as low as
any house in Southwest Georgia. He hopes
by strict attention to business, to merit a rea
sonable share of uoblic palrosage.
J. T WALKIR,
FORT GAIN?#, GA , Sept, 17th 186«
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