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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER II, 1881 3 pcan government* had fora thousand yearn been great fertility and large area of the : Mississippi meting their lawif on the l-'Yazoo") bottom within the limits of the Mate, tne inference would be that the high position of the slate's production is due to the-e fertile lowlands. Hut a detailed discussion of the areas of production shows that a little over one-fourth (27 per cent) only of the cotton product of the state comes from the Yazoo bottom, while over one half of the whole is produced in what might be termed the first-class constructing and reconstructing subjects of production, manufacture, internal trade and foreign commcrve. before the lines were made on the map of the world which inclose the United htales. Nor wus the new republic, baaed on the principled of the declaration of American independence, warmly or cordially welcomed into commercial fellowship with countries governed by . kings, emtiemrs, czurs. shahs and sultans and other i uplands, viz: the table-land belt bordering the Mis- ??? - - - ??? rippi bluff and the prairie belt. The remaining one-fourth is grown scattering over the sandy up lands. hearing more or less of the long and short- leaf pine that form about half the area of the state. It thus appears that the high production of Mis .-iie-ippi is due to the fact that quite one half of its territory i* occupied by soils of exceptional fcrtili- tv. eoiijded with the circumstance that cotton cul turn Is the one pursuit to which the population de votes itself. *- * 0 v * * ?? * It is evident that the stole of Mississippi alone could produce the entire crop now grown in the I'nited Slates. Georgia stands second in total production, but examination shows the causes that place the state so near tothehighe*t in position to be widely dif ferent from those obtaining in Mississippi. With half a million more inhabitants than Mississippi, the cotton product of Georgia is a little over half a bale (0.53) per head, and the average product per ' ??? ??? ??? >.3I to royal potentate*. Treaties were not made with us iri the vurlier years of our independence, as with a favored iintlou, in the language of diplomacy, and lids was more es|M-ciidly true as to Great Britain than any other power. VVc were, therefore, not free to ???choose our commercial policy with our governments ???as w e might have bceu had w e equaled theta in age, -opportunity, development, wealth and experience. Freedom of trade hu* a seductive sound, but if it la 1 not rc iprrsal, and of equal advantage among nations, it b attractive only in sound, and notli- ing more. The policy of a wise government ia necessarily one of self-interest, and it has a trust to perform in the care of its own people before carry- trig its benevolence to others. The policy of a free and Unrestricted exchange and silt- of commodities between commi-ieiiil eotlnlries has, for the last fifty years esj-cclally, been the theme of eulogy on the part of Itritish writer* slid statesmen, but Jt can not be forgotten that this policy was never advanced ???on the pan of Great Britain until.by hundreds of years of not merely protective but prohibitory legis lation, she had so fostered and built up her home industries, and at the twine time so chca|>eiicd the w ages of abor. that competi tion on the port of other nations was no longer feared. The student of history has hut a short dis tance to go in the |sist in order to hud Knglish laws -denouncing the barbarous penalties of death and mutilation against the importation of certain ninn- tifariurcd goods; iiud also against the im|sorta![on and exportation ofcertuiuiigriculiuml prialuctions' huch absolute exclusiveness in trade us theeomiKir- ntive recent history of England present* can hardly lie found in any other country outside of China. The British coni laws, originating in lain, in the reign of fid ward III, ami repealed only thirty-five years ago. constituted the most elaborate and com plete barrier to the exchange of agricultural productions ever conceived by man, and they were accompanied for centuries by the almost total prohibition of manufactured importa 't hese statutory restrictions of trade closed the markets of Great Britain to the grain grow ing regions of lire world, slid to foreign mauiifaclures, except upon certain hard conditions, and in hilt few instances. They also set an example on the subject of protection to home industries of ail kinds which strongly influenced the policies of all the neighbor- trig nations of Kurope. It wus in the face of such a system us this, supported by the laws and interna tional usages of nearly live hundred years, that American statesmen were tint called upon to frame a system of commerce for their ow n country which would most surely develop its roeou rees.give employ ment to its citizens, mid render it indcje-ndeni mid imiw erf til iiniong jealous uud unfriendly monarchies. The American people were confronted with the .ullcriiulive of purenasing all manufactured pro ducts ncccmnry to liieir existence and comfort from -iliroad. without even free markets in Kurope for their gain; or, oil ti ;JK ther hand, adopt such measures as Would inaket eni r St self ustainiug. and eventually fonnidnuic eompetitoi in every brunch of skill and labor. As a purely agricultural people, devoted to that alone, it would have been oltr mission to feed ourselves and starving millions in ???-other lands; but with our labor diversified, und capi tal encouraged in every channel, we have |>erform ed that mission, and one of iiitiiiitc progress ami glory besides. The homes of the people, those salietuuriesof a nation???s advancement uml stn-ugth, where civiii/niiou begins, mid where its richest flow ers first peep forth uud exiaiud lu lieauty, have been -furnished, adorned and brightened by the labor of home. The giant improvements of the age, like mighty pulsating arteries, have carried develop ment and wealth to tatr remotest boundaries, and the whole world has Pi ken note of the fuel that we are a people equipped with an almost perfect com bination of all the industrial arts and pursuits. T here are some faults und blemishes, as in all things human, out in the main the work which our fathers begun lias beep carried forward iu magnifi cence and honor. As every people, however, have their different eni???, in which new systems of thought mid action ???ire conceived, or new applications made of old and tried ones, may we not he convinced by mi occasion like tile present, and by the whole current of pass ing event*, that we stand now upon the threshold of a new era in American enterprise, development und history? lines it not appear as if a wider field is i in-ning for the application of those principles which have already made the American name so renowned? The last quarter of h century inis been very full of instruction to the people of every sec tion of tlie I'nited Slates. Some errors have been -corrected in every quarter, mid additional light, though nt a painful cost, has been thrown upon many subjects. This is a World of compensations, and it scents to me that for the sorrows ???of the past we are now standing in the dawn of a la tter day th in American history has ever known, uud Unit the splendor of its unclouded sun will soon break over our heads. Sir, the south enters tlie arena to contend, for the first Ume, for the supremacy iu nil the industrial pursuits. She comes with the light of youth and hope ???tu her loop, her eyes no longer red with Weep ing, und every patriotic heart in the north aniiitcs her here nil these grounds witli a fraternal ???iibroce. Tills is a Held of peaceful strife over ???which Ute angels in heaven have joy. The south and the north meet here with oue language, oue , itory, one government, one allegiance, oue ling tid one heart for the prosperity of all. Those whom Its! hatli thus joined together let no man seek to klicnutc or pul asunder: iPpl 0.-16). A detailed examination of the soils of Geor gia shows that her area of what in Mississippi are considered first and seeond-clasH soils is very limi ted-far more so thun is the case in the neighboring state of Alubiimu. Yet Georgia stands siightly ahead of Alabama in the average cotton product per acre, und is only a trifle behind in production per capita (0.53 to 0.55). In oUter words, the high posi tion of Georgia is due, not to natural advantages, but to better cultivation of the soil, the use of fer tilizers, and the thrift of an industrious population. Report* also show a considerable extension of the area of cotton culture to, and even beyond, the Blue Ridge. Tlie geographical position of Alabama between the states standing at the head of the list given double interest to the question regarding the causes of her position in the same, which would be the third place, but lor the enormous area of Texas, w here the spurs,- population has thus far picked the best lands. Alalmma is a newer Mate than Georgia. an.1 there reach into it from Mississippi tlie two bells of rich prairie lands which terminate short of the Chattahoochee. Northern Alabama is almost iden tical in its UKrictilttir.il features with northern Geor gia: and we should therefore expect to find a much more marked difference in favor of Alabama than is shown in the figures above quoted. The infer ence seems irresistible that while Mississippi is still partly within the period of the first lluslt of fertili ty, and Georgia has reached the stage when the use of fertilizers Is renovating her fields, the soils of Alabama have passed the first stage, and her popu lation hits not yet realized the necessity of sustain ing the soil's power* by fertilization. Cotton culture in Florida is chiefly confined to the northern part of the state, lying adjacent to Georgia. This is mostly pine land, aiul is cultivated without manure: hence the low product of less Ihnu a quarter of a bale per acre. Notwithstanding this, there has been a resjieetablc increase in production since 1*70, though not so lage a* that of tlie popula tion, a circumstance doubtless due to the prominent msition which the culture: of tropical fruits ms assumed during the past decade, tid to which most of the newcomers have given their attention. No cotton is returned from the portion of tl.e state lying south of Tampa bay, and but little from the coasts, as well as from the extreme western part. The cottou- growiug counties show nu average product of 0.2G, ora little over a quarter of a bale per inhabitant. Tennessee presents the striking fact of a total pro duction less than Imlf of tlmi of Alabama, but with an average product per urre one-half greater, equal even to that of Mississippi. The cause of this state of things becomes apparent when we circumscribe the regions of production in accordance with tlie nntunil divisions of the Mate, it then np pears that the portion of Tennessee lying east of the "central basin?????? (the valleys of the Cumberland, I>uck and Klk rivers, with tributaries), from tlie eastern highland rim to the line of North Carolina, and comprising nliout one-third of the area of the state, produces only about 1 per cent of the total amount of cotton, while *1 per ccut of this total Is produced in the country lying between the Tennessee and Mississippi river*. More than this, within this region the average production per in habitant is 0.52 of a bale, and n little less 10.10 of a bitie) per acre, while the average for the entire state, )a;r Inhabitant, is out- 0.21 of a bale. Again, of the above S4 per cent, 70 belongs to the two tiers of counties- lying nearest to the Mississippi river. Of these, only a small portion Is bottom land of the Mississippi river, the greater part by far being gently rolling uplands ("table lands"), such a* form a large body in northwestern Mississippi also, and extend, gradually narrowing, as far south as Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It thus appeurs that the cotton production of Ten nessee is concentrated upon a comparatively small area of highly productive land, the rest being de voted preferably io grain, tobacco, grasses and other industries, to which the soils und climates are more specially adapted, while in the other cotton- growing Mates cotton is very generally grown as a matter iif course, regardless of other cultures, of which tlie partial pursuit, at least, would in the end be more profitable than exclusive cotton plant ing. i .The relations which the southern states hear to the great questions of production and manufacture an: of Vital amt overshadowing importance. Here stretches, through many degrees of longitude and iBilude, that mighty cotton bolt which startled and revolutionized the trade of the world less than a -century ago; whose fields, with their tinted blos soms, are- richer uud more valuable to mankind than all tlie mines of gold and diumond fields of the -earth. It was once thought that the cotton planta tion wits dependent upon a certain system of lnbor. The rapidly increasing production of cotton during the last fifteen years lias, to the joy of the world, exploded that error. It is the creature of intelli gent industry by whomsoever bestowed, it in vites the labor of every nativiiy ami color, and re munerates them all. But there is a far higher re muneration titan has ever been given by cotton yet in store for the laborer, the manufacturer, tlie south and the eullrc country- In the midst of the cotton plantations themselves there Is a career for nuuiu- laetmiug development such us the world has not yet seen. Nature here is not only lavish in her gift* to the agriculturist, but she invites the raann- lai-tun-r also with matchless inducements. With -coal, iron anil timber in perfection and inex haustible, und water power everywhere, by what rule of political economy should the .Minihern people send tlieir cotton, at an ex pense always deducted from its price, to distant sections and foreign countries to la- spun uud woven? If the manufacturer iu Great Britain, transporting hi>cotton from India and the I'nited Elates, can realize substantial profits, why may they not he realized here, and thus render an aid to the general welfare-? We have seen the manufacturer of New England. lit u long distance- from a produc tive base of supplies, mm a sterile country into the seal of culture, refinement and wealth. Why shall not tlu- south put forth its energies and reap the same, and a fur greater reward? Hen- the eottou grows up to the-doorsteps of your mills, and sup ply and demand clasp hands together. The average exportation during the last ten years, from these wonderful fields to England aud other European port*, has been over 3,000,000 of halo* per annum; while to the mills of New England and other north cm states another million have been annually ear ried away from your midst, and from the best man iifuetiiring region on ihe globe. Jt is my firm be lief that this policy on tin- part of the south will not long continue. Sooner or later 1 expect to set thus- principles of legislation which have filled olh :-r sections with prosperity applied to the manu faclurinc interests of the south. The spirit of even handed justice seems to call for this. Tlie manu factories of the eastern aud middle state-Avere nur tured by the government when tumble to stand alone. 1 am prepared to say that within proper and safe limits, and with primary consideration for the agriculturalist hs the foundation and begin ding of everything, the same policy of encourage men: which has heretofore, in general, marked our legislation should now be continued to the in fant manufacturing Industrie-, --f the south and of the west. There is such a thing as fair play in the history of a people, and the time has now come for he south, in my opinion, to enjoy its fruits. There s a gigantic double profit within your reach if von will put forth your hands and take it. The profit of ???lie producer you already have; the profit of the aannfueturer???which enriches nations???is your* to ???ominand; it awaits vour call, and if I mistake not be meaning of this day, the call has been made. Be assured that it will be answered. It is my fond iope and belief that he who is 'living wenty-fivo years hence, will behold the ranstiguration of the south. New industries, itt- s-oming capital, and teeming populations are- in More for her future. The cotton belt proper, ex tending from North Carolina to Texas will be studded with gems more resplendent than ever ??? shone on the belt or diadem of rovalty. Along the ??? banks of southern streams, inlet* and bavs, new ???hies and villages will arise, sending to all tire- mar ket* of the world the manufactured productions of he neighboring plain*. The blast furnace, the rolling mill, the nail factory rill ail be here- to manufacture the iron of your djaivnt mountains. Workers in brass, copper nd wood will in the coming years find employ- aent here where nature lias provided every material t abundance. Thrifty and intelligent lmpulations. ne greatest of all wealth, will come from distant :*srts and swarm into your rich valU-vs. and climb he slnj.es of your mineral lands. Who' shall say that nis vision will not be fulfilled? The Creator has ere spread His amplest bounties for the human tee, and the south now for the first time, with the uthority of circumstance and ceremonv, invite* the ipital and laltor of the world to assist "in their de- elopnient. In order to rivet the attention of 1-servers to the capabilities of the cotton belt and ts different localities for investment and enterprise. . take the liberty of submitting an advance sheet of lie forthcoming census report for 1SS0: THE COTTON STATICS t-ROPKR. MUfxdppi stands first in total production, while sixth in population amoug the eottou states, thus bringing nj.it* product to 0.!H. or over eight-tenths Ol ??Ml! rsr head, .u li..; la tint, oi a** Arkansas produces its608,000bale* (in round mint- in of acres, making ightly higher titan il 0.76 of a bale per bore) on somewhat over a million the average product per acre *li: that of Louisiana, viz; 0.5S, anil inhabitant. A cursory examination shows that by far the greater portion of the cotton produced come* from the eastern and souther i portion* of the state, which contain* a large projiortion of bottom lands, while in the extreme northern and north western counties but little cotton is grown. The form of returns make* it diffi nit to segregate the production of the up- lands and lowlands in this ease, but the product per acre of Chieotoounty stands second to the highest on the list, aiul it is safe to assume that, on detailed discussion, the average production ol uplands and lowland* will he found to be, respectively, about tlie same as iu Louisiana, lu .both state* alike the use of fertilizers lu the large scale of production of cotton may be regarded a* wholly insignificant in its influence on the general result. In the case of Louisiana, as in that of Tennessee, u considerable portion (about one-fourth) of the state is devoted mainly to other culture* than that of cotton, the sugarcane gaining precedence iu the lowland country lying south of the mouth of Red river. In which only about 6 percent of the total amount of eottou is jiroduccd, but at the average rate of 0???S0 bale J>er acre. Nearly tlie same, or a slightly higher average per acre, is obtained in the alluvial lands north and west of the mouth of Red river, and in the Red river valley itself. The small parish of East Carroll in the northeast corner of the state, ha* the highest average product per acre of any county in tin- cotton states (0.95 of a bale), aud stand* second in total production within the shite. It will be noted that East Carroll corners upon Washington county Mississijqii, and adjoins Chicot county, Arkansas; both representing maxima of production in their respective states. We have lien-, apparently, tlie center of maximum cotton j??roduction on natural soils in the I'nited States, and probably iu the world. The average product per acre in the uplands of Louisiana is approximately half of that of the low land* (0.41): and as the average for the state is 0.5t', it follows that somewhat more than half the acreage in cotton belongs to the uplands, while the lowlands yield nearly two-thirds of the entire amount. This predominance of lowlauds cotton explains the higher average product per acre iu Louisiana, as compared with Mississippi where less than one-third of the cotton production comes from the Yazoo bottom lands. Within the eottou grow- iug region proper, the average production is ujiproximately 0.95 of a bale per habitant ; hut as thisfigure excludes the entire pop ulation of the city of New Orleans, so largely iuler- t-sted in cotton, it is no: fairly comparable with the proportion exiting in other states, if oue-haliof the population of the city be taken as roaiuly interested in cotton, tlie per capita proportion would stand O..S0 bale. The great state of Texas stands third in the list of total production, while first in j>o)>ulation, among the cotton states. The fact show n toy the figures of acreage und total production, namely, that in the average product jier acre it sum (is eleventh in rank 0.37), will be a surprise io most persons, and is loubtic** in part to be accouuted for as an accident of the season, the year JS79 having been an unusu ally dry one, and therefore especially unfavorable to a country in which so laige a proportion of the staple is grown on upland soil*. Among these the heavy black prairie soils, so highly productive in favorable seasons, are notoriou-.lv the first to suffer from drouth, it is probable that in ordinary sea son* the average product per acre iii'Texas would approach more nearly that of Mississippi or South Carolina. A discussion cf the returns shows that 52 per cent of the cotton jiroduct of Texas is grown iu thenorth- easteni ]*irtio:i of the state, north of the thirty-sec ond parallel and east of the ninety-eighth meridian, aud that within this region the production Is highest in the counties adjoining Red river, the product averaging 0..M bale per acre. Southward of the thirty-second parallel the average yield is 0.31 bale per acre. The coast coun ties produce but little cotton: inland, between Red river and San Antonio, about 35 per cent of the total product is grown on black prairie land, the average product per acre on such land be ing (in 187?) 0.34 bale per acre. A comparison of the returns of the prescut census with those of the preceding one shows that within the last decade the region of cotton production has extended seventy- five miles to westward. On the south but very lit tle cotton is grown south aud west of the Nueces river. Compared to the area of fertile lands susceptible of cotton culture, the present cotton acreage of Tex as is almost insignificant. The cases of the two Carolina*, with resjiect to cotton production, are nearly alike, and may as well be considered together. In both states the average cotton product per acre is high as compared with that of Georgia ana Alabama, and, in the case - - - ??? ' of Mississippi pla culture upon a permanent foundation, by adopting a system of regular return* to the soil; and the high product per acre, as compared with Georgia aud Alabama ou the one hand aud with Mississippi on the oilier, exhibit* tellingly tlie tide wave advancing westward, the ebb of Uie first native fertility in Alabama and Florida, the rising tide of restored productiveness i:i tlie Carulimut, with Georgia on the westward slope of the wave, ou which it is risilig and showing distinctly a higher product per acre in its eastern than in its western portion, where the use of fertilizer* is much less extended. Throughout all this vast extent of country, and portions of certain oilier stale* be ides, therupabili- ties of the south tor cotton-raising and for manu facturing her own productions are praetieaUy with out limit. There are young men and women now lis tening to me who w ill a* certainly behold a crop of twenty million bales in the future as they have seen one of five millions in the past. And they will with the same certainty, behold the purchasers of the whole world coming here not only tor their sup- ply of the raw material, hut also for manufactured goods iu sueh quantities as to role all markets, foreign and domestic. Much is tlie great aud puis sant future which 1 foresee for the south, springing forward, ns she now is, to grasp all the improve ment*. the inventions, and the progression of the { ???resent age, aud all the benefits and blessings of ier government. ???Sir. I come from the northwest, and I bring to you tin- huil of Iiojhi, good cheer, and American brotherhood from every true and manly heart in all that raightv region. We, too, like yourselves, are a producing people, and liuve derived our riches and our power from the soil, but the time has come for 0s, as well as for you. to devendfv our la bor und give it a wider range for employment; to manufacture for ourselves the necessaries and comforts of life, and to reap the advantages which arise from activity and production in all the industries. Indiana is leading iu that direction witli an agricultural productiveness scarcely equal ed in projiortion to area anil population on the face of the glol??e. Hite i* at the same time rapidly devel oping her manufacturing resources and bringing iuto Harmony all her industrial pursuits. In IK'S) Indiana produced more wheat than all the New England states. New York, New Jersey. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina. South Car olina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Louisiana aud exas combined: more, as it will be seen, than all the Atlantic seaboard and gulf states, with the exception of I'ennsylvania. put together. Iu the same year her com crop was greater than that of all the Atluutie states north of Virginia, in- eluding Pennsylvania and all the New Eugland states, and adding to them tlie crop of tlie great state of Texas, she is the second state for wheat und the fourth for com in the union, with far less territory than any state which surpasses her. Yet the ja-oplc of Indiana, with all thei tremendous capacity for agriculture, are not content to ignore all the other branches of remunerative industry. They arc reaching forth their hands, guided by skill and intelligence, to develop all the bounties of na ture and to pluck fruit* in all the fields of labor. And if iu paying a tariff tax for government sup- port, as revenue, they find that the laws compelling them to do so likewise foster,encourage and protect their young and growing manufactures of iron, hard wood, glass, wooleu anil cotton, they will re gard them with favor, as the result of wise legisla tion. Indeed, they will demand such uu adjustment of the tariff as to insure that end. The interests of this country are rapidly becoming homogeneous, and the interests of diflerent sections do not clash as they once did. With the exception of the queMion of transjiorta- tiou as an outlet for the productions of interior states, like my own, aud the consequent improve ment of the Mississippi river and her tributaries as cheap water lines to the seaboard, there is but iittle left to excite a struggle likely to be defined by sec tions. Blessed are the peacemakers between the sections, and blessed is that peace and community of interest and of feeling which now prevail, ana which are growing stronger as time goes on! And now, sir, my duties on this occasion are drawing to a close. Soon this grand exposition will lie declared formally open; a few moments more and the first world???s fair on southern soil will begin its three months??? career' All the nations will take note of the experiment Your brethren of the east, of the north aud of the west are looking ou. hoping all thiugs. and believing all thing*favorable to its success. After* little while it will take its place iu histerp, and from that point may a new era of national jirosjierity he ojieued before the Ameri can jieople, aud may they be inspired with new aud lasting affection for cach'other. THE EXPOSITION OPE. Hon. N. J. Hammond, of Atlanta, was introduced and read the ???Exposition Ode,??? written expressly for the occasion by Mr. 1???aul 11. Hayne, of Georgia. It was os follows: I had a vision at that mystic hour. When in the ebon garden of the night Blooms the Cimmerian flower I Of doubt and darkness, cowering from the light: 1 seemed to stand on a vast, lonely*'height. Above a city, ravished and overthrown; The air about me, oue long, lingering moan Of lamentation, like a dreary sea. Scourged by the storm to murmurous weariness : Thou, from dim levels of mist-folded ground, Borne upward suddenly; Burst tlie deep-rolling stress Of iubiiaut drums, blent with the silvery sound Of long-drawn bugle notes, the clash of. swords, (Outltashed by alien lords)??? And warrior-voices, wild with victory! They could not quell the grieved and shuddering air That breathed about me its forlorn despair; It almost seemed as if stern triumph sped To one whose hopes were dead. And flaunting there his fortune???s ruddier grace, Smote, with a taunt, wan misery iu the face! Lo! faraway, fFornow my dream grows clear as luminous day.) The victors??? campfires gird the city round. But she, unrobed, discrowned, A new Andromeda, beside the main Of her own passionate pain; Bowed, naked, shivering low, Veils the soft gleam of melancholy eyes, (Yet lovelier iu their woe.) Alike from hopeless earth and hopeless skies: No Perseus for her sake, serenely fleet, Shall cleave the heavens with winged and shilling feet; Ah, me! the maid is lost??? For sorrow like keen frost Shall eat into her being???s anguished core: Atlanta, (uot Andromeda iu this). What outside Helper can bring buck her bliss? Cau re-tUuminc beyond its storm-built bar. Her youth's Auroral star. Or wake tlie aspiring heart that sleeps forevermore? Oh! lying prophet of a sombre mood, This city of our love, Ia no poor, timorous dove. To crouch and die unstruggliug in the mire; If for a time she yields to force and fire. Blinded by battle smoke aud drenched with bliHsl. ???Still must that dauntless hardihood, Drawn toiler veins from out the iron hills, (Nerving the brain that toils, the soul that wills) .Shake off the lotus languishment of grief! I see her rise, aud clasp her old belief In God and goodness, with imperial glance. Face the dark front of frowning circumstance While trusting only to her strong right arm To wrench from deadly harm A11 civic blessings, and fair fruits of jicace! High souled to gain???(despite her ravished years). And dragon forms of monstrous doubts and fears. The matchless splendor of toil???s "golden fleece!??? I see her rise, aiul strive with strenuous hands Firmly to lav. The fresh foundations of a nobler swaj ??? War-wasted lunds, Laden with ashes, gray and desolate: Touched by the charm of some regenerate fate??? Flush into golden harvest* prodigal: ???Set by the steam-god'* fiery passion free, 1 hear the rise and fall Of poudrotis. iron-clamped machinery Shake, ns with earthquake thrill, tho factory halls, While round the massive walls Flow vapor like a sinuous serpent steals; Through which revolve iu circles great or sural], The deafuing thunders of the tireless wheels. Far down each busy mart, (That throbs and heaves as with a human heart). Quick merchants pass, some debonair and gay. With uudimmed youthful locks??? Nome wrinkled, sombre, gay; But all with oue accord Dreaming of him???their lord. The mighty Monarch of the realm of stocks. And year bv year her face more frankly bright, Glows with the ardor of the blooodiesa fight Fot bounteous empire, o???er her cherished south, ltle upon her maiden mouth. Grain of the uplaud and damp river bed In yellow stalks, or sifted meal for bread: rnnumbered births of Ceres, clustered nigh: Beholding which???as touched by tropie heat??? (The old-world picture never can grow old. Nor the deep love that thrill* it dumb and cold) Clean fancy looks on Booz in the wheat; And in her simple truth. The tender eyes of Ituth. Holding the garnered fragments at his feet: But piled o???er all. thro' many an unbound baie Peenng to show it* snow-white softness pale??? Snow-white yet warm.'and destined to be furled In some auspicious day. Forwhieh we yearn and pray. Round the halt naked misery of the world; A fleece more rich than Jason???s glances down; Ah???, well, we know no monarch???s jewelled erown No marvelous Koh-i-nor, Won first i>ereliance from gulf* of human gore. Or life-toil of swart millions gaunt and poor. Hath e???en outshone its peerless sovereignty???. The wings of songunfold Toward thy noontide???gold??? The eyes of song are cleur, {Turned on thy broadening sphere). To mark. oh! city of the midland weald And follow thy fair fortunes far afield. The years unborn. Doubtless must bring to thee Trials to left thy spirit???s constancy, (While qi.tiSiR ahe PERRY DAVIS??? PAIN KILLER. PERRY DAVIS??? PAIN KILLER iens wear the mask of scorn), ???ks without thee, aud within, ' sliylocks hot to win nil things glibly, sav iny a subtler ill. hose boundless maw the law! Financial Wrought! Their' Ravag Can swa Adtouiyi Sudden and subtle as the ambush laid. Bv blaek-browed???stranglers??? ???raid an orient glade; But thou, with keenest will, Shallt cut tlie bonds of stealthy fraud apart. And if force fronts thee with a murderous blade, Bierce the rash son of Anek to tlie heart! Oh, Queen! thy brilliant horoscope Wus cuM by lldios in the halls of nope; And hope becomes fulfillment asthv tread Firm-placed between tlie living ami tlie dead. Wins the high grade which owns a heavenward j slope; For force and fraud undone. And stormless summits won. In thee I view heaven???s purpose perfected! Thou shalt be empress of ail jK-aeef ul ties. All potent industries. All ivorld-embraeing magnanimities: A warrior Queen, no more, but mailed in love. Thy spear a fulgent shaft of suti-steeped grain, Thy shield a buckler, the field-fairies wove Of strong green grasses, in the silvery noon Of som full harvest moon Thv stainless crown, red roses blent with white. Now, throned above the hulf-forgotien pair Of dreadful war, and war???s remorseless blight. Thy heart-throbs glad and great. Sending thro??? all tby Titan Matured state F'resh life, and gathering tides of grander power. From glorious hour to hour. Thousands thy deeds shall bless Witli Mreuuous pride, toned down to tenderness, Shall bless thy deeds, exalt thy name, Till every breeze that sweeps from hill to lea, And every wind that furrows the deep sea, * ranee of thy soul abroad??? The sweetness and the splendor of thy fame??? For thou, midmost a large and opulent store Of all tilings wrought to meet a nation???s need??? Thou, nohlv pure Of any darkening taint of selfish greed, Wert pre-ordained to be Purveyor of divincst charity??? The love-commissioned Almoner of God! La Fayette, Indiana, Sunday Times. Our city druggists report an immense sale of St. Jacobs Oil, saying the demand is based upon the popularity of its success. Wherever it lias been used, it lias proved its value a thousand fold, and receives its best encomi ums from those who have tried it. IS A PURISTjY vegetable remedy FCR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE. A Sure snd Speeds Cure for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, Diphtheria, Chills, Diarrhea, Dyscntonf, Crimp?, Cholera, Cummer Complaint, Sick Headache, Neuralgia, Cuts, De\j!v.??fN, Sprains, c.j. 1 ! r; '. r : r V??? v a ????. !???P r ~ ? T arid c^rtrtn to oxford miiof. No family ??? 1-??? iv!!'j--r q 25c., r.Oc. r;. ? K ?.9\?? pet! 6???d.twly' eptemlior oeroher whole next read mat Eveiry buyer should Select an Organ That guarantees good. Every day tverk and Years of service. Every Estey Organ Sold made Th ighout with Equal fidelity, and Yields unrivaled tones. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. octC dim???thur sat tuesiiwlm ESTEY ORGAN CO., Atlanta, Ga. MACHINERY. HEGE???S IMPROVED CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, WITH UNIVERSAL LOG BEAM, Rectilinear Simultaneous Set Works and Double ECCENTRIC FRICTION FEED. Manufactured by the Salem Iron Works, 8ALEM, N. C. WARNER???S SAFE CURE. J. H. ANDERSON Is made from a Simple Tropical Leaf of Rare Val ue, and is a POSITIVE REMEDY for ull the dis- j eases that cause pains in the lower part of the body ???for Torpid Liver???Headaches???Jaundice??? Dizzi ness, Gravel, Malaria, aud all difficulties of the Kidneys, Liver, and Urinary Organs. For FEMALE DISEASES, Monthly Menstruations, and during Pregnancy, it has no equal. It restore* the organs that MAKE! the blood, end hence is the best BLOOD PURIFIER. It is the only khoivn remedy that cures BRKiHTS'H DISEASE. For Diabetes, use WAR NER???S SAFE DIABETES CURE. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers nt $1.25 per bot tle. Largest bottle in the market. Try It. H. H. WARNER &CO., Rochester, N. Y. febl???d&w24m sun wed fri lix ril mat top col More.sweet the tun: Just rounding into curves ol womanhood, Because all unwith stood. The magic of her power and stately pride Hath called from many a clime Of tropic sunshine and of winter rime. The w orld's skilled art aud science to her side; Hence from her transient tomb Three lustra since, a hideous spot to see. Grows themajeMic tree Of heightening and green-leaved prosperity; Hence, her broad gardens bloom With rose and lily, and ail flowers of balm; And hence, above tiie lines Of her vast railways, droop the laden vines. A luscious larges* thro??? the summer calm; * o if 0 * S Feeling her veins, so full of lusty blood. That pulsed within them, like a rythmic flood, And eager for sweet sisterhood, the bond Blissful and fond, That yet may bold all nations in its thrall, Atlanta, from a night f splendid dreams. Roused by soft kisses of the morning beams. Decreed a - glorious festival Of art and commerce in her brave domain: Site sent her summons on the courier-breeze. Or thro??? the lightning-winged wire Flashed forth her soul's desire. Swiftly it passed O???er native hills, and streams, and prairies vast, g>P??*f h 5* th ????? 01 MtsstsMpp. : ??? rI au ., streams, aim prairies vast, itself. Without entering into details on thesubject And o???er waste barriers of dividing W. of the distribution of cotton production in these 1 Till from all quarters, like quick tongues of flame states, it may be broadly stated that the culture of : That warm, but burn not. cordial answers came, cotton is reported to have greatly extended of late. And waftage by benignant messages, even up the elopes of the Blue Ridge itself. Among : Thus, thus it is a mightv concourse meets the causes leading to this gratifying result, rejwrts o'erflorring squares and streets??? received show that the use of fertilizers, and, with Borne at flood-tide toward the guarded ground, it, better methods of culture, are foremost. Where treasures of two hemispheres are found iu ouitf v*o??utwo Uti&bctt el UiO ficpul Xo ulx Um enquiring x&iu<i ( iue curious eye! iCTDNKY WORT. |THE ONLY MEDICINE] IN EITHER LIQUID OR DRY FOBS That Acts nt the same time on \TSgLI7SM, T3EBQWm,\ AED ms snjssrs. I WHY ARE WE SICK? Because tee allow- these gnat organs to i become clogged or torpid, and poisonous humoreart therefore forced into ike Uooel that should be expelled naturally. General Agent for Georgia, -FOR- HEGE???S IMPROVED SAW MILLS junelS???d&wtim wed thnr sat tues 69 BROAD STREET, ATLANTA. GA. WHITE & MILLER Genlcm Agents torCiG Cooper???s PLAIN, PORTABLE, TRACTION ???AND STATIONARY ENGINES, SAW MILLS, GJUST MILLS, SMUT MACHINE-), ETC. Also for the Hamilton Stationary and Monarch Portable, Traction and Road Engine. These latter guaranteed to draw 4,C00 feet of lumber, or 20,000 oounds of freight over ordinary roads. Also the ???>lij)se and Merchant Saw Mills, manufactured at tu-se works. The machinery of these two houses ???i*s no superior in the United states. In stock nml (or sale: Circular Saws, solid and planer tooth; tho celebrated Gilpin Sulky Blows, walking Cultiva- ??? >rs, and a general assortment of Steel Blows and itllivators, manufactured by Deere, Mansur & 'o. Call and see tlie Moline Elliptic. Spring Stalk 'utter, for cleaning cotton and corn fields. Send for illustrated catalogues or call on WHITE & MILLER, Cor Broad and Hunter sis, Atlanta, Ga. oct2???dfim sort fhiuwtwfim COTTON GINS. 1 HAVE ON HAND AND ON WAY, FRESn FROM THE Factory, an immense stock of COTTON GINS, ENGINES etc., of' various first-class makes. I Sell Gins at $2.25 per Saw Superio r toothers selling at $3.00 to $3.50jpcr saw. I can save you money on Engines, Cotton Gins, Feeders, Condensers, Presses, Saw Mills, Shingle Machines Saws, et Give mca trial is all I ask to convince you. All my Ma chines are fresh???no old stock. S. F. PERKINS, ???262 febl3???illy sun wed fri &wky ly. 32 and 34 W. MITCHELL STREET. Our Price-List for the Fall of 1881 is now ready, and will be sent free to any address. We ??? Wo sell all kinds of goods, in any quantity, aiithefoi- Sat wholesale prices. Send in stock Price-List, and well we can all your wants. see how supply WILL SURELY CURE KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, 1 PILES, CONSTIPATION, URINARY 1 DISEASES, FEMALE WEAKNESSES, AND NERVOUS DISORDERS, \by causing free action cf these organs or.dl | restoring their power to throw off disease. (Thj suffer Billons pains and aches! I Why tormented with Piles, Constipation! j I Why frightened over disordered Kidneys! j Why endnre nervous or sick headaches! [ Use KlDXEY-WOETand rejoice in health. I It Is put np In Dry Vegetable Farm, in tin I I qua one package of which mokes six quarts of ] I medicine. Also in Liquid Form, very C'oncen-1 J trated, for those that cannot readily prepare it. I tyg acts with equal efficiency In either form. I | GET IT OF YOUR DRUGGIST. BRICE, $1.001 WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co,, Prop???s, I (Will send tho dry post-paid.) BtrcIKCTOS, TT. f -d&wly nx nl mat 2 alt "want ed in the homo or the farm and we sell everything cheaper than you can buy at home. It costs nothing to try us. Wo occupy tho entire buildings, 237 and 239 Wabash Avenue, four sto ries and basement, filled with tho choicest articles. Dealing with us, you can select from an endless variety and liavo all the advantages of low prices and ??? best goods. consumer at wholesale pnces.N carefulat- lowing lines of goods, and many others: Dry Goods, Fancy Gooi Hosiery, Gloves, No tions, Clothing, Soots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Under wear. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Sew lug 3Iachlne6, Crockery, Musical Instruments, ECardwarc, Tinware, Guns, Harness, Sc dies, Revolvers, Trunks, Gro ceries, at in fact ev- , -.,, ??? x Experience enables us to avoid errors is * ??? ??? v ???^??? *???- 1 ??? r \Ve are the origi- r ^nators of the system 9 ^ of dealing direct with the r No obligation to buy. MOKTGOMERYWABD&CO.,227and229Wal)asliAYe.,Chicago,E tention giv en. DR. HARTERS??? IRON TONIC. Endorsed and rwo??\ mended ??u themedi-\ eai profession, form if if, UTervous Mfromtra-1 tion, ana Convalem-M pence from Fevers,4?c.g 4: IvTas"sLSerin?fromKeaerardebilitTt^uc^!n^xten^Siit my labor Gensome to me. A vacation of a month did not give me mnch relief, but ??a wmtrary, increased prostration and sinking chill*. At this time I began the use of your IRON To>ri<2, fro?? wnlcn ire* ??? Iftha Tonto ba* not dona tto?? Christian Chnrch. Troy. Q. and rigor of body, has come also a dearness work, 1 know not or hat. t giro it tbocredit. J.P.Watsoh. IMPERISHABLE PERFUME. 1 Murrav & Lanman???s FLORIDA WATER, Bast for TOILET. BATH. and S1??K ROOM. jmmmsmmossammsmmm marls???pitas tbur ts.t wcsAwaa id an mat /mm/c. MAlUf-STBlEO 4m.. -. THE DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., W. 813 HMTH MAUI ST8EET, ST. UW* nn ?d Awlv .. 1??? HA NKLI1* kBKKA GLAS8KS, MICROSCOPES, SPKCTA- TYPE ForwimY. ICS Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. ALLISON & SMITH. The type on which this paper is printed Is item ~ the above Foundry.???2s. CtnwnsCx^dd. I O F _ . cles. Telescopes, Barometers, Thermometers, and Compasses. K. & 3. BECK, Manufacturing Opticians, Philadelphia, Ba. Fend for Illustrated Priced Catalogue. jan'25-wkyly e4w D I T BAYS TO SELL OUR HAND PRINTING rubber stamps. Circulars free. Harper & Bro., Cleveland. Ohio. aug23???wfiw eow OP/iM Dn.j.srRPttKts,Lebanon Ohio* dprt???ddtwtaa indistinct print