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THE POST.
Wednesday, jax. 22, ibto.
R. L, HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
IK P. Hiris is the reftdttr agent far ltd
POST in Johnson county, authorhed fa re
tries - nh*i 4 i'i))tionM, receipt for the Mine, anil
to nude contented for adeertiring, All duet
thould be paid to him,
L.vpuffiU Hill .Tun, 17th 1870.
titl. Post:
The increased price of guano by a
convention of manufacturera—it
seem* i* unwarranted by any advance
in pri<v of material, Inlwr, or trans
portation, 1 have not seen or heard
of Any reason beiVig offered for t his
concert of notion. While cotton .uni
every I liing else grx*.'i down thoy would
put gitano up.
J have always considered I heir in
tore*! mutual with the planter* inter
est and one which should lx? recip
rocal. :f?
lint it seems thoy have made an
Independent departure, and if so,
planters should alloU* thorn to reap
their crop, sown in avarice and self
ishness and nurtured by extortion.
In 1878. they sold out. their entire
iitock and got pay in cotton early in
the season which they sold for good
They pay large commissions to
Hgcids und inour heavy travelling
exjienses trt make sales.
Why not dispense? with thin, great
expense and give planters the benefit
of It?
Plantar* talk of holding conven
tions to pass counter resolut ions Ac.
Lot every man save his time bv
convening with Ins own interest
mid resolve to let guano alone at
present prices, tit least for ond'j/cer.
Wo must take what we can get for
ebtton, and cannot afford to take
risks. Would it bo any worse for
them to take what they can get for
guano. I know they are at heavy
ekponse and should ho paid a living
price if patnmi/.cd.
Bat. guano is not a necessity; and
many farmers yet know thoy can do
well without, it. It is a kind of
‘farming luxury, und the lazy inun’s
pot.
A stimulant to plants as spirits is
to the Imptiiu system, requiring very
cautions and judicious uso.
I rarely find a man who can say
positively thoro is money in it. Al
most. nil answers to that quest ion are
equivocal or qualified by n proviao.
As to farm-mado niamtres tbo an
swer is always positivo and affirma
tive. Consider the risks in tho use
First. It diverts the attention from
the projiarntion of homo made ma
nure.
Second. If tho spring is wet. the
crop is lost in tho grass and woods—
or at least enough is last to take off
tho expected profit, f, p l.
Third. The crop is often mined
by Jong summer drouths following
over tdinpilulian in tho spring.
Fourth. Should all go well and a
gwid crop In- made, ii »»|vns so rapid
ly that- a September storm blows
away your profits.
Fifth. By ountinual oVor stimula
tion and non rotation of crops, per
tain eluuvents of your soil are ex
hausted.
Sixth. Thoro w hut little risk in
the price of cotton for it will always
la* low when guano is used. It. will
fnerease the prod notion, hut the
question is does if jury?
A NOV Hb SI3N8ATION. j
s.tvuniioli Experience* the
shock of mi Jkirt hqmike.
About ten minutes, to twelve
o’clock on Sunday night, a shock of
an earthquake was distinctly felt
throughout the city. A gentleman
who lives in the southern portion of
the city, who was sitting up with a
sick friend, reports that the shock
was very perceptible, and was accom
panied by a slight grinding noise.
Another gentleman, in a different
portion of t he city, who was on the
cvp of retiring, was startled by t he
“shako,” aim thought his house was
about tumbling down.
Captain Robert Fuliigant, whose
residence is at the corner of Gaston
and Will biker streets, was awakened
hy the rattling of the windows, and
was rather demoralized by the slink
ing of bis hod and the trembling of
the floor. Several mcinlwra of tho
family noticed the shock, which we
hear demoralized oar gallant friend,
Captain Piilligant, more than ever
did tho rattle <>f the musketry on the
bat tle-field or the 'booming of artil
lery at. short, range. 1t is rather start -
ling to the nerves to have erne’s bed i 11
this unexpected mid unceremonious
manner in the midjjie of the night,
and there is nothing strange, under
tho circumstance*, in one reaching
for boots and clothes, whilst softly
conning over a short prayer.
In the News composing and edi
torial rooms the shock was also felt,
hut whilst noticed, created no com
motion, as it was thought to have
been occasioned from a jar in the
press room, ft will lx? observed In;
our sjwdial telegram from Tulhilnts-
seo limt the shock was folk through
out Florida.—Savannah .Vries,
They Will Hep;In to Take Better
Aim.
WitHliinjrtnn Port,
If they keep on hanging the fol
lows who miss the? mark when firing
at kings on the other side of the
ocean, there will bo an improvement
in their shooting. Sjneo they must
die, anyhow, thoy will be careful to
dosorvo tlioir reward.
Critic,
Elijah, and not Tyndall, was the
originator of tin? prayer test.
Every prisoner in the Covington
(Kv.) jail gut a Christmas |u\\<onf.
A sbuy !«' fold indicative of the
©oolne* and nerve <vf the lYineo of
Wales. He was 01 company with
Dr. Lyon Playfair, watching a cald
ron of lead boiling »t a white heat.
The d« K'tor lob) turn that, from cer
tain scientific reasons, he could put
bis hand ruto tho soothing metal
with impunity- The prtiuv on ihis
a«snmmx\ plunged i>i- hand in and
l out. a portion of tho molten i
eictttl.
Geologists having re|»orted that 1
then? is in Japan cieoigh coal to pro
duce a yearly yield equal to that of
Great Britain for one thousand yours,
the .lnpaiuw g\«vprmneui have agreed
to grant a loan of $1,,’100,000 for the
jmipOK* uf working t!' v >> mine.
Seeking Homes in the South,
Thoro is—and we are sorry to sec
it—an increasing travel to Iho South
ern States in search of permanent
homes. Some go for the winter on
ly, looking for health, but many
others are attracted by cheap lands
or a moro salubrious oliniato, and
tho hopo of some day achieving an
orange grove and inde]x?ndonoo at
tho same time. Tho Tribune states
that, two hundred families have left
Now York and Brooklin this winter,
most of them for Florida, wfiilo tho
immigration from all parts of the
North to Toxas continues largo.
Thoro aro cheap and good lands at
tho South, abumtunoo of them, and
it is easy for a stout worker to obtain
a living thoro from tho soil. Labor
is also ohoapand plentiful.—Newark
(A*. J.) Advertiser.
Amusement for the Pensive Car
pet-Bagger.
Now York Herald.
The quarrel between Governor
Colquitt and Senator Hill, of Geor
gia, has become so hitter that it has
drawn in their rospeotivo followers
in the state, and threatens to divide
the democratic party into two hos
tile faction*. Tho pensive earpot-
bagger. whose occupation down there
is gone, must be slightly amused.
A Lucky Young Alan.
■/ ciueagv* rimes.
Second Luuiteuiuil-Coh'nel Fred
Grant, is to sail immediately to join
his father on his tour around tlu*
world—imusptirration furnished by
the government ami .salary continued
during hh absence. (Ndoitel Fred
has already enjoyed one tour through
Europe Alhl the cost, with General
Sherman. at the public’s expense.
Ho may be set down a* an nnconv-
mo'.ilv luck\ voting man.
Next I>oor to Monarchy.
8l. Louis Post-Dispatch.
If Grant is elected in 1880. tho
third tonn principle would he affirm
ed. Or rut her the principle of fry
ing an indefinite term, not throe on
ly. Grant wont l have a jiorfoet
right to expeot to remain in tlte
white house not only two or thiw
terms moro, but as long- ns he pleas
ed. It would practically end real
self-government.
2»Ir. Julian Hartridgc.
W ashingtoh Pou.Aff f/*;'? .
In fall possession of his faculties,
and almost without warning. Mr.
.Julian Hartridgc, for four years a
representative in emigre-' from the
Savannah district, of Georgia, was
yesterday morning stricken down by
death. Not to a half dozen of his
associates had the information comi?
that ho was ill, und it may therefore
be faintly imagined how painful was
the shock made by the announce
ment that he was (load. It would he
difficult to name a member more
generally esteemed and lxdoved than
Mr. Hartridgc. His firmness as a
party man was unaccompanied by
rancor, while his fervor and skill as
an orator, his learning as a lawyer,
Iiis courtesy and address as a ddbat-
o.*, won fjr him the admiration and
respect of both political friei.d and
opponent. Few men can boast of ii
more successful past, or had reiitfon
to hope for a brighter future. Had
lie chosen to remain in political life,
tho highest honors awaited him.
Those, however, he voluntarily re
signed, intending to devote himself
wholly to his profession—the Jaw.
The-loss of such a man is u public
calamity. He was tho very soul of
honor, as gentle and modest as a
child, as tronrageons us Richard of
the lion heart; steadfast to his con
victions and true ns steel to his
friends. Such men arc as one in ten
thousand.
The Richmond Overloaded.
Washington Post.
The United States stennior Rich
mond i.s a vessef of 2.708 tops dis
placement. When she carries Grant
and his fortunes, and Colonel Fred
and his dignity, her lower deck will
not he more than a foot above water
and the Grant movement will be
pretty low.
Mrs. Senator Gordon.
Mile Mnuphln, in Chicago Times
Some people wore speaking the
other day of the regularity with
which Mrs. Senator Gordon attends
tho sessions of the senate, and tho
kco,n interost with which she watoli
es tho debates. Otio of tho party
said, that siie is so clovatod to her
husband that she always goos with
him everywhere. During the war
she took her two little boys, ouo al
most an infant, and lived with her
husband in camp, following him
into battle, in fact, sharing all the
danger wi,.h him. When he was so
seriously wounded she had her am
bulance driven right into the battle-
fiold, and had him pulled out from
among the dead and wounded, and
placed in the ambulance, and she
drove off with him. All of this was
doao under, a heavy fire, and the
cover of the ainbulanco was pierced
with hullot-holes. Some one said
to hoix “How could you have the.
nerve to do it?” “Why,” replied
Mrs. Gordon, “I did not think any
more of it than I should of pulling
one of my boy* out of tho fire if he
had fallen in.”
In the Future.
Conyers Examiner.
It is stated that Governor Colquitt
says he will not bo a candidate for
ro-olootion. Wo do not claim to ho
a prophet, or tho son of a prophet,
but if there is anything in tho signs
of the times, General Lucius J. Gar-
troll stands a capital chance of being
our next governor. The general has
rendered many patriotic sorvices to
his native stale, and Georgia would
honor herself in honoring so able and
distinguished a citizen. As regards
Governor Colquitt, his services heed
uut ...
United States Senate a* the successor
of Ben Hill, his ability, chivalry and
pnritv of character would give hint
a plaw by the side of uur gallant
Gordon.
It is stated that the Pope has sent
a very important encyclical letter to
the Bishops in regard to the condi
tion of the Roman Catholic Church,
which is likely to create a sensation,
General Sherman will so arrange
that tho next reunion of tin' Tennes
see shall lx? coincident with the ar
rival of General Graut in Chicago—
say next November.
Hollywood cemetery in Richmond
has been apparently abnmtaned tw
cows, pigs and goat*.
Hon. Julian Hartridgc had a paid-
up policy in the Now York life insu
rance tximpany for $10,000,.
I I in: IX COCHRAN".
Several Stores Burned.—Loss
Ten Thousand Dollars.
We regret to chronicle the mis
fortune that liefell onr neighboring
town of Cochran on Sunday night
last. Between ten and eleven o’olock
on that night- fire was discovered
bursting through the roof of the bar
of Mr. Julc Ilcrrman. The alarm
was promptly given, and the citizons
turned out to snlxlne the flames.
The building* were all wood, and
the town ha* no fire engine, conse
quently the devouring element was
not checked until a whole block had
been destroyed.
The los* in buildings and goods
was about ten thousand dollars, and
no insurance.
Mr. ('hurley Mullis owned several
of the buildings, and is probably the
heaviest loser hy the tire.
The two-story building known as
the city hotel was owned by Dr. J.
B. Carroll and occupied by Mr. Rin
aldi, whose principal loss was in the
destruction and breakage of the fur
niture.
Messrs. St oiks & Marl in lost part
of their stock of goods.
.Tulins Ilernnan lost all of his
stock.
Mr. Wright, the jeweler was for
tunate in getting out bis safe con
taining his valuable watches and
jewelry.
Mr. Wash Baker saved part of his
stock.
The store and millinery establish
ment of Mr. Harrell wore burned,
but some of the goods and furniture
were saved.
Moses Dykes succeeded in saving
l;is goods.
The night was perfectly t?ahn, or
the fire would have probably
destroyed the entire business portion
of the town.—HawkrinsviUe IHs-
patrh.
At the opening of a reoent session
of the Now Huuqishiix? Supreme
Court tho following model petition
was offered, it being known that the
docket was crowded: “O, L rd bless
this court; bless these lawyers, and
make them know that life is shod
and time is precious and not to be
wasted in empty declamations; for
Christ’s sake. Amen.”
Itlmdc Island Will Object.
Baltimore Gazette.
The latest thing in polities is the
revival of the scheme to cut lip t he
state Of Texas and make five states
blossom where only one now bloom*.
Texas is certainly too largo and un
wieldy for one sovereignty, but any
plan for .her amelioration, which in
cludes the sending of eight more
democratic senators tc Washington,
will he vigorously opposed by the
watchful state of Rhode Island.
A shad of blaek-fisb- -tho bottle-
nosed whales that a scotch enthusiast
demanded a monopoly of destroying
from Mr. Bright a few years ago-
visited tho harlHir of Ilawkcsbnry,
on the Canadian coast, the other day.
Three hundred men, women and
children, armed with axes, pitch-
forks, bout hooks, scythes aud carv
ing-knives, ran to their necks in the
water and commenced the butchery.
Tho harbor soon became tinged with
blood ns the large fish squirmed and
spurted blood and water from thirty
to forty feet in the air. The dying
groans and snorting of the fish wore
something terrific. About ouo hun
dred fish were captured, averaging
from ten to twenty feet long. The
value of the capture is set down at
ubontane thousand dollars.
Washington Beat out at Last.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Stephens seems to be again
coming gracefully out of a serious
illness. All the bad air and all the
cold drafts in Washington ao their
wo rat njM«i him in vain.
Aceordidg to an English M. P.,
the most horrible-looking crowd in
tho world is a Glasgow mob. lie
says: “A Glasgow mob is the very
worst mob in the world. Swearing
in Knghiud U very ixid, bat in Scot
land it is awful. There was but one
iesjK‘ctrtble man in this meeting; lie
lived at Rut lax* Glen, ami has since
been hanged for murder.”
The negro is gettiug ton unanimous
in polite* to suit sonic of txir north
ern friend*. It is not his democracy
bat his “parchH-sihlone.V that they
affect te denounce.
Photographs of Airs, lluycs sell
better in Washington than any oilier
person. It. is because she wear* her
hair like our grandmothers.
In the course of time and after a
few dozen more congressmen die in
Washington the proper ventilation of
the honse of representative* will be
looked after.
The fencing in North Carolina is
valued at $10,100,000, aud stock at
$2,000,000.
Street railway ears are shipped
from the United States to England,
France, Germany, Russia, India,
Australia and South America.
Virginia is in .debt 80,000,000.
To lighten the taxes it is proposed
to dispense with the public schools
and leave each county to look ‘sifter
the education of the children.
Here is the way Grant talked to
the Irish in Dublin: “We have lmd
“our days of depression. Yours is
“just coming on. I hope it is near-
“ly over.” This is really exquisite.
Ulysses is improving.
The stalwarts will probably gnash
their teeth when they hear that .the
colored companies of Savannah re
quested to 'W allowed to take part in
the obseqnies of the lamented Hart-
ridge. The organs trill probably
Hatter .themsel ves that there is noth-:
ing significant in tho fact; but as to
this, they will find out Liter in the
season.
The Bainliridge Democrat says
that Mr. I). A. Campbell made last,
year with one male, eighteen bales
of cotton, three hundred and twen
ty-five bushels of corn, two hundred
bushels of potatoes, one hundred
bushels of oats, five biurets of syrup
and sugar, and ground peas to fat
ten ten head of hogs. He killed
fifteen head of hogs in all.
The thermometer at Bloomington,
Illinois, • during the recent severe
weather, reached ahont as low a point
as in any other section of t he west,
sometimes going dowr as Tow ns 35
degrees below zero. A late dispatch
from there says: “The cold is play
ing sad havoc with game. Quail un
picked up by the bushel in the field
and rabbits tire found with their eais
entirely frozen off. Hundreds of
fat hogs have been smothered hy
drove* piling up for heat.
Wolves have destroyed one-third of
the reindeer of the Lapps this sum
mer, and nearly all the young ones.
George Washington is to be hang
ed in Kentucky^ in Fcbiuiiry, aud
Jeff Davis in »South Caroliua in
April.
So much black silk has been or
derecl by dealers in England for the
mourning for the late Fniuxsa Alice
that an appreciate improvement in
the trade of the South of France i
felt.
A school-teacher in Pulaski, Ky.
declined to treat the children at
Christmas, when the little—oy, to
speak more accurately, the big ones
tied him hand and foot, carried him
to a pond and gave him five minute
to decide whether to treat or drown
There are 421 Chinese busines
houses in.San Francisco, in tin
Celcstiul directory are included live
boarding-houses, four opium shops,
three doctor’s offices, tliree pawn
shops, a photographic gallery, au
undertaker’s store aud two news
paper offices.
The salient points in the case of
Reynold*, the Utah polugamist, late
ly decided in the United - States Su
preme Court, arc, first, whether the
first amendment to the Constitution
prohibits interference with religious
practices which are contrary to the
of tbo laud. Second, whether
crimintd action can ho justified.ou
the ground of relisrious belief. The
Court decided in tire uegative on
both points.
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