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m 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. 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