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Hymn for Decoration Day.
BY PROF. W. H. VENNABLE.
Beneath the summer sky,
How peacefully they lie
At rest from wars;
Oh sacred hold the grave
Os each devoted brave,
Who poured his blood to save
The Stripes and Stars.
Their marches now are o’er,
They wield thi sword no more
To smite our foes;
No sound of hostile drum
To their low tents may come,
Or break the silence dumb
Os their repose.
But grateful throngs shall bring
Each year their offering
Os grief and love;
Bright garlands should be spread,
And tribute teardrops shed
For patriot heroes dead,.
Their tombs above.
To Thee, oh Lord, our God,
Up from this holy sod
Our voices risf ;
Here freedom’s cause maintain.
For which our brave were slain,
Forbid our n aking vain
Their sacrifice.
Ode for May
The day appointed for decorating, the graves of
Union soldiers with flowers.
Bring flowers! bring flowers! bring roses red!
And dress our gallant soldiers’ bed;
In Freedom’s cause their blood was shed.
Bring flowers! bring flowers! bring lilies white!
Honor the men who fell in tight,
Contending bravely for the right.
Bring flowers! bring flowers ! bring violets blu i!
Them o’er their sacred ashes strew —
They stood unflinching, firm and true.
Bring flowers! the fairest that appear,
To deck their tombs, to us so dear —
Our noble dead, reposing here.
Do this in memory of the brave;
And let the Starry Banner wave
Over each gallant soldier’s grave.
And should again vile traitors dare
Our Union baud apart to tear,
Here on your graves we kneel and swear
If bloody war should come again,
Those sacred rights we wilLmaintain,
For which, brave soldiers, ye were slain,
[ Thomas Creswell, in Knoxville Whig.
More about President Grant.
Judgment of Men—Felicity of Language—
Genius—Promptness of Decision—Grant and
Johnson.
There are decided peculiarities of the new
President which are in no way traceable to a
moral origin. His insight into character,
his power of controlling and directing large
bodies of men, the marvelous promptness
and correctness of his decisions at critical
moments, his ability to clothe his thoughts
in terse and apposite language, are all traits
ofia purely intellectual type. None of these
is more universally recognized than his
knowledge of character. The generals who
became famous under him, who after himself
did the most toward terminating the war,
were all of his own selection and in great
measure owed their rise to him. Sherman
was under a cloud when Grant took com
mand of all the armies ; but the first demand
of the new chief was that the government
should place Sherman at the head of
the Western forces. Mr. Lincoln de
murred; General Halleck doubted. They
thought the command too great to intrust
to this soldier, untried by any such respon
sibilities ; but Grant insisted, and the oppo
sition ceased. Grant, indeed, since the
battle of Shiloh, where he first saw Sher
man’s great qualities displayed, had never
wavered in his confidence and admiration.
He persisted, whenever he had the opportu
nity, in giving Sherman important com
mands ; and the result was the famous
Atlanta campaign, and the never to be
forgotten march to the sea. Sheridan’s
name was almost forgotten at the East,
when Grant placed him in command of the
cavalry of the Army of the Potomac. Grant
declared then that Sheridan would make the
m st splendid cavalry officer of the war.
Winchester and Five Forks, and many less
famous but still brilliant fights, afterward
indorsed his judgment.
But Grant not only possesses the faculty
of judging men whom he has known long
and intimately, he has a keen insight into
the immediate motives of mere casual ac
quaintances. He detects at once the object
of those who strive to flatter or cajole him.
Although he sits so silent, apparently un
observant, or bent only on preventing any
betrayal of his own opinion, he is all the
while observing closely ; he is measuring the
man he talks with, who perhaps at the very
time considers Grant a dull and sluggish
character. In a word or two he will describe
a character, in the shortest sentence show
an exact appreciation of motives and pur-'
poses and plans.
For he exhibits at times a rare felicity of
language. His words generally come
slowly, but they are always to the point,
and when analyzed his speech often proves
eloquent. His dispatches abound in terse,
significant expressions, like the response to
Buckner: “No terms other than an uncon
ditional and immediate surrender can be
accepted. I propose to move immediately
upon your works.” “I propose to fight it
out on this line, if it takes all summer,” is
historical. “Let us have peace,” uttered by
the head of the army, became the watchword
of a party. His famous letter to Andrew
Johnson on the removal of Sheridan is alive
with earnestness ; and his remarks to Presi
dent Lincoln, upon receiving command of
the armies, are a model of chaste and manly
eloquence:
“Mr. President, I accept the commission
with gratitude for the high honor conferred.
With the aid of the noble armies that have
fought on so many fields for our common
country, it will be my earnest endeavor not
to disappoint your expectations. 1 feel the
full weight of the responsibilities now de
volving on me ; and 1 know if they are met,
it will be due to those armies, and above all,
to the favor of that Providence which leads
both nations and men.”
Take, again, the short speech he made
when he received the nomination for the
Presidency : “I shall have no policy of my
own to enforce against the will of the peo
ple” ; —a sentiment full of wisdom and
patriotism, and at the same time the sever
est possible rebuke of the President, who
strove so hard to force his policy upon an
unwilling people. At Galena, when his
election was announced, he proclaimed:
“The responsibilties of the position I feel,
but accept them without fearwhile in his
inaugural are opinions worthy to become
maxims of public and international law.
The truth is, that few men who call them
selves orators have made better or more
elective speeches than he who has made so
few, who never speaks till he has something
to say, but who upon due occasions always
has something to say that is pertinent and
forcible.
In this thing Grant is extremely like a
man of genius. His wisdom, or courage, or
whatever power he possesses, never deserts
him at a crisis. Then all .hi 9 faculties are
brighter, than at any other time. In battle
he is superb ; his manner is slightly inten
sified, but his action is neither hurried ncr
delayed. An officer comes up with news of
immense importance. Grant turns round
instantly, but composedly, and directs:
“Send Burnside to support Hancock.”
“Order Sherman to move at once on the
enemy.” Information is brought that re
quires thirty thousand men to march in a
certain direction. He gives the order at
once, without consulting iny one.
The night after th battle of Five Forks,
Grant sat outside of hi;, t<"it, about twenty
miles west of the James, waiting for news
from Sheridan. Meade’s aimy and Ord’s
stretched in front of the long lines around
Petersburg, which had vyithsiood them so
long. Another flank movement was making,
but thus far with little success. The weather
had been miserable; the rains were violent,
the roads almost impassable; horses and
caissons and army wagons floundered in the
quicksands. As far as Grant’s left stretched
out, so far Lee still confronted him. Sher
idan had been fighting at Dinwiddie, and
Lee had reached around almost to Grant’s
rear to strike at Sheridan, —had, indeed,
dealt him a heavy blow. But to do this, the
enemy has been obliged to divide his own
force, hoping to get back before Grant could
attack the broken front. Grant, however,
at once sent an additional corps to the sup
port of Sheridan, and. at nine o’clock in the
evening, was waiting for details of the
battle.
He sat wrapped in the soldier’s blue over
coat, which he wore in that campaign. Two
or three staff officers were near, gathered
round a camp-fire in the wet woods. Two
had remained all daj T with Sheridan, so as
to report to the General-in-Chief the result
of the fight at the earliest moment. One of
them had already returned, bringing word
of success—how complete was not yet
known. Finally, the other arrived with a
full report from Sheridan. He was in great
excitement, having ridden hard, ten miles
or more, from the field of victory. Five
Forks was won.
Grant listened calmly, only now and then
interrupting the officer to ask a question.
When all was told, he rose, without saying
a word, entered his tent, where a candle
flickered on the table, invited no one to join
him, but wrote a dispatch in sight of the
officers outside, and gave it to an orderly.
Then, coming out to the fire again, he re
marked —as calmly as if he were saying,
“It is a
attack" all along the lines at
daybreak.”" When one remembers what
that meant —how many such attacks..had.
been made, and how often with little result;
in what light the North had come to regard
these assaults upon fortified wor.ks; how
disastrous repulse would have been at that
juncture to Grant, with a part of his army
ten miles away—the promptness of the de
cision can be better appreciated. But
felt that the hour and the opportunity had
arrived; he had that intuitive sympathy
with his soldiers which every great com r
mander feels; he knew that they must be
inspired by Sheridan’s victory as much a#
the Rebels would be depressed ; and now
was the time to take advantage of this feel
ing, and make the filial assault. At four
o’clock next day, the works of Petersburg
were carried.
This promptness of decision never failed
him in battle. Sudden emergencies often
arose, but he was always ready for them.
The famous movement at Donelson was
the inspiration of a moment. Grant came
upon the field when everything seemed lost;
the Rebels had driven back his troops two
miles. The men were raw and scattered ;
they went to Grant, and told him that the
Rebels had come out with haversacks, as if
they meant to stay out and fight for days.
Grant instantly perceived the significance
of this apparently simple fact. He ordered
the haversacks of several prisoners !o be
examined ; they were discovered to be filled.
“Then they mean to cut their way through ;
they have no idea of staying here to fight
us. Whichever party first attacks now will
win, and the Rebels Will have to be very
quick if they beat me.” He ordered an im
mediate assault by his left, at a point where
no fighting had yet occurred, and where the
Rebels were unprepared. The assault suc
ceeded, and Fort Donelson was won. This
faculty of turning what looks like defeat into
brilliant victory, of seizing the critical mo
ment in a long and fierce encounter, of
deciding in the thickest heat of battle, when
the slightest error brings irremediable dis
aster-, —this Grant possesses in an extraor
dinary degree. It is not so common as to
be mere common sense.
He exercises the like faculty in civil
affairs. The readiness with which he thinks
the right thought right time has just
been adverted to. He is not a fluent
speaker, but when from any cause he be
comes excited, his thought gets full utter
ance. Andrew Johnson attempted two years
ago, to drive Grant out of the country. It
had become apparent that the General of
the army was not a follower of the President
in his reactionary course. Mr. Johnson
had sought to compel Grant to order troops
into Maryland immediately before a State
election; . but Grant’s tact and skill had
defeated his purpose. Then Johnson de
termined to rid himself of his powerful
subordinate. He foolishly hoped to find
Sherman more pliable than Grant, and he
knew that, if Grant were sent out of the
country, Sherman would command the
m xmmm adyopatil juke,,.!®, m r
army. Congress was about to meet, and it
was necessary to act promptly, for emergen
cies might arise in which the use of troops
would be all important to the President’s
schemes. So Grant, who, from the close of
the Rebellion, had been constantly urging
the President to take more decided steps to
insure the evacuation of Mexico by the
French troops, was approached with what
it was hoped would prove a tempting bait.
The President first sounded him in con
versation, saying he wished Grant to go on
a diplomatic mission to Mexico, in conjunc
tion with the minister to that country.
Grant at once detected the object of the
President, and declined the mission. John
son, however, insisted, and Gi;ant still de
clined, the second time in writing, although
the President had only addressed him orally.
After this, Grant was summoned to a Cabi
net meeting, where his instructions, already
printed, were read aloud by the Secretary
of. State, without any reference to Grant’s
previous refusal. He at once, in the
presence of the entire Cabinet, declared his
unwillingness to leave the country on such
an errand. Johnson was roused by this
persistent opposition to his wish, and ab
ruptly asked the Attorney-General whether
there were any reason why Grant should not
obey,—whether the General of the army
could not be* employed upon a diplomatic
service. Grant at once started to his feet,
and exclaimed : “Mr. President, I can an
swer that question without appealing to the
Attorney-General. lam an American citi
zen, have been guilty of no treason or other
crime, and am eligible to any civil office to
which any other American is eligible. But
this is a purely civil duty to which you
would assign me, and I cannot be compelled
to undertake it. Any legal military order
you give me, I will obey ; but this is civil,
not military, and I decline the duty. No
power on earth can force me to it.”
The plotters were electrified and made no
answer, and Grant, instead of resuming his
seat, quitted the room. He was not sent to
Mexico. On this occasion he spoke fluently
enough, and none can fail to perceive the
cogency of his utterance or the terseness of
his expression. Yet he must have been
unprepared. He could not have foreseen
the exigency. But the same quality that so
suddenly prompted the assaults on Peters
burg and Donelson inspired the language
and the argument that baffled the President.
The exactness with which he drew the
delicate line between the civil and the mili
tary duty, in this case, reminds us of his
career as Secretary of War. No statesman,
no practiced politician, ever entered upon a
more difficult task. He had at that time
avowed his disapprobation of Mr. Johnson’s
policy, had shown it by acts as well as
words, —acts and words completely under
stood by the President. He had earnestly
opposed the removal of Mr. Stanton, yet
he was ordered to take Mr. Stanton’s place
in the Cabinet of the man whose adminis
tration of the government he heartily con
demned. Many whose good opinions he
most valued, and with whose politics-be was
in closest sympathy, disapproved his action
in entering the Cabinet; none of those who
censured him most but will now admit the
wisdom of his course.
He succeeded for a long while in repress
ing many of the President’s most violent
attempts to thwart Congress and evade the
law ; aud was even able at the same time to
extort praise from his hostile chief for the
vigor of his purely administrative action.
Holding the double office of Commander-in-
Chief and Secretary of War, besides being
the most popular man in the country, his
power was enormous, almost rivalling that
of the President; yet he came to no open
rupture with Mr. Johnson, until he insisted,
in ,conformity with law, on laying down one
of his great offices. Certainly the sagacity
and tact shown in all this are traits that no
man of ordinary ability displays. They
indicate a firmness of intellect for which
unthinking observers have failed to give him
credit >
He had evinced the same sagacity, the
same faculty of preserving a straight and
even course amid peculiar difficulties, often
before. His whole behavior previous to
entering on the duties of Secretary of War,
and during the earlier portion of the long
contest between Mr. Johnson and Congress;
was such as none but a man of great-polit
ical talent could have displayed. A soldier,
he was plunged into the most complicated
civil affairs; a subordinate, he was made
almost independent of his superior; in a
republic, he was intrusted with dictatorial
power ; he was directed to govern a hostile,
though conquered people, aud he was
obliged to do this in direct opposition to the
declared wishes of his legitimate com
mander ; he had also to deal with an
ignorant race just emerging from slavery,
at the close of a civil war; he was ap
proached by men of all parties and charac
ters, —implored, advised, coaxed, threat
ened, by turns; yet he succeeded in
persuading all of his desire at least to do
right; he was able to postpone for a while
the final outbreak between the President
and Congress, to show the former the
respect due to his office, and at the same
time to obey the laws which compelled him
to oppose the President’s policy. It is not
possible that this could have been accom
plished by a man possessing merely good
intentions, steadiness of purpose, and ex
cellent common sense.
But there is still another field in which
all must admit that Grant has given evidence
of extraordinary mental powers. This
evidence is found in the great combinations
of his strategy during the last year of the
war. We do not speak now of the ability
to handle large bodies of troops in the im
mediate presence of the enemy, as at Chat
tanooga or the Wilderness, but of the power
to direct and control simultaneously many
large and widely separated armies, so that
all their movements tended to one end,
finally achieving the most admirable and
exact-co-operation known in militarj r his
tory. When Grant himself started for
Richmond, he ordered Sherman to Atlanta,
ordered Banks to Mobile, Sigel into the
Valley of Virginia, and Butler up the James ;
and for nearly a year afterward he super
vised the operations of those different
armies. During that period he sent Sher
mau on his famous march, renewed the
effort against Mobile, watched over and
reinforced Thomas m his defence of Nash
ville, inspired all Sheridan’s brilliant cam
paigns, brought Schofield by land, in the
depth of winter, from Tennessee to Wash
ington, and from Washington sent him by
sea to North Carolina, to meet Sherman
coming northward on his victorious journey,
brought the Fort Fisher campaign to a
fortunate close, sent Wilson on a career of
success into the interior of Alabama, or
dered Stoneman into Western Carolina,
and all the while held the greatest Rebel
army and leader in check, so as to insure
the triumph of his own subordinates. He
who is capable of administrative efforts as
vast as these, is likely to prove fit for ad
ministrative functions in another sphere.
For it is the very intellectual qualities
which we have seen so conspicuously dis
played in the General that will be most in
demand in the President. Clearness of
judgment, knowledge of character, sagacity
and tact in dealing with men, broad views of
affairs, prompt intelligence in unexpected
and pressing emergencies, ability to control
numerous and vast and complicated inter
ests, so that not only the success of each
may be assured, but that each success shall
directly contribute to the success of all, —
if these are not the intellectual components
of a character fitted to govern a great nation
at a critical period, then all history is at
fault.—[Atlantic Monthly.
Rev. Dr. Patton on Expediency.
The Rev. William Patton, D.D., of New
Haven, one of the pioneers of the total
abstinence reform, has published an admi
rable letter in a late issue of the Advance,
a religious paper published in Chicago and
edited by a son of Dr. Patton. We wish
we had space to spare for the entire letter ;
but it comes to us just as we are going to
press, and we can only give a few brief ex
tracts :
“ Most of the advocates of total absti
nence rely upon the doctrine of expediency.
In this they feel fortified by the noble de
cision of the Aposple Paul: ‘Wherefore, if
moat make my brother to offend, I will eat
no flesh while the world standeth.’
This position of expediency necessarily
admits the lawfulness and propriety of the
beverage use of alcohol, but that, by rea
son of the evils which come from its ex
cessive use, men should totally abstain.
“ It will be noticed that in this case it is
the conscience of the brother who abstains
that is offended, and not of him who par
takes, and the enlightened brother who
partakes is enjoined to give up his freedom
out of regard to the abstainer. Now, the
drinker of alcohol is not grieved and con
science-troubled by reason of those who
use their liberty and drink; this the rather
cheers and encourages him. Nor will he
feel impelled, not being a church-member,
to regard your abstinence, when you ab
stain not because you regard partaking as
unlawful, as did the. converted Jew, but
simply as inexpedient, lawful for you to
drink, but, under present circumstances,
not expedient.
It will be noticed that the abstinence
which Paul enjoins was lest the conscience,
the weak conscience of a brother, should
be wounded, This is not the precise appli
cation of the principle in its relation to tem
perance. For those who drink do not plead
conscience ; and those who abstain do not
abstain because for them to drink would
wound the consciences of the intemperate.
So far from this, our drinking quiets and
encourages their consciences. Still, the
law of benevolence demands that we should
deny ourselves for the purpose of doiug
good to others who are exposed to evil. It
is the giving up of the rightful use of alco
holic drinks to recover others from ruin,
and to save more from taking the step on
the road to drunkenness.
“ While I fully admit the docrine of ex
pediency ; as laid down by the apostle, 1
am not sure that the use-made of it for the
cause of temperance may not be fearfully
turned against us. It allows that it was
right and proper for the patriarchs and
prophets, for the Savior and his apostles,
and for us, to use intoxicating drinks, but
that, by reason of their present general
abuse into intoxication, we, as a matter of
expediency, should abstain.”
Dr. Patton concludes his masterly and
unanswerable argument as follows :
“I do not, for one moment/ imagine,
much less believe, that the advocates of only
alcoholic wines intend; to damage the benev
olence of the divine Savior ; butiwhen they
represent him the maker, and drinker, and
bestower upon others of alcoholic wine,
they array his example in opposition to
that law of expediency which they claim is
strong enough and sufficiently scriptural to
control sinners of this nineteenth century,
and to carry the temperance reformation to
universal success. They claim that drunk
enness abounded in the days of Christ, and
yet his benevolence did not move him to
abstain, that thus he might do good to
others and save them from the drunkard’s
damnation. If, according to the laws of
fermentation in hot climates/ Where the
saccharine property abounds, there were
wines preserved from the vinous fermenta
tion, the use of such by Christ would give
no sanction to others using the intoxicating,
and there would be no call for the doctrine
of expediency to control his practice or
that of his apostles.”
The Staff of Death. —Not long ago we
were standing by a counter from which
excellent bread was sold, while behind a
screen at the end of the room, liquors were
dealt out to customers. A gentleman who
was purchasing and praising the bread,
remarked, “The staff of life here, but quite
another article yonder.” The clerk imme
diately replied: “Yes we ought to have
the ‘staff of death,’ as well as the ‘staff of
life’. The staff of death is its main sup
port !’ We accept, as graphically true, the
uew term. Death physical, moral, and
eternal; lean upon it. The powdered graiu
comes from the baker’s hands, life’s great
supporter; the harvest from the distiller’s
worm, liquid ruin. And shall the two pro
ducts be put by law on equality, and divines
declare a heaven-appointed agreement?
In some farmers put in and
raise 2,000 acres of wheat.
Rust on Cotton, Wheat, etc.
Twenty-five years ago, a neighbor of ours
planted a piece of sandy and exhausted
low ground, to which he had added some
fresh land, some year or two previously of
alluvial soil. The cotton on the sandy soil
rusted so badly as to be almost a total
failure, while the cotton on the fresh land
was exempt from rust. The next year he
planted the same land in cotton. He was
a strong believer in lime and ashes, also,
and hoping to derive benefit from the ap
plication, hauled all the old and leached
ashes that he could rake up about his yard,
some of which had lain there, doubtless,
for years, ou the sandy land, applying them
in the drill, about as he would have done if
they had been stable or lot manure, but
buried as deep in the soil as was the prac
tice in that day. The ashes did not go over
all the sandy land. All of the cotton ma
nured with the ashes escaped the rust, even
to the last row, and was fresh and green,
and from six to ten inches taller than the
rows which were not manured immediately
adjoining, and produced a much larger crop
in consequence of its health and vigor.
A similar experiment was made, a year
or two since, in South Carolina, the details
of which we read in the Southern Cultiva
tor. Now, here are two experiments pub
lished, which clearly prove the fact that
ashes will prevent rust in cotton, and we
have no doubt that many others, which
have not been published, could be found to
prove the same thing.
These experiments effectually demolish
the theory that rust on cotton like the blast
in wheat is a Fungus or parasitic plant, un
less it can be demonstrated that parasites
will not feed upon the juices of a plant
which has Alkali combined with them, for
we suppose that it must be the Alkali of
the ashes which produced the result. It
’is known to intelligent farmers that potash
will produce the same results, and it ought
to do so iu every instance, as it is only the
Alkali of the ash, in another and more
portable form. They are, however, in any
merchantable form, too costly for universal
application. On lands only which are pe
culiarly liable to rust, it is probable that
they may be advantageously applied.
We wish to call the attention of scien
tific minds to the fact that ashes will pre
vent the rust in cotton. If in cotton, why
not in rye, wheat, etc? If rust is the same
disease on all plants, will not ashes cure it
on all? And will not the ashes resulting,
from the decomposition of vegetable mat
ter, according to Liebig’s theory, be the
most prolific, as well as the most econom
ical source of supply ? or, are there other
salts or substances that are as effectual.
If so, what are they ?
Rust is now about the only formidable
enemy to the wheat crop in Georgia. It is
a subject of great interest to the scientific
world and of great value to agriculturists.
Who will give us light on the subject! Blue
stone is not only the conqueror of the
stinking blast or smut, but it destroys
“ cockles ” also. Let us have at least one
potent remedy for the rust in wheat, and
we will go to work at once to grow wheat.
Hancocck Journal.
Wash for Fruit Trees.— Last year an
experienced fruit grower, the owner of a
fine orchard near Niagara river, Western
New York, wrote us that in the care of his
trees he had practiced one simple method
with eminent success. He takes lye from
leached ashes, mixes a little grease with it,
heats quite warm, and with a syringe throws
it up into all parts of the tree, branches
and trunk. It will effectually kill all kinds
of caterpillars and all kinds of worms t.,at
are either infesting the trees in nests or run
ning over the bark. Trees treated in this
manner were exceedingly healthy, beautiful
and vigorous in appearance, possessing a
smooth, glossy bark, and bore the best apples
m the country. The remedy is easy and
cheap.— Horticulturist.
The Evil of Bad Roads. —What miser
able work it is to haul over many of the
country roads iu America during the month
of April! In consequence of the dirt
plowed from the sides and put in the mid
dle instead of stones and gravel, they are
a complete highway of mud. Breaking
the stones to uniform size and sifting the
gravel to keep the road free from aught to
hold the water and weaken the firm, hard
si?'face, would pay those using the roads
over and over again, for the cattle would
be able to draw double the weight and move
twice as quickly, besides which the carts
tvould not wear out half as fast on a good
level foundation. Farmers who have neg
lected to haul farm-yard manure during
frosty ‘weather are obliged to wait days aud
weeks sometimes before they can get along,
and there are instances in some of the
worst districts, where children and their
teachers have been unable to attend school
houses situated on some of these disgrace
ful road.
The Wheat Crop in Nout.i Georgia.—
From a very intelligent and observing
gentleman, a resident of CheroWe Georgia,
we learn that the wheat is now being har
vested throughout the upper portions of the
State; and that the general yield will sur
pass for quantity and quality any previous
crop grown there for many years past.
The crop, he states, will turn out to be a
most bountiful one, richly rewarding the
farmers of that section of Georgia, who had
sown an area much larger than in previous
years. A few days now of fair weather, and
more wheat of first rate quality will be har
vested than was even hoped for by the
farmers in that wheat-growing section.
This is good news—glad tidings—for which
let us not forget to give thanks to a boun
tiful Providence.—[Atlanta Daily Intel.
The autocrat of all the llussias has re
cently issued a ukase or Decree abolishing
nine-tenths of all the drinking places in his
dominions. Shall we, free Americans, take
a lesson from this, aye and go farther aud
abolish them all, and that, too, by public
opinion, as well as by law ?
The good people of Oberlin have been
very much excited at the discovery of a place
where liquor was retailed in that town.
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