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It TURNER, EDITOR. | VOLUME I. €§c lniitjifnicttt |)r«ss> Published every Tuesday Morning. rr:i2 es*.:nm*»s» .TWO DOLLARS per annum in advance to all riot residing in the Cofctity. Hates of Advertising— Legal advertisements inserted on the Mowing terms: Letters of Citation, $ 2 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 Application for leave tosoli laud or negroes. 400 Sale of Personal Property, by Executor?, Administrators or Guardians. 3 50 Sale of Lands or Negroes, by same, 5 00 Application for Letters of Dismission. 4 50 Yearly Advertisements— Professional and business cards, measuring twelve lines orless, will be inserted at Twelve Dollars. Other Advertisements will be charged $1 00 for every twelve lines or less, for tirst insertion, and 50 , ts for every weekly continuance. Advertisements, not having the number of inser tions marked upon them, will bo published till forbid, and charged accordingly. OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. rp H E INDEPENDENT PRESS is published week. 1 }y in Eaton ton, Ga., at the price of §2,00 per annum, invariably in advance; except where the subscriber resides in the county. As its name indicates, it is designed to be entire!} independent, being governed alone by such roles as decency, gentlemanliness and good morals impose v-> o n even' press. It hopes not, however, to mistake licentiousness for liberty, nor scurrillousness for in dependence.. Afs?#' Its polities arc Democratic —of the school of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson. It, however, is subject to no party discipline which would compel its Editor to sacrifice truth and honor in behalf of Lie political associates, lie will speak what he thinks. One distinctive feature of this press is that it al lows and invites a discussion in its columns of all subjects whatever, proper to form reading matter foi the popular mind. 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All communications must be addressed, postpaid, to the Editor of The Independent Press, Eatonton, 1 i eorgia. April 18, 1554. J. A. TURNER. professional k business Carte. J. A. TURNER, ,tTTOIt.VE\‘ .IT L,.i ll*. Eatonton, Ga. RICHARD T. DAVIS, &®®®awrjrS A® eatonton, ga. OFFICE OVER. VAN MATER’S STORE. teSiL WmM* RESIDENT DENTIST. eatonton, ga. Sptljolcxilc auir |lctail Crocrr: pfSells Country Produce on Commission: East comer Jefferson St., Eatonton, Ga. J (ITT. CARTER, ~ IFANCY CONFECTIONER, No. 4, Carter & HarveyJfcßange, H April 23,1854. Eatonton, Ga. S. €. DUSEN BERRY, waaaiacDUiiujUiji warrant to please all who wish the latest X V style of dress. Shop up stairs, adjoining the ’riming’Office. April 18,1864. "Tong & dorr, A®®<MBS*Sr<23 A® BRUNSWICK, GA. eive their attention to the practice of law in the counties of Chatham, Liberty, Mclntosh, t fiiynn Wayne and Camden, of the Eastern circuit ;■ Lowndes, Clinch, Ware, Charlton and Appling of the I Southern circuit: and also, Nassau, Duval, and St. John’s counties, Florida. Thus. T. Long. | Tnos. M. Cobb. May 9,1354 3 11 HUDSON, FLEMING & CO., AhAdiiS 6s uuihhboibh MERCHANTS, No. 94, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. END Eli their services to Elanters, Merchants, and 1 dealers in the sale of Cotton and all other wun try produce. ISeing connected in busincHH with Hop kins Hudson & Cos., of Charleston, the establishment of an officii in tins city vail afford our friends choice of markets Strict attcnti% will be given to business, «nd the usual facilities afforded customers. J. It. Hudson, j ( Lambeth llopkins, W. R. Fleming, r Augusta. Savannah. ' (J. J. Cohen, Charleston. mm & 21 Kj AND iM COMMISSION MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH,GA. J , rri promptness and pcraonal attention to all bnsi- I ) ness entrusted to our charge, having met with nm-ival. we beg leave respectfully to say, our office ' InHuufd rt the old Stand. Plantation and Family ‘ . ,• ruArJed at the lowest market prices, aud suppiH. 1 A u produce in Store, or upon , *.aupL. JOHN FOSTER. , u , 4 ly % lltclilt) |oiu*nal:—tn ifiteratra, fblitus, Religion anil Hgrintltaw. COURT CALENDAR FOR 185 L REVISED BY CHE SOUTHERN RECORDER. sn*E RIOR €OURTS. 4th Monday, Richmond Muscogee AUG USE 2d Monday, Clark 3d Monday, Campbell W altou 4th Monday, Monroe Taliaferro Marion Baldwin Jackson Meriwether Sumter. SEPTEMBER Ist Monday, Pauiding Coweta Madison Chatvooga Morgan 2d Monday, Polk Cass Crawiford Butts; Elbei t Greene Gwinnett Harris 3d Monday, Cobb Twiggs Fayette Hall Putnam Talbot Columbia Hart JANUARY. 2d Monday, Chatham 4th Mondav, Richmond FEBRUARY. Ist Monday, Clark 3rd Monday, Campbell Walton 4th Monday, Baldwin Jackson Monroe Marion Meriwether Sumter Taliaferro MARCH Ist Monday. Coweta Chattooga Madison Morgan Paulding 2d Monday, Butts Cass Crawford Elbert Greene Gwinnett Harris Polk 3d Monday, Cobb Fayette Hull Putnam Twiggs Talbot Columbia Hart 3d Thursday, Bulloch Monday after, Effingham 4th Monday, Gordon Macon Newton Washington Wilkes Clay APRIL Ist Monday, Cherokee Fulton Randolph Murray Pike Warren Wilkinson Camden Taylor Thursday after, Rabun- Friday after, Wayne 2d Monday* Forsyth Whitfield Dooly Glynn Habersham Hancock Montgomery Laurens Thursday after, Mclntosh and Tattnall 3d Monday, Lumpkin Worth * Franklin Stewart Early Henry Jones Liberty Oglethropo Pulaski Emanuel Thursday after, Brvan 4th Monday, Union Decatur Dekalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Scriven Telfair Catoosa Thursday after, Irwin MAY Ist Monday, kinchafooneo Fannin Heard Walker Upson 2d Monday, Bibb Gilmer Ohatalioochee Baker Chatham Dado 3d Monday. Spalding Pickens Burke Calhoun Troup 4th Monday Thomas Dougherty Floyd Monday after Lowndes, Monday af Lowndes, Clinch Thursday after Clinch, Ware. Monday after Ware, Appling. Wednesday after, Charlton. Friday after, Coffee. JUNE. Ist Monday, Jefferson 2d Monday. Leo Carroll ♦On the Ist and 2d Mondays in October next (for one term only.) f Fall Term, 1854. X After Fall Term 1854. Who is runny Fern ? N. P. Willis settles this vexed ques tion. He states in the Home Journal that his father had three children, Rich ard Storrs Willis, Fanny Fern and him self. She, however", has exhibited no disposition to claim relationship' with two men, who, since the Fores divorce case, have been in imch bad odour with respectable people, and ambiguously an nounces that by a .sudden reverse of fortune she was deprived of all her rela tions and is now alone in the world. BulWer Lytton’s Failures. — Per haps it may encourage younger writers if I remind them that I was not success ful in any one line that I attempted.— My first attempts at prose composition were refused admittance into a magazine. My first novel vyas very little read, and it is not included M the general collec lion of my works. My first poetry was thought detestable—-and my first play very narrowly escaped being damned. The Printing-* Office.— Mr. Win throp, in his recent lecture before the Charitable Mechanic’s Association, made this remark in regard to printing offices as a good school; “ There is an atmosphere in a printer’s office, which, Uomehow or other, puts notions into bly’s heads, too*—an atmos phere which id apt to make quick blood quiver, and impulsive hearts beat high er, and active!Wins work harder,, until those people’.) thoughts, are suddenly found insistiuj on having other people 4th Monday, Gordon Newton Macon Washington Wilkes Clay Last Thursday, Rabun OCTOBER. Ist Monday, Cherokee Fulton Murray Randolph Warren Wilkinson Taylor Tuesday after, Pike 2d Monday, Forsyth Whitfield Dooly ♦Habersham Hancock Montgomery Laurens Thrsttday after, Tattnall 3d Monday, Lumpkin Worth Franklin. Early Henry ji Stewart Emanuel Jones Oglethropo Pulaski | 4th Monday, Union Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincoln Scriven Telfair Catoosa Thursday after, Irwin Bulloch f Monday after, Effingham NOVEMBER. Ist Monday, Kincliafoonce Fannin Heard Walker Upson Ist Tuesday, Bulloch + 2d Monday, Bibb Gilmer Chattahoochee Baker Jefferson Dade Oh Monday, Spalding Pickens Burke Camden Calhoun Troup Friday after, Wayne 4th Monday, Glynn Thomas Doughtery Floyd Thursday after, Mclntosh Monday after, Lowndes and LiVjerty Thursday after, Bryan Monday after Lowndes, Clinch. Thursday after Clinch, Ware. Monday after Ware, Appling Thursday after Charlton Friday after, Coffee DECEMBER. 2d Monday, Lee Carroll 4th Monday, Muscoogee EATONTON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1854. (Original. FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. THE BIBLE. On blessed Book ! —with leaves sublime, Which points to distant, happy clime, How much we love thy heav'nly truth, That’s guided us aright in Youth. While in Life’s meridian rays, It warns us of all erring ways— A certain weapon, while in strife ’Gainst-the Arch-fiend, to give us life. Unerrihg Chart! our time is ending, To the grave wo all : arc wending; By faith in God, wo rest assured, That everlasting Life’s secured. ORLANDO Eatonton, Ga,, May 23, 1854. Ifktlkucmts. FOlt TIIK INDEPENDENT PRESS, •Were Sketches . BY AN ERRATIC. NUMBER 111. “ Caro to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out.” ‘Tt is a kind of idleness I know: And I am said to be an idle man— And it is very true.” In the year eighteen hundred and month of April, the little village of A , in Southwestern Georgia, pre sented a scerie of laz} r , sleepy indolence, perfectly in keeping with the general habits of the peor/lc who inhabit very Warm climates. Ic was the season of the year when men who have nothing to do, just begin to lose the temporary feeling of energy and vivacity induced by the bracing winds of winter, and to feel the languor and lassitude incident to our warm, southern summer. The vil lage of A did not dream of a rail road at that day, but she is now fast building one, and soon the shriek of the steam* engine will startle its quiet in habitants from their dreamy apathy, and waken into existence a spirit and energy, hitherto unknown in that re gion. Indeed, the spell is even now at work—it began a year ago. The mere prospect of a railroad was sufficient to breathe a spirit of life and activity into the little village altogether at variance with what i=» generally understood to be the chareyfer of the inhabitants of the piney-woods region. Atthe time that I speak of, and on that particular afternoon, the town might have been mistaken for a fief appertain ing to the Castle of Indolence. The loafers from the piney-woods round about who hadhieglected their business, (if they had any,) to come to town, saun tered idly along the square, puffing im mense clouds of smoke from marvelous ly black-looking cigars, and occasionally popping into a grog shop to take a lazy drink. The grog* shops were silent and quiet, and, for a wonder, peaceable—for the drinkers were too lazy to fight. The doctors balanced themselves lazily in split-bottomed chairs, before their shop doors, enjoying cigars and the cool shade of their China trees, glad that they had no “call,” on that lazy afternoon. The store-keepers were equally idle, and were assisting the loafers before their doors, to smoke cigars and spin yarns. I had, unexpectedly, met an old acquain tance in those parts, and he and I were sitting on a goods box, smoking and whittling the box on which we sat.: — We hadi been' talking over old times, but gradually yielded to the influence of the weather'and the prevailing spirit of the place and now sat, listless and si lent, occupied as aforesaid. Hot far from us, on another pile of boxes, was- a group which formed rather a contrast to other groups on the boxes around; for there seemed to be something of life and gayety prevailing amongst its members, as evinced by the frequent bursts of' merriment proceeding from it. Most of this group were also smoking, and' working for dear fife with their jack knives at the boxes-on which they sat.- They had another occupation too —that of listening to one of their number who seemed to command their attention and who contrived to impart to them, some thing of his own spirit and vivacity, in spite of the drowsy the atmos phere. This individual, by his plain careless dress, easy, familiar manners and good-humored and amusing, but in telligent, conversation, seemed to be an honest, plain, intelligent farmer, in good, easy circumstances, who took the world as it wagged, and who, devoid'of am bition, enjoyed, in an unaffected unos tentatious manner, the pleasures within .a WITHOUT M'U.lMl, FMT'OR OR *IFFKCTIO*Y.” he would make. A close and careful observer, though, would have seen, in a brow of ample width, a clear expressive eye, and an easy flow of conversation which had nothing of dullness or com mon-place in it, indications which be tokened more of genius than he might, at first, be prepared to'look for in one ;3o careless and familiar in his bearing. la fact, this was W. H. C., jr., son of the elder W. 11. 0., who once so narrowly missed the Presidential chair, at a time when more of talent and less of availabil ity was required in the candidates for that proud position, than is now requir ed of them. The latter was one of- Georgia’s sons, of whom she is proud— one of whom I have heard my hither say T “he was an intellectual giant.”— And the son, who, from his manner, and from his course of life, seems, to those who know him, to have little oth er ambition than to be considered a good huntsman, or a good trout fisherman, is said to inherit siuch of his father’s ge nius and talent. Be this as it may, it is sufficient, for our present purpose, that he was a whole-souled and generous man, a pleasant companion, witty and full of fun and rollicking good humor— the very man for a camp-hunt, or a camp flsh. Soon after my attention was directed to this group, a camp-fish was proposed by C., and the proposition received with universal acclamation. They made short j work of it—the preliminaries were soon settled and I- was invited by an acquain tance of a few days standing, to join the party. Os course I did not wait for a second invitation, as I am always ready for anything of the sort. A short con sultation resulted in the following plan : We were to meet very early next morn ing before Smith’s store —all who could muster conveyances, to come in them, the rest to be accommodated with seats in the baggage wagon, which C. agreed to furnish —each one to come provided with a certain quantity of provisions, M., a lawyer boarding at the house of my worthy host, and myself, immediate ly proceeded homeward, I thoroughly roused by the prospect of an excursion which promised to afford amusement for a few days. We spent the remainder of the afternoon, and some part of the night, in busy assisted by J. 11., son of our host, who was to-be one of' the party.- At an hour surprisingly early, next morning, M., IT., and myself proceeded to our place of rendezvous, where, out of the dozen who promised to be of the party? we found just two; these two being C. and W. ; the latter, a merry, and mirth-provoking devil as any I had met with for many a day, and who proved to be invaluable as a good, com panionable fellow. Greetings exchang ed-, we quickly enquired for the rest of the party. “You see all that have come out,-’ was the answer. “Well, shall we wait for the rest ?” “No, they either don’t intend to come, or are asleep, the sluggards! and we won’t waste time on such fellows.” Now let it be known by the way, we had to come at least a mile after break fast to the place of rendezvous, while the others lived immediately in the vil lage ; this will account for our not be ing left because we were a little tardy, as we now proposed that the others should be left. “Enough said,” was the rejoinder to C’s last observation.- “Then C,, we will only want your two-horse wagon —that will carry us five and the baggage, very conveniently.” ' Accordingly, every other conveyance was dispensed with, and we all.climbed into the wagon, C. grasping the strings. “Have we got everything we need ?” “Yes—l believe so—tent cloth, hooks, poles, frying pan, kettle, corn for horses to eat.” “Ami what have we got for men to eat ?” “Oh quite a variety—some raw ba con, nice boiled ham, boiled beef, bis cuit, corn bread, corn meal, &e.” “Any coffee and sugar?” To this question the response was a general silence. We all looked into each other’s faces, and read the answer in the blank and lengthened countenances displayed on every hand. We had all certainly for gotten coffee, and some one would have to go back after the article, so indispensa ble to camp-life ; and this would cause a delay of a quarter or half an hour, which would be exceedingly unpleasant to men why, like ourselves, were eager, and thought themselves, ready to start. wish us good luck. Seeing us in some what of a commotion, lie enquired the cause. “Is that all ?” he said—“l have some coffee, ready ground, and a coffee pot and sugar, whicli is at your ser vice.’-’ And he immediately disappeared through his store, going to his dwelling in the rear, and soon returned with the articles needed. “Thank you ST—-exclaimed our Je hu ; “we are vastly obliged to you, and will bring you some fish.”. And with a shake of the reins and a chirup to the horses, we were off with a whoop and a clatter sufficient to attract the at tention of all the idlers around. For some distance, the road was plain, and smooth, and even, as the roads nat urally are in the piney-woods of Geor gia ; but we soon came to where we had to forsake the “big road,” and take one of many uncertain, devious, and scarce ly perceptible tracks, which radiated in different directions through the pines. “Ho you know which road to take here, C. ?” “Oh yes. I have a map of the road in my pocket, which I procured' yester day, from one who knows- every foot of it,” And therewith lie drew from his pock et, a scrap of dingy looking paper, on which was traced a long, zig-zag line, with various abrupt turnings and wind ings and innumerable forks and branch es. After consulting this a moment, he selected one of the branches, turned the horses’ heads into it, and we were soon, once more, bowling along at a rapid pace, while mirth and merriment reign ed supreme. C and W , between them, contrived to keep us in a continual roar; the former, varying from strokes of the broadest humor, to a more polished satire, the latter, with an incessant flow of the oddest sayings and anecdotes. In the mean time, we were pressing through a scene, which, viewed for the first time by the traveller, wears, to him, an aspect totally unlike all his precon ceived notions of beauty of landscape— and to one accustomed to lightness and variety, it would, perhaps, at first, pre sent no point of beauty but he would soon perceive a grandeur m the scene, despite its unvarying monotony. The | country was exceedingly flat and level; and the eye could wander over an im mense space, such as one, accustomed to broken and hilly countries, could not con ceive of. The trees, which, in any oth er than a pine forest, would obstruct the vision and narrow its range—here, with their stems shooting up to a great height, before putting out branches, left ample room for the eye to penetrate, and seemed but to add to the apparent boundlessness of the view—hiding away into long, interminable- vistas—like the pillars of a great cathedral—and that cathedral, nature’s own. The thick and heavy foliage over head, while it casts over the whole a dark and sombre shad dow, but adds to the solemnity and grandeur of the whole.. Here no differ ence in the color of the foliage —no thin nings bv the hand of man, lent lightness and variety to-the view. All lay wrapp ed in nature’s deep and undisturbed re pose, unmutilated, and grand, and per fect. It is customary to laugh at the piney woods and at pine-trees. Common minds can perceive no beauty in them. Why it is so, is somewhat of a question. At the first glance, it seems to be because they are so very common ; but the oak is equally as common, and every one confesses to the beauty displayed by it— every one perceives and appreciates it.. Then this can hardly be the reason why the pine is proscribed- What, then, is the reason ? I think it is just this. Eve ry one, whether he has or has not visited the pine region, has, at least,, heard of pine barrens, and thus the poverty of soil which- pervades some parts of the piney-woods has become proverbial.— Os course, where the soil is- poor, the inhabitants must be poor also. The comforts of life in such sections are scarce—its luxuries unheard of. Thus, the mention of piney-woods al ways brings up in our minds,.,ideas of poverty, barrenness, worthlessness, &c., and the noble pine is despised, ridiculed and proscribed, merely because it sees fit to grow and flourish on soils where other trees can scarcely support even the most stunted existence. Men of true and correct taste, how ever, see in the pine a beauty which causes them to admire and cherish it; and I hope to see the day, when it will bo transplanted with success, and will | form the chief ornament of opr avenues when pointed out by a judicious ob server. I can give a strong allustration on this point. I know a friend who has transplanted some and I have several times been present when sofne one, imbued with the vulgar prejudice against pine-trees would ask, “ why on earth did you set outjthose pines ?” The answer would l.e “bLnaso I eonaider them a beautiful and ornamental tree. “Beautiful! Pine-trees beautiful ? How can you associate the idea of beauty with that of pine-trees ?” On such occasions, my friend would quietly point to a group of pines which had sprung up in a part of his enclosures. There they stood with their straight and column-like trunks, their regular pyramidal tops, and their thick dark foliage —a group so beautiful, that no one, with any idea of the beautiful in nature, could look at without perceiving its beauties. Very rarely did my friend point.out or specify the different-features which constituted its-beauties.. It was sufficient to call the attention —to fix it once, and the effect was complete. In no instance have I known the doubter to remain long in doubt—one steady look was sufficient to make him acknowledge that the pine was a beautiful-tree. As for myself, I glory in the pine. It is peculiarly southern. It is emble matical.. The noble shaft, shooting proudly up, tall, straight and erect, is like the native-born Southron, who stands boldly erect, with the port and bearing of a man, and a gentleman by nature. But'how I am wandering from the fishing party. Hear reader, if you fol low me, it will be through many an ep isode and wandering. These are “mere sketches*” and by “an erratic.” We trotted.' merrily and at a brisk brisk pace along the level, but not very distinctly marked road, C , hand ling the strings quite scientifically, and getting good work out of the faithful old roan and sorrel, which constituted our team. About this time, we met an old woman, carrying eggs to town, and purchased her whole stock, thereby making a very considerable addition to our stock of provisions. This ac quisition to our larder, turned the con versation to that point, when: some one suddenly recollected that we had no salt wherewith to season our trout. — Here was a nice fix ! By this time we were eight or nine miles from town —out of reach of a store, and out of sight of any house which, seemed likely to af ford the much desired and altogether in dispensable chemical. To be sure, there was, on the road-side,, just before us, a shanty,.built apparently, entirely of pine boards ; but it was hardly likely the inhabitants had any superfluous salt or any thing else to dispose of. Nothing like trying, however; and we drew up opposite the cabin, while J. H. went up to it on a forlorn hope, to try and pur chase some salt. As was to be expect ed, there was but little salt in the house, but of this little, the man, with true Southern hospitality, gave us half.. Yes, actually gave it to us—steadily refusing to be paid for it, although he seemed smitten with poverty. We were fortu nate that day in meeting two such men as the donor of the coffee and the donor of the salt, and we began to /eel quite elated and confidant—not at earning the paltry price of the two articles, but at finding that we were in a streak of luck. We had by this time gotten rather tired of our drive, and we began to guess, very shrewdly, that we were likely to lose our way, when we saw our Jehu pulling out his road map very frequently, consulting it very carefully, and hesitating longer and longer at every fork and cross-road. At last lie relieved us of our suspense by pulling up very suddenly, and exclaiming: “Gentlemen, I believe we are lost!” To be lost in the piney-woods, where there are so many roads r and they so much alike, was anything but pleasant, unless some one in the party knew some thing of the direction in which we ought to travel to reach our destination. A council of war was called, and we all concluded that as C professed to know something of the geography of the country, he should throw away the map which his friend had given him, and strike out in the direction in which he thought the mill lay. The woods were so # open, that a wagon could get along pretty comfortably anw where, barring the roots and fallen logs—of ■ ] TERMS, $2,00 A YEAR. NUMBER 5. and bumping in a manner which made it difficult for us to keep our seats, but which only added to the general hilari ty ; especially, as we soon came in sight of a road which those who knew, de clared to be the right one. The road was now comparatively plain, and after a rapid drive of four or five ; ;i>t of the mil 1, anopwlrat was more interesting to us, the pond, where we supposed innu merable trout were swimming and wait ing to be caught. We rattled down a long, sandy slope, and as we drove down, I looked careful ly at the scene before me. There was a roughly built mill-house, a broad dam stretching across just above it—broad enough to constitute a good road or bridge, over which wagons and carts could pass —and above the dam a broad expanse of dark looking water, stretch ing away to a great distance. This pond was made by building the aforemention ed dam across a rather small stream of beautifully clear water. This water, however, had spread out into the forest on either side, —no clearing having been made for the purpose—and, of course, all the trees among which it spread had died; and many of them having decay ed and fallen, they gave the water the dark hue already spoken of; though on dipping up a small quantity, it was found to be perfectly clear. Just where the road went down to the pond, was a con siderable clearing; and on either hand of this open space Avas the dark, pine forest, with a thick undergrowth of black-jack, running quite down to the water’s edge. Before us, on the opposite side of the pond, rose a wood, which was said to con tain many a magnificent gobbler and many a noble deer—objects which, at any other time, would have proved irre sistably attractive, but now—we wero “a trouting.” We selected a nice, soft bank of sand on the right of the road, close to tlio edge of the pond, to pitch our camp— and soon the tent-cloth was stretched, the horses unharnessed, haltered and fed, when we proceeded to feed our selves on the cold provisions Ave had brought with us; our hunger being too great to alloAV us to think of catching* trout for dinner. We consoled ourselves for our cold cheer by talking over the treat avc should have at supper. A hear ty repast was speedily finished, and we got our fishing tackle and proceeded to business. First Ave baited some small hooks Avith Avorms or crickets, and caught some small roaches to serve as bait for the trout, for be it knoAvn they fish for trout in “those parts” altogether Avith live bait—fly-fishing being altogether un knoAvn. Indeed, I think fly-fishing is never attempted in Georgia—at least I never saAV it here—or any Avhere else, for that matter. Having caught a sufficient quantity of roaches, we embarked Avith them in some old bateaux Avhich Ave got from the old Miller, and steered out into the pond. Go Avith us, reader, and sec the sport. Our manner of proceeding is thus— Ave stick one of the roaches on a good stout hook, at the end of a strong and elastic cane-pole. This hook being dropped into the Avater, the struggles of the little innocent impaled upon it, soon attract the notice of the trout. The latter gentleman approaches greedily and incautiously, and, if Ave only give him time, gobbles down the bait, book and all. Then a strong, steady, rather slow, jerk , brings up a trout, such as Avould make a city gourmand’s mouth Avater.— No “reeling off,” or “reeling up,” or “playing the fish”—no gaffs, or landing netts, and all the fuss and trouble attend* ant on scientific fishing, but a strong pull, and nearly as -quick as you please, after the fish, is hooked , and the Avork is done. No fear of breaking the tackle, for avc take care to have that strong enough to bear any kind of a jerk avc may see fit to give it; and there is no fear of fright ening the fish by the size of the line— neither is there any danger of frighten ing them with noise. In fact, as Ave floated about among the stumps and logs, in our old, rickety batteaux, avc made the Avoods on either side of us, ring Av ith our shouts and mer ry laughter. And never, I Aveen, did Izaak Walton, or the pretensions Frank Forrester enjoy them silent, ticklish bus iness of fly-fishing, as we did our noisy sport: and if the fish were- not “killed’ Avith the same display of science, they were killed, and they Avere just, as de- . ... , r"u i +1 i %