Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-12-06
IFor the Spirit OF Jefferson
GEORGIA CORRESPONDENCE.

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Mcssrs. Editors The friendly and ever
welcome Spirit is at hand, bearing the glorious
news that West Virginia has, at last, risen in
her might and shaken the shackles Of des-
potism from her limbs. Methinks hear your
chanticlecr, as perched upon Liberty's pole in
Charlestown, he gives full vent to his long
suppressed cock duodle doc of triumph
From Maryland the notes of victory come
floating on the breeze and know that the old
State has administered n whitening rebuke. to
those who would again bow her noble head in
chains and degradation.
Freedom has left her mountain pinnacle
where she had fed from the hands of the op
pressor. and slowly is she spreading her gentle
wings over our sunny land ; from their golden
tips will fall her choicest blessings upon this
down trodden and long suffering people.
But while Maryland and Virginia are re-
joicing over their redemption Georgia still
groans beneath her burden. The agency"
ESQ cnlIed) has just adjourned after sitting for
scUcn months and fifteen days, exclusive of
the recess the longest session ever held by
any legislative body in this state. The most
villaiuous. depIaved hybrid offspring, that the
monster tyranny ever spawned forth upon an
afflicted people. Its every act goes to swell a
record as black as the foul source from whence
it sprang The grasping, sordid spirit, that
ruled its deliberations, voted to each member
nine dollars per diem exclusive of mileage,
making this years session to cost the state over
nine hundred thousand dollars.
But the people of Georgia expect nothing
but humiliation so long as Bml0ch luxuriates
in the soft cushions of her gubernaurial chair,
and fattens upon her drained resources.
The worthy yeomen of the state, however,
So for To
their own destruction, while they importune
old mother earth for her bounty.
The cotton is nearly all picked, and what.
a few weeks back. gave the appearance of
sudden fall Of snow now looks brown and scar.
The cotton before it is balcd. is carried
through process. called ginning. in order to
separate the lint from the seed the latter is
then rolled in a bank and applied to the land
again as manure it is an excellent fertilizer,
considered by some superior to anything of
the kind as its action is immediate.
The farmers are generally engaged, at
present gathering their cane and making
syrup and sugar. Sugar cane is very im-
portaut crop here, and if the season is tavora
bic, it is the most profitable one. The aver
age yield is about four hundred gallons of
syrup to the acre. worth 81 0G gallon. 1t
never goes to seed here like corn or broom
the stalk itself must be preserved IN the
ground and planted in the spring they arc
laid lenethwise in burrows and shoots spring
up from each joint.
The climate Of Gcoreis is delightful indeed
It is actually cooler here in mid summer. six
degrees farther south, than in Maryland or
Virginia; the mercury seldom rising higher
than ninty degrees in theshade The winters.
on the other hand, are far more mild and
genial ice rarely forms over an inch in thick
ness. while snow is almost unknown.
We lad our first frost few nights ago,
which was very late even for Georgia. For
weeks the weather has been lovely scarcely
a cloud sailing through the azure dome of
heaven. Roses were in full bloom. previous
to the frost, and the evening Zephyrs we're
ever laden with their rich fragrance. Mock
ingbirds made the air vocal with their melo-
dous notes. and sweet harmony pc,vaded all
nature. But frost, like the blightng hand Of
death. is fast breathing destruction among the
florists treasures. and ere many days, we will
be forced to exclaim:
"'Ts the last of summer, left blooming alone,
All her lovely companions arc faded and gone'
Yours, &c,