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economy, they manage to supply their wants, which, however, 

 are very few. Many rely, in a great degree, upon game, with 

 which the county abounds, and the productions of their or- 

 chards. The Bulloch county farmer would get rich, while 

 others would starve. Much to the credit of the people, it is 

 said that indisposition to contract debtsis a peculiartrait in their 

 character; and debts, when contracted, are honourably and 

 punctually met. Whilst awarding praise to the inhabitants of 

 this section of the State for many good qualities, it is our duty 

 to say, that as far as temperance is concerned, they are behind 

 the times. Whisky has its votaries. The temperance effort is 

 opposed. Those who have attempted to show the citizens the 

 folly and ill consequences of intemperance, have been insulted 

 and threatened. Even ministers of our holy religion have pub- 

 licly denounced the motives and efforts of those who have en- 

 deavoured to form temperance societies. We hope, for the 

 honour of Bulloch county, that this will no longer be the case. 

 Name. — This county was named after the Hon. Archibald 

 Bulloch, who was a native of Charleston, South Carolina, and 

 came to Georgia in 1790, and purchased a plantation on the 

 Savannah river, where he resided until the commencement of 

 our revolutionary struggle. He then removed to Savannah, 

 and became one among the most active of that illustrious 

 band of patriots who opposed the arbitrary measures of the 

 British Parliament. His name is signed to a call made in the 

 Georgia Gazette, of July 14, 1774, to the inhabitants of Sa- 

 vannah, to take into consideration the propriety of resisting 

 the oppressions of Great Britain, and he was placed upon a 

 committee appointed to confer with the committees from the 

 distant parishes. On the 15th of July, 1775, he was appointed 

 a delegate to represent Georgia in the Congress at Philadel- 

 phia. On the 20th of January, 1776, he was elected President 

 of the Executive Council of Georgia. At this trying period, 

 he displayed great decision of character, and evidenced an 

 attachment to the cause of freedom scarcely to be expected in 

 a colony so weak as Georgia. The friends of liberty in Geor- 

 gia were few, but Mr. Bulloch was not to be intimidated. 

 Undismayed by difficulties, he employed his time in confirming 

 the hopes of the desponding. In a letter addressed to Col. 



