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l!apa CO. 
Athene. 
Bibb CO. 
Haucoctc c^. 
1/00 CO. 
Mrt-. H. Branmollcr, Atlanta ; Ornamertu! Hair "W'Dik $!) 
Sloan & Oatmao, AtlaUa; Maiblo Scnlotiue 5 
Mrs. A. W. Stone, Atlanta; Loathor Work Piclara 
Framo 
J.C. Lommins, Atlanta; Georgia-made Segars 5 
Mrs. Bowman, HjlU co ; fly brasb 5 
E. Chapman, Augusta ; iijiproved horse shoea, s’x pat- 
terns •*’ 
"W. H. Jonee, At’anfa ; best sack of m^al 1 
Pioneer Manufacturing Co ; best Prinlicg and Wrap- 
ping Paper. 5 
J. P. Medlj, Columbie, Tenu ; improved Buggy cca- 
nection , 5 
W. Hnmphrevp, Savannah ; Meta‘ic p^Hsh ‘ 2 
P. H. Green, LiGrange ; best sack of Fjour 2 
J. W. Read, Ogl-thorpe^o ; Raftcr-Gufie 5 
Dr. A. Mean?, Oxford; newly invent d tn’rular I/£mp- 
S aud, Dili;ation Stand, Gla^s Stand /or demons rat- 
ing planetary rcvolutiors 2' 
The above is a correct copy of reports ao rendered b., 
the Committees. 
J. CAMAK, See. S. C. A . S. 
OFFICERS OF TH3 BOrTHERN CENTRA!. AGRICUT TCRAI. POCtLTV 
FOR THE ERSUINO YEAR. 
Bon. M. A. Cooper, President. 
Col. P. M, Nightingale, 1st Vice Presidenr. 
D. W. Lewis, Eiq , * 2;l Vico President. 
Executive Committee. 
Col. J. M. Davi-on, Green eo. • 
W. J. Eve, E:q.. Anguda. 
Richard Peters; E-'q., Atlanta. 
Col. J. S. Thomas. Baldwin co. 
MpJ. j. S. Rowland, 
Dr! J. S. Linton, 
J J. Gresham, E-'q., 
Col.' John Bonner, 
Dr. L. Mercer, 
V. M. D’Andgnac, Treasurer. 
J. Gimak. Sooreti ry. 
DeUgdies appointed by the President to Vu Agricul- 
tural r£ 
ALAEAiiA, — 1st dist, Mr. McAloin'; 2, J-hr A. Jones, 
Esq.; 8, A.Gp.nldirg E-q,: 4, P. H. Gro^n, E-r.; 5, G. 
Bsrron. E-q.; 6, As ury KuU, E q.; f , D. V\ . Lawia, K q.;' 
8, Dr. John Sim^. 
Tennessee —G. W. Garmany, E o., Col. John 
Nathan Ba-s, Esq.. Mr. Megoe, f t M '•“iv.e hrr.) J. S. 
Rowland, E q.. J. I. Colt. ; sq.. James .M. Davison, Esq,, 
Dr. Wm. E. Dearing; (Sib dist.,) J, II. Dye, (S:h,) John 
Bridges, (Stb.) 
SocTQ Ca-oc.tna — Lspgdon Cho.vfB. Esq., W.F. Craw- 
ford, Eoq., Hugh Lawson. E a.. (Moii 'O'lco.,) Map Eon 
ham, Dr. Jas.Camak. I'r Ja-. Whi't^n. Cob A. Pope. 
NEW YCRK AND GEORGIA. 
Iris the common boost ofthe people of the North thnt 
they are making more rapid progress in population, 
Wealth and internal improvements 'than the people of the 
South, and it is generally conceded that t^ey have justand 
substantial grounds for theip iioasting.* But it is a curious 
flict that the progress ofthe State of Georgia, the Empire 
State of the South, for over 60 years, has been in a greater 
ratio than of New York, tlie boastful Finptire State of the 
North. In the year 1700, the population of Georgia was 
8*2,000, and in the year 1850 it was 060,000, an^ncrease of 
eleven fold in sixty years. In 1790, the population of New 
York was 340,000, and in 1850 it was 3,097,000, being an 
increase of only nine fold in sixty years. This fact puts to 
flight the boasted superior advancement of at least one 
State, and that the wealthiest and most populous. 
The companson would be still more favorable for 
Georgia, if tlie fact were taken into calculation, that but 
few foreign immigrants find their way to her borders, 
whilst New York annually receives her thousands and tens 
of thousands of such accession. In 1850, there were in 
Georgia, of foreign born citizens, only 6,488 of all colors, 
whilst in New Y'ork the foreign born population aggre- 
gated 655,9*20. Deduct the foreign born from the natives, 
and the increase of the population of Georgia would still 
be nearly eleven fold in sixty years, whilst the Increase of 
the native population of New York would not be quite 
seven fold in sixty years, — Carolina Tunes. 
THE BEY ROT 12? COITOIT. 
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Editor.s Sowthern Cu:/r!V.<TOR — Permit me, in behllf 
of myself and neighbors, to make knwwn tiie existent, of 
a disease in our cotton to a much gjrester extent than ever 
betbre known by us, c.al!©.-! the “dry rot,”*and ask you 
some questions asr to the probable cause. 
The disease we speak of attacks the foji bolls-. 'Phe 
seed and lint first rot and turn black; then a sure or scale- 
appears, resembling a puncture with a sharp instrument. 
Tiiis extends quite over the surface of t!ie boll, very 
freqi.K^tly — afier the disease has itkktn j^issession of the 
wlu4e pod — iT opens iu prongs ahd'pfe.seiUs a thoroughly 
rotten state in all its ]»arls.' So fijr as the writty’s obser- 
vation extends it, is most injurious to sandy soils, and 
these it appears nidst malJgDant in those fields wliich have 
been longest in cultivatioti. It is seen, however, in places 
wdicre tlie lands liave been well manured and cultivated. 
I arn informeil the lithe or cane ba-ahe lai)d« are suffering 
to some extent will/ it. . • * 
In this vicinity, if is fidt as a sr rious'drawbavk on our 
crops .h'om lOO lu 300 pounds p» r acre, all of our cro^s 
will sutfer from it, and this after tlie boliii seemed to have 
matured, lleiice, vve have conversed on tlie subjc'-t a 
goo ! deal, and ttie wa itef has concbKlfd to call your atten- 
tion To it, and ask, if the cause is Known to yourself or 
older planters than wo are. The efK!c'ffic inquiry or in- 
(Hiiries wo would ask of your better judgement, are. 
•.vlicilicr ihi.s.rot is probably caused !iy peculiarity of soill 
Or, is it the result of tfle scasoiTs (tJi« se iiuve of late been 
Uniterm)'? Or tlie mode of cuilff alion ; has thi.s influenced 
Is there any reason to crt ^^ii tlie. conjecture that one 
▼ aril lyof qotton i? more linn anrifher to iliis distase? 
Mils year, the rot is doiikg so rmich hiu tn tq our cotton as 
to call fiir examination and rcrmaly, and if it should in- 
crease its ravages Irmu year to year it would be felt as a 
serious evil. 
1 fiope the readers of tlie Culti calur , as wcM as your- 
selves, will give attention lb the .siildecx — all jfl.intirs are 
interested, atka-t in one puinf, and that is a.s the extent of 
trie injury. Very respeclAilly, I subscribe myself, 
Benu. 
Alabama, Ocl., 1855. 
PiK.MiRKs. — The senihr ediio.*' will rep-y-fo these in- 
quiries' in our next. Time and space are both lucking, at 
present. — Eos. 
IiVDRorfioBiA. — It is said that hi every insfanee^where 
a peison is bitten by a rnad do^, small postviles make their 
appearance sooner or later tn tli^e underside of the longue, 
but generally in from six to nine days. These postujes 
must be opened whlh a sharp pointed instrunfent, as they 
are too tough to break of themselves ; and th§ matter must 
be discharged and spit out, .or it w'ill be reabsorbed, which 
reabsorption is said to cause (he paroxysms termed hydro- 
phobia. The above is the substance of a communication 
which appeared in the New Orleans Tropic some years 
since, from the pen of a Southern physician, who says; 
“In 1832 I was called to visit a negro woman who had 
been bitten by a mad dog and by pursuing the treatment 
here laid down 1 was successful in curing her. This 
course is the same that was recommended by Professor 
Marochiti, of Moscow, in 18'20, and proved effectual, and 
my first intimation of this mode ivas from an Eng- 
lish magazine published forty years ago, containing a com- 
munication from a gentleman recently retunied from Tar- 
tary, where mad dogs are common and this method of 
treatment usual and suecessful.” 
