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the gazet;te.
Wednesday, February 12,1873.
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THE GEORGIA BOND QUESTION.
The Anieiican holders of Georgia bonds,
through an agent, are endeavoring to induce
the legislature to repeal that part of the act
of the last legislature which disposes of the
fraudulent bonds issued by Bullock. They
ask the State to pay them the principal and
mterest of the semi-annual gold bonds issu
ed under the act of October 17, 1870.
These bonds were issued, it is claimed, in
flagrant violation of the Constitution of the
Stute, which declares “that the credit of the
State shall not be granted or loaned to aid
any company, without a provision that the
whole property of the company shall be
bound for the security of the State prior to
any other debt or lien, except to laborers.”
In the face of this declaration the so-called
legislature authorized their issue, taking
as security , a second mortgage. Bullock
knowing the act to be unconstitutional, but
being one of the ring that was stealing the
people’s money, signed the same. The bond
holders claim that these bonds should be paid
It they were fraudulent, and the State is
not legally and justly bound for them, not a
cent of the money should be paid; but, if
otherwise, the State is able and should pay
them to the lust cent. From the action of
the last legislature we should of course, con
sider the bonds as issued fiaudulently This
is a question for others to discuss and deter
mine. We believe that States, like indi
viduals, should pay their honest debts. All
honest men will do so, but States are sub
ject to the caprice of their legislatures, and
it is difficult to say what will be the result
of the proposition now before that august
body that wields the destinies of Georgia.
"AN UNFOUNDED CHARGE ”
Under the above heading the AbbeviJle
Ftxsa and Banner attempts a defence of
Mr. H. W. Lawson (the most efficient post
master in the two States, according to the
spectacles of that paper - ) from the charge
of carelessness we made against him in our
issue on the 22d ult. The Banner quotes
our editorial m full, and this follows:
“In reply, Mr. Lawson requests us to say,
that the failure ot mail communication with
Elberton, by way of Lowndesville, furnish
es a satisfactory answer to the charge made
in the above editorial. Since the Ist Janu
ary there has been no mail communication
with Elberton, by way of Lowndesville, un
til last week, when the mail went through
—the week previous the mail went only as
lar as Lowndesville. Saturday’s mail
brought four weeks issue of the Elberton
papers. There is a route to Elberton by
way of Heardmont, but most of the mail
matter being sent to points on the Lowndcs
ville route, that has been the only route us
ed for sending papers. It is absurd to hold
the Postmaster responsible for the trans
mission of the mails, when the mail con
tractor fails to do his duty.”
All of which has nothing whatever to do
with the charge made. what
ever is made to justify the gross remissness
we mentioned, viz: “One-half of the. mail
sent there last week * * * * was
returned to the Elberton office, the mail
matter having never been emptied out."
As there has been no mail by Lonwdcs
ville since Ist January, which we knew as
well as Mr. Lawson, we have sent no papers
by that route, and while speaking of it, we
may os well say we never did send papers
by that route to Abbeville or Anderson.—
We send all our papers to subscribers in up
per South Carolina from this place to Abbe
v lie by the Heardmont route, and not a
paper so seut should touch any “point on
the Lowndesville route,” and what is meaut
by saying “that has been the only route
used for sending papers,” we are unable to
determine. We get the Banner eyery
Thursday evening by the Heardmont route.
That paper is published on Wednesday.—
Does the editor, or the postmaster, mean to
say it is sent by the Lowndesville route ?
Is that what is meant by that being “the
only route used for sending papers. As the
Lowndsville route is not running, and if it
were, it would not come till Friday,
evidently the Banner does not come by that
route.
YV e only made, as the postmaster and his
advocate can plainly see, a charge in one
particular instance. It now leaks out that
there has been more carelessness than we
knew of. The Banner says, Saturday’s
mail brought four woeks’ issue of the Elber
ton papers.” Where had those papers
been ? Is it possible that a route only thirty
miles in length, the mail passing from one
terminus to the other requires four weeks
to reach its destination ? As these papers
were sent by the Heardmont route what
were they doing on the Lowndesville route ?
It would appear that Mr. Lawson is not re
sponsible for this miscarriage, and we gladly
acquit him of it, but somebody is. Will
some postmaster rise and explain ?
In the meantime, as the editor of the
Banner has attempted an explanation, we
aek why the mail sent from this point by
the Heardmont route was returned to this
postoffice ?
Selling Out at Cost fob Cash.—
Messrs. A. C. Thornton & Cos. are advertis
iig to close out their entire stock of goods
at cost (with freight added) for cash. A
chance is now afforded for all to buy cheap
and wo advise all who desire goods to
dine quick, as they are going very fast.
Watson & Clark’s Superphosphate.
—J. J. Pearce, Butler & Cos. offer another
fertil zer to the farriers for their considera
tion. In the present day of improved ma
unres it certainly behooves our agriculturists
to give all a fair and honest trial. “The
best is the cheapest,” will hold as good in
farming as anything else, and from the re
commendation given this fertilizer by the
house which has secured the general agency
for it in Augusta, we regard ib*as one that
will well repay a trial.
THE LEGISLA TUBE.
On the 3d the following bills were intro
duced:
To amend the charter of the Athens and
Clayton Railroad.
To amend the charter of Milledgeville.
Among Senate bills passed was the bill
repealing the act of the last Legislature pre
veLting gaming in bar-rooms. Repealed as
to adults, and is applicable only to minors,
who are obliged to have the written consent
of parents.
A bill to amend the charter of Georgia
Railroad, so as to authorize it to aid Port
Royal road. Passed.
On the 4th a bill was presented in the
Senate to amend the charter of the Georgia
Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Compauy.
The following passed :
To amend the garnishment laws; to in
struct the State Treasurer to destroy all
bonds, coupons and certificates of the
State’s indebtedness that may become the
property of the State ; to repeal the act to
protect the Stute in the sale of kerosene
oil; to change the law of evidence, so as to
allow the introduction of books and other
incorporated companies as evidence.
The bill extending aid to the Camilla,
Cuthbert and Columbus Road was lost.
The bill to authorize the Georgia Rail
road Bank to settle with private depositors,
and providing for surrendering the State’s
deposits for that purpose was lost by a vote
of 22 to 12.
On th sth, Mr. Gilmore introduced bills
to provide for the sale of the capitol build
ing and Executive Mansion in Atlanta, and
to remove the seat of Government to Mil
ledgeville.
In the Executive session the following
County Judges were confirmed :
Jasper—John Dyer; Morgan—Charles
H. Andrews; Elbert—W. T. VanDuzer;
Hancock—Frank L. Little ; Pulaski—Jno.
Henry; Lincoln—Benjamin T Tatum;
Brooks—E. R. Harden; Wilkes—S. H.
Hardeman.
The bill to amend the Constitution so
far as to prevent the payment of certain il
legal endorsed bonds was discussed to ad
journment.
In the House the following passed :
A dHI to prevent cruelty to animals, and
to impose a penalty for cock fighting and
dog fighting, occasioned a warm delate.
On the 3d a bill was introduced to amend
the charter of the Augusta and Hartwell
railroad; also to create a Board of Commis
sioners for Franklin county.
The bill prohibiting fishing and hunting
ou Sunday, introduced by Mr. Dußose
passed.
The bill exempting licensed apothecaries
from jury duty passed.
James Walker received the appointment
as inspector of fertilizers and kerosine for
Augusta.
The bill incorporating Arkwright Manu
facturing Company, of Savannah, and favor
ing the policy of exempting manufactures
from taxation for the first ten years of their
existence, was called from the table, and
passed by a vote of 84 to 35.
Cureton, of Dade, introduced a bill pro
viding for the sale ot the Alabama and
Chattanooga load by the State, to pay the
interest on bonds and laborers’ liens.
The Senate resolutions authorizing the
Governor to bid at sales when the State
was interested was concurred in by the
House.
The bill to regulate the weighing cotton
and to provide for the appointment of sworn
weighers, was made the special order for
Friday. It provides that alter September
Ist, all cotton sold in the State must be
weighed by public sworn weighers, who
shall procure license from the Ordinary, and
receive 15 cents on each bale. Said weigh
er swear to make no deduction in weight for
water, or for any cause whatever; but a
difference can be made in the price amount
ing to a deduction for water and dirt, but
must not be made in weight. No recla
mation is to be made on mixed or two
sided bales, which are declared to be bales
which contain more than one class of cot
ton, which fact can be ascertained by the
ordinary process of sampling. Reclamation
may be made on cotton which is declared
to be cotton with which dirt, stones, or
other foreign matter, other than dust, are
mixed. Where there is saturation to the
damage of cotton, which can only be dis
covered by opening the bale, the vio
lation is to be punished by fine and impris
onment.
Mr. Nutting’s bill to provide for issuing
bonds to the amount one million two hun
dred thousand dollars, to meet past due
bond and bonds falliug du', passed.
A bill to provide for the compensation of
election managers passed. The original
bill was introduced by Mr. Mills, and only
applied to Chatham coutny, but it was af
terward amended and given a general ap
plication.
For the Gazette.]
Mr. Editor : In this time of political
confusion, it is not only natural, but proper
and becoming, that the people of the South
should seek in every correct way, to ascer
tain and obtain, if possible, the redemption
from the evils which oppress and the high
est fortune this fine country can a'tain to.
Some hope to achieve these results through
the Federal government, others, equally in
earnest, anticipate our enfranchisement
through the development of the unbounded
resources of this favored soil. lam desir
ous that it shall prove that both are right;
that the government will return to its first
affection, the inherited principles of con
stitutional liberty. Let us hope that the
sober, second thought of the whole country
will realize the truth of that instructive
lesson—no people long maintain their his
torical posit! n when they traverse the
principles upon which the national charac
ter is formed. Let us also, by the means
unquestionably at command, find out what
may be done for the advancement of our for
tunes. But first it is necessary to determ
ine clearly what we want, and then to
pursue that want earnestly and consistently.
Individuals who change their purposes and
plans capriciously, do not succeed work
ing out high fortunes; so it is widj commu
nities—suceess crowns consisten*and har
monious labors. I take it, then, that
Georgia first desires political liberty; that
there shall be no intervention, nor the fear
of intervention, on the part of the govern
ment at Washington with the control of
local, domestic interests, and secondly the
constant progress of the State in wealth and
greatness.
I will now proceed to consider some of
the means that may conduce to these re
sults. It will be unnecessary to separate
the political and economic views, as they
will be influenced by the same causes. f
is to the interest of the State, not simpiy
that the farmer should learn how to make
the largest crop upon any given area of
ground, but to secure the result of labor
sufficient to cultivate as much of his lands
as can be used for the purposes of agricul
ture, It cannot be denied that a large por
tion of the territory of Georgia is idle and
unproductive. In this county, it is not an
exageration to say that three acres could be
profitably cultivated, where oue now is, and
it is probable that such is the proportion
throughout the State. If by immigration
the land now practically worthless should
be cultivated, how much the power and
wealth of the State would be increas
ed.
But further, good policy requires the de
velopment of mineral and manufacturing re
sources and the various arts’ throughout our
territory. Such increase of population and
wealth not only insures more power as its
direct result, but commands for us more
consideration and respect from the enemies
of the South. The strong are never in
such danger of oppression as the weak. —
The diversity of industrial pursuits secures
independence in peace and war. There is
more comfort maintained where population
and the arts are concentrated within smaller
limits. And also by the introduction of
new industries, the popular intellect is ex
ercised in different channels,and this is to the
improvement of the whole. There is mo
stunted growth as where the mind is exer
cised in one form and repressed in all other
directions. The different interests and
classes mutually benefit each other by com.
munion and association.
I have been led, Mr. Editor, into this
train of thought by the convention which
is to meet in Augusta next week. Its.
business will be to advauce the economic in
terests of the South by making such ar
rangements as will contribute to its good.
It will be necessary for our spirited people
everywhere to co-operate in the useful work
that has been inaugurated. If we succeed in
will these contemplated enterprises,the North
no more regard the South as weak, depend
ent, helpless, and in their power. I think
our children, and perhaps ourselves will live
to sec the time when they will flatter and
cringe to us as of old.
It is premature to consider the questions
which are likely to divide parties in the
State elections of 1874, and especially will
loom into magnitude in the presidential
election of 1876. But I cannot forbear en
tirely from one which has already cast its
shadow before. I refer to the doctrine ol
manifest destiny—the annexation of territo
ry adjacent to the United States. In the
time preceding the late war, many people
in the South were opposed to the extension
of our limits. But times have changed,
and men should change with them. Until
1860 the Federal government was mainly
conducted on States rights principles. But
this happy condition of things does not now
exist. The South should seek by the in
troduction of ne<f forces, to increase its
political weight. It is a commonly receiv
ed maxim that the more extended an em
pire is the weaker it becomes in its admin
istration. This cannot be pronounced to be
universally correct, though in its practical
operatic ns, especially in the matter before
us, it may safely be considered the true
rule. A country cannot be too large, where
its population is homogeneous aDd its inter
ests the same. But where populations vary
in character, and interests are not identified,
e hen, in order to secure the stability and
power of the whole, local government be
comes a necessity. The influence of the
central government becomes less in its ab
sorption of power the further you recede
from the capitol. The necessary diversity
of interests and new sentiments contributes
in the same direction. The inability of the
central government to subserve their best
interests is felt more and more, and conse
quently the importance of State rights is
appreciated only the higher The dis
tant portion of an empire, influenced by
common principles of human action, will
stimulate each other to assert, and unite to
maintain, the rights of their States. I think
the true policy of the South is to favor an
nexation. New territories will naturally be
our allies in the defence of States rights, and
in inducing the return of the government
to correct principles. Let the South then
favor annexation until “the whole bouud
less continent is ours.” There are domes
tic issues in the North which must ulti
mately influence their politics. I refer to
the social problems of capital and labor.—
Their relations are questions of the highest
moment in all very wealthy and industrious
communities. These interests will natural
ly, in the neccessary consideration of their
own home matters, divert them from unjust
interference with us.
You will understand, Mr. Editor, that I
am hopeful of the future. In despite of all
the difficulties of the position, Georgia
should clearly understand the situation,
adapt herself to the emergencies of the liv
ing present by her own strong sense,
determine upon a settled policy, political
and economic, and then pursue her wants
intelligently and without confusion. Prov
idence has not fated that the sunny and
gifted South should sink into lethargy and
weakness. On the contrary, I feel assured
that, unless God has altered the principles
and causes of human success, she will yet
attain to power and material prosperity
rarely paralelled in the world’s history.
Mistakes and supineness can only delay the
resu'ts; the great current of life must needs
carry us torward to the fortunes of the bril
liant future. Loyalty to the coining time
Only r.quiiei of u-an earnest co-ope ation
with those causes which insure the good of
ourselves and our children.
Castleton.
For the Gazette.]
A SHORT SERMON,
BV A. C.
“Grace be with all them that love our Lord
Jesus Christie sincerity.” Eph., vi., 24.
This is the closing salutation of Paul to
the Ephesians, expressing an earnest desire
and prayer that they might be in the enjoy
ment of God’s grace, and not cnly they, but
also all that love our Lord Jesus C.irist iu
sincerity.
Let us notice the titles ascribed to the /Sa
viour.
1. “Lord.” Ihe essential dic/nit// of
Christ is here presented —His God-head.—
The divinity ot Christ is one of the bright
est gems in the book of Revelation. He is
indeed the Lord of all. Monarchs, princes,
powers, and dominions are all subject to
Him. He sways his sceptre over universal
empire. Heaven is his throne, earth is his
footstool!
Notice Ilis official character. “Jesus,”
the Saviour. How sweet the name to the
truly awakened penitent soul; his precious
blood procures pardon to the guilty, life To
the dead, and salvation to the lost.
2. Love m the heart of the believer . “To
all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ.”
It is real in its nature —“in sincerity.”—
Love is the soul of true piety. The soul
drawn to, and fixed on Jesus. How super
lative this love ; how it surpasses human
love, as the overflowing of the weighty river
surpasses the ordinary stream, or as the
fathomless ocean surpasses its ordinary trib
utaries This love is active in its influences.
It has a powerful effect on the life and con
duct of its possessor. When the fire of love
burns in the heart, it will flame out in the
active zeal and fervid benevolence of the de
voted servants of Jesus.
3. Notice the desire expressed by the
Apostle. What an expausive Christian spir
it ! The blessing he most desired for his
brethren was grace; a continuance of grace;
a growth in grace. The extent of this de
sire was to all who love Je us. Here is no
sectarian spirit. Here was a heart open to
receive and embrace all sincere lovers of Je
sus. Whatever might be their outward sta
tion or peculiar views of truth, if they sin
serely loved the Lord Jesus Christ he
heartily wished them gracious spiritual
prosperity, laying the pattern for us that
we should take cheerfully by the hand those
who hold the head. Let us then learn to
adopt the prayer and cherish the desire ex
pressed in the text —Grace be with all thorn
that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity;
and let all Christians desire and pray that
sinners may be brought, by divine grace, to
sincerely love our Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all who love the Lord,
And who are guided by His word,
Who meditate upon his law,
And hope and courage from it draw.
May all the saints in love abide,
Looking to Christ, tbe crucified ;
May grace abound yet more and more,
Till they shall reach the heavenly shore.
ELBERT COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY.
The officers of the Elbert County Bible
Society would say that the agent, Mr. H.
H. Parks, employed by the sooiety to can
vass this county, is now at work and they
respectfully ask the citizens generally to as
sist the society and the agent, in this enter
prise. Mr. Parks will supply the Gazette
with the facts as he progresses, concerning
the number of families visited, number
without tbe Bible and number of Bibles
given away, sold, &c. The following is his
report for the first week’s labors:
Families visited 35
White families without Bibles 4
Colored “ “ “ 10
Bibles donated 6
Bibles sold 11
Testumen ts sold '2
Visited Church >tt Concord on Sabbath
last, and received donations for this society,
We earnestly solicit for M* - . Parks the
attention and kind reception of the people
wherever he may go, and trust that be will
be received with that hospitality always ac
corded by the citizens of Elbert, and which
the claims of this great and good cause de
maud.
Dr. M. P. Deadwyler, Pres’t.
Jno. H. Jones, Scc’y. and Treas’r.
Mr. Parks requests us to say that he is
aiso agent for two valuable books, which he
has no hesitation in recommending. “Three
Years iu a Man-Trap” and “Dr. Livingstone
in Africa.”
The Aldine for February is in every re
spect equal to the sanguine expectations
excited by the January number of this rc
markable periodical, of which each issue
appears to be the climax until its successor
appears. The opening U mag
nificent full page by J. D. Woodward, ol
Puncheon liuu Falls, one of the most de
lightful pictures possible to conceive. Three
smaller illustrations by the same artist, il
lustrative of an article on Virginia scenery,
with especial reference to the beauties of
Blue Ridge. Mr. Woodward, as a draughts
man certainly will rank with Thos. Moran,
and we shall always regard the specimens
of his exquisite taste in landscape as among
the foremost attractions which the shrewd
ness and tact of the publishers offer the
patrons of The Aldine. There are other
beautiful illustrations by splendid artists in
this number of The Aldine. The literature
of the present number leaves nothing to be
desired in the way of excellence and variety.
$5 per year with premium Oil Chromes
“Village Belle,” and “Crossing the Moor,”
14x20 inches. James Sutton & Cos., Pub
lishers, 58 Maiden Lane, New York.
The Southern Cultivator, for Februmy
is before us, this is a Monthly Magazine, for
the Plantatien, the Garden and the Family
Circle. Athens, Ga ; W. L. Jones, Editor
aud Proprietor. Terms, $2 a year iu ad
vance.
Spalding county is laid up with small
pox.
With good weather, the Augusta and
Port Royal Railroad will be finished within
the next thirty days. The rails arc being
laid at the rate of half a mile per day.
A company has been formed in Atlanta,
and have purchased the machinery for man
ufacturing barrels, kegs and buckets, and
expect to be iu full Had in about forty
days.
The Augusta .Journal is the name of a
new pa P er just established in Augusta. The
paper is to be published weekly, as a politi
cal aud literary journal, and is under the
editorial control ot Mr. IT. E. Whitfield.—
Politics Conservative. Terms, $2 per an
num.
The Macon Enterprise says : “It is no
use denying the fact that Macon has more
sickness in her midst at this time than at.
any time within the recollection ot her old
est citizens. ”
SELLING OFF
AT
Cost for Cash
TN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ILL HEALTH OF
-L one of the firm>(he being recommended by
physician and friends to retire from the busi
ness), we will sell our entire stock of goods at
cost (with freight added) for cash.
All indebted to our house are earnestly soli
cited to come forward immediately and settle.
A. C. THORNTON & CO.
WATTSOW & CLARFS
mmmmwm,
WE, AS GENERAL AGENTS, OFFER FOR
sale, in new sacks, fresh from the manu
utactory, the above tertilizer at S6O per ton,
adding the expense of freight from Savannah,
payable first of November next.
We honestly believe, fron reports to us from
those who used it last year, and our own expe
rience in the use of it, that there is nothing su
perior to it In this country as a good and relia
ble fertilizer for crops of Cotton and Corn.
J. J. PEARCE, BUTLER & CO.,
Cotton Factors, Jackson street,
Feb’y, 1873. Augusta, Ga.
GEORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY.
To the Superior Court of said County.
The petition of Sidney P. Bruce, John T.
McCarty,and William T. VanD'izer, all of whom
are citizens of said county, respectfully show
that they and their successors desire to be tn
eorported as a body corporate and politic, to be
known and designated as Trustees of the Elber
ton Presbyterian Church, with full power to
bold, possess, and convey all real and personal
property that may be necessary for the use of
said church and congregation, witli power to
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer
and be answered unto, in any court of law or
equity of this State in which tbe rights of said
church may be litigated, to institute and main
tain any suit for damages done to or any tres
pass upon the church house or grounds, or any
thing appertaining thereto, and, with the con
sent and authority of said church, to add to said
property any other property, real or personal,
by purchase, grant, gift, or otherwise, and, with
the authority aforesaid, to dispose of said prop-
erty or any part thereof.
That the franchise and privilege herein prayed
for shall be exercised and enjoyed by said corpo
ration and their successors for and during the
term of twenty years, and shall, in addition to
the privileges herein asked for, exercise any and
all other privileges allowed by the statutes of
this State to private corporations not in conflict
with tbe Constitution ot this State and of the
United States.
And, as in duty bound, your petitioners will
ever pray, &c. SIDNEY P. BRUOE,
JOHN T. McCARTY.
Feb. 11, 1872. WILLIAM T. VanDUZER.
Ifcfo
A PRO CLAMATIbyr
pEORGIA—BY JAMES M. SMITH,
Governor of said State.
Whereas, A vacancy caused by the death of
Hon A. R, Wright, elected in and by the Eighth
Congressional District to the Forty-third Con
gress of the United States, exists:
Now, therefore, I have thought it proper to
isue this, my Proclamation, ordering that the
polls be opened, and an election be held on the
26th day of February next
in the counties of Columbia, Elbert, Glasscock
Greene, Hancock, Hart, Jefferson, Johnson, Lin
coln, McDuffie, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Taliafer
ro, Warren, Was ington, and Wilkes, in accord,
ance with the rules and regulations prescribed
for holding elections for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, at the same places that the Gov
ernor and members of the General Assembly are
elected, for one Representative in the Forty
third Congress of the United States, to fill the
term for which the Hon. A. R Wright deceased,
was elected.
Given under my hand and the great seal
/ -j of the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta,
■j L. S. V in the year A. D. 1873, of the independ
-1 ’ ence of the United States the 97th.
By the Governor: JAMES M. SMITH.
N. C. Baisne.t, Secretary of State.
XmoDEL NEWSPAPER.
The Savannah Daily News
The Savannah Daily Morning News is acknow
ledged by the press and people to be the best
daily paper south of Louisville and east of New
Orleans. Carrying with it the prestige and re
liabilitv ot age, it has all the vigor and vitality
of youth, and its enterprise as a gatherer of the
latest and freshest news has astonished its con
temporaries and met the warm approbation of
the public.
During t{je year 1873, no expense of time, la
bor, and money will be spent to keep the Morn
ing News ahead of all competitors in Georgia
journalism and to deserve ti e flattering encomi
ums heaped upon it from till quarters There has,
as yet, been no serious attempt made to rival the
special telegrams which the Neu-s inaugurated
some years ago, and the consequence is that the
reader in search of the latest intelligence al
ways looks to the Morning News. The telegraph
ic arrangements of the paper are such that the
omissions made by the general press reports are
promptly and reliably supplied by its special
correspondents.
The Morning News has lately been enlarged to
a thirty-six column paper, and this broad scope
of type embraces, daily, everything of interest
that transpires in the domain of Literature, Art,
Science, Politics, Religion, and General Intelli
gence; giving to the reader more and better di
gested matter than any other paper in the State.
It is, perhaps, needless to speak of the politics
of the Morning News. For years and years—indeed
since its establishment—it lias been a represent
ative Southern paper, and from that time to the
present, in all conjunctures, it. has consistently
and persistently mairtained Democratic MHtes
Rights principles, and Inhered with an ardor and
devotion that know' no abatement, to promote
and preserve the interests and honorot the South
The special features of the Morning News will
)c retained and improved upon during the ensu
ing year, and several new atraclious will be ad
ded.
The Georgia News Items, with their quaint
and pleasant humor, and the epitome of Florida
Affairs, will be continued during the year. The
Local Department will lie, as it has been for the
past yS|,|l.ie most complete end reliable to ho
found flpinylSayaininii paper, and the commer
cial coljfiifisLwiil he full and accurate.
The ;orice|of the Daily is 8-10 per annum; $5
for (5 inffliths; $2 9n lor 3 mos.; $1 for 1 month*
T 1 *l7 Tlt I-H G K HLY SEW ,
This ejliticfb of the Morning News is especially
recommended to tbjfee who have not the facili
it : es for ayfnHy tmnT Everything that has been
said in the foregoing in regard to the daily edi
tion may he said ot the Tri Weekly. It is made
up with great care, and contains the latest dis
patches end market reports. The price of this
edition is sl> ner annum, $3 for 6 mouths, and
$1.50 for 3 months.
THE WEEKLY SEWS.
The Weekly Morning News particularly recom
mends itself to the farmer and planter, and to
those who live off the lines ol' railroad. It is
one of the best family papers in the country, and
its cheapness brings it in t lie reach of all. Thir
ty six solid columns of reading matter,and is mailed
so as to reach subscribers with the utmost
promptness. It is a carefully ami laboriously ed*
ited compendium of the news of the week, and
contains, in addion, itn infinite varinly of other
choice reading matter. Editorials on all topics,
sketches of men, manners, and nshions, tales,
poetry .biography, pungent paragraphs,andeon
densed telegrams enter into its make-up. It con
tains the latest dispatches and market reportsup
to the hour of going to press, and is in all re
spects an indispensable adjunct to every home.
Price—One year, $2; 6 months, $1; 3 months,
50 cents.
Subscriptions for either edition ofthe Morning
News may be sent by express at the risk and ex
pense of the proprietor. Address
J. H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga.
■ffiSjjjgajaw*
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This Machine with present Improvements is guaranteed to meet
every want of the household, for either plain or faqcy work. It
knits all sixes of Stocking* and Socks, wltn heel and toe complete,
and Is a never-ending source of amusement to ladies of leisure, ts
well as profit and easy support to those that require it.
Agents wanted every where by the Bickford
Knitting Machinb Company. Dana Bickford.
President and General Business Supt.. 689 Brood!
wsy, New York.
J. T. McOARTY, Agent.
PHONOGRAPHY
Or Short-Hand Writing.
The undersigned will teach a class in Short,
hand Writing, by which writing can be done as
rapidly as a man can speak The system taught
is that used by the reporters in Congress and
throughout the country generally.
Two courses only are necessary for a thorough
understanding of the system.
Each course will consist of twenty lessons
Terms, per course, $10 —one-half in advance, the
remainder after ten lessons have been given.*
Pupils in the Male Academy can go through
the course without interfering with their other
studies.
For particulars address or apply to
J. T McCARTY, Elberton.
Citation Tor Letters of D'gmlgglon
OTATE OF GEORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY
O Whereas P. A. Wilhite, administrator de
bonis non, with the will amexed, of P. R. Wil
high t, dee'd, represents to the court in his petition
duly filed and entered on record, that ho has fully
administered P. R. Wilhight’s estate, this is
therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they car
why said administrntorshould not he discharged
from his administration and receive letters ot
dismission on the first Monday in Mav, 1873
Jan 22, 72. E. B. TATE, Jr., Ordinary,