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fTjMHMNUfc, GEORGIA, XOV. 1, IH77
Notice. — During the next two or thvee months,
specimen onples of the /MOrange 7?«pdWw* will be
sent to many persons who are not subscribers. Such
persons need not hesitate fo receive the papers, as
no charge will be made for them. All to whom
they are sent are requested to subscribe.
The RrUfnli ParltmeuL lina beeu further pro
rogued to December 10.
El-Gov. James M. Smith bus returned to Oo-
lumbuH, which will be bin home keroiiftor.
Secretary Sherman BtnteB that the receipts
ot Iho goveruuiout ore not paying expousou.
• The correspondent ot tho News doubts
whether Plevna is provisioned for tho winter.
W. I. Hudson is a candidate foi tho Legisla
ture in Hniris county and Capt. lUcse Crawford
ill Muscogee.
Bomb of tho Amoricau workmen who recently
went to England under contract, have joined the
labor strikers. *
Gen. Forrest is still in a critical couditiou.
Ho has been reduced by diarrha) until ho weighs
scarcely a hundred pounds.
A polloI the Unitod States Senate, it is claim
shows a majority iu favor ot the euglu on the
silver dollar of our forefathers.
Advices fron tho liio Umndu rendered neces
sary an interview between tho President and
Secretary Everts in relation to tho Mexican
affairs.
General Grant is in Paris, and was called
upon yesterday by tho Couut do Paris aud Mine.
Mac Mulion. The Italiou Opera gives a special
representation iu his honor.
Rev. Dr. E. T. Baiiid,secretary ot tho Pres
byterian Board ol Publication,of Richmond, Va.,
has been tried and acquitted of the charge of
being a defaulter to the amount ol $7,fc43.
X Daily paper, not a hundred thousand miles
from LoGrange.had five paragraphs copied from
the Reporter, lost Saturday, aud not a word of
Gjftdit. Another reason why the capital should
be removed.
General Howard says the telegraph reporters
have lied about him, and that while ho did not
come up to Joseph at the opportune mo-
meat, he was in at tho death, and deserves hon
orable mention.
The newly nominated Marshal ol G torgia is
a nephew of Wade Hampton, and it is stated
that his appointment was asked for by the South
OMoMfen Governer. So says the Washington
Republican.
A fatal horse disease .is prevailing in Atlan
tic county, New Jersey, and is very mortal to
horses and mules. The citizens arc killing
hogs to prevent them from fulling victims to
the disease.
Edwin Adams, tho actor, died in the arms of
Dan Gardner, at tho residence of tho loiter in
Philadelphia yesterday. He was perfectly con
scious, and called his wife to his bedside and
bade her good-bye.
The aggregate losses by fire in the United
States and Canada during the month of August
amounted to $8,420,300, which is $2,589,400
less than for the game period in 187G. The total
losses to insurance comp mios foot up $4,258,900.
The nomination of Henry W. Hilliard,of Ala
bama, as Minister to Brazil, appears to hang
Are in the Senate, if we may judge by tho fight
made outside on his secession record. If the
implacables have their way he will not visit the
court of Dom Pedro.
The Barnesville Gazette says, concerning tho
Mfeoon Telegraph’s idea of tho State refusing
Atlanta’s offer: “It is really a very discreditable
pooifciou for a journal to preach economy and re
fuse to take three or 'our hundred thousand dol
lars that it has been offered."
The new party, the National Liberal League,
has been organized at Rochester, New York, by
the eleotion of F, E. Abbott, of Boston, as Pres
ident, and forty Vice-Presidents, including R.
G. Ingersoll, G. W. Julian, O. B. Frothingham,
Etjgar Wright and Robert Colyer.
Daring the past year tho consumption of cot
ton reached tho highest poiut ever attained iu
this country, while the valuo of our cotton fabrics
exported has,despite of low prices,reached$7,090
000 within two years, or from $3,090,000 for
the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1875, to $10,180,
000 for the fiscal year ended Juue 30, 1877.
The last ot the gang of Texas outlaws, which
took refuge in Alabama, was arrested by the
Sheriff of Escambia county, Florida. He was
named Henry Sutton aud was tho chum of Jno.
Wesley Hardin, recently arrested in Florida
and convicted in Texas for homicide, aud sen
tenced to the penitentiary for twenty-five
years.
Several members of Congress, from States to
held elections, have had consultations with Mr.
Hayes in regard to tho scope of his civil service
order, and have been assured that “it was never
intended to prevent Federal office-holders from
tolling part in the electiou campaigns after a
tfeket was put in the field.” Ho might have ad
ded, “Or from reversing the verdict of the peo
ple after the ballots aro placed iu the box.”
A Washington correspondent of tho Now York
Tribune says influential Democrats in that city
are now in favor of passing the appropriation
bills this week, and then adjourn promptly.
(Several of them have called upon Hayes with
reference to it. If, ns would seem, tho time cf
the Senate is to be exclusively occupied iu leg
islating to perpetuate fraud and retain a Radi
cal majority in that body, the sooner Congress
aAjoarns the better.
Attorney General Devens has mauaged to
arrive at a novel and very convenient interpre
tation of the civil sorvioo reform order to office-
hol^erp. He says that it was never the inten
tion-of that order to prohibit office-holders from
«Uh3f voting or expressing their Opinions on
the forum or elsewhere. In other words, that
by the terms of the order, office-holders can
take part in political meetings and make stump
■pWUn <UHat A political campaign, provided
It does not interfere with their official duties.
This simply means that the maoh vaunted or
der prohibitinf^bf&fee-ftolders from taking part
in political matters is to bo virtually declared
■all Aft void bereaHt r. Just precisely what
we predicted for it from the beginning. Thus
ends the first soene of the civil service reform
with whioh the country has beeu so long
amused.
i Imhus* bill granting pensions to
eertaln soldiers of the Mexican war, etc., pro
vides for the payment of a pension of eight dol-
fcrs per matth-meh to all surviving officers and
enlisted men, inolading militia and volunteers
of the United States military and navul service
wfto Served sixty days iu said war and were hon-
scsbly discharged, and to the surviving widows
#fppoh officers and enlisted men, provided they
have not remarried. The last House of Repre
sentatives passed-s bill granting pensions to sol-
diers who served in the Seminole, Creek aud
Black Hawk wars, 1)01 the Radical Seua'e was
too baajriu Its schemes for the oousu munition
vfjhjrti Was therefore lost. Justice tothesarvi-
*or» of these wars demands that they should bf
ifiCltided iu any pensiou bill that tnay.be passed
by the present Congress. * -
FAIR AND 8QTTARF. DISCUSSION.
Wo proposo to discuss, with all tho fairness
that is, in us tho subject of the location ot tho
capital. Wo have said a good deal about it
heretofore, and in all that we have suiil, we
have endeavored to bo lair and just towards
those who oppuso us. Abuse or imputation of
wrong motives to our opponents, lias not
been among the means that wo have used to
convince others that Atluutn is tho best place
for tho capital. We have allowed to others
right which wo claim ior ourself, that of decid
ing this important matter according to tho dic
tates of conscience and best judgment. Wo
know that we aro right; wo know that there
aro auioug our readers those who differ with
and think they are right. To justify our c
opinion aud if possible to show those who differ
with us wherein they aro wrong, this article lw
written.
F111BT—A8 TO ECONOMY.
Will it be more economical to have tho capital
remain in Atlanta or to move it to Milledgoville?
This is an important question—perhaps tho
most important that enters into the discussion.
Tho people of Georgia are poor, and they are
heavily taxed notwithstanding their poverty.
Hence, if tho removal will cause any considera
ble expeusc, tho capital ought not to bo moved;
and it tho uou-ruiuoval will cause considerable
expense, it ought to be moved.
Let us suppose first that it is not removed;
will that cause any additional expense? We
swer unhesitatingly, no. Leaving out of
sideiatiou lor awhile, Atlanta’s proposition to
elect a new capital, it will still bo truo economy
lor thu capital to remain where it is. Iu Atlanta
the Slate owns an executive mausion which cost
$100,000,and which may be safely valued at half
that sum now. Tho State also has a capital, tho
cost of which wc have lorgotteu, and which
cannot therefore very well estimate here. This
building, it is claimed, is unsafe. Whether it is
or uot is hard to tell. A Macon architect has
published a statement that it is unsafe; he is an
interested party as almost all Macon men are
Ou tho other hand, three Atlanta architects pub
lished a card last year, giviug their assurance
that it is sale. It may bo claimed that they aro
interested. True, but their reputation is involv
ed iu their publication; they would run a great
risk in publishing a false statement—to say
nothiug of the criminality of indue ug their fel
low-men to continue to inhabit a building which
is liable at auy time to full aud bury them iu its
ruius. It is not likely that they would allow
their interest iu Atlanta to overbalance their
love of truth and their regard lor tho safety ol
their fellows. O/ic man is more likely to be wrong
than three. Moreover, the Representative' Hall
has, several times iu the last year aud a half—
since those reports were circulated—been so
densely packed that there was scarcely room lor
another persou, thus puttiug the alleged unsafe
portion of the building to the severest possible
test. Aud it has uot tumbled yet.
These buildings aio ample for all purposes.
The executive mausion is largo enough, and the
capitol is largo for all the departments of the
government; and a portion of the lower atory is
rented aud brings an income ot $3,000 a year.
This much wo have written to show that if the
State's property iu Atlanta remain in stateo quo,
it will answer all the demands of the State. The
only real faults of the capital arc that it is not
handsome, aud the acoustic properties of the
Representatives' Hall ore not good.
But the ease is still stronger. Atlauta pro
poses to build a new capitol. Two questions
arise here: Will tho city keep its pledges, and
will tho new cup tul bo a suitable ouc.
To tho first we may say, there can bo no
doubt that the city will keep its pledges. If we
think otherwise, we must consider the munici
pal government of Atlauta, and her controlling
citizens entirely devoid ol principle. To make
such pledges to uttain au object aud violate them
after tho o jeet is attained, would be infamous.
We do uot believe that tho leading citizens ol
Atlanta oie ready ^et for infamy. But if they
had no honor about them, it would bo folly lor
them to retain tho capital by fraudulent means.
It would bo lolly because their success would
be short-lived. As soon as the Legislature could
meet and call a convention, the capital would be
moved to Milledgeville. The honest people of
Geo’gia would uot submit to such an advantage;
aud we assure our readers that our voice would
be among tho first to cry out against it. No;
Atlanta could uot hope to retaiu tho capital any
lodger than would be necessary ior the people
to change their verdict, if she obtained it by
foul uieaus. She has nothing to gain and every
thing to lose by acting iu bud faith; therefore
she will uot net in bad faith.
If Atlauta builds a capitol, she will build a
good one; there can be no doubt about tkut,
and it will uot cost any two million or five mil
lion dollars either. This talk about “millions
of dollars” ior a capitol, all originated with tho
Macon Telegraph, aud sillier stuff never wasted
ink. There are, if we remember right, two Cap
itols iu the Uuited States which cost “millions
of dollars” aud they are tho one at Hartford,
Conn., and the ouo at N ishville,Tenu. Atlauta
can build a very jine capitol for $200,000. She
cun build one fairly gorgeous lor $250,000. Why,
Mercer University, in Macon, which is incom
parably finer than auy college building iu the
State, and wbicu is larger thuu the capital needs
to bo, cost, if our memory is light, only $180,-
000, and that was iu 1872 and 1873 when lime^
were flush. Thoso who assert that a new capitol
will cost anything like a million dollars arc ex
travagant in their language. They aro uliko
reckless of truth aud their own reputation.
They presume ou the ignorance of their leaders
or h< urers. If the capital remains iu Atlauta, a
fine capital will be built; it will uot cost tho
State ono cent; and it will not cost tho city
ol Atlanta exceeding $200,000, if that.
Now then, what will be gained by the capital
remoiniug in Atlanta? First, tho executive
mansion will bo saved from sale; second, a fine,
new capital will be given to the State; third,
there will bo no expense of moving; and fourth,
the property of the State being iu a growiug
oily, will henceforth steadily appreciate in
value. What will be lost? Both the capi
tal, and the executive mansion in Mil
ledgeville will either have to bo Bold at a sacri
fice, or given away. Tax-payers, whioh would
be the greater loss—two very flue buildings iu
the largest and most prosperous city in the
State, or two ordinary buildings—one very or
dinary—in a small oounty town with uot
enough prosperity to support a hotel ? Reader,
briug the matter home to yourself, if you owned
the property, which would you rather give up.that
in Milledgoville or that in Atlanta? There can
be but one answer.
Wbat will be gained by moving to Milledge
ville? There is no peouuiury gain that we can
see. As well as wo can reoolleo*, the advocates
of Miiledgeville do not claim any except what
will result from cheap legislation, to which we
will recur directly.
Is the old capitol sufficient for the purposes of
the State? Here, again, is a question difficult
to answer. We have good reasons for thinking
it is not. First? persons who have been iu it,
gentlemen in whose judgements and honesty
we have full confidence, iulorm us that it is not.
Second: the State government needs a great
deal more room now thsu formerly, and it is no 1
'likely that the present wauts ol the gover.. -
meut were anticipated by the builders of tho
old ©spite*. Third: It waa admitted, daring
Gov. Johnson's administration, that the building
was not large euougb, aud the Governor urged
the Legislature to have it enlarged; and this
necessary enlargement has never been made.
Hence, It is,not large enough now; and if not
largeenongh, appropriations will have to be
made to enlarge ft; and if *ppr<q riurUqjr4i»iy$
to bo made, tboro is no economy iu moving
into it.
It is known (hat tho buildings In Atlanta are
suitable and ample; it is not known that thoso
In Milledgeville are; but there iH reason to be
lieve they are uot. Is it wise to give up u cer
tainty lor an uncuitainty ?
Wo find that this article has already extended
beyond our expectations; hence we must bleak
off aud lenew next week.
(Communicated.)
MR. HILL AND HI3 LETTER.
Macon, Ua., Oct., 20, 1877.
Editor Retoutlh: You lmvo no doubt no
ticed the rumpus tliut bus been caused by the
recent letter ol Mr. llill to u citizen ot your
town on the subject ol the removal ol the capi
tal. Many editors iu Georgia have made it the
subject of remark, more or less severe*. Those
who thus make it liie subject of criticism aro
uuiVcisaliy the Iricuds ol Milledgoville. Now,
il I understand the import ol tho letter, it was
in response to au invitation from his old Irieuds
aud neighbors of Troup to addresB thorn on the
pending issue. Nairn ally those among whom
he v r years livud,and by whom ho was esteemed
lor his great talents ami high ptrsoual qualities,
desired to hear his views ou this topic. lie
could not visit them iu person, owiug to the
near approuch oi tho opening of tho extra ses
sion oi Congress,but wrote down his ideas ou ; a-
pcr. This has culled dowu upon him tho liouest
thunders ol thu friends of Milledgoville, aud
haw been au almost inexhaustible theme lor com
ment by them. Not only has it been made the
text in one daily for lengthy comment, but the
lesser lights oi the “fourth estate” have takeu
up tho hue auij cry, and week by week, pour in
to tho uuiortunale letter and its author buoIi a
bioudsnlcoi virtuous iudiguutiou and concen
trated wrath us lew men can survive.
Now, what lias Mr. Ilill dono—what horrible
crime has ho committed to deservo such unspar
ing condemnation? What is there iu his letter
to merit censure ? There is neither counsel to
treason nor advice looking to tho destruction oi
property in it. Nolliing ol the sort. But ou
tho contrary,tho letter was lull of argument why
the capital should rotnuiu where it is. “This is
thu heud aud lront of his offending. It hath
this extent, no more.” This advice ho had a
polled right to givo. Nor did Ids position as a
Senator offer tho least obstacle, or was it thu
slightest impediment iu tho way ol his corres
ponding with his old friends ou this or auy ques
tion iu which thero was a community of interest
or feeling.
The truth is Mr. Hill is surrounded by an ar
my of enemies. Ilis every act is watched; his
every word criticized. His great talents cuuso
him to lower n bead and shoulder ubove those
who envy him. Especially did liis success iu
iho Senatorial election ruise up a squad ot en
vious porsoLH.who, to insure their owu advance
ment, aro willing to pull down or destroy the
highest character aud tho noblest intellect ot
this great State. From the doso ol (he war to
the present hour of Iray, Blanche aud Sweet
heart, little dogs and all, have ban following
alter him, aud ever aud anon giviug a snap or a
snarl. Misrepresentation bccuiuo hourly; but
Mr. Hill survived. Abuse came hot and thiuk;
he did uot die. Sarcasm and irony were leveled
at him; but ho pursued the oven teuor ol his
way, unshaken by the storm, unmoved by the
thuuder.
But while such was tho case,while men calling
themselves Democrats were charging Mr. Hill
with consorting with the other party, it no
doubt has beeu noticed that oven when stinging
under insult aud wrong inflicted iu thu house oi
his ltieuds, he was over ready with pen and
tongue to do belli r lor democracy. You will
bear mu witness that no one man in Georgia 1ms
done more hard work lor less pay. It he tailed
ol success us a candidate,his eloquent voice was
powerful in behalf of others. 'When radicalism
was^a power here,and herculean work had to bo
done to prevent Democracy from shining the
late of Cornwallis at Yorktowu, it was Mr. Hill
who caiuo to tho rescue and by his tireless exer
tions rescued our people Iroiu lurther servitude.
When a cliuuipiuu wuu needed lu dc.cud the
(South lroui the assaults of Blaine, ho was by
common consent selected. Everywhere aud ou
every occasion where great intellectual battles
hud to bo fought—when tho highest and graud-
scst geuius was to bo employed—his were the
services sought for. And yet, uotwiths:und-
iug alljthis, be is assailed without measure—his
motives questioned, aud his object miscon
strued.
This unfortunate letter renewed tho storm. It
was hardly a day old ere the kuights of the quill
prepared to attack. Wilh ouo accord they sailed
in, each ut a given poiut. With ouo accor d they
declared thus and so, aud in loud voice uttered
condemnation. Aud ail because he was honest
enough to givo his opinion upon au important
question iu a trank and manly way.
Tho wiiler of these lines is not unmindful of
tho high mission of the press. Ho thoroughly
understands its junctions, its duties and privi
leges. It is, in his opinion tho prerogative of
the press to correct error and iu every other way
subsetve tho publio interest. It may do this,
in auy of tho modes which an intollegent under
standing of affairs may dictate. But it haB no
right to condemn individual instances of senti
ment or opiuiou. Yours truly,
A Hill Man.
Tue Raleigh News says tho following pro
ceedings wero had iu Davidson county in that
State before a Radical magistrate, just after tho
f war:
State )
vs. >• Warrant.
William Smith. )
Whereas, John Jones has made oath that Wil
liam Smith chased and beat John Jouos’ bull
and killed him and ale him against his consent,
yon aro hereby commanded, &c.
Tho trial came ou and tho entry indicating tho
disposition of the warrant was:
Case dismissed, main State’s witness sol
aside for lying.”
There is, says the St. Louis Republican,
something so natural in the metamorphosis,that
no ono will be surprised to fiud that tho carpet-
baggeis who have disappeared from the South
are beginning to appear as Communist and la
bor-reform orators in Northern oities. One of
the vagrants from Louisiana has turned up in
that role in Baltimore, and more are sure to be
heard of iu otbor oities, tor the work to be done
is so much like that those men have boon doing
in the South, they aro certain to fiud it at onco
the most congenial and profitable employment
they oan fiud for their peculiar taleuts.
There is a prisoner in the Iowa peuitontiarj*.
Graham by name, though he calls himself
Geueral Deathbell,” who iu i860 was Bent up
lor twenty years on a charge ot orimiual assault,
tho witnesses against him beiug his wife aud an
other woman. Tho wife subsequently confessed
that she had sworn falsely and his daughter that
he had been wrongfully accused, but no steps
have beeu taken towards establishing i is inuo-
oeuoo or securing his release. He is now a man
of titty-three, paralized and of weak mind. If
he had beeu a Republioan State Treasurer ho
would never have been seut up.
After three hundred years of abscenso,shoals
of herrings appeared this year on the coast ol
Denmark. The fish was for many centuries the
chief source of revenue of the country, and the
Danes naturally hope that it may not soon
again disappear, as it did suddenly one uulumn
over three hundred years ago.
The Columbus Enquirer wants “General
Toombs to be the next Governor of Georgia,and
General Gordou to ^iK’cetd himself."
FORAGING ON OUR EXCHANGES.
—Mrs. M. A. IIuuuul died suddenly in An
gus* a.
—Heavy ruins fell on tho Saudersville Fair on
Thursday, •
—The total registration in Augusta up to tho
25th wuh 534.
Mr. W. C, CoHsenufof Savuuuah, died iu tbut
oily Thursday.
—A one-armed lawyer in Hartwell kills two
ducks at a shot.
—Augusta has received to date 30,473 bales
of cotton against 43,589 last year.
—A faw n was captuied at a water tank on tho
Northeastern Railroad, near Lula City, last
—A young whito girl, 12 years old in Hart
oounty, picked 224 ponuds ot cotton one day
last week.
—A man named Lancaster attompod to shoot
his brothcr-iu-luw, who is a preacher, iu Hull
couuty tho oilier day.
—The Deputy Marslialship of tho Southern
District ol Georgia has been tondered Captain
John W, Audcrsou.
—Mr. Randolph, living near Jefferson, lost
his dwelling house by lire on snturday night, in
cluding two halos ol cotton.
—Both tho Saudersville aud Thoiuasvillo lairs
olosed Saturday. That of tho latter plaoo was
the largest aud boat exposition.
—Tho new free bridge across tho Flint river
at Flat (Shoals, between thu counties oi 1’fko aud
Meriwether, has beoneoinplelod.
— Mr. Joel Gresham, of Buiko county, carried
a halo of cotton to Waynesboro last week that
woighed twelve hundred pounds.
—Messrs. Malaies tfc Mauuary lost their ware
house, sixty bales of cotton and two now gin-
houses last week iu Pike couuty. Incendiary fire.
The Chicago Journal puls this conundrum:
“Wonder if Clara Morris would do as much for
hor husband as for her deceased horse—carry
around oue ol his old 6hoes?"
—Mr. P. W. Alexander has bought tho resi
dence of Mr. John R. Winters, and nlso the lat
ter’s interest in the Keunesaw Mill, aud will ro-
side pertnuuily iu Marietta.
—Tho commissiouor of Agriculruro thinks
from the numerous letters ho has received the
tide of emigration from the North uud West will
soon turn to Georgia. All are welcome.
—Colton stealing from tho piles left over night
in the fields;is getting epidemic iu soino parts of
tho State. Lust Saturday night over ono thous
and pounds disappeared liom a field near Barnes
ville.
—The Gaiuesville Eaglo says: Tho reputa
tion of Findley and other miues luDahlonega es
tablishes tho fact that Georgia can boast oi as
rich a mining belt as can bo found in auy por
tion of tho globe.
—The Covington Star says that Daniel Ed
wards, au old negro, who lives within tho incor
poration of the city, will malm uiuo bales of cot
ton and corn enough to do his six. He only
worked one mule.
—In Pickens county a former U. S. Deputy
Marshal, (Samuel Kenny, who had committed u
misdemeanor, killed the bailiff who, at tho head
i f a posse of twelve men, was endeavoring to
arrest him. The posse fired ou aud killed Keii-
uy.
—A bill of iujuuotiou has beeu filed by some
of the parties through wuoso laud the North
Georgia miners have obtained permission to
cut ditches, etc., from thu Legislature, ami thty
were lestiuined liom proceeding under then
charter.
— Stafford Davis, Sr., of Coffee county, was
thiee years oid when the Decimation oi lud6-
peudeuce was signed iu 177L». He recent y mar
ried n young lady in her teens, who presented
l.im with a sou and heir ou Ins oue hundred
and tilth birthday.
—The Covington Enterprise mentions the ru
mor that a young lady, lonneily ol Newton
county, of pleasing adilnss, and possessed of
rare charms ot beauty and intelhct, and who
was esteemed and admired lor her modesty, is
leading an abandoned life ntCiucmntti.
—A Spalding county man shot a negro in his
corn field the other night, and thinks lio killed
him. There were two others iu the field, and it
is supposed that they have cither buried their
fellow thief, or, if he is uot dead, that they
have placed him where he can’t bo found.
—The Democracy ol Randolph county, in
muss meeting, has deemed it inexpedient to
make any nomination for Representative from
that count}’. Two gentlemen are iu tho field,
Mr. J. J. McDonald aud Mr. W. M. Tumliu,
and they are inaugurating a lively campaign iu
the county-
—A special to tho Constitution, says at the
Thomasvillo Fair tho Grange premiums were
awarded as follws: To. the Quitmau Grange,
$100—the best stock display to the Boston
Grange, lor the best general display,$100; to the
Ocklodkonee Grange, lor the display of articles
of homo manufacture,$100.
—On Wednesday quite a sanguinary engage
ment took place at Brooks’ Station, on tho Sel
ma, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad, be
tween Mr. McCulliuin, an attorney, aud three
brothers, uaux*d John, Frank and Tice Btassell,
sons of Mr. Willis Brassed, lately deceased. It
originated about a law suit. Guns and pistols
wero used. Some wounded, blit none mortally.
—In tho face of the figures given by tho State
road officials ol tho iuoroase iu oorn, bacon,
wheat, etc., brought into Georgia this year over
last, the Constitution quotes tho Atlanta mer
chants os testifying unanimously “that thero is
not more than one-half the demand for corn and
moat in Georgia that there was four years ago
and that tho demand has steadily decreased
every year, • -»•
—Messrs. Lewis, Leonard & Co., Hawkins-
ville,throe bunkers, have made advancements oi
fifty thousaud dollars upon eleven hundred
bales ol cotton now stored in tho warehouses at
liawkinsville. Of this amount five hundred
hules aro owned by farmers and the retnauiug
six hnudred by merchants. Evidently some
body must bo expocting an advance iu tho price
of cotton.
—The enlargement of Augusta Canal, which
was commenced in 1871, was finished last Sat
urday, by the completion of the dam across the
Savannah river at the Looks. The original esti
mate ot the cost, made by Mr. Ol instead and
presented in a report to the City Counoil in
July, 1871, was $371,COG 56. The actual cost
from first to last has been $968,036 93. The
capacity of the canal before enlargement was
800 hor6© power, and its present capacity is 14,-
000 horse power.
—The Postmaster General received a short
time ago a letter lr’om a citizen of u Georgia
towu containing an application for the postmas
tership, and assigniuiug some rather novel rea
sons why his application should bo favorably re.
ceived the applicant said that ho was a poor
man with thirteen girls ou his bauds: that the
present postmaster was a native ol the South,
but was born iu New Hampshire, and that he
owned the biggest hotel in town and made pleu-
ty of money out of it. Au answer has been re
turned to the edict that the present postmaster
should not be censured Lecuase he was born in
the North, as that was a matter beyond his con
trol; that the fuot of his owning a hotel was not
cause for removal, and aH o the thirteen daugh
ters be could not be inudo responsible tor their
existence. Therefore, unless some better reas
on lor his removal should be advanced, the De
partment felt constrained not to disturb him.
New Advertisements.
'SyHteinntlcaiulporHl itont ndvortlMtiigln the h
SHERIFF'S 8ALES.
WILT* bo Hold before tho court boiimt door Iu tho city
>» id 1 i>uiruiiKo, Un., oil tho ilrnt Tuesday in Duo.
1877, wiUiiu tho legul hour* of nuIo, to the hijffu »t bidder
or wish, the following property to-witi
About 4,00(1 pouudrt ol Heed cotton
hut *u«ftnwhtto win' hV^tumd! Vnl "ami
brought to laiUrange lor sale to Butlefy a 11. t» .lu Troup
»»• *.*»v*imigt' ior Haic io Bulimy a n. la .in iroi
Superl.>r Court iu favor ol J. T. Ferrell va. Thomas
A Iho,
At tho sumo tlmo and placo, will bo sold:
One black-rtnith nliop aud lot lu potmoBBlon of defend*
. .it, A. It. Jennliiyauiul iu tliu v 11- u ol UnrrlauuvUhi,
Troup county, cent ’»elng about one-fourth acre lu tho
south east corner t
......v. ... roads' junction. Also,about
i«u m n n oi lot No. lUtl, commonly call. d tho Cryer hit,In
poBsoaaloii of Hen Hurka, colored, aud W. A. Formby.
AlHo,tiir hIiou shop lot aud Iioiihu iu liarriHonvillu, bound*
cd north, east and went by W. J. Ringer, south by the
l'hllpot lei ry ami llogauHvlIlo road—Iu Haul. I DcDniilol's
poaaeaalou. Notices given. Levied on as A. It. Jennings
proport) by virtuo ora ft. m. (lu favor or Moore. Marsh a
Co., vs. JouuingH uud Loltln) Iroiu Troup Huporior Court.
• W. O. 8. MARTIN, Shorin'.
APPLICATION FOR ADMINISTATION.
QUOlUilA, TKOU1? COUNTY.
OnuiNAiiv’a Omen, Oct. 81, 1877.
rpo all whom it may concern: lliram K. llrady having In
JL proper form applied to iuu lor perinunent lettcrM of
lutiuinlstrution on tno cstuto ol Mrs. Lottie llrady, late
ot Hald county,MceoaHod. This la to cite all uud singular,
the croditora uud next of kin of Mro. Lottie llrady, to be
and appear ut my ulhce on or bulbro the first Monday in
December m xt, to allow oauso, ii auy they cun, why per*
* administration should nut bo granted to Ulraut K.
s. Lottie llrady.
WM. C. YANCEY, Ordinary.
llrady on the estate c
APPLICATION FOR ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA TROUP OOUNTY.
Ordinary's Omen, October 25,1877.
W HEREAS, Qeorgo B Slaughter, late of Maoon coun
ty, State of Alabama, deceased, H it un estate iu
this county, which 1h unrepresented and likely to remain
ho, notice 1h hereby given to all concerned, kindred and
creditors to show eauae, If any they can, on or before tho
llrat Monday lu December next, why tho udminiHirutiou
of said estate should nut bo voatod In thu Clerk of tho Hu
porior Court. WM. C. YANCEY, Ordinary.
APPLICATION FOR DISMISSION.
GEORGIA, TROUP COUNTY.
Ordinary's Office, October 31,1877,
W HEREAS, Henry M. Brady, admluintralor ou eatato
of Mary Cameron, deceased, represents to the
Court, iu hla petition, duly filed and entered on record,
that he hua fully udmiuiaturod Mary Cumcron's estate.
This la therefore, to cite all peraoua concerned, kiudred
aud erditora, to allow eauae, If any they cun, why auld
udmiuiatrutor should uot be discharged from hla admin
istration, uud receive letters ol dismission, on the first
Monday lu March, 1877.
WM. O. YANCEY, Ordinary.
B
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Y VIRTUE of an ordor of tho court of ordinary, will
be sold at the rctddcuco ol Georgo \V. McGee, Hr.,
.if Troup county decoaaod, oil thu personal prop
erty of aaitl doceuHed, consisting of household uml
kitchen furniture, lmrses, mules, cows aud calves,
hogs, wagons. &c. Sale Thursday, Nov. 8, 1H77, and to
continue iroiu duy to day until all la sold. Term a cash.
JOHN W. McGEE, .Ml.,
43-2t Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
I WILL Hell on the first day ol November next, at the
tho rcshlcnco of tho late Capt. Thomason, in La
Grange, all the personal property belonging io deceased,
conairiliug in part of one fine phuetou, carpets, household
und kitchen furniture, wagoun, horst-s, corn, wheat, hay,
,\1hu ut the courthmiHU door on huuiu tluy twenty
bonds of the city of LnGrange, #100 each. AU by virtue
of au order of the court of ordmury of Troup county, lor
benefit ot creditors aud heirs. P. D. HUTCHINSON,
Oc,. 24, 1877. It Adrn’r of It. F. ThuiuuHou.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
T1TILL bo sold beloro the court houao door in tho city
\\ ol LaGrange on the first Tuesday iu Juuuary 1878
within the legal hours ol aale to the highest bidder.lor
c- h, the followiu described property te*wits
All tho T. C. Crenshaw, Jr’n., stock ol goods, wares and
merchandise, consisting ot groceries, provisions, hard-
, tinware, irou ties, bridles, harness, shovels,spud<
nails, bouts, shoes, well buckets uud
cbuius, kegs, levels, tobacco, iron, plows and points, sin*
gletrecH, iron uml wooden hollow-ware saws, sitters, do
mestics, prints, luciory goods, Jeuus, crockery, glauswurc,
bed-ticking, horse aud mule shoes, nulls, sail, syrup
sugur, coffee, oils, rice, flour, crackers, oyst r», surdities,
canned goods, looking glasses, thread, huts, llauiiwls, tea,
bowls, crockery-ware, lye, potash, Irons,
ul iu
recently m possession ot T. C. Oreusbuw, Jr.,
F. A. i’r si s building, on north side ul public square m
Lutirange, Georgia. Levied on as the property of T. C.
Ctvushuw, Jr., ui satisfy two mortgage 11. la s. issued
lrum Troup .superior Court in luvur of N. A. liurdco’s
Son .v Co. vs. T. C. Crenshaw, Jr. Property pointed out
by plaiutitls ami iu mortgage.
Get. 23, 1877. W. G. H. MARTIN, Sheriff.
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Bread, Cukes, Pies, Candies, Apples,
Oranges, Nuts, Oysters, Fish.
EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT.
I have reopened my restaurant, on east side of public
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of every variety. I have commenced the manufacture of
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Full line of Confectionery, Fruits, (fresh and cannod)
Oysters and Fish in season, Northern Cabbages, etc.
Termu str.ctly cash. L. W. DOWDY,
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SHERIFF 8ALES.
ILL ho sold beloro tho court houso door in the city
of LnGmngo, Troup county, Georgia, on tho first
Tuesday lu November next, within tho legal hours ut
sale the following property, to-wit:
Lot of land No, 128 iu tho 14th district of origiually
Strickland, south by J. T. Smith, oust by Mrs. Boykin
and west by Samples cont lu'ug in all 400 acres being In
suiil county aud now in possession of John T. Boykin.
' * tlio property of J. T. Boykin to satisfy s fl.
versus John T. BovWn.
Also,
At tho samo time and place, will ho soM:
Ono aud one-half acres of land, more or lean, in tho
*• LaG range, bounded north by W. J. Speer, cast by
C. W. Mabry uml Old Man Giles’ lot, south tfyO.'W. Mb'
liry und Vkk Bull's lot uud west by B. C. Ferrell, now In
possession of Churles Berkley and Surah Berkley Levied
on as the property of Charles Berkley und Hirrali Berkley
to satisfy a 11. fa. from tho Justice's court, 055 district, U,
M., Troup county, iu favor of Ferrell k Louglcy vs.
Also,
At the name time and place, will be sold;
Eighteen nercs ol land with tan yard and tenement
houses ui«m the same, situated one mile south of Lu-
Grange, iu said county, lying on tho While Hulplmr
Springs road and bring the property mortgaged by l». H.
Kisler to 1J. II. Bigham on the 15th of March 1807, und
known as tho Kisler pluco and m»w in possession ol the
defendant, P. 11. Kisler. Property pointed out in mort
gage fi. fa. Levied upon as the property of 1*. II. Kisllor
to sutisfy u mortgage fi. f». from Troup Superior court iu
favor ot B. H. liighum against said p. U. Kisler. Notice
given ol this levy us required by hnv.
Also,
At the same time and place, will be sold:
) hundred and forty-six acres of laud,
in originally tlm 7th district now Mountvillo district
Troup county and embraced in Nos. 181?, 108 aud 100 be
ing thu place whereon H.«I. Hightower, Sr., lives, lying
until <>t the village nt Mmintvlllu and known us the 111
J. Hightower, Sr. placo ami now iu possession of h. J.
Hightower, Sr., under bonds for titles from plaintiffs.
Levied upon as the property of II. J. Hfghtow
Senior, to satisfy -a justice court fi. fa. from (»U8tli
district, G. ^L, said couuty, iu favor of Ferrell 4c Lougiey
vs. said H. J. Hightower, Sr., for purchase money. Levy
made by constable and returned to iuo. Notice given us
quirud by law
Also,
time and place will be sold:
One undivided half Interest in the warehouse and lot,
situated and fronting on Depot Btreel, in the city of Lu-
At the e
Grange, Troup county, Georgia, known us thu Whitfield
»V Caudle Warehouse and lot. hounded as io lows: Com
meueiug on Depot street with the west end ol the ware
house uud ruillliug east along said street 1U0 leet, thence
south 113 leet to the south earner ol uotton shelter,thenCi
IUU leet to the corner ot said shelter, uud thence north t<
beginning corner on said street, embracing thu ware
house uud shelter Levied on as tho property of T. II
Caudle to satisfy oue II. is. issued from (156th district. G,
M., in favor ol Mayer, Hun Ar. Co. vs. T. H. Caudle. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiffs’ attorney. H. O. Butler,
tenant in posscst-lou, notified of this levy. Levy inudi
ami returned to me by A. G. Hightower, L. C., U53 dis
trfet, G. M.
W. G. H. MARTIN, Sheriff.
October 1, 1877.
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< y writing.” The Sunday-School Times sa>s "it n
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The Standard of Chic;
3 the Guluxy.”
ruble
'lirn
•it js more in accordance with the .
spirit aud feelings ol b e American public tliuu auy other j
gazinu published” The New York Independent rayi
"it is more
•ly the editort
promt of the * , _ .
in establishing u first-class hide, endciit literary maguzim
For tho coming year no efforts • ill be spared by eitlioi
make the Galaxy in every ws) _
great reputation. Indeed, they propose, if
t.
Ablch has attended their efforti
tinml
It
keen
Go
ijl Wool
is possible, to in "lie it even surpass itself.
For a magazine edito « as The Galaxy is, with all thr
spirit and freshness of the daily press, and which alwayi
seizes the subjects of greatest interest to the public, it is
nearly un ossible to uuitoiuicc a fixed prcgamino for a
year ahead. Some few ol the leading features, however,
be stated. Tho Galr.xy iu 1877 expects to givo its
d, Mrs, Lucy H. Hoop- r, mR. Rose Terry, Mrs
Jane G.Ausuu,George Cary Egleston, Edgar Fawcett,Nora
Perry and many others.
A now series of State papers by Hon. Gideom tfelles,
late Secretary of tho Navy, called tho "Liucolu Adminis
tration," began in the January number.
Muuy of our leading statesmen will, during tho y
contribute articles on subjects of greatest public Interest
(which can not yet be definitely announced.) Richard
Grant White will conclude his series of articles "On
Reading Shakespeare,” to bo followed l>y articles sug
gested by his recent experience abroad.
Essays on popular subjects may be expected by Charles
Wyllys Elliott, 8. G. Youug, John Burroughs, Kate Hil-
iard, Fannie Roper Feudgo, Prof. Boyesen. Dr. Coon, Dr.
Guernsey, Rev. J. 8. C. Abbott, It. B. Kimball, Granville
Murray, Albert Rhodes, and many others. Poetry by
Bayard Taylor, John G. Saxe,William Winter, Paul llayne,
G. P. L ithrop, Joaquin Miller, J. W. DcForest,and many
Tb
froir
•zee
goo<
w the Galaxy such'
enviable reputat ! on will bo maintained during tho
coming year with all their fom or lifo aud vigor. "Drift
wood,” by Philip Quilibet, is always interesting.
Tho "Scientific Miscellany” has always been ono of tho
most valuable features of this magazine. "Current Liter
ature" and the "Nebulro" aro always interesting.
SCRIBNER’S MONTHLY.
An Unrivaled Illustrated Magazine.
W hen Scribner issued its famous midsummer holiday
number in July a friendly critic said of it: "Wo
are not sure but tliut Scribner lias touched high-watew
mark. Wo do uot sco what worlds arc left it fo conquer.”
But the publishers do not consider that they have reached
ties of more than flity papers (mostly
writers of the highest merit* Under tho head of
“FOREIGN TRAVEL,” -
we havo "A Winter on the Nile,” by General McCloUonp
" Sauntering* About Constantinople,” by Churles Dudley
Warner; "Out of My Window at Moscow,,'by'Engefte
Schuyler; "An American lu Turkistnu," otc. Throo serial,
stories aro unnounoed:
“NICHOLAS lIIKTIinil,” 1,1
By Dr- Holland, tire Editor;
whoso story of "Sovonoaks" gavo tho highest satisfaction
to tho readers of tho Monthly, • v
Tho scene of this latest novel Is laid on the banks of,tho
Hudson. The hero is a young man who lias been alvrays
“tied to a wowan's apron strings,” but who, by tho death
of his mother, is left alono in the world—to drift on the
current of lifo—with a fortune, but without a purpose.
Another serial, "His Inheritance,” by Miss Trofton,
will begin ou tho completion of "That Luss o’ Lowrle’s.”
by Mrs. Hodson Burnett: Mrs. Burnett’s story;begdnin
August, bus a pathos und dramatic power which have
been a surprise to tho public.
Thero is to be a series of original aud exquisitely illus-'
trated papers of "Popular Science," by Mrs. Herrick,each
paper complete in itself. Thero aro to bo from variour
pens, papers on
LIFE AND TRAVEL,”
Also practical BiiggestlouB as to town and country life, Til
lage improvements, etc., by well-known specialists.
Mr. Barnard’s articles on various industries of Groat
Britain include tho history of "Some Experiments In Co
operation," “A Scottish Loaf Factory” in the Novembor
number, und "Toad Daue Rochdale,” in December.—
Other papers are, "The British Workingman’s Home, "A
Nation of Shopkeeper’s,” "Ha’peuuy a Week for the
Child,” etc.
A richly illustrated series will be given on "American
Sports by Flood aud Fiold,” by various writers, and each
on a different theino. The subject of
“HOUSEHOLD AND HOME DECORATION”
-will havo a promlneut placo, whilst tho lutost procucttena
pf American humorists will appear from inonth to month.
Tho Hat of shorter stories, biographk ol and other sketch
es, etc., is a long ono. . ,
Tho editorial department will cofltfniio emploj the
ablest pens both at homo uud abroad. There will bo
series of letters ou literary matters, from London by M».
Welford. v 4 . .
The pages of tho magazine will bo open, as noretofora,
so far as limited space will permit, to thei discussion^of sR
themes affecting tno social and religious life of the wens,
and especially to tho freshest thought of the Chriattan.
thinkers and scholars of this country.' I -
Wo mean to moke the magazine sweeter and pnrer,,
higher and pobler. more genial and geueroua in all- \U
utterances and iuflnencesT nnd a more welcome visitor,
than ever before iu homes of refinement and culture.
FIFTEEN MONTHS FOR 94.
Scribner for December, now ready, and which contains
the oponiug chapters of "Nicholas Mintnrn,” will bo rfetfd
with eager curiosity aud interest. Perhaps no morq read
able number of this magazine lias yet been issued.. The
throo number of Bcribuer for August September and Oc
tober, containing tlio opening chapters of "Thnt Lass o’
Lowrio’s," will be given to every now subscriber (who.
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