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H. H. OABLTON,
Editor.
WEDNESDAY MOEMSU, SEPT. 22,1876.
General Local and TnrrHtr Agent,
CAFT. J. X. BITCH.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Mr. Jum Lllnar, Tocooa City.
Mr. F. C. tamnon Hart County.
Mr. C. H. Axoaaws, Fort Lamar.
Mr. nm Uabauov. Cleveland.
Mr. W. L Duk, Danieltville.
Mr. W. T. Mattiild, Wiadior.
The Prefentmente of the Grand Juiy of
Madison County, which .we should have re*
crived from the IPafchman office last week
were not received until too late for today’s
issue. They will appear in our next
We have received lately several interest*
ing VWjMhfaiicmtions, some of which we
would be glad to publish, but they are
without the name of the writers, and we
cannot violate our rule, which is to publish
no communication whatever, unless accom
panied with the name of the author. Let
everybody bear in mind this rule, and
those feeling disposed to give their views
to the public through our columns, can only
do so by accompanying their articles with
their names. i -
The Athens Georgian.
The handsome heading with which we
now present the enlarged and newly dressed
Georgian, contains, as will be seen, a cut
representing the University grounds and
buildings on the left, and the Athens Cot
ton Mills on the right, both centering upon
the Georgia Court of Arms. Thus, our
heading may be said to contain within Wsclf,
a significance of those principles which, if
but strictly adhered to, must prove the so
lution of all our troubles.
In politics, let-ns exercise “ wisdom, jus
tice and. moderation ” ever standing by
those principles which guarantee to all the
States equal tights and justice under the
Constitution. As to our educationnl inter
est, the sucoess of which gives sure founda
tion and strength to our Government, both
State and Federal, and the institutions
claiming their festering care, let us advo
cate that system which extends its benficent
advantages to the whole youth of our land.
Considering our agricultural and indus
trial welfare, let ns stimulate that course,
which bringing about a self-sustaining agri
culture, will enable us in a mechanical and
industrial way to ntilixe those facilities and
advantages with which nature has so largely
blessed our country. Then, and not till then,
may we hope that restoration of our former
wealth and prosperity, which under the gui
dance of a sound, practical economy, and the
intelligence of the educated masses, will ex
perience an increase heretofore unknown in
our Southern land.
Our New Fuss.
Having recently purchased one of Cottrell
& Babcock’s best and most improved power
presses, a superior press to any one ever
before brought to this section of the State,
a cut of which may be seen in the ad
vertisement of our Job department, and
having purchased a now general out-fit for
our Office, wc are now prepared not only to
present the Georgian to our readers in an
improved and attractive style, but with our
Mr. Powell, who has had a larger experi
ence in Job printing than any one else now
engaged in the business in this city, propose
to give special attention to Job work, exe
cuting all kinds of work in this line in the
latest and most unproved style, and at most
reasonable prices.
Our Circulation.
With a circulation now equal to, if not great
er than that of any weekly paper in this sec
tion, or in the State, and with a rapid daily
increase in our subscription list, such as
will, together with the enlarged interest
our “ Daily" must necessarily add to our
Weekly, enable us at an early day, to boast
a much larger circulation than any other
Weekly in the State, we present the col
umns of the Georgian to the business men
of our country as a most suitable and advan
tageous medium through which to bring
their claims before thei public. -
Our Advertising Rates.
Upon comparison, it wiU bo found that
our rates for advertising are not only rea
sonable, but as low, if not lower, than those
of any Weekly paper in the State of like
circulation.
Our rates now, as they have been at all
times, tie so reduced as to suit the hard
times, and with no disposition at any time,
to make unjust exactions of our patrons,
we trust we shall be favored with a contin
uation of their most liberal patronage.
Men.« olqultt in Northeast Georgia.
It was our honor and pleasure to accom
pany this noble Georgian in his recent trip
through a portion of Northeast Georgia.
Well may oar State be proud of such a son,
who in discharging the duties of the most
important work which has been assigned him,
and true to that patriotism which so dis
tinguished him ss a gallant hero of onr "lost
cause," is now, with a most commendable
degree of earnestness, endeavoring to re
store our grand old Commonwealth from
the ruins of our late civil war.
Gen. Colquitt in his addresses to the
large and attentive crowds which assembled
to hear him on Tuesday, the 14th inst., at
Jefferson, on Tuesday night, at Harmony
Grove, Jackson county, on Wednesday, the
l5th, at Damdsville, Madison county, and
on Thursday, the 16th, at Homer, Banks
county, demonstrated, we apprehend, to
the full conviction of all who heard him,
the fact that not only does our future wealth
and prosperity, but even our independence
as a people, depend upon a reformed, stimu
lated and self-sustaining agriculture.
In his illustrations of the evil conse
quences attending our present system of
farming, in drawing his comparisons be
tween the present aspects of our country
and what they would be under a more ju
dicious system, he was both interesting and
impressive. In presenting to the formers
of this section tho subject of Direct Trade,
which duty is now calling Gun. Colquitt,
tho President of that Association in Geor
gia, before the people of the Statu, he was
highly instructive, presenting such facts in
regard to its advantages to our whole peo
ple of whatever class or vocation, and show
ing for the want thereof the great discrimina
tions against our success and true interest in
such convincing terms, that we doubt not hut
thatthepeopleof Northeast Georgia now see
this enterprise in a new and much more fa
vorable ligkL The General is doing a good
and noble work for the people of his native
State, and if those who have been so unjust
as to impute his motives to selfish ambition
or aspirations for higher honors at the
hands of those who have ever been glad
the opportunity of honoring so noble a son
of so noble a are, had only been with us on
this trip, they would have hastened to do
justice to him whom they have wronged.
We havo ho doubt, and feel safe in saying
that Gen. Colquitt would make us a most
excellent Chief Executive, and that his
earnest work in behalf of the State he so
much loves, and which lie has, in
more ways than one, so faithfully served,
will have a most convincing weight with
the people of Georgia in making up their
choice for onr next Governor, but that he
is actuated by motives which would induce
him to use the position assigned him by the
Agricultural Society of Georgia and the
Direct Trade Union for his own selfish
purposes, is a great mistake and a gross in
justice.
There was no allusion to politics or the
Governorship whatever by Gen. Colquitt
or any of his hearers, during his recent
tour in upper Georgia. Indeed, he suc
ceeded so thoroughly iu : "p- and di
recting the attention of thaT people to their
true and vital interest, namely, their sys
tem of agriculture and its needed reform,
that we feel confident in saying that our
Gubcrnational interest for the time being,
was unthought of.
Would that our time and space allowed
a fuller report of this interesting and enter
taining trip with Georgia’s progressive ag
riculturalist through a portion of our sec
tion, but as we must conclude, what other,
wise would he a most pleasing office, we
do so, by appending, in attestation of what
we have said, the following handsomely
expressed notice of Gen. Colquitt from the
Augusta Constitutionalist.
We had the pleasure of a short visit last
night from Gen. A. H. Colquitt, who had
been spending the day with and addressing
the Richmond County Grangers. He took
the train last night for his home near At
lanta. We take the occasion to state that
Gen. Colquitt has never said ouc word
about the candidacy for Governor of Geor
gia. The newspapers and their correspond
ents have done all that. No one has ever
authoritatively spoken on the subject. He
has, however, for ten years past, worked
hard and most faithfully to elevate the
fanning interests of Georgia, delivering ad
dresses in a majority of the counties upon
purely agricultural topics, totally free from
polities and without even political allusions.
The papers have misconstrued all this into
an ambition to be Governor, thns robbing
him of much that is due him, and breaking
the force of what he had to say. After all
that has been said, no one actually knows
whether he wontd even accept the nomina
tion. We freely give General Colquitt the
glory of having defended Georgia like a
hero, as he is: and, when all was lost in
battle save our lands, of making a still more
Ike Maine Election.
The result of the recent election in this
heretofore thoroughly radicalized State, we
take as a most favorable indication of the
rapid'decay of the Republican party, such as
more than likely angers for hern Democratic
sucoess in the coming Presidential election.
Albeit the Democratic party in that State
has been regularly defeated for the past
twenty •-five or thirty years, yet the reduction
of the Republican majority siuce the last
election from eleven thousand and upward to
forty-five hundred, most necessarily increase
An Allens Dally.
We are glad to set that Dr. H. H. Carl
ton. of the Georgian, intends shbrtty to iswie
it as a first-elsc-s daily in every respect. It
will contain the latest news by mail and
telegraph, and will prove a welcome visitor,
not only to the people of the Ninth District
(who have not s single daily of their own),
but to every person on this branch, who,
through it, can obtain tho news several hours
in advance of the Aigusta or Atlanta pupere.
It is the duty of every one who has his own in
terest at heart, ss xrll as that of our section, to
subscribe for thbaase, as, under the graceful
and convincing pen of Dr. C„ it will exert a
greater influence tovard building up this part
will doubtless, ere the Contest which must - - - • - ~
so seriously involve the liberties of the people
and the destiny of our republic, place it fully
in line with those States which, through their
Democratic supremacy, are striving for good
and honest government
We take pleasure in calling the attention
of the public generally, and of our agricultu
ralists especially, to the Report of the Com
mittee on the Department of Agriculture and
Horticulture, made to the Board of Trustees
of the University of Georgia. The efforts
and success of Dr. Pendleton, in supplying a
long existing necessity, in the way of a Text
Book of Scientific Agriculture, is most de
servedly commended, and the general adop
tion which his book has received, is a high
compliment to the ability and scientific at
tainments of its author.
The recommendation of the Committee to
substitute the Degree of Bachelor of Agri
culture for the Degree of Bachelor of Science,
and to establish the Degree of Master of
Agriculture, is, in our judgment, a most wise
suggestion. Let it by all means be adopted
by the Trustees, as an additional stimulant
to the more thorough sucoess of this already
prosperous scientific institution. We trust
the Press generally throughout the State will
notice this Report, that greater impetus may
be given the State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, and that an increased interest
in scientific agriculture may be the result
among our Georgia farmers.
GEORGIA STATE MEWS.
The Athens Georgian is going to be a daily,
for which rashness we tender our sympa
thies.—Dalton Eenterprise.
Thanks, and we shall measure the depth
of Buo. WnmiAN’s sympathies by the num
ber of subscribers he sends us.
Grant and Plerrepont vs. Ames.
From the dispatches of Grant and
Pi reexport to Ames, and which will be
found in mother column, it appears that
Grant, either from the influence of the At
torney-General or from the ferae of outride
pressure, at hist derides to act in accordance
with Ms heretofore unheeded and unmeant
proclamation, “Let ushavePcace!” Grant
need build no hope for a Third Term upon
this relaxation of bayonet role, which ex
pectation no doubt, had great weight in
swaying his obstinate nature to the inffu-
encc of Mm who oonsiders justice and the
rights of the people paramount to miserable
and unjustifiable party measures. No, the
same reaction in the public,mind against
a longer continuance of the flagrant Consti
tutional violations that have so marked the
course of Grant's administration, and
which forced Mm to a proper regard for
the rights of the people of Mississippi, will
no donbt continue its honest work until
Grant and hia partisan cohorts shall be
consigned to that fate which will forever
free the American people- from that cor
ruption and’ oppression wMch have been
the chief characteristics of their administra
tion of the Government Nay, we dare
not, judging from the past, attribute this
radical disappointment to ,an honest senti
ment, wMcMperchance, may have found its
way amid the seething corruption of a de
cayir.g party, but rather let us regard it
as the result of that despair which is a cer
tain consignation to sternal ruin.
glorious effort to win a greater victory than
was ever plucked from battle-field, in the
aits of peace. If “peace has its triumphs
no renowned than war," then indeed, is he
entitled to the homage of every true Geor
gian."—Constitutionalist.
——s
Hard Money Platform.
New York and Nebraska Jn-their recent
Democratic State Conventions placed them
selves squarely on a hard money platform.
This has been or may bo the care in othjr
States, but the question of smr finances
should not cause the Americas people at
this timojto lose right of the fact thst'suc-
cessful reformation in onr system of National
finances or political economy must be es
tablished upon the sure foundation of hon
est, correct and Constitutional government.
Let onr State Conventions dispose of this
question as to them may seem best and
wisest. But in onr National Convention,
let ns by all means, consider the more im
portant question, as to how to supplant
corruption, plunder, and Government de
basing Radicalism, with such a return to
Constitutional government as will again
bring about that reign of honesty, econo
my, happiness and prosperity, which marked
the better days of onr Republic.
Let the Democrats, by all means, avoid
such issues as are likely to divide their
ranks or alienate that conservative element,
who recognising the evil tendencies of
Grant and his administration, are now dis
posed to bring up their strength in aid of
that return _to the government of our fore
fathers, which will prove the sure correction
of onr existing evils, and as surely deter
mine onr future welfare as a nation. Let
the fundamental evil first be removed, let
the ground work for a good and honest
administration of the affairs of the nation
first be laid, aod then will all tilings good
and needful be added thereunto. •
t -a?'-' ;
Editor Georgian:—In your issue of tho
15th inst., I read with surprise, your strict
ures on the Presentments of the last Grand
Jury, and am satisfied that, had you known
the facts of the Presentments, yon might
have'been spared the trouble of calling up
a matter that every careful reader of the
Presentments and Mr. Johnson’s appended
note, found sufficiently explained.
But to the facts: Every single officer of
the County came before the Jury, in person,
except Mr. J. W. Johnson and one: or two
of the J ustices; (he was unavoidably absent,)
and Ms Deputy, Mr. John Calvin Johnson,
was called in and after spending sometime
with the Jury, frankly confessed his inabil
ity to unravel the mystery, and finally said:
“Gentlemen, I frankly confess I am unable
to explain this list, and think there has been
an omission here, which I am satisfied my
son could explain to your satisfaction, hut
he is unavoidably absent, and i ain unable
more clear headed business man than Mr.
John Calvin Johnson, and his statement
was made when we wen- within a few hours
of adjourning, and there was no alternative
but to report the matter iu the way we did,
and I think your readers will generally
agree with me that Mr. J \V. Johnson’s
note appended, explained the matter fully,
and to the satisfaction of the people of
Clarke county generally.
Now, Mr. Editor, a few words to you, in
all kindness: 1 do not think this attack on
the efficiency of the Grand Jury will pay
you for the trouble of writing it. When
the Judge so unqualifiedly corQliinented
the last Grand Jury on the efficiency of
their work, I think! they can rest quietly in
their consciences, notwithstanding the
strictures of the Geobgian.
A Grand Juror,
and one of the Committee on Tax
Collector’s Books.
Notwithstanding the discourteous spirit of
the above communication almost forbids its
publication, still we give it as the only reply
we have from any one ot the Oread Jury.
We deem comment wholly uunecessary, as
tbecommunicationapeaksforitself. The writ
er not only foils to explain the mattrr, exhone-
rate the Tax Collector or excuse tho Grand
Jury, but corroborates all we have said, aud
in his attempt to vindicate the body which he
represents, charges upon them a neglect of
duty so much greater than we had intimated,
that we apprehend hie associate Jurymen,
the Tax Collector, aud the people generally,
will now consider an explanation of the whole
matter more necessary than ever.
The commendation of the Judge in a gen
eral way, and which is much a matter of
custom, by no means excuses a neglect of
duty, of which in all probability he had no
knowledge whatever. Should Judge Rice
have known these focts, and failed to require
the Jury to investigate the matter fully and
until a satisfactory explanation could have
’wen made, it by no means excuses the Grand
Jury, but simply shows Mm neglectful of
what was his unmistakable duty as'Judge.
It must be remembered that the note of
Mr. JoHxsoN was not furnished to the Grand
Jury, but was added to their preseDtmeoto
by him after they had been sent in for pub
lication. Now, if this explanation is satia-
factory to the Jury, does it not become their
duty to so state, both in justice to the Tax
Collector and to the people, who may not
comprehend it as fully or as readily as thuee
conversant with the feet* t The Foreman,
as well as other members of the Jury, inform
us that they are still unable to comprehend
the matter; therefore we again call upon
them to do their duty to themselves, the Tax
Collector and the tax payers generally.
We are in receipt of a communication from
Mr. N. L. Barnard, Foreman of our last
dieted that Athens could not support a daily.
We, who have thoroughly tested the liberality
and public spirit of that gem of a city, assert
tbateuch a daily ai H. Ha UaRlton, backed
by his spicy local, Stovall. will issue, is
bound to succeed.—Oglethorpe Echo.
Thanks to our kind and generous hearted
friend and predecessor. If Lary does over
estimate our abilities, nevertheless he pays a
deserved compliment to our city and Correct
ly rtales the necessities for and advantages of
a daily in Athens and the adjacent territory.
Our friend commends our enterprise with
that same liberality «t mind and generosity of
soul which made Mm successful as our pre
decessor in the Georgian, which makes him
successful iu hiapreaent enterprise. and which
will ever Echo throughout the land his suc
cess, as one of the best, livestand most ener
getic newspaper riyt jp Georgia.
' 1 [For Tbs Athens Georgian.
University of Georgia.
Athens, Sept. 16, 1875.
Mr. Editor:
Sir—-At a recent meeting of the Pruden
tial Committee, it fas resolved to publish the
following report, which I furnish os a com
munication tor your paper, and which I trust
will have sufficient interest to be copied by
the other newspapers of the State. It is
very gratifying to state, that Dr. Pendleton’s
Text Book has be$n adopted as a Text Book
in Amherst College and in the University of
Mississippi, and perhaps in several other lead
ing Institutions. It deserves to be adopted
in all the Agricultural Institutions of the
United States. A second edition, enlarged
and corrected, is now getting through the
Press of A. S. Barnes & Co., Publishers,
New York.
Very respectfully,
Wm. L. Mitchell,
Chairman.
The Report of the Committee on the De
partment of Agriculture and Horticulture
was taken up, and adopted, and is as fol
lows:
2b the Board of Trustees of the University of
Georgia:
Your Committee on Agriculture and Hor
ticulture have the pleasure of expressing
their great satisfection at the progress mado
in this Department ot the Georgia State
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts. The very many experiments made on
the Farm, each year, aud published for the
benefit of the people of the State, are' valu
able contributions to Agricultural Science,
and are being appropriated to Economic
Agriculture. , ,
Professor Pendleton, on entering upon the
duties of his chair, found the field unexplor
ed and without appropriate Text Books.
But he brought, to the direction of the
Experimental Farm, a large practical ex
perience and scientific knowledge, which soon
made this experimental station of incalcul
able value lo the people. He created a
system of teaching at onee attractive and in
structive to the student.
the first twi
Text Book of SoNbtific. Agricoi
use of his classes, a compendium of general*
agricultural science, useful alike to Teachers
and Students. «
It is with pride your Committee refers to
this Text Bonk, the work ot our own Pro
fessor. It reflects great credit upon his
energy, enterprise, industry, and science.
The lectures of this Professor before the
Agricultural Society of the State, have
achieved a very iaige reputation, both for
himself and the University. At the recent
National Agricultural Congress, held-at
Raleigh, North Carolina, one of his lectures
was ordered to be read. This was a marked
compliment and evidence of the high| appre
ciation of his acquirement*. He is solicited
to deliver lectures in other States also.
The Committee refers to tho special report
of the Professor, as to the more minute
working of his Department.
Your Committee suggest to the Board to
abolish in this Department, the Degree of
Bachelor of Science, and adopt Ihe more
significant one of “ Bachelor of Agriculture,”
to obtaiu which a three years course shall be
required, retaining .the present schedule fer
the first and second years, and creating one
for the third year, 4ty selections from the
present third and fourth year courses; and
Savannah revels in Chinqaepiiis.
Wesleyan Female College has re-opened.
Atlanta wants a “trained Journalist”
Macon Telegraph reports wild cats in the
neighborhood ofSeago.
Big Bonanza” Bar Room is booming in
Atlanta.
Ex-Hresident Davis was invited to attend
the Sonth Georgia Fair, but declined.
A typo, in Augusta, tried to drown him
self but the water wiunH deep enough.
Columbus is anxious for the extension of
the North and South Railroad.
The Primitive Baptists held a very large
meeting near Columbus, last week.
The' farmers around Dahlonega are mak
ing syrup.
Who is going to get the Baptist Female
College?
The Savannah Christian Association is
succeeding finely.
Savannah is mad because the Circus has,
so for, given them tho dodge.
M. M. Pittman, Esq, has been appointed
Jndge of Jackson County Court.
W. Fred. Eve, has been appointed Solic
itor of Richmond County Court.
Judge Gibson, of Augusta Circuit, thinks
that the Supreme Court ought to he abol-
ished, and return to the old system.
An employe of the Central Railroad, in
Macon, had his foot broken in three places,
last week.
A negro, William Higgins, was drowned
in the river at Savannah, by the capsizing
of a bateau.
The Advertiser says that the Coffee and
Lunch Rooms of the Christian Association
are progressing finely.
Judge J. T. Lumpkin, formerly of the
Constitution, now edits the Homeward
Star, a Texas paper, in Atlanta.
Gen. Anderson, says the Savannah News,
has applied for the appointment of Com
mander of the Khedives’ Army.
One firm alone, in Augusta, says the
Constitutionalist, pays annually, $90,000 to
the Georgia Railroad for freight.
An American citizen, “South of Dixie,’*
writes to the Savannah News and foresees
the utter failure of the American Centen
nial.
Judge Win. D. Spence, a highly esteemed
citizen of Covington, diea at Wartace,
Tenn., on the 13th inst., and was buried at
Covington, last Wednesday.—Star.
Two men, Cole and Bryant, were terri
bly injured at Columbus factory, the other
day, by a premature discharge of a powder
blast.—Enquirer.
Some negroes passed through Augusta,
last week, with all their forming implements,
viz: four cur dogs and two muskets. They
were en route from Burke county to South
Carolina.
English capitalists concerned in the Di
rect Trade movement between Mississippi
Valley, Southern States and Eugland, speak
highly of Southern resources and will make
Atlanta the trade center.—Constitution.
Berry Benson, Esq, the victor of one of
the Spelling Bees of Augusta, having looked Tremsurer '
over Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary and
found several serious mistakes therein, for
warded them to tho publishers and was
rewarded by a copy of the Dictionary with
his revisions.—Constitutionalist.
A maw was found murdered at Belair,
near Angnsta, last January, and up to the
present time, no due has been obtained to
the mystery. But according to the Consti
tutionalist, one Kent was arrested and
confined in jail to await trial at Columbia
County Superibr Court. He was seen with
ever powers and money and arms yon need.
The Constitution is explidt that the Execu
tive of the State can call upon the President
for aid in “ suppressing domestic violence only
when the Legislature cannot be convened," and
the law expressly says, “ t» ease of an insurrec
tion in any Slate against the Government thereof,
it shod be lawful for Vie President on appHca\
tionof the Legislature of such State, or of the
Executive when the Legislature cannot be con
vened to eaU," etc. -
It is the plain meaning of the Constitution
and the laws when taken together that the
executive of the Stale may call upon the
President for military aid to quell domestic
violence—only in case of an insurrection in
any State against the government thereof
when the Legislature cannot be called togeth-
You make no suggestion ever that there
is any insurrection against the government
of the State or that the Legislators would
not support yon in any measures you might
propose to preserve the public order. I sug
gest that you take all lawful means and aU
needed measures to preserve the peace by
force in your own State, and Jet the. conn
see that the dtizens of Mississippi who are
largely favorable to good order, and who are
largely Republican nave the courage and
the manhood to fight for their rights and to
destroy the bloody ruffians who murder the
innocent and unoffending freed man. Every-
thing is in readinesg. Be cafeful to brinf
yourself strictly within the Constitution ant
the laws, and if there is such resistance to
your State authorities as you cannot by all
means at your command suppress, the Presi
dent will swiftly aid you in crushing these
lawless traittMatobamaa rights. iTefegr
me on receipt of this and State expGdty what
you need. Very respectfully yours, ,
Edward* Pierrepont,
Attorney General.
Such horrid footings «s I experience noonsT-T
agios. I f**l despondent, asfeoogh •omsthisf*’’
wu going to happen. Use Simmon*’ Livsrp ****
if yon would avoid snob Mings.
Sava Moxxt.—It is wall worth wring, ^
sot. it in (raying • Sewing MaoMoa, »nd pt i«, „
best and most perfect machines in existence n!
Wilson Shuttle Sewing Muhina hss rweb«d IM fc"
excellence and perfectness equalled by nomaehh,?
use, $J>d the constantly snd rapidly increarii* s.*
which b almost beyond their manufacturingoapwtru
supply, b convincing evidence that the meritTwtu
machine are appreciated.
Machines will be delivered at any Railroad 6Utica j.
thia country, frw of transportation charge*, if 0 rdtr*i
through Maura. Upshaw A Griffith, at Athene, Ot.
Th*y send an elegant catalogue snd ehromo ctnou,
free on application. .
They want* few more good agent*.
Grns’s A«g**.*«*y**--*Ha natural to,
suffering .wife35yepep#la, and liver Compute ££
derangement of the degeetive organ., »ueh a ,
Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Cottiveceu, pUdu
tionof tbaHeart, Heart bora, Watar-breeh, |at ^,
and horning, psins at the. pit of. the StcnMli, Vgj *
Skin, Coated Tongue, and dbegraeabU tw, i, ^
month, coming dp of ArAS after eating, lowipfe^
to put off from dny to day buying an article thatlej
(mow has cursd their no gfabor, friend or nUtiri^wt
they have no frith in it until it b too late. Batif. w
will go to your Druggists, B. H. Brumby ft Co., and g»\
a bottle of Gun't AuourGiowze, your immcdxs \
cure is as certain as you live. Sample bottlw of 4\,
medicine can he obtained tor 10 cents to try iu .nperioi
virtue.
Begrdar size, 76 eeute. Tty it, two doeee will rilini
any case. A .„ Aug. 11—fa.
S000 lbs., Strictly Pure Lead, juat received by Loi«
A Boxers. * Sept. 16—ti-tf.
' SiULmm Excujursk—If you desire “Jezchange” a
1 alow peroent, c Ju.tgo toSan.vsM.and exchangm
cent* for • good drink. Bept. 15—
UNION PRAYER MEETING SOCIETY.—Appoint
ments for the week. Buiiucse meeting every Monday
night at University Prayer Boom.
Tuesday night at Mrs. Carithera.
Thursday night Young Man’s Prayer Meeting, in
Deupree Building, In room over Summey, Hutcheson
& Bell.
Thursday night at Mrs. Wm. N. White’s.
Friday night at Mr. H. Brittain’s. ' *
Friday night at Luoy Cobb Inititute.
Sunday afternoon at ti o’clock at Mr. N. W. Sims.
COUNCIL" PROCEEDINGS.
Comma Cbaxexx, Athene, Ga., Sept. 4th, 1875,
4 o’clock r. M.
The regular monthly meeting of Council was held
this evening, present, Hb Honor Mayor King, and Al
dermen Pittard, Blair, Hall, Hood, Most, Lucas and
Burke; the minutes of tho bat meeting were read and
confirmed.
On motion of Alderman Hull the sum of ten dollars
wu appropriated to aui.t in pay ing the way of Margaret
Finn to New York.
The monthly reports of the Treasurer, Chief of Polios,
Lamplighter and Clerk of Market were read and re
ceived.
The following bills were ordered to be paid: John Z.
Cooper A Co., $14.00; Hopy Pinkey, $18.41; Simon
Marks $55.00; account of J. E. Pittman A Co., for
$40.75, referred to committee on streets with power to
act.
The account of S. P. Thurmond, Esq-, for few, was
taken up, and on motion of Alderman Hull it wu bid
on the table.
Oo motion of Alderman Mow the Finance Committee
were instructed and authorised to destroy the Town
Currency that is now redeemed and in the hands of ths
On motion of Alderman Loess ths Chief of Police
wy instructed to see that the 255th section of the Gen
eral Ordinances be strictly enforced. Council adjourn
ed. \V. A. G1LLELAND, Clerk of Council.
If you went Powers A Welghtman’e Chemicals,;thea
go to Loses A Boxen. Sept 15—«-tf.
NOTICE.—Country merchants end Physiciuu,
are now prepared to sell yon all articles pertaining to
the drug trade as cheap aa you can get them iu Georgia,
freight added. Loxos A Boxers. Sept 15—«-tt
Coxnaonoa.—If you (kvor a “ contraction of joot
currency,” juat call on Uxcue'Dios, and he will ami
yon as grace foUf, aa courteously and is effortuallj, u
any establishment la the city. - Sept.ls-M-st
carpct-bag of the deceased. Circumstan
tial evidence has gradually been accumula
ting upon Kent, rand now he is thought,
beyond the shadow of a doubt, to be the
murdefer. The dead man’s namwis Cal
lahan, and he was a peddler from Connecti-
cbt.. * •. *_
^ree of •* Master of
ferred upon Bachelors
take a fourth year
also to establish tho
Agriculture,” to
of Agriculture}
course, to be pre
These Degroai$p$y be conferred upon
fanners of the lkate, who may be consider
ed by the Board to merit them from unusual
and distinguished success.
The usual appropriation of fire. hundred
dollars is asked for. Needy all of this sum
is refunded by sales of products of the Farm.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben. C. Yancey,
Chairman of Cqmraittee
ATHENS PRICES CURRENT.
Gtrrccted Weekly bj the ItrthaU Kiduigt
—:o:—
COTTON .-Steady. From II to I*.
FACTORY GOODS.
CoUoo Yarn* ti 25a00 0
kerel.No. l.klte—42 25
“ No. 2. KUi....|2 OO
10
Grand Jury, but too late for this issue. We
will take pleasure in presenting it in our
The second floor of a new addition to
Platt’s Furniture Store, in Augusta, gave
way one day last week and crashed through
the first floor. The Messrs. Platt came
very near losing their lives.
Alex. St. Clair Abrams is telling the Con
stitution what he knows about Florida.
Gen. Colquitt seems, from the comments
of newspapers, to be •gaining ground fer
Governor,
KING COTTON.
Washington, September 15.—The De
partment of Agriculture reports the condi
tion of cotton better in September that in
August in Mississippi, Lousiana and Arkan
sas, and worse on the Atlantic const in Ala
bama and in Texas. The jBiralant'drtiiUhs
of July were succeeded by nuns in August
too copious for the results In the Mississippi
Valiev, and quite injurious in heavy soils of
the Eastern belt, causing.mt, shedding of
leaves and fruit, and to some extent rotting
of the lower bolls- There is a rank recent
growth, which will yield lsrgely with a favor
able and long autumn season,
disappointment in case *of an early killing
froet. In some parts of the State of Texas
the drouth continued for nine weeks, but the
seasonable rains since the middle of August
have placed the fields id high condition in all
except the most severely parched localities]
Losses from the prevalence ot infects will
scarcely bea fraction in calculating the pro
duct of the present year. A few counties
iu Florida and lower Georgia report the cater
pillar. The boll worm is more numerous in
Lowudes county. Miss..'aud heard from iu a
few other counties. Lice are mentioned by
some correspondents, .and in Covington,
Alaharaa, the correspondent reports a new
enemy which be calls a minute gnat, which
harbors on the leave like lice, producing
widespread and serious injury. As compared
with September, 1874, the only States now
reporting lower condition are South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, sad in the Mississippi
Valley the improvement is very marked,
particularly in Tennessee and Arkansas, in
which the averages were very low in 1874-
A large proportion of tbe cotton area of the
country is represented iu the September re
turns, which include no le-s than 60 cotton
counties in Texas and 76 in Georgia. The
State averages of condition are as follws:
North-Carolina, 90; South Carolina, 80;
Georgia, 76; Florida, 75; Alabama, 81;
Mississippi, 98; Louisiana, 88; Texas, 94;
Arkausas, 99; Tennessee, 96.
Gen. Jos. E. Johnson.—We understand,
from what werekard as reliable authority,
that Geo. JoeephE. Johnson Jias been ap-
rainted, and has accepted the position 1 of
3ommander-in-Chief of the army of Egypt.
Only a short time since, and for the third
time, was he tendered the position. This
time it wa^'iirged upon hjm r so strenuously
that he at length consented; and is making
his' preparations to go over and assume his
position immediately.
He is to get $100,000 to prepare himself
an outfit, and is to receive the sum of $25,-
000 annually far having supreme control of
the army of the Khedive of Egypt Ah?—
Herald.
'* • w '
It is very well tosay “Take things as they
jme.”*But suppose they don’t come ?
. THE MAINE ELECTION.
Augusta, Me., September 14.—Returns
received at the Kennebec Journal office,
mostly official from 264 towns, give Conner,
Republican, 41,035 and Roberts, Democrat,
37,541. Conner’s majority 3,494. The same
towns last year, gave Dingley 40,907, and
Roberts 31,474. Dingley s majority 9,433.
There are Jret 227 towns and plantations to
be heard from. The Democrats have ejected
13 and perhaps 15 Senators. In the Fourth
Congressional District General Plaisted’s
friends claim from 800 to 1,000 majority for
him and returns will doubtless elect him by
these figdres.
Augusta, Me., September 16.—Iu 371
towns the canvass was 4,580. One hundred
and twen-two towns and precincts unheard
from. The Democrats have elected 11, the
Republicans 20 Senators.
Bangor, September 16.—The latest re
turns from the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict give Planted (Republican) 1,000 major-
ity.
GRANT AND AMES.
Washington, September 14.
2b Goo. Ames, Jackson, Miss.?
This hour I have bad dispatches from the
President. 1 can brat convey to you his
ideas by extracts from his dispatch:
” Tbe whole public are tired out with
these annual autumnal outbreaks in the
Flour.
Meal', » - 1 25.1 *0
Wheat •• 1 00»1 25
SSfetez: £S
■haulilera—, 11a 12
^ ‘
“si 00*2 00
_ 1 25*1 50
... 15a 20
_ 20a 25
_ 75*1 25
'..a. SOS »
GROCERIES.
^ c A r r. h !?::: i£IS
•• B 14a IS
Demaran... 12jS j*
Cofce.Rlo — SB
Jars — 53* 37
Tea, 1 23*1 SO
Strap, can# iial tO
UoUmm, Cuba.... 00a 05
i, •perm.— 40a 50
adamant.. 20a 25
tallow — ISa 20
, Slats 20a 25
Dairy 25a SO
par bo..- 1 00a! 25
Starch a 20
Tallow Sa 10
Rica, par lb lla 12
8looking 60*1 00
8ouir.;)Ia«atb»y»- 100
Ataerican, ~—<M 00a SO 00
Harare 75 00*100 00
AMMUNITION.
Powder... per lb... 40a 50
Shot “ •• ... 12a 15
Lead •• •• -. 10a 12
Capa, per box
LIQUORS.
Corn whiikey. —41 25a 4 It
French brandy— 4 00a 1 00
Holland Oln 5 00a 8 00
American Gin— 2 00* 4 00
Bourbon whiikey 2 00a 4 Sp
Wines— S 00*10 00
HARDWARE.
Iron, 8wed**, prlb
Isrunor.-U yon fiivor “inflation," jn»t got
Sacltsm Exohaxqb, and be inflated in tbe most ha
proved style. v . • ^Sept. 15—44-lfc
Nsw Conor Pxzra.— 1 The Carotins Star Cotton ui
Hay Plena, is without donbt the Cheapest and Be*
Press now on tha market, will pack twios aa fist at uj
other Press before the people, it is pronounced by every
one who hes used it to be a perfect success. If you
want a Press be stirs and call on ns before Forchaiiug
elsewhere. GILLELAND, WOOD A CO.
v • » < Agents for Northeast Gt.
Sept. 15—44-5t.
pT The undersigned have on hand a choice lot cl
Timothy Hay, which they will sell cheep for cash.
r . , j ,,, GANN & REAVIS.
If you want Furniture, call on GiUeland, Wood A
Co. ( who manfacture and deal in all kind* of Furniture
and Coffins, snd sail ss cheap a* any house in this city.
March 24,1875.—21-ly.
CIGARS.
Ws have now' on hand 250,000 Choicest Brandi of
Cigars, which we offer at Gxiatlt Bxduczd Pxx».
Also a large stock of Smoking aud Chewing Tobaoco,
Snuffl Genuine Mecnhaam Pipes, snd ell Smokers Ar
ts.
7* A liberal discount allowed to Jotters buying
largely. Come one 1 Come all!!
KALVAKINSICY & UEBLEB,
ng. 5.tl.] Under Newton House, Athens, Gx
GREAT SAVING.
FcscBooit, Bzaxntcr & Co, of the great
Southern Dry Goods Establishment, are now offering
their nsw foil stock, wholesale and retail, atriotly at ths
tern houses, therefore they defy all Southern competition
and offer to sell their avenge stock in all their branches
15 to 20 cents lower than those paying higher price* to
fhbbera can sell them, aa they buy strictlyfflrom manu
facturers or their agents. For particulars, call or send
for samples and prfte list AU ratall orders above ten
dollars sent free.
A FUBCHGOTT, BENEDICT A CO,
32 Whitehall St, Atlanta, Ga.
Wish
Cartings...—.
NaUs.pt beg.
Steal, cast
Cotton Cards TSal OS
LEATHER.
Kip „
Dry • Hides..—..—4.12al|
Green Hides...———Sag
BAGGING, TUB, ROPE.
Bagging nr yd —$17*
F. B. A Co, New York.
: Y. B. A Co, Charleston, 8.
F. B. A Co, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Ths abors are retail prices. Price* art shaded lo whole
sale buyer*.
- 1 V .
Business JVotices.
Large in votes* Nsw Jewelry, at
47-St. L. SCIIEVENELL A CO.’S.
[Sept, s-sm
Query.—How teg will s Singer Sewing Machine kill v
Answer.—Thousand* upon thousand* have been in
duly use for twenty years and more, and are to-day in
perfect order.
Query.—Why la it that the sales of ths Singer almost
equal those of *11 other Machines combined I
Answer.—Simply because the Slngar It the best, light
est moving, most durable, and consequently cheapest
Sawing Machine ever offered to the public.
One Singer, costing (cash) $47A0 to $7200, win last
tegs* five of tho common so-called “cheep H»
class,” but in reality' dear 2d dan Machines, vbkh are
being offered to fed public at $50.00 to $40.06.
Which is feo cheapest, a Singer at $6750 to ftlte
esah, that will last 40 years, cost per year 42.40 to tt<*>
or a common so-called cheap Machine, coating cath
$50.00 to $60.00, that will last 2 to 5 ycare-coit per year
$12.00 to $50,001 tetf
SoNsranto Binmm rox tbs Lanas.—Snead A Co.
have just received a full line of Iadi**’ New Btylo Box
Toed Shoes. Call and See them.
47-SI.
For Sugars, Syrups, Molasses and Vinsgar, go to
« MYGATT A LANE.
You will find the best Tea in ths city, at
MYGATT A LANE’S.
A fine lot of Tinware, at MYGATT A LANE’S.
Kerosene Oil, at
MYGATT A LANE’S.
Fresh Meal always k*p< by
Peart Grits, at” -
Boast Cuffs*, st
MYGATT A LANE.
MYGATT A LANE’S.
MYGATT A LANE’S.
Fthe State of Texas ifionth, and the spreat majority are ready now
- ^ t—. .l- to condemn any interference on the part of
the Government. I heartily wish that peace
and good order may tie restored without ia-
suing the proclamation, hut if it is not, the
will proclamation must lie issued, and if it i*,»I
shall instruct tho commander of the forces to
have nn child’s play. If there is a necessity
for military interference, there is justice in
such interference as to deter evil doers. I
would suggest the sending of a dispatch or
letter by private messenger to Gov. . Ames,
ur 8* n f> h |m to strengthen his own position
by exhausting his own resources in restoring
order before lie receives Government aid.
He might accept the assistance offered by the
citizens of Jackson and elsewhere. Gov.
Ame3 and his advisers can be made nerfectly
secure, as many of the troops now in Missis-
sippi as he deems necessary may be sent to
Jackson. If he is betrayed hv those who offer
assistance, he will be in a position to defeat
their ends and punish them.”
You see by this tho mind of the President
with which 1 and every member of the Cab
inet who has been consulted are in full ac
cord—you see the difficulties—you see the
resposibilities which you assume. We can
not understand why you do not strengthen
yourself iu the way tbe President suggests,
nor do we see why you do not call the Legist
lature together and obtain front them whats
Pickles, Sardines, Oysters, st
MYGATT A LAM VB.
Threads, Pins, Neadlss, Gslieosa, Bteohsd tad Brawn
Homespuns, Strips* aod Checks, a*
MYGATT A LANE'S.
A floe lot of Genuine Gravely Tobacco, for sal* by
MYGATT A LANK.
Just received, a large lot of Fsxsa Cbaoxxs*, st
MYGATT A LAMB*
Plain and Fancy Candies, • fine raeortment, *>
MYGATT A LANK’S.
Cook A Chock and Kenneeaw Flours, **
MYGATT * LANE’S.
A fin* lot of Cigars, jos» received bj
MYC
’ A LANK*,
Selected Cream Cbaeea, only
I p$r pound,’
jfATT A LANE’S.
Magnia Hams, the beat 1a I
ity.at
fGATT A LANK’S.
GUleland, Wood A Co.
to their Furniture
a targe stock of Wood
cell as cheap aa any
without extra ebargej
Hearse lor funeral
i added ths Coffin bortneat
, and always keep oo hand
i Burial Coast. They
in the Stats, and Auaikb,
i* patrons, their iplt&dkl di
March 24—»l-ly
Is Yoon Lira / >BTn 10 Csxrat-Sickneas prevail*
everywhere, artery body oomplaina of soma disease
daring their X i Wljen >ick - fee object is to get well;
now we eay jply that do person in this world feat is
suffering w ; yV*I>®P ,ill > Liver Complaint and its effects,
each at InF at ‘ on i Coativsnsaa, Sick Headache, Sour
Stomach, ♦"burn, Palpitation of the Heart, Depressed
Spirits, j# 0 »oeaa, Ac., can take Green’s Ague Flower
without W ln S relief. If you doubt this, go to yonr
DroggidfR- T. Bbvmst A Co., and get aSamplt Bottle
for 10 w* * n< * "7 It. Regular rise 75 cents. Two
dcssa/ relieve yon. Any. 11,
WOULD YOU HAVE BUSY CHEEKS I
aauxcx os A Yocxo W«ux.—A country firi,
young, pretty and happy, her step was elastic tad U*
mats of health bloomed upon her cheek. On* ^
mom $h$ y vu overtaken by » u epriug ehower,” ^
caught a raid. t It was her “regular time,” and eapf”*
slon was the result. At the next period nature r*fm«
to net. She became aaUow, swollen, and •offered in
tensely with pain in tha back and lower stomach, pjpj"
tattoos, dlffisolty of breathing, Indigestion and iiaad*™*-
Dootorafoifod to palliata her distressed condition, and»e
longed for death aa tho only hope of relief. At «h»
Instance of a friend, who herself experienced it* beneSU.
she trss induced to try Dr. J. Bradisld'a Female tot*
lstor. On* bottl* cored her. 6hs wa* egeiu the h*PP7
girl ah* was that April Aerolngbefore thsshower. The
Femal* Escalator Is propped by L. H. Bradfleld, Dnfj
gist, Atlanta, Ga, at $1 JO per bottle, snd kept by
respectable drag mao throughout the load.
A Morr Kxosixxbt Rxxsav.
• ' i AstnmfGx,March tt«»
I have eramioed.' the recipe of Bradfleld’* F*®*"
Regulator, and from my knowledge of tha
betters A a most axoeLent medkdne, snd w*U ‘“I* 4
that-dess of dlrsssee designated. I have no heed* 1
tajdriring Ita ora, MD-
^September 1, 1875.—Ini
THE ATHENS GEORGIA*
LETTERHEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
* 08 “ E8S sSffl«»»
VISITING CARDS,
HAND BILLS,
LEGAL BLANKS.
And in fact, ALL KINDS of Printing ex
ecuted in First Class Style and at Reas
onable Prices, at the Athens Georgia
Office. 5 ,„ T
Having a full supply of FIRST C
Letter, Note, Bill Heeid, Statement, ^
other Papers and Material, we >re * (0
pared to offer Special ISDUCEJftSX*
persons wanting Job Printing dote •