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AV * C|c ^U|nts ^cmrpn. H. H. CARLTON, Editor. VTEDKESDAT MORNING, OCT. 18, 1875. General Local and Traveling Agent, CAPT. J. E. RITCH. LOCAL."”AGENTS. Mr. Juni A. Maxut, Tooeoa City. Mr. F. C. Btstbsksos, But Connty. Mr. C. H. Arram, Fart Lamar. Mr. Run Huuuox, Cleveland. Mr. W. L. Dxax, Danielavillc. Mr. W. T. MUttixld, Windaor. Attention, ffeekljr Subscribers. All weekly subscribers to the Geor gian, who would like to change their subscription to the Semi-Weekly, will pleaso notify us at once, as wo will commence issuing the Semi-Weekly at an early date. The issues will be on Tuesdays and Fridays, and will contain nil the tulcgrahic news, market reports, etc., up to the those respective dates. Send in your names for tho Semi- Weekly ; only $4.00 per annum. Can there be Sectional Harmony under the I Juries, the representatives of the people •Mi- present System or National Banking! The currency question which is now so engaging the minds of our Amcricn people, not only seriously involves our present and prospective political welfare, but gravely concerns the future strength and unity of this government It is altogether safe to assert that nothing so controls that sentiment of sec tional harmony,- which is the strength of government, as that system of bankingjor na tional financeeringtwhich secures money equal ity to each and every section of the coun try. The question then arises, and one of national importance, does the present sys tem of national banking secure this equal ity? Is it likely, even under a more favor able administration, that this system wil, give such character to our financial affairs as will protect equally each section of our common country against the dangerous fluctuations to which our currency is and has been subjected by the speculative ma nipulations of moneied rings, railroad com binations and other speculating corpora tions of great power and influence of wealth? It needs only to study the history of our present system of banking, and the extent anu magnitude of speculation in the great money centres of tho country, which has been strengthened by and based thereupon, to satisfy our minds that the great money trouble which is now threatening both our political and material interests, is due in a greater measure to the speculative manipu lation of our currency, which has been en abled under the national system of banking, than to its volume. That system of bank ing which is based upon bonds aud securi ties of the general government, giving the power aud control thereof so into the Then bring on your Job liands of the wealthy bondholders and TO THE PUBLIC. OUR JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT. Owing to the inauguration of our Daily, we have been compelled for the past week to slight our Job Work, but having ar ranged to give Special Attention to that Department, we announce to the public that we are now prepared to do Job Print ing of dl kinds in the most improved style and at most reasonable rates. Our Mr. Powell will take special charge of this Department , and we feel confident that wo can please in style, and give satis faction in price. Work. When Bills for Subscription and Advertise ments arc Due. All bills for subscriptions to, and adver tising in, this paper are due at any time after subscription or the first insertion of the advertisement, and will be collected at the pleasure of the proprietor, unless other wise arranged by contract. Connty Advertising. On and after the first of November next, the Sheriff Sales of Madison Connty will be published in the Georgian. Notwith standing tho law in regard to County ad vertising docs not for good and valid rea sons make it the imperative duty of the Offi cials to publish their advertisements in the paper having the largest circulation in their County, yet, Mr. B.vkkk having satisfied himself that the Georgian has the largest circulation in his Connty, aud believing the interest of the people of Madison County would be best subserved by the change, he has signified his intention, in accordance with law, to present the Sheriff Sales of Madison Connty, on and after the first of November next, through the columns of the Georgian. Tiie Crop Report for September as given in our telegrams show not so much damago to the cotton crop in Mississippi as was apprehended from the late freshets. The report so far as given shows tho average yield in Mississippi and Alabama' to be as good if not better than last year. The average however in Mississippi is likely to be reduced by the recent political troubles while in Alabama and other States the low prices and unreliable labor will no doubt cause some abandonment of the crops. We yield our editorial tripod to our correspondent Hafed, who ably presents tlie question as to “ why the South should favor inflation.” While we commend the spirit which pervades the argument of our correspondent, as to why we should favor inflation, still we cannot accept as a tem porary policy or good, that disposition of onr currency, which for lack of tho sound er principles of political economy and of true financeering, must eventually and in evitably prove as thoroughly the overthrow of our temporary Southern prosperity, as it will, in the opinion of our correspondent, work the immediate embarrassment of the North. We heartily endorse the views of the writer as regards the necessity for free banking, and the great danger of making the currency question an issue in the com ing Presidential campaign. , ’ These views are in perfect accord with those wo presented but a few days since. If our correspondent will but go one step farther in his consideration of this subject, accepting as a financial policy that which will bring permanent, rather than tempo rary prosperity to the] South, we are per suaded that we will stand exactly togeth er on the currency question, and that he will folly agree with us, that the whole trouble is not In the volume of our currency, -butia onr system of banking. From a thorough analysis of the position of Haled, as set forth in his ableand extended oommupication, and disclaiming all inten tion of criticism, we think we would do no injustice io say that already he virtually agrecs^with us. As our views on this all- important question—which is at last but Jto bring into-our National politics an issue of a purely local or sectional character—have already been given in full, we decline any Author comment on tins communication, and commend it to the careful considera tion of the reader* of the Georgian. monied speculators in 6tocks and bonds of the North, as to enable them to direct the financial administration in their behalf, will so long as it continues, make the question of our currency one of such strong section al differences, as to forbid a just and satis factory adjustment of our finances until it is substituted by a return to the system of free banking. There can be no doubt but that the pres ent National Bank system, while it has given financial strength to the North—building up her capitalists aud money monopolists—has been used to the further impoverishment and depression of the South. We repeat, our financial troubles, which now begin to enter so largely into our political discussions, and which is likely to continue sectional antag onisms, can not be due to the want of a suf ficient amount of currency—which financial statistics shows to bo perhaps larger than ever before in this country—but to the unequal control and distribution thereof. With the goods manufaetured from our cotton at a lower price than when cotton sold from five to eight cents per pound, if we only had that system of banking which could not be discriminated in favor of the Large money markets, and which would supply our Southern demand, not only would onr ag riculture prosper even with cotton at elev cn cents per pound, but our whole com merce would receive such impulse as would soon bring a new order of things in our now financially embarrassed Southern land. If the question of our finances must enter into our national deliberations at this time, let the attention of those who desire the better condition of our country, who desire such a condition of finances ns will secure equal growth and prosperity to each and every section of the Union, be directed to a reform in our system of banking. Let a free system be adopted, when the North, the South, the East and tho West may each control its currency to meet the demands of its trade, then may we hope and expect that sectional harmony, which is so based upon just aud equal financial advantages, and which at last is the perpetuity of our Union, the sure strength of our National Government. This comprehensive duty of Grand Juries need bring no conflict between them and the Court, but on the contrary, should and will bring that co-operative action which wilt both facilitate and advantage the administration of onr connty affairs. Let a more general and supervisory course characterize our Grand Juries in future. With a full exercise of such Legis lative authority as the law undoubtedly in its spirit contemplates, and which will embody in its sphere a greater and more direct concern as to our county taxation, our public institutions and improvements, a deeper and more extended interest in onr public expenditures, fostering at all times such progrestiveness as will be safely within the scope of a true, wise and practical economy, we may confidently expect such improvement in the administration of our county matters as will constitute our Grand Juries the sure and certain guide and pro tection to the welfare of their respective counties. Let onr Judges in the exercise of their judicial authority make written and compre hensive charges to the Juries, exacting of them such full discharge of duty as the re sponsibility of their position demands. Then, with this reform in the government of onr counties, we will recognize in our Superior Courts not only tribunals for the administration of law in behalf of justice, but institutions for tho prosperity of our whole country. The Negroes in Conclave. The Colored Convention which, for the post lew days, has been holding its session in the city of Augusta, as reported, both by telegraph and by the press of that city, was a most remarkable jtoio oioie. After read ing over tho proceedings most carefully, and then applying all our powers of analy sis, we most admit our utter inability to discover any particular or special purpose of the call, os shown by their proceed ings and are constrained to class it as another conglomerated effusion of pent up igno rance highly tinetured with that spirit of disquiet and complaint which is thejresult of carpet-hag influence upon the ignorant, duped and deceived race of Cuffees. From the opening resolution to the concluding display of Sambo’s parlinicutary excellence, The black serpent* wired in and wired oat, Leaving the people still iu doubt. Whether thereat urea from wlmt they say Are going away or mean to stay. In as much as the Georgia Legislature can hardly resist the influence of so strong a body, no doubt when it has appropriated the asked for five million dollars with which to set afloat these dusky sous of the South for the coast of Guinea, the doubt will l>e settled, and with some enterprising disci ple of Sumner as their Moses, they will de part for the promise land, coming in full We give the following extract from the CbnatitationaKtt we pertaining to the subject . matter of the communication of onr corre spondent signed L.: “The case of poisoning of w wedding party «t Dalton, was n moat aucokr na well as lamentable affair. The physicians have tamed it-to the peach keraeu used in the prepnaatioo of the wedding cake. We never Defcniheard of nancbkenwle being powonoos. As only brief telegraphic details are At hand, we prwanme ten is a more mtional explana tion to come. Several deaths have occurred, and sixty persons ore more or Jess dangerous ly tick. The wedding was that of Miss Lilly .(•Anderson, which took place on the 30th of September, from which it is seen that the deadly ingredient of the cake is slow in the performance of its terrible work. Miss Warner, the author of tho “ Wide, Wide World,” performed the fimeral(service at her father’s burial, tho clergyman invited ■ J im A»l Jntu. hiiiinn Itilnl In 1*> Grand Jnries— 1 Their Unties and their Rela- lation to the Public. Nothing perhaps so much involves or so directly concerns the well being of our counties as a full and faithful discharge of duty on the part of their respective Grand Juries. From a retrospect of our history, it must be admitted that not only has the prosperity of onr country and the advanced state of our society, but even the establish ment of our better law, been due to the suggestive wisdom and proper inaugura tions of these county officials. Still, it would appear from that restrictiveness which but too often characterizes the actions of these bodies, that they fail to recognize the fact that the Grand Jury is strictly the Legislative body of every county. That body of citizens who, filling the respon sible position of Grand Jurymen, content themselves with simply discharging those duties which may be incident to the Court in session during their particular term, cer tainly must fail to recognize the importance or comprehensiveness of the law which as signs them to bo high a trust. To suppose, as doubtless is the case in a large degree, that the Grand Jury is but subject to the orders and directions of tlio Court, with none other than the prescribed duties of said Court, would be as absurd as to suppose the Legislature of our State bound or controlled in its action by the dictation and direction of the Governor. Recognizing fully the importance and pro priety of that law which makes it the duty of our Judges to issue charges to their spective juries, and to recommend such measures and adoptions as may in their judgment be for the interest of the coun ties; apprehending that a more faithful and exacting exercise of their power under the law, such as would induce on their part a written and detailed presentation of the various duties of Grand Jurymen, and a full and complete discharge thereof would be in strict aooord with the requirements of their important legsl position, nevertheless, wc are dearly of the opinion that the law dele gates to the Juries more than to the Judges the direction aad control of the general af fairs of our Courts and counties. The administration of the laws in behalf of jus tice and equity is the high prerogative of the Court; but the administration of the general affairs of the counties, such asmust necessarily give direction in a great view thereof just as ye Moses bags the iast dollar. Thus impoverished through the sacrifiting leadership ofoue of New England’s pnritan philanthropists, what a fine opportunity will be furnished for the establishment of another Cannibalistic na tionality, just off the coast of Africa. The criticisms of this convention upon the distribution of patronage by the party they represent and which now runs “the best Government the world ever saw" evinces i dissatisfaction among the outs which can on ly be equalled by the disappointment of tbe “ forty acres and a mule” expectants. Their review of the disposition of the Middle Georgia insurrectionists by Judge II. V. Johnson, t as a political strategy, can hardly supply the parti zan demands or Radical necessities which inaugurated the cmbroglio. As newly made and appreciative citizens of this glo rious Union, where a white man is almost as good as a negro, how they have passed in judgment the aerobatic performances of some of our leading Democrats upon the political arena of an admiring country, while they speak in no uncertain praise of those who have csjioused the cause of the sons of Haul rather than maintain the rights of that oppressed race which they represent in color, but not in principle. The threatened bankruptcy of the cotton warehouses of our State, by such a with drawal of the sinewy arm of ye sons of Africa, as will make the grass to grow where the staple did bloom, is only equall ed in its importance as a grave matter, per taining to our industrial and material wel fare, by tbe currency question which now agitates the American mind, and which question seems to be the only one denied the woighty consideration of this miscellane ous “ black and tan” convention,the result of whose coming together may yet bless this Southcru land by the formation of their Agricultural, Emigration and Sstatistical Society. There was a wedding in our royal house hold. The beautiful Josephine Jewell, daughter of the Postmaster General, step ped from pure unsullied maidenhood into matrimony. Should this paragraph meet her eye we request her to use her influence with her father in stopping the removal of the Post Office from Jackson street, Au gusta, Richmond county, Ga^ to oue bl.ck below. If she will do so wc will indite her twenty-seven verses commencing— Beneath tbe blue New England skies, Flooded with sunshine a valley lies, But these skies are not so blue As Josephine's eyes of azure hue. —Augusta Constitutionalist. And if in the same connection, she will induce her “paternal Pa” to build Colonel Taylor a substantial new Post Office bnild- iug iu Athens, Clarke county, Ga., we will subjoin the twenty-eighth as follows: Beneath the deep Connecticntt's waves, Where gems arc hid in secret caves. No brighter jcwell is fonnd I ween Than the amiable sonl ot sweet Josephine. At a recent examination for admission to the bar, held at Ottawa, I1L, among the candidates were one womau and a colored man. The latter failed to pass; but Miss Mary Perry, the young lady, is said to have taken tho court, tho examiners, and the bar by surprise, and to have passed the best examination by fipr.of any member of the class. • The Methodist congregation in Frankfort Hill, N. Y., quarrelled about the location of the organ in their church. One faction assembled to move the instrument by force, and were so energetic in their work that it was badly damaged. It is nightly expected that the other party will try to put it back in its old place, and if the attempt should be IFAy the South Should Favor In flation. To the Editor of the Georgian: The present object of National politics in dicates, beyond a doubt, that inflation is to be the issue in the next Presidential nomi nation and election, as it already is in the elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania. But for this unfortunate “ apple of discord” the Democrats would have undoubtedly car ried the Presidential election. As it is, the Democrats are divided upou the issue, the South and West favoring expansion of the present currency and the Eastern and Middle States fighting for contraction, Bill Allen, of Ohio, at tnc head of the infla tion faction of the Democracy, and Tildon of New York and Bayard of Delaware heading the anti-inflation, and hard money faction. The Republicans, on the other hand, are united almost to a man. Their discipline Is altogether better than that of the De mocracy, which is undoubtedly owing to the fact that the thousands of public offices arc in the hands of the party, a sort of “ whip to hand the wretch in order.” Inflation and contraction, paper money and hard money are not really party issues. They are local entirely. There can be no doubt of the need of the country for a larger circulating medium. Statistics show that the United States has a smaller amount of currency per capita for circulation than any country m the world, of its commercial importance. More cur rency, is the cry of the South and West. Before the war the commercial transactions of the country, were small in comparison with the present. Even then gold and silver were insufficient tor a circulating me dium, and almost every town and city had a local bank whose bills were as good as gold in that particular locality. For trans actions between different localities no money was actually passed, but the pay ment was made through bills of exchange. The strong argument in favor of the pres ent system is that, owing to the government guarantee, a bill of the National bank of Athens is as good in New York as a bill of the National Park Bank of that city. This is an argument for the North, not for the South aud West If the bills of the Na tional bank of Athens were good only through this particular locality, of course they could not flow otf into other channels, but would of necessity circulate only here. And yet those bills would be as good as gold if the holders knew, as in ante helium days, that they would be redeemed upon presentation, just as our city bills are as good for local trade as greenbacks. But we are denied free banking, because that would ruin the National banks, and pre vent the accumulation of the currency around the money centers of the North. The only way then in which we can bo sup plied is by so inflating the currency that it will exceed the demands of the North and East, aud the overplus will flow out to the South and West. Just as soon as there is more money in the North than can be prof itably used, the^capitalists will spread it over tbe country at large, first over the West and then over the South. The South and West do not believe that ex pansion will depreciate the currency, but at the same time they do not care if it does. They will be in uo worse condition than they are now. Tiie money, bonds, and se curities of the government are not in their hands. It is even greatly to the interest of the South for it to depreciate, and the greater the depreciation, the better. The South is heavily in debt Tho National currency is a legal tender. If greenbacks decline, of course all projierty, except greenbacks and securities will increase in value in proportion. Not in actual value, for a pound of cotton, a bushel corn, or an acre of land, is worth the same gold value that it was before, and if greenbacks were at par, this species of property would bo worth more'in green backs than in gold. But let us suppose that inflation makes paper currency decline till it takes two dol lars of greenbacks tobuy oneofgold. Then, of course, a pound of cotton which was worth ten cents when at par, is worth still ten cents in gold, but twenty cents in the depreciated currency. This depreciated currency is still a legal tender. If, then, the South owed the North an hundred millions of dollars, and had on hand to pay one million of bales of cotton, worth fifty mil lion dollars of the present greenback cur rency, and the currency should depreciate one-half, then this million bales of cotton would bo worth just twice its present value; and whereas, it Ls now only half enough to pay the debt, after the depreciation, it would pay it in full. Of course, the North just looses half her debt, just as during the war, when ante-bellum debts were paid in Confederate money the creditor lost. It is really wrong in morals, because we rob the North of the difference between the value of the debt in gold now, and tho value in gold of tbe amount of currency with which we pay it. But, when were morals ever allowed to govern national polities? The North is bitterly opposed to this in tlalion and depreciation, for another reason in addition to their loss in the maimer above described. They have two-thirds of the currency and bonds in their liands. One. dollar of those bouds or that currency, is worth now just so much in gold. Then, if the currency depreciates one-half, one dol lar in bonds or currency will only buy half as much gold, and is worth only half as much as it was before. So they loose all around On the other hand, if they can bring about specie payment, debts that we now owe them iu greenbacks, we would have to pay in gold, aud they would rob us just as we would rob them by inflation. And whereas, it now takes one dollar and eighteen cents greenbacks to be worth a dollar in gold, if specie payment is resumed, they would make just eighteen cents on every dollar in their vaults, which is quite a respectable profit. So the currency question can not be a party issue only by adoption. An Atlanta Herald rei>orter makes Gca Gordon say, that the issue is not expansion or inflation on the part of the Democracy. “The con test is between the greenback and the bank note,” says Gen. Gordon. Now, there is no use in our trying to deceive ourselves, and still less in tryingto deceive onr hard money anti-inflation Democratic allies in the North and East by any such argument as Gen. Gordon brings to support this proposition. The difference to the tax payers Detween greenbacks and National Bank notes, is verv small. The opponents of the National Bank system say that the National Banks deposit with the Govern ment 8100,000.00, for every $90,000.00 of their circulation, and that they not only have the use of the $90,000.00, but the Government pays them intereet on the $100,000.00 deposited, and that this inter est comes out of the pockets of the people. The construction put upon this is, that the people are taxed to support the National Banks. Now, this construction is ridicu lous. You might just as well say that tiie people of the State of Georgia are taxed to support the capitalists who have invested their money in our State Bonds. The U. S. Government issues bonds just as State Governments do, to raise money, Suppose I have a hundred thousand dollars which I want to invest in some rehable se curity, and I go to the United States Treas ury and put it in bonds. The government pays interest on those bonds. Ib that an n AniKn rwasunla? Tftuv worth more to the government than the in terest they pay for it, it certainly is not. Suppose then that I want to establish a National Bank. I go to the Treasurer again and leave with him my bonds for $100,000 00, and he endorses my bills for $90,000 00. Now the circulation has been increased just ninety per cent., and the tax payers are notone dollar worse off, but rather benefited. Now let us take Gen. Gordon’s view of Greenback Currency. He says in the same interview, “ wo pro pose to redeem every dollar of greenbacks by a low rate bond, and make this bond interchangeable with greenbacks at the pleasure of the holder.” Now in what does that differ from the present system. Simp ly in the rate of interest on the bonds. Greenbacks are now interchangeable with bonds at the pleasure of the holder, and it has been the pleasure of the holders to con vert a great many of them into bonds,’and to deposit these bonds with the Treasurer in order to get his endorsement on their notes. If the greenbacks with which these bonds are bought, are not retired by the government, but are kept in circulation, the country Is really benefitted. If they are retired and destroyed as fast as paid in, then the government is only redeeming with bonds its notes already issued. This is what we are opposed to, as it is decreas ing the circulation, when we want an in crease. Let us have more greenbacks and more National Banks, if we can not have free banking. This is the issue. If it were simply a contest as to the interest to be paid on the government bonds, as General Gordon says, for sift his currency theory down and it amounts to nothing else, there would be no division in the "Democratic ranks. Republicans might exaggerate it, €dcgrapl)ic. = 1 DISPATCI LATEST F ROM FRIAR’S POINT. “ALL QUIET. ALONG THE LINE." SENATOR ALCORN DEFINES HIS POSITION. Memphis, Oct. 8.—Chalmers, in driving Pease’s force from Jonestown, had them nearly surrounded. Chalmers determined to Capture Pease. This will end the dis turbance. Sheriff Brown is still at Helena. Me de nies having incited the riot, and has tele graphed Gov. Ames that he would quiet the disturbance. Senator Alcorn telegraphed the Attorney- General as follows: “Having read several incensed and sen sational dispatches touching the recent race troubles at Friar’s Point, I beg to assure you that there need be no alarm for the peace of this connty. Several hundred armed negroes, who had been incited by an ill-tempered chief, marched on onr town, and were rapidly repulsed by the whites, under the lead of the most prudent eitizens, who had been following the armed bands of negroes and dispersing them with as little violence as possible, and urging them to go home. The mob has dispersed, and I think will remain quiet. There is no question of politick in this excitement. The whites are, to a man, for defense. Those of the negroes who have been misled, are fast being re- Ni* Corns : RivPtaa Hay. Press, is without doubt tbs ChsaoMt? **• will pack twin ss£L®*! us « ■ mgr .*sople, it n pronounced K. ^ onowbo has used it to bo. perfect Zlhc« C3S °“ “ elsewhere. GILLELAND, WOOD Aco* BepL 15—(ML A ** nt * for North** ^ .. conciled. A community of planters may be just as thev have the southern oiftrngcs for ?? treatment of the laborer. mmJt. Knf The wlutes have made no demonstration of UUIllAV UL party effect, bnt they could not deceive the TilUn Democracy. But if the Democratic party persists in making it a part of their platform in the campaign of 1876, they may look out for a Waterloo defeat. It will come about in this way. The Republicans know now that they have little or no chance iu the election if the fight is made on party issues. If hard money or inflation is the issue they will either rally round a hard money Dem ocratic standard with Tilden at the head, or the hard money Democrats will flock to the standard of some specie payment anti inflation Republican. It will be a great deal better for the Democratic party if Bill Allen aud his inflation platform, tor it is nothing else, do not get a vote in Ohio. That will kill inflation as a party issue, and loose the Democracy little or nothing in the Ohio election of 1876. We can better af ford to loose every office in Ohio at this election than to have Allen for our sandard bearer in 187C, with inflation for a plat form. Then inflation or specie payment will be settled in the two houses of Congress, just where it will be fought out any way. It is not at all probable that the next president will ever have the hill to veto, or if he should have, it will be such a mild inflation that it will do the Sontli no good, and the North no harm. No bill can pass the pres ent Senate, which tends half as much to ward inflation as the bill passed by the last Congress and vetoed by Grant. No mat ter how much wc may desire an expansion of the currency, by all means let us shun it as a party issue. Reineinbe the old prov erb of “a house divided against itself” Just as we are about to accomplish what we have labored for and suffered for four years, do not let us loose the victory by a division among ourselves. There’s defeat in every word of it. IIafed. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Council Chamber, Athens, Ga., Oct. 2, 1875. 5 o’clock p. m. The regular monthly meeting of Council was held this evening. Present, His Honor, Mayor King, and Aldermen Hood, Moss, Pittard, Lucas and Burke. Tho minutes of the three last meetings were read and confirmed. PETITIONS Of W. L. Mitchell, Esq., to widen Hancock avenue,7 near his residence, was referred to Street Committee to investigate and report to Council.' Of Wm. Stark, to erect a small room, to be of wood, for shoe shop, on the vacant lot between the stores occupied by Dr. Wm. King and J. C. Wilkins <fc Co. Laid on the table. The monthly reports of the Treasurer, Chief of Police, Lamplighter and Clerk of Market, were read ana received. On motion of Alderman Burke, the Clerk of Council was authorized to receive Coupons that arc due on City Bonds, 1st January, 1876, in payment of taxes that are now due. On motion of Alderman Moss, the Finance Committee were authorized to purchase one thousand dollars of the Bonds issued by the City to the Northeastern Railroad, and four hundred dollars of the Bonds that were issued to the College. On motion of Alderman Lucas, the ope ration of the Ordinance prohibiting the running at large of cattle in the streets, was suspended until the first day of November next. S. P. Thurmond, Esq., appeared before the Council, and made a statement in regard to Ills account against the City for fees. On motion of Alderman Lucas, the ac count was ordered to be paid, amounting to $50000 The following accounts were ordered to be paid: Gann and Reaves, $59.00 and $30.00; Hopy Pinkney, $27.47; Athens Gas-light Co., $15.75 and $3.75; Gas bill for 8140.00 ordered, paid after correction and approval by Chairman of Committee on PublicPropcrty. Council adjourned. W. A. Gilleland, Clerk, Obasd Csxxsai. Honn-nw g^^; ^ quarters in New York-ii capable o hundred guests. 1000 Ibfc, Strictly Pure Lead, & Billups. If yon want Power* A Weightman’s go to Lottos & Bum. Sept. NOTICE.—Country merchants and an now prepared toieUyonaU articles ** the dreg trade as cheap a* yon can get them ** freight (fled. tsmU h Baum. Gilleland, Wood A Co. have added the Coffin ba.iT' to their Furniture Manufactory, and always keep on w! * large stock of Wood and Meulie Burial Casa. n!, sell as cheap is any house in the 8tate,and without extra charge to their patroos, their eplendid ..I) Hearse tor funeral occasions. March st-u j™ E0TThe undersigned have on hand s choice toTi Timothy Hay, which they will sell cheap for ^ 01 GANN A BEAVES. If you want Furniture, call on Gilleland, Wood & Co^ who manfactnra and deal in all kinds of Furniture and Coffins, and sell as cheap as any bouse in this dtr March 84, 1875.—81-ly. ’’ HEALTH AND BEAUTY COMBINED; ' Wokav’s Eights.—One who has long studied ti. •orbing subject now presents to the women of ou entry tha result of his investigations. He isW, to say that h» has at last discovered “Womin’e hostility to the negroes of this county, but arc anxious to cultivate tbe most friendly relations. My name has been most ridicu lously associated in the matter. I trust you will not give credence to the share given me in this afiair by the telegrams. Respectfully, J. L. Alcorn, U. S. Senator. A STATEMENT OF FACTS BT WHITE MISSIS- SIPPIANS. Memphis, Oct. 9.—All quiet at Friar’s Point. The difficulty at Charleston, Tallatchie Friend.” It is adapted especially to thoee cases shm the womb it disordered, and will core any irrmW, of the “menses.” Dr. J.Bradfieid’s FemaleBendai acts like a charm fl “ white*,” or in a sudden cheek* tha “ monthly court**," from cold, trouble of mind a like causes, by restoring tha discharge in even iC stance. So also in chronio eases its action is uLZ and dedaive, and mvee the constitution from couulm guts in the land. Prepared and _ field, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga. A thousand testify to it* merit*. | Mamma, Ga.. March 88 jgjo Mamas. Bxadtisld A Co.—GentlemanW, W, you two certificates from perfectly reliable penou would have lent them before, but waited to see if tl* cun would prove permanent. WM. BOOT A SONS, DrugrirU HELP, HELP*—NOW OE NEVER. DR. E. D. NEWTON, county, originated between Sheriff Alcorn j Immigration Agent, 375 Broadway, N Y and a negro named Blackwell. Blackwell , ^ now w , urge and selected el« ,f ^ was abusing Alcorn and other Republican at u, ^ rit ^ * js* ‘Su’rjnsi T Pes 1 ^ ^ --n-S I stresses, laundresses, etc., or farm or mechanical Ubcr- en of any and all kinds, will pleas* leave their orJerv at the office of the Amass Giobolas, when they will Gbssn’s Acocer Flos Hall, white. Blackwe’l was pursued by tbe sheriff and others to tlic back room of a grocery, where he was shot fifteen or be forwarded to twenty times, and mortally wouuded. All Republicans. Washington, Oct. 9.—The Star has the following version: The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Senator Pease, Postmaster at Vicksburg, Miss., aud District Attorney Walls, of the Northern District, called on the Attorney General this morning, to pre sent to him the situation of afiairs in that State. They represent that the recent troubles are of a personal nature, and are now over* They do not want Federal troops sent into Mississippi. They set forth that if troops are sent into the State, the negroes will elect to office men plastered over with indictments of various misdemean ors; if troops are not sent into the State, they are of the opinion that the Legislature will be lost to the Republican party, but that tlic successful candidates will be lovers of good order, aud law-abiding and patriot ic legislators. They think the reverse, how ever, will be overcome Id time for the Pres idential issue; and that in that campaign the Republican candidate will receive the ma jority of the votes cast in the State. The Attorney General advised the delegation to remain here until the President’s return, and reiterate the statements made to him to the President. ! -.iw! ' ’*i«. CHASING A FILIBUSTER. Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 9.—The fili buster steamer Uruguay had a very narrow escape from capture by the Spaniards off the coast of .Cuba. Sailing close in shore, under cover of night, she effected landings during two evenings, but was so close to the Spanish encampment that they fired upon her with rifles. Subsequently she en countered a Spanish war steamer, which chased her for sixteen hours close along the Cuban coast, in day light; hut she escaped and headed for Jamaica, reaching Port Royal Monday night, 7tii inst. She re- qnires repairs, and has been ordered to land her arms and ammunition at Fort Augusta. Meanwhile, Her Majesty’s ship Woodlark takes charge of her, with steam np. One of the crew of the Uruguay died of fever yesterday, and three others have gone to the hospital to-day. Council Chamber, Athens, Ga., Oct. 4, 1875. 5 o’clock r. u. A called meeting of Council was held this evening. Present, His Honor, Mayor King, and Alderman Moss, Hood, Hull, Pittard, Burke, Blair and Lncas. The Mayor stated that he had called the Council together at the request of some of the merchants, for the purpose of taking some action in regard to the Ordinance prohibiting the placcncing of cotton on the tide walks. Col S. C. Dobbs appeared before the Council, and stated that the enforcement of the Ordinance as it now stood, would result in serious damage to the merchants who bought cotton, and urged upon the Conn- til the necessity of modifying the Ordi nance. After considerable discussion of the mat ter, the rules were suspended, and the following amendment to the 326th Section of the .Ordinance, introduced by Alderman Moss, was adopted: Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil, That the 326th Section of the General Ordinances be amended, so as to allow merchants and cotton buyers to weigh cot ton on the edgo of the side walk in front of their places of business, and shall have 24 hours to remove the same, provided all cotton shall be so placed as to leave at least eight feet of the side walk dear of obstruc tion. On motion of Alderman Hull," the Mayor and Aldermen Moss and Talmadge were appointed to represent the city in tho meet* itig of the Stockholders of the Northeast Railroad, to be held on the 2Qth in$t. Council adjourned. W. A Gilleland, Clerk ofCouncil. E. D. NEWTON, Im’g. Agent, STS Brosdvtj, s. y. .—It is nstarsl for peon!. Liver Complsint or ur tack ■* Sou Stomscb, Sick Uesdscne, llsbitnsl Costivcness, tsipits tion of the Heart, Htart burn, Water-brash, entviii tad burning pains at the pit of tbs Stomscb, Velio* Skin, Coated Tongas, and disagreeable teste is U* mouth, coming up of food after eating, low spirits, fa, to put off from day to day baying an article thsttkq kixnr has cured their neighbor, lrisod or relsnis, tbe* have no faith in it until it it too late. Bel if you f will go to your Druggists, B. H. Brumby & Co., tni pt I s bottle or Gbxxjt’s Acocir Glowzs, your hmnsdua euro is ascertain a* you live. Sample bottles of this medicine can be obtained tor 10 cents to try iu superior virtue. Regular sire, 75 cants. Try it, two doses will ethers any case. / Aug. 11—to. CIGARS. We have now on band 850,400 Choicest Brands of Cigars, which we offer at Gbsstlt Esdcczd Pans. Also a large stock of Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Snuff; Genuine Meersbaum Pipes, and all Smokrn Ar ticles. \ , PT A liberal discount allowed to Jobber* buyinf largely. Come one! Come sill 1 KALVAK1NSKY Jc LIEBLEK, Aug. 5*tL] Under Newton House, Athene, G*. Musas. Fi Southern Dry Cadi GBEAT SAVING. it, Bxnmor & Co., of the V* i Establishment, an now offtnuy their new tail stock, wholesale and retail, strictly at tha lowest Foreign and American market quotations. Thar fscilitia are equalled by only a few Northern end Wsr imshjigTliinfill T‘ ■j-lftsniTi-f-r T1[i~"*~ and offer to sell tbsir average stock in all their branch* 15 to 80 cents lower than those paying higher prices u Jobbers as sail them, as they My strictly from man- lecturers or their scents. For particulars, all or stud for sample* and price list. All retail orders short tea dollars sent free. ■!J FUKCHGOTT, BENEDICT A CO., U Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga Branches— F. B.*Oo., N«w York. F. R & Co., Charleston, 8. C. F. B. & Co., Jacksonville, Fla. [Sept. Ms MORE SWINDLING COME TO LIGHT. New York, Oct. 9.—Orders of arrest were granted on Wednesday last against Wm. Butler Dunam, Wm. Watts Sherman and Francis H. Grain, of tho late banking firm of Duncan, Sherman <6 Co., on com- ? laint of W. A. Ferdenand and W. and lhaa G. Roebly, who charge the firm with fraud, in having sold them a bill of exchange on London six days before their suspension, and when, as alleged, they knew it would be dishonored. Orders of arrest were executed on Thursday, and each of the defendants gave bail in $5,000. A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE. Bay City, Micu., Oct. 9.—Early yester day morning tho house of George Forrest was entered by some person unknown, who Doured a quantity of acid upon the face of Mrs. Forrest as she lay asleep. She is hor ribly burned, and will lose her eye-tight. The outrage is supposed to have been com mitted by a man whose suit had been re jected by a girl who lived and slept with Airs. Forrest. Query.—How long will s8ingar Sawing Machine had Answer.—Thousands upon thousand* have beta b daily use for twenty yean and mors, and an todsy is " Qusrr.—W hy is it that tha sales ot the Singer sbsoH equal those of «U other Machines combined I Answer.—Simply because tbe Singer it the best, Els'' eat moving, mostodorable, end consequently che*p“ l Sewing Machine ever offered to the public. One Singer, eoeting (cash) $47.50 to $78.00, will last « long as rive of tha common totalled “cheap 1st dbsa,” but in reality Soar 2d class Machines, which n being offered to the public at $50.00 to $«0.00. Which it the cheapest, a Singer St $57.50 to $78.00 east), that will laetfO yean, eoatjier year |2.t0to|3.00 or a common so-called cheap Machine, costing cash $50.00 to $40.00, that will last 2 to 6 yean—cost pet year $1X00 to $40,001 U-tf FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 9.—A freight train on tho New York Central Railroad, running at the rate of 40 miles an hoar, left the track and dashed against the wall of the depot in this city, demolishing part of the buuding, crushing the engine and tender and a part of the train. The engineer and fireman were crushed to death. The Remington again Triumphant! MAKES A CZ&AJir SWEEP OF ALL THE PREMIUMS, REGULAR and Special, at the Oconee Fair in AtheM, N. B.—This. Machine has taken pre miums over the Singer, Howe, Wheeler A Wilson and Wilson Machines wherever «• hited in competition. It is new to the i people of Athens, it never having been ex- | hibited here until this Fair. The older companies can only compel* with tins Machine by misrepresentation. R is acknowledged by all experts, mecbxsk* and operators, to be superior to all other* in the following particulars: Superiority of Construction. Quality of Material Ease of Operation. Certainty of Action. Speed and Light Running. Whilst the attachments of this VtA** BAGGING AND TIES 75 Cents a Bale ATHENS FACTORY. ail r, l. Bloomfield, Agent. Oet. 20—w4t. GEORGIA.—CLARKE COUNTY. Whereas, Stevens Thomas as Guardian of Step! E. Moore, orphan of Richard D. Moore, deoaaaed, ap plies to me for letters of dlsmiasiou from said pun’ ship. These are therefore to cite and admonish all eernedtoabow cause, (If any they haval at my office on or baloee the first . Monday U> November neat why said letters should not bo granted. Given under my hand and official signature it offlea, this 4th day of September, 1875. ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary. 8op$. 15—84-4W. are a npctiality, being the latest gad Notice. i; A LL persons indebted to 0* estate of JohnMegerity, *\ late ofi Hart county, • deceased, aro hereby notified to come forward and make immediate payment; those having deiassds agShuMeMkme will present them to tbe pretent tl within t’ Sspt. 98—48 «t.1 ,yl*w. This 18th c WILLIAM) JOHN A. MEGABIT^, . sad GARDNER MEGABITY, ’»f i-V-T-Managers of th* estate of j JOHN MEG ABIT Y.dscsised.! desirable and sold only with this ‘ Having been critically exsnno judges at the recent fitirw w •** *.. points, and being satisfied thst *•» **“? far excels all other candhbw* * ot ? favor, wc have accepted the agency 01 ^ sale thereof on the company’* prices. Its undaunted success in 0 cities where introdneed is a guarantee that its merits will be recognised J patrons. Call and sec these Mac me* our store. L. SCHEVENELLA CO. I *7 No. 8 Broad «t. Athens,^*- We are also agents for tbe sale wonderful TYPEWRITER. Oct, 10—dtf* s^‘ i iissrssrtiStsjzsn nesota, Colorado, Kan***, Utah- and " " *“ Wwure, G Noons ■ toor M2• Wiring* ? and farming implement* general*!. - fSfftPSk w. L.DANI-KL^^^