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.rapoxj) ermjUv it|3 i /.lit, .YAOKSIUT Tsciieo'i*! rto'Z .TfggarT-, u (UBLTOX & CO If If <f DBVODEl) T > OUR political, educational, AGRICULTURAL, AND^j^^wS^TEiUKSTS. / ’\ ':Two Dollarv^crfinHufti^ fiftdvaKce. •'!».!- 3 I iiaJL urn —1- VOL 4. NO. 42 .In rv ATHEN^ O^pRO;^ TUESDAY, JULY 4»i> , 'cyzr , r .l , rtesisigaTt^ • ootV- <•,:> ■ a^om^mas^Kv&cf&’j: ij>Mens (ieorgian. r a rtRLTON A CO., Proprietors. \>rl i—' .,..!<&■*. S NOW RECEIVINGDIRECT* = OF SUBSCRIPTION: -OPV. On® Ve»P —•————* S OO ?COPV. Si* Month® - 1 OO !p copy. Thro® Month® 80 r.vtks of ADVERTISING. . inserted st ONE I SI _ , a clioioe and select stock Of MIlllBf AND FANCY 8000$, Your attention is Invited t« her Grand Opening of Pattern llats on April 14tli. Also to her unusually Zm^-w l'lLt)EN AiVtrtfl&M MUCKS. Au iMBOyite wVf. The Great Eastern Reformer and Western Statesman. > ‘uKT>"^)U*r'ef!>r , t > he first insertion, «td IrVeBS rSp.r*q«*r« for csch continuance, tiino under one month. For longer i‘u » liberal deduction will 1>e made. A S“fnCl wK U than a sqnare cents a line. Call and be convinced, at her Store on Broad St., B*- twaen Dr*®. Long® A Billups and Smith’s Drag Stores, Athens, Gs. npm4.4m. a. s. ean.ua. UBGAh AOVBKT1SKMENTS. *tsvsasasB»rs—** lion lot i****’* 1 ^ M. iinjMr ,i»on .-®....~~w®...*. 4 W ulooior “njiwoa Administrate. IN ^U.ati.m lor pinUasioa GoarUan 6*5 X££o,tZn~S<'^ l * n »2 rNnduMsP'JJjr'r' 6. a «>l«* l»r square. tV&JIruST** per —- •- LjCr, ».rt«e. I*? Nusre, each time. _ N..Ure> .iu «l»»nce) S » j, Siu'fc i»r sju»re. U«—»— 1 So The shore legal rates corrected •jinary of Clarke County. by uaness and Professional Cards. If. if. LITTLE, :Attorney al Law, CAKXESVILI.E, GA. (W ;i iM8;i.tf. J. 6’. DORTCH, Attorney at Law, CARNESV1LLK, QA. . v riUS.l«T3.tf. .* M. Jackson. I® W. Thomas. JACKSON & THOU A 8, Attorneys at Lawi Athens, Georgia. C. D. HILL, nrO'It.VLY AT LAW, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all business and the same - janll-ly. Ktnillv toileted. POPE BARROW, Al'lO'RJYEY A2 LAW, ATHENS, GA. office in Mr. J. U. Nawton'snew building. }lll* iy. E. ONE OF TUB GRANDEST PLATFoUMS BTBB PLACED BEFORE A PEOPLE—RE rKENCIT- • MEST AND REFORM THE BATTLE CRT —THR CURRENCY PLANK FIRM* I.Y NAIL: D HARMONY, SATISFACTION AND ; • ' ■ ENTHUSIASM. a RH CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO. PEA1.EKS IN Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, FAIRBANKS’ SCALES, « *««» St. Louis, June 28,1876, After the adoption of the platform, the Chairman announced that nominations wer» in order, wlieu the following were made: Col. Williams nominated Hendricks; Whitley, of Delaware, nominated Bayard; Leon Abbott, of New Jersey, nominated Parker; Francis Keraau, of New York, nominated Tilden. FIRST BALLOT. Allen ..... Tilden Parker AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, .A Mill Findings, .0 imioiifiill ciimrsitH AGENTS POR Winship and Sawyers Cotton Gins, &c., Ac., Ac. ATHENS, GEORGIA. U GINS DELIVERED IN ATHENS AT MANCFAC- TITRERS PRICKS. Sr pi. SO—1-tf. To To TAUBA&GS, —DEALER IN— Americas aid Imported Watches, Clocks, Jewelry. SILVER ANDPLaItKD WjiRE, Musical Instruments, nns, Pistols, Etc. ...... 66 4031 18 75 ...... 27 Hendricks 1331 Thurman.. - SECOND BALLOT. Tilden Hendricks Hancock Allen Bayard Parker - Thurman The nomination of Tilden was then made unanimous, on motion of Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania. 535 60 59 54 11 18 22 WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY REPAIRED IN A NEAT, WOKXKAXL KE MANNER, , And warranted, to give entire satisfaction. OrnomrjiM aod Plain latter Enflraeiaa a SyrrlnUy. actual AVira, cm tea tnm Seek 3to, Cerur, mm, QA. frb.l5tf. ; , v , . SCHAEFER, COTTON BUYER, toccoa cmr, ga. ill^hrpt Price pnid for Colton. i!t>V Gin.4 aud l*r«*r. Agent for Win oettowti. E. A. WILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, V. Ur. King's Drag Store, Broad Street, Athens, Gs. •ii done in u superior manner and warranted to gsrsalUtsction. Jan. S—It B. E. HI II AS HER, ATlO/tJITETA2 LAW, WATKIN8V1LLE, GA. jan25-ly_ >ffl« in former Ordinary’s Office. A. G. MeCURRY, .i rto hack r a r l.r if, HARTWELL, GEORGIA. WILL give strict personal atteutiou to all business eu- i*t-.l id li'is care. Ang. 4—to—lv. y. A. REMOVAL! ** SALE, DEJY2IS2, ■iA • Kr.MOVED to Cm ottiow Ut«ly occupied by Pr. J. Morrell. - -- . >mlUfiction giurantcod in both Work and l^riocB. y. w x x L, Built and Sine Manufacturer, COLLEGE AVENUE, Next Door to Dost O N hand, Uppers for making Low Qnartoi», Con gress, Aleus/Bes, and Princ Alberts. Repair- *'^i* promptly executed. Bend leu dollaia, per mail nr exprrss and you shall re I®Sr of boot*. esiveaflrst class June BO, 1975. Great Reduction in Prices F or the next thirty days. Brackets, Wall Pfecketa, and all kind* ot Ornament*! Wood Work, will be sold at GRE®\TLY REDUCED PRICES. Now is tbeti^r to make your bouses beautiful at low figures. Great bargains given in everything at 14-tf UP.KE'8 Bookstore. r are now inakins r »than over before. PLATFORM. We, the Democratic party of the United States, in National Convention assembled, do here declare the administration of the Federal Government to be in urgent need of immediate reform, do hereby enjoin upon the nominees of this Convention, and of the Democratic party in each State, a zealous effort and co-operation to this end, and do hereby appeal to onr fellow-citizens of every former polit cal connexion to un dertake with ns this first and most pres*, ing duty for the Democracy of the whole country. We do here re-aflirni onr faith in the perrtWnency of the Federal Union, onr devotion to the Constitution of the United States, .with its amendments univer sally accepted as a final settlement of the controversies that engendered civil war, and do here record our steadfast confidence in tlte perpetuity of Republican self-govern ment, in absolute acquiesenee in the will of the majority, the vital principle of the re public ; in the supremacy in the civil over the military authority; in the total separa* t’on of church gsd fcitnte for the sq^t) alike o:'civil and religions freedom ; iu the equal ity of idl eitiz-ns before the just laws of tlieir own enactment; in the liberty of in. dividual conduct, unvexed by sumptuary laws; iu the faithful education of the rising veneration, that they may preserve, enjoy uid transmit these best conditions of hu man happiness, and hope we behold the noblest products of an hundred years of cliamref'd history; hut while upholding the bond of our Union and great charter of these our rights, it behooves a tree jieople to practice also that eternal vigilance which is the pi ice of liberty. Reform is necessa ry to rebuild and establish in tbo hearts of he whole people the union eleven years 120 happily rescued from the danger of a corrupt centralism, which utter inflicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet hag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of the Fedarri.Cover k*|it harif with inca- h rioti “from *l84,0WtfHfl) •680,000,006; In decufc fioAt’ie*e : (hin five dollar* per head to more that eighteen dollars per head, track the peaed tb* phoefarffitve paid to their Wt'-gathem^ 1 more tha* Ihrice the sum of Vbk MfiMd'dU|t; l bi"ilM|C tkan twice that shm lor tlfo Federal Government aloneL \Ve demand a vigorous frugality in every deport ment ; and from every .officer of the govern ment reform is necessary to put a stop to the grnflisate waste, of .puhlic lands and their diversion from Udreri - settlers by the party m power, wl;ich has squandered two hundred milKons of acres upon railroads aloue, and out of more than thrice that ag gregate has disposed of less than a sixth di rectly to tillers of the soil. Reform is necessary to correct the omission of the Republican CongreM; and the errors of our treaties, trad our diplomacy, whii have stripped our dHItik-lSmcns ot foreij, birth and kindred race, recrossing the At lantic,’ of the shield of American citizenship, and have exposed our brethren of the. Pa cific eoast to the incursions of a race not •prung from the same grl .t * rtrent stock, and in fiict rtow, by law, denied citizenship through naturalization, as being neither accustomed to the traditions of a progressive civilization. We denounce the policy which thus discards the liberty-loviug German and tolerates the revival of the Gmlie trade in Mongolian women, imported for immoral purpose*, and Mongolian men hired to per form servile labor contracts, and demand such modification of the treaty with the Chinese Empire, or such legislation by Con gress within a Constitutional limitation, as -hall prevent the further importation or immigration of- the Mongolian race Re form is necessary and can never be effected but by making the controlling issue of the elections, lifting it abovo the false issues with which the office-holding class and the in to | of the froa-ury perhaps with tue (lower to IT, or in one , issue gold awaiting the day of va*taat!VOf), ?a ■■policy to which the Western Democracy al most unaniraonsly oppose. The resolution of the committee supports by implication a bill for which the Democrats are nut respon Bible, a measure which never received, a ing circumstances, it is always withiiD our should he more-imtiortaiiv when wet , that, while- Waited by them ontaeives, 1 they will still better sta-Ve <tar euccossors, «a..uw-it jF^wrvelonwi ^ . ,0_V. - -.--.-.c. Democratic vote. , ( Here time was called and much coot ensued in consequence of efforts to seenre more time for Ewing. :i ••ill -u The Chair ruled that aa D^ectioo^.wm made, the time could not beex(euded. Dorsheimer appealed for' the withdrawal of objection, and it was withdrawn and'IK unanimous consent Ewiug was antfaorized fu proceed. • > Another aoene of confua McLane, of Mrryland, renewed to the hearing of Ewing further. tjt.> "swuTm-T Ewing thanked the Convention for the 4 Reason fipm this information toe: kindly spirit manifested - .towards him, aud F — s - ,iUj ’*ttuzonuio_4■£. “TTUYLLl IU IU THE LETTER H. for the great benefit derived from im-tcon ’ogica) obsorvatkma is from the light of past experience. By the aid of past and'renftt- party in power seek to smother it. The false issue with which they would enkindle I'. G. THOMPSON, Attorney at JL<aw, <cu! WonM,«®pmft.lly d^Udh* r to Ex. Gw. T. H. Wa -OW ipp.T Vijp-.on, Moutaomery Ala. Office over B«ny’» Suw«, VTuna, (3». Hon. David ■rn’o Star Feb. S-tt FRANK HARRALSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEVELAND, GA. * -1 pnetio. in tlia oountio. of White, Ualoii, Lnm (»«. Towns, aixl F'aimine, awl tba Snprama Coi tinau. WiU ’ *■ mo cwiuiuai ami vaaw w«a|w — five special atteoUoc to all clalm.tr an. Aag. tl 1W&-41—tf. JOHN W. OWEN, Attorney at Law. cash ran wool,, CLOTH FOR WOOL. J rite Athens Manufacturing Commr.y . uuch larger variety of Woolen Goods And propose to Exchange them for Wool, . _ and locked fast the prosperity of on indut- May is, 1875—rs-tr. ^ i trioU9 | >e0 p1e on the paralysis of hard times MISS C PottS | Reform is necessary to establish a sound currency, restore public credit and maintain K*a-sllioliable TDressmaker I the national honor.. We denounce the fail- (Over I’nlTfrrfty Bank.) Broad Street, Athens. generally, of Athens and vicinity, that she is now pre pared to do Dress making in the Neatest and most ire of all these eleven years to make good I the promise ot the legal tender notes, which arc a changing standard of value in the hands of the people, and the non-pay ment of which is a disregard of the plighted kith of the nation. We denounce the im FASHIONABLE STYLES. With her experience iu the bnsinem, she.fcels mre ft I providence which, in eleven years of peace, rivia* satisfaction. H Itay 14, TW6-4*-*' | [ lag taken frum the people in Federal ta\e- thirteen times the whole amount of the le- PCHCDII TIPKCT AQitirV j gal notes, arid squandered tour times thi- ULPLunl I lunLl nuLHull I sum in useless expenses aitbout aeouww. Waff pn 4 n TlPlf ET< ating any reserve for their redemption. KAILIIUAU liliaMS I \Ve denounce the financial imbecility aud toocos cur, as. 'KTII prscUcv- in all thenoontiea of tba Western Cir- Hart and Madison of the Northern Orcuit. Will <!V " special attenioa to all claims entreated to hie cart. For eelc, by all routes, aud to all principal points In j i, nirora Uty of that party, which during t* 18 : I eleven years of peace, has made no advance UNITED STATES. I Buy your Tickets before leaving Athons,' 4td get all I information from LutaR Cobb. Howell Cobb. ! L. & H. QOBB, Atlorneys al Law, Athens, Ga. Office in Deuprco Building. Caft. WM. WILIAMS, Agent Southern’ Express Co., Athens, Ga. May IS, 75 •» • 2* K. SAULTER; DEALER IN A1X KINDS OF toward resumption; that instead, has ob structed resumption by wasting onr re sources and exhausting all our surpius in come, and while annually professing to in tend a speedy rct irn to speoje payments, has annually exacted fresh hindrances the etu. As such a hindrance, we de ni inn ce the resumption clause of the act of 1875, and wo here demand its repeal. We WINES, WHISKIES and LAGER BEER, j J j emi | n( | a judicious system of preparation ALEX. S. ERWIN, Attorney at Law, Athen8, Ga. Office Broad Street, between Center A Kwves and On As Co., up-stairs. ALE, GIN, CIGARS, dL, CALL AT SAULTERS EXCHANGE, J.v:ou!t Stkebt, Amrxs, Gxoaou. Oct.*—d-U. lively, feed and Sale Stable, A-THCEtTS QA QANN AREAVE8.....'.PROPRIETORS ■ - - - u > - t. Will b® ftnmd at thdr old wrari, rear FranVBn Horn. P uW ^ J' hSlniZ ^ Jmy* on hand toad (day of its adoptjon, bring Healing on ^ts UVERY AND 1ALE STABLE ,, „ | building Thomas rtrcct. Keep alaray* bn hand *oo.l Lumaycs, Buggies and Hones for Hire. I Turnout® and carefttl driver*. Stock well eared for | w hen entrusted to oar care. Stock on hand for rale at TERMS REASONABLE | uiume®. by public economies, by official retrench- meuta, and by wise finance, which shall en able the nation to assure the whole world of its perfect ability and its perfect readi ness to meet any of its pro nises, at the call of the credit time alarming the public mind into a withdrawal of that faster nia cliinery of credit by whiih nin. ty-five per cent, of all bnmness transactions are pet* formed. A system, open, public, and in _ i—: «..LIL. A.vt.fi.lonian wahM friim flu* ^^^WmTtUEAU dcclttf. ID, Washington, WUIre. Co., Ga. a. m. cochrSb, ^-AINEStrUJIiEs OEO Re.I E.uu.odr 1 - “n nls of Mil utlwr sndtltlMto property tanra - s pe«al >u«utkm jriveu to tbo 8l >y nropert^^*^ x. Dd - —L___i 1 1 utactareona.tner mecmuiicw Planters’ Hotel. Augusta. Ga. Uhe.employment # uborervrad I Jj I all its national source the prosper iifoctaraand thc- mechanical arts; restore " renew iii Mlusralorst IM?™- HOW3I. parity of tin r HS WELL KNOWN HOTEL llAy. IReform' Is' neeesfoirym thc e um ^ v Wn2rt^2lSSJh^ri*S I and mode of Federal luxation, to the end I Summer of SSn, taamr^aoiS, vltii 1 that capital be set free tiom distrust and tie* for the accommodation of the travellinx pabl’ie. 1 “ * * " fobt-ly B. F. CHATFIELD, Proprietor. Du. GK2DINE, Late of Mississippi, ■ Jxaving decided to raa*,.thews hpId*-**-*-!: "''"■"rs’Tsrts'fi'asr'JSST; to U.S cUisto. of’Athens sod bs yMtadW. WMsap.i- —- | r ' 1 ‘nw ®*.J« n« aenmNo or John II. Nxwrox’a, j j aae i6 ( 1875—ss-ly. »h«» h. msy ba found from 8o’dook a.».»o« »i>«n not professionally enm«eil. Csa ha found at "WM st nsfisMs af tbaWlS*. Goldinge. ’•vehSAly. Gvknl'' Gofanritshn Merchants, .iCiiaUmtsbl**'!* /l labor lightly burdened. Wo denounce tiie present tarUff levied upon nearly four thou sand articles inequality and false pretence. sectarian strife in respect to the public schools of which the establishment to sup port belongs exclusively to the several States, and which the Democratic party has cherish from their foundation, ana resolved to maintain without partially or preference for any class, sect or creed, and without con tributing from the Treasury to any; the fidsc issue by which they seek to light anew the dying embers of sectional hate betweon kindred people people, once unnaturally es tranged, but now reunited in one indivisble republic, and a common destiny: Reform is necessary in civil service. Experience proves .that efficient, economical conduct of the Governmental business Is not possible, if its civil service be subject to change at every election, he a prize fought for at the ballot box, be a brief reward of («rty zeal instead of posts of honor assigned for tinived competency mid held for fidelity in the public employ, that the dispensing of patronage should*neither be a tax upon time of all our public men, nor the instrument ofthrir ambition. Hero again professions falsified in the performance attest that the party in power can work out no practical or salutatory r-furm. Reform is necessary even more in the higher grades of public service— President. Vice-President, J tidges, Senators, Representatives and Cabinet officers. These and all others in authority are the people’s servants, their offices and not a private per quisite—They are a public trust' When the annals of this country show the disgrace and censure of a Vice-President, a late Speaker of the House ot Representatives •rarketing his rulings as a presiding officer, three Senators profiting secretly by their votes as law-makers, five chairmen of the leading committees of the late House of Representatives exposed in jobbery, a late Secretary of the Treasury forcing balances in the public accounts, a late Attorney- General misappropriating public funds, ft Secretaay of the Navy enriched or enriching friends by percentages levied off the profits uf contracts with bis department, an ambas sador to Eugland censured in a dishonor ible speculation, the President’s private Secreta ry barely escaping conviction on trial for guilty complicity in fraud on the revenue, a Secretary of War impeached for high crimes and confessed misdemeanors. The demonstration is complete that the first step in reform must be: the people’s choice of honest men from another party, lest the disease of one politics 1 organization infest the body politic, and thereby making no change of men or |>arty, we can get no change of measures and no reform. All these abases, wrongs and crimes, the pro duct of six'cen years ascendancy of the Republican party, create a necessity for re form, confessed by Republicans themselves, bat their reformers are voted down in con vention and displaced from the cabinet. The party’s mass of honest votes is powerless to resist the 80,000 office holders—its leaders and guides. Reform can only be had bv a peaceful civil revolution. We demand a change of system; a change of administra tion ; a change of parties, that we may have change of members and of then. 'ihc reading was frequently interrupted by applause. The denunciation of the re sumption act a“ddema d for its repeal was received with especial favor. At the conclusion Dorsheimer said the committee had adopted and endorsed, though not as apart of .the platform, in the resolution which he read endorsing the .iclion of the House of Representatives in i*utting down app; opriations, he exhorted also the resolution as to the just claims of soldiers, sailors and widows and orphans Ewiug, of Ohio, took the platform and mah said that at the request of several member* .. uid trouble them no further. (Cries for Ewing," order, older.'*’) Dorsheimer said he proposed right heie to make a straight issne between hard and soft money* (Applftoso).^ By-fAP^’W* wM. stand or fall. If you want soft mouey, give your votes to the most distinguished advo cate. hut if you want to give us any show to carry the hard money States, stand by the platform as presented. > (Applause.) This i® a compromise in which the East has yiel ded so much as to have already elicited a strong 1 protest numerously signed by the Eastern States. On this we stand or fall. If you adopt the amendment of the gentle man from Ohio then goed-bte to your hopes. The Committee’s report, however, gives us a living chance of success. In conclusion, he demanded the call of the States on the ques tion. ! . ■ •;-■? .1 Voorhees, of Indiana, took the platform. He said Dorsheitner’s issue was a lake issue. As stated by him there is no issue here of hard or soft money. They were all in favor of resumption as soon as 'healtbfblly practi cable; whosoever desires it earlier, desires it for some private, improper purpose. He earnestly opposed any attempt at enti roed resumption. The law had been in force two years nod the country is two per cent fur ther off from a gold standard than it was when the law was passed; natural laws of legislation, if nut unwise, will soon cover the 12 per cent, gap between gold and paper. Let us have the question to these natural laws. Referring to Dorsheimer he said the West bad followed the lead of New York too long already, and it is now time to assert the power of the mighty West. [Applause.] Watterson, of Kentucky, urged the policy of supporting tiie committee’s report signed hy twenty-nine of its members, after careful consideration and asserting the impolicy of overthrowing that, hy the exdted action of the Convention in its condition of excitement, power, at the beginning::oF » ficax6ti,'to know whether it will bd.nlwet or dr/One; of to discover at ft certain period whether the average quantity of rain to ! be expected for the month, has already fallen. ; • ■, Now*' if there are no sigua of a wet year, the fanner may proceed with greater coiifi- dence ip his operations; but if the year, from the rainfall of the first month or so, and from the weather of the opening spring, gives evidence* of being 0 wet one, then lie must be mure careful ht dreuring tiie fruits of the harvest,. When r therefore, there is ; e*son from this information to inspect pinch nuti,' We' farther' nhonld more carefully ob serve hi*'weather instruments, and the mi®» »,®t they;; indicate that a fair interval is approaching, .he can, even under an unfa vorable sky,.- commence his operations; while, his cautious neigUinir, wailing for the freathv/l&* settle, let8 nis ripp.ilrtiiiiity go by. W en the grain and the hay have been cat and are standing in the field, the one with his instruments will be able to predict a coming change aud harvest his crops under shelter while the other, de ceived by the appearance of a cloudless skv, will let the fruits of his labor stand in the fields to be ruined by the unexpected rain. Seasons may vary, but none will be found inconsistent with themselves, simply be cause there is a reason for every atmos pherical phenomenon, and there is little dif ficulty in discovering their u true inward ness'’ when the subject is carefully exam ined. Respectfully, ‘ L. H" Chaubonxikr. And eehopaa*M<iuNfrmVii*d a*t On the confines or earth ’t«ra* pannhted to test, And the depths of the ocean U presence couf-saed, ’Twin be found in the aphart wW- UMHoeb aiguder, Attends at his birth, and awaita him at death ; . [’resides o’er hi* happiness, honor* and health, Is the prop of his home mo the end of his wealth. In tha Map* of theater: ’tie hoarded With ca*V Bat it sure to be loet with, his prodJcal heir. It begina every hop-, every wish it must bound; With the^husbaadman toils, with th« ntonW^hiia Without i' the soldier, the sailor may room; 11 But woo to the 1 In the whispeiwo Nor a’ven in *’— wretch who expels it from borne! to tohsoionet its voice will be foditd,: 'Twill soften th&hei 'Twill msk- it 1 Batin shsdc let it rest tike wdhlicaU fro+V, - r ]f Oh! breathe 00 it softly—it dieei - an hour. -BAltTHbliO dfE^BEAj The Present that was.Intended ■Je.wWfilTOSfejf-l SOME GOOD OF NAZERETIL Extract from Editorial Corres pondence of Telegraph and Messenger. A year oc_tw&-a. go, Mr.. Barthoiortt W waa,nut in .Colorado for a fowTfocuilUsfnnd just before he started tor the journey home, he tvroto to h:s wife cone?ruing tile proba ble time of his arrival. As a pust--cript to the letter, he added the following message to his sun, a lioy about eight years did: “Tell Charley I am going to bring'With tnc a dear little' - baby Iwarthat I bought from'aii Indinh.* < J WetS " J -> f Of course, that information plchsect Char ley, and lie dim to 1 most of hia.thoughts mid his conversationJLo thelsuhject ol tho bear during the next two> weeks, wishing anxiously for his father to come with tiie little pet Oil the flight which liH-. 'beeti fixed by BarthoioineW for his’ni'rivfd'ho did not coiue, and the fiuiiiJy weresmioh disappointetk Charter, particularly, was cut up because he couldn’t get the’ I bar. On the next evening, while Mrs. Barth -fo- tin,w tpid the children were si tiiigan the In tit room with the door open into the hall, they heard something running through the front yard Tnen the front door was suddenly burst open, and a man dashed into 'the hall and up stairs at a frightful spited. Mrs. Bartholomew was just about to go tip after lii.n to ascertain who it was, whcit a large dark atiim.il of s ime_ kind darted through the door,, ami, with an awful 1 otvl, went howling up stairs afteiythe man. It suddenly fL-islied upon the mind of Mrs Bartholomew that the matt washer husband, and that was the little’ Imby Washington City, June 16, 1876. I heard some fads a day or two since | about Robert Smalls, one ot the highly colored, so called Congressmen from the State of New Africa, otherwise known as South Carolina, that ought to lie generally known, as showing that good, occasionally, cm and does corns out of Nazureth.. The Jus'i'then'the voice of Rartfo.teraew home record of these Congressional darkies j waH he;ird filing from the top landing: has been so uniformly bad that, us a friend | « Mjriu , , br °- w , ious get out of the of the race to which they belong. I am really , , l0uw a8 qu i c k as you caiuaiid shut all the gratified when a ray even ot the faintest light ij OM a nd window shatter.’’ , .... illumes the dark picture. Smalls, as you . Mrs> Bartholomew sent tho boys will recollect made quite a hero of himself ; | to p art ridgc’s next door, and she closed to the iroiily loy’l during tne late avjl *r*r, |h ^| )H ;kcd all tho doors, and went by the thirty-two and not by the eight who -T. * ,e ®' ,n S the steamer ‘ Planter. j i„| 0 . the yard ,to await further develop- have produced here this dangerous question. r, hluh ho *’“* f ,’ l nt ' f " ,,n < -' ,nfe< er ? te i incuts. When, she got outride, saw nneproquemi & . I Bnmmmmt. n.,,1 running her, one night, | BarlIloloulew ou..lhe roofknecling on tho He moved the previous question. Another scone of great confusion, many delegates asking to be heard aud one from Pennsylvania, bitterly denouncing the gag- law, aud insisting on the freedom of debate. After much confusion the States were called on Ewing’s motion to strike out and substitute. The Chairmau announced the vote—yeas, 219, nays, 515—so the amend ment was rejected. The vote recurring on the adoption of the platform proper, the Chairman announced the vote—yeas, 651, nays, 83. So the re port of the platform Committee was adop ted. Washington, June 28.—Dispatches reaching here from the North and South, express enthusiastic satisfaction. Politi cians here, who have closely examined the platform, pronounce it a master-piece. METEOROLOGY & AGRICULTURE. Interesting Letter from Prof. Charbonnier. smack into the Yankee blockading , , , „ , squadron door, which hu kept ilowu only by the on the coast of Carolina, it was a daring, ^ lremelMlo iis exertions.. Then ho feat, so the Yanks held and said, and they scroalnei ( f or Homebody to come up and rewarded bm.ills by making him Captain |le)p him alld Mr . l> irV ridge got a ladder in their volunteer naval service, ami giving Mmln on',1. n.,,1 nseended. .. , , ... j giving j a) a hntolut, and nonieUail^ and ascended, him command of the temt. wh.ch position he , Th ,, n;li , ud down the lrap door , and retained until tho close of the war. '' "^ n B irtholoiiiew and Partridge came down “ reconstruction ’ was vom.ted on the hind, i the , adder t0KCt h er . A.ter he had greetwl binalls oame to the front nga.n, as a leader ; h ; s tUlully Mrs. Bartholomew asked hitn in civic affairs, an.) was sent hy the Congress wh;lt wa / lhe nmUe r, and he said: m Beaufort district to the so-called State „ wh „ yon kno , t h at little baby bear I Senate, whence he emerge, a full blown ij a j, d fenng Charley ? Well, I had him statesman and successful candidate for Con j i|( a box , nilil i gol „ff lhe tra i u llp herent eressional honors. He is now serving hi-, the dcpot . A „- d then I thought I’d take second terra in the House, and manages to | QUt ailt j j ua( | around by the chain. up THE SUMMER FLOODS. with a roll in his gait and immense bowlegs j nbou . a lnil ,utc. That infernal Indian mast dsrk mulatto as to color, and with marvel-: | lave fooled me. He said it was a cub only lously sleek and curly hair. When he rolls two luolltbs oW and A had no teeti. I be- into the House dressed in the blackest,, Hove it , g ., fuU urovvn hear.” shiniest of doth, and the hugest of ofdaugl- , | t t j K . n hecamo a ve.y interesting ques- mg watch ^ehmn^ he tsMgU to heh.ild, | t ; on how tlu . y 8hould get thal bl . ar oul of ' the house. Bartholomew “ thought they Office Athens Georgian, ) June, I4tb, 1876. [> L. H. Chaebonieb, " Pres’t. State Agricultural College, Dear Sir.— • t As tne present week has visited upon us a most remarkable season, such an one *a has not probably been experienced in this country for a number of years past, and a® this occurs at this the period of our summer solstice, no doubt you can present some practical points or foots in regard thereto which may pi ove both of interest and pro fit to the many readers of the Georgian, especially our agricultural friends. If the duties of your responsible position will per mit, you will confer a fovor upon the Geob ian by furnishing us for publication a communication on this subject, and doubt less, thereby contribute a lasting benefit to the people of this section. I am Sir very Truly and Res’, youre and never foils tuexoite the envy and admi ration oi the darkies in the gallery, who w >ke up and and point him out to their com panions. This is Smalls, M. C. from S. C. —so called.' But to my story. A friend of mine who was at the Treasury Department on business last week met the Hon. gent there, and know ing him pretty well ventured to ask what his errand was; to which Smalls replied that he had heen calling on the Secretary in hehnlf of the daughter of his old mistress who had been reduced to extreme poverty by the war, and that his mission had resulted in a promise from' that official that she should have the first vacancy in his department He also informed my friend that he intend' ed to nominate the young lady’s brother to a had lietter try to shoot hint, and' He asked a dot of neighbors to come around and help him with their shot-guns. When thoy would hear )he bear scratching at one of the win dows, they would pour in a volley at him ; bnt after riddling evetyahutief on tWfifst ffour, they roula still hear'the bear tearing around in there and groNflin^ So Barthol omew and tiie others-got-into the cellar, and as the hear crossed the floor,, dh'oy 'would lire up through it at about the spot where they thought lie was. But tho born-, ifardihent only seemed to exasperate the animal, mid after each shotj'they efrnldhteti' hint smashing somethi .g. -1 .unii-jd! Then, Partridge saiti, maybe u oonplq chip him, i of good bull dogs might -whip him, and he H. H. Cabltox, Ed. Georgian naval cadetship at Annapolis, and that he borrowed n good bull dug and a'Bvttcr had lately moved his old mistress into a i f r011lr Barney Maginn aud pushed. (bent comfortable house he owned at Beaufort, j through the front door. They listened, and that he intended she should never sutler j and f„ r half an hour thejr could hear H most for any comfort lie could provide. He *aid | lerr ;fic contest raging, and' Magiftn «aid she had always been kind to hjm, ami he Iho’d bet a million dollars that boll dag would never forget it. In the dreary waste ! wou i d ea t u|i any two bears in tbe-Ro^ky. of negro hate and ingratitiite towards their j Mountains. Then everything became slid, former owners, inspired too often, let it be ! .„, d a few minutes litter, they could hear of tiie committe he presented the minority .eport, recommending the striking out of the following clause in the majority report, to-wit: “As such a hindrance, we dc- n ranee the resumption clause of the act o. 1875, and we demand it* repeal,” and |>ro posed to substitute therefor the following words.* “The law for the resumption of specie payment on the first day of January, It Yields » dwindling,' not a yearly rising 1879, having been enacted by the Republt- rvvvuue. It ha* impoverished many indus- can party without deliberation in Congress tries to subsidize a few; it prohibits im- and without discussion before the people, bt Durchase the products of and bri g both ineffectual to secure its sales «f American manu&ctures, and Amei _ by half onr peopte, It corts the people five time* more than ft produce* to Urn treasury; it ohatroctiitho prooeHoaoT production and waitea the fruit* of labor; H premo:es fraud and foster* smug- object, and Inghly injurious to tire business of tlte country should be forthwith repeal ed. 11 Earing moved, and Eaton, of Ktas**, seconded, tluit the amendment thus sug gested be made. Ewing proceeded toatftteJuautfcctioo to «hOicloww.»W|ri«"3 tw'-be atrieken. o«L - It denounced only on rfanre e« thortwunptiw act, that one fixing the time foe resumption, tba* hy implication leaving all tire rest to Athens, Ga., June 17th, 1876. Editor Athens Georgian:—Your note requesting an article upon the causes which have produoed each a succession of rain storms as we have just experienced, is to hand. ■yuiir ■ To enter into a discussion of these causes which have produced such a wet grain har vest, would take mote space amt thought than l ean now bestow; besides, I think that it will be of for more interest, to the farmer especially, to be given some practi cal suggestions as to the prediction of these storms, thereby enabling him to make read forthem, than to be aeqnainted with the theo ries of such phenomena. The knowledge of the use ,of meteorological instruments should hh “of 0 prevalent among formers than at present- Tho Captain of a ship would no more think of going to sea with out his barometer and hygrometer, than of venturing out with » mddarieaa ship. Without a rudder, he would he at the mer- cy of the waves; without his harnra^ti;r. of labor prewras fraud and rosters smnt- wm ng.tmpnomon leaving u. Minx; enriches dishonest officers aud irenke sramf;* unobjectionable. The construction SS lifreay TTli «temaod ; thhc Ijvretita this, will be, that thfoiPwBiatie ■Tcustom house taxation shall■ i grid In 18M to 3150.000,- »etKMoqr »ftl87Pi«ir aggregate, foa- party wanu resumption earlier than 1879 another objection is thst the resolution as re- said in extenuation thereof, by the loath- ■rame white wretches who have preyed upon them since their freedom, such fact9 as these shine out like stars, and I put this one on record with genuine praise and pleasure. L Shall never lauph at Smalls again. He has shown himself a diamond iu the rough, and 'deserves not only high credit but the re spect and good will of all who honor a kind heart and grateful spirit. This is the way that the N. T. World describes the grand ratification meeting of the republican satelites at Washington: The brains of tiie Republican party, and what is much more important, its treasury Ur in WashiD'ton, and tnerefo e it is o lie expected that a meeting bel.l there to ratify a Presidential nomination should he respecta ble in all points of view. There are office holders enough to make n crowd and (Jou rnal orators enough to occupy the platform. The ratification meeting of last night was good itifdl respects save entire®- asm. A mournful chill hung over the for even depurtuent clerks cannot the bear eating something and cracking bones with his teeth, and Bartholomew said that the liear was particularly fond of dog incut, and could relish a litter of poplrat any.time. .../ ' • ' - tendMU««{3 At last Bartholomew thought hu, jvoqjd try strategy. He procured a hui;e iron hook with a sharp point to it, tied it to a rope and put throe or four pounds of fresh beef on the hook. Then he went up,tho ladder, opened the trap door in the roof, and droppe: the bait. In a few thbments he got a bite, and all hauds manned tho rope and pulled, when out came Ma^inn's bull dog, which bad- beetr-Mding in the garret. BarthHlaiieW ‘ anus tiis^isted, but he put on. fresh bait and threw it iu again, and in about an bour the bear topk hold an l they hauled him out and knocked lum in tlienestd. 1 ' Then they entered the honse. In tho hall; thu carpet was covered with partides of tho dead setter, and in the parlor, the carpet ami the windopa hadbeen Aotto pieces, while the furniture was full pf bul let holes. The bear hsd smashed the mlr- nevor heard of until Satutday morning. Had Blaine been nominated, how the capital would have rung with exultation) crowd; — Tssif^Miew# rejoice over a second-best ticket It is hard ..... - to cheer oh Monday night for men you ror , to r n S1X c *.* t T wl “S*?® former depend g»iro as murii upon tire, young lady in Washington has received a weather of tho sailor, ^Typt, n S®.'rfS jagto—MEria writ i» Herzegovinians and the Turks he was cap- thy,.... pf jha weatiterat least forty- tured and was to be executed tho next morn- eight hours ahead, upon which so roqcli at twae» depends, Thp barosaeta^ grometer, the nun ggange, the ermporauoo gnwa; fboaldtbn. nija e««ry mm. ported palters with the question of which it Sdjro3Wipo«MHM, operauoa ahopU be W treats. It commits the party to » reduction menoed without at first cotealting these ofgrassksskiand the perpetuation of the Na-lhbtrMieaftft, jrtMl.y tional bank; system aud leaves the Secretary I moderate expense. And tbre 1 vly Will 44JP vw •'wIVH ""Vrawre over the lamp; and demolishedrratt,tho> crockery iu tuo pantfy., ,,” gritted his teeth as ho sttrv* and Mrs. Bartholrineir ll liMd i patience hehal ever, they nxc could, and then Mrs. jtoParuWgeteTorChniley And theycj^est... ;o Barthmom^w atraiawl:. - ; *^0,\al wHririni ihyBttii: baby bear £».' > Then Bartholomew gazed at him teeiertb 1 ;y ( ,for a. moment; looked arouad taeeeif' rs. Bartholomew bad left the room, and. ^^-^jmostterTifio.epifok-,. ing. He atatca .that a friendly priest had promised to mail .hia letter alfa pertain town, and the postmark ate»t» that it was mailed iMkt. r «w*. jii i.to.. on itoMoulted bis tail, : •’ ‘ j1, *■ "3B ■1