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) THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: OCTOBER 10, 1871, SEABORN’S SPEECil- A Colored Man’s Covlctionn. HELL GATE. JJEUVBRSD.AT HEUOOH SPRINGS, OCT, 2nd., 1876. To my friends of both racesWe have met here to-day to consider our true interest . Many of ns do not know wh t our interest are until we hear them, explained. Let me say what I know to lie trnc, and if any colored or white man can say tliat every word here written is not trw*. then I will agree to be known as one not worthy of confidence. Liston, my colored friends especially: The Democratic party, to which l belong, has accepted the fourteenth and fi. eenth amendments, and these amendments guarantee tlie coloml people their rights under the law. Now I know that the Republican j art. - accepts the same thing, and so far, hot > parties are exactly the same. Now the eo’o ed p mp'e, as a mass, have always voted with the R pnhli- e.-.n party beaus’ that party propos c.l to give them their rights. Now i' the Democratic party proposes to do the same tiling, and we know that we have played with and grown up with the men who compose the.p rt>. wny eami* t we vote with them; we o'lgln to vote with th -m, because our interest here at homo arc at Stake O.ir country must be devel oped, and our taxes must be made Ifss and we en n ot do these things unless we unite with them. Our race must be educated and we camn>- do this unless we work to ha uioniw all questions between us. Yes '»• friends, here at home are our true in tcrests, and as the Democratic party wii jf \e us ii ir rig us unde, the la^, wc can vote with them an 1. therein pro.eci our home interests t<*o Now, if you vote for the Republic u. lia.ty, y u vote for a party which will give you your rights under t lie law 90 far as tin* foiurteo til an I ti teeiitli amendments are coaeerned, but yon vote for a party which is powe.des- to protect your home iuteresis. B it the Democratic |arty can protect both your home interests and givi you yo.tr rights under the law ton. Now you so 1 , my friends, the Demo cratic party can lessen your tuxo- and educate our race, and give us al. our rights, therefore we will he unite, in alt our in crests and better protect them by voting with the Democratic party. Now, my colored friends, I under - sumd the Republican party of this county will have 110 candidate to run for the Legislature. Let ns all unite then, my friends, and send Dr. Henry ‘ Carlton back to the Legislature. We k .ow that he has been there and ' • C"v - taken an oath to support the Consti tution of the United States, and you all know that the. fourteenth and fifteenth amendments ate contained in that constitution, and you know further that these very amendments are the only laws made by any party to protect your rights. We know that he is an honest man and will not peijure himself, therefore he will be bound by oath to protect your rights under the law and to look after your home interests and rights too. He has announced, in hi* speech 4q. Athens, a platform upon winch all Colored men, who have the ’ interests of his race at heart, can stand.,/,. He pr< poses 10 do all ho can to educate our- children and lesen our -taxes. Let ns all vote for him. I have always voted the Democratic ticket, but I have ’one so honestly, and vo man can say that he over influenced me that way. f have voted it because our home in*, terests, more than anything else, de jutnnded it. I have never lielieved all this foolishness about the colored people being placed back in slavery, ft would take a revolution to do that oven if the white people desired it, which com-non sence tenches me (hat they do not. I have the good will of all the people white and color ed. and have prospered to some ex tent, having land, hogs, cows etc., and want to make my home here tm- ' til 1 die; and I want my race to pros per and get property and education, and I want tnem to be happy and at peace with all the people. Take my advice my colored friends and let us unite with the white people, and that will bring peace and prosperity and happiness. his Seaborn X Hull. nark. Rending tlie Rock-Ribbed Reef— Nitro-erlycerina and Dynamite Lie Down Te ther—Anti a Little Child plodes Them. tie girl in her arms, and taking one of tlje child’s hands in his, while the Morse • instrument was r^omentarily disconnected, he pressed one of the little white fingers upon the,button. “ See, Mary,” he said, jailing. Then he looked at his \qptch again. “It is five minutes yet,” he said; “I promised to give the people ten minutes after the second ^un to get nut of their houses, and I will keep m promise, hut,” glueing at the t id , which was flowing rapidly, “ I wat t very much to do it now.” / “There’s the flag,” said somebody, breaking the silence, and (fainting to a wnite flag flying from the Govern ment scow. “ I’ve seen that for some time,” replied the General; “ it doesn’t seem to he a signal. By-the-w-iy^Strcid- enger,” lie continued, “ pfr^aiged Gen. Abbott to give him UQa UlBi tite’s warning. He’s up lit the lmat house.” It seemed as thongh piKiple were holding their breath, and listening to the l»e-it of their hearts. But Gen Newton was |ierfectly C09I and free from all nervousness; while Mr Streidenger, with his handsome dark rjUM* all aglow, stooil by hi> hattcri s with the w‘r.*s in his hands. “Now, I’ll give the signal,” said Gen. N ivioti, taking out His t ockif- handkerchief and waving it at Cbm. Abb t\ wl-o was stationed a little urther up the Cove. Boom! etime a cannon’-bvoice in reply. The echoes hail inft ceased, when there was a quick adjust met t of the wiies. The box of the Mors- uistmtnent was opened, and the key placed in the hands of Mrs. Newton by the General. The nurse ap proached the instrument with Mary in iicr arms The mother! smiling, ’.••ok the child’s chnhhy little hand in hers, and again t si* littli finget press’d the key. That cosed the circuit, and the lighmi. g fladted oil its inissi.ui. A dull j'liiuTilei ’a slunk that was tell distinctly, hut not s<- verelv, and then the river in trout ol ilallett’s Point seemed to l^ap from its lied, and U> imrl itself in a whi-e, fo.iming mass 1km ueen SO and 10» fiset up into tlie air. Tln-ie it seeine to remain suspend d for twenty sec oad- over, the whole three aer.-.- spaee covered bv the mine, liki beaten troth. A lew black specks, like ltpheaved rocks, appeared in th midst of the foaming mass, whih straight out from the broken end of Hallett’s Point, shot a great black column of mud, piercing and travers ing the white, aerated water, it seemed for hundreds of feet, like a column of black smoke bvrstitig through volumes of steam. - “Oh,splendid! see, they’re going off one after the other,” t xclaithed somebody near the tent, as the vo! uraes of whitened water continued to leap upward into the air. Just before the blast was fired, Gen. Newton said that there would probably be a strong wave, and be bad the way cleared so that the.la- dies conld easily escape up the bank But no wave came. The waiter at that distance did not seem to have been disturbed more than it would have been by the passage of a large steamer. As the upheaval ceased, Gen. Newton, with genuine delight beaming in bis fece, exclaimed: “A splendid blast—perfectly successful. “ Yes,,perfectly successful,” said jui. Great Reduction in Prices For the next thirty davs, Brackets, W»ll Packet*, tod all kinds of Ornamental Wood Work, will b« Mid at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Now Of the tlmo to maka your houaaa Uwutlfol st tow figureo. Gnat bargains given iu v.arvthing »l „ _ BURKE'S BaakSi-ri 26-tf Perhaps the most stupendous un dertaking of the century was the blowing up of HaRet’s point reef, on East river, opposite New York city, last Sunday aftt-rmion. The excava tions, dri'ling and primings in the nick for the purpose of filling them with explosive cartridges, fired by elte! rieity. Tliis Hallet’s reef is one of the most dangerous reefs liordor- ing Hq-1 Gate, and by its demolition, vessels are enabled to |»ass through Hell Gate and near the shoals ot Astoria without any danger what ever. AH that now remains is t*> grapple and remove the huge rocks rended by the explosion. The fal lowing graphic account,- from the New York A’<m, will be read with interesi: • Inside the gates of the Government works, with their staring warnings; “ Danger- -N itro-glyeerine—no ad ■nittamv,” all was astir early yvsler day morning, . lie Uni’.ed Suites tr.Hips and the Ling 1-hind City police were on tin* ground by 9k -•’clock; hut the cordoo «»f guards ar>/imd tlie works was not draw 11 » until aiicniooii. The i>olico and sol- uiers gathered in empty sheds and a tager-iieer saloon, a tew luui 1ml feet from the In null-proof containing the buteries. Many pers-uts with passes went inside the bomt>-prnnf; or stood upon tlie point of the reef at the month «>f the main shaft, and gaze- it the water covering the monster mine, and tormented, their iiii.-igina lions witli the picture of what would ii;qipe;i to them if the charge should accidentally explode. .Meauwhi etin rain ponn-d down, and a 1'ght ini t .nag over the water. Slo -p- tacked this way and that, rigid over the mine on their way up and down the river, and tuglmats^ ns they rnsh-d over the dangerous water, sereamed is if in aff. ight. 1 he rain, it was lea re I, would in- j ire the power of the batteries, and .Mr. Judii* S;reidetiger, tin* electri cian. sat with his assistants under a canvas* avvnin r in the rear of tin* wide-open mouth of the bomb-proof^ testing the conducting jiower of the wires with a galvanometer. This was a delicate operation, and to the uninitiated, seemed dangerous. To lie told that an electric current wax shooting through those wires, and that a little piece of interposed plat- mim wire, 116 bigger than a hair, alone barred it from rus. ing on through the bundle of wires that led down into the shaft, and connected with the exploders in the mine, made a man feel thqt he would father l>p a few thousand feet further off while they were fooling with the lightning. But the bronzed face of Mr. Streid- enger showed no emotion. His fing ers did not tremble in manipulating the wires, nor his voice in directing his men. Above the bomb-proof was a kind of gallon’s frame, from which dangled a rope. This was right over the great battery, and from it was to hang the stout rope, divided in the middle by a torpedo, and supporting at the other end the heavy brass plate connected >w:itb, the wire. Under this suspended plate was another of the! engineer. same size connected with the wires j ^ cn cvervbody n .shed to erizo leading into the mine. The upper (} en . Newton’s hand arid congratulate county, (tier said husband refusiug,) has ni for exemption of personalty, and. I will paw upon the same at U o’clock, a. in., on the 18tl. day of October, 1576, at mv office. • Asa M. Jac jk,; Ordinary, k-l t.25-2t. . - Dr- John Cordino, Late of Missi88ifpi, HAVING DECIDED TO MAKE ATHENS bia future home, now tcu«ler» his professional services to the citizens of Athens and its vicini ty. Office on Ovation St*. *t, «h m*w uciu>- nonr Jon* il. NtwTOS'a,where he maybe fonnd from 8.o’clock a. u. to 6 r. a., when not professionally e.ipiced. Can be found at night it residence of tht late Mrs. Goldings, hf march^8.Iy. % j University «»i t»t*orgui, ATHENS, GEORGIA. TBS JSSTSHTT-SOIB ANNUAL StSSJON I WILL oMt in 1 on Oct'-bcr fourth with a full Faculty in all Departments. Tuition in the Academic Dep-ir. inent $7.1, payable in a<lvanee, viz: IS. 15 on Octo's-r 4’- ivifu (•> library fee, and $40 on March 1st, 1877. Ft.tv beneficiaries admitted.free in the Acade mic Depaitmeut. The State College of Agriculture ahd the Mechanic Arts forms a part.of the University, and ojiens on October 4tb. Frcu scboluraUips in the State Colleae are minted to as iiutiiv students, resi cuts of fin., is there are .members of the General Assembly. Toe Law ’-cliool opens, the first ter.uuu tin* third Monday iu An-rnst ; the second term on i lie third Mouday in February fol owin ». F es $60 per term, instruction nlfor-ied in everv brancli of a liberul and professional education. Goo.t biurd nia' l e hud at $12 to $20 per rnont.i. For catalogue. udiess, W. II. WADDELL. Secretary of the Facnt* v septl2-6t. Atlien , Ga. wASS FOR WOOL, —OR— CLOTII FOR WOOL. The Athens Mannfacturimr C->mt>aii' arc uow ■mkiii r a tuucli ianrer variety of Wool- n Goods tiniii ever before, and propose to Exchange them for Wool. 't -lieving it to lie more to tlie in’ercst of tlie tauter to F’xuhause ti e Wool for Cloth, rather han have it Carded and Snnn at liome. Call for Rumples ami Terms ot Exchange. R. L. li LOOM FIELD, Ageut. i may 19, 1875-29-1 f IN OF plate was studded with brass points, and the other one with little cups to contain mercury. After the connec tions were completed, a spark sent him on the evident success of his great work, and the screaming of steam whistles, shouts and cheers, . . , „ ! expressed the joy of tlie spectators, through the mam wire, bv Gen. j Huartv chew8 we ra given for Gen. Newton, Would explode the torpedo Newton, Capt. Mercer, Mr. Streid- dividing the rope over the bomb proof, thus severing it, and allowing the suspended plate, or disc, in the battery beneath to fail upon tlie lower dim. Then, the projecting poiuts of the one would dip into the mercury cut s of the other, thus making the whole circuit complete, and sending the electrioity on its terrible errand through 183 wires into the heart of the great mine. A hu h of expectation fell on every body in the tent. Gen. Newton tuned to the nurse who held the lit- eriger, arid Mrs; Newton, and then the General and his wife and all the engineers embarked in the launch and rode over to Hallett’s Point to look at the results of the explosion Genuine Rust Proof Florida Camp Oats for Sale At Reaves.& Nicholson’s, at 90 cents per bushel, neatly sacked. Sown in Com and Cot ton or 8tnbb1e, from let September to 20th October. Veiy prolific, can be raised with 1-4 labor of Corn or Cotton. J. N. MONTGOMERY. aug29-2m. Fort Lamar Ga. NO THE si. ck apoiBBs. . EVERY MAN WORKS, PRINCIPAL AND CLERKS, The undersigned having just returned from the NORTHERN MARKETS, With a full and varied stock of every description of Goods, BOUGHT AT LOW AND PANIC PRICES. Consisting in part of 50 Barrels Sugar, 50 Bags Rio Coffee, 200 ROLLS BAGGI.NO, . 1,000 Bundles Iron Cotton Ties, A «f T r ..... • ‘r z*' £ . - ' . 16,000 POUNDS FLOUR, 16,000 POUNDS BACON, 4,000 lbs. Hemlock Sole I wither. Upper Leather & Harness Leather, 100 SOXS&S TOBACCO, ASSORTSD. 200 SACKS SALT, 1,000 Pair Hand Hade and Northern Brogan Shoes, 200 Kegs Assorted Nails, 20 bales Factory Thread. Sugar Cured Hams, Leaf Lard. Boots and Shoes, Kerosine Oil, Stiiplu and Fancy Dry Good*-, Ilats, Caps, READY MADE CLOTHING, Crockery and Glassware, Saddlery and H: rness. Cotton, Hemp, and Jute Hope, and various other articles too tedious to . mention, all of which he otters to the trade of Athens and the surrounding country lor cash, Cotton and Country Produce, At as low or lower prices than can Ik* bought in the State of Geor gia. He makes «» specialty of looking after country merchants who wish to buy goods to sell again, lie otters goods to the johhiug tru e generally and guaranties satisfaction. se}ri'2-3.n S. C. X3033SS. I lint AMI Si l,K STAMiK. h * CarriogeH, IiiiKUlesA; horses Vir hir-. Trmu reasonable. X M. WH1TKHFAD, W-ialiington, Wilkes county, Ga. nnv26-1875-tf ■The UNEQUALLED J AS. LETFELDOUBLEl I Addb^,POOLE&OTnCT SEND FORClROULARS. BALTIMORE. MD aprii.li.l.i. 3STOTXCEJ. A FTER THIS DATF, COUNTY ADVKR- l\ tisementa tv icli )mvo heretofore been pub lished in this paper, will hereafter be pnbli-lied in the Sim, a Gazette pub.iahed iu Hartwell, Hart county, Ga. F. C.STFTHENSON, Ordinary. 'aug.29.tf. Hart diiuty, Go. So You Want a Good Pump? Buy Beans' Double A fling, Sit me, Force Pump. . ONE THAT at the start, brings tbs wa ter pure, fresh and coot, aa it is in your Well. No stale water standing in it. No slime or filth collects uni or in it. Noeuailaur worms from wooden pipiug. la free from nut or other impuri- tiee, and dis charges tbe wa ter much Cuter than any., other Pump. It works with ease- - a small child can operate it. It »s of atone, glazed on inside and outside like glass', and can not wear ont or decay. Thor oughly ventilates your well, airs the water, ami makes it like living, moving water. Improves the water more than if there was no Pump in tkc well. With hose attached, it becomes a Fire Engine, ever ready at your door, reducing tbe risk from fire and the premium on insurance. Is easy to keep in repair, and works with two- thirds tbe power required by. any other Pum • of same capacity. Gives universal satisfaction, ns all our numerous patrons in this city and Stite will cheerfully attest. Is u home enter prise, permanently established. Relics’on its own merits, and through them, asks roar If you wont such a Pump, J. W. patronage. If you want aneb a Pump, J. W. GrLLELAND, Agent, at firm ofGilielund & Betts, Broad Street,-Athens, Ga., 'would bo pleased to serve you in that fine. Satisfaction guaranteed. He is Agent for a Power Pump made onsame principle, with either Lever or Rotary motion, for Railroad, Factory, or Mining purposes, moving from 4<‘ to 80 Gallons per minute, bringing the water from bottom of wells, and throwing half-inch stream 100 feet from hose nozzle. Also the LITTLE GIANT VILLAGE FIRE ENGINE, throwing stream 183 feet on level. Cali and examine, or address J. W. GlLLELAND, Agent, , At Ann of Gilleland * Betts, Broad Street, Athens, Ga. march28.6m. JAMES A. GRAY & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in and 194 sad 3.96 Sxofad Strife* Augrasta, The attention of the i » ale of Clarke and adjacent counties * ly directed to Fall and Winter Which we are daily receiving. Commencing tbe Season with a Stools ■321 And bought exclusively for cash in the best Markets in this COUNTRY AND EUROPE, With long experience, And abundant resources for the transaction of a Large Business, We Can Guarantee .Perfect Satisfaction in Prices and Quality of Gcoas. Personal attention given to the tilling of orders. aep!9 3m LEGAL BLANKS, Neatly printed and for satoat thia office. Successors to Center & Reaves, A<.ftntsforHBZsrd’8Kentucky Rifl©& Blasting Powder, t™A®EkfOCK ON HAND WHICH WE OFFER TO THE A 1TJBI.IC AIManufacture’. pnew, NICH OLSON. • Atlflr ^ 1 aqg.89.lm. i r '. T .