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H. II. CARLTON, - Editor.
Tim rnlinjr of “the right” in the
Florida and Louisiana cases amounts
to ihis, that the Constitution and the
law afford no remedy against the
audacious reversal of the will of the
people by a pack of thieves, such as
composed iho canvassing boards in
those states.
' Since the Electoral Convention has
recognized Haves as President of the
United States, not by the will of.the
people, but by the paying and forgery
of Kellogg, Wells, Anderson and
two negroes, the next tiling in order
will be to “ recognize ” Packard as
Governor of Louisiana and Chamber*
lain as Governor of South Carolina.
Why not ? There is a logic in ft and
as well as in truth, the force of which
the radical newspapers will be only
two glad to accep.t. *
Solomon seems to have looked with
prophetic vision across the centuries,
and have seen the political monstrosi
ty known as the Republican party
of the United States lo aning up in
the distance, when he remarked in
the book of Proverbs; “ They all
lie in wait for blood ; they hunt every
man his brother with a net. That
they may do evil with lmth hands
earnestly, the prince ai\ii the judge
ask for a reward ; and the great man
uttereth his mischievous desire ; so
they wrap it up.”—Courier Journal.
The Electoral Commission.
the anniversary of whose birthday
will be celebrated on Thursday of
this week, is permitted to observe
and take an interest in what takes
place on earth, it is scarcely possible
to ifaagino him feeling otherwise
tliau pained and disappointed at the
lamentable faihtre of the institutions
which he helped to establish. Could
he find Madison, Hamiltou, Jefferson,
Ellsworth, Gerry, and the other illus
trious men whom we reverently style
“ the lathers of the Republic,” liave
foreseen that, in little more than one
hundred years' from the day when
“appealing to the Supreme Judge of
the World for the rectitude of their
intentions,” the representatives of the
original thirteen States declared their
independence,—senators and repre
sentatives in Congress and Judges of
the Supreme Court, would not only
sanction, but approve such wholesale
villainy as has been perpet rated by
the Louisiana Returning Board, and
use it as the instrument to elect a
President of the United States,—
could “the Fathers’’ have foreseen
this, would they have finished their
work ?
is inferior to it in every respect, yet
all will agree that Madcap Violet is
always interesting, occasionally ex
citing, and never dull.
Central Africa: Naked Truths
of Naked People: By Colonel C.
Chaille Long of the Egyptian Army.
(Harper «fc.Brothers). ' This is an ex
ceedingly readable volume, in which
the author, a distingtyshed officer of
The refusal of the Commission, by
the usual party vote of 8 to 7, to
admit or entertain any evidence in
the infamous Louisiana case, pracli
cully decides the Presidential ques
tion, ousts the candidate honestly
elected by an overwhelming major
ity of the people, and by force of
fraud and corruption unexampled in
history, thrusts upon the republic a
President whom tbe people have
rejected.
As we said last week, the popular
disappointment at this result will not
originate in a sense of partisan defeat
alone. Its source will be far deeper.
It will be found in the painful realiza
tion of the lamentable truth, that
honesty and justice have ceased to
control the administration • of the
Government, and that oven the
judges of the highest tribunal known
to the law, are willing to sacrifice
their dignity, forfeit their honor, and.
degrade their office, in order to, se
cure the ephemeral triumph of a po
litical party, and that too, with a
shameless disregard of common de
cency of which a New York shyster
would hardly dare to be guilty.
That eight American citizens claim
ing to he men of honoi, occupying
the position of Judges of the Su
preme Court, United States Senators
suid members of Congress, should be
so dead to every sense of shame, so
utterly conscienceless as to pronounce
the monster combination-crime of
the Louisiana Returning Board to be
the Constitutional expression of the
popular will of that State, is on ex
hibition iof utter demoralization and
corruption at winch all honest men
must shrink hack appalled
The people may, and, wc suppose,
'-■will submit quietly to this corrupt
usurpation ; but how they will loathe
and despise the man who is to profit
by this outrage,' ns well as all its au
thors and abettors!
If the spirit of George Washington,
For tbe Athens Georgian.
New Publications.
The Shadow of the Sxcord: By
Robert Buchanan, (D. Appleton &
Co.,) The fame of Robert Buchanan
as a fact has long since been univer
sally established. Recently, in the
publication of The Shadow of the
Sword, he has established his claim to
a very high rank among prose writers.
This Avork is an intensely interesting
novel, eminently tragic in its charac
ter, the scene of which is laid in an
obscure village on the sea-coast of
Bri^anv, in which the wickedness of
the great Napoleon and the misfor
tunes of one of his victims, are por
trayed with remarkable power 'of
delineation, and descriptive lorce, oc
casionally marred perhaps by a style
inflated beyond the bounds of strictly
good taste in a prose work; but this
blemish, if such it may be thought,
is more than overcome by the bril
liancy of the word painting, the pro
found study of, human nature, the
beautiful descriptions of scenery, the
sublimity of character and drawing
which the book contains. The strug
gle between the love of Marcelle (the
heroine) for Rohan (the hero) and
her dread of a man so impious ns to
defy the Great Einjieror is a perfect
master piece. The Shadow of the
Sword is more than an interesting
novel. It is a beautiful work of art
in which the power and realism of the
master of prose-writing arc combined
with the richness of imagination of
the past.
Madcap Violet: By Win. Black.
(Harper & Brothers) William Black
is well known to the no\*cl reading
world as the author of “ A Princess
of Tlmle,” a work upon wlfch the
verdict, “very good,” has been un-
anipiously pronounced. He lias writ
ten several other works which, while
they have not. detracted from, cannot
he said to have increased his fame.
His latest production is Madcap
Violet, entirely unlike anything he
had written before, and certainly not
an improvement on any former effort.
It is a story of the pranks, (occasion
ally deserving a much stronger quali
fication) of a school girl whose
character may be about evenly ap
portioned between the common pine.*
and the sensational, how talking''slang
and now sentiment of a “ highfalu
tin ” order. She is loved by and
really loves a sobersided student,
James Dummond, whom she worries
into an attack of pneumonia which
ends in consumption and his death.
Then Violet overcome by remorse,
becomes partially crazy for a time,
constantly expecting to receive
letter from the deceased, James Drum
mond, after that she takes a delight
ful tour in the highlands of Scotland,
and forgetting Drummond, and it is
to be supposed, entirely cured from
her monomania, runs away with “ a
party,” artfully leading her family and
friends to suppose that she has slipped
from a rock and been drowned in the
sea.
Notwithstanding all this—-although
all who have read “A.Princess of
Thule ’’ will agree that his last tvork
FEBRUARY
20, 1877.
ih fact and spirit your representatives,
ifris yonr duty to exercise the power
which will avert this imposition-
Observer.
Appointments for this week are as
follows:
Wednesday night at Mr Mat Wil-
^ _ Hams—Bro’s. J. H. Reaves, W. H.
the Khedive’s army recounts the stir- ’Johnson and Lumpkin.
ring incidents of two recent expedi
tious ini Central Africa, one to Lake
Victoria Nyanza and the other to the
Makraka Niam country, giving in
plain, direct, soldier-like language,
a clear vieAv as to that hitherto un
explored region, and as to the nature
and habits of the native negro. As
a contribution to Geographical science,
the hook is of great value, and as a
record of all sorts of hair-breadth es
capes by flood and field, it is intense
ly interesting. The illustrations, of
which there are a number, arc finely
executed and add much to the value
of the book. W. M. B.
U.P. S. M.
Correspondence.
Clarke County, Ga.,
February 17,1877.
Athens Georgian—The ,action of
the two meetings held in Athens re
cently is such as to call forth not only
reflection, but action f»f a decided
character.
We assert in the first place, that
the actions of those meetings are not
in accord with the principles of dev
mocracy throughout the district.
We assert in the second place, that
sufficient evidence has not been
shown that they are in accord with
the true democratic principles of a
majority of the county. We assert
in the third place, that the instiga
tors and prosecutors of these princi
ples, declared and adopted in the
two meetings, are partly, if not en
tirely, those who are thereby seeking
their own personal promotions.
The first of these assertions is self-
evident. Clarke is the only county
in the district which has proposed or
adopted resolutions objecting to the
present basis of representation in the
district. It is further knoArn that a
sufficient majority of the other-eoul
ties have opposed these invocations
upon their principles of democracy, to
prevent the change Iteing made. It
is furthermore known that the
northern counties i:: the district se
riously, opposed these propositions
when previously offered in Conven
tion. The second assertion is likewise
easy of proof. It is a fact that these
resolutions were gotten up by a
limited number of born politicians,
(that cla-s so much deprecated wheri
they are to come from Pickins.) It
is also a fact that they were lyit
poorly attended, many, even of the
leading citizens of Athens, not at
tending them. In. addition to this,
those who opposed the views of the
“ limited feiv,” were not allowed full
and free expression of their opposi
tion and it is^not believed that the
democracy of the county are in sym
pathy with the proceeding of that
meeting.
For the proof of the third asser
tion,Ave have only to quote the words
of Mr. Emory Speer, who is a can
didate for Congress from this Dis
trict. He calls himself the cliampiQii
of the reform. The delegates who
Avere elected to the convention, were
elected as a “reform ticket,” no one
else in any of the other counties, ex
cept Mr. Speer Avere in the other
counties, has publicly or in conven
tion t advocated these measures.
Therefore the three assertions stand
proven by the facts. If this be true,
Democrats of Clarke (and it cannot
be denied for tbe printed reports of
these meetings assert it) are your
rights in the hands of such men ns
your rigid principles of democracy
Avould place them. Is your sovereign
will represented by men who are sent
to a convention Avith not only the
liberty, but the intention, not to abide
its decisions, if it should not assent to
their dictates. Is Clarke Couuty to
be stigmatized as a disorgauizor of
the 9th District, and is she to bear
the odium resulting from such a
position. If not, you have the poAver
to rectify (he evil before it becomes
too late. If these delegates are not
Wednesday night at Mrs. Bailey’s
—Bro’s. Reynolds, Lumpkin and
LeSuer.
Thursday night at Prayer Room—
Rev. E. D. Stone.
-Also at Col. J. H. Christy’s—Bro’s.
Win. King, T. Comer, Rhodes and
Huggins.
Also at Mr. Green Doughtry’s—
Rev. John C. Johnson, Bernard - an-1
Hale.
Friday night at Nr M. B McGin-
ty’s—Rev. C. D. Campbell, Bro’s.
Kenny, Hunter and Creighton.
Saturday night at Mrs. Flanuagan’s
Bro’s Dobbs, England and F.
Kroner.
Monday night at Prayer Routn—
Rev. P. A. Heard.
—The consumption of grapes in New
York city dining the past season, is
said to have exceeded a thousand
tons.
2£arxiocL
WILSON—EAKSKINE—At the residence of
the brides fattier, February tbe 1st., by Rev. G.
II. Uartledge, Mr. Warrkn Wilson to Mi-s
Mattie Eabskikk, ull of Banks County Georgia.
May they live long and prosper.
SEEDS.
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
CLOVER SEED.
SEED.
MILLET SEED.
OniOn Sets.
Buncombe, North Carolina,
CABBAGE SEED.
For sale at the Drug and Seed Store
*
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feb-20-tf
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Awarded a Bronze medal by the Maryland In
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Northwcstcm, Pa., Fair. Awarded an honor
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adopted by the Chicago Exposition. First pre
mium at Vermont State Fair.
Resolution unanimously adopted, Macon, Ga.,
Nov. 15th, 1875, by the Macou Board of Under
writers:
Rcsolvod, That wc fully endorse the “Safety
Parlor Fusee,” manufactured by the American
Fusee Company, anil earnestly recommend their
general use. We would especially suggest to
the citizens of Georgia, and to the Fanners and
Planters in particular, to supply themselves
with the Safety Match, ns their nse would un
questionably result in a marked decrease in the
number of tires throughout the State.
Hundreds of testimonials from private families
and others, like the following, can be furnished;
but we have only room for t wo:
Macon, Ga., Feb. 18, 1876.—This is to certify
that I have been using the American Saiety
Parlor Fusoea in my hotel for the past two
months, during which time I have, by practical
tests, given them a thorough trial, and find them
more than 400 per cent, cheaper than the com
mon friction matches. I and that one-half gross
of the gafety Fusees has lasted tne as long os
three gross of the common matches.
K. DUB, Proprietor Lanier House.
We heartily concur in the statement of Mr.
Dob, as it fully coincides with our experience
in the use of the Safety Fusees in our hotel.
E.E. BROWN & SON.
Proprietors Brown House, Macon, Ga.
For sale by tbe gross, di-ken nr single box at
BURKE’S BOOKSTORE,
, Ga.
■feb20-tf
Athens,'
AEtTStm EVANS,
Practical Watchmaker.
H AS removed to liis old stand at the Kev>
Drug Store, where he will be glad to see
his customers, old and t new, who wish fine
work done on Watches’, Clocks, und Jewelry.
All work warranted.
ftb20-tiui. ARTHUR EVANS.
Experiments have demonstrated that of the ten Mineral Elements wliieh constitute the ashes
of plants,* the presence of each and every' one is essential to their perfect growth and. develop
ment ; and, as crops extract them annually, no land can be permanently fertile 1
UNLESS TIIEV HE RESTORED TO THE SOIL
2Toti.ce! ,
All persons are forbidden to bnnt, or other
wise trespass on my land. Said property being
near Farmington. Ga., and adjoining tne land
of J. J. Branoh, Esq.
feb20-2t. JQIIN WHITLOW.
G eorgia oconee county.—obmnart’s
Omoi—Mrs. E. C. Durham (wife of H. C.
Durham, he refusing) has applied for exemption
of personality and setting apart and valuation
of Homestead of Realty, aud 1 will pass upo
the same at my office at 10 o’clock, a. m.the 14t
dav of Maroh 1877. February 9th 1877.
ieb80-8t. J. R. LYLE, Ordinary.
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spect and price before buying /elsewhere:
OLD CAROLINA STONO SOLUBLE GUANO,
SAM ANA GUANO, CHESAPEAKE GUANO,
PALMETTO ACID, STONO ACID PHOSPHATE,
CHESAPEAKE AMMONIATED ALKALINE PHOSPHATES.
COTTON OPTION FIFTEEN CENTS. /
fob 13-8in s. 3VE- ZZlUXtei?, iLgent.
TIRj-AS-QTJ arters
FOE
Brady’s Standard Fertilizers.
BEADLEY’S PATENT,
B. D. SEA-FOWL !
BRADLEY’S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONE,
BRADLEY’S PALMETTO ACID.
First Premium awarded to the Bradley Fertilizer Company, for the most
complete and the most instructive exhibition of Artificial Fertilizers o
Superior Quality, at tbe National Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in
1876 One million of dollars permanently invested in the business, is a very
good guarantee that these Fertilizers will always be kept up to their present
high standard. These Firtilizers have been used constantly in this section
for several years, and I take pleasure in referring to parties who have used
them, for evidence of their great value. For prices, terms, <fcc., please
apply to,
febl3-2L 3FS-. CR-ANEJ, -A.S030.-t-
Sale of Bin Rond Bonds.
Pursuant to order* of the Ordinary of Clarke
Countv, will be Bold before the Court Houtie
door ot' said county on the first Tuesday in
March next, during the legal hours of sale, the
one fourth undivided interest of R C. Lumpkin
deceased, and the one fourth undivided interest
of Frank Lumpkin deceased, in and to the fol
lowing bonds to-wit:
2 Mem. <fc C. R. It. Bonda, No. 1432 and 1458,
*1000. each. •
1 E. T. & Ga. R. It. Bond, No. 496, $1000.
1 Miss. C. It. It. Bond, 2 mort. No. 3033,
*100.
1 Miss. C. R. It. Bond, 2 inort. No 1737,
$300.
1 Miss. C. R. R. Bond, 2 mort. No. 1739, *500.
1 Miss. C. R. R. Bond, Interest Obligation,
*352.
1 Mt. and Wt. B. R. Bond, Gold Seal, No.
737, *500. ,
To be sold us the property of stud K. t.
Lumpkin deceased, aud Frank Lumpkin de
ceased, for* the purpose of division. Terms
JAMES M. LUMPKIN, .
Adm’r. of R. C. Lumpkin deceased.
K. v! LUMK1N,
Exet’x. of Frank Lumpkin deceased, bv her
Agent and Attorney, in fact James M. Lum
pkin. febgHMjt. Printers fee, *4 00.
Keep your Money at Home!
I keep on hand, at all times, a good supply of
Moulding and Glass,
and everything necessary, and can frame Pictures
As low as they can be framed, in
Atlanta,
or elsewhere in tbe State. Don’t give your
orders to drummers from Atlanta houses, but
give me a trial. I guarantee better work fertile
money than you cun get in Atlanta, besides
saving yonr freight and trouble. It is poor
policy to send your money to peoplo who aro
doing all they can to make a way station of
Athens. Orders for all sizes and styles of
Frames filled at short notice, and satisfaction
guaranteed. T. A. BURKE,
febl3-tf. Bookseller and Stationer.
Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest!
Elementary Spelling BovJcs, $1 20 per dozen;
Thomas’ Black Ink, iu 2 ounce eases, 50 cents
per dozen : Flagg aud _Moore's Ink, iu 2 ounce
cases, 40 cents per dozen. Pi.per, Steel Pens,
Pencils &c., ns cheap ns they can be bought
elsewhere. Give ms u trial.
feblS-tf. T. A. BURKE, Bookseller.
G EORGIA CLARKE COUNTY.—Whereas,
Samuel D. Mitchell, Administrator de bonis
nou, with the will annexed of Giles Mitcliell
deceased, applies to me for leave to sell the fol
lowing real estate of said deceased, to-wit
S17K acres of lhnd lying in said county, known
as the Holscy place, adjoining Ferdinand
Phinizy and others. Therefore these are to cite
and admonish all concerned to show cause at
my office on or before the 1st Monday in April
next why stud leave should not be granted.
Given nnder my band at office this 12th Feb-
"feZlS^tf.’ ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary
Printers fee $5 00.
J OB WORK OF ALL DES-
criDtion neatly done at this office.
Financial and Commercial.
THE ATHENS MARKETS.
CORRECTED
Cotton Yarns.
Osnaburgs......
BY THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
FACTORY GOODS.
81 00 a 00
12 a 18
% Shirtfng....
... 9 a 10
Sheeting....
10 a 12
Flour......
PROVISIONS.
$8 a JO
Coni, pr nu. ..
IK)al 00
Peas,’" “ ....
Steal, *’
j)0
Wheat “
Oats .... ..
Bacon, Sfcles
shoulders..
Irish', Potatoes- -
Sweet “
Butter .'...
LEATHER.
1 40a0 00
50a 100
12a 12*;
9a 10
16a IS
lfaO .0
*1 ooa co
1 15nl 25
20
15 « 25
75al 25
30
28o30
Sole Leather
35n40
Upr. Leather
60a75
fkilf Skiim.... ..
$40 OOalUO 00
Kip Skins
50 00a 75 00
Dry Ifitips
.. 10
Green Hides
BAGGING, TIES, ROPE.
Bagging pr yd 14n16
Ties 7a7«
Rope, cotton — - 30b4O
Rope, grass - 20a25
Tho aYwwe are retail prices. Special rates to
wholesale buyers.
GROCERIES.
Sugar, crushed
,2 M
lla 12k
10a 12*4
i/ciuniuiu... .*••«••••
23a 25
’ Laguayra —
28a 33
83a 37
1 25al 50
75al 10
50a 60
40a 50
20a 25
tallow ......
15a 20
20a 25
English Dairy —•
25a SO
1 OOal 20
Starch..
a 15
Tnllo* --T-TT
8a 10
a 10
8 o oo
•T ~ No. 2, kit* -
0 00
i> No a’ Kit*.
0 00
.Salt P*r Sack.’..-
$1 65
73al 50
Smoking —-—
Snuff, Maccaboy - —
60al 00
$30 00a 50 00
HaTant ln, *****
75 OOalGO 00
AMMUNITION.
40s (B
12s 15
10a 12
10a 40
Powder... per lb - —
Shot “ “ .... .. ....
Lead « ”
liquors.
$1 25a 3 10
4 00a 1 00
5 00a 8 00
French brandy —-
Holland
3 00a 6 OO
American Gin.
2 00a 4 00
Bourbon whiikey —
8 OOalO 00
Cotton Cards-..........—— — --
Hone Shoes- —-
*• “ Nalls-....—
HARDWARE.
75al 00
m
Iron, Swedes, prlb- — —
English —
Castings........ — •••—
Nails, pr keg- —