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THE ATHENb GEORGIAN: MARCH 20, 1877.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Citation for hollers or Guardianship —75 00
Citation for Letters «f Administration ... 4 00
Application lor Letters of Dismission Admin- ^
ApoliuVon fVr Lett.‘iso! Dismission Guardian 5 25
Application lor Leav.to Sell Lauds 6 00
Notico to Debtors and Creditors o 00
-Sales of Land, Ac., per square... C 50
Sales Perishable Properly, 10 days, persq... I 50
Estray Noticos, 30 days - j| 00
Slierilf Sales, per square i 00
Sheri if Mortgage ft- fa sales per square 5 00
las Collector’*Sales, per square 5 00
Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00
Exemption Noticos (in adTance) - 2 25
Rule Nisl's, per square, each time.. 1 50
our The above legal rales corrected by Ordluary
of Clarke county.
Jltbcns (itovim
A •'New Plan For Choosing
Presidents.
H. H. CARLTON, - Editor.
“ Who Hayes Is.”
Tlu*. correspondent of the New
Orleans Democrat, writing from the
atmosphere of Washington, thus
facetiously and hum* rously gives his
views of who Hayes is, and what
kind of a President he means to he:
It is not my purpose to spill any
useless tears or waste any futile in
vective upon the methods l»y which
Hayes was made President, nor to
spoil any vnliable paper with a dis-
s *rtntion upon the defects in his title
u> that office. You are a Democratic
tiewspapy. I an» a purveyor of facts
-•t a meagre salary. I will give you
the facts. You can print them or
not, as you please, and I shall not
complain] so long as the meagre sal
ary is forthcoming.
To begin with, Mr. Hayes is a man
of clear mind, and, as politicians run
nowadays, of exceptionally pure pur*
poses. In hnsine s transactions, he
is scrupulously exact—so exact that
most men call him ‘^lose,” if not
stingy, lie is likewise thoroughly
honest, amt has always been known
as a man - liose word Jor a transac
tion or for the payment of a-sum of
money is as good as bis bond or his
note of hand Socially, he is a genial,
talkative companion, but he has a
faculty of talking a good deal with
out saying much in the way of com*
initial or betrayal of ldmself upon any
lopie of importance.
In his domestic relations, llayes is
a woman’s ideal of a good husband,
anil a child’s dream of an indulgent
parent. Add to these characteristics
a gentle, patient manner, and a mod
est, unaggressive air, and you ha e a
fair conception of Mr. Hayes as a
man and a citizen. In polities, lie
lias always been that uoblest work of
God, an available'candidate. Raged
tlu* storms of party strife never so
fiercely, howled the tempest of fac
tional discord never so wildly, when
all other candidates have been tried
and found wanting, there lias been
Hayes; ever bland, ever serene, ever
with a dear record, ever available—
because lie always kept bis own
counsel, and, if not everybody’s
friend, at least, nobody’s enemy. So
be has been nominated to many
offices, and always us the candidate
of compromise and the exponent.of
peace within bis pjwty ; never as the
candidate of a strife, nor as the result
of a victory; and with one solitary
exception, he has always been elected
aud always by the skin of his teeth.
Banning beat him lor Congress in
1872—by a scratch. The whisky
ring beat Hayes that year, not be
cause it hated Hayes or loved
Banning, but in order to teach a cer
tain clement in the Republican party
of that district at that time that it
was not healthy to light the ring.
With this exception, Hayes has al
ways been successful. His luck would
.sink a ship if luck were a cargo and
life a sea. Political honors have
fallen upon him, and I don’t believe
lie could have dodged them if he
would. Fortunes have fallen to him
here ami there like ripe apples falling
from the tree and hitting one on top
of the unsusi>ccting head.
Genius *has never rattled him, nor
lias a great mind weighed him down.
Neither yet is ho a mediocrity; much
less stupid. He is one of those steady,
safe, eveu and equal minds, not high
nor deep, but. of fair surface, and
without crags or chasms. Life" to
him is what Battle is to the English
soldier, “ a plain case of patient give
and take, and let’s sue who’ll stand it
longest,” as a delightful historian has
written.
We publish to»day a new plan for
electing the President and Vice-Presi
dent of theUnited States, prepared
by Thomas Hare, of Loudon, :i§
modified at Mr. Hare’s request by a
correspondent in this city, who sends
it to us. Mr. Ilare is an admitted
authority on all questions relating to
the theory and practice of represen
tative government, as our readers
know. As the great advocate of
minority representatives in England,
i which may be called his specialty,
his reputation has become cosmopoli
tan. We need hardly therefore in
vite the careful attention of all
thoughtful Americans to his sugges
tions. His plau is an application ‘ of
the preferential vote to the. choice of
a single officer, with the intention of
making it as certain as possible that
no elector’s vote shall be lost and that
in the end each ballot shall have its
full efficacy in the ultimate count.
If the electoral college is to be
dispensed with and we are to try the
experiment of direct Presidential
elections by the people without any
interposition of the States whatever,
and there should be many candidates
run, it would clearly be a more than
possible contingency tl at under a
plurality system of elections we
might have an incumbent of the
Presidency who had received a con
temptibly small minority of the votes
of the whole people. Such a Presi
dent, of course, could not command
popular respect, and such a result
would briug about inevitably another
constitutional change. Against these
evil possibilities Mr. llare’s plan is in
tended to provide a specific. Under
it no vote is to be thrown away, and
the man who ultimately becomes
President under this system will have
a clear majority of all the voles of
the voters of the United States, the
man who becomes Vice President re
ceiving substantially all the remain
ing voles. In this way the President
and Vice-President would represent
the whole people of the United States.
By eliminating the votes for the can
didates who shall receive the smallest
number of ballots, and thus,-by a
system of exclusion, allowing the per-
lereutial or alternative vote to count
as an original vote where the first
named candidate has received a num
ber of ballots clearly insufficient to
elect him fur either office, a freedom
of choice would be secured which
should go far towards destroying
caucuses aud slates in party nomina
ting con volitions, and thereby emanci
pating the voter from party ties. In
deed, a little reflection will show* ’hat
it must cither do away with the no
minating conventions, or in any event
destroy their absolute tyrannical hold
upon the voters of theUnited States.
In the late election the Cooper-Carey
vote, for example, in Ohio, may possi
bly have been strong enough to have
turned the tide iu favor of the Demo
crats had no Cooj er ticket hevii run
iu that State. Under the system
proposed by Mr. Hare, those who
were iu favor of Mr. Tilden as their
next choice after Mr. Cooper, or those
who were in favor of Mr. Hayes as
their next choice after Mr. Cooper,
could have respectively put the names
of these candidates upou their tickets
as alternates, aud these evidences of
au alternate choice would have ap?
peared in the ultimate count. Cooper
and Carey soon being eliminated
from the selection by the small num
ber of votes they had received, the
alternate votes would have been
directly counted lor the respective
Democratic or Republican chieftains,
and helped to turn the scale one way
or the other as their weight might
have indicated.
Those Democrats who preferred
Mr. Bayard or General Hancock as a
candidate to Mr. Tilden, conld have
cast their votes in the first instance
for -'..r. Bayard or General Hancock,
with fin alternative for Mr. Tilden,
and thus every Democrat conld have
made his individual preference- felt,
without running the danger of throw
ing away bis vote, or risking the suc
cess of an absolutely adverse ticket.—
fr. Y. World.
—Vote of Hall county—Bell, 448;
Speer, 587; Archer, 111.
News Items.
—During the year 1876, the Uni
ted States yielded 420,000,000 pounds
of rosin.
—It is said that the demand for
ivory in England causes the death of
50,000 elephants annually.
—The damage by the gale in New*
York City and harbor, Friday, is es
timated at nearly $100,006.
—Beecher’s lecture agent informs
the Western people that twelve more
exhibitions will terminate the par
son’s engagement.
—Danbury News: “J^ut a peck
of Jersey mosquitoes under blue glass
and in two days, you will have
spring chickens large enough for the
New York boarding houses.’’
—The Maharajah of Cqshmere has
iirqiorted from France 250,000 vines,
for the purpose of growing grapes in
his territories and inciting the manu
facture of wine as an industry.
—The peach and apricot trees of
California blossomed during the long
and warm weather there in January.
—Thirty-nine Montreal ministers
hare united with the Y. M. C. A., of
that city in inviting Moody and
Sankey to hold a course of tnc tings
there when Boston shall have had
enough. No response has as yet
been given.
—It has been verified by the
Appropriation Committee that in
round numbers the expenditures of
the Forty-Fourth Congress have been
$50,000,000 less than those of the
Forty-Third Congress. Not so bail
for an “ investigating Congress.’’
—A party of Chinese' fishermen
caught sight of a sea serpent near the
Corouada Islands, iu the Pacific, on
February 21. Length of body, 50
feet; length of head, 10 ieet; length
of tail, 100 feet; diameter, 8 feel;
color, brown. Carry theuews to the
British marines and Mr. Richard A.
Proctor.
—It is reported that one of the
earliest acts of President Hayes’ ad
ministration will be to change some
of the important Fe^crqfw^icers in
Louisiana. Several of these are ne
groes who can neither read nor write.
Even the important position of naval
officer at New Orleans is held by a
negro whose accounts come up to the
auditing officers of the Treasury
signed by his mark. This person is
notoriously unable to read or write,
and is reported to divide the large
emo'umcnts of bis office with outside
persons.
—The attempt to profitably breed
Angoria goats in California has not
been very successful. Though the
mountainous region in the South
gives them sufficient range, the cli
mate is too cold and wet. The expe
riment is now being made to breed
them in Mexico, and one California
breeder has bought a rancho of 32,-
000 acres there, and is about to ship
a first installment of, seventy-five
thoroughbreds.
—When they cry “ Wolf!” in the
Government of Saratoft*, Russia, it
means something. * During the last
two years, the wolves have devoured,
according to the official returns, 11,-
000 horses, 10,000 horned cattle,
33,000 sheep, 5,000 swine, 1,000 dogs
and 18,000 fowls. They have also,
dnring the same periud, attacked
sixty-ciglit persons, devouring two
on the spot, and inflicting fatal wounds
on twelve others.
—Capt. A. H. Bogardus, of Elks
hart, III., champion wing shot, has
made a match of ndvel character with
a prominent citizen of New York.
Ho has bet $500 - even that he will
break 1,000 glass balls in two hours
and forty minutes, the balls to be
sprang from three or more traps,
though only *one ball to be sent into
the air at a time. Tbe shooter will
stand eighteen yards from the trap,
and no ball to be' counted unless
broken before striking the ground.
It is- also stipulated that Bogardus
shall use one gun throughout the
match, unless the guu becomes dis
abled, when other guns can be chosen.
Two sets of barrels are allowed, and
he will confine himself to 1| ounce
shot.
HOW TILDEN TAKES IT.
Ko Bad Basalt* from HU Long Labor*, But a Lit'
tie Absent-Minded.
[Correspondence Philadelphia Times.]
New York, March 10—If Mr.
Tilden feels either chagrin, mortifica
tion or disappointment over his de
feat, be thoroughly conceals it.
When he greets a visitor it 1s with
the .same frankness and in the same
resolute manner as of old. He seems
cheerful and happy, is ready to con
verse about anything except the great
contest, and is evidently improving
in health. His intimate friends, how
ever, say that he deeply feels the un
fortunate ending of his life-long aspi
ration, and some of them evince anx
iety as to its permanent effect on the
Governor’s physical condition. Mr.
Tilden has unquestionably done some
very strange things lately. For
three years he has worked without
cessation, taking scarcely any time
for recreation or diversion. ,His fight
with the New York canal ring occu
pied weeks of patient toil over con
fused figures in the Compl roller’s
office, and all through the hot sum
mer he was personally directing the
minutest details of the canvass.
Since the election lie has worked
hard on l lie constitutional law ami in
devising plans of action. The
amount of real labor he has performed
has called forth expressions not only
of astonishment, but of warning from
his friends. One or two of his recent
acts has added to their anxiety. Two
weeks ago, on a very cold tiny, Mr.
Tilden arrayed himself in a summer
suit of clothing, including a white
vest. Then ho ordered his favorite
new mare brought- to the door, and,
mounting her, he turned her toward
the Bowery. He buttoned the bot
tom- button only of his vest and al
lowed the upper part of the garment
to spread wide open. He walked
the mare and sat very straight in the
saddle as the animal moved leisurely
down the famous thoroughfare. In
less than two minutes two hundred
street arabs were following him and
shouting, “Hi, Sammy! Hi, Sammy!”
But Mr. Tilden looked neither to the
right nor to the left, but slowly kept
his course do%’ii through the Bowery
to Chatham street to Printing
House Square, where he turned the
animal around and returned to his
home by the same route. A day or
two afterward, Mr. Tilden, in return
ing from a ride, reined bis steed to
the curb in front of his. house, and
then deliberately fell oft* into the
gutter. A gentleman who was pass
ing hastened to Mr. ^ilden’s assis
tance, and helped liim to his feet.
“ Thank you, sir,” said the ex-candi
date. “ I must have tripped iu a
rough place in the sidewalk,’’ end he
run nimbly up the stone steps of the
famous 15Gramercy Park.
On the morning of Friday, March
2, Mr. Tilden arose early and read
the head lines of a morning newspa
per, announcing the tribunal’s deci
sion. After his breakfast he ordered
his horse. The day was one of the
most stormy of the season. Rain fell
in torrents, and the wind was very
boisterofts. Mr. Tilden’s friends re
monstrated with him for thinking of
going out, but Mr. Tilden was firm.
Nothing could keep liim at borne,
and out into the storm he rode on
his horse. He wended his way to
Central Park, and lor two hours and
a half rode in the rain. When he res
turned he was drenched. Mr. Til-
den’s friends feel confident that these
little peculiarities will pass away as
the excitement and post rating effects
of the canvass wear off.
Mr. Tilden has been very careful
not to say anything to reporters
about the Electoral Commission’s
work, hut after tbe decision was made
he was asked by an intimate friend
whether he intended to take any pro
ceedings through the Supreme Court
to secure the place to which he had
been elected? Mr. Tilden’s reply
was, “No; what’s the use in taking
proceedings that most ultimately be
settled by the same court that has
already settled the question?” Be
ing asked whether, in. the event of
the House refusing to accept the
i Commission’s decision, he would take
any measures toward securing his
seat, he answered, “ No; our party
in Congress has made a bed for us,
and wo may as well lie in it.” He
was very decided in bis determination
to abide by the tribunal's verdict, and
it may be said that he has not con
templated any action to prpvent Mr.
Hayes from assuming the Presidency.
Mr. Tilden’s household affairs are
largely attended to by a very pom
pous-body servant, who docs not hes
itate to speak for the Governor, how
ever important be the subject. This
fantastically arrayed individual was
asked how the Governor accepted
his defeat. “ Oh, first rate, sir,’’ was
the answer; “ he doesn’t seem to
care much.”
“ Then the loss of the Presidency
will not kill him as it did Horace
Greeley ?”
“ Oh, no; the Governor has too
much nerve to be killed by such a
trifle."
“ I suppose he thinks, with the rest
of his party, that he lias been out
rageously cheated ?’’
“ I guess so; but perhaps the oth
er man will make a good President.
The Governor has believed ever
since that Commission began to vote
8 to 7 that he would be counted
out.’’
A Significant Announcement.—
It is now stated tliat tbe New York
Gold Exchange will close May 1st.
The steady reduction of the premium
on gold, and the probability that the
difference between gold and paper
will soon disappear, gives the specu
lators no encouragement to continue
their operations in “bulling” aud
“ bearing” the market.
Financial and Commercial.
T1IE ATHENS MARKETS.
COKBECTKD BY TIIE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
FACTORY GOODS.
Cotton Yarns.....
Osnaburgs...
% Shirting _ _ —
4 Sheeting ... ...
PROVISIONS.
Corn, pr bu ...
Peas, “
Oats - -
Bacon, Sides,. ... . ....
shoulders
Irish', Potatoes.
Sweet “ ... ........ ...
Sl 00 a 00
12 a 18
•J a 10
10 a 12
78 a 10
90al 00
75
90
• 1 40a0 00
50a 1.00
12a 12V,
9a 10
IGa 18
18a0 20
$1 00a 00
1 15al 25
20
15 a 25
75al 25
30
LEATHER.
Hemlock - 28a30
Sole Leather - 35a40
Upr. Leather...... - -—. 60a75
Iiam. '* ... 40a50
Calfskins S40 OOalOO 00
Kip Skins 50 00a 75 00
Dry Hides - 10
Greed Hides 5
! BAGGING, TIES, ROPE.
Bagging pr yd ~ — 14al6
Ties 7a7J4
Rope, cotton — - S0a40
Rope,grass — 20a25
The above are retail prices. Special rates to
wholesale burers.
* GROCERIES.
Sugar, crushed........
• b ::::z.~r.“'.v.
• c _
'* Demarara
Coffee, Rio
Laguayra
Java —....
Syrup, cane
Molasses Cuba-
Candles, sperm.—
adamant-
tallow
Cheese, State.
English Dairy
Onions, per hu..
Starch..
Tallow— - -
Rice, per lb —
Mackerel, No. l.klts
•• No. 2, Kite.—
“ No. 3, Kits
Salt, Per Sack
Chewing tobacco...........
Smoking i~
Snuff, Mecca boy...
American, ..................
Havana —.
AMMUNITION
Powder... per lb
Shot “ “ ......
Lead “ •• ...— - —
Cai*. p<* box. —-
LIQUORS.
Com whiskey. — ......
French brandy......
HoUand Gin......
American Old—
Bourbon whiskey
Wines —
Cotton Cards...........—.......—....
Horse Shoes.
•• “ Nalls 1 .._
HARDWARE.
Iron, Swedes, pr lb.......—.....
English..
Castings
Nails, pr keg —
40a 50
12a 15
10a 12
18a 40
tl 25a 3 10
4 00a I no
5 00a 8 00
3 00a 6 00
2 00a 4 00
3 OOalO 00
73al 00
10
QEORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.
—Whereas, Redden Tvl’ittard applies to
me for letters of Adminiatration on the estate
of John Kirkpatrick, late of said county de
ceased, These ore therefore to cite and ad
monish all concerned to show ennie at my
office on or before the first Monday in May next
why said letters should not be granted. Given
under my hand at office this 19th day of Match
1877. ASA M. JACKSON. Ordinary.
mareh20>30d.
f^EORGIA, CLARKE COUNTY.
—Whereas, Robert I*. Bloomfield applies
to me for Letters of Guardianship of Courtuey
Thomas, (colored) of arid county, orphans
under fourteen yean old of Areidecy Thomas
(colored) deceased. These are therefore to rite
and admonish, all concerned to show cause at
my office on or before the first Monday in May
next, why said letters should not be granted.
Given ander my hand at office, this I9tn March
1877. ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary,
marchSO-SOd.
UNIVERSITY CHAPEL,
veiling
V
AND BUEBIQUENT SVENINOB,
Prof. Iripp’s European lectures,
CotrsE Ticket s,
Two Course Ticket A
(DEDUCTION TO STUDENTS.)
. N- B.—Three Lectures will be delivered and
if the receipts amount to $200, clear of
peuse», the entire series of six lectures will K,
given withont additional cost to ticket hold
A Much Needed Enterprise.
JS&’asfBastesB
MEN'S FINE FORNISHINR 600DS, *
And hnvo just arrived from New York with ■.
choice selection of
BROAD CLOTHS, DOESKINS,
FRENCH & ENGLISH CASSIMERES, '
DIAGONALS, ETC., ETC.,
and liovo a full stock Cheviot Tweeds for spring
SHltimm fltlfl Will M1 U’«va lr«A» —— I ^ . •
IFTElSriEJ SHIRTS,
COLLARS AND CUFFS,
LISLE & FANCY UNDERSHIRTS
DRAWERS AND HALF HOSE,
of foreign manufacture, Neck Wear, Umbrella*
and Frne Wnlkinrr Tn f., n * < *
fore purchasing elsewhere.
BLACKSMITH f\G
prices __
inch20-6m
y * •— —"wiuujcu nuin iuo no]
I mil prepared to do any and all work in the
Blacksmith. Lins
at the shortest notice and at the lowest prices of
any shop in the city. I have a
SirillecLEdga-tool
and make specialty of Axes, Mill picks, Mat-
tocks, 1 icks, Garden lloes aud tools of all des
cription and ot the finest temper.
WAGONS AND BUGGIES
K Repaired, Tier Shringing &o.
priws. f AUa klIU 8 ,nildC ““ d re P air “ d at low
First Class Horse-Shoeing
done by a northern shoer, Trotting Plates. Ac.
concave shoeing Ac, in a manner unsurpassed
by -ny. All new work warranted and satisfac
tion guaranteed. Guns and Pistols repaired.
John M. Bassett.
march20-Iy. ,
ITotLc©.
Jwiiiijs&iir 1u “—-w
mch2Q.2t ROBERT WILLIAMS.
NEW BUSINESS!
Store, in tho place lately oucupied by Mr L
Morris, where I shall keep constantly on hand a
great and selected stock of
Dry Goods, ClotRaj, Millinery, Notions, Hats, Etc.
And ask the patronage of all. I have an.
gaged Mr. LOUIS MORRIS for the management
of my business,.and I am convinced that ail
buvere will meet with a courteous, polite and
fair dealing, and will find it to their interest to
give me a call.
mhi3-4t J OS, «T. MORRIS,
XTotico I
All persons bolding claims against the Athens
street Railway Company ore hereby notified to
present their claims to the committee for settle
ment on or before tho I7th of this month.
JAS. H. HUGGINS, 1
j: d: pittarb. f Comralttee *
mch6-2t
Dissolution.
The Copartnership existing between* J?. S.
England and C. J. O’Farrell is this day dissolved
C. J. O'Farrell assuming all liabilities of the
firm. Lnta City Feb. 15th 1877.
J. 8. ENGLAND,
feba7~4t. C. J. O'FARRELL.
For Sals.
Two Hundred Thousand Good 2t and 5 inch
Shi agios 0. J. O’F/RKELL,
feb27-3t. Lttla City..
S-A-3!rf: HA.RHIS,
Boot and Shoe-Lffaker,
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
(OvfB Jacobs & MicnaxL'a Store.)
First doss work turned out oa short notice,
atjiberal prices. Give me a call and get good
material and fine work. marchlS-tf.
fJEORGIA, Madison County.—
Present, the Honorable E. II. Pottle,
Judge Suponor Court, N. C.
Jouh Dovb, ] Libel for Divorco in Madison,
vs. J-SaperiotaCourt, March Term,
Nancy Dovk, J 1877.
It appearing to the Superior Court by the
return of the Sheriff that the defendant Nancy
Dove does not resido in this county and it
further appearing that she docs not reside in
this state, U is on inotiou, ordered that saui
defendant appear aud answer at the meat term
of this court, or that tbe esae be considered in
default aud the plaintiff allowed to proceed.
It it further ordered that this notice be publish
ed in the Athens Georgian once a ineuth for
four months before the next Term of Court.
Done in open Court. QHN t ogBoBI?>
Attorney tor Petitioner.
E. H. Pottle, Judge Superior Court N. C.
I hereby certify that the above ta acoirert
extract from the minutes of the Superior Court
of Msdisou Couuty ^MarcJ i T.rm v m7 k &
marcbS0-m4m.
GEORGIA, Oconbk County.—
'^Ordinary’s Office— James J. Jonning*hu
applied for exemption of personalty and srtbng
a part and valuation of a homestead of realty,
/jtJii tlw, umt at mv office II
GEORGIA, Oconee County.—
'^Ordinary’s Office-PhilKp Yerbyhy ap
plied for exemption ot l^nritv, andlmjl
pass upon tho some at my office iif Watkinsvm
Suo o™lock a. m., Apnf l«h 1877.
march20-2t. J. R. LYLE, Ordinary.