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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN. .APRIL 3, 1877.
Party Divisions.
A correspondent of the Missouri
Republican furnishes some facts and
figures relative to the exact status ol
the Forty-fifth Congress, outside of
contested elections. There are three
vacancies in the Senate, one front
South Carolina and two from Louis
iana. The tabulation of States geo
graphically is thus given:
CNITXD STlTIS 8XXATE.
Dcms
Six New England State* 8
Three Middle States 4
Sixteen Southern States 84
Ten Western States 2
Three Pacific States 1
83
Itopublican majority
novas ot nxrnxsxNTATivrs.
Dems. Reps.
Six New England States 6 23
Three Middle States SO 87
Sixteen Southern States 90 16
Ten Western States 24 62
Three Pacific States 1 5
150 143
i . . 7
Rapa.
10
' 2
5
18
5
' -40
7
Democratic majority.....
The correspondent above alluded
to says: “ It will be seen that the
Republicans have exactly the- same
majority in the Senate that the
Democrats ha*e in the House, both
political parties having precisely 183
votes on joint ballot. There still re
main five Republican Senators from
the Southern States, whose terms
expire in 1879, (except the negro,
Bruce, of Mississippi, whose term
extends to 1881). Thus, in Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina,
the Democrats may reasonably expect
to gain a senator foV each State in
the next two years, which would suf
fice to place them in a majority even
without the two senators from Louis
iana, and another in South Carolina,
to which they are already entitled.'
It is worth whi e remembering also
that Senatorial elections occur, in
1879, in New York, Indiana, \Vis
cousin, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio,
New Hampshire, Nevada, California,
delay, and there i''” 0 Apprehension,
well founded, th* a weak policy has
taken the pj^e of practical states-
1 If tlic Democratic party has any
failH in itself and faith in the -people,
its Ieadeia will begin re-organzing at
once, and in such a way as to make
another Electoral Commission en
tirely unnecessary.
Hayesism in full Flower.
The credulous Southern Senators
and Representatives who have been
dancing attendance at the White
House since the inauguration, and
accepting the cheap and canting pro
fessions of Hayes as sincere, were
brought to a realizing sense of the
deccptiou practised upon them by
the determination to appoint a coni
mission to proceed to Louisiana, and
thus postpone the solution of the
problem which lias been so thorough
ly discussed in all its forms since the
November election.
This abrupt decision necessarily
excited the surprise and indignation
of those who, us honorable meu and
accustomed to fair dealing, had in
good faith welcomed the assumed
frankness of the Fraudulent Presi
dent, and who up to the hour of the
Cabinet meeting on Wednesday fully
believed in the assurances that the
troops would he withdrawn Their
conviction was strengthened by the
declarations of members of the Cabi
net, confirming the confidence which
has now been exploded.
What can a commission do iu
Louisiana hut bargain, if Nicholls
and his friends are weak enouirh,
alter this experience, to listen to
overtures from men whose acts may
be repudiated at Washington and
which- will certainly he neVer rati
fied, unless the terms involve a prac
tical surrender to the Administration
Colorado and Illinois. In many of fl f ^j, e Government fairly elected by
these States, the Democrats have at j tj ie people of Loui.-iana ? The author
of this scheme is the same William A.
Wheeler who, under the name of d
compromise, delibeaately cheated
least an even chance of making gains
over the present Republican repre
sentation.
The correspondent adds: “Of
the 106 representatives in Congress
to whieh the 16 Southern States are
'entitled, 90 are Democrats; hilt Mis
souri and Louisiana will hardly elect
four Republicans again, as each of
them are charged with doing at the
recent election ; South Carolina will
not always send three Radicals out of
five congressmen; and the tarn dis
tricts in Tennessee, together with a
congressman in Florida, North Caro
lina and Virginia, will each and all
doubtless he redeemed in the imme
diate future. Tike Pacific States, it
will be noticed, send as many sena
tors as representatives to Congress,
and here also the Conservatives
should receive a reinforcement before
long, as out of a total vote of 205,841
cast in the three States of California,
Oregon and Nevada in the recent
election, the Republican majority was
less than 4,500 in the three States
combined; and it is already on record
that more than this number of fraud
ulent votes were counted for the
Republican electors in California,
where the national election was lost
and won through the diabolical
machination of Oliver P. Morton, of
Indiana! Of the 88 States, we may
estimate at least 16 as safely Demo
cratic; 7 as hopelessly Republican,
leaving 15 to ho regarded as debata
ble. These are Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Wisconsin and Colorado, in the
Western group; California, Oregon
and Nevada, on the Pacific coast;
New York aud Pennsylvania of the
Middle States; Connecticut and New
Hampshire in New England, and
Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida
at the South; although it is only a
question of time when these three
last named are as safely Democratic
as Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, Georgia;' North Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Mary
land, West Virginia, Arkansas and
Delaware.’’
With such a promise in the future,
it behooves the Democracy to perfect
their organization, and not to disinte
grate it. The coarse of the President
toward Louisiana and South Carolina
has not been qnite so satisfactory ns
many good men hoped. Even now'
he is experiencing the dangers of
Orleans, prop|>ed up by the presence
of Federal force.
When'Hayes hesitated to make
good Ills promises after qntering the
White House, and sought frivolous
excuses for non-action, it was evident
that he either meditated treachery,
or wanted moral courage to execute
•the task of so-called u conciliation.’’
He has vacillated from day to day
and swung backward and forwar J,
until his weakness or his baseness has
sought the present inode of relief
from vexatious pressure.
Wc are not disappointed in this
outcome, because, after a thorough
examination of Haey’s career, noth
ing could he discovered in it which
attracted confidence or iuspired ad
miration. His last canvass for Gov
ernor of Ohio, where he introduced
religion as an element of the cam
paign, uponv the most false and-
scandalous pretext, showed him to he
a low and unscrupulous demagogue,
capable of prostituting what most
men hold. sacred, to serve the ends
of party and personal ambition.
If Mr. Evarts, Mr. Sclnirz,and Mr.
Key had the proper stuff in them,
there would be to-day throe vacan
cies at least in the Cabinet. They
did far more than encourage the be
lief that the troops would he with
drawn ; they promised it on repeated
occasions. And now their nlcdge is
broken, hut they hold on to oflice,
and Mr. Evarts, as a diplomatist, re
news the assurance of his distin
guished consideration to all doubters.
Mr. Scliurz thinks the Interior De
partment would suffer by his absence,
just as lie is starting civil service re
form, and Mr. Key holds that a gen
tleman with a baker’s dozen of chil
dren and $8,000 a year ought to
stick, without regard to the troubles
in Louisiana. We know' at least
where to find John Sherman, for,
with all his hypocrisy, he stood by
the story of Eliza Pinkston and
finally professed to believe it him
self.—JV. Y. Sun.
stctvihlsY
STOVES!
I am u«w «$*eriag for saleat
Low Prices,
The following celebrated Cook Stoves, all of
Which are warranted aqua] to any offored in
this market.
IRON KING, GATE CITY,
best;
CRICKET, - l’ALMBTTO.
Call and see before purchasing.
’ J.C. WILKINS.
oct.Sl.6m.
CHILDS, NICKERSON & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, JR0H, STEEL HAILS,
HOUSE AND MULE SHOES,
HORSE SHOE NAILS,
SEEDS.
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.
CLOVER SEED.
TIMOTHY SEED.
MILLET SEED.
DniOii Sets.
; f'i. \ 1 ' •
11 im-omlK?, North Carol inn,
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€ABMGE 8tEI).
-7/. £<>
For sale at the Drug and Seed Store
Agricultural Implements,
Leads, Oils, Glass and Varnish, Harness Leather,
feb20-tf
R. T. BRUMBY & CO.
them two years ago, which fraud
they submitted to for the sake of
peace.
- - i i a -V
The miserable pretext that Hayes
wants information, when every argu
ment on both sides has been ex halts*-
ted and every fact hearing ou the con
troversy has been brought out by in
vestigations of liotli branches of Con
gress on the spot, is an insult to pub
lic intelligence. The commission is
only a trick to enable the keepers of
Hayes to mature their plans and
to consumate the villainy by which
they expect to capture Louisiana ah
8oluiely.
The hopes which credulity nour
ished are thus blighted as with the
blast of a sirocco. Business and en
terprise, which began to revive un
der the promise of pacification, are
again prostrated, and property
more paralyzed than ever before, be
cause the outlook is cheerless aud
positively alarming. 'This is not only
true of Louisiana, hut of the whole
couutry, because the old dispute is
practically reoj cued, and while sec
tional agitation continues there cau
he no return to real or permanent
prosperity.
It is well that Hayes has shown
his hand thus early, and allowed the
people to see his true inwardness of
character. Ill every aspect he has
proved himself to he unworthy of
trust. If he believed in the policy
which ho professed, then he has been
false to duty in not pursuing it boldly
to the end- If he has been driven
from it by the exactions of extreme
leaders, then he is a weak tool in
their hands, and deserving only of
contempt. He has already illustra
ted the truth of Mortou’s maxim,
that “ a President is what his party
makes him.”
It is not to l»e expected that the
people of Louisiana will kiss the rod
that has smitten them so often, or
enter into aliiauce with an Adminis
tration which has begun its career in
treachery to them, and to every
pledge relatiug to the withdrawal of
the troops. They have nothing to
negotiate about. Nicholls is Gov
ernor, and hi* authority is not dispu
ted in the State, except by a faction
of corrupt carpet-baggers in New
Knights of the Garter.
Prince William, of Prussia, lias rg
ccived the highest honor which it is
in the power of the queen to confer
on a foreign prince—an honor, too,
whieh is sometimes coveted in vain
by reigning sovereigns. Guizot men
tions how glad Louis Philippe was to
receive the garter, which he only did
upon his visit to England in 1855,
when he had already been fourteen
years upon the throne of July. He
h.ov <& 3T©w.
BI^OEBESliyLITlEI’S
TWO SIIOP8 FOR 1877.
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One at the old stand iu front ot*
Messrs. GANN & REAVES,
The other on tl|e road to the npjmr bridge and
opposite
Mr. JOHN Z. COOPEU’8,
Livery Stable. We have fi;-t c!a>* workm-i,
HOUSE SHOEING
of every description*
Plating and (Joncat* Shoes
Manufactured to order. — • •
WAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, '
Anl all kind* of Farming Machine* and Im
plemvuu repaired on a:.ort notice,
j-intf-tt
Cotton, Manilla & Jute Hope,
CARRIAGE AND SADDLERY HARDWARE,
HUBS, SPOKES, BUGGY WHEELS, AXLES,
SPRINGS, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
MILL SAWS, MILL FINDINGS, ANVILS, VICES .
FELLOWS. HOLLOW WARE, ETC., ETC., Ei
Manufacturer's Agents for the sale of
Fairbank’s Standard Scales.
W1NSHIP AND SAWYER’S CELEBRATED
Cotton Gins, Cider Mills, Syrup Mills and Evaporators, Watt Plows,
Farmers* Friend Plows, Pumps, Circular Saws, etc.
tiTAnv article in onr line not In stock, will be ordered when desired, with the least
Tk7i!Mv* Call and Examine Our Stock and Prices.
TOTHE PIiAOTERS
New jewelry Establishment,
The Jewelry House of Child* A Moas, late
L. Schevcnell & Co., was this day sold to Mr.
Prauk P. Talnivlgr, ho will remove nia slock
from College Avenue and consolidate the whole
. ., , , into one at the aland No. 3, Brood, St., Athens,
is said to have expressed the teeling Ga.
that now at length he could no longer j g* £* Soss^’
he called a mere king of the bari- m
cades, but was formerly received! _ , *fck*EP-vablio.
. , , , , . ,1 Returning our thanke for recent favor* from
into the brotherhood of raonarchs | onr patron*, we bespeak for our successor
continuance of the same
A. K. CHILDS,
NORTHEAST GEORGIA!
Having Completed Arrangement* for the Sale of the Well Known
-Otguedfo.. fw Jkmpostiag,
r~t?
xu.1' VI JVJT ^ ^ ^
Long’s Dissolved Bone No^MAoniated,
The undersigned respectfully call’d attention to the following prices for the
,| , Joar 1877, to-irk:
Excellent Guano, per ton, paynbleNov.lst., -
in Middling bottom at 15cts. per pound. $72.00.
' " " 50.00.
20.00.
14.00.
upon equal terms. Napoleon III.
was equally pleased when, in 1855—
less than four yesrs after the coup cP
etat—he tvas invested with the blue
ribbou by her maje/ty in person. On,
other baud, we find Lord Palmerston
(in Lord Dalling’s life) writing to his j
brother, Sir William Temple, and
telling him that “ Bemadotte has |
been flying j) kite for the Garter,’
jan9-tf.
R. L. MOSS.
**. W*«.
Bit an! Sima Mate,
COLLEGE AVENUE,
NEXT DOOM TO TOE POST OFFICE,
On hand, Upper* for nuking Low Qnartei <>
Congre.**, Alexia-Ha*, and Prince Albert*. Ke-
addiug that his Swedisc majesty was P** r,n * I1 r ro#, W u *o>-uted. seud ten dollar*,
■° J ' 1 vermatl orexjire** *a<l you .hall recniv. a first
not to get it. At the presunt ino-1 l«*s pair of inne so lsrs-s-vif.
ment» decided majority of the kings
are euiilled to wear this highly j GENERAL TIKEF AM,
prized decoration, hut the kings of
Spain and. Sweeden are as yet left I RAILROAD TICKETS,
out in the cold. Hie only foreign * ’
princes, not actually reigning sover
eigns, who are Knight of the Garter,
are the crown prince of Germany and
his son, prince Louis, o, Hesse, and
prince Christian, of Sclilonwiuk-Hola-
tein. Three out of these are heirs to
ExccllenzaXJiwno, per ton. Cash.
Dobb’s Ehemicufe on time, two barrels 500
With Cotton Option 15cts.. bases middling.
Cash pri ce, per two barrels 500 lbs.
Freight to he paid on delivery, 40 els. per barrel.
Lang :, s Dis.-olved Hone IS onamoniated,
In barrel’s 2&0 each for composting, two barrels 500 lbs. composte a ton
for $18 00. . a. a a.
Cotton option 15cts. bases middling, Cash price for two barrels, $12.00.
. i'll© Well Esowa S&cellenza,
Readv for distributing, needs no eulogy from me, the people know its virtue
and excellence above fill others.
The Dolb's Chemicals, better known ns Eidlenza Chemicals,
Has been used throughout the country With the most happy effects for the
last three years. The Dissolved Bone, gotten up for this year, is equal to
any of like character in this or any other market. Give me a call and get
the very hist Guano and Chemicals for composing.
For saie^by all routes, mi.I to aU principal
UNITED STATES.
Buy your Tiakets before leaving Athens, and
get all information flrom
jan2-3in
C. DOBBS.
crowns. The Duke of Cumberland
has wont a crown, and is, moreover,
a lineal descendant of George IL, and
by a statute passed on the 17th .of
January, 1805, the order i • to con
sist of the sovereign and twenty-five
knights companions, together with
such lineal decendants of king
George II., as may be elected, always
excepting the prince of Wales, who
is a constituent part of the original
institution. * Special statutes are
passed for the admission of foreign
sovereigns or princes as extra knights.
—Pall Matt Gazette.
Caft. WM. WILLIAMS,
Co.
A/act Southern Exp:
May 19, ’75
Athaua, Ga.
3S.tt
7 UHtil.N l tt.vnu rt UEK1. 7000 1.,". -
ggp 1 3bg!iii3EgGi!iaai
nvi.j 1 m-ihf vu
april.l1.Iy.
J OB WORK OF ALL DES
*
oription neatly dene at this office
A Massachusetts man named Cork
screw has named his baby Gimblet.
O. J. O’FARRELL,
Lpla City. »
Shingles
1 #-VAT. 4
IFor Sal«.
fab27-3t.
MEATS.
J. J. Heard & W. F. Hood,
Cobxxb Foninwr «b Ocoxix Snun.
FRESH BEEF. MUTTON, PORK, and SAU-
**ge,( Froth and Bologna Sausage). Onr So
licitor ia always on the street ready to supply
tha wants of the citizens of Athene. Please '
give us your orders and we will guarantee per-
lect satisfaction. The highest market prices,
paid for Beeves, Shssp, Goata and Hog*.
HjnnsSO.liSslly. J. J. HEAD A CO.
MEDICAL BOnCE.
At the solicitation of many of my former pat
rons, I raauma the
[Practice of Medicine
from this data. I will pay especial attention to
the disease of Intents and Children, and tha
Chronic Diseases of Female*.
WM. KING, M. D.
June 16,1875—88-ly.
1877. 1877.
Spots and Shoes
TO ORDER.
XT. W. S&udrup,
Artist.
Ha* removed his shop to the McDowell Build
ing, on Cdlege Avenne. Prices liberal and
flrst-elasa work guaranteed.
June 14,1876—W-tf