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GEORGIAJ&EWS. Gloanl.gs and WlnnoniDga from our State Exchanges, The State Senate Chamber leaks badly. Vic oria Woodhull is to lecture in Mieo . 4 The .Griffin Daily News has begun its fifth volume. The /Southeast Georgian favors Har* deman for Governor. The Jonesboro News reports 120 pupils ac Clayton Institute. negroes left Fort Valley for tee West on Thursday night. Plum-trees are budding in Dalton, as well as apple-dumpiiugs. In Bainbridge they sell inferior horses at ten cents a pound. Cherokee county is planting large crops of small grain this year. A colored child was burned ;o death in Greensboro the other day.to Rev. G. J. Pearce, a Methodist preacher, died recently in Decatur. Covington is about to organize a Young Men’s Christian Association. The family of Mr. Thomas J. Beats of Harris county, are supposed to have Jjeen poisoned recently. Monroe, in Walton county, has had some trouble over the election of members of Council. A. C. Hanson has been arrested in Rome for taking letters belonging to August Carlson. The private residence of Judge J. M. Combs, of Ringgold, was destroy ed by tire the other day. Georgia contributes four or five car-loads of idiots to Texas every week. Atlanta is about to test the efficien cy of automatic gates at her railroad crossings. Mrs. Graham, of Rome, had her face badly bruised and her left arm fractured by a fall from a buggy. Captain Dick Taliaferro, who was shot in Haralson county recently by Cicero Goggins, has since died. Gog gins is still at large. We have received No. 1, volume 1, of the Southeast Georgian , a hand some paper published at Blaeksheav, by Mr. 11. M. Mclntosh, editor and r -''ivrifutor. Athens (jt€o7qin / 1> • the farmer bought negroes to cotton to buy more negroes. After the war, they buy fertilizers to make cotton to buy more fertilizers. Mr. J. C. Cook, of Muscogee coun ty, seems to be the victim of incen diaries. The third fire on his prem ises occurred the other day, when a corn-crib was burned. The Hamilton Visitor reports great luck in hunting in Harris county, as follows: Mr. Jenkins informs us that in fifteen hunts, he has caught twelve red and one grey fox, and one wild Cat* Richard Cargill attempted to an cot a negro in Harris county, near Blue Spring. As M r . Cargill got to the negro’s door, the latter stepped up t:> the officer with a double barreled gun and snot him dead. The United States soldiers arrested by the civil authorities of Gilmer county, on the charge of murder of a citizen of that county, have-been turned over to the United States au thorities on writs of habeas corpus. Chief Justice Warner thinks So licitors-Ge.ie.als do not sufficiently look after the interests of the State in prosecutions before the Supreme Court, but content themselves too often with the sending up of briefs. Marion county is represented! as being in good condition, many of the farmers having a surplus of cotton on hand, sufficient to cancel all their obligations, and enough corn and ba con to carry them to the end of the year. The Free Press, of Savannah, just established by tnat veteran journal ist, R. M. Orme, is one of the best printed and most “newsy” papers in the State. We trust it will prove a profitable and lasting institution. Dr. J. S. Todd, of Atlanta, a one armed man, made the following score at a shooting gallery, with a Smith <fc Wesson rifle, at the distance of twenty paces: 10, 12,11, 10, 11, 11, 11, 12, making 88 out a possibility of 96. The SIO,OOO fire which occurred at Cuthbert recently, is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. James W. Hart, a grocery man, in whose store the fire originated, has been arrested on suspicion, but dis charged. The Louisville Courier-Journal re ports the success of the plaintiffs in the suit of P. D. Roberts’ heirs against James Ballard et al., tried in the United States Supreme Coari; sum me Augusta v/ironicte says tnat the majority of the Robert’s heirs reside in its city. They recover about 40,000 acres of land in Mena fee county, Ky. Rome Commercial: Such a usurpa tion as that of calling a Constitution al Convention by the Legislature is hardly to be expected. The people should not be gagged, but should be allowed to speak jov themselves in 'such matters. It was an error on the part of the House to strike out the section of theMiill submitting the question of Convention or no Con vention to the people. Athens Watchman: Plum treeu are in bloom here,‘and the tender foliage of other trees is beginning to appear. Never have we seen so warm a win ter as the present. During the month just closed—January—we have had young strawberries, young tomato plants, Irish potatoes, corn, snap beans, and various flowering annuals growing as luxuriantly as in early spring. It is true these tendei vege tables are now cut down but the fruit trees are blooming. At the time we write, the atmosphere is quite chilly, and we may have some cold weather yet. The Atlanta Commonwealth says that Messrs. T. Gould & Cos. have closed for the present on account of the prohibitory tax. The matter, however, will be carried before the Superior Court and adjudicated be fore that body. This is the com pany to reach which the City Council imposed a tax of 25 ceins on itinerant traders. The dieisions of the Courts on the legal questions in volved will be interesting. The Augusta Exchange reports sale of stock, etc., for January, as follows : Georgia Railroad 77f to 78i; Macon and Augusta railroad 5; Southwestern Railroad,76i; Commer cial Bank 85 to 82; Langley Manu facturing Company 103; City of At lanta bonds 75 to 791; National Bank of Augusta 123 to 128; National Ex change Bank 92 to 97; Planters Loan and Savings stock 61 to 7; Augusta Factory stock 120 to 123; Augusta Manufacturing Company 101 to 105; Central Railroad Bonds 92 to 97; Georgia 8 per cent, mortgage bonds 102 to 104. It is now stated that Grant, Bris tow and Richardson will be witnes ses in favor of Babe; ck at his coming trial. But the prosecuting attorneys are reported as saying that they will nevertheless have no difficulty in sending Babcock to the penitentiary. THE ETOWAH VALLEY. Its Wealtli—Producing Elements What the Boats are Going After—A Golden Opport unity Lost I>y t he Inaction ol Gov. Smith and the Sitting; Leg'slature—The Political Lookout. To the Editor of the Rome Courier. The Etowah Valley is the latitudi nal centre of Cherokee Georgia. It seems with a greater variety of val uable products and minerals, and a cl'mate more genial, than any val ley in the State. On the North, from Cartersville to Canton, lie Pine Log and Hickory Log mountains, which are the depositories of enough first class iron ore to construct every agri cultural and machinerie implement to build every railroad and vessel, to iron every wheeled vehicle, and to point every tool that will be needed in Georgia in the next two centuries. In the mountains in the North,from Canton to Dahlonega, are beds of mica, iron slate, and mountains of marble, workable veins of zinc,silver, and gold in such quantity and of such quality, surrounded by the most fav orable circumstances for develop ment, and yet so practically unknown as to astonish any one at all cognizant in their value to the world. In the valleys, ten to twenty miles in length—of these mountains from Cartersville to Dalonega—are fertile fanning lands, protected from the wintery blast of the North by trends of mountains covered with the wealth of forest, opened to the genial rays of a Southern sun on the South and watered by streams that rush in torrents from their mountains heights and debouch into the Etowah Valley smiling in all its loveliness and wealth of fields. These streams sup ply the water-power of a dozen Mer rimacs, and while the Merrimac turns hundreds of wealth-producing wheels, these, though in the best cli mate for manufacturing in the world are allowed to fret and dash them selves against their rocky banks and over the nebbly bottoms with scarce ly an effort to utilize them or even to let the capitalists and manufac turers of the world know they exist. On the South of the Etowah, from Cartersville to the mouth of Little river, is a rich farming country, with its gently sloping hills and richly blessed valleys, traversed by several veins of gold and many traces of graphite and silver. On Little River, from its mouth for nearly thirty miles lies a broad body of lich bottom, wnicn ovt/ rivals any land in upper Georgia in the production of die cereals, and which would, under an advanced system of agriculture, equal the B'ue Grass region of Kentucky in the growth of clover and herbs and timothy grass. Between Little River and the Etowah is a large extent of lands re munerative in its agriculture pro ductivity, rich in its excellent timber and richer in its deposits and veins of gold. This identical territory will ere long be shown to be the richest gold fields in Georgia, if not in the Union. One deposit and several veins oi huun dis covered wlneh, with crude means ol mining, are already shown to be in credibly rich. The Dial deposit panned $lO to a bushel of ore; tlie Hilihouse vein near Canton is estimated at $300.00 per ton of ore; and the Franklin and Scudder mines are being steadily worked by Kentucky men, who tell no tales, but double their energies and working force. Numerous veins aie being opened in a slow and un satisfactory way by farmer miners. The discovery and developments so far made domonsirate that this is the gold field of Georgia, From Hightower to Dahlonega stretches one of the most productive and loveliest valleys in all the land. It is rich in the fruits of field, garden and orchard; richer in its immense quantity of copper and gold ore, but richest in the Etowah water-power, which though excelling the Merri mac, has not from time immemorial found more to do than turn the little wheels of a few grists and saw mills. Besides this, Etowah duties a large por'd on of Forsyt county—magnifi cent in its agricelianil and piomicul lal advantages, and unsurpassed in its native manufacturing facilities, The Etowah Valley and the adja cent territory affords the most invi ting field for the investment of capi tal in the United States. Its devel opment and utilization would work an unpreeented era in progress and prosperity of Georgia. The truth is, Georgia is too poor to allow this world of varied wealth to lie here not only unutilized, but practically un known. The only auspicious out look at present for its development a?ises from energetic efforts of the plucky Marietta & North Georgia R. R. Company, and from an hoped for Congiessional approori i* tion for the opening of river naviga Lion to your flourishing city of Rome Asiilc from tlicoo lxiuvriufllls, m 6f ° is no hope for its development, no r for making its pre-eminent natlv e wealth known to the world. Thegran’ destopportunity for advertising this native wealth will be offered the Cen tennial Exhibition. Car loads of this magnificent ore. slate and marble; specimens of the varied agricultural, promicultural, and horticultural product, maps, containing drawings of these unequal ed the water powers, and phamplet setting forth these superior climatic advantage, ought by all means to he exhibited at the Centennial. But the non progress! v e,psuedo-eeon m ic Gov ernor of Georgia did not even conde scend to dignify the Centennial with a notice in his recent message, and the sitting Legislature so far lias dribbled away its time and the peo ple’s money without the least exhi bition of a statesmanship that grasps the potent possibilities of a Centen nial Exhibition of dear old Georgia’s wealth. The people of this section have staked their individual all upon the completion of the Mareitta & North Georgia Railroad, with trust in the State to eschew the necessary pittance of the amount promised, and guaran teed by soiumn legislative act. But the Legislature, running in its accus tomed ruts after peUy local bills, has no time for the consideration of ques tions that demand an advanced statesmanship for their solution, while the radical government of Georgia lias ma ked an era of mate rial progressiveness, backed by a shameful and lecklessdishonestfinan cial administration. The Democratic Government of Georgia is working an era of ret rogrossiveness and deathly stagna tion of public enterprise, backed by high taxes, much of which goes to support to an unwieldy General As sembly and its cleigical bummers and its multiplicity of subordinate State, and the county and municipal officers. Georgia is at present pro lific in high salaried low officers. The low hut deep muimurings of the la boring masses —the voting masses— protend an enormous reaction in State politleial parties and policies at no distent day. But of this, we shall see. Respectfully, yours, North Georgia. January 17, 1876. The Buffalo Express (Rep.) says ;< the attempt of a Washington corres pondent to bring out Senator Conk ling as au heir of General Grant has ingioriously failed.” Hon. A. H. Stephens. In the February number of Har per’s Magazine, we find a brief but very interesting sketch of Hon. A. H. Stephens. Referring to Mr. Stephens and his known hospitality at Liberty Hall, the writer says: “ Once in you are sure to he asked to stay all night, if you find Mr. Stephens at home and are not too manifestly a reporter; and if lie is in Washington someone will kindly show you all that you wish to see. This is not much. The house is the one in wnieh he once boarded when the six dollars were a great sum to him, and as it was the pride and glo ry of his young manhood to at last own and complete it and slowly to own adjacent properties and to gather his kindred about him, so it has al ways been his glory to keep its little rooms, that are boarded ana papered, and its steep stairs, that he has not often climbed since a great gate fell upon him in 1869 and crushed him into life-long lameness, and its breezy passages, where the water-bucket wait3 for often thirsty lips; its twin back porches in which questions of Southern empire have had debate of life and death; its library from which thieving borrowers constantly skim the cream; its little back bedroom where he wrote the War Deeween the States, and where he suffers like a martyr and endures like an Indian.” In conclusion the writer says: “His heart has two loves, wifeless and childless; the one to rest his ashes with those of his fathers, by the heap of stones that is the ruin of the chimney of his boyhood’s first fire side; the other to die in harness, al ways seeking the good of all aaen, not of a part, and loving the repub lic and liberty as men have loved their families,” Mr. Hendricks for the Presidency' Philadelphia, Jan 29. —The fol lowing is the full text of Speaker Kerr’s letter to Mr. J. H. Reall: Washington, Jan. 25, 1876. To J. H. Reall, Esq., Philadelphia: Dear Sir: Several days ago I re ceived by mail, accompanied with your card, an article over your name, published in the Delaware county Democrat, of December 30, last. I perused the article with much inter est, as many of its views command my unqualified approval; but I have only time now to thank you for your very kind reference to mo i n that ar ticle, and say that it is not my desire, in any degree whatever, that my name shall be used in connection with the national ticket this year. The Indiana Democracy will present to our next national convention another other sons as a candidate for the Presidency, Gov. Hendricks, in whose advocacy for that high place I will stand with them in hearty-co operation. My judgment is that our friends, this year, cannot do better, if so well, than to nominate Gov. irieimi itn 3. I am, with great respect, Very truly yours, * M. C. Kerr. Mexican Veterans, Atlanta, Jan. 27,1876. In pursuance of a resolution of the Georgia Association of Veterans of the Mexican war, I appoint as dele gates to the meeting of the National Association, to be held in Washing ton City, on February 22,1876: Col. Carey W. Styles, Gen. Alfred Colquitt, Col. W. J. Magill, Gen. Henry Wayne, Gen. LaFayette Mc- Lays, W. H. Head, Esq., Maj. J. A. Perkins, Col. David Johnston, Maj. C. C. Hammock, Hon. John Jones, C’apt. D. C. Kells, late of the United States Navy. Any officers or soldiers who served in Mexico, and would find It conve nient to go to Washington, will please communicate their names, as I would he pleased to appoint them as alternates. The presidents of railroad lines between Georgia and Washington City are respectfully requested to communicate upon what terms they cau convey delegates to and from Washington City. I trust the press of the State, for the sake of the brave men interested will see fit to publish this call. W. S. Walker, Piesident Georgia Association of Mexican War Veterans. The Pacific Methodist recommends thefollowing premable and resolution to the consideration of Methodist Ep iscopal conferences: “Whereas, Gil bert Haven has told so much that is untrue about the South, and has gone into such ecstacies over mulatto beau ties, and has dabbled so much in poli tics that he has become unaccepiable therelore, Resolved, That he be re qnested to desist from the exercice of his episcopal office until there is a thorough reform in his morals. The mills m Columbus make the market lively when it is at the lowest pitch. The bales recived in seed cot ton still remain to he added, which will add about a thousand bales to the receipts of the market. These factorses support, directly, thousands of people. The pay rolls of evry two weeks, setting on mondays, a mount to at least slo,ooo.[our largest mill has just declared a dividend of eight per cent, per annum, and all are reported doing well. A leading manufacturing and mi ning journal says Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee have more extensive deposits and beds o£ iron ore than any other States of the union. Ten nessee has more extensive beds of marble of greater variety of color than and other State in the union. The copper deposits iu Tennessee are more extensive and valuable than those of any other section in Amer ica. So Bristow is not for Morton as a Presidential candidate, after all, but is squarely committed to Bristow. Reliable Washington advices are to the effect that the report that Bris tow intends to write a letter coming out in favor of Morton is false. The relations of these gentlemen are cor dial, but they have not even con versed on this subject, and Gen. Bris tow does not propose to meddle with the subject of the nomination of oth ers. The Chicago distillers, says the Courier-Journal, admit that they have paid out $2, 000, W0 for their pro tection and defense, and it is charged that the lawyers for the prosecution have bargained with the ring attor neys to let the “guilty men” oft’ very easily. This circumstance having become known at Washington, it is said Secretary Bristow will shortly completely change the programme for the prosecution. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson, wri ing to the Hon. Samuel J. Randall, makes a strong constitutional argu ment for the Centennial appropration. 1 Legal Advertisements. f-'l EOItGIA. BARTOW COUNTY. IT Whereas Thomas Stejiheus, administra tor of the estate of T. 1. Mnrphey, deceased, has applied for lcttersol Dismission. All per sons concerned, are hereby notified to file their objections, if any they have, on or before the first Monday in May next. Else letters of dis mission will be granted said applicant. This •Tan u ary 10th, 1576. janl3- ’ J. A. HOWARD. Ordinary. EOItGIA, BARTOW COUS’TY. vX Whereas J. 11. Fuller, executor of the estate of Solomon Fuller, deceased, has ap plied for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate of said deceased. Tiiis is therefore to cite all persons con cerned, to tile their objections in my office, if any they have, within the time prescribed by law, else leave will be granted said appli cant, as applied for, on the first Monday in March next. Witness my hand and official signature. J. A. HOWARD, Ordinary. feb3 ( 1 EORGIA—BARTOW COUNTY. vJT Whereas, John Weiti niter, a resident of said county, departed this life intestate, it) the year 1874, and no person has applied for administration on the estate of said deceased. Notice is hereby given that in terms of the law, administration will be vested in the Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper person, thirty day's alter tie publication of this citation, unless some valid objection is made to his appointment. Given under my hand and official signature, this January 38, 1876. J. A. HOWARD, feb3-4t. Ordinary. (T EORGIA—BA RTOW COU NT Y. Jf J. W. Pritchett has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Mary A. Pritciett, late of said county, deceased. This is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kin, to file their objections, if any they have, in my office, within the time pre scribed by law, else letter* of administration will be granted applicant as applied for. Wit ness my hand and official signature, this Jan uary 27, 1870. J. A. HOWARD, Ordiuary. feb3-4t. BARTOW corny SHEKIFF’S SALES. WILL BE SOLD before the Court House door in Cartersville, on the first Tues day iu March uext, 1876, between the legal sale hours, the following described property, to-wit: Twenty tons of pig iron, more or less, as the property of W. H. Stiles & Cos., to satisfy one Bartow County Court ti fa iu favor of R. L. Sellers vs W. H. Stiles <k Cos. Property now lying on the railroad depot grounds in the city of Cartersville. Levied on and will be sold as the property ot said W. H. Stiles & Cos. Also, one hundred tons of pig iron, more or less, as the property of W. H. Stiles to satisfy one Bartow County Court ti fa in favor of R. L. Sellers vs W. H. Stiles. Property now lying in the town of Cartersville, on the rail road depot grounds. Levied on and will be sold as the property of said W. H. Stiles. Also, lots of laud Nos. 232 and 235, in the sth district and 3rd section of Bartow county. Levied on and will be old as the property of Francis Fontaine, to satisfy one State and county tax ti fa vs Francis Fontaine. Prop erty in possession ol defendant. Also, one buggy and one sorrel horse mule about 8 years old. Levied on and will be sold as the property of C. W. Sproull, to satisfy one Bartow Uounty Court li fa in favor of C. B. Wallace vs W. B. Wallace, maker, and C. W. Sproull, exceptor. Property iu posses sion of C. W. Sproull. Also, lots of land Nos. 656, 714, 729, 730, 780, 783, 786, 794, 798, 800, 801, 802, 854, 856, 857, 858, 929, 931, 947, 1003, 1016, 1017, all in the 17th district and 3rd section of Bartow 'county. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Kate A. Corra by virtue of one ? Bartow County Superior Court fi fa in favor of Charles S. and S. Burt vs said Kate A. Corra. (*) Also, one certain steam saw mill and all the fixtures and appurtenances thereof and all the same now being in the possession‘of T Ktuu?M£ son <fe Crankshaw. Said propeity levied on and will be sold to satisfy one Bartow County Superior Court fi fain favor of Penn intuit & Brother vs Mark A. Hardin and J. F. Hardin, drawers, and W. A. Gillam as indorser. Said property being in the 15th district and 3rd section of Bartow county, and will be deliver ed to the purchaser on the place where it now is. Levied on as the property of defend ant. Also, one house and lot in the city of Car tersville, Bartow county, lot containing one acre, more or less, situated and fronting Mar ket street; south, north and west by the Hol lingshead property; south by Mrs. Foster. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Daniel Hamiter to satisfy one State and county tax fi fa vs said Daniel Hamiter Levied and returned to me by J. H. Harrison, L. C. Property in possession of defendant. Also, one lot of land No. 425 in tho4th dis trict and 3rd section of Bartow county, con taining 40 acres, more or less. Levied on and will be. sold as the property of W. S. Battle to satisfy one State and county tax fi ta vs said W. S. Battle. Levy made and returned to me by J. H. Harrison, L. C. Property iu posses sion of defendant. Also, oue house and lot in the cily of Car tersville, Bartow county, containing one-half a re, more or less, situated and Routing the W. A. R. R. east; north by Jackson lots; soutii by Noah Wofford’s lot. Levied on and will be sold as the propei ty ol J lfred Tram mell to satisfy one State and county tax fi fa vs said Alfred Trammell. Levied on and re turned by J. H. Harrison, L. C. Property in possession ofdeleudaut. Also, one house and lot in the city of Car tersville, Bartow county, containing one-half acre, more or less, bounded on the east by Gilmore street, north by Miller Collins’ lot, south by vacant lot, west by lot formerly oc cupied by Nathan Beemau. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Robert Par rott to satisfy oue Slate and county tax fi fa vs said Robert Parrott. Levied on and returned by J. H. Harrison, L. C. Property in posses sion of defendant. Also, one house and lot in the city of Car tersville, Bartow county, containing one acre, more or less v situated and fronting east by Scoffield lot, west by Candis Pervard and McCanless lots, and norm by A. C. Williams. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Caleb Tompkins, agent, to satisfy one State and county tax fi fa vs said Tutupkius, agent. Levy made and returned by J. 11. Harrison, L. C. Property in possession of defendant. Also, one house and lot iu the city of Car tersville, Bartow county, containing one acre, more or less, situated and fronting Erwin street on the east, bounded ou the north by E. N. Gower’s lot, south by Carter street. Levied on as the property of W. J. Williford to satisfy one State and county tax fi fa vs said J. W. Williford. Levy made and return ed to to me by J. H. Harrison, L. C. Prop erty in possession of defendant. Also, one house and lot in the cily of Car tersville, Bartow county, containing one acre, more or less, situated and fronting the W. A A. R. li. west, north by R. L. Sellers and an alley, south by McDonald’s lot, west by Erwiu street. Levied ou and will be sold as the property of James A. Aitaway to satisly one Stale and county tax fi la vs said James A. Attaway. Levy made and returned to me by J. 11. Harrison, L. C. Property in the pos session ol defendant. POSTPONED SHERIFF’S SALE. Also, the south-west portion, being one fourtb, of lot of land No. 321 in the sth dis trict and 3rd section of Bartow county. Lev ied on as the property oi Jeremiah V. O. Sto ver to satisfy two Justice Court li fas issued from the Justice Court of the 827 district G. M. Each in favor of John A. Glodden vs Jeremiah V. S. Stover. Li vy made and re turned to me by W. A. Collins, L. C. A. M. FRANKLIN, Sheriff. February, 3, 1876. CAMPAIGN OF 1875-6 Augusta Constitutionalist. (ESTABLISHED 1799.1 ONE OF TUE LIVE NEWSPAPERS OF TIIE WORLD. ITS local columns contain accurate reports oftlieuewsol the day, devoid of “Sensa tions.” A speciai feature interesting correspondence from all poiuts. The daily market reports are correctly and carefully made up. The latest news by Mail, Railroad and Tele graph. 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The Spirit of the Press of all Denomina tions touching subjects vital to church, society and country, is carefully collated, so that you may see at a glance what the great minds of the age think, as to the subjects indicated, as well as of those who edit- and control the paper. 1. “Our Pulpit” i> another important fea ture. Each issue contains a carefully prepared sermon, which, in itself, is worth the subscrip tion price of the paper. 5. All information relating to Husbandry— the laboring class or Granges—is carefully ma nipulated lor your benefit. C The wants of your children are not neg lected. Selections are made from the best Sub bath school and children’s papers, making this department alike instructive and enter taining. 7. From the secular press is gleaned the latest Dolitical intelligence, national and in ternational. These are some of the peculiar merits of The Index. Now, as to its advantages: 1. 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We have \ _ Two Fine Tresses, Upon which we can do any kind of printing, from a delicate Visiting Card to a large Poster, in a workmanlike manner, and expeditiously. We are prepared to print Rill Iloads, Letter Heads, >oto Heads, Cards, of all kiuds, Envelopes, Posters, Cotton receipts —IN FACT— THH 30 SPB.ESS JOB OFFICE \ is prepared to do any description of ORDINARY JOB WORK. It will be our aim to give entire satisfaction to our patrons m all work we undertake, and to undertake no work we cannot execute well. We do not advertise to do all kinds of work, as some do, but we Pie satisfied we can do as good general job printing as can be done in any office in Cherokee Georgia. We solicit the patronage of the business public and will give satisfaction, or demand no pay. Address all orders to nui tonnmaU^K THE DAILY AMERICAN. Nashville, Tennessee. THE centralization of power in Washington, „and the control of corrupt combination, ol the day in the Government at various paint* throughout the country to lieece the ; ..'do of their bard earnings, has justly excite, it he ■ uh lic. The unexampled policy of paying bit).on, of debt in gold, at a period uf genera; -.' a. na tion iu business; the disposition uinniiYsicd, if uot to concert the government into m abso lute monarch*.. to reduce tne ir>e j. b- of America to absolute serfdom; the continual cry of the tax gatherer; tin- buildiag u,. ol ,ho lew at the expense of the main ; Us < --ive inequalities of burdens imposed hv the Gov ernment ou its own citizen*, al; <u uheei ..re entitled to equal privileg-s; the results of all in the. mineral Dnistratuui or business af ford just cause lor alarm. they auiod also a just cause for a demand for a change in the National administration oi public aic'uirs. It is tin relore the duty of the Democracy, which in its purity is the reprtscmalive and defender of the people, and of the people themselves who are really the Democracy, to correct the giowing evils which threaten to overwhelm all in common ruin, 'there must be a change ot the National idmii.istruiion before there is eithei safety or real reform. This is the vitalquestion before the people. The American i-on ihc sideoi the people and oi ehange. It has its views ami expr* sses them Horn day to day, aud while doing so Irankiv and honestly, it also lairly and as fully as its space will per r it, gives the views and'arguiuents of the other side. Jt claims nothing outside of the interests of the people, and seeks only to iniorin them truthfully of all matter.- in which they themselves are mostly concerned. On the eve of the Centennial of the Republic and of z Presidential campaign ol the greute-i moment to the people, it behooves the Con servative and Democratic masses of this sec tion to supply themselves, in time, with polit ical news, tacts and general political inl< ima tion lroai the nearest central distributing point. The AMKKICan, issued from the cap ital of Tennessee, and supplying as well, much oi the teriitoryorKentucky* Georgia and Ala bama, is tiie only Daily i*inner tie journal published within a radius of mou- t; ... a hun dred and fifty miles in which there are nearly if uot quite a million oi ptople. It furnishes to its readers, at heavy t.-xuense. the full vol ume of telegraphic reports of the V.T stern As sociated Ureas, including the Congressional proceedings of the most iuterest i a r -es-ion for many years, in which the In m. . t*. tor the first time since the w r, have a u } rity in tlie Lower • louse and nearly hall tl, u embus of the benate. t at baud when will be discussed j . ,;i :.l i-=us affecting the National, and Mali elections of 1576. The Presidential i Ucti> .. i.y ci shadows allotheis in i:- iui.-ortai.i e at h:* i not to our section alone, but to friends ..i and lU-tenders of Republican institutions tin<-ighoul the Union. Though tint, s may be i. i livery occasion oi hard times is trace;.id- ♦ - -urces with which the people ought to K ... uiniud, and of which i. is tue mis-son of the Ameri can to inform them, and we think i< i- ta.t in opportune or immodest to ask the attention of the masses of the peo;le in its culun.-s, which will he always trill ad reliable. : lie ;ugges tionto Democrat- amt Conservatives of Tennes see and States adjacent, to nelp extend it' cir culation and enlarge its sphere ol usefulness, is the more-confidently made in view of the very grave political and financial questions which are now agii. ting the public mind, ana w hich will enter largely into the approaching Presidential canvas-, and perhaps .•etermine tile character of the Gove.Client itv.li in tho lurnrc. I tie AMERICAN has til viatipglv stoorl forth in defense of the Constitution, of the rights of the State-, and of individual lib erty. Now, when all these are assailed !>'• a powerful and corrupt centralized ad mi n is.ra tion. it pledges iGeli anew to devil- all its means and euergic-s to political return; aid the restoiatii n of the old landmarks m : limita tion, of delegated authority and of ii.; stand ard of ofiiciai honor. liv a law o, I :mgre ss which went into effect on the first of January, 1£75, the pui Usher, of daily newspapers are required at the time of mailing, t > prepay all which n neves the stibscrifier of the pay ni. nt of po-i-,g<, at the office ot delivery. I •: ithis law *!.•. p<.-t --age will be le's tha*n the previous l,;w. The postage ou the Daily will be Oil cents instead of $1.20. on the Weeklv, 15 ccuis ; ■ - •.c ui of 20 cents: and on tin- Seat-weekly lOcentt ins ea<l of 40 cents. Our %ul> iriplion ptii-e- will, therefore, include tlie postage, mid will be as follows, b’- mail, payable in a ltar.ee: Daily, ><n<* year. $10.60, six months three month'-. $2.6-% onenioiuh sl. Senii-wfclv. one vear, $4.20. six months $2.10, tbiee mouths'll.os. Weekly, one year $2.15, six niunibs sl.lO, three month-, 55 cents. To clubs of five or more subscribers we will semi our Mammoth V\ eekly, ] juiid, at $2 each. Anv one getting up a club of tf.n at $2 each, and one cony of the p apt ’ gratis to the getter up of the club—postage all pain. Acts’ commissions 10 per cent, is here ipfpre. TEE WEEKLY SUN 18T0. NE\T TORS. I STS. ITUGHTEEX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY six i- ihe Uenienni.il year. It is ai-o the y car in which an Opposition House of Repre sentative-, the first since the war. will be in power at Washington; and ibe year of a twen ty-third eleetioa of a Prcsident’of the United States. All of these events are sure to be of great interest and importance, especially the two latter, and all ol them and every thing connected with them will be freelv and "fresh ly reported and expounded in THE bUN. The Opposition House of Representatives, taking up the line of inquiry opened years ago by TIIE bUN, will sternly and diligently in vestigate the corruptions and misdeeds of Grant’s administration; andwill.it is to be hoped, lay the foundation lor anew auti better peiiodin our national history. Oi all this TIiEbUN wil! contain complete and accurate accounts, furnishing its readess with early and trustworthy information these ab. orbing topics. The twenty-third Presidential election, with the preparation- tor it. will be memo* able as deciding upon grant’s aspirations loi a third teim ot power and plunder, and still more a, deciding who shall he the party ol Return, and as electing that candidate. Concerning • all these subjects, those who read THE SUN will have tlie constant means of Lbing thor oughly well iu formed. IHE WEEKLY SUN, which h s attained s circulation ot over eighty thousand c pi, , al ready lias its readeis r- every State ..nd Terri tory, and we trust that the year 1876 will see tl;. i,' numbers doubled, it wail tootfeue to be it thorough newspaper. All rttc g;au ral news O: ihe uav wilt i:-e found iu it. coi i wliod unim pot tint, at ful 1 length wheu ot luocieut: and . I ways, we trust, tixated in a clear, inter esting ami instructive nr'inner. It is our aim to make THE Y, ; ; KEY SUN tiie b-'st family newspaper in the woE .and we shall continue to give in , , c . „mfs a large amount of misi; ilaiieuf -jc , ;ii... ,-nch as stotics, tales, poems, . is, . i._ence ana agricultural into: mat'o:. !• •• h i we are not able Ur make Ice m i;. o;;; • ai. ; ition. The agrienlturtd dep.irtin a ■'■. ) . laoue of it- p •m ated lea’.ir. s. \ , ; .o s are also regularly reported iu its t-..!ianus, and so are the m t kets ot every kind. IHE \\ EEKLY SUN. ei,ht pages, with fidy six broad coilintiiS. i-oil; one bH.29 a year, postage prepaid. As this jinee baryly repays the cost of the paper, no discount < n be in ado from this rate to clubs, agents, postmasters, or anyone. THE DAILY SUN. a large four-page news paper of twenty-eight columns, give- all the news lor two cents a copy, subscription, post age prepaid. 55e. a month, or $6.50 a year. Sunday edition ext;.i. 81.10 per year. " \Ve have no traveling agent*. Addii -s THE SUN. Dei' 9 1-75. N.Y.Uity. “OLD RELIA3LE.” THE AMERICAN FARMER, 'he pioneer farm journal in A meric i, and so long the ex:<onent of the agricnltiual i.pcr ests of this section, begins, January Ist, new volume under the same conti and as' iur tiiiity years of it- existence. It will continue to be active in every branch of agricultural improvement, and devoted to the true intefestsof tic tyrmir.g <' Containiug nothing sens.it; iLtJ or fiasby, it is meant to stijf the wants of intilligent and reading farmers ami *r, ir familp *. jbe edi tors it-cerve the sid of it large lumber of cor respoudefits. eminent in their respective branches; r,d iu each number, besides the treatment of the staple crops, the manage ment. uses and application of home-made and artificial manures and fertilizers, wHlho found something seasonable lob the lanu. barn yard, sheep-fold, orchard, vineyard, garden, daily, poultry-yard, spiaty, window garden, green house, lawn. workshop cud household, sub scription $1.50 a year. Toeluhs of five ortu *re, only $1 each. All postage prepaid by u*. ny person sending ten or more names'at $1 each will receive an ext;a eopy iree. Agents wanted everywhere. Cash ccnimU-sons paid. Address, Sam’l Sanhs ,x Bon. Publishers American Farmer, 0 Nunh m.. 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