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THE KLLIJAV COUKIKK, ■ - - "a®- (r TM MhMrtif nIM >M m'*'* B*l*r**l i>4 l*|'nUtf| iWI *4wtl vf j §*Be|rtt™* : j|l MATHS UP AM ERTIXINQ. Ow **|Mrr w lw*crU>* • • • I I* |E|r| luhtiljllflit • • • I l * ! jin tiiitrt im ilit • • • • f W * fvo tqitrta o|t) Iff • • • • • #* OairMr nliM it|r • • • • *5 U Jltll mlnmn one )*r • • . r W#M pnt roluian on* tgir , • , * * ** W| Ucil Mtktt It ssqt* t lilt tad Mtet • (Ml. T<*lla'>.*ii*incb.r(,n*tituti>a u]Ur*. Ttutlt ■Avsrttscr* trill !• al If, a ltd one ' phantc wlthont fXtrn>harvc. 0. F. COCHRAM, • - Editor. PLLIIAT, OA., DECEMBER , DC*. Legislative Summary. 1 Atlanta Constitution. 1 ) Hie general assembly’s doing* for the pant week have been rath pr more interesting than usual. The folio wing summary will give the important details of the week's labors: Monday—The senate passed a bi|| u lo provide by law for some proper persou to preside in cases Where, from #ny cause, the pre siding Judge is disqualified.'’ The discussion on this bill occupied pearly alj ilie session. Atitscon plusion the senate resumed its tin finished business, which was the ponsideralion of a bill to amend the claim laws of this State. Pend ing the discufsion on this fiil| the body adjourned. The house had a profuse feast of bills on first yeading. The special order of the day w the contested election case from Gamden county, in which Spencer K. Atkinson plaints the seat po\y held by Tlios Puller, colored. The majority of the committee on privileges and elections reported in favor of the plaim of Thomas Butler as the du ]y elected representative. The piinoritv report declared that Ppencer R. Atkinson had proba bly received p majority of the le B*l votes at the late election nnd wna duly elected. There was quite a discussion on the two re ports, developing Iho fact that a ptajnrily of the house favored But Jer's claim. The case was re com piittcd that the committee on Itrivileges and elections might tave an opportunity to compare the registry list of Camden oaun ty with the list of the voters at the election which is contested. Tuesday—The senate passed a resolution that joint committee of ten from the senate and twen ty from the house be appointed to consider the equalization of the labors of the Judges of the superior courts. Thp discussion pf the bill to amend the claim )aws of the State was resumed pud continued at some length. The bill was finally passed. The Special order of the day was a bill to Reduce the fees jf tnx-re ceivers and collectors .in this st*le. A lively discussion on the pserits of the bill engaged the senate until the hour of adjourn ment. The house again produced number ot bills on first reading A bill to prevent the sale or fur pishing ip any way of spirituous liquors on election days within (wo miles of an election precinct was taken upon its third reading. ▲ discussion on its merits was |>ae, au4 it passed by t large ma jority. The bill offered by Mr. Garrard, of Muscogee, to issue |500,000 worth of bonds to take up outstfluding bauds, due in the ppxt three years, was made the special ordey for Friday. A mint her of bills were read the second time. The conitpittee of confer ence on diflerence of the (touse and the senate as to an Amendment to the bill to provide the method of advertising jocsl pod special bil)s made two re-* ports, neither of which was acted pa. Tbe matter is as much in a (saddle as ever. The senate in puts that the advertisement of these bills must be had in the of. flcial paper of each county, w hile the house holds that in those peanties where there is no news paper a posting on thp courthouse floor shall be a sufficient adver tisement This difference has brought the bill to a dead-lock, pnd how (( will end \ve cannot yet spp. Wednesday—The senate and bouse both heard reports of the Committee on the deaf and dumb asylum, asking an appropriation of SBO,OQQ for all the needs of this institution. A number of bills read the first time. The bill to reduce the fees of tax receiv prs and collectors was taken up ps unfinished business and pass ed. Bth bouses heard report* of the committee on Ike smdr- I my for the blind, asking a nceos- j •ary appropriation ot I lie bouse retfonaidcied the bill to prevent the sale of apirHuou* liq i mil* on election day s, in order to perfect the same, the caption not covering the provision* ot tlie ' i bill. The committee op early ad j journuieiit Kphni'lled two report* fhe majority favor a continuance until the holiday* and then a re cess of a lew days, the assembly to return and tiiimli its busmens. Flic minority report favor an ad journment nil the sth, to meet again the loth ol next July. The report* were made tlie special or dcr lor next Thursday. The adnp lion of the majority report is deemed probable. A number ol bill* were introduced lor a first reading, A bill to fix I lie bond of the treasurer of the lunatic ay lum jit 810 000 instead ol $5,000. was passed. A bill to define rights of plainti/Tn in actions of recoupment tailed to pass be cause of the slim altendance. It received 80 votes, but it requires 88 votes lo pass any bill under (he new constitution. A bill to enlarge the powers of tax-collect ors and nitikc them ex-officio sheriffs failed in the same way. Thursday—Both houses obscrv ed Thursday as thanksgiving day and had no session. Friday—The senate reconsider ed the bill to reduce and regulate fees of tux receivers and collect ors and alter amending it slight ly passed (lie bill again. The senate in executive session con firmed the appointment of lion. It J. Warren as Judge of the county court of Lee; also, con firmed the appointment of W* F. Watson as solicitor of the same court. A resolution to expedite the publication of the acts passed by llio assembly wi.s passed. The special order was the considera tion of a bill to authoiize appeals from the verdicts of juries and from confessions of judgment in superior courts and to provide for the same. I’lie judiciary com miltee reported adversely to the passage of the bill. Alter some discussion, t||o repot t was agreed to and the bill was lost. The coni niillee of conference on disagree ment of the thouses as to an amendment to the bill on the method of advertising local and special bills reported the follow ing substitute^which was adopt ed: “Provided, that where there is no newspaper published in the county where • the local legisla tion is asked, notice of said bills shall be published in the papers where sheriff's salea are publish ed, and in nil notices lo be pub lished under this act, it shall not be lawful lor any newspaper to charge more than $1 per square for said notice, and in case of re fusal to publish at said rate, then a publication in any other news paper having a circulation in the county where the local legisla tion is desired shall be sufficient.” The following bills were read the third time nnd passed: To amend section 1779 of the code; to alter aud amend the garnish ment laws of the State; to auihor ize appeals in certain cases front ilte justices courts; to carry into effect section 18, paragraph 2. of the constitution ; to enforce par agraph 1, sections 9 and 7 of the constitution ; to regulate the ad vertisement of sales by sheriffs and administrators; to amend section 3554 of the code concern ing witness, The house reconsidered its ad verse action on a bill to define rights of plaintiffs in actions of recoupment. The bill was passed. It also reconsidered its adverse action on a bill to confer addi tional powers on tax collectors. The bill was subsequently lost. On the call of committees sever al new bills were introduced. The fpocial order of the day was the bill to authorize the issuance of $500,000 in state bonds,but owjng to the thin attendance the consul eration of the bill was postponed until next Wednesday. The un finished business was the consuls eration of a bill to provide for the punishment of slander. After some discussion the bill was lost. A bill to enable purchasers of railroads to form corporations to finish the same was passed, Saturday—A motion to recon. sider the adverse action of the senate on the Util to authorize ap peals from the verdicts oi juries and confessions of judgment iu superior courts was discussed at length and lost, Tbe house bill to enable purchasers of railroads to form companies to finish tbe tame was passed, Ilia special] order was a lijll tu facilitate busi-j ness la Ilia courts and to prsvent mistrial* in eiyil oa*s. Hie ma joritjr ot ilia judiciary committee reported against Ilia passage ot I the bill, Ilia minority favwreo j its passaga. The majority report] was adopted and t|i bill lost Several bill* were read the first time. The house made the con sideration of a bill Ui abolish the' agricultural bureau the special order lor next Friday after the reading of the journal. The com mitlee on agriculture reported adversely to the passage of the bill. A long list of bills were read the second time. A bill to abol ish the geological bureau was lost by the adoption of an ad verse report of Ihu committee on agriculture. Notice of a motion to reconsider was given. Both houses were invited by Governor Brown to take a ride to Marietta to attend preaching Indore the North Georgia Methodist confer ence. —' ■ ' ■ ' ■ The Afghan War. [Savanmili New*.] As our readers havejbeen well informed by our Iclegraphi • dis patches, the English government lias begun its war upon Afghani!. <*n in real earnest, and has al ready captured one or two strong holds Iroin that country. The following description of the coun try and its people will therefore be of special interest at this time: Afghanistan is an extensive country of Asia, dividing British India from Persia. H embraces 215,000 square miles, and the pop ulalion is estimated at from five to niue million. The country is mountainous, and consists ol fer tile lands where tropical fruits and cereals abound, nnd also des ert plains. The Afghans ire Ma hommedims. They vonstitule a brave, hardy (ace. They tollow agriculral occupations npd es chew commerce. They have good horses, camels and asses, and plenty of sheep. Avenging blood is a family duty; and the righis of hospitulity are sacred Internal dissensions and wars are common. Shere Ali is the pres ent Ameer or sovereign. The people are warlike, and since 1838 the Kuglish have been al intervals at war with them,some times sustaining disastrous de tents and again capturing their capital, (Jabul, and other towns. The Afghans have often fought with and defeated the Persians The present war was brought about by the refusal of Shere Ali lo receive an English embassy while giving a cordial reception to one from Russia, and no doubt lie was influenced in his action, and persisted in accepting war with England as a result thereof under the impression that Russia would form an offensive and dc. tensive alliance with him, and thus another general war be tween two great European pow ers would be brought about. In deed it was the possibility of such an Afgho-Russian alliance which gave much interest to the contest now being waged. Judging'frotn tho tone of our dispatches, published a day or two ago, to the effect that the Russian General Kaufman had sent the Ameer a magnificent svvoul,accompanied by a message eulogizing both the Czar and the Ameer together, and pledging the sympathies of Russia to the latter, it would seem as if there was some likelihood of such an alliance. We are inclined to be lieve, however, that the afore, mentioned dispatch is either wholly sensational or, at any ite that when it comes to the point of bringing the Czar into conflict with England it will be diplomat ically explained away. Russia is hardly sufficiently recovered from the late struggle with turkey to enable her to engage in such an extended and expensive war as a conflict with England would prove. Besides this, we have seen it stated that the Czar is deter mined to keep out of any compli cations with Great Britain at this time, and in our dispatches oi this morning’s issue we read that he has resolved to hold aloof dur mg the continuance ol hostilities, and only interfere when the qties lion of adjusting the boundaries of Afghanistan will have to be decided, after England has gain ;ed her expected victory. When | he tights her, he evidently wish : es to be sure of his advantages, and future events bearing on this point will be with much curiosity. . fiolioe. *'An aet to b<> entitled an act to allow the ciitteita of Fanpm and adjoining evmniie* to float wood and building material on Hie water* of the Toecoa river in Fannin countv, etc., and to de clare said river a navigable •Ireatn," will be introduced dur ing the November session of I tie General Assembly of Georgia now in sr*stnn. All persons in terested therein will take due no lice, Bknj. Diumkh, Representative from Fanninco [LIVER. ■ fxmmU and all the feLvd in a per*.* <abou| I . AW gallgnaj |h rough it ( t>oce every ■ haltYaar, lo K.vc (he UhT ami other imparities Jscraiaed or filtered from it. Bile b the natural N purgative of the bowel*, and if the Liver becomes J tasmd it Is aot separated from the blood, but car nod through the veins lo all parts pf the system, fH *nd in trying to escape through ihq pores of thp Mskin, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brow* color. The stohuck becomes diseased, and Dys- H P*P. Indigestion, Constipation. Headache, Mli ousnexa. Jaundice, Chills, Malarial fever*. Piles, Sick ami Sour Stotnaoh.nnd oenei4 debility a low. MtfdUL’t Harafi>a,The area* vegetable a ftw lorpidii,, MW> lo thiwr WoflT from one do tw* ounces of bile each time the Mood passes througVit* *> long as there is an ea- Hcess of bile; and thw effect ot even a few doses upon yellow complexion or a brown dirtv looking skin, will astonish §l* who try it—they being the I first symptoms to dtmppear. The cure of all bili ous diseases and Irivcr poiaplaint is made certain by takiug liars uku in accordance with directions. Headache is generally cured in twenty minutes, and no disease that arisen from the Liver can exist U S^JpAk l '/SUBSTITUTE VOX PILLS BY ALL LRUUGISTS. Price 25 Cents and SI.OO [LUNGS H The fatality of Consumption or Throat and M Lung Diseases, which sweep to the grave at least P one-third of all death’s victims, arises from the M opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu ms )>cfie* as the work of death goes ou. f 10,000 will “ t* fetid Opium or Morphine, or any preparation ml of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can oe found H in the CaLOkB Flows* Corot* Syrup, which has yjf cured people who arc living to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done R than to say (hat Consumption is incurable. I'he Clqh* ffcQWfaa Ctifi.H SvatrpwiU cure it when alf other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough, 2 Asth'nta, Bronchitis, and ail diseases of the throat PVjand lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. Hfl AiejrapJer’H. Stephens, Cov. Smith and Ex-Cor. lIJfUWO <4 <hn, Hon. Geo. Peabody, as well as U those of piker remarkable cures in our book—free U to a|l at the drug stores—and be convinced that if Hf yu* wish be cured you can be by taking the Q Globs |>'i.pwbh Cough Syrup. Take no Troches or J>o*enges for Sore Throat, M when you can get Glob* Flowkr Syrup at same {J pria*. For by *U DnggiMS | Price 25 Cents and SIOO IELOOD J Grave made in (he treatn(wi( pf all diseases that arise from poison \\\ the Uppd. Not one ease of Scrofula, Syphilis, White Swelling, *7 Ulcerous Sores and Skin Disease, in a thousand, is (reeled yritbout \hp use of Mgfcury in some form. Mercury rots the bones, and the diseases it pro duces are worse than any other kind of blood or y skin disease can be. Dk. GIA or Qtbrn’s Drlight the only medicine bfl npon w hich a h°P?. recovery m>m Scrofula, Sy- pnilis and Kfereurial diseases in all stages, can be m reasonably funded, and that will cure Cancer. Hor any ingredient not purely vcgeptblp and harm* [ess can be taupe} in it. rric bw.lt Glo*R tth CoutiH Syrup and Mrrrrli. s IHbi’ATinb for the Liver for sale by gll Drug gists in *5 cent and £I.OO bottles. L T. UEEP.2LL ft CO., Proprietors, PHILADELPHIA, PA, J. P. COBB, IXJIJA GA. Rt DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, DRUGS, RATS, BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, HA UftW ARB, UIiOCKERY, GLASS ANR UfllNA WARES, T obacco, Sll n ff, 0 i gars SADDLERY AND HARNESS. PER FUMERY, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, SCHOOL BOOKS, ETC. Also a roost excellent line of Ready-made Clothing, —AGENTS PGH— COTTON YARNS, TALKING ROCK MANVFACYI'RK. In fact; everything -.taunlly found in a flrst-cUss town or pountry store. A vari ety to suit all classes. Our stock is well selected ud new,juhl wilt be sold at the lowest ftgurv for *sh or barter, Wc re. speclfully it-k our old customers and friends to £ive us a ©U before pur chasing elsewhere. Our motto Is quick sales and Short profits. Our business is permanently established and vee are abln to give our customers the very best advan tages. Our flouring mills are in fine con dition, and we can guarantee satisfaction, both iu quality aud quantity. We make a specialty in the purchase of wheat; also of green and dry hides; and, in fact, all fiinds of U-.rter. I also hare a large as sortment of sening machine attachments Herd crass seed, etc. Bluer duty lejal Aiwliseients Georgia—Gtimet county • Will be sold before tlu- courthouse door in said coanty on the first Tuesday in Jan. uary next, between the legal hours of sale the Methodist Episcopal church house iu the town of Ellijay, in said county. Lev ied on os the property ot the M- E- church —G. W Gates, K. D-.ivis, J. E Eliigitk, B. Wilson, W in. Nelson and J, U- hnuitli, trustees of said property—to satisfy afi fa issued from tlie justice's court of the 8;.Otl: district G. M.,iu favor of A. J. Gleun, bearer, vs said trustees, etc. Levy made and returned to me by Lakey EHintt, L.t'. Propertv pointed out by piaintifl. This Dee.. r J. U- Ji uvsu \ Sheriff. Finn Ciuir Ltpi KTtmjatii UMMMilA—Fannin •■*! Will t> nil brfnlt t> mitimn dm-f niikia the Lg 'I >4 !• on ika first Tuesday i Jnontry i', the lulb.wing tfup< rtjr iwiti l>ta ni Led m. 291 ’>& and 32* all ia the 7ik dtMru i <•! ike lat section <4 raid o aal; ' .atsfy l • fa* ia*wed from Ik- Juatie* rvori of the MjU diatriet U.M .of Fanuo county. One ia fa * .r of I’alco I Lory (gainst I), F. Me lt tikld. I lie other in lav. r of llamlim .V IWraani agnia-t K. F. M< l)oOii J. Lev ed on and returned to me by L C Smuh. laafal eona’abl.- • f sad comi ty. Tki' 21*i day < f No?, 1878 Nathan P*ita|.Pkerf. GEORGIA—Fannin county. El *ha Riikatta has applied f r ex emption of personalty and setting apart and valuation of hotnr>trd. and I will para upon the name at 1 o'clock n the 14:h day of ])e miter, 1878,at my office in Mortal.ton. This Novem ber, 2-id, 1878. U- A. TnoMAS, Ordinary. Pict’BS County Local Adrertisemects. . v; . :: , t- GEORGIA —Pickens County. To all whom it may concern : Joseph H. Bradley having in prop er form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the eatate of Harriet Weaver, deceased, late of sniJ county, this ia to cite all and sin gular the creditors and next of kin of Harriet Weaver, di ceased, to be and appear at iny office on the first Mon day in January next and show cause, if any they can, why permanent letters of administration should not be granted to Joseph 11. Bradley on Harriet Weaver’s eatate. Witness my hand and official signature, this Nov. 20th, 1878. T. Pickett, Ordinary. Georgia—Pickens'lcounty. Oidlnary’s i ffiee, Nuv. 20. b. 1878. To John Mullinax, if alive, place ol residence unknown ; if dead ; to Wil liam J. Mullinax, John E. M“lli |1 * I Francis N. Mullinax, Many F. Mulli nax, Thomas V. U. Mullinax and to Uachael E. Cowart, place of residence unknown. These ate to give notice to you and each of you that Merrimno Moss and lobn W. Freeman, execu tors ot the last will and testament ol Isaac Mullinax, deceased, late of said comity, did on the Kd day of October. 1878, file in my office said will, t< getli cr wlih|_tho’r petition,“praying probate of the same in solemn fotm,and lurth. r said executors will move the probate of the same in solemn form at the Jaio uary term, 1879, of the court of or J i ry of said county, which motion will' be granti and unless legal “objtO'ions ate filed and sustained to the contrary. Witness my hand and official sig nature. T. Pickett, Ordinary. Giloier County I e&al AMisements GEORGIA—GiImer connly. Court of Ordiuary,Dec.Tenn, 1878. Whereas, L.'M. Greer, as the ad ministrator of the estn'e of John Gib son,deceased,late of said county, shows that he has fully discharged bis trust as appears of file and record in this of fice, atid prays that he may Le dia charged from such administration as provided by law. Therefore, all per sons eoncerned must show cause,if any they can, at or before the March term of this court, 1879, why the adminis trator aforesaid should not be dfcuharg ed front said administration as prayed for. Witness my hand and official signature. J. C. A*i.len, Ordinary. GEORGIA—GiImer county. Court of Ordinary,Sept. Term 1878. The petition of Wm. Ellington, as the administrator de bonis non of L. D. Ellington, late of said county, de ceased, shows that he has fully dis charged his said trust, and he prays an order of this oourt granting to him a full and complete discharge ftom said trust. Therefore all persons concerned are required to show cause, if any they oan, at the January term IST9 of this c< urt why the said administrator de bonis non as aforesaid should not be discharged and letters of dismission directed to issue. Witness my hand and official signature. J. C. Alles, Ordinary.^ J. K. 'league 1 Libel for divorce in vs [• Gilmer sup’r. court. Martha S. Teague, j Get. term. 1678. It appearing to the court by the re turn of the sheriff and by other evi dence that the defendant, Martha S. Teague, resides beyond the limits of ibis state and cannot be sewed with out a process from this court, ft is therefore ordered by the court that dve and legal service be perfected on the defendant, Mar ba S.' Teague, against the next term of this court by publication or.ee a month for four months in the Edijay Courier, the offi cial gasettr of said county. J. W. FI. Vsdebwood, J. S. C R. C. I, L. M. Greer, clerk of the superior court of said county, do hereby certify that the above is a true extiact from the miautes of court. Given under my hau4 and seal Nov. 30th, 1878. ‘ k M Grew, C. 8. C. SSolwtflVr nSw? SB 9VMichlnM 118 WILSON MACNINKImM In the UnindMaht ESSSiHistsS WILSON SEWING MACHINE CO. tn., L to 110 KN & McfIHEES, WUOL SALE (UCIIT Ml CMimill lUtlllli Cotton Factors. Broad Street. Rome,£Ga. Agents For First-Class Fertilisers # CottcH Yarns 9 Gins dnd\Fi€ttts. Bagging and Mea at bottom prices. Liberal advances made on all MMignmewta. HOR> Ac McGHEEN, _ T(IE EILIJAY CIVIIII Issued Every FridaytMorptng. AT ELLIJA Y, G ILMER COUNTY, GEO . BY C. F. C<X3HRAN. >'*• -t* . { • • . .. .a TERMS : 1 30 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. • In calling the attention of tbe publio to the importance of subscribing f#r THE COURIER, I do so with the firm conviction that its interests are the Interests of Every Man, Woman and Child in P North Georgia. 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