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PHBUS1ISD
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
BY
H. H. CARLTON & Co.,
Proprietor*.
V. H. CARLTON'. Editor.
WE0SEMMY MORXIXH, MARCH 3.
tieneral Local and Traveling Agent.
Cai*t. J. E. Ritch,
ta tfc. duly authorized ipnlrf the North-iast
Guoroiak.
Ctn. Ritcu i* also the ilulr authorised agent of
hat splendid weekly, the*'Sunny South.”
JO" The Editor pro ion. having left
as, and the Editor being detained at
hia post in the Legislature, the printers
of the Georgian are thrown, rather
unexpectedly, on their own resources,
to getting out this issue.
Tlie Legislature.
The excitement in both branches of
the General Assembly over the case of
Treasurer Jones, and the consequent
discussions thereon, from day to day of
last week, is no doubt, the cause of the
non-appearance of our usual “ Edi
torial Correspondence" this week.
Ere this issue of our paper is printed,
the Legislature, we presume, will have
adjourned, and then, or os soon there
after as practicable, the Acts, Resolu
tions, Ac., that have been passed and
nnctianed by the Governor will be
given to the public, and we shall spare
no time in laying them before the
readers of the Georgian.
On the first page of the paper will
be found a synopsis of the opening of
the Treasurer's case, and elsewhere on
this sitle will be tound—it is hoped
enough in regard to the matter to
satisfy the mind of the intelligent
reader as to the closing *• status” of
the whole episode. From the Atlanta
Herald of the 28th, we glean the fol
lowing additional facts in regard to the
final termination of the afTair—for the
present:—
Treasurer Jones.—The Supple
mental report af the finance committee
reiterates the charges of negligence.
The honsc censures him hy a vote of
103 yeas to 23 nays. Suit ordered
against his bondsmen. No removal,
but a financial clerk to help him.
In the proceedings of the House of
Representatives on Saturday, we find
the following resolutions:—
Carlton, of Clarke, offered the fol
lowing, which prevailed:
Whereas, there are reports in circu
lation affecting the interest of this
State, said to arise out of alleged irre
gularities in exchanging the twelve
hundred thousand dollars in bonds
issued in accordance with *he provis
ions of the act approved Feb. 19th,
1873.
Be it therefore, Resolved, by the
General Assembly, that a Committee
of five from the House and threfe from
the Senate be appointed to investigate
the alleged irregularities in exchanging
the hoods issued in occordance with
said act. That the Committee shall
have power to send for persons
and papers, and to take evidence on
oath. The members of this Commit
tee shall report at the next session of
the Legislature and receive no com
peusation.
A Streak of Day-Light!
If brother Abrams of the Atlanta
News is anything of a prophet, there is
■till a “silver-lining” to the “cloud
that lowers o’er our house,” judging
from the following paragraph taken
from that paper of Feb. 28th:
After twenty-nine hours’ continuous
session, the Radicals have succeeded in
bringing in the infamous “ force bill,”
which literally enslaves the South,
before the House of Representatives
at Washington. We doubt if it can
pass to-day, but even if it does, it
ceitainly aannot pass the Senate before
next Tuesday evening, and hy that
time the present Congress will go out
of existence. It is, therefore, not to
be feared.
The State Agricultural Col
lege.
We clip the following from the Ma
con Telegraph and Messenger, one of
Georgia’s leaders. It is truly gratify
ing to know our Representative is ap
preciated by the State | r.-ss:
We have heretofore noted, and
with great satisfaction, the passage hy
both hou.-es of the General Assembly
of the hill appropriating 813,000—$5,-
000 a year tor three years—to the
ahove institution. It is the first di
rect appropriation ever secured bv the
University—a by no means creditable
fact—and is, we trust, the sign and
forerunner of the establishment hereaf
ter of a much more liberal system of
treatment of that institution hy our
legislators.
Tho credit of this good work is, we
Irani, entirely due to the Hon. H. H.
Carlton, of Clarke countv, one of the
most active, useful, and influential
members of the Legislature. The bill
would have failed had it not been for
him, and indeed it was defeated once,
but nothing daunted, ha pushed ahead
and finally carried it triumphantly
through both houses.
It will lie reinemliered. also, to liis
credit, that the hill organizing a State
Geological Department, originated
with him, and that though the bill met
with the most determined opposition,
lie persevered until success crowned
his efforts. Such a record is certainly
quite an enviable one, and we beg to
congratulate not only his constituents
on the possession of so able, zealous
and influential a representative, but
also the State in having the services of
bo devoted a son and servant.—Macon
Tel. & Met*.. Feb. 28th.
* The State Treasurer.
’ For several weeks past, we faiive^
been alarmed by vague rumors of ir*
regularities in the managemedt of tthe
State Treasury Department We
have* therefore awaited with nervous
anxiety the result of the investigation
by the Joint Committee of the Senate
and House, appointed to investigate
and report the actual condition of the
Treasury. We have felt satisfied that
a thorough investigation would de
monstrate the perfect integrity of the
Treasurer, Mr. John Jones, who bu
for so many years, honestly, and it
believed, efficiently, served the
State.
We are gratified to be able to slate
that our confidence in his integrity,
was not misplaced. The report of the
Joint Committee exonerates the Treas
urer from any intentional error or de
fault. We regret however, that the
Committee, after an impartial and
thorough examination into the man
agement of his office, have been eon-
Mminei to report that an absence of
any system in this Department, de
monstrates the incompetency of the
present Treasurer. And while the
Committee exonerates the Treasurer
from all intentional wrong, they were
compelled to urge his removal from
office.
The action of the Legislature., in
postponing final action until a more
thorough aud satisfactory investiga
tion could be had than the limited
time of the Special Committee permit
ted, meets with our cordial approba
tion. It is true that the interest of
the the State—the maintenance of
credit—demand that the Treasury De
partment shall be managed not only
with absolute honesfy, but also with
perfect business system, which is equal
ly necessary to guarantee accuracy in
the Treasurer’s statements. Aud if
an incompetent officer has been cho
sen, it is the duty of the General As
sembly, by the speediest legal mode, to
remove him. But at the same time
that we recognize the importance of
the prompt discharge of this duty,
yet, justice to a long-tried and recog
nized faithful official, demands that he
shall be given every opportunity to
demonstrate the incorrectness of the
charge of incompetency.
We therefore commend the purpose
of the General Assembly to take no
hasty steps in the matter. We trust
that the Treasurer may be able to
clear himself of all blame, and demon
strate both his honesty and competen
cy. We are constrained to admit
however, that as at present advised—
both by the report of the Committee
and the apparently authorized defence
of the Treasurer—we fear that the
charge of incompetency, cannot be
successfully refuted.
We give the following as a summary
of the material facts developed by the
Committee:
First.—About §152,250.00 of past
due bonds, twice paid, through culpa
ble negligence.
Second.—About §68,000.00 not ac
counted for with proper vouchers, or
rather such vouchers as the Committee
would recognize.
Third. —That the Treasury Depart
ment has been managed in an ineffi
cient and incompetent manner, and
that by reason of this inefficient and
incompetent management, neither
the amount of the outstanding State
debt, nor the amount of receipts and
disbursements of the Treasury Depart
ment, can lie reported with any degree
of accuracy.
The Treasurer’s defense,—as pub
lished, apparently, if anything—is that
he had no official or other notice of the
previous payment of the §152,250.00
of bonds in question. That he has sat
isfactory vouchers for the §68,000.00,
and all other of his expenditures.
Thus the matter stands at the time of
writing, (Saturday,) and while we fear
that the charge of incompetency will
be sustained, yet, through considera
tion for a long-tried official, who has
ever sustained a character for perfect
honesty, and until now, has been re
cognized os faithful and efficient, we
shall suspend judgment until the final
action of the General Assembly. In
the honesty of the latter, we have con
fidenoe—and the moderation which
has characterized its action so far,
promises that its final disposition of
this subject will he just and wise.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Another Dead Lock la the Hoi _
Dilatory Rale a Failure.
.The
’Washington, Feb. 25th.
Iff. Edmunds said that if th«Sehat»
saw fit to postpone the regular order,
it would relieve him from all respon
sibility of the Civil Rights bill.
The Civil Rights hill was then taken
up as it came from the House, and an
agreement was made to vote on it Sat
urday, at 2 p. M.
Although, by the new rule, dilatory
“The Financial Outlook.”
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
of Friday, closes an able aud very in
teresting article on the above subject,
with the following “summing up”:
To recapitulate, then, the report of
this committee brings out the following
facts:
First—That there is no accurate rec
ord of the bonded debt of Georgia in
the Stite Treasury.
8econd—That $500,000 of Georgia
gold bonds, satisfied in 1873, have been
allowed to remain in New York uncau-
motions are forbidden, a means was ceUed trom that time up to a few days
discovered and put in practice by the -
Democrats to circumvent that rule and
make it entirely futile. The plan was
for the Democrats to refrain from voting
on the main proposition, and as the
Republicans could not keep together a
majority of the House from their own
ranks, the vote would reveal the ab-
sence-of a quorum. Then the tedious
process of a call of the House would
he proceeded with, and when it was
finished and the vote came to lie taken
again on the main proposition, the
Democrats would resort to the same
tactics, refrain from voting, reveal the
absence of a quorum and necessitate
new call; and in this circle, the
House has been going round and
round from last evening till dbon to
day.
House.—It was not until 4 o’clock
to-day, that the Caucus Force bill was
finally launched on the turbid and
stormy waters of the House. The en
tire time between 8 o’clock last even
ing and 3 o’clock this afternoon, had
been consumed by the parliamentary
manoeuvres of the Democrats, not with
standing the new rule against dilatory
motions, and it was only when the
Republicans cot an absolute majority
of the House in their own ranks, that
they were masters of the situation.—
It was then too late to go on with the
discussion in the demoralized physical
condition of the members, after a con
tinuous session of twenty-nine hours,
and the Republicans themselves, de
cided on an adjournment. What new
tactics the Democrats may have in re
serve for to-morrow, remains to lie
seen; but at last, they have it in their
power to consume a large part of th
day in having the journal of the bust
day’s session read.
Washington, Fell. 25th.—The Su
premo Court to-morrow, hears the ar
gument in the case of the United States
vs. the Home Insurance Company ami
the Southern Insurance and Trust
Compauv. The question is, whether
corporations granted by States during
the rebellion, give corporate powers to
said corporations ?
Cheaper Gas.
In conversation yesterday with one
of the Directors of the 8avannah Gas
light Company, we gather the follow
ing interesting pints:
That the Directors have for some
time past been watching the results of
essays made in Pennsylvania and oth
er places in the mannfhcture of gas
from petroleum, so far, with hot que»>
LAST CALL.
NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
rei't*#-
•A LL persons indebted to Luckie|
A Yancey are reqMSfat fate* testa
■ad rattle by flnt of March. Ate that date mil
r— t * 1 - 1 accounts »Ut be placed In the hand, of
an officer for collection. L. ScararmaaLL A Co.,
■w msiTsan wfasr **
FeMUL LUKCIE A YANCEY.
_ FITS CURED FREE!!
tionabie encouragement to the Board;! A NY person suffering fro;
for, although a certain success is daim-
Third—That $392,000 of revoked
Georgia bonds, issued in 1872, have
also been allowed to remain in New
York, without cancellation, from that
time up to within a week.
Fourth—That $268,000 of hereto
fore unknown Bullock - bonds have
bien found in the Treasury, an! thrt
these bonds are not invalidated by any
constitutional amendment yet pro
posed ; and
Fifth—That it is impossible to tell,
within at least $300,000 what the past
due outstanding debt of Georgia now is.
The committee which has laboriously
extracted and faithfully reported this
information deserves well. It has per
formed an arduous and unpleasant
duty without fear, favor or affection.
We learn that the Legislature is in
earnest in meaning to give the report
a consideration commensurate with its
importance, a misbelieving, as we do,
that the revelations respecting the State
are of immeasurably greater importanci
than the mere question as to Treasurer
Jones’ capacity or deficits, we trust
the first step will lie to ascertain by re
newed and searching investigation w! a f
the financial condition o: Georgia real
ly is.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PASSED
THE SENATE.
Gen. Phil. Cook, of Georgia, Makes a
Gallant Speech on the Force Bill—
Blaine and Butler at Jjoggcrhead*—
Democratic f Ulibmtering—Stephens
Absent, Sick—IFiW Excitement.
Burning of Port-An-Prlnre.
A Thousand Families Rendered Home•
km—Two-thl'd* of the City Destroyed
—Lost $2,000,000.
The steamer Alps, which arrived in
Now York on Friday from Hajrti,
brings the particulars of a destructive
conflagration in tho city of Port-au
Prince on the night of the 10th of
February, which laid two-thirds of the
city fa ruins, and destroyed property
to tho extent of $2,000,000.
- • • I The Heavy Rains
Of last week, while doing no great
damagq, (so far ns we can learn,) in
Clarke and adjoining counties, weie
very destructive in other localities, as
will be seen from our telegraphic news
items. But not to make too long a
story, we subjoin tho following short
account from the Augusta Chronicle &
Sentinel of Saturday, which gives the
news in a “ nut shell:"—
The Fixjods in the Up Country.
—A great deal of damage has been
done in North Georgia ami Tennessee
by the recent heavy and incessant
rains. The Western and Atlautic
Railroad has suffered considerably,
tliree bridges having been swept away
by the Chicamauga river. On last
Wednesday night the water was in
some places two feet deep on the track.
The tunnel at Tunnel Hill, about
three miles south of the river, is
blockaded at both ends, caused by the
water washing in st both ends, and
throwing up a pile of dirt five feet
high and very long on the track. No
train has arrived in Atlanta over this
road since 5 o’clock Wednesday even
ing.' The Chattanooga and Nashville
Road has suffered from the flood, and
is blockaded.
[Special to Atlanta IIk.uai.o. ]
Washington, Feb. 27, 1875.
The Civil Rights bill, unamended,
assed the Senate this evening. The
resident to-night expressed his deter
mination against calling an extra ses
sion, if the appropriation bills do fail.
The Force bill has UBn under dis
cussion all day. Gen. Phil. Cook, in
a speech against it, denounced ns false
and infamous the charges that law was
not administered in Georgia, or that
Republicans were persecuted. He said
the records of the Comptroller’s office
showed that the colored people in
Georgia owned over three thousand
acres of hind and six million of dollars’
worth of property. Would they have
made such investment had these stories
of outrage been true ? He appealed
for justice to the people of the South.
Gen. Cook was warmly congratulated
for his speech.
Pending the discussion to-night,
Blaine and Butler had a bitter and
angy passage of words.
Tho bill as amended only applies to
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas. The House will pass it
some time to-night.
The Democrats commenced fillibust
eriog for time, as Democratic Senators
aver they can talk the lull to death if
it is not allowed to reach the Senate
before morning.
Both Houses will probably remain in
continuous session all day Sunday.
Both parties arc determined. I be
lieve the bill will pass.
The confirmation of Bruce ns Judge
for Alabama has been agreed upon.
Georgians are all present, except
Stephens, who is sick.
Leading Republicans like Dawes,
Garfield, Hale, Blaine, Kasson, Wil
lard, and Hawley, nl Connecticut, are
opposing the bill without avail.
The New York Tunes opposes it ed
itorially to day.
Republicans seem wild with excite
ment, ami profess to believe another
rebellion imminent.
All other legislation is blocked.
Specks.
Washington, February 27.—The
universal and confident opinion here
among Democrats and the ablest law
yers is that the Supreme Court will
declare the Civil Rights bill unconsti
tutionnl.
Washington, Feb. 27th.—It is
stated that the Cabinet agreed, yester
day, in the contingency, to call an ex
tra session of Congress.
Senator Johnston ic too ill to occupy
his sent.
Washington, February 26.—In
the Mississippi investigation committee
the Republicans sign one and the
Democrats another. The majority
report closes with a recommendation
for the passage of the caucus force
bill, and that the violent action in
Vicksburg justifies Ames in calling on
Graut for troops.
The Usury Law.
The following is the Usury Law as
it passed the House and Senate:
Section 1.—The General Assem
bly of Georgia do enact, That from
and after the passage of this Act, it
shall not lie lawful for any person,
company or corporation, to reserve,
charge, or take for any loan or advance
of money, or forbearance to enforce
the collection of any sum of money,
any rate of interest groiter than 12
per centum per annum, pither directly
or indirectly, by way of commissions
for advances, discount, exchange, or
by any contract, or contrivance, or de
vice whatever.
Sec. 2.—Any person, company or
corporation violating the provisions of
the foregoing section* of this Act,
shall forfeit the interest and excess of
interest so reserved, charged or taken,
or contracted to be reserved, charged
or taken.
Sec. 3.—The amount of forfeit as
aforesaid, may be plead as a set-off in
any action for the recovery of the
principal sum loaned or advanced by
the defendant in said action, or by any
creditor by process of garnishment, or
hy the wife of the person to whom
such loan or advance was made for
the benefit of herself and children, or
by any next friend of the wife and
children or wife or children.
Sec. 4.—No contrivance orarrange
ment between parties to any such un
lawful transaction, or their privies,
shall have the effect to discharge such
forfeiture, except it be an actunl and
full payment of the amount so forfeited
Sec. 5.—Any plea or suit for the
recovery of such forfeiture, shall not
be barred by lapse of time.
Sec. 6.—The legal rate of interest
shall remain seven per centum per an
num, and any higher rate must bo
specified in writing.
Sec. 7.—Every provision in the
charter of any corporation, granted
since the first day of January, 1863,
inconsistent with the foregoing provi
sions of this Act, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 8.—All laws in conflict with
this Act, are hereby repealed.
ed by those who offer patented oil pro
cesses as substitutions for coal gas, the
Directors have looked in vain for the
adoption of the new material by the
great gas companies of the Northern
cities, where there is lifakf Men
enough to stimulate any exploration
of» newidesu . mk ■m -
Unwilling, however, to wait longer
upon others, the Directors have finally
determined to experiment for them
selves, and a convenient plot in their
grounds, already detailed for the pur
pose, is presently to be occupied with
petroleum retorts, the results of which
—i. e., purity and illuminating power,
not less than economic production—
will determine future action.
Should the inferences be favorable,
the petroleum retorts can be promptly
connected with the thirty miles of ex
isting street mains of the work at com
paratively insignificant expense, and a
reduction in the cost of a prime ele
ment of domestic comfort he assured
by the company to the public.
In common with our fellow citizens,
we shall await the result of the experi
ment.—Savannah News, Feb’y 24.
This subject, it seems, is engaging
the attention of the people in many
places; and very reasonably too, in
the opinion of this “deponent.” We
caunot see why gas light should not be
as cheap as the various oils and lamps
now so commonly used.
from the
rcu Die
will be for-
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Tie only east bningjthe Express charges, which,
owing to my Urge business, are small. Dr. Price
has made the treatment of
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and he will warrant a care by
Do not fall toaend to kla
for a trial bottle; it costs nothing, and he
WILL CURE YOU,
no matter of how long standing your eaae may be,
er how assay other remedies may hare foiled.
Circulars cad testimonials aent with
- FREE TRIAL BOTTLE.
Be particular togtre you Express, a* well aa
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ED iVARD BANCROFT Agent, v
• Bo*. Front Street, Athens, a*.
A WORD TO THE WISE!
QN and after the 1st day of March
nexL all Taxes due the city and In execn-
. be promptly levied and
tlon win Se promptly levied and collected. AU
persons owing fines to tho city must call and pay
them by the first of Much next or they will be
arrested and turned over to the street Commls-
e sime. Respectfully.
Feb.24.lt. H. COBB DAVIS, Chief Police.
stoner to satiety the •-
p1 EORGIA, HART COUNTY
\JC Whereas, Sarah J. Flem'ng has applied to
me for valuation of homestead and exemption of
mv office.
Fcb.24.
This February ifitb, 187.1.
F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
CONSUMPTION CURED,
(24 per next Soluble Phosphate.)
$35 CASH, or $40 TIME.*
(Actual Money Value, $41.87, by Analysis o/Prof. White
To the Editor o/ the Xorth-Eaet Georgian :
Esteemed FrieXD :—Will you please inform
your readers that 1 have a iiositive
Cure for Consumption
The Iniquitous Force BUI.
Every day that this wicked partisan
measure is staved off in Congress du
ring the rapidly waning session, is a
great gain to the country. The people
of all sections are beginning to realize
what little of practical liberty will he
left, when all the necessary machinery
for controlling the elections has been
placed within the grasp of an unprinci
pled military despot, resolved upon
the perjwtuation of his own power.—
So far, the Republican papers gener
ally preserve ominous silence concern
ing it. They are waiting to be lashed
into submission. But there is a rapid-
ly-growing independent Republican el
ement at the North and West, which
making itself felt more and more
every day, and this may lead, at least
indirectly, to the defeat of the bill.—
A united, resolute, vigilant Democra
cy, with the least aid from conscien
tious dissenters in the ranks of the op
position, can crush the hydra-headed
monster with the club of parliamenta
ry tactics.
Every patriot looks wistfully on, and
counts the remaining days of the ses
sion. Tremendous will he the respon
sibility of that Democrat who deserts
his post, even for a day, at this event
ful period.— Tel. d- Mess.
amt all disorders of tlie Throat and I.ungs. and
that by Its use in my practice, I have cured hun
dreds of cases, and will give
si,ooo oo
for a case it will not benefit. Indeed, so strong is
my faith, I will send a Sample, Free, to any suf
ferer addressing me. Please show this letter to any
one you mar know who is Buttering from these
diseases, and oblige,
Kaithiullv Yours, DR. T. F. DI'KT.
Feb.24.6m. CD William .St,, New Y ork.
(
We have now one of the
LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED
WE HAVE-
BUIST’S, JOHNSON, ROBBINS’
)
FERRY GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS.
WE HAVE ALSO, A FINE LOT
CLOVER & GRASS SEED
Which we offer very low for Cash Only, to the Trade and
LONGS & BILLUPS.(jau 27.tr.)
Families.
JEJ MZ2
:ror qj® ns tst
HORSES & MULES,
W O TlTOLMAN.is receiving
« tj. and will keep on hand :
large lot of Frst Class Horses and Mules at Cooper's
Stable, which he will sell Cheap for Cash.
Feb.S.tr.
FOR SALE.
D rug store in Athens, Ga.
Capital small ; fixtures and furniture new
neat and uniform; stock fresh, good and general;
situation ceu'ral and convenient : rent of four
rooms mo ‘erate, and business staadilv increasing.
There is not in the State, a more eligible situation
for a permanent Retail Drug Store. Reason for
selling—Age of the Senior, and ill health of the
Junior. Terms will be made favorable. For par
ticulars, apply to K. T. BRUMBY A CO.
Augusta Constitutionalist please cony six
'■*eal~
times and send bill to this office.
The New Senatf.—The election
of Judge McMillan, in Minnesota, on
Friday last, closed the programme of
United States senatorial election* which
have made the winter so interesting in
a political point of view. The com
plexion of the incoming Senate as now
indicated shows that the straight-out
Radicals may be figured down to thirty-
six, the Democrats twenty-eight, the
Independent or coalition Republicans,
nine, and one vacancy from Louisiana.
As most of the latter Republicans will
E robable go into mucus with the regu
trs, the latter will, of course, continue
to hold a majority on matters of routine
and such political questious as do not
involve extreme measures.
Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
The New York Financial Chronicle
says the total cotton leceipts for the
two weeks ending February 19th,
reached “ 96,950 Iwles, against 103,-
461 bales last week; 108,152 bales the
the previous week, and 115,700 bales
three weeks since, making the total
receipts since the first of September,
1874, 2,836,183 hales, against 2,943.-
619 bales for the same period of 1873-
’74; showing a decrease since Septem
ber 1, 1874, of 107,436 hales. The
exports for the week reach a total of
83,553 bales, of which 61,777 were to
Great Brittain, 8,451 to France, and
13,325 to the rest of the Continin’.;
while the stocks as made up to Friday,
are now 835,119 bales. For the cor
responding week in 1874, the exports
were 97,449 bales.”
From this statement, it would ap
pear that the exports were 13,386 short
last week compared with the same
week in 1874, while the stocks 3,219
more than they were this time a year
ago—the stocks standing 832.219 for
1875, against 832,000 for 1875.
Bravo ! Claude.—Annapolis,
Feb. 2G.—Gordon Claude, a cadet en
gineer, has been dismissed from the
Naval Academy for refusing to fence
with a colored cadet.
No Sand in their Gizzards.—
Chicago, Feb. 20.—The Communists
did not make a demonstration as was
apprehended.
Mrs. Moore.—The Columbus
Timci has this item:
Mrs. Thomas Moore, of Mountain
Hill, Harris county, Georgia, aged 75
years, last year made with her own
bands one bale of cotton. She plough
ed the land well, hoed the entton, and
picked it. She brought it to market
yesterday, and spent the money for
which she sold it iu the purcliose of
such goods as she needed. Whv
should young meu repine when such
noble deeds are performed by our ven
erable women ? “Oh, ve tears 1”
There’s more iu the (wo) man than
there is in the land.
Upon which the Augusta Constitu
tionalist comments as follows:
Mrs. Moore is a better “man” than
thousands of youngsters in Georgia,
who curse lazy negroes, and would not
plough an acre of land or make a bale
of cotton if the land and material for
so doing were furnished gratis.
Georgia Mate and Railway Bonds and
Stocks in New York.
From the Financial Chronicle of
Saturday, we get the following quota
tions, made up the day previous and
at the close of the market: Georgia
6s, bid 85; 7s, new bonds, bid 83; 7s,
endorsed. 87; 7s, gold bonds, 824;
Atlanta 7s, bid 60, asked 73; Atlanta
8s, hid 77, asked 82; Augusta 7s, hid
83. asked 85; Macon 7s, bid 68, asked
74; Savannah 7s, old, bid 82, asked
85; new, ditto; Georgia Central, first
mortgage 7s, bid 100, asked 102; con
solidated 7s, hid 86; asked 88; stock,
bid 60, asked 64; Georgia railway 7s,
bid 85, asked 90; stock, bid 70, asked
80; Macon & Brunswick, endorsed 7s,
hid 70, asked 80.
Singula.* and Fatal Accident.
Died—At his seat in Anson county
on the 20th ult., the Honorable Sam
uel Spencer, LL. IX, and one of the
Judges of the Superior Court of this
State.
‘His Honor’s health had beeu decli
ning for about two years, but he per
formed the last circuit three months
since; and, we understand, intended to
have left home in a few days for this
town, where the Superior Court is
now sitting, had it not been for the
following accident, which, it is thought,
hastened his death: He was sitting in
his piazza with a red cap on his head,
when a large cock turkey passing, the
Judge being sleepy, began to nod;
when the turkey, mistaking the nod
ding and red cap for a challenge,
made so violent and unexpected an
attack on His Honor that he threw
him out of his chair on the floor; and.
before he could get any [assistance, so
beat and bruised him that he died
within a few days after.’—Fayetteville
(N. C.) Gazette.
New Advertisements.
Clarke Sheriffs Sale.
ws
be sold before the Court-
house door in the City of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., on the first Tuesday in April next,
within the legal hours of sale, the following prop
erty, to-wit: Sixty-three acres of land situate
lying and bcius in the 221st G. M. District, three
miles went of WatklnsviHe, and joining William
Whitehead, John W. Stroud nod others. Levied
u|#>n by virtue of* Justice Court fi fa from the
221st G. M. District, Mathew G. Dieken n. West
W. Parker and W. B. Jones controliug said fi la.
All to satisfy the above stated fi fa.
This February 25th, 1875.
mchUtds. J. A BROWNING, Sheriff.
[FedlO.tf
NOTICE.
HAVE bought out the interests of
both J. O’Gailry and R. H. Wsnn in the firm
of GAILEY BARRY A WEBB, and shall con
tinue the business at the old stand, known as
Barry’s Corner. All accounts against the firm of
Galley Barry A Webb must be presented to the
undersigned for settlement. All persons indebted
to the firm of Gailey Barry A Webb are requested
to call upon me immediately and make settlement,
or failing to do so, the accounts will be placed iu
the hands of an Attorney.
Feb.IO.2t. J. M. BARRY.
IS NOW I WATCHWORD.
-TIIE-
i an ge rs In troduce d It,
-AND TIIE-
PEOPLE MUST CARRY IT OUT
T HAVE made arrangements to clerk for Messrs. CENTER & REAVES
JL this rear ; also to sell the Dickson Company's Athens Chemicals ajjd their Acid Phosphate. Eng
land A Orr has sold these Guano’s for two years, and they have given great satisfaction ; they are for
mixing with Stable Manure or Cotton Seed. Below is the terms Ac.
JPrice of the A-thens Chemicals.
3 Sacks—Aov. Jsl, Colton Option, foe $27.30
3 “ Cash, 78.30
Irrice of A cid "Phosphate.
5 Sacks—JVov. 7st, Cotton Optton, 7oc $20.50
“ Cash 78.00
Three Sacks of the Chemicals added to l,400jlbs Stable Manure or Cotton Seed makes a ton, (2000 lbs);
also 5 Sacks Acid Phosphate does the same. A Ton of this mixture will make as much Cotton as a Ton
of any of the First Class Guanos’ an.1 does not cost over one third the money. I invite all xny old
customers and friends to call on me at Messrs CENTER A REAVES, for lam satisfied it is to their
OVER 20,000 DEALERS
in the United States sell
Briggs & Bro’8 Seeds
and the universal verdict is that they
W T L L C* P O W!
OV The Quarterly Illustrated Floral Work rent
one year for 25 e'en!.. Price Lists and Circulars
sent free on applies! inn to
BRIGGS A BROTHER, Rochester, N. Y. or
Chicago, Ill. Peb.17.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALK—
jLJL. Will be sold before the Gmrt-house door,
in the town of Hartwell, Hart county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday iu
March, to the highest bidder, the following prop
erty, ti>-wit: Ninety-six acres of land, more or
less, in said couuty, on the waters of Shoal creek,
adjoining lands of J. D. Parker and others. Sold
as the property ot C. f. Pcarmau, deceased, for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms
cash. This Jsn'y H, 1875. C. W. CARROL,
Jan’y 20, 1875. Administrator.
jUQMAKE HOME HAPPY.pnJ
And earn $.10 or $40 per D»y.:
Marvelous Mechanism.
Ingcnius Invention.
Absolute Perfection.
AN ELEGANT, DURABLE AND FULL-SIZED
SEWING
MACHINE
WITH TABLE
and TREADLE
COMPLETE FOR BOHKSTIC ISK
Twenty Dollars.
Clarke Sheriffs Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Court-
bouse door in tbt Cltg of Athens, within
the legal hours of sale, en the first Tuesday in
‘ nril next, the following property to-wit:
One house and lot, situate lying and being in
the City of Athens, adjoining a lot of the colored
Baptist Church on the south; Jim Bacon on the
east; a vacant lo* on the north, and street running
by Knox Chapel on the west. Said lot contains
one-half (%) acre, more or less, now in possession
of Matilda Billups. All levied upon by virtue of
a fi fit from Clarke Countv * ourt quarter session,
January Term, 1875. Robert Johnson, colored, vs.
George Johnson, colored.
February 27th, 1875.
mchStds. J. A. BROWNING, Sheriff.
Strange But True!
Tho Tosig ftn Cttwalsr itruws tn weigli 70 pounds
each, and fine quality. 15 cents per seed ; 10 seeds
$1 Suhs Csstahs; grows from 2 to 8 feet long, and
coils like a snake. 20 cents per p»per. Penila
WiUr&lha- Ocrv superior, aud keeps perfectly
fresh and sweet throughout the winter. 20 cents
per paper. Stnwhsny Witjrsulea. finest In cultiva
tion ; 200 prises; 10 cents per paper, -tpia
Pods 2 feet long, nnd delirious; IS cents per paper.
Uiaaoth Cstfckga. Heads weigh from 20 to ‘
pounds each; tender and sweet; 10 cts. per paper.
Cra^aoror Tsaita, ten days earl er than any other
variety; 25 cents per paper.
. . * per pane!
Japan Pkas—200 bushels 1st acre on common
land ; unequnleil for stock or table use ; grows on
an upright sulk, is cents per paper, 50 cents per
pint, SO cents per quart.
fui’KAS—Furnish grating all summer and food
U n pa rale lied in price.
With manv important, superior and valuable im
provements.
EqUAL in size, and does the SAUK work, in the
.same wav us an $80 or SiUO machine.
Tlie best, simplest and cheapest machine ever
made.
Written guarantee for five wars with every
Machine.
No Superior ! No Competition ! No Rival in
quality and price.
A skilful and practical scientific accomplish!!
ot a most woudorful combination of allIheuoon
dualities of a Sewing Machine, and fully ac
knowledged to be a perfectly successful mechani
cal achievement of practical simplicity. Thor
oughly letted. Used in thousand*oi homes. The
Tlie Favorite of the Family Circle.
It does not take A* HOUR to get ready to do a
minutes Work, hut is aluaysready iu a Moment
to do a Days Work.
It will Save its Cost many times over In one
season, doing the Work ok the Family, or it
will earn l our or Five Dollars a Day for any
man or woman who may wish to do sewing for a
living.
Is so plain nnd east to learn, and smooth lo run
the children aud servants caw use it.
So sti:omi and solid built, it will last a genera
tion if properly cared for.
Has ko superfluous Cones ox Cams to get out of
order.
Sews equally fine with coarse Cotton, Linen
Silk or Twine. *
Rapidly sews a strong seam over all kinds of
goods, from Finest Cambric up to Heaviest
Broadcloth and Leather without slopping
the Machine.
Runs faster, lighter, more easy and quiet
than any other Machine at five times the
prick.
Uses tho Strong Straight needle.
Marve'ously true in every motion.
Sews the finest, firm amt lasting stiteb.
Makes the only seam that can not be ripped apart
without destroying the fabric. The strength,
beauty, evenness and durable qualities of which
have long been acceded.
Will Sew anything it is |>ossible for a needle to go
through.
Will do every description of Sewing ever done on
other Machine no matter what the price,
interest to do so. The freight is cash, and must be pa'ul by the farmer.
jun.i7.tL J. 8. ENGLAND-
EARLY Mohawk Beans, (Mohawk.)
- Ix Bulk.
Early Valentine Beans,
Long Yellow Six Weeks Beans,
Butter Beans,
Extra Early Peas,
Tom Thumb Peas,
Large White Marrow-Fat Peas,
And all kinds of Seeds In 5c Papers^ at 50c per dozen.
Almanac’s Free.
_ R. T. BRUMBY & CO.,
Jan.20.tf College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
COTTON FERTILIZER.
T HE undersigned has just received a large lot of the EXCELLENZA
GUANO, which he offers to his old patrons and the public generally, as
follows:—
Cash price, $58.00
2ime, 65.00
Time (with Colton option at 75 cts.per lb.) 70. OO
He has also received a large lot of
DUGDALE’S CHEMICALS
for composting—branded “ Dobb’s Mixture”—which Mr. Dugdalc says, is
the best composition for composting with Cotton seed and Barn-yard manure
that has ever been gotten up.
This comes in barrels, 250 lbs. each—two barrels being sufficient to make
oiie ton when composted.
Cash price, 2 Tb/s. 500 lbs.. x/S.OO
Time “ A'ov. 7, Cotton option, at 75 els.,... 25.00
“ “ Nov. 7, no option, 22.00
Persous who are well known and have!always paid punctually, can buy hy
giving plain note. Those that are not known, reference or a good endorse
ment will be required.
He is also Agent for
for yourself <11 winter ; fine for poultry, and fat
tens more hogs thao ten time* the area Id corn;
150 bushels por acre on poorest land. 10 eta. per
‘ 70et — * *■*
uahel.
No Humus—We have certificates to prove all
these claims.
Ko*a Surs.—With good roots, of any variety
the purchaser may choose, at 4 for SOcL, 9 for Si,
90 for 82,100 for 89.
Abo, potato, cabbage and other plant* at low
rates.
Seeds and rosea by maU. poet post.
Send lor oar free catalogue, giving foil lfot, de-
scriptiona and testimonials from theot uho hare
gram from tho atem seeds Addieaa,
SOUTHERN* SEED A PLANT CO.,
Gallatin, Ten.
Lb Mrschacebk says of us: “Their rare and
prodigious vegetables elicit the admiration of all
who have the good fortune to visit their celebrated
gardens at Gallatin.” [mrb3rdlm
of Copartnership,
H^HE recent death of my highly es-
X teemed friend and partner, Walton H
Grifficth, forces, upon me the necessity of cfosloe
Up the bnsineaefcf Orlffleth A Crane attmceTAli
those Indebted to the late firm will please caU and
settle op without delay..
I prapqse to continue the busies* In all of Its
branches, and hope by strict attention to merit a
conH-ujmceef th. ^trongg*^i^rtil, hmtowed
Feb.2Uf. ~ ‘ ~
No I. Refugee Block, Thomas 8t.
FOR SALE.
Two Wagons and
TprVE Good Horses, Cheap for Gash
A- or on time notU November. Approved
security. J. H. HUGGINS,
)ffr T Broad Street, dfafiM, Gp.
Xeb.2t.tt
iT
id with less troutile.
Will Hem, Fell, Tuck, Seam, Quilt, Braid, CV>rd,
Bind, Gather, Bulfic, Shirr, l’lcat, Fold, Scollop,
Roll, Embroider, Hun-up-Brradtha, Ac., Ac.,
4hiiI| *uiiriuiuui| I' —* Atm AA tits, tx L . |
with astonishing Eaae, Dapldity and Nearn
Has received Testimonials ot ita Klerlta from all
sections of the Country, marks of dbllngubhed
consideration seldom voluntarily accorded to an
invention of Similar Domestic Usefulness.
Our many New Attachment*, Patented August 16,
1870; September 26, 1871; July 7, 1872. Made
to fit all Machines, are the attainment of pre
cision In mechanical accuracy for tendering It
easy for even those who never raw a machine
before, to do the floert kind of Fancy Needle
Work, otherwise difficult and tedious, with the
utmost ease and rapidity. Simple in construc
tion. Needs no teaching. Money Jtefonded
after thorough trial, if not mtlalactory in everv
particular.
Cash Prices of Machines.
Machines with plain Table, Iron 8tand and Tread
le, complete with all the necessary fixtureTfor
immediate use, 820. Machines, with Cover, lock
and key, Half Cue 8tyle, 825. Machines, with
Cover, drop leaf, lour aide drawers, locks, keys.
Ac., threequrtor Cabinet Style, 840. Machines
with enclosed Table, tide drawers, paneled fold
ing doora, locks and keys, FuU Cabinet 8tyle,
¥75.
Tables ate of Various Styles, Materials, Monnt-
inn, Richness of Design, Ac., according to
Price.
MachtnraCareffolty Selected, Securely Packed and
Shifted as Freight to any part of the world.
Safe delivery Insured on receipt of price without
farther Charges. Descriptive Book* with Illus
trated Engravings of the different styles of
‘ fits, Test!-
Machines and Attachments, Large Profits, T«
monlab. Samples at Sewing. Liberal Indu
mentototbnvasBera. Wholesale Prices, Ac.,for-
warded Free of Charge upon uppllcatton. Ex-i
riutireag^r fot^arv^mrltoryjpjmat^^raUa
Enterprising Business Men,
th^trartinarTr^Merttabf* onr'yrods^tho
Feb.10.ly.
J. THOMSON,' HAIiNA & CO.
907 Broadway
Wando Guano and the Acid Phosphate; also, Wilcox & Gibbs
Manipulated Guano, and Zell’s Ammoniated Dissolved Bones.
The planters can be accommodated with the Guano ready for distributing,
or the best of Chemicals for composting, all of which have been analyzed by
Dr. Alexander Means, of Savannah.
Cotton option, (15 cts. pier lb.,) can be had on all the above named Guanos.
8®_Call on me for the Best Guano. _______
Athens, Ga., Dec. 30th, ’74. 8. C. DOI5BS-
O.EORGIA, HART COUNTY.
V_T Whereas, Reuben 8. Williford appliewto
me letters of Administration on the estate of Dr.
L. C. Rhoads, lateof said county,deceased.
This la, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
to show why said letters should not be granted at
the March term next, of the Court of O.dluary for
■aid county.
Witness my hand and seal HS'IMIj?'
F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary
Jan. 27. HartOeunty.
Look Oot For Fine Beef.
W R. DEMORE, Agent, respect
fully Informs tbo clUsens of Athens si4
iMTWSUL
HIGH SCHOOL.
vicinity that he haa opened a stall for the sale st
Beef, Pork. Mutton, Lamb, Ac., at the shop feratr-
ly occupied by Mr. 8cbevenell, in the rear of
Ltmpkfr — "
ran be
ceUvered Vt any portion of the'eity.
be opened 8aturaay at
rpHE Trustees of this Institution
A have secured the sorvlccs of
Prof. M. V. LOONEY aud LADY
The School opened this day. Hartwell U a healthy,
moral, quiet villas*. Board, lncludingeverythlng
except Fights and washing 8' 0 dollars per month.
-Jsn.U, 1875.
and washing S'O dollars per n
J. B. BEX SON, Sec’y. B. T.,
TJan.20.3t.
Are You Going To Paint?
THE* USX TOB
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT
White aud all the Fashionable Shades
Mixod Ready M Vee and Soli by the Gallon.
Hundreds o« TeuUmoutels tea owners uf the
finest residence* in the country, with sample aid
of colors furnished free by dealer* generally and
"Averill Chemical Paint Company
S2 Barling Slit
8t,tT?Vel3Ud,C
■ Tort, «r M2 KvtRiTer
iccupled by Mr. bcbevenell, in the rear or L-
npktn's Store, and near the Engine Hern*--'
> be supplied every morning, and mrat
leered at any portion of the etty. Hintd'’
e opened Saturday morning.
Aug. 28,1874—tt. vr. R. DEXP tf
-JNJ OTICE.—After the public*^
JL y this notice once a week for four
at th® regular term of th® Court of OHjJjL.
Hart county, Georgia, to be held on th« fif***? .
day in Mmroli next, appUcation will .b*
day in March next, application will e* 7—5..
said Court for leave to aeUU ■ real estate bclw“»
to the estate of.T. W. Lee, late of Andcmon !'
8. C„ deceased. Thl, J,n. 18,187^.^ ^
Jan.Rt.
COME AND SEE.
Il T HAVE received this daylgk.
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