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rjp jj E E A Gr L E . Friday Morning February !>, 1877. J. E. REDWINE, Editor. J. H. BUTT, Associate Editor. We are happy to announce that we have secured the services of Mr. Geo. W. Norman, as general traveling agent for the Eagle, and commend him to the kind attention of our friends. Mr. Norman will solicit subscriptions, make collections and arrange for advertising, and any assistance rendered him by the friends and well wishers of the paper will be duly appreciated by the proprietor. Mr. Stephens is still very low. He seems quite despondent, and thinks that he cannot recover. His physi cians, however, are more hopeful. The New York Herald is satisfied, that in the light of recent revelations, the electoral vote will be cast for Til den and Hendricks. The New York press is down on Spilz dogs. They have become quite popular as pets, but its bite almost al ways produces hydrophobia. It is reported that Kellogg has ad vised Packard to “vamoose the ranche” and relinquish all his pretended claims to the governorship of Louisiana. Plumb, the recently elected Senator from Kansas, is said to be a man of small mind and less character, and will probably be the dullest man in the Senate. Senator West has made a personal explanation in regard to J. Madison Wells’ letter, but his explanation is regarded by all unprejudiced parties at Washington as being entirely “too thin!” Last Tuesday the Supreme Court decided that homesteads were liable for the labor done in cultivation on the same. This is carrying liability furth er than was generally deemed it could be by the lawyers. The knowing ones at the capitol are of the opinion, that the Supreme Court Judges, of the Electoral Commission, will be unanimous in their decisions, and their judgment will be accepted with satisfaction by the good men of all parties. J. Madison Wells, after the testi mony of Littlefield aud Maddox, was exceedingly anxious to ba investigated. He wanted to have a swear at it him self. Well, they let him swear, and like Anderson, he did some of the tallest sort of being. ■ Says the Newberry Herald: A num ber 01. violent colored Republican lead ers in Fairfield county whom the farm ers ‘preferred’ not to employ, have made affidavit, pledging rodllvea to support Hainan's govj&y f (U - to and pay taxes tpjbis ap* of Si Wells will probablyKj ( ' are \by the grand it*r7~of New 'flrleans for - VP." illg and altering public records, and for publishing the same as genuine. The penalty in such cases by the laws of Louisiana is from two to fourteen years hard labor in the penitentiary. When an attorney at St. Louis was zealous in prosecuting the whisky ring, he was immediately dismissed by Grant, and Bristow for the same cause was forced out of the Cabinet. Now when Maddox dares to tell the truth and expose the true inwardness of the Louisiana returning board, Boss Grant as promptly orders him to “step down and out.” The New York Evening Post, speak ing of Mr. Stephens’ illness, remarks that, as the end of his long public life appears to be approaching, he is assur ed of the good will and the hearty es teem alike of his political friends and his political foes. Such an assurance, at the close of public life, must be a higher reward than any which the pos session of olliee can bestow. The special correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says: “While Mr. Hill is not satisfied with the line of policy adopted by the Democratic counsel, he is confident of a verdict in favor of Mr. Tilden. Mr. Candler, while uneasy, cannot see how the Democrats are to be beaten, and Dr. Felton does not hesitate to say that the Florida case is simply perfect in respect to the law and the evidence. The Democrats in Congress are still working hard for retrenchment. The Appropriation Committee of the House reported the deficiency bill reduced nearly one-half below the estimates submitted by the departments. The largest reduction made was in the claim for an alleged deficiency of $1,550,000 submitted by the Secretary of the Navy. Ihe sum was reduced to SBOO,- 000, which, it is claimed, under a piopei construction of the law, would meet all the requirements of the service. Since the introduction of silver coin the whole country i s being flooded with counterfeits. This has, until quite recently, been confined, in a great measure to Northern cities, as but little silver change has been brought Suuth. In Atlanta and other cities it is now getting plentiful, and spurious com is frequently met with. Every Piece presented should be carefully in spected, as most of the counterfeits are c m erly executed as to deceive any OQe hut an expert. True Eloquence. David Dudley Field, at the conclu sion of his masterly argument before the Electoral Commission, in support of the Democratic objection to the counting of the Hayes return from Florida, uttered the following forcible and eloquent language. It must have had a thrilling effect on all who heard it: ‘Such, Mr. President and gentlemen of the commission, is as brief a state ment as I can make of the facts and the law as we understand them to-day. The greatness of the question in res pect to the diguity of the Presidential office, and the enormous interests de pending upon it, are as nothing com pared with the moral elements involv ed. True it is that the person to whom you give your decision will be for four years Chief Magistrate of forty-five millions of people; will be Command er-in-Cbief of your army and navy: the organ between yon and all foreign States; the bestower of all offices; the fountain of honor and power, and the executor of your law. But that is as nothing compared with the greater question, whether or not the American people stand powerless before a gigan tic fraud. Here is the certificate.— [Holding it aloft in his hand.] One feels almost reluctant to tonch it. It is black with crime. Pass it around, let every man see it; and then tell me whether or not that certificate gives a title to an office contrary to truth, as we cau prove it. One of the greatest poets of the palmiest days of English literature, wrilting of the coming of the Saviour, said: “And ancient fraud shall fail, Returning justice lift aloft her scale. ‘Ancient fraud? Was there ever fraud like this ? In all previous ages fraud has succeeded only because it has been backed by the sword, and protesting peoples have been power less to resist the force of armed battal ions. Never before now in the histo ry of the world has a fraud succeeded against the conscience and the will of a self-governing people. If it succeeds now, let us cover our faces with shame. Let us take down the statue on the dome of the Capitol which every morn ing faces the coming light. Let us clothe ourselves in sackcloth and sit in ashes forever.’ We publish in to-day’s issue the Governor’s proclamation, ordering &n election of Congressman for this dis trict, on the 13th of March next.— There is bound to be a heavy squabble and we fear that unless the people are resolved to act with great harmony in choking off some of the score of as pirants, a regular scrub race will be the result, aud that some Radical will concentrate bis forces in the district and win the race. We do hope that a Convention will be called immediately that the delegates will withUnanimity nominate- a good and able man, and! that iiie people will fitaM.4.eau** , T UTS? e%ominee. ] ’ * The -Radicals in Congress are now trying to break the force of the damag ing disclosures brought out by David Dudley Field, by raising the cry that it is “Tweed’s lawyer” who is conduct ing the investigation. If this is not a verification of the old adage that “drowning men will catch at straws,” we never saw one. Let the presiden tial question be decided as it may, one thing is certain, that the most damn ing record of villainy has been fastened on the Louisiana returning board and the leaders of the Radical party, that ever disgraced the political history of this or any other civilized country.— Where are those who so strenuously contended, when the contest first open ed, that Mr. Hayes would never accept the office of President if the least taint of fraud could be proven to have at tached to its procurement ? What will Mr. Hayes do about it ? Why consider it not proven, and accept of course, if allowed to. It is evident from the drift of the arguments made by the Republican lawyers, before the Electoral Commis sion, that the most they now hope for is to prevent the Commission from go ing behind the certificates of the Radi cal Governors of Florida, South Caro lina and Louisiana, and trusting to the Court to decide that but two of the votes of Oregon be counted, thereby making a tie and throwing the election into the House, in which event Tilden will be elected President and Wheeler \ ice President. This is about as much as the conspirators now dare to hope for, and are moving heaven and earth to secure such a result. If the Court can only be induced to lift itself above partisan sympathy and preju dice, there is no danger of their obtain ing this much, however. The warfare on the Georgia State Lottery promises to become quite live ly. The Atlauta authorities are deter mined to push the matter, so far as they are concerned, and spare no effort to stop the sale of tickets in Atlanta. A bill is now before the House to bring all past action looking to its sup pression to a successful result. There is a general and strong desire to have the lottery abolished, and its ticket offices everywhere closed up forever. >. . The Augusta Constitutionalist says the citizens of Penfield will probably bring suit against the trustees of Mer cer University to enforce compliance with a contract made between the par ties at the time of the removal of Mer cer to Macon, whereby the Board agreed to pay Mercer High School sl,- 200 annually, in consideration of a suit threaUned or commenced against them TEe Other Side. Since the press has generally ap proved the passage of the Electoral Bill, and have devoted but little space to the arguments of those democrats who conscienciously opposed its pas sage, we think it but fair that they should at least have a hearing, and that our readers may judge for them-, selves whether there were not some good reasons adduced by those who acted with the minority. Hon. Taul Bradford, of Alabama, who will be remembered as the able representative of that state, who made such a terrible onslaught on the Freed man’s Bank management, a year or so ago, and so fully exposed that stu pendous swindle, opposed the Electo ral bill, and in a speech in the House of Representatives, contended that it was a violation of the Constitution; that Congress has no right to delegate such a power, and closed his speech in these words: “The other and the better course is the one pointed out in the Constitu tion, and followed in all the history of our government. This we ought to pursue. This the people expect us to pursue. We have no right to presume that anybody will levy war in this country because we discharge our duty. There will be no war. The ad vocates of peace are all the people. Republicans menace only because Democrats are timid. Tilden has been elected President of the United States, if a Republican Senate should fail to recognize and acknowledge this fact, the House should then proceed to re affirm the judgment and selection of the people. It has the Yight and it has the power and lacks only the cour age to condemn the unhallowed work of the impious conspirators who have raped the States of Louisiana and Florida. It is a national disgrace to treat with these felons, and the digni ty and high standing of those who will be called upon to conduct the negotia tion will not redeem its character. The Judges who must play confessors to congressional consciences will suffer in the public estimation. The whole gov ernment will be involved in the odium of arbitrating the right of the people to choose their President.” “Sir, the rules of the House have denied me the privillege of discussing elaborately and at length the provis ions of this bill. It is only permitted me to give in brief my notions of duty suggested by the situation in which I am placed. The bill will pass against my humble protest!" It may secure an acknowledment of Mr. Tilden’s elec tion as its advocates on this side of the House believe. God grant that it will! But, as for myself, I prefer to give constitutional sanction to what the people have done, and without taking chances of sharing responsibility with another ia an indivisible obligation, to proclaim Mr. Tildeu, not the- j |,ttfttoauitop4Mstertresu?tof arbitration for the- Presidency, but the annointed 'of the people, President of the United States.” Messrs. Caldwell, Forney and Wil liams, of Alabama, also voted against the bill. In the Supreme Court of the United States, on Monday last, in a case from the West, the Court decided that where town officers resigned under the laws of Illinois, the law providing that the resignation of public officers should not take effect until a successor had been elected and qualified, they did not cease to be such officers until this provision was complied with, and that, although they had sent in their resignations and they had been accepted, still they re mained officers under the law until their successors were qualified. Mr. Justice Hunt delivered the opinion. This decision has unusual significance in connection with the Presidential con test, as it is claimed that Watts did not cease to be postmaster in consequence of his resignation, which had not been accepted when be was elected to fill the vacancy in the Electoral College caused by his ineligibility. There are other Republican electors in a like predica ment, and this decision of the Supreme Court may have an important bearing on the Presidential count.—Montgom ery Advertiser. Pinchback, in a letter to a friend in Indianapolis, explanatory of his recent action, says: ‘Knowing that the present pretended Packard government is a monstrous iniquity aud its succcess would entail still further debauchery and demoralization upon the race, I resolved to destroy it if possible. I have not abandoned the National Re publican party, but if to denounce the thieves in Louisania, who are fast des troying the manhood and integrity of my people, renders me ineligible to membership in it, I shall have to seek shelter elsewhere and continue my struggle for justice aud equality for the race.” The witnesses, Maddox aud Little field, who testified last week in the Louisiana fraud investigation, certain ly made out a case against Wells and the Returning Board, if ever one was made out. There can be no doubt as to the truth of the statements of these witnesses. They have been fully cor roborated—not only by the facts which have been developed since their testi mony was elicited, but by testimony in the possession of the committees, and printed before either had been intro duced. There could have been no collusion, as these witnesses were not even aware of the fact that the com mittees had already obtained posses sion of the evidence before they were called on to verify it. Letter from Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7th, 1877. Editors Eagle: Gov. Colquitt has issued a proclamation ordering an elec tion, counties composing the Ninth Congressional District, to be held on the 13th day of March next, fcr the purpose of electing a member of Congress to fill the place made va cant by the election of Mr. Hill to the Senate. Who is the coming man for the position, is the question now in order. Each one wanting it, of course, believes that he is the man, above all others, that should be elected in this “critical juncture of public affairs.” It is understood here that there are about as many wanting the place as there are counties in the district, and a regular “scrub” race is not improbable. It is known that some, living in the larger counties, will contend that representa tion, in a nominating convention, should be based upon the number of Democratic votes in the respective counties. Of course those who are in the smaller counties will not be able to see the justice of this proposition, and will insist that the representation should remain as it has been in the past, that is, giving the counties enti tled to one representative in the Gen eral Assembly three delegates, and counties having two representatives five delegates. The Democracy have been getting along very well in the past with this plan,why should it be changed now, and for the special benefit of the large counties ? I have heard a rumor to the effect that Col. H. P. Farrow now claims Lumpkin county as his place of resi dence, and that some of his' the district are wanting him to take the field. Whether he has any such aspirations, or what truth there is in the report, I do not know. The convention bill has passed second-reading in the Senate, and win 6 ’ come up for debate at an early day.— The passage of the bill is expected, though not without an effort to have it amended so that the people may have a vote on it. I can see no reason why they should not have the right to say whether they want one or not. \CfiSt harm is there in letting the people have a vote on this important question ? In the Senate, yesterday, the bill to repeal all laws heretofore passed incor porating the city of Gainesville was withdrawn; also, the bill to establish a City Court for that city was withdrawn. There has not been, as yet, any bills passed by the Legislature of general importance; some important ones have passed the second-reading; this jand next week will bring them up for de bate and action; the most important is the convention bill; of its fate your readers can bo informed next week. The Electoral Commission has not arrived at any conclusion on any point at issue. It is stated, however, -;vide*cc*wiii tie remitted in the r/Qr-' ida case, except as to the action of f/he state government since the election- It seems impossible to get any eludes to what the final result will be. It] is believed by both parties tbat the decis ion will be favorable to their sidei of the question. The bill to give state-aid to the Northwestern railroad was defeated to day; a motion to reconsider will Ob made to morrow. Eighteen. Late News from Washington. [From the Greenville Daily News.] Washington, February 8. The Commission took a vote at a quarter to 4 o’clock, on a resolution declaring they would take no further testimony upon certificate No. 1, in favor of Hayes and Wheeler. The resolution was carried by a vote of 8 to 7, Judge Bradley throwing the de ciding vote. The Commission next voted on a resolution to take testimony in the case of the alleged ineligible Republi can elector, Humphrey, and it was agreed to take such testimony by a vote of 8 to 7, the three Judges voting in favor of the resolution being Judges Clifford, Bradley and Field—Judges Strong and Miller voted against it. The five Democratic members of the House and Senate voted in favor of going behind the returns. Official: On motion, Mr Justice Miller ordered that no evidence will be received or considered by the Commis sion which was not submitted to the Joint Committee of the two Houses,by the President of the Senate, with the different certificates, except such as relates to the eligibility of F. C. Hum phrey, one of the electors. Yes 8, nayes 7. On motion of Mr Abbott, Resolved, That in the case of Flori da, this Commission will receive the evidence relating to the eligibility of Fred C. Humphrey, one of tho persons named in certificate number one, as elector. Yeas 8. naves 7. The Secretary of the commission was instructed to inform the counsel on their respective sides, that at 11 o’clock to morrow, it will be prepared to bear argument on the question of the eligibility of Fred C. Humphreys as one of the Rupublican electors. The question raised as to his eligibilily is, that he was at the date of his elec tion a United States Shipping Com missioner, which is alleged to be such an office of trust and profiit, as to dis qualify him from acting as an elector. But which office, it is asserted by res ponsible persons, he resigned before the election. Washington, Jan. 27. — The opera tion of all officers of pecuniary reward hitherto made for the detection and' punishment of persons employed in the illicit distillation of spirits is here by suspended until further notice, so far as regards tho states of North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the second district of Tennessee and the second district of Alabama. 01# WASHINGTON LETT Elf. Om Eegular Correspondent.! Washington, D. C., Feb. 3, 1877. At last the great court has g#t firm ly down to hard work, and while one week ago the entire nation was fever ish with excitement and anxiety, it now awaits with a quiet mind the decision of this tribunal. The count may continue for weeks, or it may be ended before this letter reaches your readers-. They are now' working on Florida. What their judgment upon that State will be caunot be foreseen, but should it be given to the Demo crats there will be no dispute over any other State, as Tilden needs but one electoral vote in addition to the 184 conceded to him. Provided Lou isiana is disputed it will undoubtedly loselts electoral vote. Well corrobo rated evidence shows that Wells, of the returning board of the State, was in the market ottering for sale the presi dency of the United States. One mil lion dollars was his price, and his first otter was made to the Democratic par ty. They would not trade, and the vote of the State went elsewhere. The question is—how much did the other side pay for those fraudulent returns ? Tb*o electoral votes of six Slates have thus far been counted, and the footings are largely in favor of Tilden and Hen dricks— they having Alabama, with 10 y?tes; Arkansas, with 0 votes; Connec taut, with 0, and Delaware, with 3 iu all 25 votes. Hayes and Wheeler get 9 votes —those of California and Colorado. t The Union, the last Democratic daily started in this city, edited by Mont gomery Blair, is fast taking the lead ■from all our other papers, and has proved itself a successful venture in the field of metropolitan journalism. Since it was started, the Washington Chronicle, Harlan’s old sheet, has de parted to that bourne from whence no Veil regulated “pap” ever returns.— When Tilden comes in the Union will be the court journal. Maddox, who gave under oath all the information given above regarding the Louisiana frauds, has of course been promptly dismissed from his position as a special agent of the treasury department. His crime lay in telling what he knew, and not iu knowing it. It now looks as though Uncle Sam might, after all, get back his $1,500,- 000, coniributed to the stock of the Centennial exhibition. You will re member that the suit to recover this amount was decided against the gov ernment in Philadelphia, but it has now been referred to the United States Supreme Court for a final decision. If the plain intent of the law is taken into consideration a decision will now be given in favor of the government. If you are intending to come on to Tilden’s inauguration, in the language 1 of Jcmh liiliiugs, commence to make your preparations now. Grudge. Tho Rome Courier says of the four members of Congress from Alabama, and one from Georgia—Mr. Smith, of the Second district—who voted against the Electoral Bill: “These are all nat urally very small men never before showed so conspicuously small as when they hold themselves against such men as Thurman, Bayard, Payne, Randall, Hill and Lamar.” We think our esteemed contemporary is entirely too severe upon the members who voted against the bill. Their votes were undoubtedly influenced by con scientious convictions, and not a spirit of antagonism to Democratic leaders. Instead of condemning their act we should rather admire the pluck which caused them to go into the ranks of the minority because they believe the majority to be wrong.—Chronicle & Sentinel. The above is onr view of the ease precisely. The Columbus Enquirer is severe upon our legislators. It says: “In the Georgia House, ou Monday, 165 bills and resolutions were introduced, most of them of a private nature. They are of the veriest trash and commonplace, and members should be ashamed to have them encumber the records. Fif teen are to amend the code. Many want to pile on new laws, while the old are not executed, and are dead on the statute books. A good many are re peals of things that passed last session, and the next term a repetition may be expected. Col. Pickett has led a busy life. Ho raised a legion for Kossuth and was mixed up in the Cuban rebellion. He was on Breckenridge’s staff during the war, and afterward held a position un der Maximilian in Mexico. He sold the Confederate archives for $60,000; one half of which sum came to him and disbursed in charity to needy South ern men and women. For some years past, he practiced law, in a small way, at Washington city. He again comes to the front as a demolisher of Return ing Boards. When the electoral vote of Mississip pi is reached, the Republicans will ob ject to it ou the grounds: First, that the registration law required oaths which were in contravention of the Constitution of the State, and second that the Governor is a usurper nr 1 his certificate of electors null and void. President Grant and his son calh and on Mr. Stephens, a few days ago. Mr. Stephens expressed the opinion tlmfc he was sinking and would not survive this attack, although his physicians seemed to think differently. The Presi dent promised to call on him again. News Items. About one dozen suicides have oc curred in Atlanta within the past two years. Nine hundred South Carolinians are engaged in New York city at various occupations. The reports from all parts of the country indicate that the guano trade, this season, will be unusually heavy. The contested election case in At lanta still drags its slow length along, and there is no telling where it will end. British railway companies paid last year- for injuries to passengers and damages to goods, no less than $3,- 300,000. Georgians who emigrated to Texas are returning to the Empire State of the South. There is no place like home. There are now in the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Cave Springs thirty nine students—sixteen girls and twen ty-three boys. The increase in the production of beet-sugar in Europe is said to be causing great loss to the cane-sugar planters in Cuba. Further evidence conclusively shows that it was the plan of the Louisiana Board to sell out to the highest bid der, irrespective of politics. Governor Hayes thinks that the Presidential question has now become a law suit, and that he has ‘a good case, good lawyers, a good Court, and good prospects.’ Seventeen thousand dollars worth of granite designed for the new Custom House building in Atlanta has been lost at sea by the wreck of the Schooner Lottie Ames. So the President will not be paid but $25,000 a year. Grant has been get ting $50,000. But Grant ’h services, yon know, were worth twice as much as any other man’s. A Washington dispatch states that an ettort will be made to pass a law re quiring Congress to meet on the fifth of March of this year, instead of the first Monday in December. The colored people, in South Caro lina, are paying up the Hampton tax readily, and are expressing themselves as delighted at the opportunity ottered them of helping on the cause of good and honest government. Humors were circulating in Wash ington on Saturday that Mr. Tilden’s health is very precarious, but it was believed that the reports were put in circulation by the Radicals for motives entirely. The nigger Judge of Probate of Edgefield, S. C., has prevented the set tlement of legal cases for a long time by saying the papers and moneys were in ins safe ami the key lost. After en during this long time, the bar of Edge field went into his office, and, with the aid of a blacksmith, broke the lock and found nothing in the safe. The black thief had stolen it all. —Consti- tutionalist. Mr. Eaton was the only Democratic Senator who voted against tho Electo ral Bill. Whereupon the New York Day Book says: ‘lf Mr. Tilden’s con stitutionally-won election is the result of the deliberations of this Commission, Mr. Eaton will have shown a lack of wisdom iu not supporting it. If, on the other hand, Mr. Tilden is ‘slaugh tered’by this body, Mr. Eaton’s sa gacity will have been demonstrated.’ In other words, heads I win, tails you lose. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, Blacksmith anfl Wood Shop The undersigned have opened a Blacksmith and Wood Shop At Ilowser’s Mills, Dawson county, and are prepared to do all kinds of work at short notice, and at the lowest prices for cash. Give ns a trial. HENRY HOWSER. febD-tf W. L. D. BOND. -v pkocl ymationT Georgia: By ALFRED 11. COLQUITT, Governor of said State: Whereas, a vacancy has lieeu caused by (he resignation of the Hou. B. H. Hill, the mem ber elect from the Ninth Congressional Dis trict to the Forty-fifth Congress of the United States: Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue (his my Prclamation ordering that the Polls be opened and an election be held on Tuesday, the thirteenth (13th) day of March next, in the counties of Banks, Clarke, Daw son, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jacksou, Mad ison, Morgan, Oconee, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, White and Union, comprising the Nith Congressional District in said State, for one Representative to fill said vacancy. Given under my hand and the Groat Seal of the State, at tho Capitol, in the City of Atlanta, the sixth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and first. ALFRED H. COLQTITT. By the Governor: N. C. Baknett, Secretary of State. feb9-lt (TJEORGIA, WHITE COUNTY. -To all whom it may concern, Johu N. Ash. in proper form, applies to me for permanent Let ters of Administration on the estate of Henry Ash, late of said county, deceased. This is to cite all and singular the creditors and next of kiud of Henry Ash to l and appear at my office, within the lime allowed by law, a< and show cause, it any they can, why permanent letters of administration should not be giau ted to said applicant. Witness my hand and official signature, this February Ctb, 1877. I AAC OAKES, feb. 9-td Ordidary. NOTICE. A L'L PERSONS indebted to J. D. Gooly will come forward immediately and make settlement, or they will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an attorney for col lection. I mean business. dec22-tf 3. D. COOLY. THE CELEBRATED “EUREKA” GUANO!! 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Spring Term Commences Monday, Jan. •29th, and closes Friday, July 6th—24 weeks. Fall Term Commences Monday, Sep tember 3d, and closes Fri day, December 3d sixteen weeks. Students should enter promptly on tlm first day of each form. ' j Tuition is charged from the first of the scholastic mouth in which the stu dent enters to the end of j the term —one-lialf due iu j advauce; the remainder at: the close of the session, i No deduction for lost time nor occasional absence, j except in cases of sickness j protracted over one month • fjL f ■ PENT A.L.TIES. 1. Reproof. 2. Tho Rod. 3. Suspension, 4. Expulsion. REV. O. 15. LaHATTE, PRESIDENT. The Teachers of the Different Schools of the College will be Carefully Selected, -S®? 33 3C FEKTSES. Tuition. Per Montli. Spring Term. Kail Term. Primary School SI.OO $ 6.00 $ 4 00 Common School 2.00 12.00 Bdo High School 4.00 24.00. . . . j C OO College Classes 5.00 30.00. .and and.. 20 00 Music 5.00 30.00 2od( Kent of Instrument 50 3.00 q.uu Board $lO to sl2 Per Month. Ixioideiatetl dPeseass SI Term, j n Ad vance. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. 1. Primary School Course. Spelling, Heading, Writing, Primary Arthmetic and Geogra phy, Slate and Blackboard Exercises. 2. Common School Course.—Geography, Arithmetic, History, Primary Grammar Elocu tion, Slate and Blackboard Exercises. 3. High School Course.—Geography, Arithmetic, Grammar, History, Composition Dicta tion. Elocution, Elementary Algebra and Geometry, Slate and Blackboard Exorcises 4. College Course.—Elocution, History, Geometry, Latin, Greek, French Trigonometry Surveying and Engineering, Chemistry. Botany, Physiology, G. oh.gy, Rhetoric Lo h -i<- \nih metic, (most advanced), Algebra, fmost, advanced). F.videiH-., s of Christianity, Etc., Etc. 5. Extra.—Book-keepiug by Double Entry, Drafting, Ooioriug, Etc., $30.00 per course. RABUN GAP HIGH SCHOOL, Located in llie Beautiful Valley of lleail of Tennessee, RABUfV COUNTY, GEORGIA. w. JV. CURTIS, Principal. —i • —ii TWO SESSION'S ANNUALLY Open on the Third Monday in January and July, -A. 4ST ID OONTIN CJ Id 'X 1 Wld INI T V Wldld K —j. O RATES OF TUITION, PER TERM: SPEI.LINU, KICADIItIG, WlllTlflO, and PUIILUtt ARITHMETIC $ 0.00 ANALYSIS, PIUMAHV GKUUKAPHY, ami 1 NT KRH KDIATK AKITII in ETIC K.OO ENGLISH GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION, LOGIC ami ARITHMETIC 10.00 RHETORIC, ADVANCED ARITHMETIC, ADVANCED GEOGRAPHY, ELE MENTARY ALGEBRA ami PHYSICAL SCIENCES j ADVANCED ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY and LANGUAGES , 3 „„ Young men preparing for tlie Ministry, irrespective of denomination, will be admitted Lee of tuition Contingent Fee, each Student, 50 cents. Contingent Fee and one-third ot Tuition required iimdvunce and balance promptly at close of Session. No Student will be admitted for a less time than tho balance of t o Session, from date of entering. No deduction will bo made for absence except in eases of protracted sickness, of the student of not less than two weeks duration. The course of instruction will be thorough and practical, and discipline firm but mild, and such that any student of pure and elevated motives cannot object to. Healthful location, pure water, salubrious atmosphere, mild climate, and attentive and devoted teachers render the echool attra. tive, pleasant and instructive. Board in Good Families at $5 to $6 per Month. The Board of Education in each county of North-east Georgia is respectfully requested to appoint deserving young gentleman or lady, over fifteen years of age. of industrious habits and good moral , haracU r who wdl be received for not less than one year in this school, free or tuition charges if furnished with a ~ tittcate signed by the President and Secretary of tho Board. Address w. yv. CURTIS, jAPS-tf HEAR OK TEN N ESS EE I*. 0., liA . N .A. C <> <> <J if xs i<: MALE AND FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL. 1877 j y 7 7. Spring Term Opens Jtiiiuai } Continue Six Month-, FACULTY: Rev. J. J. METHVIN, Principal. Miss AMELIA STARR, Assistant. Miss M. B. BUTT, Music Teacher. Tuition #1.550, 0.(>O and #;*.<><> JEei* Alusie #55.00 lei- Month. Board in Good Families at $6.00 to SIO.OO Per Month, Cabins near School Room, where Pupils can board themselves at a m r „ , Those wishing these rooms will please apply early. J mi! nal sum. Young men preparing for the Ministry, the children of Clergymen who live hv u.„ • , and indigent children of deceased Confederate soldiers, will be admitted free if j . . ln,slr y> As many as fifteen pupils, unable to pay regular tuition, will be admitted tor !?, 1"' ~ six months, upon payment of $5.00 entrance fee. 1 01 less , llau No deduction for loss of time except in case of protracted sickness. Disc;.,';,, 1- Contingent fee 50 cents per term, in advance. ** llne 11 For further particulars, apply to Jw .j. METHVIN j" 05 " 6111 >acooclee,Ga. 1877. This School, under the fostering care of the City Council, is devoted to the THOROUGH CO EDUCATION tot ttio Sexes on tho plan of tho best modern schools of Europe and America. The intention is to make it oue of tho loading schools ot Georgia, and tho I'resi -1 deut of tho institution ear : nestly solicits the co-opera tion ot his friends through out the State, and of the citizens generally. Discipline. The discipline will he kind, impartial and strict. Faithful study and thor oughness in recitation must be attained by each stu dent to retain connection with the College.