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THE E A Cm- EJE .
Friday Morning, M;ircli 30, 1877.
J. E. REDWINE, Editor.
J. H. BUTT, Associate Editor.
Hayes is called by courtesy President
de facto, be nor bis friends have the
cheek to call him President de jure—
the proper way to call him, however,
is President de fraude.
The Commission to re-iuvestigate
Louisiana, will of course be packed.
They will have to pack hard indeed, if
they hope to induce the people of
Louisiana to acknowledge Packard as
their Governor.
Georgia bonds are still going higher
in the New York market, and are now
quoted at a higher figure than the
bonds of any other State, and are
eagerly sought after by investors. A
New York broker failed to buy, al
though he offered 107 for them.
Colonel McClure, the shrewdest po
litical observer in the Keystone State,
concludes that Don Cameron’s accept
auce of the Senatorship will be likely
to cost the Republican party its long
maintained supremacy in Pennsylva
nia.
Grant claims that if he had not kept
troops in South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana the Democrats would have
had no trouble in securing all of those
States. He thought the appointment
of a Commission to go to Louisian i
was a very good thing, and he ex
pressed the belief that the result of it
would be the recognition of Packard.
Hon. John C. Brown, of Tennessee,
has accepted the appointment of Hayes
to act as one of the Louisiana Com
missioners. It is highly probable that
the Democrats of the committee will
have to make a minority report, as
three out of the five appointees are
Radicals, and will of course report in
favor of Packard.
The Birmingham (Ala.) Advance,
edited by a colored Democrat, reminds
Senator Spencer that Senators Lamar,
Garland and Hill received a majority
of the votes of the colored members of
the Legislatures of their respective
States. Mr. Hill received the unani
mous colored vote. It was not a very
big one, but it was the best in the col
ored shop.
The New Orleans Picayune says:
Crop preparations have been as mani
fest as formerly. There seems to be a
disposition shown by our farmers to
await the final settlment of the situa
tion in Louisiana before they move on
to work. It may be they will have to
desert the plow handle for the musket,
which they will do if Packard attempts
to rule this State.
The Administration party confesses
that the policy of the Democratic par
ty ratheru question is en
tirely sound. A few mouths since they
denounced it; now they adopt it. The
etoue that the builders rejected has
become the head of the corner. Rob
bed alike of their President and their
policy, the Democracy have, at least,
the satislaction of knowing that their
opponents concede their superior wis
dom.—Albany Argus.
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Says the Nashville American: ‘Mr.
Hayes has met his first great difficulty
aud it appears to have him. Alas and
alas, for all good promises ! there is
nothing hopeful in the present situa
tion. Mr. Hayes ought to have known
at first that he had either to break
with his party or stay with it. It re
quires long training to ride two hor
ses at once, especially when they are
going in opposite directions, and Mr.
Hayes has not had the requisit practice
to do it skillfully.
Ilia grand jury of Greene county, in
a recent presentment, says: ‘After a
careful investigation of the practical
workings of the system of public
schools, for several years in operation
m the county, we find that the educa
tional interest of the county has not
teen advanced by the system. In view
of this fact, and in view of tho present
indebtedness of the county, wo deem
it unwise, impolitic aud inexpedient to
levy a tax for the support of these
schools during the present year.’
Ihe terrible cyclone which passed
through 'Worth, Berrien and other
couuties, in the lower part of thi
btate, on the Bth inst, was more terri
ble iu its effects than was at first sup
posed. Many persons were killed out
right, many were wounded, and thous
and of dollars worth of property des
tiojed. It is said to have been, if any
thing, more disastrous than the cyclone
which swept through the middle coun
ties two years ago. Many communi
ties devastated, are appealing for help,
which we hope will be promptly re
sponded to by their more fortunate
fiiemls throughout the country.
lhe (. hronicle and Constitutionalist
says: Stories are dying thick and fast
in the political world concerning a so
called barter, by which the Southern
Democrats in the House of Represen
tatives are to support Charles Foster
fin- Speaker, in consideration of local
self-government, harbor improvements,
tians-Continental railroads, and all
that sort of thing. The probabilities
are that the South will get justice
without any corrupt or intriguing
practices. We dare say the Speaker
of the next House will be a simou pure
emocrat. The Democrats are not.
i 'ely to split up in the fashion in
dicated, seeing that they will no doubt
capture the Senate in 1879.
An Interesting Incident,
Quite an interesting incident occur
red during the session of our Superior
Court this week, which deserves more
than a passing notice. A negro, named
Henry Winter, found his way into this
community some years ago,and worked
as a laborer for several of our citizen?.
In the autumn of 1875 he got into a
row with another negro named Jerry
Smith, and Smith was fatally stabbed.
Winter fled, and was not found until
some time during the past winter,
when it was ascertained that he had
taken refuge in South Carolina. Mar
shal Wright of this city ascertaining
his whereabouts, went after him, and
delivered him to the jailor of this
county. An indictment for murder
was found by the Grand Jury, and the
case set for trial on Wednesday last
The prisoner was formerly owned by
the Loften family of Macon, and had
served as the body-servant to a brother
of Col. W. A. Lolten, of that city, dur
ing the war. His devotion to his young
master while in the army, proving faith
ful to him even to his dying hour,
greatly endeared him to the surviving
members of the family. While in jail
Henry had a letter written to Col.
Loften, stating his sad predicament,
and asking for his help. On receipt of
the letter, the noble hearted gentle
man, although pressed with business
in his own court, which was then in
session, not waiting to enquire into
the merits of the case, promptly
responded to the appeal, appeared
in court on the day set for trial, and
freely gave the benefit of his warm
sympathy and great legal ability to the
defense of an old family servant. Col.
Loften’s skillful management of the
defense soon rendered it apparent that
only a case of voluntary manslaughter
could be made out; whereupon the
counsel for the State agree 1 that the
prisoner might plead guilty to that
offense, and appeal to the mercy of the
court.
In addressing the court in behalf of
the culprit, Col. Loften made one of
the most thrilling appeals we have ever
listened to in a court room. The previ
ous good character of the negro; the
touching recital of his faithful services
to his deceased brother during the
dark and trying times of the war; the
warm sympathy and kindly feelings
that still exist in the hearts of the old
masters and servants of the South,
were in turn dwealt upon by the elo
quent speaker; and, in closing, his
pathetic and masterly peroration, there
was scarcely an eye in the vast assem
bly that was not suffused with tears.
In consideration of all the facts and
favoring circumstances, His Honor
sentenced the prisoner to five years in
the penitentiary. It is highly prob
able that if the able counsel had not
elicited certain facts in his searching
examination of the witnesses; and if,
By <1 vice, a plaa of guilty of vol
untary manslaughter had not been
entered, the criminal would have suf
fered the extreme penalty of the law,
or at least been imprisoned five or ten
years longer.
Our Northern brethren who are so
skeptical about the good feeling that
exists between the white people of the
South and their former slaves, when
uninterrupted by officious and merci
nary intormedlers, should have wit
nessed tha noble aud disinterested ac
tion of a distinguished southron gen
tleman in behalf of one whom he found
in trouble, friendless and among stran
gers.
We learn that, in taking leave of the
prisoner, his old master and truest
friend, supplied him with money suffi
cient to procure such necessaries as he
stood in need of.
There is not the slightest doubt about
the fact that Stanley Mathews and Fos
ter, at the instance and with the con
sent of Hayes, made a solemn promise
in writing to Southern Democrats that
Hampton and Nicholls would be recog
nized by Hayes as soon as he was in
augurated, if the Southern members
of Congress would not fillibuster and
thus prevent him from being counted
into the presidencj-. It now appears
that Hayes denies authorizing Mathews
and Foster to make any such promises.
He has not only resorted to downright
lying, in order to keep from recogniz
ing Hampton and Nicholls, but is cast
ing about for frivolous excuses to use
the army to sustain Chamberlain and
Packard. There is an old adage that
“he who steals will lie,” and since
Hayes stole the presidency, it is but
natural that he should lie to sustain
his partizans. It is to be hoped that
the Democrats iu Congress will refuse
to vote a single dollar to pay an army
which Hayes seems determined to use
in consummating another most flagrant
fraud.
General Morgan, of Alabama, said
ihat he thought it ridiculous to say that
Federiek Douglass could not adminis
ter the duties of an office which was
similar to that of the Sheriff of a
county. If he should go home and tell
the colored people of his State that he
had voted against Douglass for this
reason they would laugh at him. He
intended in all his public acts to show
that he felt himself the representative
alike of the white and of the black
people of his State. Asa Tilden and
Hendricks elector he had received
thousands of votes from the colored
men of Alabama. These black men
had thus shown their confidence in
him, and he intended to let them see
that it was not misplaced. He gave a
sincere acquiescence in all the consti
tutional amendments, and he should
know no difference between the white
aud the black man iu all the rights,
privileges aud immunities of the
citizen.
For the Convention.
The following prominent gentlemen
are suggested as members of the Con
stitutional Convention: Robt. Toombs,
Thomas M. Norwood, Charles J. Jen
kins, A. C. Walker, W. H. Hull, Jos.
E. Brown, N. J. Hammond, H. D. Mc-
Daniel, W. T. Wofford, C. C. Kibbee,
besides many others of equal promi
nence. If our people will only put
forward their ablest and most experi
enced men, they need not fear the
expense or results of the Convention.
By a Convention composed of such
material, we will have a Constitution
framed worthy of the State—the pro
visions of which will be equitable, fair
and just to every class of the people.
That there were a few good and able
men in the Convention that framed the
present Constitution, no one will deny;
but who does not know that such were
in a hopeless minority and utterly un
able to cope with the overwhelming
negro, carpet-bag and scalawag ele
ment that composed four-fifths of that
body. I’ our people are wise they will
not be misled by clap-trap into the
fatal error of neglecting this oppor
tunity to amend their fundamental
laws in such a manner as to give them
that dignity in the eyes of the people
as will insure a proper rer-pect for
them. We trust the people of this
section will in this, as in all other
matters of vital importance to the
welfare of the State, do their duty and
their whole duty, and show themselves
ready to make sacrifices even, to wipe
out the stigma of living under a Con
stitution, the leading articles of which
were dictated by Northern politicians
at the point of yankee bayonets.
How the counting in of Hayes by a
patent and shameless fraud is viewed
by European Republicans is strikingly
sat forth in a private letter which the
New York World says was received in
that city on Saturday from a most in
telligent French citizen, long a resi
dent of New York and now living in
close personal relations with many of
the leaders of the Republican party in
France:
‘You can not realizsays this gen
tleman, writing to an American friend,
‘the effect throughout Europe of the
decision in the matter of Louisiana
election ! The enemies of democratic
institutions are jubilant, while honest
Republicans are stricken with conster
nation. So far as I am concerned I
avoid them, for I find nothing whatev
er to say in reply to their, alas! too
cogent questions. How on earth could
the Democrats be so innocent as to
imagine that there were in the Repub
lican party eight men who could ever
give a decision contrary to the inter
ests of their party ? And how could
the managers of the Democratic party
vote for a bill which did not impose
the necessity of going back of the re
tlli'iin 9 Tf, on tlie oOb*- liaud, it W!iß
implied that such would be the case, it
was clearly the duty of the seven Dem
ocratic umpires to withdraw from the
Commission the moment the majority
decided that no investigation would be
instituted. For all men of sense and
honesty must unquestionably have be
lieved that the Commission had been
created especially for that purpose and
for nothing else.’
Our eight by-seven President will
probably find quite enough to do in
attending to his legitimate business,
without bothering his head with other
people’s affairs. He is just now, it is
said, engaged in the perilous under
taking of trying to fix up an anti-
Democratic majority in the next House
of Representatives, and in order to ac
complish this result it is alleged he
and his friends are dickering with
some Southern members of Congress.
Although Mr. Hayes was not a mem
ber of the infamous Electoral Commis
sion, the prompt and greedy manner
in which he responded to the fraudu
lent decision, and accepted the plun
der has made him particeps criminis,
and so the country regards him to-day.
If any Southern Congressman, elected
as a Democrat, should be willing to go
into this arrangement with him as a
business transaction, we venture to
predict that before very long after the
consummation of the outrage the Con
gressman aforesaid would occupy
about the same position in public es
teem and respect that is now held by
the great conspirators themselves, and
the vagabonds who did their dirty
work for a mess of pottage.—Baltimore
Gazette.
John D. Lee, who was a leader at
the Mountain Meadow massacre, was
shot on the 23d inst., according to the
sentence of the court. Under the
laws of the Territory, permitting a
criminal to chose whether he will be
shot or hung, Lee chose the former.
He confessed that he committed the
deed under direction of the Mormon
authorities, which Brigham Young ut
terly denies. He was quite cool and
collected when placed upon his coffin
to receive the deadly fire. He called
on the executioners to aim at his
heart, which they did, aud at the dis
charge of the guns he fell back on the
coffin, dead
Richmond seems to be iu a flourish
ing condition. The population has in
creased from 58,000 in 1870 to 75,000
in 1876, and the finances of the city
are in so healthy a condition that its
eight per cent, bonds command 116,
and its six per cent, bonds sell almost
at par.
The corner stone of the Republican
party at present is Cheating in Elec
tions. This is its fundamental and all
pervading principle. In this sign its
recent conquest has been achieved; and
upon this rock it must depend for any
future success that it may hope for.
The Reduction of the Jury Fees.
Editors Eagle: Much inquiry has
been made and severe criticisms have
been indulged in concerning the law of
the last Legislature, fixing jury fees in
Hall county at a dollar a day. I there
fore ask space in your columns to make
a statement of facts. About the first
of February our Ordinary, Judge Win
burn, wrote me a letter, in which he
said it was impossible any longer to
meet the expenses of the county with
out either a reduction of juty fees to a
dollar a day, or an increase of the rate
of county taxation, and under all the
circumstances he thought the latter
course altogether unadvisable, and
therefore he wanted me to have a law
passed fixing said fees at a dollar a
day. He did not think the people of
the county could stand, without great
hardship, a higher rate of taxation.
Under these representations, which I
believed then and still believe to be
true, I had the law he asked for passed.
I did it because I knew that Judge
Winburn was justly regarded by our
people as a good and faithful officer,
and had always heretofore acted with
a view to the best interests of the coun
ty. As an evidence that he was so
regarded by the people be had b.tjiT
but very recently re-elected by such a
majority as no other man had ever re
ceived in the county. I knew further,
that many of our people were clamor
ous for retrenchment and a reduction
in taxation in every possible way.—
Scores, and I think I may say hun
dreds of them had talked to me before
the General Assembly met, and ufgM
me to do everything in my power to
lighten the burden of taxation. They
said it had become burthensome, and
I felt from personal experience that it
was. Under the Constitution and laws
of the State, the Ordinary is made the
guardian of the county, specially chang
ed with the duty of looking after its
financial interests. In the discharge of
these duties, Judge Winburn thought
that the law for which he asked was
necessary, and therefore asked me tt)
give it to him. He, owing to his pecu
liar official position, is very properly
presumed to be more fully informed
as to the condition and wants of the
county than the Representative, or
any other man in it. Hence a refusal
on my part to give him the legislation
asked for, could and ought to have
been construed into a disposition to
control matters in the county and
usurp the prerogatives of the Ordinary.
If I had failed to give him the law
asked for, I would have been blamed,
and ought to have been blamed for
refusing to lend my aid to the highest
officer in the county in carrying out
what he believed to be the best inter
ests of the county. I therefore did no£
refuse, but gave him the law, being
fully in sympathy with the people all
over the State, -who were culling alou/f.
for less taxation.
I planted myself squarely on the tine
of retrenchment on the first day of the
session, and labored incessantly till the
hour of final adjourment to curtail ex
penses in every department of the State
government, and to reduce the pay of
all officers to the figures at which they
stood before the war. So earnest was
I in this endeavor, that even the Gover
nor of the State took occasion to inter
cede for some of the officers whose
salaries I wanted to reduce to the old
figures, and assured me that I was
wrong, and that they could not live on
the salaries that I proposed to pay
them. I believed then, and I believe
now, that all salaries in the State,
from the highest to the lowest, ought
to be reduced at least one-fourth.—
There are two reasons why this ought
to be done. First, because at the time
the present salaries were fixed, just
after the close of the war, gold was
worth a premium of forty to fifty per
cent, and hence a thousand dollars
now is worth aa much as fifteen hun
dred was then. Secondly, even admit
ting for the sake of the argument, that
present salaries are not too high, still
they ought to be reduced because the
people of the State—many of them at
least—cannot pay them without tak
ing the bread out of the mouths of
helpless old age and innocent infancy.
This would be perverting the object of
all government.
The charge that I “had the pay of
the poor juror reduced, but was un
willing to reduce my own pay,” is
utterly and • totally false. I strove
earnestly to reduce every expendi
ture, my own pay included, and
every member of the last House
of Representatives will so testify, and
the journal will so show. And I now
warn every citizen of Georgia, that we
have either got to reduce expenses or
increase taxation to meet the liabilities
of the State. I not not speak of the
counties. That is the duty of the Or
dinaries, and I will let them speak.
But it is the duty of the Legislature
to look after the finances of the State,
and since I have had the honor to be a
member of that body, I have tried to
perform my duty. I know what lam
talking about. We must pay less sala
ries or more (axes. We owe over ten
millions of dollars—four times as much
as we ever owed before the war. The
expenses of our State and county gov
ernment are more than double what
they were, and yet the State and coun
ty are falling further and further be
hind every year. When a man’s outgo
is greater than his income, year after
year, he breaks. When a State or a
county falls further and further behind
every year, the same result inevitably
follows.
Now, in conclusion, I have only to
say, that what I have written are the
facts. I invite every tax payer iu the
county to examine the journal and in
quire of Judge Winbuin for av( rifica
tion of them, and then determine
whether there is a wrong anywhere,
and if there is v, r ho has committed it.
If I have, let the blame be on my head
If I have not, then no fair-minded man
will censure me. A. D. Caxdler.
OR AND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
We, the Grand Jurors chosen and
sworn for the first week at the March
Term of the Superoir Court of Hall
county, make the following present
ments:
We have examined the Public Roads,
and find them in good condition, ex
cept a part of the road in Robert’s Dis
trict, leading from Robert’s Crossroads
to hLuekaby’s Ferry, and the bad con
dition of the bridge near Smith’s Mills,
in Flowery Branch district, and that
portion of the road between Orr’s and
Bennett’s farm at the creek; also that
part within the corporate limits of the
town of Flowery Branch and road lead
ing from Huckabv’s Ferry to the Light
Ferry roads; also from Flowery Branch
to district line towards Gainesville.
In Gainesville district the following
named roads are not in good condition:
Sulphur SpriDg road, Clark’s Bridge,
Shallow Ford and Clarksville roads.
In Quillian’s district, the road from
Thos. Suddeth's to the Seven Islands
road. In Whelchel’s district: The
road from Corinth church to the Seven
Islands road.
We recommend that the Commission
ers in the respective districts see that
the above named roads are put in good
condition within thirty days from the
adjournment of this court.
We have examined the books of the
Public Officers of the county.
The books and vouchers of the Coun
ty School Commissioner we find cor
rect, and that 1,100 children were
taught in public schools in 1876, and
the Commissioner received from the
tax collector the sum of £51,595, giving
to each average scholar $1.45.
The books of the County Treasurer
show that Mr. Samuel Lesser is in debt
to the county the sum of three hundred
and twenty-four dollars and ninety-four
cents, being the difference between
amount received and amount paid out
and unaccounted for to his successor.
We find the amounts received and dis
bursed by the present Treasurer, R. C.
Young, properly kept, and find on
hand the sum of nine dollars. *
The books of the Ordinary are beau
tifully and neatly kept. The Clerk’s
office and books are neatly kept.
The books of the Tax Collector and
Receiver are neatly and correctly kept.
The books of the Sheriff’s office are
neatly and correctly kept.
The books of the following named
Justices of the Peace and Notaries
Public we find correctly kept, to-wit:
T. N. Buffington, A. J. Black, H. H.
Roper, J. M. Fowler, J. M. Davis, T.
B. Jones, W. H. Deaton, D. T. Couch,
J. P. Harman, A. J. Davis, M. B. Simp
son, H. H. Beard, F. T. Davies, S. H.
Gailev, E. M. Johnson, J. B. Boyd,
M. Jones.
The books of the Superintendent of
the Pauper’s Home and his vouchers
%tn.„ they
think the plan under which it is con
ducted is perhaps as economical as
could be. And we recommend that
the Ordinary dispose of its inmates as
soon as the employed physician thinks
proper to do so. We further recommend
that the Ordinary levy such (ax as will
meet the demands of the county.
We further recommend that the
Grand and Special Jurors and officers
attending on the Court, receive each
two dollars per day for their services.
And that the Ordinary proceed with
the building of a vault for the protec
tion of the oounty records and papers.
We have examined the public build
ings and find the Court House in good
condition. The Jail requires some re
pairs on the grates and ceiling, and we
recommend the Ordinary’s early atten
tion to the same. We also recommend
that the Ordinary have the outside
doors of the Court House locked every
night.
We appoint for County Board of
Education the following persons,
viz: .J. F. Langston, W. R. Bolding,
W. A. Brown, J. R. Boone and G. G-
Thompson.
We take pleasure iu expressing our
approbation and approval of his
Honor Geo. D. Rice, in the discharge
of his offiical duties, and particularly
in his impartial administration of the
law. We also tender our thanks to A.
L. Mitchell, Solicitor General, for his
courtesy and counsel extended to us in
the discharge of our duties. We fur
ther tender our thanks to our Bailiff
for his attention to our body. We
further recommend that one insertion
of these presentments be published in
the Gainesville Eagle.
Wm. P. Smith, Foreman.
Miuyard M. Sanders, Samuel B. Pool,
Oburn L. Buffington, Wiley C. Pitman,
Harrison H. Roper, William M. Pha
gans, Harvey L. Gowder, George W.
Johnson, Joel S. Vandiver, William W.
Duncan, James D. Vandiver, Calvin
Spencer, Isaac Hawkins, James H.
Kiser, James F. Hurley, Josiah R.
Crawford, Horace M. Williams, John
F. M. Rivers, Johu S. H. Coker, Obid
C- Thompson, George G. Rogers, Wm.
R. Bolding.
Ordered by the court that these
general presentments be published in
accordance with the recommendation
of the Grand Jury. Granted.
Geo. D. Rice, Judge S. C.
A. L. Mitchell, Sol. Gen.
The lavish waste of compliments,
says the St. Louis Republican, about
‘the patriotic anil independent South
ern men,’ will not be indulged in much
longer by the Republican press. It
has very nearly served its purpose,and
the readers of the truly loyal organs
will soon be regaled once more with
the old familiar talk about rebels and
traitors.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEO. W. WALKER,
GAINESVILLE. GA.,
Manufacturer of*
Open and Top Buggies,
ROCKAWAYS, HACKS,
Spring Wagons, Etc.
He takes pleasure in informing his friends
and customers that he is now prepared to make
Buggies, Roekaways, Hacks, Spring Wagons
Etc., on short notice and at most reasonable
terms. Particular attention given to repair
ing all kinds of work in his line.
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
Feeliug confident that he can give full
satisfaction, orders are solicited for anything
in his line. mar3o-6m
NEW DRUG STORE.
Dr. 11. .1. Long
Has opened a full line of
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
Oils, Varnishes and all kinds of
DRUGGISTS* GOODS,
in the Skinner Brick Building, west side of
the Public Square, and next door to Palmour
& Co’s.
He also keeps his office and prescription
case at the store, where Mr. B. C. Cheshire,
an old and experienced druggist, will always
be found, when the Doctor is out on profes
sional business, ready to put up all kinds of
Medical Prescriptions
on short notice and in a careful manner. The
stock will be kept up to the full demands of
the community, and will be sold as low as
any First-class Drug House in the
country can sell them. All kinds of
PURE LIQUORS
for medical purposes constantly on hand.
Also, Mixed Paints, Fine Cigars, Tobaccos,
and all goods usually found in a drug store.
mar3o-3m
A. PROCLAMATION.
Of ALFRED H. COLQUITT,
Governor of Georgia:
Executive Department, State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga. , March 24.
Whereas, Two successive Legislatures have
passed J>y a two thirds vote, an act to amend
the Constitution of the State, an amendment
and said act approved February 2, 1875, and
February 27, 1877, adding an additional clause
to the sixth section of the third article of the
Constitution of this State, to-wit: A prohibi
tion against any power in the Stato paying or
recognizing in any way as valid any direct
bonds, goid bonds or currency bonds, or the
State’s alleged guaranty or indorsement of any
raPioad or uthir bonds heretofore declared il
legal, fraudulent or void;
And, Whereas, section 2d, of said act di
rects the Governor to submit said amendment
for final ratification to the qualified voters of
the State.
I therefore issue this, my proclamation, re
quiring a sufficient number of the proper offi
cers and persons authorized by the laws of
the State to superintend general elections to
eonveue at the various election precincts
throughout the State, on the first (Ist) TUES
DAY in, being the first (Ist) day of MAY next,
to hold an election in the manner prescribed
by law for the election of members to the
most numerous branch of the Legislature, at
which, said election, the qualified voters shall
cast their ballots either for “ratification” or
“no ratification” of said Constitutional amend
ment, and the returns of said election shall
be made as required by law.
Given under my hand and the the Seal ol
Executive Department, at the Capitol, in At
lanta, the 24th day ot March, 1877.
ALFRED H. COLQTITT.
Governor.
By the Governor: I W. Avery,
mar3o It Secretary Executive Department.
Dawson County Sheriff Sale.
DAWSON COUNTY.—WiII be
sold ou the first (Ist) Tuesday in May
1877, before the Court House door in Ihe town
of Dawsouville, in said County, within the
legal hours of sale, the following described
lands, to-wit:
Lot of land No. 98, and fraction No. 11,
lying in the 4th District of the first section ol
said Dawson County and State of Georgia.
Levied on as the properly of Sarah Perry, to
satisfy a State and County tax fi fa vs Sarah
Perry. Levy made and returned to me by J.
J. Glatten, L. C.
A1 o, at the same time and place, lots ot
land Nos. 555, 554 and 559, lyiug in the 4th
District of the first section of said Dawson
County and State of Georgia. Levied on to
satisfy a State and County tax fi fa vs John
Pinters, as the property of the said John Pin
ters. Levy made and returned to me by Joseph
M. Elrod, L. C.
mar3o-td R. E. BURT, Sheriff.
White County Sheriff Sales.
GEORGIA, WHITE COUNTY.—WiII be
sold before the Court House door in the
town of Cleveland, in said Couuty, within the
lawful hours of sale, ou the first Tuesday in
May next, tbe following property, to wit:
Lot of laud No. 121 iu the 2nd District of
White Couuty containing 100 acres more or
less, laud well improved, about 50 acres in
cultivation, dwelling house and out buildings
thereon. Levy made by Simeon Palmer,
former Sheriff, Levied on as the property ot
Wm. L. Ferguson and W. M. Hanes, to fatis
fy a fi fa issued from Hall Superior Court in
favor of Y. J. Harrington and J. T. Gailey,
Administrators of C. H. Harrington vs said
Win. L. Ferguson and J. T. Gailey. Proper
ty pointed out bv defendants.
W. J. PAYNE,
mar3o-td Depu y Sheriff.
Gt ECRGIA, HALL COUNTY.-Mrs. Ann E.
I Davis applies to me for Letters of Admin
istration ou the estate of James \V. Davis
deceased Therefore, ali persons concerned
are hereby notified that said Letters will be
-grauted the applicant at the Mar term of the
Court of Ordinary for the said County, to be
held on the FIRST MONDAY (7th) day in
said month unless, good cause to the contra
ry be then shown. March 28th 1877.
J. B. M. WINBURN,
mar3o-30d Ordinary.
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE, )
Deputy Oolusctob’s Ofpice, 2nd Dist. Ga., !
Gainesville, M.reh 26, 1877. )
NOTICE is hereby given of the seizures of the fol
lowing described property for violation of the
U. S. Internal Revenue Laws:
ONE Mule, Wagon and Harnees, and five
(5) Gallons Corn Whisky. Any person or
persons having any interest iu said property,
must make claim and give bond within thirty
(30) days, else the same will be sold and the
net proceeds deposited to the credit of tie
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
as required by law.
W. B. WHITMORE, I
mar3o-lt Deputy Col. 2.1 Dist. j
Southern Mail.
f tONTRACTORS who carried the Mail in
pay without proof of loyalty.
Address, M. W. RIDEN, j
mar 23 Claim Agent, Gainesville, Ga. j
USE the BEST GUANOS.
(bp)
The First Premium at the Centennial was Awarded to the Brattle)
A FERTILIZER COMPANY, as the best in the United States. These are the words ot the
Centennial Judges: “For the most complete and the most instructive exhibition ot Artificial
Fertilizers of superior quality.”
The Bradley Fertilizer Company have over one million dollars invested in the business.
SEA* FOWL GUANO,
Bradley's Patent Superphosphate of Lime, Bradley's
Ammonia ted Dissolved Bone.
Price Per Ton—Cotton Ii Cents.
E. ATKINS & CO.,
fel>23-2m Gainesville and Mayesville, Georgia.
Soluble Pacific Guano and
COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE
F O R C O M 1* O S T I IV <jJ .
WARREN H. CAMPBELL, Agent, Gainesville, Ga.
T|/'ould Respectfully Announce to iiis Friends and Patrons, that lie lias constantly
on band, and will have during the season, a heavy slock of Soluble Pacific
Guano and Comsioiimi Aeid Phosphate tor Composting, which are not
surpassed by any Fertilizers iu the market. Sold on Time upon Liberal Terms to purchaser
to pay in middling cotton at 15 cents per pound first of November next.
The above High Grades have been fully tested, and their merit! proclaimed by innumerable
certificates, and the Liberal Patronage of the public at large.
3xro ay’ , :3F£.:EX<3r3E3:T •x a o iesjh
Send in your orders at ouce, or call and see me at Mr. W. F. Moor’s store, or at my Ware
House, at the depot. See sign—Works of the Pacific Guano Company.
Very Respectfully, WARREN 11. CA3IPRELL, Agent.
Hall County Shei itr Sales.
WILL BE SOLD, on the first Tuesday in
May, 1877, before the Court Ho sc
door, in the city of Gainesville, Hall county,
Ga., within the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Fifty acres of laud, more or less, lyiug and
being in the 385th district G. M. of said coun
ty, adjoining the lands of Mrs. McMiu and
others. Levied on as the property of A. B.
Sargent, by virtue of a fi fa from a Justice
Court in the 385th district G. M., in favor ot
B. T. Brown vs said A. B. Sargent.
Also, at the same time and place, one house
and lot in the city of Gainesville, in said
county, lyiug and being east of the Lawrenee
ville road, (or street) being the house and lot
whereon defendant now lives, containing 30
acres, mo e or less, being a part of lot No.
154, in the 9th district. Levied on as the
property of defendant by virtue of three tax
fi fas in favor of tbe State of Georgia and said
county against James J. Findley.
Also, at the same time and place, will be
sold, a certain parcel of land lying iu Hall
county, Ga., about one mile south from the
Court House, in Gainesville, being all that
portion of E W Merritt’s land, lying between
the Air Line railroad track and tin* old Ridge
road, which leads from the residence of A J
Davis and the residence ot James Clark—said
land adjoins' A M Jackson, Wm Hobbst au<l
Mrs E D Cheshire ou the south, W L Murler
on the wist, Theodore Moreno, Jlrs H Ii
Moulton and others on the north—supposed
to contain about sixty acres, mostly in forest.
Levied on and sold as the property of E W
Merritt, by virtue of three Justices court fi fas
issued from the Justices eoint of the 411th
district G M, in favor of W B Cox, now cc u
trolled by J. F. Langston vs Samuel Lesser,
maker, and E W Merritt, endorser. Pointed
out by J. F. Langston, Levy made and re
turned to me by £ B Davis, L. C.
Also, at the same time and place, will be
sold, a certain vacant city lot, iu Gainesville,
Ga., on the west side of the public square,
fronting ou the public square and adjoining
Banks ou the north, Castleberry ou the south
and running back from the public square to
Line street, ou which there were some wood
buildings, which have been recently burned
off, and being all tint lot on south side of
public square, belonging to E W Merritt.
Levied on as the property of E W Merritt, In
virtue of five Justices court fi fas, issued from
the 411th district G M, in favor oi J F Lang
ston vs said E W Merritt and Samuel Lesser,
and one fi fa from same court, in favor of J F
Langston vs said Merritt. Levy made and
returned to me by Obed Smith, L C.
Also, at the same time and place, one hons
and lot in the city of Gainesville, iu said
county, fronting Maple street on the south
•side 210 feet and running back at right angles
with said street 210 feet, occupied by Mrs
Tilda Reese on 2nd Nov. 1870, (now occupied
by James Bowden’s family.) Levied on as
the property of E W Merritt, by virtue of a
Hail Superior fi fa, in favor of Y J Harrington
and J T Gailey, administrators of C H Har
rington, deceased, vs Samuel Lesser, J S La
them and E W Merritt. Property pointed
out by plaintiff’s attorney.
Also, at the same time and place, a certain
tract or parcel of land lying on Washington
street, iu the city of Gainesville, in said conn
ty, adjoining the lands of John A. Headen,
the Chapel lot ou the east and Findley on the
south and west, containing 4j acres* moie’or
less. Levied on the property of R C Castle
berry and Joseph Prater, by virtue ol a fi fa
from a Justice court in the 411ili district G M
in favor of A D Candler vs R C Castleberry,
Joseph Prater, maker, and Ii B Adair, en
dorser. Property pointed out by li B Adair,
endorser. Lvvy made and returned to me by
Johu A. Moriison, L C.
Also, at tbe same time and place, one planing
machine (known as the Woodruff plainer.)
Levied on as the property of Cox, A, pleby A
Cos., by virtue of a Hall Superior court fi fa,
in lavor of A. C. Moss vs said Cox, Appleby A
Cos. JOHN L. GAINES,
mar3o-5w Sheriff.
Assignees Sale.
IN the town of Flowery Branch, Hallcoun y
Ga., on the premises, on Saturday the 2i t
day of April, 1877, between the hours of 1(1
a. in. and 2 p. m., will be sold at public out
cry 7 to the highest bidder, the following prop
erty, to-wit:—Lot No. (1) one in block No.
(6) six, fronting on A. & 11. A L R. li. 25 feet
and running back on Pine Street 50 leet; ou
which is a two-story 7 wooden store, known as
the “H-rygood store house and lot.”
Also, lots numbers five (5) and six (0), in
block No. six (0), (routing 50 feet ou A. A R.
A. L. R. li., and running back 140 feet—two
beautiful building lots, on high ground—all
lying in Flowery Branch—to be sold under
order of United States District Court for j
Southern District of Georgia -as the property
of Flannagan, Abell A Cos., Bankiupts.
Terms: | cash, \ iu 6 months, J- in 9 months
and { in 18 month-; with mortgage ou prop
erty to secure credit payments, and interest
at 7 per cent, irom date. Purchaser pay ing
for titles.
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK,
Assignee E.st. Flannagan, Abel) & Cos., Bank
rupts.
For further particulars apply to John Stid
ham, Flowery Branch: or so G. A. Howell, j
Atlanta, Ga.
March 30, 1877-tds
HENRY WRIG-HT
Huh opened a Firtt-elase
Eatinw Saloon,
IN GAINESVILLE, ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER :
of Lawrenceville and Main streets, to which place I
he cordially invites all his white friends, wnon he |
will politely serve them with Refres'uaents, consist- :
ing of Pound Cake, Tea Cakes, Lemonade, Ice Cream,
Boilr-d Custard and numerous other dainties, at rea- j
sonahle rateß. Call and satisfy the inner man.
mayo-tf 1
THE OLD ULMSU STORE
OF
31. MENKO & HRj.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Clothing, Dry Goods,
and
Pupnishing Goods.
We are now daily receiving our I.urge
and Elegant
NEV r STOCK OF GOODS,
Tust. from Market.
We shall expect all of our old customers to
trade with us, and many new ont s.
We will make it, to the interest, cf the pub
lic to deal with us. M. MENKO & BKO.,
Comer Whitehall and Alabama streets,
oct 12-tf Opposite James’ Bank.
Blacksmith ami Wood Shop.
The undersigned have opened a
Blacksmith anti Wood Shop
At Howser’s Mills, Dawson county, and are
prepared to do all kinds of work at short
notice, and at the lowest prices for cash.
Give us a trial.
HENRY HOWBER.
feb9-tf W. L. D. BOND.
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