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r V H E EAGLE. IViday Morning, May 25, 1877. CABBY W. STYLES Editor. Oar Agent, Mr. J. B. Hughes, will be at Morganton, Blairsville and Hiwas see during court week, to call upon subscribers in arrears and solicit new names. It is our intention to attend the courts of Union and Towns, to make the acquaintance of the friends of the Eagle, and add new ones to the list. Railroad Meeting at Blairsville. At the request of General Phillips, President of the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad, the editor of this paper will speak to the people of Union county, at Blairsville, on Railroad Matters, Tuesday next, at 12 m. A Disappointment. Last' week we partially promised the readers of the Eagle a war map iu this issue. Before making that promise we closed a busi ness arrangement with a contemporary for the cut, and had no doubt of getting it till Saturday night, when, by postal card, he informed us that he had sold it to another party. This was, prob ably, doing unto us, as he would do unto others, and therefore it would be uncharitable to complain of his con sistency. However, these maps are humbugs, any way, and our readers will be better served with reading matter in the space the cut would have occupied. Should aDy map appear that approximates correctness and intelligible clearness, we’ll make an effort to procure and publish it. The Charleston News and Courier thinks that while the election of Judge Willard —a Northern man and a Re publican -to the chief-justiceship “cost some sacrifice of feeling, yet it will make the state secure, and do more to enable private citizens to borrow money at seventeen per cent than all the usury laws that have ever been drawn.” The competitive examination for the West Point cadetship, came off last Saturday. There were four applicants, who were subjected to a very rigid and thorough examination. All of them stood high, and ought to feel proud of the manner in which they an swered their questions. Mr. Fred. G. Hodgson, of Athens, was the success ful competitor. We congratulate the young gentleman on his brilliant suc cess. United States Revenue Collector Clark, has no use for troops in the execution of the whisky law. He has the fact that the law can iu Georgia without the aid blackmailers or robbers. A h ago colleci aZ ■. 1 le;. I'. . Mills ill distilleries, seized thrn HHved gallons of 'whisky and thro® SMM used in transporting the ‘block fluid. No Marshals, no troops, no outrages! “Charles O’Conor, in a speech before the New York Historical Society, advo cated legislatures of one house, which shall elect from its own members a new Governor every year. By this plan, says the New Orleans Times, Governors will become as numerous in a short time as Colonels and Majors, and it is believed a harmony will be diffused among aspirants which will hasten the millenium. The titles of the functionaries will bo January Gov. Brown, July Governor Perkins, De cember Governor Jones, etc.” Mr. O'Conor should have credited Hon. Warren Aiken with this grand original idea. If that gentleman’s ‘One House’ hallucination should pre vail in the July Convention, he should be immortalized as ‘July Governor.’ Worse things have happened in the ‘dog days.’ “A New Dodge.” Quoth the Albany News: “Some people, like drowning persons, catch at straws. A ‘straw’ has been caught and held fast, and here is the nature of it: It is asserted by the auti conventiouists that in the event a con vention is held and constitution framed, it will never be referred to the people for ratification or rejection, but be declared of force by the body framing ‘T°o thin,’ ‘not sufficiently materi alized,’ cracked,’ split so that consola tion can tbe drawn through it.— Read this section, coming from the power creating the convention, and don’t be bull dozed: Sec. 5. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the constitu tion adopted by the aforesaid conven tion shall be submitted to the people of (<eorgia for ratification or rejection,and that every person entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly un der the present constitution and laws of the State shall be entitled to vote to ratify or reject said submitted consti tution.'’ A veritable ‘dodge,’ ’tie true, and one of the thinnest attempted by the advo cates of the call. The section was put in by the friends of the bill to catch the ignorant and unwary members, and was giggled through as a pack horse. Gentlemen laughed at their °wn audacity, and successfully played the trick upon the dupes who accepted it as a substantial guarantee. Its use and its vitality died with the passage of the bill. The Legislature could not lestriot the Convention in that regard, and if the News will reflect for a moment, it, will discover unintentional deception in its publication. It is witlnn the power of the General As sembly to call the sovereignty into council, and prescribe the manner of 10 call; but when the sovereignty as sembles, it is supreme, and is not ound to respect legislative advice. Progress of the War. On the 18th an important battle was fought at Ardahan, a strongly fortified city in the Turkish dominions in Asia. Ardahan is situated about midway be tween Batoum, a seaport on the east ern shore of the Black Sea, and Mount Ararat, and in advance of Kars, com manding the passes to Trebizond and Erzeroum. It is a great commercial point, and was regarded as the strong est point for defense in that vast region of mountain country. The Russians opened the entertain ment with a heavy artillery fire, soon making a breach in the walls, through which storming columns plunged with terrible effect and brilliant success. The city, with its va t armament, fell into the hands of the Russians, the Turks retiring towards Erzeroum.— Four hundred Musselmen were buried by the Russians, and the lost in wounded was fearful. This is an important advantage for the Russians. It was the first objec tive point of that campaign, and Gen. Millikoff is evidently master of the situation. He can easily destroy the enemy in his rear, and bring up large reinforcements from Kars and Batoum, for a grand and decisive engagement somewhere on the line of defenses ex tending from Erzeroum to Trebizond. If successful at these point, full one half the Ottoman Empire will have Been overrun and placed under Rus sian civil government, and the Czar can then safely rest and recruit his armies for the final campaign along the southern slopes of the Black Sea to the Bosphorus. Active operations are also going on along the banks of the Danube, but no general engagement has jet taken place. The Grand Duke Nicholas is conducting this campaign, and he is certainly displaying wonderful caution and wise generalship in his prepara tions to cross the river. His marches and countermarches up and down the Danube in echelon, in the provinces of Roumania and Little Wallachia, mean much more than a search for shallow fords and weak points in the line of Turkish defenses. Time is worth more than a pitched battle aud a great vic tory, for diplomacy and intrigue are progressing with Roumania, Greece and England, and there are already leakings of intelligence that an alli ance has been negotiated between these powers, at least to the extent of preserving the status of the Suez Canal and Constantinople, the establishment of the independence of Roumania, and tho protection of the Greeks. is °r jib causes and the the war, and the present situation, be worth nny ' thing in the way of prophecy, three grand double campaigns by the Rus sians and three years of unparallelled i fighting and unprecedented slaughter will be required to conquer the Turks and establish Russian dominion over the Black Sea and Turkey in Europe- France. The irrepressible Frenchman is fo menting another civil revolution. The quarrel between the Right and the Left, or the Republicans and Monarch ists, is rapidly assuming a serious as pect, and the resignation of President McMahon or another “reign of terror” seems to be the alternatives. The policy of the administration is neutrality in the Eastern war, and quietude towards Prussia, while the people, headed by M. Gambetta, think they see an opportunity to wipe out the disgrace of Louis Napoleon’s dis aster and rescue Alsace and Loraine. The situation is so threatening that Germany takes the precautionary step of reinforcing these provinces with 16,000 troops. It is doubtful whether the Marshal will accept a solution by the ballot, or resort to a coup de force to sustain his policy. The number of Musselmen in the world is estimated at 170,000.000. — They hold the doctrine that ‘there is but one God, and Mohammed is his prophet.’ When the faith is endan gered by superior force, the successor of the Prophet—who is the Sultan of Turkey—is empowered by the Koran to summon all the worshippers, and they are not only obliged to respond, but are taught to regard it as a glo rious privilege to fight and to die in defense of their religion. This is called Islamism, and its flag means death or victory. If we understand the dispatches, this fearful summons has gone forth, and the Musselmen are now putting their houses in order for a death grapple with the Christian world. Millions of them are savages, and are ignorant of the civilized moles of warfare and modern agencies for killing in battle, consequently the slaughter is likely to exceed the casualties of the wars for many hundred years. Altanta continues to discuss the water question, and the fear of being poisoned has well nigh driven the whole popula tion to the beer saloons. The seven editors of the Constitution are ap plauded for their discovery and en couraged in their habits. Observe the Rule. Last week, just after the Eagle was worked off, we opened a letter from a neighboring county, which contained a long communication, signed by eighty four prominent citizens, recommend ing a very worthy and capable gentle man for the Convention. We immediately notified the gentle man who forwarded the communica tion, and one of the signers at the county seat, that it could go in, this week, if paid for, and named the price. Our rule is to charge for communica tions in the interest of candidates, and it is our present to adhere to it. A candidacy for an office that pays is business—simply busine s, nowa days, and the party, or the parties in terested, should pay for advertising the fact just as the merchant pays for ad vertising his business. Within our experience the news papers of Georgia have written a vast number of small men into notoriety, prominence and important official posi tions, without fee or reward, hope thereof; and our experience con firms also the opinion that more than half of those so written up were un worthy of the generous service, and incapable of appreciating the kindly emotions that prompted the friendly aid. Greatness that is thrust upon Lilliputian shoulders by the voluntary unremunerated use of printers’ ink, is the very sort of greatness that mistakes the work of others for its own, and vaunts its success as the result of superior merit. It is too selfish to acknowledge a service, and often too ignorant to draw the distinction be tween its own weakness and the strength of the lever that prized it. These remarks are general, and have no special application—least of all, are they intended for the case in point; for the gentleman recommended is emi nently worthy, and deserves the con fidence and suffrages of liis fellow citizens. It would afford us pleasure to announce his name in the usual way, and to publish, under the rule adopted, any and all communications his friends may send in. Many of our subscribers are on the paper referred to—enough of them to pay the charge at a cost of 20 cents each. They can better afford to pay that much for their friend, than we can the aggregate amount. It costs money to run a newspaper, and if it fails to charge for all legitimate business, it soon ceases to be worthy of public patronage, and dies of dry-rot. Whig Party to be Again Resuscitated. [Washington Republican.] “Of one thing we are surq ; -fl Tat in time those of North and South, alike, will unite iu and that the time must, there- Kre,eome, sooner or later, when the wings of the South and the great body lot the Republican nartv will act to f posnm -- ‘niMi -efaai r/emocrats, North ana yiouth, will then be driven to the old wssues to sustain their party. Princi ■e will survive and justice triumph; pad if a party has a following so bad that it is abandoned the moment it dedicates itself to the service of the country it ouglß to fall, and will fall, and all the people will say Amen,” Jus’ so, jus’ so. But then the young men of the South, of thirty aud down wards, and there’s enough of them to form twenty army corps, know as little about Old Line Whiggery as they do about a war map, and they care less. I hey are Democrats—i. e. they are white men, to the manner born, and comprehend fully the potency of the principle that lives in the tw© English words—‘Solid South.’ Is he the President ’ [Baltimore Gazette.] “Mr. Hayes was not elected Presi dent by the people, but he is President, and as such the people accept him. More than this, he is respected. No man can do his duty, fearlessly and honestly, in the face of bitter opposi tion from his own party, without strik ing a popular chord which sounds his praise. There may be honest people who wish that this were not so—who remember that the country was cheat ed and Mr. Hayes dishonestly foisted upon it, and who believe that only woe can come from crime. Even this" does not alter the fact. The majority of the people are to-day with Mr. Hayes in spite of the taint of his title From every section of the country come words of hearty commendation and approbation of Mr. Hayes’ course.” Yes, but the ‘hearty commendation’ should not be mistaken for an endorse ment of the fraud. It goes only to the extent of approving the ‘course,’ and will be withdrawn when that ‘course’ deviates from the Constitution and the ‘Southern policy.’ He is President, but the fraud is the same, nevertheless. If Mr. Hayes believes that his South ern policy is for the best interests of the country, and no one doubts that he does, he will not hesitate to avail himself of the services of the only or ganization that can crown his efforts with success. The Democratic party is a huge mountain, whose foot-hills are laved by the Atlantic, the Gulf and the Pacific; but the mountain can not go to Mohammed, though but the breadth of a hair divides them. Mo hammed must come to the mountain, is the inexorable decree of fate. This will require no greater sacrifice on the part of Mr. Hayes than was made by Andrew Johnson, and no man can truthfully say that Andrew Johnson made any sacrifice that was inconsis tent with conscience, integrity, or man hood. Such a course would meet with the bitter denunciation of Blaine and his friends, for it would require no prophet to tell them that the end would be their own discomfiture and humiliation and the triumphant suc cess of Mr. Hayes’ Southern policy.— Cincinnati Enquirer. We have room only to say that the Eagle endorses the anti-Convention movement in Hall, and the candidate selected. On with the dance. AXTLCON VEST I OX* % To the Voters of the 33d Senatorial Dist. The citizens of Hall county, opposed to the assembling of a Consti tutional Convention the present year, have determined to give “form and pressure” to their opposition, by ning candidates in harmony with their views. To this end, they have selected as their candidate J. F. Langston, of Gainesville, and ignoring all forms and ceremonies, respectfully present him to the District as one of the stand ard bearers of “anti convention.” The anti-conventionists of Hall earn estly appeal to the voters of Banks and Jackson, who agree with them, to take action without delay, and name candidates who will aid Mr. Langston in the canvass. Banks should name one, and Jackson two and Hall will zealously support their Selec tions. The friends of this movement are urged to act'in time to make authori tative announcement in next \ieeks issue of the papers of the District-. Many Citizens of Hall. m The Big Bonanza. i .l*Gn('ler this caption the folio wing?card from Gen. A. O. Garlington appears iu the - Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday: ‘Having heard that there is a ruiior in circulation that the compensation allowed by Governor Colquitt for the prosecution of the claim lately paid by the Govern ment of the United States to the Suite of Georgia, on account of the Western aud Atlantic Railroad, was not according to contract, I feel it my duty, as one of the attorneys employed in the prosecution of said claim, to igive to the public the fol lowing facts: * ‘The original contract by Gowunor Bullock with Baugh & Garliugton4then partners in law,’was that they should be allowed a contingent fee of twelve aud a half per cent, upon the amount recovered on said claim, with a retainer of-three thousand dollars,to be deducted from the amount finally recovered. The coutract entered into between Governor Smith and Baugh & Garlington and R. A. Alston (all present at the time) was, that the contingent fee to be allowed the last named parties should be twenty-fi* per cent, upon the amount recovered on said claim, with no condition annexed. ‘All statements to the contrary |f the above are false. A. C. Garlington. ‘May 15th, 1877.’ f This settles the question. Gtneral Garlington would not maketa false statement for the whole or any other amount. And, besides|there is abundant proof of the truth-#f his statement. For nine years these gen tlemen have been at work ob this claim, and their final success was more of a miracle—a political a legal achievement. It was just like finding that amount of money for the State, that she neither knew or nor cared to hunt for; and its simply con temptible to raise a howl about the fees. No respectable lawyer Would have taken such a claim for private parties for less than twice the fe#tpakl, contingent upon \vb are is at tue boUum ol the foolish o|l!moi\ t: Gohl Mining in Georgia.’ s , Under this heading we find the fol lowing published editorially in the Atlanta Constitution: “Dr. W. P. Harrisson was in Chica go last week, where he had an oppor tunity to see the witless tide that is flowing to the Black Hills. He could not restrain his pen, and a letter in the latest number of the Chicago Times that has come to hand, gives his views on the subject of gold mining. He thinks Dahlonega offers better induce ments than Deadwood. He shows how deceptive ‘pocket mines’ are4-that quartz mining is the only reliance. He then shows what the Georgia mines have produced. The estimate, he says, that places the Georgia product at forty millions in twenty years is by no moans extravagant. After stating what the stamp mills in and near Dah lonega are actually doing, he adds: The quartz leads in this section are very numerous: I speak from person al experience, having visited within a twelvemonth the gold region of North east Georgia, During my stay there I saw an old mine, out of which several hundred thousand dollars had former ly been taken, reopened, and out of a “pocket” in the vein SBOO was taken in a single panful of ore. A ton of this pocket ore would yield $30,000. Of course these incidents are rare, and really do not advance the gold inter est, for extravagant hopes are aroused, and these not being fulfilled the reac tion is injurious to all concerned. But there are veins of quartz from . four inches to five feet thick, in which more or less gold will be found in every ton of ore. The extremes range from fifty cents to as many dollars per ton. But there is a reliable average which will afford a basis of calculation which is really more certain than almost any business in these “hard times.” The people of Georgia and of the whole South have been struggling with difficulties which only cool and dis passionate minds elsewhere can prop erly appreciate. The struggle has been for existence, and the destruction of capital by the late war renders it impossible for them to engage to any large exient in quartz mining. But they cordially welcome honest and worthy men from every section of our country whose purpose is to attend to legitimate business of any kind. Large capitalists in the north, east and west have suffered loss by the non-employ ment of their means. Here, in the heart of the South, accessible bj r rail roads from all directions, is a "gold region in the compass of thirty miles square, which can yield $500,000,000 of gold without driving a shaft five hundred feet deep, and yet it is suf fered to lie comparatively idle. If these mines were in the Black Hills, and life and fortune were staked upon reaching them, it would be easy to excite public attention to them. It is time that the foolish stories of southern antipathy to northern men were laid aside forever; they have served their purposes, and are now too well understood to frighten any one. A Chicago man, whatever his politics may be, is as safe in any part of Georgia as a Southern man is in Chicago. Either might get into diffi culties, if he had a mind to do so, and either will find himself arnoQg friends I if he shows himself worthy of them. i THE WAR IS GEORGIA, Brown ys Gordon—l he Senator Hastens to the Seat of War. [Special to the N. 0. Democrat.] Washington, May 16.—Senator Gor don went home last night. He has endured misrepresentations and insin uations of Governor Brown and others until, in his judgment, forbear ance ceases to be a virtue. It general terms, it may be stated that Gordon’s relations with the Administration have been soleiy with a view to securing non-intervention in affairs of Louisi ana and South Carolina. Beyond this, he has no relations with Hayes what ever, except those of an amicable social nature. In the course of my political observations I have never seen a war fare more base and dastardly than t hat recently waged against Gordon by his rival in Georgia. WHAT THE PRINCIPAL KEEPER OF THE GEOR GIA PENITENTIARY SAYS. [Letter to Athens Georgian. ] I have made this letter more*lengthy than I intended. I will now close by saying that the “sore heads” in and about here have exhausted their sup ply of ammuniation, and not a single shot has come near to molest the dig nity and high standing of two of Geor gia’s purest and best men—John B. Gordon and A. H. Colquitt. When this class of men that are ever ready to cry “wolf” at everybody, to divert the public mind from their own ac tions in the past, shall have passed into insignificance and will only be remem bered by the public for their unfaith fulness to every trust imposed in them, Gen John B. Gordon’s and Alfred H. Colquitt’s good deeds will shine like the last lingering rays of the king of day upon the mountain peaks as he sinks to rest behind the western hori zou, to perpetuate and keep fresh in the memory of unborn generations their fidelity to Georgia’s interest and their own honors. When they are called from this mundane sphere to enjoy the rest of eternal bliss, their pure and unspotted names will be a pleasant theme of conversation around the firesides of unborn generations. But no more. With my best wishes for you and your interest, I am yours, John W. Nelms. Mining News. The Dahlonega Signal furnishes the following items: This week has been an active one among the miners. A large amount of ore has been taken out, and most of mills are reporting an increased yield; while several rich ‘finds’ are reported, reminding us of the early excitement in gold digging here years ago. At the ‘Fish Trap’ mine they are taking out some splendid ore from a ‘lead’ above the vein formerly worked. Moore & Bensil are rushing their new mill forward as rapidly as possi ble, impatient to get lo work on the fine bed of ore recently discovered on their property. Dr. Smith is making it ‘tell’ in his deposit mines over on ‘Cane Creek,’ and made the finest ‘clean up’ last week reported for a long time in that kind of work. Mr. Price has also ‘struck it rich’ again at the old reliable ‘Findley.’ His outside lean ores have been yielding long 3 ‘open cut’ acXsTthe hill has reached . the famous ‘Sand Vein,’ from which some very fine mill ore is now being taken. But the sen sation of the week was on Wednesday afternoon, when a blast in the lower level leading from the bottom of the shaft towards the old ‘Findley Vein’ revealed one of the richest ‘leads’ yet found in that already famous proper ty. It is running paralled to the old vein, but some ten feet from it, and in an entirely different formation; being a hard blue horn-blende rock, streaked with white quartz, which is threaded with webs of gold. Some of the speci mens shown us being the liuest ever seen here. In addition to the gold, the rock carries, what experts here say, is tellurium; which, if it be so, adds greatly to the value of the ‘find;’for teliuride ores are the richest known. 11 v/ill be tested at once, and the level driven through to the point where the ‘old vein’ is thought to be quietly waiting to reveal its treasures, and should this prove true, with two such rich veins lying so near together we shall congratulate the owners of the Southern bonanza on their good for tune, and repeat what we have so of ten said before, that all our country needs is energy and capital, to demon strate it one of the richest gold regions in America. The Georgia Press Association. Oar brethren are now in session in Thomasvillo. The following compli mentary circular will show the sacri fice we are making to serve our patrons: Gentlemen—Representing the local press of Thomaville and in behalf of the citizens of our town, we extend you a cordial invitation to attend the meeting of the Pi’eas Convention here on the 23rd and 24th. The citizens have generously re sponded and every preparation is be ing made to make your meeting a pleasant one. Arrangements have been made to quarter the members of the Association at the Mitchell House; a splendid Ball will be tendered the “gang” on the night of the 23rd, at their hotol, and on the day following will open the Horticultural and Floral Exhibition of the South Georgia Agri cultural and Mechanical Association. This exhibition promises to be the most brilliant and interesting ever held on the grounds. Upon the whole we can safely prom ise you a most enjoyable time; in fact nothing will be left undone on the part of the citizens of Thomasville or ourselves to make the occasion one long to be remembered by the Press of Georgia. The members of the Convention will be entertained free during the session. Very respectfully, Charles P. Hans ell, Editor Enterprise, John Triplett, Editor Tim es. Thomasville, Ga., May 14th, 1877. The Administration will endeavor to run the army from June till October on a ‘due bill’ system. The officers and privates will be paid off in ‘promises to pay,’ and sharp officials will go round and buy them up at a paying discount. About the State. The Albany News says a larger acre* age is planted in wheat in that section this year than any previous year, and that the prospect is fine for a heavy yield. Many are hjpeful of thirty bushels to the acre. We are glad to see the cotton belt turning its atten tion to grain growing and stock rais ing. Corn is cheaper to-day in South western than in Northeastern Georgia, and if this wheat business goes on there, and the cotton and guano fal lacy be persisted in here, the fools and wise men will soon have exchanged places. The cost of running Dougherty coun ty the year ending Ist of April was $10,500. A young Israelite, named Kapp, was drowned in Couch’s mill pond, near Albany, by being capsized while out in a small boat with a fishing party. Master -Nolan Willis, twelve years old, accidentally shot and killed him self, while out hunting. Frank Evans, of the News, is snuffing salt air, on Cumberland Island. Sheep raising is on the increase in Southwestern Georgia. Henry Ran dall, the great sheep raiser of Western New York, says in one of his pam phlets, that Southwest and Southern Georgia are the greatest sheep raising sections of the United States. Hon. James R. Brown and Col. E. E. Field are the nominees in Cherokee county for the Convention, and the last Georgian contains their letters of acceptance. Col. Field squarely favors the call; but Col. Brown does not tell us whether he favors it or not. This passage, however, occurs in his letter: “It is not only important that the Constitution boa good one, which protects every interest and every class of the people, but it should be their Constitution —the workmanship of their own hands, and not one imposed upon them by some other power.” His brother, Joseph E., wrote the present Constitution, and to him we are particularly indebted for the home stead and jury system. The Georgian wants a Convention, but continues to harp upon that ‘if.’ It would ‘know more of the antece dents, qualifications and views of the various candidates over the Slate, be fore feeling prepared to endorse ‘Con vention’ on the back of its ticket.’ The same paper says: “Capt. Evans, formerly of Albany, Ga., is teaching school in a very neat academy, built principally by A. T. Scott, M. R. Britt, and George Rein hart. Capt. Evans is an accomplished gentleman and scholar, and has an ex cellent school. They have a flourish ing Sabbath-school at the acadernMjrt which the entire community aSfHji deep interest. We visite on the first Sunday evea pleased to see so large J boj'S and girls and para dance. The school nS Bayentv.fi wo nnuils. \V little talk, and were folkn Evans, who delivered a ] impressive little speech, tauce of religious educaifHHH Capt. Evans has no hi|H§f§ teacher in Georgia, and CheroW has the opportunity of building educational advantages equal to the best in the land. Canton is a good point for a High School. Cherokee has wealth aud population to sustain it, and Capt. Evans has the learning, the qualifications and the purity of character to place it at the very head of the list of Georgia’s schools. The Sumpter Republican wants a Convention to strike the word ‘rebel’ from the Constitution. We rather like the word. Onr grand-fathers were rebels, and so was George Washington. Sumpter had another hangiug on Friday last. Charley Thomas, who murdered Mrs. Caraway, about a month ago, went to Heaven by the hangman’s line, and Mr. Caraway went straight to the Ordinary’s office and bought license to get another kind of a knot tied. He was determined the negro should" not be far ahead of him in the matter of bliss. Excursions, picnics, fire parades, military displays, balls and politica conventions are raging like New Eng land woods fires, in South western Georgia. Mr. M. G. Boyd, of Cleveland, is about to move to Dahlonega. Col. W. P. Price had a runaway the other day—his buggy was smashed and he and his daughter, Miss Belle, narrowly escaped. Crops in Lumpkin are luxuriant, and a ‘green corn dance’ is proposed by brother Howell, of the Signal. He should keep a sharp look out for the revenue wreckers. The Signal office is printing a pam phlet life of David Lowellin Beck. Corn is selling at §1 20 at Duck town, and all because they call it ‘Mountain eye water.’ The Dental Association that met at Macon, week before last, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President Or. M. H. Thomas, of Craw ford. First Vice-President —Dr. W. F. Tinger, of Col ambus. Second Viee-Pn sident Dr. J. L. Fogg, oi Bartlesville. Recording Secretary—Dr. J. A. Chappie, of L.iGrauge. Gat-responding Secretary—Dr. M. S. John son. of Perry. Treasurer—Dr. H. A. Lowrance, of Athens. The meeting adjourned to meet iu Atlanta, on Monday preceeding the last Tuesday in July, 1878. /'GEORGIA. HALL COUNTY. —D. P. Casey, * A Executor of the last will and testament of John Casey of said county, deceased, ap plies for letters dismissory from said executor ship: Therefore ail persons interested are hereby cited to tile their objections (if any they have) and show cause (it any they can) why said Executor should not be discharged from his said trust, otherwise said letters will be granted the applicant at the September term of the Court of Ordinary for said county, to be held on the first Monday of said month, 1877. J. B. M. WIN 15URN, Ordinary. Ordinary’s office, May 8, 1877. * mayll-Jm THE NEXT PRESIDENT. Mr. Hill to Be the Candidate in 1880. Washington, D. C., May 11. Editor Chronicle and Constitutionalist. Sir —lt may interest your readers to be informed of the exceedingly great popularity of the distinguished Geor gian, Hon. Ben. H. Hill. Mr. Hill made his mark when he so utterly de molished Blaine in the ‘amnestical de bate, but his course since that time has been of such a nature as to endear him to the North and West, irrespec tive of party; and it is no uncommon thing now to hear influential people speaking of him as the probable Presi dential candidate of 1880. There is no disguising the fact any longer that anew party is in process of formation in the North and West, which will doubtless receive accessions from the South. Radicalism is dead and buried, and can never be resurrected. The thinking people of the country waut and will have peace, and they are ready to come together as one man and elevate to the Presidency a states man whom all can revere and respect. They want a man of ability, whose re cord is good They want an old line Whig, who can rally the following of Henry Clay. Such men as Cl.ymer, Kelley, Banks, Eaton, and a host of others think they have found him in the great Georgia stateman, and they have quietly resolved to nail his name to their masthead in 18S0. The Washington Nation and the New York Graphic are known to be strong en dorsers of the Hill movement, and during the Summer they will urge his claims openly. It is known also that Hayes favors the nomination of Hill by the new party, and when certain plans are perfected, there will be a hegira over to the brilliant Georgian from both parties that will be refresh ing. I could write you more about the Hill movement, but deem it pru dent at present to say no more than that you may congratulate yourselves upon the probability of your furnish ing the next President of the restored Republic. That’s a curious revelation, and we do not believe it is honest. It cannot be the writing of a friend. It smells of treason, stratagems and spoils. Mr. Hill could not carry a county in the ‘Solid South’ under such auspices, and no man" know/'it better than Mr. Hill himself. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice to Plaintiffs. A FTER THIS DATE, I shall require all advertising fees iu advance, in pursuance of section 3,(549 of the Code. None need ask me to deviate from this rule, as I shall adhere to it in every case. JOHN L. GAINES, Sheriff Hall Cos. May 11, 1877. 64 SHARES ~ Slock CHEAP BEDSTE APS, CHAIRS and ]Yt a. tt re sses. I. M. IVMS. 11. W. THOM AS. Orders with the Casli will be filled at bottom prices. may2s-lm Assignee’s Notice. In Bankruptcy—Northern District of Georgia. At Gainesville, the 22d day of May, A. D., 1877. rpHE undersigned hereby gives notice of his *" appointment as assignee of Elisha W. Merritt, of Gainesville, in the county of Hall .and State of Georgia, within said District, who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his. own petition, by the District Coutt of said District. SAMUEL C. DUNLAP, may2s-3t Assignee. Georgia, white county.—wher Mieajah Turner, Sr., departed this life in the year 1871, and leaving a will, and that James West was named therein as executor; and whereas the said James West, after pro bating said will in ‘common form,’ renounced his trust, ar.d no one applies for administra tion with the will annexed: These are therefore to cite all persons con cerned to bo at my office, on the lirst Monday in July next, to show cause why administra tion, with the will annexed, should not be vested iu the Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper person. Given under my hand and official signature this May 17, 1877. maylG-td ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary. /7J.EORGIA, WHITE COUNTY. Whereas, ” it appears to me from the petition of Sarah J. Turner, that Mieajah Turner, Sr., deceased, departed this life, leaving a con siderable estate, both real and personal, not disposed of either by will or otherwise, and that no one applies for administration on said estate: Therefore, all persons concerned, are here by notified to be and appear at my office, on the first Monday in July next, to show cause why administration should not bo vested in the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county or somo other fit and proper person. Given under my hand and official signature this May 17, 1877. naay2s-td ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary. Q.EORGIA, WHITE COUNTY.— G. W. C. Wikle, of said county, applies to me for exemption of personalty and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same on Saturday, the 16th day of June next, at 11 o’clock a. m. of that day, at my office. May 21, 1877. may2s-2t ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary. We are authorized to announce the name of W. I. Pike, of Jefferson, Ga., as a candidate for one of tlio delegates from the 33rd Senato rial District to the Constitutional Convention. W. S. WILLIAMS & CO.. Auction and Commission Merchants, C3r,iaa.os-viJXo, C3 Consignments of Merchandise and Country Produce Solicited. PROMPT RETURNS GUARANTEED. \VE ARE AGENTS for several Insurance Companies, and will insure buildings and other property at reasonable rates. Refer to Geo. W. Williams & Go., Charleston, S. C.; Perino brown, Cashier Citizens Bank, Atlanta, Ga.; banks k Brother, Bankers, Gainesville, Ga. maylß-3m An Interest ins a Flourishing Newspaper for Sale. i DESIRABLE INTEREST iu a well established Newspaper and Job Office, in a nourishing town in Southwestern Georgia, is offered for sale on most reasonable terms. An intelligent practical Journalist tan secure a permanent situation and profitable busi ness. For information, address Eagle office, may 11 -tf D. BURFORD. T. J. YOUNG. D’ BURFORD & CO., Flowery Branch, Air-Line R. K., Dwalers ±xx Dry o-oods, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, FAMILY GROCERIES, Country Produce, Etc., Etc. j m-CHEAP FOR CASH Oil COUNTR Y PRODUCTS, -m. Our Dr. Young has a full stock of Drugs, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Etc. .jsiT- Give us a tiial is all (hat we ask. 'TPA wayll-tf To Summer Visitors. t T MY OLD STAND ON OAK STREET, -A- I continue the Livery Business In all its branches, and am fully prepared to furnish Elegant Turnouts At short notice aud at reasonable rates. Parties wishing to visit the neighboring Watering places, or the more distant nionn taii attractions, can be supplied with good stock and comfortable vehicles. YV. P. SMITH, maylß-3m Uainesvillo, Ga. SECOND GRIND DRAWING KEITIEIY CASH lISTBIIOTIDISO. Louisville, Ky., June 30,1877. $310,000 CASH in GIFTS. Fanners & Drovers Bank, Louisville, Ky., Treae. THE KENTUCKY CASH DISTRIBUTION CO., au thorized hv a Special Act of the Legislature ior the beneilt of tt'e Public Schools of Frankfort, will have the Second of the Series of Grand Drawings in the city of Louisville, Ky., Saturday, June 30, 1877, at Public L brary Hall—a scheme _ commensurate with the times. §*oo,ooo for Only Ten. 1 Grand Casli Gift SOO,OOO 1 Grand Cash Gift 25,000 1 Grand Cash Gift. 15,000 1 Grand Cash Gift l ,000 3 Grand Cash Gifts, $5,000 each 153)00 5 Grand Cash Gifts, $2,000 each 10,000 20 Cash Gilts, SI,OOO each 20,000 40 Cash Gilts, SSOO each.... 20,000 100 Cash Gifts, S2OO each 20,00.) 300 Cash Gifts, SIOO each 30,000 500 Cash Gifts, SSO each 25,000 0000 Cash Gifts, $lO each GO,OO 6072 Cash Gifts, amounting to $310,000 Whole Tickets .10; Halves $5; Quarter $2.50; 11 Tickets $100; 33Tickets $300; !ol£ Tick ts SSOO. Drawing Positively June 30i.h, 1877, and every three months thereafter. Certificate of Supervisors of Drawing. This is to certify that the first drawing of the Ken tucky Cash Distribution Company took place on the Cth of December, in Major Hall, Frankfort, Ky., in our presence and under onr immediate supervision. We further Btate t. at every ticket aiuhpart of ticket which had been sold, wero represe^ the wheel, and that the drawing :v , is. i ... was to lo •• - tgßgj j\ tx x_jX_iTi aMKm —n Cr LADIES DRESS Xt’- M. Pei*sons, Northeast Corner Public Square, a.inesvillo, Gr £*. . . RESPECTFULLY announces to her friends that she has engaged the services of Mrs. Faulkner, an accomplished Dress Maker, and that she is prepared to supply her customers with the latest styles of Millinery and Dress Goods. She has a carefully selected assort - pent of Hats, Bonnets, Ribbons, Laces, Edg iogs, Inserting?, Collars and Cuff's, Embroide ries and Trimmings of infinite variety. Ladies are invited to examine her bountiful goods before purchasing elsewhere. may4-3m BOUSE ! \T, Gr . THE GOWER SPRINGS. One Mile from the Court House, At Terminus of Green Street, 3n flit* City of tlaincsviilc, Ga. | E. N. (jIOWEIt, Aliiiiai>{‘j\ j A LARGE, COMMODIOUS and comfortable Hotel, just completed, and will be ready for guests by the 15th instant. OIF 1 BO2YRD. S3O per month; $lO per week; $2 per dav. Special rates tor families and parties. Water, Bathing, Amusements and service free to guests. Street cars will run regularly from the depot to the Spring. Visitors courteously attended to and bag gage promptly delivered. Qualitative Analysis of Gower’s Mineral Spring, by William J. Land, Analytical Chemist. Atlanta, Ga., October 30, 1876. Constituents.—Free carbonic acid, free hydrosulphnrie acid, carbonate of iron, car bonate of manganese, sulphate of potassa, sulphate of soda_, chloride of sodium, crenate of iron, apocrenate of iron, phosphate of lithii), (small quantity,) sulphate of lime, sul phate of magnesia, phosphate of alumina, nitrate of ammonia, sulphuret of copper (traces) sulphate of stroutia, (traces) feuoiidc of calcium, (traces) bromide of potassinna, (tiuces) nitrogen gas, oxygen gas, (small quantity of each.) Note—This is one of the best chalybeate waters I have ever examined. lUit y4~ W. J. LAND, Chemist. G EORGIA, WHITE COUNTY.-Calvin K. Stover, administrator with will annexed of Jeremiah Stover, Sr., deceased, applies to me for leave to sell all the real estate beloim mg to the estate of the said deceased: Ihorefore all persons concerned are hereby notified to be and appear at my office, on the first Monday in July next, to show cause, it any they can, why such leave should not be granted, otherwise leave will be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, this May 9, 1877. ISAAC OAKES, ma ylß -td Ordinary. Marshal’s Sale, UHLL bo sold before the Court House door, in the city of Gainesville, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in June next-, the following property, to-wit: One lot ot land on the coiner of Maple and Lawrenceville streets, with law office and the oid Advertiser office on the same. Levied on as the property of defendant by virtue of and to satisfy a ti fa for city tax for 1876. The city council of Gainesville vs. James J. Findley. J. A. MORRISSON, may 1 td Marshal.