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TIXE E A Gr L E. Friday Morning, June 20, 1877. CAIiKV W. STVI.KS Kditor. Haul up that wheat now—don’t wait till to-morrow, for it may commence raining to-night. We accept the Watchman’s state ment as true, and cheerfully yield the point. It does not hurt the Eagle to be overtopped in circulation by such a magnificent paper as the Watchman. ‘Twenty thousand Democratic ma jority,’ is old Den Wade’s estimate of the neit election in Ohio. Some of his friends attempted to reason with him on the policy of such a prediction. ‘lt’s no use,’ retorted Ben, ‘there are too many ostriches in the Republican party already.’ ‘There are twenty thousand vaga bond children in Philadelphia who never enter a school-door,’ says the Philadelphia Press. And that being the case let us hear no more about the ‘ignorance and savagery’ of the South ern States. Heal your own leprosy, Colonel Forney, before howling about your neighbor’s defects.—Courier Journal. Now that the people of New York have had an opportunity of comparing our Govornor Hendricks with their Governor Tilden, they see the mistake they made in forcing Sammy on the Democratic party last year. Hen dricks will lead the Democratic host to victory in 1880, and will not be cheated out of it when it is gained.— Rushville Jacksonian. -- ■ Next week is commencement week at Dahlonega. The exercises of North Georgia Agricultural College will open on Sunday with a sermon by Bishop Pierce, and continue for several days. It will be the most interesting occasion ever witnessed in Northeast Georgia, and we doubt not will be largely attended by persons from a distance, and from surrounding country. Toombs Friendless. —General Robert Toombs’ anti-subsidy speech has preju diced the Southern Bourbon against him, and now he is as friendless as a man who plays an accordion.—New York Times. That is precisely such a lie as the one perpetrated a few days ago about Chief Justice Waite and the Charles tonians. No man in Georgia has audi bly objected tj the speech referred to iu the sense alleged. The crops in this section are more promising than lor years. The wheat product exceeds any former crop within the memory of the ‘oldest in habitant? Oats were rescued by the June rains, and corn is fresh, luxu riant and growing rapidly. Planters are working more systematically, more hopefully and more effectively than at any time since the ‘confusion worse confounded’ came upon them in 18(11, and the good Father seems to bless their virtuous efforts with timely sea sons and encouraging tokens. ™ t “The lawyers get $200,000 for col lecting SOOO,OOO from the Tweed ring.” Good gracious! Where were the Mayor, Councilmen and City Attor ney? If some of our Georgia editors were in Gotham, wouldn’t the City Fathers catch a larruping for paying 33$ per pent, to lawyers lor doing that which they should have done themselves for nothing, virtule officii ? Possibly, however, a few weeks in New York would extern! their mental hori zon, and enable them to take a broader view of such transactions than they manifested iu the recent hoop-ta-do den-do about a certain fee iu Georgia. TLio Ciuciunati Enquirer has discov ered that tlie old silver dollar was not outlawed. It says “it is a misfortune that there are not more of the old sil ver dollars in existence. They are not demonetize in any sense. They are still legal tender in all sums, unless we have overlooked some of the law. The law of 18711 made certain coins “a legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding five dollars in any one payment.” What silver coins ? The silver coins whose coinage was authorized by the Coinage Act of 1873. “Said coins shall be legal tender,” &c., is the phraseology of the law limiting it to the coins enumerated in that statue of which the old silver dollar is not one. The further coiuago of the old silver dollar was forbidden by that act, but the legal-tender property ot such of the dollars of the fathers as were and are in existence was not touched by the Coinage Act of 1873.” The man who gets mad, when he is politely asked to pay his subscription, is a strange compound, and when he carries his folly to the extent of stop ping his paper on such a flimsy pre text, he simply needs a mirror to see himself as others see him. Last week we ventured to invite subscribers in arrears to help us. We needed and still need funds to pay for paper and to meet the current cash expenses of the office, and in the most courteous manner gave notice of the fact to those who were indebted, with an appeal for generous assistance. There could be no offense in this to men of liberal minds and properly balanced principles of light and wrong, and yet it is a fact that two, no less than tuv subscribers to whom" wo sent the gentle reminder, took umbrage at our audacity, and made their indignation known by pay ing up and ordering their paper stopped. This is sad, indeed, and but for the entry of eleven new names this morning, it might occur to us that the Lagle is in peril. As it is, we can only say, ‘wayward brothers, go in peace.’ ■ SUSTAIN THE CONTENTION. The “Will of the People” aud the Duty of The People. Gov. Colquitt’s majority, last October, was 80,000, and the Tilden-Hendricks’ majority, in November following, was about 82,000. This was a decided ex pression of the ‘will of the people.’ On the first Tuesday in this month, the people were again called upon to express their will, and the issue pre sented was ‘Convention’ and ‘No Con vention.’ The majorities for ‘Conven tion’ aggregated 20,307. The majorities for ‘No Convention’ aggregated 11,701, having a clear majority for Convention of 8,606 The majorities for and against Convention aggregate 32,008. What the total poll was has not yet trans pired, and the authorities and news papers at Atlanta are remarkably reti cent upon the subject; but hero is a wonderfully accurate paragraph from Col. Harris’ Atlanta Radical Indepen dent: “The whole vote on the Convention ques tion was less than 33,000. The vote for the Convention was less than one-tenth of the whole vote of the State. How are you, ‘will of the people ?’ ’’ It is clear that this ‘experienced journalist’ from Ohio, confounded the majorities with the ‘whole vote,’ but the mischief is all the same, and the motive sticks out in the last line. The taunt is none the less offensive, because the statement is a mistake. And just here it is in order to put in the remark that ‘Convention’ was carried by a suf ficient majority to give validity to the call; that at least 20,000 of the most intelligent and purest men in Georgia voted with that majority, and that that number alone, if no greater number had voted, is sufficient .to sanctify the call as a triumph over the paraxismal death struggle of the party to which the Independent allies itself. The ‘whole vote’ was evidently small —probably not exceeding 60,000; but we assert and maintain that the popu lar voice was heard, and the ‘will of the people’ pronounced. We further assert and maintain that the result is iu accord with the sentiment and con victions of the great mass of the true sons of the soil, and in accord with the best interests of the whole people. We were led into the error of antag onizing the call by the follies of the advocatas of Convention; the—at one time—apparent probability of the elec tion of a controlling majority of unsafe men, and the danger, we thought we foresaw, to the integrity of the Demo cratic party and the ‘Solid South;’ but now as the smoke of battle clears away and the achievement of the Conven tionists rises to the surface in clear, bright colors, it is plain that our first two reasons were not well grounded, and that our third and most potential may be avoided by closing up the ranks and moving steadily forward in sup port of the Convention. It is the duty of all the people to accept the situa tion, and give all the moral support possible to their delegates, that a Con stitution may be agreed upon that will lift the old ship of State from the sloughs of political corruption and financial embarrassment, in which she has wallowed for so many weary years, and give to her new life for a long, peaceful and prosperous voyage. Upon this line we lock shields with all good and true men, and shall keep our lance poised for any knight of respectful bear ing, who choses to cross it. The Russians and Turks continue to kill each other all along the lines—at both ends and in the middle. The Russians have crossed the Danube, and are now preparing a campaign for the Balkans. With an army of 300,000 tho Grand Duke expects to drive the Turk across the mountains, and bag him at Constantinople. In Asia the fighting is stubborn, continuous and terrific, with varying successes, but mostly disasters to the Turk. He whipped the Monteuegaus in a pitched battle, and used the Russians terribly at Kars and in the valley of the Arras, but he is gradually melting away under the fire of superior numbers, and liis final overthrow seems but a question of time. The province of Erzeroum is still the seat of war, and there the great armies are marshalling in close proximity for the mastery of the situa tion, and there, in the neighborhood of Kars, a decisive engagement must take place at an early day. The failure of the Russian policy to destroy (he adversary in detail, will render concen tration necessary, and the gizzag move ments of both armies indicate the grandest battle of modern times. The other great powers of Europe continue to be lookers on, and their diplomacy is too well conducted for the outside world to probe their secrets. It is evident that the Ottoman Empire is doomed, but at what stage of its dissolution the Lion, the Game Cock and th 3 Dutch Eagle will begin to prey upon the carcass, is yet an impene trable problem. Russia will whip the fight, but she can never possess the spoils. The h’oorgia Marslialship. W vsHiNGTON, June 22.—The Attor ney General expresses himself satisfied with the explanation of Maj. Smyth, now acting as Marshal of Georgia, un der designation of Judge Bradley, his commissions having expired, an i there are strong indications that Smyth will be commissioned for the third term. The Republicans cannot agree upon a man, and it is against the present Southern policy of the administration to appoint Democrats.” If that insult and outrage is put upon the people of Georgia, we bhall hold ourselves ready to justify and de fend any accident that may befall it. 7 he Gainesville Eagle. “The Gainesville Eagle is one of the largest and best of our weekly exchan ges. This much, perhaps, could Lave been said of the paper at almost any stage in its career, but under the ex perienced and liberal management of Colonel Carey W. Styles, who has re cently taken it iu charge, the Eagle has undergone a great change, and in respect to method, matter and make up, we do nut think it can be improved upon. At one time, and that not very long ago, there was no more aggres sive figure in Georgia journalism i.han Colonel Styles, but a large experience has almost entirely obliterated this characteristic. The Eagle claims the largest circula tion in Northeast Georgia, and is prob ably read by nine thousand persons. It is the official organ of Hall, Banks, Dawson, White, Union and Towns, aud is extensively read in those aud the adjoining counties. During the ses sion of the convention, the Eagle will have a special correspondent at the capital who will keep its readers fully informed as to the proceedings of that body, as well as to current matters of interest. The style of the editar is vigorous and vivid—pronounced aud pictur esque He has ideas and opinions, aud would rather assert them than argue them, but when driven into a controversy no one is readier with ar gument and illustration. The Eagle has not by any means reached the limit of its inlluence and circulation, and we predict that under the manage ment of Colonel Styles it will come to boa power in Georgia politics. —Con stitution. The foregoing superb notice exceeds our merit, but it is appreciated never theless, and is reproduced in the columns of the Eagle for two reasons: First, to let our readers know what experienced and highly cultivated jour nalists think of the paper they are sustaining so nobly, and paying for so tardily; and secondly, to make a little explanation. The friend who wrote the article, refers to our former aggressiveness and our present moderation. There was a time when aggressive journalism in Georgia was a necessity. Freebooters and highwaymen, rogues aud slander ers, petty villains, murderers and as sassins had banded tkemsolvts together to plunder the State, destroy our liber ties and lie our lives away. For three long, dismal years this formidable banditti was confronted by the press, almost without assistance from the few great men (?) the carnage of battle had spared to as, and the odds against it presented the single alternative of victory or death. An aggressive war was, therefore, the true policy and the only hope of success. This we fore saw as early as the mid-summer of 1866, and at once entered the arena full-armoured and solemnly resolved to ‘carry the war into Africa,’ and to make the fight as fierce as the occa sion required. It was a terrible con test, but the ‘aggressive’ policy pre vailed, the enemy was routed, the State was rescued, liberty was restored and the conflict was ended. It is customary in war for the victors, after the battle and the dispersion or capture of the enemy, to cease firing, return to the field, bury the dead, take care of the wounded, gather the spoils and rest in peace. As in war, so in politics. The last foe that opposed resistance, with a manliness that could inspire “aggressive” war'are, disap peared some years ago, and we have disdained to dwarf and travesty the brilliant campaigns of 1807, ’OB, ’O9, ’7O and ’7l, by any Falstaffian bravado or Quixotic tilts with impotent adven turers and powerless adversaries. After the downfall of Radicalism in 1871, and the scattering of its leaders and battalions of plunderers to the four quarters of the globe, it was the plain duty of the press and the people to return to the methods of peace, restore tranquility, save tho wreck, re habilitate tho commonwealth and re vive the industries of the country. Profoundly impressed with a sense of this great duty, and scorning to ‘1 ince a fallen foe or strike tho dead,’ we ceased to be ‘aggressive,’ and turned our attention to the nobler mission of rebuilding on the ruins of the conflict, and effacing the grim monuments of our follies, our misfortunes and our degradation. To-day there is not an enemy in sight—not an adversary to challenge a shot, and only an occa sional ‘dirty dog,' whose relish for notoriety invites ‘aggressive’ action. The victory is complete and it is ours; the government is ours; the country is ours; peace is ours, and by the help of God they will continue to bo ours, and peace, prosperity and happiness will come with virtue and industry, and posterity will call us blessed. The Personnel. We to-day publish a full list of the delegates elected to the Convention, by Districts, and ask the readers of the Earle to examine it carefully. We happen to know a large majority of these gentlemen, and here put upon record our deliberate judgment that Georgia has never called into her ser vice a superior body of men. Very many of the wisest statesmen, ablest counselors and purest patriots in the State are on the list, and as a great High Commission to frame an organic law, its equal has seldom, if ever, been convened in Georgia. It is true there are some poor sticks among them, but the controlling element is of the high est order of intellect and political in tegrity. It is sound, safe and sensible, and we havn’t the slightest apprehen sion of detriment to the commonwealth from its action. Arkansas rid herself of $6,000,000 bogus bonds, instead of $16,000,000,as first reported. Candidates for the Secretaryship.] Several gentlemen are seeking ,ke Secretaryship of the Convention, w )se modesty, it seems to us, is exceede by their insatiate thirst for public ip. From the greedy way in which s me of them clamor for teats, it is fai to presume they have heretofore ft nd bonanzas in clerkships. A goodly >?|m ber of those now urging their coitoe tency and claims, are chronic begairs, and have had their grabbers inftke treasury up to the elbow for lo 1-1 tese many years, and yet, like the kifrse leech’s daughter, their continual cry is ‘give, give.’ And to our cexain knowledge they are neither dver stocked with competency, nor Over burdened with claims upon the p®ple. Already combinations have teen formed, ramifying the whole Staty, by which the chief is to be made tary and all the rest assistants. JPhey seek to stock the game before tie as sembling of the Convention, by tiking in a man with a squad of friends here, another there, and so on circle, till they aggregate strength enougli to elect the head of therio" . # This is a most disreputable enstom, and one that would be ‘more honored iu the breach than the obsorvande/ It is not only an insufferable bore the members, but it actually degrades them to a sort of stock in trade, and they are bartered as other commodities, to suit the whims, caprices and personal gain of their local friend, who is generally a ward or cross-roads politician, and enforces his demands by threats of antagonism at the next election. If we write plainly, we write truth fully. We disclaim any personal feel ing in the matter. Our personal rela tions with the gentlemen referred to are of the kindest character, but we cannot endorse or commend their ever lasting candidacy for public offices of profit. Our censure is based upon gen eral principles, and the indecency of the practice is as obnoxious in one as another. Rotation aud a proper divi sion of spoils would be more in accord ance with the fitness of things, and it strikes us as exceedingly brassy and greedy for those who already hold fat places to be putting in for more. Finally, the Secretaryship of a Con stitutional Convention is an office of dignity as well as profit, and should not be debased by the ‘tricks of the trade’ that usually characterize the organization of the Legislature. Can not this Convention rebuke, and for ever put a stop to the disgusting and corrupting practice ? Judge Crisp. Late on Friday night last, Governor Colquitt commissioned Captain W. F. Crisp, of Americus, Judge of the Su perior Court of the Southwestern Cir cuit, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. J. M. Clark." " fv o ood appointment, and we doubt not will give satisfaction. Judge Crisp is the youngest and handsomest Judge <Jn the Georgia Bench; while his intellec tual endowments and legal culture eminently fit him for the important position to which he has been ap pointed. We like the policy of ap painting young men of mental and physical vigor to offices, when active labor and a great deal of it is required. The business of the country cannot afford to wait for tbo slow pace of in valids, or tlie death of disabled cen tenarians. The Carpet-Bagger. “Colonel Carey W. Styles, in his Gainesville Eagle, calls upon us to ‘tell the country when a carpet-bagger emerges from his chrysalis and be comes an identified Georgian ?’ Col. Styles has got tbo ‘order,’ as the nat uralists say, of the carpet-bagger, wrong. The order emerging from a chrysalis is the Lepidoptera— the won derfully beautiful butterfly is of this order. The order of the carpet-bag ger, is the Gasteropoda- —the crawling, slimy snail is of this order—the snail that carries his house with him, and is at home wherever he may happen to be. In sober earnest, we do not be lieve a real, genuine carpet-bagger could become an ‘identified Georgian.’ We describe a carpet-bagger, as a po litical adventurer to whom existence is only tolerable when coupled with an office. The carpet-bagger infested the South solely for office—no office, no carpet-bagger! Ho cares nothing for the national interests of the State; he does not build up a home for his family and himself; he pays no taxes into the city, or State treasury. If of a thrifty turn of mind, he may build himself a home in Maine, to which he will retire when he loses his office. Two things are necessary to a real,old, original Dr. Jacob Townsend carpet bagger: no material interest in the State and an office—take away the of fice and he flits. No ! Col. Styles, we think it impossible for a carpet- bagger to become an ‘indentified Georgian,’ whatever that may be. Ask some hard questions I”—Atlanta Independent. The explanation and definition are accepted. We owe you one, Colonel, and shall not die till you are paid. The Islet.— The heat of these warm days has expanded the State of Rhode Island very perceptibly. The Rhode Islanders are very proud of the in creased size of their little State, and propose driving pegs around the edges to prevent its shrinkage during the winter months. The Treasurer of State has been directed to purchase a tinful of shoe-pegs for this purpose. To enable him to make the purchase the State will issue four per cent, bonds, with the certificate of John Sherman attached, countersigned by the astute Frenchman he has in the Department, that the principal and in terest are payable in gold only, not withstanding any law that may be in existence to the contrary.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Plays, reeitftiious, songs and charades, at College commencement, week after next. Wliat Our New Wheat is Worth. There seems to be a combination among our Georgia millers not to em ploy agents to purchase wheat in Northern Georgia, and hence farmers cannot get a fair offer for their crops. We are pleased to announce the fact, however, that J. D. Head & Cos. have orders for wheat from Cincinnati, and are offering fair prices for early deliv ery, and have purchased several crops at $1.40 per bushel, for amber and good red. Louisville and Cincinnati are able and willing to buy all the wheat Upper Georgia can spare, and pay good prices for it. Through rates of freight are lower to the North than to the South. Cheer up, farmers, if our millers do not want your wheat, the millers of the North do.—Carters ville Express. We are informed that it is very difficult for planters in this section to get money for their wheat. Buyers offer a barter business only, and in the exchange of cheap goods for the golden graiD, get it at about half its value. Our advice to planters is to wait till their wheat is wanted, and the money will come. It is within our knowledge that their wheat is wanted, and that very soon purchasers will be in this market with ample means to pay the highest market price in cash. The thing to be done just now is to save the crop. Every bushel of the superb crop should be housed this week. It is in danger as long as it is in the field, and those who neglect to save it now, whilo they can, will de serve to lose it, which they will be sure to do if a rainy spell should sot in. The duty of the hour is to lay aside everything else, and save the wheat. It is bread and money—the two things most needed by every man and woman in the country. Since the above was in type, Messrs. Smith & Jenkins, brought in an adver tisement, announcing their readiness to buy 5,000 bushels of wheat at high est cash prices. They are enterprising men, and we are glad that they enter the wheat market so promptly. Don’t Touch the Capitol. The capital question is about the only ‘bone of contention’ that is likely to disturb the harmony of the Conven tion, or cause dissension in the Demo cratic party. All the other questions can be disposed of without producing a ripple of discord, but this one is a pandora’s box, and it is full of evils. The Convention is not called to enable discontents and mischief makers to gratify their prejudices and exercise their hates, but to make an organic law for the whole people and for posterity. Let no side issues or disturbing elements thwart this great purpose. The Capitol is at the right place—there it should remain, and there it will remain. The submission of the question of removal will stir up strife, engender bitter antagonisms, divide the white people, resurrect rad icalism, foment sectionalism, endanger the new Constitution, elect a Feltonian administration in 1880, and shiver the ‘Solid South.’ Let no such issue be raised. If the battle, however, is to be fought, let it be fought in the Conven tion, and there let the monster bo squelched forever. A Call to Business. HAYES’ CIVIL SERVICE OIUIER. Washington, June 23.— Executive Mansion, June 22, 1877. Sir: I desire to call your attention to the following paragraph in a letter addressed by me to the secretary of the treasury on the conduct to be observed by officers of the general government in relation to the elections: No officer should be required or permitted to take part in the management of political organiza tions, caucusses, conventions or elec tion campaigns. Their right to vote and to express their views on public questions either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. No assessment for political purposes on officers or subordinates should be allowed. This rule is applicable to every department of the civil service. It should be un derstood by every officer of the gener al government that he is expected to conform his conduct to its require ments. Very respectfully, R. B. Hayes. The Philadelphia Times thinks Bill lock’s trial will never take place, and adds; ‘llis operations in Georgia were very much like Tweed’s in New York; they involved too many promi nent men of both sides to make an ex posure desirable.” Can this be true ? Are the tin-boxes of Bullock and Blod gett more formidable than dynamite ? If there are any guilty Democrats in Georgia, let them be exposod.—Chron icle and Constitutionalist. It will never do. They are all in high places now, and it would be a pity to topple them over. When Bul lock left they first cried ‘thief’ to divert public attention from their own depre dations; and finding the people willing to be gulled, shouted more lustily and increased the volume of their vehe mence to a ‘tidal wave’ of blatent pat riotism, upon which they rode into places of trust, koner and profit. The War Against the Jews. —The war against the Jews on the part of the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, is a very discreditable affair in this en lightened age, and is bound to react against those who practice the pro scription.—Nashville Banner. Pooh ! pooh ! ‘There’s millions in it’ for Hilton. His hotels will be crowded with the richest and most fashionable people in America, and his sales at the two great Stewart estab lishments will be doubled. It was a business transaction, and a master stroke of policy. He may lose the six millions of lsraelitish trade, but he will gain twenty millions from native American merchants, who hate the Jew as a competitor. THE COSSTITUTINAL CONVENTION. Who Shall be the President. Editors Constitution—The forego ing question is one that demands the serious attention of every delegate to the convention, as well as of every good and intelligent citizen through out the state. The convention will be one of the most important and far reaching events in the history of Geor gia, and to effect the noble purposes for which it is designed, calls for the highest intelligence, the most unselfish patriotism, the most devoted loyalty to truth and right of which the repre sentative men of our state are capable. The existence of these qualities be ing granted, it is next of the utmost importance that they be exercised in strict conformity with the canons of statesmanship and wisely directed for the convention, and the welfare of the commonwealth. The presiding officer should be, in the first place, a man of unquestionable patriotism, a man whose record is without a blemish in the past or in the present, a man who has rendered signal service to the state, a man of firmness, tact, great ability, of towering personal influence, sanctioned rectitude of character, and thoroughly versed in parliamentary laws and usages. A man who can not fill this special measure to the brim will fail to realize the importance and dignity of the station, and disappoint the hopes as well as the stern demands of the people. The object of this brief article is to direct the eyes of the people to the distinguished Georgian who will, in every respect illustrate the impera tively essential qualities we have named and honor the high office of president. We allude to General A. K. Lawton of Chatham. No eminent man in our state enjoys more fully the es teem and confidence of the people, and his election to the presidency of the constitutional convention would be hailed with delight and satisfaction by all classes. Let the patriot, conserva tive and representative Georgian be called unanimously to preside over the deliberations of this convention of the people. North Georgia. Referring to the above, the Consti tution says: “We print e'sewhere a communica tion from a prominent citizen of Geor gia suggesting that Gen. Alexander R. Lawton, of Savannah, be made presi dent of the constitutional convention, and we allude to it here for the pur pose of endorsing every word that is said in favor of the General. There is no purer patriot, no truer Georgian, no honester man, no more accom plished gentleman than A. R. Lawton. His distinguished abilities are gener ally recognized throughout the state, and his large political and parliamen tary experience peculiarly fit him to preside over the deliberations of such a responsible body as the constitution al convention. The name of ex-governor Charles J. Jenkins has also been mentioned in connection with the presidency of the convention, and in what we have said of General Lawton we would not by any means be understood as endeavor ing to exalt him above the noble old Roman who was so true and faithful to Georgia when she needed true and faithful sons; but we feel sure that neither of these distinguished citizens will allow their names to be used in opposition to each other. They will each endeavor to subserve the inter ests and the will of the people and to that extent only is either ambitious.” How Silver was Demonetized. [Essex County (N. J.) Press.] The scheme to deprive our people of the use of the silver dollar as a legal tender was concocted in London, and was carried throgh our Congress by the lavish use of money. The follow ing from the Congressional Record of April 9, 1872, page 2, 034, we cite as the first evidence of corruption: Mr. Hoouer, Chairman of the Com mittee of Coinage, in his report, states: Ernest Lloyd of London, a distin guished writer and bullionist, who is now here and has given gseat atten tion to the subject of mint and coin age, after exaining the first draft of this bill, made various sensible sug gestions, which the committee adopted and embodied in the bill. Now who was this man Lloyd of London and whom did he represent? Let the following from the Banker’s Magazine of August, 1873, answer: In 1872, silver being demonetized in France, Germany, England and Hol land, a capital of one hundred thou sand pounds ($500,000) was raised, and Ernest Lloyd of Loudon, was sent to this country with tnis fund as the agent of the foreign bondholders and capitalists, to effect the same object,! which was successful. This completes the chain of evidence. j Mr. Hooper admitted that the London | agent. Ernest Lloyd, drafted that part of the coinage act of 1873 which dropped out the silver dollar. It was pushed through Congress at midnight, when but few members were present, and the fraud was not generally known until after Congress had adjourned, so cunningly did the rascals perform their business.” The same paper, with great sense, denies that money is an intrinsic value. It says: “The great delusion of the age is, that money must have intrinsic value, or in other words that nothing can be money unless it is of intrinsic value. The greenback movement is an organ ized protest against this belief. This idea holds the mass of men in subjec tion. It is a terrible delusion. The world lias been held a captive to it for thousands of years, and hence, it is not strange that men freo themselves slowly from the old folly. Money ought not to have intrinsic value among civilized people. The masses require education on this great point. Their ignorance is taken advantage of to keep them poor. Money is a token, a representative of value, not value itself. The great revolution that is taking place will not stop until the people are freed from the delusion and snare that money is value. There can be no general prosperity until people know and believe this, and act upon it, and compel political parties and the government to act upon it It is discouraging to an editor to see how few men interest themselves in this great question. To go a fishing or lounge arouud a store is more agrte able to many. People will be in serf dom to the power until they root this heresy out of their minds and see the truth and act it.” SELIHMAN’S REMEDY. A Sensible View of the Matter. A great deal has been said and a great many paragraphs written, by a great many fools, about the exclusion of Seligman from the Grand Lnion hotel, by Judge Hilton, and the remedy. We have been a little amused and vast ly disgusted at the efforts to give the affair national importance and political complexion; but the proposition to apply the tests of the civil rights bill to the Stewart estate, sinks beneath contempt. It could come only from one of the two classes, Puritans and shylocks, who make gold their God, and are always ready to compromise wounded flesh and honor for a con sideration . Whitelaw Reid’s view of the remedy is sensible and dignified. He says: “If the proprietor of the Grand Union has made a mistake he will be the heaviest sufferer from it himself, and the Hebrew families will have no difficulty in finding excellent quarters elsewhere, and all the attention and civility they are able to pay for. It is cortaiuly not worth while to try the effect of the Civil Rights Law in regu lating the relations between Israelites and hotel-keepers; because no gentle man has so little self-respect as to force his custom unnecessarily upon a host who does not want it, nor indeed is if possible, by any law, however stringent, to settle a question like this, which can only be adjusted by the ordinary rules of trade. The dignified and seu | sible course for those who feel that | they have been insulted at ihe Grand Union on account of their race or re ligion, is to withdraw quietly and in a body to some establishment conducted upon a more liberal and business-like plan. They may be sure that the American people detest unjust and in vidious distinctions, especially when they are based upon differences of creed, and that they will always respect people who respect them selves.” NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MRS. J. W. WHITE, FASHIONABLE DRESS MAKER, MAIN STREET, KING HOUSE, NEAR THE COLLEGE, |J AS recovered from her receut illness, and is prepared to Cut, Fit and Make all kinds of Clothing by Gurley’s chart and from the latest fashion plates. Making “anld claes a’maist” ns good as new a specialty. june2l) tf TEA AMTS WANTED. We wish an Agent, Male or Female, in each town of this country, to get u]> Clubs among families, hot Is, factories, etc., for the sale of our Teas, and will oiler very liberal commissions to such. Wo have been importers of Teas for over twenty years, and can afford to send, and will send a better article for the money than any other house in Now York. Our Teas are put up in one pound packages, with the name and price printed upon each. Address, with references, for terms and blank form for Clubs, or send us an order fora sample lot, which wo will forward at lowest Club price, C. O. D. London, New York and China Tea Cos,, 20 Clm tell Street, juuo22-4m Or, P. O. Box 574, N. Y. Assig-iioe , s IVotice. Iu Bankruptcy- -Northern District of Georgia. At Gainesville, the ltith day of June, 1877. rPHE undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as assignee of Andrew B. C. Dorsey, of Gainesville, in the county of Hall and State of Georgia, within said District, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own petition, by the District Court of said District. G. H. PRIOR, june22-3t* Assignoe. IlWI) warrants, College Land Scrip, Anil Kevoliil ionary Scrip, Bought and sold on commission, by M. W. HI DUN, United States Claim Agent. N. B. Parties holding Warrants as Admin istrator, Executor, Guardian, etc., will be fully advised how to proceed with them by writing to mo. M. W. RIDEN. june22-tf The Convention. 'VTOWthat it is certain a Convention will ho held, Jj\ we take pleasure iu announcing that the pro ceedings of that body will ho reported for llio Con stitution by a member of our editorial staff', who is acknowledged one of the most accomplished short hand writers in the country. Considerable interest will attach to these proceedings, and those who desire to read or preserve a verbatim history ot the labors of the Convoution will do well to send in their subscrip tions at once. OWK DOIiXjAH will get Hie Weekly constitution till January 1. 1878, or I’ive Hollars the Daily Constitution the same length of time, postage free. Address ju*e>2 CONSITTUTION, Atlanta, Os. The Attention of Farmers is Called to Our AMERICAN MAMMOTH RYE, Or Diamond Wlieul, FOR FALL OR SPRING SOWING, A New Variety, entirely distinct front the Common It ye or any other Grain ever lilt rod need. IT WAS FIRST FOUN > GROWING WILD ON THE Humboldt River, Nevada; siuco which time it hati been successfully cultivated wherever tried. It yields 1 com sixty to eighty bushels to the acre. Mr. A. .T. Dufnr, United States' Centennial Commissioner from Oregon, asserts that ho has known it to yield eighty seven and a half bushels to the acre. It was awarded the highest and only premium at the United States' Centennial Exposition, and pronounced the finest and only grain of the kind on exhibition. ;t lias been grown as a Fall and Spring grain with equal success, single grains measuring one-half inch in length, and the average close to that. Price per package 25 cts.; Five packages $1 00; One dozen packages $2 00. Sent post-paid by mail. Agents wanted everywhere to introduce this Wheat. Notice.— We are in no way connected with any other seed house in Cleveland or Chattanooga. All otders, letters, etc., should bo plainly addressed, thus S. Y. HAINES & CO., Cleveland, Bradley Cos., Tenn. Branch House, Sweetwater, Monroe county, Trim. tt A' Sample sent free on receipt of a three cent stamp. juue22-4t JOHN FLANNERY, JOHN L. JOHNSON Managing partner late firm L. -J. Guilmartin Cos., 1805 to 1877. JOHN FLANNERY A CO., COTTON FACTORS COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 3 Kelly’s Block, Bay Street, Ssiv si nii si h , G c orgiti . Agents for Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics, etc., etc. Bagging and Iron Ties for sale at lowest market rates. Prompt attention given to all business en trusted to us. Liberal cash advances made on consignments. tfs. Our Mr. FLANNERY having purchased Ihe entire assets and assumed the liabilities ot the late firm of L. J. GUILMARTIN A CO., we will at tend to ad outstanding business of that firm. 'itM junels~6m L. J. GUILMARTIN. J. R. GAUDRY, f Late Cashier Southern Bank ( State of Georgia. L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO., COTTON FACTORS A N D Commission Merchants, Kelly's Block, Buy Street, Savannah, G-eorgia. Bagging and Iron Ties for sale at lowest market rates'. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to us. Liberal cash ad vances made on consignments. Junela-6m The Highest Honors AT THE Centennial Exhibition. The judges unanimously recommend the MENDELSSOHN Grand, Square and Upright Pianos FOR THE Diploma of Honor J Medal of Merit. PRICES BELOW COMPETITION For Strictly First-class Instruments, SOOO Pianos For $2501 And all other styles iu the same proportion, sold direct to the people at factory prices, IVU COMMISSIONS TO AGENTS, NO DISCOUNTS TO TEACHERS. NO DEVIATION IN PRICE. The Mendelssohn Pianos Are the only ones which are sold direct to the people at factory prices, and the only low priced Pianos which have received the endorsement of any high avthohity, such hk the Judges at the Great Centen nial. They contain every improvement adopted by the best makers, besides valuable patents and Im provements never before introduced. They are Matchless in tone, Purest in quality, Finest in finish, Most durable in use, Cheapest in Price, MATIIUSHKK’S New Patent Duplex Overstrung Scale Is the greateat advance in the history of Piano mak ing, producing the most astonishing , richness and depth of tone, and a sustaining singing quality never before sustained, being a “Grand Piano iu a Square Case.” The Mendelssohn Uprights Are tlie Pine*! in America. They are pronounced the , “PIANOS OF THE FUTURE.” Manufactory and Warerooms: Nos. 490, 492, 494, 490 and 488 West 57 Hi Street. Nos. 858, 800, 864, 804, 808 and 870 lOt h Avenue. PIANOS SENT ON TRIAL. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue mailed free. MENDELSSOHN PIANO COM’Y., lliisiicn* Office No. HroatVw ay. X. V. june22-ly Atlanta and Charlotte A I R-Li 11\ k, OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, Atlanta, Ga., June 8, 1877. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, *l*o Take Effect Sunday, June 10. GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 4.00 p- nj . Arrive at Gainesville 0.24 p' m. New Holland 6.29 p. m. hula 6.55 p. m. Bellton (Supper) 7.00 p. m. Mt. Airy 7.60 p . Toccoa 8.21 p. m. Greenville 11.18 p . m . Spartanburg 12 52 a. m. Charlotte 4.12 a. m Charlotte (Railroad) Junction 4.2(1 a. m. GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte (Railroad! Junction 7.00 p. m. Charlotte 7.10 p.m. Arrive at Spartanburg 10 42 p. rn. Greenville 11.30 a. iu Toccoa 3.47 a. m. Mt. Airy 4.70 a , Iu f-'da 5.58 a. tu. New Holland 5.13 a.m. Gainesville 5.43 a , m Buford (Breakfast) 6.31 a. m. Atlanta 8.45 a , m ' ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leave 7.15 a. in Atlanta Arrive 5.15 p. m. Sundays excepted. CL J. FOREAORE. General Manager. W. J. HOUSTON, General Pass. and Ticket Agent. Schedule Northeastern Railroad, Change of Schedule. On and after Monday, June 11th, 1877, the morning train on the Northeastern Railroad will be discontinued. The evening train will run as follows: EVENING TRAIN. Leave Athens 4.30 p m Arrive at Lula 6.50 p. m Leave Atlanta via A. L. R. R .1 00 ~ 7 :oo££ Arrive at Athens 9.20 p. ai I his train will make close connection at Lula with passenger train on Air-Line Rail road from Atlanta going North. J. M. EDWARDS, June 15-tt Superintendent. DOCTOR! rphe Atlanta Medical and Surgical Jour t, J l ".,’ the „°i lleEt a>‘d best Medical Publication in the South, will be Bent to you ono year for S2.So if you send in your subscription, if & ■ accompanied by the money, before the first of September.- The Journal is ab, y edited, and furnishes sixty-four octavo pages of fresh medical literature every month. Don’t delay, but send in your subscriptions at one*. Printing at “Bottom** prices. Send JMr Estimates. Address H. H. DICKSON, Proprietor, june22-3m 32 Broad Street, Atlanta, Ga.