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The Gainesville Eagle.
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G E NI: ft Alx D1 It ECTO KY.
Hon. George D. Klee, Judge S. C. Western Circuit.
A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athens, Qa.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. B. M. Wlnburn, Ordinary.
John L. Gaines, Sheriff.
J. If. Duckett, Deputy Sheriff.
J. J. Muyue, Clerk Superior Court.
N. B. Clark, Tax Collector.
J. It. H. Luck, Tax Receiver.
Gideon Harrison, Surveyor.
Edward Lowry, Coroner.
It. V. Young, Treasurer.
CHUP.CH DIRECTORY.
Phksiiytkuian Ouurch—Rev. T. P. Cleveland. Pas
tor. Preaching overy Sabbath—morning and night,
except the second Sabbath. Su day School at 9a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4 o’clock.
Mktuodiht Church—Uev. D. D. Cox. Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning and night. Sunday
School at 9a. m. Prayer mooting Wednesday night.
Baptist Church Rev. W. O. Wilkes, Pastor.
Preaching Sunday morning. Sunday Sehool at 9 a.
ui. Prayer mooting Thursday eveuing at 4 o’olock.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A. M. Jackson, President,
it. C. Maddox, Vice President.
W. B. Clements, Secretary.
Regular services every Sabbath eveuing at one of
tho Churches. Cottage prayer meeting* every Tues
day night in “ORTTown,” aud Friday night near the
depot.
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Flow kb y Branch Lodge No. 70, I. O. O. TANARUS., meets
every Monday night, Joel Laseteb, N. G.
B. F. Stedham, Bec.
Allbsuanv Roval Arch Chapter meets on the Sec
ond and Fourth Tuesday evenings in each month.
W. M. Puckett, See’y. A. w. Caldwell, H. P.
Gainesville Lodge, No. 219. A.*. F.n M.n, meetf
on tho First and Third Tuesday evening in the month
R. Palmobb, Bec’y. R. E Green, W. M.
Air-Live Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O, F., meets every
Friday evening.
C. A. Lillv, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G.
Morning Star Lodge, No. 313, I. O. G.T., meets ev
ery Thursday evening.
Claud Estes, W. S. J. P. Caldwell, W. C. T.
North-Eastern Star Lodge, No. 385 I. O. G. TANARUS.,
moots evory Ist and 3d Saturday evenings, at Antlocl;
Church. F. S. Hudson, W. C. T.
H. W. Rhodes, Secretary.
GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE.
Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlanla
and Charlotte Air Lire Railroad, the following will
bo tho schedule from date;
Mail fro n Atlanta [fast] 6.24 p. m.
Mall for Atlanta [fasti - 5.43 a.m.
Office hours; From 7 a. m. to 12 in., and from
1> p. in. to 7 p. m.
General delivery open on Sundays from 8J to 914.
Departure of malls from this office:
Dahlouega and Gilmer county, daily 8> . m
Dalilonega, via Wahoo and Ethel, Saturday B>4 a. 111
Jefferson tc Jacksou county, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 7 a. m
Cleveland, White, Union, Towns and Hsyes
ville, N. 0., Tuesdays and Fridays 7 a. m
Dawsonvillo and Dawson county, Saturday..... Ba. m
Homer, Banks county, Saturday ..1 p. m
Pleasant Grove, Forsyth county, Saturday ... 1 p. in
M. R. ARCHER, P.M.
Professional and Business Cards.
LAND WARRANTS,
College Lnnd Scrip,
And Kevolutionary Scrip,
Bought and sold on commission, by
M. W. HI DEN,
United States Claim Agent.
N. It. Parties bolding Warrants as Admin
istrator, Executor, Guardian, etc,, will be
fully advised bow to proceed with them by
writing to me. M. W. ItIDEN
june22*tf
J. L. PEERS A. A. CAMPBELL
PEERS & CAMPBELL,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Nos. T niul 13 Marietta Street,
Atlanta, Gn.
Roferoncoa—Wm. It. J. Lowry, J. It. Wiley, J. C.
Carter, Stephens ,1: Flynn. apr'i7-8m
A. .1. HIIAEFMH, M. D~
Physician and Surgeon.
Special AMenlinn fsiven I<> Diseases
Common to Women. -49
Office near Northeast corner Public Square.
Always in office whou not professionally
engaged.
Gainesville, Ga., May 25, 1877. ly
MARKHAM IIOUSE.
BY .J. E. OWENS,
At tlio East End of the Union Depot,
Atlanta, G-a.
Attention by W. D. WILEY and T. A. HAMMOND,
mayll-tf
A. e. MOSS,
Attorney at Law,
Homer, Banks County, Georgia.
TjrriLL ATTEND PROMPTLY to all bnsi
vv ness intrusted to bis care. marO-ly
MARLEtt & PEUUY.
Attorneys at law. Gainesville, ga.
Office iu the Court House. One or the other of
the firm always present. Will practice in Hall and
adjoining comities. suh23-1j
I) It. It. B. ADAIR,
DENTIST,
Gniuesville, tin.
janli ly
MARSHAL L. SMITH,
Attorney and counsellor at law,
DaiosonviUe, Dawson county, Ga.
janll tf
JOHN B. ESTES,
Attorney-at-law, Gainesville, Haii county.
Georgia.
C. J. wellborn”
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Blairsville, Union county,
Georgia.
SA M r EL C. DUN LA F,
Attorney at law, Gaincniiu, Ga.
Office in the Candler building, in the room
occupied by the Kegle in 1875. aprstf.
WIERBOYD,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Dahlonega, Ga.
A 1 will Practice in the counties of Lumpkin,
Dawson. Gilmer, Fannin, Union and Townseounties
n the Blue Ridge Circuit; and Hall, White and
Rabun in the Western Circuit.
May 1, 1874-tf.
M. W. 11l DEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW; OtnnewHU, Georgia.
Jan. 1, 1876-ly
J. j. TURNBULL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Homer, Sa —Will practice
in all the counties composing the Western Cir
cuit. Prompt atteniiou given to all claims entrusted
to his care.
Jan.l. 1875-ly.
JAMES A BUTT,
Attorney at law & land agent, BinimiUe
Ga. Prompt attention given to all business
entrusted to his care. June 2,1871-ti
The Gainesville<Eagle.
Devoted to Polities, News of the Day, The l urm Interests, Home Matters, i.n.l Choice Miscellany.
VOL XI,
Facts for the People.
It Is an undeniable fact that no article was ever
plaoed before the public with so rnuoti undis
puted evidence of its great medical value, as the
YEQETINE.
For every eomplaint for which Vegetixi: Is
recommended, many testimonials of what it has
done is furnished to the public at large, and no
one should fail to observe that nearly all of the
testimonials are from people right at home,
where the VKGETINK Is prepared, and as tho
streets and numbers are given, there can be no
possible doubt about the matter.
„ „ Boston, Dec. 17,1872.
H. R. Stereos, Esq.: Dear Sir—May I ask the
favor of you to make my ease public ?
In 1861, while on picket duty in the army, I
was taken with a ,nt, which lasted all night.
Was taken into camp and dosed with whiskey
ami quinine. After this had fits everv day', and
was taken to Newbern Hospital, and there
treated l>r the attending physicians. I grew
worse and was sent home. Remained in poor
health for four years, treating witli many physi
cians and trying many remedies. Finally Scrof
ula made its appearance on different parts of
my body, and my head was so diseased as to bo
frightful to look at, and painful beyond endur
ance. After trying the most eminent physicians,
without improvement, a change of climate was
advised.
Have been to tho Hot Springs in Arkansas
twice, each time giving their treatment a
thorough trial. Finally carno back to Boston,
discouraged, with no hope of help. Life was a
burden to oue in my situation. Mv disease, and
the effect of so much powerful medicine, had so
damaged my system that the action of my stom
ach was apparently destroyed, and my head was
covered with ulcers which had in places eaten
into the skull bone.
The best physician* said my blood was so full
of poison they could do no more for me. About
this time a friend who had been an invalid told
me Veoetixk had restored him to perfect health
and through his persuasion I commenced taking
V EGErixK. At this time i was having Jits al
most every day. X noticed the first good effects
of \ KGETixu in my digestive organs. .My food
sat bettor and my stomach grew stronger. I
began to feel encouraged, for 1 could sec my
health slowly aud gradually improving. With
renewed liojie I continued taking the Vkge
ii.NK, until it had completely driven (liucase out
. of my body. It cured tlio fits, gave me good
pure blood, and restored me to perfect health’
which I had not enjoyed before for ten years’
Hundreds of people in tho city of Boston can
voucli for the above facts.
Veuetixe lias saved my life, and yon are at
liberty to make such use of this statement as
pleases you best, ami 1 beg of you to make it
known that other sufferers may find relief with
less trouble and expense than I did.
it will afford me great pleasure to show the
marks of my disease or give any further infor
mation relative to my case to all who desire it
1 am, sir, very gratefully, JOHN PECK,
No. 30 Sawyer street, Boston, Mass.
Twenty-Seven Years Ago.
H. K. Stevens, Esq.: Dear Sir—This is to cer
tify that my daughter was taken sick when she
was three years old, and got so low that we were
obliged to keep her on a pillow, without moving
to keep the little thing together. She was at
tended by several physicians the regular at
tending one being old Dr. John Stevens. Tliev
all pronounced her case incurable. She hail
been sick about a year, when hearing of the great
Blood Remedy, Vboetixe, I commenced giving
her that, and continued it regularly till she was
about seven year* old, when she was pronounced
pertectlv cured. During her sickness three
pieces of hone were taken from her right arm
above the elbow, one of them being very long
Several small pieces were also taken from her
ielt leg. She is now twenty-seven years old, and
1* enjoying good health, and has ever since she
wag seven year* old, with no signs of Scrofula
or any other blood disease. Her arm is a little
crooked, but she can use it almost as well as the
other. Her legs are of equal length, and she is
not in the least lame. Her case was Scrofula
inherited in the blood; and 1 would recommend
a 1 those having Scrofula Humor or any other
blood disease, if they wish to have a perfect
cure, to try Vegetixe, the reliable blood rem
edy, which docs not weaken the system like
many other preparations recommended, but, 011
the contrary, it is nourishing and strengthening.
My daughter’s case will fully testify this, for I
never saw nor heard of a worse form of Scrofula.
HULDA SMITH,
19 Monument street, Charlestown, Mass.
MBS. SARAH M. JONES,
April ,0 18-0 ™“ street ’ Charlestown, Mass.
Q '£ h ,° above statement shows a perfect cure of
scrotuia in. its worst form, when pronounced
incurable, of a child four years of age, twentv-
Wiree years ago. The lady, now twenty-seven
years old, enjoying perfect health.
VEGETESE is Sold by all Druggists.
jyTFSJPILLS
A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
weight in gold .
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
Dr. Tutt: —Dear Sir: For ten years I have been
a. martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Last
spring your plll were recommended to me ; I used
them (but with little faith]. lam now a well man,
have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
They are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
▼IITT!A nil B Dr. Tutt has been en-
TUT PS PIILo ed in the i )ractfce o{
medicine thirty years, and
CURB SICK HEAD- for a longtime wasdemon.
stratorof anatomy in the
- -- . Medical College of Geor-
TUTT’S PILLS M C h e aSSS , eBU U aS , „'
CURB DYSPIfPSIA. tee that they are prepared
■■■■■ on scientihc principles*,
TUTT’S PILLS q"acterV rcc from aU
CURB CONSTIPATION coJn'hining " the
.—JTTZ “ , , _ heretolore antagonistic
TUTT’S PILLS
CURB PILES. i jymg tome.
Their first apparent el-
TIITTJO Dfl i O feet is to increase the ap
lUI I r:LLf- petite by causing the food
CUIIE agu! R AND Tlmsthesystmn’is'nonr:
islied, and by their tonic
Turns pills sSiSSiSS
CURE BILIOUS COLIC 'Hie rapidity with which
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TIITTJO Dll I O while under the influence
IUI Id liLLu of these pills, of itself in-
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PLAINT. to nourish tiie body, and
-m, -r 11 ii hence their efficacy incur-
TUTT’S PILLS
ing of the muscles, slug-
CURE TORPID LIVER gishness of the liver,
chronic constipation, and
imparting health and strength to the system. Si>ld
everywhere. Office, 35 Mu ray Street, New York.
■ triumph OF SCIENCE7I
fl Gray Hair can he changed -to a 9
■ glossy black by a single application of fl
■ Dr.Tutt’s Hair Dye. It acts like magic, Kg
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fl Price SI.OO. Office 35 Murray St., N.Y. fl
What is Queen’s Delight?
Read the Answer
It is a plant that grows in the South, and is spe
cially adapted to the cure of diseases of that climate.
NATURES OWN REMEDY,
Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrof
ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic affections. Alone,
it it a searching alterative, but when combined with
Sarsaparilla, Y ellow Dock, and other herbs, it forms
Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla
and Queen’s Delight,
The most powerful blood purifier known to medical
science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul
discharges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects of
secret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com
plexion, and builds up the body wita
HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type
have been radically cured by it. Being purely veg
etable its continued use will do no harm* The best
time to take it is during the summer and fall; and
instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you
will enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists.
Price, si.oo. Office, 35 Murray Street, .New York.
{ 4 EORGIA, HALL COUNTY. —D. P. Casey,
" Executor of the last will and testament
of John Caey of said county, deceased, ap
plies for letters dismissory from said executor
ship;
Therefore ail parsons interested are hereby
cited to file their objections (if any they have)
and show cause (if any they can) why said
Executor should not be discharged from *is
said trust, otherwise said letters will be
granted the applicant at the September term
of the Court of Ordinary for said' comity, to
be held on the first Monday of said month,
1877. J. B. M. WINBURN, Ordinary.
Ordinary’s office, May 8, 1877. * mayll-3m
A COUSTRY HOME.
BY ELLEN P. ALLEETON.
A 1100 k among the bills; a little farm
■Whose fertile acres yield us daily bread:
A homely, low-browed dwelling, snug and
warm,
With wide blue country-skies bung over
head.
No costly splendor here, no gilding glow;
No dear-bought piotures hang upon the
walls;
But bright and happy faces come and go
And through the windows God’s sweet sun
shine falls.
We are not rich in heaps of hoarded gold;
We are not poor, for we can keep at bay
The poor mans haunting spectres, want and
crime—
Can keep from owing debts we cannot pay.
With wholesome plenty is our tablo spread;
With genial comfort glows our evening fire;
The fierce night winds may battle overhead;
Safe is our shelter, though the strife be
dire.
When days grow long and winter storms are
o’er;
Here come the first birds of the tarly
spring,
And build their cunning nests beside the
door,
Teaching sweet lessons as they work and
sing.
Here come our friends—a dear and cherished
few—
Dearer, perchance, than if they numbered
more;
We greet them with a hand-clasp warm and
true,
And give them the best we have in store.
What though the rooms be small, and low the
root ?
What though we can but offer simple fare ?
It matters not; so friendship’s warp and roof
Are spun of gold, for these we need not
care.
We watch the great world surging like a sea;
But the loud roar of winds and waves at
war,
Subdued by distance, comes melodiously—
A soft Rud gentle murmur, faint and far.
We see the small go up, the great go down,
And bless the peaceful safety of our lot.
The broken sceptre, and the toppling crown,
And crash of falling thrones—these shake
us not.
We have some weary toil to struggle through,
Some trials that we bravely strtve to meet
We have our sorrows, as all mortals do;
We have our joys too, pure, and calm, and
sweet.
Such a life too even in its flow ?
Soo silent, calm, too barren of event
Its very joys too still? Ido not know;
I think he conquers all who wins content.
DOWN TO A BUSINESS BASIS.
They had been married about three
months. The boy from the store ap
peared with a note from her husband.
She clutched the precious missive with
an eager head, tremblingly opened it
and read:
Dear "Wife: Send me a pockethand
kerchief. John.
She went slowly to the drawer to
get the desired article, and while look
ing for it she came across the follow
ing note, dated two weeks after the
wedding:
Sunlight of My Soul: You will have
to send me a handkerchief. Your be
witching eyes so turned my head this
morning that I forgot to take one with
me, for which I shall kiss the s veet
face of my own a thousand times
when I come home. In two hours and
twenty minutes it will be 12 o’clock,
and then I can come to my beautiful
rose. I long to fly to you. A thou
sand kisses I send thee, my fairy wife.
Yours tenderly, John.
She sighed, gave the boy the hand
kerchief, aud sighed again.
COLORED LABOR.
The colored people of this county
have worked harder, and have been
happier the present year than any time
since the war. They have learned by
sad experience that they cannot live
on politics, and that it is either work,
steal or perish, and all the better class
ofthe colored people prefer the former.
A great majority of them would never
meddle with politics if it were not for
a few mean white Radicals iu the
county who want to use them to de
feat the wishes of the intelligent por
tion of our population. The colored
people are, however, beginning to re
ahze the true situation, and to under?
stand the motives of the white scalla
wags who boast that they carry the
colored vote of the county in their side
pockets. The colored people will learn
that under Democratic rule they will
have more liberty, more peace of mind
and more corn-bread, bacon and beans
than they ever enjoyed, when under
control of the Ridical party, and the
sooner they learn it the better for them
and the country.—Griffin News.
Mr. J. Van Barerr, of Clarksville,
Georgia, claims to be the oldest living
railway engineer in the Uuited States.
In the year 1832 the Schenectady and
Saratoga Railroad went into operation,
and in that year imported a locomotive
from England, made and named after
George Stephenson. An English en
gineer came with it, but as he was in
poor health, Van Buren often took his
place. The engine is still held a curi
osity in Schenectady. Mr. Van Buren
is seventy-five years old, and for the
last thirty-five years has lived on his
farm in Georgia.—Harper’s Bazar,
June 16.
Hot alum water is the best ins-ct
destroyer known. Put the alum into
hot water and let it boil till all the
alum is dissolved; then apply it hot
wi h a brush to all cracks, closets,
besdsteads, and other places where the
insects are found. Ants, bed-bugs,
cockroaches and creeping things are
killed by it; while it has no danger of
poisoning the family or injuring the
property.—Journal of Chemistry.
The water is just warm enough for
little boys to drown without danger of
catching cold.
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3, 1877.
THE TEACHERS’ SERIES—No. 2.
Letter from Jackson County Schools
Opening—Educate the Brain as
Well as the Muscle.
Pleasant Hill School,
Jackson County, Ga , July 19, 1877.
Editor Gainesville Eagle. —On the
morning of the 9th inst., according to
previous appointment, the patrons of
the school, with a goodly number of
children, met. After some time was
spent in lively conversation, we pro
ceeded to the affairs of the school.
The first thing in order was to elect a
board of trustees. The following
gentlemen were nominated and unani
mously elected as a Board of Trustees
for the ensuing term, viz: A. J. Wills,
Chairman; J. O. Browning, Martin
Eberhart, James Bryan, W. J. Comer.
These gentlemen are wide-awake to
the interests of their neighborhood,
and the welfare of the young. There
are children enough in this district to
make a school of over fifty scholars.
The people of this section are gener
ally able to give their children a good
education. It is hoped that the peo
ple, not only in this section, but all
over the State of Georgia, will take
greater interest in educating tho Bons
and daughters of our own well favored
laud. They have as much muscle and
brain as is needed to make men and
women. The muscle has been culti
vated, now cultivate the brain. Edu
cation is what we need here in these
Northern and Northeastern counties
of Georgia Nine-tenths of the peo
ple have means enough to give then
children a good English education.
Education will come; and is comming
to their doors. The question now is
with them, whether they will educate
their children or not.
E. M. O.
LETTER FROM FULTON-No. 3.
Another School Opened.
Oak Grove, July 18, 1877., 4
Editor Gainesville Eagle.— Being
desirous of reading your paper, and
letters of the “Petagogue Fraternity”
of the N. G. A. College, I endeavor to
write you a few lines in compliance
with the request you made, of the stu
dents going out to teach in the com
mon schools of this State, during our
commencement. On returning home
I found all enjoying the pleasures of
rural life, busily engaged in their daily
avocations. After making some pleas
ant visits amongst my friends, asso
ciates and relatives, I commenced ray
school 9th July; organized with a
small school, but it is increasing very
fast, and in a short time it will be
very full; have been gettiDg along
well; have my school well classified,
and everything is moving off with un
usual zeal. This being my first com
position that has ever been offered to
the public, I close with my kindest re
gards to you and all my “Petagogue
fraternity.” J. H. A.
LETTER "ROM LUMPKIX NO. 4.
A School at Walioo—Lively Interest in
Education—Abundant Schools
and Luxuriant Props.
Waiioo, Lumpkin Cos., July 26, 1877.
Editor Gainesville Eagle:
Not being willing to let your kind
offer and the chance which I have for
improving in this branch of education
pass, I gladly comply with your request
made in Dahlonega during Commence
ment of the N. G. A. C., by sending
you a short communication for the
Eagle.
I arrived here on Saturday the 14th,
and much to my pleasure found a
hearty welcome among people who are
kind and obliging. But, as you know,
this is nothing strange for North Geor
gia. As to the school interest of this
county, it is alive. This district, ac
cording to subscription, will send
something near 100 of her hard work
ing, bright-minded, and deserving
children, (between 6 and 18 years of
age) giving 40 to 50 to each school. I
am happy to say that this county is
blessed by having the opportunity of
sending the great majority of her
children to school this fall; as but few
have to stay at home for want of teach
ers. lam also glad to inform the
public that more interest is being man
ifested by the parents in the support
of schools than heretofore.
Wheat is estimated to be above an
average crop. Rye is very good Oats,
nearly a failure, owing to the drought
in May and June. Corn has the ap
pearance of being better than last
year, and as a general thing has been
well cultivated; and from close ob er
vation I find an unusual amount of
this profitable grain planted. The
heavy rains during last week brighten-
ed the hopes of not only the farmers
but all. Now, Colonel, as I have noth
ing to say about my “sweet” I will
close. W. F. L.
A. J. Eberhart has opened a school
at Cave City. We cannot supply the
back numbers requested.
Sticking to the Old Lino or Sectional
Hate.
' This is from the Maine Standard,
a Democratic paper of the genuine
metal, and one of the ablest conducted
journals in the country. The following
article is a fair specimen of its prin
ciples and its editorial powers. We
appropriate it in toto:
The line of policy to be pursue 1 by
the rnichine Republicans in the future
is now plainly discernable. The war
upon the South is to be kept up and
all the devilish arts of demagoguery
'Will be constantly invoked to keep
alive the fires of sectional hate and an
imosity. A ‘solid North’ against a
‘solid South’ is now their desire as a
means of continuing their control and
opportunities to plunder the people.
The North is numerically the strongest
and if sectional hatred can be fanned
to an ext nt sufficient to override other
considerations and govern popular ac
tion, the North will control the pat
ronage of the government and machine
politicians will continue to riot on the
public treasury. Blaine’s opposition
lb the annexation of Southern territo
ry while he desires the annexation of
the Canadas is based on this idea of a
continued political war between the
North and Souih. He believes the
success of his party and the gratifica
tion of his personal ambition depend
upon the result of a contest between
sections and hence would like to en
large the boundaries of his section
while restricting those of the other.
Trotting out Packard aud Chamber
lain to harangue the people and fire
the Northern heart is another clear
ind cation of a purpose to embitter and
inflame sectional passions.
The action of the Republicans of
Georgia and Mississippi, in declining
to make any nominations shows very
clearly the part which the carpet-bag
elements have been instructed to play
in this effort. Knowing that a test of
strength at the polls without the aid
lot fraudulent Returning Board ma
chinery would disclose their utter
weakness, they are to ‘cry baby,’ lie
down and pretend that they are afraid
to vote for fear of having the breath
knocked out of their worthless carcas
ses by ku-klux bull-dozers. Thus when
the carpet-baggers can be no longer
utilized as a basis for Returning Board
victories they are to be put to use as
crushed, bull dozed and enslaved
brethren, whose deliverance from
bondage and death wiil be urged as
the paramount duty of ‘Christian
statesmen’ and ‘latter day saints.’ It
is to be a repetition of ‘bloody shirt’
campaigns with the pretended enslave
mint of the entire Rupublican party,
white and black, by bull-dozers, added.
Of course the usual amount of mur
ders, blood and horror will not be
omitted.
This is the kind of feast to which
the people are invited. Perhaps it will
be acceptable to them, but we do not
believe it. A great majority of the
voters of the country declared for
peace and fraternal relation between
the sections by casting their votes for
Tilden & Hendricks at the last election
and none of them will be likely to for
sake the paths of peace to return to
the ways of hatred as the dog does to
hii vomit. Time is the great healer of
animosities as well as wounds, and the
farther the war of the rebellion recedes
into the dead past, the more difficult it
will become for the evil disposed to
revve its smouldering embers. The
present Republican administration is
in harmony with the Democratic party
on this subject, and will by its wise
course of action towards the South add
greatly to (he numbers as well as
moral power of those who are opposed
to the continuance of a sectional war
fare that must inevitably be disastrous
in its effects upon all except those who
may,succeed in obtaining power and
plunder upon such an issue. It is true
that the masses of the Republican
party are such stupid slaves to its un
scrupulous leaders, that they will vote
for anything and everything that they
are ordered to, however disastrous the
consequences to themselves, but there
is yet a percentage of the party that
cannot be thus controlled. Business
men will not always be content to see
their interests languish and suffer in
order that strife may continue for the
benefit of demagogues and political
mountebanks. All these and many
more influences will continually oper
ate to thin the ranks of the party of
hate and swell the numbers of tboa
who seek for that prosperity which is
always found in union and peace. The
power of sectional animosity, once
so potent for evil, is broken and will
never again govern the action of a free
people.
Hot ah Hades. —“ Standing upon the
hill-tops around Cincinnati and look
ing down on the sweltering mortals in
the ‘bottom’ reminds one of Lazarus
looking down in the ‘bottom’ at Dives.’
—Enquire.
Doubtless, Deacon Richard Smith
was the Dives of the picture; but who
in all Cincinnati could take Lazarus’
place in the foreground.
THE PEOPLE
Of the United States Promised to Pay the
Bi ndholders in Greenbacks, and
they Will Euforcs the
Contract.
(From the Esbox County (N. Y.) PreßS.)
THE CONTRACT.
The law authorized the first issue of
greenbacks and 5.20 bonds, is as fol
lows.
ACT OF FEBRUARY 25, 1802.
Section 1. The Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to issue,
on the credit of the United States, one
hundred and fifty millions of dollars of
United States notes, not bearing inter
est, payable to bearer at the Treasury
of the United States, and of such de
nominations as he may deem expedi
ent, not less than five dollars each. *
* * And such notes shall
be receivable in payment of all taxes,
internal duties, excises, debt 9, dues
and demands of every kind due the
United States, except duties on im
ports, and of all claims and demands
against the United States of every kind
whatsoever, except for interest ‘ upon
bonds and notes, which shall be paid
in coin. And shall also be lawful
money and a legal tender in payment
of all debts, public and private, except
duties on imports and interest as
aforesaid. * * * And such
United States notes shall be received
the same as coin, at their par value
IN PAYMENT FOR ANY LOANS
that may be hereafter sold or nego
tiated by the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
Section 2. The Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized to issue
coupon bonds of registered bonds, to
an amount not exceeding five hundred
millions of dollars, redeemable at the
pleasure of the United States after five
years, and payable twenty years from
date, and bearing interest at the rate
of sis per centum per anum, payable
semi-annually. And the Secretary of
the Treasury may dispose of such
bonds at any time, nt the market value
thereof for the coin of the United
States, or for any of the Treasury
notes that have been or may hereafter
be issued nnder the provisions of this
act; and all stocks, bonds, and other
securities of the United States held by
individuals, corporations or associa
tions within the United States, shall
be exempt from taxation by or under
State authority.”
GREENBACKS FOR BONDS.
One currency for the government
and the people, the laborer and the
office holder, the pensioner, the soldier,
the producer, and the bondholder
THE BONDHOLDER
The bondholder demands gold for
his bond; the soldier must must take
greenbacks for his pension.
The bondholder demands gold for
his bond; the laborer must take green
backs for his daily toil.
The bondholder demands gold for
his bond; the farmer and mechanic
must take greenbacks for their produc
tions. The soldier’s pension of sls
was worth about $lO in gold, when the
bondholder’s sls in gold was worth
$22 in greenbacks. SI.OO would buy as
much as $1 50 in greenbacks.
The bondholder obtains his gold and
he grows richer; the soldier, the labor
er, the farmer and the mechanic must
take the greenbacks, and they grow
poorer.
The bondholder pays no taxes upon
his bonds, for they are exempted by
by law; the soldier, the laborer, the
farmer and the mechanic, pay their
own taxes, and the bondholders too.
The bondholder gave greenbacks for
his bonds. He has drawn the interest
in gold, and now he demands gold for
the principal.
In 1863 the average value of a
greenback as compared with gold, was
seventy-one cents; in 1864, fifty cents;
and in 1865, fifty nine cents.
In 1864 the bondholder paid $250 in
gold for a SSOO bond. He has drawn
interest in gold upon it, to the amount
of $l2O, which was worth at least S2OO
in currency. If his bond is paid in
gold he has cleared $250, worth now
$375, and this added to the interest
makes a net profit of $575 in four years
on an investment of $250.
The gold to pay both principal and
interest comes from the tariff that the
government lays on a poor man’s tea,
coffee and sugar, for all other taxes are
paid in currency.
Every pound of tea pays twenty-five
cents in gold to the bondholders’!
Every pound of coffee pays five cents
in gold to the bondholder !
Every pound of sugar pays four
"cents in gold to the bondholder ?
The whole debt is now two thousand
millions of dollars. In one month the
bonded debt was increased sixty-seven
millions, thus adding nearly four mil
lions of annual interest to the burdens
of the people at a clip.
Sixteen hundred millions of the
debt, are by this contract payable in
greenbacks; if this is paid in gold it
adds eight hundred millions to the
value of the bondholder’s claim, and to
the terrible load that now oppresses
the people and destroys their business.
The bondholders demand that labor
and production shall be taxed for their
benefit; they claim they are a priv
ileged class, and exempt from taxa
tion.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you
reduce the burthens of the people.
Everything we eat, drink and wear,are
now taxed to pay the bondholder.
Pay the debt in greenbacks and you
pay it in the currency the bondholder
gave for his bond.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you
stimulate industry and invigorate bus
iness.
Pay the debt in greenbacks, and you
pay it according to contract.
The bondholders say pay the bond
holder in gold. The people say pay
the bondholder according to his con
tract.
THE POEPLE WILL WIN.
Always speak well of the dead, and
once in a while a good word of the
living, if you have the time.
HAS SHE KEPT HEJi FAITH !
Atlanta Successfully Vindicated From the
Prejudice and Foolish Charges
of Bad Faith.
REFGKT OF COMMITTEE ON LOCATION OF THE
CAPITAL—MAJORITY REPORT.
The undersigned, being a majority
of the committee to which was re*
ferred the matter relative to the loca
tion of the capital, beg leave to sub
mit the following resolutions and ac
companying statement to the conven
tion as their report:
Joun Collier,
Francis Fontaine,
M. S. Wallace,
_ Samuel Barrow.
lhe above is the report of a majori
ty of the committee.
M. H. Lewis, Chairman.
Resolved, That the Chairman re
port back to the convention the prop
osition of the city of Atlanta to do
nate lands and erect a Capitol building
in the city of Atlanta for the State of
Georgia, together with a statement in
detail of the money expended by the
city of Atlanta in payment for the
Opera House, now used as a State
Capitol.
Resolved further, That the ques
tion whether Atlanta shall be the per
manent capital be submitted to the
convention, to be by that body de
ciaed, or submitted to the people, as
it may deem most expedient.
The city of Atlanta submits the fol
lowing memorial to the Constitutional
Convention:
If Atlanta is selected by the conven
tion as the permanent capital of the
State, and if such selection is submit
ted, and the same is ratified by the
people, the city of Atlanta will convex
to the State of Georgia, any ten acres
of land in or near the city of Atlanta
now unoccupied; or the square in the
heart of said city, known as the City
Hall lot, containing five acres of land
and bounded by a street on every side,
on which to locate and build a capita!
for the State.
2d. The city of Atlanta will build
for the State of Georgia on the loca
tion selected a Capitol building as good
as the old Capitol building in Milledge
ville.
3d. A copy of this memorial signed
by the Mayor, and certified to by the
Clerk of Council under the seal of his
office, shall be presented to the Consti
tutional Convention, and when the
seat of government shall be perma
nently located in Atlanta, as above
stated, then the proposition herein
contained, if accepted, shall be a bind
ing contract on the city of Atlanta.
City Clerk’s Office, )
Atlanta, July 18, 1877. f
I hereby certify that at a called
meeting of Mayor and Council held
this day at the Mayor’s office, a full
board being present, the above memo
rial was unanimously adopted; and at
a meeting of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen held the same day, a full
board being present, the same was
unanimously concurred in by them.
N. L. Angieu, Mayor.
Frank T. Ryan, Clerk of Council.
A STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF THE MONEY
EXPENDED BY THE CITY OF ATLANTA, IN
PAYMENT FOR THE OPERA HOUSE.
It appears from the evidence before
us that the city of Atlanta, in 18G8,
made a proposition to the authorities
of the State of Georgia that, if the
capital should be located at Atlanta,
that they wo lid furnish, free of cost to
the State, for and during the term of
ten years, a Capitol. At some time in
the year 1868, the city leased fora Cap
itol a portion of what was known as
the Opera House, which was then in
process of erection, from H. I. Kimball,
for the space of five years, at the price,
or sum, of $6,000 per annum.
On the 4th day of December, 1868,
the city of Atlanta issued to H. I. Kim
ball sixty bonds, af SSOO each, which
were to become due at the rate of $6,-
000 per annum.
These bonds were turned over to
Kimball, the Opera House was com
pleted, and on the day of ,
1868, the State of Georgia took charge
of the Capitol, thus furnished, and
have occcupied it ever since.
In the year 1870, the State agreed
to purchase the building that bad been
thus leased by the city of Atlanta, and
to pay for the same the sum of S3BO,
000; the city of Atlanta agreeing, in
the meantime, to pay a sum in the ag
gregate of $130,000 for and on account
of the Capitol, and to bo relieved en
tirely from the first obligation to fur
nish a Capitol, free of cost, to the State
for the term of ten years. The cify of
Atlanta did, accordingly, on the 23d
day of August, 1870, make and deliver
to the State a certificate as follows:
STATE OF GEORGIA —CITY OF ATLANTA.
To whom it may concern :
The Mayor and Council of the city
of Atlanta hereby certify that there is
due from the city of Atlanta to the
State of Georgia the seven per cent,
bonds of said city to the amount of
$130,000, which said bonds said Mayor
and Council propose to contribute
toward the purchase, by the State, of
the Kimball Opera House and which
said proposition has been accepted,
and the purchase lias been made, said
bonds are to be delivered to the holder
of this certificate upon the return
thereof.
This certificate was deposited by H.
I. Kimball w’ith the Governor, to in
demnify tho State against a certain
mortgage for $60,000 that was out
standing against said property, thus
purchased.
On the 25th day of August, 1870, H.
I. Kimball gave to the city the follow
ing receipt:
Received of the City Council of At
lanta, thirty thousand dollars of bonds,
which they have contracted to give the
State in part payment for Capitol
building.
The bonds of the city of Atlanta, to
the amount of $200,000, were pre
pared, bearing date October 29, 1870,
and on the day of December, 1870,
E. N. Kimball presented the before
mentioned certificate to the city au
thorities of Atlanta, and they delivered
to E. N. Kimball $75,000 of bonds of
the city, and E. N. Kimball delivered
up said certificate to the citv authori
ties.
At the time these $75,000 of bonds
were delivered to E. N Kimball, some
question aro:-e between the City Coun -
cil and KirnbaU about interest. This
question was settled between Kimball
and the City Council, and on the 31st
of December, 1870, the balance of
SIOO,OOO of the city bonds were deliv
ered to Kimball. How this certificate
of SIOO,OOO, that was ..placed in th )
hands of the authorities o r the State,
for the protection of the State again fc
the mortgage that was outstanding
against the Capitol building, got out of
the hands of the Executive of the State
NO. 31
and into the hands of Kimball, while
the mortgage was still in full force
against the property, is a question that
your committee have not been able to
determine. We learn that there is an
investigation now being had in the
courts of this State that may throw
some light ou tnis question. Our in
vestigation does not, however, justify
the conclusion that the city of Atlanta
had anything to do with this certifi
cate, after it was placed into the hands
of the State, until it was presented
and the bonds were demanded.
Ou the contrary, after a patient and
careful investigation, we are satisfied
that the city of Atlanta has acted in
the utmost good faith, and that they
have nearly paid every dollar that
they have agreed to pay toward the
purchase of the Capitol building.
It appears that at the time of the
purchase of the Capitol by the State
that there was a mortgage of $60,000
outstanding and unsatisfied against
tae property, which was to be paid be
fore the certificate was delivered up to
any one, and thereby leave the title
unencumbered.
This, for some reason, was not done,
and since that time this mortgage has
been foreclosed on this property by B.
H. Hill & Son, attorneys for holders of
the mortgage. On the 19th day of
July, 1876 the city of Atlanta paid off
and had transferred to them the judg
ment and fi. fa. that had been obtained
on the foreclosure of said mortgage,for
which they paid the sum of $79,233 91.
This fi. fa. and judgment is still held
by the city of Atlanta, with an agree
ment entered into between Governor
James M. Smith and the city of Atlan
ta, that said fi. fa. should not be en
forced against said property so long as
the Capitol shall remain at the city of
Atlanta.
We have made a personal examina
tion of the books in whieh the bonds
of the city are registered, and we are
satisfied that the bonds of the city
were issued as above stated. It gives
us pleasure here to state what we had
heretofore doubted, that in all things,
as far as we can ascertain after a care
ful investigation, that the city authori
ties have not only paid all that they
ever agreed to pay toward the Capitol,
but that they have taken up, in addi
tion thereto, which they still hold, the
mortgage, judgment and li. fa. previ
ously referred to.
That the State has been greatly
wronged in the perchase of the capitol
we do not doubt, but that the fault is
attributable to the city authorities of
Atlanta we have no reason to believe.
MINORITY REPORT.
The undersigned, being a minority
of the special committee appointed to
report upon the question of locating
the capital of the State of Georgia, beg
leave to submit to the convention the
following ordinance, and recommend
its adoption:
M. W. Lewis,
S. Hall,
B L. Stephens,
F. C. Furman.
Be it ordained by the people of
Georgia, in convention assembled:
Ist. That the question of the loca
tion of the capital of this State, be kept
out of the Constitution to be adopted
by the convention.
2d. That at the first general election
hereafter held for members of the
General Assembly, every voter may
endorse on his ballot “Atlanta” or
“Milledgeville,” and the one of these
places receiving the largest number of
votes shall be the capital of the State
until changed by the same authority,
and in the same way that may be pro
vided for the alteration of the Consti
tution that may be odopted by the
convention—whether said Constitution
be ratified or rejected.
Verily They Have Their Reward.
Cowgill of the Florida Returning
Board is to be U. S. Marshal of Dakota
Territory. The Delegate from that
Territory protests against the appoint
ment, but the President, according to
the Daily Advertiser, declares that
Cowgill must have it ‘because the
Democrats will not permit him to live
quietly in Florida, but have ostracised
him on account of his Republicanism.’
This is doubtless an excellent reason,
according to the new rules of civil ser
vice reform. But there are others.
Cowgill was one of the three members
of the Florida Returning Board who
effected the count of the vote of that
State first for Hayes and the Republi
can candidate for Governor, and then,
on a revision of their work, reversed
enough of their former findings to
count in Hayes and the Democratic
candidate. These counts were declared
fraudulent by the Supreme Court of
the State, by the Committee of Con
gress and by those who witnessed the
busines, including not only the Demo
crats but also Gen. Grant’s own wit
ness, Gen. Barlow. Gov. Sterns and
Secretary McLin have already received
1 heir rewards, each having been ap
pointed to office in the West, and now
Cowgill is to be provided for. It can
j not be charged that President Hayes
is ungrateful. The appointment of all
the members of the Louisiana Retur
ning Board to fat offices in the New
Orleans Custom House has shocked
the moral sense of the country; and
now that it is seen that the perpetra
i tors of the great fund in Florida are
! paid off in the same way at the ex
| pense of the nation, it may well be
asked what the professions of honesty
put forth by this Administration
I amount to —Post.
i South Carolina Republicans will
j make no nominations for the next
campaign. Press, Essex County
(N. J.) J