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ih mocralii 1 xenitivc <’j liiiiiittee.
I would hereby cull ou the members of
I lie L) mocratic-Eqecutive Ccmmittfu of the
Ii CongreMsional Distiict to meet in Com
i.ittee in Gainesville, Ga., at lOo’clockou
the sth of .June next f>r the pnrpose of
transacting bflsirifks of especial importance
ti the Democratic |)arty. Ja \iewSf ho
m toggle which is likely to take place in the
approaching canvass in the 1) h Congression-
I I District, consequent upon a combined at
tack, by the Indt pendents and Radicals on
the organized Democracy; it is essential
tlmt all . discordant elements in the party
should be harmonized, and that every true
Democrat shoWd unselfishly, work for the
integrity and success of our party erganiza
ti hi; as upon that depends the lnuiutainance
(.1 Democratic principles and the liberties of
tho people.
L wou’d therefore, urge upon each mem
1, r the necessity of meeting with the com
mittee to in the important business
assigned it. John Hocke>hull.
Chairman Democratic Executive Commit
tee 9th Congressional District.
European matters look a little
more pacific this week but there’s
no telling what a day may bring
iorth.
Dr.jjValmer the murderer of Col.'
Sdisburyof the Columbus Enquirer-
S ‘in was captured on Tuesday last
uud is now in jail at Seale, Alabama.
It is said that the, Republican par
ly in Georgia will not make nomina
tions or attempt to run candidates,
I nit will depend ou independent
candidates to concentrate their scat
tered hosts.
Wo are authorized to way that
Jliero will be an excursion from
Gainesville to Atlanta ou the 13th of
dn.y of July next, which will be run
under the auspices. of the Gainesville
Masonic Fraternity. Avery large
crowd is anticioated.
The Toccoa Herald does not be
lieve that ‘ E Fluribus Ununi” iD last
week’s Facile is a voter of Franklin
county. For the information of the
Herald we will state that he is not
only a voter of that county but a
gmtliman of the highest respecta
bility and something of a host.
Wo regret tt> Jearu that Judge G.
N. L ater, of the Blue Ridge circuit,
m passing down the stairway in the
Kimball House in Atlanta on Tues
day morning fell and broke his arm.
It is thought ho will not be able to
bold the balance of his spring courts
before July; but xv& will probably be
able to givo definite information on
this subject by our next issue.
There it is again. Troubles never
come singly. The very wetk that
McLiu & Cos. squealed about that
Florida electoral count, the Mrs. R*
B. Hayes’ temperance society went
back on the lady, simple because she
didn’t keep tha President, his Cabi
net and a few guests from drinking
claret punch on an excursion. Well
the President and his family can af
ford to bear up Under their tribula
tions as long as the salary remains
at $50,000 a year.
Gainesville Las been peculiarly
honored this week. Asido from the
many prominent members of tin
Georgia Press who are with us, a
happy coincidence has thrown to
gether, Col. W. T.Thompson, the dis
tinguished author of Muj >r Jones’
Courtship; Muj. J. H. Butt, of Gaines
ville, one of the principal characters
described, the veritable M>jjr him
self, who climbed the tree and gath
ered'tho*grapes for the joung ladies
and who then, in order to show his
agility, "skinned the cat” and fell
iulo the creek; and Mr. John T Wil
son, of Gainesville, one of the com.
po.-itors who set up the original
manuscript.
Independent. Candidates.
The Gwinnett Herald of this week
contains an! article on independent
candidates which most cordially
endorse, and commend to our read-
rs. Says the Herald:
When great political parties be
come corrupt and desert principle
1 >r expediency, break down old laud
maiks for success, there may be an
< xciho for honorable, consistent men,
g 'Verued by patrotic devotion to
too welfare of the country, to aban
don the organization and form new
party alliances. But it is usual for
lue coders to lay down a platform
< f principles by which the new party
i • to be governed that commends it-
N’ lf to the good judgment of patriotic
men, Tho line of demarkation is
dearly drawn, so that “he that ruus
may road,’’ and the contest becomes
• •ue of principle and not a mere guer
i I'a fight over tho spoils. Iu other
words, the two parties go before the
country to battle for principle and
i ot to giatify the vanity or ambition
< f one man or set of nißn.
J’tie recent movement in Georgia,
w Inch seeks to bring out iudepend
<id candidates, as they call them
selves, for all tho ollices, from Gover
i or down to Constable, should cause
ur people to reilect upon the result
• t this movement if it is successful.
In order to do this let us take a
cm sc ry glance at the situation. The
i > mocratic party, after a long contest
"•Mi the demon of Radicalism, has
< mpletely routed its old enemy,
I "i kh, foot aud dragoons, driven from
'in State Government that horde of
' mipires who were not only exhaust:
i g its present resources, but were
hmdfcuing posterity with debts that
w uld eat up the fruits of their sweat
dtui Jbdii for half cbn-Utr? to tOdie
and ban stilt to Ihe balls of Oofl-’
gress our ttiseSt and best men, trite
representatives of Southern patriot
ism, intelligence and manhood.—
More than this, being the first
Southern States to throw off the
galling yoke of the carpet-bagger, it
has led the van >n the great Presi
dential contest, and ia now alligued
in solid phalanx w ; th the great
Democratic party, North, South,
East and West, and is preparing for
tho great contest for the supremacy
of Constitutional government in 1880.
The question is now, shall we stand
united, with an unbroken front to
the foe, husbanding our strength for
the battle, or shall we, like Early’s
army, in 1861, get drunk -with our
own success, and, as the broken bat
tallions of the enemy fly before us,
stop to.wrangle with each other over
the spoils, until disorganization has
sapped our strength, and the eneifiy
taking advantage of our divisions,
snatches from our very grasp the
fruits of victory and laughs at our
discomfiture.
The Republican party of Georgia
s overwhelmed, but let in not under
estimate its strength. Utterly bro
ken and defeated, it no longer con
tests in the open field our suprema
cy ; but,- with wary cunning, it
adopts the old rrfaxim, “Divide and
conquer.”
With its organization kept intact,
it proposes to throw its strength
into the scale at the right moment,
demanding pledges, extorting promi
ses for the future and combining,
with tho seceders, defeat its old ene
my. Wo do not doubt that Conley,
Bryant and Fatty llaaris are rejoic
ing at the present divisions in our
ranks. Like the Devil at the horse
race, everything is going on just
right.
But these self styled Independents
say, “Wo are good Democrats; wo
are not the allies of the Radicals; we
desire to correct abuses, to bring
order out. of chaos, to bring the
party back to its pristino purity.—
We will fall into line whenever it is
necessary ”
A troe is known by its fruits, and
men’s intentions by their acts. It
would be hard for the incendiary who
applies the torch to your house to
satisfy you that he was in fun. And
these men who raise the banner of
revolt and lead off into the enemy’s
camp, will never be able to sound the
slogan that rallies under the old flag,
the ironribbed Democracy. A child
may start a ilame that a thouasud
men cannot check. This is not a
question of intentions, but of results
But suppose you succeed. Sup
pose that the Democracy—“the or
ganized’—if you please, is defeated
and an independent Governor, Con
gressmen, and Legislature should
be elected. What have you accom
plished? Is any new # principle estab
lished ? Is any wrong righted ? Is
the Government more secure of the
rights of the people better protected?
What is to be the ossult? A few men
have secured at offices. A few men
have had their vanity flattered, and
gloat over the destruction they have
accomplished, as they pompously
proclaim “I am Sir Orach! When
I open my mouth, let no dog bark;”
but the hour or their triumph, will be
like the blind Sampson’d who, to des
troy his enemies, pulled dotfn the
temple on his own head.
MINES AND MINING.
IV WJI. W. HABERSHAM.
THE profits of gold and silver mining
The question is frequently ask and,
is mining profitable ? Iu reply, we
would Btate facts iu eonuection with
mining operations in the United
States drawn from statistical infor
mation, and from our own observa
tion; and leave parties to draw their
own conclusions from the premises.
We have no data, by which we
cau determine definitely, or even ap
proximate the amount per eapila,
which the miners dorived from the
placer mines of California while they
were being successfully worked, but
judging from the vast amount of
gold exported previous to 185(5; we
naturally conclude, that it must have
been very large; and that had not
the miners dissipated so vast an
amount in useless c-xtravagauce;
each party actually engaged in miu
ug operations iu California would
have become independent.
America, since its discovery, has
been the. chief source of the world’s
supply of the precious metals. The
greatest gold yield over known from
the combined mines of the world
was during tho five years ending
with 1850. The annual average pro
duction during tho period was $150,-
000,000, while the silver production
during the same period averaged an
nually only $10,000,000.
Previous to 1875, during a period
of twenty-five (25) years, the actual
capital invested iu mining and min
ing companies, in the United States
was $3(50,000,000, the estimated value
of surface improvements was S2OO,
000,000, aud the labor of 10.000 men
at $-1 per diem was $300,000,000,
making a total on expense account
of $8(50,000,000. To offset this sl,-
(588,000,000 iu bullion lias been pro
duced, while the intrinsic value of
mineral lands worked up to 1875, is
estimated at $750,000,000, making a
total of $2,578,000,000, and showing
a profit during twenty-five years of
$1,578,000,000, or a little more than
$00,000,000, per annum, upon which
an investment of $300,000,000 repre
sents a profit of about sixteen per
cent. p*r annum from the date of
the discovery of gold in 1819 to
1875.
During sixteen years last past of
unprecedented activity in mining, as
sisted by the most powerful mechani
cal appliances, there have been twelve
or thirteen ore-bodies, composing
the principal mines ou the Comstock
Lode of Nevada, which have yielded,
altogether, about $240,000,000, or an
annual average of $15,000,000 of
which about forty-seven and one half
per cent or $7,125,000 was gold, leav*
ing ae the a*erge attfida!
productions of siWeh
We hare no means of ascertaining
the amount which has been expended
in the mining operations in Nevadtl,
but conclude, frorq. the amount of
dividends which have been declared
from time to time, that the profits
are immense. During the month of
March 1877, the yield of the consoli
dated Virginia mine, (the richest
mine in the world) was $3,634,298,29.
Since this mine commenced paying
its stockholders have re
ceived $50,000,000 in round num
bers.
The Gold Mines of Georgia were
being worked in a crude manner, at
the time the California Gold Fields
were discovered, and notwithstanding
the amount of gold derived from the
surface washings compensated the
miners well for their work, they
were allured by the reports of the
fabulous richness of the mines of the
Pacific Coast, and left “en masse” for
the new El Dorado; little dreaming
of the trials and troubles which
awaited them in immigrating to a
new country and iu forming now as
sociations. With very few excep
tions, these Georgia miners / have re
turned home, being fully satisfied,
that their chances of making money
in mining operations, arc greater
here, than in California, or in any
portion of the Northwest, where the
principal portion of their earnings
was consumed in paying for wood
and water for carrying on operations;
which re to bo had in Georgia at
very little cost.
It is a noticeablo fact, that wherever
the mining belt of Georgia has been
worked, to any groat extent, it has
proven rich, with every prospect of
being more valuable*as it is tho more
fully developed.
Several sections are now being
thoroughly prospected, and capital
ists are only waiting to become the
more .fully satisfied, that in no
other way can money be better inves
ted than in mining operations in
Georgia.
During the past winter mining
operations have been carried on con
tinuously, aud the recent rains have
furnised a supply of water, amply
sufficient to do away with all appre
hension with regard to its scarcity
during the summer months. Thus
far, the present year promises to be
one fruitful of blessings to the State
of Georgia. With a country at peace
with the whole world, with tvery
prospect of au abundant harvest;
and the graduul development of out
mineral wealth, we may look forward
to a future, in which, although the
memory of the past will still linger
as a troubled dream, the star of life
will shine, to illumine the gloom with
which we have been enshrouded for
so long a time.
OUR WASHINUTOX LETTER.
Hot VVmhcr-Skctcli of a“.\igl!t. Si-s
-lon'> ai tle Capitol-The Building
from without anil within—Scenes on
the Houmc side, anil a peep into the
Senate during lteeess—Two prominent
Bankrupt*—‘-Shrinkage” did it—The
Coming Political Campaign—Society
Gossip—Off for Europt on June lJlh
&c . £c •
tFrem our regular Correspondent.]
Washington, D. C, May 4, 1878.
It was a lucky idea of Major
L’Eufant, who laid out the plan of
to locate the capitol on
a high hill,, close upon the shores of
the Potomac, where it may get the
full benefit of the river breeze—and
fever and ague. Just now the
weather is prematurely warm and
sultry; the thermometer stands at
eighty-two in the shade, and straw
hats, palm-leaf fans and linen dus
ters have suddenly sprung into fash
ion. Up at the Capitol, the recent
night sessions seem to have used up,
pretty effectually, most of the Solons
who sit congregated there; there is a
languor and sleepiness prevalent
everywhere, yawning appears to be
the order of the day, and, somehow
or other, the high pressure has
blown off without bursting our na
tional engine, leaving everything
very calm and sedate iu the boiler,
notwithstanding the recent shovel
ing in of fuel in the shape of Florid v
frauds, Tariff’ Legislation, and Mont
gomery Blair’s Resolutions. There
is a heap of sediment and “scales” in
that same boiler, and 1 suppose it
will have what the engineers call a
good “blow out” some day or other;
but, so far, it has let off its superflu
ous steam in whistling.
To those who have never witnessed
a night session at the Capitol,
towards the close of the session, the
scene is extremely interesting. The
brilliant light in the “tholus or lan
tern over the dome, some two hun
dred and fifty feet high up, can be
seen from almost every part of the
city and for many miles down the
river, looming up like a huge light
house at the point where the Poto
mac makes its great bend to the
west. Every window in the huge
building is lighted up, and the trans
parent glass roofs of the Senate and
House wings, below which hundreds
of gas jets are burning, illuminate
the sky above as if a conflagration
was taking place within the struct
ure. The national emblem, the
“stars and stripes/’ floats lazily from
the mast, with a pecular weird tinge
on its blood-red bars caused by the
glare which shoots up, like a zodiacal
light, from the illuminated roof be
low; and iu the rotunda within,
high up over the uppermost circle of
gas jets, aits George Washington iu
effigy with the yellow scroll inscribed
JS Pltirib ft* Vnum Hofelibf- bis
head and the heads of impossible
‘all i gories ’ (done by fresco iu Bru
toidi) which surround him.
Oo tho ‘Hjusi ” side, the corridors
and galleries are thronged: Lut on
the floor rarely ever more than half
of the desks are occupied. It is hot
and close; the great niachines down
in the basement are fanning cool air
up through numberless apertures in
the floor; but it seelSW all to be ab
sorbed in the heat of political dis
cussion down there, and little reaches
the galleries. In the cloak rooms,
just beyond the Hall, members are
seen through the doors reclin
ing, in their shirt sleeves, on the
lounges, emokiug cigars and drink
ing lemonade, iced tea, or (perhaps)
something stronger. _ Ben Butler
who is always on hand, walks up
and down the middle aisle, chewing
an unlit cigar and having that off
6ye of his on the Reporters’ Gallery;
over the Speaker’s Desk; Abram
Hewitt, Mr. Tilden’s right bower,
sits demurely at his desk reading the
New York World ; and' “Sunst. t” Cox
>s cracking jokes with his political
opponent, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania,
“Pig Iron” Kelly as "they call Lim;
but the “Pig” before the metal has
reference to the material and not to
the man. Ou the Seuato side, the
scene is much the satire; and during
one of the recesses of ji night session
(to allow the Senators to go homo to
their suppers ,) Mr. Thurman may
be seen enjoying a social confab with
Mr. Edmunds, who represents his
exact opposite in politics, aud Sena
tors Gordon and Hill will quietly
chat with Conkling and Blaine, ex
change snuff, aud debate whether or
not they shall play their next game
of cut-throat euchre without a “jo
ker.”
It created no little astonishment
here when the news came that Mr
Silas B. Dutcher, a prominent New
York politician, in the second
assistant statesman of the “Conkling’’
faction, and probably the first Comp
troller of primaries in the world,
had gone into bankruptcy, choosing
to avail himself of the privileges of
that act before its final repeal.—
Dutcher, who is well known kere
was au intimate friend of President
Grant, and was by him appointed
appraiser of the New .York Custom
House, at a salary of some twenty
thousand dollars (inclusive of pick
ings) per annum Mr. Ben Wood,
brother of Fernando Wood, and pro
prietor of the New York pennypaper,
the Daily Neais has also filed a peti
tion in bankruptcy. Both of these
gentlemen were, a year ago, consid
ered wealthy and had qnlimited
credit; 4here has evidently been a
“shrinkage” somewhere; but where
that is, as Dundreary would say,
“one of those things which no fellow
can find out!’’
As in large commercial centres the
papers say: “the talk on ‘change!
is so aud so,” so here we say: “the
talk in tho “Department” i3 so and
so;” and just now all the talk there
is about the coming political cam
paign and the President’s order re
garding so-called State Associations,
which has not yet been rescinded.
Considerable speculation exists as to
what will be the course of the Re
publican Congressional Committee
with reference to this matter, and
whether or not solicitations for sub
scriptions will be permitted in the
departments. Under the Grant Ad
ministration, they had a very simple
and effective way of arranging these
matters: Government employees
were assessed a certain amount each,
and if they did not choose to pay
this, they were decapitated (politi
cally,) aud somebody else who would
pay the annual political assessment
was appointed in their place. But
under our civil service “reform’
regime that won’t work, and some
other plan has to be resorted to col
lect the sinews of war. What this
other plan will be i3 not yet settled;
but that some means will be found
to reach, in urectly, the pockets of
the government clerks, there can
be no doubt. Stump speeches and
campaign ckcuments cost money
and this money must be forthcoming,
somehow. It is the old saying of
the rogues over again; we must have
money; hanestly, if wo can, but “we
must have money !” |
And, doubt not but that the money
will be forthcoming !
Warm weather puts a dull edgo
not only on politics, but on society
as well, consequently, very little has
been going ou, worth recording, in
“upper lendcm;” anti with the ex
ception of the marriage of Senator
Don Cameron ami Miss Sherman, on
the ninth int.t., no important society
event has been booked for the co.ming
week. In another month, the exc
dus will commence, and everybody
who is anybody will leave Washing
ton; I shall go to Europe, leaving
Baltimore on the 13th prox., and
will try to write you 6ome interest
ing letters from the other side of the
Atlantic, taking in Northern Europe
aud Germany on my way to Paris.
Alpha.
Georgia Happenings.
Irwinlou is to have a millitary com
pany.
Perry is to have a hudsome Baptist
church.
Blackberries are plentiful at tin
cents a quart.
Shorter College at Romo will be hea
ted by steam.
ih6 Thoiiiag eoillif)' fait Soiiiss off
on the 23rd inst.
liiifet repotted on the in
Baldwin county.
Tallulah lire company has been or
ganized in CoUyefs.
J. i, S. Bjnca, hardware dealers of
Rome, have failed.
A great swimming match is to come
elf near Milledgeville.
Milledgeville is soon to have a
boat race on the Oconee.
A foot race is to come off at Mil
ledgeville nest Wednsday.
The Georgia Teachers’association
will meet in Barnesville in July.
Cobb county farmers have been
sowing mustard seed for clover.
Measles are gradually getting
through with the average Georgian.
Mr E. M alter Iving, a promising
young merchant of Rome, died Mon
day.
Ou Saturday the thermometer
stood at 85 degrees in the shade in
M icon.
Col. A. D. Hammond is not a can
didate for Congres from the Fifth
district.
A library association has boon or
irauiz ;! in Mdledgevlle, C. I*. Craw
ford, pr f-ideut.
Hoj. W. E Smith lias written a
letti-r sitting that he would like to
be cuntiuued in Congress.
Mr. R A. Daniels, formerly of
J’runsswiek, is publishing the Okefee
noken, a newspaper at Da Pout, Ga.
Cross-ties are lying scattered about
and axes are ringing along the line of
the Etberton Air Lino railroad and
it seem as if the road is bound to be
built.
Bainbriage fair opened successful
ly; the display of farm products, veg
etables, tl nvers, stoves &c , was very
good. Twenty-five huudrep people
were present.
Mr. W. H. Scolt, aged sixty years,
a resident of Milledgeville, has never
played a game of chance, never drank
a dram, never smoked and never took
a chew of tobico.
The little son of Mr. James P.
Harrison, of the Franklin Printing
House, died the other day. We
heartHy sympathize with our es
teemed friend in his sid bereave
ment.
Charles Geering, of Sivannah, was
found in his room Friday morning
with his thoat cut from oar to ear.
The bed was bloody and the body of
the man was spattered with gore.
Why he committed the act is not
known.
A Catholic priest in a letter to a
S ivannah merchant, enclosed SSO,
which sum i he priest stated had been
give him to 4)6 returned to the mer
chant, who the penitant stated he
had wronged financiallv some years
ago.
Duke’s Registered Distillery in
Jackson county has been closed by
W. TANARUS, Whitmore, revenue collector
for this district for alleged irregular
ities Mr. Duke, we understand, has
been placed under bond for his ap
pearance at the next District court
for Northern Georgia.
In the Chronicle & Constilutoinalist
appears an account of the organizi
tion of a Confederate Survivors’. As
sociation. Considerable enthusiasm
was manifested, and the association
was inaugurated. General C.
A. Evans was elected president, Co
lonel C. C. Joues, Jr. Ist Yica Presi
dent, Captain F. E. Eve,2l, and Gen
eral M. A. Stovall, 3.1 Vice President.
All the officers were unanimously
chosen.
_NKW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AOTIC K.
fTMIE PUBLIC are wsmif-il atraion.*
ploying AilVcil Bird, colored, and Bob
Stubbs colored, until a ter July Ist of this
year, tor they had contracted to work with
us until that time, and we shall prosecute
any person or persons to the extent of the
law who may employ the partita named.
' -T. D. WHELCHEL,
may 10 21; W. P. WHELCHEL.
Rice JVlill.
I am bow prepared to clean Bice for the
public at my mill in Nacooehee Valiev,
may 10 3t •!. H. NICHOLS.
A. Jf. ftiHAFFKI*, J>S. I)
Physician and Suigcon,
Jti* Special Attention Given t.. J>{
senses Common lo Women. ‘AiJ
Office near Northeast cor. Public Square.
Always in office when not professionally
engaged.
Gainesville, Ga., May 25, 1377. ly
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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
-I The legal advertising of Rabun couuty
will hereafter be doue in Thu E aisle, pub
lished at Gainesville, Ga This April 29,
1378. J. W. GREEN, Ordinary.
& o n ivr mml ies ms Mm *%r
T3EGS lilE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO THE FOLLOWING FACIfS, and will Do grateful for it close and critical exam
inatiOn of the Goods dud Prices iu his Stock, which are here referred to, this being the largest stock he has ever offered. Having
just returned from New York, where he was in daily attendance upon Trade Auction Sales, picking up surprising bargains, and often
being tempted iuto buying goods entirely out of his line, but which were literally slaughtered, (such as Carpets, Hits, Caps, etc.,)
he is able to offer goods at prices entirely without competition.
THIS IS A VERY BOLD SAYING, BUT IT IS A TRUE ONE!
Not being trammeled by the ties of partnership, nor by the business ideas of other day , lor g since grown obsolete, he has the hold •
ness to take hold of immense lines of Goods whenever he can obtain them at the lowest prices; and then, having carried
an abundance of cash with him, he had advantages, on a large scale, from which many otLers are debarred
in the purchase of Goods. The stock is IMMENSE ! The PRICES LOWER than ever before !
DRESS GOODS, SILKS, GRENADINES!
Eveivthing new in Dress Fabrics, including Damasse, Faconne, Brocatello, and Bourrette Fabrics.
Everything in “Clair de Lune” and Knickerbocker fine Grenadines. Price almost half what is asked elsewhere.
Black Grenadines in immense variety, from Kobbe & Ball’s auction sale. Half price.
Buntings in all colors, 25 cents per yard—choice goods, new colors.
Fifty pieces Black Brilliantine, light summer weight, 35 cents per yard—wirranted worth 50 cents elsewhere.
Three thousand yards solid color Gross Grain Silks, from auction—GO cents per yard, selling elsewhere at SI.
Five thoesaud yards elegant spring Striped Silks, choicest grades—so cents per yard. (This is not a mere spoonful of goods, put
down below cost to create a “breeze ”in trade. I have oue Lundred pieces of them from auction, and make a profit ou every one I
sell. They were slaughtered iu New York.)
Five hundred yards elegant Black Dress Silk—7s cents per yard, selling everywhere at sl.
Four thousand two hundred yards choice imported Black Gross Grain Silks—sl per yard, guaranteed as good as sell here at 51.50.
The best and cheapest line of Colored Gross Grain Silks in Gsorgia, just opened from auction.
Thirty pieces Black Cashmeres, at prices beyond the whisper of competition.
A SPECIALTY.
One hundred and fifty cut lengths, running from oue to three dress patterns each, $1.50 per yard, which cost $2 in gold to laud in this
country, but they had to go to the Merciless Auction Room. All the novelties in Spring Silks, including
Black and White Checks, Colored Stripes, etc., very cheap.
ilks—Buy Them at Once, You will Never See Them Again!
HOSIERY AND GLOYEIS !
One thousaud dozen Misses’ English Hose, Waite Cotton. 10 cents per pair—well worte 25 to 35 cents. Wonderful bargain.
Oue thousand dozen Misses’ Fine Grade Striped Cotton Hose, 25 cents per pair—same as I have been selling tor 50 cents.
A magnificent line of and Fancy Three-Fourth Socks, finest grades, very cheap.
Avery fine line of Ladies’ FmßwSjfotton Hosiery, at from 10jgifts per pair to 50 cents for the best.
Tho finest Balbiagriu Hose mslHef?l>6th White and Brown, 50 ceuts per pair—worth 75 cents elsewhere.
Everything in Men’s, Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hosiery which can be desired.
* £ tboUsand P&i™ Black, White and Opera-Colored Kid Gloves, at from 75 cents a pair to $1.25 for the very best made.
/55®- Customers of mine recognize th,e fact that I never advertiso anything which is not to be found in my stock, and which is not
especially a bargain. -9? j#
LINENS,
I challenge anj’house in Georgia to ma£Sß tho following goeda in Linen Department, viz : Mv 50 cut Bleached Irish Frouliug Linen;
mj nO cent Bleached Table Linen; .my.dS ceu*, 20 cent and 25 cent Brown Dress Linen; my 12tfcent and 20 cent White Vic
toria Lawn; my 50 cent Red Table Linen; my 2J Blesched All-LiueiWTable Daiuaajis; my 10 cent White
, , , > ictoria Lawn; my Bishops Lawns, iu quality and iiflEat grades.
ever offei'cil hi ii u° S * bea^ lful l f tock TuCKE i ) Muslins ever offered in Georgia. The greatest bargains in Fine Towels
o tueu in Atlanta, Ly All Odds. A maguificeut Line of White Muslims, relies of Cochran, McLean & Co.’s stock, Half Price.
TIES, SCARFS, ETC.
TW ° Lace 25 cents-former price $1.50; Fancy Lace-End Silk Ties. 35 cents -usually 85 ceuts.
o r r ’ T Lace , ***l S P anish Lace Scar ' 8 ’ etc • at marvelously low prices. Tens of thou
sands ct Collars and Cuffs, Lace and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, etc., at half price. Rouchings in
lmmeti o variety. Prices 25 to 30 per cent, less than ever before.
PARASOLS.
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lwo hundred ot the greatest novelties of the season, very cheap. 3,000 good Gingham Parasols,
10, lo and 20 cent3 each—selling elsewhere at double the money.
NOTIONS, ETC.
This has become one of my loading Departments. The finest stock of Pearl Buttons, embracing White and Smoked with holes and
Shanks and of every conceivable size and variety, which has ever been carried by ene house in Geo gb P.Tces low
Wool 1 , ° nS - V d Ck , a H d i C h ° lored; i b | g IV ° ry BlUtons 01 surpassing beauty and cheapness
°1 and Silk Frm D es, warranted, hall the market price, in immense variety; besides all kinds of
r Lrimmings and “Bijouterie, which goes to comprise a first-class Notion Department
ja®*lmmense Bargains in Fans —Forty dozen of the very finest Silk and Satin Fans guaranteed one-fourth to one half tlwir
vaiue. Everything new and beautiful in Japan, Chinese, French and Germau Fans Price’s Ls !i l h 1 lu f thfclr
Embroideries. -I have 140 000 yards Edgings ami Insertions, and in my life ”wr asvthfifa fo win . •
quality and price. One of my clerks matched a piece of dollar Edging from another house on Tii,£ 1,0 mr r , £ * p, ‘ U
true, and this proportion pervades the whole stock, more or less. anointr nouse, ou luesday last, lor 3o cents. This u
SPECIALTIES, FROM AUCTION.
4,000 jards first-rate, yard-wide Carpet, 15 cents per yard; never was made for three times Inm , , ,
0,6 iFf! t de ’ 15 T?, tS ’ WOr ! b * 50 Zle Unen; peJV^w^S
,000 suits (to be opened this week) fane Linen Goods; half price. 2,000 gross of the finestand cheapest Pearl
Dress Buttons ever shown in Georgia. 3,000 yards handsome Gros Grain Silk, sofid colors- Tu
per yard, selling everywh*re at SI.OO and $1.25. 1,400 yards hew style Dres.s Goods;
I-j. 30 and ceuts; selling elsewhere for 25 per cent. more.
BOOTS.
I have a full ljgao of Zeigler’s Celebrated Shoes, just opened, bearin" his stainn p„e, , ~ , , ,
antce all my better grades of shoes, allowing no trash to the stock LsiLv Newport Ties $1 K , RUAr ~
pers 50 cents per pair. Cloth Gaiters for common wear, 75 cents per pair but mvStv , ' , “ a . ud
86,1 chea P’ 1 B—tee, if they do not wear as thJy Xu.’d'f wffiut a^rtfo 1
* CALL AT once and get bargains, at
ATLANTA, ‘i\„ APRIL 5, 1878. (ai>ts-3m.) JOHN KEELY’S.
883.5Q0 a, Year.
Active, Energetic
AGENTS WANTED
ON OUR
GRAND COMBINATION
PROS PECTUS.
OF
150 DISTINCT PUBLICATIONS
AND
100 Myhs of Riblcs am! Testaments
lie] >rese:itinp Agricultural, Biographical
Historical, Religious and Miscellaneou
Works of universal interest.
A NOVEL FEATURE
IN
CANVASSIIVa.
Sales made from this prospectus when all
single books fail. It contains something to
suit every taste and fancy, We are also of
fering special inducements on our
Premium Family Bible
English and German, Protestant and Cath
olic. Awarded Superiority over all otners,
ior their iuvaluable aids and superb bind
ings, at the Grand Centennial Exposition,
187(i. Also General and local
AGENTS WANTED
ON OUR
Great War Book
The most Comprehensive, reliable and ac
curate history of the great struggle between
iheUOSSUS AND THE TURK. With
its Aul’ elegant engraving -i, Maps and Plans
the. most showy, desirable and useful book
now published. Liberal terms.
John E. Potter & Cos., Publishers,
angl7-ly Philadelphia.
I(. L. BOONE
Takes pleasure in informing bis friends,
customers and the public generally, that he
is now receiving a large aud careful selected
SPRING GOODS,
Consisting in part of
PRINTS OF ALL GRADES,
DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS,
SILIRTINGS, SHEETINGS,
DOMESTICS, WOOLEN
GOODS, HATS, BOOTS,
SHOES, HARDWARE, CUT
LERY, FAMILY GROCFRIES,
MEAT, TOBACCO,
SALT, CIGARS,
IRON, NAILS.
And in fact eveiythiug usually kept in a
IT 1 i:rst Glass
Mixed Stock, All of which will be sold at
whohsale or retai 1 , at a SMALL advance
on first cost. He invites all to call and ex
amine his stock and prices.
£0“ Nosth-East Corner Public Square. •TV?
GAINESVILLE, GA.
nmtlo-Jm.
ON GREEN STREET.
DRYGOODS, GROCERIES,
Hats and Shoes,
AT THE
LOWEST PRICES
ALSO,
A large .lot of Tinware at wholesale and re
tail, and repairs on tinware done at reduced
prices, Hoofing and guttering doue very
cheap, all work guaranteed.
ALSO.
Stoves for Sale on Time
or for cash, at low prices. Aleck. Floyd
will attend to all repairs on Stills, Copper
ware, Guus and Pistols.
A Call is Earnestly Solicited.
feb2B 3m. E. S. WILEY.
W. M. Redwine,
Dealer in
STAPLE & FANCY GRO3ERIES
iTItsT, WOOD,
And
HARDWAKE.
Has always on hand the very best
FLOUR , LARD, BACON, COFFES
SUGARS, TEAS, SYRUP, MO
LASSES; HAMS, SAU
SAGE, FISH, PICK
LES, CHOW CHOW,
NORTHERN
ONIONS,
CRAN
BERRIES,
CURRANTS, BICE,
grits, crackers, and
CANNED GOODS OF ALL KINDS
w OOD-WARE.
Buckets, Brooms, Baskets, Wash Boards,
übs, Mops, Mats, and a well-assorted line
o unbare, Table and Pocket Cutlery, strap
Hinges Screws, Scales, etc. Pure sweet
TT:,o M . luc<3 MeHt - Tobacco and cigars.
feb2B-3m.
HALES & EVANS,
WraiMERS, JEWELERS.
AND DEALERS IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS AMI JEWELRY*
North side Public Square.
Me have this day enterod into a copart
nership, tor the purpose of carrying ou P the
JEWELRY BUSINESS.
We ask a liberal share of tho public pa
oa“TltP ICES ASD GOOD W 01!KI,
A GOOD LINE OF
Watches, Jewelry, Spectacles Elc.
constantly on hand, and to arrive All
work warranted to give good satisfaction
aud all goods wanantod as repraseutad’
Give os a call. jaall-ly
DR. TUTUS
SARSAPARILLA
and
QUEEN’S DELIGHT.
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
KNOWS EAR A IS If WIDE FOR
IXB WONDERFEI, VIRTUES.
l ,f victim3 °f Scrofula, ltlieumatie
"b° have cast aside their crutches suf
„foverlh 1 . Ihf i l ' t' tIC tai ! lt 8,111 mercurial poison,
eg over the land, bear witness of its efficacy.
The seat of these diseases is in the blood,
and impure blood causes unhealthy secre
tion, which develop Eruptions of the Skirr
Sore Eyes, foul
Ears and Womb; White Swelli^s^cild
Head; Night Sweats; WhltiiTl^TU^7U^~
plexion; Kidney Diseases; Nocturnal Emis
sions, and along tLhn of
DR. TUTUS SARSAPARILLA
toSSAfSfKSw
coming in direct coiitact with the germ o' dfs
SSfSSRSSSHSiBSHIS
A RENOVATOR OF THE BODY,
Under its influence the eyes grow sparkling
the complexion clear, and unsightly blotches
rapidly disappear. J ltues
Tmc value of this compound in general debilitv
can not he overestimated. It arouses the flairc-inlr
energies of life. *
TO THE LADIES.
If you are suffering from what is familiarly
known as “Female W eakness,” use Terr’s Sausa
v Ariel a and QiiKKs’s Delight. It will cure Leu
corrlnca, Spermatorrhoea and other foul dis
charges, when all other medicine fails.
Sold by Druggists. Price, *1 a bottle, or six
for 815. Sent by express on receipt of price.
TUTTS
PILLS.
For ten years Tuft’s Fills hive been the
recognized Standard Family Medicine in
the United States. Scarcely a family can be
found froniMAixr. toMuxicotha’ does not’use them.
A SINGLE TRIAL WILL ESTABLISH
THEIR MERITS.
DO THEY CURE EVERYTHING,
IVO.—They arc for Diseases that
result from ITIAI.AKIAL I'OISON
and a Dlllt AACLD 1.1 VIA it, such as
Dyspepsia, Bilious and Typhoid Fevers,
Chills, Colic, Sick-Headach, Chronic Diar
rhoea, Nervousness, Dizziness, Palpitation
of the Heart, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Kid
ney Diseases, ChronicConstipat ion, Piles,See.
SATI RE WARNS YOU
THAT YOUR LIVER IN DISORDERED.
When volt have a
Dull pain in Shoulders, Coated Tongue,
Costive Bowels, Weight in the Stomach
after Eating, Sour Eructations, Aversion to
Exertion of Body or Mind.
BE ADVISED, and AX ONCE
TAKE TUTTS PILLS.
The first dose produces an effect
which often astonishes the
sufferer, and in a short
time follows an Apetite,
ttood Dittestion,
SOLID FLESH AND HARD MUSCLES.
THE WEST SPEAKS.
“best pill IN EXISTENCE."
Dr. Ten I have use 1 yonr Pills for Dyspepsia.
Weak Stomach and Nervousness. 1 1 never hau
anything to do me so much good in the way or
medicine. They are as good as you represent
them. They arc the best l’ill in Existence,
and I do alf 1 can to acquaint others w ith their
good me its. J. W. Tibbetts, Dacota, Minn.
Sold by Druggists, OFFICE, 34
Murray Street, New York.
BROWN BltO’fv
BANKERS, BKOKEItS
AND COLLECTION AGENTS,
GAINESVILLE, GA.
Nvionmi- Cask. N.
A., Moobk Jenjuns A Cos. N. Y„ G. \V
ILLIAMS A Cos ., CHARLESTON, 8. C —ANY
0i *“ AxxaNiA Banks.