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The Gainesville Eagle Published Every Friday Morning OFFICE Upstairs in Candler Hall Building, Northwent Corner of Public Square. Tim Official Organ of Hall, Banke, White, Towuh, Kabua, Union and Dawcon counties, and the city of (ialaetiville. Hra a largo general ctrcula'ion in twelve other counties in Northeast Georgia, and ttro counties la Western North Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION. Ose Ykaii $2,00. Bn Mo/ths SI,OO. 0 nasi Months 60c. IN ADVANCE, DELIVERED 11* CARRIER OH I’EEfAID JIT VAIL. All papers are stopped at the expiration of the time paid lor without furthtr notice. Hail sub scribers will please observe the dates on their wrappers. Persona wishing the paper will have their orders dromptly attended to by remmitiing the amount for the time desired. ADVERTISING. SEVEN WORDS MAKE A LINE. Ordinary advartfsements, per Nonpareil line, 10 cents. Legal Official Auction and Amusement advertise inents and Special Notices, per. Nonpa reil line, 15 cents. Heading notices per line, Nonpareil type 15 cents Local notices, per’lfne, Brevier type, 15 cents. A discount made on advertisements continued for longer than one week. REMITTANCES Eor subscriptions or advertising can bo made by Post Office order, Registered Letter or Express, at our risk. All letters should be addressd, J. E. REDWINE, Gainesville, Ga. pa. In nt ir . ■■ me GEN llli A L DIRECTORY. JUDICIARY. * Hon. George D. Rice, Judge 8. 0. Western Circuit. A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athens, Ga. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. B. M. Wluburu, Ordinary; John L. Gaines, HharllT; J. F. Duckett, Deputy Sheriff; J. J. Mayno, Clark Haperior Court; W. S. Plckreil, Deputy Clor- Mnperior Court ; N. B. Clark, Tax Collector ; -J It. H. Luck, Tax Receiver; Gideon Harrison. Sur veyor ; Edward Lowry, Coroner ; It. 0. Young, Treasurer. CITY GOVERNMENT. Dr. 11. 8. Bradley, Mayor. Aldermen—Dr. H. J. Long, W. B. Clements, T. A. Panel, W. H. Henderson,W. G. Henderson, T. M. Merck. A. B. C. Dorsey, Clerk; J. R. Boono, Trreasuror; T. N.Uaulo, Marshal) Henry Perry, City Attorney. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Prehbttkrian Church—ltev. T. P. Cleveland. Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath—morn ig and night, except the second Sabbath. Bu> day School, at 9 a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4 o’clock. Methodist Church— Kcv. IV. W. Wadsworth, Pas tor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 9a. in. Prayer meeting Wednes day night. Baptist Church Rev. AY. O. Wilkes, raster, broaching Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at'J a. in Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 4 o'clock. GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. •B. Kates, President; Henry Perry, Librarian. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. A. M. Jackson, President; R. C. Maddox, Vice President; W. B. Clkmknts, Secretary. Regular services every Sabbath evening at one of the Churches. Cottage prayer meetings every Tuesday night in "Old Town,” and Friday night noar the depot FRATERNAL RECORD. Flowery Branch Lodou No. 79, I. 0. O. TANARUS., meets every Monday night, Joel Laseter, N. G. . B. F. Htkdham, Hoc. Aiabuhant Royal Arch Chaptsr meets on the Beeend and Fourth Tuesday evenings in each monlh. H. S. Bb\dlky, Sec.’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. P. (Jainesvillh Lodoe, No. 219, A.-. F.-. M.\, neats in the First a nd Third Tuesday evening in the mouth R. Palmour, Seo’y. It. E Green, AV. M. Air-Linb Lodge, No. 64 ,1. O. O. JF., meets every Friday evening. C. A. Lillt, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G. GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE. Owing to recent change of schedule on tha Atlan ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following will be the schedule from date: train No. 1, going east, leaves 7:47 p. m.^ 'Mail for this train closos at 7:00 “ Mail train No. 2. going c-rt, leaves 8:35 a. m. •So mail (//“tlilß train. Mall train No. 1‘ going west, leaves (s:sl*a. m. Mail for ill’s train closes at 9:30 p. in. Mail train No. 2, going wost, 1ewe5....9:05 p. m. Mall for this train closes at 7.30 • Offlob hours from 7 a. m. to 5:30 p m. General delivery open on Sundays from 814 to9>£. Departure of malls from this office: Dahlonega and Gilmer county, daily 8 o. m Dahlonega, via Tftixoo and Ethel, Saturday...a. m Jnfferaon A jbekson county, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturday ;. 7 a. m Cleveland, White, Union, Towns and Hayes ville, N. 0., Tuesdays and Fridays 7 a. m Dawsonville aud Dawson county,, Tuesday and Saturday 8 a. m. Homer, Banks county, Saturday 1 p. m Pleasant Grove, Forsyth county, Saturday. .1 p.tn M. K. ARCHER, P.ltl. Atlanta and Charlotte AIH-JLINE, Trains will run as follows on and after SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1878, MAIL TRAIN, DAILY, GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta.... 2:40 p. m- Leave Gainesville 4:56 p. in. Arrive Charlotte *2:20 a. m. GOING WEST. Leave Charlotte 1:18 a.m. Leave Gainesville 9:55 a. m. Arrive Atlanta 1*2:00 m. Through Freight Train. (Daily except Sunday.) GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 8:37 a.m. Arrive Gainesville 12:28 p. m Leave Gainesville 1:10 p. in' Arrive Central. 7:12 p. m GOING WEST. Leave Central 2:55 a. m* Arrive Gainesville 8:25 a.m. Leave Gainesville 8:37 a. m. Arrive Atlanta 12:25p. nr Local Freight and Accommodation Train. (Daily except Sunday.) GOING EAST. Leave Atlanta 5:45 a.m. Arrive Gainesville 10:54 a. m. Leave Gainesville 11:23 a. m. Arrive Central 6:35 p. m. GOING WEST. Leave Central 4:45 a.m. Arrive Gainesville.. 1:10 p. m. Leave Gaiuesville 1:40 p. in. Arrive Atlanta 6:45 p. m. Close connection at Atlanta for all points Wet, and at Charlotte for all points East. G. J. Fokeacke, General Manager W. J. Houston, Gen. P. & T. A’gt, Northeastern Railroad of Georgia. TIME TABLE. Taking effect Monday, June 10, 1878. All trains run daily except Sunday. TI*A li\ IVo. I. STATIONS. AEEIVE. LEAVE. . v A * M - Athens 7 qq Center • • #% # 721 7 Nicholson 73 0 739 Harmony Grove, 7 51) gQ7 MaysviHe....:... 827 832 p'' lsTllle 849 850 Lal 9 15 THAI IN NO. %£. STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE. T P. M. Lula 5 25 Gihsville 542 5 Maysville 602 608 Harmony Grove 630 g4O Nieholson 701 707 9® ut9r ** * 7 22 " 7 25 A.thens 7 45 WOOL! WOOL] The Wool Carder at Brown’s Mill having been thoroughly* repaired) is Tow doing Wt 11. All wool left at K. L Boone’s store will be taken away the same week, and re turned carded the next week. Satisfaction guaranteed. O. CL A UK. sepl3-6t. The Gainesville Eagle. VOL. XII, LANDS FOR SALE, —RY >V. W. Habersham & Cos., Gainesville,Ga. 550 acrefl mineral and agricnltnral land, two and a half miles from Flowery Branch, on the Air-Line Railroad, and nine miles from Gainesville, Hall county, Ga. On the premises are to be found 2 gold quartz leads and a good water power. The ag ricultural portion is suitable for raisin* eoc ton, grains aud fruits. This is one of the most desirable tracts of mining property in Georgia. Titles perfect. A splendid farm of 373 acres, on the Ath ens oad leading to .Jefferson, seven mUee from Gainesville, Hall County, Ga., at Hopewell Baptist Church. On the premises are a dwelling Louse of five rooms, two leg houses, a barn and all necessary out-buiid iugs, two wells of fine water, and numerous living springs. A fine orchard and good pasturage. 200 acres are tinder cultivation, about 125 acres are in timber, consisting principally of oak and che.-tnut. The soil is red clay, aud produces cotton, corn and wheat abundant ly. Nearly all the above premises are unu.u fence. Terms easy. A farm of 225 acres, embracing 140 r.cres in timber, beautifully located 6,} miles of from Gainesuille on Little River, with all the necessary modern improvements and a fine orchard. Pcstoffice located on the place, and with church and school privi leges. The land is peculiarly adapted to ruining cotton, corn, wheat and grapes. Gold has been discovered on the premises A most valuable place containing 2,101 acres of land, lying in the fork of the Soquee and Chattahoochee rivers, in Habersham eonnty, within five miles of the Air-Line Railroad. An abundant supply of excellent pine and post-oak timber. It has the finest water powt r in this section, the water front being about three miles of successive shoals on the two rivers. To manufacturing cap italists it offers extraordinary advantages:. It is in the center of the mining belt, aud borders the cotton region of Georgia. For the culture of fruits and grapes, it excels. Its altitude is not less than 1,500 feet, and its salubrity unsurpassed. There are seve al small settlements on it, and altogether about 200 acres of cleared land. A place in same oounty, containing 270 acres, nearly all woodland, and very heavily timbered; in four miles of Clarksville, and about the same distance from the Air-Line Railroad. On it is a Lime Kiln in fine order, lime excellent; capacity 900 bushels. There is a dwelling with eight rooms, and necessa ry out-buildings; also a fine orchard. The place is well watered. Batiks Sheriff’s Sale. GEORGIA, BANKS COUNTY.—WiII be sold on the first 'Tuesday in December next,before the court house door in the town of Homer, Banks county, Georgia, between the lawful hours ol sale, the following prop erty, to-wit: The tract of land adjoining lands of I S Furr, G W Bowden, and others; the same being more fully described in a deed from A J West, former Sheriff, to Octavia J Say, recorded in Clerk’s office, Superior court of Banks county, in book B, pago 435;'contiiin ing one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, lying rn the waters of Hickory Level creek, in said county. Levied on as the property of Jordan Lecroy, to satisfy the purchase money, and a fi fa issued from the Justice court of tho 812th district, GM, Franklin county, Octavia J Say vs Jordan Lecroy. Levy marie and returned to me by A A Turk, LC. This October 17. 1878. 0c.t23 B. F. SUDDATH, Sheriff. Georgia, Dawson County. By virtue of an order granted by the Court of Ordinary of said county, I will sell as administrator, before the ‘court house door, of said county, on the first Tuesday in December 1878, between the*usual hours of sale at public auction, the following lands belonging to ihe eslatc of Daniel Brice, de ceased, to wit: , , , Lots of land numbers 200, 201, 217, 26Q, and 261. in the 13th district, Ist section, south lull of said district, in said county. This laud is all in one body, well watered, and has cos 1 irtabie dwelling and outbuild ings on it. Ab uit 75 acres are in cultiva tion on the p'hice, about 40 of which are bottom. This is a valuable farm. Terms Cash. This October 7, 1878. WILLIAM W. BRICE. ■act-18 td Adtnr of Daniel Brice, dec’d. Union Sheriff’a Sales. Georgia, Union County. Will be sold before the court house door in the town - t Bluirsville, Uniou county, Ga., on the fir’ fc i id s i y in December next, within the k‘j<nl - It- lours, the following property, to wit; Parts of lots of hind N"S 25 and 48 in the 10th district and hist section of said county. Levied on as the property of March Adding, ton, W. S. Logan, and N. L. Logan, by vir tue of a fi fa issued from the Justice court of the lß'2d district, G M, of said county, in favor of James C Gillespie and Alexan der Bailey vs said March Addington, W S Logan and N L Logan, the same being their interests iu said tots of land. Property pointed out by plaintiff. LevJ- made and returned to me by G W Oarnev. L C. octlß-td ‘ N. B. HILL, Sheriff. Admiiiisti*;Uoi*’s Sale. Georgia, Banks County. By virtue of an order of the court of. Or dinary of Banks county, will be sold before the court house door in the town of Homer, oa the first Tuesday in December next, the following properly, to-wit: One tract ot land lying in said county, on- Hudson river, adjoining lands of G S Mar tin, Wm J Mize, Allen Watson and others, containing three hundred and fifty-five acres. The same will be sold in two separate par cels, as lot No 1, containing one hundred and sixty-eight and one-half acres, more or less, with about four or five acres of bot tom land, balance upland. Lot No 2 con taining two hundred aud sixteen and oue half acres, more or less, known as the home place, it being the place whereon Clackston Mizo resided at ;he time of his death; with about six acres ot bottom land on the same, balance fai- upland, all tolerably well im proved. Sold as the property of Clackston Mize, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of Clackston Mize, de ceased, late of said countv. Terms Cash. This October 9, 1878. JOHN MIZE, octl 8 ids Administrator. Executors Sale. Georgia, Banks County. By virtue of an order of the court of Or dinary of Banks county, will be sold before the court house door in.the town of Homer, on the first Tuesday in December next, the following property, to-wit: One tract of land belonging to the estate of James 11. David, deceased. Said land lying in Banks county, adjoining lands of T. Y. Brazeitou, James Ellison, M. P. Alex ander and others, containing one hundred acres, more or less; said laud is unimproved, ail in original forest, woli timbered,situated within one mile of Mavsville depot, oa the Northeastern Raihoad. Sold as the prop erty of James 11. David, deceased, and sold for the benefit of the heirs of James H Da vid, late of said county, deceased. Terms Cash. This October 9, 1878. octlß-td 11. J. DAVID, Executor, &c. Georgia, Banks County. Banks Superior court, October Term, 1878. By virtue of an order of the Honorable George D. llice, Judge of the Superior Courts of the Western Judicial Circuit, and o! the statutes in such cases made aud pro vided, notice is hereby given that the Supe rior Court of Banks county at the present term was by me adjourned to the April term 1879, of said court. Parties, jurors aud witnesses, will take due notice thereof, and govern themselves accordingly. Oct 17, 1878. 11. J. DYAR, C. S. C. Georgia, Towns County. M. M. Burrell applies to me for exernp. tion of personalty and valuation of home stead, and I vc ill pass upon the same on the 19th of October next, 1878, at 10 o'clock a. in., at my office in Hiwassee. J. W. HOLMES, Ordinary. Sept. 30, 1878. octll-td GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER i; 1878. Was it Political Persecution? Mr. Speer and his strikers have been makffig savage assaults on the Grand Jury of Gwinnett eonnty, be cause that body, in the discharge of its duty, called attention to the fact that Mr. Speer had failed to account for money collected by him while Solicitor General. The charge made is that this whole matter was tramped up as a political trick to injure Speer, because they say it had never been heard of until ho became a candidate, and would never have been heard of but for his candidacy. Where the gentlemen who com posed that Grand Jury are known, no defense is needed. Their charac ter as honorable, high-toned men is sufficient to protect them from any insinuation that they violated their oaths in order to trump up charges against Speer. In their justification it is proper that the facts should be known to the public. For several years there has been complaint in the county in reference to the money brought into court and paid out to insolvent lists. These complaint were brought to the atten tion of Judge Rice two or three years ago, and he appointed a commit tee, consisting of Col. S. J. Winn and Col. N. L. Hutchins, to investi gate tho whoio matter and report. The committee, after a full investiga tion, made their report. There was still some dissatisfaction, and the matter was brought before the Grand Jury, which assembled at the adjourned term in November fol lowing. At the adjourned term, 1877, before Mr. Speer was a candi date or any body knew r he would be a candidate, the Grand Jury investi gated this matter. The following ex tracts from the general presentments of that term will show what action was taken; EXTRACT FROM PRESENTMENTS OF THE GRAND JURY NOV. ADJOURNED TERM 1877. “We have been informed by a com mittee appointed by the last Grand Jury, that there had been money col lected from fines aud forfeited bonds, which had not been paid over to the county Treasurer, and they had not had time to give it a thorough inves tigation, and request that our body look after it, and that other county funds 'have been paid over to the County Treasurer that should have been applied otherwise, and having had some information before us showing that said complaint was not wholly groundless, and knowing that much dissatisfaction still exists among many of our citizens as to hew the large amount of money that has been collected from fines and forfeitures in the last three or four yeßcs has been applied and that com plaint has been made thereof, we have unanimously agreed to appoint a committee to give the matter a thorough examination and correct any error they may find in any cal culation cr report heretofore made, and make their report at the next regular term of the court, believing that it could not be done with any degree of accuracy at the present term. We have appointed as that committee, Madison L. Adair, John E. Craig and William J. Born, and do most respectfully ask his Honor Judge Rico to recognize said com mit e-e, aud give them such instruc tions as he may think best.” Signed by Eli J. McDaniel, Fore man( and twenty-two jurors.” In accordance with the request of the Jury, Judge Rice passed the fol lowing order: “It appearing to the court that the Grand Jury of this term have ap pointed M. L. Adair, John E. Craig aud William J. Born a committee for the purpose indicated in the general presentments of the Grand Jury. Ordered by the court, that said committee are authorized and direc ted to perform the service indicated in said presentments. Geo. D. Rice, Judge S. C.” A. L. Mitchell, Sol. Gen’l. A true extract from the minutes of Gwinnett Superior court, Nov. ad journed term, 1877. Frank T. Pentecost, Dep’tv Ci’k S. C. Oat. 21, 1878. This committee made their repori the last March term, but too late for any action to be taken by the Grand Jury, and Judge Rice, bv order, di rected it filed, subject to any objec tion which might be made. By referring to the report made by this committee, it will be seen that Mr. Speer’s entire insolvent list for his own services had been paid off and that he had received $445, including the Fraser money, more than he was entitled to for his own services. And that any amount which might be due him was on the old lists ot Markr and Thurman. This report came properly before the Grand Jury at the September erni for investigation, and as bon iest men, looking into the finances of the county, they did what they re garded as their duty. Could they, under their oatha shield Muj, Speer because he was a candidate? Is if true that there is anything so sacred about a candidate for' that a Grand Jury can’t look into tire finan ces of the county and report the facts? Mr. Speer admits all they charge, that he received the money and has not paid it over it. But our object was simply to sub mit the facts in vindication of the Grand Jury. who are being abused by Mr. Speer and his organs. And it will be seen that instead of this matter being tramped up for politi cal effect, that it is tha legitimate fruit of Rn investigation into the fi nances of the county begun over a year ago. These facts are from the minutes of our Superior court and cannot be controverted. —Gwinnett Herald. Speer opened his campaign by charging that Billups was rich and he was poor. Finding he made nothing out of that, he now says he i3 rich and Billups is insolvent. But Col. Billups does not owe over $2,000 to one mercantile house as Speer does. U. S. Dietrict Attorney “Potash” Farrow, under instructions from the W ashington Radicals, supports Speer with all his influence. Let every Democrat defeat the Radicals by vo ting for Billups. Now and Then. The following is an address, says the Athens Chronicle, to the Demo cratic voters of Clarke county, writ ten by Emory Speer, President of the Democratic Club, in June 1872. It was at the time when Mr. R. H. Lampkin, an Independent, was run ning for the legislature, against M. H. Durham, regular nominee. It was, true in 1872. It is true also in 1878. Let Mr. Speer be judged by the words out of his own mouth. The address was so admirable that, on motion it was unanimously ap proved, and 300 copies ordered to be printed for distribution. The original address is to te found in the Southern Watchman, of June 26, 1872: ' ' " “The Democratic Club of Athens, in view of the fact that they-are an organized body of Democrats, deem it proper that they express their oar nee, t wish that no man who claims to be a Democrat will cast his vote in the coming election for any man save the nominee of the party. Spch ill-advised voting has defeated the Democracy of the county heretofore; and that man who contrary to the wishes of the people, will insist on opposing the nominee, is. a disorgan izer and no,friend to the success of Democratic principles. There are but two parties—the Democrats and the Radicals —and one who opposes the Democrats furthers the cause of Radicalism. It does not matter whether this be intentional or not, the disastrous result is none the less certain. ' We would most respectfully beg that the Democracy will, on the day of the election, come to the polls en masse, and by a solid vote for Durham the nominee, eject a Repre sentative of the people’s choice, and rebuke the presumption of those who, while they call ' themselves Democrats, act against our evory in terest ” Speer said in 1875, “the mountain boys shot their corn into the hill sides out of shot-guns.”' Let them shoot Billups tickets into the ballot boxes next Tuesday. Who May Vote Next Tuesday, The following are the provisions of the new Constitution in relation to elections and voters. It will be seen that no man can vote outside of the county of his residence: Article 2, Par. 2. Every male citizen of the United States, except as hereafter provided, twenty-one years of age, who shall nave resided in this State one year next preceding the election and shall have resided six months in the coun ty in which he offers to vote, and shall have paid all taxes which may hereafter bo required of him and which he may have had an opportu nity to pay, agreeably to law, except for the year of the election, shall be deemed an elector. Provided, That no soldier, sailor or mariner in the military or naval service of the United States shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason of being stationed on duty in this State, and no person shall vote who, if challenged, shall refuse to take the following oath or affirma tion: “I do swear (or affirm) that I am tweuty-on9 years of age, have re sided in this State one j ear and in this county six months next preced ing this election. I have paid all taxes which, since the adoption of the present Constitution of this State, have been required of me previous to this year, and which I have had an opportunity to pay, and that I have not voted at this election.” Sec. 2nd, Paragraph lst.-The Gen eral Assembly may provide, from time to time,forihe registration of all elec tors, but the following class of per sons shall not be : permitted to vote or hold any office or appointment of honor or £i ust in this State, to-wit: Those who shall have been con victed in any Court of competent jurisdiction of treason against the State, of embezzlement of public funds, malfeasance in office, bribery or larceny, or of any crime involving moral turpitude, punishable by the laws of this S.ate with imprisonment in the penitentiary, unless such per sons shall have baeu pardoned. 2ud, Idiots and insane persons. ! An ‘■'independent” Denn and, Hon. B H. Hill, in his letter to the Democrats of Franklin, thus speaks of ring men and Independents: ‘ The ring man seeks to promote his per sonal ends and ambition by getting artful control of the party organizi tion. The independent seeks to pro mote his personal ends and ambition by fighting the organization. In their motives and ends they are pre cisely tha same, and differ only in the means they employ. Both are the children of that mammoth prolific parent of many evils and growing corruptions—self-seeking. The only real remedy for both these evils is that which was so familiar to our fa thers, and which is so unfamiliar to us: that* high congressional, judicia and executive positions are places ol service and responsibility, and must be ‘neither sought uor declined.’ ” Col. B>]laps is surely not an Inde pendent, and he is certainly not a ring man- He is that true Democrat who, to use again Mr. Hill’s language, “is willing to sacrifice his personal ends and ambition for the success of bis party, and which success he be lieves is the good of the country* He neither wires nor begs, nor pushes himself into the high places of re sponsibility. He sticks to his party and waits to be called higher. He regards the offices as places of ser vice, and not as occasions of pleasure or profit, or for the gratification of personal vanity. In a word, he nei ther seeks these high offices nor declines them, if he is in condition to discharge their duties.” This is a correct picture of Col. Billups as drawn by Mr. Hill, that good judge for many years of men and politi cians; but in what light does it place the Independent candidate ? Mr. Speer, leaving out of discus sion his Radical supporters and the interest of Northern Radicals in his success, is the Independent who “seeks to promote his personal ends and ambition by fighting the organ ization.” He makes divers com plaints against the Democratic or ganization of this district. He says the conventions of 1875 and 1877 were packed and filled with fraudu lent proxies. He deno.unoes the nom ination of (501. Billups, though made with no dissenting voice. He charges all and all manner of corruptions to the leaders of the Democratic party. But for them all, he has only one remedy—elect him to congress. He will cure all the ills we as a party have fallen heir to, if we will only advance his ends and farther his ambition. That is all he cares for He will offer no objection to a re stored Grantißm in Washington and Georgia, if he can only go to con gress. Are Democrats ready to sell themselves to this Independent who seeks to use them for his own selfish ends alone? If not, vote for Joel A. Billups, the Democratic candi date. Speer says Billups is an aristocrat. The farmers have seen Billups and know better. Speer has more of an aristocratic swagger than any other man in the ninth district. Vote for Billups, ■*- -* Speer in Union. Gaddistown, Union Cos., Oct. 24, ’7B. Editors Eagle: The great and inde pendent candidate, Emory Speer, arrived here Wednesday night, 23d inst., at dark, with his negro driver. They drove up to a gentleman’s house and stopped. Speer got out of the buggy and stood silently some min utes. A boy came out, and noticing the stranger, asked if he wished to stay all night. He said be did, and was invited in. He sat by the fire without speaking lo anybody, and then turned his back to the tire and people, his head nodding all the while like a bob on a fish line. The serv ant asked him to tea. He said noth ing. The lady of the house walked in. He neither looked at nor spoke to her, He soon called for a bed, and upon being asked what ailed him, replied “toothache.” He went to sleep immediately, rather unusual for one with tin toothache, Haying failed to keep his appoint ment that night, he mad© another for next day at 9 a. m. Nine o'clock came. Speer was in bed. Ten o’clock still found him taking his rest. Elev en o’clock put in an appearance, and Emory got up, day or no day. He told some of his friends he was very sick and must go for a doctor. The boys, not knowing what the matter was, said there were two doctors in the. settlement. He finally got up, made a few remarks, and turned half his supoorters in the audience to Billups and the other half are likely to tarn. The negro, being asked how long Mr. Speer had had [the toothache, laughed and said he never had it until the last night. The boys would not mind his taking a dram, if it did’nt take him so long to get over it. They say it is likely, if he was to get elected and take about two such spells as this, that congress would adjourn before he could get sober. Gaddistown, Speer’s negro strikers are adminis tering the “Loyal League” oath to their followers and swearing them io vote for Speer. Let every Democrat vote for Billups. Billups is the only Democratic candidate. Speer as a Superintendent of an Election. We judge a tree by its fruit, A man may, be vehement ic proclaim ing bimeelf a Democrat, yet that fact does not make him one. His works bear the best evidence of his true politics. Suppose we try-Mr. Speer by this standard. In Clarka county—Mr. Speer’s home—the Radicals have a majority, and the Democrats cAu Only succeed there by thorough organization. In 1870 two Radical negroes represented that county in the legislature. Ia December, 1877, an election for mem bers of the legislature w s held throughout the State, under the new constitution. The Democrats ;of Clark nominated Col., Huggins, a good and true man, to represent that county. One B. 0. Yancey was run by the independent Radical party against tha nominee. Speer, at that election, was an earnest and zealous supporter of Yancey, and in.,order to “put himself where he could do tho most good,” he had himself made one of of said election, at the Athens precinct, where most of the votes in that coun ty are polled. Previous, to the elec tion, Speer and a negro by the name of Win. A. Pledger—who is a violent Radical—went to the tax digests of the county, and made a list of all the white voters who had not paid their taxes. When the day of election ar rived, Speer appeared in his place as Superintendent, and his negro ally “Pledger” was present with the list of white defaulters, to help him ‘run the machine.’ Speer challenged ev ery white Democratic voter whom he did not know had paid his taxes, and also every negro who offered to vote the Democratic ticket; and let every Radical, white and black, vote without question. When ha chal lenged a white voter, he would call upon Pledger to examine his list, and announce whether or not such voter was entitled to vote. Late in the evening, thirty-two poor white men, who were operatives in the Georgia Factory, went to the polls, in a body, to vote for Col. Huggins. Speer challenged them all, in a body, and called upon his confederate, Mr. Pledger to examine the list, aud to announce whether they were entitled to vote. All of them had paid their taxes and were allowed to vote, bat their indignation was almost uncon trollable, especially .a$ the .negroes and Radicals were all the time vpting without hindrance from Speer. Well, what was the result bf that election ? Yancey defeated Col. Huggins, and yet only one hundred and sixty white men voted for him in the whole coup ty, out of the sixteen hundred votes cast at that election. Judging the tree by iis fruit, would you say Mr. Speer bore Democratic fruit that season? Will a good Democrat.unite with and solidify the Radical party to defeat a Democrat ? —Gwinnett Herald. Speer’s organs say that Mr. Billups has never alluded to anything that savored o? peraonalifcv, in conduct ing the present campaign. They say he is too honorable to speak dispar agingly of Mr. Speer’s private char acter. Sorry we can’t " say the same for his opponent, who has taken ad vantage of the most despicable means to defeat our nominee.— Madison Home Journal. Speer said in 1872, “there are but two parties, the Democrats and the Radicals.” Billups belongs to the Democratic party, What_party does Speer belong to ? ...a, The steamship General Barnes, from Savannah for New York, found ered off Cape Hatteras last Wednes day week and proved a total loss. Her passengers and crew were picked up by the schooner H. W. Drew, and carried to St. John’s, Fla. The General Barnes was built in New York in 18G4, and has been running between that port and Savannah ever since the war. Vote for Billups, who represents the Democratic party, while Speer does not. Next Tuesday,, congressmen will be elected in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rnode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the third district of Vermont. Speer is a Democrat in the moun tains, but a good enough Radical for the negroes in the lower counties. Vote for Billups. Last week Tuesday there was a tremendous storm all along the At lantic coast. Dwellings, Btores and other buildings were uuroofed and damaged in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Wilkesbarre, Wilming ton, Djl., and other places. Several vessels and steamers on the coast were wrecked, and -there were very considerable losses, of life and prop erty. _ Speer has every leading Radical negro in the district, working for him. Vote for Billups. The case of King et al vs. Banks et al. involving the legality of the charter of Bellton in Hall county, in which Judge Rice decided adversely to the charter, has been affirmed by the Supreme courr. Bellton will have to start over •again. Hall county is one of the twenty three in Georgia - showing an in creased valuation this year over 1877. Tne others, one hundred and twenty four in number, show a decrease ranging from SB, in Irwin to $1,001,- 490 in Chatham. ISTews in General. Voters in Glynn county have to register. The matrimonial market is dull in Dougherty. The Richmond county fair was a fine exhibition. Great Lester gains reported in Cherokee county. Georgia State Fair opens at Ma con next Monday. The Baldwin Blues of Miiledgeville hare anew armory. Paulding connty has anew brick jail with iron cages. Savannah is receiving over 7,000 bales of cotton a day. Prairie fires are r v ging in lowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Last week Brunswick shipped by steamers 1,410 bales of cotton. In Wilmington, N. C , they hav<- two floating cotton compresses. Tammany Hall will probably be beaten very badiy next Tuesday. Mr. James Story, an aged citizen of Jackson county, died last week. The heaviest snow ever known in October, fell last week in Nebraska. Up to October 18tb, there had been 9,931 deaths from yellow fe ver. 1 Speer is seeking to divide and con quer the Democratic party. Vote for Billups. Even bets on 5,000 majority for Hammond are beiog made in At lanta. Prof. Edison had a severe attack of neuralgia last week. He has im proved. An attempt was made last Friday to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain at Madrid. The Marietta Riflemen have re ceived their guns and will soon have their uniforms. There was a great Lester barbecue yesterday, right under Feltcn’s nose, at Cartersville. Mr. Wylie Howard, of Merriwether, while at work in his field last week, dropped dead. The Young Men’s Christian Asso ciation of Augusta dedicated anew hall last week. It is expected the Democrats will gain two, if not four congressmen iu Massachusetts. Speer is the worst enemy, of the Democratic party in this district. Vote for Billups. Rents in Aiken, S. C , the famous winter resort, are lower th a winter than since the war. The Columbia Slraightout wants Governor Hampton’s salary raised to SIO,OOO per annum. Gov. Colquitt was yesterday in Au gusta at the unveiling of the Con federate Monument. Barrels are worth more than ap ples in New Hampshire. It doesn’t pay to pick the apples. The Industrial University of Ark., of which Gen. D. H. Hill is Presi dent, has 230 students. A negro woman in Christian coau ty, Ky., recently gave birth to a twenty-one pound baby. Returning Board Hayes is sti 1 at tending agricultural fairs aud other harmless entertainments. The last Savannah Weekly News has a fine portrait of Lieutenant- General Joseph Wheeler. Rough Rice, formerly editor and proprietor of Rough Rice's Reporter, died in Rutledge last week. Speer said the mountain boys were not entitled to representation. They will surely vote for Billups. The Douglass Infantry of Augusta won the prize for colored companies last week, at the Atlanta fair. Billings, indicted for the murder of his wife at Ballston, N. Y., has been released on $30,000 bail. A man in California aud a woman in Ohio, over 3,000 miles apart, were married by telegraph recently. Personal abase is the strong card of the Independents and Greenback- Communists all over the State. The Albany Advertiser favors W. A. Harris of Worth, for Secretary of the Senate. Next week will tell Speaker Randall says he cannot be defeated for re-electioD, but will go in this time by an increased majority. Dodd, Brown & Cos., of St. Louis, the second largest jobbing house in the United States, failed last week. City of Savannah bonds to the amount of SI,OOO sold in Charleston last week at 58£ cents on the dollar. Speer bolts the Democratic party without any resonable excuse. Let Democrats bolt Spoer and vote for Billups. One district in Paulding county carried by Felton in 1876 now snows only 40 for him to 138 for Les ter. Gen. James S. Whitney of Boston, a prominent Democratic leader, dropped dead in that city last Fri day. A jury summons stopped a festive Albanian as he was taking the train last Monday week for the Atlanta fair. General John Pope declines to ap pear as a witness in the Fitz-John Porter case unless regularly subpoe naed. The Democrats of Baltimore elec ted their candidate for first branch of city c juacil, in every ward last week. Filthy localities in New Or ear s seem to have had no more fatal yel low fever cises than the most cleanly streets. The shareholders of the broken City of Glasgow Bank are to be as sessed three thousand dollars per share. The 18th U. S Infantry, tor some time stationed at Atlanta has been or dered out west to operate against the Indians. lowa Democrats unanimously con clude that next Tuesday is the legal day for bolding their congressional elections. The insurrectionary spirit is re ported alive in Santa Cruz, though over one hundred negroes have been executed. The Grand Masouic Lodge of the State met last Tuesday at the Ma sonic Temple in the city of Macon m annual session. Hon. A. H. Stephens says “Billups is the man whom the people should support.’’ Vote for Billups. Fifty more convicts for the Augus ta, Knoxville and Greenwood Rail road went into camp near Augusta, last Saturday. The Government has recently pur chased golcfKullion at Charlotte, N. C., aud Denver, Col. at its coin value iu greenbacks. Robert Smills (colored) will be defeated for congress in the fifth South Carolina district by George D. Tillmau, Democrat. Ctrdiual Cullen, Archbishop of Dublin, is dead. He was born in Eugland in 1803, and wa3 nominated as cardinal in 1866. The Monroe Advei'tiser has failed, after diligent enquiry, to find a dozen men in Monroe county who will vote for “Farmer" Arnold. Illinois Republicans think the Greenbackers will hold tne balance of power in the next legislature as they did iu the last. Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding, U. S Navy, died recently, aged 81 years. He was a son of John Paulding one of the captors of Major Andre. Hon. Robert Toombs says Billups ought to be elected. Vote for Bil lups. The colored Radicals of Dougherty county have, so far, declined to en dorse E. C. Wade, the Radical candi date for congress, against Smith. This month the United States Su preme court will hear argument in volving the constitutionality of all laws relating to polygamy in Utah. Augusta raised the quarantine last week, which has been established against the inflicted districts since the breaking out of the yellow fever. R v. W H. H. Murray bad his arm shattered by the bursting of a gun, whiie duck shooting last week, near his residence on Long Island Sound. NO. 43 There will be a colored people’s fair at LiGrange on tha Bth and 9ih of November. White people will be admitted to witness the fair, but they cannot compete. Edward Cooper, Domocrat, a son of Peter Cooper, will be supported for Mayor of New York City by every body opposed to John Kelly’s close corporation,Tammany Hill. A special treasury agent seizid last Friday in Chicago, a small pack age containing nine hundred and twenty-three precioas stones mailed from Ceylon to Keokuk, lowa. Radicals all over the country will consider Speer’s election a Demo cratic defeat Vote for Billups. The St. L >uis Cadets won the first prize at the Atlanta fair. Their captain, trank B. McCoy,is a native of Augusta, and was formerly a mem ber of the Oglethorpe Infantry. Mr. Hayes and his associate usurpers have taken away the arms of the New Orleans State troops till after election; and still there are “Hayes Democrats” in the South. The slaughter house and pork packing establishment of Christian Klinch, East Buffalo, N. Y., was burned last Saturday. Loss SIGO,- 000. Nearly 400 hogs were burned alive. Government employes in Wash ington will be allowed leave of ab sence to go home and vote, but they are expected to vote the Ridical ticket; otherwise, off goes their offi cial heads. The interest on the bonds of the Northeastern Railroad Company of Georgia, due November 1, will be paid at the Mechanics’ National Bank, New York,or the First National Bank of Athens. Vote for Billups, who is in every way qualified for a congressman, while Speer is not. Mrs. Felton doesn’t seem to think she deceived anybody when she wrote letters advocating her hus band’s election from North Georgia and signed herself “Wool Hat,” and other pet names. A Republican paper in Ohio nomi nates John Sherman as the Republi can candidate for the Presidency, and the Cincinnati Enquirer, on be half of the Democracy, kindly sec onds tha nomination. James F. Collins, white, was run over and killed last Friday night, by a State Road train, near the cotton factory in Atlanta. He was a mem ber of Captain John Iveely’s Jackson Guards during the late war. A fund for the late Lieutenant Hiram L. Benner, U S. A., who died at Vicksburg of yellow fever, is being raised in Augusta. Hon. Patrick Walsh is the treasurer. Contribu tions from all over the South are so licited. Sixteen citizens of Williamsburg county, S. C., were arrested last week for violating . the enforcement acts. Returning Board Hayes’ U. S. District Attorney was on the ground and the arrests were made by hia direction.