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ftldMic c'cilfthii) journal, pruLisaicn evkky tntßßissim* at THOM. 8 ON, (U I. R. WHITE, > ... ~ _ W. P. COMBS. , *.>* Fre^e***. Bl>K EC H (TFw. ~£ 8M IT H. BEASOXH I*OR XOT VOTING KOK THE ELECTORAL RILL. • Is It*i x3 '***. [Son* Win, E. Bwii\ Keprewntntha iu (k>,grrH* from the H eond • the only Georgia Repre- BitW*W!-Wtw**flttie ptnrtt and onor "B*, or fortnight, if you please, to <I K . noucoe mul vote ngcinst the E ectorai Count Bill, noder the provisions of which we have muldlod njmn n a Chief Magistrate wi> i uot the choice of the )>cop!e. We ore a warn that the inane, involved in that Bill are now dead issues, but as the evil friutn thereof are yet to be borne, it is proper that the warning if iU opponent* should be hauded down to posterity, ttiat our children may ieani who were the true defender,, of the Constitution at the time when our He piiWie reoe.ved it*. fatal stab. It ia with pUaaurv, therefore, ttiat we surrender our spoon to the publication of Mr. Smith's, speech iu full, and truat that tire Commonwealth of Georgia may never prove imgrali fill to him, or fail to re ward him for Ida Urn mens when an op portunity offer* ] Mr. Smith of Georgia ; Mk Mckakkm : I eiiuoof. get my con tent te vote for thia bdl, uotwithstand iug the many imd seemingly urgent res •ona for its passage, J. can at 4; my ob jections lu n tew wopU. The CoUHtitution of the United Htsleu ia the auprenie Inw of the laud. The Government of the United State*, the govern merit of the hidividnal States, and eitiseua of tli* United Shite* miwt yield 1 erf not obedience to thia paramount law. Tlia safety of the Union itself, the pre servation of the rights of the several Btatos aa members of the Uniou, and the rights of citizens of the United States depend upon a foi tin ill observance of I hi* American Magna’ Clmrtn. A strict and faithful enforcement of alt its pro vision* securing to the Federal Govern *ll delegated power and preserving to tha States aud people all resumed righto, whaihnr expressed or iiuplie.l, is all that the domiKiratio party can and ought to claim, AH tlmt a State gov ernment can demand, all that any citi zen o', the United State* can ask, ia to have this supreme law observed and en. forced, snd not violated. We of tiin South must follow our un ceaturs to supporting the Constitution. We have ever feared that the intolerant spirit and aggressive policy of the aboli tion party would someday break through the protection afforded us by till* instru ment, and tiling upturn society at the Hon tii. W ere wilueawH to-dny of a rc alintksn of this well-grounded fear. All the security we now seek in to be per- mitted to manage our domestic aunverus it: our own way subject to the (Jonstitu tiou ; and, while striving to hold other* to a strict observance of Constitutional obligations, we should be careful not to oonuoit au aot which may carry with it tbt agtnhlauoe of a violation of -.Jf u**'provision*. Thia regard for the Constitution i* further intensified by tliv fact that we of the Huutli are auffotiug now, and hare beta aufferiug for the last sevouteeu yeare, from the effect* of a violated and disregarded Constitution. Many of the features of this bill meet my hearty approval. Among these 1 may mention the denial of the right ns olaiaaed by some for the President of the Senate to cleat ua between two electoral returns from the same State and to count the votes, the assumption that it is the doty and right of tbs Semite and Ilonas of Representatives to decide as between such return* and oUitut the electoral vote, and the declaration that the vote of no Stale for Preaidcut and Vice-President shell be rwjueted unless both Senate and Hoorn of Uepiuaeutativca concur iu the order of rejection. I find no dirt'culty in agreeing to these provUions. But while yielding a willing concurrence to no lnueli of the bill T can not agree to the second section. This section, among other thing*, provides that when) more tliau cue return i re ceived from a State, such returns and paper* shall tie submitted to tbo judg ment and decison of a commission thereinafter named, and tliis ooiniiiission is to decide “which is the true and law ful electoral vote of such State Thia commission is to be composed of fifteen member*, five from tbo Kinnte, five from the House of Hepioseututivi s, ami five at the Associate J indices of the Mttpreme Oourt of tliu United Slides, 1 have no opposition to make to joint committees of both Houses, with the power in both to revise, accept, or reject any report or res lit of snch joint ootn mittee. I olijcet to the introduction of tlicae fire Aaeociate Just ions a* luemtierH ot the ttuamisaion, and for these reasons: Tu<- oiiixeus of the scwrql State# liav iug voted tor President ami Viee-Presi di'Dt, ami til* elector# chosen by them having ftMMmbted nnJ cost their votes, and the reanlt of atich lust-mentioned vo ting having been placed in the hand* of th* PweilHit of tlie Senate, tho next thing to be done it to count the votes. The twelfth article of the amend and Constitution of the Uuitei Htatca do clareff The President of the Senate shall, iu tba presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the ewtifloates and the vote* shall tlieu he counted. x agree with the bill that the ollioc of the President of the Regale is ministeri al, and that he w excluded from partici pating in the count except ns utty other member of the Senate, if he be a Sena tor, and that the counting of the roles is a duty imposed by the Constitution on tlw two Mouse* ef Congivs*. A* the President of the Senate and tba two House* of Congress are expressly j named, to ilia exclusion of th whole world, it follow* that on* or Uk> other or ! both oooouning must count tlie votes tor President and Viee-l’rwddeut. It it claimed by a minority in Con greaa that the President of tlie Senate must discharge this duty. -I deny this. But, for the sake of the argument, let it , be admitted. Would any uur pretend that Congress by a statute could deprive him of this right and impose tins duty. on another person or |**r oo*? Jfani fe* !y not. Cougrea* it e f is a creature > of the Const itutkni, and the statutes of the United States must be in subordina tion anJ not io opposition to it, I agree with the bill, that the Presi dent of tea Senate cannot lawfully oouut tha.eli oteml votes, and that this duty is devolved by the Constitution on the two Housea of Congress to the complete ex clusion of all other purposes. Bitoh being tl.e Constitution, prece dent and practice, I deny to Cougiess the power iu any way, directly or iudi reetly, to deprive the two Houses of the authority to count the votes for Presi dent and Vice-President. It is appa rent that all act* passed by Congress to cirry oat the Constitution -ad to secure to the two houses tlm power to count the electoral vote would be lawful. And those acts that b--e for their object tin transfer of this authority to persons not in Congress would be contrary to the Constitution and therefore void. I assume with the bill as true, that un der toe C .’nst tution the Senate asd House of Hepresenta'ives must count the electoral vote, and I maintaiirthat the two Houses cannot discharge this duty by aaaiguing it, or uuy part of it, to parties not members of Cougross. It tills lie not true, then Congress can di voat itsed of any one or all of their con stitutional power* by assigning tile same to others. What would be said of a Congress that would by statute confer on tiro Supreme Court the power “to lay and collect taxes," Ac., “to coin money," <te“to declare war,” Ac., “to provide and maintain a navy ?’’ And if Congress cannot ilivosl itself of all or any eue of these powers, neither cun the Congress of the United States take from tho Senate and House of Iteprcsen a lives the right and duty of counting the electoral rote. I contend that the bill punctually and on its face deprives the Senate and House of Representative* of tho author ity to count the electoral vote. I lie authority to count includes cx vi termini, the power to decide what shall bo counted. Now, to this commission of fifteen members all disputes where "more than one return, or paper purport ing to be a return from a State, shall have been received from the President of the Senate * * „ all such retinas nnd papers shall bo submitted to their judgment and decision.” “Such decision shall be road and enter ed iu tho Jouruul of each House, and the counting of tho votes shall proceed in oonfbrmity therewith, unless, upon objection mode theteto in writing by at least five Senator* aud five Representa tives, the tw* Houses shall separately concur iu ordoriug otherwise, in which ease such concurrent order shall gov ern. ” . It is claimed that this clause gives the two Houses authority to make the act of the commission the joint aot of the two Houses, Let us see : Tlie decision is to bo entered in the jotirunls of both Houses, and the count ing of the votes is to proceed in con formity therewith, unless, ,' e. It is dear that the decision becomes tlie law of tbe case and binds both Houses without the approval of either, without tlie aot of either, and witliqut a dtwiston by either. tt all the members of the commission should concur, their judgment should not become the rule to control tlie count ing of the votes, nidus* first approved by both Houses. Under this hill both Houses have given tbeir approval in ad vance aud without reason to know what may bo tho judgment of said commis sion as to any question submitted. But it is claimed that objections in writing oan bo filed and tho decision win be set aside by the concurrent order of the two House*, hi theory this is true, practically it Is not. Under this bill neither House eiiu of its own motion object to tho judgement of tlie commis sion. Preliminary to nuy sort of objec tion to the judgement, both House are required to leave their own Hulls and to solicit five members of thj other legislative branch to ooncnr therein. The House of Uepresentntives, theoreti cully intended by our Constitution to represent tlw people of the United Slate*, is o impelled to go to the Senate, the representative of the several States and ask the aid of live Senators to unite with them iu objecting to an obnoxious judg ment , aud without tlieir aid ami conour renoe not a singlo step oau bn taken. So that, although tlie House may be fully convinced that the judgment of the commission ia an error or a fraud, thia hill deprives them of the privilege of simply making a motion unless the aid office Senators is secured. If the oou curienoe of five Senators ommot bo obtained, the right to object, to revise, to oppose, to reject, in fine, to make the act 'Oi.l judgment of tho commission the rot aud judgment of the House, is gone forever. Hence I say that the right of either House to decide hetweeu oppos ing election returns, while dimly retained is so obstructed ns to make it impracti cable and useless. Believing that all tliojxiwerw conferred by the Constitution tu tho two Houses of emigre** aim power* to lie exercised by Senators and Representatives only, I cannot ooi scut to tho introduction of persons, however pure aud learned, to j participate iu tlie exercise thereof. If j Congress can by statute avoid a constitu tional duty and impose that duty on persons not members of Congress, why may not Congress diveat itself of all constitutional power? If cue duty can be assigneil, every other duty can le. It is the constitutional duty of the mem bers of the two Houses to count tho elec toral votes, Xo other number of persous can do it. Xo other uumlier of persons can aid iu counting them. The duty must be performed by roembora of O.ni'- | gross, ami ‘hem alone. Tho five justices ! j are not memliers of Congress. They > have never been e’ectcd, never been j sworn. They liavo no constituents; j | they represent no one. Congress cannot confer membership on them. And as ’ justices their aid is not invoked, and if invoiced tho eonstitut on would deny to them the exercise of their judicial power iu such a forum. It may trauspu o Uur these five justices 1 may el t tlie President. As the ten memhoisofC ingress are half republicans 1 aud half democrats it is likely that each 1 side will insist that their party candidate is elected Tlie question then would 1 liava to lie decided t-v th- - five justices Iwooi these ar- and, run and two are 1 republicans, 1. t!,,-y should be control)- ! McI)IT FF I F WKK KL Y JO URN AL. March 14, 1877. -,< in the auue manner, the fifth justice will decide the single act, an act binding open Congress ami performed by one who is not a mem ber of either House, and from whose de cision there is no p|>eal. The hill virtu ally deprives the two Houses of the right and power to eouut the electoral votea for President and Vico-President of the United States. This bill is entirely unnecessary. There is no cause for internal commotion. None even for alarm. There is too much virtue and patriotism in our legisla tors to permit the-. President of fcbe <* mate te usurp the power ol deciding between antagonistic return, and of counting the votes. There i* two mnoh honesty and .tatesinaim! ip in the republican leaders to permit the shameless frauds in Louisi ana and Floridu to count a candidate of any pai ty into tha presidential chair. I believe f’ihlen and Hendricks have been fairly elected by the American people, and that both Houses would have arrived at this conclusion. I hope the joiat e lectoral commission may do as well. HA x K Oa mnß r. The Fraudulent I’rosidont has nomina ted a Cabinet, as a matter of course, and lie has selected men win owe alicgeauce to no party, with the exception of a f-w. He has appointed as follows : W. M. Evart of New York, Secretary of State ; John Sherman, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury; Curl Holiurz, of Mis souri, Secretary of the Interior ; Geo. W. McCrary, of lowa, Secretary of War ; H. W. Thomson, of Indiana, Secretary of the Navy; Post Master Gonerul ; I). M. Key, of Tennessee ; Charles Da vies, of Massachusetts, Attorney General. These appointees have all been con firmed by the Hoiiate, though there was considerable opposition to some of them. Key and Schurz, particular, was bitterly opposed by Blaine and the extreme Hudi cals, which is somewhat to their credit, if the opposition was not for effoot, ns was Morton’s opposition to the Electoral Bill. We have nothing to say about this Cabinet. It is none of our making. It is not our funeral. If it turns out to ha patriotic and conservative it will be a pleasant surprise to the B nitli, but we | have no such hope. Hayes Inis ntulr,n tho office of President, and any man who accepts stolen goods is no better than Die thief, [Communicated. ] Atlanta, Gao., March 9, 1877. [KiIITUBS JODIINAL i I doubt if a letter from this place will bo interesting now that tho Legislature is no more, but nevertheless, here goes. 1 Hayes have been inaugurated, it, is true, but still tlie oJ.I bleak winds howl i around aud through Atlanta, just as they did a month ago, tin sun failed to j shine just us hod been hi* custom liore t< fore, at thia point of the globe, Now while these things remain in ulatu qou, there is a very perceptive change in some things. Business is reviving and almost everyone is looking more hope ful. The U. 8. has turned loose about two hundred imkl torty prisoner* lie o. ieu i*lio were woiighOfrom the moun tains of North Georgia, for “taking sugai in them" without adding the requisite revenue stamp. The death of poor Mclntyre was regret*-i bv ail good people, but then that : a no miaou why U. 8. soldiers should be scut by the \ commander to look up th • murderer. Tho U. 8. troops are in a mauuer over doing the tiling ; tiny arrest with impu nity nuy one who they oau possibly conceive could, by tlie remotest pro. a hilily, have bad anything to do with tlie murder of Mclntyre. Dissatisfied office-seekers are beginning to fill the papers with complaint* against our new Governor already. It ia wrong for the press to copy these emanations of disappointed expectation. Governor Colquitt s a good man, but slanderous reports well circulated may sometimes injure the best of men. The Constitutional Convention will be held, aud it ia to he hoped that it will move the Capitol back to Mtiledgeville of somewhere else, any where in prefer ence to Atlanta-muddy, dirty, dusty, cold, corrupt Atlanta -it is a veritable Chicago in every respect but siae. The Marietta ,(■ Ellijay K. Is. will no built ut the expense of the State and Joe Brown is happy, lx cam e he expects to dive into some of the much talked of, but u explored gold mines, iu that region of country. Joe knows wlmt he is abont and if be .-ticks his fingers into the side of some of those mountains, it will nat urally stick to Joe's lingers, and he drawn out by him. There is only one thing certain about this ltailr>ad e ter prise, and that is, to it Ben Hill owes his election to tlie Senate. Mountain men have a great spirit of reciprocity, that is, tlieir motto is “you help me, iiu.i 1 U help yen." More uuon, Sio Cano. Tux Piidikt on mi Lou isiana tSI) S. C. TftOUl! LK S. The Tribune special from Washing ton : In conversation with a member of Congress on the Louisiana and South Carolina quest ions, tlie Presided said ou Saturday, that iu making up his mind ns to the best course to pursue to secure haimony iu thoao States, he should not allow himself to bo embarrassed by the idea that lie must do nothing that would seem to affect injuriously tlie validity of his own title to office. That matter, he thought, bail lieen authoritatively and fluidly decided. He did tiot believe that there would be any disposition to biggie about bis title if the uumiuistrat on com mended itself by its acts to tlie judg ment of the country. As soon m tin members of tin n i .l Cabinet were fairly aettieh in their position, ho would as* j their careful consideration of the sit.pr tiou in tiio two States having ooufl •: , ■ goverutnents, and ho was Ooh tide lit , ::ut with their aid some method of solving the problems presented would be found, w hich would be fair and just aud satis | factory to the people of these States, j Several ways of set hug the difficulty has been considered by him, but lie should not adopt auv method iu a hurry, or without fundi more deliberation timu 1 he had as yet found time t file to the subject. Iu nil oetivorsu'.ioua which the l’r, t dent lias held wriili prouiment men on this vexatious matter, lie has expioaseu the same confidence that therJSfßhf be | found a safe anil honorable road oat of the troubles prooeeeding from <yconflict j of authority. At the same tone, he ' made it dear that the maintenance of a State government by the preset* of tho Federal army ia repugnant to his ideas and can no longer bo tolerate 1. Chbbch Pakic. A panic occurred in St. Francis Xa vier’s Church in New York on the night i of His Bth, in white a number were kill "d Milder the following circumst*Boe, as j related by Father Lnngeake : - “I hud begun last Sunday to give a ; ‘retreat’or series of spifilnaT exercises to the women of the parish, and the ex ercises were to finish to-morrow evening. The subject I v.as discussing this even ing was ‘Hell,’ and in my retjark* I strove to impress my hearers with a fear j of offending God, by picturing them ; the horrors of the damned. It was : near the close of my sermon when a wo man, who, as I believe, was in the galle ry, fell into hysterics and began to scream. There was a momentary-silence at first, when somebody eriad ‘fire. ’ A few persons repeated tire ciy, and then a general flight began. From the galleries which were deusely packed, the occu piants rushed to the doorwj-ttlf ■ of most nnooutrolable excitemciip. The women iu the body of the duircii were more calm, and though unable Jo see what to do, still did not act with an much excitement as the the galleries. 1 called on them to be calm, that thure was uo fire, but my exhorta tions were but slightly ) ceded. ” Al'udiug to the above catastrophe the Courier-Journal says: When a preacher isdiscoursing on “lu ll and the horrors of tho damned,” it would lie well for him simply to read to hia midionce what the scriptures say on tho subject, without drawing on his imagination to produce fictitious images wherewith to frighten his floek. Human nature call easily be imposed upon. An Italian painter nuee died of fright while devil he lmd just fixed on his canvas. The Htipremo Court of the United I States decided adversely to railroads, ami the right of the - tato Legislatures to ! regulate rates of freight was accorded. ! Lincoln County Departrrp^ | T. B. IIOLLBNSHKAD, Korraa. j ~sr — IV IU, Il*O WH L 1,, . i l sou of our friend Mr. Wiliam Powell lias | been quite sick for nearly two weeks ' with typhoid-pneinnoniu. We hopejmou. j to note his convalescent' . Fa it mh n s ill tills immediate neighborhood are a littl* backward with their work, but as they are of an industrious turn of mind, with a few days suitable weather, Ifcfey I will be cvf?u 11 K A V V it A I J. % fcwn'r.-i •nwintaayt niglipSffe T. 9" <8 r*m fell in this section that we have h.-d during this season. 8om:i of the water Connies were higher than they have been since the freshet, the 17th of last Jane. U smt. 1 have been informed that the Centen nial Academy, near Goshen, taught by Mr. P M. Haw s, and Rev. J. J. 8. Cuioway -'lie,: have united, aud that the school is now under tho supervision of the latter gentleman. Cub ioii s -r., Mr. J. P. Dill, our Agent at Clay Hui, send* us the following recipe fur the oiiro of sore eyes. He fays tlie remedy is so simple that many will ref su to givo it n trial, but he assures our renders that it v ill certainly cure in every case : Make a thick sweetened water from syrup or molasses and bathe tbe eyes before retiring at night. It a v. W. H. T a a m a F. l preached one of the plainest and u\i -it forcible sermons, last Sunday, at Liir oolnton I ever listened to. His text was, “Charity never failoth,” found iu first Corinthians. Ido not re member the ohapter and verse. The congregation was as large and attentive IU) auy I have seen at that church ia many months. T hk MoDtirm J o r x n a i„ I have often heard it said, that ‘‘self praise is half scandal," but we trust our readers will bo generous enough not to accuse of vanity, when we only repeat what our friends and patrons say about our paper. Said a subscriber to me a few days since : “The price of your paper lias boon reduced or e-half, and it has improved a hundred per cent withinwhai last ten mouths. It is certainly one of tho best weeklies in the State. The arrangement giving a special department | t 1 Lincoln county news, exclusively, is a good one, and I think, will add much j to the interest of the Jot’itNAi,. Goshen. Having business in tlie neighborhood of Gosiien, I paid that portion of the ! county a visit last week, and the farmers were “np and doing.” The fanning interest in every respect, seemed to be iu a flourishing condition, I scarcely passed a farm where th# f .nee rows had not been cleared out, rails split, fences repaired, Ac. Aud on nearly every farm a large quantity of the coin laud had been turned, rnauure bawled out, and put iu tii# ground, usd cotton land listed up. “tie and bar” echoed from almost every field I passed, which reminded '-ic forcibly of r e helium days. Dur ;ng my stay in U.-sueu. T had a short eouvtrs: :• ni with .Intis, our celebrated Literati, and he is as , - rfwl and in as 1 good spirits as a quarter race her e. By-tbe-viuy, a snbse.iber of the Joub- ! nal in that seotiou, will soon bike unto j bimsell a better and a “big" half (more j than a majority) and we shall expect a letter from Justin all ablaze with; eloquence, wit and humor. And it may i that Ids poetical talent has sufficient !y do. -jol for him to indulge in a lew line# of poetry. PRICES .REDUCED | Standard the same as Heretofore. Prices in Augusta Ga. PENDLETON’S Ammoniated Superphosphate OaHb. per ton 2,000 !bs SSO 00 Time Price, to lt Nov. currency 57.00 Time Price, Cotton option 15c. for Middling Cotton 75.00 Or. Time Price, Cotton option at 12c for Middling Cotton 60.00 PENDLETONS Phosphate for Composting. Caftb. per ton 2,000 lbs $35 00 Time Price, to Ist Nov. currency 40.00 j Time Price, Cotton option 15c. for Middling Cotton 60.00 LORENTZ A HfTTLEB’S Ammoniated Soluble Phosphate. Cash, per ton 2,000 lbs %3a.00 Time .’rice. Cotton option, 11 jc for Mi<idling Cotton 00.00 ACID PHOSPHATE. Cash, per ton 2,000 lbs §33.00 Time Price, Cottyi option, Kije. for Middling Cotton +2.00 BEALL, SPEARS & CO.; Cotfon Factors, 177 Reynolds t., AUGUSTA, OA., Ag’t*. c7-b*. For JSale. A IA)T, about 4 acres, wore or lean, in- j Bide corporation, fine cottage house, kitcb- ; en and dining room, line well water, house j built tm latent style. For terms apply to JNO. U. WILHOIf. Jan. 3, 1877-tf. Georgia Chemical Company, AVaV ST A, GEoIt GI A, Manufacturer* of the Renowned Patapsco Guano and Grange Mixture- Agent# in the principal Towns o Georgia, Alabama aud Sooth Carolina. ANALTSE —PATAPSCQ : I FHskglvck! Bobe Fhonphate - ...... 22.252 Bona Phonphate .. ...... 9,300 Potiinb, Sodn and Magnesia - - - - ... - - - 7.471 Ammonia (Potential) .......... 8.153 GRANGE MIXTURE: I>inolved Bone Phosphate - 23.389 l'ndixsolved Hone Phosphate ...... ... 7.017 Anlphste Potash - 3.754 Sulphate - - - - - - . . . . 9.814 Ammonia (Potential) 1.75 The Covington Enterpri# publisher & Ktutemcmt furmuhott by T. M. Merriwthr. of Newton County, On. giving Home interesting experiment* with seven different Fer iluen. from which in extracted tbte following ruiflllta on Ilf acres of land from one ton: HEED COTTON. IWT. No Manure 4.871 lb#., equal to 1*6*30 lbs Eureka *’old reliable” 9,177 lbs., gain in Hut 1*429 lbs Bine Bone 9,897 lbs “ 1,660 11* HuNsel Coes .....10,009iba “ 1,703 lbs Merry-man s Ammoniated 10,091 lbs “ 1,733 lbs Compost 10,091 lbs “ 1.733 lbs Cumberland -.. n 10,4011* 14 1,836 lbs PATAI*HK3O-(rHANOK MIXTURE 10,491 lb 1,867 lb* The above in bused upon one pound af Lint to three of Seed. Estimate of value upon baaia of 10 tents for cotton : Jr rah go <)vef no do. Kureka old reliable' ... 43 80 do. Bine Bone ~.. 12 80 do. Kb* el Coe’s . 10 4< do. Merry man's 13 40 do. Compost 13 4o do Cur.berlond...... ..... 13 10 | M. A, STOVALL. Manager. JOHN F. SUTTON, Aoent, Thomson, Ga. b2l -u* WANDO FERTILIZER AND AJID PHOSPHATE. \V \\ E offer the Wanlo Feitilizer aud Aaid Phospkax* iu fchoir or.gmvl purity to the Farmers of this section* with tho assurance that the atundard has not only been preserved but improved. CERTIFICATE Hall Cos. Ga., December 16th, 1876. H. J. Cooper, Esq., Agent, Flowery Branch, Ga. Dear Sir : The Wan do Fertilizer I bought of you gave me good satisfaction and did well, and I can reoommeud it to the Farmers of Georgia as being equal to any. A. R. COOPER. PRICES—WANDO FERTII IZEIt. CASH Forty-Five Dollar* per Ton. TIME Fifty Dollars per ton payable Ist November in Currency. Or 450 lb*. Middling Cotton per ton, to be delivered on Ist November. PRICES—WANDO ACID PHOSPHATE. CASH—Thirty Dollars per Ton- TIME -Thirty-Five Dollars per ton j ayable Ist November in Currency. Or 300 Middling Cotton per ton. to be delivered November Ist- For Circulars or other information, call on or address J\ B. NEAL <Sc SON, b3l-a* THOMSON, A. YOU N G & H AC K, (AT THEIR OLD STAND.) 206, liliOAD STREET, <> It O O E It 8 , ►rr ■ VOSTIKUE to offer to the trade a Urge aud well selected stock of Groceries and i Plantation Supplies, for sale at lowest market prices. AGENTS FOR. ; Richmond Factory Stripes, Osnaburge, Sewing Thread and Woolens. THE GREAT FERTILIZER Wbann’s Raw Bone SaperPlospliate, Manufactured by WALTON, WHANN .t CO. Wilmington, Del CLAGHOKN, HERRING & CO., General Agents, Atignstn, v - Georgia, Nl>ri it g of* 18 77. V A EAR after year we have supplied the Planters and Farmers of Georgia and South Carolina vilh this standard Fertilizer. Each year has added to its popularity, and in croiis-d the number of its friends. It is s* well and favorably known that it needs no snmn.cndation from ns. It lira been need more extensively in Middle Georgia and Eas tern South Carolina than ;,nv other Fertilizer in the market. We refer with confidence to the thousand* who have used it. The prices this season are if 17.0n per ion Cash, de livered ou the cars at Charleston, Port Royal. Savannah, or WilmingW:.. N. C., ors(>s.oo per ton, rredit, uutil the Ist November, 1877. delivered on the ears at Charleston, Port Royal. Savannah, or Wilmington. N. 0-, with the option, up to that date, of paying in Middling Cotton at IS cents per pound. This excellent Fertilizer is offered at $7.1(8! per ton delivered at Thomson, or 4i-f. ibe. Middling Cotton payable Nov. Ist, 1877. Or, planters can pay freight from Augusta and deliver 4SO lbs Middling Cotton. Nov. lab For Sale by SOL. NORRIS. Ag’t,, fob. H-r.t. THOMSON. GEORGIA. t FAILY GROCERIES None BETTER end none LOWER in prices for same quality of Goods. ALSO OPENED FOR SPRING TRADE NEW PATTERNS OF Carpets, Oil Cloths, WINDOW SHADES, WALL PAPERS, LACE CURTAINS and CORNICES, very low for CASH. Jas. G. Bailie & Bro., 205 Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA. b2B-b* TRUSTEE’S SALE. BY virtue of an absolute deed executed to rue for the lands hereinafter described, by M A. Sturgis, and A. E Sturgis, on the 31st day of December, 1874, and a bond tear titles, with a power of sale therein con tained. executed by me on the name day to said parties, I will sell, on the first Tuesday in April next, at the Court-house door, in Thomson, McDuffie county, the following tract of land to-wit: Lying and being in McDuffie county in said State, containing Twenty-five Hundred Acres more or less, on the waters of Jiriar and Sweet Water Creeks, nil joining the lauds of Iverson liradshfiw on the South; Mrs. Mary J. Mc- Uahee and V. M. Ury ’a estate on the east, F. M. Usry’s estate on the North and Unry’e estate and David Montgomery on the West, being part of the Call Grant, and bought by said Sturgis of Jito. Atkins in 1857, and being the tract of land whereon said Stur gis now reside s. Terms cash, purchaser paying for titles. ROBERT TOOMBS, feb. 28, 1877-td. Trustee. OYSTER SHELL LIME FOR ./ka-RXaXJXaTXJPL P t JRPOSEB I The Manufacturer*, having Lrgeiy increased their facilities, and at great axpenaa erected at their works at PORT ROYAL, S. C., a Patent Brick Kiln for burning, again offer to the farmers of (-borgin, OYS fEK SHELL LIME, and claim, from personal ex perience in its use, and from hundreds of certificates which could be produced, that it is the cheapest and best Fertilizer ever introduced in the States, and possessing exactlv those properties of which the land has from year to year been robbed. Asa top dressing for small grain it has no superior. Composted with Stable Ma nnre. Cotton rieed. Muck, aud all vegetable Matter, it will make a manure which will permanently improve any land to which it is applied. All who wish to plaster houses and white-wash (it is a beautiful white), build with brisk or stone, or use Lime in any way. will find die Oyster Shell Lime aa good, if nwt getter and cheaper than Stone Lime, and as a disinfectant is as good as any Lime. wr. aiso Hi vs a “COMPOUND” FOB PREVENTING ROT IN GRAPES, Alao most excellent for PEACH and all fruita, if uaed dnring Winter asd hoed or plowed iu. Use one gallon ir more to each tree, and half gallon to vines *SO 00 ner ton. • Give it a trial. ’ r For orders for LIME or COMPOUND address PORT ROYAL LIME CO., JNO E. BENTON, Aorxr, Thomson, Oa. P ° RT ROYAL ’ S ’ C ’ or ’ For further information write to P. W. PRINTUP, Augnsta, Ga., care PrintnD Bro. & Pollard am also Stale Agent for “BROWN’S FORMULA” fer Composting, the cost of which w only $5.00. It ia worth to each Farmer who will us it in Composting, from $25.00 to $250.00 each year. For sale at Thomson bv JNO. E. BENTON. “ sl - c * P. w. PRINTUP. FERTILIZERS FOR 1877. # FOR SALE BY JOHN AS. BENTON. SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, Cush, B+B.oo. Time, *67.M—Cotton at 16c. SOL. PAG CO’S. ACID PHOS. “ HC.OO. “ 48.50 “ " 150 SEA FOWL, “ fiO.iKJ. “ 67.50 “ “ 15c’ COE S SUPERPHOSPHATE, “ 50.00. “ 67 50— “ “15c STONO SOLUBLE GUANO, “ +6.00. “ G.’oO— “ “16c’ “ ACID PHOSPHATE, “ 30.00. “ 50.00- “ “ 15a! CHESAPEAKE GUANO, “ 50.00. “ 70.00 “ “ 160. “ ALKALINE PHOS. “ 45.00. “ 62.00 “ “ 15c. BRADLEY'S A. D. BONES, “ +O.OO. “ 55.00 “ " 12ie MEHUYMAN’S A. D. BONES. “ 52.50, 72 50— “ " 14+o ZELL S SUPERPHOSPHATE, “ 00.00. “ 70.00-- “ “15a’ ZEI.L S ACID PHOSPHATE, “ 38.00. “ 57.00- “ “15c! ETI WAN GUANO, “ Ist April, g+7.00. Ist November, in cmrenev, 54.00. “ “ “ cut ton, 15c., 72.00. DISSOLVED BONE, “ Ist April, 32.00. Ist November, iu currency, 38.00. let “ “ cotton, 15c., 54.00. r r , 1 HEY are. all delivered on boar] ears at Arsyi.la, (la. . (at prices named.) except Mar ry man a aud Zell . On these two I pay all freights, and deliver them to yon at your uearaat Railroad Station. On the other kinds the freight is *2. +o per ton, CASH ON DELIVERY. V our notea will be deposited with ine foi collection, and ail settlements made here. Cotton to be delivered at your nearest Railroad Station. C+TNo charge for sturngeon Fertilizers. aSI-tt SEEDS! SEEDS!! SEEDS!! For the Garden *int Farm nt ALEXANDER’S DRUG AND SEED STORE, U I'JU'k iV. OAKKN SEKDS, including all varieties of evirr pomihr , 0 ,., ul.fe F-rf. i.l. CABBAGE and (fsnuins NOKTII CAROLINA BUKCDIIBK r".,,ijiti ES tear Coni. Sugar, Early Sweet. Adams Early, Whiti Flint, A*., 4c. rEAB WAKKANTEB Fli ES it AND GEKDI KEf FIELD SEEDS. Bad Clover, Orehort 'irm, Tl*rl. Or.-w or Bed Too |]) m (Trses and LI CEKNE Seels. GERMAN MILLET nnii iDuigariaii flfnss * ferfevn-e FOB FIELD CORN, Tbe Golden LENT GOURD SEED Corn, (Tenseylrani*} d *l' Rourd seed groin (yellow.; very small Cob. MATURES IN JULY K)lt MILLING. It bis been tried fur two years and is fully approved for a field corn in this climate. PAINTS, Oils, Window Glass. Patty, Machine Oil. Patent Medicines and Fare Drugs and Medicines, and Garden Seed* at , . , ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE AUGUSTA, SUfiNO AGENCY! rpHE UNDERSIGNED takas this method of calling the attention of Farmers to the 1 following Standard Brands of Fertilizers which are offered for CASH or on TIME with Cotton Option at licts.. delivered in Thomson, or at your nearest Railroad Station Eagle Amnioniated Done Superphosphate, TIIE GREAT VEGET.YTOR FOR COTTON, GRAIN AND VEGETABLES. WCaKh Price, *45. Time payable November Ist, with Cotton Option at loot* *7O CERTIFICATE. Messrs. BARKSDALE A HARDAWAY, Agents for Barrett .% Caswell?Anmuta,' Ga. In “ , ™f r to your request in regard to the "Eagle Aromoniatcd Bone Su perphosphate I will say that I used it on Cotton and Com. and with most satisfactory kss thuu do,,iw the SOUTH CAROLINA FERTILIZER, nufactnred from the Phosphates of South Carolina. sh Price sls. Time, payable Nor. Ist, with Cotton Option at 15c. S7O. CERTIFICATE. Ghees* County, Ga., November 20. 1871 MM. WEA\ F.R, Agent Barrett * Caswell— Peak Sib : I uaed the “Carolina Fertili zer on my cotton Crop this year and experimented an follows: I left three rows in the same field (where Carolina was used) uamsnurcd, and find that from three correanond ing manured with the ' Carolina Fertilizer," the yield wm three hundred percent greater than on said row# unmanured. I consider the “Carolina Fertilizer" superior to any other Fertilizer manufactured, aud shall use it exclusively in future. J. B. BYNUM Palmetto Acid Phosphate, a This Phosphate properly composted, makes one of the cheapest *d best t ertihzers ever offered the farming public. *®"oash Price, SB3, payable in currency, May Ist, 1877. Time price parable in rency, Nov. lat, S3B. l ime price, with Colton Option at 15cts., SSO. P ‘ 1 1 oßr ' EMPIRE GUANO. This Guano, for Which O. M. STONE, of Augusta is General Agent, has a Com mereial value equal to any manufactnred, and in some sections it has taker. tl „“‘ dence over .ll other brands. prece- ANALYSIS BY DR. MEANS. Moisture, determined at 212° Farh. tfr Organic and Volatile Matter, Yielding AMMONIA, * * SOS Soluble Phosphoric A. id. * Equivalent to Phosphate of Lime, dissolved, 2*> 1~ * 3 Common Phosphoric Acid. * * ' Equivalent to Bone Phosphate, - Total Phosphoric Acid, # - - Total BONE PHOSPEL\TE. Precipitated Phosphoric Acid. * Equivalent to Precipitated Phos. of Lime, 0 gT 1 ** Undetermined Elements. * A. MEANS, Chemist and Inspector of Fertilizers, Savannah, Chat firm Cos.. G, Cotton Food. $0 per ton, payable in Middling Cotton at 12 eta. per pound. For Circulars. Certificates, or other information, call on or address GEO. P. STO VALL & CO„ b 7 c * THOMSON, GA.