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THE GAZETTE SVXMKnVILLK. OA. Clement & Son, Proprietore. JAM KM A. CtKMKNT, Hditor. I'HK'K OF SUBSCRIPTION, ror on* yar, 5t.73: For 0 month*, 01.00 payment in advnnoa. Advertiatnic rata* are adjnatvd In value of thi* paper aa a rlreulatln* medium In Cherokee aecilon of Oiaryla. Katlmatea and terma (Ivan on application. Voluntary communication* Irom tbo road era of thi* paper are alwaya wetoomod. New* of all kind* la preferred, eapenlally county newa. If you wUh to Improve yonraelf In writing, prac tice can aid you. " Practice makes perfect." Communication* muat be aooompanted by the writer'* naiaKj|r they cannot bo published. Thursday morning, may to. i*7. Presidential Outlook. The whole oountry will be excited for the next few week, until the Radical and Democratic conventions have convened and completed their labors in nominating their respective candidates for the office of President. >V ho will be the coming tnan? The “great unknown" nominees of those conventions is now the absording idea of busy politiciansjindhuMr^^wfe, < V?.'ami vil - the present adroinis- to disgust, it would seem, any reasonable sot of men in any section; but will it cauaeJbe manses of the Nfb to *aa*their feWjP to measure*? ThhMnarJMM upon it the hopes of our common country may well oentro. Tilden, Bayard, Hen dricks and Thurman are the most promi nent aspirants, and the best interest of the country will lie in safe hands if either is Dominated. David Davis, a former liberal republican, is also favorably spoken of, but wo hope our party will not commit the folly of placing before the country any other than a strait out striot construction Democrat. If we triumph or meet defeat let a Simon-pure Demot ratic leador be at *.be head of the column. Such a nominee, ■re think, would concentrate the disgusted and disquieted voters of all parties and sections, and secure his election. Oen. Early. It is pleasing to look back through the last decade to the course pursued by the dlfforcot prominent actors in the late war, on the part of the south, to see who among them hare withstood the corrupt ing influences and tantalising machina tions of the Federal government. Whilst it was the misfortune of many of her gal lant officers and soldiers to return to desolated home where their families were battling with poverty and hunger, it is a comfort to know that they did not stop to repine, but casting their fortunes with their people, they with their former gal lantry, at once aet about building up the waste places and with encouraging coun sels bid them “go forward, suffer and en dure.’’ Their conduct merits the highest mead of praise. But whilst Lee, Early, Beaure gard, Garden, Johnston, and a host of othor noble spirits have thus acted, Long street and others of their companions in the “strife of battle,” have yielded to the wiles of filthy lucre, and been willing to work in any harness tnat promised them ease and fortune. A writer in the Lynchburg, (Va.) AVirs, thus speaks of Geu. Early: “Your correspondent had, a day or two since, the pleasure of meeting and greet ing his old commander, Lieutenant-Gen eral Jubal A. Early. The caure to which ho contributed many years of his valuable life, has gone down in tears and blood. The Southern cross no longer gleams out like :t meter o’er victorious fields, but is throuded in the gloom ot i.efeat o er the graves of our loved and lost, unsullied honor places the wreath of immortality, while Hope, bright-eyed and smiling, points to a future full of promise and jjJJT to the Southland. .The grass is springing frpsh and green o'er the last resting places of Leo, Jackson, Stlart, AihMj, - host of gallant oavaheru, "who sleep that knows no wnking.” buiM.C'y God we still have many in thalamcßllll the living who are true to the memories of the past, the pressing 4&|§| of the future, and among them fw'fH! pie of the Old Dominion proudly class “the Hero of the Valley." The floetijM years have silvered his hair and bowfßj his once upright and stalwart form, bbM his eye is as bright, and hia brain as elcarl as when in the days that “proved mcn'f souls,” he led his gallant columns to tri-j umphnnt victory. Defeat and digester cannot humiliate such a man, uK’lisi.j walks the sacred soil of the ‘ ‘land'% atfj love," retaining his self-respect, and thsl love and admiration of his fellow citizens. Contrast his course, during and since the war, with that of those who, like him, wore the wreath and stars. They succumbed to the dominant influence- Forgetting the heroic achievements £ the glorious past, they ‘ 'bent the suppi* hinges of the knee, that thrift might f(& fawning.” Better, far bettor for them, bad they gone down in .the temptest of battle, “with their backs to the fieldandj I heir faces to the foe,” jhaMißflttißi of Chattooga! > 11 is generally known nually to Rome "f wheatU-jgl rnTi: ~7 TSSgmncenee." Grateful as the worm that spins their costly apparel. s7ooo—Mistletoe would sing ‘merrily’ with that income, and give her vorses a ‘pleasant direction. ’ Little Bed would write up all the chores and Smack with a zest in oonclucion of Dr. Smith’s prescription. Certain Ossian wouldn’t wait ‘to-morrow's sun' to make a selection from that ‘bouquet’ of breath ing, living, human roses.’ “But aro you certain of the $7000?” Certain as 2 and 2 make 4. Do you admit that 20,000 bushels of wheat are sold from the county annually? Let us sec: there is Chattooga, Broom town and Dry valleys on this side of the mountain; Texas, Dirttown and Haywood on the other. Yes, there ought to be more than that.; but for cotton there would be double that amount. Let us make a little calculation: when wheat is worth $1.25 per bushel family flour is worth 4 cents, course 2i, and bran 1 cert per pound. Ono bushel of wheat weighing 60 pounds will yield 35 pounds good flour. 5 pounds course and 11 pounds of bran, besides 9 pounds left for toll and wastage. We will calculate for 100 bushels. The sum stands thus: 100 bu. yields 3800 lbs. turn, flour t 4 ot. . $140.00 600 “ coarse 11 “Bt-3ct 13.00 1100 "bran “ "let,.. 11.00 $ 163.50 Deduct price of wheat 138,00 Amount of loss on 100 bushels sold . 88.80 Multiply by ... . * 8,10 Lessen 20,000 bushels sold $5700.00 “That calculation looks all right. If Rome makes nearly SBOOO on wheat alone from Chattooga, they certainly do intend for Chattooga to foot the bill of their city tax. It is only a question of time with them.” Will the farmers stop this leak? When hogs get in the field and are destroying our produce, we turn them out put up the fence. Think certain we shall put up that fence—guess we’ll take our wheat hereafter to Cleghorn & Wyatt’s or Jones & Starling or some other of our twills and have it made into flour. In fact the bran of 100 bushels of wheat is good in its place anyway. The man who don't turn out the hogs and put up the fence is no part of a good farmer. The grange must look into this matter, and see to it. at once. lu fact, we prefer patronizing home folks anyway. P. Dr. tYw. W. Hall, the editor of that long established and valuable medical journal, '‘Hall s Journal of Health,” dropped dead on the street in New \ ork on the 12th inst The cause of his death unknown. Washington Corres poi St. Jt WASHiNOTON, D. 0., May 6,187 C. L&giriation lags, but investigation is tuluggiu ;at the Capital. The Bcnate | occupied in a tedious wrangle over its (risdiction in the Belknap case. All the tat legal minds here are of the opinion Bit the plea to the jurisdiction is good K that no power to impeach the ex-war ■lister resides in that body, but several ■te will lie sacrificed to riietoricai and logic ■He the matter is decided. The House jAmilig more energetic, still much ■Kae been exhausted by personal ex Ifgßiona from different members who en attacked by the partisan prees. Committee rooms matters are be jjbrisk. Most of these aro daily fewith documents, witnesses, and messary facilities for investigation. K are eonstamjy arriving here for pe of testifying. Somcjif them jbession of valuable evidence, brs are devoid of anything •LaXMi deration of the Com- K carolul estimate shows that Hju hundred witnesses have jgffaant sojourn at the Capital Miring any actual service in TMlConiUiittec so often duped tfHMribte part its are becoming S, ami in several instances ■Hk dismissed, without eoui those who claimed to !■•■ *-'-® art li ,l Ihets, hut i,t) ox to be worthless impos of most of the Com at cl should •V'-y'ii'sHt it will c-t a fahuhiu M 1 mmuf n i >fk EHPpi order to htitig tic r jW-'t'Cellly Us I ->fbh* #i tin curly |jg|nK discou•aging. SEB3/K lirftaio aetionnccd lev Gray and lifTthcjMlMbWes and forgers, the aUe| MWmoughL. j|> in the Cabinet tr,;, and aierjjflMWdiseu-ritm of the wra the unanimous ent'and his advisers, ■t the United States I article ten of the ■frig(o the oxtradi- B action has caused Min official circles Ml course taken bv a studied in gHirntucnS. i o- the We will HBte t>> war about *siß iwltoi-4 eanm : tftet-01 1 ii. „ •filament of the jßnultWcfln W : u|p|pi. T>|, 'wi.-.e -wank;: - her’ Bow street jail doors' nmf Mp these fugitives from justice fieejjjfe pro* upon her already thief ridden people, if she so chooses. She can have more of the same ilk, if she will; more vile and even more prominent thieves than they. For instance, Boss Tweed, the prince of six millions, might take up his quarters od the banks of the binnie Thames and occasionally bull the bonauzas of London and "corner” the bears. The veto power will be exercised soon. Tho President says that the enormous reduction in the consular and deplomatio bill will pinch and cripple onr foreigi ser vice to such a degree as to reflect discredit on the American people, and as he has no desire to be a party to any such trans action he will promptly veto the measure when it comes to the Executive office for his signature. Tho President has a quill taken from tho tail of a Gray forest eagle, captured in the Rocky Mountains, with which he signs all the measures of Con gress, and he does not wish to use the in strument in anything that will detract from the glory and dignity of the Re public. All the great cities are laboring under serious distress, caused by the want of fraction il currency. Congress.and Treas urer New are flooded with petitions from business men urging immediate relief, and Senator Boutwell has come to the rescue in a bill to increase the outstanding currency by the issue of nine million dol lars more. The silver experiment is a success’ only the .Sin is not brought into circulation rapidly enough for the busi ness demand. The Grand Jury of the District of Columbia has agreed upon a presentment against "A'm. W. Belknap, last Secretary of War, for ihe acceptance of bribes in his official Gen. Belkuap says that should the Senate try him, he will be : acquitted as he has evidence iu his pos session which the public will be amazed at, and which will secure his acquittal. Many look upon these assertions as a little game of bluff- The erookod whiskey suits are nearly all disposed of, and the recoid shows that about three million dollars have been saved to the Government > :Secretary Bristow’s war against the ring. From good authority it can be said that the actual cost of the trials will not exceed SIOO,OOO, $47,000 of which go te the legal profession- S6OOO of this, only, was paid iu St. Louis. Tha Naval Committee proposes to re duce the enlisted men from 8500 to 7500, the rank and file of the marine corps will remain as at present. I’here will be a practical cessation of work in the Kit tery. Charleston, New London and Wash ington Navy Yards. The total amount of the Naval appropriation bill is $12,000,000 and it will be reported within the next ten days. The Egyptian jewels from the Khedive to Minnie .Sherman will aeon be in the hands of their fair owner. The Com mittee of ways and means have agreed upon a bill permitting her to withdraw them from the New York Custom house. The revenue charges against the jewels amount to over $40,000, which makes the permit a privilege well worth accepting. Two of the grand jurymen selected for the safe burglary case have privately in timated that General Babcock is doomed. The General's friends, however, stand firmly by him and claim that he will be vindicated. Congress will probably ad journ in order to allow the members to attend the opening exercises of the Cen tennial. Washington is making preparation to receive about one-half of the people who go to Philadclplia during the Centennial. Every one coming from the West and North will have a desire to sec the Capital of the Nation. Sometime ago the House passed a reso lution asking the President how many days he has been absent from Washing) on during his terms of office and how many public duties he had performed away from the Executive Mansion. The President in reply sont a message to Congress re fusing, to comply with the requests of the resolution. He gave a long list of Presi dents who made it a practice to absent themselves from Washington more or less and perform public duties while away. 'Hie message foil like a bombshell in the House. “Patents.” — It is a remarkable fact, so far as we know up to this time, that all the corrup tions charged and proved against distin guished officials, such as members of Con gress, cabinet officers, besides subalterns of high rank all are from the uorth, save that Gad forsaken creature, Spencer, of Alabama, for whom there is sooner or later an awful fate in store retributive justice may be a little tardy in its steps; his sins v, ill find him out, it is enough to chill the blood of an American citizen to read in public journals of high rank of the fallen failures and short comings of even Presidential aspirants, while some of them seeui to stand well with their countrymen, the great majority have not lived a life above reproach, iftho charges are true. These too are all northern save Mr. Bristow;• will lie too fall a victim and thereby. become the exception mark of dwtinot|toaJtoMwßii the merr of the two from ill A’ all come save Mr. without exception charges are made" * Ridiculous Patents. The whole Examining force of the Pat ent Office number about 100, of whom two are ladies. Of course, among g job a large number, there are to be found men of every kind. Some are so illiberal that they will never grant a patent where they can possibly refuse it; others go to the opposite extreme. Each one having his own idea of what constitutes an invention, of what is useful, many ridiculous patents have been granted. One man obtained a patent for a trap for catching tape worms. This trap con sists of a hollow ball, divided into two parts, which parts are hinged together, and provided with a spring upon their insides, so that they can be made to snap together like a steel trap. The unfor tunate one, in whom the long drawn rep tile has taken up his abode, is required to starve himself for t wo, three, or four days, and even longer. Then when the tape is supposed to have arrived at a proper stage of starvation, the trap is baited with some delicious delicacy, at tached to a long string, and swallowed by the patient, who retains hold of the string. The trap having arrived in the neighbor hood of the tape, who is supposed by tnis time to be eagerly seeking for “a good square meal” to appease his ravenous appetite, he sticks his head into the trap, when snap, goes the spring, and all the patient has to do is to haul him up through his throat. How the patient is to know when the trap is sprung, or how be is to avoid being choked to death while he is hauling the long filthy mass up, the inventor forgot to tell. Another obtained a patent for a com bined plow and cannon. The beam of tha plow was made of iron, and bored out so as to form a cannon. Whenever the farmer, while at work in the field, saw savages or tramps approaching, he was to unhitch his team, so as to get them from before the muzzle, apply bis match, and say bis prayers, for the farmer was a good deal more likely to be killed by the recoil, than the savages by the shot. In case the cannon went off while iu use as a plow, it was unfortunate, for both the team and the firmer. A patent was granted to another per son for tyiug a brick to a cow’s tail, so as to prevent her switching her tail in his eyes while milking. Another received a patent for placing a house on rollers so that in case of an earthquake the house would' not be shaken to pieces. Still another recievcd a patent for a combined trunk and house. The trunk is made with triple walls, so that by taking the articles out of the trunk and extending the two extra walls, a house is formed. 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Your Pamily Needs It I You*Y: IVeig-liUoi'* Need It! IT IS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CHATTOOGA COUNTY jfl IT IS THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA. * TO THE PUBLIC! Having purchased The Summerville Gazette, we take this method of informing the public that our best efforts shall be used to make it acceptable to the people, by faithfully representing the true interests of the county, and in every pos sible way rendering the paper a welcome visitor to every household. Being native Alabamians, we are entirely Southron in our feelings, and fully identified with all the interests and fortunes of the South. We hope, therefore, a liberal patronage will be extended to us. Come one, come all, and Subscribe for TnE Gazette. Summerville, Ga., December 1, 1875. CLEMENT & SON, Publishers, Terms invai iably CASH in Advance, own IM rnvmM&i &li ihbs V V /XT MAKE. I aui pr*p*r*d to MM.. 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