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THE GAZETTE MIJMMKIIVIYXJS, <i.\. -i. a. < ii;:N f r, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. I’HICK OK SIJIINCKII'TION. For oil® year, •I*7/1; For (J iimuiUih, •I*oo I'Mym®nt"ln*M4f vau®*. Alvert Inlimc rw/N urn ftdJu*U)(l to v*l of tlilaum u Hrculiitlnu; m**<lluni in C’lmrokcw MMstlon of (iuorglA, Fatliniitim wml term* givt'ii on application. Voluntary I’oiiiinunluatloii* from tho read oth of thin paper urit ulwayn welcomed. Now* of all kind* I* preferred,®*puolally nouuty rw wm. If you wi>b to Improve youraolf iu writing, |>rar tlce can aid you. " Proctioo make® perfect.*' Com mmi lent lon* nnmt bo accompanied by the writer’* name, or they cannot be publlahcd. TIHJIiSOAY MOUNINM, Jb'l.Y JO, 1K77 IM BE!! I’iri'! Kir.l! Wo have about half a thousand sub scribers who are in arrears with their subscriptions for their Gazette. A great portion of these are behind since the last el January, and someone year, and others advanced into (wo years. These individual dues to us are scattered nearly all over the United Stales. Gentlemen, please forward your yeur’s subscription forthwith mu/ non: us. Parties wo are owing, say they must, have money, and if every one of you will send the amount you owe us, it will make us perfectly easy and we'll thank you, pray for you, and hold you up as a mighty clever team of subscribers. Come, gentlemen, a strong pull, a long pull ami a giull all together, and the load is lifted from us. From subscribers in reach of us, wheat will be taken at mar ket price. Send it iu. Railroad Meeting. The citizens of Chattooga, Walker, Floyd and Chattanooga, are earnestly re quested to meet in Summerville, Saturday ■jstli inst., iu the Railroad interest as set forth in a communication signed “Rail toad,” in this issue. Ret. all come that feel interested. A journal edited with pre eminent ability, reliable and trustworthy, contain ing news and information upon the gen era! topics of the day from all parts of tho world -u paper of high literary caste, and 'containing an agricultural department deserving the highest consideration for she vast amount of scientific anil practical information it gives; such a journal is the Savannah Weekly Newt. To all our readers wc commend it with the assurance that they will get more than their money’s worth. “Coming events east their shadow bo fore them,” is an old saying, and to some extent is true What is now termed “tho Grant sensation.” issuing from the ex- Presidcnt's visit and tour in F.ngland, is not all for naught, but is intended as something of polical significance. It is stated with a good deal of confidence as looking to a certainty of his nomination (or tho Presidency iu 1880. For it is significant, says u Washington corre spondent, to note the expressions which aro dropped by the adroit and unscrupu lous men who have controlled national republican politics from this point sinoo the war. Most all of these men are now out spoken in thcii hostility and distrust of President Hayes. They say that, ho has ruined the republican party, and that tho only man who can lead it to victory in ISSO, is Grant, the man who has saved it before. Public Meeting in Floyd. There was a public meeting held in Rome on the 17th inst. for the purpose of giving an expression of the sentiment of the citizens of the county on the leading questions which will he discussed and de cided by our convention. Judge Under wood, the chairman of the committee ap pointed to draft resolutions, reported a scries which wc think will find a hearty response from every section ol this county, and we hope all over the State. More than this, wa sincerely hope the oppor tune suggestions may be adopted and in corporated into our new Constitution. As there will be a large crowd here on Saturday iu attendance upon the railroad meeting, would it not bo well for our citizens to take action on the subject and let our representatives from this district know our views? We hope every county in the State will follow the example of Floyd. The following is the action of the com mit tee: “The committee retired, and, after consultation, reported with appropriate remarks from Judge Underwood, the fol- Vjwing resolutions, to-wit : The people of Georgia being at this time by their delegates, assembled in Convention, at tile Capital, for the pur pose of amending and revising the Con stitution, wo deem it not improper that the citizens, in primary meeting, should express their views iu relation to matters of importance before that body, therefore ho it Resolved Ist, That, in the judgment of this meeting, the General Assembly of this Rtute ought to he very largely re duced. 'I, That the Missions thereof should he hi-ennial, except when convened by tho proper power in extra sc sion. a. That such sessions should he limited to forty days. 4. That the comp?ns.ation of each member thereof should not exceed four dollats per diem. We express these opinions in the in terost of economy. We sincerely desire to reduce taxation, and to do this, the ex pense of the government must ho dimin ished. This reduction must be to tho amount of half a million dollars annually, and it is believed that this can bo done. The lir.-tstep of importance i- the jc dnetien of the General Assembly. The present number W members is two hun dred ami nineteen; reduce the number to one bundled, which will save more than half the expense of a session (not count ing the clerical force, whore number and expense we hope will be regulated). ili cnniul sessions w ill save half the remain der, waking tho expense l<;.-;. than one fourth the amount at present expended. A reduction of the per diem to fiiur dol lars will save three .sevenths of that— thus saving about seven-eights of tin ex pense (if that department. Wo think greater raving of expense can he made in tho otlnr tli.j an men's of the Govern nieiil. it is a vain thing to expect the logi-li, tore, as now constituted, to reduce their own number or their own pay. We ‘.ir nestly hope that tho Onnvontiou will pr . vide for uniformity in the government of enmities; requiting all laws regulating county affairs and for county purpose) ,o be uniform and applicable alike to every county in the Stale; and forever prohibit, local legislation, which, in our judgment, is a great evil and ought to he suppnvso I. When this local legislation is, by proper provision in the fundamental law, pro hibited, there will Is; no local interest of counties to attend to, and the arguin ml, so potentially used iu the past, that each county must have a representative to at tend to its Mi; posed local interest, will lose much of its force and power. H i e number of Senators and Representatives should lie thus reduced persons will lie elected who will in out ally mid eiorally oc cupy a higher p'une than u ual in (lie pa Tlksc will, in all human probability, he more ton icrvativo/in character and of /, t { greater integrity, and thereby iueia.i- •' purity in legislation, leave less room lor influence by the lobby, make the legisla ture more unapproachable, and with less di 'position to waste in extravagance iho public fund. It i a fact that liir the last ten years the amount of money raised by taxation ha> fallen far short of meeting the demands upon tho treasury of the State. The deficiency has been mot by the issue of bonds, bonds, bonds. How many of the people know that the legislature at the last session thereof authorized the issue and sale ofabout six or seven hundred thousand dollars of bonds to meet such annual deficiency, and at tho end of the present fiscal year we shall have $500,000 deficit, loss tho amount of SIOO,OOO, received from the United States for rolling stock on the W. &A. R. It. This deficiency will have to be provided for either by taxation, bonds or a reduction of expenses. Bonds or further taxation is ruin to the people. (>ur only safety is the reduction of ex ponses. This can only he achieved by a reduet inn of the legislature. If this is not done, ruin is not only coming, hut has arrived. 5. That every unnecessary ofliee in the State to which a salary is attached ought to he abolished. (i. That i t is the duty of tho Convention to place beyond all hope of resurrection all tho bonds of this State which have been declared fraudulent, null and void. 7. The issue of bonds by the State, ex cept to pay or provide for present existing indebtedness, or for public defence, should he prohibited, and also making and issu ing of bonds by counties, cities or towns except to pay or provide for existing debts. It was also moved and adopted that the journals of the county be requested to publish these proceedings, and that a copy bo scut the delegates from Floyd county in Convention. Meeting then adjourned sine [ lie. From present developments, it is likely the Homestead bill, the adjustment of future legislative representation and the Capitol question, will excite more interest and elicit greater discussions than any other matters that will come before the Convention. In reference to the second, there is a decided influence to reduce to about 75 representatives; though the re duction will be bitterly opposed. Gen. i Toombs and others are in favor of giving I each county a representative. The homestead has its favorites to let it : remain as it is at present, while others are i in lavor of reducing it to $700; while Milledgeville, Atlanta and Muon. prob ( ably will be rivals fur the Capitol. Will Hay ß3 Out ? Tho following from the Baltimore Sun, predicated upon the prosecution of Wells and Anderson, of Ixmisiana Returning ; Board notoriety, is very suggestive: “'I here is an undoubted consciousness : | revnding Administration circles that tho ( situation is exceedingly grave, and it is within the range of probability that the outcome may he the voluntary or involun tary rnliremcntof President Hayes from the White House. The President con tinues freely to comment u| on the pros ecution as a violation of what had been understood all around. But lie certainly has given no one the right to say that he considers that ho personally made any bargain for the safety of Wells and Ander son, no matter what may have been done by bis friends. “The President realities very well that hlioiiM lie put himself iu such a position as this it would he a concession that ho knew he was not elected, and knows it now, and therefore fears to sec Woils and Anderson brought to trial. “It may be settled that the prosecu tions aro to go on to the end, and it may be safely assumed that the secret history of the manipulation of the electoral vote of Louisiana will be brought to light. Although tho two colored members ol the hoard have been included in the suit, it is well understood that there is no do dire to | unish them for the wrongs in which they were no more than pas; ivc accomplices, and it is thought the oppor tunity may be offere i them to turn State’s evidence. When the evidence that, the Electoral Commission would not receive is given to the world, it will inevitably produce a sensation.” Is the War Over? Isit possible that the distance is so great from the Southern States to Washington Pity, the capitol of our Union, that the news has not reached there during the last twelve years that the war of is over? What have Our Senators and Ilep lesentativos in Congress been doing that tncy have not imparted to “the powers that be” tho fact that all is peace and quiet in our Southern land? Or is it, that the President and his Cabinet are so eager to make all the money they can out of the government? or are they so busy in laying plans for their retention of the reigns of government lor the future, that they can not recognize the fact that the war is over ? It appears from the tact that there aro retained so many soldiers in the South, that tho information of peace has not. yet rwached Washington; or that,the North ern people are afraid of Southern men. For else how can we account for the fact that in Texas there are twelve companies of tho Eighth Cavalry, twelve of tho Tenth, two of the Fourth, ten companies of the Tenth Infantry, ten of the twenty fourth, ten of the twenty-fifth, and one of the Nineteenth? Iu Louisiana there are ten companies of the thirteenth In fantry. In the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee there are ten companies of the Eighteenth Infantry, besides a company of the Second Artillery. In Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana there are ten companies of the Third Infantry. In Florida and South Carolina there are eleven companies of tho Fifth Artillery- Now we ask in all candor, why are all these companies quartered upon our Southern, peaceful laud? Can there be any good, substantial reason assigned for it? Why not send these nun in the regular service to the Northwest to look after the Indians, instead of enlisting volunteers? Will not Gordor, Lamar, 11 ill, Felton and other Southern Congress men explain to Mr. Hayes that the war is over? The first tmmherof the Congregational Methodist, edited by Rev. L. J. Jones, Cave Spring, is oil our table. This paper takes the place of the Cave Spring En terprise. It is well gotten up, and is well filled with communications, good selec tions, domestic and foreign news and editorials evincing the fact that the editor is a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. Wc trust that not only mem bers of the editor's own church, but the j people will rally to his support. We wish the Methodist great success and pros perity. American Bible SodtSty. We have been requested to publish the following report, which was read before the Society last Sabbath evening, at the annual meeting of the Society, which will speak for itself: To the officers, members and friends of the Chattooga Auxiliary Society, of the American Bible Society: Dear Brethren: —Your secretary lias to regret that nothing so far as he is ap prised, has been done in tlus-oommunity or county during the past twelve months, for or iu behalf of tho American Bible Society. Why this is so, can be attribu table solely to neglect, and for which we should.humble ourselves before God, and implore His forgiveness. We presume there is not one of us, but considers the great objects contemplated by the society paramount toallotlurs; that is, when ever we stop in our every day career, and give but a moment’s serious consideration to its vast importance- To think that there are one billion, two hundred millions of human beings on this earth, and that but a few of thorn, a mere nominal amount, that have the Word of Life in which they may find the way to escape the certain and fearful re sults of their alienation from God, and | their wickedncs in his sight, is distressing not only t j the Christian, but also to the true philanthropist. 1 luring the year wc have been in re ceipt of documents showing the necessi ties pressing upon the Parent society and urging to diligence, and calling for belli iri the great work to bo accomplished. This work not only has reference to sup plying tho vast heathen world with the Bible, but also has reference to supplying our people at home. For many of our own neighbors aro but poorly, if at all, accommodated with a respectable looking and readable Bible. This ought not so to lie, is the response of every true man and woman. Tho field is white to tho harvest, and be it said to our shame, tho laborers arc few. Can we not then, brethren and friends, shake ourselves from the dust, and ral y to the help of the Lord agains tho mighty? The work of the Lord is before us, will we not arise and perform it? Respectfully submitted. James V. CLEMENT, Secretary. Warning Against Mormonism. To the Kei ilor oj (hr G/~<tte.: i see my name In y iur paper, used in connection with “Hxpositiron of Mor monism.” Now there Is nothing wrong m what you have tlai ptibli. lied iu rela tion to the matter, only that you should have designated the oYganizati in more particularly as the Brighamite branch of Mormons —for there is another distinct braach of Mormons known a<the “Joseph ito or re organized church,” with hea l quarters at Piano, Illinois, ofwhicli 1 know little and i could not recognize the use of my name against a people of whom I know no harm. But as to the doctrines of (he Brigham Young wing, I profess to be pretty ex tensively posted, and would caution the poi pie to beware oftbeir elders; for they are as wolves iu sheeps clothing; a wicked and dangerous people. I know whereof I speak, having tried them. For For they say, they are apostles; but I have found them to lie liars, murderers and blasphemers. All of which, l am prepared to prove from their own doc trines. As for Elder J. Morgan, if the man is large enough to contain tho devil in lull, no's there; and if the people will just chain him down, the millennium will set in forthwith. T. J. Rvumt K. Haywood valley, July 14th. Our brother of tho Cartersville Erprcss says: “The following named gentlemen ol’tho convention were appointed a com mittee on a final revision of the various parts of the constitution. It is a good eeuuuittoo: It. Toombs, L. N. Tram mell, J. L. Seward, J - R. Brown, L. J. Gartrell, J. I). Mathew, A. R. Lawton, W. M. Reese, A. 11. Wright, J. R. Res* pass, A. 11. Hansel!, N-J. Hammond, S. W. Harris, A. F. Underwood, T. J. Sim mons, J. W. Roberston, It. B. Nisbet. T. G. McFarland, J. M. Mobley, W. G. Johnson, P. L. Mynntt. J. M Guerrard, Abda Johnson. T. F. Newell, W. T. Thompson and J. C. Fain. It is enough to say that Gen- Toombs is the chairman, and that lie is a true Democrat and a noble Georgian who will permit nothing to pass his station that is not square work, true work and such as oughtto be received for the building of our great temple of Georgia justice. Such an overseer is to be trusted :u all points.” This brother has certainly been “some whar.'' He intimates his being able to utter tho true “shibboleth” aright, and understands the new name upon the key stone of the temple-—II. T. W. S. S. TV K. S. Do you? Trion News- Elder W. L. Shattuck was re-elected Pastor of the Baptist Church at Trion, at the regular conference on Saturday night. Ho was elected by acclamation; showing that his ministry has been acceptable to the church, and that his services are ap preciated. Owing to his suffering from an attack of sore throat, he was not able to protract the meeting longer than Sun day night. Had a fine rain yesterday; it, with the rain last Wednesday night, has made the faces of farmers wear a smile, and delight to talk with their neighbors and friends about the tine rains, and the prospect of a good corn crop. A few more such laics during the next two or three weeks, will insure a heavy crop of corn. A good crop of corn following a good one of wheat will place farmers in a comfortable posi tion as regards bread; and if the cotton crop does as well as other crops, it will start the people once more on the road of prosperity. I would be glad to see published in the ! Gazette the number of bushels of wheat I | that was threshed this season by each! : machine in this aid Walker counties. ■ July :14th. Twos. j * The Cartersville Express. We are always glad to receive a copy of this sterling Democratic paper. In the path or out, Charley Willingham, its editor, never utters an uncertain note on Jeffersonian Democratic principle-. True as the needle to tho pole, he never runs I out after “new departure” doctrines, and take him all in all he is the Nestor ot genuine Democratic journalism in Geor gia. Any community in favored to have such a true, wide-awake man as its organ to give tone to public sentiment on all subjects affecting its interest. They used | lo suy in Koine, be was fond of lager beer —well what of it—a better lellow, a truer Democrat, or a more thorough gentleman ever brightened his ideas with that much used beverage. White Replies to Hamilton. To the FAUot of T hr. Gum, tie . I notice in your issue of the 12th inst., a communication over the signature of J. T. Hamilton, in which he attempts to reply to my circular; but it is so vague and indefinite 1 would let it pass unnoticed, if lie had not made anew issue. For that reason I feel u my duty, in self defense to make a brief reply to bis absurdities. When 1 charge him with political in consistency he does not deny it, but says his course has ever been known to his friends all over the district When l charge him with violating every promise he made to feed the wives and children of soldiers, if they would volunteer iu the army, and be left them helpless, he replies his course was in perfect harmony with the .Southern Con federacy; and says that 1 was one of those noble patriots that armed myself with a sledge hammer and fell back under the di - ! guise of a blacksmith to keep out ol the i war. Now, when ho wrote this charge ; he knew it wa- a base falsehood. For before he eft die country, be knew that j I volunteered in the *1 Georgia cavalry j and went to the front, and alter l had j been there some time, I paid Andrew 1 mine SI,OOO to take luy place, who was received and made a good soldier.’ I then cauie home and did go into the shop simply to have work dme for the good of the country. In many instances I worked for soldier wives without reward or the hope thereof, and lie knew all of tins when he wrote the change. When 1 charged hi .. with swear ing off a note given by Dr. J. M. Hamil ton and himself to William White, he replies, that lie was security on a note given by J. M. Hamilton for SIOU to 1.-- paid iu gold, and that note was the one that Dr. Jim pai l off with the cotton note on Brown. New, this statement is a- fa! as falsity itself, anl he knows it. I calculated the interest on that note myself when my \ father took the Brown notes in exchange j for it, and 1 know that J. T. Hamilton's ! name was not on that note, which I will j show by the following certificate from the gentleman that write the note which was given to William White payable in gold “[ hereby certify, that I was called on by William White to go to bis house to do some writing between himself an! Dr. J. M. Hamilton and Wilson Seattight, and that at the request of William \\ bite and Dr. J. M. Hamilton, 1 drew a note for about S4OO payable to William White in geld coin, which Dr-J. M. lfttinilton signed and handed it to William White. Wesley SmtorsimtE. July 21st, 1577. “N. B.—This note was signed only by J. M. Hamilton. J\ T. Hamilton was not present.” The truth is simply this, J. M Hamilton and J. T. Hamilton borrowed about S3OO from William White. They paid $55.70 which is credited on the note in the hand-writing of J. M. Hamilton in William White’s life-time. J. M. Hamilton went into bankruptcy and doubtless put assets in the hands of J. T. Hamilton to pay off iho note, and left for Texas and died; William White also died, and I became the administrator of William White. I asked J. T. Ham ilton for the money due on the note, lie did not deny the note then, but requested me to get all I could out of the Brown note, which was to be paid in cotton at 12j cents per pound, and all it brought over the 12J cents was to be credited on : this joint note of J. M. and J. T. Hamil ton, whieh-Idid; but when found it im possible for the note to be paid, or any ; part thereof from the Brown note, lie then refused to pay off the note simply, j because William White was dead and he : knew I could not prove that he signed it, and that Dr. Jim was dead, and he knew j I could not get at him for forgery. After all this, he now intimates that 1 torged the names of J. M. and J. T. Hamilton to I this note- He knows that no man on this earth never intimated a ba.-or falsehood than this. He then charged mo with forging a name to an instrument in which I was , pecuniarily interested. Now he knows this was all a positive falsehood, and : leaves the impression that it was some-1 thing serums, and never states one word 1 what it was. But I have seen so much I of his meanness that know him as well as I the gal knew her daddy. These are the facts in the case. When the option law required a certain , number of signers too petition to allow a person to sell liquors in a district, I got up a petition in terms of the law, and pre sented it to A. M. Jackson the first man; he gave Bit- to understand that he would sign if, hut he did not use spirits in any way and did not want his name first on i the petition. So I got trie petition pretty j well filled out, and it was not convenient for uie to see him again. So I put his I name to it from what he said wlion I presented it to him, as he and 1 had always been good friends, and I had transacted business for him and knew it 1 would be all right with him. For this, J. ! T. Hamilton had me .presented to the Grand Jury, and had Mr. Jackson colled before them; but after a full and final examination of the case, there was no bill found. J. T. Hamilton was one of tho jurors. Now what could be more corrupt than this charge? Now, my friends, in this whole transaction J. T. Hamilton has satisfied my mind that a more corrupt heart never throbbed in any man’s breast than in his, siucc the days of Judas. If all the facts could bo known, lie has covered himself all over in falsehood and infamy. Now, iu conclusion, l will only' remark, that at the outset of this eoiitro versy between J. T. Hamilton an,l myself : my object was only to let the people of ! this Senatorial district know what sort of a man J. T. Hamilton was, and if they voted for him they would do it with their eyes open. Milton White. Subligna, Ga., July 23d. Alabama News. Our correspondent, “Non Resident,” writing from Fort Payne, >a, : Crops, genorlly speaking, .are good. Vi heat is rather Is-low the e.-timat j ; I ut the grain is fine, and yields from 4t> to 44 pounds nl flour to tho bushel. Crops have not suffered material injury I for the want of rain, although we had a lung dry spell. Since the rains, however, they are looking better. Threshing machines are piling straw lively, and there is no lack of competition. Ti e memorable 4th, the anniversary of “what not,” has come and gone. Chattanooga wallowed in the .ourth, and not a few of her guests wallowed in tho mud. Venders of lager became unani mously industrious. The calaboose, al though not desirable as a place of resort, tailed to accommodate the applicants of its cla-sic shades;. Wills' valley was well represented, both n Chattanooga and along the line of tho A. A ’ railroad- There were six oi seven full emu lies of passengers, and not one but could boast of its fight. A more boisterous crowd, it ha- not been my for tune to see. I opene i a dour, and saw two men ehok'ng each other as affection ately as Twin brothers. In another car were two negroes sitting before an <q on door, bolding by their arm-, and both landed on their heads iu the ditch. Further along, tlie conductor finding a negro brakesman drunk at bis pvust, took bis Kittles from him, and then pitched whiskey, negro and all off together. Day before yesterday a fight occurred at our county site, growing out ol one of the down train fights of the fourth. One May struck Jacoway on the head with a rock, and he was to all appearances dead fur an hour; but has since recovered. May left for parts unknown. Messrs. Wofford and Wright, of the 42d Senatorial district have expressed tlio opinion that North Georgia is t. it in favor of reducing the homestead. Upon which the “local” reporter of the Consti tution makes, wo think, the following very pertinent comments: “With all due respeet to thse gentle men, we beg leave to insist that they ate mistaken. In our opinion Nortii Georgia is for a reduction of the homestead. Of course we will have to wait until the vote is taken to see whether we aro right or they. In the meantime we suggest that our opportunity of judging is quite as good as theirs. And to suggest further that Mr. Sheppard, whom we quoted on the subject yesterday, is neither a “money changer” or the “satellite'’ of one, but a hardworkiu ;, clear headed, horny-hauded .old farmer. ' And to further remark that the committee oil homestead has already agreei|upon reducing the homestead just one,-half—all of which looks as if Messrs. V dfford and Wright had ‘gone off at half cook!’ ” We have long entertained the opinion, that no man who does not help to support a government by paying his taxes for the support of said government, should have any voice in the selection of its officers by - his vote. And we would much regret to see incorporated into our Constitution any clause guaranteeing to every un.ii in this --(ate the right tj vote, whether he has contributed to its support or not. Rut wo see that General Wofford has introduced a resolution into the Conven tion, “that no citizen of this State shall be deprived oi the right to vote on ac count of his inability to pay his taxes and that disfranchisement shall only be after conviction of crime.” Iu this tho G neral has gone off at a tangent, and we trust the Convention will not entertain lor a moment any such suicidal policy.