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TVoi'tli BELLTON, GA.,'SEPTEMBER 4, 1879. „ a The Atlanta Dispatch will com mence the publication of a semi weekly paper about the 15th instant. The Dispatch is a first-class journal, and we are glad to learn that it is meeting with success. The second annual North Georgia Fair will open in Atlanta, Monday, October 20th, at Oglethorpe Park, in Atlanta. It promises to be a mag nificent entertainment, and we advise everybody to go In force. Somebody has been polling the Georgia Legislature on their prefer ence for the next President, as if that body carried the settlement of that question in its vest pocket. There are some other people who will have to be consulted before that matter is settled. We met a gentleman the other day who has traveled over almost the. en tire United States, and he says the Air-Line Railroad is the best and easiest riding road he was ever on in his life. lie also spoke in high praise of the officers and conductors.—Toc coa News. Rex hns issued his royal edict for the grand annual carnival, which is to take place in Atlanta, Wednesday 22d day of October. Os course, every body will want to see a live King in all his splendor, and this presents the chance. Go by all means, reader— you will never regret it. The air is filled with rumors of in vestigations, impeachments and cor ruption in high places. “God save the Slate and the Honorable Court,” organized in Atlauta, over which Chief Justice Warner is presiding just now, is the humble prayer of every honest patriot in the land. The Mikado of Japan has hcen ask ing Gon. Grant’s advice on interna tional and domestic affaire. Grant’s opinion would not amount to much on these questions, but if Mike had asked him anything about “bull purps,” he could have gotten infor mation that would have been worth something. The Commissioner of Internal Rev enue reports that the tax on matches produced a revenue during the last fiscal year of three and a quarter mil lion dollars—an Jnercase over any previous year. From five-eighths to three-fourths of the price of matches is due to the. tax. We import no matches now, but are exporting them to a large extent. Barksdale killed Dixon for the rea son, as alleged, that Dixon had plan ned to assassinate Barksdale. Barks dale preferred to live, and “took the drop” on the man who proposed to kill him. That, so far as we can un derstand it, is about all there is of it. If the country insists on being excited over it, we do not sec how it can be. helped.—Washington Post. ———— . - The Baltimore Sun says that the fall trade is opening in that city under the most favorable auspices. The merchants from the Southern States are already on hand and making lib eral purchases, particularly in the dry goods and boot and shoe lines. The crops of corn and cotton in the. South are so far assured as to encour age a heavier trade than usual. Senator Wade. Hampton is reported by the Richmond, Va., State as say ing to an interviewer that Thurman or Bayard will be the next Democratic nominee for the Presidency. Hamp ton’s choice was thus announced: “I prefer Bayard; I prefer him as a man, I like his principles.” The Senator thought that Sherman rather than Grant would be the republican nomi nee. -*-<• One or two country newspapers in Georgia are very careful about what they say in regard to the Goldsmith matter, for fear they will prejudice public opinion against Mr. Goldsmith If old man JEsop was alive, the pru dence on the part of these journalists would suggest to his mind the. prepara tion of a fable similar to the one he prepared about the gnat on the ox’s horn. Brother Blate, of the North Geor gian, says he can’t send us any butter, and asks whether “honey, syrup or mountain dew” will answer the, pur pose. Yea; send us anything, even if it is old railroad iron, at the market price, If we are allowed to credit it on subscription. We have given up the idea of eating butter long ago. We don’t care which of the above men tioned articles we take as a substitute. Blats, have you never been desperate ? Yes, Brother I^awshe—we have been desperate for the past two months,and the delinquent subscriber will have to account for it some day. LEE’S LAST BATTLE. The Atlanta Constitution, of last Sunday morning, contains a contribu tion from the pen of that gifted and Versatile writer, Henry W. Grady, describing the last battles of General Lee’s army, that we wish we could j reproduce in the Georgian. But it is too long, and we must content our selves with giving to our readers part of an editorial from the Constitution of the same date, in regard to the article mentioned. We were an humble, participant in the struggle, and can bear testimony to the correctness with which Gen. Gordon portrays the facts. The world will never know—the pen of the his torian can never paint the sufferings and hardships of the remnant of Gen. lase’s army that followed him from the trenches around Petersburg to Appomattox. Day by day the gal lant band who were participants in that last march, are passing away, and the world will never know and consequently can never appreciate the sufferings of those who surren dered at Appomattox and fell by the wayside, plodding through the mud, half clad and hardly fed at all, fol lowing Lee and his Lieutenants— they knew not where. But it must be recollected that these men were the last of the noble hand of patriots who had followed the fortunes of the Confederacy in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for four long years. The laggards, cowards, camp-follow ers and “hospital rats” had deserted, played out, or got out on one pretext and another before the opening of this last and hardest campaign. Gen. Lee had with him the wheat, as it were, of the Army of Northern Vir ginia, (excepting the noble dead,) the all been “fanned” out dur ing the winter of 1864. He knew he .could have pitted his army at that time against their weight in wild cats, if he. could have fed them, but here was the rub. The Constitution says on the subject: “We may safely challenge all lime to produce a parallel to the courage and the heroism exhibited by the ragged veterans Who clung about the knees of “Uncle Robert” on the day that he surrendered them. Other armies were as brave—other armies had done as brilliant work—other souls were as devoted, and other hearts as true. But it seemed ordain ed that upon these men should fall the burden of the deadliest struggle— that their hearts should be tried in the supremest trial, and that theirs should be the sacred duty of lighting up with glory the surrender of a cause that their valor could not save ! Language cannot describe.—subtle thought can not conceive—the agony that must have swelled tip in the bosoms of these heroes as they staggered, half starved, ragged and barefoot, bleed ing, torn and exhausted, through the storm and carnage of those last fear ful days. Fighting all day against exhaust less legions, their faces lit with the glare, of ceaseless musketry, battle-stained and bleeding—and at night putting their shoulders to wagon wheels like beasts, or picking grains of corn from their horses’ tracks, or wrapping their tattered blankets about them for an hour's uneasy slumber! They know that their cause was hopeless. They knew that the end was near. They knew that noth ing that human intellect could con ceive or human courage could accom plish could save them. And yet with dauntless hearts and stern faces they staggered on—swarming about their riddled (lags, and pressing forward after Lee or Longstreet or Gordon. Many a young soul will kindle with brave aspirations as it catches the flavor of this superb example. Many a widowed or motherless heart will ache at the memory of her loved one lost on those immortal fields, even while she thanks God that he died so gloriously and left so rich a heritage. God bless these men wherever they are this bright morning! Whether in life or under the sod—God bless them ! From the depths of a heart, chastened by sacrifice but glowing with pride, we issue to them these words of reverence and remembrance. “Woe shall betide this country if she ever forgets or grows cohl to the deeds of her soldiers. Wherever they were, in Tennessee or Virginia, they fought like heroes. The memory of their heroism is the sweetest heritage, the purest inspiration, the loftiest pat tern we have. That the cause in which they fought was lost should only make their memories the more precious. “There’s a glory in graves—there’s a grandeur in gloom.” Whatever may come to us iu the future—to what heights we may climb, or to what depths we may fall—let us hug the story of their deeds to our bosom, and honor the men who enacted them. And at. last when the details shall have become shadowy and indistinct, let us blend them into a tradition that shall hang about the hearthstones of our homes forever and forever—the glory of our hearts and the inspira tion of our sons I” DEATH OF GEN. JOHN B. HOOD. The telegraph brought the sad in telligence of the death of Gen. John B. Hood, in New Orleans, last Satur day, of yellow fever. His wife pre ceded him only a few days with the same disease. He leaves eleven small .children, two of whom are prostrated with the fever, and little hopes are entertained of their recovery. Gen. i Hood was a noble man. and will long live in the memory of the Southern people as one of the great Captains developed by the late war, who did his duty nobly, honoring all the com missions ever entrusted to him by the (United States or Confederacy. His j helpless children are left in destitute circumstances, but will doubtless be provided for by a generous people. General Hood left absolutely noth . ing. The benevolent association, the army of northern Virginia, and other I parties at New Orleans are at work I preparing to raise a fund for the sup -1 port of the children. With his dying ; breath he bequeathed his children to the soldiers of the South. The citi zens of Atlanta subscribed nearly one thousand dollars on Wednesday. OFFICIAL BONDS. It is due to the people that the bonds of county as well as State of- Dmm ehrmlri bo placed on record and open to public, inspection. This would afford greater security of the solvency of the bom), for the real condition of a bondsman as to pecuniary respon sibility may be known to only a few persons, and may be very different from what conimwwjepute represents it to be. The instances are numerous in which official bonds have been found to tie of little value, and it was ascertained that the public officer was virtually without security. Let the •people generally know who are (he bondsmen of their officials, and the real pecuniary status of the sureties will be more apt to he correctly un derstood. It is also due to the commercial community that a man's liability as a bondsman should be generally made known. Under the existing law the bond acts as a lien upon the property of the surety for the amount specified, and it ought to be recorded like other mortgages. There would be nothing invidious in this, for it is only carry ing out the rule adopted as to other liens. It is the province of legisla tion to make the security of the pecs pie from loss by defaulting or incom petent officials as nearly perfect as possible, and at the Mme time quaint the community with it when the county or the State holds a contin gent lien on any man’s property. — Atlanta Dispatch. A Minnesota man writes to the Salem (Mass.) Gazette as follows: “A discovery in the treatment of diphtheria has been made here. A young man, whose arm had been am putated, was attacked with diphtheria before healing took place; and instead of the matter incident to that disease being deposited in the throat, the greater portion appeared on the wounded arm, and the diphtheria was very light and easily managed. His j doctor profitted by this, and in his next case of diphtheria blistered his patient’s chest, and on his blistered part the chief deposits appeared. This was also an easy case of the disease. The theory' of the doctor is that diph theria usually appears in the throat because of the thinness of the lining of the throat. Hence when the blis ter breaks the skin upon any’ other part of the body, the disease appears there.” ► + -e It is a pleasure to witness the en terprise which of late years has made Athens the center of attraction for North-East Georgia; business men are on the increase, and parts of the city that never knew a respectable store, can to-day be held up as a model of improvement, both in exten sive stock and well regulated business arrangements. These facts can be easily accounted for as energy and brains has taken the place of the old slow gait, -which would, if not suc ceeded by modern ambition, leave our city nothing more nor less than a mere country village.—Athens Watch man. A party of Italian children recently arrived in Philadelphia, all of whom had been purposely maimed by the loss of an eye or a limb in order to more thoroughly fit them for the bus iness of begging. They were in charge ■ of three padrones. No arrests are reported. — A nine year old girl fell from the almost perpendicular side of Stone Mountain on the 28th ult. Fortu nately her fall was arrested by a pro- ' jecting ledge, and she was rescued by j a young man let down to her by means of a rope. It was a narrow escape from a thousand feet fall. NEWS ITEMS. It is never too late to do good—then sow more turnips. Athens wants a first-class hotel and a daily newspaper. Nueces county, Texas, pastures nearly 700,000 sheep- A factory at Gainesville turns out four hundred pair of shoes per week. The cotton crop, this year, will be large enough to give every man a shirt. Wine made from Florida oranges j three years ago is now said to taste like sherry. We waste our time in moments, our money in dimes, and our happi- I ness in trifles. Over one hundred persons are con fined in the Memphis jail and they keep remarkably healthy. The municipal election held at Wilmington, Delaware, Monday, re sulted in a sweeping Democratic vic tory. A dispatch from Yokohama, Au ! gust I.3th, stated that General Grant would leave for San Francisco on the i next mail steamer. ! Wm. V. Findley, of Deer Creek, Miss., lias a stalk of cotton four feet and 3 inches in height, and has on it 357 bolls and squares. Mr. J. 11. Lewis, editor of the Greensboro Herald, died a few days since at the home of his father. Hon. Miles W. Lewis, of consumption. The fair of the Northeast Georgia I Fair and Stock Association, begins at Athens on the 7th of October, and will last five days. It will be first-class in every respect. In one township in Wake county, North Carolina, are over ten men, all over eighty-five years of age, who each djiy do good farm work and are healthy and hearty. “Castle Thunder,” the famous old prison in which both Yankees and Confederates were confined during the war in Richmond, Va., was de stroyed by fire on the 26th ult. Wade Hampton (the younger) and ■ his bride are staying at the White . Sulphur Springs, Va., and are said to ■ be the handsomest young pair who s have been there this summer. When a British financial organ ■ talks nf Eitrope srnrling within the next few months £2,000,000 in gold to I this country, it does look as if the boom of prosperity was upon us. The Atlanta Phonograph thinks i that the Governor has a magnificent I opportunity to immortalize himself, i In the opinion of that paper he will do so if he immediately pardons Sam Hill. The committee that was entrusted with the election of a professor of mathematics for Newberry college, South Carolina, have selected Mr. G. G. Sale, of Georgia, and a graduate of the university of Athens. A wagon train has been established between Macon and Butler for the transportation of goods and to avoid the payment of freight on the rail road. A few days ago a trip was made and a saving of 33J per cent, was realized. Tulare Lake, California, is still said to be receding. Should it continue to fall as rapidly as it has in the last two years, it will be but a few years till the bottom of the large lake will be ■ dry land. Crops are being raised this year on land over which a steamer sailed three years ago. The Secretary of the Interior has j approved the recommendation of the ■ Superintendent of the Census with re- I gard to the number of Supervisors of i the census that Georgia should have. I and that she will he entitled to five— the same number that is allotted to ! Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, j It is said that Mr. Hendricks, who so generously gave up his own plans and desires to Lake the second place on the ticket with Tilden in 1875, has advised Tilden to assist in making i Judge Church the Democratic candi- I date for Governor of New York this i fall. But Tilden is understood to ad ! here to Robinson, whom the Tam many leaders declare they will not | support. When Mr. Hudson, of the House,’ remarked that “newspapers were a I curse to the country,” was he actua- j j ted by truly patriotic motives, or was | j it because his local paper withheld , I from him that cordial support to I I which he thought he was entitled? I This question is respectfully referred i to the local papers, with the privilege ' of an explanation from that large j minded individual.—Elberton Gazette REPLY TO JUSTICE. Editor Georgian : I notice a com ; munication in your last issue,charging 1 the good citizens of Bellton with mak ing false statements to the Georgia i Legislature, and an appeal for inves tigation. In the first place, this estimate was not made by the property owners, but by two citizens of the town, who did over estimate the property of those in whose interest that article was written. If the grand jury’s attention was called to one act in the life, of the author of the article, he, “Justice,” ; would go where the woodbine twineth, with •bracelets.’ Examine the records iof marriage license of Hall county, I and you will be convinced. Who insinuates that I swore a false- ■ hood in making my tax returns, is a : liar and a coward, and guilty of mal i feasance in office, and I am prepared ’ to prove it. Now, I ask “Justice” to name the ■ individuals who have committed such an unpardonable outrage upon the I State. Then we will compare figures with bis constituents. Please be ex plicit. and write Prohibition after the names of those you represent. M. Buick, Real estate owner in and about Bellton. Remember, that every subscriber to The North Georgian has the whole of the money which he pays for the paper returned to him in the best class of reading matter. That is. the whole avails of the subscription list of tlie paper do no more than pay for | the making up and mailing it to sub i scribers. Whatever profits are made ; in the publishing of the paper comes j from its advertising. General Hood leaves four sets of ' twins, the youngest three weeks old. SHERIFF SALES. i Georgia, Banks County. Will be sold, before the Court House I door, in the town of Horner, said county, on the tirst Tnesdnv in October next, Ire tween the lawful hours of sale, the fol lowing property, to-wit: One hundred and fifty acres of land, more or less, in said county, the place whereon E. M. Smith lived at the time of his death, adjoining lauds of.!. M. Brooks, Perry Lewallen and others. Levied on to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by P. A. Waters, jT. <’., vs E M. Smith tor the State and | county taxes for the year 1878. i Also, at the same time and place, one I hundred and fifty acres of land, more or less, adjoining lands of Abner Massey, John English and others, in said county. Levied on by virtue of a tax ti fa issued by P. A. Waters, T. <’.. vs. J. A. Dill, for Iris State ami county taxes for the vear 1878. Levy made and returned to me bv | A. A. Turk. L. <’. B F. SI DDATH, Sheriff sept4-t d EXECI 'To R'S~SALIL~ Georgia, Banks County. I Agreeably to the last will and testament ■ of David Evans, deceased, will be sold Ire fore the Court House door, in the town of I Homer, within the legal hours of sale, on j the first Tuesday in October. 187!», the fol , lowing property, to-wit: One tract or parcel of laud, containing j 177 acres, more or less, the place whereon ' David Evans resided at the time of his . death, lying in the 465th district <l. M. of Banks county, Georgia, on the waters ol Grove River, adjoining the lands of Mrs. Elizabeth ('. Henderson, A. W. Heiid-r --son & Brothers, and others. Oti the place flier,* is about .'Kt acres of river bottom and some 50 acres of upland in cultivation, -to acres of old pine fields and the remainder in original forest. On said laud there are three log cabins, ami a pure rock well of water, flue corner of said land lies with in a few hundred yards of the Northeast ern Railroad. Terms cash. JOHN F. EVANS, septl-td Executor. Georgia, Banks County. David A. Meaders applies to me for Letters of Administration, with the will annexed, on the estate of John H. Mor gan. late of said county, deceased: Therefore, all persons concerned, are hereby notified that said letters will be granted the applicant, at the October Term of the Court of Ordinarv of said county, to be held on the first Monday of said month, unless good cause to the con trary be then shown. September 1,18711. septl-td T. F. HILL, Ordinary. ' MORTGAGE SHERIFF'S SALES. Georgia, Banks County. | On the first Tuesday in October next, j will be sold, at the Court House door, in the town of Homer. Banks county, Ga., I between the lawful hours of sale, and to ' the highest and best bidder: One store house and lot, lying in the ; town of Homer, and on Main street, fronting the Public Square, ami adjoining I lot of Dr. A. D. Chenault, containing one i ninth (1-9) of one acre—levied on as the j property of A. J. West, W. C. J. Garrison : tenant now in possession. One house and lot. adjoining lands held in trust by L. N. Turk, A. C. Moss and the Baptist church lot, containing one acre and a quarter,the ; same being well improved—levied on as the property of James J. Turnbull, bv virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued from the Superior Court of said county, in favor of John Mize, as administrator of Clarkston Mize, deceased, against A. J. West and James J. Turnbull. Propertv pointed out in said fi fa. Notice given to parties in possession in ! terms of the law. B. F. BPDDATH, Sheriff augi-liOds i Georgia, Banks County. M hereas, Jane E. Jordan, Administra tris of the estate of Floyd R. Jordan, late i said county, deceased, petitions this | Court for«discharge from said administra . tion: I Therefore, all persons concerned, are I hereby notified that said discharge will i be granted the applicant at the November I term of the Court of Ordinarv of said county, to be held on the first Monday in November next, unless good cause to'the contrary be then shown. This August 4, 18711. T. F. HILL, aug7-dm Ordinarv. YMF FOJt PARTICULARS SEE JOE FOWLER. ALL PERSONS LIVING WEST OF 7*. the Chattahoochee River, who desire to have their cotton ginned at my gin. will have free passage over my bridge, coming and going. Gin for the wed, or the 3ith of cotton. Splendid house to store your cotton in. Sixty-saw Gin—finest make in the world. Everybody gets their own •seed. House, Engine and Gin brand new. jML Buice. I - ~ ~ - ■ ■ - ■ -» PoiiMion ZVotice. / kN the Uth day ot March, 1878, Congre-ss x " passed an aet which gives a pension to all soldiers of the war of 1812. who served 14 days, or were in any engage ment. ami to the surviving widows of such soldiers, no matter when married. Proof of loyalty not reuiiiml. Also restoring to the Pension Rolls the names of all persons now sarviving who were pensioners for service in the war of 1812, or any of the IRd an wars, whose names wen- stricken from the Pension Rolls at commencement of the late war. Proof of loyalty not required. I am provided with the necessary blanks ami will give special attention to these claims. M. W. RIDEN, Attorney at Law and Claim Agent, augjl-tf Gainesville. Ga. him m. BRING ON YOt’R Wheat and Rye! I will pay the highest market price for YVlient mid Io those indebted to m<* either by note or account, or exchange goods at the LO WEST CASH PRICE. Call and gee me when yon come to town, and get prices before buying else where. J. N. COGGINS. ' July 17-»f Bellton, Ga. A(’TFAIz BUSINESSr STUDENTS ON CHANGE AT SfEim FOR Circulars mailed free tn any addreati. may2!U»m B. F. MOORE, President wmT h. sTmpkins, -I r T O RA’ E J' A T LA H', HARUONV GROVE, | JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FIAITHFI L ATTENTION given to Collections ami all other Business. Clients’ money never spent, but promptly forwarded. aprlT-fim JOHN M. FJNDLAY, SSI udon! at GAINESVILLE, GA. WILL give prompt attention to the Collection of Claims. Ofti<-e with j •!. R. EHtOM N* Son. aprl7-3m ‘irjTGA'RTRELLT - ' ATTfHtSEY AT LAW, ATLANTA, GA. PRACTICES in the Vnited States Cir cuit and District Courts at Atlanta, and the Supreme and Superior Courts of Stuff mayls-tf «A W EEK in vour own town, and no capital risked. Von can give the business a trial without expense. The best opportunity ever offered for those willing to work. You should trv nothing else until yon see for yourself what you can do at the business we offer. No room to explain here. You ean devote all vour time or only your spare time to the busi ness, and make great pay for every hour that you work. Women make as much as men. Send for stiecial private terms and particulars, which we mail free. S 5 outfit free. Don’t complain of hard times while you have such a chance. Address. H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. & 1 Rft A to S6OOO a year, or Sft to S2qu mluv V a * n J our own l°cal>tv\A r No risk. Women do as wen as men. Many make more than the amount stated. No one can fail to make money fast. Any one ean do the work. Yon can make A from 50 cts to $2 an hour by devoting evenings and spare time to the business. costs nothing to try the business. like it for money making ever fore. Business pleasant and able Reader if you want to till best pa\ine business before tliM scud us your address and we will g purtieular- and terms flee ; ,-ampM also fieo: you can then mind for yourself. Address, George .Stinson A Co., Portland;^!line