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North Georg-iiin.
Belltea, Ga., March 4, 1880.
T%e Constitution says the modified
plan of Major George T. Barnes for
securing a more thorough organization
of the Democratic party, is the best
and most feasible that could have
been adopted. It will insure complete
unity of purpose throughout the entire
Party-
Last Saturday Gov. Colquitt closed
the sale of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad to a company of Georgia
and New York gentlemen. The con
ditions of the sale required the com
pletion of the road at once from
Macon to Atlanta, thus making a
new and important line to the coast.
The New York Tribune congratu
lates the Republicans of that State
for the harmony which prevailed in
their recent convention. The Herald
thinks the proceedings of the conven
tion indicate that the resistance to a
third term is altogether stronger than
anybody dared hope ot predict twenty
four hours before.
In Pennsylvania everybody knows
that the movement for Gen. Grant’s
nomination is hollowness itself. In
New York this is also now demon
strated. The intelligence of both
States is against it. The sober judg
ment of the party revolts at it, and
the common sense of the country
presents an inflexible Ixostility to it.
Philadelphia Press
The president and directors of the
Air-Line have come., and wc do not
know what they think of our city and
her prospects, but Col. Price will push
his road vigorously, and wc can say
that the coming summer will develop
railroad schemes that will astonish
some people very much. We greatly
fear our Jefferson friends are burning
precious daylight in not moving up
the road from there to this city.—
Gainesville Southron.
The harmony which prevailed at
the meeting of the two wings of the
Democracy of Massachusetts, is some
thing at which all Democrats will re
joice. Trifling differences should be
healed up and opposing factions unite
in one grand, glorious phalanx, with
a determination to win a lasting vic
tory over that scourge to our land,
that mountain of corruption, that
monument of villainy and fraud, the
Republican party—Maine Standard.
We haven’t u particle of confidence
in those extra national Southern
Democrats who admit, that, secession
was treason. If Mr. Davis was a
traitor, why did the Federal courts
fail to try and convict him ? In the
absence of trial, conviction and judi
cial sentence, who is authorized to
pronounce him or any other Confede
rate a traitor? It is useless for a
Southern man to make the confession
of a fool (hat he may reap the reward
of a spaniel.—Sparta Ishinaelitc.
The two-thirds rule, says an ex
change, is antagonisiic to the. demo
cratic principles that the will of (he
majority should prevail, and should
be abolished. Its effect can only be
to place power in the hands of a
minority to thwart the wishes of the
majority, and compel that majority
to accept a candidate who is not their
prefcrenco. Therefore, we trust the
people of this district will vote em
phatically in favor of allowing the
majority to control our conventions.
Wc clip the following from the
Crawfordville correspondence of the
Conyers Weekly: “There is consider
able talk about the gubernatorial ques
tion. Colquitt’s friends seem to be go
ing over to Gartrcll, and without ex
pressing any preference your corres
pondent does not hesitate to say that
Geu. Gartrcll is a statesman whose
executive ability, firmness, foresight
and eminent legal acumen would
grace the Chief Magistracy of Geor
gia more than the qualifications of
any candidate) mentioned.”
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The idea that any one man is to
name the democratic candidate for
presidency is supremely ridiculous.
The party will name the candidate,
with surprising unanimity, and then
proceed to elect him by a decisive
majority; after which, on the 4th of
March, 1881, he will be inaugurated
president of the United States, and
no returning board thieves, visiting
statesmen and electoral commission
frauds, or other, radical devices can
stand in the way of the consumma
tion.—Manchester Union.
Until within the past week wc have
not believed it possible that General
Grant could be nominated in a repub
lican national convention by such a
vote as would permit of his accep
tance, but we are constrained to ac
knowledge that nt the present writing
there is every reason to believe he
will he the republican candidate re
gardless of the size or character of his
vote or his prospects for carrying the
election. The Grant managers seem
to have gone mad. IVashington Post.
THE DUTY OX PAPER.
There is one broad proposition on
which we stand. It is this—that con
sumers should have as many rights,
under the laws, as manufacturers.—
When the government puls a duty on
an article of import, it virtually puts
a higher price on the same article
manufactured at home. It virtually
says to the manufacturer: “You may
have the power of the government to
com[>el your customers to pay’ more
for your goods than they are worth.”
Its tariff raises the price of domestic
goods of like character. When it is
remembered that the manufacturers
are few aud the consumers are mil
lions, the injustice of import duties is
apparent. Indeed wc find it very hard
to consider a protective tariff as any
thing less than an cutrage.
These being our views, we, of course,
arc in favor of having printing paper
put on the free list. Paper can be
bought in Canada for three cepts a
pound less than in the United States.
Yet the duty on imported paper is so
great, that consumers in the United
States can better afford to buy home
made paper ;U present prices, th in to
buy in Cana a and pay duty. In other
words, the law makes every pound of
American paper cost three cents (or
like sum) more than it would if foreign
paper could be imported free. It taxes
million of readers for the benefit of a
few hundred paper makers. How can
you avoid calling this an outrage?
We are in favor of free trade. If
American manufacturers cannot com
pete with foreigners, let the Ameri
cans go to the wall. Our people
should have the world to buy from,
and have the privilege of buying
where they please. There is scarcely
a manufactured article that would not
be from ten to fifty per cent cheaper,
if there were no tariff duties; and this
would be true also of many unmanu
factured articles of food. Down with
the tariff.—LaGrange Reporter.
All the Indications would seem to
point to an increase of force in the
Jewett “boom.” When his name was
first mentioned in connection with the
Democratic nomination for the Presi
dency this question was asked, more
especially by the younger class of men
who have come upon the stage since
he retired from active polities and con
fined his attention wholly to buisness
pursuits, “Who is Hugh J. Jewett?”
—very much as the question was
asked, “Who is James K. Polk?”
when at Baltimore in 1814 the Demo
cratic national convention, after a
stormy session and heated struggle of
three days, nominated and pitted him
against the. great idol of the Whig
party. Henry Clay—“ Harry of the
West,” who was at. the time the most
prominent public man in the country,
and who had in the same city a month
previously been nominated by the.
Whig national convention without the
formality of a ballot, by acclamation
and with the most unbounded enthu
siasm, for the Presidency. The event
of the electioh proved, by 170 electo
ral votes for Polk to 105 for Clay,
who James K. Polk was. So, now, if
the Republicans should have the tem
erity to nominate at Chicago the most
prominent of their aspirants, the
man on “horseback,” U. S. Grant,
ami the. Democratic convention should
oppose him with Hugh J. Jewett, the
result of a Democratic victory in No
vember would teach inquiring minds
who Mr. Jewett is.—Rochester Union
& Advertiser.
The call for the Democratic Nation
al Convention contains a single sen
tence which is a sufficient platform in
itself for the Presidental campaign. It
is as follows: “All Democratic, Con
servative and other citizens of the
United States, irrespective of past
political associations or differences,
who can unite with ns in the effort of
pure, economical and constitutional
government, are cordially invited to
join in sending delegates to the con
vention.” The demand for a “pure,
economical and constitutional govern
ment,” embraces all that the Demo
cracy contend for. Such a govern
ment has not been, and will not be.
had from Republican administrations.
The Republican record is such a mass
of infractions of this theory of govern
ment as to demonstrate the Republi
can policy to be the maintananee of
an impure, extravagant and unconsti
tutional government.—Sav. News.
Judging from circulars issued by the
republican reform league of New
York, the anti-Grant republicans of
that state are afraid of a Jewett boom.
We are beginning to believe that if
Mr. Tilden isn’t a candidate at Cin
cinnati, he will name Jewett. Things
arc beginning to squint in that direc
tion. A Jewett boom would suit the
south—Atlanta Constitution.
We advise the reader who lias not
renewed his subscription to the North
Georgian to do so at once and before i
we advance the price from 81 to 81.50.
The advance in the price of pa; er,
nearly fifty per cent, will leave us no
alternative but to increase our price.
Take advantage of tiic opportunity.
THE GERMAN REPUBLICANS.
The German vote is an important !
factor in the politics of this country. 1
It is mainly located in the free States,
where a large majority of it has al-1
ways inclined toward the Republican
party. The aggregate Republican vote .
of German born citizens in those States
is roughly estimated at 400,000. It is ;
heavy in New York, Pennsylvania,!
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
lowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In
any of these States the Republicans I
would have hard work to get along ,
without it against a united Democra
cy; while if it were consolidated with
the Democratic vote, they would be 1
likely to lose every one of them in 1
an animated contest.
The Republican Germans are almost
unanimous in their hostility to a third '
term. They are beginning to manifest
their opposition in a very effective
manner by holding public meetings
and conventions, and earnestly pro
testing against the nomination of
Grant. Such assemblages have al
ready been held here and in other
large cities; and their example will
no doubt be. speedily followed in vari
ous parts of the country where Ger
man-born citizens arc numerous.
If this line of attack is pursued
with alacrity and vigor, it will he a
stunning blow to the promoters of
the third term. It will cause the
sober men in the Chicago Convention
to call a halt and seriously consider
the result ere they try the hazardous
experiment of muniug the Grant ma
chine over the sturdy Teutonic ele
ment in the Republican party.—New
York Sun.
A New Orleans telegram to the
New York World says that cotton
receipts are falling off in comparison
with those of the same, time last year,
and the prevailing opinion now is that
the crop will he about 5,(00,(H.'0 bales,
distributed among the States as fol
lows: Florida 75,G00, Georgia 750,000,
Alabama 725,000, Mississippi 975,000,
Louisiana 600,(XX), Tennessee 225,G0t).
Texas 900,000,South Carolina .350,0c0,
Arkansas 350,000, Virginia, Illinois,
Missouri, etc., 50,000. This cotton
will probably average to the pro
ducers and ‘middle men,’ in round
numbers, about 8275,000,000. Os this
vast sum, about 5200.000.1X10 will be
put to the credit of our exchange ac
count with foreign countries. .Add to
this the crops of tobacco, rice, sugar
and naval stores raised principally in
the same States, and many millions
more can be reckoned on the credit
side of our ledger. All this in spite
of the exodus.
We learn that a survey for the ex
tension of the. Northeastern Ttallroarl,
at least, as far as Clarksville, will be
made at an early day. Indeed, we
learn that arrangements have already
been made for this survey. This is
all right and just ns it should be; The
people of Athens and of all North
east Georgia have been anxiously
waiting and expecting some move
ment looking to the extension of thi
road, and any news promising activ
ity on that line, will he to them good
news. Let the survey he made, and
let the extension speedily follow.—
Athens Banner.
Here is a new view of the exodus
frbni a politic,o-oconomie stand-point:
A lending Republican of Indiana says
that “it is cheaper to import 10.000 or
12.GJ0 niggers into this State than to
spend money around among the bar
rooms, burning gunpowder and hiring
brass bands.”
Texas is the largest and greatest
stoek.State in the Union. During the
past ten years 3,( (HI,(XH) head of cattle
iiave been driven from the State, and
over $24,000,(XX) worth of cattle have
been converted into money in the ten
years.
The editor of the Richmond State
says a great deal of fu«s is hi ing made
over the expense of burying six dead
Congressmen, and. as for his part, lie
thinks thi' country would be glad to
bury about two-thirds of those re
maining at the'same price each.
England expects every man to do
i.is duty, but is convinced that charity
should begin abroad. The American
contributions in aid of Ireland exceed
81)08,000. The amount actually sub
scribed in England is no more than
$125,000.
The receipts of wheat in Chicago
for 1879 were 34.000,(XX) bushels. lar-.
ger by 4.000,000 th in ever; shipments
31,0U'i.000; receipts of corn 61,00!),000
bushels, or 1,250,(iU0 more than in
1878. All other business in Cidcago
increased also.
Mr. John C. Calhoun, the grandson
of the South Carolinian, who is at the, ■
same time his namesake, is a wealthy
planter in Arkansas which does
away with the story that he is a sa
loon keeper in St. Louis.
Many farmers in East Tennessee
and ’A cstern North Carolina are now
turning their attention to tobacco cul
ture ; and in a few years the fanners
of Northeast Georgia will turn their
attention to the culture of tobacco.
NEWS ITEMS.
The population of Louisville, Ky.,
■ is put down at 174.000.
The presidential election occurs this
year on the 2d of November.
John Johnston, a negro murderer,
was hanged in Savannah last Friday.
Another big hotel is to be built in
Gainesville, on the latest aud most
approved style,
| Postmaster General Key has with
drawn his order for a discontinuance
of the star mail service.
The fill) of May is the date proposed
for the great council of the world’s
■ 20,006/00 Methodists.
It is stated that Gen. Boynton will
not give up his case against Gen.
Sherman, but will press it with all
vigor.
Democratic members of Congress
i now begin to fear that it will be the
past of June before an adjournment
! can be secured.
Bill Davis, the mail agent on the
Northeastern Railroad, fell from the
cars, between Lula and Athens, one
night last week, ami was severely
injured.
Georgia has 137 counties, in which
’ 193 papers are published. Os these
tl2 arc daily, 4 tri-weekly, 3 semi
! weekly, 154 weekly, 2 semi-monthly
and 18 monthly.
The owners of Tallulah F ills (Hah-
I ersham county) property, bought last
.' week fifty thousand feet, of lumber.
1 for the purp >sc of erecting, b .for ■ the
1 summer, a ' irge h >t ’1 a’, th : falls.
I At Murfreesboro. Tenn., last Friday,
two negroes were limit:, reserved seats
i were sold, and a good limo generally
’j was had. About 10,000 people ■were
present, and they had a barbecue'.
-1 Mr. Jcffersc.n Davis expects to make
,! from eight hundred to <>m- Thousand
, 1 bales of cotton on his Mississippi
, plantation during the coming season.
, I He is busily engaged on bis Memoirs
, of the War. in which he is nssUted by
: his wife aud his iieuLew, G n. Joseph
Dai is.
—
Belov,- publish a eorreet ii- * of
i the imos of holding the Supi rlo.r
, Court in th" several counties of tile
Western. ( ir nit :
Gwinnett -Ist Mtmilav in March.
Hall—3d Ah nd iv in Mar.- h.
Banks—lst Monday in April.
Frankli". —2d Monday in April.
Hubei• hum -3.1 Monday in April.
| Rabun- lih Monday in April.
White— Monday aft Itli Moud’ir
in April.
Clark. 2d Momlav in M... - .
-Vti’C'iit r* Wuin <-<!
To 'nlr. «!•»-•«• in r.-- rv -oituty in the
l :ntr«l Stair. 4
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Mur< b Tern*. IShO.
It appt aring to the Co:: ■•. the Deti
tion id .!<»-r|.h It L’.’meJ.s. that ho.h
Sims, <.<(•( of s.i’.d ;■ n at', d’hl
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; f lies in »« • siiiiph* to s.dd .in-rpb li. Eu
banks, ’or lot of iaan in la-* J. 7. h J ,-f et
»»f .-aid roniuy, ami it fui f her apHvarrng
filial '-aid Sims deptii-d ili.s li:»
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i. nd. < r b w'll or otlu rw .«■ p >' idmg
the.e or; and it inrihi i .i]>p< ar ng lha
said . <».-< pl; IL Ei.bunks ha- paid rhe full
ainvi’ii <-l the pnicha.-e | 1 c< ot <i <1 lot
o. .am . and .-ad J >sep.i iL Euouiiks
i hav ug .• *i’t o*n d ths Coirt to duett
i A. J. MrWhortc. ami V» . >. buns, c. »•
. tar.« up.>n the rst uv oi . aid U». S a-
I di teas *d, io ex.n» h..u L . les to sai I
lot ot ian ;, n contu • uif. wi‘ h -.u 1 o*».i I.
There foie. a'{ prisons ‘t:..d. .;:e
la ieby not fir I s.nd lr ;ilin d to !ile then
ob’< et-’o.i-. i. • iv un \ have. hi my « m <•
w.cmn th. (mm pivsv; el b ? uw. why
'-a d civi mors shou. l U -.raercd ’:•»
'< AO .;*« il. t - lo ..a d ’ »l of l;.;id, .n tou
turn»oy w.Ji sj’d bor. I
Ami n is n.rih r older, d, that a copy
■of tin* rule bo publish* I In ;h<- N r.h
; liruij iiiit, a n w j'ap. i puo. >inn at Bd -
tuti. B.iiUvh < < i.ill\ , tor I‘i.i t\ uav>.
j. E. H.. L Oi iiuary.
A6 / a i S ULE.
> Georgia, Banks <\>vnt\.
B\ V'tt.t.- of an order from the (' •nrt ot
Oro na»y of Bank- county, will be sold,
la 1.-.e ihc Court House du«o. in the town
.oi lluiiici, wiili.ii the !«••...<1 hours of sale.
; the tirst ’l’u-Mday in April nex:, the
i lan u; belunginx tv the cstau 1 of E M.
, SniiJi, deceased, c< iita.ning lol) a
, nn’re or ie<s, ami adjtoi? ng lauds ot
■ Perry Lewadan. Jas. Biooks and others.
Th.-ie are about 10 acres under fence,
i baa (ice in original iwresi. amt sold for
the nelit ot the heirs aa.l creditors oi
’ sa.d estate. 3 erats . ts’i
P. F. M. FVKR,
Adnvnistratoi- of E. M. 8:111th.
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Georgia. Banks County.
Ja nes o. Wood applies t<» me for per
manent letters of administration tin the
estate of Joel ’1 liuiuas. iatu ul b.t 4 coun
ty, (ico ased :
Therefore, all persons concerned, are
hereby not.th d that -ail leftTi \v..i o
granted the app’. rant at the April term
• of the Couit <ii Oroii.ary of -a d <■< unty,
lo ’.»<» hvtd on the first M« idi. .• -a d
month, unless guud cause lo th contrary
• be tin. 11 shown. M irch 1. I
T. F. HILL. <lrd’nary.
Georgia. Banks Cut .• tv.
B. F. Sudduth app! • to me for per
, nianent 1. it.us <>i ad. a uistiation «>■.! the
' <‘siMte of liusscl Hukouib, late ui . a.d
< on my, <lecta-c4
l iicreiuie, ail p "sons co I’. rned, are
• hereby notiiied ni ;t s:..d lexers will be
: granted the apfl cant at the \pnl term
ot the Couit of fJidsnary of Bai.ks coun
ty. lo be he hi oil the first Monday of sa d
luuulh, u:i»ej*s good cause <0 the • mt.aiy
be then shown. March 1. b'Sh
T. F. HILL, Ordinary.
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The “GI ANT” is guaranteed to be equal .to any first-class Fertilicrz
that is now on the market.
As the demand is heavy, parties would do well to call early.
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PROPRIETOR
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EAojisAoii Notice.
(T JN the 9th day of March. 1878, Congress
VZ nassrd an act which gives a p< nsion
I r-> ail sold ers nf the war of 1812. who
• i ed 14 days. <>r were in any engage*
1 surviving widows of
| : J ' r ' : no rnatt «‘r when married
i loot <»: loya ty not retrnred.
A .so re tor n/ to the Pension Rolls the
■ : Hio - of an persons now surviving who
110° 1 H Ils *’ n ’‘ rs for service in the war of
> 1 5 ,2. <>r any of the Indian wars, whose
ii '.iurs were stricken from the Pension
L< ils at <• »mmenceinent of the late war.
* <•: ! yalty not required.
i am .provided with the necessary blanks
1 viU give special attention to these
v a 1 V; M vv - kjden,
AJL.rnoy at Law and Claim Agent,
Gainesville, Ga.