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A'or-tli Georgian. Bellton, Ga., April 1,-1880. WILL THOSE SUBSCRIBERS WHO ARE IN ARREARS RE KIND ENOUGH TO PAY UP! WE NEED THE MONEY, AND WANT IT. DON'T DE LA F. The Savannah Recorder in of the opinion that the decrease in the value of taxable property in Georgia, as shown by the Comptroller’s books, means an increase in perjury. That is about the size of ii, but our system of taxation needs reforming. If fate has a Republican President in store for us, by all means let it be George F. Edmunds. lie hates the South, but he is honest; and honesty is a great thing in this world, particu larly when you find an honest Repub lican.—Atlanta Constitution. The South is in the I.’ nion to stay.! We are one people. This conviction is being rapidly spread throughout the North, and the party of the fu-' ture must stand not on sectional issues, but upon those that involve the highest good of the whole coun try.—LaGrange Reporter. The North Georgian wants those in arrears to come forward at once and pay for their paper. We have been in the same fix and made the same kind of appeals, but it is no good. The best way is to adopt the shot gun policy mid go hunting for them. They think the printer can labor and wait—Athens Daily Banner. The rush of immigration at New York is somewhat remarkable. The seven ocean steamers which arrived there on the 21st and 22d tilt., landed 2.911 immigrants, making the total for the month up to date 12,720. against 6,051 for the entire of March of last year, mid as the season ad vances the numbers are expected to increase. ——— * •? •< - The board of directors of the Penn sly vania railroad have directed a res toration of the pay of all persons in the service of the company to the compensation in force at the time of the reduction of June Ist, 1877, to take effect from mid after to-day. The wages of mechanics are too low, and should be increased throughout the j country. This will put a stop to, strikes, and benefit both labor and capital. The correspondents insist that Dr. Gatchell is unknown, and that Mr. [ Hayes appointed him because he is an Ohio num. The Doctor is well known in Atlanta and in Northeast Georgia, and is not an Ohio man. It he is confirmed, his Republicanism won't prevent him from doing his duty. He has already done a great work for Georgia by correcting the slanders circulating against us in the West and Northwest. He is a good man.—Atlanta Constitution. —— ——- - The friends of Justice Field, of the United States Supreme Court, have perfected an organization nnd estab lished headquarters in Washington city in the interest of his nomination for the Presidency by the Democratic National Convention. Documents are already being sent out freely to nil parts of the country. Those which will be given the most profuse distri bution are the two dissenting opinions in the political cases before the Su preme Court, which have been lately announced by Justice Field. - A Washington gentleman, who is a shrewd observer of political events, writes the Boston Post a prediction that neither of the Republicans now prominently mentioned for the Presi dential nomination will secure it, ami th it the Democratic nomination will tall to some man little if any talked of at the present time. He predicts that Blaine will not come as near a n< mination as he did four years ago, and, though a friend of Mr. Tilden, says his nomination by the Demo crats would be inviting defeat. ♦ -• Atlanta special to Augusta Nows, 27th ultimo: “It is generally thought to-day that since Governor Colquitt returned from the Cincinnati excur sion, he has found that he cannot be nominated, and that Gen. Gnrtrell is developing such strength that bis nomination seems quite certain; and hence Colquitt's friends now assert that he will run independent. Some of Colquitt’s best friends out in the State held a long consultation with him ns soon ns he returned, nud one was frank enough to tell him that he tould not be nominated. Politic' is on lite eve of bi- changes." STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The State Democratic Executive Committee met in Atlanta, pursuant to call, on Tuesday, 30th inst. We have not the time nor the space to I publish the proceedings in full. The Constitution says each member of the Committee seemed to be impressed not only with the necessity of secur ; ing the unity of the. party itself, but of promoting harmony among all who are desirous of establishing the , principles of the Democratic party, i The suggestion of the Committee, : that the county meetings for choos i ing delegates to the State Convcn [ tions, be held upon the same day ■ throughout the State, is a good one. If this suggestion be adopted by the counties, the Democratic voters will have full notice of the meetings, and if they fail to participate, they can not, with any justice, complain that they have been taken advantage of by political managers. There will be two State Conven tions held—the first on the 9th of June to elect delegates to Cincinnati, and the second on the 4th of August to nominate candidates for State ofii-. cers and to choose Presidential elec tors. No action was taken with re spect to the two-thirds rule in the State Convention, but in accordance with a request of the St. Louis Con vention, the suggestion is made to County Conventions that they make some expression of their opinion upon the subject. It is suggesed that the county meetings to select dele gates to the first State Convention be held on the first Tuesday in .June,and that the meeting to select delegates to the second State Convention be held on the 21st of July. The Constitution interviewed the members on National and State poli ties. For President, Thurman 4; Hen dricks 3; Field 3; Bayard 3; nominee 3; Tilden 1; Pendleton 1. Hon. IL P. Bell said: I do not think that tiie Independent movement in the Nintli is as strong now as it was when Speer was elected. W. E. Simmons said : As to the In dependent movement in my District, I do not think that it is gaining any ground. Speer is not a bit stronger to-day than lie was when elected, ami I have heard some of the voters of tiie District say that they would not vote for him again. Atlanta was selected as tiie place for holding the Conventions. We conclude by saying: “Weil done thou good and faitliful servants.” In view of the vast Importance of the present year, politically speak ing, the people generally are mani festing a small degree of interest. We are very much averse to the fierce and bitter contests that often characterize political campaigns, and in tills view of the matter, the strong efforts that the people are making to make this a prosperous year agricul turally, even to the great neglect of politics, lias a great deal in it worthy of tiie. highest approval. But while this is true, the selection of wise rulers to discharge tbe duties of office is a matter that, cannot be too vigilantly guarded and protected.— The time is rapidly approaching when the people of this country will be called upon to speak their sover eign will through the ballot box in the selection of officers from Presi dent, down. While we would not urge our people into politics, sufficient in terest should lie taken in this matter to not leave the choice of officials to j a few, but the great masses should , make their preference known and j demand that it be respected. This I thing of letting matters drift along is j not a safe plan. Tiie people should* ! see to it that good and upright men are chosen to fill nil the positions of trust which they will be called upon to fill. In all instances let men be chosen that will honor the great State that they serve, as well as the people who honor them with tiie positions of trust.—Hartwell Sun. ► ♦ « There seems to be a great diversity of opinion ns to when the rules fixed by the Railrond Commission for pns senger nud freight tariffs will go into effect. A reporter of th<‘ Constitution called on Gov. Smith and asked when the rates would become of force. He stated that the law required that tiie rates should be advertised once a week for four weeks. .Since tiie first advertisement there, hnvu been some revisions, and after each a new publi cation was necessary. Therefore, die rates cannot go into effect until about four weeks from the present time. Il lias seemed to some that tiie Commis sion was going rather slow, but they have endeavored to perfect their schedules so that they may operate in justice to all parties concerned. The rates have been very carefully considered in every particular. Next to Samuel J. Tilden we be lieve that Hon. Hugh J. Jewett, the man of many States, is tiie most available Democratic candidate. He was born in Maryland: spent many years in Ohio and New York, and now lives in New Jersey. He is a good Democrat and would, we think, be elected.—Darien Gazette. WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, in the Sunny ! South, makes the following wise sug ; gestion, which we commend to our mountain friends: ‘‘Walking slowly home we revolve i the question that puzzles Uncle Sam what to do with the illicit distillers of the mountains. We have an idea that the solution of the problem lies in grape aiitLchestnut culture upon these mountain slopes so favorable to their growth, though this will take time. But why will not tbe government concern itself in trying to understand 1 the real nature and needs of its poverty-stricken, uninformed children that dwell upon the isolated, half barren heights? Why not get them to cultivate something more market able than corn? Those mountain sides might be clothed with fruitful vines as in Italy and Switzerland, and the chestnut plantations be, cultivated as in Tuscany and Lucca, and many other sections of Southern Europe. ; where the use of corn meal and I wheat flour is superseded by the more J nourishing, richer and cheaper chest- I nut flour. Mr. Schuyler, our Consul at Florence, has lately proposed to our State Department to import the Spanish chestnut, and graft it on our indigenous variety, with a view to ex tending the food products of the coun try. “A careful study of the subject,” he says, in his report, “has convinced me that the chestnut, so largely culti vated here, may become a source of wealth and profit in the. United Slates, especially in certain mountainous dis tricts where it is almost impossible to raise cereals, owing to the nature of the. soil and the steepness of the ; mountain sides, ami where transpor tation is so difficult and labor so high and scarce.” Instead then of the breach loader and the chain gang, may not tbe grape and the chestnut (together with the school master) be the solution of the problem, “How shall moonshin-1 ing be done away with?” FLOWERY BRANCH. I Editor Georgian: It was my good fortune to sojourn a few days, the past week, in this flourishing little town, and become, acquainted with a number of its good citizens. I was the guest of Capt. F. W. Delain i and his most excellent family, who i made every effort to make me feel perfectly at home. Tiie merchants are doing a fine luisiness. The trade of tiie place extends to tiie Etowali river settlements. There arc two i cliurclies—Methodist and Baptist—in tlie place, and one new academy just completed, which was dedicated Tues, day night with imposing •eremonies. I attended prayer meeting nt tiie I Methodist church, Wednesday night, and was deeply impresseil by the way and manner tiie good people are ' doing their Master's will. The place ' is now noted for peace and quiet. The people are united, and all meet j together in one common brotherhood. They all work together for one com-' mon good. Mr. Editor, another item in the liis- ' tory of Flowcry Branch, is the pretty > girls 1 happened to see. They are perfectly charming, especially to an old bachelor. I don’t wonder at Phil Delain, of the Air Line, visiting the place so often, where so much beauty abounds. Let’s go again. Phil? In taking leave of this place. I cannot help but heartily wish that all towns was united, the people, 1 mean, as the good people of this town. March 27, 1880. W. L. R. UPLAND RICE. > Col. J. 11. Nichols, of NacoiK'liee Valley, writes the following letter to the Piedmont Air Line Headlight, and we reproduce it for the benefit of our farmer friends : “I have been quite successful in the culture of upland rice on my place here. On my best land I have grown it at the rate of ninety-three and one half bushels per acre. The common impression that it requires damp land is erroneous, ns my best yield was on land which was ns dry as any of my Valley farm. 1 prepare the land thoroughly in the spring, plowing deep, and if the land is disposed to be cloddy, harrow well after plowing. Lay off in shallow drills twenty-four to thirty inches apart, and cover lightly. Sow the seed as soon as the danger of frost lias passed. In the j first working great care must lie ' taken to remove all grass and weeds, as the rice plant is delicate. Atter | wards, good hoeing and plowing with a narrow hull-tongue plow is all that !is necessary. In tbe tall see that none of tiie little morning glory ’ vines, which infest our bottoms, are 1 allowed to remain in the drills, as it ■ is impossible after cutting to separate ■ the vines from tiie rice straw, and the seed being black injures tiie appear- i anee of the rice.” Let our farmers give rice, and also tobacco a fair trial. We believe they ' will pay much better than cotton. ► Tiie Athens Banner says there is a firm in that city which does more business than any house in Atlanta. NEWS ITEMS. ' The king of Siam speaks of visiting -1 the United States. The survey of the Georgia Western | will soon commence. ■ I Athens wants the normal school, Fj and we want her to have it. A negro was hanged in Dallas, 1 , Paulding county, last Friday. •' Turpentine farming is getting to be . quite an industry in this State. ' There are no new developments in the district attorneyship for Georgia. i > 1j The colored exodnsters keep re • turning South from the happy land of Kansas. A woman delegate attended the re cent Greenback State Convention of I . New York. 1 It is now thought that *6,000 will cover the State’s loss by Sam Hoyle’s , I defalcation. The friends of Sam Hill are going 1 , I to make a strong appeal for Execu- I tive clemency. I The successful growing of the coffee plant in South Florida is established beyond question. Tobacco, upland rice and the cin chona tree will be tested in Northeast Georgia this season. The New York Slate Democratic .Convention will be held at Syracuse, i on the 2<»!h of April. Tennessee is nearly one-third larger ’ than Ireland, out Ireland has a popula tion of nearly five million. The wheat prospects throughout Middle Tennessee is represented ns I being ti e best known for several ■ years. It is thought in Washington that i Dr. tiatchell will be confirmed super visor of census of the first district of I Gear -ia. Tbe Athens ’ ally Banner has b >en decreased in s • but not m interest, lit is a -nicy little sheet, and deserves to sccecd. The Texas Republicans instructed their delegates to Chicago to vote as a unit. The majority is supposed to I be for Grant. Tiie Americus Republican learns that in some places in that section wheat and onls have been eompleti ly destroyed by rust. I The water power of the Muscle .Shoals, in the Tennessee river, in Alabm a. is suffii ient to move all tin spindles in the world. i At largo meetings of Republicans in Richmond, last week, the Mahone independent electoral scheme met i witli little encouragement. Mr. Dillaye declinesjtho nomination of tiie Pomeroy greenhai kers for Pre sident. unless it is endorsed by tiie i other wing in Chicago, June 9th. i No hope for tariff' reform this sos ! 'ion. Ton much bribery. Tile pro ; tectlonist have tiie money, and some Congressmen are very fond of the ! filthy lucre. The trades are striking one after I anol her in the Eastern ci'ics. Wages iar< too low.aivl tiie working people iof Ibis country are determined to ; have living prices for their labor. The strike of the cabinet and piano makers of New York city, which put I over four thousand mechanics out of | work, ha' end”d in a submission by tiie r anufaeturers to the demands of ' tiie workmen. ! Vice President Wlieeler contem- I plates leaving Washington about the ! first of May. not to return during the ! remainder of tiie session. Wlien lie . leaves Judge Tiinrman will be elected i President pro tern. Tiie Albany Advertiser says the wool market in that section promises to open earlier than usual, and that tiie crop of Southwestern Georgia is expected to be the largest ever pro duced in that vicinity. Nearly all the Democratic candi dates for the presidency have Mary land blood in their veins. Tilden. Bayard. Davis and Jewett were all either born there or are closely re lated to Maryland families. Keely says his motor will be ready for use in about six weeks, and that the first public experiment will be the running of a circular saw three feet in diameter, at 2.51 K) revolutions a minute, which will saw ten cords of wood with five drops of water. This beats perpetual motion at least a quarter of a mile. Below wc publish a correct list of tiie imes of holding the Superior Court in the several counties of the Western Circuit: Banks—lst Monday in April. Frauklin —2d Monday in April. Habersham—3d Monday in'April. Rabun—4lh Monday in April. White—Monday after 4th Monday in April. Clarke--2d Moudav in Mav. Tin: PUCE 111 BIT IB MJ! J. c. QUILLIAN & BROS., reei-ton. HAVE NOW IN THEIR STORE THE LARGEST STOCK OF SPRING GOODS EVER BROUGHT TO THIS I'LACE. I Dress Good**. CJlot liiiitf, BOOTS AND SHOES, NOTIONS, Groceries Hardware. !£<<•., In fact, just ask for what you want, and they will show the THING that will exactly fill the Mil. mar2.»-tf We do not believe that Mr. Tilden can carry New York, nod without the thirty-five electoral votes of that State the election of the D-'tnocratie ca di date is hardly possible. Last fall John Kelly and Tammany Hall de feated Mr. Tilden's candidate for Governor in New York, polling "0,- tmn votes. The opposition was not so much against Mr. Tilden’s candi date as against Mr. Tilden himself. It is against Mr. Tilden now ami would be against him next fall. If he should be the Democratic candi date for President the 70.0 M vot- s that were east against Robinson by John Kelly and Tammany Hall will be east against Mr. Tilden next No vember. If. therefore. Robinson was defeated, it is reasonable to conclude that so would Mr. Tilden be. We cannot afford to lose New York.— Co lumbus (Ohio) Democrat. ♦ -• Provided with a pen. meeting Mr. Sam Weller’s requirements, viz: ‘One that don't splutter.'a veracious chro nicler might record volumes in praise <>f Cousset s’ Lightning Liniment, the best remedy in the world tor rheuma tism, lame Itnek. sprains, bruises, etc. For animals, it is invaluable, when used for spavin, gall, ringbone, etc. Farmers should keep it on band in case of injury to a valuable horse. For sale by J. B. Hughes & Co. Wherever Coussens’ Honey of Tar has Iwen introduced, in hamlet, citv or country neighborhood, it has won its way to popular favor as a reliable remedy for cough?, colds ami diseases <>f the throat and lungs. It also affords relief when used for croup, hoarsness, bronchitis, etc Price 5u cents. For sale by J. B. Hughes & Co. The emigration from Italy to thi country has grown to sik-Ii propor tions that tiie Italian trovermnent is becoming alarmed. Last year tin number of emigrants was 135.U00 and this year it promises to lie much larger. rpillS PAPER 1... t; .„ ■ <»K<» P. KOWKI.L& <’<»'.« N \v-V:i!D* \ Butr in. . (o <tr» r . wh« rr ;tdw*rH*inr ni:iv In* nia*l< for it in N« w York. .l/>l/ r / A7>77/.l A.f LE. Gf.ohkia. \’TV. By virtue of mi »»r»b r of the <»f Ordinavx «»f ,«a «l conn v. will bp sohl. <.i thr first TiH-Mbiv in th < onrt-housr door, in Hosin-r. with-n th lawful hours of snip, the land b. b»u- n to the estate <>f Mary deceased' ad ioining the land of Job Hill.. John J. J Sh. ppate and others, reiita uiug IMO ai re mote or b*'. with about .Mt ar re <in unit ration—the rrmamder in old fb Id p n and or u ti il forest. So»d lor the !>« up . of the heii> and ci editors. Terms < a h M< M N. HAItIJY. Adm’r dr holt’s non o< Maty Tapp, der’d One Hundred Lots TO GIVE AWAY. COME AND LIVE IN BELLTON. SM ILL GTX E to any good fntnilv ot person a beaut.fnl town lot. who will srttir here ami put on the lot improve ments to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars. Come and look. mar2s-tf M BUTf’E. Bradley s Catarrh !*i A 15 I " 1 " HAS l»ern used in private nraetiee more than tour years, and has not failed to ( l in a single instance. I am a-ready receiving orders for my Snutl from persons aHl:cte«l with this universal scourge of the human race—some of them from Philudelph a— w lute cures liuve been pi-rformed b\ mv remedy, upon rases ot long standing, defying the ski’l of the most learned ami scientific phys-<*ians. Price—*l per box. po.«tpaid. Address. 1)K. H. S. BRADLEY. niar2o-ff Gainesville, (Ja. ei' L t (Tn iLo j' sly; 544 Decatur street, thirty yards from Car Shed, Atlanta. Ga. Ulean Reff.«. Gmhls M.-slh. Everything New. Rates 51 per day. A. A. HAMM ETT. THE ATLANT t CONSTITUTION. During the coming year—a year that will witness the progress and ctilmi: a ti-'ti of the most interesting political contest that has ever l iken place fat this country—every citizen and every thoughtful person will lie compelled to rely upon the newspapers for in formation. Whv not get the best? Abroad The Constitution is recog nized. referred to and quoted from as the leading Southern journal— as the organ and vehicle of the best South ern thought a id opinion, and at home i s columns are consultedfot the latest news, the freshest comment, and for all matters of special and current in terest. The Constitution contains more ami later telegraphic news than any other Georgia paper, and this particu lar feature will be largely added to during the coming year. All its faciii ties for gathering the latest news front ill parts of the country will be en larged and supplemented. The Con stitution is both chronicler and com menter. Its editorial opinions, its contributions to the drift of current discussion, its humorous and satirical paragraphs, are copied from one end of the country to the other. It aims always to be the brightest and best newsy, original and piquant. It aims >arlii ularly to give tbe news impar iailv and hilly, ami to keep its read rs it.formed of the drift of current ■ discussion by liberal but concise qu >- ' alions from all its contemporaries. It aims, in short, to more than ever ' leserve to be known as “the leading Soul hern newspaper.” Bill Arp'will continue to contribute his uni pie let ters. which grow in savorv humor , week by week. Old Si' will add his , plaint fun to the collection of ; things, and ‘Unde Remus’ has in i preparation a series of negro myth . legends, illustrating the folk-lore’ of I he old plantation. Tn every respect ' she ( onstituijon for 18S() will be bet- I er than ever. The Weekly Constitution is a car - i ally edited compendium of the news f th<- week ami contains the best ami I ri-hest matter to be found in anv i alter weekly from a daily office. I:s lews and miscellaneous contents are , he freshest anil its market reports he latest. The Southern CULTIVATOR. This, the liest. the most reliable and tiost popular of Southern agricultur tl iJournals is issued from the printi g [ stablishment of The Constitution. It Its still edited by Mr. W. L. Jones. . ind is devoted to the best interests of ! he farmers of the South. It is sent i it reduced rates with the Weekly edi ion of The Constitution. Daily Constitution #lO a rear; *5 ' ix months; *2 5o three months. Weekly Constitution *1 50 a war; , s| six months; dubs of ten. *l2 So a '.‘ear; dubs <>f twenty, *2O ut> a vear. Southern Cultivator #1 5o a vear; I‘hibs of ten, 812 50 a vear; clubs of twenty, *2O a vear. Weekly Constitution and Cultivator o same address. *2 50 for otic year. Address The Constitution, nov27-lm Atlanta. Ga. - > -* The invention of that Superior and t'ompletc Sewing Machine (the Fam ily Shuttle Machine), marks one of the most important eras in the history iof machinery, and when we consider its great usefulness ami extremely ! low price (*25). it is very difficult to .conceive of any inventio'n for domes | tic use of ihore’or even equal impor tance to families. It has great ca ! parity for work; beautiful.’'smooth, and quiet movement, rapid execution ■ certainty of operation, and delightful' lease, that at once commends it above .all others. The working parts are al! ; steel; the bobbins hold lo<> vards of j thread; the stitch is the firmest of all the stitches made, neat and regular, ami can be regulated in a moment to I sew stitches from an inch in length j on coarse materia) down to the finest, iso infinitesimal as to be hardly dis cernable with the naked eve, and | with a rapidity rendering it i’mpossi : ble to count them as fast as made; it does to perfection all kinds of heavy, i coarse, plain, fine, or fancy needle ! work with ease, and far less labor j than required on other machines. It .needs no commendation, the rapid sales, increasing demand, and volun tary encomiums from the press, and j the thousands of families who use them, amply testify to their undoubt ed worth as a standard and reliabl houseladd necessity, extending its v popularity each day. Agents wanted by the company. Address them for ( information. Family S-wing Machine Co., 755 Broadway,'Xew York, N. Y.