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SOUTHERN BANNER: FEBRUARY 19, 1818.
jSatttlrmt Gamier.
H. H. OActLFOtf, - Editor.
Ternwot -iuliMjrlption.
ONE COPY, One year. SB OO
ONE COPY, Six Months. ■ 1 OO
ONE COPY, Thr.-.' '•I.iutha 80
LEGAL .tnvTuj tSEMENTS. ;
Citation Tar Letter* oi •uardiambip —$5 00 !
Uluitaa for Lulvri nf Vduimat ration 4 00'
A I'plintuiB lor Letiert .<f liLuabiion Admin* |
iatcawr — - - • 8 * .
Apfili’tion for Lett r» ui Di.mission Guardian S 25 !
Application for isatn to Sail Lands — 5 00 ,
Notice to Debtors and ''reditors 5 00 1
Sales of L»nd, Ac., p -r *-|U*ra * 50 i
Sales Perishable Property, lo days, per sq... 1 50
Ealray Notice*, .to days — 8 00 I
Sheriff Sales, persqii ire .. .. •• 2 50
Sheriff Marl, age ft fa sales per square. ..™ 5 00
Tax Collector'll Sales, per square 5 00 l
Foreclosure per square, each time. 1 **»
Exemption Notices tin idvan'-o) ... - 2 25
Rule NUi’s. per square. -lach time 1 50
~W" The «b >ve letal rates corrected by Urdinary
sf Clarke county.
Itatex of A.cl vcrtlolnii.
Advertise 'tents will Ho lns.rte*l at ONE OOU
L A It per square .or 'hi- first insertion, and FIFTY
CENTS u-r square for eac'i continuance, for any
time uuder one month, '''or longer periods a lib*
oral deduction will ho made. A square equal to
t sn llnm, solid. .
Notices in local column, less thsn a square, 20
cents a line.
The Ens; i* ! i G iveriuneut has
applied to t I* i" • —r a firman to
allow the fl*.*t «•» enter into Turkish
water*.
Mr. G.id'dni'* vhii- approvim;
the policy "i tin* K i jIhii Government,
regards it a* ind •lini'e, and tlid not
see tlie lli'**—irv f.r the vole of six
millions <•: pmi <1*
The runes t .i 'k- tut ill danger
of the renewal "t the war between
Russia ami'I nrkey is over, and that
Russia is pracii'Mily the master of the
situation.
The total Ut-fieii in tlie German
finances is put. *l»wn at 30.000,000
marks. Military and naval expendi
ture is not merely m linlaiued hut
increased Hem-e the lucent loan.
L *rd H irtiu ;ion expressed the
feeling of the whole eivi.iz *d world
when he said, in answering the a'ser
tion that the Matemeiits of the gov-
ernm nit were m *iv generalities, that
the goveriuiieiuvlid nut even know
their po.icy themselva**.”
The finaiieial wr -cK> reported Sat
urday were Mttvne H,•<»*.. of Belfast,
Ireland ; H. J. Sayers & Co., of New
York; the Hayde svide (Massachu
setts) Savings Bank, the Dmchester
Savings B.u.k and tie* Rocktord Sav
ings Bank of Massaehu-t Its.
They pay their great surgeons well
in England. S:r Henry Thomson**
income is said to amount to 8151,000
per annum on an average. He per
forms the operation of lithotomy
eighty or ninety times a ye-tr, the
fee for which ranges irnm two hun
dred to five hundred guineas.
Some of the West' Vo | apers eall
Mr. Kimball tlie “ fiiiaug-d-t.’’ 11«-
lias Idled «*r helped o Mil the debt of
twenty-three church sol dill’ rent de-
iiominations, the aggregate amount
ing to §700.0n<) Hi- 1 ge-t s nice
was for the Jetlerson Park Presbyte
rian Cliureli, where lie r ised §21,-
100 in three Imu s.
A lady in Saia'oga was atiraetcd
recently to a luumif'il canarv bird
by its close reiiienihranc to <>m* she
had lo-t last sprng. She was in
formed that the Rmigsler had been
fount I one chilly morning perched
upon a window -ill. The lady said
that her bird had been taught to per
form tin* pretty liitle feat, when given
its tioeriy in a room, of picking up a
|>iu an 1 sticking ii into ihccatpet.
The rage door was opened and as he
canaly flew forth the lady threw a
pin upon the floor. The bin! imme
diately flew down to it caught it in its
bill, dexterously stuck it in a perpen
dicular position in the carpet, and
thui it hopped off a ste or two and
warbled lortb some of its sweetest
notes, as if in exaltation of the feat it
had accomplished It was the long
lost songster.
For every week lost it* a strike a
certain number of weeks’ work at
higher wages struck for is tequired
in order to avoid positive loss to tlie
workmen Thus in the case of a
strike of six month.-’ duration for a .
td.ance of ten per cent, in wages,
five years labor at the higher rate
will be required ill order to make up
the positive* loss incurred in the
Strike.
To the Public.
Unexpected mislon tines in busi
ness investments (apart Tom printing)
and failing to make collections, hav
ing embarrassed me financially, ami
not having the means to meet pend
ing obligations, and unwilling to
further involve my friem'a, at my
request, Dr. Carlt* a has resumed
the proprietorship, editorial control
and business management of the
Banner.
I leave the paper, as I found it,
gaining, nay by day, public favor,
and with Dr. Carlton at the helm,
the time is not tar distant when it
will indeed be t! e Southern Banner
whose folds will wave over admiring
thousands.
My future course has not yet been
mapped out, but whether I leave or
remain in Athens, I shall always
have the highest admiration for her
institutions and her poop e.
W. F. Combs.
Ilav’iig resumed the proprietor
ship of the Southern Banner, I
shall likewise resume, from and after
this date, the editorial end business
m:t"a *ement of the -nine. Tlie name
of the paper having been changed
during Mr. Combs’ administration
from the Athens Georgian to the
Southern Banner, it will be con
ducted under the latter nam--.
Being so soon and -o unexpectedly
recalled to the field of journalism I
need only say, that trusting ti e short
respite has only served a renewal of
those energies,, which being fully
regatherpd, shall, together with
whatever of abilit y I may [tosses*, he
bestowed upon tie* Banner with the
view anil hope of making it more
than ever a welcomed visitor to its
readers.
Mil. W. F. COMBS.
Regretting the necessities which
have made Mr Combs’ connection
with the Banner of such short dura
tion and recognizing in hint those
qualifications which if Imt wisely
aimed and well applied cannot (ad to
make him a sue essful journalist I
need only assure hint that the well
wishes of the Banner will attend him
wheresoever he may go, or in what
soever sphere he may cr.gage, ever
trusting that the God of Fortune may
smile upon him, nwarding his efforts
with unmeasured success
THE TRI WEEKLY BANNER.
After well nigh twelve months
experiment in issuing the Tri Week
ly Banner, l am sorry to announce
the fact that the interest manifested
therein l»v tlie citizens of Athens, has
not been suificiem to justify its con
tinuance. Believing under these
circumstances that to longer issue it,
would be attended with finaiieial
embarrassments such as f am unwil
ling to incur, it will be discontinued
from and after thi* date. Without
objections being offered the subscri
bers to the Tri Weekly will, in the
future, be furnished with the Weekly
Banner, and where paymeu's have
been made in advance, for a per o I
longer than tho Tri Weekly his
been emninued, the proper ere bis
will he given on the subscriptions to
the W eekly Banner.
Respectfully, H. II Carlton.
City Council.
Council Chamber,
Athens,
noil Chamber, j
Ga., Feb. Iltli 1878. f
12 o’clock it. )
A called meeting ol Council was
lie d this morning, present His Honor
Mayor Rucker and aldermen Burke,
Kemp, Hodgson and Lucas.
The Mavor stated that the meet
ing had been called at the n quest
ot alderman Burke,
Aldcrinmi Burke then submitted
ti c following resolution which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that the City Council of
Athens invite tho'Georgia Slate Ag-‘
ricuhural Society to hold its next
Convention in Athens, and if possible,
to attend tho next Commencement
exercises of the University of Geor
gia, in August next.
Resolved further, That the C. ov
en or of Georgia, and his s tiff, the
President and Secretary ot the Slate
of Georgia, and the State Comm;*-
sinner of Agriculture be in.-imled m
the above invitation.
Council adjourned,
W. A. OlLI.ELz.XD,
clerk.
The War in Europe '
The present aspect «f the European
war vv'Mtld seem to warm t the conclu
sion that Russia will secure front
prostrate, gasping Turkey, all that
she desires, and that, without furthe*
serious opposition fri-m any quarter,
the last will of Peter the Great will
be executed, and the Muscovite
standard w'll float in triumph over
the minarets of Const ant inhpK ,
Russia has evidently believed that
England will snhmit to her conquest
ot Turkey and accept its consequen
ces, rather than inettr 'he perils and
losses of war. The thought that she
"ould appease the dissatisfaction of
Austria by giving her a substantial
portion of the conquered territory;
she counted on the acquiescence, if
not on the co-operation of Germany
in whatever disposition she might
make of European Turkey ; she cal
culated that France is under bonds
to keep the peace, and that Italy
could, if she would, offer any oppo
sition.
This may be, however^ a serious
nrsealculation. England, ne/cssarilv
prefers peace. The prosperity of her
huge commercial and industrial in-
ten-sts depends upon peace. But
let her once believe that hoi honor,
• lignity or prestige has been attacked,
or that her “ interests ” are imper
iled, and that the only way to main
tain tl e one and defend the other, is
to fight, and no nation fights more
pi inaptly, with greater vigor, or with
h-s seeming regatd to the cost
When C:i|»t. Wilkes, of the Federal
Navy, captured the confederal ecu m-
ini-sion. i s, Messrs. Mason and Slidell
on a Briti-h mail steamer igjtlie West
Indies and took them prisoners to
Fort Warren, it will he remembered
wgli what enthusiastic unanimity the
wnnle British people demanded their
relea-e and an apology for the insult
to their flag or insisted on immediate
war. They knew nothing of Messrs.
Mason or Slidell. As the representa
tive- ot an unrecognized republic,
*• in rebellion ’’ so-called, against life
United Slates, it mights well be sup
posed tliatthecdd practical, commer
cial Englishman would hesi£ute along
ii e before be would declare war on
their account. Yet we kiiow he was
prepared to do so. In the present
complication, not only British honor
and pre-tigebut British inteicsts are
involved. England feels that she
has been slighted and overrecached
by Russia as one of the conquerors in
the Crimean war and as one of the
Great Powers which signed the treaty
of Paris in 1850, she could not regard
with unconcern the breach of every
one of the stipulations of that treaty
by the nation who e aggressive ten
dencies Hu* war was designed to
elieck, and against whose aggressions
in the future the treaty was intended
as a guarantee. As a great Eastern
power, England lias always believe i
that tin* -afet.\ of h**r oriental domin
ions ..eletidid mi th maintenance ot
Turkey as t lit* poss ssor ot all that
territory extending from the Levant
to the interior of Asia “the high
road to British India”—b ■ cause Tur
key would he powerless tor aggres
sion. and her interests would compel
her to be iricndly And thirdly, as
one o the Great European Powers, j
England is directly interested in the
st rici mainienmice of the balance of
power —in preventing any one-power
acquiring such teirimrial and geo
graphical predominance as to endan
ger the safety and integrity of the
other members of the family of na
tions
England feels now that her interests
are threatened, that her dignity has
been slighted*—that she has been
“ snubbed,’’ and that by thq Son and
successor of the great Emperor, whose
proud will she humbled and whose
power she crippled twenty-five years
ago Hence the popular excitement
Hence the popular indignation against
Mr. Gladstone, the Daily News, aud
all who even question the.expediency
of England assuming a hostile alti-
tud.* at once. Hence the overwhelm
ing vote by w hich tho grant of six
millions of pounds sterling was passed
by the llou-e of Commons, aqd hence
the cheer* with which the announces
ui nt »f the arrival of tue fleet at the
Dardanelles, was received ail over
G' t*af Britain If Ilu-sia per* »ts in
her present liar* i demands England
will iiicvitality :fight, am] when she
lu>gin-to fight, s' e will not Beyffta-
out allies AnJila'anil Italy* fwo of
the signatory powers of mJiMw l»f
Pari-, have avowed their concur
rence with England’s views. Ger
many will hardly put her finger be
tween the bark and the tree from a
quixotic love of Russia, and France,
if she takes part at all, will certainly
not do so, to reverse the policy which
her aqn* gloriously established in toe
Crimea and tt jlic maintenance of
which she pledged herself hy the treaty
of Pari*. Then again, England’* pock
et* are full of ready money Her pro
missory note* command a premium in
every quarter of the glohe. while Rus
sia’s offers are empty and her paper is
selling to-day at 30 to 40 cents on the
dollar.' It is to be hoped that so great
a edamity as a general war in Europe
may be averted hy a satisfactory ad
justment of conflicting interests. But
the present situation, with Russian
troops practically in possession of
Constantinople, and England’s iron
clads cleared tor action at the mouth
of the Bosphorus, is full of danger.
-- djoumed.
The meeting called l*y Dr. R. M.
Smith, Chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, for Wednes
day. the 13th inst., the objeet of
hicli was to reorganize the Execu
tive Committee, w.n, owing to the
continuance of the Coprt beyond th"
hour specified for the meeting and
the consequent small attendance,
adjourned, subject to the call ot'the
Chairman.
Ample and extended notice of tho
meeting to he held at a subsequent
date will he given by ttic Oimir-on.
and it is earnestly hoped and desired
that every Democrat in the county
will he present.
Democrats, ask yourselves this
question : Are you willing to submit
to your party organization being broken
up and destroyed hy a few who have
organized them.* ves into tho “ inde
pendent ring and clique,’’ simply tor
personal and selfish aggrandizement ?
Of course, these independent few will
glorify over tho failure to secure a full
attendance on last Wednesday, and
will claim that they have whipped out
the Democratic party.
Look out for c imnninications from
“Old Line Democrat,” “Straight
Out Democrat,” “ One of the
People,” atul sic/t like. Democrats, it
is for you to say whether the Demo
cratic party shall prevail, or whether
the few independents and disorgan
izes, stimulated solely by selfish and
amhithnis motives, shall triumph.
Now, when tho call shall again lie
made by the Chairman of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee, let every
democratic citizen feel it to be his duty
to attend, remembering that it only
needs a positive and decided move on
vourpait to place old Carke in her
true and | roper political attitude be-
lore the world.
Sitting Bull is r< ported on Canada
soil, lam<* of t w-uind
JT. O. RUH^CbL, EDirOU*
We were pleased to sec Mr. George
Alexander in the city last week.
The intermediate examinations of
the students have commenced, and
there is “ no rest for the weary ”
We regret to state that General
Browne, Col. Charbonnier and Pr. f,
Rutherford are too ill to meet thenr
classes. We hope they may toe speedily
restored. u *t ’ ?
We don’t know that others have
noticed it, but we who havo an eye for
the graceful and beautiful in motion,
as well as in its other manifestations,
have; and we affirm, without any
fear of successful contradiction, that
the ladies ot Athens are unsurpassed
as [idlest rians. The eas^e, the precision,
the grace with which they move, should
put to shame our cadets. And what
is more, they don’t dawdle, or loiter,
or saunter though we have no dcabt
that, *ith a sufficient cause by their
side, they could do this most admir
ably—but they move straight onward,
without any unseemly haste or effort,
getting over ground at a rate that
would put Company “ A” to the
double quick.
The H<>n A. 11. Stephens is a grad
uate of the University ot Georgia,
and, we are proud to say. was a mem
ber of the Phi-Kappa Society During
his first two years in College, he does
not seem to have taken a very impor
tant part in the proceedings of the So
ciety. But quite the contrary appears
in his Junior and Senior years. In
his Junior year, he was elected one of
itro -A....;.. ■■rntnrjLjmdjhe next year
was elected orator for the’Foutlti ot
July. This last named honor has
been abolished hv the Society. In
addition to the afore mentioned honors,
he, several tiims, served as President
of the Society, and held many other
offices of minor importance.
The State Agricultural riocieiy, a -
ter closing a very interesting cession |
in Aniericu* on the 13th. adjourned'
to ni'-et in Atheii- next fall.
Novel Reading:.
This kind of employment, generally
termed a pastime, or known as a re-
cteation, is productive of both good
and bad results. Some, indeed, I be
lieve a majority of the novels of the
present age are composed of such
worthless ami light literature, that they
might, with the greatest justice, be
said to be very injurious. For they
exert such an influence, and produce
such an effect upon the minds ot the
people, especially the young, that they
become discontented with their situa
tions, and are continually sighing for
a world of romance, that they may act
tlie part of some hero or heroine.
Novel reading also causes persons to
form a distnte lor the sol d literature of
the ancient and modern historians,
poets and philosophers. We all, I
have no doubt, heard tlie old proverb,
that “ A man should drink deep at
the fountain of knowledge, or not
drink at all.” ’ And evety person
iiUL’ht to he aware that by reading
novels, they only sip the dregs of solid
literature Qui.
Tin* lion- i oniniitlee on Post
Offiwes and Post Roads lias instructed
Mr. Waldeil, of North Carolina, the
Chairman «>f the committee, to re
port a bill providing tor two monthly
lilies from the United States to Bra
zil from the port* of New York and
New Orleans
Senior’s Lament.
A Senior last, week, no longer able
to repress the tempest ot emotion that
raged within his bosom, burst forth in
“ the resistless eloquence ol woe” as
follows:
Oli, ever thus trom eliiUllio .ii'n hous
I’ve neon my fondest hopt-s dec:y,
I never held a trump or bower
lint come other coup made n higher play.
1 never worked a problem ont
And bad it uii-ely on my cuff,
Bat somehow or other’t eve about
1 was called on for some other stuff.
1 never stepped in'o King Mark’s
, To take a little glass of beer,
But what a half dozen “sharks”
Were standing by to get their
prices Reduced.
We, the undersigned, recognizing
the lact that the price ol all eonimod*
itie* has been reduced, and believing
tljal a n duett'ui in »nr Imsiness, oil a
eash basis, would benefit us, as well
as our customers, we have, therefore, j
concluded to reduce our charges as j
follows, which will go into effect on
the first of F b uary -next: Single
shave 15 ecu s; shaving by the
ticket It)cent-. Ii ur culling 25 cent-,
sltampmiltu 25 cent*, and all other But what some lei uw\l interfere
*. And Interrupt in nulu game,
rtorh in p* p«‘ l*»ii.
Very R- specially,
Sapp ifc Brioyk,
Rh-iuife Harris
Uirliers.
■ sheer.”
I never nursed • black bot-tcl
To (Jail me u d to soothe u syh,
But pretty s- o» 1 knew too well,
The bouie and i too wus dry.
1 never -oved a little dear
Ann gut b r little h'-art aflame,
Tun-, ever thus, trom oaildhood’s hour,
I’ve seen m\ te-mie-t in-pea tieeny,
bin us’1 am u >w out of rhyme,
i’ii .hi;, .ipuii' -ume other day.
That eloquence is <>ne ot ib" p r p»t
est, if not the greatest of Sunuaii en-
dowments, is now conceded by all fai r .
thinking minds. How, then, toobta'n
this excellence, is an inquiry whine
interest is proportional to the value of
the object sought. That some are nat
urally gifted with atiacuteie»« ofsen.
sihitity and a high jHwer. of expression,
is undoubtedly true But such men
are rare They appear in the Intel-*
iectual heavens as “ fierce comets of
tremendous size,-to whom the 3tarsdo
reverence as they pass.” But, like
the comets, they appear at interval?.
Demosthenes, Cicero, Botsuet, Chat-
tany and Hc-nrv are instances; The
great majority of orators become such
by patient, persevering practice. They
often fail in their maiden attempts.
Bhetidan did, and D’lsriielt and a
host of others, who. by fierseverauro,
finally obtained a control over the
passions ol their hearers more imperious
chan the fabled Eoiou’s power over ths
winds AH post experience shows that
eloquence, when not inate, can lie ac
quired. Poeta uascitur, orator fit,
was the maxitu of a people whose en
queues has never been surpassed And
where can we better train ourselves lor
becoming skillful dialecticians than in
our debating societies? Let ns, then,
improve our opjKirtunities. Let us
gather courage even him defeat. Let
no circumstances appall—no failu r es
dismay. To avoid our responsibilities
by casting the blame on natuie, is a
subterfuge no longer wot t by of being
employed. Of the many excuses ren
dered for not debating, am mg the
most common is this : “ Nature ii- ver
intended me to lie an orator. When
ever I rise to speak, I do so with rear
and trembling, and feel as. if should
like to vanish from the dghr of my
hearers.” But this is frequen tly a
favorable, rather than an unpromising
sign.- TLo cauggjof such trepidation is
generally found in the fact That rbo
speaker is conscious of his inability to
come to the high conception <d what
heesteem3 tho true orator to he. But
let him reflect that it MlH)lc0
fulfill bis desires, yet, it is very
able and praiseworthy to make ap
proaches toward their accmiiplislinu nt.
In the meantime, let him lie encour
aged by example. Daniel Webster,
when a school boy, is said to have been
unable even to declaim before his fellow-
students Aud V icero, the great
master of eloquence, in the prime of
manhood, when his faculti- s mav be
supposed to have attained their utmost
expansion, and when his fame as an
orator was co extensive with the limits
oi his country confesses, ** .Semper
cquidem may no cum me tu incipio
efiecrc.''
NEW LAW HOOK..'.
4 SUPPEMENT TO THE COOE F GEOR-
. Vgta, containing the Public Acts i-assul in the
General Assembly since 1875, amt the Cmit'tu-
tion of 1877, with annoinions, side refen-u sai d
catch words, after the style of the code. T v*. !. h
is added the scaling ordinance and the L.mdatum
act ot IHG9, with other statutes never b-f- re orii-
fied. B»’. N. E. Harris, cf t e Macon Bar. Trice
S I CO. For sale by i.CKKE A FLE i
PIANO ANDOKG \N tc "”7
A Batrh hold the field and cunijiete w l.i Hie
world. 1,000 Superb Instruments fr. in Re.i if c
Maki rs at Fac>ory Rates. Every man lis own
agent. Bottom prices to all. Pin- (••,!>'
$150. $179. *wO -, $41*. $:•. St Six
years guarantee. Fifteen days trial. Mukiis
uames on all Instruments . v i|itare dealing, the
honest truth, and best bargains in tlie U S. From
$50 to $100actually saved in buying from Inn")
A Bums' Wholesale Piano a»o ■ * I g 41 p-t. 9a-
nainati, (Ft. fcblD-liu.
G eorgia—-ocoNEE county -t u-hu-
rt’s Office.—Mrs. Matilda F. Coop i > la
oft Thomas Cooper, (her hu.-baiid reliitiu .)
applies for exemption of a homestead o im ty
and pereonaltv, and I wll puss upon the same,
March 21st, at" 10 o’c ock, a. m., a! my office, in
Watkiusvilie, State and county aforesaid.
JAMES K. LYLE, Ordinary.
February 8th, 1878. febli'-P.
Southern Mutual Insurance
coJNffri’-A.isr'sr,
Ayama, gsorgi.&.
YoUNO L. O. HARRIS, Presideri*
STEVEN'S 'I 0X4*, Secretary.
«rmw Assets, April 1, 1877, - . $}8f,Setf tti
Resident Directors.
Youks L. G. Hakus,
Joun H. Newton,
Oa. .Henry Hull,
Atims P. Uearino, .
Col. Robrst Thomas.
to 22*wty
Stevens Thou as,
Elisa L. Newton,
FKjiDiNAND Putin izv
De, K. M. Seitii, *
John W. Nkiholsde,
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership heretofore exUtinv bslt'csn
Stern & Ssulter is dissolved from ana after tlui
13th Inst., M. Stem retiring from the Ann.
All parties having any claim* against :b« out
Ann, will present them for settlement, and
all those in ebted, will come forward and
at once with the undersigned, an t e
must »>e closed. M. Stem will have ctiarge o: the
boolm, and will settle alt bns'iiva* triinaactiou'i
of tlie old firm of BTERN&SAU . fKR
anl5-8Jd.
OB WORK OF ALi LEmT;U**
tior **°sttlv ilonp *t .»tfi-*'