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"\n ,;ii fiu jHaai tom«U> i»oT ■n , '!T ( he* l&*\bwtu a>}» -rvifjorr v»d ",-»yol nivi CQ q\eo<iO T^ieV elaS lo'f Silver Bill as it |?as& Silver meats. Kims Pace,—Editorial Parejniplia. Xho S Bill. -Paliliealo theNHftb! t#rtl*fce Cfflnira H^ t PA^o^»l, f y. hi-, ilis- teUanMys Advertisements: ■; ,jsi L ■'')? Third P*uR.-rM»n Ealing on tlie Ocean. Poem—“No Kiss.” W*y Ho SftiWi‘Bemi»y* Poland. Miscellaneous Ilciut. Miscellaneous and Legal Advertisen.ents ■' v ■ *’ Fourth Pack.—Editorial. The SUver Bill. ThsNttitboastem R ilroad. Tiie Grand Jury Pie- Ktntuteou. An Enterprise Which Should, boSus tained: II. G. & C. N. G. It. Road. Fifth Pvo*.—Editorial continued. Or. W. II. White. Popular Education. Netvspaper Change. Local Denartmeut. Sixth Paojj,—Select Romance. JHscellaneous Advertisements. Seventh Paok.—Poein--“Miss Edith’s Modest Request.” A Scene of Agony and Tears in a Vir ginia Court. Miscellaneous Adrcrtisenicnts. Ekuitii Page.—Agricultural Department. Commercial Market Report. Miscellaneous Ad vertisement*. “jTT The umuut r fii»; hm'l ARY 26, 187a? viiltr billow I ** ''."itidj{tt» ist> ^ ovi;* f * r * L LIBRARY - - ‘^iil I .si ,ii; — •wtu> j»- n/n b iYOIji’i 62. tPnt Ijjif tiij-DoQ The Senate. passed !/;■< juj xr-.!v { .» Editorial 2?aragra.plis. The French Senate have elected Jos. De Larayon Latour, conserva tive, life senator, by 140 votes to 135 for Victor Lefrance. All the Government departments at Washington iterc closed on last Friday, in honor of Washington’s birthday. The V'll for the rcpefel of the lie- sumption act will he uj tioti in tile Senate to-cT: instant , The Directors of the Georgia Rail road, at their meeting held in Au gusta, on the 12th inst., resolved not to declare the January dividend. The President’s emissary to Gov. Nicholls is said to be Gen. Hancock, an old pe>>onai * friend of Gov. for considera bly, the 26th AX ACT Jk)i£0lTl4tt<2ft TUB ,COINAGE ...c- LhOAU. TENDERuCBARtit>1 .» )«.-•; -M . ACTEK Section 1. TBe Tt enacted, that Mdw«.itta> m to mints of the United States, silver dollars of the weight of 412i grains troy standdrd' Ksflvef,laS pdivided in the act of January 18, 1837, on which sho|l be the dk-viefe and super scriptions proyidcit-by sflid act, whit^i coins, together with ail silver dollars heretofore coined by the United State ; of- like ^wfeigH “and fineness; shall ho a legal tender at their nomi nal value for all debts and dues, pub lic and private, except where other wise expressly stipulated in the con tract, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pure! nse from time to time silver bullion at the market price thereof, not'lWs 'tlitrf •' ’.wo million dollars’ worth per lyonth, qpr. more than 84,000,000 ^WrtlF *per month, and cause the same to t«* coined monthly as last as so purchased into such dollars, and a sum sufficient to carryi but the. tfijregoing ■pftivMlfen is Thurman and Gordon for President and Vice-President in 1880, is the banner under which a Kentucky democratic paper says it intends to fight. Montgomery, Alabama, has scaled its public debt, which was $549,600, by issuing : jiv bonds, having thirty years to run, amounting to $345,000, thus making a reduction of the debt of $204,600. Governor Hampton, of South Caro lina, has vetoed a bill, which passed both Houses of the State Legislature, compelling able-bodied male prison ers, under sentence in county jails, to work on public roads and streets. The bill restoring to pensions thoi-c on the rolls of 1812, excluded by- reason of sympathy with the Con federacy, passed the House, on the 19th inst., by a vote of 47 ayes to 8 nays. President Hayes informs Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, that the Administration will not oiler any interference, nor has never contemplated any, by- courts or otherwise, with the action of the Louisiana courts Government. Peace still prevails around Con stantinople, notwithstanding the po sition of Great Britain is quite mcna cing. The English fleet in the Mediterranean is very formidable. It consists of twenty-five ships, carry ing 170 guns and manned by- a force of about 6,000 men. A scheme is on foot among the capitalists of New York, Boston and Philadelphia, for the relief of the unemployed, by settling them on the surplus lands of the South, The association is said to hnve on baud a paid-up capital of $1,009,000 with which to buy lands and to make ad vances of money for stock and build ings. The House Banking and Currency Committee, it is reported, have prac tically agreed to a bill substituting greenbacks for National Bank circu lation. It provides that the green back shall be receivable for all public and private dues, except where coin is expressly stipulated. The bill fur ther provides that these notes shall be receivable at the Treasury at par for four per cent, bonds. hvMvhy appropriated out. of any money in the treasury not otherwise oprlaCeffTt^p.' any gain or seign-, orage arising from this coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the treasury under existing laws relative to the subsidiary coinage ; provided that the amount of money at any one time invested in such silver bull ion, exclusive of such resulting coin, shall not exceed So,000,000; and provided further that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the payment in coin or certificates of deposit issued under the provisions of section 254 of the revised statutes. Section 2. That immediately after the passage of this act, the President shall invite the governments of the countries composing the Latin union, so-called, ai.d of such other European nations as he may deem advisable to join the United States, in a confer ence to adopt a common ratio as be tween gold and silver for the purpose of establishing internationally, the Polities in tlie'lNintl). HaCl County, Feb* lflih; .1&78. >» fioiT.OB ^UTHER^J^ipfWnrDe^ Sir: %uvg an humble resytap^/pf the Ninth CongressionaltiDrotnobxift^ reasonable tosuppt>seHhat< I>feel an abiding interest in the politics Ojf.n^y section ; consequently I jrp^h^’itb eager interest, all political movements, and more especially note the tone of the District Press on local political issues. It is a notable fa A to the many newspaper readers throughout the district, that while other sections in Georgia are furnished by the local press with general n^u'Sih abundance a great deal of the space in the col umns of the papers in the Niitjh Dis trict is burdened with the merits of A. B. or C., for offices, the com missions for which, at best, will noi be is ued for nearly a year hence, and the claims of different parties to said offices. In the last issue of the Gainesville Southron I notice an reditoriabcoin nicmwgxUD Ta&iTOBrasjSanrTn&.the Southern Watchman of your city, signed, “ One of the People,” in which the Editor as well as “ One of the People *’ makes war upon the kr ii'4ud- nlent practices of the organized.” The Southron Editor, without stating w hat tb<J t> fraudulent practices oftlje organized ’’Jiayebetnsays,:. Wo shall select candidates on account of their fitness for.tffe position they, run for, and then proceeds to nominate Mr. Speer for the next Congress. Now, Mr. Editor, while 1 admit that Mr. Speer is eloquent in legal debate and chaste in liis manner, I would like to ask if ho has ever served the people of the Ninth Con frVfiio iti h Turnip over the leaver df'rt scrap-book the otheri day- wife oaine across the following, which partakes T 13»gely of that extravagance of sentimrtrt and expression 1 generally induced by the first stages’of that common adphbmoric aflfecfi&h* denom inated “ ptippy love ; ' Only-a rt:se 23-u.d. 'Tis ouly *.little loss-bad, •,:, Butoht^prizGitmcHQ ., 8. j - Than it it were. - a mountain’s weight Ofthcjgbtteriugort. l * ' *• ***• : Tis only a little rose-buJ. ., < • I .AlittleWttteflwW-.‘ i: -"M"' !ii-« I" Bat fojrliiiftt bits more fragrance , i Tban » clustered bower. j, ’Tie only glittle^oM-bud. : n »(!< tVere ttuchcd Sy bar hand which nlakea it More pregious than any gem. _ ‘ ’ l4 ‘ n l .*• yrngSt*. -i ir* ti *' ’Tis only a rose-bud, faded, But evcrttdjtid ai fresh fli ’ ** *' 91,1 * As when first, in all Us beifttyp' ’Twos packed fromthfe / ’Tis .<! • «Aud.rbp ) l ui. But ere from it I’d part, {, ni;l! , I’d dye its withered leaves again In the b^»f blood if my 1 heart.* ‘ ’ We pic^'flhhe Mr dajr entile ;tWv5 i e'. i ‘ streets iBe^ 1 fbllo’fi l ih^, , ' ! Miich tJftly shows what precocity of talent eaHy arid 1 sy-^tehjatic' il-altiia^uHll' dt'vel- ope, and refleiitW giTat credit upon file system of i’.istru^ti'oft frfenal in bur city and others: * uoiliti* • t >: i< The Horse. , Tlie horse is the' most useful animal in the world. ri SoWthe cow. I once had thirteen ducks and two drakes, and a skunk : killed one; I know a boy vriiich had 7 chickens, but his father would not let hint 1 raise them, and so he got mad and iso be bored n hole in his mother’s wash tub. I wish I had a horse-—a horse weighs 1000 pounds.* i :: ‘ 1 :i 1 1 nfir- u rn: ft •t-. Novel Beading! us that the.,major- devour with suqli no* vnliaw Ullisll- O J ffl * TT!> y I r use of bi-metallic money, and recur ing fixity ot relative value between those metals, such conference to be hold at such place in Europe, or in the United States, at such a time within six months as may- he mutually agreed on by the executive of the govern ments joining in the same. When ever the governments so invited, or any three of them, shall have signified their willingness to unite in the same, or State the President shall, by and with tlie advice and consent of the Senate, appoint three Commissioners who shall attend such conference on behalf of the United States, and shall report the doings thereof to the President, who shall transmit the same to Con gross. Said Commissioners shall re ceive the sum ot $2,500 and their reasonable expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of State; and the amount necessary to pay such com pensation and expenses is hereby appropriated out ot any money in the treasury not otherwise .appropriated. Section 3. That any holder of tlie coin authorized by this acf/ynay de-. posit the same with the treasurer or any consistant Treasurer of tlie Uuitcd States, in sums not less than ten dollars, and receive therefor certificates of r.ot less than ten dol lars each, corresponding with the de nominations of the United States notes. The coiu deposited ior or representing the certificate, shall be retained in the treasury for the pay ment of the same on demand. Said certificates shall be receivable for cus toms, taxes and p.iblio dues, and when so received may be reissued. Section 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. gressiouqll District save in the ca pacity of a candidate for Congress? I am tolerably- familiar with the poli tics and politicians of the District, and if Mr. Speer has ever championed an idea or a movement lending to the well being of anything or any body but Mr. Speer, the papers have failed to chrouiele the fact. The intelligent public of the Ninth District need not he informed by the newspapers who the men are that are entitled to political preferment. “ Merit has its own reward,’’ and “ ingratitude is the grossest sin in the caleudar,” and while I think the dis cussion of a candidate for Congress in the Ninth is premature and “ axes are being ground ” too soon, I have confidence enough in my fellow-citi zens of the Ninth to believe that at the proper time, uninfluenced by po litical ring masters of any kind, whetn- ev “Independent disorganizes” or any other kind of disorganizes, they will bestow honor to whom honor is due. It would be an insult to the intelligent voters of the District to suggest to them .who is entitled to their suffrage at this early day-. Then, let the people say upon whose shoulders mantles of honor shall fall. ' Respectfully, An Up-Countryman. Now ant> Then.—It is only now and then that such men as lion. Alex. II. Stephens, Ex-Gov. Smith audit Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., endorse a medicine for the throat and lungs, and when they ko it is pretty good evidence that the remedy must be good for the cure of coughs, colds and lung affec tions. They recommend the Globe Flower Cough Syrup, and their testimonials are to be seen round the ten cent sample bottles of the Globe Flow a- Syrup, for sale by. Dr. C. \V. Long & Co.. Athens, Ga. It is ity of avidity rooms when* there is spread for them by Sir Walter Scott, a least where all that is substantial is mingled with all that is dainty. We can not but think that if these novels were placed in thq hands of our youug people, they would prefer them to the style of fiction which mostly occupies their time, and that the evils which flow from novel-read ing would Lo avoided. Besides a tone of the healthiest morality, Scott’s.novels are further adopted to the youthful mind by the facinaling period of which they treat. The scenes of most of them are laid in the days of “ chivalry,” a period of peculiar interest to the young, and are full of “ battles, jousts and tour- nies,” tales of damsels in distress, and knights-errant—in short every thing that the lover of the marvelous can demand. But besides all this there are beau ties of style which would not escape the most unobservant and which have a tendancy to cultivate in the young an appreciation of such beauties, and a habit of looking out for them. Furthermore, what vivid and mem ory-impressing pictures of the life, mauners, customs of those times are met with. What a fund of informa tion, which can he found nowhere else, you acquire without labor and unconsciously. We do not mention these things with the idea that Sir Waltei’s mer its need an advocate, or are unknown to any one, but there seems to be a growing tendency to let him fall into the back ground, and we would urge upou pareuts and teachers to place these books within easy reach of the young who are in their charge, firmly believing that a taste formed by the study of these novels, would reject with disgust the shallow and sensa tional, “ yellow-back literature ” of tlie day. The desperate , effort, which the “ average soph.” roake§ tp attend every church in town at the game ,t^rue is traly edifying, and considering, .the seeming iinposabifyy of tfre feat, .fois success is notl»»g leas tban-yvonjerfi^. It has been, a, raaltjef q£„iaueh spec ulation toaccountfor thi? phenomenon, but after careful and extended observ^- tkm y,e have fiqme to,J,he conclusion that he is actuated only, by ,fhe [highest and most praiseworthy piqtivqs, j j . Jn the;, first phi# h$ is ..influenced solely by solicitude for the health and Comfort, of the wiop?j qongrcgajions The “ soph.’’ has very correct ideas about the heal tbf illness .of cqld.nir and proper ventilation, and thei-doMt he The following list^ of lettci^'' , arife i^vertiseijLjn'the Afhetis‘P<M-&lice, pebrnaf^re,, l87fc ! f ' ‘ Persons * ‘calling for said lettferi will please state they are advertised and date. ‘ 1 '. W. Z. Alexander <fc Bro. Mrs. Matilda Bradley. Winter Brazell. Tom! Brooks. Miss Lula Collins. Win. 1 Chancev. M. D. Dorsett. ! Rev. J. A. Harris. ! . • / Nathan Hulem. Mrs. E: R. Jackson. Miss Rosa Johnson. G. W. King. ! ' 1 1 c'•!<’.) Mrs. Lucy O. Lestt,. . Mrs. Mary Moore. Mr, MngcnK • ■ — j. c. Ppc.:.k. J. tx. Rowlings, Miss Emu A. Ted weil. Miss Peuy Ware. Nathan Whitman., Nathan Whitman. 4 A Gentle Hint.—In our style of •dimatej. with its ; sudden changes of temperature—rain, wind and sunshine often intermingled in it single day—it is no wonder that our children, friends and relatives are so frequently taken from us by neglected colds, half tlie dfeaths resulting .directly from this ittle of Boschee’s German at intervals of about fm Jnvtuiit s also attords the congregation some relief from the tedium of the service and varies the monotony ot tilings by going out and coming at least half a dozen times But the most influential and con trolling force in his breast is a high and chivalrous regard -fpr the fair sex. The “ soph.’’ has an idea that the dear creatures would be utterly miserable through the coming six days of the week if he failed to shed the hight of his smiles upon them ,on Sunday. Hence his commendable efforts to perform what he believes to be his duty in securing the “ greatest happi ness of the greatest number.” And if any maiden should unfortunately miss the benign influence of his presence, it is certainly not to he laid to his charge, but is altogether due to circumstances over which he has no control. Feeling that such disinterested la bors deserve our appreciation and encouragement, we would suggest that the various congregations so arrange their services that the atten dance of these gentlemen can be secured without necessitating such an expenditure of effort and wear and tear of shoe leather on their part. W e shall feel more than repaiddf by any word of ours, the public is brought to a knowledge of its in debtedness and disinterested benev olence is properly appreciated. mediate dTeivill^ifevent serious sn ness, a large doctor’s bill, and perhaps death, by the use of three or four doses. For curing Consumption, Hemorrhages Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup or any disease of the Throat or Lungs, its success is simple wonderful, as your druggist will tell you. German Syrup is now sold in every town and village on this continent Sample bottles for trial, 10c.; regular size, 75. For sale tv 11. T. Brumby & Co. “German Syrup.”—No other medicine in the world was ever given such a test of its curative qualities as Boschee’s German Syrup. In three years two million four hundred thou sand small bottles of this medicine were distributed free of charge by Druggists in this country to those* afflicted with Consumption, Asthma, Croup, severe Coughs, Pneumonia and other diseases ot the Throat and Lungs, giving the American people undeniable proof that German Syrup will cure them. Tlie result lias been that Druggists in every town and village in the United States are re commending it to their customers. Go to your Druggist, and ask what they know about it. Sample Bottles 10 cents. Regular size 75 cents. Three doses will relieve any ease. For sale by R. T. Brumby & Co. The Phi-Kappa Society, besides numbering among its hiembers some of rare oratorical powers, also possesses much other talent. We were, the other day; delighted at an exhibition of pictures, the work of Mr. R. P. Menard. The pictures were enlarged from photographs. Their execution is admirable. Mr. Menard evidently possesses the taste and ge nius of the true artist. We regret very much to announce the illness of our brother Phi-Kappa Mr. Dupont. That he may speedily b*. restored to his usualjhealth and j ciety on the anniversaries of the Phi spirits, is the wish of liis many friends. 1 Kappa and Detnosthenian Societies We can’t help noticing the dignity and majesty with which our friends, N. B. Chennanlt aud F. F. McFar land, bore off the banner of our So A Very good Reason.—The rea son why only one sample bottle of Merrell’s Hepatine for the Liver will be sold to the same person, for ten cents, by our Druggist, C. W. Long & Co. is because of the enormous expense of importing the Ilepatine into this coun try ; but as there are fifty doses in the large size bottles, it seems two cents per dose is cheap enough after all for a medicine that cures dyspepsia and liv er complaint. All who have not had a sample bottle are entitled to one for ten cts. at C. W. Long & Co., Drug store. Three doses relieves any case of dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion or liver complaint, in the world. Regular size bottles, fifty doses, $1.00. C. W. Long & Co.