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[ htr* c‘» be no d ubt iu the mind
ol political observer, that the in-
."Ldenuat Waahington who are
^inganeha lively over the
appointment otSin.an.na are arm i>
Sn.-thejM^^L
Til , , affeoT^r^enl of the AU.
nrosucUdyr*nota.-em to be
* , ;i ..r.Hif.i by the leada bang tas
Wa.ay.Vomh,. letter*, and tbeu
|,.i, e placed » ,h « uaMie °* ,he f*‘
p..r,1nrtead of inaide, aa they naed to
be- _
We are r^Arritiugfor the
revelation from Wuhiogton h.nted at
lT the ataff comapondent of the
Vcrmta OirrutU,-ibt forlh.-o.mng
letter be a no-lorn Juniu. that t. to
alion to the people in their true a»«
pect certain aUteanten (»ave the
mark !' «hc have long ehone « Ilka
demi'god. afar.’ The aooner the
ma.k i* *tfip|*d from these
Itupe,.,;»i» humbtiga the c
for tar people.
I,.i ihe levelation come!
A locg-mffering,
Humbug ridden public
WaTCBSH,
an» waits : i
arjlIOB HILL OX IHE SIHHOXS ISSUE.
Senator Hill made the astounding
inner! ion that the opposition to Sim
mons and his rejection by the Senate,
tro tld prove destructive to the Demo-
r: »tic party, or at least its success.
Wo Ail to tee w herein opposition to
Imomietency for so important an of
fice. one involving not only the inter-
e«t of the Sonth but of the whole
country, to say nothing of the dis
co dit which attaches to the character
ol the applicant, can affect injurious
ly the Democracy But on the con
trary we can most readily conceive
how strict regard for competency,
respectability and trustworthiness in
public positions would be a safe mot-
?! ,1,'o.nintion of c.Ttain mills
I ary (.racli.es because lie thinks them
offensive Jo “the religions sentiment
of the country.” we would, still, res
pect fnlly-huggi-it that his bran band
bill doesn’t go far enough in the direc
tion aimed at. There are certain oth
er practices by the military which we
are led to believe ore more offensive
t.» lhe religions sentime l ot the
cuiur.iv than tin* making cf music by
the band - !,n IS-udays. On Mondays,
for iuatance, the Marino band plays
for the Germans that are given by
the army and navy officers at Wash
ington. -The German is a fashionable
modern dance, pi oununced by leading
exponents of the religious sentiment
of the country to be demoralising in
its tendencies, and therefore offensive
to that sentiment. Yet the Marine
band is made, by its presence and its
mu-ic’a voluptuous swell, to conlribs
ute >o and encourage indulgence in
thi- demoralising dissipation. Regu
larly, once a week, do its bewitching
»i rains, with resistless wile, lore the
young officers of our army and navy
and the yonng women at our coun
try’s capital into the vortex of that
giddy duDcc, than which there is
hardly anything more repugnant to
the genuine religious sentiment of
the country. Now, what right have
those officers to make that band in
strumental in so demoralizing a pro-
e ing ? Plainly, nope v anc^ the
iousscnmncnf of the country de
mand- i hat tiie pra*-tice be stopped.
This is an evil that the bran band
bill does not reach.
And there is General Sherman, the
general of the armies. He is as much
under the authority ol Congress os
the private in the ranks or the most
insignificant brass horn looter. His
exalted position does not lessen, but
increases his responsibility. He should
set an example of propriety and so
berncss to the younger officers, and
to all the youth of the land. But be
docs no such thing. On the contrary
be disports and distorts himself in
the mazy dance with ns delirious an
abandon as any fresh young congr,-
man who is enjoying his first season’s
our Georgia representatives at Wash
ington. Certainly the people of Geor
cannot bold these honorable repre
sentatives blameloss for such a condi
tion of affairs, aa can do no possible
good, and from which much evil must
he the ioevitablo consequence. Why
should the irmrlintteU of our (South
ern section be aacritieed. and Ihe use
fulness of our Congressmen he de
stroyed by to insignificant and con
temptible an issue, and all too jost to
gratify their personal and political
prejudices and ambitions f Will the
people and the press ot Georgia look
on at this disgraceful and ruinous
cond.iion of again at the National
Capitol and bosUent? We believe not
The Banner of yesterday contain
ed a long communication from Mr.
Stephens to the Augusta Evening
Xtici, relative to the affair between
himself and 8enator Gordon. In to
day’s paper we publish a letter from
Senator Gordon to the Chronicle and
Cotiitiluluiuiiliit ref-ling some of
the charges made against him by Mr.
Stephens in a former letter to that
paper, aa s,e'.l as certain insinuation* of
its Washington corrc-iHiudeut. We
suppose '6enat«ir Gordon will, ol
course, reply t» Mr. Stephens’ last
coramutjiv-alion, which in jnsiiue to
him willeppearln our columns. As
to who is to blame for the beginning
m e T Avajor Joint W1 Pruitt, of
Banka county, liaa owned one for a
number of yean, which is now-' in pos
session of Ida aon, W. H Truitt, oi this
city. The atone was presented to Ma
jor Praitt when • member ot the
Georgia legislature acme years'ago, by
a fellow repreaentative from one of
the lower conoties of the State.
Siuca he baa owned it, several eases
of make bite have been: cured
by it. Among the numbei
i* Mr. John Lord now living at Cen
ter on tbe jNorthrartirn Railroad
Mr. Lord was bitten hv a rattle-
Washington. U V., Feb. 7,1880.
Mr. Win. Jl. Moores Evening New,
Augutta, (is.:
I)ej.r Sib : My attention was called
this morning, by a friend, to tbe fol*
lowing dispatch from this city to the
Baltimore Son, which appears in lls
issue of to-day.
I wish you would do me the favor
to publish it entire, with the com
ments I shall make upon it. The
snlMtance of tbit dispatch, I under
stand, has been telegraphed al 1 over
iho country, by whom, or through
«I <*-e iii-trnmeiitaliiy, I do not know,
smike, tha stone wu. at onee applied | L _ ;, aVc ; t lu u , e lu ,ercnce of an im
lo the bi.e anu tbe pul-on miuii ex- —
traded, ha setting over it, without
any troubla whatever. Tbe atone ia a
peculiar looking, atony substance,
and as a done, n remarkably live one,
aa a Geologist or one versed in such
matters would my. It was taken
from tbe gall-bladder of a deer, where
these atones alone are. said to be
found. It weighs 583 and a 1-2
grains, and is evidently of a lithio
acid formation. It ia said that arben
the stone is applied lo a |ioiaonous
bite, it immediately attaches itself, or
■ticks to tlie place, and there remains
until all the poi-on ia extracted, when
it falls off. If then washed in water,
the water will become perfectly green,
show-tug that the stone had absorbed
the poison, and after a tew washings
is again ready for use and aa gaod aa
ever.
We have never seen the “Mad
Stone” used, but are acquainted with
those who hat e and whose testimony
in the mallei ia perfectly reliable.
Tbe*e p- rsons hate implicit confi
dence in ita poweta ot extracting
poison, and say that it will do all that
is claimed lor it. If' these
tacts be true, it certainly
is not only a peculiar, but a
very wluable formation The stone
is here at this office on exhibition and
of all Ibis trouble, we cannot say,
taud nothing tliat is likely to lieje«ni^»"y qne de-iring *u nee it,-can* do
'odor to come Of h", could induce «sr]«V wiling on Mr. W. B.: Pruitt.
, . . . ; Mr. Pruitt, ha* often been
to take a paitial or partisan view rf h . qowle j mU , (ie , lonH
so disreputable h quarrel. But as re- ! being offered goodly sums of mouey
gards the particular issue be- tor it, but aa yet prefers to keep it in
tween Aleiara Gordon and Ste- j hia own possession,
plicns, as seen from our impartial i
standpoint, candor and justice compel
us to say that we tbmk Mr. Stephens
laid tbe foundation for the quarrel
when hp went so far out of bis way as
to assail Senator Guidon in his recent
U tter to tbe Chronicle charging him
with neglect of duty in tbe matter of
appropriation for a survey of the Sa
vannah river. Be this as it may, the
only accounts wo have had so tar,
have been from Mr. Stephens himself
and those who are decidedly |*wlial
to him and bis ride of Ihe Iquestion.
bcllrship. This ccur-e of General 1 Is it not strange that Mr. Stephens,
Sherman is not only repugnant to the j notwithstanding his feeble and unc<-r-
rcligiou* sentiment, generally, of the . tain condition of health, seems to find
country, but is i ndertlood lo be par- | it incompatible with his |iolitical hip-
X (jROWING EVIL.
Under this besd the Sandertville
Herald makes some remarks which
can be applied aa well to Athens as
to Satidenville. It (ays: <
Tbe steady increase of drunkenness
among the colored people ia a subject
tliat gives' serious concern and appre
hension to those that have at heart the
future prosperity and welfare of the
couutry. On Saturdays and public
days they constitute the bulk
of tl>e crowds at the bar
room, and mass in such numbers
about the doors, aa to obstruct the
side walks, and to a great extent to
drive ladirs from the streets. With
habits of intemperance fully tunned, a
love for stronj; drink firmly estab
lished, it requires no prophetic ken to
don. Il’ntiy per on whatever wa- look
ing Ibi a “lively session” i. was nut
aunreof it. 1 certainly had never
to-at it ot any attempt on Ho- j--irt ot
Gen. Goidou lotlMpiove any Malt -
meut recently made in i elation to the
failure at tlie last Congress of the ap
propriation for the Savannah river
above Augusta. This dispatch con
tains tbe find ihtlrtiatlOd tfiitl I have
received that Gen. Gordon intended
to get Cf bring, forward any such
proof. I was, therefore, not nt all
ruffled in temper on thi- nco nut. - s
implied in the dispute . When 1 we
such proof you may hear f'rt-ui me
again. I was rehloin in a inure p'ue’d
■•nod of mind limn I was on entering
he room, in compliance with the re
quest of the committee, to give them
my views of the merits of the contro
versy ou the confirmation of Mr. Sim
mons. Tbit I intended to do, and did
dot withont any personal ieeling on
the subject.
2. During the u I olo im eiing,
which lamed over two hours, I wit
nessed no excitement or ill ti-m|ier
on the part of any one, except Gor
don. After stating wry clearly and
briefly my view- upon the ohjt ctimi-
to the confirmation of Mr Simmon -,
Gen. Gordon replied in a manner
and tone which exhibited quite as
much ill temper as bad manner*. In
my reply to bim, which was not : t
all in the tone and manner exhibited
by him. and without the lea.-t pe.sonal
feeling, he interrupted me in tin-
cour.-e ol my remarks by *ome mat
ten which led tutho alienation sta
ted in the dispatch. This, as set
forth in the dispaicli, is not eortert.
In one of bis iulciruplion-* he said, in
a hlii-teiing manner, that h- had
luard that I had said something
about him, which I deem it i ni ece—
*ary here to repeat. 1 rep'ied, in
the most courteous and good-humoi-
ed manner:
" General, I hare heard that you
were lav< ring the nomination o| Maj.
Smyth.”
i Thi- was only inlendsd os ini off-, t
to what h" said he had heard.
It was then he arose with a good
dial of excitement and demanded the
name of my informant.
1 replied that ’ this is not the
telligent public, when I state that as I
understood it, the meeting to which I
was invited of the Democratic mem
ber*,of the^enate Committee on Cen
sus, was to be strictly private, and
wben I further state
that no iieraor.a were
present except four members of tbe
committee, with Senators Gordon and
Ilii 1 , and Mr. Hammond and myself
of the House. I had not myself men
tioned azy thing that ooeurred in the
tuiiimitte* to anybody outride ot tho
ciiule of those who were present, and
had no idea tliat any of thn parties
present would set differently under
the circumstances.
You may well, therefore, imagine
my surprise u|mn reading ‘the
dhqiatch referred to, whic i is as fol
low* •
jK-cial 1)1,patch to ,j,t Baht nor* Sun.]
Washington, F-.-b. 6.—To-day the
ih-niocialic members of the Senate
committee on the census had a meet
ing to consider the ease of Rev,
Thomas J. Simmons, recently nomi
nated as census supervisor for the first
district of Georgia. Senator Hill and
Alex. H. Stephens appeared in favor
ot Simmons, and Senator Gordon
anil Representative Hammond ap.
peared sgringt him. Representative
jF’ IW*, wJP’prfctre^ the nomination,
wa- not present. In consequence ot
tbe differences of opinion which have
prevailed for some time between Gen.
Gordon un cn» side and Senator Hill
and Representative Stephens on the ! I replied that ‘ lias is not the occa- !
other as to State politics and other I sion or time to answer that question ;
matters, the conferees had tea on to we can talk over these matt' is clse-
auticipate rather a lively session, > where.’’
J.C. WILKINS, AthensG t
ami such turned out to bo the case.
Oi ly a few days since Mr. Stephens,
in a letter printed in one of tlie Geor
gia papers over his own signature,
charged that a Georgia harbor and
river appropriation had tailed entire
ly 'hrongh the negligence of Gen.
Gordon. Geu. Gordon has brought
tbe testimony of other Georgia rep
resentatives to disprove this assertion,
which as may be imagined, has not
tended to improve! the good feeling
between the two gentlemen. To-day
Senator Goidon and Representative
Hammond; opposed Simmons’s con
firmation, on the. grounds tliat he is
illiterate and wholly incompetent to
discharge the duties of the office prop
erly, and that by bis free use of the
epithets •' corrupt secession traitors,’’
etc., he has made himself a common
ticularly obnoxious to Mrs. GeneralI pines, and existence to Kv. in pesos farming evils that will " ,ass o{ the
bherinan, who is a strict member of and harmony with his polmcal breth- dirtnrb anJ di ,tress the country. If u b, i -,
.c- i .i « ». .. . i i._. - i:..i- _..ui j .e:. lion. Alexander II. Stephens said
the largest religious denomiuatiou | ren? It lias not been but a little
in the country. Bui General Slier- \ while siuce his particular friend, Mr.
man docs not slop there. It is l he l Randall claims to have borne the
aa;q>ortiog such flagrant incompe-
teucy lor office, and the claims of
those who as-nmet the role of a slan
derers of thier own people, then, by all
ae hold dear in good and honest gov
ernment, let it go, “ though charged
with thunder let it burst.’’
BV WHAT AVTHOiUTT f
argument of tlie church against the
dance that it leads to other and more
reprehensible dissipation, and Gener
al Sherman’s case shows tho force of
the argument, lor, as we have rein- rk-
to to enscribe upon cur Democratic his divergence from religious per don.
tanner. We would respectfully sug. pend.cmanty doesn’t cease at tri,H
g.-st to the honorable Senator that if j*' D S l * ie _ fantastic toe. We
ihe sucei-ss ol the Democratic party hate to write it, but it is a matter of
liepi-nil- upon tolerating, yea, even common gossip about Wa-hiugton,
* thet the general of our armies not in
frequently avails him-eifof the inter
vals between the acts at the theatre
by going behind the curtain and be
guiling tbe time by kissing tiie pretty
soubrettes. Now, we submit tl at
ll is is a flagrant selling at defiance
and an utter subversion of tho relig
ions sentiment o£tbe country which
our representative’s bill does not
touch, and until such practices as we
have herein mentioned arc inconti
nently squelched by a virtuous and
Ur what authority, wc' would like
to tsk, doe* Messrs. Hill and Stephens
•Hums to become the interpreters of
U*r. T. 4. Simmons’ epithet of “cor-
rapt su-iasion traitors.” which he
placed upon bis own people in his let- -
Ur to the President T They say lie , re!.g.o«s Congress, Mr. h,*e,’s brass
oolr meant to apply it to “those j hand bill ..ml just as well-pcrhap.
vilm who have gone to the length ! hetur-no' he passed. We shall,
f invading hi* domestic sanctuary, i •• “"’'‘•re, i'» passage unless it
olive branch of peace between him
and Senator Hill. Now this same or
some other peacemaker may fee)
called upon to perform a similar of
fice between him and Senator Goi-
Why. several of Senator Gordou’a
political competitors sliuuld show
such constapt and unceasing vindief
ivenesa toward* him we do not know.
But one thing we do know for a cer
tainly, that phey will never succeed in
over-throwing General Gordon in the
affections of the the Southern people,
and especially tlie people of hia own
State; and furthermore, that the mass
of the pefple of Georgia will sustain
him iu Us opposition to the mau who
riaadera'them lly styling them ‘Cor
rupt * ecus *ioa‘ traitors.” Wa are
frank to, - aay< xiaX wa tbiak Senator
Gordon did wrong in losing hia tem
per in ’ tha committee room, lie
aud attempted to violato it with a
is so amended a* to reach the ovils Wc
dander that smirched the fair lame ..I | h * ve bar . el >' ,nore hinU ' Uat . lbe
frmrie innocence.” To use n *l:ing
phrase, this i* “too thin,” and we ut
terly fail to see what connection a vio
lation of domestic rights, and tho
"imiichii.g of the fair fame ol female
innoevnee," if such violation did ob-
iri", bits with the great question of
►ewsion or so called treason to the
|«ioi«l guvi rnicent. Did the letter
suppression of which ihe religious sen
timent of the country earnestly calls
for.
The Chronicle's “ Laxy Alan” and
its Atlanta correspondent, “ Stat,”
seem to hold difl'ering opinions as to
Athens’ disposition to keep up with
the procession. “ Slat” says “ it inay
be philosophical, but it is not abreast
«f lh* 1 i*t. Simmons contain a post j of lhe of towtoy for Athens to
sitipt explanatory ot the language | wail quit . tly for llle ^ urmlI ^ houl to
Lv.il Ly him ? K not, by wlmt nu- |, e forL . c j on her.” Now, surely,
, would like to ask, do these w hcn Siat was penning those word
nothing is done to arrest this vice, we Mr si , umons ,P h ■
may wxpect to see their value a* !»' i st3n ai D g, and in hi-' helief, ck
borers consuntiy decreasing while ' w|||c)| (f ’j bfe „ A
drunken brawl., wrengles and d,s- ^ ^
.Me e x5dur r ESSJm
by lhe loud oath, ot irnTflaUift l o ^ ral » t,00 5 ^ »» »‘>W d
f/eedmenon Saturday a* they ®** m, ‘7
and sated their beastly ai'PetiJea In j JSMrf tJS2£
^ - ••• is.i*. ? vra&’ttstRjys:
ing that i
bidding Its sale and so large afiumber [. . .. . m
of towni tru imu>lau tuch eiiormou* * > ' PO<U s won. IIo said the
laxre with the hot* of modilvinC’ If Dei,locrau jost as
taxes with the hope or wodtying it gooJ , nJ j llstMlnoch l0 u oS
those who called themselvee regnlqyw, '
oot abating so dirt a nui
mnin qcktuinx.'
CoasMerta by aa OM Atkralaa.
To ThK EotTOR OF THIS , DAILY
Banner—Sir: I have watched
with much iutereet and con
cern, tbe almost o nstant devotion pj
Gin. Gordon replied': “No; it is I
best to settle it right here where the j
statemi ut is made.”
I sai l, ‘.This is nut tho place f*»r | —
settling any inattcrH of il i- son. I
You waid that you had heard of
something I said about yon iu this i
matter, and I replied by stating what
I had heard about you.” I consider-
ed this barely as an offset to what he ,
had said, without intending : nything :
discourteous either in tone or mao-:
uer.
Gen. Gordon then said, under grea’.,
excitement. “Then I pronoun^ \ j
an iufamous, infernal falselu^ ys ul „ ,
whoever it tnay come, f t% ti $ shall !
hold you personally Yt^oT^iple.tpr. ;
To this i replied -l tho wan
ner and tone I observed through I
thoMWfte discussion* “General, 1 In.ld *
mvspy rcspoqsijble to you for tho tru' /,
of wbqj r ha\o asserted—that is, wliat i
1| l)ttX? bean! of your position in this i
matter, but this is no limeo - .- plan- in
1 bandy words about it. W e .-an sett le I
this elsewhere.” I ther. wt .„t ou witl>.
my addins* to the wrjmiiuee with, .t
further iiuerruptic.n, and conclivhnl'
in urging that tbe objectionable w-rds
In Mr. Simraons’ letter of applica
tion about ''corrupt secession, vraitor-”
was uot intended by hi.-s* u> apply. •
to aetessiouists gener.^iy, but u»-
tbuse wbo had- denouMcd and cursiih :
liim for giving Hj^ts and Whiten*
tickets to colo^sil voter* at tha ItaA
election, and, thpt no such insult ton
ihe Souihgsfl people gcuexatlA waavo- \
tended. has been aigw-'di bx Ge .
Gcrdcyi.
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DAILY
weekly;
. Upon all other mattes pmrtte
fio Ute dwoasswn.raferNd t» I * (orbl . ar
“DAILY BANNER, One Year
«« “ Six Months,
** ** Two Months,
“ “ One Muntli,.
(Including postage.)
WEEKLY BANNER, One Year, (including pn
dnge.)
i‘1.00
:i.oo
1.00
50
1 10
Gen. Gordon e.„phatically“re?u. | «yh
diate«l the suggestion of IJill as Rnwaqttalfv/
to the effect ot wreg&fl, declaring ^IA^ndkrH »
that no }M)i tion of V^je Northern peo* 1 ^
pie would desw^ tW ipfii'ctionof such
a man qpon qny, Southern i
S . Un called attention Ip
a) Simmon*, in his
. Stephens.
your oolomua to those eptvjpripe^l ter" ot appljeatioq Vh f^e*^re5deqt
which look to tha pr*s«tt Md fujius | fpr the ktptgd, Utak ha
prosperity and wall-tft-dpcf Atijans. I Qsiiprao^y,' waqfijg. ip bp causa it
. ... -. , . I noticed u tew wcvVa. »ioqq" ag^aj waqhl gtytj bill? ^ V.CWsy over the
should have remi-mberad that ha was, manifestation of your gbagrln ami: ’’cofrupt 5pa*saioq traitor*,” and he
oortificattuo f&tive Ukiho wapt (^ c “-. Vorwo) believed he could
proper aud pyqUiworthy interest ii> stand, Lo, Boston beftwe an audience
theap pqMjuj gutter* on tbe part of o( the most enlightened Republicans
0.UT people, iu f hat may Le termed , of that city, and, in response to a rep
tinii f- vnnn sunaiifal nnlnivina WKili, 1 rPSrilt t qlltill fti’ tUta nninS
cpmmwnLADVERT. ISEMENTS.
‘ ' dOHItSlsmi t "jbel For - Divorwt
a United St,(tca Senator, and weigh
ed well and wisely the offensive re
mark, the circumstance* under which
it was made, and it* probable l'H r * yrtjur; monumental column*. While mentation of this pomt receive
pose, mapifestatiou* *re not alway s “"anlinou* reply that no man h
A* to Mr. 8tepben*. wc would r beat, *°d your correspondent ooHld j would base his application fr ,
pot tiltsgether amlnrio that which; upon snob a ground ought *
might be weridcrcd In aotuo degree polled. p "
oeniorioctnesa, yet I can itadb Representativo Har . .
ly : magin* tbe feoling that mull j earnestly against Sim
at tiir— posses* those wboso | tierson to bo put ir • <n , ’ ** .J*. unn »
spirit of euterpriao and enlhuiiasm is rer.pousftnlity an j 1 a l’ 0 " 1011 oI
*ns, in making a very
hworaM* gentlemen assume to be
r ' IB ' r tkr iiilrrpreter* of Simmon*’
•Vie.- i, .q-ithets T
ttuxr. txursTRV.
“ not abreast of the spirit of to-day”—
t he had forgotten tho Moore building,
the Rock College, tbe Lucy Cobb In'
stitutc, the Northeaetero rai'iond, and
_ tbe beautiful monument no Colloge
We oJlea through the column* of I Avenue whore summit is fanned by
P»T*r ramuiecd and entreat our * thc bret,ze * froni lbe ,n '»y "loiinlain-
MJetaiatronre and sustain home , t01>s Veri, T’ ,b « " Laay Man’’
' must apply hi- knife to the- film which
seems to have come over the mind’*
eye of his co-c-uitribiitoi', and prevent*
him from keeping in view these noble
evidences oi the spirit ol Athens.
<Vnd very surely, when “ Stat” penned
those word* he was not aware of the
atl ator, fM- we *nll hold i* the
*"! bwt policy for our |hh|i|i-.
'.“'^r that the piiiple may do
''' 11 u S'-araary, ahsolutely m-mnsa
r . v ttat our public carriers, as well as
* “"^“tarera should not only aid ihe
‘ ln | public in so-doing but even
* 10 the advantage ol
P* 0 !’ 1 * to lustxiii h ut ne industry
a reciprocal[benefit i* brought
“b wlvautaginj, both producers
couumers. I. this the case with
“ r isi read corporations, which are
out , " 1 ' ^ clur * '* ,b * Industrie* of
^rougli the advan-
HUttb 'I 1 * 6 * 1 ”“ r bon ' e enterprises
«. A P ^ ho J >etor «•««-? \Ve
WepeBsd to ssj that such' h wise
*17 m «« ■wny of
•"A tioLGoTTr ^
lefirepj, f 4e,tB » anJ bettw
um? * ‘ “ ,nu, ‘ “nsToidably drive
lion, . * uppurl 10 home iustitu-
*°\ D, ° n yttUrdtr '
•vraiv-TaT n '*tehants, a bill jost
Bun- o Brothers, in
Wt. UU f uv \ Fonnder *’ for •
ns lor wb ‘ cb their charge
UiLt ^ * r ' freight on the
<J emu. ijr? ‘° AU,cd * was fif '
th * V * ,ue of the
AT 1 ^ Per pound freight.
frei 8 ht charges as
the h*a tlie buri-
them, and
V^^solZ® manula-tories
^ ttairta^ * P« centage
- '“hetrs^i wiU ineY >‘ablc
*’** waritit ° W '“““try to for.
kindly remark that he Is getting top
old, and is too ripe a candidate for
tha tetiicrial council uhamberalo be
marring hi* latter day usefulness In
quarrels and contention* wltb bln
brother representatives Tbe fact of
the business is, tlie physical disparity
between Mr. Stephens and a full
grown man b too great fur him to be
quarrelsome, and therefore be should
always bo “in a plncid ntood ofutlud,’’
indeed, more angelic in Id* nature.
tew.,*. ) Cl-rk Sun-rior Court, !
* November Term, 1*7* i'
, 77 .ne court tb-t tbe Defend- ,
SSiterfm- doe* not midc within tbe i
2Et iLSJte *n<t it further appeariux tlmt i
,jl r d»nt i'.o,, not reeide within the Sute i
It is ordered bytheCour, coni
S**!.. . uf COOTjd. th-t said Defendant, *a»h 1
77“ a, -ppes*. end -n-wvr, -t tlie next term ol i
, said cour t, else that said esuse be cons.der- ’
* d in deisu* t, and tbe I*l-intiff, uilewci to pro- I
ccfrd. An. it i» further ordered that tbi- rule 1
be publish* * in tlie Anus* IU-XIK, a • a(ie r
published in Athens Us., onee a mouth t<> '
four mop Ji,.
lilO. lllLLTXR, Jud“C -. C. .
Jab. H.1.TLC, Att’y for i'lt'ff.
A true exirset from the minute, of tlie Court,
This l»lh day of 187*.
Joan I. llcutxs, Clerk S. r.
of tha Bamnkh, and which no doubt earnest nr
fa’)* of -r »per appreciation and reci- j worse
r -peal for Simmons, in
prooity on the part of too many af our beeu •
people. Again, while I traleoLlrain-1 ^
3. I«H . om a spirit of dictatfon, but!«' ^“ b ’^ thc ' of Gc0>
advantage ol l* ro P° ! ' i,io “ U X A liens aod the
° guarantee* she ha* offered which called
*rom Dr. Orr the . tribute to her
oromptiie— ami lilierality that we
publisli el-ewhrro in the Banner.
“ Stat” should not let the hubbub aijd
bn*t:e of a great metropolis.blind bin:
to. the ,olid i ,l )? ,i 8 l i 1 *sr r Xv».9i
oitr smaller city.
If the baif dfseii etpjj^ «w(e«men
whom tiie" city o? t \ugu«ta has tbe
honor of clawing aa her own, and all
of whom avo desirous of illustrating
tlie eighth district in congress,—if
tbeae half dozen eminent statesmen,
we say, know their own in’eiest they
will endeavor to induce tiie Chronicle
and Constitutionalist lo suppress the
display of its chronio spleen against
tbe gentleman wbo now represents
that district, for we can assure them
that just so long as it is kept up just
so long will be prevented the retire
ment of tbe insuperable obstacle la
their way to Congress. We give this
hint for tho good of all concerned.
Bnt tbe Augusta statesmen are not
noted for political wisdom, aod wa
ho'uld be surprised to eee them profit
by our mjvioc.
hi* loaded
C^vado!?’*” '* wmt off.
{Sy WystnCry tb *t it will
Aire Grisham
AX AFHOGT OnUD OF A nuHT.
Since writing tbv above editorial
and just bs wo go to press, our eye
has fallen npon the follo\.iog from
tbe New York Sun. This action of
Senator Gordon in thc matter be
tween himself and Mr. Stcphins Is
certainly manly in the highest degree.
Coiraciuu* of error, General Gordon
is simply too chivalrous and too^
friendship to commend to you as the
best and safest mottoes, ne quids .
mis, nil admirari, and nil despr *"
dam, yet it may, nevertheless. ’
that occasionally such fo •<?*? ' ,l,e
mmuers ol delinquency . ro *
nos, are uot without ’ .
for good. Such at ’
feet of those forril lbo .
who now wr‘ v ^Li!?° n l!! m
ti<m upon
™ . i and present prospects as a ciivf
” ■* tho evidences before un
vo or may wc not
his remarks said ba had
for
Georgia, fer
j€ position.
At this point Gen. Gordon started
up from his scat and demanded
the name of the author of such a state
ment.
Mr. Stephens replied that they
could talk about this outside.
Gen. Gordon said. “No, it ia beat
tu. tattle it right here, where the
THE
tv
Jd A
BANNER
GEORGIA—Oconct County—Where** Ifu- j
tmI U. Kick*rd»on applies to me tor ltttyr* * t
adminbtration n the estate of l'ronlt y tb ur - i
ncr, Ute of said county—deceased. 'I l.v* * are.
therefore to show cause at my ofhee >*c-
fcre the int Monday in March next, -vhy said -
letters should not be granted.
Given under my baud at my oftktw;tb.U 23rd •
day of January, 1880. -
JAMES R. LYIaT, Ordinary.
Jan. 25-4-U . *,
G eorgia, clarkeccxnti, ^htuu-j« . f-idieitmi civtv von; vvaijs. mul h;i> louse been
Johnathan Hampton- 'Executor of Ttietua^l UCCll established blA. I 1 I LILI ’ . .. .
Crawford, deceased, anpUia to inc iur Wave u p* GEORGIA, and is llOW the l:inre>t SllUt,> iK'VOHtl all tplCsliOll,
sell the nndived half \nWeat of iui«\ d .-i»ta*td I
in aud to all the l'aikde held by said JvD.ttlutn l
fyini* vi'diib the “
Hamptou aud *a ; .<l d^ccuacd. ly ing vi'dtii. the
incorporate limlta of the city uf AUku* ? mid
known aa the, T £bomax land, neux the North -
eastern Kriilrvad depot, tontaiiang seveut* -
three acrMore or lens, Tbwte, a*e, the ,e-
fore to *,Att and notify all persona concerned to
•haw cause at mv olUco oa er before ihe dr>t
I MoLiUy in March next why said leuvo V uonld
ag ?’ in 10 Bi A e “’aJr.rSdiniy hand .t o«c ...»
. -niW 1— n——a J.nuuy 1SS0. ASA M.JACf.SON.
THU BEST J{ E WSP A PER IN SOUTH HAST Ob
tui.
-lw,
hi* autbsr, when"Gen. Gordon said,
“Then I pronounce it an infamous,
internal ' falsehood, from whoever fa
may come.’’.
Tbfa episode created conridanbln <a “ k " wuu>:
t>f n sensation, and after it badqa&tad
for bir a bright nni^ dwvn the gentlemcu proceeded, with
. ... . . .W$fp«rou» futureT These are vitali their arguments. / ,
much a gentleman ever to. fail Vo important questions for tin- teui- Senator Hill said the- aonfirtnatien
make tlie amende honorable. WWa
we still cmiilemn the whole VMAVtt,
as one greatly to be regrey^ util
had wu seen the follo^u^ ^ifore
writing, our editorifj, w«krks would
have been shiytj, o)5 nlbafever of un S
needed, qtyvftl t.njnxt criticism
, yUm**™*. Feb. 8.—The minor
a personal enooautar between
faanator Gordon and Alexander H.
Stephens was likvH to occur hetnuue
of a dispute between them last Satur
day before the Democratic members
of the Oomnilttee ou Census, is as ab-
•urd as Impossible. Mr. Stephens
badgered Gen. Gordon about tbe let
ter's preferences for a candidate
to lfll tbe position ol
Supervisor* of Census i n Con
gressman Felton’s district. Gtn,
Gordon opnojad the confirmation. ..f.
tbe Kev. T. J. Simmons, whom La-al
leged to bo aa ignorant and bwotad
Republican. Mr. Stephens saidUnt
be had been told th«tUnGoidee
flavored tbe nominating «f ex-Marshal
Sinytlie. Gen. Gordon denied Ufa-
and asked Mr, Sfapbeua uix.u whcee
responaibiUtv the statement wS
ra *de. Mr. Stephen declined
to give bia luforaiaut’a n.m. y r
Gordon thereupon said that the
statement was a malicious fal—
hood, and Le shoold bold Mr. s!^
phons responsible for it. Yerteriay
Gen. Gordon wrote a fatter to Mr.
Stephens, apologising for tbe angry
words, and explaining the provoca
tions under which be labored when
udarauon of every Athenian, „£■<.! of Simmons -wonlA trad to bring
wauy just at this titan. Thev / tilpnM I together the IL^tuoretjo- mjHv of
bo considered aoWty upo'AVte evi-' Georgia.
denreMdfactajnrtMthsa^ifatand ~
with that cal meres, clos^^iod care-
fulnna wldnfa are ex^ emdbtial in
makiog wp vu imvqrtJW.t .verdict.
In ordnr to get «yf*i|ily at (be tecta
!“ tkw vnannex- ’ ' '
the year !i» which the StR^rteiverM-,
te hav v S»d its first nobble.c*|tecc<v
rrnni -Irene .... e — mow
Gen. Gonla».>aid> yea, tint wee so,
if the way to. build, up.tbe Democrat
ic party is, tho- So ebb was to select
eied.jmt uo.plnoes.ot trwrt and patron
age incompetent and malicious peo
ple, whp shuidsr tbe South and rest
Ordinary,
S LaKLK COUNTY SHERIFFS SAI.K.—
Will b - sold before the Court. Buc.v door ot
xke couuty Georgia in the cily «if AtheuK, on
tbe lint Tu=iJ*y in March next bet* Ttt*n the le-
Its Miscellaneous Reading Matter is selected with «are. tlial
cannot lie read with interest und jirotit—ndthiug whim the m
ug any member of his family read. Special attention i» g iven :nn
hero sludl be nothing in us eni.inins « t
t setii|iulous parent would object to hu
will continue to ho given to
The State News Department
jfal boars uf sale to the bigheil bid iIt i, frr c tab, i
the faUowin^ hu»»l, tua.tr, anu Wmr lu \ w
te2 U of! P»« now-,,-days want the latest news
Lamtf Cobb, birphui. Join*- tbv Jjuninx ! adopted for its motto,
Oooom Mill Tract, and jMstag lbua nt Tract,
andoonttiniiijl (1*9) rate hur.ured *r.. ji-u-ntj-1
eight icru*. more o^lsss, ae.-onlisc tu Kutlu-r-
tbrd survay, u*l hsvir.g threw* three n-iio-
mrnt house*. A’jout 40 sere* Of*a LjhI suit Iwl-
)
Of the BANNER, which will he thc most complete ami cumle.wed record of sayhxgstiml doings «« «»ter-
e»t throughout the entire State, to he found iu the columns ot any paper. Recognizing the tact tlrntj
Tern stripped ot unnecessary verlna
iiven t.
tne BANNER has
. . --v »t •=». pm, wnp sianusx job oonin anu resi
7*™ “••Jt-tflo foondr.tiao ofogg their daitna for office on that ground
tovm, and fcdpv bar development mr He <lidk not think there WS* a true-
U tbe preu^t drte. Abcut 17Sk] hrertvdl miS. North or South, Re-
pub'Jimn. or Democrat, who would
Inot my that such a man was total! y
-— j "u u wstby of any office, mere
rrun'^t time up tA 1833, «, period) petfaHy an office which, to carry o«t
ot •W#. os- 80 yv atL, titera-iba true object of the law, ahou jd be
•«g?*ly any ' pwiagtibla
VO tbe tow xx, 'She
.V then known aa Ttanklin
, - was the chief watt almost
faabi tMarat of pritni tiza- Athens
temStherewaaSTtfa, nfaaa only
toiea three or floor anaR wooden
year the first brick I .cutting Was erec
ted in tbe wise* by Dr.Ttatiey, which
T** *o»» l®»t aa it was com-
|>lc-taiLfl Ad\-aacit * from that year up
to 1845, a par fad af some twelve
The most interesting and reliable
newspaper correspondent at Washing
ton City is the ataff correspondent ol
the Augusts Chronicle.
If tbe distingRishcd brass band bill
bn ft just summarily and silently sat
down npon in the House, we took for
some uproariously rick speaking on if
wben it comes beforp that body.
■
of courso Mr. Stc-
pliena understood that be meant
merely to say that he would look up
on him aa the author of the charge
that be flavored tbe appointment of
ex-Gilfactor braytho until b« gave
bim hia informant’s name. Still La
deeply regretted the
words, add reared a
to a man of Mr. Stephaaaft
land d» iring which there I
* pedal improvement
or darelopamci .f, wa find Athens baa
a population o f about 3,000 inhabit-
ante, with fore - churches, one Pireby-
tenao, om I detbodut, one Baptist
and uoaKpfa Mod, srhioh fatter were
|y? »• *t marked evidences of
■MUtt 1C iBtOVtUMOL
ted th* i saaawar fa which I pro-
jiomlo trerxt the questions propound!
W i*r® nU *red. Gao. Gordon says Wnri* »va Jo too great "length for
m bis letter that of eoorao Mr. 8te- ontanwanfaatlo n.r 1 will elore, and
furnishyi m with a .tootinugnoe in a an
Wea of waters. Sxnex.
Branswick Appe al, 4th : “A si-ri
osm nmcoua-tsr oee sirred between two
popofar vooi ig geo tiemen, Thursday
•veiling last, on tb. a Bay. A subse-
I qaeat fatal j meeting ■ was apprehended,
fiBod by a competent man nod a now
partisan. •'
It was also developed that Mr. Sim
mons recently telegraphed Dr. Felton
to cause hi* nomination,to ; be with
drawn, bat that Felton insisted npon
ita remaining before tbe Senate, sadi
that the straggle in regard to it ban
now aseumodthe pliaseof a fierce coo
lest between tho regular' Democratic!
organization' of Georgia and that
triendsot the “indepmsdenta.’’ Ms.
Stephens, in tbe course of tho discus
sion today, Mated that tbe President
denied e win hazing act* the antegrarib
applicatifanqlSinimanswbfoh
the offenwx* matter complained of;
and Senator Quite replied (tea be
did nut believe Ufa President would
have ever sent in tbe nomination bad
be seen the language referred to.
A goo-( many exaggerated rumors
are afloat to-mght as to the scene in
the committee loom to^-day, but the
above is believed to be, as far; as could
be gathered, an impartial account of
what actually took place. The Geor
gia politicians aro mock exercised over
it and assert .that the war which'baa
for some time been brewing between
Senators Gordon and HiU, and . be
tween tho former and Mr. Stephens^
will now. break ont fas dead earnest
Oa tliis I make two comments:
L There was no excite men t that I
w»s aware ot at tba meetings of the
committee with the parlies referred to,
on the port of nay on* Vilt Gsit^or-
sneesceoudgr jwth pin*,and w«U miervd tint
•boot thro** Alto drum Atfare*. sn.1 tevkd on
u tke land ot Jeffenun Jresiw un.lir n ft. fa.
issued fro. a Ctarke Supariar tuurl, Snth Au-
enst, 1ST /. under s ladytotosbuine.l in Clarke
Snperio / Coart st the Aagtot Tmdi 1*77 in is-
vor of 'Johnathan Usiu{Xon sad Hubert It.
Sralt’ executors ofTW as* CVsw.esd sad Jn-
Its /. C»wlord, both StorsMi. *(r*«*t Jeffer-
•O' d j trr Ts*g M prlniftf«U«M*r au*l Heurv Jwt-
r m Moority 6* yorchaae wovev of attid
now lcviwl on aud a deed this day made
to. Johnathan Hampton a# axecutor cf ttfon^uid
(K. VL Smith eo'exrcutor being demo y to JbJTer-
•on Jennluc In puraurance of bond lor title* of
Iwtilnr for the porpoac of makiug tho levy
•im) da*J made, tiled and recorded in Ckrr*
o«M or CUrkc Superior Conn before levy wae
—a- and levy msde to ulisijr said ft. te. Tins
Sre-ItsTlSa*- J- A. BROWNING SheriSL
FrinUrs fto IT.SS- wlm.
IN
THE MOST :(EWS
Anti confidcntlv calls attention to its columns as proof
THE LEAST SPACE
of the ri«i»i observance of the motto.
A LITERARY DEPART MEET
Will soon be made a special feature of tbe \ „ Tlt clir . r ,
plot and pure and attractive in style, and Poetry ot superior excellence,
the BANNER tho best Family itnd News paper Northeast Gcorgta hasever 1ind, n
aL which it is put enables every family to secure a weekly visit lroin it liom tear
in which will ho found each week « Story i " tcr ®* tl “e
In short it is intended to make
and the very low price
end to year's -”d.
OHUnUlb—Will b* sold on tin, tint
OToaodsT to March next, within th* IcksI
hour* of sale, tbe following piuyertv, to-wil:
One half Interest in a one sere tut in tlie city
of Athens. Iving un th* tin, of tbs Koek Sp-iu*
adjoining W. Hadftns and Georg' Echols, Bar
otoDvricosXiw postotoloas stsosta^ssw*, one
lot wood alto, * htsew and S down bit*. 3 tool
ehesta, oos atop sxe, Ssngsn, t sngnw, * lisnij
■tore and ether tools to Udions tc 100111100;
also a to* af lumber tor wagons. AU levied on
to th* proparty of Anlboev DarWo. t, to wi!i,fy
a •**-£»• from tha Clark Superior tonrt info-1
Yir of Hobt. Dean.
J A BROWNING, Sheriff. '
Feb-X-tt—FrinUr 1 * Tea $3 U f
S RBDRG1A—»3»rka Coonty-OrdinaiyV;i
Office Jon, aotll 1880. I!
in Pott* has applied for sumption of per-1 1
sonalRy, nod setting apart and valuation of I:
hoineatoad, and w L V*m upon1 the-*anw at IS '
o'clock a. m. on the lithday of February 1880,
•t mv office. Asx M. Jxczeox,
Feb Mt Uplm-rr.
THE DAILY BANNER
rVCONKR COUTT—APPOINTMENT TO
U CUrkship of County Court.
Under, and by virtu* of an Act of the lute
Iaagtafatar*, John W, Johnson, clerk of the
Superior Coart of Deere- County, has been ate
pointed clerk of tha Countv Court of said
County, #w and daring my term or office.
K. h. Jicxsow, Jn’ge Cty Cft O. a
Feb. 7,-wli.
G eorgia—ocoNRR
— — -
COUNTY—BY
„ virtue of tbe authority in me vested, by
the Sixteenth Sectioo of th* County Court Art,
approved October Kth lift, it t» ordered that
John W, Johnson, clerk of th- Superior Court
•of arid County be and la hereby appointed
■dark of tha County Court of said County, and
Ht Is tnrthar ordered that th* aupoiotuieot to
ipablished once in the Alton* Banner. Till*
Jth doj ol February 1880.
^ R. M, Jscxaox, Jd’gs Cy Ct O.C.
I h-raby eertify tost tba sbovo la a true IX-
traet from th* mbntaa of the County Court of
Ot tones County. - Thi* 4th day of February
1RW. R. M. Jecxaov,
dodge * Ex Officio d’k C.C.O.a
"Is tho \Y cckly in mi nature, and thou"li hut little more than _two n: n State. ° It* special mission
e-thebest j,aper Athens ever hutl, and the sprightliQst one .ot its a B c . nee ded and for which-the
is to srivo to creato and foster that public spirit in Athens which 1 . f d j t w il( tb. refore al-
pdaco has suffered aud is suffering more thauhor people seem to.he^nscious oi.nn ^ ^ ^ ^ ||f
•ways bo Jound ready to encourage nny ollort that tends to increase the j -1. - , | oca i market,
Athens. It will contain all tho local .news of the day mid full and correct i p country
and the, rest of its space will bo devotod to the gendrnl nows, lirst, ot the State, and then ot rf>
at lari 'e, fresh aud interesting reading matter, mid brief and pertinent editorial comments- in
will « jontinue to bo the model little claily of tho Slate.