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TB E sNjn. __ ttjUMCRIPTIOS’S. —One riipj/. one j/f ar, $1.50; six mmthi, 75 cents. invariably in advance. ADVERTISING. —One square, first inerrtinn, (one ifu - A) |’ 00; each subsequent insertion, 73 cent*. Liberal deduction* made to advertisers, according to the spare and time that is occupied. TFItMS.- -Transient advertisements Cash; contract adverti*(ji ■mtyfhust be settled monthly. r*r * 1 e nruiuncing candidates Five Dollar*—in p in advance. notices, exceeding five lines, tributes of re spect, a nil all j tersonal communications, or matters of indloidualinterest. mill be charged for at regular rates. Motices of marriages, of deaths and of a religious character are requested and u'ill be inserted free. Short netrsy communications arc solicited; but t or art not responsible for the views of correspondents. ItFLCHFIt and Mc(iILL, Editors and Publishers. IIAHTUKM.. HART < OI NTY, UA.: >V<‘<lii<‘h<lii> HoriiliiK. Jim miry l, 1H77. Till! NEW TEAR— 1577. s The New Year came in covered with the white snow. God grant that it may be emblematic of the return to its pris tine purity of our suffering country dur ing this year! Let us make our reolutions to do Let tor in every respect. Let us go to work —the panacea for the ills that now af flict us. We will hear less murmuring about hard times if we all were at work. 1 -•*- II ON. R. 11. 1111.1.. The gentleman who represents and is re-elected from the Ninth Congressional Distriet has been performing peculiar gyrations at the National Capital. This action consisted chiefly in some interviews that Mr. Hill had with th ■ correspondents of Northern newspapers, himself in favor of Hayes BHBHkf Huwr. :md iv.u ing ti> cun! ■ belief that Mr. Ti i ■ ■ i ; 1 “ • ■k vv: WBsLp fife any one else w?Wselected to succeed Mr. Norwood in the Senate. Governor Smith, we suppose, is tired of staying at home, and feels like going abroad. Jle has made a go<xl (Jovei nor, but that is no reason! that he should be made to oust a more competent man. Mr. llill bases his claim, in plain terras, upon his greatstatemanship. His experience in Congress is very limited, and he would find a minority in the Senate a very different thing from the majority in the House. We would re mind the supporters of Mr. Hii.l that most great men have distinguished tie ni sei ves in the House more thoroughly than Mr. Hill has as yet; and that it is also a good place for would-be great men to become extinguished. MclSiimllhl A;|oinlm<.'iilM lor 1M77. The following arc the appointments for the ensuing year in Elberton District : Presiding Klder—A. G. Woklky. Klberton—NY. -J. Cotter. Bethlehem—C. A. Mitchell. Elbert—\V. A. Florence. Jefferson—VY. A. Farris. Mulberry—M. 11. Fakes. Gainesville— (J. A. Connaway. Danielsvillc—N. Z. (dean. Homer— G. K. Bonner. Gainsvillc—W. E. Shackorford' Toccoft—l. li. Smith. Hartwell—NY. P. Smith. Clarkcsville—E. A. Gray. Franklin Springs—J. M. Quillian. Belton Mission—J. NY. Maker. lloiiin of Interest. NVomen may now hold office in lowa ex cept those of members of the Legislature and Judge of the Superior Courts. Several NN’ashington correspondence say that Chief Justice NN aite has told his inti mate friends that lie does not believe that Hayes has been elected. New Hampshire is the only State in the Union that requires its Governors and Leg isfators to lie Protestants. The Constitu tional Convention just adjourned reedtn mendod the abolition of the religious test. The Supreme Court of Ohio has deeded that conductors on railroads have no right to put a passenger off the train for not pay ing his fare except at stations. A sharp man can now ride in Ohio from one station to the next gratis. The bridal outfit of Miss May, the fiancee of Jus. Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the Xow N ork Herald. arrived m New York JYom week A it was appraised at R. T. BRUMBY & CO, DRUGGISTS a™ pharmacists, DEALERS IN DRUGS) CHEMICALS. PA TEST MEDICINES , DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES, Window Class. Paints. Oils. Lumps. Glass Shades, Chamois Skins , Sponges, fyc., fyc., Manufacturers of King’s Toilet Powder, for I'. lit. Olio A Non* - Surgical Instrument* Kll at New York Prices, College A vlxi’k, between Bookstore and Post-Office, 11 ATHENS, GA. AT COST b, WE have a good lot of CROCKERY, HARDWARE, AVOOIJ and BOYS’ HATS, lots of big and little SHOES, FANCY GOODS, J CLOSE Olflk AT m In the spring we intend, a hr; Jit BRAN to Tom, Dick and Harry at a hundred per cent, on crtit If we cannfl - ■ Herndon, or to some other good farmer, to work in the corn field. 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