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THE BUN. SVHSC'KirTIOS'S.— fhie eu/>y. ont year, 11.50; #■* manthe, 75 rent*, invariably in adranre. A /)r EBTtHI XO.—Onr t,/uare. fret imcrtion, (ont iueh), (l.no; ouch ntbtegumU ituertuiu. 75 eente. Liberal deduction* made to advertiser*, arointing to <ke space and Mum that it occupied. Tfi Hil N- -Transient advertisement*, Calk, contract •advertisement* mutt be eettled monthly. /tor announcing candidatet f'irt Italian—in ariabty in adranee. Obituary notice*. exceeding fire If net. tribute of re tftecl. and all personal comm unicat lone, or matterl <if individual intrreet, trill be charged for at regular rater. Sotieet of marriage*, of deatht and of a religiout •character are regueeted and will be inverted free. Short netetp entnmunicafiont are tolicited , but we •are not responsible for the views of rorretpondcnti. BELCHEU <* Hod ILL, Editor! amt I'ubSthers. IfABTWFM,, HAST COI’NTY, A.: Wimlih-mlhj Norninf, Jiiniuir.v 17, 1H77. UOVKKMHI HMITH'N UNT NENNAUE. Governor Smith’s last message is re plete with sense and good judgment. The financial condition of the State is in a very healthy state. He presents it in a clear and precise manner. The bal ance in the Treasury, January 1,187 G, was $511,785.21; receipts in 1876, 82,- 832,933.38; disbursements in 1876, 82,- 280,435.26; balance, January 1, 1877, $564,283.33. The public debt amounts to 88,447,500, exclusive of the indorsed bonds issued by the Macon and Bruns wick, North and South, and Memphis Branch Railroads. The Governor next reviews the status of education and re commends an appropriation for the Ag ricultural College at Dahlonega. He speaks with pardonable pride of the growth of popular education during his term of office. In 1872 there were no public schools in the State. In 1871 the school attendance was 49,578; in 1876 it had increased to 179,405, every County having its school organization. The value of t e services of the Agricul tural and Geological Bureaus arc dealt with, and the Governor urges their con tinuance as necessary to the full devel opment of the State’s resources. Governor Smith then takes up the reports of the Qtfttp jafikliils, .blit tiwjcfi k nothing more than the usual dry docu ments of the reports to deal with. The subjects of direct trade and immi gration are elaborately treated. The advantages that would accrue to the State are fully and tersely stated. The Governor advises an acceptance of the iproposition for the establishment of a new line of steamers, at a cost to the State of 800,000 a year in gold. The subsidy asked for being very reasonable, the Governor recommends that the con tract should be entered into immediately. Governor Smith’s remarks on Feder al relations are patriotic and appropriate. We will next week give some extracts of particular interest from the message. TIIE GENERAL ASSEMBI.Y. The Legislature of Georgia was or ganized last Wednesday, 10th instant. In the Senate, Hon. Rufus E. Les ter, of Savannah, was unanimously elected President; Hon. Wm. A. Har ris, of Worth, Secretary; A. J. Came ron, Messenger; Col. J. B. Cum mi no, Doorkeeper; and Rev. John P. Dun can, Chaplain. In the House, Hon. A. 0. Bacon, of Bibb, was unanimously elected Speaker; Col. Eugene P. Speer, of Spalding, Clerk; Mr. B. H. Miller, of Hancock, Doorkeeper; and Mr. J. R. Smith, of Coffee, Messenger. C. W. Seidell, of Hart, received fourteen votes for Clerk. The inauguration of Gov. Colquitt was agreed upon for Friday, 12th, at 12 m. MOV IT IS WOW. Messrs. Drew and Hull, the Demo cratic candidates, have been inaugurated respectively Governor and Lieutenant- Governor of Florida, and the Assembly has organized with Democratic majori ties in both branches, without contest or protest from the Republicans. In Louisiana, there are dual govern ments, like those in South Carolina, The Republicans have possession of the Statehouse, but nothing else. The Dem ocrats took possession without a drop of blood being shed. They would do the same with the Statehuuse, if it were not for Federal interference. The Democ racy arc confident of success. Though the political eauldron con tinues to boil at Washington, not enough has come to the surface to indicate any precise line of action to bo pursued by cither Party. It is the dreadful calm that forebodes the impending storm, to happen about the 14th of February. THF FlilTOlt'N TABLE. Hand-Book of the State of Georgia, accompanied by a Geological Map of the State. Prcpnred under the direction of Thomas I’. Janes. A. M., M. I).. Com missioner of Agriculture for the State of Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., 1876. The above is the title of a very inter esting volume upon the industrial re sources of Georgia, for which we are in debted to Dr. Janes. A great many historical facts are recorded concerning the settlement of the State, and the ex isting constitutional and legislative en actments are given in a concise form. The mineral, agricultural and manufac turing resources are treated at length, and form a prominent feature. The work is very neatly and conveniently gotten up, and Dr. Janes deserves great credit for the energy and ability he has displayed in the undertaking. The book should have a large circulation through the Northern States. We will at a fu ture day make selections from this work. Official Proceedings of the Nation al Democratic Convention, held in St. Louis, June, 1870. We are indebted to Major George T. Barnkh, of Augusta, member of the National Democratic Executive Com mittee, for a neatly executed pamphlet containing the proceedings in full and portraits of Tildkn and Hendricks. We have, also, received the “Third Annual Report of* the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State Georgia, for the year 1876,” which we have not had time to examine. t&r Grant is said to have threaten ed to make the House act rightly on the 14th of February, when the Prosidfipfial. vote is to he canvassed iu Congress, or arrest the “Rebel House.” Grant is paving the way to declare himself Dic tator. Bdr Ruination and Repudiation will will be the consequences of Republican desperation. JKa)" 1 “ Rule or Ruin,” is the Republi can programme for 1877. The Radical Conspiracy. Correspondence Xew York Sun. WASH IN TON, .lan. 10. —While the peo ple are sending memorials to Congress and holding great meetings, asking for an hon est count of the votes cast at the Presiden tial election, and protesting vigorously against the frauds perpetrated by the lte publican Returning Boards, the conspira tors at Washington pursue their plot as if they defied all opposition, and are maturing their plans in every detail for its consum mation. They take no heed of remonstrances. They believe there will he no resistance to the conspiracy. They mean to hold on to power at any cost; and with the machinery of the Government in their hands, the army ami navy, the Treasury, and a thoroughly organized movement extending over e\ ery part of the Union, they believe success to be certain. There are a few conservative Republicans who deplore and condemn the plot, but who have not thus far had the courage to declare their convictions or to stand in the way of the advancing train. They remember the fate of Sumner, Schurz, Trumbull, Palmer, and other emi nent Republicans who were proscribed and denounced merely because they opposed usurpations of power, refused to white wash glaring frauds, and insisted that the professed principles of the party should be carried out in good faith. Hence they hes itate to take position now, and, like the Girondins of France, may be swept away by the coming revolution. Meantime, the conspirators are united, audacious, aggressive and, what is more important still, are in possession of the Government, which they regard as a politi cal estate, and the revenues therefrom as the rightful income of the managers and officeholders of the Republican party .alone. Without a color of justification, troops have been brought two thousand miles from the frontier posts, and are daily drill ed in sight of the House cf Representatives. The Arsenal and the War Department and the White House have recently been col lected. and other significant preparations are openly made. The intention of this military concentra tion at the capital, in advance of the time for counting of the votes and declaring the President, is not disguised. It is meant to be a menace to the House of Representa tives ; and Don Cameron, who is one of the most active and reckless of the conspirators, has threatened, in presence of the Presi- dent and other*, that some of the men who are pursuing peaceable and constitutional means to defend their rights may he treated j as “ traitors !” This threat was made de liberately, and it rellects the spirit of the conspiracy. Morton, Sherman, and the others not only insist that their instrument, the tem porary President of the Senate, shall count the votes and he an absolute Returning Hoard, like Wells, Anderson, and their ! two imdatto confederates, hut that the Sen- , ate, shall assume controlling authority in the proceedings of the joint meeting and j assume to itself a superior position. For , example, the practice has been uniform ! since Mr. Jefferson's second election that j the Senate should go to the House of Rep resentatives, for the ceremony of the Pres- ' idential count on the second Wednesday of j February. The original reason for select- | ing the House was, perhaps, that the hall was larger than that of the Senate, and, therefore, better adapted to the occasion, which would he sure to attract a large at tendance. If that was a good reason sev enty years ago, it is a much better one now. At all events, the custom has been conse crated by time, and has become one of the honored traditions, with the moral force of law. It is now proposed to reverse this old practice without any good cause, and to re quire the House of Representatives to go to the Senate Chamber on the 14th of Feb ruary. where the space is limited and in sufficient. One object is to convey to the public mind an idea that the Senate has a function above the House in detemining the result of the election, and that the House is only invited to attend as a wit ness. Another object is strategic, and the offspring of Don Cameron's conspiring brain, who designs in a certain contingency to do what Grant's kitchen organ has de clared by authority Will be done, namely, to arrest the Speaker and the majority of the House. Heretofore the places of meeting to count the electoral votes have always been deter mined by a joint resolution of the two Houses. They met in the Senate Chamber at the first and second elections of Gen. Washington. They met in the House of Representatives at the election of John Auams. They met in the Senate Chamber at the first and second elections of Thomas Jefferson in 1801 and 1805. Since then they have invariably met in the House of Representatives; or, in other words, four elections have been declared in the Senate Chamber and seventeen in the House of Representatives, and sixteen of these meet ings have been in an uninterrupted series. Item* of Interest. Vanderbilt is dead. Raleigh claims eight een inches of snow. Drew has been inaugurated Governor of Florida. Mr Hill Keith of Lake Forest, N. C., having lost his wife last year, was married to her mother on Christmas day. 6W nfflrwh f^aTHT in Pittsburgh, and was permanantly brand ed with the words “ Base Burner."’ The tax-payers of Louisiana are imitating the example set them by the tax-payers of South Carolina. They will only pay taxes to the legal State Government. This is the proper policy. Starvation is the only argument that thieves can understand. Gen. Hampton says in relation to Judge Mackey’s interview with Gov. Hayes, that Mackey was not authorized to speak for him or the Democracy of South Carolina. He believes Tilden fairly elected, and the people desire a peaceful constitutional so lution of the question. Tilden’s vote in the United States is 4,268,207; Hayes, 4,027,245. Cooper, 80,- 702 ; Smith, (temperance) 10,055 ; Scattering 3,791. Majority for Tilden over Hayes 241,- 022; over all 147,384, total vote 8,486,150. Twenty-one States show Republican major ities, seventeen Democratic. lowa is the banner Republican and Georgia the banner Democratic State. The smallest Democrat ic majority is Delaware, the smallest Re publican in Florida. All but four show Democratic gains, the largest in Pennsyl vania. The largest Republican gain was in Kansas. The Democrats gained eleven States since 1872. This vote may be alter ed in some few particulars, but it is very nearly accurate. TAKE NOTICE. ANY person or persons trespassing upon any of my lands in or about Hartwell, will be indict able under sec. 4,440 of the Code of Georgia. Verbum sat savienti. C. A. WEBB. MUSIC. Miss ANNIE JORDAN "XI TILL resume her Music Class on the ‘29th day of YY January. Having procured new text-books, she ensures the best method of teaching the rudi ments of this beautiful science. Rates per mouth reduced to tM. Use of Piano per month, 50 Cents. DISSOLUTION. THE firm of W. Y. HOLLAND ,t CO. lias been this day dissolved by mutual consent, W. Y. Holland retiring. The business will be continued by K. P. Bradley, L. O. Williford and 1). C. Alford, under the name and style of the Jf ARTNVEI,!, STEAM SAW Ml 1.1. COMPANY. The old tirm tender their sincere thanks to their friends and customers for their liberal patronage, ami solicit a continuance of the same to the new firm. W. Y. HOLLAND, R. P. BRADLEY. January 12. 1877. L. O. WILLIFORD. BRIDGES SMITH’S PAPER. \ FOR X #I.OO A YEAR. _X A live, newsy naper from the Capital, full of chat, gossip, original sketches, paragraphs and mentions of all kinds. Just the kind of a paper to drive away blues and give the world a bright and cheerful look. A good agent wanted in every town in the South, to whom a literal commission will lie paid. Semi stamp for a specimen copy or enclose one dollar and receive the paper for oue year. Address BRIDGES SMITHS PAPER. Atlauta. G. D. C. ALFohi, ) K. P. BRADLEY. L. O. HARTWELL STEAM SAWMILL COMPANY I HE UNDERSIGNED respectfully announce that tfuW have associated themselves in the Lumber and Building business, and will fill all hills for Lumber wit Itch and of the best quality. Contracts for Building will also he taken, and as poy none hut the best of workmen, we arc prepared to do fir<t-cla.ss work with ca on both as to price and style. Give us a trial. Respectfully, R. P. BRADLEY. L. O. WILLIFORD, 91 * I). C. ALFORD. HARWELL HIGH SCHOOL. The Spring Session for 1877 will open on Monday 29th of January, and con tinue for Five Scholastic Months. RATES OF TUITION PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS: Fourth Clrim—Spelling, Reading, Writing- 010.00 l Third Class—Arithmetic, tirainnur, Geography. (Commenced) 15.00^ Second Hass—lli|fher English Brandies 20.00 First Class—Classics. Higher Mathematics, Ac 25.00 Contingent Fee per Session 1.00 Music (Extra) * 25.00 Tuition due at the close of the Session ; but if paid in advance, twenty per cent will be deducted from the above rates. Pupils, entering within two weeks of the opening, will pay for the entire Session ; those entering after that time will pay for the remainder of the Session. No deduction made tor absence, except in cases of sickness protracted for two weeks or longer at a time. Liberal deduction to Ministers of the Gospel of any sect. Students will be required to conform to strict rules of discipline, both in and out of School. M. V. LOONEY, MRS. A. B. LOONEY. BARGAINS r ‘ - ***—*•- ' FURNITURE ! AT Be GRAAFS, 147,147; & 149 BROAD STREET, AOSTA, BA. UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. * Sunday and Night calls 102 Greene Street lt lookoutT The FIRST BIT QiW FOTSIEBER has come and gone, and there are a great mauy who did not settle with Little Bill Holland ; so look j out for the proper officers to collect it. I intend to make my words good. I NEED MONEY, And I must have it. I have given you fair and timelv notice. V. Y. HOLLAND. To the Citizens of Hart and Adjoining Counties: Bemyes J* Mimmmw INI ITE you to call arul see them. I hey arc offering to Cish buyers, at low prices, their stock of goods, consisting in part of ’ BA CON, SUGAR, AND COFFEE, BOOTS AND SHOES, BAGGING, AND COTTON TIES, TOBACCO, &C., &C., &'C., A LARGE STOCK OF DRY GOODS. “*• _ l4-22 REAVES & NICHOtSOIN-. Athens, Ga. R. r. Ebkrhakt. J. G. Eberhabt. ~ w , P Vabney. R. P. & J. G. EBERHART & CO., Manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers IN BOOTS AND SHOES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Our nnmU , ; , -7 ing out sixty paii-s of Shoes each day. which we warrant to our customers f ? ctnn . n Department 18 t' l ™' a full assortment of all kinds of Boots and Shoes, as cheap as theebeanest til? m our . re . tail ', tP -R\ ,nt which we give especial attention to. we have some of thediest workmen in tWcM repairing department pairing done or new Shoes and Boots at retail, w ill please call and examine n!!lr ? hoße demands. Wholesale customers will receive bottom prices and warranted n- r BU T y, ° g t ' n .\ ISO. JO Broad hired, Athens*, (Georgia. 1 Warranted gooes, by calling at our Maud