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BIU ARE <>N THU SITUATION. “An* **• la Hiowr-Btt Vr T ol Turin Ml it l Ift’ou must excuse me, but it is impossible tlsuppress myself altogether ftt this tune. jKcf like a little crowin' will open the Hres anti help digestion, and do me good Bnerally. And didn’t we lick em; and did you say his name vras Hayes/ Ami w U the mail who said he didn’t mind it him self hut his heart bled for the Door nigger ? Priests and levites of Jericho 1 how much will he bleed his pockethy, bless your soul, the nigger is tree* He can go to Ohio if he wants to. We havn t got em penned up. If Hayes, or whatever his name is, will £*ll em, they 11 come. Am t it curious the darkies don t go to their friends!' Ain't it curious their friends don't come down to see them if they are so everlastin' sorry ? Maybe they are intimi dated. The truth is, Mr. Y\ atterson. them Radicals gave the nigger suffrage to humble us and out-vote us, but they never counted on it givin' us JO more votes in makin’ a President. The nigger voted for Hayes, if that's his name, and elected Mr. Tilden. Hurray for the nigger. .Next thing you hear of those Radicals will be tryin' to take jiway his vote, or colonize him in some Sfurrm’ land. i Hut it's too late—the dog is dead. They Inav talk about intimidation and countin’ fcut and boldin’ on, but it can't, be did. ■uiavcs don't take kings in this game. 5 hey stocked the cards and had the shuttle Ind deal, and we won it, ami the stakes we Kre bound to have. We’ll fight on it, sur. P es, sur ; if the worst comes to the worst ive‘ll whip ’em agin. Two hundred and ffifty thousand majority lias settled this ■question. As Gen. Gordon said: “Stand tip, my countrymen, stand up ; don't wilt nor wither;” we have met the enemy ami they are ours that is if we can keep 'em. I kiiow they are as slickcry as eels, but we must hold 'em. The life of the nation de pends on it. Liberty and free speech and habeas corpus are all in peril. Four more h ears of Radical rule and tiiis country will •be as lifeless as an Egyptian mummy. They must not be allowed to steer the old ship any longer. Its agin natur. Its agin the law of Moses, and Revelation, and the Shorter Catechism, and the long-meter duxology. My wife says if the fight must come, the women ought to take a hand this time, and she is ready to tare hair with Old mother Hayes, if that's her name, or any other woman who is mournin’' for the jligger. . •; I Mr. Watterson, sur, we have patiently billed our time. We saw this galorious event a cornin’. If it wasn't a star in the East it was a roarin’ borealis in the North. We knowed there was justice and generos ity in the bosoms of Northern Democrats. For a long time we’ve been listenin’ to the rumblin’ thunder of their indignation. Ever and anon it has vibrated upon the air like the shake of n young earthquake, and we've lived in hope and defied despair until at last the peut-uu storm cauiu down, upon ■era like an Alpine avalanche, or a simoon in the desert, or a typhoon of the tropics, or a cyclone of the raging seas. Oh! it Was terrible, terrible ! Excuse me for ■rowin’ eloquent, if you please, for it guerfts to me i still hear the mighty voices three millions of honest Democrats ex claimin’ with trumpet tongues, “ Get out these Augean stables and let us turn the I ’otoniac in. The stench of your cor ruption has overspread the land. Ye have made the rich richer and the poor poorer. Ye have smothered honesty, garoted indus try and sown discord among kindred. Ye have put your Southern brethren in a pit and dyed their shirts in pokeberry juice, and called it blood to deceive the people, but like Joseph of old. they will yet be put in power and save the land from ruin and destruction. Joseph's brethren re pented in tears and sorrow, but ye will not repent. They did not steal his silver Cup, but ye will steal and carry away in your carpet-bags not only the cups, but the saucers and the spoons.” [ Why. sur, the first official advertisement Mr. Tilden will put into the Washington paper will be tixin’ a day of thanksgiven, and callin' for sealed proposals for a peni tentiary big enough to accommodate 30,- 000 Radical thieves who have stolen a thou sand million of dollars from the national treasury. Mr. Watterson, sur. Uncle Sannny Til den is going to take his seat in that cheer —if he lives. There’s doubts about a heap of things in this subloonary world, but there ain’t no doubt about that. Let ’em rip and roar and snort and cavort like a dyin’ allgator if they want to, but my pri vate opinion is a heap of ’em had better be marshallin' their assets for transportation to some furrin and unknown clime. Intim idation ! Oh, my country! Ainazin im pudence ! Who has been intimidated for the last ten years ? Haven’t they kept us under bayonets all the time? Haven’t they divided the army about half-and-half between us and the Injuns ? Let 'em hunt for intimidation nearer home. Why, sur, .there was thousands of humble Democrats in Ohio and Pennsylvania who wanted to vote for Mr. Tilden, but their bread and meat depended on not doing it. How about all the workmen in the shops, mills, factories, that belonged to the Radicals who made their bloated fortunes out of the late war? There was no intimidation of course, but the boss calls them all up and says : “ you vote as you please, but if you don't vote for Ilaj'es (didn't you say that was his name.) you can come to the cap tain’s office, and settle, and get your walkin' papers.” The truth is, Mr. Watterson, those Rad ical cowards have been afraid of us so long that they have got intimidation on the brain, Ben Butler was invited to go to New Orleans to help count, but he didn't go; he replied by telegraph—‘‘Great spoons ! I can't go. 1 feel intimidated.” Now the worst case I have heard of is Jack Allen’s. He had three hundred ne groes on his sugar planation. and bein’ pressed for labor he ottered every darkey who stayed at home an extra dollar in sil ver, anil they stayed. The shine of the *1.50 A VEAR. IB.. ■■ - " * , coin intimidated ’em. and so louisiana is to be set down for —did you say his name was Hayes? Now for the other side of the picture. These Radical rascals made the poor nig gers believe that if Mr. Tilden was elected they would all be nut on the block and sold into slavery. They were made to be lieve u lie and put in fear of losin' their liberty, and that wasn't intimidation was it? Why. sur. in the last ten days 17 of ’em have axed me to buy 'em when the sale comes off; hut I'm afeerd to do it. They have follcrcd these Radicals so long I'm afeerd they would steal everything I've got. Sur, if there was some high and mighty arbiter of these issues who would speak to us from the clouds—some great and supreme judge a settin’ on the ton most peak of the Rocky mountains a look ing down with majestic wisdom upon this bedeviled and bewildered land, he would throw out every nigger vote that such in timidation carried to Hayes, which they say is his name. Sur, the intimidation was all on the other side. Even the carpet baggers and scalawags who roost around us like buzzards watchin' a sick horse, would have voted for Uncle Sam il they hadn't been afeard of loosin' their offices. They were intimidated, and now they are lamentin' they didn't do like Sam Hard, and dec from the wrath to (jome before it was too late, and make thciqselves unani mous. Sur, T know that all of us, more or less, are livin' under a measure of intimidation. The fear of the law, the fear of society, the fear of the devil, or some other feir keeps us all intimidated. There are some men 1 would lick if I wasn't afeared they would lick me. There's mighty few m<Jn living in a state of perfect freedom. Our domestic and commercial relations give the lie to it every day. You know how it is yourself; but are all these relations to he busted up on that account? No, sur—hy no means. A reasonable quantity jo f in timidation is a wholesome tiling forecast and man. No, let ’em count us out if they (fere to. I know they can beat the almanac awl the multiplication table and the devil uiimself on a count when they want to. Tljdronly chance to get out of bis kingdom when he gets ’em is to fool him on the coffrt some evening at dress parade. J But we’ve not some lone mg of era, and they’ll be caught at their rascality. Jot Brown and Sam Bird have gone to Florida, and Joe is a whae. He’s some on a count himself. He’s counted votes before, and hain't forgot the lick. Whether he learned from Bulloct or Bul lock learned from him I don’t know : but Joe didn’t jine Gideon's band for nothing, lie slipped in and slided out just as easy, and nobody knew when it was done. Sam Bard doesn't do that way. He tumbles in and tumbles out with a regularsommerset. and makes as much noise in doin’ it as a school boy jumpin' into a millpond. But Joseph is all right now, and our folks are bettin’ on him. One thing is shore and certain—we are not going to have that other feller to rule over us—and did you say Lis name was Hayes? Yours jubilantly, Bill Arp. Items of Interest. The commercial journals from all quar ters, we notice, unite in saying that the prospect now for an amicable settlement of the presidential controversy is having a favorable influence in commercial circles in their respective localities, and that there are but few merchants who are not look ing forward to a brisk spring business. The Centennial Exhibition was open 159 days. During that time the paid admis sions were 8,004,325. The free admissions, were 1.785,067. Total admissions, 9,789,- 392. The total receipts were $3,813,749.75. The average daily total admissions were 01.508. The average da;ly receipts were $23,035.85. Reports from different sections show that a large grain crop has been planted in Geo rgia and South Carolina, and that the pros pect is excellent for a fine harvest. With plenty of grain produced within her own borders, the South can he practically inde pendent of the products of other sections*. Sunday night last in Marion county. Miss Sarah Smith shot and killed herself with a rifle, had eight months before mar ried one Sheppard of Taylor county, whom she discovered had a former wife living near by and whom he still visited. She was about twenty-four years old. Judge Carpenter has decided that neither Chamberlain or Gen. Hampton were legal ly inaugurated as Gov ernor of South Caro lina. that Chamberlain holds over until his snccessor is legally qualified. Judge Car penter's decision will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The Turkish war is to be brought to a close. The basis of peace offered by Tur key to Servia and Montenegro is moderate and very conciliatory. Russia’s attitude towards Turkey doubtless brought about peace. Hon. John P. King, of Augusta, is the oldest ex-United States Senator living. He was in the Senate in 1833. Hon. A. Burt, of South Carolina is the oldest ex-Rcpre tentative. General Phil Cook, of Georgia, is one of the tellers in the count of the electoral vote. Morally, politically, and physically. Mor ton is on his last legs. HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1877. Ann*or to “TkolMrlii Period.” )%- BY A SCHOOL <JIRL. Wrillen/or The Sun. “ Nasty, good-for-nothing pole-cat!" is what a rosy-cheekcd maidbn said as she dashed into our office just as we had sent the last paper to the office. Why. what have we done?" we said as we dodged be hind the stove-pipe, while she indignantly brandished her parasol in close proximity to our beloved nose. “ Oh, T don't mean you." she said, smiling at our alarm ; “ I mean that slink that wrote that old mean thing about * The Girls of the Period.* I have brought some poetry for you, and if you don’t publish it. I'll set our big bull dog on you the very next time you pass our house —so there !" Dashing the man uscript on the table she vanished through the door followed closely by an enormous bus , er we are not afraid of the dog— but here’s the poetry : Though I'm a girl—a young girl too — I like to get the papers; But after 1 have read them through, I cut them into tapers. While looking o'er The Sun last night Some stuff 1 happened to see. And some perhaps will think me right When I call it poor- try. As I'm a girl not out of school, I know 'twill not become me, But lynust say ’tis but a fool That will write such poetry. No doubt he came from foreign parts ; The poets —he has seen them. As for the girls, ’twill break their hearts, Because lie's turned against them. Perhaps 'tis not too bold-for me To say to this young poet. However smart a man may be lie should not try to show it. Again, I would advise the bard To change his occupation. For him 'twill be extremely hard To build a reputation. 'J-aA tbwik of such a little goose, As I'm certain he must be, The first time his mammy turned him loose Trying to write poetry. Now, don’t he think he’s very smart, A man of consequence too, With his poor little chicken heart, And white mustache peeping through? When he dyes this fur with blacking And puts on his daddy’s boots, There’s nothing that is lacking, But a drink and some cheroots. And when he has procured these things, ((). what a lovely creature !) He shows the world how little brains lie has received from nature. ’Tis very plain why this poor dupe, With so much violence hurls, This very harsh rebuke Against us innocent girls. Some girl who dresses in the style, And who has heard of courting, Fooled him by her lovely smile While she was only sporting. He even dared to ask the maid With him—the goosey—to wed, But the bundle of lace and braid Kindly gave her foot instead. We girls have now fixed up a plan, We will not let him know it, We aim to make this smart young man Regret that he’s a poet. When we by chance the sage shall meet, In order to deceive him, Kindly we will his presence greet, And make him think we love him. But when he asks to see us home, To the poet we will say : “ Tucks and ruffles can walk alone— Stop ! , a verse I pray.” And if he should be bold enough To ask a kiss or two, We will reply : “ What? kiss such stuff! Why this chalk will poison you !” And when he trys to make amends, By begging our pardon, We’ll tell him “ No ; all of our friends Admire the Dolly \ arden." Plows and Plowing;. Southern Rural Gentleman. On the subject of plows and plowing we ask the especial attention of our readers. The success of our plantation economy is dependent almost entirely on the plow. Thus you perceive there can scarcely be too much importance attached to the plow. A good plow drawn by a good team, and held by a good plowman, not only develops the hidden treasures of the soil (its pro ductive fertility) but it may be so used as to prevent entirely the washing of the soil, and furthermore, which is perhaps its greatest advantage, may be made to coun teract almost entirely’the disastrous ex tremes and droughts, either way, which the planting interest of the country depre cates every year more or less. The only remedy in our climate, ib the absence of irrigation, for those and certain evils— drought from dry weather or drought from too much wet—it is to he found in the use of good, the best of plows, connected with level culture. We fondly hope, and we expect to see the day, when there will be such improve ment made in our plows and our system of plowing, as to enable us to plow oiir lands, in preparing them for the crops, many inches deeper. A remunerating crop every year from the land so treated is one tiling that may be relied on. We are quite aware that there is an opinion among planters generally antagonistic to this po sition. Its truth, however, when developed in the progressive improvement of the age, will like the glorious sun unclouded, shine none the less bright. l*nrHftrHjlis ol' tli<> Period. In what place gre two heads better than one? In a barrel. All women are good—good for something or good for nothing. Georgia has forty-five cotton factories all in active operation ami paying dividends. Col. E. Y. Clarke, late of the Constitu tion, is engaged in writing a history of At lanta. Ex-Governor Smith is being urged to accept the presidency of the Atlanta cotton factory. The Catholics have twenty-five priests in Georgia, seventeen churches, one college, and a number of academies. A boy of twelve, dining at his uncle’s made such a good dinner that his aunt ob served, “ Johnny, you appear to eat well.” “Yes aunty,” replied the urchin; “I’ve been practicing eating all my life.” “A passive verb,’’ said a teacher, “is ex pressive of the nature of receiving an action, as * Peter is beaten.’ Now what did Peter do?” “Well, 1 don’t know,” said the scholar, deliberating, “unless he hollered.” Josh Billing says : “There is one thing about a hen that looks like wisdom—they don't cackle much till they have laid their eggs. Sum pholks are alius a brnggin and a cackling what they are going to do before hand.” A venerable young gentleman, four years old, recently threw his maternal relatives into a tit of admiration by the following speech: “I like most all kind of cake, — pound cake, sponge cake, and jelly cake— but I don't line stomac-ache. Hen’s eggs hatch in from 19 to 21 days, turkeys in from 26 to 26 days, ducks in 28 days, Guinea fowls in from 25 to 27 days, pea fowls in from 28 to 30 days. Fresh eggs will hatch one or two days sooner than those which are two or three weeks old. The following appears under the head of “ a wife wanted :” “Any gal what’s got a bed. a coffee-pot, skillet, knows how to cut out breeches, can make a huntin shirt, and knows how to take care of children, can have my services till death parts both on us.” “I went to see my girl the other day,” says our Dan; “I kissed her repeatedly, and when I finally ceased the tears came into her eyes, and she said in sad tones, ‘Ah. Dan! 1 fear you have ceased to love me!’ ‘Oh, no, I haven't,’ I said, ‘ but I must breathe.’ ” A good, convenient and effectual remedy for stings of wasps, bees and other insects is simply to place a key over the spot stung, press it hard into the flesh, and when taken off the poison will be on the surface, where it can do no harm. A thimble with a closed top will answer the purpose but not quite so well. A North Carolina negro thought he could outrun a locomotive the other day on the Air Line road, and when he picked himself up, after being thrown twenty feet and land ing on his head, he said : “ Yer don’t ketch dis yer chile doin dat agin. It’s a right smart wonder I didn’t tear dese britches clean off.” A Pocket Piece. 1. Always speak the truth. 2. Keep good company or none. 3. Never speak evil of any one. 4. Live up to your engagement. 5. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. (5. Never be idle, if your hands can't be employed usefully, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. 7. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Never run in debt unless you see a way to get out. 8. Good company and good conversation are the signs of virtue. 9. Keep yourself innocent, if you would be happy. 10. Good character is above all things else. 11. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. 12. Read over this pocket piece carefully once a week. Also the same new way ! anew principle ! for the cure of Catarrh, Sores in the Nose and Throat. Dr. J. 11. McLean’s Catarrh Snuff. It soothes and heals. Trial boxes, 50 cents, by mail. Dr. J. H. Mc- Lean, 314 Chestnut Street, St. Lonis, Mo. “ I take my tex dis morning,” said a colored preacher, “ from dat portion of de Scripture whar de Postal Paul pints his pistol to de Fesians.” THE MAKING OF CONSTITUTIONS Tt) lint cm, l'an nnd t'lftiirca of Cumll t utltiu-.1l ii kin ft In Itaorftl*. from tAe Atlanta Ci>n*Muhun. On June Sth, i7J2, the charter of Georgia was granted, surrendered in 17*)l, and in 1754 what was termed a ” New Constitu tion ” was authorized by the King of Eng land. A “Provincial Congress,” composed of delegates from the Parishes, in April, 1776, framed certain “rulesand regulations" for the government of Georgia, and was the germ of the first Constitution, In accordance with a suggestion hy the Continental Congress, made in May. 1776, Georgia held a Convention and framed her first Constitution, which was signed and “ratified in Convention,” February 5, 1777. This was the first Constitutional’ Conven tion, and there have been eight others down to 1868 nine in all. The Legislature of 1788 selected throe delegates front each County, who met in Convention in November, 1788, framed the second Constitution, and distributed copies among the people, and called a Convention to meet in January, 1786, at Savannah, “to adopt, ratify, or reject” their work. This “ ratifying ” Convention, composed of three delegates from each County, elected by the people, proposed certain amendments, and another convention was called and met on the fourth of May, 1781), sat three days, ratified the work of the two preceding bodies, and twenty-two delegates signed the Constitution on the sixth of May, 1786. The fifth Constitutional Convention, com posed of three delegates from each County elected by the people in 1764, met in May, 1765, at Louisville, and made six amend ments. It sat two weeks, and the names of fifty-six delegates appear on the records. The sixth Convention, as arranged hy the preceding body, met the eighth of May, 1798, to revise ami amend the Constitution. The session lasted twenty-two days, and on the thirtieth of May, 1768, seventy delegates signed a parchment copy of the Constitu tion— two delegates, Glascock and Gunn, NUMBER 25. declining to sign, as they were interested in the Yazoo speculation. This body “rati fied and ordained the Constitution in force and operation from date,” 30th May, 1798. They provided that two Legislatures could amend from 1798 to 1875. Twenty-nine Amendments have been made, by the Leg islature, to the Constitution, The seventh Constitutional Convention met at Savannah the seventh of March, 1891; was in session seventeen days, and the names of 299 delegates appear on the re cords. One secretary and one assistant did all the writing, with a little hired help, but were allowed forty-five days to finish the work. The Constitution was submitted to the people on the first Tuesday in July, 1891, and on the twentieth of August. 1891, Governor Joseph E. Brown proclaimed that 11,490 votes had been cast for “ratifi cation,” and 19,704 “against ratification ” commanding!” It was then submitted to Congress, “to accept with any qualifica tions, or conditions.” Congress accepted it June 25, 1898, on condition the first and third sub-divisions of section 17, article 5, should be stricken out, and on motion of Bryant and Merrell (par nobile Jratrum!) the Legislature asssented to the “ funda mental condition imposed!” Imposed is good quite and imposition —and few can tell what part of said 17th section is now of force ; for the journal prints one way, Conley prints another, and the code of 1873 still another; and two Supreme Courts have amended by striking out. As to the basis of representation, in 1790 the population of Georgia was 82.548. and in 1789 there were twenty-two delegates, or Ito about 3,752 inhabitants. In 1798 there were seventy-two delegates to about 102,08(5 inhabitants, or 1 delegate to about 2,259 people. In 1801 there were about three hundred delegates to about 1,057,280 inhab itants, or 1 to 3,424. In 1808 there were 188 delegates, or 1 to about 0,000 inhabitants. As to cost the convention of 1801 cost for members, printing, and other expenses, $98,852.50. 1805 —cost, $45,390.35. 1807-B—cost, $101,392.47. The session of 1801 was 17 days; that of 1805 was 15 days ; that of 1807-8 was 63 days. The recent constitutional convention in Alabama was composed of about 100 mem bers, and cost for members and officers about $26,000. W. O. T. February 3, 1877. Judfce Havin' SBcrenwir. From the Atlanta Cormtitution. If Judge Davis holds on until the fourth of March, which we hope he will do, his vacancy will be filled by President Tilden. If he resigns before that day, Grant will fill the vacancy and John A. Logan will be the man. Gen. McDonald, of St. Louis, the whisky man recently pardoned by Grant, would make as competent a judge as Logan—and it will be for the good of the whole country for Judge Davis to hold on until the fourth of March. Mr. Tilden will select a judge from the South. The South has had no representation on the bench since the death of Justice Wayne. If he makes the selection from the South, we call his attention to Georgia—and to Logan E. Bleckley, now* on tne supreme bench of Georgia. Wc have known him all our life. He is pure, just, able, upright, and the peer of any judge on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States. —a majority of 795. The eighth Convention was in session fif teen days, in October and November, 1895, at Milledgeville, and the names of 284 dele gates appear on the journal. This Consti tution was not submitted to the people, but the people submitted to it. owing to certain moral suasion emenatingfrom Washington. The ninth Couvention was held in 1897-8, at Atlanta, was composed of 188 delegates, and was in session sixty-three days. This band of patriots submitted their work to everybody; first to the people, (?) the whole licople, a protracted carnp-mceting-election, leginning the twentieth day of April, 1898, and “kept open from day to day, and night to night, at the discretion of the General