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Wo'im-siliiy Morning. Rarch 14. 1H77.
The Cabinet Appointments.
From the following telegram,it seems
that the Commission President is not to
he “handled” as easily as Morton,
Blaine and their cohorts imagined.
In fact, they are doubtful whether his
name is Hayes or Andy Johnson!
Washington, March 7. — The long
looked for Cabinet has at last been an
nounced. The President to-day sent the
following nominations to the Senate:
Secretary of State—Wm. M. Evarts,
of New York.
Secretary of the Treasury— John Sher
man, of Ohio.
Postmaster-General — David M. Key,
of Tennessee.
Secretary of the Navy— Richard W.
Thompson, of Indiana.
Secretary of thelnterior-CARi, Schurz,
of Missouri.
Secretary of War—Geo. W. McCrary,
of lowa.
Attorney-General — Charles Devins,
of Massachusetts*.
The appointments are generally con
ceded to be conservative, and the ultra
Radicals are highly incensed at the
President, Cameron going so far as to
say, “ We had better have had Tilden.”
Tiie nominations, instead of being con
firmed by the Senate as has been the
custom, were referred to a committee.
This was done in order to give the Re
publicans time to consider what they
ought to do under the circumstances.
The President seems to be determined
not to make any changes in the appoint
ments, and his course thus far is quite
conciliatory aud commeudable.
South Carolina and Louisiana.
The situation in these States is about
the same, hut a gleam of hope now
cheer the patriots, as the indicated policy
of Hayes is to withdraw the troops aud
let each government stand on its own
merit. This will be a virtual recogni
tion of the Hampton and Nicholes
governments. The ultra Radicals urge
that this would be a tacit confession that
Hayes did not receive these votes, and
consequently was not elected, and would
give Tilden grounds for a case. This is
a logical conclusion. But Hayes was
not elected by the States' votes —don't
forget that. He was elected by the
Electoral Commission, which, though a
new aud novel way, seems to be very
efficient.
The Inaugural Address.
Upon the inaugural address, the views
of' the Charleston Journal of Commerce
are so in accord with our own that we
reproduce them in our editorial column:
The inaugural address is a well-writ
ten, fair-spokeu and, outhe whole, judi
cious paper. Of course, there are opin
ions and suggestions we cannot endorse.
But the general tenor of the sentiments
and policy, so far as the South is con
cerned, are liberal aud conservative.
The President “ repeats what was said
before the electiou.” He seeks “the
permanent pacification of the country
and for the South “ the inestimable bless
iug of wise, honest and peaceful local
self-government ” —“ the imperative ne
cessity, required by all the varied inter
ests, public and private, of those States.”
He considers the question one “of gov
ernment or no government; of social
order aud all the peaceful industries and
the happiness that belong to it, or a re
turn to barbarism.”
If we are to construe what all this
means, it is very good. What President
Hayes may mean by it, we will shortly
learn. He concludes this portion of his
address by the assurance of “ his best
efibrts in behalf of civil policy which will
forever wipe out, in our political affairs,
the color line, and the distinction be
tween North and South, to the end that
we may have, not merely a united North
and South, hut a united country.” These
are good sentiments to read, but their
practical! accomplishment is another and
a very different thing. It can never be
brought about on the principles and
policy which have governed the Repub
lican party. It may not he effected by
any efforts to Radicalise the South by
the appointment of Southern men to
office under a Radical Administration.
A total change in the course of the Go
vernment of the United States in respect
to “ the constraint of force,” accompan
ied by a strict observance of the Consti
tution and the laws and genuine reform
and economy in the civil service—these
would once more establish free govern
ment and unite the country. Nothing
else can.
The recommendations touching re
form, and the change of the term of the
Presidential office to six years and for
bidding a re-election, are excellent and
will meet a large approval. Also, the
Monroe doctrine, of non-interference in
the affairs of foreign nations, and the
advocacy of a return to specie payment.
Let President llaykh now work up
to his general utterances. Jlis Cabinet
appointments will be the best indication
of how he will carry them out in con
duct.
***
The State Agricultural Society.
This body met in Millcdgeville on the
6th inst. There were a large number
of delegates present. The meeting was
an interesting and profitable one. Gov.
Colquitt delivered his farewell address,
and Col. Thomas Hakdiman, jr., was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Gov. Colquitt.
tk&'" Chief Justice Moses, of South
Carolina is dead. He was a lawyer of
line abilities, aud his rulings generally
fair and equitable. He was a Jew, and
the father of F. J. Moses, jr., the
prodigal Ex-Governor of South Caro
lina. This was an exception to the old
adage of “ Like father, like son.”
Whnt the I.eartiiiK Ucorgjla Papers Nay
Ml’ the InaiiKWrat Allreta.
The Chronicle and Sentinel says of Mr.
Ilayes, inaugural: “Altogether it is a
manly, moderate and statesmanlike ad
dress.”
This is what the Augusta Constitutional
ist has to say about the inaugural: “ Mr.
Hayes ” inaugural address does not impress
us other than negatively. It seems to be
a string of pretty sentiments; but it is a
wise old maxim that “ fine words butter
no parsnips.”
The Atlanta Constitution winds up its
editorial on Hayes’ inaugural as follows :
“ We await results, neither accepting nor
rejecting the assurances contained in the
inaugural of General Grant’s successor.
The outcome of past promises lias not been
satisfactory, and we must therefore be per
mitted to mingle apprehensions with any
stray gleams of hope that the speech before
us may have created.”
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
says of the inaugural, “ that it contains a
great deal that, in general, is right and
proper, but with the single exception of
the resumption of specie payments, it com
mits him to nothing at all—any more than
a general essay on public administration
would do. lie goes in for peace and good
nature —public honesty—civil service re
form—is opposed to political prosecution
—deprecates party spirit—wants the peo
ple educated, and insists on good manners
and politeness in general—but Grant did
the same, and then wound up by substan
tially outlawing everybody who did not
belong to the ring.”
The Columbus Enquirer closes editorial
on the inaugural in thiswise : “ The whole
document may hear Republican or Demo
cratic construction, lie harps most on
self-government. The Republicans have
gassed aad hectored much about this, yet
whenever it is to party interest they have,
with the arinv. ridden rough shod over
State rights. The South has no lot nor
stock with Mr. Hayes. All she asks is to
be let alone by general government, and
she will be governed by justice, wisdom
and moderation personified by the men of
her choice. Mr. Hayes should be barely
suffered by our section—submitted to be
cause we are forced—but ever regarding
him as one led by fraud and bayonets into
a Presidency to which he is not entitled.
Those Southern Representatives who made
such hot haste to congratulate him on Sat
urday, the moment of his arrival, among
whom were Hill and Blunt, of Georgia, re
call the sycophantic fawning servitors of
despotism who, with one breath, exclaim :
“ The King is dead !’ and with the next,
‘ Long live the King !’ Those claiming to
represent Southern sentiment might have
afforded to await a decent time before call
ing on a man in an official manner, whom
the House has declared not eiected. and we
are glad to.note the majority have done so.’
Extract from llaycct’a Inaugural Add rows
The evils which afflict the Southern
States can only be removed or remedied by
the united and harmonious efforts of both
races, actuated by motives of mutual sym
pathy and regard : and while in duty bound
and fully determined to protect the rights j
of all. by e very constitutional means at the
dis|>osal of my administration, 1 am sin
cerely anxious to use every legitimate in
tiuence in favor of honest and efficient lo
cal self-government, as the true resource of
those States for the promotion of the con
tentment and prosperity of their citizens.
In the effort I shall make to accomplish
this purpose. I ask the cordial co-operation
of all who cherish an interest in the wel
fare of the country, trusting that party ties
and the prejudice of race will he irecly
surrendered in behalf of the great purpose
to he accomplished.
fn the important work of restoring the
South, it is not the political situation alone
that merits attention. The material devel
opment of that section of the country has
been arrested by the social and political
revolution through which it has passed,
and now needs ami deserves the consider
ate care of the national government, within
the just limits prescribed by the constitu
tion and wise public economy; hut at the
basis of all prosperity, for* tfiat as well as
for every other part of the country, lies the
improvement of the intellectual and moral
condition of the people. I niversal sutl
rage should rest upon universal education.
To this end liberal and permanent provision
should be made for the support of free
schools by the-State governments, and if
needed, supplemented by legitimate aid
from national authority.
Let me assure my countrymen of the
Southern States that it is my earnest de
sire to regard and promote their truest in
terests ; the interest of the white and of
the colored people both and equally, and
to put forth my best efforts in behalf of
a civil policy which will forever wipe out,
in our political affairs, the color line and
the distinction between North and South,
to the end that we may have not merely a
united North or a united South, but a uni
ted country.
Cheek.
The New York llernhl is in the best of
humor with itself. This is about as full of
cheek as anything we have seen since the
Centennial :
Thd sudden mutiny against the new
President in his own party, the outcry
against his Cabinet, the fierce assaults on
lus Southern policy, have so occupied pub
lic attention that we have not found it con
venient until now to state, with proper em
phasis, our warm approval of his senti
ments upon a question in which the Her
ald has for several years taken a deep in
terest, It would not be quite accurate to
say that we indorse his views ; the truth
is that he has indorsed and adopted ours.
We are proud of so distinguish a convert;
we congratulate ourselves that not Presi
dent Hayes alone, but other statesmen of
eminence, may he counted among the dis
ciples of the Herald.
llcnis of Interest.
Judge John Andrews, of Griffin is dead.
Tiie Hartwell Sun is one ofthe neat
est and best arranged weeklies on our ex
change list. —Atlanta Constitution.
On the night of the Ist inst., the Carnes
ville jail was broken open and the prisoners,
three in number, made good their escape.
Mr. John Maier, an old and reliable
citizen of Atlanta, committed suicide re
cently. He committed the fatal deed with
an old fashioned three-barrel pistol. The
ball entered the roof of his mouth and
lodged in the upper part of his brain.
The Sprinfield Republican thinks it is
a victory to be enjoyed with great sober
ness, and it is a defeat that requires more
than all the philosophy ofthe average l)em
ocatic human nature to accept without
protest, to regard without misgiving, or
to forget without thoughts of revenge.
The Detroit Free Press sneaks of Wells
as “ the champion rascal of the nineteenth
century.” The Courier-Journal thinks
this is rather unjust to Morton, Chandler,
Bradley and others, who have done their
level best to equal the rascality, of Wells,
and it is no fault of theirs if they haven’t
surpassed it.
In the Senate on the Gth, Blaine of Maine
modestly mentioned Mr. Morton's record ;
thereat the Indiana Senator feelingly re
torted that Brother Blaine need not trouble
himself about the record of other men, as
he must have all he could do to defend his
own. Verily ! truth speaking hath not en
tirely departed from Oliver.
Recently in the town of Thomasville,
Davidson Cos., N.C., while William Thomas
and a Miss Forney were before the altar
for the purpose of being married, more
than half of the ceremony having been per
formed, the bride dropped dead before the
officiating clergyman. Heart disease, was
the verdict of the coroner's jury.
Weep, brothers, weep your shaire,
For Sammy's cheaten of the president's
chaire.
By the vote of a solitary Electaire,
But in 1880, when the “count’'is faire,
He will have votes of such numbaire
As to cause tosweairand tear his haire,
That old bull-dozaire Zach Chandlaire.
Dr. Swet Cox. of Homer, in North
Georgia, committed suicide recently by
taking morphine and strychnine. He had
been absent two days, and his wife sup
posed he was absent on professional busi
ness. He was found in his office, with his
nose and lips eaten by mice—several of
which were lying dead near him. They
were doubtless killed by the poison on his
lips.
A New York letter says: “Measures
are on foot to bring about a compromise
between William M. Tweed and his pros
ecutors, by which all civil and criminal
proceedings against the former are to be
discontinued in consideration of the trans
fer by him nominally to the people of the
State of New York, but in reality to Peck
ham & Cos., Representatives of the attor
ney-general—of a certain proportion of
what the lawyers and others have left him
out of his large fortune. Towards the
latter part of the past week it has been
confidently stated tnat the Boss was to be
released during the present week.”
The defeat of the Army hill calls to mind
its defeat under similar circumstances
twenty years ago. in the long session of
the last Congress of Pierce's administration.
The House, which was moderately Repub
lican. inserted in the bill a section forbid
ding tho use of tire army to prevent the
people of Kansas from organizing such a
State Government as they pleased. '1 he
Senate, which was intensely Democratic,
struck out this section. The root of the
controversy was the establishment or pro
hibition of slavery in that Territory, l'he
close of the session drew near. Conference
committees of the Senate and House con
tended long and fiercely over the thorny
section. The last committee that wrestled
with it and reported the final disagreement,
consisted of Douglas, Toombs, and Seward
of the Senate, and Lewis I). Campbell.
James L. Orr. and Francis E. Spinner, of
the House. The hour for adjourning trine
die arrived, the hill fell lifeless upon the
table, and Pierce was compelled to call an
extra session of Congress.
Sitting in his library one day. and point
ing to an excellent photograph of this com
mittee, Gov. Seward, while describing
their warm conflict, laughingly remarked :
“ Douglas and I did pretty much all the
arguing, and Spinner and Toombs pretty
much all the swearing. I won’t say how
it was about the arguing, but I am sure
our side got the best of it in the swearing.”
The Cuthhert Appeal says that on Satur
day last Mr. Holt, living near Ward's
station, lost his little son, about six years
old by death. Mrs. Holt, at the time of
her child’s death, was in perfect health,
but her loss proved more than she could
bear. She prayed earnestly that God
would take her with her little boy—that
she did not wish to live away from him, and
at 9 o'clock Sunday morning she was a
corpse by the side of her dead child. Just
before her death she asked her sister if she
would take her infant, a child some six
months old, and being informed that she
would, retired upon her bed saying, 4 * I
will now die,” and expired without a strug
gle. She was buried in the grave with her
child.
B. E. SEABORN,
WITH
HA R T & C 0.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, IRON,
Steel and Agricultural Implements,
CHARLESTON, S. C. 29-32
MAKE OR BREAK.
We ex peek anew stock of DRY
GOODS, SHOES, HATS, CROCK
ERY and HARDWARE soon. In
fact, will keep as before a little of every
thing excejd Liquors, Playing Cards and
Tombstones.
For cash—well the bottom is knocked
out, and you will be surprised to see at
what astonishingly low prices everything
is sold.
To those who have paid us up, we will
sell agaiu on time. Those who know
themselves to be slow and bad pay will
please not ask credit, as they cannot ex
pect anything hut a refusal. We know
them as well as they know themselves.
For our knowledge we have paid dearly,
and we have au abiding something, or
things (notes or accounts) that continu
ally remind us of fair promises not ful
filled. So they will not be forgotten,
even if their names should not appear
on our new Ledger. Besides, we have
not the money, if we had the inclina
tion, to supply the whole country with
goods on time. Hence, will accommo
date those only who care for us and show
their appreciation by paying up at least
ouce a year.
E. B. BENSON & CO.
WE HAVE
A large lot of FLOUR, which we offer
low.
A good assortment of TOBA CCO.
GARDEN SEEDS, and the earliest as
well as the most prolific CORN
on the market.
Several varieties IRISH POTATOES.
Cheap MOLASSES —Three Grades of*
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP.
Bark and shuck COLLARS.
PLOWS, HAMES, TRACES, and
BA CKBANDS.
Also, a very large lot of HOLS, at very
low prices.
For a 5 mile smoke, try one of our
long CIGARS.
E. B, Benson & Cos.
I \R. W. H. McCURRY, Dentist,
[/ HARTWELL, GA.
Will Jo all work iu the Dental liu*. lie m*r 4bn
Ten - bvt material and guarantees Hatiafiirtion. Ho
can*be found at tho Drug Store of A. O, McCurry &
Cos., when not profeeaioually nbeent. sis
p EORGIA—HART COUNTY.
VJ Ordinary Omen. February -Jf>. 1877.
George L. Reed has applied for exemption of
pemoualtr. and I will jiaM iijkui the xnuieat lsloolock
m. on the Aid dav of March. IHT7. at my ottiee.
F. C. STKI* 6 KNSON,
27 Ordinary.
n EORGIA—HART COUNTY.
VJ Whemos Surah A. Kiev apnliett to me for let
tern of administration (with the will annexed) on tho
the estate of Robert Steele, late of said County, de
cellNed ;
These are thwftire to cite and admonish all con
cerned, to show cause, if any they have, at my office,
on or before the Ist Monday in April next, why said
letters should not he granted. Given tinder my
hand at office, this slli day of March, 1877.
28-31 F. C. STEI’IIENSON, Ordinary.
TO CONTRACTORS.
Bids for Building a Jail for Hart County,
Georgia.
Sealed proposals for building a Jail in
Hartwell. Hart County. Georgia, will be
received by the undersigned, until 12
o'clock M., Saturday, April 7, 1877. Each
hid to he endorsed : ** Bid for Jail for
Hart County. Ga.,” and with the name of
bidder.
Bids must embrace the whole work, and
the bidder to furnish all materials to com
plete the work :
Ist. The brick, stone and plastering
work, including the digging of the founda
tion.
2d. The Carpenter's and shop work, in
cluding furnisning all necessary lumber
and shingles.
3d. The necessary iron work. The jail
is of brick and plank 32x20 feet, plank
laid flat, and edgeways fastened with 20
penny nails. All doors of oak and iron.
The Committee reserve the right to re
ceive any or reject all bids.
The work is to be started immediately
upon signing the contract, and to be com
pleted by September 15th, 1877.
Plan and Specifications are to he seen at
the Ordinary's office, in Hartwell, Georgia.
F. C. STEPHENSON,
Ordinary Hart County.
March Ist, 1877, 28-31
HART COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
We, the undersigned physicians, have this day met
and organi/.ed ourselves into a Society, to be known
as the “Hart County Medical Society,” with Dr.
(ieorge Eherhart as President and Dr. W. H. Pago
as Secretary, for the mutual protection of ourselves
and our patrons. Be it
Resolved. That our patrons be requested to com©
forward and make settlement of outstanding de
mands. that we may know for whom to practice aud
who are our supporters.
For the benefit of all eontWned we append the fin
lowing Fee-Bill, the same to be considered due and
payable iu cash or by note when the patient is dis
charged :
For simple prescription . . | ] 90
For mileage, in day time, ... 50
For mileage, in night time, . . . 1 OO
For natural eases of obstetrics . . . 10 00
For instrumental eases of obstetrics . 25 00
For Craniotomy . . . 50 OO
For each consultation . . .10 00
For lancing, aln-ess or gnms. . . . 100
For examination with speculum . . 250
For cathoterism . . . . 250
For adjusting fractures . . . 5 00
For reducing dislocations . . . 500
For amputations . . . from $5 to 50 OO
For all eases of gonorrhoea . .10 00
For all cases of syphilis . . 20 OO
GEORGE EBKRUART, M. D.,
W. 11. PAGE. M. 8.,
U. A. WEBB. M. !>.,
A. J. MATHEWS, M. D..
24 R. G. WITHERSPOON, M. D.
111-All THIS.
SAW MILL NOTICE.
I HAVE determined upon the following terms tbr
this year, so that there can be no misunderstand
ing:
For sawing lumber, 40 cents per ICO fret if paid bv
next Fall.
For sawing lumber. 50 courts per 100 feet if not
paid by January Ist, le7B.
Lumber for sale at 80 cents per 100 feet, to be paid
m the Fall. 1
Lumber for sale at SI.OO per 100 feet, if not paid by
January Ist, 1878.
These terms will be strictly adhered to.
H. N. AYERS,
26-30 Reed Creek, Ga.
'J'HOMAS W. TEASLEY,
A TT O RNE Y AT LA IF,
HARTWELL, GEORGIA,
Will practice in the Counties of Hart, Elbert. Ogle
thorpe, Madison, and Franklin, Prompt attention
given to the collection of all claims entrusted to bis
care. a
Miss ANNIE JORDAN
TfTTIX resume her Music Class on the 29th day of
?T Jauuary. Having procured new text-books,
she ensures the best method of teaching the rudi
ments of this beautiful science.
Rates per month reduced to 84.
W. H. SATTF.HFIELD. W. A. HOLLAND.
“REDTOP” SALOON,
FINE WINES,
WHISKIES\
BRANDIES ,
CIGARS , and
TOBACCOS.
ERYTHrjfG done up in the little brown jug.
3 SATTERFIELD & HOLLAND.
Old papers for sale at this office.