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THE SI X. _ SUBSCRIPTIONS—Ou* oopy one year , f1.50; six months, 75 rente, invariably in advance. ADVERTISING.—One square, first insertion, ("tie inch), $1.00; a.ch subsequent iuser'ion, 75 cents. Liberal deductions made la ad vert item, according to the spare and time that in occupied. TERMS.- -Transient advertisements, Cush ; contract advertisements must be settled monthly, nr For announcing candidates Five Foliar*—in variably in advance. Obituary notices, exceeding five lines, tributes of re spect, and all personal communications, or mailers of individual interest, trill bv charged for at regular rates. Notices of marriages, of deaths and of a religious character are requested and will be. inserted free. Short newsy communications are solicited ; but we ure not responsible for the Hews of correspondents. L F\SOX and AtclllLL. I‘ublishers. HARTWEIiL, HAST rorvrv, GA. i Wrdnmdß)' HornliiK, nay 3S, 1H77. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR ST a TE CONVENTION. IV Wo nro authorized to announce the mums of Judge C. H. SUTTON, of Unhcrnhani County, aa n Candidate to represent the :Mh( Senatorial Diatrict in tlie State Constitutional Convention. iff" The many friend a of Dr. 1). (). OSBORNE anuounoe him hh a auitalde man to represent tlium in the Constitutional Convention. tV The friends of Maj. ,1. 11. SKELTON an nounre him us a candidate for the Constitutional Con tention. fy* Tlte MeOduofCxrr. JOHN PEEK announce him as a suitable man to represent lids County in the Constitutional Convention. Significant. The circulars of the Agricultural Commissioner, advising the people to plant hogs and corn instead of cotton are as plentiful as falling leaves in au tumn. It seems that he thinks the farmers have not heard of that awful war in the East, and consequent rise in provisions. It is nearly time for election of members of the Constitutional Conven tion, and it looks like the roekology fel lows ought to be advising folks to pile up rocks for a time of need, and the School Commissioner might find it ad vantageous to send around a few tracts ; also, the gentleman who gets $2,000 a year as principal keeper of the Peniten tiary, when there is none. War News Summary. Another serious engagement occurred on the 11th inst., between the Russians and Turks at Batoum. The Russians made a furious onslaught on the heights at that place and were repulsed with great loss. The Russians lost many guns. A dispatch from Constantinople states that Admiral Hassan Pasiia at tacked the Russians at Sukum Khaleh and drove them from the town. The tow r n is in flames. Telegraph commu cation between Constantinople and Kars, via Erzeroum, remains intact. A Turkish gunboat has been sunk by the Russian batteries at Ibrai! on the Dan ube, and all of the crew of 200 was lost but one. Heavy engagements are imminent. Roumania has declared war against Turkey. Let the Boys Have Fun. Editors Sun: We often, of a winter's night take our pipe and think over some of the pranks and fun of boyhood days, and laugh to think of them. Seventy-five of the worst boys in South Carolina were sent to a manual labor school. Rev. J. L. Kennedy w r as the Principal; noted for his great ability to manage and educate bad boys. At the sound of the trumpet at daylight every morning these bad boys as sembled in the recitation room for prayers. They would shoot pop corn at esch other, and carry on mischief in such a manner, that Mr. Kennedy had to pray with his eyes open to keep them quiet. We hav£ tried to keep posted in the history of those seventy-live bad boys, and as far as we know all succeeded in life, and man}' of them made eminent divines, lawyers, phy sicians, merchants, planters and politicians, with two exceptions—one did a mean trick at school, which followed him through life, and one made a drunken, murderous gam bler. I know you like short articles, and will only give one among a thousand pranks played on each other : Some of the big boys were musicians, performed on violin, flute, banjo, &c. This School was located four miles from Pendleton, S. C„ a town noted for pretty girls. The big boys were in the habit of going on Satur- j day nights to town to serenade the girls and would not let the little boys go with them, so they concluded to play a trick on them in revenge. A creek ran across the road a mile from the School leading to town The big boys, dressed in linen clothes. had a nice time. While they were gone, the little boys procured shovels and buckets, dragged and “ toted ” black mud from the swamp, spread it nicely over the steep little hill running down to the creek, and stretching a well-rope tightly across it, awaited the result. As the serenading party returned late in the dark night, the little fellows raised a frightful yell and the big boys started to run and were tripped and piled up in a heap in the black mud. This prana showed energy ami pluck. A boy who goes with his head down, moping about like a louzy calf, is not apt to rise in the world when a man. Old Boy. AllKUtln him! Inor* tile Ituili-oiiil. Anderson (.S', C.) Journal. A convention was held in Augusta last week in the interest of the above named road, which was attended by delegates from Tennessee, North < 'arolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, the majority of the conven tion being from Augusta alone. The meet ting had very little to do, as the committees had been appointed, resolutions drafted, and all the detail prepared and made ready before the convention assembled. After organizing it was no trouble for the con vention to utterly ignore the claims ofSouth Carolina, and resolutions were adopted lo cating the line of the proposed road, and the enterprising Georgians, as they leaned back in their chairs and cracked their “goobers,” could hour the whistle of the locomotive and sec the long trains over the great trunk line pouring the wealth of the great West right into tne lap of Augusta, and they were going to keep it all and not let South Carolina have a bit of it. But af ter soaring around through the air for awhile they will have to “come down” again, when they will probably, after thinking about it, come to the conclusion that this road will have to be graded, track will have to be laid, and rolling stock will have to be purchased, all of which re quires a little capital, and then the route that puts up the most money, shows the cheapest route and does the most work will likely secure the road. Let the people of South Carolina look to their interests and not he bull-dozed by the Augusta con vention, for the road they built last week is not in running order yet. MiKCCIIKm-ou* Hems. Constantinople has been in possession of the Turks nearly four hundred and twenty fl vc years. Six foxes attacked a stray calf in Mon roe county the other day, and only desisted when one of their number was killed. A citizen of this county went to Augusta the other day, and bought five silver watch es for his five sons. — fvarrenton Clipper. Three young men of Thomas county who went to Texas a few years ago have re turned to stay until Gabriel blows his horn. '""a The City Bank of Kfirr-J.r'fTSs Vailed and made assignment. This accounts doubt less for the suspension of“ Bridges Smith's Paper.'’ The Georgia Press has lifted its coat (ails and is composedlv sitting down on Joseph E. Brown because of his attack ou Gordon. Secretary Sherman thinks the govern ment will be able to resume specie pay ment in 1579 unless delayed by unwise legislation. Last week a man named Thompson jumped of! a passenger train on the Cen tral Railroad, near Millen, breaking his neck, and died almost instantly. Besides the internal foes that will harass Turkey, it befalls Russia to keep down the rebellious Poles in Europe and the Caucas sians and Mahommcdans in Asia. The Secretary of War has ordered 2,500 enlisted men of the army to be discharged between this and July 1, on account of postponement of the extra session. Dick Lawson, colored, who murdered Frank Cunningham, his brother-in-law in Upson county, about a year ago, has been sentenced to be hanged on the 6th of July. The Hon. Ben Hill has been offered twenty-five hundred dollars and expenses to visit Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and deliver a lecture in each place. The Dablonega Signal says that Mr, G. F. Chastain, while ploughing in his field several weeks ago, found buried in the ground near the Toccoa river a coffin, sup posed to be that of an Indian. A dangerous counterfeit fifty dollar Na tional Bank note has made its appearance. The hill is smaller than the genuine, and the charter number is 210 on the counter feit, while on the genuine it is 376. A western dealer in flour, while seated in his immense warehouse, reading of a brisk skirmish around Kars, suddenly bawled out to his clerk. “ Say, Tom, the Russians and Turks have had another fight; go and add another half a dollar to the price of each barrel of flour.” We learn from James G. Lester. Esq, of Cutoming. Forsyth county that two white men named respectively Tumlin and Tiller son were arrested in that place last week, the former for attempting to commit a rape upon a little, six years old white girl, the the daughter of a highly respectable farmer living in seven mines of Gumming. These men were passing from Milton to Jackson | county and Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock they met the littlO six year old girl and a younger sister in the public road about 100 yards from her horn" and Tum lin deliberately attempted to outrage helpless innocence, while Tillerson looked on and refused to protect the girl from the brutal assault of his depraved companion. As soon as the father of the little gn'l learned of the deed, he went in pursuit and came up with them in Gumming. They were arrested and denied guilt but. finally confessed the crime with marked indiffer ence. Justice J. W. James bound them over and they were committed to jail. The citizens were highly indignant and the vil lains may congratulate themselves as they escaped lynching. —Marietta Journal. A correspondent appeals to us to deal softly on fraud. “My good friend,” he writes, “don't you think it would show good taste on your part to refrain in the future from all mention of those estimable men in your paper who are the chosen heads ot the nation? Do remember that, however much you may differ from them in political sentiments, a certain respect is due them from all good citizens.” Now they are not. the chosen heads of the nation. The nation did not choose them ; it rejected them ; anil then they were put in through fraud. , They are receivers of stolen goods, ami no respect is due them from good citizens. On the contrary, it is the duty of good citizens who look to the future welfare of the country, to repu diate the fraud by which the Constitution and the will of the people were alike set aside, and eschew the men who bear rule over us by a fraudulent title.— N. Y. Sun. On Saturdav night week, in about eight m les of Acworth, some villain perpetrated a diabolical deed. While Mr. Sanford and wife were eating supper, some person slip ped up to the house, and evidently shot at Mrs. Sanford, and from some cause Mr. Sanford raised his hand, the ball struck it and passed through and lodged in the fore head of his wife. What is strange she pro cured the trumpet and blowed it for some time before she found that she was hurt. She doubtless would have been killed in stantly if the force of the ball had not been lessened by striking the hand of her hus band first. Drs. McEver and Cotton were unable to find the ball, which passed through the skull, at last accounts. It is a serious hurt, but she does not complain of the wound. As to who did the deed no one knows, but parties are suspicioned, and we hope the guilty may be found out and made to suffer to the extent of the law. —Marietta Journal. The Columbus Times remarks: “In Sunday's Constitution there is a very good map of Europe, amt those parts of Asia and Africa, bordering on the Mediteranean. We liave yet however, to see a good war map.” We know what kind of a map Colonel Martin wants, lie wants a map where you can see the soldiers maneuver ing, see their camping out. hear them fry ing their bacon, and catching an occasional glimpse of the burning of a bomb. We are having one of these war maps con structed.—Atlanta Constitution. Judah P. Benjamin, once Confederate Secretary Of State, who is now an advocate at the English bar, is literally run down with lucrative business, and turns people with their hands full of gold away from his doors every, day, simply because he has no time to attend to their cases. He earns a matter of SIOO,OOO every year, and could earn more if he could put a legal extension on the twenty-four hours. The planting season being over we will sing the long metre doxology and be dis miss e.<L: _ -L& JuUOyhiU* i 7f * h CO rn, Pi also him all cmuures 4 yet unborn; Praise him. alas ! such men are few. Praise him. his wife and children too. I. H. HALL &CO., 3 lo 10 Market A 233 * 225 East Bay, CHARLESTON. .. C. DOOMS, SmSMRS, BLINDS, All kinds of Manufactured Wood Work at unusually low prices, to suit the times. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, &c.,'&c. We have the best ready mixed paints, all colors, guaranteed to give satisfaction. All of the above has our special super vision ; can offer inducements to all pur chasers. Thankful for past favors, we solicit a liberal continuance of the same. Address I. H. HALL & CO., Charleston, S. C. Or our Agents, E. B. BEXNON * Cos., S4 85 Hartwell, <a. EDWIN BATES, > CHARLES K. DATES, ? THOS. K. MCGAHAN, i JAMES P. GIBBE6. S EDWIN BATES & CO., JOBBERS OF Dry Goods & Clothing, Nos. 122 & 124 Meeting Street, 33 CIIAHLF.STOBf, S. C. 58 Hart sheriff’s sale. Will Ik* wild before tbe Courthouse door in Hartwell, Hart County. Georgia, on the First Tucs dav in .Tune next, it being the sth day of the month, within the legal herbs of sale, the following proper ty, to-wit: . , ‘ Two Acres of Land, more or less, including the shop of Defendant, lying on the road from Parker’s Mills to Providenee Church, in said County, it being part of tract on which Defendant lately resided in the 1,117 th District G. M.. of said County, to be sur veyed off round the said shop, joining said road and T.‘ M. Gwin. notice having been served on tenant in possession of said land, being the property of K. T. Williams. Levied on to satisfy a tax h. fa. issued by S. T. Fleming, T. C. of said County, levy made and returned to me by J- W. Buffington, L. C. of said County. This May 7,1877. J. B. MYERS, Sheriff. DR. W. H. McCURRY, Dentist, HARTWELL. GA. ! Will do all work in the Dental line. He uses the j very best material and guarantees satisfaction. He can be found at the Drug Store of A. G, McCurrv & | Cos., when not professionally absent, 38 M. 0. k J. F. KISER k CO., JOIIBFKS Oi' DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND NOTIONS, 36 Corner Pryor nnil Wall Street*. Atlanta, Oa. 48 EDDLEMAN & MOWN, SS BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER, Also, MANUFACTURERS OF BOOTS AND SHOES. fgtorctt 33 Peachtree A 91 Whitehall Street*, anti Shoe Factory, 9* llroatl Street, ATLANTA! GEORGIA. Special attention given to filling orders, ami sat intact ion guaranteed. 36-tW L. PASSAM) & SONS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, Gloves, Trimmings and Small Wares, 268 WEST BALTIMORE STREET, BAL TIM ORE. as-sa J7C. CAREER, WHOLESALE GROCER, 51 & 53 EAST ALABAMA ST., ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Orders from Prompt Paying Merchants So licited. Will Guarantee Prices as Low as any Respon - sffrfe ffo'ust? fff tnfs" Htty; r - -f 3, J. C. CARTER. ' W. H. BROWN & BRO,, Wholesale Druggist, BALTIMORE, MD.. J)ROPRIETORS and Manufacturers of Brown’s Monumental Bitters, “ Vegetable Worm Candy, “ Horse and Cattle Powders, “ Seidlitz and Soda Powders, “ Sewing Machine Oil, “ Essence Jamaica Ginger, “ Nerve and Bone Liniment, “ Cathartic and Tonic Liver Pills, “ Cough Syrup, “ Cod Liver Oil, “ King of All Pain—“ Ivierstead’s,” “ Blood Searcher —“Lindsay’s,” “ Sarsaparilla—“ Schwartz's,” “ Fever and Ague Powders— “ Coulson’s,” “ Flavoring Extracts —Full strength, “ Monumental Boquet Cologne, “ Monumental Boquet Soap, “ Lily White and Rouge. All of the above reliable preparations can be had of E. B. BENSON & CO., 38-63 Hartwell, Ga. W G. ASHLEY & CO,, (Successors to Jenniugs & Ashley,) 33 South Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA. KEEPS constantly on hand at Wholesale and Retail the largest and cheapest stock of Doors, Sash, and Blinds, in Georgia. -Also Mouldings, Mantles, Varanda, Brackets, Balluster, Window Glass, Putty and BUIDERS’ HARDWARE. Write us for price list and special prices. Terms Cash. 34-59 Hart sheriff’s sale. Will be Hold before the Courthouse door in Hartwell, Hart County, Georgia on the First Tues day in June next, it being the sth day of the month, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit; Fifty-Seven Acres of Land, being sitnate and lying in the County aforesaid and joining lands of G. W. Keeks, J. W, Suit, and others, said laud being the property of J. W. Suit. Levied on to satisfy a Jus. tice Court fl. fa. issued from tbe 1,115 District G. M. of said County in favor of Jonathan Welden vs. J. W. Suit. Prbjierty pointed out by Defendant in fl. fa. levy made and returned to me bv T. E. McDon gal, L. C., of said County. This, May 7,1877. J K. MYERS, Sheriff’ E. B. B. & Cos. 5000 yards prettiest and best Calicoes ever sold in Georgia at 12 yards for SI.OO. E. B. BENSON & CO. Cottonades, Cassimeres, Cashmarets, and Tweeds at E. B. BENSON & CO. Sheetings, Shirtings, Checks, Linens for Ladies’ Dresses and Gent’s Coats at E. B. BENSON & CO. Men’s Hats, cheap as you want them, at E. B. BENSON & CO. “ Hampton Collars.” He who wears them will never be hung and may be President of the United States, E. B. BENSON & CO. We have too great a variety of goods to begin to mention in an advertisement. “ For Cash ” we have no price, the bot tom has fallen out. E. B. BENSON & CO. PLANT SORGHUM. Buy your MILLS and EVAPORA TORS from us. We are Agents for the best made, in cluding the Mills manufactured by vl.o Athens Foundry. We sell ENGINES, GRAIN SEP ARATORS, <frc., <fcc., for the Blymyer Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati. All of which we sell at LOWEST Prices. Those in need of such Machinery will do well to see us at once. Orders should be sent as early as pos sible. E. B. BENSON & CO.