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II ART WEE. 1.. HART FOFWTY. 44A.:
Wpiliin.'lH)' UnrnliiK. Inn* 18. 1N77.
Our Agroiiln.
The following gentlemen are authorized
to receive subscription to The Sun :
Rev. W. P. Smith,
Rev. W. L. Fork,
J. M. Thorton,
S. T. Fleming,
If. N. Ayers.
tfr£P New flour in Augusta.
JteSr Judge Cincinnatus Peeples, of
Atlanta is dead.
JBsay- The glorious 4th will be cele
brated in Atlanta.
B 6- Hon. Georoe Hillyer lias
been appointed by the Governor to fill
the vacancy of Judge Superior Courts
of the Judicial Circuit of Atlanta,
caused by the death of Judge Peeples.
War Melange.
A considerable battle has been fought
between the Montenegrins and the
Turks, both sides claiming the victory.
The Russian finances are in a bad
condition, and the soldiers have not re
ceived their war pay.
The extreme heat in Rouinania has
caused a great deal of’ sickness in the
Russian army on the Danube.
Rumors of peace are still in circula
tion.
Kars is surrounded, and it is thought
will have to capitulate.
The Turks are said to be badly offi
cered, and have no patriotism.
CoiiiiiMiuiratUm.
Editors Sun : When this comes out.
delegates to the Constitutional Convention
will have been elected, and perhaps a Con
vention called. So this is written directly
to the delegates representing this part of
the Commonwealth of Georgia, and to as
many others as it may chance to fall in the
way of. Of late, the subject of anew
Constitution has been thoroughly discuss
ed and prominence given to various features
as being highly important; but, passing by
all save retrenchment, we propose that this
feature claims paramount consideration,
and to have it incorporated into the organic
law, it is hoped that our representatives
will be uncompromisingly determined.
Taking the people’s view of it, every legis
lature since the war has been too lavish
with the public money. Somehow or other
representatives were reductionists at home
and inflationists at the Capital—perhaps
the leading spirits of these legislatures
have been in favor of multiplied offices and
large salaries, and the opposition, overawed
or so enfeebled that but little resistance
has been manifested against this role—
hence legislature after legislature have
stubbornly refused to lighten this burthen.
I say the}' have stubbornly refused, be
cause year after year the people have de
manded a rigid economy and have as often
been disappointed. Now, why this con
flict between the people and their repre
sentatives? Are the people bad calcula
tors and their representatives find that it is
impossible to run the government at so
low figures? Leaving these questions un
answered, we proceed directly to insist that
if the Convention fails to make large re
ductions in the expenses of the govern
ment, it will fail in the prime object for
which the people have called it.
Prominent amongst the arguments
against it, we sec it urged that the Conven
tion will protract its session greatly be
yond the short time the appropriation act
contemplates, and after exhausting the
825,000 appropriated for the Convention, it
will supplement this amount with its own
draft upon the treasury, to be paid off in
the Fall, and that the cost of the whole
thing will exceed fifty thousand ! Now.
on the idea of the economic amount which
the legislature appropriated, the friends of
the Convention have been enabled to pre
vail with the people, and if they spend
more than the $25,000, it will be bad faith ;
and we would just here (not threaten, for
we don’t think our delegates will do it) in
timate that such conduct will be a bad
stepping stone to future promotion. Very
clearly, the Convention has no right, nei
ther by the act which authorized it, nor by
the people who vote for it (expecting the
act to be complied with), to exceed this
amount. The position that retrenchment
(which means, now, a rigid economy in the
administration of the government) is of
paramount importance, is taken on the
ground that, if the financial system of the
great State of Georgia is set to working
properly, every other interest, in due time,
will properly nlign itself. Not that this
alone will bo the efficient cause of every
thing else connected with a State govern
ment getting properly adjusted, but be
cause the finances have a vital connection
with largely more interests than anything
else, and because other matters may stand
as they arc, tho finances cannot stand.
Derange the finances, bankrupt the .State,
vacate the Treasury of greenbacks, and
see what a fell stroke it is to all prosperity
and progress !
It must he remembered that the State is
made up of individuals, and n very large
majority of whom are poorly able to pay
the advalorem tax necessary to sustain
good government; and this tax cannot he
extended without hazarding the welfare
and business of these people. Hence, the
danger of State insolvency long before the
public debt gets to be any considerable
portion of the public wealth. It is, there
fore, highly essential that our representa
tives in the Convention come squarely up
to the requirements of a rigid economy of
finances in the State government. In the
management of a private fortune, there
may not be a necessity for rigid economy
(but even here extravagance will soon de
stroy it and its possessor, too), but I can
not see the equity or efficiency of any
other system for a State, seeing that so
grout a portion of the people have to
practice this economy at home in their pri
vate lives. Again, retrenchment becomes
a necessity in a moral consideration. All
manner of extravagance leads to dissolute
ness of character, and a corrupt people
make a corrupt government, yet it is pos
sible that the government may tolerate
forms that the people demand to be re
formed, as is conspicuously the case now
in Georgia. Tt is a notorious fact that the
extravagance at Washington City, in the
days of public stealing during former ad
ministrations, which protected the rogues,
led them into all manner of dissipation and
vice, and was seriously spreading over the
country from city to city. "Would not
similar results follow similar causes at our
Capital? It is certainly a propitious time
to inaugurate reforms in every line of
abuse, and the great Christian statesman
who is at the helm, will be a worthy ex
ecutive to enforce your behests. Wise
statesmen, who make the laws, which in
their turn, if they do not make the people,
very largely influence their character, will
not trifle with matters that involve such
interests. C.
VI isccl In neons Items.
Preachers throughout Middle Georgia
are praying for rain.
The Watchman states that Mr. James R.
Thurmond, of Jackson county, is the head
of a family, numbering 17 persons, none of
whom ever have used tobacco.
Reports come from Europe that Grant
loves the eating and drinking in England,
but is getting weary of speech-making.
Some bold Rriton, the other day, addressed
him as the “Hannibal of the American ar
mies.” If our Hannibal does not take care
he will be conquered by the Rum'uns. —
Chronicle 8,- Constitutionalist.
The P. I. man of the New York Herald
observes that “ Georgia poisons her dogs
and permits her politicians to live.” lie
might have added that Georgia not only
permits her politicians to live but also to
write letters. They can cover more space
than any man extant. — Chronicle Con
stitutionalist.
In the Presbyterian general assembly at
Chicago last week. Rev. Br. Van Dyke
said : “I do not believe that any dying
infant, baptised or unbaptised, heathen or
Christian, is excluded from the kingdom of
heaven; I believe they are all saved.”
The statement was applauded, and renewed
great applause greeted his affirmation that
this is the doctrine of the whole Presbyte
rian church.
By the law of Florida, any man who has
lost an arm or a leg, no matter how or
when, or from what cause, cannot be taxed
for any business he may enter into ; always
excepting the liquor business. This is an
excellent law. and one that should never
be taken from the statute books, as it gives
poor, lamed persons a chance at least, to
earn their daily bread, after a fashion, and
thus secure independence.
Congress ordered a reduction of live in
the number of revenue districts, and the
necessary consolidations have been accom
plished. In the list of changes ordered by
the president, Andrew’Clarke is put down
as the collector of the third district of
Georgia, formed by uniting portions of the
third district with the second, to be known
as the second district; and I sham 8. Fan
nin as the collector of the third district of
Georgia as altered.
We have information from Abraham
Burke, living on St, Catherine's Island, of
the death, on Sunday morning last, of a
colored woman named Ella McCloud, who
was reported to be one hundred and twenty
years of age. Some of the ancient colored
people thereabouts report her an old wo
man when they were children. This ven
erable dame had, we arc informed, four le
gal husbands, whom she bad successively
followed to tiicir final resting place—previ
ous to which she had throe brevet hus
bands. During her long life she had never
been blessed with a child. Her de th cre
ated quite a sensation among the colored
folks, some of whom doubtless believed
that she was destined to live forever. — Sa
vannah News.
Alhanv Neirs : A young fanner of Lee,
Mr. J. T. Whitsett, has twenty acres in
wheat, his “bragcrop.” A north Geor
gia man alleges it will make twenty bush
els to the acre, on an average, which will
give him four hundred and forty bushels.
Carried to tho mill and ground, this will
give him about eighty barrels of flour.
Allowing for the reaction to come in the
present high price of Hour, we will say it
is worth ten dollars per barrel. This will
give him eight hundred dollars on twenty
two acres, which is a mite better than if
cotton ruled on that land. This needs no
anagraph; we need say nothing else. It is
a right good index finger, and you may
i point it as you please.
The Toccoa lie rub) says : “We were
shown a specimen of gold the other day
collected near the residence of Mrs. M. A .
Davis, at the Garnet Springs. The ore is
beyond all doubt genuine, and justifies a
more careful examination in the locality
from which it was taken. A rich gold
mine would go right well near Toccoa just
now.”
Dr. .T. L. Cheney, a prominent druggist
of Columbus, died recently from the effects
of a spider bite.
NOTICE.
ALL persona arc notified (bat I will not be re
sponsible for |lie rontracts of my w ife, Sue X.
J. Higginbotham, as she lias left me without any
good can ho. T. If. niGGINBOTHAM.
This, June 14th, 1877 42 45
$5.00 REWARD.
rriHE rNDEIISIGXEI) will nay tlie above reward
J| to the finder of a double-cased, half-capped
Silver Watch lost in llarlwell or on the road to Mr.
Reuben Buffington's en the 7th of June. Cross
mark on one side, crystal broken, and main or liair
spring broken. To be delivered at this office.
42-44 S. J. W. HUNT.
Q j /V-O 6) Ft ll day sc HE are made bv Agents
O Jl \ JL our < 'liromos. Crayons,
and Reward Motto, Scripture Text, Transparent,
picture and ChronioCards. 100 samples worth 84,
scut postpaid for 75c. Illustrated Catalogue t ree.
J. 11. BI'FFOBIrS SUXS, BOSTON.
[Established, 1830.]
PIANOS and ORGANS"!
EASY TERMS ! LOW PRICES!
WHAT IS HOME V/ITHOUT MUSIC ?
ALL WANTING INSTRUMENTS !
miVTS are liar*, inrtney ii <li-emlful e' C<\ but for
A all that people can’t use their antiquated, out-of
tnne, worn-out instruments forever. and must have
new PIANOS and ORGANS of modem style, with
lull seven octaves, upon which their child icn will de
light to play, and be encouraged in their daily prac
tice.
How to purchase in these stringent times has been
tho query, but since we have made such large
Reductions in Prices !
of all first-class Instruments, and arc offering such
EXTHEM ELY EASY TEEMS for payment, the
PROBLEM IS SOLVED, and all who are so disposed
can easily purchase. We have arranged with prom
inent manufacturers for the sale of an unlimited
number of instruments, of all grades and prices,
upon the INSTALLMENT PLAN, or by payment
of ONE-FOURTH or ONE-HALF CASH and the
balance payable in one year. We offer new*
PIANOS FROM BEST MAKERS
ONLY,
S2OO, $250, S3OO,
$350 TO SGOO,
PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS:
S3O Cash, and $lO monthly until paid for.
Monthly payments of 415 to #25 until paid for.
Quarterly payments of $ ’5 to 455 until i>aid for.
One-fourth Cash, and balance in ti mo,Mis.
One-half Cash, ami balance in 12 months.
or will rent at from to $12.50 per month, and appa
rent tm purchase at any time within a year. Stool
and cover without extra charge. Second-Hand Pi
anos for |SO, #75, $lO9 to #2OO, payable from |5 to $lO
monthly.
OKGNS FROM REST MAKERS,
ONLY
SSO, $75, SIOO $125
To S2OO,
PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS:
$25 Cash an and $5 monthly until paid for.
Monthly payments of #5 to sls until paid for.
Quarterly payments of $lO to $35 until paid for.
One-fourth Cash, and balance in 6 months.
One-half Cash, and balance in one year.
Or will rent at from $3 to $7.50 per month, and apply
rent at any time within one year. Stool with each
Organ. Second-Hand Organs at $33 to sllO. payable
$lO per quarter.
If these terms don't suit, write us what will lie
satisfactory, and we will, if possible, accommodate
you. We are selling now on these easy terms at
strictly
Manufacturers’ Prices!
and not one dollar ran he saved by sending North.
Our prices are the lowest in America.
LUDDEN & BATES,
Southern M USIC II OISE.
41 SAVANNAH. GA 44
FURNITURE
IN TIIE
LATEST DESIGNS.
PAR LOR FURNITU RE,
DINING ROOM FURNITURE,
CHAMBER FURNITURE.
The Cheapest House iu the South.
JlteiU The Best Goods made and warranted at Loss than Manufacturer’s Prices.
G. V. DeGRAAF,
147, 147i, 149 & 159, Broad Street, AUGUSTA,GA.
7T7\T7~1 TT 7 T“> r T~ I A 1/ T T\T U in all its branches. Sunday Horning calls, at the Store.
U jLV ±J-th JE\ JL AiAllV Ur Night rails. 153 Broad Street. C. 6
M. C. k J. F. KISER k CO,
JOBBER* OF 7
DRY U( >ODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND NOTIONS,
36 Corner I’ryor and Wall Streets, Atlanta. <a. 48
L. I’ASSANO k Soi\S, "
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY,
Gloves, Trimmings and Small Wares,
268 WEST BATIME STREET,
BALTIMORE. 33.53
TlcTcarterT
WHOLESALE GROCER,
51 & 53 EAST ALABAMA ST.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders from Prompt Paying Merchants So
licited,
Will Guarantee Prices as Low as any Respon
sible House in this City
3. J. C, CARTER.
AEF.LG6AXT CARDS all styles with name, 10
£ He. post paid. J B Husted, Nassau, Kens Co.,N.Y
38 45
QFI/m MCI) CD nrseven Shot Revolver
nELVULY Ln In Lit with box Cartridges.
•J as. BttOWX A Son, 136 A 138 Wood St., Pittsburg, Pa.
38 45
M See this. Only #1.50 capital required
to start canvassing for VIA!! K
TW A I N\S NE\V S RA I*
ROOK. Apply, with stamp, to
CANVASSERS
38 45
TRIFLING
WITH A COLD IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS.
WELL’S CARBOLIC TABLETS,
a sure remedy for COUGHS, and all diseases of the
THROAT. S.S’XGS. CHEST and Ml’COl’S
AI Eli DRANK.
PIT ST* ONLY IN BLUE BOXES.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
C. N. CRITTENTON, 7 Sixth Avenue. New York.
88 45
THE BLACK HILLS.
By 11. X. Maguire, who lias spent 12 years in this
region. Latest accounts of Gold and Silver prospects,
Agricultural and Grazing resources, Climate, Hunting
Fishing, Indians, and Settler's Adventures with them.
Mining. Wild Western Life, the Waterfalls. Boiling
Geysers, noble Scenery, immense Gorges, etc. With
27 tine illustrations, and one map. Price Only lflc-ts
sold by At.t, Xkwsiieai.kks, or sent post-paid for 12c.
by DONNELLY, LOYD A- CO., Pubs. Chicago,
Illinois. 40-4:t
rilT I VThe Tip Top Package is the largest and
I Ibest selling out. READ AND SEE.
I IS Sheets Note Paper, IS Envelopes.
||3 Pencil. Pen-holder, Golden Pen. Set of
Elegant Gold Stone Sleeve Buttons,
Gents’ l ake George Diamond Pin, Ame
thyst Stone Ring inlaid with gold. Amethyst Stone
Scarf Pin, Gold-plated Wedding Ring, Set Rosebud
Ear Drops. Ladies’ Flowered and Silvered Hat Pin,
Ladies'Fancy Set Pin and Drops. Gold-plate Collar
Button. Gents’ Gold-plated Watch rpi /~\ TA
Chain and Set of Three Gold-plated' I' J 111
Studs. The entire Lot sent postpaid for I I I
.JO cents. EXTRA ORDINARY 1111
INDUCEMENTS TO AGENTS. JL \J 1
i. BRIDE.
Clinton Place. New Y’ork.
38 45
■ a a* 1 comic oil chromo, 7xll. mounted, worth 25c.
In 81 1 pk l° ve cards, tpk comic envelopes, Ipk
IlflGiniic cards, t pk scroll. 1 24p book Fun. all
sent for only 53c.st’ps, Novelty Cos. Middleboro.Mass
38 45
JSWw
fs™) V A K It E T
contains 1 pair gold-plated engraved sleeve buttons, 1
set (3) spiral shirt studs, one Gents' Im. coral pin, 1
improved shape collar stud, one Gents' line link
watch chain, undone Ladies' Heavy wedding ring;
price of 1 casket complete, 50 cents: 3 for {jtl.23; tt
for $2,00, and 12 for $11.50, ail sent postpaid by
mail. Six dozen and a solid silver watch for S2O.
Agents can make money selling these caskets. Send
50 cents for Sample and Catalogues. We have all
kinds of Jewelry at low prices.
W. COLES A- CO.. 735 Broadway, N. Y.
LiF“ We are the Ortaiuals in this business, and
have no “ Milton Gold ’ or “ brass” jewelry.
" This Jewelry Casket is remarkably attractive,
and COLES A CO., are reliable dealers.” Boston
Globe. 38-45
Old papers for sale at this office.
W. H. BROWN & BRO,
Wholesale Druggist,
BALTIMORE, MD..
PROPRIETORS 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—“ Kierstead’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.
Alt of the above reliable preparations
can be had of
E. B. BENSON & CO.,
38-03 Hartwell, Ga.
[VTOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
All persons are hereby forbidden to tish.hnnt,
hold Debating Societies, or otherwise trespass upon
my land. This is given in aceordanee with section
4,440 of the Code of Georgia. This May 30th 1877.
40-43 C W. CHRISTIAN.
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E. B. BENSON & CO., j
Hartwell, Ga. 7
And by Druggists and Country Merchants
generally.
sold ar.
AtftGATRQHf
CHATTANOOCATenn.