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T II E S UN. BVESCKIPTIOXS.— One eojiy, one year, 11.50; six months, 75 rents, invariably in advance. ADVERT IS! SO.—One square, first insertion, lone '<*), 11.00; rr.r/i subsequent insertion, 75 rents. Liberal deductions made to advertisers, according to the spare and time that is occupied. TP It MS.- -Transient advertisements, Cash ; contract advertisements must be settlnl monthly. for announcing candidates Five Dollars—in variably <h advance. Obituary notices, exceeding fire lines tributes of re spect, and all personal communications, or matters of indiridual interest, will be charged for at regular rates. \of ices of marriages, of deaths and of a religious character are requested and will be inserted free. Short newsy communications are solicited; but we are not responsible for the views of eorresmmtlcnts. II EX SOX if Met I ILL. Publishers. 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. 1 . sx.v:i, :i Ai.i-Ax.v.iAix :i.)in.i <133303 TT3AV. 3 r LLXOH ! HILL <1333 3snna aoqjo jo xnjj iuojj imisuu ‘sjaatoq jo qoEuiojs j oqj ui ssauis'Bauu puß uicd jjb puc •eoqjjßiQ ‘o;p>3 duiu.l3 ‘snqjoui-Bje -I°HO ‘ BJJ I°43 ao anno aui uo^ For sale by E. B. BENSON & CO., j Hartwell, Ga. 7 And by Druggists and Country Merchants generally. sold ar. AtftGATRQHf CHATTANOOCATenn.