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r local affairs. Exeiine I'm. John McGill, for the first time in twclv months, is out of the office for a few days. We don't mean that he is on a bust—only gone on a little pleasure trip with his wife So we hope our readers will excuse this dull, dry paper, for it does not matter how big a lie we get up in the rough, wc need John to polish and give the finishing touches Ecllpuf or I lie Moon. There will be a partial eclipse of the moon on Thursday night, the 23d of this month, beginning at 0:30 o'clock p. m. and continuing one hour and thirty-nine min utes —visible iu this section of the world. Next Knluriliiy, Rev. 11. M. Barton, assisted by uncle Benny Thornton and others, will com mence a meeting at the Baptist church in this place. Wc hope there will be a full attendance, that much good may be done, and a large number added to the church. 4'nt-liwh I'nlllnK. A darkey a day or two ago sold a blue cat-fish weighing twelve pounds, for one dollar—they have usually sold for 121 cts. a pound in this market. Fish as well as every thing else will have to come down to hard pan prices. We are certain that one came to the Pan. Nuuilujr. Rev. Mr. Hyde, (Presbyterian.) preached an excellent sermon in the M. E. Church. r Owing to a number of our people having gone to Poplar .Springs camp-meeting, in Franklin county, the congregation was smaller than usual. “The Old Capital.'' This is - the name of anew paper just es tablished in Milledgcville, by Speer & Ham. Now look out for a spicy paper. Poor Land Profitable. Lands in this county that you can wet your finger and raise the soil, will turn out fifteen bushels of corn to the acre this year, and the rich bottom land more in proportion. We would advise some of our people not to sell their corn for fifty cents this fall, and promise one dollar and fifty cents on credit next spring for the same corn. Foreat City Foundry. Geo. R. Lombard & Cos., proprietors of the above Foundry, advertise in this issue, and we can recommend them to our citi zens as being in every way reliable. Any thing you wish in their line cau be obtained from them of the very best quality and at lowest rates, and can be brought up on the Savannah by returning boats at nominal figures. This is a considerable item of it self in these days of high railroad freights. Don't Drown Them. A minister lately married a couple in this county whose united weight when born wasjust five pounds—now a stout, hand some pair. This shows that the wicked custom should be abolished ot sending small, puny babies of! to the creek to be drowned. With care most of them could be raised, and would swell the population of Georgia without the cost of immigra tion fees. If you remember, Gen. Francis Marion when he was born was such a puny little fellow the midwife put him in a quart cup. lXawk*ey mu<l Free Free*. These two papers come through weekly with promptness and dispatch and our readers may expect some rich clippings from them. The Free Press is Democartic and the Hawk-eye Republican, both of them though have an abundance of good reading, outside of politics, and we would as soon try to keep house without a cook stove or corner cupboard as to try to run a paper without them, there is not a paper in the United States that does not directly or from second hand copy from them. If any af our patrons wish to subscribe for either of these valuable papers we will take pleas ure in forwarding the money for them. The Sew Jail Is finished, and considered a first-class job, it is much more of an ornament to the town than the old horse stable was. M e hear it is to oe handsomely furnished, and we think it ought to be provided with a piano for the accommodation of the two young ladies (?) who have been in jail so long. Premium Watermelon. A few weeks ago, we offered one year’s subscription to The Sun, free, to the per son sending the largest watermelon into our office by the 15th of this month. Mr. W. R. Holland, of Shoal Creek, bears off the prize. We have marked his subscrip tion paid for one year. v Nome Apple*. Mr. E. R. White made an attack on us the other day with one of his large apples, called the “ pound apple,” measuring 13 inches in circumference. We were over come, and don’t care how soon he comes over with more of them. Nuu Kays. W eather hot. Wish it would rain. Locals scarce. Money ditto. Peaches plentiful. Watermelons cheap. Crops suffering for ram. E. B. Benson & Cos., are receiving new goods and sell cheap. Interesting meetings are being carried on at several churches in this County. The new jail has been received by the Building Committee, and the prisoners, each, have a room to themselves. There has been quite a revival in the Baptist church at Pendleton S. C., over fifty members have been added to the church. If you want to laugh, read communica tion from Shady Dale. Capt. John Peek has painted all his houses and fence so white, that it reminds one oficed-cakc. Flep Kay has finished painting the Bap tist church—it looks as bright as anew pin. Flep has the contract for painting the Methodist church. The paint and oil are ready, and he will commence work at once. If you want any kind of Machinery, from a Sausage Mill to a Steam Saw Mill, call on E. B. Benson & Cos. Bathesda Academy numbers fifty pupils, S. M. Bobo, Principal; J. M. Thornton, Assistant. Hurrah for the Atlanta Constitution ! That is all the other papers have left for us to say. We are indebted to Geo. Stinson & Co.‘ Portland, Maine, for a beautifully illustra ted “ Family Record '' —a steel engraving. If you wish beautiful pictures cheap, send to them. I>r. Harter's Fever ani> Ague Spe cific has cured when all other remedies have failed. You can always depend upon it. Sold by E. B. Benson & Cos. We sec it stated that Generals P. T. Beauregard and .Jubal Early have beaten their swords into ploughshares, and turn the wheel of fortune monthly for the Lou isiana State Lottery Company, with as much vigor as fifteen years ago they led armies to battle. We sincerely hope with no more profit to themselves. Great pity they had not fallen upon those swords and died like men rather than live by such an occupation. The Gainesville Southron says: “ All the mines of Northeast Georgia are in full blast and doing well. Every day adds more and more importance to the mining operations of this section. In a year or two more the whole mining region will team with activity, and, we predict, pros perity.” Dr. Hartkr’s Liver Pills have a direct and powerful action upon the Liver, and will, with great certainty, relieve Tor pidity, Congestion, or Inflammation of that important organ. Sold by E. B. Benson & Cos. Almost every farmer in the County has a tobacco patch, and as they are not allow ed to sell only to a manufacturer, or a to bacco Commission Merchant, they will have enough for home use many years. This is right. Our County has been paying more for tobacco, than their taxes and the tuition of their children. Not less than twenty thoussnd dollars a year goes out of this poor County for it. Procure a bottle of Thrash’s Consump tive Cure and Lung Restorer, and stop that dreadful cough. Trial 50 ; large 1 50. Sold by all druggists. A German shoemaker, who had under taken to make a pair of boots for a gentle man of whose financial integrity he had considerable doubt, replied, when asked for the articles. “ Der poots ish not quite done, but der beel ish made out.” Ntate Item*. A man named Boyd was struck by lightning on the 13th inst. at Longview on the Air Line railroad while fixing the tele graph wire, Mr. Davis, the operator, who was assisting him, was badly shocked. Talbotton Standard: From Capt. A. B. Howard, who was in town Saturday for a burial case, we learn of the self-de struction of a promising, accomplished young lady. Miss Kate Cheney, daughter of Mr. Rufus Cheney, who lives in Merri weather county, near the line of Talbot, committed suicide by drowning on Friday last. Several weeks ago she dreamed of being dead, and since that time she has been partially deranged. Friday, while standing upon the banks of Pigeon creek, with her mother, she jumped in suddenly pulling her mother after. The water was not deeper than three feet, and Mrs. Che ney got safely to shore, but too late to save her daughter, She immediately gave the alarm and assistance was at once se cured, but the body of the young lady had been under the water so long that all ef forts to resuscitate proved unavailing. This is one of the saddest deaths it has ev er been our lot to chronicle. Miss Cheney was 18 years old, and up to the time of the dream, which doubtless caused ner self destruction, she bid fair to become a use ful woman and an ornament to society. An Atlanta girl, whose father is worth $300,000, makes all her dresses with her own hand, and is one of the most stylish members of Atlanta society. The colored people of Bibb pounty pay taxes on an average of $35 55 of realty per capita. The bond of Andrew Clark, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Atlanta District of Georgia, has been approved. Some time since it will be remembered that the State of South Carolona applied to the Supreme Court of the I nited States for an injunction to restrain the Secretary of war and certain engineer officers from prosecuting work near the mouth of the Naiaunah, designed to improve the naviga tion of that river, but wqich the Caroli nians thought injurious to their side of the stream. The Supreme Court rendered a decision the other day dismissing the ap plication' and authorizing the engineers to proceed in their work. —Chronicle Con stitutionalist. Mr. Julius Knox, a prominent grocer of Savannah, committed suicide one day last week. The newspapers are engaged patting the convention on its back with thistles. It is probable that no assemblage of the kind has ever been so unanimously and harshly condemned by the country press of the State. —Atlanta Constitution. The Covington Star says that Miss Lily Lee, who is scarcely sixteen years of age. has a school of twenty pupils, some of whom nre young men in the higher grades of mathematics. Miss Fee graduated at the recent commencement of the S. M. F. college. The Gainsville Eagle wants to know how it is a nigger can shout half the night, steal chickens the other halfand, and work hard all next day ? A young man rode a thirty-dollar mule to town last Tuesday, swapped eight times and finally rode home on a seventy-five dollar horse and carried one hundred dol lars in money and notes in his pockets as boot he had received. A pretty good days work to be done in the “ bone orchard ” as the hoys call the swapping ground.— Carrollton Times, Edward Dillard, a poor man who lives in Newton county, has fallen heir to a fur tune of thirty thousand dollars. Wonder if he is related to " Cousin Sally Dillard V' Twin m ii ii lea I lon. Shady Dale, Ga., August 18. Editors of Sun 1 see whisky men tioned occasionally in your paper, as though it was not a suitable thing for old or young to tamper with. Now, it is not the use but the abuse of it, that does the harm. Some years before the war I was peddling clocks in the mountain region of this State, and stoping at a farmer’s, in a sparsely settled part, concluded to lay over till Monday. There being a handsome young lady there, we went to a Baptist church with her. On Sunday several join ed the church, and 1 well remember a young man's experience that he gave in, and which was accepted as quite sufficient. He stated that a few nights before, he dreamed that he had died and started on the road to Heaven. He came up with a large crowd of quiet, orderly people, who told him they were on that road. Hetrav elled with them some time; found they ere Presbyterians ; they traveled rather slow, and although he liked them very much, asked if there were not others on the road. “Oh yes, a number of Methodist are just ahead.” So he hurried on, caught up with them. They were singing, praying and making considerable noise. He liked them very well. Enquired if there were others on the way. “Oh yes, the Babtist arc just ahead.' Ho hurried on, overtook them. They treated him equally as kindly as the others did, and he enjoyed himself finely. But he noticed one peculiarity about the men ; their left-hand pocket hung down lower than the other. He enquired of one of the men why it was, and he replied, “that is the whisky pocket,” and pulled out a bottle of “Old Rye,” and he waked up just before he got the bottle to his mouth, and has been anxious to catch up with that crowd ever since. Yours, &c., W. Tetter from Atlanta. Atlanta, August 12. The Convention is still grinding slowly, and will perhaps be in session ten or twelve days yet. If the gas had been properly utilized at the commencement of these ex ercises it would have contributed largely to paying off the expenses of the Conven tion. They are now on the Legislative Depart ment. That and the Homestead are about all that will be done before they adjourn. If they would cut off so much speaking they could get through in a week. Nearly all want to get in the newspapers, or in other words get right on the record, as they call it. I hear a great many things that are said, but don’t believe more than half, and am trying to be very particular which half that is. J. R. Brown, A. W. Holcombe, S. 11. Mosely and Dr. Underwood are figuring pretty lively in this Convention. What they set their heads to, cornea out ground in the shape of organic law. and now if it is a bad constitution they will have a good deal of blame on them. The mountain men and the wire-grass men are running this thing. The kid glove crowd have been horned off; they look like poor folks at a frolic. Jim Brown, from Cherokee, who is a brother of Joe Brown, is a shrewd man, and what he sets about always has gum in it. He has not made a foolish move since he has been here. He has more busi ness tact about him than all the Reese’s, Toombs's, Stephens's, big lights of Georgia, ever had. He puts his propositions in busi ness like shape, then he explains their utility plainly and clearly, then when the vote comes they are sustained. 1 have, up to this time, thought that law yers were the only men that could frame a constitution and put it in ship-shape, hut that idea has been exploded. Old Hol combe, from Cherokee, and a few others, can make as good a constitution ns any lawyers. These men have good sound horse sense, think and try to act right. Tho farmers are the best material in the Convention. Yours, Simon. I'nhmillj' of Georgia. Georgia State (’oi.i.ege ok Agkicui/* turk and Mechanic Arts. One steady boy in this county, not less than sixteen years old, with a fair knowl edge of English, Arithmetic and Geogra phy, can get an appointment to the above institution, free of charge for tuition fees, by applying to the undersigned. His board, books ami other expenses, except clothing, will not exceed two hundred dollars for ten months. This is a good chance for an ambitious boy to get an education at sninll cost. If yon can raise the money it is much better to have it in your head than pocket; and besides, an education ia the only thing you can carry with you to an other woi Id, and with it you are there ready to commence in your A B C’s, whereas, without it, it would take millions of years to learn the first letter. J. B. Benson. A New llorocNlioe. Mr. Yates, of Manchester. England, has invented a horseshoe, composed of three thickness of cowhide compressed into a steel mould, and then subjected to a chemi cal preparation. It lasts longer, and weighs only one-fourth as much as the common shoe; it never splits the hoof, and has no injurious influence on the foot. It requires no calks ; even on asphalt, the horse never slips. It is so elastic that the horse's step is lighter and surer. It adheres so closely to the foot that neither dust nor water can penetrate between the shoe and the hoof. Good Words About Women. ‘•There are but two fine things in the the world, says Malherbe; " women and roses.” Lessing exclaims : “Woman is the mas terpiece of the universe.” Bourbon says : “The pearl is the image of purity, but woman is purer than the pearl.” Thackery writes : “ A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven.” Balzac says : “ Even the errors of woman spring from her faith in the good.” Voltaire declares : “ All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of wo man.” Lamartine asserts : “ Women have more heart and imagination than men.” Otway exclaims : “Oh ! woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee to temper men. We had been brutes without you.” All of them might add that there is nothing so true as a good woman’s love ; nothing so sublime or so constant as her undying affection for the man of her choice. With out woman—without her love and gentle influence—man would soon be heathenized, and this life turned into a hell. We care not how base a man may be, nor to what depths of sin anil shame he may have de scended, he can never get so low that a wo man’s love will not cause him to ponder and to think, and in many instances her influence will lead him in the paths that are right. Oh, woman! thou art a glori ous gift to man, and without thee life is a blank ! Cniiiji Urouiid. Owing to the failure on the part of many who have subscribed, to pay the amount of their subscriptions, some of the Camp Ground debt still hangs over us. Some of the subscriptions have been running since the first C'ampmeeting and many from the second. Please do not neglect this duty. Send in your money tome. E. B. Benson, Treas. Board Trustees. If you w'ant any kind of machinery ap ply to E. B. Benson <fc Cos. NeiiMible Advice. You are asked every day throngh the columns of newspapers and by your Drug gist to use something for your Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know no ; thing about you get discouraged spending | money without but little success. Now to j give you satisfactory proof that Green’s August Flowek will cure you of Dys i pepsia and Liver Complaint with all its ef fects, such as sour stomach, sick Headache, j Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water-brash, Fullness at the nit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue. Indigestion, swimming of the head, low spirits &c., we ask you to go to your Druggist E. B. Benson & Cos., and get a Sample Bottle of GKEEN’S AUGUST FLOWER for 10 cents and try it, or a Reg ular size for 75 cents. Two doses will re lieve you. Commodore Vanderbilt. Handsomely endowed a University in the South ; but Dr. James L. Gilder left a richer legacy to his people by giving them his celebrated Liver Pil's. The people living in the Southern portion of the United States are naturally subject to liver dieases, and these pills will always Prevent , Re lieve. or Cure. Sold by all druggists and country merchants. jyR. A. J. MATHEWS,” SUR GEON AND PHYSICIAN, FIRST FLOOR MASONIC HALL, 1 HARTWELL, GA It t I t Nf l.waf t gOHKTHIM) NW t’XDKR THK WYx.—A new era la daw iiiug nixm the life of woman Hitherto *he Into b.-en fallen iiihiii to xutl'cr llie 111* of mankind and niT own iM'Aidf*. The frequent and diatrcaalug lr rvgularttio* pcfulUr to her own r* have lona been to her the "direful *pring ol' woe* unnumbered." In the iiiuiialoii of Ihe rich and the hovel of poverty alike, woman haabeen the ronatant yet (.mll, nt \lr< lint of a lliooMand ill* unknown to man—nml (heae w ithout a remedy, "Oh, l.onl, how king!" In Ihe agouy ol her mud, hath *he fried, llut now the hour of her redemption i* come. She will auffi-r no mure, tor Hr. .1. IhwlHfld’a Emmie Regulator—Woman lte*t I rleitd—l* for Male h\ alt rim)** table Hruggl*t* throughout the Inuil at Il' .'iO per Imttlc. Near M ahikTTa, Ua„ Mareh lit, IH7fl. i MW m. Root A Sink : A Unit mip \*'nr Ago, I bought a bottle of ltH*i>mu>'* Fa*ai r Kkoi i.a. Ton I rum you, for one of my daughter* who had been Muttering with *upiirc**cd uieimea for *OlllO time. I have hud several plryalrtana attending but met w ith no atiffea* until t wu* persuaded to buy a bottle of the Regulator, and it ia the verv thing for which It ta recommended. She ia now in t >erfeel health. : hope nil Muttering female* w ill at least trv one laittle and have health again. Vary reapeothilly, I). Holt 111 NS, W. . ASHLEY & CO., (Successors to|. Jennings & Ashley,) till Non Hi Ilroml hit reef, ATLANTA, A. KEEPS constantly on hand at Wholesale and Retail the largest and cheapest stock of Doors, Sash, and Blinds, in Georgia. Also Mouldings, Mantles, \ aranda. Brackets, Bulluster, Window Glass, Putty nnd BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. M rite us for price list and special prices. Terms (’ash. .'U-Att [F.STARUSHKJ lets.) J. J. & S. P. RICHARDS, WHOLESALE A RETAIL HEALERS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY AND MUSIC, ATLANTA, GA. MER( HANTS and TEACHERS *uppliml on the iihm! advantageou* term* with all article* kepi iu a FIRST-CLASS BOOKSTORE. CIirRCTIES A NI’NDAYSCHOOLS attpplled with all kind* ol nullable liHiki at publi*hrra' prieiw. Prices luir/vr Cash. Give u* a trial. J. J. Sc. S. I*. RICHARDS, Atlanta, On, /]N r* "V* easily earned in tlieae Milieu, V* ill ,u ' il ' ll,l he made in three montha ill 7 any one of either mix, Iu any part • ill 1 I I the country whole willing to work v 1 • Mteadily at tlm employment that wo furnish, filtl per week in your town. nu need not be away from Imme over night You can give your whole time to the work, or only your Mpare momenta. We have agent* who are making over ?••!<> per day. All who engage at once ean make money lu*t. At the prem'iit time money eannot In, made ho ea*ily and rapidly at any other htmlne** It eo*t* nothing to try the Imainea*. Term* and *r. Outfit frite Addrw* at once, H. Hau.ktt A Cos., I’m tlund, Maine. 47.HK roa all ■BY DERANGEMENTS OF LIVER, KIDNEYS, SKIN, stomach mn BOWELS. VP\t i 'Ww Is LI VKR COM PLAINT.—Tho Liver I* one of Iho l>i iiM ipal regulator* „f the human Immlj and when It poifurm* It* function* well, the poworw of the *y. tein ore lully developed. The Htommh in almost entirely dependent on the healthy lo tion of the Liver for the proper perforiiiuuro of it* function*. When the stomach la at fault, the lamela are ut fault, and the whole system, more or Iran, miller* in eonno iiiience of thl* one organ—the Liver having ee**ed to do it* duty. To eorreet thi*. line SIMMON'S llK !\\ lit i OMPOI Nl>: it I* the very lieat Liver regulator ever Hold The office of the Liver i* to draw or strain off the Idle from the hloori. Ami when thi* organ i* intlaiued, or get* Hluggf*h ami will not work, the blood la not relieved of it* yellow freight. The idle aeeutnulatea, and in attempting to e*eupe through other channel*, It lodge* in tin, vnrl miH tl**uea, particularly In the akin (and *o full la the urine of the bile, that a piece of white linen, dipped in it, receive* a bright yellow tinge), produc ing Jaundice and variou* other trouble*, many time* very *tul>l*>rn, mid tbought to he something el*o the matter, when the real eauiie and only trouble* are a diseased state of the Liver. That it i* experience, and the many t aaea it ha* cured, rejwrted to u* within the la*t five year*, that Simmon'* Hepatic Lompouud it persevered in, will eertainly cure nine out of ten eae*. A trial I* only needed to convince the moot sceptical. Aak your Druggist for it and take no other. DOWIK A MOISE. '’’** •'*’* Druggist*, Charleston, 8. C. QEE LINDER, ATTORNEY-AT LA ’ HARTWELL, GEORGIA Strict attention will begiven to all business entrusted 32-S3 to bid care. r pIOMAS W. TEASLEY, A TTORNEY AT LA W, HARTWELL, GEORGIA, Will practice in tlie Counties of Hart, Elbert, Ogle, thorpo, Minlinen. and Franklin, Prompt attention given to the collect ion of all datum enti-lotted to hia cafe. __ s QUARLES W. SEIDEL, ATTORNEY AT LA W, HARTWELL, IIART COUNTY, 1 52 GEORGIA. g N. CARPENTER, A TTORNEY-A T-LA W, ELHKRTON, GA. Practice* in Elbert and adjoining Countie*,. Protnp attention given to all cases pnt in hia charge. 31 J)R. GEORGE EBERHART, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, OFFICE, NeXT Look to J. W. Williams. 3 HARTWELL, GA. A PENNY AVED IS A PENNY MADE. We will send The Suit—usual price #l.so—and th • Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, Weekly edition—usual price #2.00 ooetage prepaid on both paper#, one year, lor 82. M.