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T II K s U N. at-'— -■ —•— - ■AKTWSUk SIABT t'OI’STV, *.: K'<mlii<-ilh.v. April 11. I*7o. BENSON & McGILL. Editor#. A. 0. McCURRY, Associate E’'r.r Thi* paper may be found on tile nt Geo. P. Howell A Co.’s Newspaper Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce Street), where adver tising contracts may be made for it in New York. n 1 THE pot B PEE CENTS. The passage of the law by the last Leg islature authorizing the issue of four per cent, bands of the size and denomination of national currency, was regarded by all as a wise measure for two reasons. First, the reduction of interest on the indebted ness of the State; and secondly, the bonds answering the purpose of a circulating me dium. would tend as an Antidote for the evils of the great contraction in the vol ume of circulating currency, which is gen erally considered as being entirely too lim ited to answer the purposes of trade. One of the strong objections to the passage of the bill was its alleged un constitutionality. It was claimed by the opponents of the bill that the bonds would be bills of credit issued by the State, and would clearly fall within the prohibition of the Constitution of the United States. Notwithstanding these objections, the bill was passed by a large majority, and the the bonds have been issued and started out on their errand. More recently the char acter of these bonds has been called in question by the authorities at It ashington. The question has been considered by Com missioner Rnum, an<l he decides that they are bonds, nnd not money, and banks can pay them out in lieu of currency without being required to pay a ten per cent. tax. The decision, is, therefore, in behalf of the the baby bonds, and the little things can go onward to accomplish the happy results for which they were intended. A DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. The following is the substance of a de claration of principles submitted in a reso lution before the Democratic caucus, one day last week, by Mr. Stephens. They are clear, ringing, and timely presented, and, as is suggested by our nblc contempo rary. the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, would form a good platform upon which to tight for the next Presidency : The aims and objects of the Democracy is a restoration of Constitutional liberty, and with it peace, harmony, and prosper ity throughout the land. It abjures the renewal of sectional strife ; it accepts all the legitimate results of the late war. it is opposed to the revival of African slavery in any portion of this country or any other kind of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ; it stands pledged to maintain the union of the States ■ under the Constitution mid amendments as they shall be expounded by the Supreme Court of the United states; it is against all revolutionary or unconstitutional meth ods ; it is for law. order, and protection of .life, liberty and property, without respect to persons or social conditions; for a re dress of all grievances, it looks alone to the peaceful instrumentality of the Con stitution, through Ist, the law-making pow er; 2d, the law-expounding power; 3d, the law-executing power ; and lastly, the ultimate sovereignty of the ballot-box ; in favor of a free ballot and a fair ami just count ; while opposed to a large standing army, as were tho framers of the Consti tution, it favors an army large enough to repel invasion, defend our frontier, all necessary forts and garrisons, and enable the President to put down domestic vio lence, or insurrection in any of the Slates, as well as to aid civil oltiecrs in the execu tion of legal process, in pursuance of the Constitution and acts of Congress of 1795 and ISO 7 ; it is opposed to the use of the military of the United states in controlling elections ;itis in favor of tlie maintenance of the public credit, but opposed to the in crease of the bonded debt unless the exi gences of war should render it neces sary ; favors retrenchment of expendi tures, lessening the burdens of taxation, and a thorough reform in the present un equal and unjust methods of raising reve nue ; favors the placing coinage of gold and silver upon the same footing, without! limitation or restriction on the amount ot either; it is for reviving the languishing and perishing industries of the country by an increase of the volume of currency founded on a firm basis sufficient to meet the demands of trade in all branches of business It will be readily observed that this de claration of principles embraces all the cardinal doctrines of free Government, and their maintenance at this time is necessary to alleviate the nlllictionsof a heavily bur dened and distressed Commonwealth, as well as check the despotic tendencies of the same under the recent extravagant, corrupt and oppressive administration of public af fairs. These principles, founded upon the great and broad foundation of popular sov ereignty, certainly commend themselves to the approval of all lovers of good govern tnent and the unchanging principles of jus tice and right. __ The Gainesville Engle, in speaking of Bro. Grubb's loss of bis splendid paper by tire says : " Grubbs is indomitable and will rise if anybody can.” Of course; it is their nature to rise again, more beautiful than ever, with wings to bear them from one fragrant blossom to another. Hut there is nothing wonny ahout Grubbs. The Curnesville Register is clamoring for anew and secure jail, THE GEORGIA CHAIN-GANG. The recent murder of Colonel Alston, at Atlanta. Ga.. hasdrawn renewed attention to the terrible treatment of convict# sen tenced to the chain-gang in that ,*tate. Colonel Alston has made himself obnox ious to those who are pecuniarily interest ed in the maintenance of the system by hi# philanthropic efforts to reform the abuse connected with it. and it is believed that he w#s deliberately murdered in order to put an end to his troublesome interference. The system is one that sad I) - needs to be interfered with. The proper management of convicts is a problem not yet fully solv ed. even where the most careful and con scientious efforts have been made to reach a wise conclusion. But it is generally recognized ns a fundamental principle in dealing with them, thut the great end to lie sought is the reformation of the crlmi | rial, and his restoration to society nt the close of his term of imprisonment a wiser, rimro industrious and netter man. With this end in view, a certain amount of phys : ical labor is required of every convict in some branch of industry, n knowledge of . which will he useful to him after he leaves the prison. But the Georgia system pro vides merely for getting the utmost allow ance of work out of the convict, without any regard whatever to his own well-being. The system consists, in a word, in hiring out the convicts to contractors, whose only object is to make all the money they can out of thehaples# prisoners, by work ing them, often in the most unhealthy dis tricts and with an insufficient supply of food, to the last extremity of human en durance. The death rate, under this in human system, is officially reported to he enormously high. In one camp last sum mer the mortality during four months was ten per cent, a month ; and as fast as the convicts died others were pushed forward to take their places. The contractor is re ported to attribute this fearful mortality to the climate: but there are ugly rumors abroad of cruel whippings and more cruel starvation, as more potent enuses of the appalling death-rate than even the mias matic elimato. To add. if possible, to the disgrace of this inhuman system, it is reported that in many of the camps male and female con victs arc indiscriminately chained together, nt night as well as by day. with the shock ing result# that might readily be expected from so gross * disregard of the rules of common decency. Nominally, the laws provide for a regu lar monthly inspection of the camps bv officers of the State. But in fact such in spection has been scarcely more than a form. The camps have been so scattered about the State that it was impossible for the inspectors to exercise any real super vision over the management of the con victs. and the contractors have been prac tically free to use the unfortunate creatures under their charge in any way that best served their selfish interests. Official as well as private investigation shows that in many instances they have used their un limited power with an almost incredible inhumanity. The system has now been in operation ten years, and unless th? Legislature, which convenes in July, shall annul the con tracts which have just been renewed, it will continue to disgrace the State of Geor gia for another term of ten years. Let us hope that, for humanity's sake and the honor of their State, the Legislature will put an end at once to the miserable system, and nt least place the care of their convicts in officially responsible hands. The above is from the Examiner and Chronicle, of New York, one of the lead ing Baptist newspapers of the North. If it is not true, the proper authorities of Geor gia should give it the lie. EDITORIAL MELANGE. Peru has declared war against Chili. McDuffie County is about to vote away the fences. A ewe died at Point Lick, Ky., recently, aged 21 years. The Register is stirring up the fence question in Franklin County. Hal Peterson, of Coffee County, lias a flock of four thousand sheep. Two negroes will be hanged at Appling. Columbia County, on the Oth of May. There are 55 Union soldiers in tho pres ent Congress, and 77 Confederate soldiers- Atlanta is working for a market. The only market they have now is “ mark it on the slate." This is court week in Carnesvillc. A number of our distinguished lawyers will be on hand. The Echo says Oglethorpe is not yet ripe for the fence law ; but that the sooner they got ready the better. Three-fourths of the tax-payers in Ogle thorpe County are in favor of a county court, says the Echo. The Henry County Register, published at Abbeville, Ala., is the best County paper outside of Georgia, A merchant in Gainesville, says the Engle, bought $250 worth of gold dust the other day from one man. The Toocoh News says it is the general opinion that the fence law will never be adopted in lUbershum County. Richard Taylor, son of President Tav lor. and a general in the Confederate army, died in New York on the 12th. of dropsy. Capt. IV. 0. 11. Shepard. U. S. Deputy Collector, has captured in bis division alone between forty and fifty distilleries, says the Toccoa News. Parties over in Wilkes County are pump ing the water out of a mill pond to get some Confederate gold that is said to be concealed there. The Atlanta Constitution, from inform ation from all sections of the State, is of the opinion that the fruit crop is not in jured materially. That tale we had in Thk Sun recently, about two alligators eating a man, turns out to be an April Fool. We thought it smelt a little fishy. The following are the positions on com mittees assigned the Georgia delegates in Congress by Speaker Randall : Stephens, chairman committee on coinage; General Cook, chairman committee on public build ings and grounds ; Hlount, chairman com mittee on expenditures in the department of Justice and member of committee on appropriations; Nicholls is on committee l of foreign affair# ; Smith, military affairs ' and patent# ; Persons, agriculture and na- I rial uflairs; Hammond, judiciary commit t •; Felton, committee of way# and mean*; I Speer, privileges ami elections. We will fight any man and make a month at any woman who speaks in our presence against the editor of the Eatonton Broad Axe and Itcmizcr. Hear what he says about us : The Sim, published at Hartwell. Ga., is the brightest sun to its size, old Sol not excepted, that it has ever been our fortune to gaze upon. It is an honor to its pub lishers and to the citizens of Hart county, and we wish it many years ef usefulness and prosperity. In the debate on the admission of Bell as Senator from New Hampshire, Ben Hill by a slip of the tongue spoke of the ap pointee as presenting his credentials to the Confederate Senate, whereat the Radical journals yell. “ I told von so !’’ *• Revolu tion !” and •* Rebel Brigadiers !” The Washington Gazette gravely savs a man in Wilke# County ha* a cat that goes hunting with the dog# and catches more rabbits than they do. We do not wish to be catechistic. but what kind of a cat is it? A little girl at Resaca was given a bar low knife to play with. While running in the yard she fell on it nnd rut a terrible gash in her stomach, the bowels protrud ing. from which she died. The North Georgian has resumed publi cation at Bellton. Blats geta up a tidy, newsv. moral pnper. and Banks may con sider itself fortunate. You have a good paper, now support it. We stop the press long enough to sav that the T.eader. published at Winston. N. C.. is the wittiest, neatest, newsiest paper we have seen “ ever since before the war.’’ Micajali Owens, of Wilcox County, 80 years old. walked to TTawkinsville last week, a distance of 28 miles, and nearly all the way back the next day. A rumor is going the rounds of the press that Grant is crazy. Does ho see snakes and bull pups? If be docs, it is just a slight attack of the jimjams. Milo Sutton (col.), last year in Houston County, made with one mule sixteen bales of cotton, two hundred bushels of corn and two barrels of syrup. BILLY BRIDLEBITS REMARKS. Messrs. Editors : In The Sun of the 2d inst., Mr. Pumpkin Rind, in answer to my inquiry as to "where is Bow ersvillc?" says it is in the upper edge of Hart and lower edge of Franklin counties, and is two and a half miles long and vn-ied in width. Now. T understand why I could not find it. it is so much scattered, it is in too many pieces, and they so far apart. Why i inquired of a lady between West and East Bowersvillc (a little off the road) where Bowersvillc was, and she did not know; hut gave as a reason, she had only lived in that locality a short time. So it seems there are people living close in and around Bowersvillc who do not know where Bowersville proper is lorated. iv\> wonder i went through it arid did not know it. for it is too thin. No. Mr. Pump kin Rind. I did not get puzzled in the least while at Royston. for I did not see, taste, nor smell anything stronger than guano while there. Whon I opened The Sun of the 9th and saw the article of Mr. Hal to me. I was sure l would now find out where Bowcrs ville was. but was doomed to disappoint ment. lie sonred aloft so high and so wide and stayed up so long, that 1 began to tremble for his safety. He has lived long and traveled far and wide; well, so have I. 1 went as far west as Carnesvillc once, and hack again. lie has been through rain and sunshine ; so was I in both to-dav. and never melted a bit. lie has seen peace and war, famines, earthquakes, seen the stars fall, has rocked on the mighty deep, where tlie wind was blowing great big waves as high as pine trees, he has seen the forked lightning flash ; so did l this morning about day. He lias beard with fear and trembling the roar of heaven's artillery; so have l—and Gen. Sherman's too. But Mr. llal. I can't account for Bowersville being so scattered in any other way than that, whon they went to move thateountry postoffice from Hon. W. F. Bowers', the team must, have become frightened at something—perhaps the engine—and r;:n away, scattering the village up and down the railroad, where it sprouted and is now showing signs of life and growth in patches nlong the grand trunk railway at different places. Mr. llal says there are a dozen wagon roads leading to Bowersville. Well. 1 did not sec them, the woods were on fire close to tiie town and there was so much smoke when I passed there, it was impos sible to see everything about a town cover ing so much territory. . Bill BridleblTS. In the Woods. April 12. A DUommc that \* ricks ili .System. Every function is deranged, every nerve unstrung, every muscle and fiber weaken ed by fever and ague. It is, in fact, a dis ease which if unchecked, eventually wrecks the system. In all its types, in every phase", it is dangerous, destructive. Stu por, delirium, convulsions, often attend it, and cause swift dissolution. But when combatted with Hostetlers Stomach Hit ters its foothold in the system is dislodged, and every vestige of it eradicated. That benign unti-febrile specific and preventa tive of the dreaded scourge is recognized not only within our own boundaries, but in tropic lands far beyond them, where in termittent are fearfully prevalent, to be a sure antidote to the malarial poison ami a reliable means of overcoming disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels, of which a vitiated torrid atmosphere and brackish miasma-tainted water arc extremely pro vocative. All emigrants and travelers should be supplied with it. ISO. If you want to buy the standard brands of fertilizers, and don’t want to be hum bugged into something you don't know anything about, go to E. Shaefer, Bowers villo and Toccoa. who will sell you at same price as last year. Cotton option 15 cents. Go to E. H. Benson Jc Co.'s and buy a nice straw hat for the summer. Latest styles at the lowest prices. WE ADVERTISE WHAT WE SELL AND SELL WHAT WE ADVERTISE! THE BEST OUU3C STOVE IN AMERICA! If m don’t Believe it. ask JOHN B. BENSON, a. k. childs & co, 154 _ Jl TH&Js O, LrJt. Don't be I*nt Aside. " Don't be put aside.” said Henry Ward Beecher in a sermon. " There are only two people who have a right to put you aside—your doctor and your sexton. No one else. It is ignominious to see men sit ting down in indolence simply because they are growing old. Don't seek easy ways easv ways lead to rust. Don t talk about your-elves ; don't talk about your age. and, at all events, for decency's sake, don't talk about your diseases. If you know you hare the rheumatism, that is enough. Don't be prematurely eld ; don't be older in your feelings than you are in the face; don't withdraw from your interest in life. Read what is going on in the world—don't leave to your younger men the tasks of life, and get out of their way. Don’t get out of anybody's way, and, above all. dorr't get in your own way. Mingle with the young; enjoy their pleasures. David sought out one of his own posterity, doubt less, to lie in his bosotn and keep him warm, and t is well for you to be warmed by the sympathy and companionship of the young. Keep young to the last. Blessed be the man who goes to heaven like a boy.’ There is lots of sound sense in the above, if old Beecher did write it. It is amusing to attend some of the churches and hear the preachers quarreling about dancing, when, perhaps, there are not more than two or three dancing parties in the county during the year, and those at highly re spectable and genteel residences, llierc is no more innocent or refcned amusement than dancing, but dancing ami parties ate the hobbies for preachers and deacons to run on ; when swindling, cheating, lying, and buying anything a brother can got on credit, and never think of paying for the same, is all right. We know lots of preach ers who won't pay their debts. \\ liich is the worst, dancing or stealing? A ma jority of those who are members of the church at this day and time are no better than common sinners. Oak Bower Items. Pleasant breezes, pleasant showers, and oh, such a frost! Mrs. Elizabeth Stowers lias been closely confined to her bed in affliction for several weeks. Her suffering at times is intense. A young negro boy living with Jas. B. Stowers, became angry with a mule he was plowing a few days ago. and took out his knife and split its tongue about three inches. Such heinous crimes should not be tolerated. The services at Milltown last Sabbath were very entertaining. In the morning, the lessons recited and cspetially the sing ing by the scholars were splended. An excellent address was delivered to the school by Rev. B. C. Thornton, and after a short intermission, a good, practical ser mon was preached by Rev. Calvin Sanders, and in conclusion, thu Lord's Supper was administered. D. C. A. Just a few tons of guano left in E. B. Benson & Co.'s warehouses at Hartwell and Bowersville. Call early, as they wish to close out the lot. Notice. p EORGTA—HART COUNTY. VT To all whom it may concern: Notice ianere lu- given that a Charter for the Hartwell Railroad Company to construct a Railroad from Boweinvilhv on the Klbertou Air Line Railroad, to Hartwell, llart comity. Georgia, "ill be applied for at the session of the Legisleture in July next. , By order of the Board of Directors of 11. XL K. Cos l this April 14th, JH79. E. 1L BENSON. Secretary. NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP 1 . riMIE undersigned have opened u now* Ulacksmith L (Shop nortliwcM uf tin- public square, opposite \V. 11. Stephenson A Co.'S, and are propanol to do any work iu tliair lino ip tlie very best stylo clump tor cash, or on time foi those who intend paying n, every cent due us bv ibe Ist ol November next. V e will take iu payment, wheat, corn, oats and coal at market prices. 137 1101-MAN Si POWELL. TIT i ITmpn A LIMITED NUMBER OF W All i Dll Pvtive. energetic canvassers to l! till 1 AjUlengage in a pleasant and profita ble business. Good men will find tliis a rare chance to make money. Snell will please answer (bis advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, staliug wlmt business they have Ins'll engaged in. None but those w ho mean business need apply. Address, FINLEY. HARVEY A CO., I*4 Atlanta Ga GEO. J. HOWARD £ BROS., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, AM Dealers ii Paints, Oils, Glass ml Perfuinery, 29 East Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. m R C. & J, CARTER, in ii n i mi r - GfR ( )(3 ERS, • IIIIULLtIfILL 65 East Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. E. W. MARSHALL. W. H. SNOWDON. E. W. MARSHALL & C©„ WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Notions aat Coil, 9 & 11 Hayne Street, Charleston, S. C. FIMD LAY, ROBERTS] CO. (Successors to Ward Brothers. Established, 1816.) IMPORTERS HARDWARE, CUTIERY, GUNS, &C. f i.iß 9, South Calvert st, Baltimore. PLOWS 1 PLOWS! AATE have just received a double dose of AVERY"S best Plows and Stocks. We YY cal! particular attention to our DOUBLE PLOWS, which we sell at just half the price asked for other double plow-stocks. If it is cheap Plows vou want, this is the place to get them. E. B. BENSON & CO., Hartwell, Ga. BENSON & CO., Bowersville, Ga. Stockholders’ Meeting, OF THE HARTWELL RAILROAD COMPANY. r \ HE Stockholders of th*' Hartwell Railroad Com pany are i vouch ted to meet at the Court House on the Ist Tuesday ill May. for the purpose of transact ing important \nisiness connected with the building of the Road. The Directors expect to submit for ratification proposals for the construction and com plot ion of the entire Road. By order of Board <f Directors. E. B. BENSON, Secretary. Greatest Bargains-vom'^Ns during this month eve# know n in the V. S. We are DETE R\4IXEI> to maintain our position as the (Hf 4 PEST and most KFLIARI.E House in the World, and will, to Dispone of our Present '*tock of -TOO and SECOXDHAXI) ISSTRV 24 EX TS of HE ST makers including WATERS', and SHOS IXOERS. place them within reach of / very Family in the land by offering them at FACTORY PRICEc, aU fully warranted. We have been in the business nearly Thirty Years and cannot be I'mlor- Mid on rirst-elass Instruments, by any house in America. Take advantage of this GREAT OFFER , andsendfor Catalogue at once. HORACE WATERS and SOXS‘, 10 Eat I4tb fit., Now York. 90 WINDING UP GUANOS. We have on hand now only 8 tons Atlantic Acid Phosphate, 15 tons Soluble Pacific Guano, 30 tons Whann’s Raw-Bone Super-Phosphate. All First-Class Fertilizers. We do not ask you to take our word for it. but if you will only apply to us we will furnish you with the names of some of the best men in this County who have used those Guanos. We are anxious to close out the lot. and hope that you will buy some just to try it—if only one sack. We are sure you will be pleased. We would be glad to have your patronage if it is even one bag. E. B. BENSON & CO-, bowebsville, oa.