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■Airviu. HABI raCITY. OAj
Mnlui'Mtii}. Hffnnkr 17. IH7*.
BENSON & McGILL, Editor*.
A. 0. McCURRY, Associate Editor.
01 K LAWMAKER*
Congress is progressing quietly arid
smoothly. Up to thin time nothing of a
sectarian character ha* been introduced,
and hence no tirades of invective and vitu
perative harangues have been provoked.
The body has set solidly down to business,
and wc trust, to use a little slang, that it
will “ stick to the brown wool."
There is an universal feeling among the
masses of the people of the entire union
(hat they arc friends and brethren, bound
together by the same laws, united in a
common destiny, and forever linked by a
mutuality of interests. And this being
tho case, they look with feelings of disap
probation upon all the party wrangling*,
criminations and recriminations that arc
becoming so common in the halls of legis
lation. They are willing to let John
Brown's body lie mouldering in the dust,
:and they care not to draw the nails from
the coffin lid of the decayed skeleton of
rebellion; but, turning their backs upon
•all these things, they are willing to dwell
together in peace and fraternity, and work
together—not to pull down—but to build
up and perpetuate in all its purity and
splendor the glorious Union. No good can
come of alienating the sections, or of keep
ing alive the animosities of the past, hut
much can be accomplished towards build
ing up and replacing—towards making the
deserts of and desolation again
blossom as tho rose, if those of all sec
tions and party affiliations will lay aside
bigotry and self aggrandizement and Work
together to promote the public weal, and
the public weal alone.
t’ongress is not the proper place for po
litical parties to perform their gladiatorial
feats of prowess, or to make or unmake
Presidents ; but it is the august represent
ative, law-making body of a free people,
and whose duty it is to legislate for the
good of the entire people, without regard
to party or past condition, Ac. When
Senator Gordon commends the policy of
silence, he is but indirectly giving promi
nence to this idea. Silent so far as stirring
>up party passions arc concerned, but a
voico of thunder when the prosperity of
Alio people arc involved.
BUSINESS REVIVAL.
Ouc of the most gratifying signs of the
present is the general business revival that
has set in all over the country. And
while it is hailed with the fondest delight
by business men in all the departments of
trade and industries, it certainly comes at
a time when badly needed. A long and
ruinous credit system and extravagant
living had entailed a herculean load of
debt, and the great contraction in values
and the long protracted drouth which pre
vailed throughout our land, began to
clothe the situation with an uninviting as
pect. In other words the future began to
look dismal enough. Rut tins unexpected
favorableness of the fall season rendered
the cotton yield larger than calculation had
figured, together with the high prices ob
tained, and the favorable balance of trade
which exists between our country and Eu
rope, has caused a re-awakening ol dor
mant energies and a general upheaval in
all business circles. We trust that the
present revival is but the bright harbinger
of better times. We trust tbnt it is but
the faint glimmerings of the morning sun
beams gilding the mountain tops, which
ere long will light up all the valleys with
its gorgeous splendors. At any rate we
feel confident that the worst ordeal for our
people is past, and unless they make the
ruinous mistake of increasing their mania
for cotton to the exclusion of supplies,
with the present prices as a basis of their
calculations, a more prosperous era is in
store at no far distant day. As has. been
suggested, the present business revival is
■due greatly to starvation in Europe, and
when that cause is removed it will cheek
the present growing prosperity here. Our
people should bear this fact in mind, raise
the supplies necessary to sustain life so
that they can adjust themselves to any
change that may occur by being inde
pendent.
Congress will adjourn next Friday for
two weeks, to enjoy the Christmas holi
days.
Because we copy an article from an
other paper, is no reason that we endorse
the sentiments therein contained.
The Weekly Athens Banner has been
enlarged to a thirty-six column paper. Wo
are glad to note this sign of prosperity in
our neighbor.
The North Georgian lias adopted the
patent outside system and enlarged to a
six-column paper. We have already said
it was paper.
The South Carolina Legislature has
elected Associate Justice Mclver Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court, and Gen.
Samuel McGowan—the old war horse—
Associate.
The Academy of Musicc at Greenville,
S. C., was destroyed by tire on the Oth,
supposed to be the work of an incendiary.
Several stores were also burned, among
them that of Sloan, Lee & Taylor.
Ist discussing a bill to prohibit the sale
of patent medicines, in the South Carolina
Legislature, Bob Hemphill, of Abbeville,
said in hi speech that the South trn in-
' drilled te patrai medicines for saving the
life of Alexander 11. SteplMMis.
Sews Items.
The courthouse at ThomasvilU is to be
covered with slate.
lion. Alfred W. Pay, member of Con
gress from Missouri, is dead.
A good saddle horse can be bought in
Austin, Texas, for about |ls.
A complete life of the lamented I>r.
1 Pierce w ill soon be published.
I)r. J. J. Dostcr, of Jefferson, Jackson
county, died from paralysis recently.
Two perfectly white partridge* have
been seen in a covey in Oglethorpe county.
Buena Vista Argus : Five of our young
men killed sixty seven squirrels last Satur
day.
There are 2,341) counties in the United
States—l,ooo in the North, and 1,289 in tho
Sdutli.
Greensboro Herald : There Is in our jail
a little negro boy murderer, only 10 years
of age.
It is rumored that one firm in Athens
has made eighty tlmusand dollars by the
recent rise in cotton.
In the recent municipal elections in
Charleston, S. C., the Democrats carried
the day by a heavy majority.
“ Uncle ” Sterling Ivey, of Warren
county, died on the 9th instant. He was
nearly 90 years old, and fought in the
Mexican War.
Warrentfln Clipper: If whisky is not
an evil then let those who want it. have it
as free as they have their bread. Why
tax it between the decanter and the lips?
Anderson Journal : The Town Council
passed a resolution lust Tuesday to confer
with the Board of Trade and announce
their determination to dispose of the free
ferry.
The gin-house of Mr. A. Callaway, of
Wilkes county, w as burned by an incendi
ary last w eek, together with about four
teen hales of cotton. Suspicion points to
a negro girl.
The avenuri; leading to an early grave
have often been opeued by a Cough or Cold.
Thousands have been cured and saved by
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. It is cheap,
only 25 cents a bottle.
The Bank of the University, of Athens,
has been designated as a State depository
for the counties of Clarke, Jackson. Madi
son. Oglethorpe, Oconee, Hart, Walton,
Franklin, Elbert and Greene.
Anderson Journal : One day recently
there came in town, from Corner township,
six wagons loaded with country flour ag- |
gregatiug fifty-seven barrels, and the whole
cargo was bought by Bleckley, Brown A (
Cos.
Keowee (S. C.) Courier: Rev. Fletcher
Smith, who has recently left the Methodist
Church, we understand, lias organized a
new church of his faith and order at
I Double Springs, in this (Oconee) county,
I with about forty members. He has named
his infant church ” The Evangelical Cath
olic Church.”
Anderson Journal: Last Tuesday Messrs.
1,. O. Bushy and J. W illet Prevost formal
ly presented an account to the Town Coun
cil for S2OO, for two mules drowned at
Hanks' Ferry on Savannah River. The
Council refused to entertain the account,
and it will probably be made a test case in
the courts.
Under a South Carolina law, which pro
vides that money won at gambling shall,
upon proof, be restored four-fold, a firm
of Charleston has entered suit for $79,000
against the proprietors of two fashionable
resorts, the amount alleged as having been
lost by young men in whom the firm was
interested.
Col. Payne, of Nashville, Tenn., who,
under the nnm tie plume of “ Ariel,” wrote
a book just after the war to prove that the
negro has no soul, has applied for admis
sion to the County Poor House. His book
had a large circulation in the South, but
the author does not seem to have realized
much from its publication.
Toccoa News : The late Col. G. M.
Nethcrland was a member of the Knights
of Honor, and at his death his family was
entitled to $2,000 which was promptly paid
to Mrs. N. the other day. This is one of
the best institutions of the kind in exist
ence. and has done much good towards aid
ing the widows of its deceased members.
Sparta Ishmaelitc : The statement that
“ the South might go further and fare worse
than to take Grant,” is certainly a singu
lar remark to fall from the lips of a South
ern Democrat. Mr. Stephens does not
state how much further the South would
have to go to fare worse, or what the fare
would be. The very thought savors of
brimstone. The Democrats of the Bth
District are not going to go as low down as
Grant, and hence they hope to faro better.
Atlanta Constitution : The Gainesville
Argus calls our attention to the fact that
New York has a usury law. Why not al
so remind us that England has none? The
New York law. as the editor of the Argus
well knows, is as imperative as if it had no
existence. The new usury law in Georgia
is also imperative, but it is so framed as to
seriously impair the credit of those who
are either compelled to borrow money or
buy supplies on time. This is our special
complaint against the new law ; but we ob
ject to it on the general ground that no
usury law is necessary.
In New York, on the 11th instant, John
McEvoy, aged 15, of Paterson, crawled un
der the table ofa circular saw for sawdust.
The saw had been stopped to mend the
bc-lt, and the man in charge, not noticing
the hoy. started the aw. The next nun- !
ute h§ saw a hat fly from under the tabic. •
lie stopped the machine and looked under
the table, and saw the boy with his head
almost literal!v sawed in two. The saw
had run from near the back of the left ear
across the top of the head, down through
the forehead between the eye and the noae,
without injuring the eyeball, and through
the nose, so that one nostril was sawed
clear from the other. The saw penetrated
the brain around the car to the depth of
from one and a half to three inches. The
boy retained his conacicntousness while he
was being taken to the office of Dr. Gar
nett, where the scalp was sewed up. The
physicians could sec the pulsations of the
brain through the opening. The lad said
the pain was very great, but he refrained
from crying, and pinched the nails of his
hands into the palms until the blood ran.
At the Sisters’ hospital he was able to lift
a glass of stimulant to his lips. Dr.
Marsh probed the brain to the depth of
nearly two inches without touching the
bottom of tho cut made by the saw. The
boy was able to talk intelligently all
day, but he said that it pained him to con
verse, and he was kopt as quiet as possible.
He is yet alive and conscious to-night. The
physicians say that it is a miracle that he
has lived.
Greensboro Herald: Tho truth is there
has never been any “ Grant boom ” in the
South, except among those who have been
ready at any time to “ boom ” for Radical
ism orollicc. Mr. Stephens' life long prin
ciples in politics have ever been against
those indorsed by Ulysses and his clan.
The Democracy of the Btli District, if they
knew it, w ould never send a Grant man to
Congress. She has honored Mr. Stephens
time and again, and always on account of
his political wisdom nnd Jeffersonian prin
ciples. Wc have no quarrel with Mr. S.
for his esteem for General Grant, but we
can not imagine upon what it is founded.
Nor do we join issue with him for saying
the “South might go further and do
worse.” Perhaps she could ; but we are
inclined to think that she would have to
go so much further as to land her before
the palaco of the Czar of Russia or the
Sultan of Turkey. So long as our distin
guished representative is true to tho prin
ciples embodied in his “ Wur Between the
States,” the South will be proud to claim
him as a champion for her rights.
A bill in equity was filed in New Or
leans on the 12th of December, in the
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United States Cirtuit Court on behalf of
Messrs. Edward Peckhain, of Louisiana,
t Stephen l’arcy Ellis, of Brooklyn, New
| York, and Mortimer Dahlgreen, of St.
Louis, Missouri, and the sisters and broth- i
ers of the late Sarah Ann Dorsey against |
Jefferson Davis. The object of the bill is
to have declared null and void the will of
Mrs. Dorsey, of January 4th, 1878, by
which the whole oflier estate was bequeath- ,
ed to Mr. Davis. The plaintiffs allege
that they aro legal heirs of the testatrix.
The grounds of annulment of the will are ,
stated to bo that previous to and at the (
time of the writing and signing of the will
Mrs. Dorsey was not of a sound and dis
posing mind, being under undue influence
of the defendant, and that the motive and
object in inducing and controlling the tes
tatrix to make a bequest itself were, under
the laws of the land, illegal and null and
void.
Anderson Intelligencer: The prelimin
ary trial of J. M. Gambrell, Win. M.
Ragsdale, J. Francis Ragsdale, J. Harvey
Hancock and Augustus W. Poore, charged
with burning the store of Maj. George W.
Anderson in Willinmston some time ago.
was had before Trial Justice Whitetield at
this place on last Saturday. Messrs. Jas.
L. Orr and H. G. Scudday represested the
State and Messrs. John E. Breazeale and
John B. Moore the prisoners, and after the
examination of a number of witnesses on
the part of the State and argument by
counsel on both sides, the accused were
all remanded to jail for trial at the Febru
ary term of Court, the parties not being
allowed bail on account of the crime with
which they are charged being a capital of
f nee. The trial was one of considerable
interest, and was attended by a large num
ber of the citizens of Willi&mston and
neighborhood.
The following counties compose the first
and second census districts of Georgia as
oltieially announced by Superintendent
Walker:
First District —Bartow, Catoosa, Chat
tooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson,
DeKalb, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth. Fulton,
Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham.
Hall, Haralson, Lumpkin, Milton, Murray.
Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Towns,
Union, Walker, White and Whitfield.
Second District —Banks, Burke, Clarke,
Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Glasscock,
Greene, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Lincoln,
McDuffie. Madison, Morgan, Oconee. Ogle
thorpe, Richmond, Rockdale, Taliferro,
Walton, Warren, Washington and Wilkes.
Camming Clarion : A few evenings
since, a colored gentleman drove his team
of mules to the front of one of the stores
in town ami asked one of the proprietors
to notice it while he went into the store
with the other partner to settle his account.
On his return he very politely raised his
hat and remarked that ” in former times it
was customary for a gentleman when lie ’
called upon any one to do favors of this
kind to give him a half-dime, but now
things had changed.” Whereupon the
party doing the favor, thinking that some- !
body ought to be paid, drew out a nickel !
and handed the colored man who accepted
it and drove off, no doubt, wondering at
the freaks of fortune.
Atlanta Constitution: A highly re
spectable and reliable old darkey living on
Pryor street vouches for the following
1 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUI . m
All Iron Goods have advanced in the Northern markets
J. C. WILKINS, ArHf '*Yi?be t °*. oa.,
Still offer* superior inducement to Cash Customers. Having
, purchased a large stock before the ady*pce, he can afford an mm
Clxeap as t3ae Cls-capc-st.
Do not delay, thinking that prices will be lower, for Every- c -'• v„
thing Indicate* a Decided Advance in the price of all Iron M " \l|f\
Goods; so send in your orders, or call at once on K 'V J
J. C. WILKINS, -
story : lie says that his cat became the
mother of three kittens, and he, not wish
ing to raise any more, took them to a pool
of water near by and drowned them. The
next day he found three little baby rabbits
i comfortably ensconscd in the drowned
j kitten’s warm bed, tho old cat had brought
them mduriug the night, and seemed quite
proud of her long-eared family, but it
seems that the nourishment furnished by
the feline didn't agree with the little fel
lows, for they soon died, one, however,
surviving for several weeks.
Gainesville Argus : The Atlanta Con
stitution is still hitting the usury law with
ita little sand club. Without discussing
the general policy of such laws or the
limit of interest to be allowed, it is well
to bear in mind the fact that the great com
tnercial State of New York has a usury
law of the strictest sort, under which no
more than six percent, can be charged and
wherein the lender, if he violates, the law,
not only loses the entire interest but the
principal as well. Surely if usury laws
are so disadvantageous to everybody, a
i State like New York would have repealed
j hcr's long ago.
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Baby Shows are the rage everywhere,
and we understand that the universal rem-
I edy used to keep the little ones quiet is
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. It contains no
1 opiate. Price 25 cents.
The Domestic Relations of General K.
Toombs.
U. 11. ./., in Telegraph it lUstenger.
Even the most malignant enemy of this
remarkable man has never dared to utter
one breath of slander against bis conjugal
fidelity and devotion to the true and gentle
wife of bis youth.
“ I marritd hsr,” he said, “ when she
was only seventeen, and I twenty years of
age. She was one of the most beautiful !
and noble girls in Georgia, and from that
day to this she has been my constant com
panion, accompanying me wherever 1 went
and always cherished and beloved above
all women.'’
‘•The 18tli of next November will be
fifty years since our union,” he continued,
“and we will then celebrate our goldeu
wedding. But mark you, no guest shall
be invited who is not known to be a true
and loyal husband to the wife that bears
his name.”
These arc noble sentiments and shed a
halo of glory over the head of this aged
and distingushed statesman. Here, at
least, he is invulnerable, and such a life
of constancy and purity should cover a
multitude of faults.
One Kaperienee from Many.
“ I had been sick and miserable so long
and had caused my husband so much trou
ble and expense, no one seemed to know
what ailed me, that 1 was completely dis
heartened and discouraged. In this frame
of mind f got a bottle of Hop Bitters and
used them unknown to my family. I soon
began to improve and gained so fast that
my husband and family thought it strange
and unnatural, but when 1 told them what
had helped me they said “ Hurrah for Hop
Bitters ! long may they prosper, for they
have made mother well and happy.”—The
Mother.
Some till UK lor the New Year.
The world renowned success of Ilostct
ter’s Bitters, and their continued popular
ity for a quarter of a century as a stom
achic, is scarcely more wonderful than the
welcome that greets the annual appearance
of llostetter’s Almanac. This valuable
| medical treatise is published by Hosttet
j ter & Smith, Pittsburg, Pa., under their
own immediate supervision, employing 80
hands in that department. Ten cylinder
' printing presses, 8 folding machines, 5 job
presses, Ac., are running about eleven
j months in the year on this work, and the
' issue of same for 1880 will not be less than
ten millions, printed in the English, Ger
man. French. Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish,
Holland, Bohemian and Spanish languages.
Refer to a copy of it for valuable and in
teresting reading concerning health, and
numerous testimonials as to the efficacy of
Hostetler's Hitters, amusement, varied in
formation. astronomical calculations and
chronological items, &c., which can be de
pended on for correctness. The Almanac
for 1880 can be obtaineil free of cost, from
druggists and general country dealers in
all parts of the country.
Horses and Mules.
We will sell low for cash two or three
horses and a pair of the best mules in
Georgia. E. B. Benson A Cos.
Fodder Wanted.
We will pay the highest prices for fod
der in trade or cask.
K. B. Benson A Cos.
:X>TET*r EKTEEPEISE.
PEOPLES &DONNALD
TYTCrtPLT) inform the people of Hart and adjoining counties, fliat they have ripened
VY an esiablishmcnt in HARTWELL, just opposite Tin: Strx office, and will keep
constantly on hand a large stock oi
Tinware, Stoves and Potware.
Wc defy competition either m prices or excellence of goods—are determined to sell
as cheap as anyoody. Come and see our splendid assortment.
TANARUS) IT’T) A TT) TXT Done promptly and in the best possible manner.
XVJ JA. xjLXXVXi.x vJT Bring on j-our leaking coffee pots, wash pans, Ac.
BAGS, BAGS, BAGS.
>Ye will buy nice clean linen and cotton rags in any quantity.
Beeswax and Haw Hides.
Highest cash prices paid for Beeswax and Raw Hides.
JOHN E. PEOPLES,
171 J Q. DONNA LD.
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Dry Goods, Notions £ Shoes,
Pryor St., opposite Kimball Fouse, Atlanta.
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THE ONLY MEDALS EVER AWARDED for POROUS PLASTERS: were GIVEN
to tin- manufacturers of HENSON S CAPCINE TOTtOI'S PLASTERS at Centennial & Palis Exhibitions.
Over 5,000 Physicians and Druggists Have Voluluntarily Testified
that they are a a rout improvement on the common, slow-actsng Porous Plasters by reason of their prompt
action nml the absolute certainty of tbeir quickly relieving pain, aiul effecting a positive cure.
I*lt ICE £5 CENTS.
HARTWEM PHII'KM lERREXT.
December 16.
j COTTON— 9J to 12J
1 Flour. *7 00 to *9 00.
' Com. 80e.
1 I‘fits 80c.
Wheat, fl 50.
Oats. 30c.
Fodder $1 50.
j (Totton Seen, 12$c.
j Shucks. i>er load. $3 00.
; Wood, 2-norse load, 50c.
i Pine knot*, per loud, 75c.
Pearl Grits, Jtyc.
! Rice, 10c.
Sugar, 0 to I*2Jo.
Coffee. 124 to 20c.
j Bacon, Bc.
Salt, per sack. $1 15.
Whisky, per drink, 10c.
Molasses, 35c.
Syrup 55 to 05c.
Powder *25 to 40c.
Soda. 8 to 10c.
Tobacco, #035 to #1 25.
Cigars, 2 to 10c.
Asafoetida. 10c. per oz.
All worm medicines, 25c.
| Starch, 8 to 10c.
Butter 10 to 20c.
Kflgs.
Chickens, 10 to !2§c.
Turkeys, 75c.
Beef, 3 to 4c.
| Pork, net. s#<\
Goats, per head, sc—market glutted.
I Mutton, per quarter, 50c.
Lanl, 10c.
Kerosene. 20c.
Beat machine oil, 75c.
English (Copperas. sc.
Brimstone, in 1.000 pound lots, sc.
Factory yam, #1 00.
Shirting, 7 to 7#c.
Horse and mule shoes. 6Jc.
Oysters, six in a can, 10c.
Tallow, 6c.
Beeswax, 18c.
Bags, lie.
i Hides, 10c.
Possums, gross per pound, sc.
j Mexican Dollars. 80c.
£' 1 EORGIA—HART COUNTY.
VX Simeon I>ooly has applied for exemption of
personalty, and I will pass upou the same at 12 M.
lon the 7th day of January. 1880, at mv office. This
i D*cember 11th, 1879.
E. STEPHENSON Ontinarj .
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THE HARTWELL
HIGH SCHOOL.
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!S. M. BUBO, Principal Female Dcpm’t.
S. W. FEEK, “ Male
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VpilK SPUING SESSION opens on MONDAY.
|JL JANUARY 12 1 li. ISM), and continues six
! Scholastic Months.
Rates of Tuition Per Month :
Fourth Cbias—Spelling, Reading, Writing .$1.50
Third “ —Arithmetic, Geog. Gram., (com.) 250
Second “ —Higher English Branches 3.50
First “ —Higher Math.. Classics, &c 4.50
One-Half Tuition will lie due at the beginning of
the session. Pupils will be charged from time of cn-
I tering until close of session, ami no deductions will
j la* made, except in cases of protracted illness
This School lias many advantages that recommend
it to Parents and Guardians—
The locality is remarkably healthy, and the moral
ity of the place is unsurpassed in any town in tho
j State.
Board can la obtained w ith good families at from
1 Five to Seven Dollars per month.
Trains on the Hartwell Railroad run daily.
| Strict rules of discipline will be enforcea, and any
| pupil, too large to be dealt with otherwise, will be
■ expelled and not suffered to enter the School again.
I A music class will bo taught by a competent
teacher.
For further information apply to either of the
teachers. 170
BY VIRTUE of an order from tho Ordinary of
Hart County, will be sold before the Coui-thouso
door of said county on the first Tuesday in January
next, town lot Jio. fifty-two in the town of Hart
well. containing one-fourth acre. Sold as property
of estate Van I). Gary, deceased, known as the
Lewis McMuHan shop lot. Terms, one-half cash,
remainder twelve months time. Interest from day
of sale. November 29th, 1879.
J. W. GARY. ) Administrators
WM. MYERS. > of
JOHN SNOW. ) A. D. Gary.
f 1 EORGIA- HART COUNTY.
Ij Leroy Ham has applied for exemption
ofpersoualty, and I will pass upon the same at 12
M. on the 31st day of December, 1879. at my office.
This December 6tn 1879.
1 C STEPHENSON Ordinal*.
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