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T II K S l N. ■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 1 I 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. i rr ■ii . . 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. TO V E © T O E © I N W A 11 * i"11 CHILDS li, j A YTj ATHENS, ; W A | O-SL. j N R ' A W N : I E V < ) T E J A Mt.S K. HOYLSTON. ALBERT Z. DEM A REST. HENRY KOYLSTON. CRANE, BOYLSTON £ GO., WHO DBS AEE DEALERS IX Dry Goods, Notions £ Shoes, Pryor St., opposite Kimball Fouse, Atlanta. tup BENSONS -V.. •V --CAPCINE 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 . • *•••••••'•• • ••• •••• • THE HARTWELL HIGH SCHOOL. o !S. M. BUBO, Principal Female Dcpm’t. S. W. FEEK, “ Male o 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*. © E V o T © 2: •• :■ ■••. V ■ PiMTER