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Bartow, - - - Editor. wmwn n„mii w—■ The Bunks County Observer Passes out, and The .Farmers Journal takes its place It will always boa desire of The Farmers Journal to merit its name and bo worthy the support of the farming class at their sacred fireside, and in their moral, religious, educatianal, agricultural, mineral, commercial | and all business interests—tend- \ ingto push them ‘-Onward Ami| Progressive” in all that will en lighten and elevate them as identi fied citizens and business men, identified with the prosperity and industries of their county and sur rounding section. la politics, The Farmers Jour nal will be democratic—striving for conservativeness where issues arise involving the best interests of tho party —yet, when mugwump and indepeutism presents its de ceptive and treacherous attempts to defeat the democrati party, The Farmers Journal will be firm and aggressive in denouncing them— inarch to democratic lines without favor or influence, faithfully dis charging the liberties of the demo cratic press. Congress ia ia mumn over the death of H jb. J. M. Burses, member from the state of Missouri. Mr, Buck is mdoised by the Geor gia republicans for a place in tba Har xison m. hi net. Alabama republicans are red hot for * protection policy ia the new ad minidtrstioj). The Oconee Jiaterprisa speaks of that county being infested with “blind tiger?,” not withstanding tho recent election of the? drv ticket. The rand jury is now investigat ing the Hawes’ murder, and Bmith riot, iu Birmingham. It is thought no c Jig3 will bo brought against the latter. “iii is not much ot a aoeiety” man it is :: di. So much for Mr. Harrison. IB no but ctiHcfed-braiu fops can af ford to not their heads on a pivot and hare it tilled with gas. r I .:e 'Alabama St-to Board of Health convenasjn Montgomery, March sth. i'.omii.ofit medical men from other at*tea will ho present, It is thought the repiesentatiou of medical science ivdi b? a ; ood oise. The t copie of Birmingham, Ala., vrr.ro on anrliter lynching scout last xvi.ek This time after a negro for miTaglng a white woman. Doubt less, ere this L k appeared to the read ers the fiend has been caught and in in died in m the limfc of a tree into eteru ty. Birminguaru auJ us surrounding section will eoou equal the “Blech Hills’’ of Colorado for murders and orirae* of all sorts. This is certainly a comm unity of despair and degrodation. ii would seem to the outer world of • •ivilizuion and morality, a state of and inhuman hyenas exists t rsre. Uarnsoa’.s Cabinet. Washington, January. 22.—Mr. Beane remains in \\ ashington and. is resting on 1j is oars as it were. He seems perfectly contented and is: - friends art likewise, for they veil knew that the Maine states man's appoint'an a' lo the Mate portfolio is certain. In other words they realize the fact that tho Maine statesman has blutfed him self into the cabinet. The fact of John Wannamaker postponing bis visit to Europe and that ho has been called to India napolis by (Jen, Harrison, is re garded that ho is going to be post master-general. This is generally accounted as settled, and thereby Mahone’s chances, if ho had any, have all disappeared. Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin, is the only candidate who has been in the field for the postmaster-gen eralship, and he has now with drawn, and will be satisfied with the appointment of first assistant. Mr, Allison ot lowa, has positively and emphatically declined the treasury portfolio and James S Clarkson of lowa, is now making great effort for that position. He is supported by the entire lowa delegation in congress, besides many other western senators and representatives. Senator Allison is especially pressing Mr. Clark son for the appointment and he is said to believe that Presi lent Har rison will call Mr, Clarkson that office. The make-up of the remainder of the cabinet, leading republican members here say, has not been decided upon by Harrison him self and that it is extremely doubt ful if Gen. Harrison has yet de cided upon one to call to his cabin et, except Mr. Blaine. A promi nent republican here to-day said he believed the president-elect would not call.to his cabinet a sin gle man wlio now occupies a seat in the United State Senate. A Woman’s Claim. One of the most interesting char acters in Washington just now, and one who is attracting a great deal of attention, is Miss Ella Car roll, daughter of ex-Gov. T. K. Carroll of Maryland, The remarkable claim which she sets up concerning her connection with the late war is one which, if substantiated, would detract very largely from the fame of General Grant, and his place in history. Misrf Carroll is seventy-one years of age, completely paralyzed and in very needy circumstances. When the war broke out she was living at Princess Ann, on the east coast of Maryland, and although her people were in sympathy wilh the southern cause, she was from tho outset a strong union After the first reverses ot the war, and when things looked dark and ominous for the north, Miss Carroll set herself to work to devise some plan with which to defeat the con federates. She suggested to Gen. Halleck that he build a lleet of gun boats, and with the Ohio, Tennes see and Cumberland rivers as a means of transportation of supplies to push the war down to Chatta nooga, into the very heart of the confederacy. Her plan included the destruction of Forts I'onelson and Henry, which guarded the en trance to those rivers; thence to u-h a column ot troops down info Tennessee.* force the evacuation of Nashville and fight a decisive bat tle near Corinth, disembarking the troops at some point along the riv er, her ultimate design being (hat when the heart of the confederacy wag reached to fore® a column across the country to Atlanta and thence to the sea, thus breaking off entirely railroad and telegraph ic communication between the two wings ot the confederate array, As will bo readily seen this was the exact plan of operation tollowed out under Grant’s directions. These plans Miss Carroll sub mitted to Gen, Halleck in writing. That they were adopted was evi dent from the record ot subse quent events. Miss Carroll now has a bill before congress for SBOO,- 000 as the price of her plans for defeating the confederacy. She is however, greatly in need of finan cial aid, and desires only a small pension as a reward for the service which she rendered to the union. Her application for pension has been favorably indoiaed by Grant, Halleck and Sherman, and it is thought by some that it is probable that the bill will pass at this session. The colored man asks Mahone’s opinion of his race being represented in Harrison’s cabinet. Here is what MahoDe says: “I have heard that the colored race desire a rt presentative in the cabinet, but they aro too advaueed in asserting themselves in that particular. It is not approved ot by the republican par ty as a whole. There are fanatics who desire such a eonaunaation, but none other. In unity of sentiment with the larger and more liberal element of the republican party, I did not approve of any such pretention, and hi fact, to be candid, I regard such a proposition as 100 abanrd to enter, to any appre ciable degree, in tao factorage of the political situation. Thera will be ho colored man in Harrison’s cabinet. The time for that has not yet arrived. I don’t approve of colored meD throat ing themselves forward as candidates for prominent positions, hovewer cor rect it may bo in American citizen ship, in the nitre republican creea, for such candidacy. It is wrong ia poli cv. Just now tho colored man is en titled to all the lights that property pertain te him, but his place ia not at the extreme front yot. My advice for the colored people is to address their energies and enterprise to industrial and educational exegencics umil such time as they shall bo undoubtedly qualified for the higher places of trust atd emoluments. I belive ia meting out to the colored element exaac jus tice and when they show* proper ca pacity for posilions in public life, to which they can legitimately aspire, they should have them as a matter of fair p-ny, bns Ido not approve—and I stand on the same platform in this particular with many other honest men and republicans—of their embar rassing, their well wishes with issues involving them that are irrevalent and untimely. “If tho negro persists in putting himself forward unduly, bswill alien ate his trice do. The best roir.ds of the north and of the republican party feci that he is a heavy load to carry, foi so feels Senator Hoar and other grast men, who aro at this date found to admit it was a mistake to make hint a participant in tho function ot govern ment, which requires intelligence and a judicious use of the franchise to dis charge it properly.” J Gunnels* Power & Cos., a JIARMON7 - GROVE.— * — * -*• DEALERS IN Plantation Supplies. We Keep in stock afull’sapply of good and fresh goods. We can not he surpassed in Quality and Duraoility.. We buy at lowest market figures; we defy competition in prices. We want only a living profit on cur sales. We da not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do v?e wish to accumulate their fortunes., Wo are receiving daily, a full supply of our Customers every day. wants. Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Prices. MoneY SavcDf We Sell Goods to Compete With Any House in teh Country. QvU/vi Merchants Can Bay Blank Books, School Books, Paper Bags, ft rapping Paper, Twine and tationery of Every Description Prom us at Nh Y. Prices. D. W. MCGREGOR AND CO, (Burke’s Old Stand,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. Stock Larger Than Ever! Pragjl Stoves! Stoves! —Stoves Bought by Car-Loads! — A. >y. { Y-- - .;v. And Prices That are Bound to ‘ - • Attract Jones’ Standa’d Tinware, Tin Roofing; Guttering and Job-Work, Call or Write for Prices. E, E. Jones, 209 B’oad St. ATHENS.