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COERCION FOR IRELAND.

Telegrams from London indicate that
tbs policy of the British administration
towards Ireland will be one of vigorous
coercion, If not active persecution. Mr..
Gladstone, the Premier, is leading in this
policy, and will, in NIL probability, carry
the Parliament with him. 1t is said that
the bill for the protection Of persons and
property in Ireland will much resemble
the Westmeath Act of 1871. Itw will en-
power the Viceroy, with Tho advice of
tne Irish Privy Council, to declare the
districts in which the Act is to be en-.
forced. and subsequent clause will sus-
peud the writ of habeas corpus by en-
power;ng the Viccroy, upon reasonable
suspicion, to arrest any person deemed
On offender within the terms of tho Act
1t will also provide that persons 80 arrest.
ed cannot be released, tried or bailed
without an order of the Privy Council or
Viceroy. Another clause will In certain
cases substitute trial before two judges
for the trial by jury. The possible sus.
pension of the writ of haJeas corpus will
continue until the first Of August. The
adoption of such measures rs those indi.
Gated on the part of the British Govern
ment will bring the Irish troubles to an
early crisis. The Land League will
either peacefully disband or, falling to
do this, will be compelled to cease it's
agitation and resistance to the oppression
of merciless landlords. Tho policy of
coercion may cause conflict. 1t GER
tainly would, and ought to do SO, if Ire
land was in condition to resist. The
Irish people are struggling for justice
and right and liberty. In this struggle
they have the sympathics of all free
people The course of the English peo.
pie towards them has always been
oppressive and tyrannical 1t will be q
happy day for this poor people when
they shall bs delivered from their op.
pressive bondage.
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STANDARD FERTILIZERS
FOR SALE BY
McCully g Taylor.
WAGNER A. D. Bone,
Georgia Grange Bone and Fertilizer,
Empire Guano, Monarch Guano,
Wagner Grange Acid.

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Ghas Brown Bohgnon II BuErss
Garter Doc Craig ComeL Cook CLARK
comE GwoTd cSn C cnn Cooley S Clark
Duht b tiays IN D1ckworh Douht
Dnl Daily Or Dncke
FREEMAN Fggsen Andy Gee
Glenn Glenn w Ben
Gray w Gentry; TGrubb
GnT1p I1 N n Gaener W umPys VIM
Wr Hale G IT4yIie MISE aner
Joshua Holland a Hall Thos Hutchinson
1h " Hd in' AZ lia II HOPKINS Jenkins Jolly
e1ae o1a h Ho Sa T Al King H Kennedy John
AIosey icNee " M, Masown
Mcdaniel Mclee Masters Nc.
Daniel f. Mcconnell McAir
I1ky NicGuI L w Acicr Mcdonald
Martin ia H Morrison Alcek Morgan W
Milford hos W Martin Major Mudin
a nny P K Norris W Norris r
fS eI,nr rhp M W RTeSos Parsons Inn
snsy' Rs RRasyrd konson 4 Rice Iobe ueker
Sshh ~ Sn" Shelton Shirley Shirley.
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Tins % aSomnson % o ngeon Smith w Simpson
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Williams T nv " WSb y Wood Williams
Wilson WHITAKER L Weo n WiIi@n5 Wiin5
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= The catacombs Of Paris are said to
contain the bones of over 100000 peo-
pie. The number is added to every year
by the removal of bodies from the come.
teries to make room for newcomer.
This practice has been carrie. on for
over one hundred years, and no PERSONS
body remains in q cemetery after cer-
tain number of years unless the lot is
held in perpetuity. The majority of lots
are only sold for certain number of
years.
= Chinese quack doctors do a large
business in San Francisco. The largo
class of ignorant people. who elsewhere
resort in sickness to clairvoyants, there
go to Cinnamon, whose horrible mix
lures of reptiles and other things have
frequently been described. It was lately
discovered that the most noted of these
practitioners was in the employ of white
spectators. who advertised him extern
sively, and took the profits after paying
him small salary. He had been a
fisherman, and knew nothing at all of
medicines.
- By George Eliol.s death, sums up
the London Acddemy. we are left with
only one living novelist who is absolutely
of the first class. Thackeray died socn
after George Eliot became famous. and
Dickens whom she had yet much of her
best work TO do. During all the years
in which she labore6, il is perhaps true
that only one novelist of extraordinary
genious had arisen. 1t is perhaps true
that the position filled at one and the
same time by Dickens, Thackeray, and
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And Still Another.

The Charlotte Observer of Sunday says
"The fast mail, due here yesterday morn
ing from. Atlanta, was wrecked three
miles east of Gatiney's, at 3 o'clock. The
accident is supposed to have resulted
from spread in the track. The train
consisted of postal, n combination and
Pullman sleeping car. All three OF
these, leaving their trucks, went down an
cmbankment twenty feet high, but re-
mained upright. Three passengers, Con-
ductor John Humphrics and two train
hands were hurt, but not seriously, Con-
ductor Humphries receiving the severest
injuries. The combination car, belong.
ing to the Richmond & Danville Road,
caught fire and was consumed but the
other cars were uninjured. The engine
was drawn from the track by the cars,
but did nc. go down the embankment.
Engineer Newman escaped nnhnrt The
express, also due here yesterday morning,
had turned out on siding q. Gaffney' .
and was passed by the fast mail, This
train arrived here at $50 last night, pre-
ceded one hour by the train due here
Yesterday afternoon AT 6 O'Clock yes-
terday evening the engine of the wrecked
train was on the track and all trains
moving regularly"
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GEN. GRANT. AGAIN.

Gen. Grant is troublesome patriot.
His services to the country in the recent
civil war are continually made the basis
for new and extraordinary obligations on
the part of the government Washing
ton, who has been christened by history
''the father Of his country" ard awarded
the position of first in war, first in peace
and first in the hearts of his country.
men," was for his glorious services and
sacrifices awarded two terms of the Pres
idency. Ho had risked his life in the
battle, and upon its result depended both
his honor, his property and his very life.
Had his cause failed the traitors halter
would have taken his life and the British
government would have taken h;s PROD.
erty. Yet after the achievement of lib.
erty and independence for his country.
he, at the end of two Presidential terms.
retired to his estate at Mount Vernon
without any ostentation or show, and
there were no begging expeditions, nor
dead head trips, nor dangerous political
designs formed for him. General Jack
son, as tho head of the American ermies,
preserved this country in its in fancy
from conquest by Great Britain. after
having braved the dangers OF several
border and Indian wars, and for these
services two terms of the Presidency
were given MIN, and nothing moro was
asked OF expected from mis- countrymen.
Gen. Scott, commanding the armies of
the United States conquered Mexico, and
added q large Western territory 10 our
country, which has proven most valua.
bic acquisition, and yet he never received
any recognition of those services. Gen.
Grant did not render services in the civil
war of any greater value than those rem
dered by Gen. sherman, who has re.
ceiyed no recognition beyond permission
to remain in the army aud rise as vacan-
cies occurred. On the contrary Gen,
Grant has twice had the Presidency, and
his salary was raised from $4,000 to
$50, 900 per annual. at the conclusion
of his second term his friends wished to
run him for q third term, ia defiance of
all the preeedsnts Of our government,
aud, failing ia this he weg for two years
deadheaded over Europe with q govern
.nent steamer at his service. Upon his
retnrn to this country his name was
prominently urged for a third Presiden-
tiai tenn, and, failing in shis, his friends
arc laog trying to put him On the retired
list of Generals With q Handsome salary.
we think this measure should fall We
nave no prejudice againat Gen. Grant. I
ae 5Sas an able and successful General,
ana III var Was fair aud brave. His mil-
iEa9g record il aa admirable one, but as q l
ci7'iiiiian We sliink ne has proven asfaiIrre.
lSsca ii his civil resasd had been as asil- !,
liant IS iis .issfy, ne DO not think heiI
should be surpotted at tie oxpsnas os
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Pugilism In Congress.

Mr.. Stephens says that he has seen
forty men fighting in the House at one
time, and fighting as hard as they could
fight. have never seen the incident in
print, and / send it to you. There was,
at one time before the war. q member of
Of the House from South Carolna whose
name was kiett. Kcitt was like some
other Congressman, and like some people
who are not Congressman, fond of the
Glowing bowl" and on the day of the
Conflict dire" was indisputably drunk.
Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, was
then, as he is now, Il strong partisan, and
was at that time one Of the leaders of the
Free Soil party.
Party feeling was very high, and mere
personal than it is in thcac piping times
of peace" Grow came over on the
Democratic side on some business, and
keitt resented his presence, and called
him id Aboltiomist. Grow sa;. he
had the right to 60 over there but Keitt
said if he didn't 60 back he would make
him go; and Grow, seeing he was drunk,
said something pleasant i'll reply; and
Keitt, mistaking his nearing, jumped up
to strike him and fell down with great
crash.
Grow had not touched him, butts pread
like an electric shock all over the House
that Grow had knocked Kcitt down, and
without word q number of gentlemen on
each side engaged i'll the first actual
battle between the North and the South.
Mr.. Stephens says that he never left his
scat. In this fight no blood was spilled
except from the nose.
Mr.. Stephens says that pistols have
been fired in the House, and the old gen.
tleman very clearly intimates that he
saw the pistol fired. There was an inves-
tigation by the House as to who shot the
pistol, but Mr.. Stephens, says: II said
nothing about what saw"
believe it was at the time Of the Keitt-
Grow fight that Kcntuckian who was
outside and wanted TO come in to see the
row and perhaps join in it. The door
keeper stopped the Kentuckian, who in
continently pulled out his pistol and let
drive at the doorkeeper. and missing him
shot messenger through the arm.
Itwas nothing uncommon in those days
lor gentlemen to summon each other 10
the little dueling grounds ut Bladens-
burg, which may be easily seen by those
who travel the Baltimore turnpike,
about four miles from Washington. Not
Il few gallant men, in response to notion
of false honor, have expiated their mis-
taken ideas on this historic SPOT. Now,
however, there is but little danger in
billingsgate. Public sentiment has
changed and improved ire-arme have
also contributed to this result Washing
| ton Correspondence Athens Banner.
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George Eliot can be claimed at the pres
ent moment, If claimed at all, only by a
single noyelsts-by Thomas Hardy.

George Eliot can be claimed at the pres
ent moment, If claimed at all, only by q
single noyeists-by Thomas Hardy.
= Seats in the New York Stock Ex-
change sell now for 100000. The
Exchange owns about 100000 worth cf
real estate, SO that the present price of
seats practically rates the goodwill Of
the New York Stock Exchange at over
S3O,000,000, an absurd and exorbitant
figure, only possible under the wild tide
of speculation now sweeping through the
country. The London Stock Exchange
requires an initiation fee Of $3.50 and
yearly dues of 500. The sixty agents dc
change in the Paris Bourse make large
deposi. with the government; but this is
in lieu of bonds as security for their
personal behavior.
= On the frat day of the current
month n money orders Act came into
force in England, which promises to
work complete revolution in the system
&C postofice money orders in vogue there,
wLich is not radically different from our
own. The old system was very popular,
at least we should suppoee so from the
fact that during the past eighteen years
there were issued 220, ,69l ,472 money or
ders, representing nearly $4,000, 1000
in gold. Still there was chance for i'm
provemcnt, aud the postoffice authorities
think they have taken ad, ,tage of that
chance. The new postal orders are q
kind of printed check, which can be pur-
chased at any money order Office in the
kingdom. Each check has specific
amount printed upon its face, and there
are various prices FOR which these postal
checks are issued. For instance, a
money order for Ct under the old system
cost Sd. n check for the same amount
may be had for I'd. If person wishes
check for Fl he has only TO ask for one
ut any money order Office, and upon pay
ment Of Il 0s. I'd. it will be handed to
him at once, saving him the trouble Of
filling out blank with details, pro.
ceeding that was formerly necessary, and
is now in this country. Another advan-
tage offered by this new system is appre.
ciated by business men. 1t is that postal
! checks can be purchased in any quantity
at one time, the only condition being
that they must be used within three
months from the day they are bought.
Business men who daily send away small
sums of money can purchase books OF
these checks, and thus save themselves
the trouble Of going to busy postoflice
every time they have to make n remit
tance such as they would wish to send
through the mails. AS small sum as
Is. can be sent by check, for which the
charge is I'd. The new system is already
appreciated, and it is claimed for it that
it costs the public less and yields the
government more than the old one.
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A BLACK EYE Foa a BLACK MAN.
The New York Times now SAYS:

DLACK EYE FOH BLACK olAN.
The New York Times now says:
"It is q pity that the Southern Repub-
licans who called upon the President
elect few days since should have ac-
cepted az leader and spokesman that
notorious negro, r. B. Elliott, now Of
South Carolina"
The same paper goes OH to say with
reference 10 "Gcne.al' Elliott
1T is high time chat the Republican
party in the South rid itself of such
men as this same Robert B. Elliott. He
las done more 10 bring disgraco upon it
than even the profligate Moses or the
weakling Ames. 1t is true that he is a
black man of the deepest hue, but he is
rot Southern negro, and has abso .utely
nothing III common with TIE pecnle
whom he aims 20 represent. He was
born in Boston, Mass, and was educated
in England, remaining for many years in
that country. He was never heard Of in
the South until after the war, and then
the chief prominence which he gained
vas in connection with corrupt politics
and disrepntablc transactions in the Leg
islature. BY his great ability and supe-
rior education he might have been an
ornament, not only to his race, but to the
country. He chose rather TO be selfish
and slippery trickster. He has received
Congressional and other high honors
from the coored people of South Caro-
lima. In return, he has never lost an
opportunity of misrepresenLing them.
He was appointed 4 special agent Of the
Treasury some time before the Chicago
Convention, and earned hip pay by ap-
pearng in that meeting for his paymas:
Ter and against the clearly expressed
wishes of his constituents. He now
seeks prominence to the end that he may
have the lions share in controlling the
Federal patronage in South Carolina.
For the sake of the party in the South
and elsewhere, it is 10 be hoped that lie
aud men like him, who are always heard
more of after elections than during the
thick of a contest, may be sent to the
rear and kept there"
Coming from truly loyal Republican
journal, the foregoing is what we call
giving very black eye to a very black
man,
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the Government. When he retirea from
official life he should, like all of our
other Presidents, go to work as citizen.
In our Republic the fact that man has
held high official position should not
elevate him above work. 1t is our boast
that oil men are equal in our system, and
yet it is proposed 10 put one man above
another in consequence of his official
position. A President ought to dignity
labor as Cincnnatus Of old did by re-.
turning to it when his term of service
has ended. For this reason we think it
is about time for Gen. Grants friends to
quit begging for him. He ought TO go
to work, and quit expecting to be forever
deadheaded through life.
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The Iaurens Railroad.

The Laurcns Herald is informed that n
movement is afoot to set aside the recent
snio OF this fudd OH Inc following
grounds:
1st. Because there was an appeal pend
ing which contemplated the taking Of
the matter out of the hands of Mr.. Barn.
we'll, Master for k'thland, so that the
property might be sold by the Master of
this county, and the sale take place here.
I'd. Because the appeal was not with
drawn in sufficient time TO give parties
concerned in the same, and affected there
by an opportunity to protect their inter-
ests, the said appeal not having been
withdrawn until the very day of sale,
and only few minutes before said prop
erty was offered for sale.
Sd. Because the holders of large
amount of the bonds Of the road, who
were awaiting the result of said appeal,
will suffer pecuniary loss by the sum-
ry and unexpected withdrawal .e
same and the consequent sale Of the road.
4th. Because inasmuch as no public
notice was given prior to the sale, or the
first Monday in January inst. parties
who were awaiting the result of said
appeal, and not expecting the said sale
to take place on said day, were taken
wholly by surprise.
5th. Because by the operation Of tho
said syndicate, or combination, bond
holders were forced either to become
parties to the same, by selling their bonds
at whatever price might be offered, or
take the risk Of receiving only their pro
rdte share from the proceeds Of tho sale.
which, in consequence of tue very low
price for which said property sold, would
be the merest pittance.
9Th. Because the sale of said railroad
being tho result of er pdrte action on the
part of the syndicate, or combination
formed for the express purpose of buying
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binc in favor Of any one of them. For
instance, Senator Bruce, the coored Sen
ator from Mississippi, who has been more
prominently spoken of for cabinet po-
sition than any other cololeI man, is
strongly opposed "a different parts of tho
country. Recently the colorcd people
ofTenneesec aud Alabama have declared
for John NJ. LangstoI, and the colored
people of Cleveland, Ohio, have adopted
resolutions opposing Bruce. This 1ivis-
ion would probably defeat col ian,
if one ever had any chance, .houga We
do not think there has ever been
any chance of any colored man being
called to the cabinet.
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TUE COST OF POST OFFICES.

A great many persona have no idea of
the cost of maintaining the postal sys.
tenn of the United States. The post of.
fee appropriation bill as reported TO the
House from the committee, appropriated
SAC, ,760, ,432 and Is based upon estimates
aggregating $40, ,A75, 1892. The bill shows
an increase over last years appropria
tions of 81, ,667Ol2. The estimated pos.
tai revenue for 1882 is $Ss, ,845,l7 or
81 ,9ii5 25oo lsss ..hss:. the sa:. required 10
make make :hs pes.ea!iee department. department. SELF
sustaining. The amount appropriated
for the Star Route service is s7,S75, ,O0O.
sehich ia an increase Of $4,000 over
last years appropriation. It is believed
an effort will be made in the House to
still further increase this item. This is
q good illustration of what the aggrega-
ton of small things can do. A man
never feels the three cents he puts on
each letter as stamp, aud yet the whole
of the stap,ps used in ono year amounts
in the United States to $38,S45,174
This sum. however, is so distributed that
every citizen has the advantage of the
mails, and yet his postage bill is so small
that it is generally not even thought of.
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The colored people have very little
chance Of securing a representative in
General Garfeld's cabinet, for number
of reasons, prominent among which is
the fact that the~5 are moro white Ro.
pnblicans who want the petitions than
there are Offices, and they will not near
go around among them. Therefore, tho
President cannot jump his white sup.
pogters In order to appoint colored
man. when the Republican party think
the Hniggern belongs to them, and that
they win get bis vote whether they treat
iiira righs or not. Another reason why
theg wiz not secure representative is,
that the coiSSe1 people themselves are
al crossSparpoeeS with ono another,
and tco Jealous Of their leaders to com.
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Jan 81, 1881

NTOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
IN The undersigned, Administrator OF
the Estate of Il. Sanders Smith, deceased,
hereby gives notice that he will apply TO the
Judge Of Probate ct Anderson G. H., OH
tho 2nd day of March. 1881, for Final
Settlement Of said Estate, and u discharge
from said administration.
The Choses in Action belonging TO the
estate, and appraised worthless or doubtful
will be sold at Anderson G. III. OH the above
stated day at II o'clock n. M.
G. G. SMITH, Admir-.
Jan n. 1881 20 81
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- Carrie Stokes, colored woman, re.
siding two miles east of atlanta, Ga,
was found dead in her home on i..st Sat.
urday. a coroner's jury developed the
fact that she had been Killed by a blow
on the head, which fractured her skull,
aud that after being killed she was laid
in The fireplace, wood piled upon her,
and her clothing saturated with coal oil
aud set on FIRE. Her head and face were
burned beyond recognition, but the fire
being made Of green wood went out be-
foro the body was entirely consumed.
There is no clue to the perpetrators