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ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1874.
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L1«S> OOII. | A. I. ERWIN. 1 DOWELL COBB,JR.
ERWIN 4 COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Offlee in the Deuptee Building. Decll
QOBB,
B ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond,
Attumey-at-Law. Athens, Ga.
Op-; on Broad itreet, over tie etore of Barry A Son,
Willgiveepeeial attention to eases in Bankruptcy. Al
ls, to the collection of all olaima ontrusted to his oare.
tamesITlyle,
d Attorney at Law,
Peril WATKINSVIILE, GA.
TOHN M. MATTHEWS.
if Attorney at Law,
Dnniolsriile, Ga.
Prompt Attention will bogiren to Any business en
listed to his care. Marcbl4.
E ngland 4 orr,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers,
and COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Dnpree Hail.Broad St, Athena, Oa.
W* ara bow prapared to store Cotton at 16 cents por
bale, sad willadvaneo cash when desired. Oct28.
TJ'NGLISH 4 CLASSICAL SCHOOL,
Pj For Boys, cor. Wray and Lumpkin jata., Atb-
«•, Oa.
»p8—3m
LEE I
LYLE, Prin.
T H. HUGGINS,
if . holesaie anil Retail Dealer in
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ae.
PeblC Broad Stroet, Athens, Ga.
TOHN H. CHRISTY,
V Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,
Broad St., Athena, Ga.
OBetcornsr Broad and Wall streets, orer the storo
Jamas D. Pittard. tf
P AVILION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Tbit FIRST-CLASS Hotel is situated in tbo very
Main of the business part of thooity, and all who
•top there will And ovary convenience un.l luxury that
Via k*procured. Board, por day, $3.00.
R. Hamilton, Supt. Mrs. L. II.ltuTTKRriELn,
Doc22 tf Proprietress.
QUMMEY 4 NEWTON,
O D«*lor* in
Foreign an<! Domestic HARDWARE,
Juno!) No. 6,Broad street, Athons, Ga.
S C. DOBBS,
. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. Ae.
Fab# No. 12 Broad Stroet, Athena, Ga
TT'MORY SPEER,
JJJ LAWYER, ATHENS, GA.
At Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend
tie Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Ilanka,
Jackson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White,
and fire attention to collecting and other claims in
those counties. March 19, 1873.
K ELIAS, Attorney at Law,
. FRANKLIN, X. C.
Praeticea in all the Conrta of Western North Caro-
Una. and in tho Federal Conrta. Claims collided in
all parts of tho State. aptO—ly
mWARD R. HARDEN,
-IlJ (halo Judge U. S. Conrta Nobraska and Utah;
and now Judge of Brooks County Court)
Attorney at Law,
JbIjSS ly Quilmaa, Brooks County, Ga.
T F. O’KELLEY’S
U . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Orar Williams’Shoo alore, Broad street, Athena,
fiaetfia. aepl.
B P. CAMP,
• Attorney at Law, •
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Will gir* prompt attention to all bnsloosa entrusted
I*kirn. He will attand tho Conr’a of Habersham,
Traiklln and Hall. teplT—ly.
«• Minn. a. p. howbll.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
20 and 22, Kimball House,
ATLANTA, GA.
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attend regularly all the Courts in Atlanta, lnelud-
Uf the Supreme Court of tho State, and will argue
Mite r n en brief, for abeent partioa, on reasonable
term,.
They alio practice in the Oourts of the eountiea eon
tlgaoae oracoeiaibleto Atlanta by Railroad, sopll
M.W.RIDEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
0. S. Claim Agent ani notary Public
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA,
ft' OBco on Wilson street, balow King A Bro’a
. Fehrnary 10,1873.
*•** a. estes. madisom sbll.
ESTES & BELL,
catJ!; ttqi w ey * 3 at law.
94nnf9vamLn geobqia
U7 Uth practice in the conn ties eompoaing the Wait-
ara Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties
" Blia Ridge Circuit. They will nlao practice in
manapreme Coart of Geergifo and in the United States
«•«* at Atlanta. mayl4
JAS. L. LONG, M. D.
Surgeon, Accoucheur and Physician
(Offlee at Hr. noma* Steals' Store,)
Oood Hope District, Walton oo., Ga.
Offer* his profesalonal aerrice* to theeitiiens of the
•atrounding country. ang27
Livery, Feed & Sale Stable,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
OAHN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS,
Vv ILL be found at their old stand, rear Franklin
, **• bonding, Tbomaa street. Keep altrnya
°8i u Tnrn-onta nnd careful drivors.
a. f ™ eared for when ontrnated to our cure.
Bioek on hand for isle nt nil times. dael6—ti
WALTON HOTEL,
Tim v MONROE. OA.
1 would iospoottally Inform tray
iloS*v Public generally that ha has taken charge
‘ JI.7* Hotel, and will spare no petffs to make
•b tomfertebla who nav favor him with their putron-
y* Htl *hargaa will bo reasonable. janlO lm
R.B. ADAIR, D.D.S
B 1 GAINESVILLE, GA.
South tart com or PubHo Sow. marJT
„ A.. A- EDGE,
Hoot, Shoe and Harness
maker,
HrtUt-i, WATKINSV1LLE, GA.
[PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.]
Petition from 1,400 Citizens of Clarke Co. for
the Removal of the Court House to Athens.
Georgia, Clarke County.
To the Honorable Senate and House of Repre-
mfafites, in General Assembly :
Tbo petition of the undersigned respectfully
ebuweth that they are citizens of said county
and Stato, and that in the exorcise of their as
sured rights, to this intent they earnestly peti
tion your honorable body for relief against a
grievance which is without parallel in this
State, which has become unbearable, and which
threatens virtually to destroy the administra
tion of justice in this county, to-wit: The
location of the Court House of said county, tbo
Jail, and all the attendant offices, in the vil
lage of Watkinsville, seven and a half miles
from the centra of population, and accessible
only by roads, which, at certain periods of the
yoar, are almost impassible. Tour petitioners
respectfully pray yoar honorable body to en
act a law that the sessions of the Superior
Court and the Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty shall be held in the town of Athens, and
that the officers of said Conrts shall have their
offices in said town, and that your honorable
body repeal conflicting laws. The reasons for
this petition ara as follows:
Of late years the population and the taxable
property of Athens have largely increased.—
The census returns of the town exhibit an ag
gregate of nearly five thousand inhabitants,
whilo tho population of the connty is about
twelve thousand. Of these, two-thirds live
nearer to Athens than to Watkinsville. To
illustrate, there are two precincts for voting in
said county—Athens and Watkinsville—at the
last election five hundred and eighty votes
were polled at Watkinsville, and one thousand
six hnndred in Athens. The disproportion of
taxable property is even greater. An official
exhibit of the Tax Receiver of Clarke county,
appended to this petition, shows that the val-
uo of taxablo proporty in tho county at large
§3,479,446; of this, 2,897,950 is owned in
tho town of Athens and the immediate vicinity.
The voters who own this property are almost
unanimous in favor of tho removal contem
plated. In tho last fonr years tho taxablo
property of tho county has increased $1,000,-
000 in value, and this increase has been almost
exclusively confined to Athens. Five-sixths
of tho tax-payers of tho county are advocates
of tho removal. There are seven manufactur
ing companies lying in, and immediately ad
jacent to, said town; theso factories’ employ
many operatives who are subject to jury duty,
and other duties incident to Court Watkins
ville, it is claimed by those who favor its cause,
is the geographical centre of the county. This
is not the feet. The centre of the connty is
threo miles from Watkinsville on the road to
Athens. Bat oven were this statement true,
to insist that tho geographical contra of tbo
county has superior rights to tho contra of
population is unreasonable. Court Houses are
placed in the centre of counties to benefit the
majority of the people, they being presumed
to li vo equally distant from that point. But il a
large and constantly increasing majority of the
people live in one section this argument does
not apply.
But yoar petitioners farther show that tho
removal of the county sito to Athens would bo
of posltivo benefit even to thoso who live be
yond Watkinsville. Athens is the market for
the county, and the farmers from every section
come to Athens at least twico each year to pur
chase snpplios, and to dispose of their produce.
During the sessions of the Court, those who
might be forced to attend, could then transact
their business, and rave the time and expense
of an additional journey. is no nnnsual
thing to see planters leave Watkinsville dar
ing Coart week to go to Athens for the par-
pose of trade. Watkinsville, on the other
hand, has bnt small facilities for trade, and we
do the merchants of that village no injustice to
say that they do not pretend to enpply the
wants of the connty. Many of those who live
in the vicinity of Watkinsville have the candor
to admit the troth of this statement.
Tour petitioners farther show that Watkins
ville is a very small village, and has but few
dwelling houses, and one hotel. There is no
accommodation for the great crowds of people
who go from Athens and the thickly populated
vicinity. Tbo bar occupies tbo hotel, and
there can he obtained no other room for love
or money. It is impossible to estimate the dis
comfort of those who have no Bhelter in the in
clement Fehrnary Term of the Superior Court,
and especially of thoso unfortunates who are
compelled to camp in the court honso square,
On the other hand, there is ample accommoda
tion for all in Athens. Again, ot the citizens
of Athens, few keep horses and vehicles, while
the citizens of that small portion of tho oonnty
which is claimed will be Injured by changing
the connty site, scarcely without exception, own
horses and vehicles. Daring Coart week, a
great many backs and carriages ply between
Athens and Watkinsville for hire, bat the
charges are so great that the needy can joot
nso them. A ride to and from Watkinsville
costs two dollars; dinner in Watkinsville costa
one dollar. This is three dollars per day,
which every one mast pay who chooses to ride
rather than walk, and to eat rather than be
hungry. This is very bard apon the laboring
man, whose wages are paid Saturday night,
and spon which bis family depends for Its sub
sistence. An industrious mechanlo can make
two dollars per day. This he loees daring his
attendance on Coart. This is twenty-four dol
lars for a Court of two weeks; and his expendi
ture three dollars per day the same time, and
it will be seen that he loses sixty dollars dar
ing the Fehrnary Term of the Coqrt, without
the slightest remuneration, while bis fondly
may suffer positive want. This does not foil
so heavily on those who argne that tho court
house should not be removed. They all have
conveyances, and they do not live each week
by the wages of the week before, bnt their in
come is realized at the ond of the year, and
their families do not suffer actual want because
ofthe|r absence. Tour petitioners earnestly
press this view on tho attention of your honor
able body; Showing it to be the due of those
honest, hard-working artizans and operatives
who form so large a portion of their comm unity.
Your petitioners farther show that almost
the entire legal business of the county origi-
near Athons, almost all of the crime of the
connty is perpetrated in town or its vicinity-
The witnesses, therefore, to almost every of
fence are citizens of Athens. They most travel
fifteen miles per day so long as the law’s delay
or the necessities of tho cause demands that
the ease be continued. The prisoner mast be
carried seven and a half miles to jail. This is
an additional expense. A great majority of
all the petit jurors and grand jurors are from
Athens and its vicinity. The tales jnrors are
drawn in the same proportion; and witnesses,
parties, jurors and talesmen journey to and
from Watkinsville each day at an expense of
two dollars for each man. This is tree of eivil
business also. Athens being the centre of
trade and property in the connty, causes a great
preponderance of the civil business to origi
nate in Athens. This is so tree that the peo
ple beyond Watkinsville have been known to
complain that they should be compelled to at-
tond court sololy to try the causes of tho
Athens people. A declaration to commence a
suit is drawn in Athons, the attorney rides fif
teen miles to file it in the Clerk’s office, he
travels the same journey at appearance term,
goes again to try the cause, he goes to
Watkinsville to the rale, here is a journey of
sixty miles to obtain a plain common law judge
ment in the shortest time and simplest method
possible. Not only does the Attorney Buffer
this hardship, bnt the parties and witnesses,
a great oxtont, suffer with him.
This is no exaggeration, but is the undeni
able fact, and with a large majority of causes,
where there are continuances, new trials, and
dilatory measures of any sort, the distance
travelled is donbled, and often quadrupled,
and expense and inconvenionce sustained in
tho same proportion. Owing to these facts
alone, the expenses of litigation are so enor
mous that the people are virtually precluded
from their constitutional right to appeal to
tho conrts. Whereas, the cheap, the speedy
and the impartial administration of jnstice is
one of the firmest bonds of people to govern
ment, and, therefore, should bo the prime ob
ject of wise and prudent legislation. Yonr
petitioners further show, that of ten lawyers
who practice in raid county, eight live in Ath
ons, two in Watkinsville—one of whom is the
ordinary of tho county—and tho other because
of the proximity of raid village to his farm.
The bar < ;id county expend a large sum
each year in their frequent journoys to and
from Watkinsville, and tho cost .of board in
raid village, which thoy would be otherwise
enabled to savo. While the inconvenience
sustained by tho members of tho local bar and
all who attend court is exceedingly irksome,
yet it dees not compare with that of other
citizens. Yonr petitioners fnrtner show, that
tho situation of tho court house entails great
delay ■ in tho dispatch of business. At the
long term of tho Superior Court, to-wit: Feb
ruary term—the roads are almost impassable,
which, taken in connection with the fact that
the groat number of witnesses, parties and
jurors are from Athons and the adjacent conn-
try, delays tho business of the court, until
long after tho jury hour of well regulated coun
ties, and which is thereby retarded from term
term until great loss and damage is incurred
and sustained. Your petitioners farther show,
that at the Fehrnary term of said Court, of
this present year, 1871, the Grand Jnry of raid
county, were so strongly impressed with the
terrible condition of the connty, that they re
commended a now connty to be formed of
which Athens should be the county site. This
presentment was unanimous, while at the
same time the country (immediately adjacent
to Watkinsville was largely represented in the
Grand Jury, aforesaid. But yonr petitioners
while if they fail in securing the objects of
this, their petition, will assuredly use every
measure to havo a new connty formed, re
spectfully shew that tbo removal of the court
house is preferable to advance the remedy
needed. They believe that the State Legisla
tare is large enough, and they are unwilling
to increase the expenses of their State. They
are attached to their county lines and connty
name, and are convinced that the measure
contemplated by this petition will effect the
sole reform intended by the action of the
Grand Jnry, as aforesaid, and will be absolute
ly without expense to tbo county. Whereas,
the connty is in no condition to divide equally
the burthen of taxation nocesrary to a new
oonnty. The Intendant and Wardens of Ath
ens, yonr petitioners have been assured, have
tendered to raid county the use of the town
hall for the court honso, too long as they may
desire, and the rale of the court house in Wat
kinsville will he amply snffioient to defray
all necessary alterations and leave a large bal
ance id the hands of the Treasurer. There
will be, therefore, no expense to the county
from the objects of this petition, bnt, on the
contrary, great and lasting benofit. Therefore
to the end that jnstiee in the premises, and
that this great and continuous, and constant
ly increasing grievance, he removed—a griev
ance whioh has cost the connty greater and
more needless expenditure than all other causes
pat together, which virtually absolves tire
criminal, proteots the fraudulent, and defrauds
the creditor of of his rights, which, in short,
impedes and renders almost nugatory the at
tempted enforcement of law and administra
tion of jnstiee—yonr honorable body is re
spectfully petitioned to enact a law changing
the connty site of Clarke county from Watkins
ville to Athens, and to repeal conflicting laws,
and yonr petitioners, aa in duty bound, will
ever pray, Stfi. (Signed by fourteen hundred
citizens of Clarke oonnty.)
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM TAX RECEIVER.
Clarke Co. Oot. 28th, 1871.
Having been requested by several gentle
men to prepare an exhibit from the tax books
of tho oonnty, showing the relative value of
property in Athens and the districts adjacent,
and thoso adjacent to Watkinsville, I herewith
enclose a carefally prepared table, taken from
tho tax books. In my intercourse with tho
{feople, and by the examination of the petition,
I have the means of accurately knowing the
sentiments of tho people, touching the removal
of tho court house; and I have, therefore, ar
ranged the tables with the view to meet the
qnestion now at issuro. Tho statements here
set forth are perfectly impartial, and may be
be seen that five-sevenths of taxable property I
belongs to men who favor the removal, and I
that if Watkinsville procures the signature of I
every man who lives in that section of the
people in favor of removal. Bat since the peo-1
pie of Watkinsville will not permit any person
New Madrid Earthquakes
connty, there will still be two-thirds of all the | the great shake as described by an eye- | had got into bed, espied the foot of one of tho
witness.
Tho earthqnake that shook sonth-east Mis-
of color to sign their petition, it becomes ap-1 sonri in 1811-12, seaming the face of the coun-
parent that five-sixths of the people of tbo I try with yawning gulfs, and submerging it I to hold on a moment; be gat qnietly ont of
connty are either in favor of removal or nentral. I with now lakes, still indicated by vast tracts bed, and, going to where the stranger's boots
Table* Showing the Districts Unanimously ml of swamp, are like a thrice-told tale of an old were, he took off a large, sharp Mexican spar,
■jfevy. 0 / the Removal of theCourt House from | crone, mattered by d winter’s fireside, to the and carefally adjusted it to the bare heel of
~ " J ~ " elders of St. Louis, hut beyond these, compar- the unconscious stranger. With another au-
Polls.
Property. 1
Athens, white
.420.
...$2,326,870.00
“ colored
.690.
35,975.00
Georgia Factory, white.
82.
... 388,170.00
“ “ colored.
.114.
300.00
Back Branch, white....
: 77.
73,546.001
“ “ colored...
77.
1,500.00
Sandy Creek, white....
31.
26,675.00
“ “ colored...
57.
2^50.00
Barber's Creek, white..
. 62.
65,984.00
“ “ colored
47.
400.00
Pury ear’s, white
. 25.
19,775.00
“ colored
. 24
... j
Mystories of the Bible.
BY REV. H. M. SGUDDRR, D. D.
All vital prooesses are mysterious. No om
knows what life is, in any of its gradations—
vegetable life, animal life, spiritnal life, sterns}
life. These are beyond definition and com-
nsion. No sillier argument has ever been
_ against Christianity than this, that it
Be-1 uttered a yell and sprang out of bed with a I hng mysteries. Before you attack the
lieving that a brief account of these ocourren- muttered exclamation that I did not make out, on tb | 3 scorei take a kernel of com, a grain of
ees will prove of interest to our readers, wo and then he commenced a wild dance around I barley, a seed of mustard, and tell us its w-
Total.......... .1706 $2 938 435.001 have compiled the following statement, from I the room, with his nether garment under his I cr0 t i unfold the mystery of its life, and build
Table of Districts Showing those opposed to re-1 aa account of the events as they occurred, arm, and making frantio efforts either to dis- up f or ^ t he theory of its generation. Every-
moval. | written by Mr. Godfrey Lesieor, an eye-wit-1 locate his neck, or to see how badly ho was I where through the domains of nature, we tread
Polls. Property. | Qe8s and a participator in these terrible hurt, all the while making exclamations that I w j{ b we are compassed with-mysteries;
Watkinsville, white 66.... $165,900.00 8661103 of moro than sixty years ago *• woald havo mado a baggage-man with a Sara We gQ throngh hor dark eayemg with feeble
colored 81.... 650.00 During tho night of December 16th, 1811, toga trunk on his shoulder turn green with torchlight, and soe only a little, though that
High Shoals, white 63.... 67,250.00 the flr8t shook of earthquake was export- envy. . little is full of glory. Our footsteps have a
onced. It came upon the senses of a terrified The innocent cause of the trouble had been hollow 8oandi and t he sound floats away, re-
60,758.00 I people in mnrmoriags and tremblings of tho awakened at the first yell of the victim, and, I yerb0ra ting among mysterious spaces and
I earth at two o’clock In the morning, and was in straightening his legs ont, scratched him- J aby88e8 around ns, which we cannot enter and
59,180.00 rapeatad at intervals of half an hoar, tho self most unmercifully. AHo did not yell nor e xplore. The student of nature seems to me
70,808.001 shocks being comparatively elight and doing say bqA words, but he jumped ont of bed and lj)£e man ln tbe Kentucky cave with only a
I no farther damage than the shaking down of made for his friend with the purpose of taking I matches in his pocket. He scratches
51,754.00 j 80me ) 0 g houses and cabins. At 7 a. m., the vengeance, I supposed; hat he had not taken 1 0fle on tbe wa j| > and a dome 0 f glittering sta-
mutterings grew into thnnder in tho West, two steps before he jabbed the spur into his I i ac tites breaks in a feeble flash upon his eyes.
Total.. ..............578 $476,300:001 and wore immediately followed by a rocking leg again. The landlord then appeared with 1 rjhus he getshore and there a glance, while
The two Following Districts are equally Divided I vibration of the earth, so that in places a light, followed by half the hoarders in the j a)l hgyona jg unseen, unknown. The lower
on the Question of removal. | where tbo shock was most violent, few were j honse, and inquired what the matter was. An jy 0U go down in your research into animal and
Bnnoombe, white 63....
“ colored 47.
Dark Corner, white 51....
colored 34....
colored 43....
Farmington, white 27....
colored 59....
Salem, white .29....
colored 34....
Scull Shoals, white 64....
colored 39....
Wild Cat, white 48....
colored 25....
Total 195
Gives in favor of Re
moval 1804
Select fpofeilattg.
I beds in the room did not surprise ns, as in
backwoods-taverns there were frequently three
beds in a room. We undressed, and jast as I
was going to blow out the light my friend, who
strangers sticking through the bedclothes at
I the foot of the bed.
With a suppressed 'chuckle, he motioned me
Watkinsville to Athens. They stand thus :
To the rising generation and those who qnences that would follow when the Btranger
his foot, he got back into bed, and I
t the light aDd followed him. He soon
the young couple breathed again. They were;
married and proclaimed man and wife so q[oiek
that it made their heads swim. They conld
now dare life, and brave all the world; es
pecially their eager pursuers who had landed
from the boat. They turned toward the skiff-
passengers with proud defiance, and sudden
ly came to their sober senses. The boat
brought over the holy man of Hawesville,
whom they had engaged to marry them, and
his party, and the young couple felt a slight
color of shame in their faces.—St. Louis Rep.
moval
195
$105,446.00
)•
. 98
$52,723.00
I 47iH»
$2,938,435.00
Property. I ablo to walk or even stand erect. This hor- examination brought to light the spur, which I ve g e t a bie life, the greator the mysteries. One
$59,051.001 ror did not j on g perhaps a minute, explained the matter. The stranger looked I wou j d think the minutest would bo the sim-
46 395 00 Bat while it continued, an ago of terror must sheepishly at the spur, then at hisscratch, and j pi es t; but the smaller objects carry in their
' ’ I have been crowded into the briefness. Tho finally examined his boots, and with a sickly I d j m jQ U tive being the mightier mysteries. Tho
| earth rolled like waves of tho sea, with crests smile said: ‘ Well, boys, I have lived all m y| border land between the smaller vegetable
and troughs between; the waves burst sud- lif° among people who wear spurs, but I never I and an ’ inaa i forms is full of mysteries. In those
denly open, and from their months great vol- before raw a man who could pull off his boots I a gg re g a qg,i animels called thePolyzoa, out
j with blocks of charcoal, all coated with a sub- morning.'— Chronicle.
of earth bad subsided and the volcanic ernp
$2,991,158.001 tion had ceased, the destruction lay before
germ; it swims hither and thither, finally an
chors itself somewhere, and then it glows and
<f Squire, Marry Us Quick.” (puts forth buds, as though it were imitating a
A Cannolton, Ind., justice of tho peace has V0getabl0i and bnUd8 up
a new animal houra-
Gulfs or fis-1 lat6l y performed a matrimonial feat which en- j hold 0n tbe otber handi in go m8 p | ant8 w hieh
From the above tables it will be seen that | ^e people in all its awfnlnoss.
over two-
ing five-1
the business calendar, it will bo seen that | terror that sprang up in the minds of thoso | is one of Ken'tuoky’s 6on J 6ai _ 6 ^ Gretoa Greens j and atla8t 8et ties down into the steady, unlo-
eleven-twelftbs of the business of the county peacefal people can scarcely be conceived, —much the hotter and safer for boin B ln a * comotive life of a vegetable. Whon wo come
is transacted in Athens. Of one hundred and I hut they hoped for tho best, anil set about re- othcr State > w,th tbo sweet-flowing Uliio ®-1 to a vltal process, we stand within God’s inner
three thousand acres of wild land returned in pairing themjnry which had been done to their tween. Cannelton is so used to young runa- templei and are constrained to exclaim: Here
Clarke county, nine-tenths is returned in I settlements and therein which had fallen up- wa y 8 that tho couples are never noticed a °y h s the hidden glory of the Creator, tho Author
1 - 1 moro unless thoy havo a notable history. A oflife His way is past finding out. We reach
Athens.
Ion thein primitive homesteads.
On tho night of January 7, following, the cou plo°f this kind raught tho sweeis of C an ’I t be threshold of the divine operaijon, and we
Robert Flournoy, Tax Rec.
Council Chamber, ) . = o. —■ , . . . ■ — — . . .
Athens, Ga., Oct. 27,1871. $ I ruin was more widely spread and moro dovas- nelton tho other day, and got into tna papers, i ar0 not ab j 0 t0 cross tho boundary; we stand
A called meeting of Council was held this I tating in its results. Again tho earth rolled A pretty iittle Kentucky girl was loved by J tb jg s j d6i and worab j p . a Scripture, a reli-
aftornoon. Present, Intendant Bensse and I in huge waves and the waves burst into floods I two brothers. Unable to decide between them J gj 0Di without mystery, would be confuted aad
Wardens Barnard, Bishop, Erwin, Moss and I of water, and tho sulphuretted charcoal fall-1 abo 1°^ tbo qi uest ' on w 'fh tbemselvos to S0t * I contemptuously driven out from among men
Nicholson. The Intendant stated that the | ing in showers, seemed to fuse into an inox- ^ e - They met one day on their way to tho J by evor y V oico of nature, and every syllable of
Board had been called together for tbe par-1 tricable chaos. From this until tbe 17th of | h°uso of tho lady, and commenced tho argu-|jy a>
Worldly Sunshine.
is tbe 8nnsbino
pose of considering tho matter of tendering I February, slight shocks were felt from time mont which was the best man in the old
the use of the town hall of Athens to the eoun-1 to time, and then a convulsion of natnro again Kentucky style of off with your coat and at it I .
ty of Clarke, to be used as a court house, in J occurred which exceeded in its fury those of —pell-moll, rough-and-tumble—biff and come j * .. hi _ hoB . «, onor8 0 r
the event the county site of said county is I previous occasions. Gulfs and fissures broad- a 8 ain - While they were thus discussing their jwor I P J: oftha qfj, t0 ar0 DOr i.
changed from Watkinsville to Athens. er and deeper, were opened, until highland relative merits, and both getting very tired of bo c ha reh,^as well as of he State, are peri
By Warden Barnard. Resolved, That in J was sunk into hollows, hollows made high- tho debate, another young fellow whonadnol ' f
tho event that Athens is made the connty site I lands, lakes omptied themselves into the miles fraternal rival, slipped into the house, told o j _• . „ f avors have un-
of Clarke county, the town hall of said town of fissures, and where gronnd previously had tbe disgraceful scene in progress between the j o Q - , would ho a
be tendered to raid county, to bo used as a been untouched by water there were^to be brothers, and asked the lady to split the dif- do™- Were I to live again,! wenid be a
court honse, and for connty purposes, as long I seen broad sheeted lakes. The face of nature ference and get rid of the ruffians by taking J . tnrnod from t ’h a declaration of
as be desired, free of charge f and that under was changed. The picture he painted her was so bright J* declaratkm
raid circumstances, the calaboose of raid town I Tho extent of country covered by this fear- sho took him at ^°^ d * and t0 1 oL nftrd has raid it 1 Guenard has raid
is hereby tendered to said county, to be used fnl conflict of the hidden forces of nature did make tracks out of tho State. Thoy hied them J mvDO o r8 oul what will become of
as a jail. Unanimously adopted! not embrace a larger circumference than a * and on tbo wa 7 eD Sas ed f h< ? noi
A tine extract from the minutes of Connell. I hundred and fifty miles, taking the j nd j an nian of Hawesville to come over ae quick as el «<ioinedto liis idols” Cards
A. L. Mitchell, Clerk, or Little Prairie, near Carrntheraville, as the aad bring hie wedding ceremonial out- Yethe
center. To ouoto Mr Loaieur • « a verv fit for their everlasting benefit. He agreed to | were the amusement or his dying nour.tie
laree extent of conntrv on nithnr side of thn sM® over the river in a short time, and told (ordered himself to bo arrayed in his costliaat
White Water, called Little river, alraon both th om to go and bo as happy as they conld h*! 3 / “jhea^thl’flaSg
sides of the St. Francis, in this state and Ar- QDtil ho canie ' They crossed over to Cannel-
kansaa wan sunk ton and hastened to procare the necessary I words of his courtiers on his apparent improvo-
aSoTtenTeer’ wedding document by the laws of Indiana meat. “Can the Ethiopian change his skin
Remarkable to note, there were few losses mad . 8 and P rovided f ? r 8uch venturea ' They |or the leopard his epotat” There was no
“ Some bovka t;, lies frao and to end,
And somo great lies were never penned;
But the lies in this, your petitionere tell
Are jnstai true as the Deil’s in hell;
Or Athena city.”
Watkinsville, Ga. Subcktbers.
It Ib a delicious h aa
ment and pleasure to be found in it, very, very I font died from fear and Mrs Jarvis wa8 side the gates of Eden, waiting for them to J should seek it humbly, as the prarest boggM’,
tempting, indeed! It appears InnotSnt-Z VSmH a^bin S ^ swing o^n with silver music and admit them | through th^ mercy of Jesus. That heln he
That help he
iaaoflaat aa eatlag peaches aad. gtapo8. Bat |« ufc 0o a, | ^ 00 „ lrtng
• I should wonder if any of the rulers are
id.”
. gentleman declined a nomination to on
it is a dissipation. Uike wine-drinking, card-1 than on land It was the ara of'float-boats! There was just enough fear of pursuit to
playing, horse-racing, and similar dissipations, I which supplied the rivor villages with provis- ma,£ eH™ 1 * for their young hearts, and of worldly honors when ho raid,
it has its dangers. One writer, speaking of it {0Da . The80 were fonnd for mile3f wre cked caase them to trembl ° a little on ^ b * ak of
ae an amusement, says, ‘theonly caution to L company with barrels of pork, flour, whis- bfossednes. They camo toCastleberrj^ridge sa%ed.
be observed is, not to go too far.’ So we might kav an d fl n C h other artiriM aa wonld float over a rippling stream which was too wide to I JYgei ... .
ray of those other amusements. The sweet I Tha cr6wa 0 f these were in all nrobabllitv I i Qm P and t0 ° de °P to wade. The bridge was I office, to which ho would no doubt have boon
and exhileratingglara of wine; for that may be I ma nv of them lost and it is known that^a undergoing repairs, and a large portion of I elected, because he felt that to accept it ho
good aa medicine, but there never was and I I the floor was tom. up. They etopped and] should peril his soul. He had but lately come
never will be £ood in flirting. A vivacious L,, .. lf . . . . looked into the gaff below throngh the bare j into the church of Christ, and turned away
essayist. tryP-p to define it ravs- drowa6d -hhnseif barely escaping by a Thevrazed over to tho Kentucky from a circle of worldly associates. Hewould
• It is no’ore serious than talking nonsense f a ^jy nam ^ Glawwck^x^n In-perilted 8ho re and saw a boat foil of men rowing across not now willingly rash into tompmion. To
and Rot so rations as making love; it is -toady stroke, Pursued! That was the the ^monstrance of hie wife, he replied, in
chaff tod it is not feeling; it means something L corresDon^nce between Prof A D Haear fir8t thought. What was to be done» They Jsuhstoice, . „ - . t
mitonoone; it only raises expectations in rab jeCt, the latter gentleman .tote, there were ^d"' Hand ln they advancedone d,ead ^J bard oW not reasonably look for
Lae individual, and sets eociety on the lookout I i ndlcat j on8 on gorfece of the ground that 8 tep nearer thegulf, before taking thefatal Hefefr^ could^ t h / need|eaal
for resnlts; it is a plaything in the hands ofl thnrn h . d hnnn nn narthnnatsw nr«TinnR tn I plDDge through the gaping bridge beams. I God 8 restraining nana, w “en o ij
the experienced, but a deadly weapon against 18n at least not for centuries. P <)ld chiefs A moment more * “d th ey wonld have been j entered into the way oftomp
the breast of the unwary; and is a thing so of Shawneea Cheroke0 s and Delawares had “*» from P arauit > looked h^“® h ° tber ’ 8 A Beautiful Sentiment,
vague, so protean, that the most accurate K w questioned on this point, and allagreed arm8 at the P 6 ^ bottom of the stream. Dr ChalmBr8 beaut ifaUy rays: “Thelit-
measnrer ot moral values would be puzzled to L^tSeyhad no traditionary accoant of any Tb^ heard a voice cry: ‘Hold! rash, im- tle that j haV6 g^n , n the world and known of
ray where it exactly ends, and where serious auch vi gi totl0 na petnous children.’ They looked up and raw I th6 hUtor y 0 f mankind teaches me to look upon
intentions begin.- Within ^ ^ mont ^ ^ river front the smiling face of Squire Patterson like a Ugfr errors in sorrow, not in anger. When I
Ah, but that’s not the whole story. Young hasfalle n lB more rapidly than in any pro- rislD 8 8an 0D the °ther side of the bridge.F^^ bl8tory of on0 ^ heart that ba8
coding eix months in the past ton yearg,as | They knew him in their calmer, happier days. | sinned ^ Buffered, and represeul to myself
nates in and near Athens. This is matter of corroborated by reference, not only to the
record, and susceptible of the clearest proof, tax books, bnt by tho records of tho Comptroll-
O wing to the congregation of people ln and *er General's office. Upon calculation it will
peoplecannotindulgeinthi8fascinatingamuse-1
ment and keep the bloom on the frnit. We I an e^'ceT^which 7he ‘‘riverTt o^point I Th e young lady was on the most intimate I’ h6 8tragglegand temptations it haspiissed
wonld not give much for the moral deUcacy hafl oneroaohed one hundred Md twenty feet footin 8 wlth th f.sqaire, and she veryraatura tbrongb _ t he brief pnlratlons of joy, the
and punty of a flirt. , thr60 woe ks Tho result is that the resi- ^ 100)1 ^ P 0811100 of epokesman. She hal- tear8 of regrot . ^ feebleness of purpose;
Now for her truth: Youcannot flirtwith- . h h ’ b movinc back for years, loed acroM * ‘ Sqnlre, marry neqniok.l At the tho of the world ^ haa Httto obarity .
out being guilty of white lies, of deceita innu- to tod() so to a which is time pointing to the boat advancing with thQ de8olatioa of tb6 bouI’s ranctaary, and
morable, of false looks and tones, subtle smiles th e P ik one-fonrth of a mile from the now audibl y splashing oars. Tho ’Squire took threaten in g voices within; health gone; lmp-
and twists of the mouth and glances of the bye y used to it, those I in tho eitnation at a twinkling, and shouted, 1 pine8a gone-I wonld fain leave ttufcrring
—all—lies—deceptions. I ^ ob jj dren of New Madrid and its vinoity, * All right, send on yonr papers.’ Tho young j so(ll 0 f my fellow-man with Him from whose
b Now, if the successful practice of deception Sarejostiy P™* of heir earthquakes: man P lcked “P a handybonlder. wd tying the hand8 u ^
be an amusement worthy of the attention ofl J p I licenso to it with his handkerchief, flung it I —•—
high-minded young ladies and gentlemen, then! Slept Ulth His Spurs On. -- across, while the young woman was crying at I Among the waiting paraengors at the Con-
the oxciting game may ho played withont dis- j • Yes,’ raid the old man with a smile, * I re- tho top of her voico: 4 Here they come 11 tral depot, Dotroit, wore a widow woman and
credit. But who wonld wish to take for a life j member one time in particular, while ont pros- They are ready to land! Do it quick, 'Sqnlre!’ J fivo children, and by-and-by a man who u as
partner,one so fall of guile as a successful peering with an old friend, abont twenty years The 'Squire did it quick, and shontod the I waiting for tho same train opened a comoi-
flirt mast bet Thecheoktbat has blushed, ago. We wore traveling on horseback, and marriago ceremony across tho water, and I sation with the widow and soon remarked that
tho oyo that has lingered, the hand that has camo across a tavern ono night about 10 bridged the yawning chasm safety for these I he woiild like to marry just such a little
fondled, the lip that has whispered, for amuse- o’clock. Being very tired and hungry, as soon I two willing hearts and yonng lives so very! man. ‘ Here, Susan, hold this satchel! said
ment, is not to be trusted in tho solemn ear- as we got some tapper, and something warm j near the brink. He ended.- ‘I pronounce the woman, turning to her oldest daughter,
nest of long life reality. I to keep tho cold out, wo asked to be shown our I you man and wife. Go and toll ’om, what I and thon reaching for tho man’s arm, phe o<m-
Besides, who shall guarantee that these bo- Loom. On looking around wo found the room God hath joined together let no man hurstltinued: ‘ I’ve beeu looking for you about five
witching dissipations never were cerried ‘ too bad tWk0 beds j n ^ ona of which was already I asunder. Young man, tie a dollar to another I years!’ Everybody shouted and jnmpod with
When yon marry don’t marry a flirt-malo I occupied by two strangers, who were both I dornick and heave it over.’ • j glee, and when the scapegoat backed tint down
orfomale. 1 snoring lustily. The foot of there being two i
jtdick. ana ueavo it over. ■ i giee, auu wucu uuu « vkv "“
That little matter was all settled nicely, and they said ha ought to ho damped Into th*. river.