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15 V JOHN H. CHRISTY, ~ DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. $3.00 pei* Annum, in advance, VOLUME XXL ATHENS, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1875. NUMBER 49. THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN FALL ANDWINTER STOCK OF Millinery rr of Brotul and IVoil Strrrt*, (*p-ntalr».) p FANCY GOODS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. TERMS. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, I $ VARIABLY IN ADVANCE. V UVKIITISING. \ U ertDeineir.fr will Loiuserteii at ONE DOLLAR vs'it FIFTY C'SNTS per square for the first inaer- i 4ii I SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per square for % \ . • uiiiuuance. for any time under one month. For • frr prrieda. a Hheml deduction will he made. A V liberal lelaclion *n vearlv idrertiaementa. LEGAL ADVERTISING . Suoriti'* perlevy of 10 line? $500 •u irtjrugc 00 days 5.00 . 1 vva, iiy A<lialni«trator», Executors* or •iuardians «.50 ,\:»u*n<’*f Vdminiatration or Guardianship 1.00 % •; •! » Debtors and Creditor*^. 5.00 ^,1,.. \ i». j»er *iqn.«ro. each insertion 1.50 t . *cU Real Estate 4.00 Cititi'Mt f■»r ’‘"mission of Administrator 5.00 • • “ “ Guardian 5.25 T Mfertain the number of squares in au advertise- m ..jr »t *hituary, count the word*—one hundred beinjr • ml t» ton lines. AU fractions are countod as fall MRS. T. A. ADAMS A NNOUNCBS to the public that she is now receir-* in* a tar?* and raided stock of Ladioe* Bonnets. Gate Laces, Ribbons, Trimming*. Ac., which she is offerings! low prices. Call.examine and bteonvineed. Next door to Rank of the University, Athens. sepSG E. A. WILLIAMSON, Practical WatcMer and Jeweler. A T Dr. King’s Drag Store, Broad Street, will exe cote all work entrusted to him in the best style and at reasonable prices. • Terms positively CASH. fel fitoftssioral nib |S«sintss Carlo. C" >Hrt. | A. S. RRWIX. | UrtWKLI. CODB.JR. EUWIN Sc CONN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A THE S3, GEORGIA. i the Dciiprcr Building. Dec21 \ A. KlHiE, JY. HOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER, Watkikhvillb, Oa. OA.NKHUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond, 1) Attorney.»t-Law. Athens. Gi U lire on It road street,over the etore of Barry A Son, Will ^ive Tpccial attention to cases in Bankruptcy. Al- • t*» the collection of all claims entrusted to his care, LpMOKY SPEER, ill LAWYER. ATHENS, OA. \* Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend ho Court* of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Banks »rk*-*n. Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, n«l give attention to collecting and other claims in hose counties. March 19, 1873. ^OR use on any Sewing Machine, is 44 CLARK’S L O. N. T.,” especially that made for and hearing the name of the Singer Manufacturing Co. A word i the wise should be faffleiont. ff&r* Price, 75c. pei >r.en Spools, at tbo office of the SINGER MANU FACTURING CO. G. H. HOPE, Agent, julyl—ly Bishop’s Corner, Athens, Ga. MiWAKO R. HARDEN, 4 Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska and Utah, and uow Jud<?e of Brooks County Court) Attorney at Law, ly211 ly Quitman, Brooke County, Ga Wagon Yard in Athens. r pil E subscriber has fitted up and opanad a safe, com - . fortable and commodious Wagon Yard, on Rival straat. in the neighborhood of the Upper Bridge, where CORN. FODDER, and all other necessary supplies can he purchased on reasonable terms. Cbargasmodarata. The highest market price paid for Country Produce, and Bank bills received in exchange for Goods. Jolj* tf WILEY F. HOOD. !0H\ n. KSTKS. MADISON BELL TASTES £ HELL, Attorneys at Law, l A OAINESVILLE, GA. 2«t*W!LL practice in the counties composing the Western Circuit, and Dawson and Forsyth counties of tiie Blue Ridge Circuit. They will also practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and iu che United States Court at Atlanta. may!4 C'l.oYU £ SILVAN, I 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Will pr.ictice in thecouiities of Walton and Jackson Ga. mart .1. j. F. O'KELLEY’S I* IIOTOO RA PII GA LLERY, •r Williams’ Shoe store, Broad street, Athens, :ia. scp3. Ill'lUilNS, li»le*ale and Retail Dealer in iJODS, GROCERIES. HARDWARE. Ac. Broad Street. Athens, Ga j 0HN I!. (’HKISTY, 1 Faacy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER Broad St., Athens, Ga. Broad and Wall streets, over the store J ,«»i>. p; VMES LYLE. Art.. tf WATK! SEVILLE. ga I HIN M. MATTHEWS. (J Attohmky at Law, DaoielsviiU.Q*. Pru:n,i( .tt.ntion will ho <ivon to aiit Uusine..' u.lo I t.. t,i> -sro. ' M»rchl4. TAMES I.. LONCL M. I). O SI RiJEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN (0(Ure at Mr. Thomae Sheat•* Store,) Good Hope Diftrict, Walton county, Ga. Offers i»i« professional services totheciiixenf of th lurrouuding country. aug2 K ELI AS, Attorney at Law, * FRANKLIN, N. C. Practices in all the Courts of Western North Caro lint, and in the Federal Courts. Claims collected in all part* of the State. aplfi— ly T 1YKIIY, Feel ami Sale Stable, J-A ATHENS, GA. W.4.V.Y .t HKA Vt'S, 1’roprietor*. VfiuWill be found at their old stand, rear Frank lin House building, Thomas stii.ot. Keep always ou hand good Turn-outs and careful drivers. Stock well cared for when entrusted to our care. Stock on hand for sale at all times. dec25—tt M W. RIDEN, ~ . ATTORNEY AT LAW, U. 8. Claim Agent and Notary Public, Uainkivillc, <!a rA* 'M!W on Wilaon street, below King A Bro’s, February 19, 1873. ncr.ri.as. a. r. dovell. pKEPLES A- HOWELL, Y ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 20 and 22, Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga, P RACTICE in the Stale and Federal Courts, and attend regularly all the Courts in Atlanta, includ in? the Supreme Court of the State, and will argue ea*e» upon briefs for absent parties, oa reasonable terms. They alto practice in the Courts of the counties con tifuous or accessible to Atlanta by Railroad, eepll R R. ADAIR, D. D. S. • GjUXKftVILt INKSVILLK, GA. i.southeast corner Public Square. 1 > S. ADAMS, H. D., !• ^ruoKojf, AcconcHRtJR aid Phyviciah. •flee ut residence, Mountain District, Walton conn Georgia—offers bis professional services to the '*•*» of the surrounding country. aug26—ly Q C. DOBBS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Ac, Feb9 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. DR. WHITTIER: Ho. 617 St. OariM Btrwt, St Lonli, Hi, f 00 * 1 ®*** treat an mm of oMImIm u auriin, bleed wblAreMilu tSm lodUcrcUoB or twpredeaee. witb aaparaUeled ftirn. ••an. «u SmIi| aad kM beea mmMU4 le eeeore .“Hull K -jifiiaLjS U TKii* JTiSS; I*w. 36 pages, *t*la* full ajwptem,, fbr tv* auapi. MARRIAGE GUIDE, 2srvsa«ai Shsrtsgsass: riafv. e*ai*R»rd te do wliboet It. Ii eMUl,*tbe cieaa ef w^Steel liimui, ea tble n^jM, the rtiilu mt D>. w *■ We esrwtoaee; aloe Ue U^Ttaeelbu tau wb uWuJiwtcA Int mSTTL-mM S»g TEE GREAT REMEDY FOR Bins, Ms, Coras, Poison flak, Stinjs #f luwts and Cnianotos Inflammations GtntraUr, DISCOVERED BY MRS. L. E. BISH JUG TAVE11X, WALTON CO., GA., U T AS entered against the World, at the late State Fair at Macon, aud isdaily effecting THE MOST WONDERFUL CURES, aud has become an indis- entahle household necessity. No family should b* ithout it! If, after trial, a family is willing to live without this preparation for Ten Dollars, agents are authorized to refund the moucy. FOR SALE, In Athens—At Dr Wm King’s Drug Storo and at e Store of Judge J D Pittard. In Watkinsville—At the Store of Booth A Durham In Monroe—At Dr Galloway's Drug Store. At Princeton—Bv Mr Russell. Address all orders to WILEY II. BUSH, n«.viy Jug Tavern, Walton co., Ga. Use the Great ii nr iiiv Ull HU all Diseases of the Bowels, such as CHOLERA, DYSENTERY I3isvi*i*lnooa, Colie*. PAINS IH BACK, SIDE & JOISTS, Toothache and Neuralgia. The Proprietors, in putting this GREAT REMEDY' before the public, do so with the firm belief that it will cure all the above diseases it is recommended to cure. All we ask is a fair trial. If this MEDICINE doe* not perform what we claim for it after a fair trial, according to the directions, then ReUra it anti pt par Matey. Prepared and put up by J. E. ROSS, At DR. W. R. D. THOMPSON’S, 285 E..t Fair itreet, ATLANTA, QA. ti-AND FOK SAL1 BY ALL DEDQGISTS.-*^ PRICE, 50 CENTS. July Stb, 1874. LIST OF ACTS PASSED BT THE LE6ISLA- , An act to regulate tbe sale of spirituous TUBE. liquors in tbe county of Floyd. An act in relation to proceedings by qno An act to amend section 40H2. warranto. An act to consolidate the olfices of tax col- An act to regulate tbe letting out of convicts lector and tax receiver of tbe county of Dooly. u> tbe lowest bidder by county authorities. i An act to regulate tbe use of moneys raised An act to preveut tbe sale of spirituous ii- from fines imposed for neglecting public road quors to minors. duty. An act to amend section 1423 of tbe Code. | An act to change tbe time of holding tbe An act to regulate the law of dower. Superior Courts of Dooly, Jasper and Baldwin An act to create a State Board of Health for counties, tbe protection of life and health, and to pro- An act to incorporate tbe gas-llgbt company vent tbe spread of diseases. j of Americus. An act to prevent tbe sale of intoxicating! An act to incorporate tbe Milliken’s Bend drinks of any character within three miles of I and Wadesboro railroad company. Powder Springs camp ground, in tbe county i An act to incorporate the Peoples' Bank of Cobb. An act to amend portions of the Code of An act to prohibit tbe sale of spirituous ii 1873, iucluding chapter four, titlo five, part 1. quors within tbe limits of tbo 1104tb G. M. An act to authorize tbe mayor and council district, of the county of Chattahoochee. of Borne to compromise ior their bonds; to is- An act to amend tbe law of tendering and sue new bonds in lieu thereof; aud to prohibit certifying bills of exemption, as contained io tbe mayor and council from issuing new bonds section 4552 of the Code, and to prescribe tbe until all of said bonds shall have been taken time in which hills of exemption shall be ten- up. dered. An act to organize a Criminal Court in the Au act to fix the pay of the clerks of the Su- county ot Effingham, perior courts. An act to amend an act entitled an act to An act to regulate the pay of jurors for the create a County Court iu each county of tbe county of Early. State of Georgia, except certain counties there An act to change the county line between j u mentioned, approved January 19,1872. tbe counties of Coweta and Mcrriwetbcr. An act to reduco tbe bond of tbo sheriff of An act to provide for the payment of certain the county of Clay, nsolvent costs in Clayton ,-ounty. <1 An act to declare void tbe State indorse. An act te incorporate the town of Douglas- meat on the bonds of the Alabama and Chat- villo in Douglas county. tanooga Railroad company. An act to change the time of holding the An act to amend section 3586 of tbo Code, ijuartcrlv terms of the county court of Rich- An act for the re ief of tbe teachers of tbe mond county. public schools of Chattooga and Screvon coun- An act to promote the propagation of shad ties for 1871. lish in tbe Altamaba, Ocmulgeo and Oconee An act to appropriate funds to tbe State rivers. College of Agriculture and Arts and to tbe An act to regulate tbe compensation of tbe North Georgia Agricultural College, tax collector and tax receiver for tbe collec- An act to amend section 1400 of the Code, tionoftho county tax of Chattahoochee county. An act to provide for the distribution of An act to prescribe the mode ef granting funds arising from fines and forfeitures, license to sell intoxicating drinks iu tbe coun- An act to amend sections 399 and 402 of tbe ties of Schley, Talbot and Greene. Code. An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating I Au act to amend an act entitled an act to liquors within one mile of Ward’s station, on I mako citizens of municipal corporations com- tbe Southwestern R. R., in Raudolph county, peteat jurors iu issues iu wbicb such corpora- An act to confer upon the judges of the City tions are interested, courts of Suvauuah and Atlanta authority to An act to provide for a board of commis- grant new trials. sioners for the county of Elbert. An act to incorporate tbe Wills cotton mills, I An act to repeal tbo proviso annexed to sec- in the county of Cobb. tl0D 154 0 f the Code of 1873. Au act to consolidate offices of sheriff, tax I An act to limit tbe numbor and fix tbo pay collector, and ef clerk aud tax receiver, and [ 0 f constables of Fulton Superior Court, of ordinary aud treasurer, in the county ofl An act to amend an act entitled an act to Calhoun. establish a now charter for the city of Atlanta, Auact to regulate the mode of taking ver- approved February 28,1874. diets in capital cases. I An act to ratify the action of the city of At- An act to amend so much of section 1978 of I lanta iu the purchase of lot on Marietta street, tbo Code as rotates to liens of landlords. I to he convoyed to the United States army, for An act to amend the constitution. I public buildings of the United States army. An act to amend an act to continue in force An act to authorize the purchase of the and annul an act entitled an act to incorpor-1 Western Railroad by the Georgia Railroad ate the town of Fairborn, in tho county of Ranking company. Fayette, and to extend the corporato limits I An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating nf said town, and to provido for tho election I liquors in tbe conuties of Wilkes and Polk, of a mayor and couucilmen, and to confer j An act to amend an act entitled an act to upon them certain specific powers. prevent tho destruction of insectivorous birds. An act to lay out and organize a now county and to make penal tbe destruction of game in from the connty of Clarke, to add the same to I the counties of Richmond, Dougherty aud a Judicial, Congressional and Senatorial dis- I Randolph during certain seasons of the year, trict. and to prohibit the entire destruction of fish Ad act to amend an act approved February | by poison or otherwise, extended to tho coun 12,1872, establishing a board of commission- ties of Burke, Taylor and Jefferson, ers of roads and revenues for the county of I An act to change the county line between Burke. ... Worth and Irwin. An act to authorize the judge of the county I act to amend an act entitled an act to court of Richmond county to pay the school I prevent the sale of spirituous liquors near the debt due the school teachers and officers of I state Lunatic Asylum. Richmond county, for tho years 1871 and 1872. An act to define and limit the liability of and to borrow money to replace the same in I the Second Georgia battalion to jury duty, tlie treasury. I An act to provido for the preservation of the An act to fix the pay of tax collectors and reports ni certain officers, receivers of Cherokee county. j An act to repeal au act entitled an act to An act to repeal au act to nmend an act es- I prevent the destruction of game in tho conn lablisbing county courts in the counties of Ujeg „f Liberty and McIntosh. Coweta, DeKalh. Henry and Sumter, so far as I An act to authorize James Anderson to ped it relates to tbo county of Campbell. 1 ,j| e throughout the State without license. An act to ratify and confirm the action of An act to prevent the shooting of guns or the mayor and council of tho city of Atlanta pistols in the village of Viueville, in Bibb in purchasing and taking a transfer to itself I county. of a mortgage held by the Northwestern Mutu-1 An act to suspend parts of an act ontitled al Life Insurance company, of Milwaukee, on I an ac t m limit ami regulate th, assessment the Stale capital buildings and lot. - . - - - An act to prohibit tho sale of intoxicating liquors within two rnilos of M S. Ramey's mills, in :bo county of Clay, aud Panola, in the county of DeKalb. Ad act to repeal section 2676 of the Code Au act to alter the presont mode of dis burning tho State school lund to tbo several counties. An act to amend an net to alter and change so much of tho seventh section of tho act to liquors within one mile of Salem Methodist carry into effect the amended constitution, in church, in Monroe county. reference to tbe ordinance of the State, so far as tho same relates to the county ef Liberty. An act to consolidate tbo offices of tax re ceiver and tax collector of tbe county of Lump kin. and to reduce tho amount of compensa tiou uow allowed by law. An act to change the time of holding the Superior court of the connty of Twiggs. ATHENS MARBLE IHDJPITE YARD. A. R. Robertson D EALEH ID Monument!,Head Stosei.CradleTombs, Marble and Qranile Box Tombe. A lao, Vaaai and Marble Tops for Fornltnra. Persona desiring work of this kind will do woll to examine my designs before purchasing elsewhere. jpB Prices modereie. Work ebop adjoining old cemetery. jalyJ2— ly P LAIN uml Fancy Job Printing, At tt.« Southern Watch Watchman Office. SPOOL SILK! QKT THE BEST and CHEAPEST! Ojtthatm*o VJ i.faciured by tbe Singer Manufacturing Compacy, is *i>ecially adapted for u*e on all kind* of Sew- ln P Machine*. * r **ie, wholesale and retail, by t'ae SINGER manufacturing company. julyl —ly G. H. HOPE, Agent, Athens, Ga. p7g. THOMPSON, A TTORNEY AT LAW, ^ , ATHENS, GA. O* F 1CE over Barry’s »toTe. Special attention fWen 7 t« criminal practice. Kof reference, apply to Ex- Thomas II. Watts and Hon. David Clopton, Mont Joinery, Alabama. feb3 HORSES & MULES. T HE undersigned bare established, in addition to their Livery, a regular SALE STABLE, And will, from tbie date, keep an head, at all times, a fall supply of HORSES & MULES. Those in went o Stock emu be supplied at Reasonable Figures,. Athew! NoV. 4-tf* QANN A REAVES. GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. Corner of Broad and Jackson streets. r pil K til who Hotel has just been refurnished and x fitted, wi,h ail the modern iuiproremente andoon- r.oimce,, together with the addition of n new reran- Vali, making it one of the most complete Hotels in tbe country, and is now ready for tbe accommodation of l “e traveling public, r,b >« P. MAY. Proprietor. Brackets! Brackets! B RACKETS, Wall Poeketa, Book-Shdres, Clock Shelves,Toilet-Cases. Match-Safes, Hanging Bat kets, Ao— the largest end handsomest assortment ever brought to Athens. For sale nt no’lJ BURKE’S BOOK STORK. MARTIN INSTITUTE. Jefferson, Oa., T HE Spring Term of tbie institution will open Monday, Jen. JMb, Wi. with, a IToll «*m. ot J. W. GLENN, Principal. t iipaid Taxes for 1874 A lUSTbr paid by tbe S5tb instant at farthest I * oarer here issued executions—Ido not with to «o so now-but shall ba compellad. if payment is not lately. JOHN V. J0HH80N, “* Tax Collector. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. Wo are doing coextensive holiness in CLOTHING and CUSTOM TAILORING, through Local Agents, who are supplied with samples sbowlag our Ready made sod Custom Piece floods Stock. The plan ii working well for Consumers, Ag.nts, and ourselves. Wa desire to extend oar basioase <n this lion, and for that nnrpoea will oorrespoodwllbbooeMeapplicant* ror£..i... Send real „ma. »-^raac. a. EblO p. 0. Box Now York City, gnOT-CCfty RIVT1T.. ptSTULSyUir.VOI.TEBfi, Ot Q»and every kind, Boodjtamp, sSntm^SSSt,VrtnnnSnmm.»».' and collection of taxes iu tbe cities of Savan nab and Augusta. An act to prevent tbe sale of spirituous liquors witbin three miles of Johnson county academy. An act to fix tbe pay of jurors iD the county of Schley. An act to amend an act incorporating tbe town of Jofferson. in Jackson county. An act to prohibit tbe sale of spirituous An act for tho relief of £. P. Williams, of White county. An act to repeal an net incorporating tbe town ot Dawsonville, in Dawson county. An act for tbe relief of J. E. Maguire, of Bartow county. An act to alter tbe charter of Columbus, so as to allow tbe mayor and council to levy a Au act to regulate tbe fees of tbe. county ta X on horses, mules and drays, treasurer of Worth county. I act to amend an act entitled au act to Ad act to amend tbe chartor of tbe city of I create a County Court iu each county of tbe Toccoa, in tbe county of Habersham. I state, except certain counties, bo as to include Anactto rolievethe Comptroller General t h 0 county of Jefferson, from tbe duty of consolidating, taking care of An act for tbe relief of W, L. Wbitmao, of and publishing agricultural reports. Catoosa county. An act to repeal auact entitled au act to I An act to amend an act to incorporate the change tbo county line between tbe counties Rjdgo Valley Iron company, of Lumpkin and Dawson. An act to prohibit tbe sale of spirituous Ao act to amend an act to create a board of jjqaors within three miles of the works of tbe commissioners of roads aud revenues for tbe I Ruing Fawn Iron company, county of Calboun. An act to amend an act to create tbe office Anactto prohibit the sale, by retail, of of state Geologist, and to provide for a geo- spirituous liquors within tho corporato limits I logical, mineralogical aud physical survey of of tbe town of Lawrenceville, in the county of I Georgia. Gwinnett. 1 Ad act to create a board of commissioners An act to amend the charter of the town of I f or Lumpkin county. Martbasville, in the courny of Macon. I act to amend an act for the better gov- Ao act to amond an act to form a board of I ernment of tbe town of Sparta, in Hancock commissioners of roads and revenues in tbe | county. county of Crawford. . An act to ratify tbe action of tbe mayor and An act to prohibit tbe sale of intoxicating council of Americus iu building a bridge across liquors within two miles of Harmony Grove pii D t river. academy, in the county of Jackson. I act to amend an act to organize a Coun An act to ameud section 4372 of tbe Code. I ty Court far Muscogee county. An act to authorize tbe ordinary of Elbert get to limit tbe jurisdiction of tbe Conn' county to act as clerk of tbe Superior court of ty Court of Elbert in tbe matters of debt, said county. .... , . „ An act to amend an act to create a Connty An act to provide for the election of tbe c 01lrt f or Clayton county, commissioners of McIntosh county academy. An act to amend an act to incorporate tbe and to prescribe tbeir terras of boldiDg office. Etna Iron company, Polk connty. An act to amend the first section of the An act to prevent the sale of spirituous third section of an act entitled an act to con i iqnor s within three miles of Shiloh church, struct a railroad from Elberton Georgia, to Gwinnett county intersect with the New York and New Orleans An act f or t h 8 prevention of cruelty to ani- Air-Line railroad by tbe most practicable I ma i 8 . route, passed December 13.1871. An act to amend sections 279,291, 314, 317 An act to charter tbe Georgia Grange and 0 f (be Code. Planters’ banking company. An act to consolidate tbe offices of tax col- An act to provide for the payment of the lector and tax receiver in tbe county of Ter- clauns of Thomas G. Tipton and Nathan I re)), and settle the pay of tbe county treasurer Merchant, of the county of Worth JTor services an) j the per diem of jurors for Terrell and De- rendered as teachers in tbe year 1871. catnr counties. An act to create a board of commissioners A n act to incorporate the Fayette Savings of roads and revenues for the c,uuty of Baker. I jj an ^ An act to amend an act entitled an act to An act to incorporate the Gordon County amend tbe charter of the city of Macon, and Railway and Mining company, tbe laws relating thereto, so far as to prevert An act t0 amend section 1700 of tbe Code, the Mayor and Council of said city from the An act t0 incorporate the Murray County issuing of change bills, tbs increase ef tbe yjining and Railway company, bonded debt ol ibe city, tbe borrowing on tbe An act to regniate the compensation of tax faitb and credit of tbe city, and tbe levy or receiver and tax collector of Jefferson county collection ol taxM on tbe real or personal An act to incorporate the Enterprise Bank property witbin tbe corporate limits of said 1 0 f Macon. city in excess of one per cent, upon its fair An aot t0 provide for a Board of Roods and market valuo in ai'y one year. Revenue for tbe county of Donglaas. Approved March 2,1874. An aC | t0 prohibit tbe sale of Intoxieatiog An act to fix the jurisdiction of the Connty 1 liquors within three miles of Acworth High Court of Dooly. School, county of Cobb. An act to amend section 1876. An act to repeal all exemptions from jury An act to amend an act eutitled an act to duty in the county of Chatham and city of regulate the granting of license to retail liquor Savannah. in tbe county of Muscogee. An act to amend the act incorporating tbe An act to consolidate tbe offices of the clerk [ Savannah, Seaboard And Skidaway Railroad sad treasurer of Jackson county. J company. An act to establish a County Court for tbe county of Campbell, and for other purposes. An act to incorporate the Georgia Mining company. To authorize tbe city council of Augusta to use tbe ground under any railroad, street, etc., for constructing or improving the water-works of said city. For tbe relief of Wm. McDaniel, of Wilkin son county. To organize a County Coart in the county of Marion. To organize a board of connty commission ers in Twiggs county. To enable parties to waive the homestead and exemption law. To incorporate the Hiwassee Valley Railroad company. To incorporate the Georgia Metalic, Iron, Powder and Steel Manufacturing company. To amend an act creating County courts so far as relates to Ricbmand county. To amend section 2016 of the Code. To regulate the publication of tbe decisions of tbo Supreme court. To protect tbe poople of this State against tbe repayment of past due bonds. To explain section 3698 of the Code. To protect tbe piscatorial rights of tbe citi zens of Georgia. To amoud tbo act rogulating the manner of giving in lands for taxation, and tbe sale and redemption tberoof. To authorize the clerk of the Supreme court to demand and collect fees for recording deeds in advance. To regulate tho weighing of cotton, rice and other products, aQd prescribe a penalty for violation of tbe same. Te amcod section 4437 of tbe Code. To amend tbe laws relating to changing of Dam os. To confer additional jurisdiction on Connty courts in cases of garnishment. To amend section 4097 of the Code. To amend section 410 of tbe Code. To exempt locomotive engineers and millers from jury duty. To amend tho garnishment laws of this State iu|relation to mechanics and daylaborers. To amend act constituting a board of phy sicians to oxamiuo and licenso young men to practice medicine on the eclectic system, and to locate tbo same iu tbo town of Alliens. To amend an act to provide for tbe annual publication of agricultural products and re sources of this State. To authorize trustees of tbo Clarkesville academy to deed the lot and building to tbe board of education of Habersham couDty. To incorporate tbo Georgia Farmers' Phos phate company. TochaDgo tbo line between Montgomery and Tatnall counties. To provide for tho payment of teachers of tbo public schools in Gilmer county for 1871 To compensate the shoriff of Chattahoochee county for extra services. To encourage tbo building of mills and oth er machinery on tbe Conesauga, near Tilton. To provide for tbe per diem of jurors in Ra bun county. To make tbo County court of Hancock county a court of record, and to provido for a clerk of tbe same. To autborizo tbe trustees of tbe Macon Free school to sell all or a part of the build ing aud lot on the corner of Walnut and Sec ond stroets. To amend an act creating board C. C. R. Ii. for Gwinnett county To change tbe line between Elbert and Hart counties. To regulate the pay of jurors in tbe counties of Ecbols, Dooly, Leo aud Houston To amend au act of Februajy 22, 1873, so as to make it applicable to tbe county of Butts. To amend an act creating board of C. C. R R. in Walker county, approved March 2, 1874. To change tbo line between tbo counties of Bibb and Twiggs. To compensate William A. Walton for ser vices rendered iu the case of Devino, Powers and Leo, To amond an act to facilitate rafting of tim ber iu Wilcox couuty. approved February 21, 1873. To incorporate the Georgia Southern rail road company, and to grant certain privileges to tbe same. To incorporate tbe Atlanta Savings bank, with its chief office in Atlanta. To repeal an act to regulate the mauner of giving bonds for county officers so far as re latcs to Banks county. To amend an act to create board C. C. R. R. in Floyd, Berripn and Effiingbam, Schley, Sumter and Greene, approved December 13, 1871, so far as relates to Scbiev county To change tbo liue between Coweta .and Campbell counties. To ameud tbe chartor of tbe Commercial In suranco and Bauking company of Augusta, so as to change name and regulate tbe transfer of stock in tbe same. Te prohibit sale of liquor iu three miles of Bethel church, Baldwin county. To prohibit tbe sale of liquor iu two miles of Woodstock, in Oglethorpe county To repeal tbe civil jurisdiction of the jus tices' courts of the district embracing tbe county site of Clinch couuty. To oxempt members of tbe Light Guards from Jury and road duty. To proscribe tbe mothod of granting license to sell liquor in Jefferson oounty. To prohibit tbo salo of liquor witbiu three fourths of a mile of Elam churcb, Coweta county, and Tnrnwin Academy, in said county. To prohibit the sale of liquor witbin two miles of Harmony Grove, in tbe county of JacksoD. To ameDd au act to incorporate tbo town of Fort Valley, Houston county. To submit to tbe legal voters of Butts coun ty tbe question of prohibiting tbe sale of li quors in a less quantity than one gallon. To create a board of C. C. R. R. for Colquitt county. To amend tbe several acts incorporating To suppress and prohibit tbo sale of liquor itbin two miles of churches in Franklin, Heard county. To prevent tho obstruction and remove all traps now erected in Buck Ridge, Oochee, Kincbefoonee, Muckalce and Shoal creok. To tlx tbo compensation of tax collector, P. T. P. and treasurer in Houston county. To amend and apply to tbe counties of Mer iwether, Coweta, Troup, Laurens, and Har ris, tbo act forbidding tbe sale and delive ry of farm products between sunset and sun rise. To prevent the killing of deer, partridges and wild turkeys, iu Muscogee, Lincoln aud Baldwin. To change liue between Talbot and Harris counties. To appropriate 8175.50 to W. H. Patterson, in payment of services rendered tbe State. To amend act, February 20, 1874, prohibit ing tbe sale of cigars at Tryon factory, so as to include other places and factories. To further amend act incorporating Sav ings bank of Barnesville, approved October 26. 1870. For tbe relief of maimed and indigent sol diers. To provido for compensation of tbe ordina ry of Randolph county for certain services. THE GIRL WITH THE CALICO DRESS. A fig for your upper-ten girls. With their velvets and satins aud laces, Their diamonds aud rubies aud pearls, And tbeir milliner figures and faces: They may shine at a party or ball, Emblazoned with half they possess; But give me,.in place of them all, My girl with the calico dress. She is plump as a partridge, and fair As the rose iu its earliest bloom; Her teeth will with ivory eompare, And her breath with the clover perfume; Her step is as free and as light As the fawn whom tbe hunters hard press. And her eye is ae soft and at bright— My girl with the calico dress. She is cheerful, warm-hearted and true, And is kind to her father and mother; She studies bow much she can do For her sweet little sister and brother; If yon want a companion for life, To comfort, enliven and bless, Sbe is Just tbe right sort of a wife— My girl with the calico dress. Wayside Gatherings, tI , . - „ . x , A repentant husband at Lancaster, Pa., To consolidate tho o&ces of tax receiver .. . ... and tax collector in Decatur county. Picked from the floor bis left oar, which had To provide for tbo payment to tbo author! 1 ^ een shaved from bis head by a sharp batcher- ties of Thomas county of the amount expend-1 knife in tbe bands of bis wife, and meekly ed in sending convicts to the penitentiary. said: ‘My darling, I would sooner have SMS'*.TT ”SSSr b ™S‘“* To legalizo orders of the judge of the Supo-1 oon fld0 n co la your temper thus shaken, rior court of Rockdale acd Newton counties at [ tbe fall term of 1874. To incorporate the Mutual Gas Light com pany of Savannah. To define tbo iino between Worth and Ir win counties. To incorporate tho bank of Thomasvillo. WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE I SIR WILLIAM JONES. What constitutes a state 1 Not high-raised battlement or labored mound. Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires <Se turrots crown’d: I an d> looking round, said J> elect gjiscellaug. Not bays and broad-armed pons. Where, laughing at tbo storm, rich navies ride ; | Not starred and spangled courts. Where low-browed baseness wafts perfumo to | pride. No :—men. high-minded men. ..A Solano (Cal.) farmer advertises for a wife in this style: * Money no object. She most be well recommended by responsible parties, and, as a slight guarantee that tbe lady is what they reprerent her to be, I sbsll require the parties to deposit iu my bands 31 500.’ .. It looks bad to see a dog precoding bis master down tbe street and caimly turn down tbe stairs to tbe first saloon bo approaches. It shows there is something wrong, smoothing lacking, a deplorable tendoncy on tbe part of tbe dog. ..A gentleman entered a bachelor's room. Very snug—rath er too snug—but I suppose they aro largo enough for a bachelor.' ' Yes,' said tbe bach elor ; ’ but I suppose if I bad bad a better-half, I might have bad better quarters.’ I see very little of you,’ said au old gen- With powers so far above dull brutes endueiF tleman at a Louisville ball, to a youog lady In forest, brake or den, Asbeastsexccl cold rocks and brambles rude— Men who tbeir duty know But know their rights, aud, Uuowing, daro maintain. Prevent tbe long-aimod blow. Andcrusb the tyrant while they rend tbe chain; These constitute a state; And sovereign law, that state’s collected will. O’er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Srnit by her sacred frown, The fiend, Dissension, like a vapor sinks ; And e'en the ail dazzling crown Hides bis faint rays, and at ber bidding shrinks; Such was this beaven-lovod isle, Than Lesbos fairer on the Cretan shore ! No moro shall freedom smile T Shall Britons languish anil be mou no moro 1 Sinco all must life resign, Those sweet rewards which docorato tbe bravo ’Tis folly to decline. And steal inglorious to tbe silent grave. Type in a Newspaper. Tho Pougbkeepsio Eagle, in an article on • How Mistakes Happen in Newspapers,’ fig ures on the number of typos usod in a news- . paper of tho size of tbe Eagle at 600,000, tbe j actual number of bits of metal arranged and re-arranged every day in preparing a newspa per tbe size of tbo Eagle, which is about tbe same size of tbe Constitutionalist, for the press. We suppose few poople think of tbe printing trade as the most exact and particular busi-. . . , . . „ , ness, but it is. In making type, variations | that might bo allowed in tbo machinery of tho finest watch, wou'd render tbe type useless. It is very rarely that type furnished by two separate foundries can be used together, with out a good deal of trouble, though they try to mako it after tho same standard, once iu a work, or mosaic work, containing ten, twenty or fifty thousand pieces, the maker of wbicb has months or even years of labor in producing it, and people go to see it as a great curiosity, but the most elaborate and carefully fitted piece of work ot this kind ever made does not whom be bad not met in a long time before. * I know it,’ was tbe artless reply, ‘ but mother wouldn’t allow me to wear a very low-nock dress to-night, tbe weather is so cold.’ .Monthly Nurse—* My dear sir, just look here,’ taking tbe blanket from a flue pair of twins with wbicb tbe master of tbe bouse bad been presented. ‘ Oh, yes,’ said tbe blushing young husband, ‘I suppose I can take my choice.’ He died very suddenly,’ said one femalo to another at tbe post-office window last even ing. And did he have bis liie insured f asked the other. • Yes—three thousand dollars.’ ‘ Ob, woll, then, it isn’t so bad. His wife can have a coral set, some new furs, a silk dress, and just make mourning goods git up and wave!—Detroit Free Pres*. .. A young fellow in Sau Francisco suddenly snatched a kiss from a lady friend, and excus ed his conduct by saying that it was a sort of temporary insanity that now and then came When he arose to take his leave, the pitying damsel said to him, * If ever you feel any more such fits coming on, you bod better come right here, where your infirmity is known, and we will take care of you.’ .A yonng fellow, whose better-half bad just presented him with a bouncing pair of Daring tbe discourse tbe clergyman looked directly at our innocent friend, and said, in a tone of thrilling eloquence, * Youog man, yon bavo an important responsibility thrust upon yon.’— Tbe newly-fledged dad, supposing tbe preach- We read er a,,aded t0 bls P ecn,iar borne event, consid- while of a wonderful pi^e of cabinet I e ™bly startled the audience by exclaiming, pnna.i. enrb ftnntainiiwvlan Ivnnt. I SOS, 1 hUVO tWO Of 60). ..A shrewd Indianapolis widow made ber lover deposit *3,000 in the hands of a trustee, on the morning of the wedding day, tbe money to be at her order for divorce purposes, should she ever desire to take such action. .On Monday evening bis wife asked him ting on his overcoat. * I am going to sally forth,’ be replied. ‘ Let mo catch yon golog with any Sally Forth !’ .* Pray,’ said a gentleman the other day to a lady, • do you like steamboats t* • No,’ sbe and conferring power on the City Council of Griffin. Te amend an act incorporating tbe Mer chants’ and Mechanics’ bank of Columbus. To prohibit the sale of liquor witbiu throe miles of the cburcbes at Locust Grove, Henry county. Also Shiloh camp-ground, in Carroll county. To amend tbe charter of Warrenton, Ga. To change tbe line betweeu Clay and Quit man counties. To prevent the salo of liquor in and near the town of Kingston, Bartow county. To prohibit tbe sale of liquors within two miles of tbs academy at East Point. To authorize tbe Chattahoochee Manufac turing company to acquire title to three small islands. To amend the charter of Elberton railroad company. To amend an act to organize Criminal court in the counties of Talbot, Stewart and Chatta hoochee. To amend an act creating board C. C. R. R. for Bibb county. To repeal an act approved Feb. 22,1872, and amend section 4,441 so far as relates to Calboun and Chatham counties. To amend an act approved August 28.1872, to prohibit tbe catching of fish io seines in Chatham connty. To add a provision to tbe act to prevent tbe destruction of game in Liberty and McIntosh counties, approved March 2,1874, and to ex tend the same to Baldwin connty. To prohibit tho sale of liquor witbin throe miles of the churches and schools at or near Stockbrldge, Henry county. To allow tbe treasurer of Lincoln county to bold tbe office of clerk of Superior court I aud allow the clerk of Superior court te hold office of treasurer. compare with that which tbe printer does I . . , . . . ., r . . ... , where be was going, as she observed him pnt- every day. Tho man who does the first is 1 B r looked upon as an artist—a marvel of skill and if a hundred of bis pieces aro put in wrong side up, or tamed tbe wrong way, it is not ob served in tho general effect; but if the printer, in fitting ten times as many pieces together in, .... . . . , . .. . . .’ r .. . ,. replied, * not much, but I am exceedingly fond the same day. puts one where another should . ' . , . . of a smack.’ He took the bint, be, or turns one tbe wrong way, everybody soes it, and is amazed at tbe • stupid careless-1 USURY, ness of those stupid printers.’ Even in this I A Bill Entitled an Act to Regulate and Restrict short article, there are no less than 1,794 sepa- I of Interest in this State and for other rate pieces of metal .-Constitutionalist. Purpose* Therein Mentsoned I Sec. 1. Tbe General Assembly of Georgia Tiie Human Race.—Much bos been said I do enact, That from and after the passage of about tbe degeneracy of our age. It is thought this act it shall not be lawful f>r any person, that we have lost tbe vigor and strength of | company, or corporation to reserve, charge, or our forefathers, and are growing weak and take for any loao or advance of money, or for- sickly. But statistics, carefully gathered, tell bearanee to enforce tbe collection of any sum adifferont story. Tbe average size of English- of money, any rate of interest greater than (12) men is largor than it was three centuries ago, I per centum per annum, either directly or in fer tbe armor worn by the knights of that time directly, by way of commissions for advances, caunot be put on to day, save by small meB. discount, exebange, or by oontract, or oontrl* Tbe average duration of life is also longer, vance, or device whatever. Accurate registers have been kept in Geneva I Sec. 2. Any person, company, or corporation since 1560. Tbe average of life was then only violating tbo provisions ofths foregoing twenty-two years and six months; it is now don of this act, shall forfeit tbe interact and over forty years, or nearly doable. In France, I excess of interest so reserved, charged, or four hundred years ago, tbe annual mortality taken, or contracted to be reserved, charged in Paris was one in sixteen; now it is one in or taken, thirty-two, which shows about tbe same ratio I geo. 3. The amount of forfeit as aforesaid in Geneva. In England, two oenturies ago, may be plead aa a set-off in any action for the the annual mortality was ono in thirty-three, recovery of the principal Sam loaned or ad- now it is one in forty-two. It is pleasant to I van cod by tho defendant in said section, know that the world Is improving, aad that Sec. 4. No contrivance or arrangement be- tbo vigor and health of our race are gaining tween parties to any snob nnlawtnl transac- steadily, instead of declining. | don, or their privies, shall have tho effeot to CooL I discharge such forfeiture, except it bo Not long sinco a German was riding along ac ' u * 1 Md payment of tbe amount ao for- near Sansoat street, near Sacramento, when feited ’ he beard a pistol behind him, beard the wbix- ® ec - *• A0 7 P' 08 * or *“**• ^ or the recovery of zing of aball near him, and felt his hat shaken. I such forfeiture, shall not be barred by lapse He turned and saw a man with a revolver In of time shorter than one year, his hand, and took off his hat and found a ^ 6 . The legal raw of inwrest aball ra- frefill bullet uolo in it. I an j ___ • Did yon shoot at me V asked tbo German. ma,n “ Ten cantom *** a “ nam ’ “ d * Yes,’ replied the other party; * that’s my horse; it was stolen from me recently 1’ * Yon mast be mistaken,’ said tbe German, ‘ 1 bavo owned that horse for three years.* 1 Well’ said tbe other, ‘ when I come to look at him I believe I am mistaken. Excuse me, sir; won't yon take a drink U higher raw most be specified in writing. Sec. 7. Every provision in tbe ebarwr of any corporation, granted siaoo the first day of Jan., 1863, inconsistent with tbo foregoing provis ions of this act, is hereby repealed. Sec. 8. All laws and parts of laws in confilcl with this aot, are hereby repealed.