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m •« 1JV JOHN IX. CHRISTY. DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND GENERAL PROGRESS. .OO pei* Annum, in advance. VOLUME XXII. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1875. NUMBER 10. THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY. itjfirf rornrr of Broad and Wall Streets, (up-stair.**) TERMS. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING, t Ir.rtisameuts will beinserted at ONE DOLLAR \SL> FIFTY CENTS per square for the Sritinser- iion. and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per aquare for . ,,-ti ■ intinu&nce. for any time under one month. For I oaser perioda, a liberal deduction will be made. s^, A liberal deduction on yearly adrertiaementi. LEGAL ADVERTISING . S'lorliT'a aalea, perlery of 10 linea $500 mortgage aalea, 60 days.. 5.00 Sole., t" laya, by Administrator., Executors, or Guardians C :atior. , of K iminiatration or Ouardianahip 4.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditor* 5.00 il.dos Niii. per square, eaoh insertion 1.50 boai-e to jell Real Estate.. 4.00 Citation for diimiasion of Administrator 5.00 <i <■ •' Guardian 5.25 T , ascertain tho number of squares in an advertise- ■noni or obituary, count the words—one hundred being joualtoten linos. Allfraotions are oounted ai full , inares. ffleet gliscrilaim. OX THE DOOR-STEP. We were silting on tho door-stop— I remember it so well; .She was half in shadows bidden Save where the moohght fell. Ami the dear head resting. With its wavy, soft brown hair, Made moro tbau over lovely The face I thought so fair. 1 know we talked but little. Ami at last, beneath tho stono, We heard the cricket cbirpiug So clearly all alone. Till my heart mustered courage To tell her thou and there, How for her sweet sake truly 'Twould aii things do and dare. Then came the soft shy answer, As her shining eyes drobped low ; •• Mv heart is mine no longer ; 'Twas yielded long ago !” And even as she doomed me To misery and pain, The soft cheeks filled with dimples, Gathering o’er and o'er again. How well I now remember That, turning fast away, 1 would not heed the whisper That softly bade me stay. Till, at the !-nv gate turning, Her face once raoro to see, i saw the tear drops shining In the eyes that followed me. Ah ! then, with b.;art fast heating, To her side I turned again. " Oh, tell me, Madge, my darling. Has my lore been all in vatu T Yon do not love another f Your words wero only play f l.ook up and answor truly — Madge,.must I go away T” Again the dimples gathered, E'en while the moon's pure light lietruyed the tears still shining. Like dew drops soft and bright, “ My heart was mine no longer ; I have given it, 'tis true ; Why could you not have waited ! Because—ah ! 1 meant you!” ed the senior or that firm by requesting them to draw up a new will, leaving all his effects, real and personal, to the Seamen's Charitable Fund, and striking out tho name of bis daugh ter Josephine from that important document altogether. * But my dear sir, it is impossible to execute tho provisions of such a document,’ replied the bland and smi’ing Mr. Hunt. • Such a will would be illegal, and consequently worth- JOSIE’S WEDDING GIFT. CHAPTER I. And so 1 am to understand that you posi tively refuse to ,givo up that youeg fortune hunter, Murmaduke Marly V * 1 do positively refuse.’ ‘ Even after the bankruptcy which has re duced him to beggary, you still wish to fulfil juur engagement f ‘ Most certainly.* • Then hear me’—and Captain Wycherly— a retired naval officer in tho United States service—dashed his stout cane upon the floor »itb an emphasis that made the glasses and decanters jingle—‘ and mark what 1 say ! If you persist iu such obstinate disobedience to my wishes, by Jove I'll disinherit you. The day that you become bis wife will find him homeless and penuiless. Aud yon may both sweep the crossings for a liviug, for all I care, for 1 11 never help you to a penny. Josie's cheeks burned scarlet. ' Aud 1 say,' sbo retorted, her blue eyes all atlamo with honest indignation, ’ that uo con sideration of broad acres, of bank-stock, or even ths commands of a father’—hero she choked down a risiDg sob—‘ can tempt Josie "ycherly to breuk her word.' ' l'hiuk,’ said her father, ‘of me homes where grim Want sits day after day beside the hcarth-stotio, where children with pinched features aud hollow eyes hog vainly for the food which is denied them ; and yet you deliberately, choose such a fate as this 1’ Josie’s heart quailed a little, for, like all refined women, she loved the ease aud luxury which wealth could purchase, and which she »1! her life had eojoyed. But she loved Mar- uaduke aud her ow n honor more. ' e plighted our troth with youthful con- ®* Qt and approval,’ she argued. * If ho has ““fortunate, it is plainly my duty to ding to and comfort him. I have given my ea- cred promise, and shall keep it.’ And her father, recognizing the Wycherly «ustinacy, kuew that further remonstrance *“ usoless - But being by nature despotic, sn d expect ng to receive at borne tbe same implicit obedience he bad exacted on board a man-of-war. be raved and swore and scolded continually at being balked In bis plans t at poor Jotiie was glad to yield ’o her lover's •“’■caties; and became bis wife, to escape Persecution at home. So onemorniog they quietly walked to the •Rarest church, and in the presence of a few rienda, to whom they had confided tbe cir cumstances, Josie Wycherly wu. by a few rief sentences, transformed into Mr*. Marly, carcely had the bridal party left the church * ® D lLe y w ere confronted by Capt. Wyeher- J. his atom cane coming down emphatically stevery atep, his eyes blazing with wrath. So you have been batching yo .tr mutiny nder my very roof, and have outfitted tbe e a man at last!’ he oxolaimed, glaring upon e trembling bride, who stood surrounded >' her fear-stricken friends. * Hope yon’ll od smooth sailing with your pretty oraft.' J°ung man; for by the heathen gods, yoa’U color of old Mark Wyoherly’s I’ll disinherit the ungrateful girl Everyday!’ ‘Confound it!’ said tbe irate old sea-dog ; * do you mean to tell mo that a man cannot sail his own craft In any waters he chooses ?’ And after several stormy interrnptions, the lawyer at last mado it clear to his wrathful client that, in order to be legal, the will must contain the name of Miss Josephine as lega tee, be the sum ever so small. * Very well, since it must -be so,’ replied Captain Wycherly; and he bent his shaggy bead to tbe reading of the document that conveyed railroad shares, bank stock, and farming lands, amounting in all to a half mil lion of dollars, to tho aforesaid charitable, fund, and left to bis daughter, ‘ Mrs. Joseph ine Marly, the sum of two dollars, to buy a stool of repentance, whereupon she could sit and reflect upon the ingratitudo of her con duct to an indulgent father !’ ‘ And you may add,' said the old man, with a grim smile, ‘ the Wycherly homestead to her portion also.’ Tho Wycherly homestead t’ repeated Mr. Hunt. ‘ I cannot say that I ever heard of it before.' Ha 1 ha! ’ roared Captain Wycherly, who relished a joke now and then. ‘ I dare say you never did—ha ! ha! Ten acros in all, and tho most barren unproductive soil conceivable —covered with rocks and stones, and water ed by the blackest, dirtiest stream that ever ran, with a fow gnarled and moss-grown ap ple trees, shading a log hut in their midst- such is the birthplace of all the dead and gone Wvcherly’s for generations past—a magnifi cent place—ha ! ha! Or, stay ; instead of putting in tho will, suppose you make out a deed of tho place, and present it to Mrs. Jo sephine Marly as a wedding gift from her af fectionate father, on condition that she and her husband spend the honeymoon there. I've heard that my gentleman was -something of an amateur artist, and he cannot fail to ad mire tho scenery.’ And with this parting joke tbe Captain went his way. So that evening Mrs. Josie Marley, sitting by her husband's side, in their lodgings, was surprised with a package of paper from tbe otRea of Hunt Ac Ketchum, setting forth the abovo conditions, and indorsing tbe deed to the Wycherly homestead. ‘ Wo will go, won’t we, dear ’Duke !' whis pered Josie, her red lips quivering, and a tear or two glittering ou the silken brow lashes that shaded her sweet blue eyes. ‘ I thiok we'd better go, dear; not for the land, which it appears is worthless enough; but it is papa's request, and, perhaps—it's the last that be may ever make !’ and here she broke down in a tempest of sobs aud tears. For though she had willfully disobeyed him, yot, next to her husband, Josie loved the stern, tyrannical old man whom she called father. CHAPTER II. Captain Wycherly was ill. Servants went to and fro through tbe elegant rooms, trying in vain to satisfy the capricious whims of the childish old man, who, now that his fit of pas sion was over, longed daily and hourly for the presence of bis child—bis darling Josie. But his stubborn pride was not yet hnmbled to seek her; and so tho weary days went by, and he beard no tidings of his daughter, whose face he had not seon since the morning of her wedding day. At last, when golden dandelions and deli cate anemones began to wtite tbe sweet prom ises of spring all over field and wood, infusing a warmer tint into the golden snnsbine. Cap tain Wycherly could sit at his chamber win dow and look out on familiar scenes. ‘ What house is that f ’ he asked of John, the servant, pointing to an elegant brown stono mansion, of palatial dimensions, which occupied tbe place formerly dedicated to a row of cottages. * That, sir f ’ said the garrulous John ; why, that’s the new house built by a foreign gen tleman, who took a fancy to the place, sir— and paid a good/ round sum for it, too. Why, they say there's no end to his money ; and be has a title besides—lord orduke something, sir, whatever it may be. Perhaps you’ve seem ’em, sir t’ And John, who regarded his master as a sort of traveled paragoD, to whom nothing foreign wonld be at all nnfamiliar, from the royal doke to a Bengal tiger, looked up for a reply, * Yes, John, I’ve seen ’em ; and I can’t say they look much different from other people, except a trifle uglier, perhaps.' Ob, sir, not any better than other people; and she—the ‘ duchess,* I mean—sending you all tho nice wino when you was ill! Yes, and the nosegays, and—’ * Stop, John ; what do you mean P * Why, sir, when they first came, the lady beard that you were ill, and she sent over a bottle of rare wine, with her compliments; and every day since then she has sent a ser vant to make inquiries about yon, sir; and always a bouquet of choice flowers foryonr sick-room—not that you ever noticed ’em, sir, more than if they had been chips, sir,'said John, with some disgust; and so I told the man that brought 'em, but they came evory day just tbe same.* * And wby,’ said his gruff master, touched more than be would have chosen to confess by those attentions from a stranger—* wby sbonld this foreign lady do all tbis for a rough old man like me f’ * Perhaps this will tell you, sir,’ and John drew from bis pocket s dainty little note. * It came tbis morning.’ Captafb Wycherly opened it, and read as follows: “DearSir—I hear that yon are a lonely old qjan, without kith or kin to cheer yoor sol itude. Though in all this wild world there ie no one to call me daughter, yet I remember done for you what I wonld wish another to do lor him, if ho was ill and lonely like yourself. I hope that you will allow me to call some time to cheer and amuse you. Your Neighbor. * Heaven bless her!’ said tbe old man, with tears in his stern eyes; tbe rugged lines in his face softening as be read—" Heaven bless her for her kindness to a lonely old man. John’— But John had disappeared. A moment after and he opened the door, and called out in a stage whisper: * Oh, master, she’s coming- in a silk fit for an empress, and with jewels shining in her hair. Oh, master”— But this rhapsody was cut short by the en trance of the lady herself, who, with her sil ken robes trailing on the floor, crossed the room, and stood by tbe captain’s chair. • Madame,’—be began, but stopped in con fusion. Was it a dream, or was it Josie who stood before him, her arms around his neck, her cheek pressed to his, and amid sobs and bro ken exclamations, telling him again and agam her joy at this meetiDg f It was too much. The Captain’s resentment melted away, dis solved in the tears which fell upon tbe face of his darling as bo pressed her in a close em brace. But what does tbis mean !’ he said at last, when he made her sit opposite, where he coaid gladden his eyes with the sight of her fresh, sweet face. • Where did these come from, Josie 1’ And be touched the glittering jewels that shone amid her sonny braids. Why, don't you know, father f Is it pos sible yon have Dot beard f When you gave your Josie the Wycherly homestead, you gave the richest of your possessions, though you, nor none of ns knew it then. Yes,’ she con tinued, not noticing her father’s questioning look, ‘ tbe black and elnggish stream that watered the Wycherly farm developed a source of wealth richer than all tbe gold placers of California. Oar petroleum oil-wells have en riched us beyond our wildest dreams: and to day, Duke and I count onr wealth by hun dreds of thousands. Bat we do not forget,’ she added, with a mischievous smile, ‘ that we owe it all to yon, dear father.’ Perhaps no protestation, couched in the most eloquent terms, would have shown the chaoge in Captain Wycherly as did the simple sentence he uttered in reply. ‘ Confess myself beaten,’ be said; ’and I thank Heaven for it. Henceforth one roof shall shelter us, and we will never be parted again until the old man launches his craft for tbe last great voyage.' office of Hunt <5c Ketchum, and astonish- THE DREAM. I sit in my chair by tbe blazing fire, And doze away my life, As I dream of a little wife; On my shoulders I feel a pressure sweet, And arms like tbe snow—O whiter, About my neck in a warm clasp meet, And the flames flash brighter and brighter. And ringlets of gold pour over my face, As my head to her bosom's pillow Sinks down in a cloud of perfamed lace, That heaves like foam on the billow; And I hear her warm heart’s quiok’ning beat, And her eyes grow bright asHre, As my lips are covored with kisses sweet, And the flames leap higher and higher. A soft cheek nestles close to my own, And the sweet smiles o'er it chase; Like sun-drops on a calm lake thrown, Her dimples the’atniles efface. A lute like laugh, and her swelling breast Heaves joyous—high and higher; How happy my lot, and how sweet my rest, With a wife iu front of the fire! And I drink her beauty into my heart,- And tbe love-light of her eyes; With a crash the red brands fall apart— My wife up the ehimney flies. Thus oft in my chair by the blazing fire, I doze away my life, And ttie mocking flames laugh higher and higher At my dream of love and a wife. Wayside Gatherings. linen; 1,200quilts,86by 89: 6 dozen bath blankets, 4 feet by 7; 20,000 yards of linen sheeting; 1,300dozen Turkish towels; 5,000 yards of crash towels: 25 dozen tray cloths; 1,800 linen pillow shams; 1,000 yards of Can ton flannel; 900 Nottingham lace curtains; 250 pieces of fine plnsh; 100 pieces of fine satin; 15 bales of ticking. Among the articles of furnitnreare mentioned 1,000large easy chairs, 1,000 ladies’ easy-ebairs, 600 rocking-chairs, and 350 sofas. More than 75,000 yards of car peting will be reqnired to cover the rooms. The hotel will be opened about the 1st of Sep tember. A Brass-Tipped Agent. He drove bis team close up to the fenco, got down and rapped on tbe door. The widow Gilkens opened it, when be said : * Mrs. Gil- kens, I am cognizant of the circumstances by which yon are at present surrounded, left as you are to trudge down the journey of life through a cold and heartless world—no longer sustained and encouraged by tbe noble one to whom you gave tbe treasures of your heart's affection, and bowed down by tbe manifold cares and responsibilities incidental to the reariog of eight small children on forty acres of sub-carboniferous limestone land; yet, Mrs. Gilkens, yon are aware that the season is now approaching when dark, dismal, dangerous clouds at frequent intervals span tbe canopy of heaven ; and when zigzag streaks of elec tricity dart promiscuously hither and thither, rendering this habitation unsafe for yonrself and those dear little oneB; hence, therefore, let me sell yon a copper wire, silver tipped and highly magnetic lightning rod.’ Tbe woman staggered back a few paces and jelled: * Narcis, unfasten old Cronch 1’ In another instant a savage bulldog came dart- iDg around the corner of tbe house, with bristles np, thirsting for gore. Tbe dog had already mangled a machine agent and a pat ent soap man, and was held in great esteem by tbe better class of citizens for his courage and service; bnt when his eye met tbe hard, perpetrating gaze of Mr. Parsons, his chops fell, and he slunk off and hid in the enrrant bashes. Then tbe man said: * My dear lady, yon seem to be a little excited. Now, if you will allow me to explain the probable inesti mable”— * Dern ye, I know something that will start ye,' said Mrs. Gilkens, as she reached under some bed clothing and brought forth a horse pistol; but, owing to the shattered condition of her nerves, her aim was unsteady, and the charge of buckshot missed, save where a few scattered ones struck hie cheek and bounced off. A bard, metallic smile spread over bis conntenanee as he leaned bis shoulder against the door frame, and again commenced: * My dear madame, such spasmodic manifestations of yonr disinclination to make a judicious in vestment of a few paltry dollars”— •Hi—eo!' shrieked the widow, and col lapsed into a kind of jerking swoon, and be fore she had recovered a highly magnetic lightuing rod decorated hey bumble domicile, and Parsons had the blank note filled ont all ready for her signature. And be meant to be as good os his word; u « jw he walke.I straight from the church to the when I enjoyed the fond protection of one a most indulgent of fathers. I have only ..Somebody wrote to tbe oditor of a coun try newspaper, to ask him how he wonld ' break an ox f The editor answered as foil ws: * If only/nne ox, a good way woaid be to hoist him, by means ot a long chain attached to his tail, to the top of a pole forty feet from the ground. Then descend on his back a five ton pile driver, and. if that don’t break him, start a country newspaper and trust people for subscription. One of the two will do it, sure.’ An affecting sight—barrels in tiers. . .The sun says with a lisp, * I thaw it.’ ..Something that ought to be put down— carpets. . Othogrammia,’ is what they call tbe rage for spelling matches. ..Ma, whenwa griddle cake inhabited V • Wby, my dear, when there is a little Indian in it.’ ..It appears that coining copper is not pro fitable. The government has not mado half a cent since 1857. ..Don’t imagine that yon were born to re form the world. Yon can not split a mountain with a tooth pick.’ ..Mark Twain denies that his * Gilded Age’ was a failure. He says it gave a poor, worthy bookbinder a job. ..Don’t locate your grandfather “in the front rank” in the Concord and Lexington fight. That was the one that retreated. ..The latest addition to the umbrella is a pane of glass, inserted in tbe front breadth, through which the holder can see his way. - - A bashful compositor refused to accept a situation in an office where girls wore employ ed, saying that he never set up with a girl in his life. . .The greatest feat in eating ever recorded is told of a man who commenced by bolting a door, after which be threw up a window, and swallowed a whole story. ..A man is said to be absent-minded when be thinks be has left bis watch at home and takes it out of his pocket to see if he has time to return and get it. ..A certain Western editor, who was pre sented with a box of collars in pay for an ad vertisement, is waiting in daily expectation that some one will present him with a shirt. ..A crusty bachelor’s objections to ladies with beautiful teeth is, that nine out of ten of them would langb at a funeral. ..A Pennsylvania man and his wife lived two weeks on bread and whiskey. She ate tho bread and he drank the whiskey. . - Spring brings joy to the heart of a west ern editor, who sings: • Soon the dusky squaw will be seen straining maple sugar through her winter stockings.’ . -One swallow does not make a spring, but one crooked pin on a chair does. ..Christianity means sixteen ounces to the ponnd, three feet to the yard, a just weight and just measure. It means honesty in all dealing, purity in all conversation, a charity as broad as tbe race, unflinching iutegrety, sympathy, humanity to man. With these there can be no compromise. . .If properly gathered and preserved, beans will retain vitality 2 years; cabbage, 4; car rot 3; sweet corn, 2; enenmbere, 10; lettuce, 3; melon, 10; onion, 1; parsnip, 1; peas, 2; radish, 3; squash, 10; tomato, 7; turnips, 4. ..When a woman is care laden and heavy- hearted, nothing shakes the megrims ont of her quicker than for a couple of ladies to stop in front of the house long enongh for her to examine tbe trimmings on their bonnets. ..Then yon won’t lend me that dime novel, eb t* inquired one boy of another in the post office on Saturday. ‘ No I won’t.* * All right then; next time our chimney burns you shan’t come into tbe yard and holler.’ .-The Louisville Courier- Journal, in reply to the pathetic question of a woman, * How shall I keep my bosband at home iu the even ing f” eays it can be done easily enough by opeuiog a first class beer garden id' the back yard. - ” —* How would yon feel, my dear, if we were to meet a wolf T’ asked an old lady of her lit tle grandchild, with whom she was walking along a lonely country road. * Ob, grandmam ma, I should be so frightened,* was the reply. ' Bat I sbonld stand la front of you and pro tect yon,’ said the old lady. • Would you, grannie V cried the child, clapping her hands with delight. ■ That would be so nice. While the wolf was eating you I would have time to run away.’ Natural Philosophy. There is a good deal of philosophy about the words of the cool, reflective individual, who smokes and talks to his better half in the an nexed. The girl is generally educated on nov els, and her first disappointment comes on the quiet indifference of the husband after the honeymoon. * You love me do longer,’ said a bride of a few mouths, to her better-half, in gown and slippers. ‘ Why do you say that, Pussf’ he asked, quietly removing a cigar from his lips. ‘ You do not caress me nor call me pet names; you no longer seek so anxious ly for my company,’ was the tearful answer. 1 My dear,’ continued the aggravating wretch. ‘ did you ever notice a man running after a car t How he does ran—over stones, through mud, regardless of everything, till he reaches the car, and he seizes hold and swings on. Then he quietly seats himself and reads his paper.’ * And what does that mean t’ * Ad illustration, my dear. Tbe car is as important to the man after he gets in as when be is chas ing it, but tbe manifestation is no longer called for. I would have shot any one who put him self in my way when in pursuit of you, as I would now shoot any one who would come be tween us, bnt as a proof of my love, you insist upon me running after the car. Learn to smoke, my dear, and be a philosopher. The two combined clear tbe brain, quiet the nerves, open the pores and improve the digestion.’ ..Everyduty brings its peculiar delight, every denial its appropriate compensation, every thonght its recompense, every love its elysinm, every cross its erown-, pay goes with performance as effect with cause. Meanness overreaches itself; vice vitiates whoever in dulges In it; tho wicked wrong their own souls; generosity greatens; virtue exalts; charity transfigures, and holiness is the es sence of angelhood. God does not require os to live on credit; he pays ns what we earn as we earn it, good or evil, heavan or hell, ac- eordin to onr choice.—Charles Midway. . .‘Ob, my dear wife,' said John Henry, as he paid tbe milliner's bilL , .The sale of a Connecticut paper Is chron icled as the transfer of a pair of scissors and s ome bad will. A Great HoteL The great ‘ Palace Hotel’ ot San Francisco is approaching completion, and promises to be the pride of tbe city. The details of the building show its extent and perfectness. All the outer rooms have bay windows, every room has a Are place and a clothes closet, and to every two rooms there is a bath and toilet room. This makes a total of 348 bay windows and 377 bath rooms. The total number of rooms in the hotel above the garden floor is 755. To reach these rooms there will be four elevators leading to the upper story, and a fifth for the transportation of baggage. Tbe hotel la entirely fire-proof, bat to gnard against possible danger there are four artesian wells, and a reservoir with a capacity of 675,- 000 gallons. A supply of21,600 feet of hese connects with a fire apparatus upon each floor. Mark Twain on Chambermaids. Against all chambermaids, of whatever age or nationality, I lauech the enrse of bacbelor- dom. They pat boots into inaccessible places. They chiefly enjoy depositing them as far un der the bed as the wall permits. They always put tbe match box in some other place. They hunt up a new place for it every day, and put a bottle or some other perishable glass where the box stood before. Tbis will disgust yon. They like that. No matter where you pat anything, they won't let it stay there. They will move it the very first chance they get. And keep always comiDg to make up your bed before yon get up. They don't come any more till the next day. EF" A light-draft steamboat was once run ning on tho Illinois river, in very low water. The cry * man overboard' brought all hands to the rescue; bnt to their emprise the nnincky man, whom they were abont to save from a watery grave,'appeared standing erect in about two feet of mud and water, and he shouted to them wrathfully, ‘ Go on with yonr darned old steamboat, I’ll walk on after you!’ like ours, long and uninterrupted usage can safely be disregarded. The power of the veto on the part of the Crown exists in England, bnt it has not been exercised since 1691. And yet it is a power which Mr. Justice Blackstono says ‘is a most important and, indeed, indis pensable part of tbe royal prerogative.’ It may- with truth be said that now, when it has been so long disused, that its exercise by tbo Crown wonld produco a fearful ferment in the Kingdom. Snob, in that law-abiding country, is tho conclusive force and effect of neage. Tbe idea of the President that the safety of the country may- demand the re-election of a President for a third term, in my opinion, is an idle conceit, having no other support but the most egregious vanity. Of this vanity he himself seems to partake, since he says that he ‘ would not accept a nomination if it were ten dered, unless it should come uDder snob cir cumstances as to make it an imperative duty,’ Who is to judge whether the duty to accept is an imperativaone t It can only be the man himself. Maybe not well conclude that nomination by a Convention is conclusive as to the duty t 'f he safety of the country he may really think requires his continuance in office, and that his own opinion upon the point, if be has one, is established by the ac tion of the Convention, and by this process of reasoning he may be re-elected for as many terms as life is spared him. I think it may, with perfect justice, be said that if the Con vention which framed the Constitution bad an ticipated the enormous extent of tbe official patronage which in time wonld necessarily be vested in the President, that they wonld have limited the official term to six or eight yoars and have rendered the incumbent ineligible. The question which is now agitating tbe public mind is whether President Grant shall be elected to a third term. Does his letter solve it f It may bo so practically, because I believe that be will not be rcoominated or if be is that he will hardly receive the vote of a si ngle State. The voice of Pennsylvania, as spoken by her recent convention, which has forced the President to write the letter, is, judging by all tbe signs of the times, concur red in by an immense majority of tho Repub lican party in every State in the Union. The President, indeed, so far as he is personally concerned, seems to regard it as a mere mat ter of dollars and cents, and it may perhaps be legitimately inferred that if the salary which he now receives should bo secured to him as a retiring pension he would gladly leave tho office at the eud of his present term and return to that homo ‘ where the balance of his days might be spent in peace and tbe enjoyment of domestic quiet,’ and without any apprehension that the peace and safety of the country are not as safe in the bands of his successors as they had been in his own, and this belief I have no doubt tho public will fully share. I remain, with regard, your obedient ser vant. Rkyerdy Johnson. Some idea of tho elaborate fittings of the hotel # |. may be obtained from the fSaowing items from jThat a Constitutional prohibition does cot . THE THIRD TERM QUESTION. Hon. Reverdy Johnson’s Criticism of the Pre sident’s Letter. The New York Herald ot Saturday, publishes the annexed letter from Hon. Reverdy John son, addressed to the editor of that paper: Baltimore, Md., Jane 2d, 1875. My Dear Sir—One of yonr correspondents informs me that yon wish me to eay to yon what I think of the President’s letter of last Saturday, the 29th nit., known as the ‘ third term letter.’ This I proceed to do. There are several matters contained in the letter that have no direct and a very slight indirect bear ing npon the question. What sacrifices, if any. the President may have made in accepting tbe first nomination, or his second, have nothing to do with the election for a third term. And whatever abase he may have been subjected to daring tbe time that he haa held the Presi dency, is equally irrelevant. Although it is no donbt true that his conduct has been subject ed, in some instances, to harsh and nnjnst criticism, yet, as he admits, ‘ in the light of subsequent events,’ his conduct on sotno oo casions, ‘ was subject to fair criticism,’ he has not always been unjustly dealt with. What those occasions were, he omits to say. Were they in his recommendation for tbe passage of the force bill and the suspension of tbe habeas corpus, bis approval of the conduct of the mil itary at New Orleans, in expelling a portion of the Legislature of that State, and in the yet more flagrant wrong, if one more flagrant conld be committed, in tbe recommendation made to Congress in his message relative to Arkansas, a recommendation in principle absolutely de structive of the right of tho people of every State to change their Constitution f Bnt these wrongs are not pertinent at all to the general question of the election of a President for a third term, except as they bear upon his fitness for that office. What the President says is this, that there is nothing in the Constitution to prohibit it, and that it can only come before tbe people by a proposition to amend the Constitution. The precedents, no matter bow long established, and no matter what may have been the char acter of the men by whom they were establish ed, as patriots and as statesmen of unsurpassed ability, and no matter how universal has been their sanction by the people, these precedents should, in the President’s view, have no influ ence npon the people now or hereafter npon the determination of him who may have occu pied the office for two terms. For he telle ns that ‘ it may happen in the fnlnre history of the country (and this may be the case daring tbe balance of his present term) that to change an Executive because be has been eight years in office, will prove nnfortnnate, if not disas trous.’ It is certainly true that tbe people are at liberty to elect to a third term; bnt until the time of Gen. Grant, not only did no one of bis predecessors, who had held the office for two terms, give the most distant bint that he wished or wonld accept the office again, bnt, as far as I am advised, no individnal citizen or journalist ever proposed or suggested it. tbe linen and upholstery bill: 1,35 dozen table napkins: 1,500 yards of fine linen: 120 fine damask tablecloths: 15,000 yards of pillow exist, is no proof that the usage of prohibition is not and sbonld not be considered as conclu sive. It is idle to say that in a Government and had a few thousand dollars of specie in a valise. But neither supposition would be true. I had recently joined the wagon train, and was about to leave it when captur ed; my only baggage was a valise, which was packed on a male, and it contained no specie. The few thousand dollars of specie were in a pair of saddle-bags, belonging to Secretary Ragan. Whether that money ever reached the United States Treasury, Mr. Reagan, from whom it was taken, may be able to learn after ho shall have assumed his func tions as a Representative in tbe United States Congress. Should the course of tbe commanding gen eral of the army, in attempting at this late day, to resuscitate a defunct slander against the President of the late Confederacy, and to which slander not even suborned witnesses could give the semblance of troth, bo taken as the exponent of the feeling of tbe army, that arm of tho General Government would seem to be ill-suited to the task, of late so largely assigned to it, of preserving civil order, and of restoring harmony among tbe people of the United States. For pnblio considerations it is *o bn hoped that tbe ineradicable malig nity of Snerman may be an exception to the prevailing sentiments of tbe United States army. Again thanking you for yonr friendly con sideration, I am very truly yours, Jefferson Davis. From tbo St. Loaia Times. DAVIS ON SHERMAN. The Ex-Confederate President’s Notions About the General of the Army and his Book. Memphis, Tenx., May 27,1875. Col. IF. F. Mellen: Dear Sir—Please ac cept my thanks for your kind letter of tbe 19th instant, and the accompanying copy of a St. Louis paper containing an extract from the forthcoming work of General W. T. Sherman. My absence delayed the receipt of yonr letter and this reply to it. The malice that seeks to revive the nefari ously concocted and long since exploded slan der which connected my name with the assas sination of President Lincoln is quite in char acter with the man who so conducted his in vasion of the South as to render ‘ Sherman’s hammers’ the synonym of pillage, arson, cru elty to tbe helpless, and murder of non-com batants, and who closed his career of arson with a false accnsation against Gen. Hempton in regard to the burning of Colombia. S. C. But tbe question arises, why did Gen. Sher man, at tbe date of his reported conversation with Gen. J. E. Johnston, suppose me.capable of complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln t Gen. Sherman never was personally ac- qsainted with me; and from those who knew me, either in the United States army or in civil life, surely learned nothing to justify each suspicion. In tbe conduct of the war between the States, despite of many baseless accusa tions, we can proudly point to a record which shows a strict adherence to the usages of war between civilized nations. On what, then, did tbe suspicion of Gen. Sherman rest f Was it not that, proceeding on tbe rale of judging others by one’s self, ascribed to me tbe mnr- derons and malicious traits of his own nature f He reports a conversation with President Lincoln, from whioh is to be inferred a desire to have authority for departing from theconrae which, as a soldier, be most have known was usual and proper towards prisoners of war. Did be hope to get inatructions for the slaugh ter of the Confederacy's President and Cabinet officers, as set forth in the orders of Col. Dahl- gren, when bd made his raid against Rich mond 1 If the good-natured characteristic re ply of President Lincoln taught him that mur der was not the approved measure,, it Beems to have failed to inspire him with tbe gener osity and charity which are ever found in noble minds, or with the chivalry which ever adorns tbe character of tbe trne soldier and gentleman Among the articles of surrender of Gen. J. ,E. Johnston, there was one prohibiting mili tary expeditions in the country east of the Chattahoochee river. That was the best con sideration obtained for tbe surrender of arm ies, arms, munitions, and manufactories in that section, and it was in violation of that article tbat tbe brigades of cavalry, by wbicb I was captured, was scouring tbe country and freely taking from the unprotected people the little wbicb was left to them for their future subsistence. From tbe statement of Geo. Sherman we learn tbat a story bad been told, to the effect tbat I was carrying in wagons millions of specie to the Sontb, and therefore, we are left to conolnde was made that expedi tion in violation of tbe agreement efsnrren der. Though tho story of the millions of spe cie is now admitted by Gen. Sherman to have been a fiction, the admission is made in such erms as would lead the reader to suppose I bad been traveling with wagon transportation, professional attb business Curbs. LAUAR COBB. | A. 3. RRWIB. | HOWELL COM,AD. fTOBB, ERWIN * COBB, Ky ATTORNEYS AT LAW. .4 THE NS, GEORGIA. Office in tbo Deupree Building. Deo21 A A. EDGE, -LA., BOOT, SHOE AND HARNESS MAKER, Watkibkville, Ga. "R F. WOFFORD, Attorney at law, J_>. HOMER, GA. Will exeouta promptly all business en trotted to hit care. Collecting claims a specialty. apllltf D ANKRUPTCY.—Samuel P. Thurmond, -L) Attornoy-at-Law. Athena, Gft. Office on Broad 9treet,ov*r the ttore of Barry A Son, Will giro special attention to case* in Bankruptcy. Al io, to the oolleotion of nil claims entrusted to hif cure. TARS. BRAWNER & YOUNG, J.J CARNESVILLE, GA. Having auociated in the practice of Medicine end Snrgery, tender their professional service, to their friends and the public generally. ffiO' Office nearly opposite the court boose. apl21—tf TT'MORY SI*EER, JLli LAWYER, ATHENS, GA. As Solicitor General of Western Circuit, will attend the Courts of Clarke, Walton. Gwinnett, Hall, Benke, Jackson, Habersham, Franklin, Rabun and White, and give attention to collecting and other claima in those conntiea. March IS, 187'. TT'DWARD R. HARDEN, ■ ill (Late Judge U. S. Courts Nebraska end Utah, and now Judge of Brooke County Court) Attorney at Law, july23 ly Quitman, Brooks County, Ga. tOHR «. KSTKS. HAOISOH BILL. TT'STES St BELL, Attorneys at Law, Jjj GAINESVILLE, GA. WILL practico in the conntiea composing tho Western Circuit, and Dawaon and Forayth countiai of the Bine Ridge Circuit. They will alao practico in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and in the United State! Coart at Atlanta. mayl4 TpLOYD St SILMAN, Jj ATTORNEYS AT LAW, * Will practise in the eonntiea of Walton And Jnokaon, ■OBH J. rLOTD, J. B. SILIIAB. Covington, Ga. marl Jefferaon, Ga. T F. O’KELLEY’S «J . PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, Over Williams’ Shoe atore, Broad etreet, Athens, Georgia. sep3. T H. HUGGINS, Ll • holosalo and Retail Dealer iu DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Ac. Feb 16 Broad Stroat, Athens, Ga. T0HN H. CHRISTY, J Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Broad St., Athena, Ga. Office oorner Broad and Wall street!, over the (tore James D. Pittard. tf TAMES R. LYLE, •J Attobbet xt Law, Dec22 WA TKINSVILLE, GA. TOHN M. MATTHEWS. •J Attorney at Law, DanielaviiIe,Ga. PrompUttention will be given to Any business en- fusted to hla eare. Marehli. TAMES L. LONG, M. D. O SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR A PHYSICIAN, (Office at Ur. Tkotnas Skeats’ Store,) Good Hopo District, Walton county, Ga. Offers hii professional aervieea to theoitiiens of the surrounding country. aug27 T7~ ELIAS, Attorney at Law, _l\_. franklin, n. c. Practices in ell tbe Court! of Western North Caro lina, and in tbe Poderal Courts. Claims collected in ell parts of tho State. aplS—ly T IVERT, Feed and Sale Stable, -LJ ATHENS, GA. OAinr Jt REAVES, Proprietors. i^.Wlll he found at their old etand, rear Frank lin House bnilding, Thomaa (treat. Kaep always on hand-good Turn-outs and carafal drivers. Stock wall eared for when entrneted to onr care. Stock on hand for eale at all times. ? deo25— tt TV/T w. riden, _1VJL. ATTORNEY AT LAW, U. 8. Claim Agent and Notary Public, Gaihbsyillb, Ga. tf* Office on Wileon etreet, below King A Bro’s. February 19, 1873. C. PEEPLES. B. P. BOWBLL. "PEEPLES* HOWELL, JL ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 20 and 22, Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.i PRACTICE in the State and Federal Coarts, and L attend regularly all the Conrta in Atlanta, includ ing the Supreme Court of the State, and will antme eases npon brief, for absent parties, on reasonable term*. They also practice in the Courts of the counties con tiguous oraeoeaeibletoAtlantaby Railroad. sepll T> B. ADAIR, D. D. S. JL U. Gaisesvilli, Ga. (TnVIHBk Office.southeast corn.r Public Square. -p S. ADAMS, M. D., JLV. Sobosos, Aoconcasna asd Phtsiciax. Office at residence, Mountain District,. Walton coun ty, Georgia—offers bis professional services to the citiaens of the snrronoding country. sugJS—ly Q C. DOBBS, U. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, GR0CCRIB8, Ae. Feb9 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. m SPOOL SILK! is specially adauted f< ing Machines. I F' 'or aele, wholesale and retail, by the SINGER IANUFACTURING COMPANY, juiyl—ly G. H..IIOPE, Agent, Athens, Ga. P. G. THOMPSON, attorney at law, k-BI ATHENS, GA. /“OFFICE over Barry’s store. Special attention gin U to oriminal practice. For reference, apply to E: Gov. Thomas H. Watts and Hou. David Clop ton, gomery, Alabama.