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> 5* THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: NOVEMBER 7, 1876, \ V </ \\ / gjh. : Mi* . H Gi>, - Grant, »r tt. D. x’cobmic. Tone, " Old Bloch Joe." Gone am de days When Gnat was young and gay; Gone am his friends From de old 'White House away; Gone am de thieves— All their heads am bending low; And now I hear de people calling, “Go, Grant,go!" «f CHORUS. Tilden’a coining, Hoijdrielts’ coming, Dey will strike de fatal blow; I hear de peoples’ voices calling, “ Go, Grant, go!” Gone am de Bristow, Who was always good nud true; Gone am de Jewell, Because he wouldn’t do, Gone am de Dyer, And gone am Pratt, also; , And now I hear de people calling, “Go, Grant,go!" ClIOEUS. Gone am de honor Ob dis great Republic, too; Gone Sclienek and Beiknnp, And all de plundering crew, Gone all de money. Aw de treasury is low, And now I hear de people calling, ** Go, Grant, go!” Chore Gone ain de wuges Ob de working man, I know; Gone am de revenue, And de business wheels moves slow; Gone de nation’s credit, While its debts enormous grow. And now 1 hear the people calling, , “ Go, Graut, go Chorus. Gone am de Ilayes From de new platform, away ; Gone am de Wheeler From de Cincinnati play, Gone am de power, And Republicans must go, And now 1 hear de people calling, “Go,Grant, go!” Chorus. The Bishop and the Bees. We find the following good story in a foreign journal: A French bishop, being about to make his annual visitation, sent word ' ton certain curate, whose ccclesiast- ic3j benefice was extremely trifling, that he meant to dine with him, at the same time requesting that he would not put himself to any extra- ordinary expense. The curate prom ised to attend to the bishop’s sug. gestionjbut he djld nqt keep 1 his word, for he provided a most sumptu ous entertaiment. His lordship was much surprised, and could not help censuring the eon- duct of the curate, observing that it was highly ridiculous in a man whose circumstances were so narrow, to launch out in such, nay, almost to dis si pate his anmiattncome in a single day. “ Do not be uneasy ou that score, my lord,” replied the curate, “ for I can assure you that what you now see is not the produce of my curacy, which I bestow exclusively upon the poor.” “ Then you have a patrimony, sir?" said the bishop. “No, my lord.” “ You speak in riddles,” rejoined his lordship; “how do you contrive to live in this manner?” “My lord, I have a convent of young damsels here, who do not lot me want anything.” “How! you have a convent? I did not know there was one in this neighborhood. This is all very strange —very unaccouutable, Mr. Curate.” “You are jocular, my lord.” “ But, come, sir; I entreat that you would solve the enigma—I would tain see the convent” “So you shall, my lord, after din ner; and I promise that your lord- ship will he satisfied with my con duct” Accordingly, when dinner was over, the eurato conducted the pre late to a large inclosure, entirely occupied by bee-hives, and, pointing to the latter, observed: “This, my lord, is the convent which gave us a dinner; it brings me in about eighteen kmidred livres a year, upon which I live very comfort ably, and with which I contrive to .entertain my guests genteely.” The surprise and satisfaction of the bishop may he imagined. t.- , . • ; . • v What is that Sioux treaty worth when the act of March 3,1871, says that no more treaties shall be made with the Indians by the United States? To the Grand Jury of August Term* last past; the Grand Jury of February Term (1877) to oome, and the people of Clarice) County. It is often said that man is a “one- idea being;” and the common con struction of this phrase is, that a man cannot, by reason of the peculiar con struction of his mental and physical organism, follow successfully two ob jects or pursuits in life at one and the same time. The banker is an adept in the banking business, the merchant in the mercantile business, the physician in the art of healing diseases, and the minister in the curing of souls; and their proficiency in each of their pro- fessions, depends upon the tenacity and singleness of purpose in follow ing their various businesses. Reco: nizing this fact, the community do not go to the merchant, physician nor minister, to find out the price of exchange nor the status of the money market, but to the banker, who, by virtue of his business, should and ought to know. Nor do the community go to the banker to find out the abstruse questions of medical science, but to the physician, who. by constant study and practice, ha> become proficient in his profession Nor do the people go to the clerg\ nor medical men to find out thepric, of goods or groceries, but to tin merchant. Nor do they consult any nne but the learned commentator oi well-versed theologian, to understand what is called Metaphysical Theology. So, every man to his profession, if he would be an adept in that profes sion. Now, it is true that the people of Clarke eounty are interested in the courts of their eounty, and especial)} the County Court, the subject of this writing; but it does not neecssarih follow that because of their genera interest in this Court, or any othe; institution of their eouuty, that the) understand the workings of the same. Indeed, it is not to be expected, foi it is out of the line oi the business ol the majority of the people of Clarke comity. , . T V Knowing this fact, and prompted by various questions that have been asked me lately, relative to the work ings of this Court, by men of intelli gence and edneation, and especially by the report of the last Grand Jury, August Term, 1870, 1 write in justifi cation of tliis institution and its at- tachecs. The first Act creating County Courts was passed in February, 1872. This Act provided that all of the comities, save those excepted in the Act, by a recommendation of the Grand Jury, could have a County Court. ^Soe Acts 1871-2, page 288 and 289. Accordingly, the Grand Jury, at the February Term, 1873, made the recommendation tor Clarke county, and on the 19th day of Feb ruary, 1873, a Judge was appointed. So the County Court has been in existence in Clarke county three years since the 10th day of February, 1873. The County Court has both civil and criminal jurisdiction. See Code, section 282, 283 and 297. It has concurrent jurisdiction in civil mats ters with the J ustice of the Peace np to one hundred dollars, and special jus risdiclion where the amount does not exceed two hundred dollars. The entire Court costs in cases of one hundred dollars and under, is two dollars; iu cases over one hundred dollars, it is tour dollars, exclusive of Sheriffs’ and Bailiffs’ fees. See Code, section 296. It has criminal jurisdiction of all misdemeanors—that is, in all criminal cases where the party is not sent to the penitentiary or his life taken. Code, section 297. The general County Court Act provides for having juries in this Court—Code, section 298—but, by a special Act, juries for the Cfouuty Court of Clarke are abolished. See Acts of 1874, page 63. The County Judge’s cost in all criminal cases begun, but not tried, is two dollars; in all cases tried, it is three dollars. The powers of the County Judge, besides his civil aud criminal jurisdiction in suits, are the following, vis.: those of the old Infe rior Court as to county business, ex cept so far as the same is not changed by local laws. These are the man agement of all the county property, building and repairing bridges; keep ing and supervising roads, granting liquor licenses, seeing that the Poor fund is properly discharged, issuing bonds for the indebtedness of the county, hiring out convicts, establish ing new voting precinets, and signing all orders tor money on the County Treasurer, etc. The County Judge’s salary is assessed at the Spri;.g term of the Superior Court, (see Code, sec tion 281,) and it may be fixed at the Fall term* (Code, section 316,) on failure to do so at the Spring term. Having given an outline of the ju risdiction of the Court and the pow ers of the Judge thereof, I will now answer the often-asked question: Is the Comity Court with its attachees a good institution? The idea of good institution, when used in rela tion to the County Court, I appre hend, is a money idea. In other words, whether or not it pays ex panses or brings into the comity any revenue. In this sense of the term then, and in every sense, I affirm that it is; and why do I say so ? Because the dockets of the County Judge and County Solicitor show this fact in dollars and cents. For insta.ee, ipoii the dockets of the Comity Judge and Comity Solicitor, there ire, since January 4th, 1876, t j the present time, one hundred and sixty- one (161) cases; of which number there arc seven (7) that are felonies— that is, cases where parties -were muiid over to the Superior Court. This leaves one hundred and fifty-four v 154) cases that are misdemeanors, >r cases where the County Court has dual jurisdiction. Of this number, . here have been sixty-two (62) con victions where parties were sentenced to pay fines or work upon the chain ing from one (1) to twelve (12) months. There have been four (4) warrants or accusations quashed, on account of defect in the pleadings, out of this whole number, viz :v(I54): others’ being substituted in their places immediately. Notv suppose there was no County Court, these one hundred and fifty- four (154) misdemeanor cases would be carried before the Superior Court for trial, which would cost the county a very large amount. One hundred and four ( 104) of these cases would have to go before the Grand Jury (the other fifty are cases that have been, sent down by the Grand Jury from the Superior Court, and hence the Grand Jurors tees and Clerks fees have already been incurred in these fifty (50) cases ) and this Jury could * not act upon these one hundred and four (104) cases in less than 11 days. There conld not be more than four ( 4 ) of these cases tried by a Petit Jury per day, so it would take thirty- six (36) Petit Jurors, thirty-eight ( 38 ) days to try these one hundred and fifty-four (154 ) cases after true bills were found. The Clerk of the Superior Court would be entitled to five dollars for each one of the one 38 prisoners, at $18 00 per month, for six mouths $4,104. * Whereas the county is saved this expense by having these parties tried as soon as the crime is committed. The docket of the County Judge shows 26 civil cases tried at the quar ter sessions, which, if there was no Comity Cpurt, would have to be tried iii the Superior Court at the'follow ing expense to the county, (there could not be more than four cases tried a day): Thirty-six Petit Jar ora for 6 days, at *2 00 per day, $432 00. Twenty-three Grand Jnrora for 6 days, at $2 00 per day, 276 00. Six Banff’s for 6 days, at $2 00 per day, 72 00 Total amount to the connty, $780 00. Now the actual amount of money that the County Court saves Clarke county, is the following from the 4th day of January 1876 to the present time, making 10 months: Cost of trying 154 criminals in Superior Court, $4,218 00 Cost of boarding 88 (one fourth) crimi- " ~ 4,104 00. 780 00. nats, Cost of trying 26 civil cases, Minus Connty Judge’s salary, $9,10200. 1000 00. Net cash expense saved county, $8,102 00. There are two officers connected with the Court, besides the Judge, viz: Comity Solicitor and Baiiff. The office of County Solicitor was created 19 th of Febuary 187,6. See Acts 1876, page 61. This Act pro vides that this officer shall get the same fee as the Solicitor General, which comes out of the defendant. See acts 1876, page 61. This officer draws the affidavit, warrant and ac cusation upon which the prisoner is tried, brings the case into court, sum mons the witnesses for the State, swears them, examines them, argues the case and, in fact, does everything except BalifTs duties and pronouncing the judgement. The County Judge has refused from the beginning and does refuse to draw any of of these papers, giving as a reason, which is a good one, that the court should have nothing to do with those papers, upon which he has tot pass judgment; as fegards (heir legaliity etc. Suppose there was no Solicitor, then the County Judge would be compelled to take the part of the State by acting as counsel for the State by drawing the- affidavit, warrant and accusation, swearing and and examining the witnesses for the State, contest doubtful points of Jaw with the counsel for the defendant ete. The very idea is repugnant to justice and its tendency is as bad as that of combining Judge and law maker. So the last Grand Jury will see by the Report of the County Solicitoi' and Acts of1876 page 61, that this offiee is of great benefit and necessity to the comity of Clarke, and that it does not increase the taxes of the people of Clarke county one cent to pay the fees of the same. His fees do not come out of any money raised by taxation, but out of the criminal. The records of the Clerks office, the dockets of the County Solicitor and County Judge all show that nine-tenths (9-10 ) of all the criminals hundred and four (104) bills or of c , arke county m tried and ^ cases also. There are also six BalifTs who must be paid two ( $2 00 ) dollars per day for the thirty-eight (38) days. So the cost to the county for the trial of these one hundred and fifty-' four (154) cases in the Superior Court would be the following: Twenty-three (28) Grand Jurore for eleven (11) days, nt $2 00 per day. $506 00 Thirty-eight ( 38 ) Petit Jnrora for thir ty-eight (88 ) days, at $2 00 per day, 2,736 00. Clerk of the Superior Court for 104 bills, at $5 00 per bill, 520 00. Six BalifTs for 88 days, at $2 00 per day, 456 00. Total cost to the county for trying, $4,218 00 Now if these 154 cases had to be tried in the Superior Court, there being only two terras of said Court a year, it would be a fair average or calculation to say that one fourth (I ) of this number, viz : 38, would fail to give bond, and the county would be compelled to board (hem for six months, which would amount to the following expense to the county: posed of by the County Court, and that too in a speedy manner, i Besides the various expenses which I have enumerated above, attending the trial of the aforesaid eases, there are various incidental expenses cou- nected with the running of the Supe rior Court which are not incident to the County Court. Also there? is another main and inestimable expense to the former, which ought to and doubtless does apply to his experi ence, as being true and that is the loss and inconvenience experienced by hinyu having to leave his crop at an unseasonable time to attend to the trial of those cases which could be tried with much less expense to the county and to him, I am very respectfully, L. W. Thomas, County Solicitor Clarke county. Ladies bet on horse races at Saras togs^ When they lose a hundred j dollars they ciy so softly and beauti- I fully that the winner refunds it. NO XJFIONH IN THE STORE S. CL DOBBS. EVERY MIN WORKS, PRINCIPAL AW Oaf The undersigned having just returned from the NORTHERN Maritime With a full and varied stock of every description of Goods, BOUGHT AT LOW AND PANIC PRICES. Consisting in part of 50 Barrels Sugar, 50 Bags Rio Coffe 200 ROLLS BAGGING, 1,000 Bundles Iron, Cotton Tie 16,000 POUNDS FLOUR, 16,000 POUNDS BACON, 4,000 lbs. Hemlock Sole Leather, Upper Leather & Harness Leathe lOO SOSES TOBACCO, ASSORTED. 200 SACKS SALT, • , : r . ‘ ■ , • * ' 1,000 Pair Hand Made and Northern Brogan Skoei 200 Kegs Assorted Nails, 20 bales Factory Thread, Sugar Cured Hams, Leaf Lard, Boots and Shoes, Kerosine Oil, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, READY MADE CLOTHING Crockery and Glassware, Saddlery and Harness, Cotton, Hemp, and Jute Rop'fe, and various other articles too tedious to mention, all of which ha offers to the trade of Athens and the surrounding country ior cash, Cotton and Country Produce At as low or lower prices than can be bought in the State of Geoi gia. He makes a specialty of looking after country merchants wh wish to buy goods to sell again. He offers goods to the jobbin trade generally and guaranties satisfaction.- sepI2-3m 3. C> DOBBS. JDZRTY G-OOIDS I A *• .4 . AT v , ' • JAMES A. GRAY & GO’S. Augusta, Georgia. WE ARE NOW OFFERING THE FINEST AND BEST SELECTE A x stock of . Fall and Winter Stock of Dry Goods Ever shown in the South. Our stock of Silks, Dress Goods, Hosiery, N< tions, Calicoes, Gentlemen’s Goods, Blankets and Domestics, cannot be matched in Georgia. We have the largest and best assortment of Cloaks, Suits, Shawls and Underware ever offered in this market. Every department is replete with the CHEAPEST AMD MOST DESIRABLE GOODS, And we invite the people of Athens and of Georgia in General, Whether they want to buy or not, to call and examine them and pronoune their own judgement. It has never been our custom to try to impose on the public by Quoting Low Prices on Useless Goods- We offer them honest Value for their money, and when quotations ard made on standard or useful articles, we are always ready to match an<| beat thfem. We can do it and we will. James A. Gray & Co. 194 and 19S Broad Street Augrista, Georgia sept. 19.3m. L. 8CHEVENELL. , G. H. YANCEY L. SCHEYENELL & CO. BROAD STREET,* ATHENS. GA. DEALERS IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, SILVER AND PLATED WARE.! Guns, Pistols, Ammunition, Spectacles, Eye-Glasses, Musical Instruments, Having BEST WORKMEN, we are prepared to do REPAIRING IN u & UP PRIOR STYLE- WE MAKE A' SPECIALTY OF SILVER AND COLS' And ail work of this kind, such as Forks, JSpoons, Watches, &c., ^1 us, warranted equal to that done by any establishment in the countiy- uovl7.l874.tf. PRICES REASONABLE-