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/ V V i THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: JANUARY 2, J877. Terms ot Subscription. ONE Cof’Y, One Year S2 OO ONE COPY, Six Months 1 OO ONE COPY, Three Months.........., -, 80 Hates of AtlverUslna. Advertisements will Kelusericll at? ONEDOV LA It per .square Sor the fjrtt taperHoii^apil FIFTY OEJJTS per square f>r eacli*rontlnuiO»ee, tor anjr time under one month, for lounger periods a li y- cral deduction Will te madt* if square equal to . ten lines, solid. Notices iu local column, less tliau a square, SO cents a line. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. (Elation for Letters o( Guardianship *5 00 Citation for Letter* of Administration 4 00 Application lor Letters of Dismission Admin- Istrator ; AppU’tion fur Lett r#ol DUmlssionOuaidiau fl r5 Application for I.eave to Sell Lands. 5 uu Notice to Denture aud Creditors , *» Oil Sales of Land, ,«c u per * l»»re... : « ott Sales Perishable Property, 10 days, persq... 1 60 Estray Notices, 30 day* - * Op Sheri if Sales, per square f f* Slieriir Mortgage ti. fa sales per square. ...— o p0 "lax Collector’s Sales, per square » 00 Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00 Kxeinrition Notices tin advance) - * *5 Rule Nisi'*, per square, each time •* J o0 iW Tito above legal rales corrected hy Ordinary of Clarke county. ©corpn. H. H. CARLTON, - Editor. Is not Best Hill and Wade Hampton in perfect accord 1 If llattiptor.’* conservative course is gloriously wire and patriotic, why should not Ii'.il'* hr equally sol Clrnnt’8 IJlnappolntment. (Irani expreted Southern Representatives to “show their teeth” at Washington. H*po- ciallv did ho hope lor *oute r.ltertinco from Hen IEl! that would unite the North in f.vor of ltis u*iug the army to inaugurate Ilayca, snd crush the “new rebellion.” Hut the South refuses even to talk rebellion or to encourage others to do so. Great is ■Grant - * disappointment, hut great is the gain for the South and Tlldeit. No wonder Grant •and Morton say “ Hill is a dammed hypocrite” ■ittd li ving 'c capture the North for Titdeti. In It True V Cult it be true that Mr. Stephen* is enlisted in 1he effort to defeat Mr. Hill for the Senate I There is such a report, and it seems well- founded. if so, how isingu’orthat Mr. Stephens should feel tin Intcrest in the defeat of tire magnanimous men y who, hi.-t winter, sternly reprobated «■; effort organising at Washington to prevent Mr. Stephens’ jetura to Congress. “ 1 A‘t ltim die in harness.' lie lut* grown old in the public service; don’t repudiate him ii his o’d age,” said Mr. Hid, when he heard the suggestion. Can Mr. Stephen* affard to fight the author of such a remark, even though lie does not like him personally i A very happy New Year to cnc'i and all of Ottr subscribers! And now, upon tins the very first day of the new year, we would call your attention to the fact, that, notwithstanding the hard times of the past twelve months through . -WllSfih we Lavqjp:*.**!], thesis •It.iUNlwsd.eeJ;. -brfr.ofm.cVoJth. M ji faithful and nh'Olar visitor tw vour liomewand ... ... . . .? « ir.iintm .it. • . Great as was tuat service to ” A more ignoble coHspiraoyyhau that recently (brined to deprive Mr. Hill qj?^iOTolfidcncc of ,t!io pcpple of Georgiy. wl^m ,J 1ie has Befvcd so Ipng, jo!ubJ| and fib idti tfnlly, has never dis graced Amcritanpolitieo. ■ Baso-in its'’■tGncejptfon, thb methods with which it has been pursued have been even mote unworthy. No greater crime can l>e perpe* trated than the attempt to esutsinate the reputa tion ot a private citizen, and upon false grounds hy sinister accusations and iunendocs, to rob him of the esteem of those among whom lie has honorably lived. Not more dastardly, but more far-reaching in its disastrous effects is the effort to destroy public confidence in a brave, able, and patriotic statesman, when in a great crisis of public affairs, he seeks to rescue tin already greatly wronged people from further outrage and oppression. Yet, in Mr. Hill’s case, this is just what certain dark gamesters have attempted. Not a single man among hi* accusers, in his heart, doubts Mr.'Hill’s fidelity to the South, to Georgia, and to the cause of democracy as rep resented by Governor Tilden. When has he ever failed, at whatever r'sk to his personal for tunes, in the face of any peri), or against any odds to serve the South, or Georgia, or the Democratic party! It is les* titan twelve months since his powerful voice rang through the Capitol, while thousands of anxious listeners drank in his eloquent words as he vindicated forever a people whose enemies had first conqueredIbent, and then’labored to make them forever infamons in the eyes of mankind. “Thank God,” we all said, “ that vindication of the South is now a part of the public record, a perpetual answer to the calum nies of Radicalism.” Bo it remembered too, that the very same conspirators who ttow pre tend to doubt Ben Hill’s fi delity, then questioned the “ wisdom" of a speech that lifted a »tigi!ia front the very graves of our martyred hero.-s. Kven while the Soutti wa* not yet done rejoicing, as honorable men will always rejoioe when a stain i* removed front their fair fame, the place-hunter* ami spoilmen, were whisper ing their fours as to the “ wisdom’’ of the mos* glorious speech ever made in that Capitol. Glorious, because it established beyond contro versy and forall time the unimpeachable honor, humanity raid Christianity of five millions of living freemen, and at least one hundred thou sand deed heroes. Johnny Hook was made immortal bv the withering invective of Patrick Henry, who described him as clamoring hoarse ly for pay for the beef which -he had sold the army of Washington during the revolutionary struggle, while the people were yet rejoicing over the success of the war. “Beef,” “Beef,” was the slogan with which Johnny Hook sought to drown the shouts of a people just reamed from the menace of tyranny. The Joliny Ilooks of our day shouted “imprudent,’’ “un wise” when Ben Hill gave the lie to the strong est arguments of Radicalism. It was the squeal of tats about to bo deprived of much coveted cheese, iu tiie shape of oflioia! pap, which they foolishly thought they would be less likely to secure because of that nigy^Hfuucc in l,e- ion acceptable to tbo South -purpose in this connection to nattipionsliip of Mr., Hill or his lpr(>epeeks.---But ever" claiming our- ‘pfefright and justice and bis nativity ! It is an insult to tlio honest heart of the old State to question her seorp of,thtfi \ men who have sought base injury tSOiier-en^T M ner.t son. What is the judgment 5bF bistort ;Bl upon the Conways and Mifflih* of. rile RevqTu, s < tiou who vexed the great .souj of .lV with their clamour aud-intriguoi jn tits very crisis: of 'thq contest The question is full of si&iifioliace coterie cf plotters who ate laboring for thd our duty to’speak out boldly against such overthrow of tbe roanw;hopit)re.gtatef)i] pool srifianon's schemes, and say not alone what we pic ot Georgia will never forsake ns he haJ think and believe, but what we know to lie so. never forsaken them in uny crisis whero hitfi They nil know the Senatorial election is to como genius, eloquence, faith and courage were need! off the 23rd of January and if Mr. Hill can be de ed iu taeir defense. J feated then they will charge that his eonttnatitee “ Cease vipers: you gnaw a file.’* 1 icount in Congress this Whiter caused hint lit be ll n n iiiii— - repudiated by his people and will thus show Hon, Hi Hi Hill. that Georgia is rebellious still. 1 This they know to he necessary to keep the The numerous, continued nnd severe criti-lR«r ul)Iican masses solid for Hayes or Grant or cisms now being made of Mr. Hill by the press,' a fight. To keep them from being satisfied do him grave injustice by greatly misrcpreseirfl* with Tilden. If the people of Georgia endorse" ing his position and policy, looking to the adjustment of the political complications which now threaten the country with ruin. The origin of these gross misrcprescutatii was with the Radical press of the North, aud had for their double purpose, first, the dcstro; Mr. Hill aud his wi*e, conservative course, then thousands of Republicans will feel safe with Mr. Tilden and the Sontli in power. But if the ioplc of Georgia repudiate Mr. Hill then t’us barge will be, that he dous not represent the eoplc and that the people of the South will not ing of Mr. Hill’s iufiaencc prior to the 7th of^^ e s# *® *° l * 10 Um° u under Mr. filden. Tite February next, when these matters come »^outheru papers that are now abusing Mr. Ilill, before Congress for settlement; and «ecmidljjB* l0U b' h not so intending, are doing Immense to furnish a pretext for Grant to use armedj hann 10 Mr - lilden and tho Democracy. The force for the inauguration of Haves, or peflfalse positioi-s assigned Mr. Hill by Radical cor- cliance, for continuing himself in jtower. ,1 respondents nnd papers tutd the false words As to the first purpose of the Radicals, th«rf llc - v P ut >" ,nouth aIe intended to sought, by lnauulacturiug positions for y^Bp r °J U0 *-‘ this abuse trom Southern papers, and Hill and actually putting words into his inoi^B'thiia securing Mr. Hilt’s defeat for tho Senate which he never uttered, and which were then\ kc( T the masses North afraid of the South. It promulgated under the gui*e of their extruva-*v s really a great compliment to Mr. Ilill tliut guut laudations-tu create distrust of hitn whom should have been made the c'entral fisrure they most feared and whose iufiutiiice tliev Bus great political agitation, that the Radicals deemed it absolutely necessary to destroy with ^should have all a.iticd their darts ut hitn. Aud ^Railroads. PEDMONT AIR LINE I "VTOT1CE.—Whereas, Eugene W. Brydye Ad- _ I It ministrntor of Samuel Freeman, (colored) dec’d. applies for leave to sell all the real estate tlMBiUe all persons concerned sTibw cause at tny office, on « ay in February next, it be grunted. Tand at office this 1st day of 2Sf© £_®v "by Quickest Time & Most Direct Route NORTH AKI)EAST! Ratos always as low as the lowest. For in formation apj.lv to F.B. LUCAS, Local Agent, Athens, Ga. SOL HA AS, Gen. Freight Agent, Richmond, Yn. oct-Sl-4t CftROiHft CENTRAL DISPATCH UHL the Northern mid Southern democrat,-. firesides, l or this service to your internes ter.-*;, for tiff* •• dditioti to y.-ur ioatte literature, for this inerca- e to tho happiness aud pleasure *>f voar irm ly cirehs., many o jott have, sis ul, failed, to c-all lit tlio “Captain's office” and sclll-j. Then, delinquent readers, wnile we wish yon a happy New Year, he tu kind ns to remember cut- necessities, and by prompt payment of your dues to the Gkorgian, wo hope wc shall, if spared, he enabled, wr.eu j p yen twelve months more l.av l.id yea, with move checrtuhtess, a happy N.-w Year. . 'i'ltc Heal Issue. A* we approach the time li.r cl cling a Sena tor from Georgia, the season of badinage aud irrcvalcn; newspaper discussion should bs brought l» a speedy conclusion—tlio sooner, the Letter. In a matter so vital, we can even afford to sacrifice not only personal dislikes, hut jter- sonal frieii.lshijw* iu detfercti-e to tlio real issue in the mutter. That issue is, wito is the most competent mm: I Who will best meet the re quirements of the Senatorial station! WJioi* the ablest and readiest dclmter? Who will most powerfully re-eufurce oun Senatorial ath letes iu their over-matched fight with toe Ralli ed leaders ? Is it Ilill, Norwood, or Smith ! We cannot afford to gratify Mr. Norwood’* desire to he “endorsed," unless ho can show us n record to merit ondorsenu-ut. Etx years is a long period to serve the public in. Preeminent merit alone cau claim twelve continuous years in the Senate. Can Air. Norwood establish it? (Jau Governor Smith establish upon tie foiee of {•rent iuteUectwil merit, a title to s'.x years itt the Senate after five years served us Governor! J.tst us meet this issue squarely. Wc arc ready fur the argument. Ju case you tail, unite with us and scad to the Senate, vnanttno »!y, Ben Hill, whose qualifications everybody concedes. Faroe and Failure. But for the ineffable" and almost incredible baseness of the plot against Mr. Ilill and against the peoplo of Geetyia-( for to injure him now is- to imperil their safety), we could almost pity the plotters for tho utter overthrow of their dangerous game. It is not in human nature, however, t > feel cnmpt ssion to.* an n-sasrsin, even though bo fail in Ills murdtrous purpose. IIow disgraceful the late attempt against Mr. Hilll How humiliating the failure! Alter all the ink 6bed in accusing him; after all the whispered inuendoes; and after nil their asper sions in various forms, the poor plotters are without even the shadow of justification. Hill nnd Hewitt tire co-operating; Tilden and Hill are ngroed in the policy that tho South should • l.e pacific in all Iter positions aud not give Graut the pretext lie covets to use the army to Inaugurate Ilsycs. Moreover every recommen dation that Mr. Hill bos made in caucus has been immediately and .unanimously adopted; lie baa never uttered a word of ridicule of Northern Democrats, and is in hearty co-ope ration with them. Let the plotters withdraw tlieir aspersions or stand solf-confessed endorsers of the wanton misrepresentations of nnacrupnloue Radical journalists and irresponsible Bohemian scrib blers. corgia and ’.he >outh, it was not more sign:;! than other service of this great and good man whom the coa spirntors would destroy. Whom do the people of Georg::-, mo-t recall in connection with tho-e dark and perilous days of IS'.T and ISO - ? V."e i need not recall the peril that then mads to quail men who even at the front of battla bad not wavered. A possibility worse than death menaced Georgia—the possibility of dograua- i ... i t ‘ ,m - Even it* the prtsjnec of tilt lingered cotoe and gone, to , * ” i nohiicry, Leu Hill denounced the purjtosed j crime. Ill tha midst of the gloom that pervad ed the South his voice rang out the words of cheer that welded Georgians in a phalanx of in vincible devotion. Other* quailed; others wavered, but not Ben Hill. Then be was “ prudent” and “ unwise," according to some of the same conspirators of to day, but Georgia was saved, because iter manhood was unsullied. Her people, under Hill's lca>lership,scorne l the bribes of tlieir enemies and spat iijkmi rite re creants who would have betrayed them. Again, when the wrong of reconstruction was consum mated, not only without tlieir eo-operation, "ont despite their protest, he advised acceptance much os Lee ucquiescd in surrender when ho yielded to “overwhelming numbers and sur rendered.” Not less wise titan brave, Hill saved Georgia from tho wrong of another re construction and made it possible for James M. Smith to be Governor and Thomas M. Norwood to he a Senator (hr sis rears and to deliver his CJivil Rights essay aud bis Ceutenuial lecture in the Senate chamber. As to party service wo know of no tuan in Georgia who lias given such valuable aid, and at such costs cf his timo and mcaus. Where ever the fight is thickest aud most in doubt, is Hill ever to bo fouuJ. At any time lie has been ready to relinquish his lucrative practice to put on ltis armor and take the field for bis parly. Ho was present at tite very birth of the present Democratic party of Georgia, composed as it is of old Democrats nnd old Whigs, who differed before the war, but have united since iu what ever cause lias embodied the rights, honor and safety of their State. Froth" the day when he presided over tho convention’ ot Macon that allied into being the present Democratic paity of Georgia, there lias never been a moment when the heart of Ben lliil has wavered in its allegiance to Georgia Democracy, when bis counsels have betrayed it into either wrong or folly, when bis peerless eloquence lias not been wholly devoted to its continued supremaev. Four years ago defeated for the nomination in tite Ninth Congressional District, he at once tendered bis services to tlio lamented McMillan, then ltis succca*fnl competitor, but his party needed ltis services in the Second District and bo promptly went to tho side of Smith and helped that gallant fellow overthrow Radicalism in its stronghold. During the late campaign be made speeches wherever in Georgia Radicalism showed fight, and when hU work hero was ended, he hnrried to Florida and inspired her Democracy with that spirit of devotion which he has so often inspired into the heart of Geor gia Democtacy. But why enumerate services that have made the name of this great Georgian the 1 synonym ofjiowcr and derotion to the State that bo ists With this conspiracy, orguttlz.-d by the iestders fcim such unjust abuse ut ho tie. It Air. Ilill of the Republican party nnd hacked up by the united Radiol press of the North, they sue ceeded, for tite time being, in bringing down upon Air. Hill tite severe criticisms of sutne of, -lt the Jess knowing of the Northern Democratic " press. Tin; effect "f this Radical scheme was of but short duration. The disg-.iino v.-ns re moved. The plot Mas discovered and exploded. The inner view revealed Mr. Hill iu peri accord with the Democratic jvfiicv- both North and South, and indeed, the leader thereof, with the full confidence and co-operation of Mr. Tilden, Mr. Hewitt, and all of their friend*. how strange that it should bring dow’n upon were to come out now in a flaming speech for Tilden or war, as some foolish people Mould have him do, it might make him Senator, but it would leave it quite doubtful whether there otild be a free Senate for him to sit in. At ad events such a speech or such a course now ou the part of Air. Ilill would certainly do more to is - eo r ' J ‘ n Tildeu’s prospects than anything that '•rtVcj ^ ou ‘‘* 0 ‘-' c,| r, aud he is far too patriotic, to hazard Mr. Tildcn’s prospect*, and thereby tite welfare of the cottutry lie loves so m c!1, by taking a course simply to promote his own. No, Georgians, iir. Ilill will never subordi- All the word* attributed to Mr. Hid in the 1 %ale i' our interest to make himself Senator or to gain any other office within jourgitc. No, Democratic caucus or c'm where against North ern Democrats are utterly untrue, actually, manufactured, as every titan iu tliut caucus will and dots now t.-stlfy. It may be true, and this is only oor opinion, that in order to turn the tables ii]K>u the Radical eon-pirators, it was considered goo I policy to let this misrepresen tation go unnoticed and iineorreeted, a* hy it the Republican papers u-cre evidently giving Mr. Hill great strength with the Northern masses which Mould greatly increase hi* useful ness wiieu the fight really opened in Congress. This cert sin jv ha? been the efleet of this lo Radical conspiracy^ and if Mr. Hill doe* noi i.vai himself of the opportunity of turning their own blades against them and thus vanquish them witli their own weapons, then., well might lie be distrusted. A* to the second b.tsc purpose o: tlic Radical party in furnishing forgeries upon Air. Hill. It must be clear to every one that upon the con vening of Congress Grant intended a palpable usurpation mi.! was concentrating troops at Washington for that purpose. Hu evidently ex pected au ultra coureo and extmnc utterances from tiie Southern members in Congress, and lids wa* to fumi-.il him a pretext. Of course nil eyes were turned u;«on Mr. Hill. His every ac tion was to bj v,- .tolled uml Ids every utterance to be notod. He was truly the cynosure of Rad ical eyes. L T i>on him their whole hope rested. He was now to gratify their every expectation, lie was to furnish the very salvation to tlieir i.ow about to he disappointed political ambi tious. They expected not disappointment, for it had been charged upon Air. Hill by the press of the South, that he was imprudent; unwise, unsafe and not to be trusted. This expectation of Grant and the Republicans was hy uo moans luinatural, and great indeed must have been tlieir disipjiointiueut, for Georgian*, people and the press from Mr. Hill’s own native State, hud given them grounds for their hopes which now prove the source of their sad and ruin ous disappointment. Graut and ltis party fully expected Air. Hill toleud inaniffort for h"s im peachment, which had it been entered upon, much us it was or might have lieen desired, aud the, Sontiicnijtnembcr* had favored it, neither Hayes nor Tilden would have been inaugurated and the country would have bien ruined. Then it fell to Mr. Ilill to lead off against im peachment iu which l.e wus supported by the entire Democratic representation from tiie South r.ud by all from tho North save some four or five who took not so wise n view of i tiie situation. Tiie effect of this course n< is plainly to be seen, has been marvelous aud Grant and Morton now take especial pleasttifie in eursitig Ben’Ilill styling him a “ dammed hVpoerite.’> The kind word* Mr. Hill sakl to have uttered about lluycs. if otter them lie did, were doubt less for the purpose of helping tlio jealousy, unquestionably ' existing between Graut and Hayes and securing a jieaceuble inauguration of Tilden by rendering Graut iuditferent to Hayes. These kind words about Hayes, serv ing as a wise and successful policy "for tho de feat of Radical designs, and coming as they did from oue from whom they expected naught, but j he is trilo to his conn ry und will ever re main to. Newspaper*, partisans and imlitic’ans may b -:ip abuse upon abuse, but lie will ever bo found true to the laud that gave him birth and which hen »w so honor* and so faithfully serves. Demo.rat*, members of tiie Georgia Lcgisia- (ti.re, iu .conclusion wc would ask, are you j willing to sec slaughtered the man, the patriot, it; stateunun, yea, aud the Georgian who is now suffe ing wrong and abuse for our success! ExrnANATOitv.—In a private letter which wc re. recently received from Hon. B..M. Dill lie requested us to say to the public, “that his eosrespondeneo at this time is exceedingly heavy and that he hopes his friends will not be impatient if tlifir letters are not promptly an swered, that he is ac iiiiily overwhelmed with (ommuoiestions, each of w ich shall receive tlu; attention > s curly as possible.” The politics! situation remains unchanged. It appear«that tiie gain* instituted in South Carolina i* about to be played in Florida. Tiie returning board of that State wus disposed to obey tiie order of the Court to make a new count front the free of the returns, hut tliev were ordered from Radical headquarters to disregard the order of court. They doubtless will be imprisoned bat Judge Wood anil Huger will b< on band to release them. Tints is bcin r played the hau l of the usurpers. Elf tio:;, I lkctios.—Let cveryb sly remem ber to turn out to tho election far conuty officers on Wednesday, the Srd inst- A. Card. Athens, Ga., Dec. 25th, 1876. Capt. E. J. Christy, Athens Fire Co. No. 1; De ut Sib—Kudosed please find $5000 handed me by Mrs. C. C. Meeker, for the bmefit of the new steamer recently purchased by your Com pany. She i* one of our most liberal-hearted ami public-spirited citizens, and always ready to lend a helping hand to every object pertain ing to the interest and welfare of the city. W ould that we had more like her! Your*, very respectfully, C. G. T.m.vadu:;. Athens, Jau. 1st, 1877. Capt. C. G. Talmadge, Alayort Desk Sik—Your poiite note, enclosing a do nation of $50.00 from Mrs. C. C. Meeker to oitr new steamer, lias boon received. At our regular meeting, on Thursday night last, I turned tha amount over to the company, aud a unanimous vote of thanks u-os tendered the generous donor though we did not know who it Mjas at the time. I take this method of re’ timing the profound thanks of tite officers and members of my Com pany for this generous c< n'ribmion on the part" of Mrs. Meeker, anl I feel that it wilt nerve the heart of every on a of ns to greater efforts in the future in endeavoring to savs tho lives nnd property of our .ellow-eitisaus. Such evidences of appreciation by our lady friends are deeply felt by every fireman. Sincerely thanking yon for your expressions Th.roia.g33. Sates TO POINTS SOUTH, Via Wilmington, N. C, For bills lading nnd full line of informa tion, apply to eitlier of the following Agents of the line: New York, Clyde’s line to Wilmington, L. C.^piuicuU’ G. L. A„ 845 Broadway. Co. 1 S4 South Wurves SA M. JACKSON, Ordinary. fUGlJSTA 'HOTEL. 8,1,1 } Augusta, Ga. Having leased this well-known and favorite Hotel, the most eligible in Augusta, and put it in complete repair, I take pleasure in announc ing that it is . " J.’/. ’ INTONAT" OFHJISr forthe reception of guests It is located in the center of business. Directly opposite the Tele graph Office. Next block to Express Office. Convenient to Railroad depots. Street cars puss the door continually. Tiie table will Always ba provided with the choicest tho market aflords; und the comfort of the guests will he constantly attended to by a corps of well trained servant*. Omnibmcs'connected with the hotel will be found at all depots on arrival of trains. The office is open during tho night, and guests will be received or called nt any hour, l’usscngers on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, And the South Carolina Railroads, can get off at the corner of Washington and Broad streets, within ten steps of the Hotel, and thereby save Omni bus fare, CIIAS. R. WHEELOCK, dec23-tf Proprietor. J. If. Reaves, (. | U'7'T / H. A. I om-hanck, David Gann, j lO I I . ( M’m. L. Wood. Lmirance always Guaranteed Low as by Competing Lines. ' *'• u ’- CLARK, General Freight Agent, Wilmington, WC E. E. JONES, Agent Athens Ga. Having taken the agency of above line, I inn prepared to give any iutoriiuitiou concerning through rates or any business appertaining to the line, and hope by strict attention to the convenience of shippers, ,u> secure tor the line a liberal share of tlio j>:itroaa^6 ot % shippers iu Athens and vicinity. E. E. Jones. sept.20.tf. T li E PASSENGER ROUTE, Augusta & Yemassee, Tn k Charleston, Savannah, & ail Points in Florida, Leave Athens 9 30 P..JI. Arrive Augusta 7 35 A.M. Leave.Augusta 9 so A.M Arrive Savannah 4 30 1\M. Arrive Charleston 5 iiU P.M. Hie only line running through cars between Augusta and Savannah. The only line making close connec tion at Savannah witli tlio Atlantic & Galt Railroad. No “ Omnibus Transfer ” at S:t- v.qimah. To secure the advantages of through cars, no delays, first-class equipment, lust time, and sure connec tions, purchase tickets of Capt. W r . W. Williams, Agent, Athens, Ga., via Augusta and Yeniassee oniv. T. 5S. DAYANT, G. P. A., Augusta, Ga. Julyll.Gm. THE ATHENS Furniture Manufacturing COMPANY. Believing that Athens, nnd tho section of country around, should have, and would cor dially support a first-class Furniture Store and Factory wc have entered into a partnership, bought out the Machinery and store of Gilleland, Wood <k ■ Co., and tho store of J. F\ Wilson & Co., and determined togive the business a fair trial under the firm name of the Athens F'uruiturc Manu facturing Company. At the store occupied hy ,T F. Wilson A Co., m*c propose to keep a stock of Furniture equaled by few and surpassed hy none in the State. Mr. Jay O. Galley lias charge of this department, and will he pleased to wait on any desiring goods iu this line. At the stand of Gilleland, Wood & Co, we will keen nil good* of ottr own manufacture, such as Bedstead*, Table-, Chairs, etc., and in addition will keep a large and well selected stock of Coffins, Burial Cases, etc. Mr. W. I.. Wood will give Ids personal attention to this depirtment. V» T c have engaged ufith Mr. Wm. A. Reming ton to superintend the Manufacturing and Re pairing Department. Ilis .kill as a workman guarantees success. All kinds ot repairing done at short notice. Our machinery lor Dressing. Sawing and Turning will he kept running as usual. Give us a trial and lie convinced that Athens can compete 'successfullv with any eitv in the South in the sale of Furniture, etc. The Athens Furniture Man. Compant, ! AU persons indebted to the late firm of J. F. I WILSON & Co. Mill please come forward and settle at once. The accounts M ill be found till G.S !V*h Jimonrr, 107?, irr-thc Lands of JaVO. Gailey, at the old stand. A M-ord to the wise deelO-Gm J. F. WILSON & CO. THE iSUTvT bitterness aud denunciation proves a thorn in * of interest in the M-eifaro of onr Company, I am ‘their sides, an irresistible prick to their disap pointment which now adds both volume and ntopsity to the anathemas which they unspar ingly heap upon the head of liim who is now suffer- ing and willing to suffer abase tliat his conntty tnay be savod. The conservative course of Mr. Ilill is at this tima bringing groat fear snd trembling among the Republican leaders, and os a snre strength to their iutended usurpation they now desire and seek to destroy him at the South. This is the secret of tlieir chargee that he was winking at the election of Ilayes That be wa» courting favor with Hayes end trying to negotiate such terms with him in be half of the South as would make him and Yours, truly, E. J. Cdrisiv, Capt. A. F. Co., No. 1 Xulazxied. KING—RITCH—At the resideuez of the bride’s father, on the 20th nil., by the Rev. W W. O-din, Mr. A. L. Kino to Miss Tallulah E. Rrrcn.' All of Clarke county. May all the joys the world cau give be theirs and Heaven at lut tho consnmatlon be. LILLEY"—WILLIAMS--On 81st nit. at the residence of Thomas Gcan by Rev. I. M. Ko tney, Mr. RouzitT Ltuarto Miss Ynsntu. Williams. All of Clarke County Ga. NOTICE. Augusta, Ga., May 1st, 1876. On after Monday, May 1st, 1876, the Ptissenger trains on the Georgia Uailroad will run as follows, viz: Day- Passenobr Train wilt Leave Athens ut 9.00 a.m. Arrive ut Augusta ut 4.00 p. m. Arrive at Atlanta at 4.00 p. m. Leave Augusta at 8 00 a. m. Leave Atluntu at'. 8.00 a. m. Arrive ut Athens at i,55 p. m Nkhit Passenger Train. I.eave Athens at........ Arrive nt Augusta at.... Arrive at Atluntu at Leave Augusta at iunive Atlanta at........ Arrive at Athens ut...... . f/.-.Yt; 9.80 p. M. 7.35 a. M. 5.25 a. M. 8.20 p.m. .10.30 p. M. 6.50 a. it. Passenger* from Atlanta* Athens, Wash ington, or any point on the Georgia Railroad and Brunches, by taking the Day Passenger Train, will make close, connection at Catnnft with Tratu *br Millcdgeville and Macon. Sleeping Cars on Night Passenger Train*. S. K. JdnuioN' Superintendent. n:.rilU-tf W Schedule Northeastern Railroad. ON nnd after Monday, November Cth, 1876, the schedule of this road will bs us folloM-s: MORNING TRAIN Lea\'e Athens. 4.45 A. M. Arrive nt Lula 6.45 A. M. Leave Lula 7.30 A. M. Arrive at Athens 10.00 A. M. EVENING TRAIN Leave Athens 6.00 P. >M Arrive at Lula. 7.30 P. M Leave Lula. 8.20 P. M. Arrive at At bens 10.20 P. M. Passengers going to Atlanta, Macon, Mont gomerv, Columbus, New Orleans, make close connection'nt Lula with down passenger train on Air Lipe at G.45 f’. M. .Passengers going North and East take the evening train and connect closely at Lula with np passenger train on Air Line. No delay at Lula. J. M. EDWABD8, nov7-tf Superintendent. 1377. 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