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VMORY SPEER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
dlSMy Office Nos. 4 sod 5 Court-House.
^R. littleT
B. Ltlx,
Watkinsville.
YLE <& ERWIN, ft
attorneys at law.
Will practice in partnership in the Superior
Court or Oconee County, ana attend promptly
to
f.
...
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
: £
•18-1878-tf
Carncsville, Ga.
B. DORTCH,
; ; Fw THE HOUDAYS. :
Great Reduction in Prices.
ATTORNEY AT IA.W,
Caruesvillc, Qa.
il8-1878-tf
[ACKSON & THOMAS, >
h ' T TTCBNEYS AT LAW,-
Asa M. Jackson.
decie-1874-tf
Athens, Ga.
L. W. Thomas.
trimmed HATS 75, SI and upwards.
DNTRIMMED HATS 95, SO,’ 75o. and
upwards.
NECKTIES AT lO, 15, 90, 95c. and
upwards.
A large assortment of goods suitable for
,1 D. HILIi,
>• >
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
ntion given to,all business and
*‘ f “"y soiicitadi janll-ly
K)PE]BARROW,
ATTORNEY AT
Athens, Ga.
Offioe 'MJohn II. Newton’s ue
jan4-l
iW,
• building.
HRA6HER,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
Watkinsville, Ga.
in former Ordinary’* Office.
a
w,
EY AT LAW,
n paid to caiminal practice.
uu pi
to Ex-Gov. T. H. Watts
JloptOD, Montgomery, Ala.
>RNEY AT LAW,
Cleveland, Ga. -
i in the counties of Whit*, Union,
owns, and Fanning, and the Bu-
t at Atlanta. Will give special at-
claims ennsted to his care.
1875-41-tf.
W. OWEN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tocoa City, Ga.'
practice in all the counties of the Weat-
rcuit. Hart and Madison of the Northern
. will give special attenion to all claims
Mi to his care. oct20-1875-ly.
mar Cobb. Howell Cobb,
II. COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Ga
friwstLssi l at Mixxe
wall.”
all business intrusted to their care.
jan9-Sm.
[From the German.] *
Sweetheart of mine, farewell! A
Only oar hearts can tell .
Ohr wce.‘-
Only onr memories, fraught 1
With sorrow’s load of thought
Can knew
Onr grief and woe.
Sweetheart of mine, good-by 1 - .
The past for you and I
Is dead; f
The future blank and drear, .
Hath naught for ns of cheer;
Instead,
Sorrow and fear.
Ciaxistmas IPresexrbs,
at ;remarkably low prices. Call early before
they are picked over at MISS C. JAMES,
decl2-tf Broad street, Athens.
3P- F-TALMASE,
—DEALER IN—
Sweetheart of mine, adien i
Still os of old he trne
And trust;
Till at our journeys end
Onr souls again shall blend—
Our dost
As one ascend.
•Ed. Abbot.
i
THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
Report of the Joint Commit
tee of Both Houses.
THE BILL.
A bill to provide for and regulate the counting
of the votes tor President and Vice President,
and the decision of questions arising thereon,
for the term oommeneing March 4th, A. D.
1877:
. The modern cookstoveis approach-
• Aerica ud Imported Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, | fag a degree of perfection which will
require a competent engineer at a
stated, salary to run it.
Water, though well warmed, would
SILVER AND PLATED WARE;
Mnmosul .Ixzmiaraxaaxxkm, Gtaxus,
Fiarbols, Sfco.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY RE-
PAIRED IN A NEAT, WORKMAN- •
LIKE MANNER,
And wafamted to give' entire satisfaction.
a*4 r&ain Letttr Engraving
quench, nevertheless, the fire that
warmed it. Thns may the character
of a treacherous person be decribed
The southern people need expect
[ no fairness. From Main come? the
voice of Frye: “ Sizzle ’em I” j From
Illinois shrieks the terrible Jane:
** Swizzle ’em.” i
Be it enacted, etc., That the Senate
and House of Representatives shall
meet in the hall of the House of Re
presentatives at the hour of one
o’clock, past meridiau, on the first
Thursday. in February, A. D., 1877,
and the President of the Senate shall
be there as presiding officer. Two
tellers shall be previously appointed
on the part of the Senate and two on
the part of the House of Represen-
tives, to whom shall be handed, as
ey are opened by the President o^
title Senate, all the certificates and
pers purporting to be-certificates
electoral votes, which certificates
d papers shall be opened, present-
and acted upon in alphabetical
oWer of the States beginning with
th e letter A; and said Ellers having
tl{en read the same in the*presence
'd hearing of the two houses, shall
;e a list of the votes as they shall
r from said certificates; and the
haying been ascertained and
counted as in this aet provided, the
The Washington policemen have
andau j.been provided with helmets, greatly
rtbttirdTsgust. The Star mentions
I soli
* eW * l3r * yi CASH.,. - • Tone small guardian who waamtsfctiketr
1 for a hitching post.
COTTOXT BUTTER. ' I - i
Probably the sickest man on the
Toco** City, Ga. I face of the earth is the paragrapher
“<!SS:ie7 A «S nt I who > rcadin s hU 0 '' n colum “> du '
covers that a’joke isn’t half as smart
J^tVEBY AND SALE STABLE. .- %
Carriages, Buggies & horses
for hire. Terms reasonable. ‘.
E. M. WHITEHEAD.
. Washington, Wilkes county, Ga.
nov26-1875-tf
j^SBURYG. MoCURRY,
Attesasy a-b Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Superior Courts of North
east Geoigis and Suprenie Court at Atlanta.
Ang 8.1876 tf
preceding the first Thursday in Feb
ruary, 1877, each house shall by a
viva voce vote appoint five of its
members, who, with the five Asso
ciate Justices of .the Supreme Court
of the United States, to be ascertain
ed as hereinafter provided, shall con
stitute a commission for the decision
of all questions upon, or in respect of
of such double returns, named in
this section. On the Tuesday next
preceding the first Thursday in Feb
ruary, A* D. 1877, or as soon there
after as may be, the Associate Jus
tices of the Supreme Court of the
United States, now assigned to the
First, Third, Eighth and Ninth cir
cuits, shall select in such manners
as a majority of them shall deem fit
another of the Associate Justices of
said court, which five persons shall
be members of said commission, and
the person longest in commission of
saidfiye Justices shall he the Presi
dent of said commission. The mem
bers of said commission shall respect
ively take and subscribe the follow
ing oath: “ I,-———, do solemnly
result of the same shall he delivered
tojthe President of the Senate, who
sh
th
shall therepuon announce the state of
A. lLEli,
TOTa'boluaaa2xc
& vT owelor,
Office in Deupree Building,
1876-1^
.HtX. ERWIN,
i. ATTORNEY A* LAW,
Athens, t®® 1 -
At the New Drug Store,
All work warranted 121
septl2-tf.
Broad St., Athens. Ga
nthe.
ce on Broad Street, between Center & Nich
olson and Ori & Co., up-stairs.
I feb22-1876-ly
Stern c&
*yyh-1aen»la
Si&ulter.
Dealers in Wines, Wliia
Gin and <
Lager, Beer, Ale,
are.
M. COCHRAN,
Sign of tlie 33i
AfTORITBTr AT LAW,
Gainesville, Ga.
BROAD STREET, i
oct.81.ly.
Barrel
1ENS, GA.£
itate and General Land Agent ftor the
and sale of Mineral and Farming
Hall, and the other counties of North-
la. Mineral ores tested and titles to
ivestigoted. Special attention given
and sale of city property.
3EY. Att<
J. N. DORS!
Ltternev.
For the Bfnefit of
ATHENS
And Northeast
Trade of
EDWHT ID-
SALESMAN FOI
:OST;
as he thought it was when he wrote
it.
It is asserted that the chief mana
ger of a private London bank re
ceives a salary of $150,000 a year.
His two assistants each get $50,000
annually for their valuable services.
“ Ah,” said a father to his son
William, “ hearty breakfasts kill one-
half of-the world, and tremendous
suppers the other half.’’ u I suppose
then,” retorted William, “that the
true livers are only those who die of
hunger.’’ -
When a tramp asks you for ten
cents of a Sunday it is the best kind
of evidence that the gin mills are
accessible. If he asks for only five
you can make up your mind that
lager is on tap somewhere in the
vicinity. \
No, hub, wc can’t remember the
name of the father who first invented
the art of leading his son to expect
a pair of skates at Christmas and
then filled his stocking with five
cents’ worth of pop-corn.
In New Orleans, the Republican
reports, “ Hamlet put on a peculiar
Messrs. Opdycke, Terry j
and Em-
GROOVES, ».uuu„ -
1Cotton Factors and General Commission HerfeUsnt*, I While Goods, Notions, Linen*.
I ! I hroldoHos.
V 1 Savannah, Ga. • ^
ing, Ties, Rope and othar supplies fbr-1 —AND- 1
,unu. Also, liberal. cash advances mode on
InsigumentB for Bole or shipment to Liverpool General MercfraildiSUl.BlOKer.
I Nortl^m Tinrtfl. may 80-1876-tf |1 (
OFFICES:
_B. Phlhlzy,
(SuccoBsor to C. H. Phinizy|& Co.)
C30TT01T PACTOB,
Augusta, Ga.
ihaiial advances made on consignments.
m
Srcad.wa.jr, XTe
—AND WITH-
| Mt^srs. Thomas &
Toxic,
Leming,
ipEfUPREE BLOCK, ATflEl , 4 GA -
f.
if"
In 'mi Sht
".COLLEGE AVENUE,
DOOR TO THE PQST OFFICE,
On hid, Uppers for making Low Quarteio,
l Alexis-Tiet, and Prince Alberts. .Bo-
.. 9 i n V x. _ jAllnva
’ ring \romptly executed. Send ten dollars,
saailor express and you shall receive a firat |
Tof boots. . june 801875-85*tf.
Notic©!
There ijjl bo a meeting of the •
of the Otfoee Fair Association
January 1th at Court House
Business vty important.
jan9-lt. H. R. J. LONG,
holders
lesday
I Athens.
iident.
tion
OF ALL Ul
done at this o*
vote and the names of the
if any, elected; which ati-
neBRRaot shall he deemed a suffi
cient declaration of the persons elects
ed Preside nt and Vice President of
the United, States, and who, together
with a list of the votes, shall be en
tered on : the journals of the two
houses.
Upon such reading oi any such
certificates or paper, when there shall
be only one return from a State, the
President of the Senate shall call for
objections if any. Every objection
shall be made in writing, and shall
state cleai'ly and concisely, and with
ut argument, the ground thereof,
ncl shall be signed by at least one
Senator and one’ member of the
House of Representatives before the
same shall be received. When all
the objections so made to any vote
or paper fijom a State shall have been
received and read, the Senate shall
thereupon withdraw; and such ob
jections .isiiall be submitted to the
Senate for im decision; and the
Speaker i>f the House of .Representa
tives shall, in like manner, submit
such objections t<u the House of Re
presentatives for its decision, and no
electoral vote or ystes from any State
from which but one return lias been
received shall be rejected except by
the affirmative vote of the two houses,
When the two houses have voted
they-shall immediately again 'meet,
arid the presiding officer shall then
expression, and said, There .is somes . , ,
, 5 . t. . , . „ announce thevlecision of the question
thing rotten in Denmark.’ A snjall v V7. j 1
hoy in the gallery exclaimed, ‘ Look
behind the scenes; perhaps the gas^p
escaping.’” , A"
Ulster overcoats are all the rage in
Paris now; even lad its wear them.
A gentleman asi&cl^ a janitor the
other day: “ Is jttons. Tribout' at
home?” Janitcf answered: *fl
really can’t &&/. I saw his ulster
pass by just nv.v ; but who was in it
is raeie than I know.”
Th evert latest and most ridicu
lous case the “ insanity plea” has
occured i S in Francisco, where a
member of a ,gapg of professional
bondsnen, indicted and tried for
furnisling “straw bail,” pleaded in-
samV as a reason for signing a $1,000
boni and swearing that he was worth
000.
submitted.
: Section 2. That if more than one
return or paper purporting to he
return from a State shall have been
received l>y the President of the
Senate^ purporting to be certificates
of the electoral votes ^ven at the
ldst prec|ediug election for President
and Vied; President in siicfi States,
unless thjere shall be duplicates of the
same retjirn, all such returns and
papers shall l> e opened by him, in the
presence of the houses, when met as
aforesaid, and read by the tellers,
and all such returns and papers shall
thereupon he submitted to the judg
ment and decision as to which is the
true and lawfnl electoral vote of such
State of a commission constituted as
follows, namely: During the session
of each honse on the Tuesday next
swear [or affirm as the case may be,J
that I will impartially examine and
consider all questions submitted to
the commission of which I am a
member, and a true judgment given
thereon agreahly to the Constitution
and laws, so help me God,” which
oath shall be filed with the Secreta
ry of the Senate. When the com»
mission shall have been thus organiz
ed, it shall uot he in the power of
«ithairhoix8eto-d^sc4vj^.the-aamc.
to withdraw any of its members, but
if any such Senator or members shall
die or become physically unable to
perform the duties required by tills
act, the fact of such death or physi
cal inability shall be by said com
mission, before it shall proceed fur
ther, communicated to the Senate or
Honse of Representatives, as the case
may be, which botty shall immediate
ly and without debate proceed by
viva voce vote to fill the place so va
cated,, and the person so appointed
shall take and subscribe the oath
hereinbefore prescribed, and become
a member of said commission; and in
like manner if any of said Justices of
the Supreme Court die or become
physically incapable of performing
the duties required by this act, the
other of said justices, members of the
commission, shall immediately ap
pointanother Justice of said com-/
mission, and in such appointment re
gard shall he had to the impartiality
and freedom from bias, sought
by the original appointment of
said comnrssion, who shall there
upon immediately .take' and sub
scribe the oath hereinbefore pre
scribed and becanm a member of said
commission to- fill the vacancy oc-
cassioned. All the certificates and
papers purporting to be certificates
of the electoral votes of each State,
shall be opened in the alphabetical
order ofthe States as provided in
section first of this act, and when
there shall he more than one such
certificate or paper as certificates and
papers from such State, shall be
opetied, excepting duplicates of the
same return, they shall be read by
the tellers, and thereupon the Presi
dent of the Senate shall call for ob
jections, if any. Every objection stmll
be mkde in writing, and shall state
clearlV and concisely, and witLout
argument, "the ground thereof, \incl
shall lie signed by at least one j
tor ana one member of the House
Representatives, before the same
ie received. When all such
ns so made to any certificate,
paperfrom a State shall.have
lived and read, all such cer-
votes and papers so objected
same, together with such objections,
shall be forthwith submitted to said
commission which shall proceed to
consider the same with tho same pow
ers, if any, now possessed for that
purpose by the two houses, acting
separately or together, and by a ma
jority of votes, decide whether any
and what votes from sneli State are
the votes provided for by the Consti
tution of the United States, and how
many and what persons were duly
appointed electors in such State; and
may therein take into view such peti
tions, depositions, and gather papers,
if any, as by the Constitution and
now existing laws may be competent
and pertinent in such consideration,
which decision shall be made in
writing, stating briefly the ground
thereof and signed by the members
of said’ commission agreeing therein:
whereupon the two houses shall again
meet and such decision shall he read
and entered upon the. journal of each
hquse, and the counting - of votes
shall proceed in conformity therewith,
unless upon objection made thereto
in writing by at least five Senators
‘and five members of the I-Iousa of
Representatives, the tw6> houses
shall separately concur in ordering
otherwise, in which case such con
current order shall’ govern. No
votes or papers from any other State
shall be acted upon until the abjec
tions previously made-to the votes or
from
been finally disposed t>f.
-^-5peTiqsfes#Krrfrba*~ white- the two
Houses shall be in meeting os pro-
videarlm-this act, no debate shall be
allowed and no question shall be pat
by the presiding officer, except to
either House on motion to withdraw,
papers from nny State shall^have
' * ‘ionnand nf ■ ^
shall
to, and all papers accompanying the
and he shall have no power to pre*
serve order.
Section 4. That when the two
Houses separate to decide upon aiw ;
objection that may lyiVe been made'
to the counting of au^ electoral vote .
or votes from any Sfftte, or an objec
tion to a report ofjfsaid commission,
or other questlion arising under this
act, each SenatmTand Representative
may speak to swh object idb or ques
tion ton mifuftes, and not oftener
than'once; hut after such debate
shall have listed two hours, it shall
be tlie dutypf each House to put the
main questin without further debate,
SectiIdn"jr. That at each joint
meeting off*the two Houses, seats
shall be plovided as follows: For
the President of the Senate, in the
Speaker’s etair; for the Speaker, im
mediately upon his left; the Senators,
in the bo<3F_of the hall upon the right
of the prcl&iug officer; for the Rep
resentatives, in the body of the hall
not prptidecl for the Senators; for
the Tejlfjw, Secretary of the Senate,
Clerk pf^the House of Re present as
tives, at lhe Clerk’s desk; lor other
officers .4? the two Houses, in front
of the Clbrk’s desk and upon each
side of tl|? Speaker’s platform. Such
joint meeting shall not be dissolved
until the count of the electoral votes
shall be ^completed, and the result
declared and no recess shall be taken
unless a juestion shall haye arisen in
regard ; S;the counting of such vote,s
or othei rise, under this act, in winch
case it hall be competent for either
House, ding, separately in the man
ner hei linbefore provided, to direct
a reces of such House, not beyond ‘
the ncx day (Sunday excepted), at
the hoir of ten o^clpck in the tovei
noon; aid while any question is being
considc ed by said commission; either \.
House may proceed with the legisla- V
tive 1 or dtlier business.
Section (3. That nothing in this
be held to impair’of'affect
•any right now existing ’under the
Constitute or laws to question by
Proceeding L\. the judicial courts of
the United Suites the right or title
of the personytho shall be declai'ed
elected, or woo shall claim to bo
President and Vice-President ofthe
United Slates, if any such right exists.
Section 7. That said commission
shall nuke its Own rules, keep a
record of its proceedings, and shall
have power to/eniploy such persons
as nay be necessary for the transac-
“ioi of its business, and the exeou-
ons of its powers,
