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VOL. 6.
GEORGIA, MARCH; 6, 1877.
SERIES, VOL.
1JSLTTT XTOXIOESL
£MO»Y 8PEEU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATHENS, GA.
<ll»-ly Office Nos. 4 sod 8 Court-llouso.
B. DORTCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
apl8-1873-tf
Carncsville, Go.
JACKSON & THOMAS,
TTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Go.
Asa M. Jackson. L. W. Thomas.
declS-1874-tf
^J D. IIILL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A then!, Go. ■ ' C
Prompt attention given to oil business and
the some respectfully solicited. janll-ly
pOPB BARROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Gs.
Office in John H. Newton’s new building.
jon4*ly '
Jakxo B. Ltlx,
Wotkibs ville.
Aux. S. Ejnrnr,
Athens.
T YLE <fe BRWIN^I
| A&bRNETS
I Will practice
Court or Oconcc C
to All business ini
jan9-3m.
in the Superior
,, ond attend promptly
to their core.
Tfiww Ves-W l>
Exchange Saloon,
COLLEGE AVENUE.
The beat Cine*nnatlit«g«r Beer, Ogara and oil
kinds of Liquors sold cheap
deolS-ly. BOB CASH. •-V
i jam
' Tocoa City, Go.
Highest cash price ndd for
for Winahip’a Gina ana Press.
Agent
oc2<M676-tf
J3 E. THRASHER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Watkinsville, Gs.
Offioe in former Ordinary’s Office,
j aii25-1876-ly . &V
r£ t A. ILEIt, ,
At Wehadtodn, next door to KaorSS & Nieb-
oison’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All
work warranted It months,
icptlMf.
NEW YORK_LETTER.
^awYoR^Jeb.,
Dear Georgia n—Don’t be
tonibhed when we inform you that,
by the Northeastern Railroad, passen
gers and express packages going
north waiji can /each New York in
40 hours and 45 minutes.' For in
stance, leave Athens by afternoon
train' on Monday, at 5 o’clock, yon
arrive in New York, Wednesday
morning at 9:45. This is remarkable
tmvC and Bho^ffSb i
by jPU4sBpMpfefjvh'p will
shortly visit Gotham to attend the
Spring trade. •.
On our recent trip North, wo found
Lnla City rapidly improving, espe-
p G. THOMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Stern <&
TOliolMAl#Mid!iEMst31«
Dealers in Wince, WhisWee, Legcr Beer, Ale,
Gin and Cigars.
Sign of the Bipf Barre
BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GA.
oct.31.ly.
For
and . .
Office over Post-Office Athens, Ga.
febS-1875-tf
pitANIt IIA.RRAJL.SOPf, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cleveland, Ga.
Will practice In the oountlesof 'White.Uatoo,
Lumpkin, Ti
preine Court
tention to all
aog-11 1875-41-tf.
lice in the oounueaor wrnte, union,
rowns, and Fanning, and the Su-
■t at Atlanta. WU1 give special at-
II claim* enustsd to his care.
JOHN W. OWI^N, -*<
ATTORN KT AT LAW,
Tocoa City, Go.’
Will practice in all the conntics of the West
ern Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern
Circuit. Will (five special nttenion to all claims
entrusted to his care. oct20-1875-ly.
Lamar Cobb. IIowell Cobb.
p & H. COBB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Ga
Office in Deuprce Building,
fch22-1876-ly
F. P. TALMADE,
-DEALER IN—
America aid Imparted Wakka, Clocks, Jewelry,
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Mwbal Zaskromeats> China,
Pierfcol®, Sfea.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY RE
PAIRED IN A NEAT, WORKMAN
LIKE MANNER,
And warranted to give entire satisfaction.
OmMMMfal end ?kw Letter Engraving
BS3 AS ST2SZT, SM Son fro Lecu A Won,
^LEX. ERWIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Office on Broad Street, between Center & Nich
olson mid Orr & Co., up-stair*.
feb22-187C-ly
For the Holidays, .
Great Reduction in Prices.
TRIMMED HATS 7B, 81 and upwards.
UNTKIMMED HATS 25, SO, 7So. and
upwards. -
NECKTIES AT lO. IS, SO, 25c. and
upwards.
A large assortment of goods suitable for
Chris-bna-aa 2?resen.-fcs,
at} remarkably low prices. Call cariy before
they aro picked over at MISS C. JAMBS,
dec!2-tf Brood stTect, Athens.
^ M. COCHRAN,
"iiTTomsrrrr jsst
Gainesville, Ga.
Real Estate and General Land Agent for the
purchase and sale of Mineral ond Farming
Lands in Hall, mid the other counties of North
east Georgia. Mineral ores tested and titles to
property investigated. Special attention given
to the purchase and sale of city property,
mays—Gtn J. N. DORSEY. Attornov.
yHBUIlYG. MoCCRRY,
.iLfc-fcomoy a-fc Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice in the Snpcrior Courts of North
east Geoi gin mid Supreme Court at Atlanta.
1 Aug 8. 1876 tf
THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO
FURNISH
MARBLE OR GRANITE
Cut to any dfcsigns they ore desired, Plain or
Elaborate* Monuments, Head and Foot Stones
with side pieces. Marble or Granite Box
Toombs, Cradle Toombs, Vases or Statuary.
Marble or Granite Vaults fur Ccinetarv and
other purposes, designs and prices furnished at
the Marble Yard.
A.R. ROBERTSON,
jnnc20.tf. Athens. Ga.
•yy It. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ap!8-1873-tf
Carncsville, Go.
The
STTSXXTSSS CAHSS.
GROOVER,
A A. WINN,
—WITH—
STUBBS & CO.,
holloa Factor* and (ieneral Cowmluloa Merchants,
Savannali, Ga.
Bagging, Tics, Rope and other supplies fur-
(ithed. Also, liberal cosh advances glade on
imeignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
■ No’rtlvcm ports. may 80-1875-tf
LTSXJS. EVANS,
Practical Watchmaker. •
[AS removed to hie old stand nt the New
. Drug Store, where he will be glad to see
customers, old and new, who wish fine
>rk done on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.
|1 work warranted. *
ob20-Cm. ARTHUR EVANS.
For the Benefit of the Trade of
And Northeast Georgia.
33DWI2T D- ITBWTOIT,
* SALESMAN FOR
• , \
Messrs. Opdycke, Terry & Steele,
White Goods, Notions, Linens, Laces and Em
broideries.
—AND—
General Merchandise Broker.
OFFICES:
375 Broadway, New Torlx,
—AND WITH—
Messrs. Thomas & Fleming,
DEUPREE BLOCK, ATHENS, GA.
IITERY AND SALE STABLE.
irrlngos, Buggies & horses
I hire. Terms reasonable.
E. M. WHITEHEAD,
Washington. Wilkes oounty, Go.
ov26-1875-tf ,
Notice !
All persons ore forbidden to bunt, or other
wise trespass on my lend. Said property heir
near Farmington, Ga., and adjoining tno lot
of J. J. Branch, Esq.
feb20-2t. JOHN WHITLOW.
qally tbe “\yest lOT’jef, the wne,
which,' As a compliment to an enter
prising citizen, should be known by
the eupbonius name of u O’Farrells*
ville.” The stamps near the Air
line Raiiroad have been removed
two substantial store houses have
been erected, and the building of an
elegant hoiel is in contemplation.
The Air-line Railroad, under the
efficient management of Col. John B.
Peck, is doing a fine business, and
as a matter of justice to this excellent
and able offieer,. the new Directory
should, by all means, retain his ser
vices os Superintendent. The splen
did parlor can and Pulman sleepers
of this great passenger route, make
the Air-Line peculiarly attractive to
the traveler. Breakfast at Sanlsbury,
dinner at Danville, and supper at
Manchester—we cross the nob]
“ Jeems” rivers creeping over the
high bridge and we are in Richmond.
The route from Charlotte to Rich
mond is under the able management
of an old staff-officer of Gen. Lee’s
army, Col. T. M. R. Tolcott. The
Colonel seems equally efficient now
in moving freights and passengers as
he was in moving troops during the
war, and deserves the gratitude
all who travel over his road either on
business or pleasure.
Yes, we stopped in Washingtoi
and was fortunate in meeting onr
representative and the “ coming sen
ntor,” Hon. B. H. Hill, a few mo
ments before the joint session of the
two Houses on the Louisiana electo
ral vote, and through his kindness,
obtained a ticket to the gallery.
Here, we found an immense crowd—
ladies, gents and “contrabands”—the
latter, however, largely in the mi
nority. The members were talking
and reading the morning papers
rather noisy, yet, as soon as Speaker
Randall announced the approach of
the Senate by calliug tliem to order,
quiet was restored. The House rose
to its feet and remained in that posi
tion till the venerable Senate had
marched in dignified procession to
the seats reserved fiir them on the
right and in front cf the Speaker’s
desk. Mr. Ferry, the President of
the Senate, presided during the joint
session, Speaker Randall still remain
ing in his chair. The decision of the
electoral commission was read, ob
jections were made and protests
filed by the Democrats. The Senate
then retired to its chamber to con
sider said objections. A vacant scat
coaid only be fougd on the Republi
can side of the House, and being
sandwiched between two polite gen
tlemen, who I discovered were resi
dents of Washington, they very
kindly pointed out, one by one, the
leaders and prominent men of the
two great political parties. Speaker
Randall is decidedly a handsome
man, with black hair, dark eyes and
clean-shaven lace. President Ferry,
however, is of the opposite tempera
ment—with light-colored hair, blue
eyes, and long, flowing, sandy beard
—no mustache. He is not unlike our
Speaker Bacon, of the Georgia Legis-
tore, and ^by-the-way, liko our Geors
gian, is a magnificent presiding
officer. the right of the Speaker’s
desk and seated in front of the sen
ators, is the slender, Cassias-like form
of EvartSj’Hhe great lawyer—that
wise-looking nose and his grey
spring overcoat making him very
conspicuous On the Republican
side and near the Speaker's desk is
Banks, of Massachusetts, his colossal
head densely-covered with grey hair,
and his heavy, white mustache indi
cating a political “ flag of truce” in
tile fierce year for the Presidency.
Near by, is. his colleague, Hoar—
who has been recently elected to the
Senate—whose handsome face and
finely developed head deserves men
tion. On toe same ride of the House
can be seenPurman, of Florida, in
earnest converse with the darkie
members from South Carolina.
On the Democratic ride, Sunset Cox,
the commddijth of the House, is
nervously turning over the leaves of
some massive ^ book. Whilst Hill
and Felton, a| the same desk, are
having a quiet chat. Chandler now
and then looks back from his seat in
front, and joins in the conversation.
Gen. Phil. Cook sits among the
tellers for the' Electoral Count, look
ing the piutnrC of all that is genial
and generous. TIartridge appears as
bright and as happy as ever, and
ready to preach “wisdom, justice
and moderatiVjf in politics. On
the uf tircr House,
we noticed the ‘ familiar form of
the gallant Georgia General of Cav
alry, Gen. P. Mi B. Young, of Con*,
federate, fame.
After the adjournment of the joint-
session, we made a visit to the gal
lery of the Senate, and listened to
the debate on the Louisiana objec
tions of the House. The Republicans,
in their remarks, showed that they
had captured all the Democratic
“ thunder” of State sovereignty, and
were loudly proclaiming that Con«
gross had no right to go behind the
certificate of a State.
Immediately after the session was
over, we had the pleasure of a per
sonal interview with General Gordon.
We regret to say that he has been in
very had health for some time past—
complains of constant headache and
insomnia, and his physicians think he
is suffering from a low grade of
meningitis. We hope for his speedy
recovery, for Georgia cannot spare
him either as a citizen or a senator.
We did not have the pleasure of
meeting either the handsome A. W.
Reese, or the irrepressible H. W.
Grady, the interesting Washington
City correspondents of the Telegraph
and• Messenger and Atlanta Consti
tution.
Whilst walking up Pennsylvania
Avenue, we enjoyed a glance at
President Grant and his son, Col.
Fred, who were out for an afternoon
promenade. We certainly did not
observe anything “ Caesarian” in
their appearance, but on the con
trary, they looked very. much like
two Western farmers on a stroll.
New York is still the same busy,
noisy centre of American commerce.
Pedestrians throng the sidewalks,
whilst up and down Bright Broad
way, over the granite pavements,
thunder the ever-rolling omnibus.
Tito New York nierchnuts are
making extraordinary efforts to meet
the Spring trade, which, notwith
standing the presidential muddle,
they believe, will be first-lass.
The Republicans here, os in Wash
ington, declare that Hayes will make
a good President', will recognize
‘Hampton and Nicholes, and that he
will not advocate any Radical meas
ures toward the South. A Demo
cratic friend, on yesterday, laughingly
remarked, that next to Tilden, his
choice now for President was Hayes.
To-day is the 145th anniversary of
Washington’s birthday, and all New'
York takes .a holiday in honor of him
who was “first in peace, first in war,
and first in the hearts of his country
men.” Mercator.
Fable of the Unwise
Sparrow.
[From the New York World.]
Not very long ago there lived a
happy family of sparrows all np in a
little honse among the branches of
tall elm tree. These sparrows had
come to this country from Europe,
and the result of their living in a re
publican atmosphere was the adop
tion of a republican form of govern
ment and every year regularly when
the leaves began to fall from about
their aerial home they elected a prom
inent cock sparrow to be President
This bird republic differed in one im
portant respect from human repub
lics. It was this, that the hen spar
rows enjoyed full political privileges,
and had a good deal to say in the
choice of a President. If a gentle
man sparrow had been seen kneeling
down on the - hard, cold ground
shaking his little wings and chirrup
ing volubly, it might have been sup
posed that he was engaged in a mere
flirtation; but such was not the case.
He was actually electioneering with
it might have been remarked that
the ladies always listened to his dis
course with a very judicial demeanor
np to a certain point, when they
pounced violently upon the diminu
tive stump orator. This also might
have been misconstrued by the casu
al observer into a disposition on the
part of the ladies to hen-peck their
husbands; but it was really a salu
tary reprimand inourred by some ill-
considered observation of the speak
er, injudicious for his friends or slan
derous to his foes ; which shows that
the lady sparrows exercised a re
strained influence in politics, and
furnishes a complete refutation of the
nialeolatrous argument of philoso
phers that the introduction of women
would prove a disturbing element.
But to proceed with our story. In
course of time this family of spar
rows became divided into two parties,
each of which sought to elect its fa
vorite cock President. Such an ex
citing election as now took place and
so much vehement^ electioneering
were never known before in the his
tory of sparrows. In fact, such a
hubbub was raised that all the other
birds in the neighborhood and afar
off paused in pursuit of the worm, to
wonder what could be the matter.
Prowling around the country was
an invidious hawk who no sooner
heard the dissensions among the spar
rows, than he remembered the say
ing of Scripture that a house divided
against itself must fall, and straight
way laid plains to profit by it.
While he was turning the matter
over in his mind, a dove perched
upon a branch by the roadside and
fell asleep. Now, said the hawk, a
fair exchange is no robber}’, so if I
borrow tbis gentleman’s coat and
lend him mine, nobody will be any
the poorer. Thereon lie quietly
made the exchange, and flew direct
ly to the elm tree where the spar
rows were disputing.
It shotrid be understood that the
house in which the sparrows lived
was divided into a number of copart-
mente, each of which had its appoin-
ted occupants and a governor or pre
siding cock sparrow. These govern-*
ors had, among other duties, the im-
portantf one of canvassing the votes
of their copartments and returning
the true and just result thereof to
the President. In fact, they were
returning boards. When the votes
had been cast—for the sparrows act
ually cast votes, which they made of
the little billets of paper that strew
the streets—it was found that the
party of Great Moral Ideas had been
badly beaten by the party of Practi
cal Reform. But the Moral Ideas
were the ins, and in the jurispudence
of sparrows, as in that of men, pos
session constitutes nine points of the
law. ,So when the returns were
a made and they came to be inquired
into, it was found that the High-cock-
a-lorum of Moral Ideas had been re
turned as elected. The defenders of
right protested against the fraud
and took steps to prevent its cons
summation. The rank and file of
the Moral Ideas did not deny that
their High-coek-a-Iorutn had been
wrongfully returned as elected, but
one of them said it was the result of
a “clerical error and they all con
tended that no matter if the decision
was tainted with fraud, there was no
going behind the returns. The dis
pute waxed hotter and hotter as the
time came for examining the returns
and declaring the result; one side
seeking how to sustain the returns,
the other to break them down. Fi
nally, it was agreed to submit the
settlement to an arbitrator. Then
arbitrdtor should bej ahd some pf'tn8
Moral Ideas having retired from the
heat of debate to cool off and rest
upon the branches of the elm tree,
discovered a meek looking dove npou
branch near by, cooing in his
mournful way. They could not bo
sure, but there seemed to come from
somewhere about the dove a soft
voice, saying: “ Don’t go behind
the returns.’’ And then it occurred
to them, in an equally undefined way f
that the dove, being a bird of peace
and fair-dealing, would make an ex
cellent arbitrator So they darted
into the House .to propose the matter
to Congress. But, said some of the
wise ones, how will this dove come
in; the construction of our house will
not admit of the entrance of a bird
of his size. Oh ! answered others we
will pass a bill to open a door for
him. But a certain old blaek spar
row, looking on, said the measure
was unconstitutional. Whereat . a
tall and highly senatorial sparrow
rose up and made a great speech in
its favor. And the bill passed, the
door was opened, and the dove escor
ted in. When lie had seated himself
upon the bench he smiled blandly
and said : “ Gentlemen, there is no
use to offer any evidence. We won’t
go behind the returns.’’ Whereat
there was great rejoicing among the
Moral Ieeas, and they hurried off in
n body to a remote part of the house
to bring in their High-cock-a-lorum.
But when they returned the dove
had flown, and as they looked to
wards the door to see if ho was th -re
they beheld, to their uspeakable ter
ror, a hawk coming in. So the door
which was opened for Fraud had also
let in Destruction.
Five of the Rothschild family
have been appointed members of
committees for the organization of
the Paris Exposition. James will
serve upon numismatics of tiattl iu
the middle .Cages,' medalions, etc.,
Alphonse upon ceramics in the mid
dle ages, renaissance, faiences, and
pcrcelain ; Edmund on manuscripts,
book-binding, designs, eta; Adolphe
on arms and armor, and Gustave on
jewelry, crystals, ivories, etc. '