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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY • C. t &K '* ^ '■‘ J p*£* • -■3» t . / ;'''/ i';!oo''l ■ . 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. '