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\ H i' law XTOTICES- miORY HI'EER, J attorney at Lkvv, ATHENS, QA. Office No*. 4 and 5 O.urt-Houw. J. u'.'-ir H. DOllTCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carncsville, £*i«H ail818T8-tf JACKNON A THOMAS) attorneys at law, Athens, Ga. r (ti'Boe South Wont Corner of College Avenue an,l Clayton Street, also at the Court House. AH parties desiring Criminal Warrants, can get thnn n*. any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this oftlec. decl6-1874-tf I). II1EL, ATTORNEY AT LAVV t _ $ J Atlielis, On. Prompt attention given to all business and the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly l'Ol’K It ARROW. hiiTow ItroH„ TORPEDOES. THE I'NPOnUSHEU IllSTORT UP TDK HEROES IN CHET. The roafederate Torpedo Service—Dramatic lucl- draU of Its Work Daring the Civil War. . The young Russian who sunk the Turkish monitor in the Danube recalls inci dents of like daring which occurred relief, the.boat began tO j bapk,, and the hoarding party had to catch by the 1 falls of * side boat and haul themselves aboard their sbip again. “Then, everything was turned loose upon . ajkfn^ and ‘ s hia craft. Round shot and grapfe and musketry all accompanied him as he sped on his way homeward. He was natu rally and. deeply mortified 1 that ah ecutcd during.pur straggle for the rights of enterprise. conceived and exec th. StitM.id lto.wiafe'iio. W Wiih w mucti liiotfcai'iiill aU Among these I often commemorate: recall the following: “ The Ironsides was an enormous Federal iron-clad—the heaviest and most lbrmidali|c armed ship eyer then built.' Bhe.^ts s$atjto Charleston and lay in tlie bay a constant menace’’ to that city and her defenses. “ A cigar torpedo boat had been LETTER. n. Ocr, IfelM*., T.M* Balls—The Bate Desccad* sad the L’nj*st !■ Stream* Copious nn41telVeahla*~N«w BHM- : - tlou ky CoSce of Draught—Xretlng •ftheGcMgta Ball- Direct or*. DftJ }•«► f. 1 • li‘ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Alliens, G«. tiffin- over Talmudgc, Hodgson & Co. £jan4-lv j{ j:. thiiakiieh, ATTORNEY AT LAW, YVatkiusvillc, Go. OHum in former Ordinary’* Offiee. V jiui-."i-l s 7*i-ly p 'rno xift on, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal prac.lcc. l-'.r reference apply t<> Ex-Gov. T. ll. Watts mid lion. David Cloptou, Montgomery, Ala. < Mlioo over Post-Olflce Athens, Go. I'ebii-l wT.Vtf JOHN W. OWEN, ATTOUNEV AT I.AtV, Toeoa City, Qa.| Will practice in all tbe counties of the West ern Circuit, llart and Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special attonion to all claims entrusted to his care. oct20-1875-ly. Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. II. 001*1*, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ) Athens, Ga ■Office in Deupree Building, fcb22-1876-ly p.EX. W. EltWIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. i / Offiec on Broad Street, between Center & Nich olson and OtT & Co., np-staire. leb22-1876-ly ” ’ ; ^M. COCHRAN, t ATTOMTET AT ULW, Gainesville, Ga. ’'' ^ ^ Real Estate and General Land Agent forthe purchase and aaia of Mineral and Fanning Land* in Hall, and the other corattetof North- cart Georgia. Mineral otcs tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention given to the purchase and sale of city.property. . mays—8m J. N. DOKSnrAfMHlV. > ^HHL’UY G. MoCUBRY, Attomiy ate Law, Hartwell, Georgia,1 Will practice in the Superior Courts of North east Gcoigia and Supremo Court at Atlanta. Aug 8. 1876 tf Jakes R. Lyle, WatkinaviUe. [ YLE & ERWIN, ATTORNETS AT LAW. . pnotioe in partnemhlp in the Supetia*' Court ot Oconee County, ana attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. jan9-Sm. 2USHTESS CASSS. A A. WINN, —'WITH— n. c. Harrow, jk. | instructed in Charleston for harbor defense. Lieutenant Slarreii, of Vir ginia, volunteered with two sailors of the Confederate Navy to take this little btftt and go against the Iron sides and sink her. It was evident that almost certain death awaited them, whatever might be the conse quences to the Ironsides. They carried out their enterprise in the most resolute manner, struck the ship with the torpedo, which was fixed on the end of a spar running out from the bow of the little boat, and which exploded with such effect as to forever disable that great ship from further service. Thetorpedo-boat was itself wrecked, the two sailors were killed, and Slarroll, badly hurt, was picked up by a boat front the Ironsides floating on a portion of his own wreck. lie was carried aboard ship a prisoner, hut his daring cour age secured for him qhe respect and j a8t about kind treatment of his iaptors. r- • “Not long after this event a similar “cigar-boat’’ was built at Selma and brought down by the contractors to Mobile. “Lieutenant Walker, of South Carolina, applied for permission to take her out, and attack the Meta Comet gunboat, the lorgest of the fleet blockading the city of Mobile. He selected a dark rainy night for his expedition. The Mels about five miles from the month of Appalachie River. Abont midnight the officer on watch discovered ouriousi looking object approaching the silip and hailed, “ Boat ahoy 1” Walker replied with intentional in distinctness. “What boat is that?” quickly again hailed the officer. The Confederate States steatpqr Srinfrayl” ’said 'Walker, n aboard. v> Tossing hid arms ingly in the air, the unhappy officer of the deck cried out, “ Torpedo, by —!’’ At the same instant the torpedo struck the Meta Comet fair ly abaft the wheel-house, unfortun ately the cap alone exploded. “In an instant all was confusion on the big ship—the' drummers beat to quarters —the officers and men sprung from their berths, the guns were manned, and throughont the ship Alex. 8. Erwin, Athens. ’ ri?Fi GROOVES, STUBBS & CO., C? Cotton Factors and General Commission Here lusts, Savannah, Ga. Bagging, Tits, Rope and other anpplies f«r- nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool or Northern ports. may 80-1875-ct passing courage should have failed through his neglect to have his tor pedo and primer in order. “ But of all the boats in all the tide of time, and of, all tbe^aring det^ that of Lieutenant Dixon, Twenty- first Alabama Volunteers, in the sub marine torpedo-boat in, Charleston harbor, in 1*64, stands unparalleled. “ This boat operated under water. She could take the bearing of her enemy more than a mile away, then settle down tmder the surface of the water, head for the hostile ship, and strike her at any depth below the water line. She required crew of nine men, all told—a captain or pilot, and eight men to propel her. “She was built in .\:«bi ! e by Hundley & McClintock, who took her by rail to Beauregard,at Charles ton. He called for volunteers from the fleet to mail her and use her against the Ironside*. Lieutenant Payne, Confederate Navy, (a Virgi nian,) and eight seamen volunteered to take her out She was made ready one evening, and lying along side a steamer. The crew were all at their posts inside the boat, Payne was standing in tbe round batch way ip 'tisytn'W6* hi* place aud fasten ttiie "hafclr" down when the wave of a passing steam boat swept over and into her, sinking her instantly. Payne caught by the guards of the steamer and sprang out; the other eight men went down with the boat and perished. “ In a few days she was raised and again made ready- Pavne again vol unteered, and eight sailors with him. This time they are lying by the wharf of Fort Bumter, Payne standing as before, in the hatch to give his final orders, when the boat careened, filled and sunk; Payne and two men sprang out, the other six went down in her. and perished. “ In a few days she was again raised, and Hundley and a crew took her into Stono river, where she dived dollars and fifty cents, and considered several matters ot great importance, among which was the purchase of the P» R. R. and the Macon & Augusta. It is said that they came to no positive conclusion as regards tbe action that the Ga. should take with these two railroads. Would like to write at greater length, but time presses, so for the present adieu., . , tf Coid ‘ clin ?* — '" His last Glass & Whisky^ l-ji . < ' *T i: r: The HaagiRR of Jam Salsxar-Ul* “ Bsjestle Air” m.f <1 m-ii-n -m; hi rush sorpi rjt A. 1LEB, TffatehawW At Michaol’storc, next door to Reaves * Nlch- olson’H, Broad street, Athene, Georgia. All work warranted 18 months. 6 septl2-tf. jg SCHAEFER, G0TT02T BUTTER, Toeoa City, Ga. Highest cash price paid for cotton. Agent for Winship’s Gins ana Press. oc2<MS75-tf It. LITTLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carnesville, Ga. vpl8-1878-tf prevailed th must ever at man-of-war. “To add to Walker’s disappoint ment and his torpedo, lie found the jar of the collision had thrown some of his own machinery out of gear, and he could not back. oft. Seeing him lying thus helpless, two young officers sprang over the ship’s sides and endeavored to capture the torpedo. Walker was standing in the little round hatchway with only his head and shoulders above the deck, while the two Fed ends were cutting athim with their swords—lie had neither sword nor pistol—and could only duck aud dodge their cuts, until, to his great aniaj^m on eft wtte*,*B ly she dived and carried her hapless owner and crew with her to the bot tom. When they were found a week after, her nozzle was down deep into the mud of the bottom, and the hoat was inclined forty-five degrees to the surface. Her ballast had shifted and her crew were triable to ifbeye her, and they all perished. Again she was made ready for action, and though they had seen the fate of these three crews, a fourth, led by Lieutenant IHtateggpf the Twenty- first Alabama Infantry, volunteered to take her out and attack the Housa- tonic, a new corvette, which had just ,Mri*€tth9 wra lying outside a few miles off Charleston harbor. Brave Dixon steered his boat with the certainty of fate, struck the Housa* tonic fairly, and blew her whole stern ofl. The ship sunk in two minutes and a half, and the torpedo boat disappear ed forever. Six years afterward men in submarine armor went down wreck the Housatonic, and they report the Torpedan lying on the bottom one huudred feet from where her great victim lies. Undoubtedly the concus sion produced by the -explofittB ot the torpedo destroyed instantly the lives of Dixon and his crew.’’—Letter to tht Richmond TVh : .g % inond county. % The pemocracy, who were almost unanimous in their sup port of the nteddurej came tfo^fce con clusion as ^herfrarhrrto apparent ex ertion l^jtjnajle by the Radicals to defeat it,, that it would be adopted by a laj^jp piajority,, , It sterns that the Ua<J|»J|^ever, ’ $ad been work; ing secretly, and, as events proved, very effectively, for they caine within three hundred votes of a majority. They woflld have unquestionably overcame ijus, had it not becu for the fact that one of the delegates nominated was a Catholic. Some persons with, not a sufficient amount of religion in. their own hearts to ul low others to exercise freedom of conscience, were bitterly opposed to his election, because, forsooth, lie was a Catholic. Large numbers of our mosl respectable citizens, merely to express their unqualified condem nation of so despisable and bigoted a spirit, made it a point to vote j other wise, they would never have appeared at the polls; whereby is given imother proof of the&U-uth of the old adage, ~:*i^!S8jft jib wind that, blows r0tJ8 ! replie were unanimous against the Conven tion, a large number laboring under the belief that the calling of the Con vention could mean nothing else than the repeal of the celebrated -Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Last Friday, a tremendous degree of excitement was occasioned by the discovery' of the fact that one of the post-office clerks had, for some time, been in the habit of tampering with mailsit seems that he had an especial fondness for opening letters of a senti mental character, especially ., those written by young ladies. He claimed that he opened the letters merely to keep himself posted as regard secrets pi ‘ which he aould uot otherwise acquire aiyf knowledge. Money was but a second ary consideration with this most etui’ ous youth, who desired not ! fiUby lucre, but rather to revel among the fields of sentimental literature which passed daily through his hands. He was bound over for trial, and if con victed will be permitted to reflect in 8o)itade four years, upon the knowedge acquired in so surreptitions a man ner. It has rained here for the past week with but little intermission, and-right gladly did we welcome old Sol from be hind the clouds to-day, although his smika were a little too beaming in their brightness. The ram was much needed in this section; for the crops were beginning to snffer from a pro tracted drought. In connection with this rain, your csrrespondent heard of a new application of the word drought. A gentleman asked his old negro gardener what he thought of so much rain, flfit Well, mawesa,” says he, “ I been link-we just been had one long dry drool, and now we gwine to hab one long wet droot, which will pre haps be hurtful to our vegetable per- aw™*.'* . The regular monthly meeting of the Ga. R. R. Diiectors took pla^e last Tuesday and Wednesday. They de clared a semi-annual divjdent) of three | [From tbe San Francisco Chronicle.J Juan Salazer was a half breed IVft ican, 23 years of age, aud a native of Chiltyio valley, in the northeastern part of Marin county. was ttye reputed son oif an Englishman named IIenry ( Howe, npW deceased, who set tled in Marin county in early days. He bore the name of his mother, a Mexican woman. Howo was noted in his time as a desperate character. Salazar’s life was spent in the valley named. Duriug the period of his imprisonment, and up to the time of his execution, he would recite oVer and over, to whoever desired listen, the details of his last great crime, seasoning the talc with ltorri bit; profanity and laughter. During the last days he was attended by Catholic priest, but the ministrations of religion fell upon him like seed sown in unusually rocky places. The murderer had two sisters, cousin and an uncle, or such os might claim the relations in an irregular degree. All of them visited him on Sunday and Monday, and were deep ly affected in his behalf, but^.Salazar r condolence wi tempf, The victim of Salazar was ’William Brown, an old and wealthy resident of Chileno valley, who left a wife and six children. On the 21st of Octo ber last Brown visited Petaluma to adjust some business, and drew $2,- 200 from the bank. This money he disposed of before returning, but the apprehension that he retained it upon his person led to his murder. He drovei a two-horse buggy^ and db'hia way. hade was iioobmpamed by Salazar and a halfbreed Indian penalty. He was sentenced to be hanged on tlie 31st of May ensuing, and hanged he was.,' Hie execution took place at half past 1 i\ m. yester day, in an inclosure erected in the rear of the court house. There was high rough board fence, 50x75 feet,' and a substantial scaffold of the old- fashioned style. About 150 witnesses were present. Salazar arose reluc tantly at 6 A. M. As the hour of his doom approached, his cheerful humor did not seeni to abate in the least.. He continued to chat and laugh and- shioke his cigarettes, and repeatedly declared that he was ready and not afraid to die : At 1J the solemn pro cession emerged from the court house and ascended the scaffold. Salazar stepped lightly, without support, and took a survey of the crowd. He as sumed an easy posture on the drop afid listened to the reading of the death warrant by the sheriff, during- whicli trying formality—at least to the sheriff—I e stroked his moustache and goatee at times and glanced’ round npon the crowd. In reply to* the question whether he had any«.- thing to say why the sentence of the- law should not now be inflicted,. Sa’azar nodded to the pric-t, who- stepped forward and read a paper in his behalf. It contained a confcs-i >n of his guilt, and expressed his read ness to offer his life in atonement. The paper attributed the crime to intemperance; asked pardon of God and all these whom he had injured, and returned thanks to the sheriff for kindly treatment. Through all ftiis Salazar stood erect with unblanched face, and, considering his position, on the threshold of death, he wore an air that wsts truly majestic. ,er the reading of the paper the named Audronica Yguerrc, tbe latter two on horseback, the trio stopped at every drinking place on the way back, Browu paying for liquor, and when last seen alive he was in an al most helpless state of iutoxicatioh. The victim was addicted to exciessiv drink at times. When within half a mile ot 1 •kown’i dwelling, aboOt 7 o’clock in the evening, as the circum stances were described by the mur derers themselves, Salazar fell behind, and throwing his laso over Brown’s head, drew him out of his carriage. The Indian at the same time rode ahead, secured the horses and tied them to the fence. Brown was then stabbed fonr times, three of the wounds piercing his heart, hut wheth er the direct act of killing was aci- complished by Salazar or the -Indian is Uncertain, as each ascribe the stab bing to the other. The murderers found oh the body only 819.50, a gold watch, and a gold ring. Salazar wait accustomed to refer to this dis appointment with exceeding merri ment, as a capital joke. The Indian, who was first tried, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, but the jury failing to specify thei penalty, Judge Temple sentenced him to iih.- prisonment at San Quentin.for twenty years. Salazar’s trial followed imme diately after. The ]ury found him .guilty of mur der in’ the first degree, and prtf^ scribed hanging by the neck jis the liquor was brought the officers had completely pinioned bis limbs, and he drank it from the bauds of another. The rope was then adjusted, and Salazar requested the sheriff *o have the black cap pulled well over his face. These preparations completed in less time than it requires to de» scribe them, Salazar cried out iu a loud, clear voice, “ Good-by, Sheriff.’’ If the response of the sheriff reached, his ears; it was during the almost im* perceptible period that was occupied by the deteebt of * the body through the trap, before thd tightening of thd rope had dispelled his perceptions of life. After the fall nOt the' slightest? movement of the body dr'-nervous quiver was detected, and death was instantaneous. In a few moments- the physicians reported that thef- pnlse had ceased to beat. The body wob then lowered into a rough red wood coffin and delivered over to the- nncle of the murderer. fw ■ ■—— i The Baltimore American referring to the extraordinary prevalence off suicide at this time adds: “We can. recall a number of instances in which' men who were out of imploytpenV after seeking work for many days and- finding.none, deliberately put an end! to their existence. They had families* and it was the phantom of a starving house-hold that unsettled their reason and paralyzed their moral faculties- But, strange enough the unhappy- wives, who are thus deserted ia their poverty, struggle bravely on, and it is a rare circumstance that one of them dies by her own hand. Stone women are driven to suicide by religious ex citement, and others prefer death to a» lief of shame, but the sex enjoys com parative immunity from tbe two causes which create self-destroying mania in men—namely# drunkenness .and the* despair which springs .from. .the appre hension gf starvation.*' t". l Jh; t ■ ■ a j\o > -j ■