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attorney at law,
Carnesville, Qa.
78-tf
LHOY A THOMAS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athena, Ga.’
i South West Corner of College Avenue
on Street, also at the Court Honse.
> desiring Criminal Warrants, can get
iiy time by applying to the County
; this office. decl6-1874~tf
iiir^is,
attorney at law,
Athens, Ga.
pt attention given to all business and
respectfully solicited. janll-ly
fn ‘
How Wjw Christ Crucified? The
Harrow. O : ■ p. C. Barrow, J*.
iw ltros.,
attorneys at law,
Athens, Go.
See over Talmadge, Hodgson & Co.
Jy
THRASHER,
attorney at law,
Watkinsville, Ga.
Office in former Ordinary’s Office.
85-187 *My
1. TH OM f?ON,
ATTORNEY At LAW,
ecial attention paid to criminal practi
[reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. It. Watts
lion. 1 Vivid Clapton, Montgomery, Ala.
no r i'li t Office Athens, Gil
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>lt> W. OWEN,
ATTORNKY AT LAW,
gToeoa City, Ga.’
fill practice in all the counties «f the West-
Circuit, Hart and Madison of the Northern
buit. Will give special attenion to all claims
rusted to his care. octSO-lWB-ly.
ia.mar Cobb. -Howell Cobb.
A 11. COBB,
VTTORNKVS AT LAW,
(Athens, Ga
the 6real Km* t»ryM*a id a Sorel Way by a
Cali feral* Art Ut.
[Ban Francisco correspondence of the Baltimore
) t8nn.^1 j >> ‘
Ait admmflifo picture of the crnci-
j fixion on Calvary, has been exhibited
for criticism and correction
taking it abroad. It is full size. The
cross differ? frq» a)l. extant pit litres.
In height it is but little taller than a
man. Mid way?&’*s»rejecting saddle,
upon which the. person sits astride
IneneuK, Justin and Tertnlliau so de
scribe it. Modern artists havcoimt-
Jed this, but it. is obvious that the
i»itftrett|fei||jy$j)f$uhl
tain, nor could the nailed hands have
supported the body as usually re|>*
resented. All historians say the legs
were tied to the cross, and afterward
spikes were driWfi through the feet,
as through the hands. There is no
mention of a foot rest, but the artist
has supplied one, because the feet
cannot be spiked without. The in
scription on the crots, affixed to the
top, in purposely and ingeniously il
legible, because eachr of fonr gospels
ce * gives it differently. There lwing no
record of purauital appearance, every
Mexican Annexation
Intrigue. ,
man, wno bad returned to Lexing
ton, was communicated with, and he
was advised to go ahead with the
plan of proposing to Diaz, throng)
Ricardo, that the Mexican Govern
ment should offer to sell a strip of
territory on terms likely to be ae-
cepteti by the United States. Dr.
Bowman entered upon the corres
pondence as instructed. His frien ’a
claim aii a result of it that Senor
Mata, who is now on his way to
Washington, is authorized by Diaz t<>
treat tor the cession to the United
States of the live States of Sinaloa,
Durango, Chihuahua, and Coahuila,
and the [tortious of. Nuevo Leon and
Tainaulipns lying north of a line
drawn.due east from the southeaster
ly cornet of Coahuila, the considera
tion to be $100,000,000, less the
amount of' claims due to American
citizens on account of tee raids from
Mexico, file claims to be heard and
audited by an umpire selected from
801110 foreign
or the Beasn why Hoyn la Ti
PorSrfoDlax; *
[From th? Herald.]
Cincinnati, July JL 1877.—A de
spatch from New Orleans annnnnci^f
the arrival there the other day of
Senor Mata, the recently appointed
Commissioner s°nt by Diaz to treat
with the United States < n the subject
of . the Rio Grande troubles. _ The
significance of Senor Mata’s visit will
doubtless prove more important thaii
is apparent just now. ■-l.i.
In the early part of March last
President Hayes tendered to Mr.
McCormick, now Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, the position of. Min
ister to Mexico. For private reasons
Mr. McConnhk declined the appoint
ment, and an effort was then made to
induce the President to send Senator
Christianey. This effort, as we know,
did not succeed, and Mr. Foster re
mained undisturbed. About the same
time the name of Dr. J. 0. Bowman,
Chancellor or Regent of the Univer
sity of Kentucky, situated at Lexing
ton, was submitted to the President
lor the appointment. Dr. Bowman jdia showing the numbers kilUnl *n the
Debts of Honor.
Death m muui num Tigers,
Snakes and Things.
> [From the London Telegraph.]
Returns have reached us from In-
one is at lilierty to draw on his im-j went to Waslnugton, and remained V e *** )?)’ wild beasts and snake
there quite a while a wailing the re- 0 seems that between the
suit of the efforts made in his behalf
Just about this
fi-h9?
! [Office m Pcupree Bail ding,
876-1
•iy
agination. Here the artist exhibits
consummate skill. A more spiritual
countenance we never saw. The
head is reclined, as expiring. The
hair is auburn, long, and in ringlets.
The person is spare and of short
stature. At. thjC^pl.oftlie cross are
duly Ifitt No
by his many friends,
time Senator Morton appeared upon,
the scene, and had a series of inter
views with the President. The ques
tion of a change in the mission to
Mexico'was all at once dropped, aud &
one is represented as piercing the j fi.r the reason, it is said, that Senator, ^oyed - ~2,oo7 wtul animal
side with a spear. Nor are any j Morton asked the retention of Mr. kin ff8,ftnff^70,l ^‘snakes, a
connections, as Mary and John, pres- j Foster, who is from Indiana. - to'the government of 120,
! I.EX. H EUWIN,
ATTORNKY At LAW,
Athens, Ga.
neon Broad Street, betweenCenter & Nich
olson and Orr &<Po.. up-stairs,
feb22-W7«-ly
M. COCIIRAN, r .
ATTOUlTS^r AT 1AW,
Gainesville, Ga.
Kc.-il Estate and General Lund Agent for the
j:\ri-lik-e. and sale of Mineral and Fanning
iidsin Hall, and the other couutics-of North-
st (.osnrin. Mineral ores tested and titles to
rou-.rty investigated. Sjieeial attention given
>the purchase und s -le of city property.
inav-2—fiin JL N. DORSE?. Attorney.
^HIHJRYG. MeCURBY,
Attcmoy oefc Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,] •
fill practice in the Superior Courts of North-
t Gi-ini;in and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
[Aug s. M76 tf
Amxx. S. Erwin,
Athene.
eul, this being a direct eoutradiciion
of the th|*ee synoptic gospels. It is
usual to show blood flowing from the
wounds in the hands and feet. This
is omtnitted, because history tells us
Meantime the polico of the Admin
istration as regards Mexico and the
troubles on the border begin to as
sume the shape into wlfch it has
since developed. In casting about
that wrought/ iron* being our best *«f the means of securing immunity
James JL Lyle,
W utkinuville.
J YEEA ERWIN,
ATTORNEY'S AT LAW.
Will practice in partueraiiip in the Superior
j Court of Oconee County, aud attend promptly
| to all business intrusted to their can.
jau9-3in.
\ Ax. WINN, #
—WITH—
6R0QVER, STUBBS & CD.,
< '*1 low Factors and UrHi-ml Commission Merchants,
Savannah, Ga.
Bagging, Tics, Hope and other supplies fur
nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on
consignments foreale or shipment to Liverpool
or Nortlfwu ports. may 80-1875-t*
a. iLtn,
’WTa*fccJaaaalser St «Jowolor,
Ai Michael’storo, ni-xt door to Reaves & Nich
olson’*, Broad street, Athene, Georgia. Ait
work warranted IS months.
*eptl2-tf.
styptic, instantly stops the flow of
blood. It is popularly supposed that
the sacrifice eft twisted in the shed-
'ing of blood.- Riti! makes this in
dispensable. Yet It is a mistake. A
slight cut on a schoolboy’s finger
sheds more blood. Death results from
exliausiioii, not from bleeding.
There are several marginal pictures
illustrating various miracles and
other scriptural stories. Perhaps the
Attest striking, and certainly the most
artistic, represents Jesus escorted to
tlte place of execution by the lowly
multitude exulting in His fide. The
central figures is dollied in scarlet,
according to Mqtthew, in preference
to purple, which Mark and John ray
was the color. And the man of Naz
areth walks majestically as to a vol
untary sacrifice. It is usual, and al
most nd spendable to public taste, to
show Him bearing His cross and
bowed down beneath the burden
according to John. But the artist,
following the three synoptic gospels,
which deny John’s story, shows Si
inon carrying the cross, a stout pic-
bian, who walks upright with it
The art : 8t considers it one great merit
of his painting over others, that it is
trne to history, according to the
plainest and most consistent non see-
SCUAEf-KK,
COTTON BT7TMBRr
Toeoa City, Ga.
Highest caali price paid for oottoo.
-*r winaUip’a Gina auJ l*r«sa. oriSKI
Ajrent
ori»dW3-tf
w. H. EITTEE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
npl8-1878-tf
Cnrni3svil!o r Gs.
Wantad^
EMPLOYMENT cither aa a Tanner, Engh
ucer, or Carpenter. Good references eiveu, and
■wnafea reasonable. Addreas, J, H. R., care of
Athens Georgian, Athene, Ga my22-tf
tarian interpretation
Scotchman (to an Ehglisli tourist:)
Toot awaa, ma am; toot awaa.
Diana yc boast sac much about yer
aiu oonntrie. Dinna ye ken that it
was-only caa’d Bred in till Scotland
caraV ye, and then yc became Great
Breetin? Aye, an’ ye’ve remained
Great ever sirtoe. Ye’d be a puir lot
left to yonraels 1”—T^m.
—-
The man who pu’s on a spring coat
with the Hitvrt .^itisfaction is the house-
pnintcr.
to Texas from further disturbance by
the Mexican marauders, the Admin
istration was reputed to be disposed
to favor the restoration of Lerdo.
This solution of the question was en
couraged by alleged reports of Mr.
Foster to the State Department that
the Diaz government was unstable
and not likely to last, and by press
reports to the same effect, all of
which were instigated, it is said, by
the Lerdo party in Mexico for the
purpose of weakening Diaz. The
friends cf Dr. Bowman say that Mr.
Foster was anxious to rotain his
place as Minister, and that he knew
he should not be recalled as long as
the United States would not recog
nize Diaz. Such countenance, there
fore, as the Administration could
afford was given to the movement
for Lerdo’s restoration
During this time the friends of Dr.
Bowman had been busy. They saw
the anxiety of the Administration to
secure peace on the Rio Grande, and
they knew that Dr. Bowman sus
tained intimate relations with a gen
tleman on the persoual staff of Diaz.
They conceived the idea of inducing
Diaz to propose the sale of a part of
Northern Mexico to the United
States. Accordingly they made rep
resentations to the State Department
that the best way to settle the Mexi
can question was to bny a strip of
Mexiop. The. suggestion was most
courteously entertained, especially a»
it was proffered by ex-Senator Stew
art pf Nevada, aud other.men of iu*.
fluence. The price pf the territory
to be ceded was discussed at these
interviews, and the sum of $100,000,-
000 was'thought to be an equitable
consideration, and one which the
Government would be Willing to pay.
Armed with the authority thus in
formally communicated. Dr. Bow-
31st of December, 1874, and the 1st
of January, 1870, in otir Indian em
pire, no fewer than 21,391 persons
and 48.234 h ad of cattle perished
from these causes. Sndh was the
war of savage nature agaiust man.
fhtffjHher lr?pd, there were de-
8tfoyy<TviS2,8o7‘ wi*d’ animals of all
at a cost
015 ru
pees ; or, without taking into account
the depreciation in the value of silver,
something like £12,000. We are
further told that the losses have been
to a great extent tabulated, and that,
from the returns, which have been
sent in, it has be* n found that ele
phants have killed 61 human beings
and 6 cattle; tigers respectively 828
and 12,423; leopards, 187 and 16,-
157; b-ars, 84 and 5-9; wolves, 1.-
060 and 9,407 ; hyenas, 68 and 2,116;
while to “ other animals ” are as
cribed the, totals of 1,446 and 4,401.
These other animals are not described
with any minuteness, and we are
consequently left to conjecture for
ourselves what they are, and how
they may have inflicted the mischief
laid to their charge. The Indian
buffalo when roused is a very danger
ous antagonist; even the pacific
Brahmany . bull will occasionally
knock down and trample npon a child;
the wi|d goat or. markhor of the
Himalayas is an ugly customer to
face, and apt to prove suddenly pug
nacious ; the mongoose itself lias been
known, like the Fnglish ferret, to
attack children; and hardly a season
passes but beaters are killed or seri
ously wounded in the course of. the
day’s pig sticking. It is, indeed,
somewhat remarkable that, complete
as the returns otherwise are, the
number of deaths due to “ horn of
hart and tusk of boar ” are not dis
tinctly recorded among them. At
the same time it must be noticed that
eighty-four deaths are scored to the
credit of the bear. The great ma
jority of these victims were most
likely native shikarries, or herdsmen,
venturing near the haunts of the
•* auch rite of the forest.”
[From Southern Home. J
It is said that, a gamster will pay a
loss sustained at the garring table,
sooner than he will pay an account to
his grocer or dry goods merchant.
The first, he considers to be a “debt
of honor,” but the second is iiv charge
of the law. Subscriptions ttt news
papers are debts of honor, for no
editor ever thinks of bringing suit
against delinquents. Patron* of the
press ought to be as honorable as
patrons of the gaming table, and-thc-y
ought to feel that it was not honora
ble to leave unpaid a debt of honor.
The Interior tells the story -below of
former days in tho H ghHmds of
Scotland. A Highlander went to
the Lowlands -and there learned
about borfowing money and giving
notes: *i *
“ On returning to his native parish
he had need of a sum of money,-and
made bold to ask from a gentleman
of means named Stewart. This was
kindly granted, and Mr. 8., counted
out the gold. This done, the farmer
wrote a receipt and offered it to Mr.
S.
“ ‘ What’s thi> man?* cried Mr.
S , eyeing the slip of pnjMir
“ 1 It’s a receipt, sir, binding me to
give ye back yer gold at the right
time,’ replied Sandy: .
“ 4 Binding ye? Well my man, if
ye eanua trust yesel’, I’m sore, I’ll
no trust ye!
gold.*
“ And gathering it up, he pnt it.
back ' iirfccr fits desk,' and ' turned
key on it - J J
44 4 But, sir, I might die,* replied
the canny Scotchman, bringing npan
argument in favor of his new wisdom,
4 and perhaps my sons may refuse it
ye, but the bit of paper would compel
them.”
“ 4 Compel them to sustain a dead
father’s honor! cried the Celt;
‘they’ll need compelling to do right,
if this is the road ye’re leading them.
Ye can gang elsewhere for money ;
ject from his. mind,. but. just before
the hour for the departure of the
ship, three natives were seen pulling
toward the vessel.. The boat con
tained a bundle directed to Col.
Harris. The bundle was not opened
until the arrival of the ship at Boston,
when it was discovered that there
were six mammies instead of one.
They were unwrapped, and the liest
one forwarded to the Tennessee His*
torical 8oeiety, of which Col. Harris
was and is still a member.
When Prof. Huxley was hero he
examined the mummy with a great
deal of interest, and said that he be
lieved it to be the liest preserved
specimen either in America or in
Europe. •
List of Deletfatee.
First District—A K Lawton, W TTbonip
son, J M Gnerard. John Screven, J It Warren,
■WnrlimTRusseJ], A G Smith.
Second District—W Robert GignHliat, Henry
F Howe, Wm M Conley.
Third District—Seaborn Hall, C C Grace.
Fifth District—J S Spence, W A McDonald.
Sixth District—B L Stephens j J DKnight.
Seventh Districtr—Jarfica L Seward, Augus
tus H Hnuseil, Bryant Creech, Henry Gay.
Eighth Distrct— J B Twitty, B E Russell
John E Donalson, J S Clifton.
;Ninth District— B J Nisbct, J H Hund, P E
Boyd. • " -
Tenth District—Nelson Tift, John A Davis,
W C Gill, R R Jennings.
Eleventh District—L C Hoyle, R E KcitiurU,
Arthur Hood, H A Crittenden. |
. Twelfth District—J L Wimberly, Isaac W
Stokes, T L Guerry, D B Harrell.
Thirteenth District—George F Cooper, T M
- nrlow, Joseph B -Scot V A H Greer, J C Eh-
Ye canna have . my •^ i P8 t0ll » J o l , “' H Uespuas.
* Fourteenth District— R W
Anderson. D P
McCnmmon,- David Sapp, to P Swearingen;
Hirapi Wiliiama. - .....
-'■Fifteenth District—M ; N McRae.
l^sttict^B L/StapIeE..#$»,Mo-
. Xepd, J D Meadows. '
Seventeenth District—H A Perry, Justin B
Meath, W B Jones J C Dell. W D Branucr.
Eighteenth District—Charles J Jeukius
Robert Ii May, George R Sibley, Adam John
ston, J G Gain, D G Phillips,W G Brady.
Nineteenth District—John S Johnston, G F
Bristow, M W Jjewis, C N nurd, I) N Sander?,
Twentieth District—R L Wartlien, II N HoL
lifiutd, Ft? Furman, Thomas Newell, A: M
DnBose, Geo P Pierce.-
Twenty-first District—E C Grier, A S IIhi-.uI-
tou, F Chambers, E.I Coats, P W Edge.
Tweuty-scemid IH*tr«<t—\v |£ Rom, -VV A
Loften, T J Siimuous A D Uummund, T A
but you’ll find nane in the parish, nor'
any more faith in a bit o* paper tllftfi
in a neighbor’s word of honor arid his
fear o* God.’ **
The newbpa|MT business would be
vastly more pleasant, if all our sub
scribers had been educated with these
Ce't'c ideas. v>
—Punch is no mean authority on
some matter ^in his little sea-girt isle.
Here » ■!»«' yimma of thtf weather
as it falls upon hitn all the year
round:
“ Dirty days hath September; ", •;..
April, Jane^Rud November, -
And from February until May
The rain it rairieth every day.
All the rest have thirty-one, .
"VVithout a single gleam of sun;
Aud if nay should have thirty-two,
They’d be dull and dirty too.”
The Story of a Mummy,
For i?even years, the most curious
object in the museum of the Ten
nessee Historical Society has been
the Egyptian mummy. It has a very
singular history. In 1860, Colonel
Jeremiah George Harris was a purser
on a United States man-of-war in the
Egyptian waters. He went on shore, i
and was at once nshered into the au
gust presence of the Khedive and his
numerous household. He was walk
ing one day with a member of the
khedive’s staff, when the latter was
set upon by ruffians. CoL Farris,
who is a man of great strength, in
terposed, and the ruffians were van
quished. ’
“ What can I do,” asked the Egy|v-
tian officer, “to show adequate ap
probation of the sendees you have
rendered me ?”
. “Give me a mnmmy,” laughingly
suggested Gol. Harris.
44 A mummy ?” repeated the.officcr,
holding Ids breath .and. poudering.
“‘Did yon know, sir,-; that our laws
prohibit the removal of mommies;
under penalty of death ? * ever
mind; your request shall be fulfilled.
Just before your vessel leaves-the
harbor; a l»oat will come alongside.
It wilf contain that for which you
have asked.”
Coi. Harris had dismissed the snl>
Ponder, W It II Btuh, T J Hunt,-J ,V Barrett.
Twenty-third Diatri-M—B F Th<^a-. J M
Davis, John Troutnian* W A Wsillaw, • M D
Stroud, B W Sanford.
Twenty-foanli District—W A l ittle, Potter,
Ingram, Francis Fontaine, J J> Howell. J D-
Wilson.
Iweuty-fifth District— E A FloweiMKfi, John
Dickey, J M Mobley, W I Hudson, J T Willis,
W R Gonnun.
Twenty-Bixtli District—Jno II McC'ulium,
F D Disinuku, *J f? Westmoreland, R K Rod
gers.
Twenty-seventh District -Pope Burrow, An
drew Jackson, T A Gibbs, J M ■ Pace, O S
Porter, E B Rosser.
Twenty-eighth District—Augustas Reese,
Joshua Hill, T G Lawson, R R Nisbet, J C
,K«y* ,
r Twenty-ninth District—Robert Toombs, Wir.
M Reese, J N Mercicr, Paul «J. IIudM-n, IJ R
\Casey.
Thirtieth District—J D Matthews-, W G
Johnson, W W Scott^ Win H Mattox.
Thirty-first District—Dt Underwood, S H
Muscly, J 11 Skelton.
Thirty-second District—Wirt Boyd, .'fv
Underwood.
Thirty-third District—Messrs Sheppard, Ai>
dcraon, Owen, Langston.
Thirty-fourill District— B F Veal, James
Polk, Dr lye, S G Howell, R ]) Wynn.
Thirty-fifth. District—J W Robertson, LJ
G.,rtrell, N J Hammond, P L Myimtt, John
Collier, B E Crane, J T Spenoc. A C Mclutoeb,
G W Roberts.
Thirty-six* ii District—Julm* J Glover, John
T Langino, Hugh Buchanan, L II Fcatherstou,
W A J Phillips, R D Reader.
Thirty-seventh District—W Q Tuggle. N G
Swanson, E L Hardy, Sr.; -S Vt UorrL-, fl L
Rowe, T M Awbrey.
Tbirty-eigth District—N J Turolin, W 3
Head, Mr Denton.
Thirty-ninth District—A W Holcomb, Jaa;^
RRrown, Elias Fields^ Giber Clark, Haw-
kina (independent). -- i.-
FortleUi District—Mr Wetibcru, Dr fctepheDi.
Forty-firat DistHcV-Mr Ihty, D GaiTcn, Hr
Henry.-. . s, v * \ ■
Ferty-aceondDistrict—W T Wofford,-John
H Fitten, Alida Johnson, A R Wright, RR
Hamilton, Nathan Bliss, S. Hawkins.
Forty-third District—L N fr.-imnwl!
Moore, S M Carter, j C Fain.
Forty-fourth D«triet--Mr y rt *
Paris, Mr Lowe. o
ammeir, Wn K
