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-awp*r' sm- YOL. 5. NO. 44. i* ' •>!» lc t - id i :ii;~ ATHENfe. GEORGIA, JULY 1 V ' > V !iljO«\; tO ||: 24,1877. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY ! ,i\ .-A-r.-ilt. -W •;!. U OLD SERIES, YOL. 56 2LAW XTOTXCES. J t a DOBTCH, ATTORNEY AT UW, Carneeville, Ga. oplS-1673-tf JACKSON & T1IOMAH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Office South West Corner of College Avenue »ud Clayton Street, also at the Court House. All parties deairing Criminal Warrants, can.get them a*, any time by applying to the County Solicitor at this office. deel«-1874-tf (J D. IHLL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Prompt attention given to all business aud the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly INTEROCEANIO CANAL The Prqlerled Couurrtlon of the Atlantir and Pa cific Ocean*. \Nightof HorroR ^i! ': ’-i! '• ’•>-••-•• ■ •;?!’ •;/.' ..qrimriiap The Earthquake aad Tidal Ware at Aatuihgasla, Bolivia, it Reported by aa Eje Wttaesa of the Seea». i< ! [Translated ror St. Louia Globe-Democrat from ! Cologne Gazette.] D. C. Barrow, Ju. Porn Barrow. Jjurrotv Itros., ATTORNEYS AT LAW', Athens, Ga. Offiee over Talmadge, Hodgson & Co. jani-ly ]]E. TUHAHIIEH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, i Watkinsville, Gu. Otlico in former Ordinary’s Office.' jauSa-1876-ly p^G. TH O 2M KON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For retbrenco apply to Ex-Gov. T. II. Watts •ml Hon. David Cloptoii, Montgomery, Ain. Oifico over l‘o-VOflle# Athens, Q*. ' . iVkQ IL9.T .r _teb81S7;Vtf JOHN W OAVKX, ATTOUXKY AT LAW, Tocoa City, Ga. Wilj practice in nil the counties of the West- urn Circuit, llart and Madison of the Northern Circuit. Will give special uttoniou to all claims ontrnstud to his care. oct20-1875-ly. Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb. The following is a part of a report I submitted by the Secretary of the j Geographic Society at Cairo,: A plan occupying the mind ot 31. de Lesseps has regard to the open ing of a direct route by sea between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. A railroad may perform that service, but it is not sufficient. A canal must be built to complete the work of the Suez canal by permitting ships to travel round the world in a straight, line and everywhere receive and dis charge iherchaudise. ’A' geogrhph'ic commission has been appointed in Franco Jto examine all plans submit* ted.. The great significance of this undertaking has been fully compre hended in the United'States, and life government lias appropriated 40,- 000,000 francs for preliminary stuv dies and grading. Ah English-French society, in possession of a concession for the construction of tie canal of Darien have instituted an exploring expedition, to being preliminary studies in ihose parts To infer front the labors thus far effected, that out of seven or eight routes, from that of the isthmus of Tehuantepec to that of Darien, the latter, or that of N i- caragua, has been selected. The place of Darien would have had pre cedence, as* a canal could be con I —With the disappearance of the carpet-bag politicians in the South the United States troops have nearly dis appeared, there being only about 1,200 there at pr&ent. Packard, Chamber- lain and Antes could never have man aged without, as many thousands. —Near York’s last week’s death roll i Correspondent San Francisco Horning Call.] It was Wednesday evening, May 9, 1877. The day had been exces sively close and foggy. The night [ shows an alarming increase over that was dark; lights were lit in the pub-1 of the week before, reaching the total The Discovery of Ansesthe- ; H1 - . a sia. By J. Marlon Sim*. M. D., Sew York- U. GOHI1, ATTOUXKYS of 831. .The same remark that has applied to all previous reckonings since the.summer mortality set in ap plies to this, The greater part of this destruction is among children under five years of ago. r :,a // a * —The can-makers of Baltimore have- undertaken to worry the fruit- packers into paying them ten cents more-per hubdred. They took advan- ont ^mournful notes ot tage ot the opening of the fruit season, • the tivnbws nf the build- united in a demand for increased lie and private plaoes, and the streets were remarkable quiet. At 9:30, without noise or warning, the first perceptible shock of rfn earthquake was noticed, coming from the" north and traveling southward. Gradually the force increased, with an oscHliJ- liig mjbvehiiint of the daYth, arid dur- 'ngtbe three mihiifes the first shock lnsted tin; s'centi trhs appalling. The beWs rang themselves; the titnbers of ihe build ings crushed against each other'with a horrible grinding sound; walls tumbled down, and with the horrible din men and women rushed forth from their habitations screaming with terror, and occasionally a loud prater 1’or merev would be beard. It vfts scarcely possible to keep one’s feet The mind was bewildered, and the darkness added to l he awful effects of the surrounding. Othe r small shocks followed, but gradually the people began to recover their senses, and with pallid, ghastly countenances, began to busy themselves in discov ering their losses and the whereabouts of their friends, when suddenly flames structed there, locks., asoufc. -brake ifcfth fi»/n_th AT LAW, Athens, On '•trice in Dennrcc Building, IcbaC-lSTS-ly ^LKX. !-i. EHYVIN, ATTORXKY AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Olfiee on Broad Street, between Center & Nich olson and Orr <fc Co.. up-stairn. feb22-187tl-ly ^ t M. COCUHAN, A-TTORlTETr wElT LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Real Estate and General Land Agent tor the purchase and s-ile of Mineral und Farming Lands in Ilall, i.nd I he other counties of North- i-t Georgia. Mineral ores tested und titles to property investigated. Special attention given lathe purchase and s-le of city property.’ mav2—fini .1 N. DORSEY. Attorney. A’ IRVIIYG. MeCUKUY. ^L-fcfcorxioy a-fc Lav.-, Hartwell, Groroia, Will prnetiee in the Superior Courts of North- .•nst (lootgill and Supreme Court at Atlanta. \ng IsTO tf •Tanks K. I.vlf., Watkinsville. Alex. S. Erwin, Athen-. YI.E & 11HWIN, A TTORSETS A T LA IP. Will practice in partnership in the Superior i oitrt of Oconee County, and attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care. jun9-3m. BUSINESS Y A. WINN. CiLHDS. —WITH— GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.. i ,11011 Factors and General Cum mission Mi irlimits. j been stated. A • large number' of j locks retard the passage very tuateri- j ally. At each leek a vessel i* dc j tained half and hour at least. Wiiat I would be the result if thirty-seven j vessels are to pass through on the I same day, as was the case lately in I the Suez canal ? Let it. be as it may, j this much is certain, that in ease the l plan of the canal of Darien, which, | according to M. de Lessees, is to bo j preferred, is not accepted, none but 1 the canal of Nicaragua can be men tioned. A small space separata* tin- broad surface of the Lake of Nicara gua from the Pacific Ocean, while at the entrance, as well ns at the outlet of the canal, there would be two harbors—San Juan del Norte (Grey- town) and Sail Juan del Stir (Rivas). As regards the canal through the Isthmus of Darien, the question, according to the plan before us, would be the digging of a canal which, fed l>v the river . trato, would see its natural route marked on iween the cordilleras of the No orn and Southern continent of Amer ica. It would run out in the marshes of Cacarica and flow into liie Tuira creek on the Yon declivity. How ever, it is the same road proposed by A. Yon Humbolt. Tire main ques tion touching the prospective Nic aragua canal is that of the construe* Savannah, Ga. H.iggiiig, Tics, Rope ami other supplies fur nished. Also, liberal cash advances. made on eoiisiimtnents for. sale or shipment to Liverpool or Noil hern ports. may .30-lS75*tf rjt A. ILEK, "UVaLCclimaJxor Zt Ofo-wolcr, At MielmelVtore, next door to Reaves Ai.Nieh- olson's, Broad street, Athens, Georgia, All work warranted 12 months. septl2-tf. j,’ St ilVKFKlt. COTTOXT ■Bvrrsn, Tocoa City, Ga. Highest cash price paid for ootton. Agent dPi tion of the locks there to he required. or WiusIUp’a Gius and l'ress. oc20-1876-tf yy IX. LITTLE, ATTORNEY A I" LAW, Carnesville, Ga. vpl 8-187S-tf Wanted. EMPLOYMENT either as a Tanner, Engi neer, at Carpenter. Good references given, and wsgea reasonable. Address, J. H. R„ ears of Athena Georgian, Athens, Ga myM-tf To day locks for navigable canals are calculated to be from ten to eleven metres The point then is to con struct locks, which will raise and low er the ships at once from twenty four to twenty-five metres. If that result is effected, the whole valley of the Ran Juan del Norte river will be put under watei by lengthening out the Lake of Nicaragua. The further ex ecution of the c terp ise would not meet, with any difficulty worthy of mention. The society of the pro jected inter-oceanic canal entertained the wish that M. dc Lesseps would put himself at the head. However, he believe* himself entil ed to leisure and recreation after a work like that ot" the Snez canal, in order to afford further moral aid to that class of en terprises. high in the sky. The alarm of fire was given, and men hurried to the spot to prevent a spread of conflagra tion. While thus engaged, the sea, which had been turbulent, was no ticed to recede from the shore and the cries of “ tidal wave!” “resounded fiom all quarters. Then a perfi e panic took place Over six thousand men, women and children rushed screaming up the hillsides; mothers became separated from their children; husbands from wives, and even the lover forgot his betrothed in thoughts of self-preservation.. Sooif were heard in the distance inntterings on I the mighty deep, which swelled into ; terrific thundering, rolling sounds | and as the wave rushed on i’ gathered j force with resistance, until it reached j forty feet high. Dashing headlong j upon the beach it rose and swept the ! oitv, tearing all before it. In rctrac- , innrits path it carried with it dwell- „ , i in<’s. merchandise, and all obstruc- ust be- ’ ■ . . . j^.-i. 'ti->ij-s in its course, twice was tins repeated—trie last time with lesser force; and for many days after the sea rose and fell in less proportions W’lien morning broke what a scene presented itself of devastation. That which the earthquake and fire- had not destroyed, had succumbed to the tidal wave. The beach was strewn with broken timbers of buildings; launches and boats bad disappeared, goods were floating about, provisions had been carried away, and the wa ter distilleries were useless. Famine awl thirst stared the peo pie in face, and what had been a happy population twelve hours since were teduced to misery, want and suffering. Fortunately the Chili man-ol-war hastened to the scene and supplied the place with water aud provisions; and otherst earners, thanks j to the prompt action of the govern ment of Chili, came in time to pre vent further disasters. This wuh bnt one of the many heart-rendering scenes which occurred on the coast from the effect of the er iption of the volcano San Pedro. Fruit Jars! Jonll! Fruit Jars!! Fruit J. H. Huggins. wages The packers declined to pay them what they asked, and a general strike was ordered. Nearly 800 men have left the shops. The bosses say that they Jaav not he able to can much fruit this season, but yield to the men they will not. —The 4 Congregationalist, Baptist and Methodist preachers of Massach usetts, haifie petitioned tor the ap pointment of a teacher of morality in the State Prison, in plaee of the cus tomary prison chaplain. It is intend ed that the State shall pay for no religions instruction. A stir was cre ated at^tbe meeting by a statement ioapgctqrs had begun e erectfmoTofo'c! tion with the new prison at Concord, one to be occupied exclusively bv -the Catholics and the other by the Protest ants —Stonewall Jacksou used to say that he believed he was fonder liquor than any man in his force, but he nev er tasted it. Ho was profoundly ig norant of music, and cared nothing for it. but the “ rebel yell’’ of his troops always interested him and delighted him, and whenever he was greeted I with it he would wave his old gray j cap, and his war-horse, knowing his habit, would break into a gallop, nor I’nlt til! the shout had ceased. “That was the sweetest music I ever heard,” was his remark on one such occasion. The Constitution says “a curious story is told of one of the counties in Northeastern Georgia. It is said that there is only one man in the county worth more than the homestead, and that it is hence impossible to make the bonds ot the county officers in tie county We learn that Judge Rice complained that he had to accept i worthless bonds in that county fre quently just because the homestead was so large that a good bond could not he made.” The same paper “ learns that Gen eral Toombs has taken a novel posi tion on this question. lie is in favor of a liberal homestead, and ho says that is impossible to amend the pres ent homestead, except by making it larger; and for the reason that the bankrupt law, in the < ’oiistitution of the United States (a higher authority than the Constitution of Georgia can be,) provides that a bankrupt shall have as exemption what ever home stead was set apart by the Stale law when the baukrupt act was passed. General Toombs says that if the home stead is so reduced that a Georg’a debtor, in the future iustead of taking tbe homestead, will just go into bank ruptcy, aud claim, under tbe United States bankrupt law, the old $3,000 exemption. General Toombs may Le set down as the champion of a liberal homestead, and his most earnest ellbrts will oe used to prevent its reduc tion. Dr. Crawford W. Long, now of Athens, Georgia, was born in Dan- ielsville, Madison county, Georgia, on the 1st of November, 1815. He grad uated at the University of Georgia (then the Franklin College) in 1835. He studied medicine and graduated at the Medical Department of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania in 1839. He then went to Jefferson, Jackson coun ty, Georgia, where he practiced medi cine for many years. In 1842 he had four studenf iu his office, viz.: P. A. Wilhite, John S. Groves, D. I. Long and II. R. P. Long. The two last were relatives of Dr. Long, and they, are both dead. Wilhite and Groves are still living (1877). Dr. Long was 27 years old. His pupils were all from 19 to 21; they were on the best of terms with each other, the Doctor en tering into all the sports of his pupils with a hearty good will, while he nev er neglected his duties as their teacher. On one occasion they were all talking about the inhalation of nitrous oxide gas, when one of Ins pupils asked him to make some for them. He said he did not have suitable apparatus for it, but that the inhalation of sulphuric either would produce precisely the same exhilarating effect. One of the young men present said he had in haled either while at school, and was willing to do it asaiu. They were all anxious tn. witness its effects.. atottW gave it to the young - man who had previously inhaled it. He then in haled it himself, and afterwards gave it to all present. After this the young Doctor and his pupils indulged occa sionally in ether frolics. On several occasions Dr. Long became furiously excited and could not be controlled. On recovering from the ether intoxi cation he frequently noticed that his arms and hands were badly bruised, and yet he was not conscious of having felt anv pain at the time he was under the influence of the ether. lie also noticed the same thing in his pupil?. They were often badly hurt by falls and blows, and were not conscious of pain at the time. These facts, re peatedly observed, suggested to his mind the idea of using ether to pre vent the pain of surgical operations. He frequently spoke of this to his students, and at last he determined to give it a trial. Wilhite encouraged him hv relating the case of the negro hnv he had playfully and unintention ally put undei the influence of ether for an hour or more in the Fall of 1839. Dr. Long having made up his mind to try the experiment with ether on the first favorable opportunity, says (“Southern Medical and Surgical Journal,” December, 1819): “ The first patient to whom I ad ministered ether in a surgical opera tion was Mr. James M. Venable, who then resided within two miles of Jef ferson. Mr. Venable consulted me on several occasions with regard to the propriety of removing two small tumors situated on the back part of hi* neck, but would postpone from time to time having the operations performed, from dread of pain. At length I mentioned to him the fact of my recieving bruises while under the influence of the vapor of ether without suffering, and, as I knew him to be fond of aud accustomed to inhale ether, I suggested to him the proba bility that the operations might be {•ertormed without |>aio, and proposed operating on him while under its in fluence. He consented to have one tumor removed, and the operation was performed the same day. The ether was given to Mr. Venable on a tow el ; and when fully under its influence I extirpated the tumor. It was en cysted, and about half an inch in di ameter. The patient continued to inhale ether during the time of the operation, and when informed it was over, seemed incredulous till the tu mor was shown him. He gave no evidence of suffering during the oper ation, and assured me, after it was over, that he did not experience the slightest degree of pain from its per formance.” This operation was performed on the 30th of March, 1842. “ The second operation I performed upon a patient etherized was on the 6th of June, 1842, and was on the same person (Mr, Venable) for the removal of another small tumor.. This operation required more time than the first, from the cyst of the tumor hav ing formed adhesions to the surround ing parts. The patient was insensi ble to pain during the operation, until the last attachment of the cyst was separated, when ho exhibited signs of slight suffering, but asserted after the operation was over that the sensation of pain was so slight as scarcely to ho perceived In this operation the in halation of ether ceased before the first incision was made.” t In a certificate sworn to by James M. Venable on the 23d of July, 1849, he says; “In the early part of the year (1842) the young men of Jeffer son and the country adjoining were jit. the habit of inhaling ether for its myself freqnentlyTor that purpose, ’ aud was very fond of i’s use. While attending the Academy I was ties qiiently in the office of Dr. C. W. Long, and having two tumors on the side and rather back on my nock, I several times spoke to him about the propriety of cutting them out, bnt postponed the operation from time to time. On one occasion we had some conversation about the probability that tiic tumors might he cut out while I was under the infiuonce of sulphuric ether without my experi encing pain, and he proposod opera ting on me while under its influence. I agreed to have one tumor cut out, and lnd the operation performed that evening (afternoon) after school was dismissed. This was in the early part ofthe Sprir.g ot 1842 % I com menced inhaling the ether before the operation was commenced, and con tinued it until the operation was over. I did not feel the slightest pain from the operation, and could not believe tbe tumor was removed until it was shown to me A month or two after this time Dr. C. W. Long cut out the other tumor, situated on the same side of my neck. In this operation I did not feel the least pain until the last cut was made, when I felt a lit le pain. In tins operation I stopped inhaling the ether before the opera tion was finished. I inhaled the ether in both instances from a towel, which was the common method of taking it.” (To be coi tinued.) The full capacity of the salmon- curing factories in Oregon, on the (Jol- lumbia river, for one season, is 54,810, 00(i cans. This amount will not bd reached this summer. If hatching stations are not established this set son, says the Oregon Astorian, will be the last profitable one. The big crop of strawberries and the fine yield of early vegetables with good prices has relieved the stringency of the times in New Jersey. Do not fail to call on J. H. Hug gins for Fruit Jars,