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Newspaper Page TextVOL. 5. ATHENS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 14,1877. fA UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY • • - ri T*s-1:*»4u. «•*,«! dviiJw i ? ■ ■'! * OLD SERIES, VOL. 56 t*""';- [tv- - '‘ t• i-miv« •< ' LAW aTOTICES. J 8. DOHTCII, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOlS-lSTC-tf Carnesvillc, Ga. JAC'KKOX & TIIOMA8, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athene, Gn. Office South West Comer of College Avenue »n<l Clayton Street, also nt the Court House. All parlies desiring Criminal Warrants, can get them at any time by applying to the County Solicitor nt this office. deel6-1874-tf HILL., ATTORNEY AT LAW, Athens, G«. Prompt attention given to all business and the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly Poru Barrow. D. C. Harr.uv, Jb. Jgnrrow ItroM., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga. Office over Tuhnndgc, Hodgson & Co. janl-ly j3 # E. THIt AMIIEH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Watkinsville, Gn. fc 1 Office in former Ordinary's Office. jan8fi-1876-ly p^G. Til OM SOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW,; Sjs;cUd ateentimi paid to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Oov. T. H. Watts and lion". David Clopton, Montgomery, Ala. Office over Post-Olllee Athens, Gn. teb3-ls7o-tf Z£ ’SToxa a There’s a jolly Saxon proverb That ia pretty mud like this, That a man is half in Heaven When he has a woman’s kins. But there’s danger in delaying, And the sweetness may forsake it: So 1 tel) yon, hashfal lover, If you want a kiss, why tske it. Never let snotlier fellow Steal a march on yon in this: Never let a laughing maiden See you spoiling for a kiss There’s a royal wi^, !-' iwiug , And the jolly ones who make it liav^g motto that is winning: If you want a kiss, why take it. And fool nay luce a cannon— And booby wear a crown; But a man must win a woman If he’d have her for his own. Would you htvo tEo ; ; apple You must find the tree and shake it: If the thing is worth the having, And yon want a kiss, why take it. Who would hum upon a desert With a forest smiling by t Who would give his sunny summer For a bleak and winter sky ! Oh, I tell you there is magic, And you cannot, cannot break it, For the sweetest part of living Is to want a kiss and—take it' Four juror* at once—IIow’s dat ? The witness—It was a sequence flush. ! The four jurors at once—Oh ! j A juror—Did you make atiy ’greti- ! meut ’bout a sequence flush before ye ! started in to continence on de game ! at de onset ? | Witness—No. We wasn’t playin’ a chile’s game. The juror sank back, antiil the laughter of his companions. The case finally went to the jury, who, after settling the relatives values of a “ sequence flush” and a “ full,” gave a verdict of acquittal. iif • JOII> AV. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 'Ttwoit City, Ga. Will practice iu all the counti«s of the West ern Circuit, Hart sad Madison of the Northern Clroult. Will give apecio) uttuni >n to all claims entrusted to his care. oct 20-1*75-1 v. ge f Howell Cobb. NETS AT LAW, Athens, Ga Office in Deuprec Building, fel»22-1876-ly ^LEX. 8. EltWIX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, At liens, Ga. Office on llroad Street, between (’eiitei it Nich olson and Orr & Co., up-stuirs. fcb22-1876-ly ^>r. C'OCII It.VX, ATTOR1TEY AT LAW, Gainesville, Ga. purchase ami sale of Mineral and Fanning ljaiula in Hall, and tin* other counties of Nortli- uu-t Georgia. Mineral ore* tested and titles to property investigated. Special attention givon to the purchase and side of city property. may2—6m J. N. DORSEY. Attorney. ^HHI UY O. SlcCUBttY, Attorney a.-fc X*a.w r Hartwell, Georoia, Will practice in the Superior Courts of North - , east Georgia and Supreme Court at Atlanta. Aug 8. 1876 tf Jambs E. I.tle, Albi. 8. Erwin, Watkinsville. Athens. J^YLE A- ERWIN, ATTORNE VS A T LA IF. Will practice in partnership in the Superior Court of Ooonec County, aud attend promptly to all business intrusted to their care, j an 0-8 m. BTT3HTESS CARCS. A. WINN, —WITH— GROOVER, STUBBS & GO,, Cot ton Factor* *n<! tienrral CoumUalon Merchants, Savannah, Ga. Bagging, Ties, Rope and other supplies fur' dished. Also, liberal cash advances made on consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool or Northern ports. may 80-1875-tf rjt^ A. ILK*, Watahmilw> Sc >7awalwr, At Michacl’store, next door to Reaves A Nich olson’s, Broad street, Athons, Georgia. Ail work warranted 12 months. *eptl2-tf. Rjj SCIIAKFKK, COTTOXT BTTKBR, Tocoa City, Ga. Highest eisli price p»>d for cotton. Aget *>r winship’s Gina tin i l’ress. oe20-lt?fc-tf yy R. LITTL E, ATTORNEY at law. C ir icsviMe, Gn. *pl8-18J3-tf ^Tan.-bod. KMPI.GYMKN T either as a Tenner, Kngi- uacr, or C irpent r. Good refcivnees .-iven, and v.'^gna reasulinb' - . Ad-ires-, .). il. R., care of Athene Georgian, A'bens, C-i aiy22-tf I'OKERdN NEVADA. . ’ 1 i > s i Six llollar* in the I’nl, nail a Krqnrttrr Flash Out Against a Full Kami. [From the Virginia Chronicle.] A large crowd gathered at Judge Moses’ court yesterday afternoon to witness the trial of an assault and bat tery case. The trouble had originated between two negroes at a poker game, and the jury and witnesses were all of the colored, iiersuaiionf^rJoim Bennett and Joe Redman were the defendants, and the latter, being tried by the court, was convicted and fined forty dollars. This decision had its effect on Bennett, who remarked: “Guess I’ll have a jury. Dis court am too much for me.” A jury of colored men was accord- inglj summoned and the fun began. It was charged that Bennett, while playing a game of poker with Red man, had drawn a knife and threat ened to make trouble. Bennett took the stand and made the following explanation: Yes, Jedge, we was playin’poker down in de saloon, and we got six dollars in de pot, and I had a full hand —free aces and two queens, Jedge, sure’s you set thar. A juror (rising in his place)—Was dish ver straight poker or draw ? The witness—Draw. The juror—I thought so. The witness—Well, ye sec, Jedge i ** ' 1 ^ Judge Moses—Turn around and address the jury, sir. The witness—Yissali. Ye see, I held a full, and Joe, he held a flush. When I called, he said, “ I’sc got a flush,’’ and he readied for de pile. Hole on dar,” said I, “ a full beats a flush.” Says he, “You lie!” 1 jes’ pulled out my pipe to take a smoke and argy thu pint, and he jumped up and grabbed a char—and dat’s how de row started in. A juror—Did he start fur you wid dat char ? The witness—Well, he sorter did for a spi ll, aud den he porter let up and stood standiu’ for ir to eonie. Redman next took the stand and testified as follows: Ye ‘•ce, Jedge, I had a fl'ish and John sai^ he had a full baud. Mine was a flush, shuah, J«-dge, and - > I reached for the stakes; and John, he pulled a knife, as I s’jiose'i, :n.n I jumped up and grab-> be i a «••».':i l»il' him over de head. W lien I s ed de knife was only a pipe, 1 w *s so ’shamed o’ myself, I j.-s’ didn’t -i.inv ivhat to do. Juror- -D>> beats a t - '■ ’i’ll" wit lie-' The Pittsburg Riot. A Catholic Bishop’* Appeal to the Rioter*. A Pittsburg (Pa.) correspondent of j the New York Herald states that in 'an interview with Bishop Tiagg on j Monday he expressed much regret j that so many men whom he recognized ! as Catholics took part in the riotous i proceedings to Sunday. He had been out among them and had succeeded in prevailing on many to return to work or to their homes. lie is a man of strong determination and warm im pulses. On Sunday he begged and pleaded for an interruption of the war and pillage. Standing or. a steaming locomotive, his face blackened with the smoke and soot of the fire, while great beads of sweat dropped from his forehead, he asked in God’s name, those belonging to his flock then among the mob to go to their homes. He yyts frequently interrupted shyrories of “ Who commenced this riot T* to which he replied, “ We are not here to in dulge iu crimination or recrimination or to condemn this party and uphold that. There doubtless have been faults on both sides. Certainly we all de- Worse Than Slavery. We haveTJrom time to time stated that the Abolition agitation which finally proflaged war between the States is mainly responsible for freeing ne groes in orag^that white men might be enslaved^ It is very certain that no more horrible calamity thnp that war could have overtaken this Union, and, in the deag run, the chief suffer ers will be -the sections which claim ! the conqueror’s laurels. It is not nec essary, at this time, to show, in every particular, btf? the North killed the Southern goose that laid the golden eggs. Suffice it that we establish the proposition .that the emancipation of Southern nesntoes has ended in the en slavement of Northern white men. Without even-a glance at the hordes Fast and West called ** tramps,” who were unknown before the war, let us look at the coal miners of Pennsyl vania and, from home testimony, prove the truth ofouj assertion. The Penn sylvania and other railways of the Keystone State largely own all the coal mines of that Commonwealth, and details of thefeondition of the workmen No wonder, confronted with such spectacles, that wise men in tbe North confess that the infamous legislation directed against the South foiled be cause it war an effort to circumvent God. The failure, so far as throttling the South is concerned, was dismal; but the experiment has ended in the worse than enslavement of the bodies of Northern white men and a crucifix ion of their souls. No wonder skilled •rerkmen who cotn'e from Europe are going back while they have a chance to do so. But what a commentary upon the political management of the past decade that America has ceased to be “ the land of the free and the home of the oppressed!"—Chronicle and Constitutionalist. ex plore that any lives have been sacri ficed ” A Voice—“ What did the Phila delphia soldiers begin shooting for and why did they kill innocent women and ! children ?” Bishop Tiagg replied—“ I come be- | fore you as a citizen at the request of j citizens meeting in interest of law and j order. I do not want to talk of what is past. Lives that have been sacri ficed and property that has been de stroyed cannot be restored. What I want to talk to you about concerns employed by them demonstrate that the negro slaves of the South were infinitely better off, and that only the serfs of Russia in old days could be remotely compared to these miners. They have not bear so much liberty as the slaves had? and their cares are for beyond theconcoption of negroes upon plantation#* , ®^$elicjpqf the mi ovnet&w* workmen so poor that theV cannot even strike, and so miserable that all courage shall be plucked out of them. These task-masters have done what the Bible expressly condemns—they have quenched, or attempted to do so, the spirits of men subordinated to them. A reporter of the New York press, who has investigated the condition of the miners, relates some appalling cases of sufiering. A miner of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western com-, pany earned on un average seventeen to eighteen dollars a month. With this pittance he had to support a family of eight persons and to pay six dollars a month rent. They had to live entirely upon mush. Meat they never tasted. Another preceding the strike earned nineteen dollars a month, and out of your welfare for the future.’’ A Voice—“Goon, sir. We’ll lis ten ** The Bishop continued—“ I am authorized to say to you that you will obtain redress of your grievances if .it is in the power of the citizens of Pilts- hurge to bring that result alxiut.” A Voice—“What has Tom Scott got to say alr.ut k ?” Bishop—“ The committee has not yet conierred with the railroad officials, but intend to do so as soon as we have your assistance. 1 • s* «ay to you, on the authority of the citizens whom I represent, that your wages will be raised to the old standard. I know that the citizens will do everything in their power to get you back your old wagers.” [Apple ise and shouts, “ That is all we want! Give us a chance to live !’*] • Bishop—“ Give us twenty-four hours to consult with the railroad company and for God’s sake stop these fires.’’ At this juncture the roar of flames became almost deafen it j, aud the cries of the mob were iu keeping with the raging element. The crowd stood and looked at the reverened gentleman, but soon tiring of t'd* they started belter skelter to burn more- freight cars and renew the work of piih.ge and destruc- this had to pay an equal share with his > j>n ivati to say a flush — Course I do. tion. The ceiii.c taker’s nose. gravity —An under- fellow-workmen of over nine dollars for powder to blast with, and oil, paper and soap toed in his work, thus hav ing left but about thirteen dollars and fifty cents a month to live and suppoit his family upon, and oat of that rent and fuel had to be deducted. The food of his family was simply mush and potatoes. The average wages of another for twelve months did not ex ceed fourteen dollars a month. The miners and their families generally are clothed in rags. So poor are they that doctors refuse them attendance and druggists medicines except they get the cash in advance. Miserable as the pittance of wages is which these poor people get when at work, the conipa nies keep « part back, and then charge five per cent for paying any order given by the men upon their wages. The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Com pany went even into the coffin business and squeezed '.he poor people in un dertakers’ charges. It keeps stores also and makes in this way profits out of the scanty earnings of its employes, This company employs betweeu two thousand aud three thousand men aud boys. Three great corporations, name ly: 1 he Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Pennsylvania Coal Company and the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western Compauy, work about seventy mines and employ in the aggregate over thirty-one thousand men aud bovs. A Legend of Los Angeles. How a Band of Brigands, Led by I New York Law yer, Perished. [From tbe L09 Angeles Herald.] Away back in 1850 or 1851 a young man named Irwin made bis appear ance in the old city of the angeles. He was full of oaths, and was accom panied by fifteen or sixteen young blades like himself. One of his virtues was frankness. He announced that he and his followers were c:: route for Mexico, and that their errand was to rob. Don Benito Wilson was at that time in business in Los Angeles. He witnessed the advent of this lawless hand with considerable disquiet as he had a large stock of goods in his store, and .was not entirely resigned io its loss. ^Jxwin, the leader of the hand, htowevcif sought The brigand proved to be a young lawyer, of a good New York family, and a very accomplished and fascinating | fellow withal. He told Don Benito | that he need not be alarmed ; that he intended to reserve his lawless opera tions for the Mexican people; on these terms his intimacy could not well be rejected. At this time the mining excitement had called most of the male Los Angelenos away, and the polished and handsome Irwin had everything his own) way. Irwin and his confederates conclu ded, after some yveeks, that the time : had come for their departure on their 'marauding expedition. On their pas sage to San Bernadino the Menda of Lugo attracted their attention. They coveted a number of his fine horses, and summarily appropriated them. This act yvas destined to cut short what might have proved to be a long and prosperous career of crime. Lugo was a man fertile in resources. The Dieguino or Cahuilla tribe of Indians were at that time pretty numerous about San Bernardino. They were approached by Lugo, proposed to them that they should lie in ambush for tl.e robbers as they rode through the San Timoteo Canon. The Indians con sented The la«t day of the band’s stay in Bernardino had arrived. They cele brated it by an orgie of unexampled abandon duriug the night. With brain ^upefied with aguardiente, they foiled to pay heed to the dusky aborigines who were scattered around the town. The adventurers’ road lay along wlmt is now one of the mo*t charming regions of Southern California, aligned as it is by the peach trees and orange groves of the Van Leuvens and other prosperous proprietors. Out through where old Sau Barnardiuo stands they made their way, striking the San Tiinoteo Canon, through which now dash the trains of the Southern Pacific! Without a thought of earthly til they rode, under the guidance of an Italian. They soon reached a narrow portion of the roadyvav, overgrown with chap para!, sage brush and caetus. Many a brain was throbbing in the cavalcade with memories of the orgies of the night before. Twentv shots rang out on the air from the rifles of the Indians who were ntnhii-hed The tew who escaped in-tunt d<*atli were accorded short shrift The knife or the clubiicd rifle did the rest. NEWS HUMMinY. —Pmchback, Packard and Kel logg, of Louisiana, are ?ttending the races at Saratoga. —Chief Justice Waite and famify are the guests of Hon. George Ban croft, who, on Tuesday, (7th in*t.,) will give a grand dinner in honor of the visitors. —Nearly every prominent Republi can in the State is willing to indorse Preside*;* - Hayes’ Southern policy, civil service referm and all, if he can only he made holder of a noblo office. —Sun., , t . —The debt of the City of New York, less the sinking fund, is about $125,- 000,000. The debt of the United States July 1st, less cash in the Treas ury, was $2,060,158,224 26. The total debt of all the cities and towns in the United 8tates is less than half the national debt. —The fruit season in the South wa» never more abundant. The Missis sippi boats bring great quantities of new apples to the city, and the peache> are ripening rapidly, with larger bear ings than have been known for years. Plums, pears and all other fruits art- alike abundant on the high lands.— Sugar Boxcl. —Bristol, England, which sometime ago began to import dead meat from this country, is now importing live stock also. On the 18th instant the Acadie landed 300 sheep. They ar- condition, but, in conr ■: ’ of thsye phrte-^ ririoUfor the reception of foreign stock, the whole cargo had to be slaughtered either on board or close alongside the steamer. —H. II. Honore. the father-in-law of Fred. Grant and Potter Palmer, will he one of the big bankrupts of t he vear, his debts exceeding $2,000,000 in amount, $1,500,000 of the suin be ing secured. It is not known how much the creditors will receive, hut in the state of the real estate and mining j stocks markets their dividends are not likely to lie large. —The London correspondent of the Liverpool Daily Post states that the homceopathists have discovered a cer tain remedy for sea-sickness. It is npoinorphia, aud a very small dose of it taken once an hour in water wilt remove the qualms. They arc so cer- tain'of its success that they are going to procure a gratuitous circulation of it among vessels that carry passengers. It is also useful for beasts, whose suf ferings are often extreme. —Commodoie Jonathan W. Swift, United States Navy, died at his home in Genova. N. Y., on Monday last. He had been on the retired list for sev eral years, and his health had lately failed very fast Commodore Swift wa» horn in Massachusetts, and was appointed from North Carolina iu August, 1823, and was promoted to l>assed midshipman* in May, 1829. He became a lieutenant in 1831. He was enmmias-oned a commodore July 10, 1862. Commodore Swift was in his seventieth year. —Cardinal Antonelli’s friend say that it isn’t so ; that it couldn’t hi that a man who could pray so devoutly - could be guilty of such a thing; that his alleged confession of it resulted from his sensitive conscience and his tropical luxuriousness of language and doesn’t mean anything; that the C«uu- tees Loreta was a fool for te.ling of it* likewise a lunatic; and that Mr. A. sat upon the ragged cave of gloom, anxiety, remorse and despair because he urged her not to marry a lionethit-f and tmrglur Here the case stands at present. Old Loreta himself will. Inc tore.