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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Gn. .^1
Corner of College Avenue
’ton Street, also ut tlv Court House.
All p.uties desiring Criminal "Warrants, cun get
them «i any time by applying to the County
Solicitor at thb office. dccl8-lS74-tf
Q t D. HIJjI,,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Mk-£
Wsssgi a •
^: 5 -; ATHENS, GEORGIA,* SEPTEMBER U
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RKPIiY OF HBS. OEXKRiL O'nTKB TO ROOD*!*
TEXAS BBIOARC.
. Major Barns, the courteous- Secre
tary of Hood's Texas Brigade Asso-
(nation, lias placed in ony-hands the
following letter, which it iviH be hard
for any old soldier to re;id without
feeling the moisture rise to liis eyes.
It is a communication;} from Mre.
Elisabeth 15. Custer, acknowledging
the receipt of 'resolution^ {kissed by
Hopd’s. Texas Brigade Association,
to the memory of liov husband, -Gen.
ing at the
ttlo with
ly a year
lion some
iinual re-
resolu-
I BRft the
JOHN W. OWES,
. ATTOESKY at law,
Tocoa City, I
G. A. Custer, who. fell;
head of his. troops in a
the Sioux Indians last
ago. Tho-Brigade A;
time afterwards held
union at Byron, and
tions of respect and hoi
memory of the gallant dpi
Mrs. Custer overwhelmed by the
calamity, has been unable to write
now. Here is her beautiful
j v • -* y ~
Mr. Burn*: Dear tSnir-1 regret
inch that so long a time has
without nay acknowledgment
milks tor the beautiful resold-
6Acred by the survivors of
Gen. Hood’s Texas brigade”
1 could have naked friends to an
swer your letter for me firing my
Eliph'% the Temanite, “ filling her
belly with the east wind”—took down
an old musket, and : loading it’ with
great formality, ceremoniously ban-
ded it to vour correspondent to fire,
but not knowing * whether it would
kick or burst; the offer was politely
declined, and like another Moil
Pitcher or Maid of Saragossa, she
fired it out of 'the . window herself
against the'opposing angle with the
most astonishing effect, the diseharge
echoing and re-echoing, first like. the
file firing T>f a t-ompanyof - infantry,
then like the applause in a theatre,
aud fainter, until it died away like
the ticki g of a clock and expired in
a sound like the faint humming of in-,
sects. She says a repeated ninety
times. She might just aft well have
made it the even hundred, for I tried
to verify her statement by actual
count, but had to give n up in despair.
One might' appropriately call this
talking wall a “ sermon in stones.”
It is said to be tins most remarkable
echo in the world, and I can well be-
iidVd^^’N.feS^A*: Pw•
OLD SERIES, VOL. 56
Abduction
V T : f
Aa Ottawa Merchant Take* a NoGal Drink-With a
Carman tn Meat real a«4 Wakes np at Cape
rorra Tea XoathWOMtenrard. '
A telegram, front Ottawa to the
Torortto papers gives the following
as a statement made by Mr. At D.
Frazer,, long a ft missing” hardware
merchant of that city, detailing his
adventures during art enforced ab
sence of over a year; . , ,
‘‘As near as I can remember, J left
here in May, 187®—my clerk says
> stot
Uh-J
oik
Batte at Big Hoe.
■ • -;tr • o?fiSw
—ILL*
m ?
Will practice iu *11 ,
l »p*nion to bU
►^«ktt!lstod to his^carcr oct2(^~
ft' K Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb.
[/j.4ra, COBB,
+ * ATTOBNKY8 AT MW,
J Offico in Dcnproc Buildicg,
' fob22-187«-ly
.praise,
Andrew J. Cobb.
Alex 8. Enwi.w
^RWIN A COBB,
/ - ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
,<T' - Athens, Ga.
TKce on Corner of Broad and Thomas streets,
-2 ' over Childs, Nlckt-reon & Co.
fob22-lS7fi-ly
^M.COqpRAN,
1 A.TTCzmznr -a.T law,
Gainesville, Ga.
Real Estate, and General Land A
pciTcUaso and salo of Mineral an
Lands in Hall,
esstGeor
property
to tho pu
BBBg?
l HHUKYG. MoCUItUY,
jS.’trfcorxxojr tx-fc Law,
Hartwell, Georgia,
Will practice iu the Snperinr Courts of North-
oast Georgia and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
Aug 8. 1876 tf
itics Of tbo West- illness, but I felt anxious
myself and assure the
soldiv^E who *
bered my husb'antf Ijfwdfds
that IHnost ritKperely appreciate thfeir
kinknoBs..^'' f'-'-r: *’•
. I am Jfladto tell you how much
admiration Gen. Custer felt for the
courage and endurance of the South
ern army.. -
It seems to prove the higherand
better nature of. men when soldiers
can admire the gallantry and heroism
of each other, even when differing in
sentiment and belief.
We had ti.e privilege of becoming
acquainted with Gen. Hood in 1805,
and it seems to me a matter of eon-
gratulatiou when men can serve un
uer such a soldier aud gentleman.
Very respectfully, yours,
Elizabeth B. Custer.
122 Madison avenue, New York
City, Aug. 28.
Gibbon'll Command SsrpriM -ihc l*<l!
nrfttrmtiMin Frva, SangCLYuKtyt—L
s»4,WiHMidrd.
Cnifklltb; September
Sheridan lias
the fk'st of Jti
transact some
me about .cigl
cash and asiuaM
of clothing, vim
I was askeil by
I whs going to
saw Mr. Eastw
going to theGt
company
man and
House bus,
bad taken, my bn;
with it. Having
hieing con
ise, I went
following him t!
streets, caught
him where he w;
“To the Montrei
another minute
Montreal, to
I had with
jtired dollfltrs in
' with a change
iigat Montreal;
at what, hotel
subsequently
fio said he was
lotel; Iparted
; named.gentle-
Lthe Montreal
Av the man who
5 driving away
m:. doubt, as to
th'the Montreal
hini; and; after
|h a couple. ; of
him, and asked
toing.l He said 5 ,
louse,’’ and iu
before a
k 1 tound to
suppose you
nit forthe
Fanning
the other countie? of North-
ineral ores tested and titles to
jated. Special attention given
and aide of city nroperty".
J. N. DORSEY. Attorney.
James R. Lyle, Alex. S. Erwin,
Watkiusvitle. . Athens.
J^YliE A EBWIN,
a rroitxjsrs a t la w.
Will practico in 'partnerjbip in the Superior
Court of Oconee County, and attend promptly
to all business intrusted to .their care.
jan9-3m. - /* ' • . v
sryanrsss oaasa
j^ A . WINN, 7“"
—WITH-
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO., |
Cottoa Fatten, and Qvacral Voasaibilon Ktrchaats.
Savannah, Gn.
Bogging, Ties, Rope and other mpplies far
niahed. Also, liberal caab advances made on
consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Northern ports. may 80-1875-U
IJt^ A. 1LKB,
TfiTa’feah.iaaaheer Sc JT«nraIox>
j At Miobaol’store, next door to Reaves & Rich-
iolson’s. Broad street, Athene, Georgia. AU
[ work warranted 12 months.
eeptU-tl v
-||1 SCUAEFKB,
COTTOIT gtTBBRr
Tooes City, Ga.
Highest oa»U .
winship’a Ginn air
ly~lL LITTLE,'
aid for cotton.
OC20-167.
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»ap18-1873-tf
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Oarnosville, Ga.
Waited.
The Most Wonderful Echo
in tho World.
[Milan Correspondence Detroit Free Press.]
Our lust visit iu Milan was t. Uic
Vilia Skuouttli, a huge old palace in
a plantation about two miles beyond
.lie city gates, now let out as a tenc-
ueiit house, and swamuiig with
washerwomen aud their broods
Y>«u climb toilsomely into the fourth
siury, and me ushered into a small
room facing an angle of the lofty fiat
.vails which surrounded the court
yard on thre.e sides, the fourth side
being opcii to the level plain beyond
A woman takes up a great trumpet,
shaped like a fog-horn, aud proceeded
t<> veil, shriek and grumble througli
it a succession of sbarp and flat notes,
.nd a marvelous echo'comes back
from the opposite angle, aud plays
along the sides of the wall, repeating
and thrilling the sounds, I cannot
t il how many times, now in plaiutive
musical strains, now in wilting uaden
ees, now in rellicking, guffawing
exuberant jocnlarity. “ Ho, ho, ho!
haw, haw, haw! ai-i-i! cr-r-r!” Were
reverberated, repeated and prolonged
until they went thinly and faintly
floating away in the dim distance,
recalling Tennyson’s melodious:
“ Blow, bogle, blow ! Set the wild echoes
. tying.
And answer, echoes answer 1 Dying, dy'
' iMfi dying’.”
Tlu ti the damsel—who lives by the
Ite .OYMEN r'oitiiiv a» a Tanner, Knji-
Carpentor. ' Good references given; and ,
l' M r m«;Ati& J ‘ H ' B i^*aV r 1 lee^ that the echo brings her in, like
ceding the battle. Col. Gjbbon
rcfiei^l severely, on tlie inhabitants of
Moutaua, who sustained the murder
ous Nez Perces by trading off pros
virions to them for stock stolen by
them from the whiles, thus prolong
ing their flight, and adding to the
danger of pursuit. The best' esti
mate of their strength gives, them
260 warriors, well armed and equipp
ed. By forced marches Gibbon came
up with the liostilcs with a command
of seventc-n officers, 132 men and
thirty-four citizens. The attack was
made late at night, the Indians being
completely surprised, but as they
immediately sought the bu-hes for
suellcr and poured their volleys into
the troops, as the latter came into
opeu ground they did considejr-ble
execution. However, iu 20 minutes
lie whole camp was in the possess on
of the troop.-. Tne Indians being
driven out, still -hot with deadly
effect at tong ranges. By a change
if base, shelter was obtained aud
retaliatory firing was commenced
with equal destruction of Indian life,
flic Indians iu the meantime had
captured a howitzer, which was aim
ing under e-cort and on mules’ backs,
the few privates who with it fleeing
and leaving the officers to an unequal
fight. Daring the day various strat
egies were employed, hut it was
eleven o’clock at night Indore the
Indians fm-tlly wit!drew. On the
llth, the dead were buried. Gener
al Howard came up that flay but too
late to render assistance. A com
] >lete list is appended showing 29 killed
and forty wounded. The burial party
reported 83. dead Indians found on
the field and six more found dead in
a ravine tome distance from the bat
tle field. Kiiled Captain Win. Lo
gan, First Lieutenant James H.
Bradley, First Lieutenant C. A.
Cartledge, Second Lieutenants 0* A
Woodruff, Matthew Devine T‘»e
citizen volunteers killed were L. C.
Elliott, John Armstrong, David Mor
row, Alvin Lockwood and Campbell
Mitchell. Wounded citizens-—31.
Lockwood, Otto Lyford, Jacob Ba
kur and Wuj. Eyan, H 8. Bostvick.
the post guide, was killed. The full
list shows a comparatively great num-
K ec of sergeants and corporals killed,
sufficier.t money to pay my .passage
to England, and sailed on the 27th
of JuJIy . last, bidding good-bye to
those who had treated nio so kindly.
Of course, there were many, who
thought me ah imposter, and if I had
been left, to their tender mercies, it is
a question if I should be here now.
I arrived; in England, after ai voyage
of almost constant illness, o,n the 24th
of August, and receiving funds there
which had beer forwarded by my
.8 to meet me, sailed again from
Liverpool .on the 80th of Angtist,
reaching Quebec on Saturday. AI
though, as a matter of course, I have
seen mnch since I left here^ over a
year ago, I have n ( ot profitted by my
travels, as the ’ outward, trip was a
dark blank to me, and the homeward
trip one of almost continhal sickness.
I do not y.et know if any steps will be
taken to.discover ivho drugged me)’.’
iny baggage to the-Montreal
He said thm was the Montreal House
I repeated my t observation about
playing sharp, and asked him to have
a drink and then take my'yalise to
tho hold at which I wished to stop.
He had a drink, and I also took oiie,
which most have been drugged, as I
remember nothing further, than that
I sat down in a chair, until I found my-
self laid up in a ward in the hospital
at .Cape Town; I then discovered
that I had no money, and that my
watch and chain were gone. How I
got to Cape town is a perfect mystery
to me. I was told by those who
were taking care >tf me that the Cap
tain of i he vessel which brought me
as far as Madeira wished to land me
there, bat that the authorities would
uot allow him to do so, as I was wild
and had no means of suppori. An
other Captain then offered to take
charge of me, and brought me to
Cape Town. It appears ilia* I ar
rived there in December, 1*76, but
did not become eouscious until Feb
ruary 10,' 1877, when I felt as though
l had just awa kened out of a long
sleep, and asked where I was. I
could not believe them when they
told tue I was in Cape Town, and
they thought for some time that I
had not recovered my senses. They
told me tliat I bail spoken q..ite ra
tionally before that, but if I had, I
had then no recollection of it, I had
no idea of time until I saw a paper
dated 1877, stud when Tasked the
people what it meant, they again
thought I did not know what 1 was
talking about. Of course, I had no
money, and the people who took care
of me were very kind and would not
hear of my paying them. As soon us
I was able to get abroad, I procured
employment as a bookkeeper in the
government stores, .and by this means
obtained funds to carry me to L<»n
don. Strange to say, on coining to
my senses at Cape Town, I found
that my valise was with me, and that
my clothes had. not been disturbed,
the clothes I wore evidently having
been provided for me by shine kind
strangers. I do not know, Anything
about the vessels which carr'icd me to
Cape Town; the whole journey sefcmf
tike a long sleep to me. I bad earned
Hayes in Louisville.
The Pmldent’B Speech at t!n» LoafertH* Btctpiio*.
V I have been, fellow-citizens, daring
the last f’tv' day* among the soldiers
of the Union, and then the men nfost
early- tin come together after this
great division are those who made
the Acquaintance of one another <mA
the field'of carnage. I have foririd 11
true on the other side of the
and -1 have found it ITup here in
Kqptacky.,- A dj^ingnished states
man said to General Scott during the
war; Whyn ^he arnnej^f, the
Union are successful, there vvTflbe
peace and content everywhere.’*
Gen. Scott retnarked:. “No,sir; not
for some time after the war; for
after the successful close of the war,
you will find: that Tlie Wfitre power of;
the Federal Government will be neces-
sary to keep down the'belligerent
non-combatants of the country.’’
(Applause.) Perhaps the old man
had the spirit of prophecy in him.
Said my friend, those who fight upon
the field, learn to respect each other.
The soldiers of both armies imper
iled their lives for tho cause, and
snch men always respect each ot’ er.
(Applause.) It is for them to came
together. In the beginning, I was
under the impression that oil'- 8«mili
era friends had the advantage of
that you had better marksme i ami
better horsemen in proportion to ns.
We had to learn to shoot and to ride;
but after we had learned it, then is
became a fight, between Gie«-k and
Greek, and we all know what tliat
means. (Chee.s) And now, mv
triends, that being over, whv sh-ill
not we come together ? ■ Oh, we Itavi :
euine together. (Applause.) Tie-
demonstration in Louisville tells tlie
story. . „
I need not shout myself hoarse be
fore this great audience in making a
speech about the happiness And peace
tliat we are now enjoying in sill e-
tions of the Union. This demount ra
tion has made the speech of t lie occa
sion. Nothing can be added'to it.
I think we an confidently look tin -
ward to the fraternal nnjon on the
basis of the Constitution as it now is.
with all the ; amendments.
My Confederate friends, do you in
tent! to obey the whole Constitution
and amendments? (Applause.) I
thought you would, I believe yon
will; and that removes the lW cause
of dissension between os. I lookfor-
Interrupted Table Talk.
[Burlington Free Press.]
The, other evening the Rev. Mr*..
Philacter sat down at the tea table
with a veiy thoughtful air. and at-,
tended- to the wants of his brood in
a very abstracted manner. Presently
lie looked up at his wile and said:'
‘• The Apostle’Paul”——
“Got an awful lump on the head
’saftomoon,” broke .in the pasto”>
eldest son, “ playing base ball. Bat
flew out of/the striker’s hands when
I was umpire^ and cracked me right-
above the ear, an* dropped me.
Hurt? Golly!” and the lad shook
his head in dismal bnt expressive
pahtomine „as he tenderly robbed o-
iiimp that Uiflked like a billiard baft
with hair du it. The pafetor gravely
paused for the ' interruption, and re*
sumed: *• ! ‘”v;- : , 'I
“The ApoAtlo Panl”— 7 : '
’‘Saw Mrs. O’Gheminie down 'at
GrCenbaum’s this afternoon,” said his
eldest daughter, addressing her
mother: _ “She had the same old
everlasting. - black ■ silk: made over; -
with a vest of tillnel green silk, coat
tail hasqne pattern, overskirt made
with diagonal folds in front, edged
with de^p fringe; yellow straw hat,
with black velvet facing inside the
brim, andilpfye^blne flowers. .She’s-
ng to Chicago.”
The good minister waited patiently,
and then, in tones just a shade louder
than before, said :
^be | mm ifinn
“AVent )ii Ktv.immih'^ last-night with
Henry.ant) Ben, pap, 'and.stepped nii
a clam shell,’’ exclaimod liis youuuest
son; “cut my leet so I can’t wear
my shoes ; and, please, cant i stay
home to-merrow ?”
The pastor informed his son that he
might .stay away from' the river, and
then resumed his topic. He gaid:
The Apostle Paul says”—-s—
My teacher is an awful liar,”
shouted the second sou ;.“ he says the
world is as round as an orange and
u, turns round all the time faster than
a circus man can lide. I guess he
haiu’t got milch s- nsn.”
The mother lifted a warning finger
*8
toward the boy and said, “ Sli I” and
i lie father rcsutnod :
‘•The Ap sift Paul sav»”
‘•Don’t fiite off tw ; cc as much as
you call chew,-* broke out the el cst
j -on, re. it.ving tlie assault of hi- little
j iniiti er on a piece <.f cake. T e pa-*-
j u»r’> nice showed jiHl » trifle Vtfan-
l»i<tyatici- as he -sa'ul iu very firm, de-
jcided tm-.e:
••Tin* A]his e Paul says”—
“ There’- fly in tlie h: f er !”
J shrieked the young.-st ; opeful of tftc
family, and a geift-rill laugh foliowed.
When silence wa- restored, tin eldest
.thiUgbier, With aii air- of currodiy,
'said; v .. r
•• Well, but,.pa, i really, woijl l l'ke
u> know what tiie Apo-ile Paul, said.’
“ Pass me t *’e indstavd,’’ said the
pa-tor, absently.
Then the emmnittce rose and tbo
Senate went Into executive session
and soon after'adjourned.
. A Very Gbob Reason.—The rea
son why only , one sample bottle Of
Merrell’s Hm’atinE for the Liver
will he sold to the game person for
teii cents by our.Druggist, Ds. C W.
Long <t Co. is uecause of the ew »^
ward happily, to the realization of the 1 expense of importing the Hepa-
bright vision of a popular En lMt ; tine into this country ; buf as there arc
author when he sa : d; “ I see a "a-t ! fifty doses in the largo size bottles, it
confederacystretclfngfront the frozeu \ seems two cents per dose is icbrajy
North to the glowing 8oiith'; from -enough after n'lfora medicine' th it
the white .billows of the Atlantic to cum* dyspepsia and liver coinplaiiJ.
the calm watersot the Pacific—it main , rYft who have b«M laid a sample bottle
for ten cts at Dil
Rtove.
ianyTcase'of? dye-
refuge of every race' netem; *mia^i!.bli | db ; '-'i s -di??§t' , .' , i 0r
(Mine -toticouie ’together.??^’ (Grt-uf 'liver e*»lh'|iloiot ; u(ai’ ^ize bl'f 11 er,
applause.) ‘ fifty doses, ?1 00.
vne cami waters ui me raeir.C—-« mam , :Y«l wno nave iom nan a raia|nc
that wo dd contain one poople r .oiH< are entitled tb’> • for ten ets, a
language and one faith, and every- t O. \V. & drug
where a home* fbr freemeii ao<l > Three dir-es Velicves; anyTcase of