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VOL. 6. h » ■ '■; -iPP; >Uirj ■: ':xi?«V < liWUl l ibi !J J?tS T — *. 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 ■>Vj _ A ~ ment. -i-tL 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. Aget 7>tf »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