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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN NOVEMBER 20, 1877. THE CAPITAL QUESTION A SECOND LETTER IX FAVOR OF KEEPING THE CAPITAL AT ATLANTA. [Chronicle nr cl ConVtitutionnlint. 1 In :i letter published some days ago we endeavored to show what has since been clearly demonstrated by tar abler writers, that Atlanta was preferable as our capital, because of < coiwtn;/ • also that it was unreasona ble to suppose that, glte would ever attempt to repudiate her offer, since to do so would effectually rob her of the prize for which she is now so as siduously working. Subsequent and elaborate discussions of tbc subject in both the Atlanta and the Augusta papers, by very distinguished gentle men of the State, determined us to abandon the publication of our second letter, until to-day we are in receipt of a message from a prominent gen tleman in another portion of the State, asking the “ author of the first” to redeem l.is promise by giving to the public a so loud letter on “ Atlanta ns our capital.” We accede to the re- quest reluctantly, hoping that what ever our views may lack in novelty may b<* at least partially atoned for by the sincerity with which they are presented. Leaving, therefore, the question oi economy, together with the collateral issue of Atlanta’s prop osition, we advance to other reasons why Atlanta should he chosen as the permanent seat of onr government. It is, per sc, a more lit. place. At lanta possesses those peculiar advan tages, not only over Milledgcville, but over all the cities of the Slate, which make it best suited to the purposes for which we would now appropriate it, In the earlier part of our history, when we were yet a new State, with out the facilities of railroads; when Mtir commerce was small and mostly local in its nature; when miles and not lime measured distances between jdaces; in short, a long time ago, before we bad fairly entered the great thoroughfare of trade ami become linked in onr business relations with the great commercial marts of the world, .Milledgcville may have been adopted to the necessities of our gov ernment. I?..t now that our State mis assumed its place alongside with the most progressive of the Union, Svith i:s quadrupled population, its increased commerce, its advanced .-ind^ growing civlization, with their l and accumulating interests; its ed and progressive method of iortation and business, Millcdge- longer suited to the exi- s of the times. We have out- i Miiledgeviilc and the halls of .it hers, and mtst now respect fit ly lay them aside, just as manlmod resigns the at tin; of infancy to assume the oomolior vesture of maturer years. Away back, as far as 1851, a committee of architects appointed by a Legislature composed of our “ no ble siers,’’ reported that those anti quated halls were inadequate to the requirements of our government. Now the increased business oi our Stale, with its new departments of Agriculture and Education, its en larged finance and the accumulative wants of more than a quarter of a century, absolutely demand a capital citv which can afford facilities in the management of the interests cf 6nr State superior to those furnished by Milledgcville. Such a city, I appre hend all will admit, we have in At lanta, our present sent of govern inent, for it is in every essential sense, save the one solitary and unimpor tant exception of its geographical situation, the centre of our great commonwealth. In progressiveness, in public spirit, in commerce, atfitlt its banking facilities and its railways reaching out in every direction and bringing within a day’s journey of the capital the remotest parts of the State, it furnishes to our people a truly representative city and one pre-eminently tit for the headquar ters of our government. And in passing I may he permitted to re mark that I cannot see why it is any discredit to other towns and cities of Georgia that we should have one in onr borders greater than them all— one more adopted in every respect to a peculiar object. For why should the sections of our great State seek to dotract from each other ? It seems to me that a broad and liberal spirit would recognize that the glory of one citv and section is the glory of the entire State. They are all members of the body politic. Each section Las its peculiar virtues and advan tages, and as the foot cannot say to the hand or the eye to the ear, “ I have need of thee,” so is it true tint every city, town and village in the State has its peculiar fitness, and neither can or should desire to claim perfect independence of the others. 1 despise that meanness of spirit, that narrowness of philosophy, which from envy would deny to another a virtue which it cannot call its own. Again, Atlanta is a more fit place because the capital will be in a closer and freer communication with the people. By means of her railroads, her telegraph, her ever watchful and enterprising press sparing neither money or energy, the people are brought into the very prcsence of her public servants, so lhat every act and movement of the representative is, as it were, under the eye and espionage of his constituency. Formerly, it was' the. custom in Georgia to require our public servants upon tl eir return from the capital to give an account of their doings in the council ! of State. And now, if, in the lai guage of a prominent gentle man, we '•'•retrograde half a century” aud g< hack to the boasted halls of our fathers, wo will, I tear, be forced to revive this obsolete custom, how ever u ^satisfactory it may be, or remain largely in ignorance of what is going oti at the headquarters of our State. I do not say this in dis paragement of onr aspiring village. I admit that she,has some facilities in this direction—that even if the capi- nencies tainted and dishonored ? No, the argument is but the vain and par. tisan effusions of local politicians- They know only .too well that the 1 corruption so often spoken of in this connection was the corruption, not of Atlanta, but of the Bullock admin istration—a foul and loathsome dis ease, which was confined to no par ticular locality, but which permeated and sickened* our entire Common wealth. Neither Savannah, Macon, Augusta or Miiledgeviilc escaped the fatal scourge. Nor did they, I ap prehend, contribute less of the tnato- i ial which made up that administra tion than did Atlanta herself. The latter city* only because it was the seat of government became the point at which most of this political cor ruption centred and festered. I can not, therefore, but deem it as ungra cious as it is unjust for those cities I CLAIM to have the Largest Stove in this market. CLAIM to have the Heaviest Stove for the price in Athens. | GEORGIA—CLARKE COUNTY. Whereas. Nathaniel Richardson, adminis trator of David Richardson, deceased, petitions in terms of the law to be aisc'.iargcd from said admistmtion— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned to show cause, at my office, on or before the first Monday in Januarv next, against the granting of said discharge. Given under my hand, at office, this 81st day of August, 1677. ASA M. JACKSON, septll-3m. Ordinary. tal he removed we may by means of l which furnished the principal actors I her weekly journals occasionally learn something from the seat of government, hut the difference in this regard between Atlanta and Jfil- ledyeviile is so broad that the admis sion does not perceptibly lessen the weight of our argument. Atlanta is more fit, too, because it is a large and self-sustaining place. Every department of trade is fixed and continuous, being totally inde- pendeir, of the petty patronage it receives from the yearly contributions of the capital. Whereas, in a small town li ve Milledgcville, it is different. The season of its principal business being short, and the time of its pro fits limited, the purchaser—the con sumer at the capital—must account for the difference. I cite barely one instance. Suppose Milledgcville, in caso of the removal, 1 should find a capitalist, as she promises to do, who would build a hotel to accom modate the seat of government. Does not the very fact that it is not there now prove that its •proprietor will look for his profits alone from the forty days’ term of the legislature. And thyre being no healthful compe tition a; in larger cities, would it be uureasf nable to expect the sagacious propric i r to “make hay while the sun shines?” Just so with every oilier matter of expense connected with tli i seat of government. When a capital makes the place and not the place the capital, you raise up an army o:‘government suckers, who ply their trade with exclusive reference to the fr tate House patronage. The people are the sufferers. It it be not too much then to hope that the fair-minded reader is ready to in that shameful political farce which for four long years was enacted in our State to now stand off aud with pharasaical impudence hurl their anathemas against a city which only by chance furnished the boards—the theatre merely in which it was en acted. Corruption is indeginous to no particular place. It was the men whom usurpation and reconstruction placed in power over as and not At lanta who cursed the State. Nor do I believe that the peop'.e of Georgia are so easily imposed upon either by the cheap harangue of the dema. gogue or by the rhetoric of the sentimentalist as to be deluded into believing that a simple return to the “hall of our fathers” will operate as a panacea to all the evils of govern ment. If there he corruption in our gov ernment and the people are sincere in their desire for reformation let them adopt a means which will se cure their object. They will never reach the difficulty by changing the capital. The evil lies deeper than this. Whatever demagogues may tell you, you may as well attempt to purity the waters of a stream by changing its channel bed as to purify legislation by changing the capital. We are taught in the Book of Books that when the wise man would change the character of the waters lie goes to the fountain head and seeks there to purify the spring, in order that sweet waters may How forth to bless and fructify the land. Thus, too, with leg islation, and with all human action. If you would have it pure, you must go to the origin ; you must penetrate the depths of human character, and know GEORGIA—CLARKE COUNTY. ^ Whereas, Albert II. Edwards, administra tor of Riehajd Hughes, deceased, petitions in terms of the law to be discharged from said administration— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned to show cause, at my office, on or before the first Monday in January next, against the "ranting of said discharge. " Given under my hand, at office, this 11th of Sn August, 1877. ASA M. JACKSON, f*0[>tll-3m. Ordinary, ’CLAIM to have the Finest Ar ranged and most Elegantly Finished Cook Stove Mann - factured. I CLAIM that I can Furnish the Bek Tinware in the State as Cheap as inferior Tinware is now sold at in Athens. I CAN Substantiate the abov claims and would be pleased to do to any one desiring to purchase. Call and be convinced r.t the SIGN OF THE BIG COFFEE POT. Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. J. C. WELKINS, aug7-8m admit tl tat for economy, for convent-1 that the source is pure ere you can hope cnce and for adaptability to the pres ent necessities of our government, At- lanta is to be preferred to Milledge- vilie, le , us inquire, in the last place, if there beany merit in the only re maining objection urged against At lanta. For if it be true that our Leg islature ; are corrupt and that purity of legislation can be secured by a re moval c f the capital, then, indeed, docs it behoove every good and conscientious citizen to ignore all other considerations and givs his vote for Milledgeville. — But be lure we surrender a capital city so pro-cminently suited in every other respect, it may be well for us to satisfy ourselves that the remedy of the evil, if evil there be, is to be found in a re moral if the seat of government. And if, too, the moral character of our influ- lators hi dependent upon clirnaiic legis- ences, i; may be well for us to ascertain what section of our State is most con ducive to social and political integrity. to atjf.in the blessings of an honest and upright government Let us keep the capital where it is, endorse the new Constitution of reform, and scud good men to the Legislature, and we shall soon have a government in Georgia of which we and our children may he proud. Augusta. THE SOUTHERN SIDE • OR, AHDERSOHViLLE PRISON Compiled from Official Documents in the hands of RUDOLPH STEVENSON, M. CLARKE COUNTY. Claris:© Cotia.t,y. /’tLARKE SHERIFF SALE.-Will be sold \j Defore the Court House door in the City ot Athens, Clarke County Ga., on the first Tues’day in December next, within the legal l ours of sale the fallowing property to-wit: all that tract or pnrsel of land, situate lying aad.beiug in the City of Athens, Clarke conniy, Ga., with ail of the improvements there on. The place where on John C. Jackson and Jane E. Jackson, the defendants now lives, known as the Clancy lot with (lie exception of seven eights of an acre heretofore sold to Hartwell Jackson. Said lot bein" situated in the City of Athens on the north side of Hancock avenue, adjoinin'* lot known ns Mrs. General Smith lot, andc natin ing two acres. Less the seven eights of ond acre sold ofiot said lot to Hartwell Jackson and levied as the property of the defendants and for the purpose of making of this lew. a deed was made aud pled in the Clerks office of the Snne rior Court of Clarke county arid deed recorded uj-vii uj 'iuuu « ii. iu, irom tperior Court, August Term, 1877. W. B. Haygood, vs. John C. Jackson and JanoE. Jackson all to satisfy the above stated fi. fa. Nov. 6,1877 J. A. BROWNING, Sheriff (GEORGIA—CLARKE COUNTY. Whereas John E. Pope, guardian of his ite, Mattie A, Pope, applies to mo for letters of dismission from said guardianship— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to show cause at my office, n or before the first Monday in November next, why said letters slionld not be granted. Given under my baud, at office, this 19th day of September, 1877. . ASA M. J A.0KS0N, Ordinary. scpt25-lm. QEORGIA—CL ARKE COUNTY. ” Whereas, Eugene W. Brydye, adminis trator of Samuel Freeman, (colored,) deceased, petitions in terms of the law to be discharged ::rom said administration— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to show cause at my office, on or before the first Monday in January next, against sard discharge. Given under my hand, at office, this the 4th day of September, 1877. ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary. sept25-Sm. nov6-30d. ,4 DMINISTRATORS SALE.—By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Oconee county, will be sold on the 1st Tuesday in December 1877, before the court house door m \\ atkinsville, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, one tract of land in said countv ftdjoimng lands of Abv Fa i hrongh, L. B. N! Cochran, Fnuik Durham and this, containing three hundred and flf y-ninc (359) acres loo acres native forest, 100 acres fine bottom land the remaining ISO acrc-3 good up land a new cottage building on said place containing four rooms, all necessary sub buildings, a fine spring of water convenient to dwelling. Sold as the property of Thomas N. Poulain, deceased for the benefit of the heirs and c editors forms. '»• . J M. Eliza Puhuii, ovo-4t. Administratrix. Executor’s S*ale. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordi nary of Oconee county, and in pursuance of the last will and testament of John O. Thrasher, deceased, will be sold before the Court-House door, in Watkinsville, of said county, oil the first Tuesday in December next, during the legal hours of sale, the following property, to- wit: one tract of land known as the John O. Thrasher home.place. There is a good two story dwelling, a gin house, packing screw, and all neocssaTy out-buildings on said place, .here are three hundred and sixty-five (365) acres more or less hi said tract of land; two hundred acres original forest, a few acres of good branch button, the remainder iu cultivation and old field pine. Also, at the same time, before the Court- House door, in Athens. Clarke county, Georgia, three lots in the city of Atnens, formerly owned by John Bird—one known as the Bird'lot, and one as the Aaron lot, improved; one vacant lot —one acre in the Bird lot, arid one-half acre in each of the others. Said property sold far the purpose of paying the debts of raid deceased. Terms—note with approved security, pavab’e 25tli dav of December, 1S77. nov6-4t. R. R. MURRAY. G eorgia, oconeejcounty.—Ormna- iiy's Office, November Oth, 1877.—Rich ard Tribble has applied for exemption of per sonalty, and I will pass upon the suine at 10 o’clock, a. m., November 26th, 1877, at my office in Watkinsvillc. JAMES R. LYLE, Ordinary. novlC-3t. QEORGIA-CLARKE COUNTY. Whereas, Nathaniel Richardson adminis trator of Jane G. Richardson, deceased, petitions in terms ot the luw to be discharged from saict administration— f hose are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to show cause, at mv office on oi before the first Monday in .January next' against the granting ot said discharge. ’ ’ 0 f Aug n ust”l8 r 77 nyh ' lnd> at ° ffiCe ’ ‘ h!8 Slst dn >’ „ ASA M. JACKSON, septU-om. Ordinary. GEORGIA—C L A RK ECOIJ N T Y. Sophie Whitlow, j Libel for Divorce, in „ v *; r f Clarke Superior Court, Gilbert \V hitlow. ) August Term, 1877. j’ 1 ? Court by the return of the Sheriff, that the defendant, Gilbert Wnitl. w docs not reside in this eountv, and it flirt, ler appearing that he docs r.ot reside in this Stitc, it is on motion ordered that said defendant appear and answer at the next term of this Court, or that the case be considered iu default and tiie plaintiff bo allowed to proceed It is further ordered that this notice he pub lished in the Athens Georgian once a month for four months, before the next term of Court. Done in open Court. JACKSON & THOMAS, Attorneys for Libellant. Granted: GEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C. I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of tbc Superior Court of Clarke County, at August term, 1877. JOHN I. HUGGINS, Clerk. NEWS SUMMARY. —The largest shipment of grain ever made from New York to Eng land was on the 31st day of October— 1,000,030. It went to Cork, Dublin and Antwerp. —In a consistory, to be held about Christmas-tide, the Pope will create live or six new cardinals to fill the gap in the Sacred College, which, though full only a few months ago, lias now been reduced to sixty-three members. —Fanny Davenport has been riding Oco32.se Ooiaaa.'ty. ■yrOTICK—GEORGIA OCONEE COUNTY.— ill Whereas, R. R. Murray Executor cf John O. Thrasher deceased, applies for leave to sell the real estate cf said deceased, therefore all /GEORGIA, OCONEE COUNTY.—Ordina- j persons concc‘tied are hereby notified to show For I do not know that Milledgeville ; on a locomotive from Buffalo to has the right to assume in the outset ,| Pittsburg. Until some other actress * she has this peculiar advantage | makes the trip from New York to till other places of the State. At Chicago on the smoke stack of a loco- least it is but reasonable to ask her to prove it. In the first place, I believe that pure legislation is dependent upon pure le gislators, and that the/>l«ce has noth- motive, Miss Davenport will remain the best advertised star. There is nothing like genius. —At Wuizen, near Leipzig, one ^ . t -, , , hundred and twenty-eight persons mg to do with it. In the second place, were lately made ill bv taking dis- I do not believe that our General As- j ease< j meat, which -was traced to a senoblv is composed of men so c.mipt j f armer riameil Moeller, that they cannot be trusted in a city, j cost Mr. Moeller but must be sent to some secluded town in tlie interior to protect them from bribery and the corruptions of external influences. It is a practical question, therefore let each county answer for it self. 1 s your member corrupt, that he may net be trusted in Atlanta? If so, then wiry do you not elect another? For surely you have some men withiu your borders whom a few weeks sojourn in one of the prominent cities of your State cannot corrupt. Again. I ain unwilling to believe that the moral influence of Atlanta upon legislation is pernicious. I am unwilling to believe that the Jack- sons. tho Blcckleys, the Hammonds, the Gartrells, the Colquitts and Gor dons, and a host of others whose homes and families constitute the so cial influence of Atlanta—that they exercise a corrupting influence over the politics and politicians of the State; that they breathe forth a moral miasma that infects and poi sons every pure and lofty statesman who comes within her borders. If this wore true, why, then, have not the Lawtons, the Bacons, the Walsh es, the Hardemans and Reeses, and the host of others who have been sent up from the southern sections of our State coinc back to their constit- ■This iniquity cost Mr. Moeller the sum of $4,500 in the shape of a fine. Two butchers, his accomplices, have had to pay SI,500. —The Illinois State Board of Ag riculture reports that the corn crop iu that State this year is 301,646,473 bushels. At thirty cents a bushel, which is a low average, the crop brings t.o the farmers $90,493,941. The acreage planted was 8,935,411, the average product per acre being over thirty-three bu-hcls. —When Thiers was President of Fiance, he ordered copies for the Louvre of all the masterpieces of sculpture and painting in the great museums and galleries of Italy, Germany aud Spain, to be made by Freuch artists. The collection was begun and pushed under his adminis tration, but has not yet been com pleted. —Texas made this year 700,000 bales of cotton, from which will be obtained 480,000,000 pounds of seed. This seed, converted into oil, would bring over $14,000,000. The total exports of cottou from the port of Galveston during the season just closed were 485,814 bales, of which 256,928 went to foreigu, and 238,886 to domestic ports. Formerly Surgeon iu the Army of the Con federate States of America; Chief Surgeon of the Confederate States Prison Hospitals, Ander- sonville, Georgia; Surgeon and Medical Pur veyor of the Confederate States Prisons East of the Mississippi river. Together with a review of a portion of tho, testimony of tho witnesses in tho celebrated u Wins Trial,” and brief notices of some of tho works that have appeared on Southern Prisons by Northern Authors, WITH Containing tho names of about 13,000 Union Soldiers who died at Andersonvilfc; giving number of their graves, their rank, the Compa nies aud Regiments to which they belonged, and the date of their dea'h, ns registered by the author and others. Also, Cause and Classification of the Diseases incidout to Prison Life; Comparative State - incuts of Prisoners captured, und deaths m Northern and Southern Prisons; A Chapter on the Exchange Bureau, etc., etc COITJDITXO^S : This work is printed, from new, clear type, in One Large Octavo Volume oj nearly 500 Pages, 'WITH SEVEN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP. u ry’s Office, November 8:'::, 1877.—Boston Young, colored, has applied l'or exemption of personalty, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o.clock, a. in., November 30th, 1877, at tny office in Watkin.ville. JAMES R. LYLE, Ordinary. novlS-St. G EORGIA—CLARKE COUNTY.—V> licrcas, Thomas L. Gantt applies to me for I.etters of Administration on the estate of Frances E. Gaunt, late of the Stutc of Mississippi, dee’d— These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all concerned to show cause, at my office, on or be fore the first Monday iu January next, why said Letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand, at office, this 12tli No vember, 1877. ASA it. JACKSON, Ord’y. THE 80IIIHEHH MUTUAL INSURANCE ocavrip^ixr'sr, A.TKS1TS, GEORGIA. Y0UNG;L"G. HARRIS,“President STEV£\S TllOfl AS, Secretary. Gross Assets, April 1, 1877, - • $784,537 02 Resident Directors. cause at iny Office on or before, the first Monday in November next why said leave should not bo granted. Given under my hand at office this 29tb day of September 1877. oct2-30d. J. R. LYLE, Ordinary. EOfiGIA—OCONEE COUNTY.—Board op tj County Commissioners Sitting for County Tax and other purposes, Tuesday, tub 2jin day of October, 1877. Ordered that ninety per cent, be levied upon the State tax for the year 1877, to be divided * iu specific per cent, to each particular obieet and purpose as hereinafter specified, so as to raise for the several objects and purposes below enumerated the following respective sums or amounts, viz: To build or repair Court-Houses or .Tails, Bridges or Ferries, or other pub lic improvements £ 500 To pay Sheriffs’, Jailers’, or other other officers’ foes, that they may be legally entitled to out of the county... 300 To pay the expenses of the county for Bailiffs at Court, non-resident witnesses in criminal cases, fuel, servants’ hire, stationery, and the like 500 To pay Jurors 700 To pay expenses incurred in sup porting the poor of the eountv, and as otherwise proscribed by the code GOO Youxo L. G. Harris, John H. Newton, Hr. Henry Hull, Aluin P. Bearing, Col. Robert Thomas. iuy22-wly. Stevens Thomas, Eliza L. Newton, IFkrdinand PiiiNizr Dr. R. M. Smith, John W. Nicholson, It will be delivered to subscribers al the following prices: Beautifully Bound in E»slis!i Cloth, $3 00 ** “ Sheep,...— tOO “ “ Hair-Calf, 5 00 * Payment to be made on Re ceipt of the Work. Persons giving their signatures to these conditions, will be considered subscribers to this Work. But no obligation will rest npon any sub scriber to receive the book unless it equals, in every respect, description giveu and sample shown. TURNBULL BROS., Publishers. J. E. RITCH, AGENT. ATHENS, GA. ITo-bice- All persons having demauds against .Mrs. Lucy Y. Do'iprec, (late of Clurke county,) de ceased, arc hereby notified to present the sumo for payment to either of the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to said deceased ; arc requested to make imme diate payment. August 18th, 1677. JOHN A. flUNNICUTT, i ... THEODORE E. ATKINSON, f 8 - sept4-6w. 0 1877. 1877. Boots and Shoes TO Oll DEH. 2T. W. Hau&rup, Artist. Has removed his Bliop tc the McDowell Build ing, on College Avenu<“- Friecs liberal and first-class work guaranteed, jnne 16, 1875—33-ti $>• •w&tx. Boot anil shoe Manufacturer COLLEGE AVENUE, {NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE, On hand, Uppers for making Low Quartets Congress, Alexis-Ties, and Prince Alherts. Re pairing promptly executed. Send ten dollars, oar ma>l or express and yon shall receive a first lass pur cf boots. jnne 30 1875-85-tf. Fashionable Goods. I HAVE JUST RETURNED FBOM NEW York with a full and carefully selected line of Cloths, comprising west of England Lover- tons, Venetious, Docaator, Suitingrf, etc., etc., all of the best quality and Latest I in don Styles. Also a fine lot of American fabrics, prices to suit the times. Fancy Suspenders, Neckwear, Handkerchiefs &c., that comprises novelties not to be found elsewhere. Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to And sat>sfaction guaranteed. Particular: at tention given to cutting and making of children’s clothing. J. cTfERRIS. No. 7 haw Range, McIntosh St., Augusta, Ga. Oct2-lm. Tile balance of said levy to be applied to the payment of any other lawful charges*ag.unst tho eountv. The law requires the taxes to be collected and paid in by the loth of December, and it is hereby strictly enjoined upon the Tax Collector to complete his collections mid to settle his accounts with the County Treasurer by that time. It is much easier to collect taxes before, than after December. The law concerning de- licqueut Tax-Collectors will be strictly enforced upon failure to make settlement within the time prescribed by law, without a lawful excuse. ' __ M T . Y. ELDER, Chairman. I.. DURHAM, Clerk. oet0-5t. CON EE SH ERIFF’S SALK.—Will- be sold _ before, the Court-Hou.39 door iu the town of Watkinsville, between the legal hours cf'sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, tbc fol lowing property, to-wit: Three hundred and ninety-two acres of lnnd, as the property of John Michael, adjoining lands of J. E Lowe, Ridgeway— J *’ ' ..... place. from the . ot Oconee county, r tiirnable to February term! 1870, in favor of E. A. Smith, trustee, etc., vs. said John Michael. Levy made by J. H, Jackson, Constable, and fi. fa. turned over to me. Property (minted out in said fi. fa. Also, at snine time and place,'one hundred | and eight aores, more or less, adj lning lands of J. E. Lowe, Ridgeway and others, .known as pi’rt of the Joel Morton place. Levied on to satisfy a fi. fa, issued from* Superior Court and returnable to August term, 1869, of said Court, in favor of John W. Harris and James A. Price, executor of James W. Harris, deceased. nov6-4t W. W. PRICE, Sheriff. J OB WORK OF EVERY JDE scriptisn done at this office. 2vZa.cli.son. Coioxrby. M S' _ sold before the Court-House door in the town of- Danielsville, Madison county, on tho first Tuesday in December, 1877, one tract of land containing one hundred acres, more or less, adjoining lands of John W. Porterfield, N. W. Pittman and others, lying and being in the 383rd District, G. M., in the said county of Madison. Levied on as the property of Marcus D. L. Pittman to satisfy a fi. fa. obtained in the Justice’s Court of the 383rd District, G. M., in favor of Robert Williams. Levy made and re turned to me by O. P. Hopkins, L. C., on Octo ber 1st, 1877. Legal not.ee given to M. D. L. Pittman, tenant in possession. This Novem ber 1st, 1877. J. W. KIRK, Sheriff. nov6-80d. ”