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{ Cr GEOSSiA UBMM The Crawford Gl The citizens of the quiet little town of Crawford, A!«., were three weeks ago, suddenly alarmed at about two o'clock of the eight, by an exceedingly strange and singular noise, or niber hallooing, slightly resembling that made t« riaird *•«, by thffluitnan voice, when utterly Imfi crying in hopeless despair. The time M when it was 'first heard top,, added, ' _\^~~ZZZ __ .. _ ’ , greatly lo lb* alarm, which, even an- NEW SERIES VOL. IV., NO. 4. der any circumstances* would bs ^t* ■ .1 tendant on so «trange an occurrence.— 'smm’fm t© mmis, smira'ass, lUHrgB&TOBK ass ®sn^aa»,®»|,a«s53tii. ATHENS, THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 1850. VOLUME XVm. NUMBER 20 It was on the night of the storm, the mC nt. 1 had marked bis tall and sin- wildest of the season ; the rain was e wy form, with no covering lor bis per- falling in torrents, And a tremendous S onbut night clothes, save his boots, his gale swept, over our town from the hair on end; his shoulders set hack,] North East, when of a sudden tbe sleep* and his abdomen a little proluded ; ing inhabitants,werc^sfanled from their h;s long white night gown marking a slumber, by a sound which seemed to horizontal line from the tail to the arm- bc in the infuriated element—the most * pii^ bekJ S ijfi by the breeze through unearthly that had orcr liefore fallen which the wearer was speedily passing, Upon their cars. The cause of, and and his long and unusually unrnanagea- _WS source from which cnienatcd this , hie legs, making wonderfully quick evo- unusual sound, was, and yet remains a lutions, would have been to you as it biyttcry. Yet scarcely a night has waa me, exceedingly agreeable. On passed since, that you cannot at a late he went until suddenly roonding a cor- hour hear the identical hallooing that n«r ; n i| iC fence, he encountered old rang nut npoii the blast the night of that Tat, who had followed at some dis- storm. Some of our resolute citizens tunce behind, and hearing footsteps have attempted to approach it, when rapidly approaching, had concealed apparently, it would 0*11°° on or n«ar himself in the fence*corner each taking the earth, but such efll.rts1 to gain a the other for the real Ghost'. You can glimpse of its form, (if form it has,) have imagine the mutual consternation of the been unsuccessful. Its powers of loco- two, and especially the Judge. Hav- motion are extraordinarily great, for in ing his foot fairly into it, Tat with a _Jl few seconds afirr hearing the halloo- sullen growl seized th« tail-end of the iog in one place, it may be heard a half gown, throwed his body aback, his mile or more from the spot you sup- lore paws in front, with his eyes closed posed if was. This fact has induced made a dead set lo bring his antagonist some to believe it travels in the air, 1 to a hah. Th$ Judge being in an ex- speculation is rife ns to what it is ; but cecdingly great burry just at this time, for its slight resemblance of the human ! made sundry efforts to release himself iroice, when in distress, it is unlike any from the Ghost, but to no purpose.-^ NOTICE. ATHENS PRICES CURRENT. ed to four years' imprisonment. The poor man knew me. having heard me ! preach in the prison. “Sir,” said hc,.| | OCT - -• • • • Bl “I must die.' He was then in a col-i Those indebted to this office tcill re-1 yU l J • lapsed state—the marks of death were accounts in a fete days, and I ManiiiaftopeT\h.T.V.\y.V.Y.~V.lV.V~ to a upon his countenance. I sat down by ... - . , ' , ■ Beggiug Twiue, lb 2.* a Ilia rude couch and bald Ins pulseless <r,!l confer a/aror a U d Have cost to kc™, per.lb »• hand. Long did I endeavor to point him themselves, by send my us the money j a u nJ r> .. """10 a to the “ Lamb of God who taketh away \per mail at our risk,provided the Tbet j £j}° w, c “ jj * the sins of the world. His spirit grew Master * receipt is taken for the amount. j S P*‘"“ “ * “ • calm and almost joyous, and lie Mimrar i lril „ n .Coffee, R.o. “ 12 a professed that the terrible ** sting” was j LAMPKINft* ADAMS. 1^ Java, “ ^ * gone. Now, said I, “Shearer, you are 1 October 3, 1850. 3t.! Rk'n, « .....I......... 5" perhaps near death, have you any word i „ — * j Sugar, brown. •* s« to send to your family!” ‘Oh!’ said ! REMARKABLE CURE OF MUS. ANN « cS “ i)*a he, ‘ I have a wife and two children—I j CHILD OF CONSUMPTION, AFTER ALL “ ,oaf - “ >* » wish I could see them once more. He HOPES WERE ABANDONED. I£»*’ &. So “ paused a moment, unable to go on. No j Mr. A. L. Scovill: I deem it a duty to let the Liverpool, rack'.'.'."*/. .111 74 a doubt his thoughts were at “home sweet! public kno\v the great value of Dr. Rogers’ Liv- J Steel, cast, per lb 2t a home.” He rallied and proceeded—j erwert and Tar. I was as hr gone with eon-' " if .• Te« m, family dmi l .mi.-oc.at T*' the charge for which 1 suffer. I said j WO rseand worse, though 1 was nmler the care of, "‘d"’ •* a to him “ Mr. Shearer, you arc now in a ; an able professor of medicine. With little or no; .. LV.“i W1 e ’ .. few minutes to stand before that God I h,, P e 1 C ot x }! c a ^ ve ****** and it proved: be nothing gained, but every thing Messing which attends ibis medicine, they can be j Nails noise or sound that could be made by . He now nearly exhausted, and lost by concealing the truth—do not ter at this solemn moment an untruth.” He replied, “ I know it all, I am about lo go before my judge, and to you, sir, l declare with my dying breath 1 am in- anything living. Wo are not prepared knew that if he failed' 10 say what sort of noise, or sound an cate himself, it all wc inhabitant of another world or the grave, him, lit* determined to make a desper- woultl or could make if again permit- ule effort, a main lunge; and this saved led to roam on this earth, yet we are him. The lunge was made, the gown satisfied to say that if such an one was lo parted somewhere in the region of the visit us, it could not make a demonstrn arm-pits, and in a moment old Tat and tiou that would more clearly indirale his part of it was left behind ; in anoth- tbe Country from whence it came, than er moment the Judge was falling ,dpes the grave-yard-like screaming of ■She Crawford Ghost. The more timid bare Imagined it to be the ghost of Grimes, a wild and reckless man who was hung in Crawford many years ago, for murder. He had been often beard to say in his frantic ck'y to exiri- 1 his own dark room, exclaim- ‘ great God* the Ghost, the Ghost!” SPOOK. rinced by calling on me. Sixth street, ivo doors west of Smith. ANN CHILD. Cincinnati, Jan. 31, 1846. For emte in Athens, at the Drug-Store of HILL REMOVAL. Bowen & McNamee, J\'ew I*ork, H ave removed to tiieiu new silk Warehouse, 112 and 114, Broadway, and now of fer for sale probably the largest, richest and most eota- prtkemtire stock of French, India, German, Italian and id Fancy Goods ever exhibited in this A- M Tlie London P«si Offer. -J Perhaps the most remarkable place of its kind in die' world, is the'London tnents, nnd in prison after sentence of Post Office. Our own post office, and death, that his Ghost should re-visit the that of New York are curiosities to the earth to deal out his vengeance on his uninitiated ; but they will not stand a enemies. In his lifetime, when infu- comparison, for one moment, with the riated, he was said to be noted for per- London office. The business done there -petroling a species of screaming rcsem- is almost iucrediblc. Some idea of the Wing that by which we are now almost amount may be gathered, however, from nightly annoyed. The day on which the fact that it employs a force of2903 i Grimes was hung wns one of storms, persons, and that at least 3-50,000 let- ' ‘and ihe night on which our Ghost wns ters pass daily through the Inland dc- m first heard was one of the stormiest of. partment alone. •the season. Some say it is an owl or One of its most curious features is ynlf, but it is neither, as I very well the making up and despatching the In- know. I am an experienced hunter, dian mails, which are sent oft semi and have lived many years in ihe firon-; mouthly, on the 7th and 24th‘. The let- tier settlements, and must he presumed ters are lied in packages, and then plac- to know the sound produced by lhc,cd in iron chests, the lids of which, \ booting of the one, nnd the howling of when once shut, fasten with a spring, , * the other. Others have said, (probably , nnd cannot be opened without a chisel. .bv way of ridicule,) that it is the echo These chests are one foot eight inches _ of the cry of dis-union, that now seems j long, one fool wide, and ten and a half 'to be wafted by every breeze over the ■ inches deep; yet not less than oneliun- land. But all this is mere speculation, j *lred nnd twenty, on the average, are for no. eye hath seen the unwelcome , despatched every month. , After being s stranger, ami certainly norar hath ever closed, they are soldered, and the seal i before heard a sound like it. 1 °f ‘he post office affix-id. They are Notwithstanding our citizens arc >en committed[tothcchargeofan agent, somewhat serious in their speculations, ! w h° accompanies them across France in reference to the subject on which Ij'° Marseilles, never losing sight of * am writing, 1 cannot forbear giving a ‘hern till they are placed on board the .abort history of a very amusing inci-1 reamer for Alexandria, whence they dent which occurred with Judge R., G™ 1 ,,,eir w «y across the Isthmus of and the supposed Ghost a few nights i Suez, and down the Red Sea, to their since. Now every hotly knows the ! 6°°! destination. * Judge to be whole-souled fellow, and • Another object of interest is the dead- } somewhat distinguished for hi* fighting i ^ner office. The number of letters for I qualities. He therelore to he the first i wh™ no owner could be found, and : to gef a sight at the Ghost, and to cap- i which were therefore returned as * tnre it, if stout fighting w*ould do it, tit- j dead, was, in 1849, not less than 1,476,- .tMpwned to go jn search, when it should i 456. Of these 10,572, on being opened, halloo again. Sure enough at the dead : were found to contain properly to the hour of midnight, the Judge was arous- amount of nearly two millions and a ’ ed from sleep by the same familiar hal- half dollars. Frequently, indeed, Ufoiogot the Ghost. In haste he drew i letters containing money are posted on his bools, being snugly enwrapl in j without any direction. Almost fifty his long night gown, he seized his thousand dollars annually come into the doable barrel, and in a second was in London Post Office, in this way, and yard prepared to fight. At this «omeii«ne$ it is with difficulty that the Never had I such emotions. I have stood by many a death bed—by the re joicing Christian and the despairing reb- by the young and the old—but this le was most impressive. He had been one of our law-makers, had sent his influence from the legislative hall lo the extreme borders of the State had moved respected and beloved; yet there he lay—a felon ! dying a felon’s death ! about to have a felon’s burial! and this—all this with a strong proba- ANNUALiS FOR 1851. bility of his innocence ! And then all rriiiE fo Bowing have been he wished his'family to know was, that j -L in death—amid the “swellings of Jor dan,” he persisted in declaring his in nocence. Was there not a possibility that the men who condemned him were not mistaken! Upon them we cast no ceusure. They doubtless did what they believed to he right; but, if mistaken, ob, what a fatal mistake! What a ommentary upon circumstantial evi- atartisriariife accountIbooks, PAPER AND STATIONERY ARTICLES. FRANCIS & L0UTREL, 77 MAIDEN LANE, N. Y. I NVITE Merchants Dealers, amt all who require ar ticles in their line, to mil at 77 .VaiJen I*i»e. A*. Y. We offer every variety of UUnk Rooks. Paper and J* j tuns and import all goods in our line, wo arc enabled j*® i to sell cheap, and offer inducements to buyers. Orders iu ! BLANK BOOKS 11 j for all kinds of business, Ranks. Public Offices, County 12j i Clerks, Setts of Rooks with printed heading for Lodges, 14 l Divisions, and others. Hotel Registers, Time Bunks, 3S j Notes, Drafts, Copy, Pass and Memorandum Books. , S ! COi*r YOUR LETTERS. •$ By tlie use of Francis’ Manifold Letter Writer, Lct- if,- ters arid copies are written'at {he same time; the Ink- 12 is contained in sheets, the ?>en never wears out, both 12 expeditions nnd economical—price from £1 to $o. S CROTON INK. i you want good black writing ink, use the Croton, it lows freely from the pen, and retains its odor Al io Indcllible Carmine and copy Inks. PAPER AND STATIONERY. tu sizes nnd styles of writing paper at mill prices.— Tissue, colored, draw ing and perforated paper, env >pes, gold pens, note paper, scrap books, port foil ;ards,quills, wax, wafers, steel pens, cli ” 121 " articlwwhieh he w>u scavnewpcr ,n | than can he purchased elsewhere .- rootxuf* w*r»A«?*«it vXsiKiv - ? Jcvroirr,ot il*e Broaches Piss, Ear nnd £**?*'* . •f^ssBssasssfe'Tfc?**?** RMl all other articles usually ke« m a ! The superior advantages wh.rii ‘ho subscriber r those y*iacquaiuteJ with the business, nt being a practical Jeweller, renders lum cajiaWe of properly judging tlie value of »U he purchioes and re- cominends to the public. Flute*, Violins Guitars, £e. Pianos from the most celebrated makers and war- INano. Flute. Violin andOultar Mu-w. , All watches ami time-pieces faithfully repaired aud warranted. Athens, Aug 22,1850. ___ _ Valuable Lauda. m\«cr next, before the to, Clarke county, will _ legatees, ami f<»r distr id. belonging to the lat of his death, km O N tlie first Tuesday Court-lun.se, in W v . be sold for the benefit of bution, all that tract of pninl he <li,cavern) hi, oh! ting Tnt,! owners ore dUcuverct!. Some lime vrboin hisdav liml been death 0.1 all 1 «g» ■ letter, on being opened al the .none ol rormi.t,, old Tat wn, evidently j Dead Letter Office, was (band to con- alarmed, hi, hair stood ernight on his >»i“ bent notes to the value of sevea back, he too heard the Ghost. The ] thousand five hundred dollars. A vast Judge spoke a low ward of encourage- n-intherof letters are returned, under merit lot ho doe, and with a wave of the i thi^Kisml treaty, from the United Stales » \ . band .beckoned him to go ahead. This lb London, ns dead, no. claimants lor disposition to pal hitp in van of the 1 them appearing in this country; nn two fight failed to suit old Tat’s noiion of jaeveral occasions, 24,000 were, thus ^ .propriety, and with a growl indicating *rot back. The dead letters are open- ' wolf sign, he slided into his kennel, un- and read* and if no clue can be found der the house. The Judge now quick- j \° the owner, are torn tip and sold for It proceeded iii the dear moonlight to ; waste paper. At the General Post Office lie spot about where be supposed the' at Washington, it is the practice, we bc- Gbost had halloed, and stopped la heve, to bfifo sych letters; and in this listen. At this moment a terri6c noise \ respect we tLink the. London office ex- \ A rang upon the air, but he could not distin-^hibltsless dclicacythan our si Tfi'e se aguish the exact direction from which it t crets of dead letters should be kept in- dcame, in fuci it appeared to him to pro- i vioIaie, atul not.exposed, as they are by \N iceed Irom every direction. He was j* “l e ■* waste paper. cowfor the first time in the presence! Packages, not exceeding in weight of the Ghost., All the stories that he j jwieeo ounces, are permitted lobe sent Nk bad evey heard pf, or read in reference ;®y British mail; and many curious — -»—is'atnl’bbligobblins, passetl in packace* in c.>nsequence pass through J ; Tlie Iri^, The Snow Flake, Cabinet of Moderu Art, Scenes in the Life of Christ, The Winter Bloom, Gems of Beauty, and a numlxT ofuther*.- lic<e will be followed by the choicest publications < t»e season in this line, as' fast as they are issuod, an •ill be offered at very low prices. Please call and examine them at the Bookstore c Oct 3, 1850. CHASE A PETERSON. dene I am informed that a petition had been drawn up to the President of the Unit ed Slates lor his pardon, on the probabil ity—nay, almost certainty of innocence, and that it had more than 1,000 signa tures. But it had not been forwarded. Now i( fs v thft Mrtrl The man-of influ ence—the gentleman—sleeps in a con vict's grave! Barley. This is one of the most valuable win ter crops that can begrown al the South, and as the time approaches to sow it, it may not lie out of place lo give some directions for its culture. In the first place, the. ground must be rich, or you Any time after the 1st to the middle of October, will do to plant New land that has been heavily -penned, yields enormously; the ground should be well broken up, and about one bushel and a half sowed to acre and then plowed or harrowed In its early growth, pigs may run upon it, and alter a while calves, but never full grown stock. Cut it .with a ip hook for horses and cattle, and it almost equal to corn ; there is no green food that sustains a working ani mal like it. After all this cutting and feeding, it will go to seed nnd yield a heavy crop of grain, or may be turned under to feed another crop. The only reason there is no more Barley raised, is the fact that it will not grow in poor soil—and there is so much poor soil! What luxury to stock, in the chilling win- terj to feast upon the tender leaves of Barley. What ai help to the dairy; what a feast to the poultry; and how the poor stunted and shriveled calves lap the frost from it, and nip the bright green leaves. Whoever has a cow and calf, a horse, a pig, or poultry, and can make a piece of land sufficiently, rich, ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE house door in ring the legal uis of sale, on tlie first Tuesday in December next, e tract of land, containing four hundred and fifty res, more or less, adjoining lands of Rice, Dutica and others, whereon is a shoal with a rock dan ' ling a saw mill, „ i houses; it bein the place whereon Geo. W; O'Kelley, late of Madisc County, deceased, resided at the time he tiled. Als at tlie some time and place, will be sold t' viz: Gilbert, a man aoout 65 years of ag ibout forty years of age. White Lead, keg, 23lb# l»t»L.*I!*.*.*.*.’.’.’’** .800 n kit 2 50 a pr belt 100 a 1 00 The co-partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, in the printing business, under the name and style of Lampkin &. Adams, is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. The name of the firm will be used in liquidating its affairs. TERREL!. M. LAMBKIN. HABERSHAM J. ADAMS. Athens, September 26, 1850. 3t. J. H. BUSHNELL, TNTENDING to close bis Daguerrcan room thi ‘ ‘ " ” * * work this season, t srliest t days between 11 and 2 o’clock, should hi nc r^’ • lected for chddren. Room open from 8 A. M, till 5 , md Fn ip jj. tf. Athens, SepL 26, 1850. urty years of age. To bo s«»ld , ^ .... of Ihe Honorable tlie Inferior Court of _ r AMninn i . said county, when sitting for ordinary purposes. Sold V^T Dr LOMBARD has relumed as the propertv of said deceased, for the bem fit of the ! and can be found at lus office all hours of tlie day.— lieirs and creditors. Terms on the dav. ! Having lately visited the North, he has availed himself Oct. 8, 1850. BENJ. F. O’KELLY, Admr. j of all the late ! “— * GEORGIA—CLARKE COUNTY W HEREAS, Benjamin Peeler applies to me for letters of Guardianship of Mary Ann and Wil liam Pinkney Luring, orphans of Sail ford Loving, Jc- These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all pcr ! sons interested, to be and at my office within ihe time prescribed by law, to show cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand, at office, this 1st day of Oc tober, 1850. ASA ll JACKSON, a c, o. ired to furnish gold plates, witho Sept. 1 w Clarke SherifCs Sale. ILL be sold before the Court-house door in the n of Watkinsville, on the first Tuesday in riovember next, between tlie usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit:— One tract of land, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, on the waters of McNut’s creek, ad joining William Epps and otheVs, the place whereon William Shaw, Sr., now lives. Levied upon as the property of William Shaw, by a fi. fa. of Nath: ’**'"** ” *’ Nathaniel Daniell, v: r Court of Clarke County i. Vincent, sirit Great Bargains at BLOOMFIELD’S CLOTHING STORE. Broad Street, Athens Go. T HE undersigned would inform his friends and patrons, that his new, nnd splendid stock of FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING, should plant a patch OI Barley ; It will! Has been received direct from our manufacturing prove .be o>o« profitable crop*-,be | larm.—bnquircr. I I can unhesitatingly say, that my stock is tlie best one . . 1~^~.— T: , - ! that I have ever had the pleasure of bringing fo Tc Ftvn TTTF Tiur civ SitWtrr ' Athens. Having selected n:<*t of the styles myself; 1C riND THE 1IME OF _ OUNRISB.— j ^ wvnujt ^ to u . j^iomible and durable. The tune of sunrise depends upon the ^hile the cheapness, I will leave to your own good latitude, and if you allow yourself too judgment. Without saying more, I cordially invite all rnnr k Intit ■«<<>> in lvinn in h<*«l in . I ^ho are in need of the following articles to call and much latitude in lying in bed in _>he ! Ior thenaelvea. ,o wit: Bln.fc Bro..l Clotli morning, you Will never find the time , Frock, Dress, Sack, and Polka Coats; Black, and of sunrise Stall. . A visit loa ball where, Brown Broad Cloth Overcoats; Orev. and Brown the dancing is kept up with ihe utmost Sit. si W nl latitude. Will be most Ukelv to intro- ing. Kersey, nnd Cashmere Overcoats, cut long for duceypu to.the exact hour of snnrise. | uOL Ak-Ul.. - . , i . I Jean*.and Mole Skin Sack*, and Frock Coat*, Doe “Oh: bow very Strange* that one Skin Cass. Sacks ami Frock Coats, (a handsome arti- coose can. suckle so many cost insi” ; v'e) BHc Poe Skin, anJ English Cass, pants; Fancy ° . . . ... . . , V . ° .. VnelUk Vrn..!. s»l " WOMAN S FRIENDSHIP, Sept ly. CHASE i PETERSON. F° Kennedy's Life of Wirt, |R sale by CHASE 4 PETERSON. Sept, 19. FLOUR! FLOUR!! FLOUR!!! tXTRA Family Flour, conatantly on liand and fo WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY, L ARGE QUARTO, Revised Edition. 8 vo., Un versity Dictionary. High School do., and h; small common School Dictionary. For sale bv Sept 5. CHASE «fc PETERSON. SHEET IRON. J^USSIAN and American sheet Ira ,M 't£Tik. sale. Ten Halts Capa* Boot* and Shoe*! FERRY & CO: toved tlnir s».*.-k of g.wjls to thcsUro icupictlby A. J. Brady. No. 7. GRAN- LI ITE BOW, where they h tinuo to offer upon liberal term*, a very extawvo as sortment of Hats Cap*, anti Sh.v s Trunks V«- liics Carm-t-Baas, Umbrellas au.l such other articles as are usually kept by them. N. B. The market ’ price* will be mid. in Goods or ash, for FUR-SKINS of the following kind*: Otter, in, Fox, Mink, Wild-Cat, Muskrat, Opu S July 25,1S5( 46—ly. MILL STONES AND MILL MACHINERY, FRENCH BURR, HOLLAND, &C. BAK231 A. GAU.OWAV, 76 FRONT STREET, HEW l’OKK July 25, 1850. Sm YANKEE NOTIONS. ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN FANCV GOODS. * PIKE LADD, AT THEIIt OLD STAND, Ni>. 50 NASS AD ST NEW YORK, Comer of Liberty St n Opposite the Pttst-Office, H AVE received a full ami complete assortment of goods in their line, which they will la* happy to sell or show to Merchants purchasing their Fall sup ply of Fancy Goods; consisting iu part of Combs.—Tortoise Shell, Horn, Ivory, German ailver, etc. Btrroxa.—Gilt, Brocade, Lasting'.Bone, Pearl, Shirt, Steel, etc. etc. Brushes.—Cloth, Hair, Tooth, Shaving. Shoe, Point, ♦STARK & KRONER, FRENCH BOOT-.YIAliEUS, ON COLLEGE AVENUE, OPPOSITE THE I'.O. Where we have commenced making fine Boats and Shoe*, and a* we have a ’permanent arrangement made with a personal fricud in New York. «m im ports of the best French JsoXhtr from •c, wc will foivcMK* difficulty I?? haring constant- hand the b'st material in <‘>ir line. We intend „„ not hiii" but the best and mo t fashionable ■ ' our long experience in •d in saving we will be t to all win* may bo dis- Twi , Soaps, Perfumery, Hai md Linen Tapes, Lii t «fe Wilson’s do- at Silk and n Flos t Laces, etc.'etc., Suspenders, all kinds. Pins, Nee dles, Hair Pins, Hooks and Eyes, Thimbles, Knitting Pins, Bodkins, Pocket Books, Silk nnd Cotton Purses, Port Mommies, Steel goods, a complete assortment, Paper hangings, etc. k-TLEEr.—Razors. Pocket cutlery. Scissor*, etc^ctc. German Silver Spoons, Do. do. plated, Britiumw do., Silver and Gold Pencil Cases, Gold Pens, Percussion Caps,Fish Hooks Slates, Pencils,etc- Razor Strops, Iaioking Glasses, Brass Clocks, etc. etc. All goods warranted equal to sample, nnd prices al- t the :t pour 43—3m CHOICE BACON! of Bacon Sides and Slmul- TENNYSON’S POEMS, I N two volume*, and a new supply of FESTUS, by Philip J. Bailev. Just received by ' CHASE A PETERSON. Sept 5. Sign of the Mammoth B<tok. El Dorado, O R Adventures in the Path of Empire, by Bavnrd Taylor July 4, 1850. CONVERSE, TODD &GRAYDON, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Dry Goods, 53 Liberty Street, Cor. of Xassaa, near the Post Offic CHARLES E. CONVERSE, NEW YORK. James gratdo’n. May 9, I860. ly A. B. & D. SANDS, amvMas?3 jmd vmsmsys. Xo. 100 Fallon Street, Corner of William, Wly FOB SALE. I OFFER to sell nta fair price, and if desired, on libe- nil time for most of the purchase money, my plan- nliout two miles from Athens, containing 41.i of which between 150and ICO acres is wood land. In addition to good form buildings, there w pn the place a young orchard of excellent fruit tree*. A part of the present crop of corn, fodder, Ac- together •ith my stock of horse*. Iwg-S ami cattle may bn ought with tlie land if desired. Possession given,ftt. ny time. V. L. G. HARRIS. . Athens, September 5. 1850. . ■ . ■ . NEW GOOBS. T. H. WILSON, H AS m„v«I H. ol<t >t~-k to ll» room <». CWJ^. Avenue recently uccu|noil Ity t H aving montm Un Hotel, lately >«cin«ed II. M. WHITLOCK & CO. 84 Fronl Hired, .Wtc \‘orl', WHOLESALE DEALEBS IN GROCERIES, SELECTED FOR THE S017TUERX TRADE. pT Brandies, Wines, ami Segarsof our own Impor tatiou—Teas, Tobacco, Ac, fine quality. Orders re ceivc prompt attention. J uly 4,1650. ■as ASE «t PETERSON. Harper's JYcw Monthly, W ILL be received as fast as issued by CHASE A PETERSON, Sept 19. Sign of the Mammoth Book. qoHilwrrSWfinlJotraaEb-hiVvaflitr.tL-il »Ik» London Post Office, tnind. His hair stood straight on »d ’ A „ t„ w t M »^.wU. pe.u^ * bis batless head. Recovering tk ; lit- ■ * ^tle from (be fright ibat the close prox- j During the recent cholera sickness « imtiy of b'ts own' proper pertioq: In the ‘ tlii^ prison?the- Services of thej Satin, Cariiracrett, Wool, V Bind Br^J Ckttli, tltmUc wni "injle bre.«eJ Abo, > Ursn nuortment of fnm.lito!! nrtiele,, io.it; — * ~ ' - ” ’kerrhiefo. A poor corsct-maker. oift'of work and • stock* Collars Cravat*, -Handkerrliiels Buck, and ‘stamftg, thus vented her miserabTe , Berlin Glove* ; Kid, Silk and Ontamtrm Glovea; Su»- complaint: “ Shame that I should be P™ 1 *”- , without bread—I that have stayed tlie SIlirtXJ^SilirtS * I ^ , A large supply of our own make, hanjbomely, and stomachs of tKoasamls.” prison the Warden T; of A. .convict 6y I was informed and] that he hnd-formerly been t , ills years a mcuibcr of; thc Statt .. 0 4prin ! turo—had atood very high in tbe estima- Ibe Ghost. .This mode of retreat was lion' of bis fellow-crtizem and jit the slow to suit the emergency, be time of lys ci>nviiilon was.Vprv'eyor of before i-.-i j** 1 laogbed outright, if you could ‘ tnefc^c»rcnm^MU*^jat had been i, ^ Hfgffi him at thTriincr^tfoy wo-! ootTvicted i.t*i,- - < — r -til i M Shirta and Dra : vpry quality aj)<! *tyle, silk, Cotton, Merino, and Wool. iembracingaU the atylea wornat : the.wemat t|ay, . fine Mole Skin, Beaver, Soft BodKfl. it, ic - .11 UMBRELLAS. s?mt _fcftl°vnng ticket, - 1 ^ - d supported by the fnends of Southern i Trunks, Carpel Bags, and Valises, : I Iron frame, and ruaiet Wioa, all- of which will be Rights: ! sold cheap, at the above aaidad store. HON:CHARLESDOUGHERTY, \ **v*»'*'*>•'***. hon. Wilson lumpkin; TIN PLATE AND WIRE. DUPONT’S POWDER. F. F. G. Blasting and extra-fine Rifle Powdei , comtantlr on hand amPfor sale low, wholesah -etail, by Sept 19. T. BISHOP. Three Years in California, /CONTAINING engraved portrait* of Senator* \_y Fremont and Gwynn. and of Wright, Sutter, anti other*—together with litbotinta lUtwtrative of life -there. Al«» fac rimile* of the signatures of the Mem ber* of the Convention. . Just received and for sale by CHASE 4 PETERSON, Sept 5. Sign of the Mammoth Ttoqk RICE! RICE!? RICE!!! Athens, .Sept-19. ijZi, FALL STYLE—1S50. CANDLES! CASDL ES!! S FERAL Adamantine, anil patent Mould Candle^ constantly on hand and for sale low ‘ Atto^SagM!*-, a T , DARIUS THE GREAT. t~»-,f to m THBPREUJDE. 1 tC'S VINCENT*:i I IS AntoVtoyraphical Feeia hr Wnnlaa-onh, jnW 'T'lg-!** V****'?..*'.****""fl ■ A. racri.edSnlTTby CHASE i FETERSOS, I A HWoriaa,-• toe talc at die ctop bn«» rto J. jISSSTS. L0WK J Sept 19, • Boobrifcn.1 SepL 19. CHAJ! A rETERSON. GEO. W. & JEIHAL READ. MANUFACTURERS &. WHOLESALE OEALERSIN HA'Ri, CAPS, BONNETS. Artificial Flower x, UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. aih,,nud for othii AVERY, HII.UAR3> Sc CO. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF Staple aud Fancy Dry Goods No. 70, Broadtaio, N. Y. May 9, I860 ly duvcrincb; howell a co. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, .Vo.62, Cedar Street, opposite the Post Office. ' a. a. wtcmxcK, ja. 1 NEW YORK. l. A no well, - ' > . *1 c. n. m'xcltv. - - ) ' May 9,1S59 , , .'ly Hardware. tVILLUdl IiKiCE A CO. ‘ 'MPORTS1196F- s-' : of HARDWARE, CUTLERY. GUNS, &C. V 32SPeoH StteOrNcw Yvrl, Have constantly on hand a fuU and well «efected st«^k, adapted to the Southern trade. Particular at Rabbit. ;u .*t 29, 1850. .nd Sito j 13, 1850. 40—«t of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, HARD WARE A CROCKERY ; all of which ia fir«*h and ell select ml ■ he hopes hi* friend* ami customcrm, will di and see for tl.cin*clvei>. April 25,1850. ^ NEW SPILING GOODS. g|a 52iT Itlr*- Prllelmrd. ^ ,lt-» the store under the Centra d hy Winfrey A S' her friemls ami the ladle* g they can be bought in any y GcmmI*, Bonnets, Ribbon* ! will l*e sold a* cheap as utlur sforc in the place. W. N. WHITE. At I lie Uni verity Bookriore, J, '‘ 0.2, COLLEGE AVENUE, ATHENS. GEO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLER, COMMON A ND FA SC V ST A TtONKR F; ’ lamps,Vine cutlery, fancy GOODS, TOYS, <£v„ fe. ■ ;! > p Order* filled with promptness and at AronrtA Pioneer Paper Mill T he Proprietors of thi* Mill, situated four mile South-wri-tof Athens arc prepared to purcha» quantity of clean Cotton and Jjinen lings. l-1> may la- offered, either delivered to tfo-m in Ath: or at tlie mill, for which they will pay raaxt cent* ire, Bocks, S iccluinge, paper of the COBB’S PENAL CODE, F OR the ns* of Justice* iff the Peace, just receive and for sale byl {i f QHASE A PETERSON. Attg 22. Sign'of the Mammoth Bool BLANK NOTES. A I/)Tof supeiior Blank Notes, just wleRt tbieoffice..- .,- ^ OU Salt-each*, scrape of lagging, piece* of rope, dr^ ill also be puroliased, at from one to three cent* per on ml, aecoruiiig to quality. Merchants throughout the up-country tire solicitml i purcha>o for us, fo whom, as well a* other*, tlie bo vc rates will be allowed—nnd these price* may bo LADIES’ VfSETTHS. J l’ST received ami for sale a good assortment u laulies Spring und Summer Yfetettc* bv "arch, 21., R. T fc BLOOilFIELD. NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE, , O R Glvosts and Ghosts seer*. F«>r sale bv Sept 5. ' - '• '* * CHASE &'PETERSON. LOGIC OF MATHEMATIC^ - B V CHAltr.ES E HA.VLES—uilli • goil supply of Davies' Antbiucties. Algebra, Survey- ‘°t.5rr‘ a ^ i ‘” 4c ’'c(rASEi rETEBSpics ALLEN’S EDUCATION TABLES, O NE ofthe.uiost pleariiig inventions pf the,age,for cliiliheh,; c»iupo*cd of LetU-rs.NvLijt can bo moved anywhere on die boanl—smlvet not liable fo be Iwt. A few onlv,ju-trroiherl and f«-r sale at the Cheap ..Bookstore of . CHASE & PETERSON. September J. ,; . ... - • - bagging And eOee. \ LOT of heavy GunhV bogging, and best Kenfqfky bale rope, just received and for sale fow for eAsh by Sept. 12. . ‘ T. BISHOP/ SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE CT^/ T IE Annual Meeting of the Southern 'MhluaTBa- surance Company, will be held in the Town Hall, in Athens, loramencmg at 2 o’clock P. M^ on Wednesday, the *tl «y wf'OcfobeT’1860. - ■> SepL 19,1850.3L. . : J. b\ PARSOC-a. v:.,