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CHRISTMAS STORY. THQ VACANT SEAT. BY COBB, JR. It was on till morning of the day licfore Chrtatmas. Most of the people wlio lived in the little hamlet of St. Anne’s were looking forward with joyous Anticipates to the mor row ; hut not all. In the cot of Arkwright, the pilot, there was sadness instead of joy, ami the looking forward to the Christmas time was sadder still. Sitting down to the table on this morning before Christmas, were Mrs. Arkwright and three children—the widow and the fatherless. The widow was a woman of ftve-and-forty, ret fair and comely, though care and sorrow had drawn deep, dark lines npon her face. Of the children the oldest was a girl. Mary, of fifteen ; and the youngest a boy, of eight. And at the table were two vacant seats—one at the head, and anotlier on the right of the head. And this is why they were vacant: Six years before there had been another child in the household—the first-born—a stout boy. named Edward. At the age of sixteen he had been able, when circumstan ces required, to take his father's place at the or outgoing vessels, and had been looked upon by the hardy pilots and fishernleif of St. Anne’s as a lad of more than usual Strong and manful for his age. and handsome and good, he had been not only the pride and joy of his parents, but the pride of the hamlet. One day, six years ago, Edward went out in charge of a vessel bound to Liverpool, taking with him only a light dory in which to return when he should have piloted his charge lieVond danger. A sudden and unlooked for storm arose, and Edward came not back. It. was said, by those w!k> iwylfrstood such matters, that he must havf wfr*Ae vessel before the coming of the storm. Three days afterwards the wreck of his dory was picked np outside the Black Rocks, and there was no more waiting for the lost one. Following a custom which their fathers with them from another land, Edward's seat at the frugal board had )>cen from that tune left vacant. Morning, noon and night the Chair which the brave youth had once occupied was set. in its accustomed place, nnd perhaps they, in their simple faith, imagined that the spirit of the departed might sometimes keep them company, and witness theif sorrow, and know, of a verity, how much and how truly they had loved him. 4>oen at the right of the head ; and nw#—wbw—anotlier seat was vacant. During the Autumn last passed the husband and father had been swallowed up in the sea. and the chair which he had occupied for full thrge-and-twenty years str/ -ant by the side of the other. Surely S' . was upon the humble household. Aye,* vcr > *nore than sorrow—want stared them in thews.o- And yet, perhaps, this very wolf barking at their door tefVea to blunt and smooth the ragged edge of the keener misery. “Mother,” said Mary, looking tip from the breakfast-table with a face that bore marks of an age beyond her years, “to-morrow is Christmas.” “Yes, mv child ; but it can be no Christinas to ns. Christmas should le joyous. Alas ! joy is not for this household P* mother," tlie evening of to-day will be ffrltWas-Eve.” “Certainly, ni}' child.” “ Did you not say, mother, that after Christ mas-h S-e We would have but one vacant seat at our boanV r An expression of paiitffASsed over the face of the matron. “Yes, Mary,” she replied, huskily, “ I said so; and I think so it must he. H.id Edward been with us he would have been at the head. The single vacant seat will keep the mem ories of both fresh and green. And, moreover, I see that, ere long, we must sell our chairs, and content us with more simple scats. One chair we will keep, and it shall be severed to the memory of both our loved ones departed.” And on that evening the chairs which were to be sold were set apart, and the widow and her three children sat at the table upon rough wooden boxes. Only one chair remained— at tljw head of the board—vacant. While the family were at their painfully frugal repast, the door was unceremoniously opened, and Phiflip Seabury entered. He was a pilot—had been a dear friend of John Arkwright—and was a bluff, big-hearted man. He was welcomed heartily, for a ray of something akin to sunshine came in with his honest, genial face. ** Phillip,” said the widow, reluctantly, “I wish we could ask you to sit at our board ; but, alas f It could only be an empty invita tion.'* “ I had thought of that, Mrs. Arkwright, and partly for that reason am I here. We want you to have as merry a Christinas as you can, and—” life widow pnt up her hand. ** Hwsh. Phillip. I know the goodness of your heart, and I appreciate it; but I cannot think of an attempt at joy for the morrow. It #ould seem to me almost impious. Perhaps, at some time, should the need come more cruelly upon me, I may ask a favor: but not of joy far the morrow. No, no,—l feel that we can best serve ourselves, and pay respect to the dear ones gone, by making our Christ mas a day of mourning. We will remember the Crucifixion rather than the Birth.” The old pilot sat by the fire, and rubbed bis hands over the lazy flame, and after an extended reason of reflection he looked up as though anew idea had struck him. By the way, Mrs Arkwright, did you ever know the Dolorosa family V' The widow said she had never known them, though the name hail a familiar sound. They c**ce lived not far from here,” pursued Seabury,* “and they had a son who was a pi lot, Excuse me. but their case was, in some respects, so near like your own, that I couldn’t help thinking of it. But I won’t go on if you wish me not.” “On the contrary,” said the widow, “I should like to hear the story. Even in direst misfortune companionship is a relief.” And she and her little ones came and gathered around the fire ; and she added, —“Tell me the story, Phillip.” “It was your own case that marie me think of it just now,” said the pilot, still rubbing his hands over the fire. “ You see, old Dolo rosa—queer name, isn’t it ?—was a pilot, and Ins eon was a pilot.—D’ye wonder they made me think of old John and Edward ?—One day, as I was told—l didn’t see it myself— young Dolorosa, the lad, went out in charge of a vessel bound to some foreign port, taking his skitf to come back in. While he was gone a dreadful storm came on ; and it was known that he must have left the vessel, and that the sudden storm caught him in his egg-shell of a skifT. Of course he was lost, —but, as it turned out, he wasn't lost for all time. Some years afterwards—l won’t say just how many —young Dolorosa, grown to be a grand and handsome man, came home, and joy came with him. He had l>een all the absent years in India, and had grown rich, —that is, rich for him, —rich enough, at all events, to sup port the old home without another stroke of work.” “ Bless Got! for tle joy given to that moth er !” said Mrs. Arkwrighi, folding her hands u|>on lier breast. “My boy can never come back to me! But—liow was he saved, and why did he go to India Y' “Thns it was,” answered Phillip—“and this I have from one who heard him tell the story: On that day of the storm he had left the vessel he had piloted ont, as had been supposed. When the storm caught him it swamped him very quickly, but be clung to his light boat, and as good luck would have it, he was picked np by an ontward-bound Indiaman. Of course he was forced to keep on in the ship; and when they reached Cal cutta the owners had planned that the ship should go into the Chinese trade. A grand chance to make money was offered to our young pilot, and he accepted it; and there he sailed, to and fro, in those far-off waters, doing so well all the time that his folks at home were mourning him as dead.” “ And did he not write to his mother du ring all those weary years P* asked the wi dow, deprecatingly. ~ Aye,—be sure he did ; but not one of his letters came to hand. Two of those letters, he afterward learned, were lost by the wreck ing of the ships in which they were sent. How tlie others miscarried he could not dis cover. And thus, you see. he came to his home like one risen from the dead.’’ A silence fell upon the group as the pilot concluded his story, broken only by the low sobs of the stricken widow. At. length Sea bury arose to take his leave. Before reach ing the door he turned, twirling his hat nerv ously in his hands. “Mrs. Arkwright,” lie said, “we aren’t go ing to impose upon you ; but somebody has made arrangements for a grand Christmas dinner for yon to-morrow. It will be sent to you, and if you don't want it, you can throw jt out of doors.” And with this the old pilot disappeared; but he was not gone long. In a very few minutes he caine back, and a companion came with him. “Mrs. Arkwright,” lie said, “it’s astonish ing how things do turn out. Just ns I was leaving your door who should I meet but the very man I'd been telling you about—young Dolorosa.—and here lie is. If I’ve left out any parts of his story’, perhaps you can get him to tell the rest himself. This is .Cbrist mas-Kvc, Mrs. Arkwright, and I’ve no doubt you have much to make you sorrowftrt ; but, I declare for it, I’m going to wish you, and Mary, and little Nellie, and little Tommy, a right ine.rry Christinas for the morrow !” And again Seabury disappeared, but he left a stranger standing in the room—a strong grand-looking man, though young, with the odor of the sea upon him. He stood a few moments where the old pilot had left him, and then his whole frame quaked as though he could endure no more. He stretch ed forth his hands, and a single word drop ped from his lips—a word next akin to Heav en—a word holy and sacred beyond all other earthly things—a word beautiful and divine from the foundation of the world, —“ Moth er !” And it had been the story of her own Ed ward that Phillip Seabury had told. It was a long, long time, clasped in the strong arms of her son, before sho could realize it all; but reason came at length, and joy came also. And on the following morning the bright December’s sun ushered into the Widow’s cot a Merry Christinas indeed. A Christmas Song. While Christmas bumpers deep arc qua fled, And night long revels kept, Be ours the more delicious draught From Iloreb’s rock that leap’t. Let toners hiccough songs obscene And pass the ribald jest; We cheerful sing the joy serene, In Temperance possessed. While Bacchus spreads the festal board, llis brimmers drowning sense— From nature’s sweet canteen—the gourd, We’ll drink to Abstinence. Ye fair on whom Rum’s evils fall, Like sword of double edge ; Young men and old, come one—come all, And join our Christmas pledge. To water pledge ! Distilled of God, No demon's in its foam ; It gives a character abroad, And happiness at home. Ttmptranrt Trtasury. Legal Weight. The following is the Legal Weight of a bushel, as fixed by an Act of the General As sembly, approved February 20th, 1875 : Wheat, .... 60 pounds. Shelled Corn, ... 56 “ Ear Corn, ... 70 “ Peas, • , . . 60 ** Rye, • 56 Oats, 32 “ Barley .... 47 “ Irish Potatoes, - - -60 “ Sweet Potatoes, - - 55 “ White Beans, . - . 60 “ Clover Seed, . - 60 “ Timothy, - - *45 “ Flax, - . - 56 “ Hemp, - . . 44 Blue Grass, - . . 14 “ Buck Wheat, . . - 52 “ Unpeeled dried Peaches, - - 33 “ Peeled dried Peaches, * * 38 “ Dried Apples, . - . 24 “ Onions, . - * 57 “ Stone Coal, - - 80 “ Unslaked Lime, - - 80 “ Turnips, . * 55 Cora Meal, - . . 48 “ Wheat Bran, - - 20 “ Cotton Seed, . *3O “ Ground Peas, - . - 25 “ Plastering Ilair, - - 8 “ ♦♦ 1 I “You here again, sir,” remarked the mag istrate. “Scuze me. Judge,” replied the vic tim ; “I’ve been vazzinat’d four (hie), five times, an’ juz I spozed, ’s too much, to much.” —Brooklyn Argus. A man was found dead on a country road in Kentucky, recently, with fourteen bullet boles in him, and the coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of “Death from undue excitement.” “My landlady,” remarked a man, “makes her tea so strong that it breaks the cups.”— “And mine,” said another, “makes her’s so weak that it can’t run out of the pot.” The Yreka Union's devil is delighted with the new pi*fcaek skirts. He and his holly hock went out walking last Sunday night, and just for experiment imagined it rained] and he says they could just snng up under one umbrella lots easier than they could last winter. 11? Kerosene Oil, 25 cents per gallon, at Kilgore’s stand, Athens. best Wagon Yard in Athens, at Kilgore’s stand. SUNDAY READING. TESTIMONIES OF THE DYING. BY REV. J. 8. C. ABBOTT. The testimonies of the dying contain important lessons for the living: The name of Sir Humphrey Davy is one of the most conspicuous in the annals of the past. Asa philosopher be attained the highest eminence. He-had opnlence which enabled him to surround himself with all the luxuries of life. His celebrity gave him rank which made him a welcome guest in the castles of nobles and the palaces of kings. This illustrious man as he placed his bead upon the pillow of death left behind him the following testimony: “I easy no qualities of the mind and intellect in others, nor genius, nor powc£ nor wit, nor fancy. But if I could cljoose what would be most delightful and I believe most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing, for it makes life a discipline of good, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, throws over the decay of existence the most gorgcona of all lights, awakes life in death, and calls from conniption and decay beauty and everlasting glory.” Such testimony from such a man is certainly worthy of being deeply pondered by every thoughtful mind. And how much confirmatory testimony have we of the same nature. Recall to mind the words of Prince Albert as he was breathing his last amid the splendors of one of England's most gor geous palaces: “I have enjoyed wealth, rank, and power. But if this were all I had, how wretched should I be now. “Rock of ages cleft for ine. Let me hide myself in thee.” Visit in imagination the solitude of Marsh field, where Daniel Webster is dying with a heart broken by disappointments and regrets. The silence of the dying chamber is disturbed only by the ticking of the clock, and the breaking of the snrf upon the shore. It is midnight. Listen to the last utterance of that voice to which a nation has often lent its car in willing homage : “The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” The silence of the death-chamber remains for a few moments nnbroken, when again that voice is heard exclaiming in its solemn and fervid tones: “Show pity. Lord, 0 Lord, forgive, Let a repenting rebel live, Are not thy mercies large and free? May not a sinner trust in thee?” Enter the mournful gloom which envelopes the dying bed of Sir Walter Scott. His genius has won the admiration of nearly all Christendom. Now impoverished, disap pointed in all his plans, paralyzed, he is gasping in the death-struggle. He raises his imploring eyes to his son Lockhart, who is standing by his side, and says : “My dear, dear son, be a good man ; be a religious man ; nothing else will give j’ou any comfort when yon come to lie here.” Edmund Burke has arrived at the close of his wonderful career. The diplomacy of evcrj ? cabinet in Europe has been swayed by the energies of his gigantic mind. He has stood upon ti e highest pinnacle of intellect ual greatness and admiration of an applaud ing world. With weary heart and palid cheek he now stands upon the verge of the spirit land, looks back, and looks forward. Hear him: “What shadows we are and what shadows we pursue. I would not, in this hard seasoq, give one peck of refuse wheat for all that fs called fame and honor in the world.” Prince Talleyrand, one of the most re nowned and successful of Europenan states men, having attained the age of eighty-three years, is prostrate on a dying bed. In scarcely legible lines he traces with a pencil upon paper the following as his dying testi mony : “Behold eight}’-three years passed away! What cares, what agitations, what anxieties, what ill-will, what sad complications *• And all without other results save great fatigue of body and mind, and a profound sentiment of discouragement with regard to the future, and disgust with regard to the past.” And now let us enter the death-chamber of Edward Pay son. He had devoted the energies of his life, as a disciple of Jesus, to winning souls to God. Thus he has been preparing for a dying hour and laying up treasures in heaven. To his sister he wrote: “The celestial city is full in my view. Its glories beam upon me. Its breezes fan me. Its odors are wafted to me. Its sounds strike upon my ear and its spirit is breathed into my heart. The sun of righteousness has been gradually drawing nearer and nearer, appearing larger and brighter as he approached, and now he fills the whole hemisphere, pouring forth a flood of glory, in which I seem to float like an insect in the l>eams of the sun. “O my sister, could yon but know what awaits the Christian, could you only know as much as I now know, you could not re frain from rejoicing and even leaping for joy. And now, my dear, dear sister, fare well ! Hold on in your Christain course but a few days longer, and you will meet in heaven your happy and affectionate brother.” Reader, you soon will be prostrate upon a dying bed. Are you prepared for that hour? And what will be the testimony you will leave behind you? Prayers of the Righteous. Cranmer says : “This is a great comfort for us to know that all the Chnrch and congregation of Christ doth pray for us, and that all the treasures of God’s riches, i. e., Christ himself, the kingdom, the holy gospel, the sacraments and the pra} T ers of all godly men, be common to us all. For whensoever any godly man reqnireth anything of God, he also requireth the same thing for us; for no man ought to pray for himself alone. And this is a great consolation for all Chris tian people ; for the Scripture saith that the prayer of one just man availeth much with God; and therefore when many just and godly men do make their supplications unto God with one accord, we may be sure that their prayers are heard.” — IIT We are surrounded by motives to piety and devotion, if we would but mind them. The poor are designed to excite our liberality; the miserable, our pity; the sick, our assistance; the ignorant, our instruc tion ; those that are fallen, our helping hand. In those who are vain we see the vanity of the world ; in those who are wicked, our own frailty. When we sec good men rewarded, it confirms our own hope; and when evil men are punished, it excites our fear.— [ Bishop Wif son. THE FARM. How Farmers Waste their Manure. The Crop Reports of the Georgia State Agricultural Department are instructive doc* uments, always containing, in addition to con solidated returns from all parts of the State, some useful information or suggestions. — Here is what Mr. Janes, the able and efficient Commissioner, says in his September Report, on the waste of manure: “It is a matter of surprise, that only fifteen per cent, of the farmers of Georgia save, un der shelter, the manure from the stock. This is a record of deliberate and unpardonable waste. Animal manures exposed to the leaching effects of rain and the evaporation of the sun, lose a large portion of their soluble plant food. Experiments shows that nearly one-half the value of animal manures are lost by such exposure. Farmers will consult economy by sheltering all the manure used on their farms. In composting manures that have been exposed, it will be necessary to use more concentrated material to supply the waste thus occasioned. By composting such manures, at least six hundred pounds of acid phosphate and fifty pounds of sulphate of am monia should be used to the ton, or six hun dred pounds of an amraoniated superphos phate, composted with one thousand four hundred pounds of manure and cotton seed.’* A Vicious Circle in Farming. A correspondent of the Southern Plantation is reminded of the anecdote which the Pro fessor of Political Economy, in the University of Virginia, used to tell: A Pennsylvanian one day hearing a Vir ginia gentleman boasting of the large crop of corn he expected to make on a farm, remark ed, “ Colonel, you must make a great deal of corn to sell.” “ No, sir, I never sell corn.— What we don’t eat I give to my hogs.” “ Oh! 1 beg pardon, you are a dealer in bacon.”— “No, sir, I don’t sell bacon, I give it to my negroes.” “ And pray, Colonel, what do you do with your negroes ?” “ What do Ido with them ? Why, sir, they make my corn.”— This is the circle, only a smaller one, which most of our farmers pursue. They make cot ton to buy meat, mules, etc., and they buy meat, mules, etc., to make cotton; and when the cotton is not sufficient for this purpose, they buy on credit, and mortgage their mules, land, etc., for payment. But an industry needs to be diversified in other respects. In the language of Mr. Jefferson, “we must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.” A Tinshop in the Kitchen. All house-keepers may not know of what they are capable in the line of keeping their tinware in order. For the benefit of such we will say that it is easier to solder such things than to pay a traveling tinker two prices for mending them. Take a sharp knife and scrape the tin around the leak until it is bright, so that the solder will stick. Then sprinkle on a little powdered rosin (they have liquid solder to sell, but rosin will do as well) lay your solder on the hole, and with your soldering iron melt it on. Do not have the iron too hot, or the solder will not adhere to that. After two or three trials you can do a job that you will be proud of. If you do not own a soldering iron, procure one by all means; but when hard-pressed, I have used the knob on the end of the fire shovel, or a smooth piece of iron, or held a candle under the spot to be mended. Anything is better than stopping leaking pans with beeswax or rags. Try it, young housekeepers, and see how independent you will feel. Your pans should be dry when you take them in hand. IdF*The Canton Georgian urges farmers to burn the woods. The policy of allowing the undergrowth to grow up into thickets around plantations and in the forests, is productive of many evils and inconveniences. It de stroys the grass and keeps it from growing; furnishes a harbor for snakes and insects; makes it difficult to get timber for fire-wood and other purposes; and Dr. Fort declares that the vegetable matter which accumulates from year to year in the countiy, and is left to decay, is the prolific source of disease in the form of typhoid fever and various other malarious disorders. Burn the woods in the spring, when the sap is up, tliereby killing the undergrowth; and afterwards keep the leaves from decaying on the ground where they are never needed, by hauling them out, composting them with lime, and putting them on the land you cultivate, and the gain realiz ed in many ways will be great. Destroying Lice on Cattle. To remove lice from cattle, make a salve of fresh lard ground up with fine sulphur (one ounce of sulphur to four ounces of lard) and raw linseed oil mixed with kerosene oil in the proportion of four parts of linseed to one of kerosene. These should be rubbed from between the ears all along the backbone to the root of the tail, about twice a week. Two applications are generally sufficient. They are not in any degree hurtful if they are lick ed by the cattle. Lice which been placed in contact with a small quantity of either of these mixtures were immediately killed, while mercurial ointment and carbolic acid failed to kill them in several hours. Cultivation of Cuba Tobacco in Vir ginia.—A tract of land was recently purchas ed in Virginia on which was to be tried the cultivation of Cuba or Havana tobacco. The party making this purchase and experiment, it is said, have succeeded in raising a double crop of a very fine quality. The product is being made up into cigars at a factory in Caroline county, Va., which is selling as rapidly as they can be manufactured at°s2o per thousand. He asserts that the genuine Cuba tobacco can be raised in Virginia, and equal in every respect to the original product. Farming lands are said to be offering at very low prices, and it would not be surprising, ere long, to see “real Havanas,” of Virginia tobacco and make, in the markets. tdPA writer from Senoia, speaking of the Rev. H. C. Hornady, says: “We learn that he has rented the desirable place of Mr. R. M. Cheney, just out the city limits, and is sowing one-half of the farm in small grain. He will plant three-fourths of the balance in corn, and the remainder in cotton. This strikes us as being very sensible, and if every farmer in the land would pursue a similar course, in two years’ time we would be an in dependent and happy people. Why will not our people view their interest in a proper light? IhTA lecturer before the Industrial Uni versity of Illinois presented figures showing that the cost of seed, labor, harvesting and marketing an acre of corn is $10; of an acie of wheat, $11.25. Allowing sixty bushels for the crop of corn, and twenty for the wheat, the price of the corn seventy-five cents, and the wheat $2, the gross value per acre of the wheat is S4O ; of the corn, $45. JUpectiaements. READ THIS .NOTICE! GEORGIA, Jackson County.—Nat ice is here by (riven that we will not, hereafter, advertise any levy unless the advertising fee is paid in advance. We will not violate the rules here laid down, and hope plaintiffs in fi fas will not askit, as this is thelaw J. S. HUNTER, Sheriff, NoSo W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff. Receiver’s Sale. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janua ry, 1876, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Georgia, at public outcry, before the Court House door, between the lawful hours of sale, by me, as Receiver of the Estate of John Shackelford, deceased, the following real estate situate in said town, to wit; One undivided half interest in the STORE-HOUSE AND LOT situ ated on the south-west corner of the Public Square, and known as the Wm. S. Thompson Store-house. Said property sold under the au thorizing order of the last Superior Court of Clarke County, Ga. PETER W. HUTCHESON, Jr., Dec 4 4t Receiver. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janu ary next, before the Court House door, in Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: Eight and one-half acres of land, more or less, on the waters of the Walnut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of Wm Shields, J H Adams, and others. Eight acres of said land cleared and in cultivation, with a common log cabin and some out-buildings thereon. Levied on as the property of Lemuel Howard, by virtue of a fi fa issued from Jackson County Court. H C Giddens vs Lemuel Howard. Fi fa controlled by H R Howard. Prop erty pointed out by defendant. dec4 J. S. HUNTER, Sh’ff. Administrator’s Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county, will be sold be fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said county on the first Tuesday in January, 1876, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the following property, to'wit: One tract of land in said county, on the waters of Walnut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of Bowles, Rogers, Long and others, con taining three hundred and forty-three acres, more or less ; fifty !o seventy-five acres of fine bottom —a fair proportion of strong upland in cultivation, balance in old field land ; well watered ; a splen did orchard; and very good dwellings, and other improvements on the place. Sold subject to the life estate of the widow of G M Duke, dec’d, in a portion of the place, the purchaser taking only/he interest of remainderman in that portion laid ott as the widow’s dower. Sold as the property of G M Duke, late of said county, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts ? and for distribution among the heirs at law of said deceased. Terms, cash. G. S. DUKE, Adm’r of dcc4 G. M. Duke, dec’d. Q.GOJICiIA, JackNoa 4’oaanty. Whereas, J. H. Cronicmakes application tome in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin istration on the estate of E. P. Yeal, late of said county, deceased— Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no tified and required to show cause, if any they can, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be held in and for said county on the first Monday in January, 1876, why said Letters should not be granted said petitioner, otherwise his petition will be granted as prayed for. Given under my, hand officially, at office, Nov. 16th, 1875. W. C. HOWARD, Dec 4th, 1875. Ordinary. Jackson County Postponed Mortgage Sheriff’’s Sale. WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Janua ry, (1876.) eighteen hundred and seventy six, before the Court-house door in Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: A certain bay horse, four years old, levied on as the prop erty of Jesse Hull, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa issued from Jackson Superior Court, in favor of JR& L C Matthews vs. Jesse Hull. Propertj pointed out in said mortgage fi fa. novl3 W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff. QEORGIA, Jackdon county, Sallie Benton, wife of J. R. Benton, makes ap plication to me for exemption of personalty, (there being no realty) and I will pass upon the same at my office in Jefferson, by 11 o’clock, am, on the 23a of December, 1875. Given under my official signature, this 13th day of December, 1875. dec 18 2t WILEY C HOWARD, Ord’y. DNLVWTIIATOK’B Buie.—Will be sold before the Court-house door, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson co., Ga., on first Tuesday in Jan’y, 1876, fifty acres of land, more or less, ad joining Austin Fulcher, Zion Morris and others, known as “ Pea Hill” • tolerably well improved. Sold as the property of Mary A. Patman, dec'd, for distribution. Terms, Cash, dll MARSHALL A. PATMAN, Adm’r. —Jackson County. W hereas, it has come to my knowledge that Eudora E. Gathright, minor orphan of W. M. Gathright, dec’d, and Tallulah F. Gathright, minor orphan of Mary V. Gathright, dec’d, (domiciled in said county,) are without Guardians, and are pos sessed each of an estate, and that there is a neces sity for the appointment of a Guardian for each of said minor orphans ; and whereas, no person has made application for the Guardianship of said minors— Therefore, notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that on the Ist Monday in January, 1876, in terms of the law, T. H. Niblack, Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper person, will be appointed Guardian for said minor orphans, unless some valid objection is made to such appointment. Given under my official signature, this Dec. Bth, 1875. decll W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y. QEORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY. Whereas, N L Maddox applies to me, in proper form, for permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of Mary Maddox, late of said county, deceased— Therefore, all persons are hereby notified and required to show cause, if any they have, on or before the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be held in and for said county, at Jefferson, on the Ist Monday in January, 1876, why said letters should not be granted, as prayed for, to the aDpli cant. Given nnder my official signature, Dec. G, 1875. decii Wiley c. Howard, ord’y. Jackson county. Whereas, J H Cronic makes application to me, in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin istration on the estate of B. F. Veal, late of said county, deceased— Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no tified and required to show cause, at my office, if any they have, on or before the next regular term of the Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said county on the first Monday in January, 1876, why Letters of Administration should not be granted the applicant as prayed for ; otherwise I shall proceed to grant the same. Given under my official signature and seal of office, this 16th of November, 1875. no2< W ILEY C HOWARD, Ordinary. —Jacksoa County. Whereas, Mary E. Long makes application to me in proper form, for Letters of Auministration upon the estate of John D, Long, late of said county, deceased: Therefore all persons concerned are hereby no tified and required to show cause, if any they can, on or before the regular term of the Court of Ordinary to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday in January, 1876, why said Letters should not be granted as prayed for by applicant in her petition. Given under my official signature, at office, this Nov. 30th, 1875. WILEY C. HOWARD, dec4 Ordinary. DIRECTOR Y. JEFKBSOW BUSIHISS BIRECTQm" pjtorEssroirs. Physicians...J. D. 4H. J. Lone, jj h ter, N. W. Carithers, J, O. Hunt. ’ Atty’s at Law...J. B. Siloum, W. In J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C. Howard, M. M Piti3 P. F. Hinton, R. S. Howard. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass A Hancock, F. M. Bailev. Su.. A Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. Carpenters ...Joseph P. Williamson. J. P. Williamson, Jr. °* , i Harness Maker... John G. Oakes. Wagon Makers... Wm. Winburn, Rav, (colj H Buggy Maker. ..L. Gilleland. Blackbmith...C. T. Story. Tinner... John H. Chapman. Tanners. ..J. E. AH. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers. ..N. B. Stark Forest News office; Seaborn M. Stark, ovtr t S. Thompson’s store. "• HOTELS. Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph. North-Eastern Hotel, by John Siapkia. Public Boarding House, by Mrs. JEliulwi Worsham. * lh Liquors, Sugars, *c...J. L. Bailey. Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J, and k t J. Long. * Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. o COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal *i P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Aasiitaat. Miss Lizzie Burch, Music. Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal. Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge, Principal. Harmony Grove Academy.— R. S. Cheney Pri*. cipal. Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Rilitn Principal. ' Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal Duke Academy. —Mrs. H, A. Deadwyler, Pri* cipal. Park Academy. —Miss Y. C. Park, Principal. Chapel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal/* Holly Spring Academy— W. P. Nawmsn, Prb, o . , , ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILI Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on 'Yft&m days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., n&44. parts name days at 12 o’clock, M. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wedpm days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A, M., and 4*. parts same days at 12 o’clock, M. Lawrencevifle mail arrives at Jefferson on Sit*, days, at 12 o’clock, M, and departs same davaLi o’clock, P.M. F. L. Pendergrass, Deja’y P. MJ| MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS . Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pendererm, J. P.; H. T. Flecman, J. P. John M. Constable. Clarkcsborough District, No. 242, F. M. Halfi. day, J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P. Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. F. Kidd, J. P. Chandler’s District, No. 246, Ezekiel Hewitt, J. P.; J. G. Burson, J. P. Randolph’s District, No. 248, Pinckney f, Pirklc, J. P.; Jas. A. Stravnge, J. P. Cunningham’s District, No. 428, J. A. Brack ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P. Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O’Kelly, J, P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. A Ex. Off. J. P. Minnish’s District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood, J. P. Harrisburg District. No. 257, Wm. M. Morrai, J. P.; J. W. Pruitt, J. P. House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. 4 Jas. Guffin, N. P. ex off. J. P.; M C HemV Bailiff. Santafce District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J, f, S. G. Arnold. J. P. Wilson’s District, No. 465, W. J. Comer, J.P, MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF JEFFERSQS, W. 1. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr.,o. J. N. Wilson, R. J. Hancock, Aldermen; T. H. Niblack, Esq., Clerk A Treasurer; J. 11. Bora, Marshal. JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT. Hon. GEO. D. RICE, - - - Jadg*. EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Goa l. COUNTY OFFICERS. WILEY C. HOWARD, ... - Ordinary M. M. PITTMAN, - - Judge Cos. Court. TIIOS. 11. NIBLACK. - - - Clerk S. tend. JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheril. WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “ LEE J. JOHNSON, Treaaurtf. JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tni Collett* GEO. W. BROWN, “ Receira. JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Sumyer. WM. WALLACE, - - - Corour. G. J. N. WILSON, County School Conmiaft, Commissioners (Roads and RevenuxJ-F* Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet h the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. I Niblack, Esq., Clerk. COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY. METHODIST. Jefferson Circuit. —Jefferson, Harmony Gr*W Dry Pond, Wilson’s, Holly Springs. W. A. ris, P. C. Mulberry Circuit. —Ebenezer, Bethlehem, C*" cord, Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A.k Anderson, P. C. Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkiw ville Circuit. PRESBYTERIAN. _ . Thyatira, Rev. G. 11. Cartledge, Pastor; S•! Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; Pleasant Gr**- Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah, Smith, Pastor. BAPTIST. Cabin Creek, W. R. Goss, Pastor; Harm*#! Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, J. M. Davis, Past.; Bcthabra, Rev. G. L. Bagvw Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Walnut, Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crook** Creek, W. F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church ***■ A. J. Kelley, Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rv* A. Brock, Pastor; Kandler’s Creek, W.F.Stiff Pastor; Mountain Creek, W. H. Bridges, Yvl&< PROTESTANT METHODIST. Pentecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor. “CHRISTIAN.” Bethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor. Christian Chapel, Elder W. T. Lowe, Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor. FIRST UN I VERSA LI ST. i Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; CWJ meeting and preaching every third Saturday * B Sunday. M. E. CHURCH—(NORTH.) Simpson Circuit , Ira Wooaman, P C.— lation church, 2d Snnday; Pleasant Groi*i Saturday; Mt. Olivet, Banks co; DunneJ* 1 " Chapel, Hall co ; Corinth, Franklin co. FRATERNAL DIRECTORY. Stonewall Lodge, No. 214,1. O. G. TANARUS., every 2d and 4th Saturday night in the mo”*?' T. S. Johnson, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Eula Gober, R. S. ’ Unity Lodge, No. 36, F. A. M., meets Ist Tf day night in each month. 11. W. Bell, W. John Simpkins, Sec’y. . Love Lodge, No. 65, I. O. O. F., meet* and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J.® ,L man, N. G.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. f Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of H., meet* * Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. E. Randolph, M.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. ( Relief (colored) Fire Company, No. 2, meet* f 4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry k® Cwptain; Ned Bums, Sec’y. Oconee Grange. No. 301. meets on SatnrdU fore the first Sunday in each month. att*l ~pf' f 1 o’clock, P. M. A. C. Thompson, W. M.! ** Bush, Sec’y. —Jacksoa County. H. T. Allen makec application for exemj>***, personalty, (there being no realty.) and I upon the same at my office in Jefferson. on Jjf day of January. 1876, at 11 o’clock, a. m.. • day. Given under my official signature, tn day of December, 18?5. mrf tllß 2t WILEY C. HOWARD, Ordm*n blanks printed at thi?