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by THE JACKSON COUNTY ) PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ VOLUME I. s\% PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, „ the Jackson County Publishing 17 Coinpnny, JEFFERSON , JACKSON CO., GA. o OFFICE. N. w. cor. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STATRS. MALCOM STAFFORD, MANAGING and business editor. - I ——J. ■” —. TERiS OF SOBSCRIPTIOH. One conv 12 months * $2.00 .. “ 6 “ 1.00 “ 3 “ 50 iny-For every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of thc Pal** will h(i P ven - RATeToF AOVERTISIHG. o n k Dollar per square (of ten lines or less) for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents tor each subsequent insertion. iV>£All Advertisements sent without specitica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will he published till forbid, and charged accordingly. . , siness or Professional Cards, of six lines or less, Sev en Dollars per annum ; and where do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. Contract Advertising'. Tlivf'dlowing will be the regular rates for con tract advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all fcwcs: 'SHARKS. Iw. Im. 3 in. Out. 12m. (tiZZZZZ $1 00 $2 50 $6 00 $9 00 sl2 00 Xiuu - 200 550 11 00 17 00 22 00 Three - 300 G 75 1G 00 21 00 30 00 1W 400 950 18 75 25 00 30 00 ■re.* 00 10 25 21 50 29 00 42 00 600 12 00 24 25 33 00 48 00 Twelve .. 11 00 21 75 40 00 55 00 81 00 Eighteen.... 15 00 30 50 54 50 75 50 109 00 Twentytwo 17 00 34 00 GO 00 90 00 125 00 HfjcA square is one inch, or about 100 words of the type used in our advertising columns. Marriage and obituary notices not exceeding ten lines, will be published free; but for all over ten lines, regular advertising rates will be charged. Transient advertisements and announcing can : didates for office will be Cash. Address all communications for publication and all letters on business to MALCOM STAFFORD, Managing ami Jinsiness Editor. jWc&siiuml L (Business (Ennis. J. A. B. MAIIAFFKY. V. S. M’GARTV. \UHAFFEY & McCARTY, JL A TTO R NKVS AT LA IV, Jefferson, Jackson Cos. (la., Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt at tention given to all business entrusted to their care. Patronage solicited. Oct3oly WII.KY C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD. 11 OH Alt l> A HOW AIC I). II ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jefferson. Ga. Will practice together in all the Courts of Jack ten and adjacent counties, except the Court of Ordinary of .Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 D*. n . >*. \r\ \ > m it. SURGEON DENTIST, Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. July loth. 1575. Gm f? A WILLI A VISON, * WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, At Dr. Wm. King's Drugstore, Dcuprec Block, Athens, Ha. All work done in a superior manner, ted warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi t‘/y CASH. JulylO-Gm. STANLEY <t PINSON, JEFFERSON, GA., | \KALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce ■* ' ries. New supplies constantly received. t heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June 19 ly |! WOI I'ORI), Attorney at I<aw, HOMER. BANKS CO., GA., ’ ill practice in all the adjoining Counties, and F ,Tf prompt attention to all business entrusted to * eare. Collecting claims a specialty. June 19th, 1875. , ly JV* w - O AKKS, \ HARNESS MAKER, JEFFERSON, GA. and good buggy' and wagon harness always ’ n hand. Repairing same, bridles, saddles, Ac., nf <n short notice, and cheap for cash. Jnd2— ly • J * *k>YD, I j. B. SIIACAN, Covington, Ga. j Jefferson, Ga. < ' ovw 4 NIIJIAY, \ A’lTf>RX EYS-A T-IAW. , 'l* practice together in the .Superior Courts of r Co,| Hties of Jackson and Walton. JUIH‘I2— ly \\ Attorney *t Ijiw, p T • -JKKFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. rV 'i' vS in all the Courts, State and Federal. ppt and thorough attention given to all ' Mif legal business in Jackson and adjoining ou,,t “*. June 12, 1875 .Medical Notice. Ij r ' *** Hl'iVl' having located in Jeffer fe M> ” f" r the purpose of practicing Medicine, the t Ctfully ten, * crt his services to the citizens of 0 f t . " Wn an d county in all the ditferent branches of ;* Profession. After a tiattering experience 'H teen years, lie feels justified in saying that PSpared to successfully treat any curable t>r * , to our climate, lie is, for the kill hoarding with Judge John Simpkins, but 0i ° V * k' B family here soon. Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey. can be seen in the office of T. 11. C. 8. C. octlfi JJNDERGRABS & HANCOCK, [ J P res Pctfullv call the attention of the publie to their elegant stock of P r y Goods of all Kinds, < i.o thin g, 'INF. CASSIMERES, IIATS, CAPS, Trirnl aß<i Shoeß : Ladies’ Bonnets, llats and \V. r t'l 8 ’ Hardware, Hollow Ware, Earthen Tea ’ ! ol|r - Meal, Bacon, Sugar Coffee, liMulh- r Ul< s j'atent Medicines, in fact everything the tiin . ° unr * * n a General Store. Prices to suit ..._ **• Jefferson, June 12, 1875. tf , NOTICE. i\ are hereby notified not to hunt, hrson 1 , , tcr B** <>r dogs, on my premises. Any the bn. 0 <ol,l £- "'ill he dealt with to extremity of act2aim C, C. THOMPSON. THga JSOREST NEW & j - ■ —! —l tP9 n"1 *T y yt""* ‘s* —ry >■ ic their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Apiculture and Southern Manufactures. £cpt’ Iducrtisemciits. Receiver’s SaleT XVTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Janua- T T r y- 1876, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county Georgia, at public! outer}', before the Court Hon.se door, between the lawful hours of sale, by me, as Receiver of the Estate of John, ft hack el ford, deceased, the following real estate situate m said town, to wit: One undivided half interest m the STORE-IIOUSE AND LOT situ ated on the south-west corner of the Public Square, and known as the Wm.. S, Thompson Store-house Said property, soU Ader the au thorizing order Of the Idftf TMpfeil&r 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, "hT Jefferson, Jacksoh 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 If WnfShftsUa,4Mll J&lams, and others. Eight acres of said land cfcaM 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 Hidden* vs Lemuel Howard. Fi fa controlled by II lLllowarcL Prop erty pointed out by defendant. <kc4 J. S. HUNTER. Sfi'ff. Administrator’s! Sale. AGRELA HTA to an order of tlie 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, witlim the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the following property, to wit: Oue tract ol land in said county, on the waiters of V alnut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of Bowles, Rogers. con taining three hundred and fortp-thr|p<i iis, more or less ; fifty !o seventy-live acre A of fin* 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, decM} in a portion of the place, the purchaser taking only the interest of remainderman in that portion laid oft as the widow's dower. Sold as the property of G M Duke, late of said county, the purpose of paying the and for distribution among the heirs at law Of said deceased ‘’Terms, cash. G. S, DUKE, Adin'r of dec4 G. M. Duke, dec’d. Jarkion Comity. Whereas. J. H. Cronic makes application to me in proper form, for lVru;i*ieut letters of Admin istration on the estate of E. l\ Veal, late of said county, deceased— Therefore, all persons concerned are hereby no tified and required tosliow caiise. if JihV tßcy 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 mv hand officially, at office, Nov. 16th, 1875. ~ A\\ O. HOWARD, Dec 4th, 1875. Ordinary, Jackson County Postponed Mortgage Sheriif’s Sale. WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Janua ry, (1870.) eighteen hundred and seventy six. before the Court-house door in JeffersJh, 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 la issued from Jackson Superior Court, in favor of JItA L C Matthews vs. Jesse Hull. Property pointed out in said mortgage fi fa. novl3 W. A. WORSHAM, D. Sh’ff. before the Court-house door, in the town of Jefferson. Jackson eo., 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. Q^EORGIA —Jackson County. Whereas, it has come to my knowledge that Endora E. Gatliright, minor orphan of W. M. Gathright. dec VI. 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, TfH. Niblack, Clerk of the Superior Court, or some other fit and proper person, will le appointed Guardian for said minor orphans, unless some valid objection i$ made to such appointment. Given under my official Signature, this Dec. Bt*h, 1875. decll W. C. HOWARD. Ord*y. r Q.EORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY. Whereas, X 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 thoy 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 appli cant. Given nnder my official signature. Pee. 6. 1875. decll WILEY C. HOWARD, Only. Jackson county. Whereas, J II Cronic makes application to me, in proper form, for Permanent Letters of Admin istration on the estate of B. 1. \ cal, 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, IB,t>, 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. n027 WILEY C HOWARD, Ordinary. Q EORGIA —Jackson County. Whereas, Mary E. Long makes application to me in proper form, for Letters of Administration upon the estate of John D. Long, late of said countv. 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 comity, 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 signatuie. at office, this Nov. 30th, 1875.' WILEY 0. HOWARD, • dec! Ordinary. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JAN’Y 1, 1876. Jackson County Publishing Company. M. AVilliamson, I N. H. Pkndergrass, President. | Vice President. T 1 11. Niblack, Secr'y Sf Treat. Executive Committee . AV. C. Howard Ch’m. • • J. N. AVilson, | R. J. Hancock, JEFFERSON, GkA.. SATURDAY IIORVU, JATY 1, lr. 1876. Ti)k‘ Forest News extehtta to all its pa trols, , rehdqrs ami friends a "Happy New Grt'eeting?' 1 an Id now, if they would make proprietors, manager, and all interest ed zvprf’m'phj hn'ppy, tet each one resolve to get anew subscriber to the paper ere the first month of the new year is past. This, with the increased advertising patronage naturally flowing in, would make us happy indeed. What say you, friends ? Our Half-Sheet. In common with most of our cotemporaries we issue but a half-sheet this week. This is done in order that our advertisements of a legal character may come up to the require ments of the law as regards such publica tions. And now that Christmas with its hol idays and festivities, is over, let us, one and all, “ turn over anew leaf ” and endeavor to discharge all of life's duties and obligations with increased energy and fidelity. Marriages. AA r e omitted to mention, last week, the marriage of Mr. A\ r . 11. Lay to Miss Julia Seymour daughter of that highly esteemed citizen of Jackson, AVm. Seymour, Esq. And in this connection, it is our pleasure to announce the nuptials, on Sunday last, of Mr. If. T. Flekman and Miss Faultnk Shockley, daughter of C. M. Shockley, Esq., all of-Jackson. Visitors. Miss Kate Dozier, one of Oglethorpe’s charming and highly accomplished daughters, spent; a few days with her many friends in Jefferson, during Christmas. Mr. AA\ J. Davenport, also of Oglethorpe, was in town during the holidays. Hid away in the/ores/ tlwvwgk it be, Jefferson still has its attractions. AA e noticed a good many strange faces (to us) in town ; these too, no doubt, are, and have been spending the time with friends and relatives. Jail Delivery. The inmates of the Hotel de Hunter, Jones and Pirkle—the first charged with store breaking, the other with murder—made their escape on Wednesday night last or Thursday morning very early. Their release was effected by the use of various implements — saw, auger, &c., together with outside assist ance. We consider it unnnecessary to go into details; suffice it to say, one of the main sills (12X 12) was cut in two and a block ta ken out, leaving a hole large enough to admit their bodies through; thus they were at lib. erty, and it is presumable they at once left for parts unknown. Sad AfTair. We learn that a Mr. Phillips, son of Thos. Phillips, living about six miles west of Jef ferson, in the Poster settlement, was serious ly if not fatally injured the other day, while engaged in a squirrel hunt, by the falling of a limb from a tree which he was cutting down at the time; his skull is reported as being “mashed in” with a deep gash clear across the head. He was not expected to live when last heard from. Not Much News. On account of the holidays, high water &c., our latest dates from abroad are “away back” to last Monday. From what little we are enabled to glean, it is pretty certain that in some localities “ King Alcliy” and “ Ben Zine” have had quite a carnival, with the usual amount of affrays, cutting, shooting &c. In political circles matters are in statu quo, and will so remain, we have no doubt, until the meeting of Congress on the sth insfc., and the assembling of our Legislature on the 2d Wednesday in the present month. The Legislature Meets on the second Wednesday in January, and while matters generally, give promise of a great deal of business that needs attention, yet it is hoped the recent decision of the Su preme Court in regard to the Homestead question will open the eyes of the law-makers to the fact that something ought to be quickly done on that subject. Warm. One of the marked features of the Christ mas and holiday season now nearly closed, has been the very “warm spell*’ that has pre vailed for several days. This, together with the wet weather accompanying has caused the loss of a great deal of newly put up meat throughout the country. We hear of some who have lost all they killed. The Masonic Festival. On the ‘27th, was, we are informed, quite creditable to the brethren of the “ Mystic Tie.” The address, delivered by Rev. G. H. Cartledge, was, of necessity, a good one, Christmas in Jefferson. Though we were not “on the in person, our pro teih. kept “ one eye open'’ for incidents, accidents, &c., and as the result we furnish the following brief report of “ Christmas in Jefferson.” In the first place it may be noted the occa sion was market! by nothing unusual in its history in and around the town and vicinity. The customary amount of fire-crackers and gun-powder was brought into play—to the delight and amusemerit of a great many and the disgust and annoyance of others ; and, doubtless, the same scenes were enacted and similar emotions throughout all tfcese United States—“ tlie land of the free (?) and the home of the brave.” As previously announced, the mills and valuable farm property of the Drs. Longs were rented to the highest bidder, before the Court-house door, on Christmas day. The grist-mill, gin and saw mill were rented to Messrs. H. J. Long and J. E. Randolph. The farm was leased in parcels to different par ties. Some stock hogs were sold as was also a steer—the whole property, that rented as well as that sold, all bringing remarkably good prices ; especially the ho^s. The young folks, lads and lasses, have en joyed themselves finely in the way of social parties and gatherings—and taking it all in all, barring the inclemency of the weather, the people of this little “ burg'’ have passed through quite a season of recreative enjoy ment—with no event, so far as we can learn, to mar, in the least, the gala and festive associations of the occasion. One crowning feature of the “ festive season” has been not ed in the few and scattering instances rif drunkenness and inebriety that have l*een apparent during the entire holidays just now coming to a close. Corredton. Onr highly esteemed corrqsppndent. “ Tag- Mutton in his letter from iXqmer, of the 16th ult., unintentionally did that most excellent gentleman, B. F. AYofford, Esq., a little injustice in saying that he “ contemplates abandoning the law and consigning himself to the mournful monotony of the school room.” In justice to Mr. AA\, we cheerfully state that we have been shown a communica tion from him, in which he, over his own signature, says :—“ I have no idea of ever quitting my profession ; but am only going to teach next j T ear that I may place myself in a better condition for the ‘practice.’” As be fore intimated, it is with pleasure we correct this fe unintentional” error, and hope all par ties will be satisfied ae our acfcibn in the pre mises. on our way to “head-quarters" last Wednesday, we were informed bv a (re liable) colored gem’man that an almost double murder was committed on Monday night last somewhere not far from Athens. It seemed that two negro men, brothers-in law, got into some sort of a dispute, when one struck at the other with an axe, splitting open his face and at.the same time cutting a child in the head so bad that it was already dead or expected to die. r £he negro who gave us this information was a . stranger to all parties and could tell nothing as to where the fracas occurred or the names of the prin cipal parties interested. Removal. Our friend and patron, Mr. P. W. McDer med, has moved from the old stand of Kil gore, in Athens, to his new house on the Jefferson road, about utiles side of the city—near the Holaey tiifk ITjbm appa rent surroundings, Mr. McD. proposes to make things comfortable for his customers ill various ways. Stop and see .him. IdPThe editor of the Athens JVatdtmun returns thanks to somebody-he knows not who—for two Christmas turkeys. This lit tle episode has so charming and pleasant an aspect in all its surroundings that we have concluded to keep “open-doors” for the re ception of Christmas presents ti|l the 4th of July next. That’s the sort of ‘ “hair-pin” we’re made of. spent four days of our holiday in Athens, and there were three funerals during the time. The first was that of Mr. John Gilleland, who had been in declining health for several years. The second was that of Mr. R. C. Lumpkin, the youngest son (we think) of the late Chief Justice Lumpkin; and the third was that of Mrs. Waddell, moth er of Professor Waddell, of the State Uni versity. Mr. F M~ Bailey Has a few words to say to his friends. Look for his ad, and govern yourself accordingly. UlPThe, Gainesville mail of Wednesday failed to reach Jefferson on account of the high water in “Possum Creek.” New York, December 26.— John Mannery beat his wife about the head with a poker, inflicting doubtless fatal wounds, and then [loured kerosene on her and burned her ter ribly. Mannery was arrested and his wife taken to the hospital. Freedom is a good thing in a general way. One of President Davis’s old servants is beg ging bread in Atlanta. Fetch in another civil rights bilk Christmas in Savannah. A writer in the Savannah News discourses on the “manner and mode” in which this “day and time” is celebrated in that city. 1' rom his article wc make the followin'; ex tract : Our streets and public places become al most impassable to the decent and the timid. Ladies shrink into their homes, dreaming of the ruffian on his drunken path, and unwhipt vagabonds, small and great, of even* com plexion, who delight in torture inflicted, some times by undisguised audacity, but oftener, and more effectually, by stealthy atrocities, contrive to startle the nervous or to harm the weak and unprotected, Horseyicn and vehicles shun tlie streets for fear or injury, and every thinking man trembles that Ufa home or his property may be laid in ashes to gratify disgusting folly or unrestrained mal ice. The weary cannot rest, the sick cannot sleep, even the dying and the dead fbrfeit respect, that a rabble may hold high carni val in the name of Christmas. AA'e have mildly denominated these things irrational rejoicing, but we receive the customary man ner ot celebrating this holiday as worth}* only of the Commune and the Fetroleuse, a disgrace to public order, to society, and to civilization—a disgrace so unpardonable, that the government tolerating it becomes despi cable. Prudence, decorum, and decency are derided and contemned, pleasantry becomes brutal recklessness, and enjoyment the tri umph of shameless riot. Government! Pshaw !—Law! Bah ! Aban doning the city to the wild saturnalia, we lock up government and law—the one in the Exchange, the other in the barracks: we drive the police from the streets or compel them to be inactive ; we take possession of streets, lanes and squares; we “boys that will be boys”—We throw crackers under la- skirts, we fling them into children's faces : wc fire pistols, guns and cannon : we kindle bonfires on the green sward of the squares; we blow tin trumpets ; webeatdrums and tin pans; we open fire with Roman can dles and rockets, and threaten to burn thou sands of dollars of property ; we get drunk, whites, negroes and all; we swear, swagger, and yell; we shoot at dogs and men, and sometimes a murder is chronicled. AA'e startle and insult ladies; we frighten horses, we smash vehicles; we break limbs and necks ; we extinguish children’s eyes— and men's too, if we dare ; we burn houses and stores ; we violate the public and private endurance ; we desecrate order, law, humani ty and religion ; we defy persuasion, resist ance, or forcee ; we perpetrate all these out rages in the public, universal orgies, and, scorning rebuke, we toss a cracker in the face of impatiauce and anger, and blow a tin trumpet in the ear of the suffering and dying. But. “boys will be boys,” and “Christmas comes but once a year !” The Business Outlook. The New York Bulletin of Friday says— “ The year is closing with symptoms of some improvement to the condition of business af fairs. During this month there has been a marked falling off in the number of failures, which is a rather remarkable fact consider ing that the settlements to be made m the last month of the year are always the sever* est test of the resources of men of business. Failures are in the best times expected at the end of the year; but at the present they are few and insignificant. Another welcome symptom is the growing activity in the mon ey market. It is refreshing to find the rate for call loans quoted at plump 7 per cent.; and this not as the result of any temporary speculative manipulation, but of a healthier demand for loans and of a growing disposi tion throughout the country to employ capi tal which has long laid idle. There seems to be some reason to hope that 1876 will open with a better feeling. After all the li quidation of the last two years, the fall in pri ces, the cutting down of wages, the econo mizing of trade expenditures, the reduction of rents and the wholesale weeding out of weak firms—after all this thorough work of reconstruction, business certainly ought to be on a basis safe enough to encourage pro duction and a generally freer employment of capital; and merchants should feel that they can afford to be less timid than they have been since the panic.” Lawrenceville Herald. Notwithstanding the severe penalty which the law prescribes for this heinous offence, its severity is not suf ficient to deter parties from running the risk of its severest penalties. Last week a negro named Britt Caldwin was lodged in jail, charged with an attempt to commit a rape on a respectable } r oung ladj T in the lower part of the county. She had gone to bed and was asleep, when the fiend managed to get into her room and crawl into the bed. and when she awoke he had her in his arms. As was natural, she screamed, and the scoun drel ran from the house and concealed himself in the kitchen. He was subsequent ly arrested and committed to answer for his crime. We are opposed to mob law under almost any circumstances, and regard it as always best to appeal to the courts of the country* for redress, but. if there rs a set of circumstances that would jiistify a resort to violence, it is just such a case as this. It speaks well for the forbearance and law abiding spirit of her relatives and friends, that they did not shoot him down as soon as they found him, If the offence can be made out. we doubt not he will get his full measure of justice. At Campaign, Illinois, a strange death from violence lias occurred. A boy twelve years old, son of John Wahl, received a blow on the head with a book in school by a boy sitting l>ehind him, and all in play. He fell over delirious, and remained so till his death. Mother Stewart, a leader in the Ohio tem perance crusade of two years ago, has induced a number of mothers in that State to notify a number of saloon-keepers not to sell their sons liquor. The law there compels obedi ence to such notices, ' TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNttM. ( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHa Cavoht.—lt lifts t>den known to the K Oi Department for some time that, irrcgularite* existed somewhere among the post offices north rtf this prtint, Post Office Detective M oodwrtrd has l>CCtl for a short time working up the cause of the trouble. He set a trap on the route Iroin (laiuesviilc to Dahlonega* ami Mr. John Jay, postmaster .at New Bridge, walked in, and was captured without trouble. He fs now in jail at this place. It should be a warning to postmasters to lot money alone that is passing through the mails.— Gainesville tingle. Dee. 24th. AY e learn that Violet Randolph, colored* of this county, went to Jackson county one day last week to visit some of her relatives* carrying with her a child about five j’eart old. (ha .Saturday she left the bouse of some ot Her friends to visit others, and was not heard of again until Monday, when she Was found by Mr. J. C. Harrison In an old field, lying upon her face, dead, with her child sitting on her lifeless body, with life nearly extinct. It is supposed that the woman Juul frozen to death. The child was taken by Mr. Harrison and soon restored.— lbnl. The Macon "Telegraph says ; As minors of an injurious character relative U Col. W, J. Lawton, as Treasurer of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, have been iudnstrfcnis ly circulated, and have even gotten into pa* pers which were not in a position to he in* formed, we will take occasion to sttftfTthai we have it upon unmistakable authority that C’ol. Lawton has made arrangements which are entirely satisfactory to the society, and the organization will not lose a dollar thrimgh him. Moreover, he has the perraissioi| of the gentlemen representing the society, frith whom he made the settlement, to refer to them as to the manner in which he managed the affairs of the society. While he lias made business mistakes which has sacrificed hi* estate, the trusts which he held are secofth The Augusta Constitutionalist recently noted a burglary which occurred on the Mil* ledgeville road, by which a burglar was shot or frightened away by a patent burglar gun. The weapon in question is an old musket bar* rel shortened, which is fastened to a table and revolves on a pivot, and so arranged by a rod which is fixed over the top, that, while it revolves the gun towards the point where a shutter or door is attempted to be opened, it releases a hammer which discharges the gun. It is a very simple and effective weap* on. Hamilton, Bekmtivv, December 22.—A fearful tornado passed over Tnckerstown and St. David’s Island on the evening of the 17th inst. The house of Daniel A. Smith, a well known pilot in Tnckerstown, was blown into 1 the harbor with all its inmates. Captain Smith was hurled into a clump of tree# and saved. Ilis wife was carried across tte liar* bor. where she was so badly injured that she died in a few hours. Their four children were drowned. Several other buildings were de* molished, but there was no further loss of life. The Southern Member^. One of the most impressive features of thtf present gathering of congress is the presence* of southern members and their southern friends. The warm southern grasp of the hand, the charming southern accent, and imb pulsive southern manner, give anew Uf Washington life to one who has not been here since the war. All the liorn southerners who come here take an interest now in national affairs that might astonish some who retnenl*- ber the bitterness of a few years ago. They have resolved to save themselves if possible from the reign.of the carpet-baggers, and to urge certain claims of their own upon the at* tent-ion of the national government. They have been Impoverished so long that they think it is time for them to apply for some material recompense. They will ask for an appropriation for the Texas Pacific railroad, one for the improvement of the Mississippi levees and one for the James river and Ka nawha canal. But some of the request* oC representatives from a part of the eowutojy which Ims been so long shut out from afl tile country’s common privileges are entatiitdj to. consideration, and I will hereafter review with care their merits.— WnaihiMfim, mrre— pondence of the World. To the Public*, J HEREBY tender my thanks to the ge-. n orally, for past favors, and solicit a continue once of the sami*., In order that 1 may sustains my bnsiiresfl in such a manner as to niaklc it* acceptable to the public.. I earnestly all! Wllo Owe Me, To malte immediatepamAent. Circumstances compel me to make close collec tions. Tn no instance can T allow accounts, mad o during 187 TANARUS, to run longer than the fits* day of Jamrnary, 1870. If 1 could'otherwise carry,a**:iuy business. T would most cheerfully do so. jal Most respectfully, F.‘ML BA TBIIY.. fonnty.. NOTICE—ESTRAT SALE!. Agreeably to an order of'the Ordinary of said county, will be sold at the lionse of E. yL Welch,, on If. W. Cash's place, on Thursday, the- Oth of January. TB7O. the following property., taken up. by said Welch as estrays, to wit r Ohc open sow and four shoats—the sow and thnee of the shouts black and the oilier blue. AH’marked with split in left ear and an usidVrhit in the right car* Appraised by John A Smith. John M.. JMttmAn ami J M Daily. iu2J3d Dist.. (J. M. Terms*cash* Jan 1 ' J. S. lIL NTEIL Sriy-iff. —JuekMoat County. Jesse Hull (col.) makes application for exemp tion of personalty and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and 1 will pass upon tlie same at my office in -I ctferson, on the Titli day of January* 187 b. at 11 o'clock, a. in., on sakl day. Given umler my official signature, this Jfltli day of De cemlier. 187.*. ' J 1 2t WILEY C. HOWARD, OfOinary. Q.EOKGLI, Jackson county, / M. B. Smith makes application to me for ex emption of personalty, (there being no realty) and I will pass upon the same at my office in Jeffer son. at 11 o'clock, am, on the 12th day of Janua ry. 1876. Given under my official signature, this 30th day of December. 1 S7~>. Jan 1 it WILEY C llOWAUiy>rd'y. NUMBER 30.