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(Blip 'flu:l'd ilrhio. Jackson County Publishing Company. M. Williamson. | X. If. Pexheruivyks. Erexidrni . | I irr I’rrxnltHt. T. 11. XIBLACK, Srcr'j/ Trots. Exerttlire ('toHinitfer. W. Howard (.’h’m. G. .T. X. Wii.son, 1 K. J. Hancock, - ; ; JEFFERSON, Ntl'l ltniV niIRVU, JAW 15. lw?. "*cV •Real the new a lvertisements on this writer from Ma lison, Morgan Cos., through the Southern IVtithnmn, urges t!ie name of lion. Logan E. Bleckley as a candi date for Governor. . J? T lie latest news from lion. A. 11. Ste phens Ls discouraging. There is very little liope of his recover^’. w- **. irrepressible*’ Ileiulxdd is again oiv the “ hoards.'’ This time he is before the Courts to prove his sanity. young man from Florida, on his way to Emory College, Oxford. Ga., fell into the hands of some “ three card monters” on the Macon and Western railroad, and wasreliev etf df aVirtut S2O0 —all lie had—and was com peted to return home from Atlanta, a ©adder and poorer man. ♦ • -■► ♦ wln the Mississippi Legislature on the 6tlv>Col, Lamar, at present a represen tative in Congress, was nominated bv the Democrats, as their candidate for State Sen ator. The nomination is conceded to amount. virtually, to an election. There exists,” says the Atlanta cor respondent of the Augusta Chronicle, ‘a growing conviction that all exemption laws ought to lie repealed. Mon of business ex perience says no capitalist in the world will seek 1 Georgia as long as she maintains such a system of laws—laws that will not secure creditors in their investments unless they he dealing every time with an honest man.” Referring to the statement that t lie manufacturers of fertilizers had resolved to to Hell for cash or its equivalent, the Rock dam Register is forced to exclaim: ‘‘The Lord be praised for that! May lie, in the greatness of llis mercy toward the South, keep them in this mind. Avery few cr< ps, witlHiutgua.no or superphosphate debts, would put the great* body of our fanners on their feqt agai%: and if they’ should raise thei. own provisions as well, we might look for a pros perity in the future to which the past can show no parallel. With direct Eur* pean trade in addition, and proper enterpr'se in thq establishment of manufactories, our chil dren if reared in the practice of wise econo my. will be only too rich—provided always that the question of resumpthm is adjusted judiciously.” * i.i STATE TAXES. pnblic mind has been agitated for sev eral months with the discussion of numerous plans ft*r reducing taxes and public expendi tures. The suggestions have been various. A leading one is the consolidation of offices and the reduction of salaries. The ol ject to be attained is very desirable, but we should be careful that in efforts to shun Scylla we do4*it rush on■ Charybdis. Public work may be aheap though liberally paid. A low sala ry is wholly thrown awav upon an inc: pable and inefficient officer. The knowledge and activity of a man of ability are fully equiva lent to the pay lie receives. Merit is not routined to a single branch of employment, and if the public service offers no adequate reward fur its exertion, merit will choose soiflQ more promising occupation. Integrity like talent cannot, be had without paying for it. These,axiomatic truths are the basis of thf% declaration of public economists that “ there is real economy in procuring the best of everything, even at a larger price.” Thus saith the Atlanta Constitution. But the worst feature of* the whole matter is. that outside of the “rings” and little “cabals” who control public affairs, generally speak ing, there is no chance for talent, merit, qual ification or fitness for business. No one dis agrees \V}th our worthy cotemporary that “ a low salary is wholly thrown away upon an incapable and inefficient officer” : and when ever a “ capable and efficient, officer” performs a he should be paid for it, and paid well; if a month’s work, do the same tiling; if a year’s work, the same. But the grerk mass o f the people —those who pay for this work; and a majority of whom lal>or from ten to fffteey hours per day from January to JaniftCrV. are not inclined, in the opinion of t he writer; to pay for two or three hours’ work nn<T call it a day, or a month or two’s labor and call it a year. If bankers and banking <*orporations or the conductors of any private enterprise are satisfied to “run” their busi ness’ n this way, all right and proper. But the hard^ earnings of the laborer, the farmer, and tlie mechanic —which come alone through the “sweat of the brow”—should not be so lavishly expended in order that some politi cal friend (whether capable or incapable) may have an easy berth and live on the “ fat of the'land. ’ Let the “ Public Work” be plac ed mi .a footing with “private work,” and then those who possess merit and fitness will con*e in fair competition with each other, and t he consequence will Ik? a natural curtailment of public expenses. There will lie more ”wflrk" done for one hundred dollars than five hundred now pays for. A great deal of “preaching,” writing and talking is done on the subject of economy. On all hands we hear the cry that “Ialior” is too high and must tie brongliLffown. Let this “ good work, ’ lie commenced at the right place—the greiit ftMuitam head—the head of the State government—by paying for the “ work” ac tually performed and letting honor and ilig- Ui '&.spppurt theniseives. Short-Hand Law Reports. Judge 11 or kins, of the Atlanta Circuit— and who is one of the best Judges in the State—at the request of lion. John W. Nelms, of Campbell county, has written an able letter to the Atlanta Constitution, in which he” “unhesitatingly declares, as the result of his experience, that cither the law should be repealed or else the work should be done by short hand writers.” The Constitution in commenting on the sub ject uses the following language, and also cites, as examples, the action of other States in this particular. It says : Repeal the law which has been on the stat ute book since 1819. or employ short hand reports— this is Judge Hopkins’ advice; and there is certainly no man in the state who more thoroughly understands the needs of our courts in the trial of criminal cases. Judge Hopkins favors a repeal of the law spoken of, but as that law has existed time out of mind, we shall assume that it will re main unrepealed. If so, then as a matter of economy, both in time and money, the legis lature should provide for the employment of capable stenographers. We must do that very soon or increase the number of circuit judges. The superior economy and wisdom of the former course is too evident for argu ment. and we propose at present to present simply the action of other states under cir cumstances more or less similar to those ex isting in this state. Mie states of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. Vermont. Maine, Michigan, California, Kansas, Illinois, lowa, and Wis consin, and Indiana, and several others em ploy stenographers in their Courts. We have the Indiana and the Wisconsin law before us. In Indiana the appointment of reporters is vested in the judges who try the cases to be ri ported, and only such are re ported as the judge or the parties desire. The presiding judge names his compensation, which si .* 11 not exceed ten dollars for each day acti ally spent in court in the taking of testinu ny. lie is required to write out the full icport and file it with the clerk of the ourt without additional pa}', but if parties w:o t copies of it he may charge ten cents for tcli hundred words. He is removable at the treasure of the court. The Wisconsin law is like this in all essential particulars, and so, we think, are the laws of the different states. The Indiana and Wisconsin laws are working admirably, and their repeal would be regarded as a public calamity. One Wis consin judge certifies that the report of his circuit saves at least one-third of the court expenses, and enables him to do in six months business what formerly required ten months’ hard labor. The economy and con venience of a short-hand report are undoubt ed. Some of the judges say it shortens tri als one-half, and permits the evidence of wit nesses to be given more clearly and connect edly. An lowa judge says it promotes jus tice by its greater accuracy. It lessens ju rors,' bailiffs' and clerks’ fees. It saves time and money, and promotes justice. But we did not start out with the intention of urging the wisdom of such a law. We simply intend ed to state what other states have done, leav ing our legislators to draw conclusions for the common benefit. Congress. “ Large bodies move slowly,” is a some what antiquated though very true remark when applied to the “augusttribunal” above named. In vain we have scanned our latest exchanges to find something that had “turned up” in the Capital, but scarcely an incident do we find worth mentioning. It is true, a bill removing everybody’s “disabilities” was introduced by Mr. Randall. Whereupon ex- Speaker Blaine introduced a substitute, mak ing ex-President Davis an exception to the general rule. Mr. New, of Indiana, offered a “fraternal resolution” declaring in sub stance, that it would be a “ beautiful thing for all the brethren of the IT. S. to dwell to gether in unity,” and declaring the present Centennial year a very fit time “to try the thing on.” The resolution was unanimously adopted. Below we give a few telegraphic items from Washington—the latest we have : Washington, Dec. 6.—Gordon, of Geor gia, introduced a bill to authorize the Secre tary of War to adjust and settle the claims of the State of Georgia against the Govern ment on account of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Washington, January 9.—There is much speculation regarding the Texas committee. Under ordinary circumstances Mr. Schleicher, who offered the resolution Creating tlie com mittee, would be the chairman, but in cases where an investigation pertains to a particular State, the usage is different, as in the case of Louisiana, then Mr. Slayer, of Ohio, will probably be chairman. The committee will he announced to-morrow. Washington, January 10.—Senate—Sen ator 1L milton, of Texas, introduced a bill to secure the speedy completion of the Texas Pacific railroad. A petition, signed by 23,360 Mormon wo men, prays Congress to give Utah a State government and annul Poland’s anti-poly gamy law. They fear their relatives will be arrested for polygamy without warning. The ‘‘Philosopher’s Stone.” The Southern Watchman , in remarking on the success of the “ Athens Foundr} T and Ma chine Works,” says: “ The cause of its success is attributable to the system adopted by its present able and intelligent Agent. (Capt. R. Nickerson,) of using only the best and most select material, employing skilled workmen, and paying all of its employees promptly.” One-half the jMiverty, want and indebted ness of the people of this country at the pres ent time, is due to the miserable system of trying to run a business on credit. If a man has not means, or cannot command it, to car ry on his farm or whatever lie attempts to do, then let him go and “ hire out” himself till he can “ raise the wind,” and not inveigle hands and workmen into his employ and de pend upon paying them in “chips and whet stones.” A Whole Town drugged and Robbed. St. Joseph, Mo., January B.—At Osliorn, Mo., on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Bail road, Thursday night, burglars broke into the drug store and stole a bottle of chloro form, with which they drugged the whole town and then robbed both hotels, all the stores and many private residences. They secured many thousand dollars and escaped. The Dogs. Almostevery “enterprise” has its surround ing difficulties. The latest eye-opener we have on the above subject is from the Gwin nett Herald, whose editor, we believe, is a first-rate lawyer, and is, besides, a member of the Legislature: u Perhaps the gentlemen who are continu ally abusing the Legislature for failing to tax dogs have not considered the question of whether that body has the power to enact such legislation as they desire. The twenty seventh section of article first of the Consti tution is as follows: “ The power of taxation over the State shall be exercised by the General Assembly only to raise revenue for the support of Govern ment, to pay the public debt, provide a com mon school fund, for common defense and for public improvement, and taxation on prop erty shall be ad valorem only and uniform on all species of property taxed.” “ Dogs are regarded as property, and if taxed at all, they must be assessed according to value, just as horses, cattle and other prop erty. A tax of a dollar on each dog would be as unconstitutional and unjust as a tax of two or three dollars on each horse. “ If, on the other hand, a tax is levied ac cording to value, the sheep-killing curs, whelps and hounds that make night hideous, would not pay any tax, for they are not worth ten cents a cow-pen full. The idea of taxing dogs according to value would be simply ridiculous. The valuable dogs would be the only ones taxed. Each county would have to elect a dog killer, whose duty it would be to go round and ku-klnx the non tax-paying curs.” , Instruction to Legislators. Almost every paper in the State Ims, at some time, told the Legislators (now in ses sion) what was expected of them when they came together again to enact and re-enact and amend and re-amend, &c. We have at last stumbled upon something to which we most respectfully call their attention A Law for Loafers. —Next to an efficient “dog law” for the protection of our sheep husbandry, (says the Chris. Index,) our com ing Legislature should enact a law to punish street-corner loafers, creatures quite as an noying as the dogs that harass our farmers, although less useful and respectable. The Philadelphia Inquirer gives the statute in force in Pennsylvania, and which is vigor ously applied in Philadelphia; it is as fol lows : “ Be it enacted, That any person or per sons who shall loiter or assemble upon the streets, upon the corners of the streets, or in the public places of any city, village, borough or township of this State, being under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor, or who, not be ing under such influence, shall indulge in and utter loud and offensive or indecent language, or shall address and make audible offensive remarks or comments on any person passing along such street or public places, or shall obstruct or interfere with any person or per sons lawfully toeing in and upon such streets or public places, shall be adjudged to be dis orderly; that any disorderly person, of the description aforesaid, may be apprehended and taken before any justice of the peace of the county, or police justice of any city where such person may be apprehended, and it shall be the duty of such justice to commit, such disorderly person, when convicted before him, by the confession of the offender, or by 1 the oath or affirmation of one or more witnesses, to the county jail, there to be kept at hard labor for any time not exceeding thirty days, or fine such person in a sum not exceeding $20.” Such a law for the protection of public de cency, in the hands of a good Mayor and an efficient police, would do wonders in ridding our cities and towns of a pest which is a dis grace to civilization, and a reproach upon the civil government of Christian communities. The Virginia Vesuvius. TIIK PEAKS OF OTTER SHAKING. A correspondent writing from the Peaks of Otter to the Lynchburg News, confirms the apprehensions expressed by that paper of a volcanic eruption. He says : “ Now we don’t know how you came to find it out, but the fact is that we are having an awful time of it. It isn't pleasant to have your crockery all smashed, your dog scared and your cat run off. Our theo/v is that the Peaks of Otter is an extinct volcano, and there are many con vincing arguments in support of this position. To illustrate: A few 3’ears ago Dr. Von Eichburg, of Germany, who spent more than fifty years in studying volcanic phenomena, and analyzed many of the stones found about Mount Ilecla and Mount Vesuvius, visited the Teaks of Otter and Flat-top mountain, and averred that the stones there found were identically the same in character as those found in the vicinity of the volcanoes. lie went even further, and said that the Peaks of Otter was liable at any time to submerge the town of Liberty with an avalanche of lava, People laughed at the doctor then, but they don’t smile worth a cent lately. The truth is, that things here are, in the language of a well-known darkey, “ awful onsartin.”- The shock which shook up Lynchburg and waked the sinners of tliat wicked burg to a sense of their ruined condition, not only made things tremble around there, but has kept up its nonsensical gyrations ever since. Every night somebody imagines the “top roclT” is tumbling from its dizzy height on the peak ; the store is closed, the distillery deserted, and everybody wears a sanctimonious face. The vibrations arising from this singular phenomenon are understood to be from south to north, and there is scarcely an hour that they are not felt, the severest shocks being always at night. A Shrewd Woman. The Liverpool Steam Packet Company, wishing to extend its premises, decided to purchase adjoining land, which was owned by a maiden lady of uncertain age. The lady sold the land cheap, but caused to be inserted in the agreement an article to this effect, that during her lifetime she and a lady companion should have the privilege of traveling free in any of the company’s vessels. The day after the agreement was signed she sohl her house and furniture, and, having found a companion, went on board of one of the company’s steamers, just alnnit to sail for South America; and from that time to this she has lived at sea and at the com pany's expense. She advertises for some lady who wishes to make the voyage as her companion, and who paj*s her fare, and in this way, it is said, has already accumulated about ten thousand dollars. The company have offered her more than this to cancel the agreement., but this she refuses to do, and as the life at sea suits her health remarkably, there is no present prospect thrd her voyaging wilj soon come to an end. Report of the Department of Agriculture. Washington, January B.—The statistician of the Department of Agriculture has com pleted the compilation of official returns for the past month, and finds correct the general assumption of the lower yield of lint in pro portion to seed cotton. Otily two States, Arkansas and Texas, report a larger propor tion than in 1874. The Atlantic States, which have previously made low estimates of aggregate productions, all return a smal ler yield of lints to seed in comparison with the previous crop, and none of them over thirty pounds to each hundred pounds of seed. The average decrease in all the States is four per cent. This reduction is attribut ed in most eases to excessive moisture, and result in imperfect development of the boll; in some to the effect of early drought in pre venting full maturity. Cotton grown in fields heavily dressed with commercial fertil izers is found to have a greater proportion ate development of seed than of lint. The average qualit} r of fibre is somewhat lower than last year. Arkansas and Texas furnish the only exceptions to this statement, though the average depreciation is slight in Louisiana and Alabama. It is greatest in Mississippi and the Atlantic States. The proportion of the crop gathered on the Ist of December was 90 per cent., and reported as follows: North Carolina, 89; South Carolina. 95 ; Florida, 93 ; Georgia, 92; Ala bama, 87 ; Mississpi, 75 ; Louisiana, 83 ; Texas, 94; Arkansas, 76; Tennessee, 78. In analyzing the monthly reports of the season, the average conditions from June to October is made 98| per cent, against 83 in the same period of 1874. This would indi cate a crop of about 4,400,000 bales, with an equally favorable autumn and an equal proportion of lint. The loss of four per cent, in yield of lint makes a reduction of 176,000 bales, and the difference in maturing and gathering since October points to a future reduction of two to four per cent., with a margin of 100,000 bales for contin gencies. After the first week in December the season’s reports, taken together, indicate a crop of not less than 4,050,000 bales nor more than 4,150,000 bales. LlTLast Wednesday, Gadson Davis, col., went to the residence of Rev. S. E. Bassett, finding none of the family at home but Miss Ellen Abbott, who was sitting in the front portico doing some crochet xvork. As soon as he discovered that the young lady was unprotected, he went to her and tapped her on the head with a stick, ordering her, with oaths and threats of taking her life, to prepare him dinner. She went to the dining room and placed some cold victuals on the table. He then informed her in an impudent manner that he didn’t eat on a naked table, and must have a cloth, which she spread for him, he telling her during all this lapse of time that he intended to kill her after finish ing his meal. There were no biscuits on the table, and he ordered her to go and get him some. She left the room and ran hurriediy towards the house of Mr. Smith, screaming for help and protection. The black scound rel heard the noise and left the house in short order. He was identified by the young lady, and forthwith arrested by the officer. He was tried Friday before Justice Maddox, and sent to jail in default of a S2OO bond. We won der if the people in this section will be forced to teach these black devils another lesson ? Fort Valley Mirror, This black fiend did not, we opine, give expression to the whole of his intentions; and the question arises, what shall be done ? From the frequency of these occurrences, the fact, we think is readily deduced that the law —severe as it is—is not adequate to re strain these devils in human form from their diabolical purposes. What then, shall be done ? We are as far from being an advo cate of mob or lynch law as any one in the country can be; still we are compelled to ad mit that from the numberless complaints of this growing evil seen in the papers east and west, north and south, our conclusions are that the dead carcass of a single raper dan gling from the limb of a tree—and not al lowed to be removed—would do more to wards putting a stop to this terrible crime against all law, human and divine, than a hundred hangings under the slow, uncer tain and tedious intricacies of our common law. And we only ask the reader of this par agraph—whoever he maybe—before he makes up his mind to compliment us with a “vote of censure,” for the public utterance of these sentiments, to imagine himself the husband, the father or the brother of the victim of one of these incarnate brutes. And further, let him ask himself, “who is safe under the pres ent status of affairs ?” legislatures of twenty-three states arc now all in session, according to the foi lowing list of them : ♦Alabama—ln session before the holidays. ♦California—ln session before the holidays. ♦Florida—Meets Tuesday, January 11. ♦Georgia—ln session. lowa—Meets Monday, January 10. Kansas—Meets Tuesdaj% January 11. ♦Kentucky—ln session. ♦Louisiana—Meets Monday, January 3. Maine—Meets Wednesday, January 5. ♦Maryland—Meets Wednesday, January 5. Massachusetts—Meets Wednesday, Janu ary 5. Minnesota—Meets Tuesday, January 11. ♦Mississippi -In session. New Jersey—Meets Tuesday, January 13. New York—Meets Tuesday, January 4. Ohio—Meets Monday, Januarj\ 3. ♦Pennsylvania—Meets Tuesday, Jan. 4. Rhode Island—January session at Provi dence. South Carolina—ln session. ♦Texas—Meets Tuesday, January 11. ♦Virginia—ln session ♦ West Virginia—Meets Wednesday, Jan uary 12. Wisconsin—Meets Wednesday, January 5 Of the twenty-three legislatures eleven will be controlled by republicans, and twelve by democrats, the latter indicated by asterisks in the list of states. is said “there is some talk of en forcing the law or re-enacting a law taxing watches and jewelry in this state at the com ing session of the legislature. It is estimat ed that there are $50,000,000 worth of jewel ry in this state on which there is no tax paid, (this estimate is not 'rom official sources), and at the present rate of taxation this jew elry alone would realize $250,000, and it would come from a class of people who are able to pay it, and would serve to increase the revenue of the state, or else reduce the rate of taxation, and either is a most desira ble object <6 lio attained Const K Teaching Children Courage. Courage is a vital element of Christian chivalry. 0 Without it indeed neither truth nor fidelity to promise can be hoped for.— The coward is sure to lie when truth means punishment, and sure to retreat from his en gagements when they involve peril. We need valiant souls that have learned to endure and scorn pain, and to face danger fearlessly and promptly when duty requires. Some parents evade this vital part of training by glosses and deception. A mother who had taken her boy to the dentist’s to get a tooth out. will often say, if he is shrinking, “ Sit still, my boy ; it won’t hurt you.” Now, she knows it wiil hurt him, but thinks if she can only get him by this device to sit still and let the dentist get hold of the tooth, then his discov ery of the pain will not hinder its extraction. This is a double mistake. It destroys her boy’s confidence in her; for he detects her in a lie. And though it gets the boy this time to sit still, it is under the delusion that there is pain and to scorn it. This makes the dif ference between the cowards and the heroes. A regiment of poltroons could march up to a battery as cheerfully as a regiment of heroes if they thought there was no enemy at the guns. The difference is that heroes know the danger, and yet face it valiantly. A correspondent sends the following reminiscence: When Congressman Lamar was returning home at the close of the ses sion of congress in 1860, a newsboy on the Memphis & Charleston railroad insisted that he should purchase a book he repeatedly offered him. Annoyed by his pertinacity and anxious to be rid of him, Mr. Lamar said to him, with a wave of his hand, “Oh pshaw! don’t bother me so. I wrote the book.” Quick as thought the little fellow answered, “Ah ! now I know. That’s what makes it so darned hard to sell.” The Western Circuit is second upon the Supreme Court docket. The counties are arranged as follows : Clark, 1; Gwinnett, 1; Hall, 3 ; Jackson, 3 ; Oconee, 1. CIRCULAR. KUnfiti iusfifttfe, 1876. JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. Cliartrrcd, X#v. 2()(h, I *IM. KndoAred, Deo. Oth, 1 The Spring: Term et* 1M?0, will open on Monday, the 24th of January, and close on the Gth of July. CORPS OF TEACHERS. Professor J. W. GLENN Principal. Professor S. P. ORR A* si riant. Miss M. E. ORR Miss Lizzie Burch Music. Primary Department. Professors (tLENN and Orr have been associat ed with the best educators of the South, and have kept abreast with the advance of the profession. Their long experience as Professors in College and Academy, and the past seven years of pros perity in this Institute, are the vouchers we offer to our future patrons. Misses Orr and Burch have been eminently successful in their departments, and have each year risen higher in the affection of pupils and the estimation of patrons. RATES OF TUITION. For Elementary branches,per annum ....$20.00 For Geography, History. Arithmetic , Eng glish Grammar and English Composi tion, per annum 30.00 For higher branches — Mathematics, Philos ophy. Chemistry , Rhetoric, Logic, La tin, Greek and French, per annum 40.00 Music, per annum 40.00 Book-Keeping and other branches of a Commer cial Education will be taught to those who desire such instruction. Fees for the frst Term, SB.OO. Second Term, $5.00. BSsT’The Tuition will be charged for the Term, unless for Providential cause, a special contract be made. No deduction for less than four weeks. E 3ST ID E 3STT. The Institute is endowed with one hundred and fifty shares of the stock of the Georgia Rail road and Banking Cos., the dividends upon which are applied to the part payment of the tuition of every student in school, without reference to where he or she may reside. This will reduce the above low rates of tuition by a large per centage. We are also offered three scholarships in the State University, to be competed for by our stu dents. RATES OE 80-A.EE, See. Board can be had in the village at from SIO.OO to $12.50 per month. Arrangements are made to ac commodate a large number of boarders. fifST’The entire cost of tuition, board, books and all else except dress, per annum , need nqs cost more than $150.00, in the highest classes. We know that these figures are very low when compared with the expenses of other Colleges and Collegiate Institutes of the South; but patrons need not fear that their sons or daughters will re ceive a cheap, superficial education in Mari in Institute, or that their Morals and Taste will be formed to a low standard under the present corps of teachers. The course of study, the mode of instruction and the discipline are those adopted by the best male and female Institutes of this coun try and Europe ; so that young ladies and gentle men can either complete their course here, or they can transfer (as many have done) from our classes to the same classes of any good College. Persons of limited means can here secure for their boys and girls all the advantages that only wealth can purchase in most other places. Martin Literary Society furnishes superior facil ities for literary and forensic training; contact with students from all parts of the country is a constant stimulus to ambition; and above all, we can confidently affirm, that one must be high-toned in moral character to secure an honorable position 'among the pupils themselves. The teachers now in charge have all been in their present positions for seven years past, and understand their departments peifectly; on an average, about one hundred and fifty (150) stu dents from this and the ad joining States have ma triculated during each of the past seven years, so that we think it may now he claimed that the school is fully established and will be permanent. ADVANTAGES OF LOCATION. Jefferson is a retired and remarkably healthy • s,tuatefl eighteen miles north of Athens. Children boarded here will be as free from temp tations to extravagance or immorality as at any town in Georgia. ' J J. E. RANDOLPH, Secretary Board of Trustees. I 3lcio JUoei’tiseutfntg FOR SALE OR EXCHAVftp TMPKOVED PROPERTY in the corpn,,, , its of the city of Athens, assessed last s • at $750.00, will be sold on good terras price, or exchanged for other property imnr or unimproved, if suitably located either ° near Jefferson or Athens. For particnuJ dress M. STAFFORD. Forest News Offio. ferson, Ga. Ce ’ *1 Sfegr Athens Watchman and Georgian EORCSlA—Jackson County! Whereas, II M Appleby and R S Chen v ministrators, tie bonis non cum test am ml a of William Appleby, late of said county, cd, represent to the Court, in their petition hT filed, that they have fully administered said xf ccased’s estate agreeably*to the law and s .i,rj ceased’s will— aiU This is, therefore, to cite all persons concern j kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any Jh can, why said Administrators should not be charged from their administration, and receive’ ters of dismission on the first Monday in i. 1876. * Given under my official signature, at office i nary 4th, 1876. WILEY C. HOWARD declo Ordinary. LOW FOR CASH WE respectfully call the attention of the pub. lie to our Stock of Dry Goods, Which will be sold at greatly reduced prices an! STICTLY FOR CASH! We wish to sell them out by the first of March We earnestly request all who are indebted t us to come forward within THIRTY DAYS And settle by CASH or Aok, As we desire to settle our old books within that time. Respectfully, PENDERGRASS & HANCOCK. Jefferson, Jan 8, 1875. To the Public. I HEREBY tender my thanks to the public ge. nerallv, for past favors, and solicit a contina. once of tfie same. In order that I may sustain my business in such a manner as to make it acceptable to the public, I earnestly request all Who Owe Me, To make iimnediatepayment, Circumstances compel me to make close collw. tions. In no instance can 1 allow accounts rnadt during 1875, to run longer than the 20th day el January, 1876. If I could otherwise carry on ibj business, I would most cheerfully do so. jal Most respectfully, F. M. BAILEY. 1876!} TERM. (1876! MAR TIM INSTITUTE! SPRING TERM Will open on the 2Jfth Juii'iu r PIIIS is a school for the times. The .course of -L study is the one usually prescribed in .Male and Female Colleges ; but it is modified for the* who wish to prepare for Business or Agriculture Our students enjoy good health, form no expen sive habits ; but may acquire good taste ana in extensive acquaintance. The cost of Board and Tuition PER ANNUM, for six years, has averaged only $ 139.70 in the highest, an and SiZo. G 5 the lowest classes. Student* may also obtain one #f three offered us in tlie Slate I'niversitj. particulars, apply to J. W. GLENN, Principal Or J. E. Randolph, Sec. Board Trustees. Jefferson, Jackson Cos., ft December 25, 1875. SPECIAL NOTICE persons indebted to the firm of J. DA 11. J. Long, are most earnestly requested to come forward and settle their indebtedness either by Cash or Note. The death of the Senior mem ber of the firm, necessarily dissolves the partner ship, and it is important that the books be closed at once. H. J. LONG, Nov 6, 1875. Surviving Partner. MRS. T. A. ADAMS, Broad Street , one door abort National Basic. ATHENS, <3--A.-, KEEPS constantly on hand an extensive stock of SEASONABLE MILLINERY GOODS, comprising, in part, the latest styles and fashion! of liiidies* Hats, Bonnets, Ribboa* ■ju'es, Flowers, Gloves Ac., which will w sold at reasonable prices. Orders from the coun try promptly filled. Give her a call. 4183 m $5,000 REWARD! THE WELL KNOWN H. COHEN, OF GAINES VILL% JJAS opened the largest stock of Toys, Fancy Goods, Jewelry Notions and Confectioneries, Ever Brought to George Which he sells both Wholesale and Retail pressly to merchants, at Lower Prices Than can be bought from any othar house in the State. I buy my Goods New York, direct from the importers. If [ from Jackson county should visit Gainesvili*< invite them to call and see MY show! Bigger than Bamum’s, free of charge. men who have sweethearts and ladies with without them are all iavited to come and *■* nice presents. ere I to attempt to name one-half of the number of articles on exhibition, it would c 0 . the whole of this newspaper. Don’t fail co ® and see fer yourselves. Respectfully, H. COHEN. Nov 27 3m GAINESVILLE, 6*- “ THE LIVE STORE f DEUPREFS CORNER, ATHENS, W. HUNTER IBEUSSE HAVE in store and will keep constant? * hand, a large stock of <lotliin. adapted to the seasJn ; Casimc** other Cloths ; Ladies’ and Gents’ and Family Groceries; Boots and Shoes, u?° rC) i > V> are and Crockery, all descriptions; Gsn*® Sheetings. Yarns, Ac. All the above g°°"J been recently purchased at low figures, tn V be sold at reduced prices. Call and be con IIUXTER A BEL SSI- Oct 30 Iy Deupree s t or"