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is touching appeal heeded? Let;
man who belonged to the “clique
hat the resolutions condemn an
sw|r fcr his party.
A it was in reference to that state
of things exactly tiiat Dr. Jones reported., as
1 have already read to the House, in his re
port which was mutilated before that com
mittee of Congress and in the trial of Wirz
—it was in consequence of that very state of
things that Dr. Jones said that depression
of mind and despondency, and home-sick
ness of these nrhwmers, carried to their
graves than <fd'"physical cantos of disease.
This was not wonderful at all.
But, Mr. Speaker, why were all these ap
peals resisted? Why <1 id the Federal au
thorities refuse to allow their own surgeons
to go with their own soldiers and carry them
medicine and clothing, and comfort and
treatment? Why? Why did they refuse to
exchange man for man and officer for of
ficer? Why did they refuse to stand up to
their own solemn engagements, made in
ISG2, for the exchange of prisoners? Who
is at Tan#? There must be a reason for this.
That is the next point to which I wish to
call the attention of the House. Sir, listen
to the reading. The New York Tribune.
referring to this matter in 18(54, said—l sup
pose you will believe the Tribune in 1864, if
you do not believe it now :
In August the rebels offered to renew the ex
change itun for man. General Grant then
telegraphed the following important order :
“It is hard on our men held in Southern
prisons not, to ffrc+nngp them, but it is hu
manity to those left in the ranks to fight our
battles. Every man released on parole or
otherwise becomes an active soldier against
ns at once, either directly or indirectly. If
we commence a system of exchange which
liberates all prisoners taken, we will have to
light on till the whole South is exterminated.
If we hold those caught they amount to no
more than dead men. At this particular
time to release all rebel prisoners North
would insure Sherman's defeat and would
compromise our safety here.”
Mr. Garfield—What date is that?
Mr. Hill—Eighteen hundred and sixty
four.
Mr. Garfield —What date in that year.
Mr. Hill—l do not note the day or month
I have real the telegram which is taken
from the New York ' Tribune , after August.
1864.
Here is General Grant's testimony before
the committee on the exchange of prisoners,
February 11, 186A. You believe him, do
you not?
Question. It has been said that we refus
ed to exchangb prisoners because we found
ours starved, diseased, and unserviceable
when we receivc<Ltbem. and did not lit e to
exchange sound ipen for such men.
That was,Ljie question propounded to him.
His answer was:
Answer. There never has been any such
reason as that. That has been a reason for
making exchanges. I will confess that if
our men who are prisoners in the South were
really well taken care of, suffering i othing
except a little privation of liberty, then, in a
military point, of view', it would not 1 e good
policy for us to exchange, because every man
they get back is forced rigiit, into tie army
at once, while that is not the case with onr
prisoners wlgyi we receive them : in fact the
half of our tetirrned prisoners will rever go
into the army again, and none of them will
until after they have had a furlough of thir
tyor sixty days. Still, the fact of their suf
fejang as they do is a reason for making this
ehahge as rapidly as possible.
w. ®nd never has been a reason for not making
tlul esfchauge ? -
A. ft mjver Has. Exchanges having beensus
pen<le*hv reason of disagreement on the part of
ngKhts of exchange on both sides before I came in
command of the armies of the United States ; and
it then being near the opening of the Spring cam
paign, I did not deem it advisable or just to the
mcn.who had to tight our battles to re-enforce the
enemy with thirty or forty thousand disciplined
troops at that time. An immediate resrmption of
exchanges would have had that effect without giv
ing us corresponding benefits. The suffering said
to exist among our prisoners South, was a power
ful argument against the course pursued, and so I
felt it.
There is no disputing the fact that, w'ith the
knowledge that his prisoners were suffering in the
South, he insisted that the exchange should not be
renewed, because it would increase ihe Military
power of the enemy. Now, that may have been a
good military reason. Ido not quote it for the
purpose of reflecting upon General Grant in the
slightest, l.am giving the facts of history. 1 in
sist that the Confederacy shall not he held i espon
aihle for the results of the war policy of the Fed
eral Government, especially when the record
proves that the Confederate authorities made every
possible effort to avert these results. Nor do I
allege inhumanity on the part of General Grant or
the Federal Government. I give you the facts,
and 1 have given you General Grant's interpreta
tion of those facts. I.ct the world judge.
Now, sir. we have other authority upon that sub
ject. Here is a letter by Junius Henri Browne.
Ido not, know the gentleman. He signs his name
to the lojUcr. He writes like a scholar. He is a
Northern gentleman, and I am not aware that his
statement has ever been contradicted. Now, what
does he say?
New York. Augusts.
Moreover. General Butler in his speech at Low
ell. Massachusetts, stated positively that he had
been ordered by Mr. Stanton to put forward the
negro .question to complicate and prevent the ex
change. ***** Every one is aware that
when the exchange did take place, not the slightest
alteration had occurred in the question, and that
our prisoners might, as well have been released
twelve or eighteen months before as at the resump
tion of the cartel, which would have saved to the
Kepn-bhe at least twelve or fifteen thousand heroic
lives.
That they were not saved is due alone to Edwin
M. Stanton's peculiar policy and dogged obstinacy,
and. as 1 have remarked before, he is unquestion
ably the digger of the unnamed graves that crowd
the vincinity of every Southern prison with historic
and never to be forgotten horrors.
That is the testimony of a northern man against
Mr. Stanton. And he goes on :
I regret the revival of this painful subject, but
the gratuitous etfort of Mr. Dana to relieve the
secretary of war from a responsibility he seems
willing to bear, and which merely as* a question
of policy independent of all considerations of hu
manity must be regarded as of great weight, has
compelled me to vindicate myself from the charge
of making grave statements without due consider
ation.
OnCe (or all. let me declare that I have never
found fault with any one because 1 was detained
in prison, for 1 am well aware that that was a mat
ter in which no one but myself and possibly a few
personal friends would feel any interest; that mv
sole motive for impeaching the secretary of war
was that the people of the loyal north might know
tto whom they were indebted for the cold-blooded
and needless sacrifices of their fathers and broth
ers, their husbands and their sons. 1 understand
lllat Mr. UnvvviK, l is a contributor to Harper’s
Monthly. and was then. The man. so he tells you.
wlfo> was responsible for these atrocities at An
dcrsonville was the secretary of war, Mr. Stanton.
Now. Mr. Speaker, what have I proven ? I have
proven that the federal authorities broke the car
tel for the exchange of prisoners deliberately ; I
have proven that they refused to re-open the* car
tel when it was proposed by Mr. Stephens’, as a
commissioner, solely on the ground of humanity;
1 have proven that thev made medicine contra
band of war. and thereby left the south to the
dreadful necessity of treating their own prisoners
with such medicines as jould be improvised in the
confederacy : 1 have proven that they refused to
allow surgeons of their own appointment of their
own army, to accompany their prisoners in the
south, with full license and liberty to carry Fojkl,
medicine, and raiment, and every comfort
that the prisoners might need ; I have proven that
when the federal government made the pretext for
interrupting the cartel for the exchange of pris
oners. the confederates yielded every point and
proposed to exchange prisoners on the terms of
the federal government, and that the latter refused
it: T have proven that the confederates then pro
posed to return the federal sick and wounded
without equivalent in August. 18G1. and never got
a reply until December, 1874; I have proven that
high federal officers gave the reason why they
would not exchange prisoners that it would he
humanity to the prisoners hut cruelty to the sol
diers in the field, and therefore it wa# a part of the
federal military policy to let federal prisoners suf
' for rather than that the confederacy should have
an increase of its military force, and the federal
j government refused it. when by such exchange it
would have received more prisoners than it rc
! turned to the confederates.
Now. what is' the answer to all this? Against
whom does the charge lie. if there are to he accu
sations of any, for the horrors of Andcrsonville?
Mr. Bright. What was the percentage of
deaths in the prisons !
Mr. Hill. I have already given it. I have prov
ed also that, with all the horrors of Andcrsonville.
the gentleman from Maine has so ostentatiously
paraded, and for an obvious partisan purpose of
exacting upon this floor a hitter sectional discus
sion. from which his party, and perhaps himself,
may he the beneficiary, greater sufferings occur
red in the prisons where confederate soldiers were
confined, and that the percentage of death was
three per cent greater among confederate troops
in federal hands than among federal troops held
by the confederates. And I need not state the
contrast between the needy confederacy and the
abundance of federal supplies and resources.
Now, sir. when the gentleman rises again to give
breath to that affusion of unmitigated genius with
out fact to sustain it. in which he says—
And 1 here, before God. measuring my words,
knowing their full extent end import, declare that
neither the deeds of the Duke of Alva in the low
countries, nor the massacre of Saint Bartholo
mew. nor the thumb-screws and engines of torture
of the Spanish inquisition, begin to compare in
atrocity with the hideous crime of Andcrsonville,
let him add that the mortality of Andcrson
ville and other confederate prisons falls short by
more than 3 per cent, the mortality in federal pris
ons.
Sir, if any man will reflect a moment he will
see that there was reason why the confederate
government should desire exchange of prisoners.
It was scarce of food, pinched for clothing, closed
up with a blockade of its ports ; it needed troops ;
its ranks were thinning.
Now, Mr. Speaker, it is proper that I should
read one or two sentences from the man who has
been arraigned as the vilest murderer in history.
After the battles around Richmond, in which Mc-
Clellan was defeated, some ten thousand prison
ers fell into the hands of the confederacy. Vic
tory had perched upon its standard, and the re
joicing naturally following victory was heard in
the ranks of the confederate army. Mr. Davis
went out to make a gratulatory speech. Now,
gentlemen of the house, gentlemen of the other
side, if you are willing to do justice, let me sim
ply call your attention to the words of this man
that then fell from his lips in the hour of victory.
Speaking to the soldiers, he said :
You are fighting for all that is dearest to man :
and, though opposed to a foe who disregards many
of the usages ot civilized war, your humanity to
the wounded and the prisoners was a lit and crown
ing glory of your valor.
Above the victory, above every other consider
ation. even that victory which they believed in
sured protection to their homes and families, he
tells them that at last their crowning glory was
their humanity to the wounded and prisoners who
had fallen into their hands.
The gentleman from Maine yesterday introduced
the Richmond Examiner as a witness in his be
half. Now it is a rule of law that a man cannot
impeach his own witness. It is true the Examin
er hated Mr. Davis with a cordial hatred. The
gentleman could not have introduced the testimo
ny of perhaps a bitterer foe to Mr. Davis. Why
did it hate him? Here are its reasons: “The
chivalry and humanity of Jefferson Davis will in
evitably ruin the confederacy.” That is your
witness, and the witness is worth}' of your cause.
You introduced the witness to prove Mr. Davis
guilty of inhumanity, and he tells you that the
humanity of Mr. Davis will ruin the confederacy.
That is not all. In the same paper it says : “The
enemy have gone from one unmanly cruelty to
another.” Recollect, this is your witness. En
couraged by their impunity till they are now and
have for some time been inflicting on the people
of this country the worst horrors of barbarous
and uncivilized war.” Yet in spite of all this the
Examiner alleged “Mr. Davis in his dealing with
the enemy was as gentle as a sucking dove.”
Mr. GARFIELD. What volume is that?
Mr. HILL. The same volume, page 531, and
is taken from the Richmond Examiner—the pa
per the gentleman quoted from yesterday. And
that is the truth. Those of us who were there at
the time know it to he the fact. One of the persis
tent charges brought by that paper and some oth
ers against Mr. Davis was his humanity. Over
and over again Mr. Davis has been heard to say,
and I use his very language, when applied to re
taliate for the horrors inflicted upon our prison
ers. “ The inhumanity of the enemy to our pris
oners can be no justification for a disregard by us
of the rules of civilized war and of Christianity.”
Therefore he persisted in it. and this paper cried
out against him that it would ruin the confedera
cy.
I am sure T owe this house an apology for hav
ing detained it so long; I shall detain it but a few
moments longer. After all, what should men do
who really desire the restoration of peace and to
prevent the recurrence of the horrors of war ? llow
ought they to look at this question ? Sir, war is
always horrible ; war always brings hardships ;
it brings death, it brings sorrow, it brings ruin, it
brings devastation. And he is unworthy to be
called a statesman, looking to the pacification of
this country, who will parade the horrors insepa
rable from war for the purpose of keeping up the
strife that produced the war.
1 do not doubt that I am the bearer of unwel
come messages to the gentleman from Maine and
his party. lie says that there are confederates in
this body, and that they are going to combine with
a few from the north for the purpose of controll
ing this government. If one were to listen to the
gentlemen on the other side he would be in doubt
whether they rejoiced more when the south left
the union, or regretted most when the south came
back to the union that their fathers helped to
form, and to which they will forever hereafter
contribute as much of patriotic ardor, of noble de
votion. and of willing sacrifice as the constituents
of the gentleman from Maine. 0, Mr, Speaker,
why cannot gentlemen on the other side rise to
the heightof this great argument of patriotism? Is
the bosom of the country always to be torn with
this miserable sectional debate whenever a presi
dential election is pending? To that great debate
of half a century before secesssion there were left
no adjourned questions. The victory of the north
was absolute, and God knows the submission of
the south was complete. But, sir, we have recov
ered from the humiliation of defeat, and we come
here among you and ask you to give us the greet
ing accorded to brothers by brothers. We pro
pose to join you in ever}’ patriotic endeavor and
to unite with von in every patriotic aspiration
that looks to the benefit, the advancement, and
the honor of every part of our common country.
Let us. gentlemen of all parties, in this centen
nial year indeed have a jubilee of freedom. We di
vide with you the glories of the revolution and of
the succeeding years of our national life before
that unhappy division—that four years’ night of
gloom and despair—and so we shall divide with
you the glories of all the future.
Sir. my message is this : There are no confeder
ates in this house; there are now no confederates
anywhere ;therc arc no confederate schemes, am
bitions. hopes, desires, or purposes here. But
the south is here, and here sue intends to remain.
[Enthusiastic applause.] Go on and pass your
qualifying acts, trample upon the constitution you
have sworn to support, abnegate the pledges of
your fathers, incite rage upon our people, and
multiply your infidelities until they shall be like
the stars of heaven or the sands of the seashore,
without number; but know this, for all your ini
quities the south will never again seek a remedy in
the madness of another secession. [Continued ap
plause.] We are here ;we are in the house of our
fathers, our brothers are our companions, and we
arc at home to say. thank God. [Much applause.]
We come to gratify no revenges, to retaliate no
wrongs, to resent no past insults, to re-open no
strife. We come with a patriotic purpose to do
whatever in our political power shall lie. to re
store an honest, economical, and constitutional i
administion of the government. We come charg
ing upon the union no wrongs to us. The union
never wronged us The union has been an un
mixed blessing to every section, to every state,
to every man of every color in America. We 1
charge all our wrongs upon that “higher law” fa- j
naticism, that never kept a pledge nor obeyed a
law. The south did seek to leave the association
of those who, she believed, would not keep fidel
ity to their covenants ; the south sought to go to
herself; hut, so far from having lost our fidelity
for the constitution which our fathers made, when
we sought to go we hugged that constitution to
our l*oSoms and carried it with us.
Brave union men of the north, followers of W eb
stev and Fillmore, of Clay and Cass, and Douglas
—yon who Fought for the Union for the sake bf the
Union; you who ceased to fight when the battle
ended and the sword was sheathed—we have no
quarrel with you, whether republicans hr demo
crats. We felt your heavy arm in the carnage of
battle, hut above the roar of the cannon we heard
your voice of kindness, calling “Brothers, come
hack!” And we hear witness to you this day that
that voice of kindness did more to thin the confed
erate ranks and weaken the confederate arms than
did all the artillery employed in the struggle. We
are here to co-operate with you ; to do whatever
we can. in spite of all our sorrows, to rebuild the
union ; to restore peace; to he a blessing to the
country, and to make the American union what
our fathers intended it to be, the glory of Ameri
ca and a blessing to humanity.
But to you, gentlemen, who seek still to contin
ue strife,’and who. not satisfied with the suffer
ings already endured, the blood already shed, the
waste already committed, insist that we shall be
treated as criminals and oppressed as victims, on
ly because we defend our convictions—to you we
make no concessions. To you who followed up
the war after the brave soldiers that fought it had
made peace and gone to their homes—to you we
have no concession to offer. Martyrs owe no apol
ogies to tyrants. And while we are ready to make
every sacrifice for the union, even secession, how
ever defeated and humbled, will confess no sin to
fanaticism, however bigoted and exacting.
Yet, while we make to you no concession, we
come even to you in no spirit of revenge. We
would multiply blessings m common for you and
for us. We have one ambition, and that is to add
our political power to the patriotic union men of
the north in order to compel fanaticism to obey
the law and live in the union according to the con
stitution. We do not propose to compel you by
oaths, for you who breed strife only to get oifice
and power will not keep oaths.
Sir, we did the union one great wrong. The un
ion never wronged the south ; but woof the south
did to the union one great wrong ; and we come,
as far as we can, to repair it. We wronged the
union grievously when we left it to ho seized and
rent and torn by the men who had denounced it
as “a covenant with hell and a league with the
devil.” We ask you, gentlemen of the republi
can party, to rise above all your animosities. Lest
us unite to repair the evils that distract and op
press tie country. Let us turn our backs upon
the past, and let it he said in the future that he
shall be the greatest patriot who shall do most to
repair the wrongs of the past and promote the
glories of the future. [Applause on the*floor and
jn the galleries.]
Debt Abroad and at Home.
The cost of governing Great Britain is
about s:> 15,000,000 ; the cost of governing the
United States is $645.000,000 —these sums
including all the expenses of Federal, State,
county and municipal government. Great
Britain, at less expenses than the United
States, keeps up a brilliant court, manages
her vast colonial system, and has a large ar
my and navy. The Edinburgh Scotchman
gives us these facts : The city of New York,
with a population of less than one million,
has a debt of $31,515,678. while London has
a debt of only $5,181,700. Baltimore and
Boston, the first with 207,354 people, and the
second with a population of 240,426, each
have debts much larger than London. New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Bal
timore, Washington, New Orleans, Chicago,
St. Louis, Cincinnati. Jersey City, Louisville,
Newark, Providence, Pittsburg, Cleveland,
Portland, Charleston, Memphis, ‘Savannah,
San Francisco, Albany, Mobile, Milwaukee,
Detroit, Bangor, Augusta, St. Joseph, Indian
apolis, St. Paul. Lynchburg and Columbus—
the thirty-two principal cities in the United
States, with a population of 4.835,704 —have
a debt of $105,126,545, while London, Liver
pool, Manchester. Leeds, Bradford, Bristol,
Bolton, Brighton, Birmingham, Oldham, Sal
ford, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Wolverhamp
ton, Preston, Newcastle, Blackburn, Ashton,
Sunderland and Swansea —the twenty-one
principal English cities, with a population of
6,384,173 —have a debt of only $22,332,730
—less by $0,182,048 than the debt of New
York. —Awjusta Chronicle.
Ifl Only Had Leisure.
“ If I had leisure I would repair that weak
place in my fence,*’ said a farmer. lie had
none, however, and while drinking cider with
a neighbor, the cows broke in and injured a
prime piece of corn. “If I had leisure, ’* said
a wheelwright last winter, “I would alter my
stove pipe, for I know it is not safe.” But
lie did not find time, and when his shop
caught fire and burned down, he found time
to build another. “Ifl had leisure,” said a
mechanic, “ I should have m} r work done in
season.” The man thinks his time had been
all occupied, but he was not at work till after
sun-rise : he quit work at 5 o'clock, smoked
a cigar after dinner, and spent two hours on
the street talking nonsense with an idler. “If
I had leisure,” said a merchant, “ I would
pay more attention to mj r accounts, and
would try and collect my bills more prompt
ly.” The chance is, my friend, if you had
leisure you would probably pay less atten
tion to the matter.
LiiF The editor of the Atlanta Constitution,
in a late number of that paper, has a labored
essa} T in favor of high salaries for public of
ficers. There may be many substan
tial reasons why the editor of that
paper should be in favor of high salaries,
which the peeple at large would not appre
ciate. The salaries of many of the State
officers are spent in Atlanta, and the more
money they receive the more they have to
spend. High salaries would enable each of
ficial to pay blackmail, to help them to retain
men in office who had it. In the course of
his argument the editor makes the startling
assertion : “If we want integrity, we must
pay for it.” We have always believed there
were some men that were naturally honest,
but here is a plain intimation—in fact, an
assertion—that if we want officials to be
honest we must bribe them to be so. We
presume there are but few, if any men, even
in Atlanta, that could not be hired to be
honest for a few days at least, but would
such integrity be worth the purchase? A
man that is honest because he is paid to be
honest, would be dishonest if paid a little
more to be dishonest. That kind of integrity
which must be bought will not wear well;
yet this seems to be the only kind of integri
ty of which this Atlanta editor is acquainted.
Is this the standard of Atlanta integrity?—
Union and Recorder:
CHURCH I'AIR.
There will be a Fair at the Colored Peo
ples’ Church, at the “west end” of Jefferson,
on Saturday, the 29th inst. Admittance, 25
Cents. The white citizens are most respect
fully invited to turn out and aid us in our
efforts to finish and pay for our Church.
Your ob't servant,
In tlie bounds of the Gospel,
Rev. J. C. Waggoner.
iucjaf Jlifoertiscmeuts.
Q.EOKGLI, Jackson county.
A PPLICATION having been made to the Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue fol* Jackson
county, for a road commencing at the Athens and
Clarkesville road, near the residence of Washing
ton Farabee, and running in the direction of W S
Rogers, over the lands of W Farabee, A J Hud
son". J P Hudson, A P Butler, Wm Thurmond, H
B (Sober, L V Dunston, Nancy Dixon, Newton
Harris, Henry Strickland, W P Ilembricß’, J A
Sailors. Henry Hawks, J G II Pittman, J T
Rogers, Jane White, Zedekiah Hardeman and W
S Rogers, and connecting with the Athens and
Oarnesville road near the residence of said W S
Rogers, to be opened and made a public road, and
reviewers having been appointed to review said
road, and said reviewers having made their report
that said road will be of public utility, this is,
therefore to cite and admonish all parties inter
ested that after the publication of this notice
thirty days in The Forest News, a newspaper
published in Jefferson, Jackson county, Georgia,
said application will he granted, if no good cause
is shown to the contrary.
Application also having been made to said Com
missioners for anew road leading from McElhan
non’s Bridge, by C C McElhannon's, J D John
son's and Robert Shields’, and intersecting the
Federal road near the residence of Wm Thomp
son, to be opened and made a public road, and re
viewers having been appointed to review said road,
and said reviewers having made their report that
said road will be of public utility, this is, there
fore, to cite and admonish all parties interested
that after the publication of this notice thirty days
in The Forest News, a newspaper published in
Jefferson, Jackson county, Georgia, said applica
tion will be granted, if no good cause is shown to
the contrary.
WM. SEYMOUR,
W. J. IIAYNIE,
AY. G. STEED,
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of
Jackson County.
N. B.—The Justices of the Peace are requested
to report the names of all the paupers in their re
spective Districts to our body on the fourth Satur
day in February next.
•J an 22
—Jackson County.
AVhereas, II M Appleby and R S Cheney, Ad
ministrators, de bonis non cum testamento annexo ,
of William Appleby, late of said county, deceas
ed, represent to the Court, in their petition duly
filed, that they have fully administered said de
ceased's estate agreeably to the law and said de
ceased’s will—
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show' cause, if any they
can, why said Administrators should not be dis
charged from their administration, and receive let
ters of dismission on the first Monday in April,
1576.
Given under my official signature, at office, Jan
uary 4th, 187(1. AY I LEY C. HOWARD,
dcclo Ordinary.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
1 )C 0,1 the first Tuesday in Fcbru-
T V ary next, before the Court House door, in
Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga, within the legal
hours of sale, the following property, to wit:
Two certain tracts of land in said county, one
known as a part of the Overby tract, adjoining
lands of T L Harrison, J N Pinson, qnd others,
containing, according to plat, 2J4.1 acres, more or
less, and the other tract known as the Jackson
Bell place, adjoining lands of Stephen Roberts, es
tates of R T Carithers and J I) Long, and others,
containing 172 acres, more or less. The former
tract of land has a good dwelling house and neces
sary out-buildings thereon. On both places there
is about 125 acres in cultivation, ten of which is
bottom land, the balance original forest and old
Held—on the waters of the Oconee river. Said
land sold for purchase money. Pointed out by
plaintiff \s attorney. All levied on as the propertv
of the defendant, by virtue of a ti fa issued from
the Superior Court. Samuel P Thurmond vs. C C
Thompson. Controlled by Hunter & Beus.sc.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold,
nine hundred acres of land, more or less, on the
waters of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of T
L Harrison, J N Pinson, Stephen. Roberts, and
others ; well improved, good buildings, about 200
acres ofiand in cultivation, 75 of which is bottom
land, the balance original forest and old field. —
Levied on as the property of C C Thompson, by
virtue of a tax fi fa issued by J L Williamson, Tax
Collector, vs. said Thompson, in favor of the coun
ty of Jackson and State of Georgia. Property
pointed out by defendant. Levy made and return
ed to me by W F Hunter, L C.
Also, at the same time and place, fifty acres of
land, more or less, on the Walnut Fork of the
Oconee river, adjoining lands of A M Park, Jere
miah Murphy and others. Said land is all origi
nal forest, except four acres of old field, with two
log cabins thereon. Levied on as the property
of E A|pMizc, by virtue of a tax fi fa issued by j
L Williamson, 'I 1 C, in favor of the county of Jack
son and State of Georgia, vs. said Mize. Property
pointed out by defendant. Levy made and re
turned to me by D M Roberts, L C.
janß J. S. HUNTER, Sh’ff.
Money for Some People!
GEORGIA, JACKSON COUNTY—In the
Court of Ordinary, January Term, 1876.
IT appearing to the Court by the application of
Alfred Smith and Noah W Pittman, adminis
trators of Charles Smith, late of said county, de
ceased. for a discharge from their administration
of said deceased’s estate, that the distributive
shares of William Smith, deceased, who was a
brother of said deceased, and of Nancy Pittman,
dec’d late the wife of Martin JI Pitman, late of
Randolph county, Ala., who was a sister to the
deceased, arc not paid over because the heirs at
law of each of these distributees have failed to Idle
their claims and identify themselves as such, and
that the residence and some of the names of said
parties are unknown to said Administrators—
Therefore, it is ordered, that said parties be and
they are hereby notified to come forward and claim
their respective interest in the.said Charles
Smith's estate ; and that this order be published
for three months in The Forest News, a newspa
per published in said county of Jackson.
Given under my official signature, at office,
January 3d, 1876.
janß 1\ 1 LEY C. HOWARD, Ordinary.
Executor’s Sale.
A GREEABLI to an order of the Court of Or
fA dinary of Jackson county, will be sold be
fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said
county on the first Tuesday in February, 1876,
within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, the following property, to wit:
Lot of land known and distinguished as number
one hundred and sixteen (116) in the fourth Dis
trict of originally Lee county, containing two hun
dred and two and a half acres, more or less. Sold
as the property of Jonathan Martin, late of said
county of Jackson, dec’d, for the purpose of dis
tribution. Terms, Cash.
T. N. HIGIIFILL, Executor
j an 8 J. Martin, dec'd.
—.laeliNon County.
Whereas, Alfred Smith and Noah W Pittman,
Administrators of Charles Smith, late of said
count}', dec'd, represents to the Court, by their
petition duly liled. that they have fully administer
ed said Charles Smith’s estate according to law,
and ask to be discharged from the same and for
letters of dismission—
Therefore, all persons interested are hereby no
tified and required to show cause, if any they can,
on the first Monday in April. 1876, at the reg
ular term of the Court of Ordinary, to be then
held in and for said county, why said Administra
tors should not be discharged and said letters of
dismission be granted, as prayed for by applicants
in their petition.
Given under my official signature, at office, Jan
3d ; 1876. WILEY C. HOWARD,
J an 8 Ordinary.
—Jackson County.
f. Bird Aker, colored, makes application for
exemption of personalty ; and I will pass on the
same at my office in Jefferson, in said county, at
11 o'clock, A. M., on the 20th day of Jan. 1876.
Given under my official signature, this January
loth. 1876. ‘ WILEY C. HOWARD,
j an 22 Ordinary..
BARGAINS!
NEW GOODS 5 REDUCED PRICES;
STANLEY k PINSON,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A FULL ASSORTMENT OF
Dry Goods, Groceries, lints, Caps, Roots, Shoes, Hardware, Earthenware, Hoilo W . W|^
Ready-Made Clothing,
Ladies’ and Misses Dress Goods, of various styles ; Medicines, Drugs, Dye-Stuffs, p a j ntl
Oils. A FULL VARIETY OF NOTIONS to please the little children as well
those of a larger growth. All of which, together with many other things,
'Will be sold Cheaper than Ever,
FOR CASH. {fe
LOOK HERE, LOOK HERE!
AND THEN COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES, THAT
F. M. BAILEY
(At tiie Old Stand of J. G, McLester.)
HAS JUST RECEIVED AND WILL KEEP CONSTANTNY ON HAND,
A FULL ASSORTMENT $ DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, HARD-WARE, EARTHEN-WARE, GLASS-WARE, HOL.
LOW-WARE, ROOTS & SHOES, LADIES’ & GENTLEMENS’ HATS,
Ready-Made Clothing, ALL QUALITI^ CS and
Drugs, Medicines, Faints and Dye-Stuffs,
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS -A. IN'ID T DRUM! AMINOS
In rich Variety, and a multitude of Pleasing Notions in great Profusion!
These G-oods will he sold at Athens and Gainesville Prices!
Call and have this assertion verified ! Oct 16
PENDERGRASS & HANCOCK
Would Respectfully Call tiie Attention of
CASH BUYERS § PROMPT-PAYING CUSTOMERS,
TO TIIEIR
NEW STOCK OF FALL GOODS,
Which consists of
TIIE REST PRINTS at 10 cents per yard,
FINE RRANDS OF PLEACHING at and 15 cents per yd.
GRANITEYTLLE DRILLING at 12.( cts. per yard.
BRUMBY’S BROGAN SHOES, $1.75 per pair.
MEN! BOYS* Ready-Made CLOTHING
OF TIIE LATEST FALL STYLES.
Ladies * flats and Bonnets,. Irtificial Flowers, Ribbon, <>.
The [Largest steek. of Soots and Shoes
THAT HAS EVER BEEN BROUGHT TO JEFFERSON!
CHEAPER TUJAAISr EVER I
LARGE STOCK OF OVERSHOES, Umbrellas, &c.
SADDLES, RRIDLES, COLLARS, k
FACTORY JANES, Cassimeres, Cotton Yarns,
Osnabtirgs. (’hecks, Shirting, Pleaching,
TICKINGS, BLANKETS, &c.
LADIES’ and GENTS’ SHAWLS,
Linseys, Flannels, &c.
Crockery and- Glass-'Ware!
A SELECT STOCK of LAMPS AND CHIMNEYS.
PAINTED BUCKETS, CEDAR BUCKETS, WELL BUCKETS, <s-c.
LARGE STOCK OF HARDWARE, Table Cutlery, Pocket Cutlery, &c.
■:^.H ats and Caps,
FULL LINE OF NOTIONS,
Drugs and Patent Medicines, Glass, Putty.
Spice, Pepper, Soda, Salts, Rlue Stone, Coperas, &c.
KEROSENE OIL!
(fiPOCI-PIFQ COFFEE, TEAS, MOLASSES, SYRUPS, LARD, HAM,
uay Vbfvltdj CHEESE, FLOUR, bacon, salt, k
ALL TOILET ARTICLES, Perfumery,
HAIR OIL, TOILET SOAPS, &c.
In fact almost everything except artificial teeth, tombstones and playing cards.
October 16, 1875. and see us when you come to town
L. SCHEVENEIX <fc Cos.,
Broad street, Athens, G-a.,
Dealers Iu
American and Imported 'Watches,
Cloeks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware,
-{I BRIDAL PRESENTS,!)'
GUNS, PISTOLS, MUNITION, SPECTACLES, EYE-GLASSES, MUSICAL INSTRUCTS,
CANES, FANCY ARTICLES, sc.„ <£c. *
HATING BEST AND EXPERIENCED WORKMEN, WE ARE PREPARED
To do Repairing and Gold and Silver Plating in superior
Athens, Ga.] CALL AND SEE XJS I [July3l IT
Q.EORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, John A Daniel, administrator of the
estate of John I \\ Randolph, late of said coun
ty, deceased, represents to the Court that he has
fully administered the estate of said deceased, and
makes application, in proper form, for Letters of
Dismission—
Therefore, ail persons concerned, arc hereby
notified to file their objections on or before the
first Monday in February, 1876, if any they have
to the granting of said letters of dismission or
else Letters Dismissory. as prayed for by the ap
plicant will, at the regular term of the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said county be
granted. ✓ J ’
Given under my official signature, this Ist of
Nov.. 1875. no 6 W. C. HOWARD, Ord’y.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
A l if i pcrsons indebted to the firm of J. D. A
JX 11. J. Long, are most earnestly requested to
tome forward and settle their indebtedness either
>v ( ash or Note. The death of the Senior lnom
>er of the firm, necessarily dissolves the partner
ship, and it is important that the books be closed
at once. _ H. J. LONG,
Nov G, 1875. Surviving Partner, r
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