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®|js sm%l ibinc.. Jackson County Publishing Company. M. Williamson. j N. IT. Pkndkkwkass, President. | Vice President. T. H. NIIiLACK. Seer';/ Treat. Ex ecu 1 ire CV> m null re. W. (’. Howard Ob’ra. O. J. X. Wilson, | R. J. Hancock, JEFFERSON", G-^A- Ki l l Klll nORVCi, FKR’V !*• 17. Hon. B. H. Hill Will please accept the acknowledgments of •The Forest News for sundry favors in the way of Public Documents. IdF’Bob Toombs and Col. Fitch, liotli of the “ irrepressible"’ order of thinking and talking, made speeches one night last week, in Atlanta. [jp*Another of those blood-curdling mur ders in New York. A man's head is cut oir with a hatchet, aud his !>ody otherwise muti lated, after he is stupefied with liquor. A woman is said to have been at the bottom of this revolting crime. Three murderers were taken from the jail at Charleston, West Virginia, last week, itint' lynched. The details of still another “lynching” in the same State, will be seen elsewhere in onr paper. And still another hanging by “lynchers” took place at St. Paul, Minn., during last week. little “ moke” of African proclivities, has been detected in stealing money-letters from the Post-office at Washington, Wilkes county, and carried to Atlanta to be dealt with by the United States authorities. By being a sweeper and cleaner-up in general, around the office, he gained access to the mail matter. Col. Offut, who was elected Democratic Senator in 1868, and was in New Orleans as a member of the Democratic Convention a few weeks ago, was assassinated last week, near Washington, La., by a negro—supposed to have been hired to commit the deed. Col. Offut was shot through the head, from behind, while riding over a bridge in a top buggy. The assassin escaped to a swamp, but was surrounded at latest accounts. Congress and the Federal Capital. Asa matter of course, there is a great deal of news— >f some sort—finds its way into the papers from Washington city. But when we find nothing directly interesting to our peo ple or section, we do not feel called upon to give space to matter that will scarcely be car ed for by one in fifty of our readers. Since otir last issue, a large sum has been ap propriated by Congress for the “Centennial” —all the Geergia members except Mr. llill, voting against the appropriation. Washington, January 31. —A special sent here gives the details of the tariff bill which it says M. Morrison intends introducing .to-day. lie suggests four cents on coffee, ten cents on tea, and an increase on tobacco. Other articles are reduced from 35 to 40 per cent; coal aud salt free. It is a tsi iff for revenue, and is more in the interest of con sumers than producers. Legislative News. Aside from what our worthy friend aid cor respondent, “ Jones,” furnishes us fr< m the Capital, we can gather nothing of general interest that has been done in either branch of the General Assembly, save one or two measures. In the House on the 29th. Mr. Lawton moved to amend the bill, changing the time of election of delegates from the second Tuesday in March next to the first Wednesday in January, 1877. and to cluinge the time of holding the convention from the first Tuesday in April next to the second Wednesday in March. 1877 ;) also, to strike out that clause which submitted to the people the question of “Convention or no Conven tion.” Mr. Williams, of Muscogee, favored the passage of the original bill, and objected to the amendments. After a brief argument in favor of his position, he remarked that he thought the discussion had been protracted long enough, and called the previous ques tion. The call was sustained, the amend ments were agreed to, and the bilL as amend ed was passed by 117 yeas to 27 nays. The IHI provides for 194 delegates and consti tutes each Senatorial district an election district, representation varying from one to nine, in proportion to the population of the district, and appropriates $25,000 to pay ex penses. - In the Senate on the 31st, the following bill was passed : • An act to regulate the fees of tax receivers and tax collectors in this state, and for other pusposes. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Georgia, that, after the first day of Jan nary, 1877. the commission to be allowed to each receiver and collector on the net amount of each digest for receiv ing and collection of state and county taxes shall be as follows: On all digests of SI,OOO 00 and under, 10 per cent; on all digests over SI,OOO 00 and unders2,ooo, 9 per cent.; on all digests over $2,000 00 and under $3- 000, 7 per cent; on all digests over $3,000 00 and under SI,OOO 00, 6 per cent; on all digests over $4,000 00 and under $6,000 00, 5 per cent; on all digests over $6,000 00 and under SB,OOO 00, 4 per cent; on all digests over SB,OOO 00 and under $12,000 00, 3.1 percent; on all digests over $12,000 00 .under $15,000 00 3 per cent; on all digests over $15,000 00 and under SIB,OOO, 21 per cent ; on all digests over SIB,OOO 00 and un der $20,000 000, 21 per cent; on all digests of $20,000 00 and over, 2 per cent. Section 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no tax collec tor shall, in any event, receive any greater or different rate of commission or rate of payment for collection of county taxes than lie receives by this act for collecting state taxes. Section 3. And be it further enacted bv the authority afo e aid, That the commission ol tax receiver, to be paid from county taxes, shall be one-half the amount allowed by this act to tax collectors for collecting of county taxes and no more. Section 4. And be it enacted by the au thority aforesaid. That all laws, general, local and special, in conflict with this act be, und the same are hereby repealed. Correspondence of the Forest News. FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, Jan. 28th, 1876. Mr. Editor : —The great occurrence of the week lias been the discussion of the Conven tion bill, which commenced yesterday morn ing. and has continued to-day. Your section has members upon the floor who are all in favor of the bill. Able and eloquent speeches were delivered in the House yesterday by Candler, of Hall, and Turnbull, of Banks, in favor of a Convention. Some of the ablest men in the House op | pose the measure, and it is difficult to prophesy the result, but I believe I will ven ture to sav that the bill will pass in some form. In the Senate, it will be almost cer tain to pass—probably by a considerable majority. Of one thing you may be well as sured -that the subject will be thoroughly discussed in the House before a vote is taken. 1 cannot perceive how a man could vote against allowing the people the right to say whether they wish a Convention ; and if he should cast such a vote, would his conscience ever again allow him to seek the position of a Representative of the people ? [By reference to legislative news elsewhere, it will be seen that the Convention bill was disposed of in the House by changing the time of election of delegates from the second Tuesday in March next to the first Wednes day in January, 1877, and to change the time of holding the Convention from the first Tues day in April next to the second Wednesday in March, 1877.— Ed. News.] The only bill of any sort of importance passed during the week was Hardeman's bill to exempt from taxation the cotton, corn and other products of the previous year, in the hands of the producer on the Ist of April, and held for sale by him. The bill to repeal the act creating Agricul tural Department was lost, and the bills to abolish Geological Department and State Board of Health have been made special or ders for Wednesday and Saturday next. Mr. Meadows’ bill to repeal act making ap propriations to Georgia State College and North Georgia Agricultural College was lost. Your Representative (Mr. Duke’s) bill to repeal act prohibiting sale of intoxicating liquors in Harmon}' Grove was tabled. The bill to fix the jurisdiction of County Court of Jackson county was passed by substitute.— The bill to amend act incorporating Jefferson was lost. The bill to create Board of Com missioners was withdrawn. The following new bills have been intro duced by members from your section. Mr. Duke. To provide for the payment of insolvent costs of officers of Superior Court of Jackson county. Also, to allow M. B. Elrod, of Jackson, to peddle without license. Mr. Carlton. To amend County Court act so far as relates to Clarke county. Also, to provide for the payment of insolvent costs of officers of Clarke county. Mr. Wilson. To amend section 4372 of the Code of Georgia, so far as relates to Oco* nee county. Also, to create a Board of Com missioners for Oconee. Mr. Hutcheson. To incorporate the town of Crawford, in Oglethorpe county. Mr. Crymes. To prohibit sale of liquors within certain distances ofCarnesville, Frank lin county. Four hundred and forty-eight bills intro duced, so far. Bob Toombs made a big speech on Tues day night in favor of a Convention, but it was so very strong and bitter that it is feared his effort will add strength to the opposition, lie said some good things, as he always does, but I have not time to write them now. He was followed by Griffin Fitch, in his usual laugh-provoking manner. i Yours, “Jones.” State Democratic Executive Committee. At the meeting of this body held in At lanta on the 25th ult., a balloting for member of the National Democratic Executive Com mittee resulted in the selection of Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Chatham, with Gen. J. B. Gordon as alternate. The following resolution was passed in re gard to the appointment of delegates to the National Democratic. Convention ; Resolved, That a Convention of Congress ional Districts be called by the Executive Committee of each District on Wednesday, the 26th day of April, at such places as each District Committee shall select, to nominate two delegates and two alternates each to the National Democratic Convention, and that said District Conventions nominate four names as delegates at large ; and if the said District Conventions shall fail to agree in the selection of the same four delegates at large, they shall empower the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee to select from the names nominated, four delegates for the State at large from all the names designated. The following resolution was passed : Resolved. That in all Congressional Dis tricts in which a Convention has been held since the appointment of an Executive Com mittee for such District, we recognize the last Executive Committee of such District as the valid Commitee, empowered to act until their successors shall be appointed. It was moved and carried that the Chair man call a meeting of the Committee the week after the assemblage of the National Democratic Convention to arrange for a State Convention to elect Presidential electors and nominate a candidate for Governor. the new hill to exempt the wages of laborers and mechanics from garnishment for debts of any and every description, the Augusta Chronicle says: Should the bill become a law, it cannot op erate as to debts in existence prior to the passage, the same legal principle applying in such a case as that upon which the supreme court of the United states overruled the su preme court of Georgir in the homestead law suits ; but in giving credit subsequent to the act there can be no legal remedy, so far as respects the wages of the debtor. While os tensibly favoring mechanics and laborers, we are not sure but that the effect of the bill, if it becomes a law, will be to deprive them of credit. From the Atlanta Herald. Speech of the Hon. J. J. Turnbull, OF RANKS COUNTY. ON THK CONVENTION BILL. Mr. Turnbull, of Banks, said, he rose to address the House under very-adverse icircumstances. He was extremely hoarse, but would endeavor to make himself heard. The bill under consideration involved a question of great importance—one that affected the very existence of constitutional liber ty—the right of the people to change their organic law, and therefore, demanded tlic mature and calm consideration of every gentleman upon the floor of this House. It was not a contest between white and red roses, or of a theatrical Neri and Bianchi ; hut a battle between right and wrong — of free government and tyranny in its most dire ful form. Come, then, said he. I ask you, let us in the language of the Hebrew prophet, reason together. The opponents of the hill admit that we ought to call a Constitutional Convention, say this is not the time—it is inexpedient and had policy, in view of the important political crisis that we will have to pass through this year. 1 declare to you. said lie, that no expediency or policy of any sort ever adjusted a right or settled a principle. Yea, expediency and policy stifle the truth, and are the cry of the timid. The gentle men from Sumpter and Quitman, asked the gentle man from Hall to give some reasons why we should have a convention. I will say to them that if the gentleman from Hall did not satisfy them, I think I can. In the first place, the present Constitution of Georgia, is the spawn and bastard offspring of fraud, force, violence and bayonets and was not made by the whole people of Georgia. Thirty thousand good and true men were denied the right to vote on its adoption and put under the ban of disfranchisement, for no other crime than that they had been honored by the people with office, when men were honest during the better days of our history Where is the man here, though he may be the bitterest anti-conventionist. if he he a democrat, whose very heart does not tell him that this is truth? Have you lost your ideas and ap plication of free government and the great princi ples of liberty? Have you become so thoroughly reconstructed as to forget the dark and stormy ordeal through which we passed in 1868? God forbid that it is so. But, ah, it has been well said that “ A’ice is a monster of such frightful mien As to he hated needs but to he seen: But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.” The gentleman from Quitman took occasion to allude to the speech of the distinguished gentle man the other night (Gen. Toombs) as reflecting the sentiments of those who endorse a convention of the people. I deny the charge, and declare to this House, while 1 do not agree.wilh Gen. Toombs, 1 honor him for what he has done in the public service in days gone by—when, indeed, he stood as the unrivalled leader of the South in the coun cils of the nation, and when our cause failed and the dark clouds of despair had settled over our political skies, he was driven an exile from the home of his childhood and the land of his fathers, and sheltered his noble brow and eagle eye be neath the folds of a foreign flag—tell me, sir, didn't your big heart follow him with its sympathy in his exile. And while he may have said many independent things the other night, he said many true things that all honest men must admit. The gentleman from Quitman insists on inter rupting me, and asks how my county voted in the election of 1868. 1 answer him candidly—there was a majority for Bullock and the Constitution ; but that majority have learned better sense. I come now to the next proposition—that of the homestead law in the Constitution as a leading reason for a change in the organic law. No sane man will deny the assertion that the homestead is the Pandora's box out of which all the evils have sprung that now beset the country. It was a fraud and swindle at the outset, engrafted in the Consti tution to secure its adoption, and to entrap that class of our people who were wrecked by the re sults of the war. Again the recent decision of the Supreme Court demonstrates the infamy of the measure, by denying parties who have avail ed themselves of its benefits the right to sell their homesteads. This alone will entail untold trou ble upon thousands of our fellow-citizens, without, as I imagine, any possibility of immediate relief. Passing from the homestead, I come Jto other features of the constitution that ought to he chang ed. First, the judiciary system. < )ur judges hold too long. Instead of a superior court judge now holding 8 years, he ought to hold only 4 years, as the law formerly stood, and if we happened to get a bad one. we could turn him out without waiting always The jury system is tearfully defective— the grand jury ought to he composed of the best citizens in a county, while under the present con stitution there is no distinction between grand and petit, jurors. The greatest, however, of all reasons why we need a change in the present con stitution, is to forever prohibit the granting of State aid to railroads and corporations. If there never had have been any provision in the consti tution of that kind. we never would have been called on to repudiate a fraudulent debt of over eight millions of fraudulent bonds, and which bonds may yet come against us in the course and changes of future administrations. We need some change, also, in regard to the immense amount of patronage now lodged in the Governor's hand. He has over two thousand ap pointees in the State, and could, if he was corrupt enough, form a combination that would override the will of the people. For these reasons and others that I will not enumerate. I am controlled in submitting this question to the people at the ballot box, the only true arbiter of free govern ment. The gentleman from Quitman again interrupts me and asks if I was not opposed to a convention during the session of 1873, 1874 and 1875. T an swer frankly, I was, and so was he ; but you know it is said wise men change their opinions, hut fools never do. [Applause and laughter.] Where I have stood in the past is not a question of any im portance now. The question with us is whether the people can have the right to vote upon con vention or no convention, and have not the gen tlemen here confidence enough in their constituents to even permit them to make their fundamental law. In conclusion 1 appeal to the common sense and patriotism of the representatives of the people of this great commonwealth, to come bold ly up and decide like men regardless of questions of expediency, and you will meet the plaudits of a grateful and patriotic people. Let the voice of the hustings be stilled, and let reason guide us through the perils of this crisis, turn not your backs upon the glorious memories that cluster around the history of Georgia, for almost a centu ry'—for in her soil repose the ashes of a Berrien, a Troup, a Crawford, the Cobbs and a Bartow. Tt is the memory and deeds of her noble sons that make her great. You forget the lesson taught by the Greek and so elegantly paraphrased by the British poet : “ What constitutes a State? Not high raised battlement, nor labored mound Thick wall nor moated Gate, Nor cities fair with spires and turrets crowded, Nor broad armed ports and bays, Where laughing at the storm rich navies ride Nor starred and spangled courts Where low born baseness wafts perfume to pride. ! No! Men, high minded men, Men who their duties know, And knowing, dare maintain them These constitute a State.” Yes, it is the noble men and women of this Commonwealth that make her so illustrious, and for the sake of those who gave their lives for the cause of liberty, let us give their widowed wives and orphan children Die benefits of the grand principles|for which they so nobly died. .Justice demands it; the perpetuation of Constitutional Government demands it; yea. more, the very'hills which surround this once “beleaguered city,” dyed with the blood of brave and true men, and scorched by fire and battle, protest against your denial of their right to settle this question at the ballot box. Other States weaker than Georgia, to-wit : Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, and North Carolina, have thrown off the shackles of Radical infamy, and let it not be said that the great Empire State, with Her sixty thousand majority of Democrats, is afraid to try the experiment. No. she will come through the ordeal as did the He brew children of old, without the smell of tire up on her garments. Pending the discussion, the House adjourned to meet to-day at ten o'clock. We learn that a respectable white girl, who once ranked among the first ladies of our county, is boarding with a family of ne groes and teaching a negro school near Sandy Gross, in this county. —Oglethorpe Echo. The Convention Bill. Our special telegram from Atlanta (says the Augusta Chronicle <§•Sentinel of the 30th ult.) informs us that the bill for a Constitu tional Convention was carried by a large majority in the House of Representatives yesterday —the vote upon the final passage of the bill being one hundred and seventeen yeas to twenty-seven nays. The bill was amended before its passage 80 as to require the election for delegates to be held in January, 1877, and to fix the time for the assembling of the Convention in March, 1877. Geneneral Lawton succeeded in having another amendment passed which takes from the people the right of deciding whether or not they wish a Convention called. While we are anxious that a Con vention should be held and feel gratified b}' the passage of the bill, we deeply regret that General Lawton offered or that the House accepted any such amendment. We would rather not have a Convention at all than to have one assembled by the edict of a majori ty of the General Assembly and not by the wish of the free people of Georgia We hope that the Senate will rebuke General Lawton by striking out this amendment and sending back to the House a bill which will recognize the right of the people to be heard in a mat ter that so vitally affect their interests. 1 + I # Murder and Lynching in West Virginia. A special dispatch to the Gazette from Barboursville, West Virginia, says that the body of a man named Charles F. Meeting was found at that place a few days since, bu ried in a stable, his throat being cut. Ilis wife and a man named Williams were arrest ed as the murderers. Saturday night Will iams was taken from jail by a mob and hug. The prisoners were assured by the min ister that sufficient evidence of their guilt had been obtained, and that the jail was surrounded by a mob of excited people, but both denied any complicity in the act, al though the minister prayed with them and asked a confession. The mob finally forced the keys from the jailor, took Williams out, placed him under a tree in the court-house yard, where, with a rope around his neck, standing on a barrel, he made a confession. He expressed the hope that the crowd might obtain God’s forgiveness for their crime, as he had for his, and declared he was happily started on his journey home to heaven. lie died after fifteen minutes of terrible agony. Mrs. Meeling was then brought out, and pla cing her in front of the dead murderer the crowd called for her confession. She said Williams had been her paramour for three years; that she had been trying for the past three months to poison her husband without success; that Williams struck Meeling on the head with an axe while he was asleep Wednesday night, afterwards cutting his throat. She assisted in destroying evidences of the murder and in burying Meeling. She accused herself of being the cause of the murder, but begged pitifully for her life. Though the feeling was very strong against her, and the crowd voted unanimously for her execution, no man could be found who would put the rope around a woman's neck, and she w'as returned to jail. William’s body was left hanging until cut down by the authorities. Terrible Series of Accidents. We learn that a day or two since while Mr. Wesley Johnson, a well known citizen of Rocky Grove township, Aiken county, S. C.. was killed while working a circular saw by the shipping of a part of the machinery, which struck hinif causing a blood vessel to burst and resulting in his death. News of his death was at once conveyed to his mother. She started to go to him, but her excitement and grief were such that she too burst a blood vessel and died in less than fifteen minutes after reaching the house where the body of her son was lying. The funeral of mother and son took place last Friday morning. The bodies were followed by a long cortege. The Masonic Lodge of which Mr. Johnson had been a member joined in the procession, which proceeded to Rocky Spring Church, about thirteen miles distant. The bodies were carried into the church immediately upon reaching it and the services were commenced by the pastor, Mr. Lecroy. As the congregation was about to arise after the first prayer, a crashing noise was heard as if the house was falling and the old church was seen to rock from top to bottom. A scene of confusion at once ensu ed and the congregation, over five hundred men, women and children, rushed outside. Only nine persons—Masons—remained in the church. The services were concluded at the grave, the people being afraid to venture again into the church. — Cliron. § Sent. Remedy for Hard Times. Newspapers discussing the cause of and remedies for the hard times, agree that while individual extravagance has been greatly the cause, individual economy is indispensable to the removal of our financial troubles. In plain words, we must retrench, retrench— until our income shows that shilling outside of yearly expenses in which Micawber declar ed true joy was only to be found. There is no better way to retrench than to attain eco nomical habits. These may be acquired by keeping a daily expense account. This wiil show where the money goes, and will cause ns each month to resolve to lessen our expen ditures. The best book of this kind is pub lished by T. J. Morrow, of 41 and 43 War ren St., New York. It is arranged for young and old, married and single. The classifica tion embraces every line of expenditure, and presents a daily, monthly, and yearly exhib it. Neatly bound in cloth, and mailed free b} T the above firm for 50 cents. Ifcsiltli and Reality Combined. [No. 5.] Woman’s Rights.— One who lias long studied this absorbing subject now presents to the women of our country the result of his investigations. He is happy to say that he has at last discovered "W Oman's Rest Friend.” It is adapted especial ly to those cases where the womb is and will cure any irregularity of the ‘“menses” Or. .1. Bradfield's Female Regulator acts like a charm in •‘whites.” or in a sodden check of the •'monthly courses,” from cold, trouble of mind or like causes, by restoring the discharge in every instance. So also in chronic cases its action is prompt and decisive, and saves the constitution from countless evils and premature decay. This valuable preparation is for sale at $1.50 per bot tle by all respectable Druggists in the land. Pre pared and sold by L. If. Bradlield, Druggist, At lanta ha. A thousand women testify to its mer its. Marietta, Ga., March 22,1870. Messrs. Bradjield <§• Co. —Gentlemen :—We send you two certificates from perfectly reliable persons—would have sent them before, but waited to see if the cure would prove permanent. W M. ROOT <fc SONS, Druggists. THE EIREKI WARRANTED. SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIMt BY The Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizing Company, This genuine Standard Fertilizer continues to grow in p^, larity. Whenever tested by the side of any other it is pronounced THE BEST! Be Sure and try it Send for a Circular. FOR „v S. D. MITCHELL, Feb 5 Successor to Pittard, Mitchell <s• Cos., No. 6, Granite Roic, Broad St FARMERS, TAKE NOTICE. Georgia State Grange Fertilizers AND GRANGE DISSOL VED BONE! S. D. MITCHELL, Local Agent, Athens, (it, J RESPECTFULLY refer to the Analysis of Cargo now in Store at Savannah : ANALYSIS BY PROF. B-AISTB. Soluble Phosphoric Acid 10.45 1 Insoluble Phosphoric Acid 0.98 Percipitated Phosphoric Acid 1.30 | Ammonia ,3,19 Certified to hy W. J. LAND, Analytical Chemist, Dept. Agriculture, State ot Georgii,! CALL ON ME AND GET CIRCULARS. Coii. T. J. SMITH, Master of the State Grange, endorses it. Every one who uses it \wnts THERE IS NONE BETTER, and hut few as Good. THERE IS NONE AS CHEAP, either for cash or for time, when actual value is considered, Call and see the PROOFS I have to offer. S. D. MITCHLEL, o have tins day appointed Mr. S. D. MITCHELL, Athens, Ga., Local Agent at that poa and solicit for him the patronage of the (Jrangers in this vicinity.' Athens, Ga., .Jan. 28, 1876. [feh.3] W. M. MOSES, Travelling Agent LOW FOR CASH. r E respectfully call the attention of the pub t t lie to our Stock of Dry Goods, Which will lie sold at greatly reduced prices, and S TICTL Y FOR C, 4SB ! We wish to sell them out hy the first of March. We earnestly request all who are indebted to us to come forward within THIRTY DAYS Audi settle by CASH or Able, As we desire to settle our old books within that time. Respectfully. PENDERGRASS' & HANCOCK. Jefferson, Jan 8, 187.3. To the Public, 1 HEREBY tender my thanks to the public ge nerally, for past favors, and .solicit a cop tin u oncc of the 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 7in m edia tepaym cut. Circumstances compel me to make close collec tions. Tn no instance can T allow accounts made during 187.3, to run longer than the 20th day of Jannary, 1876. If I could otherwise carry on my business. T would most cheerfully do so. fal Most respectfully, F. M. BALLEY r . $5,000 REWARD! THE WELL KNOWN H. COHEN,' OF GAINESVILLE, JJAS opened the largest stock of Toys, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, Notions and Confectioneries, Ever Brought to Georgia, M hich lie sells both Wholesale and Retail, ex pressly to merchants, at Lower Prices Than can be bought from any other wholesale house in the State. I buy my Goods myself, in New York, direct from the importers. If any one from Jackson county should visit Gainesville, I invite them to call and see MY show! Bigger than Bamum's, free of charge. Gentle men who have sweethearts and ladies with or without them arc all invited to come and see the nice presents. Were 1 to attempt to name one-half of the vast number of articles on exhibition, it would cover the whole of this newspaper. Don’t fail to come and sec for yourselves. Respectfully, H. COHEN, Nov 27 3m GAINESVILLE, Get. “ THE LIVE STORE!” DEUPREE’S CORNER, ATHENS, GA. HUNTERIBEUSSE HA\ E instore and will keep constantly on hand, a large stock of itcadyniade 4 adapted to the season ; Casimcre and other Cloths ; Ladies and Gents" Ilats; Fancy and Family Groceries; Boots and Shoes, Woodch- W are and Crockery, all descriptions ; Osnaburgs, Sheetings. Tarns, &c. All the above goods have been recently purchased at low figures, and will be sold at reduced prices. Call and be convinced. HUNTER & BEUSSE. OctoOly Deupree’s Corner. Dr. w. *. SURGEON DENTIST, Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. July 10th, 1870. Gm 1 ST II E RES T uuuuuuuuuuu EUREKA. Ammoniated Bone. EUREKA. 1876! ] TERM. 11876 MA R TIN INSTITUTE! SPRING TERM Will open on the 2£th Jan) r IMIIS is a school for the times. The count* JL study is the one usually prescribed in and Female Colleges'; but it is modified for tho* who wish to prepare for Business or Agricnlfm Our students enjoy good health, form no eiie sive habits ; but may acquire good taste mat extensive acquaintance. The cost of Board and Tuition PER ANNUM, for six years, has averaged ot' <5139.75 in the highest , and 0125.65 the lowest class# s‘3°’For particulars, apply to J. W. GLENN, Principal Or J. E. Randolph, Sec. Board Trust at. Jefferson, Jackson Ce., December 25, 1875. Established, 1785! THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL AUGUSTA, Or A. One of the Oldest Papers in the County One of the LEA DINGPAPERS of the Sc*' The Largest Circulation in Eastern Gtorf' The official Organ of several Covntitt' PUBLISHED , Daily, Tri-Weekly & Week? The daily chronicle and with interesting Reading matter of c * e \ . scription—Telegraphic; Local; Editorial? gia, and South Carolina and General esting Correspondence, and Special T from all important points. Subscription, A, The TRI-WEEKLY Chronicle and nkl is intended for points convenient to j Weekly mail. It contains nearly cve U interest whicli|appears in the Daily. Subsc P* SO.OO. The WEEKLY CHRONICLE AM> NEL is a mammoth sheet, gotten up esp cl L our subscribers in the country. It is one p largest papers published in the South, n \ besides Editorials, all the current week, a full and accurate review of the AS Markets and Prices Current. The Co® Reports are a special feature of the edition, scription, $2. Specimen copies of any issue sent free. walsh & Wright, Prjgjji FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE IMPROVED PROPERTY in the its of the city of Athens, assessed i* s " at $700.00, will be sold on good terms price, or exchanged for other property* t or unimproved, if suitably located near JcfFerson or Athens. For .]t dress M. STAFFORD, Forest News ferson, Ga. . . Watchman and Georgia*? jj py 3t. A Kill VAL AND DEPAR T URE ° T Athens mail arrives at JefferSon on yf days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. parts same days at 12 o'clock, M. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson b days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A parts same days at 12 o’clock. M. .y Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefterso <jf ll days, at 12 o'clock, M, and departs s*® o'clock, P. M. _ i v pj' F. L. Pendergrass, Dtp; pjjjiiD.wn *) panpuwg