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THE FOREST NEWS. ;*SON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) proprietors. $ hLPME v. fife prB LlsnED EVERY FRIDAY. mTS HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, ™f F 'BBSOKjACXSON CO., GM. s COB . PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. IEBMS 0F SUBSCRIPTION. ' , u 50 r every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex- of the paper will be given. Yates of advertising. ItnT.iiAßP er square (often lines or less) f tirst insertion, and Seventy-five Cents Subsequent insertion. {1 v ~,unre is a space of one inch, measured jj down the column. ... ... £*■ Vdvertisemcnts sent without spccifica f.t l . 'number of insertions marked tliereon, be published TILL FORBID, and charged; rßiwiicss or Professional Cards, of six lines * hvi'.n'Dollars per annum; and where '' n ot exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. £cpf Hilucctisemeuts. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. TILL he sold, before the Court House door, , the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, ivjthin the legal hours of sale, on the first 4 lV |n February next, the following property, I'liiat tract or parcel of land situate, lying v-in the county aforesaid, on the road ...from Jefferson to Athens, about four miles , former place. adjoining lands of Mrs. Iricn. Strickland, Sarah Freeman and. others, .''nee whereon James E. Hayes now resides, -uneone hundred acres, more or less. There about sixty acres of said tract cleared and in • vi-:.. balance of said land in old pine fields i ri ' u ’inal forest. There is situated on said land nd tiro-story framed building and necessary .house*. Said land levied on by virtue of and itisfy a fi. fa. issued from the County Court aid county in faver of S. P. Thurmond and • F. Kawsmi, Adm'rs, Ac., vs. said James E. Written notice given to James E. Hayes, ’defendant and the tenant in possession, as re ffJi’V law. Property pointed out by plaintiff ismment. T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff. ■Jackson Mortgage Sale. fill, he sold, before the Court iiou.se door, lin the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, within the legal hours of sale, on the first '.day in February, 1880, the following pro., 'v. to-wit: One two horse wagon, one sorrel in, nine years old ; one black mare mule, eight fiold; one dun milch cow. All levied on by toe of a mortgage ti. fa. issued from Jackson lerior Court in favor of 11. Atkins & Cos., as teeofG. S. Duke, vs. Croft’ Duke, colored, ff'y pointed out and more fully described in i mortgage. I. A. McT’iIjTIANNON, Sheriff. Idlltal 1, .laeltson County. l ouis.i Millsaps, Executrix of Mar ‘!haps, late of said county, dec'd, repre ’ tiie Court, by her petition 'July filed, that ’aa tally administered the estate of said de tain terms of the law, aud is entitled to a uto cite all concerned, kindred and cred *.tshow cause, if any they can, on the tirst wa TBSQ, at the regular term of the " binary of said county, why Letters of ! itvon **bould not be granted the applicant. 1 ll! ’der my official signature, this Decem r 1- 11. W. DELL, Ord'y. 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It tells both sexes completely MOW I’O E&O FVEKI THINCi in the best way. llow to be Your Own Lawyer, How to do Business Correct ly and Successfully, llow to Act in Society and in every part of life, and contains a gold mine of varied information indispensable to ail classes for constant reference. AGENTS WANTED for all or spare time. To know why this book of REAL value and attractions sells better than any other, apply for terms to 'II. B. SCAMMELL & CO., St. Louis, Mo. We pay all freight. dec 12 \v. FLEMING. EMORY F. ANDERSON. FLEMING & ANDERSON (Successors to J. W. Burke and W. Fleming.) BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, —AND— NEWSDEALERS. Nov2B Athens, G-a. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 16. 1880. “ DOING” A SHERIFF. A GEORGIA SKETCH.—BY T. A. BURKE. Many perrons in the eoanty of Hall, State of Georgia, recollect a queer old customer who used to visit the county site regularly on “ General Muster” days and Court w.eck. His name was Joseph Johnson, but he was universally known as Uncle Josey. The old man, like many others of that and the present da}, loved his dram, and was apt, when he got among “ the boys” in town, to take more than lie could conveniently carry. Ilis in separable companion on all occasions was a black pony, who rejoiced in the name of “ General Jackson,” and whose diminutive ness and sagacit}- were aliko remarkable. One day, while court was in session in tho little village of Gainesville, the attention of the Judge and bar was attracted by a rather unusual noise at the door. Looking towards that aperture, “ his honor” discovered the aforesaid pony and rider deliberately entering the Hall of Justice. This, owing to the fact that the floor of the court house was nearly on a level with the ground, was not difficult. “ Mr. Sheriff,” said the Judge, “ see who is creating such a disturbance of this court.” “ It’s only Uncle Josey and Gin’ral Jack son, Judge,” said the intruder, looking up with a drunken leer, “jest me and the Gin’ral, come to see how you an' the boys is gettin’ along.” “ Well, Mr. Sheriff” said the Judge, to tally regardless of the interest manifested in his own and the lawyers' behalf, by Uncle Josey, “ you will please collect a fmo of ten dollars from Uncle Josey and tho General, for contempt of court.” ” Look-a-here, Judge, old feller,” continued Uncle Josey, as he stroked the “Gin'ral's” name, “ you don't mean to say it, now doyer? L his child hasn't had that much money in a coon’s age, and as for tiie Gin’ral here, I know he dou tdeal in no kind ofqolne, which he hain'tdone, ‘cept fodder and corn, for these many years.” Very well, then, Mr. Sheriff,” continued his honor, “ in default of the payment of tho fine, you will convey the body of Joseph Johnson to the countyjail.theretobe retained for the space of twenty-four hours.” “Now, Judge, you ain’t in right down good yearnest, is you ? Uncle Josey hain’t never been put in that there boardin’ house 3*et, which he don’t want to be, neither.” appealed the old man, who was apparently too drunk to know whether it was a joke or not. “ I he Sheriff will do his duty immediately,” was the Judge’s stern reply, who begun to tire of the old inau’a druuiceu iusoicuco. Accordingly, Uncle Josey and the “ Gin’ral” were marched off towards the oounty prison, which stood in a retered part of th village. Arriving at the door, tho prisoner was com manded by the Sheriff to “ light .” “ Look-a-hcre, Jess, horse-fly, you ain’t a gwine to put your old Undo Josey in there, is 3’cr ?” “ ’Bliged to do"it. Uncle Josey,” replied the Sheriff, “ef I don’t the old man (tho Judge) will give me goss when I go back. I hate it powerful, but I must do it.” “ But, Jess, couldn’t you manage to let the old man git awu} r ? Thar ain’t nobody hero to see you. Now do, Jess, you know how I fit for you, in that last run you had ’long er Jim Smith, what like to a beat }’ou for sheriff, which he would have done it, if it hadn’t been for yer Uncle Josey’s influence.” “ I know that. Uncle Josey, but thar ain’t no chance. My oath is very pinted against allowin’ anybody to escape. So you must go in, cos thar ain’t no other chance.” “ I tell you what it is, Jess, I’m afeard to go in thar. Looks too dark and dismal.” “ Thar ain’t nothing in thar to hurt you, Uncle Josey, which thar hain’t been for nigh about six months.” “ Yes, thar is, Jess, you can't fool me that a-way. I know thar is somethin’ in thar to ketch the old man.” j|g“ No tbar ain’t, I pledge you my honor thar ain’t.” “ Well, Jess, if thar ain’t, you jest go in and see, and show Uncle Josey that you ain’t afeard.” “Certainly, I ain’t afeard to go in.” Saying which, the Sheriff opened the door, leaving the key in the lock. “ Now, Uncle Josey, what did I tell you? I kuow’d thar want nothing in thar.” “ Maybe thar ain’t where you are standin’, but jest le’s see you go up into that dark place, in the corner.” “ Well, Uncle Jose}’,” said the unsuspect ing sheriff, “ I’ll satisfy you thar ain’t nothin’ thar either,” and he walked towards the “dark corner.” As he did so, the old man dexteriously closed the door and locked it. “Hello! thar,” j’elled the frightened offi cer, “ none o’ yer tricks, Uncle Josey ; this is carrying the joke a cussed sight too far.” “Joke! I ain’t a jokin’, Jess; never was more in yearnest in my life. Thar ain’t nothin’ in thar to hurt you though, that’s one consolation. Jest hold on a little while, and I’ll send some of the boys down to let you out.” Aud before the “sucked ia” sheriff had recovered from his astonishment, the' pony and hi* master were out of hearing. Uncle Josey, who was not m drunk &s he appeared, stopped atthegrocery, took a drink, again mounted the Gin’ral, and called the keeper of the grocery to him—at the same time drawing the jail key from his pocket. “ Here, Jeeras, take this ere key, and ef the old man or any them boys up there at the Court House inquires after Jess Runion, the Sheriff, jest you give ’em this key and my compliments, and teU’era Jess is safe. Ketch ’em takin’ in Uncle Jose}', willycr? Git up, Gin’ral, these boys' here won’t do to trust; so we’il go into the country, whar people’s honest if thc} r is poor.” The Sheriff, after an hour’s imprisonment, was released, and severely reprimanded by the Judge, but the sentence of Uncle Josey was never executed, as he never troubled the Court again, and the Judge thought it useless to imprison him with any hope of its effecting the slightest reform.”— Dixie Farmer. The Cause of Ireland. The arrival in this country of Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell lias intensified and individ ualized, if we may so speak, the cause of Ireland, not only in its political but also its # humanitarian aspect. The fact of Mr. Parnell’s being half American and half Englishman, by immediate descent, is one of the curiosities of his mission. Lie himself is Irish born, but his mother is the daughter of an American Admiral and his father the member of an old British family. He is described as tall, thin and fair, with none of the poetic, orato rical or enthusiastic accomplishments of any of the great agitators of Erin who preceded him. lie lias not the muscular strength of O’Connell nor the mighty masculinity of mind of the Liberator. He could not conceive or deliver oue of Shell’s glory-hursts to save himself from perdition. He makes no pretence to even Isaac Butt’s forensic attainments. At 33 years of age, he is like a man who cith er never had a delusion or had lost all sentimentality and romance. Ilis personal presence is not more clammy and unraagnet ic than his voice is dull auT wooden. Appa rently devoid of the passionate sympathies, so highly developed in the Celtic nature, he would seem to be the last man on earth to win the Irish heart or wound the English in tellect. And yet. despite his’icy individual ism, his cold exterior, his passionless mind, his oratorical defects and the whole antago nism to what the world is accustomed to re gard as the typical Irish agitator, he has made himself the head of tho opposition par ty in the Green Isle, has compelled a hearing ia the British Parliament aud is to-day the idol of the people whose cauß he has espous ed. Evidently the masses of Irishmen have faith ia bis earnestness and integrity, and they have been witnesses of his power for usefulness. It may be that the sturdy Brit isher, stuffed with roast beef and plum pud ding, and out of tune with anything esthetic, listens to a man who ia not altogether unlike himself in nature, as he is undeniably akin to him in blood. Although an extremist, so far as demanding that the land question be settled in favor of the men born upon the soil, he has hitherto avoided all pretexts for revolutionary encroachment, and insisted that the tremendous question of Irish politics shall bo settled on a basis of justice and hu manity. He insists that bad government is the solo cause of Ireland’s distress and dis comfiture, and that bad government shall cease, lie demonstrates that the Green Isle is cursed by the landlord system, and that a peasant proprietorship shall be established by tho Crown’s purchase of the landed es tates. He appeals to the common sense of Englishmen that there will never be an end to Irish agitation while the present injustice survives, aud that it is better, even in a ma terial sense, that Irish agitation against Eng lish despotism shall have no cause for con tinuance. If Mr. Parnell can convince the people of the United States, irrespective of race, that liis cause is not only a just one but that his method is safe and not destruet ive of common rights, as well as tho peace of liis own and other countries, we doubt not at all the success of his mission. In his opening speech at New York, in reply to a deputation of welcome, he well said that his task and the task of those he represented was a double one. He said : “We have to war against a system which causes discon tent and suffering in our country, and we have to endeavor to break down that svstem, and with God’s help we are determined to break it down. We have also to see that victims of the system are not suffered to per ish in the meanwhile. We are to take care that the unity and strength of our people is not broken and that now when an opportuni ty has really come for the settlement of one of the leading questions in Ireland, that that opportunity may not be lost. Physical suf fering and misery and starvation of large portions of our population in Ireland have not been exaggerated. We called upon the Government for eight months to relieve tiiat distress, but it has only been within the last few days that the English Government lias agreed to admit that there is any distress. This was brought to their notice by a letter from tke Duchess of Marlborough, wife of Lord Lieutenant, which states that there was going t,o be a famine and dire distress during the coming Winter.” It is this point—tho starving point—to which we may more emphatically refer. There can be no doubt now that many thou sands of the people of Ireland, because of bad government and because of the failure of their crops, are in the direst extremity and that unutterable woe has already befallen them. That tho men of America born on the old sod and those who have drawn their blood from Irish veins will liberally respond to this cause of suffering, we have no ques tion. Nor do we question also that men of ail races in the United States, who sympa thize with valor, fidelity and constancy un paralleled in the annals of the world will gladly give something to brethren in sorest need, who have suffered for centuries rather than forsake their principles, and will die with famine rather than surrender the grand est cause that ever made music in the brain or heart of man. However Mr. Parnell may succeed in hi3 political experiment he should not fail on tho humanitarian side of his mis sion. Already from press and pulpit there comes a mighty cry for aid for Ireland— Starving Ireland —and base indeed would be that iU3n, that American, who amid the burst ing granaries of his own land could look coldly, unfeelingly and unhclpingly upon the * air but shrunken form ot Ireland ; who now in the throes of dissolution cling to her prin ciples because they are true, hugs her harp to her wasted bosom because it is the voice ofhor glory and despair, and gazes lovingly upon her cross because it is the sign of her surest deliverance hero and hereafter. Prayer for Editors. Many persons and things have been made the subjects of special prayer by the people of God. We pray for ministers and for missionaries because their labors are ardu ous and their responsibilities great. We pray for inquiring souis aud for tho poor and for the sick and the afflicted, and for those exposed to great danger, because their need is great. YVe pray for colleges and teachers, because their influence for good or evil is potent, and !or the same reason we prav for legislators and governors. Such prayers are proper, and we have no doubt that they are heard in heaven, and that they have brertig lit many blessings to earth. But if special prayer is ever made for editors, we aro not aware of it. Our Heavenly Father may have iieard many such aspirations from pious hearts, but certainly we are not informed of them. Ah ! how refreshing to our spirit it would be to hear some holy man of God call on the name of the Lord in behalf of those who lead public opinion and who form pub lic character through the instrumentality of the press. All editors, whether of religious or secular papers, are men who work with tremendous leverage for human weal or woo. and perhaps if Christians had remembered them on their knees as they ought to have done, our secular press would not be so vonal and corrupt and debauched as it too fre quently is, and perhaps our religious jour nals would not have been permitted to join the service of Caesar, as some of them have done, and perhaps all of them would have been more imbued with that wisdom and with that truthful and gentlo and loving spirit which ought to mark these wide-read epistles issued in the name of Jesus. Why is it that we are forgotten ? Is there not mercy in heaven for us? Do we not need it? Are there not those on earth whose sympathies prompt them to pray that that mercy be be stowed ? The present is a time when special prayer for this class of men is specially needed. A great political campaign is before us. Un scrupulous men will resort to the basest measures through the press to carry out their purposes. Excitement will run high; the worst passions of our nature will bo aroused ; section will be set against section for pur poses avowedly patriotic, but really selfish and wicked ; the war spirit will be evoked ; some of the religious journals, alas 1 will take part in the strife, and all, perhaps, will be more or less affected by its unhallowed spirit. If the press of the country had exerted its proper influence, all the by-gones of the war would, long since, have been by gones in deed, and the people of the United States would have come together with more of mu tual respect, and with a kindlier feeling, than they ever had bofore. It has kept alive ani mosities which, if let alone, would have died out long ago. Now animosities are about to be fanned into fiercer flame. The press will have a thousand times more to do with it than all other influences put together. Is it not right to pray that God will take this prodigous energy into his hands and restrain its wrath and control it for purposes of good ? But we desire, in all sincerit}’, and in all earnestness, to put in a special pbia before praying people, iu behalf of the editors of religious journals. Where preachers address an audience of hundreds, these speak to thou sands or to tens of thousands. So far as ex tent of influence is concerned, each of these bea'S t c responsibilities of a score, or five score, or twice five score of our most influen tial pastors. Their words find their way to the mountains and to the sea : they fiy to the ends of the earth and arc read on every con tinent; they visit alike the palaces of the rich and the cabins of the poor ; old men and matrons, young men and maidens, and even the little ones, all receive an impress from the editor; they look up to him ; thov revere him ; there is a dignity in print more than in tiie spoken voice; every man stands in awe of its majesty ; consciously or uncon sciously to themselves, the readers become the pupils of the editor ; they may try to shake off his power but they cannot; the only way to esc ripe it, is to cease to road. \ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ( SI.OO For Six Months. a rom the editor his thousands of readera rc* ceire Intellectual entertainment aed insttu#* tion ; from him they receive doctrine and re proof ; he shows them the path of duty and the path of life ; lie is with them in their aoj?- row and consoles them in their affliction ; he ia with them in their prosperity and be guiles tiieir happier hours; he has a monop* oly of tlioir attention 5 there ia no gapio** congregation to distract the mind; ho is with them in secret, the companion of their loneliness; they commune together as if in each others bodily presence with none to overhear; a life-long friend, a particular friend, a bosom friend, is the editor to his reader; the only friend, perhaps, who never says an unkind word, and whoso conversa tion, if sometimes enlivened by pleasantry, is sure to he mostly on important topics, and serious and dignified. The preacher’s words may be forgotten ; so indeed may the editor's ; but the reader may refresh his mein* ory by reading them again ; the spoken word vanishes—the written word remains. The preacher is never replied to; the editor ia subject to constant attacks; and these at* tacks are sometimes very disingenuous and very unfair, and sometimes dreadfully cruel* He must sec himself held up to the world aa an object of ridicule, hissed at, scoffed at. and shamefully libelled. Yet he must ho patient and meek and never give way to an unlovely spirit. Does any man need rnoro grace ? All the important questions of tho day as they arise must be met by him. I!o can escape no emergency, lie must always, squarely face the issues. Does any man need more wisdom P When the faith' is at* t acked lie is its only really public defender* The battle is upon him. When some infidel Goliah defies the armies of the living God. he is the David whose sling and pebbles, must lay him low, if it bo done at all. Does any man need more strength ? He is abovet all other men the victim of advice. A thou*, sand men advise a thousand different things* If he attempts to take the advice of all, hia paper will come to chaos, ami he to the luna tic asylum. It lie rejects the advice of anv. he is apt to Inakc an enemy or at least to bo looked upon with unfavorable eyes. ll a must keep the peace with all his advisers ami keep them at peace withone another. Does any man need more tact ? lie is often urged by those who are considered wise to publish things which, in lii 3 judgment, cannot bo published with prudence." If ho refuses to publish, lie is accused of partiality or preju dice, and certainly of folly. If lie complies with the request, the 6amc or other accusa tions come from other quarters. Does any man need more patience or more forbear-, ance ? He must often take the unpopular side, and a torrent of public indignation, rushes out to overwhelm him. Does any man need more firmness or more heroism ? W e make special prayer for men on a<x count of the extent of their influence and on account of the depth of their necessity. Why should the editors of religious journals bo made an exception ? It does seem that at ovo all other men m the world, they need, and ought to have, the special support of tho prayers of tho people of God. Oh, if tho hundreds of thousands .of readers wore all habitually to remember tho editors at tbt Throne of Grace, what results might wa not expeot ? A pastor unsupported by the pr*y T ors of his brethren, scarcely looks for suc cess. The editor is himself a pastor, a pae* tor on a vastly largo sealo. Why should he not have the same support ? Brethren, we are in earnest. Those finest are not written for your amusement; they are an appeal to your fraternal sympathy, and au appeal to your Christian faith ! Do you believe in the efficacy of prayer ? Do you know of any class of men more in need ot it ? \\ ho is sufficient for the things above spoken of ! Certainly not the writer of theso. lines ; certainly no man. Our case is before }*ou. In behalf of ourselves, and of ouc brethren of the press, we call on 3*oll for help, and we desire that help to come in the shapa of prayer. We have firm belief in its efficacy, and in this faith, God helping up, we shall live and die. We call on each of our read ers as on an individual to take this paper Ins closet, and pray for editors generall} 7 , and for editors of religious journals in partiiv. ular, and especially for one who intensely feels his need of it—for the editor of Tins Index .—Christian Index. Forgetful of His Trust. Roscoe Conkling has been a favored son of the State of New York. Honors have been heaped upon him with a lavish hand. And how is lie repay ing the genorous con fidence which has been reposed in him? Hq is using the great influence which he derives from his official station to procure tiie nom ination and election of Gen. Grant for a third term. Mr. Conkling knows this is wrong, el*? why did he oppose, professedly on principle, the nomination of Gen. Grant for a third term at the time Mr. Hayes was nominated 2 Whether Mr. Conkling succeeds or not in nominatiing Gen. Grant, the attempt to make a man President a third term, in disregard of a custom which dates hack to Washington, will be laid up against him. No statesman can have his name associ ated with the Third Term movement, as ono of its advocates, without permanent injury to his own standing as a patriot. —New York Sun. Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of Brooklyn, has re ceived from a Tirginia friend a curious relic of the war. It consists of two bullets that evidently met in the air over some battle fiel 1. and hap| e ling to strike each other on their conical points, were firmly wolded to gether. The ball that, from its shape, js supposed to have been firod from a Union soldier's gun. apparently was going with greater speed than the other, and is morp conpieioiis in the relic. The bases of tliq balls arc split apart and flattened against each other. The relic lias been mounted \i\ gold as a pendant. Subscriptions to newspapers and mag izu.es taken by Fleming & Anders .i. at publi >'.ers pt NUMBER 32.