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HAS AN EXTENDED ClRCtJlA’TtON IS TUB COUNTIES OP- Clarke, Oglethorpe, Elbert, Hart, Hall; Madison, Jackson, Rabun, Banks, Habersham, Franklin, Ptikiam, Greene, Walton, TovrtU, Morgan, Lumpkin; Irh&e, Union, \ Gicinnett, And a General Circulation Throughout the State. WIT AND HL’MOE. IKING’S CURE GeorgiaRailroaaScliedule J ( ut Education—-Gymnastics. Hqw to serve a good dinner—eat if. ■A. Lady’s Imprecation—Lace m? ; Aether revolution—'TJie earth’s NOTICE OF CHANGE OF SCHEDULE GEORGIA anti MACON and AUGUSTA RAIL RODS; What grows bigger the more you cmtlfeit? Debt, Afc'^.ae-coat may cover a fool, but nevc|^pmceals one. Opossum—A marsupial quadruped witlurprehensil 0 tail. basnTueDzine alive since. Certain Prompt TS MEETING WITH UNPRECE- dented success, fully establishing its claim as the STAXDARD WATER WHEEL. They are in use all over the Union, and everf whcjel heard from U giving unqualified satisfaction. AU aixes, from 8 to 72 Inches in diameter, bianufiwtured by the Stillwell A IMerce Mann factor In? Company. «r For descriptive circulars and prico Hat ap- ply to or address. 11 XICKKRSOJf. ' febil-fim , v - Athena, Ga. VOL A THENS, GEORGIA, \ r orlI|-l’ast fjcovgiait, <V J pr HUSHED EVERY rtt tn.i i* .iro rjmjvg, l \s. & T. L. GANTT, ‘O PER JLNNJJXL : n this (Vi/ihfl, £12 n pear per sgr. i \m.vu vD' K. a. s. i:r.\viN, howei.i roiui, Eiiwix & conn, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .\TUKXS, GEORGIA, t.gr OrHreJii Omprce An Exdiing Niglit Watch. ,SAMUEL 1’. T11URMOXI), Attorney at Xrrtr, ATHENS, (.EolPilA. Barry’s St«» Broad Street, “btl r»f Clarice, WaUon, son and II all. Dll. J. E. POPE |) ESI TAT FI ELY offers bin I'ro- I V fi-j.-ional S.-rvii <•■< to Hit-Uilizi'iis »r Allien, ill Ailj.tc'1.1 C..unlry. • »c unit** theoilW lurmerly ocrupird by Dr. II. . Carlton. At night In- ran*l»e found at "the rrsi- r.o oof Dr. J. A. Hunnicuii. febU-tl PAINTING. W. M. BONE I J>K< H’USES TO DO ALL KINDS ’alnting—linn? ork—in the nratrst, r, (’arri:u cheapest; Also, Imitation work and glazing and pa pc hittgiug done at short notice. Prompt at ten l ion given to all orders left at th Drug .Stores, or at his Shop on Clayton street, 2< door S. E. Episcopal church, Athens Gu. —1 \ r i Surveyor, Archi tcct. ''HE undersigned, having a co I'lote ' nil kimis ill Sm Plantain Dt. tan hr found at the l.aw Milieu of Captain I'. 1*. Lumpkin. K. K. LUMPKIN. UNIVERSITY HOTEL. ]{. U. JiAML'KIX I fAVING OPENED A HOTEL -I 1_ on Wall street, oilers to our citizens and the travelling public, select BOARD and Lodgings if desired. Fable always furnished with the best the market affords, and served up in a su|*erior manner. Give me a call. feb’il-lu BOOTH <5c CHAFFIN, Market Street, near Court House ^ “Rejoice with me,” said my friend, Tom Chester, who had obeyed my summons to “come in” to my sanctum, and deposited himself in his accustom ed easy chair. “Yes, rejoice with me; 1 have discovered a new sensation.” “Don’t believe it,” I said somewhat grumpily, for I was writing hard, and did not want to be disturbed. “.Solo mon said there was nothing new under the sun.” “Right you are, and right Solomon of course is ; hut then this isn’t under the sun—it’s a ghost.” 1 wheeled ray chair round at once, and faced him. Tom knew my weakness tor the so-called “supernatu ral,” and therefore brought his ghost well io the front at first. “A real, genuine ghosi; an unmis takable case of a haunted house; fam ily scared out last week; series of charwomen frightened out of tlicir seven senses, and housemaids sent into blue fits. Got the address in my pack et, and leave to ‘sit’ there any night, or as many nights as I please, I have looked into this matter, as far as such an immaterial thing as a ghost can be looked into, or as well as 1 can into a haunted house some ten miles from London; and I mean to look into both literally, if you go with me.” 1 agreed at once. It took one or two cigars before our arrangements were complete. In the first place, how large should our ghost party be or should we avoid a party and go by ourselves. The haunted house stood in a sub urb generally regarded as eligible, and which we may as well call Tottenham as anything else, principally for the reason that Tottenham is, as nearly as possible, at the opposite point of the compass from the real locality. 1 have no wish to do the unfortunate landlord any additional injury, or, on the other hand, to advertise Mr. Thos. Chester gratuitously should he carry out a project of opening the haunted house for seances ; though without an ticipating the course of events in this brief narrative, I may venture to say I do not think lie will do so. “The fact is,” I said, “ I candidly confess I should not like to sit alone. dread, hut we are profoundly ignorant of the limit of this power. No, J would not go alone. Eqnallv open to | object ion is a party of two ; for as one | collapsed, the other would Le left in a disagreeable position. A small ‘se lect’ party is best. Farailv Grocery and Bar Room .V • J 1 may be only my imaginations that 1 Keeps constantly on ham! choice Family Groce ries, «»f all kimis," ami ibe best brands ol Wines, Liquors ami Dinars. Giv© us a call, ami von will find everything in our line of the best, andprins as low a.s the lowest. A S MANDEVILLE #1 ,,1A,,;u,N JmjQrtcd and American faiclie?, ('licks, Jrnrlnj, Si!n r it Plated Ware, M i: SIC A L IN 8 T Ii U M E N T 8, '^porting Equipment* of all kinds. «wr REPA IRISH A .V/> EXORAV/XO -*»» Don* with care, and warranted to give satisfaction Opposite the t'olh'cr, .1 then*, tin. OLD HOLD .1XD SJL VEIl taken in exchange. PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL AM) DIAMOND SPECTACLES. pccG-Iy fMSfiiiftif CHARLEY MILL At the old BABBE the most unromantie, unghostly-look* ing house possible, being in fact, noth ing more nor less than a perky “villa,” of the kind usually abutting on the main thoroughfare of a suburb. Chester had the key, and between us we had brought material for a mild smposium. We did not want to give warning to the aborigines of our noc turnal visit, by purchasing articles on the spot, so we brought down every thing—even candles—with us, and we had every reason to believe we entered the house unperceived by any one. Brush was the first to make an in- spection of the basement, and we did the same with the whole mansion, peering into ever hole or corner capa- able of containing the ghost of a de ceased mouse. It did not take us long, for the villa was not extensive. There were sundry articles of furniture left behind by the last family who had ske- dadled—all the heavier movables, in fact; so that, contrary to our expecta tion, we bad a chair to sit down upon and a table for our simposium. We had been prepared to make a “move- able feast” of it, or to squat upon the stairs. We lighted candles, therefore, in the front parlor, closed the shatters and drew the curtains, so as not to at tract attention from outside, and then paused to deliberate on the plan of pro ceeding. “Slightly vague, the ghostly gentle man’s address,” said one of the Brown- Jones-and-Robinson trio. “Docs he live oil the floor or in the attics?” “Oris he a jintleman of the first fleur ?” asked another. We had no notion ; so, in default of clearer directions, we aggreed to sit where we were, in the front parlor, and, if the ghost did not put in an ap pearance there, try another cl aye after ward. We were quite prepared to “make a night of it,” or any number of nights, for the matter of that. Brown, Jones and Robinson, who assumed the humble position of “su pers” on the occasion, lighted pipes, and, after duly obtaining permission, devoted themselves to the unspiritual amusement of three penny loo. Brush coiled himself up on the hearth rug, having, no doubt, cause exercised his imagination so far as to fancy there was a good fire in front of him. We— that is, Tom Chester and myself—as the chief actors on the occasion, devo ted ourselves to semi-spiritual conver sation, so as to keep ourselves en rap port with any ghost who might wish to communicate with us. We had purposely left open the doors of both the front an back parlors com municating with the passage or entrance hall, and al.-o the folding doors be tween the two rooms, so that we might A third member I shall certainly , stipulate for, rejoined Tom, “and that j hear any noises about the house, and ; is my dog Brush. If anybody in the j also place no material obstacle in the J nosh attempts to play us a trick, and | wa y 0 f the ghost's entrance, if he Brush )>ms him, 1 pity that practical thought proper to pay us his resjieets. Of course the stairs creaked, and the boards in the floor and cupboard joker. Ho will devoutly wish him self a ghost ; I can answer for that.” | Brush was voted of the party of the j m m. con.; and Tom and I finally deci- I ded on three human companions, whom we may ns well call Brown, Jones and doors creaked in the usuai way, and, as they did so, drew our eyes ever and anon to the door in expectation of see- something. There were the noises At the old established Robinson as any thing else again for I like things tumbling down in thckitch- the reasons that these are not their j ( .|i, and the equally lucid explanation cognomens. t\ e select them on the ] 0 f rats, ete. .Some two hours passed away, and still no ghost. Gradually the Saturday night brawlers in the ly matters.. . j cockney village grew quiet, and as the “8o all is settled; there will be five i church clock struck twelve Chester ol ue. Luck in odd numbers,” laugh-! enunciated, in his most sepulchral tone, ground that they were, as far as we j knew, unbiassed in their views of ghost- ; was instantaneous; but what was it?] Nobody saw anything, and yet every body was, at the same moment, cou- c’ous of something that passed right through the two rooms from the back to the front, and out of the door of the front into the pastage. The candle on the table was fanned, as by the passage of a person rapidly through the apart ment. Tom and myself did not feel the actual contact; but still we knew that something passed so close to us as to touch us, had the touch been recog nizable by the ordinary sense. Finally the door of the front room was thrown wide, just as that of the back room had been; after which it closed with a bang and left us staring at each other in blank and utter astonishment. As soon as it had closed, Brush timidly emerged from his corner, buried his nose in between my knees, and as plainly as he could, without articu late words, besought me to get up and g°- 8till nobody sjioke. By common consent we all rose, took a candle with us right out into the front garden be fore wo extinguished it; turned our heads towards the city, and tacitly agreed to walk 1 tome. In plain En glish, we had been scared out, like the rest. When we got to the village church, we saw that it was not yet a quarter past twelve. Our ghost experience had been “brief,” if not “delightful.” The night in the ghost chamber, prop erly so called, had been a matter of minutes only. It was not until we had been toned by a good spurt on the road that we found our tongues. When we did, however, we agreed one and all, that no imaginable form of horror, no ap parition, however hideous, could have so shocked us over as that invisible yet palpable presence of something, that complete evidence of personality unac companied by any of those apjieals to sense or sight by which, in our present condition, and under ordinary circum stances, such personality is proved.— Even Brush, who usually “rampaged” about the roads during anything like a nocturnal ramble, expressed his sym pathy by dangling close to our heels. It would have been interesting if he could have found tongue to tell us what was the impression made on his senses by a night in a ghost cham ber. There was, I remember, a remark able agreement among us on the sub ject of not breaking up our party when we reached my lodging, deep in the small hours of Sunday morning. We decided not to go home “till daylight did appear.” In jilaiu words, we had all been frightened—by nothing. I have not the slightest explanation to otter of this circumstance. I can only say we are none of us anxious to sit again ; and Tom Chester has deei- not to hire the villa for dark seances. It is a pity, perhaps, to spoil a good ghost story by anything like an anti climax; but the practical man who got the key for us never passes any of us in the street without expressing the tenderest regard for our salubrity, ami a fervent hope we will not endanger our health or our nerves by sitting in a thorough draught. it did Adam first plant in the of Eden? His foot. ed Tom, as he left me. “But it won’t bo odd numbers,” I answered ; you forget the dog.” <»•> !<™.l s tr ,,,. OT,r the store of Messrs. J. R. A j “ N '°> 1 tlo, 1 1 ’ t ’ } C0Unt ‘ hc V™'- I- C. Mathews, have tUo U*t ami um>t attentive rupcBs as Well US tllO hipCflS ; hilt Still woOcmen.anil ftll (he modern a|>jjlia.u*es for . I s« V 0(1(1 numbers, for I reckon Oil //air- j the gh ost . Good night, old fellow.” t/j cs.s't/tf/, etc., | \ the sleep of innocence; ! ^es sn.lehil.lreo wailed on nt their r">i lences, j though 1 recalled UOXt niOmillg SC.lt- .'•emiVr«' i a'i’-arcrui"uMujo , 'iu ^"VEii.EN 0 | tered fragments of a dream in which Brush, still in the flesh, was worrying ! my late maiden aunt’s black cat, who must, according to the ordinary course of events in tho metropolis, have licen made into jiies many years ago. Hard Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, -A-TIEtEIsrS, GA LA NX ic HEAVES. •. PROPKIETOKS W ILL BE FOUND AT THEIR oM Mairl, rear Franklin HousbBuilding, ThomasMr«*ot. Krop always on hand go«xl Turn out* and carrfnl drivers. the words: ritching time of night, A VALLEY OF DESOLATION. WF en is a lady’s cheek not a cheek ? WheLl it’s a little pale (pail.) Wiint should a clergyman preach about? About a quarter of an hour. Young ladies use powder, perhaps because they think it will make them go off Every-day absurdities—To attempt t > borrow money on a plea of extreme jiovertv. If you court a young woman, and she ia won and you are won, then you are both one. Argood farm drain—A heavy mo t- gago'at 10 per cent, will do the work pretty effectually. t “ Daughtercultural show” is the 'atJst name for an evening part}’. The girls don’t like it. Printers’ ink may be black, hut it shede more light than any other lu minary, however bright. % wonder eyes sometimes look piecing and sorrowful; they are un der the lash all the while. # Why is the paint for ladies faces like a fiddler’s rosin ? They are both used to aid in drawing the beau. Insults are like counterfeit notes; we ‘jaunot prevent their being offered, but we can refuse to take them. , The young ladies of Vassar Colle e have formed an “ anti-falling-in-love- before-you-are-ou t-of-schoo!-cl ub. ” j I never was ruined but twice,” said a wit; “ once when I lost a law suit, an d once when I gained one.” There are many people who not only believe that this world revolves off'i^s axis, but they believe that they ihe axis. i^fhen a ^hjwrh w burning, what is the only part that ruus no chance of being saved. The organ ; because the engine can’t play upon it. Which is the oldest. Miss Antiquity old Aunty Deluvian, Miss Ann Terior, Miss Ancestor. Miss Ann T. Mundane, or Miss Ann T. Cedent ? Mrs. Jones says: “ I believe I’ve the tenderest hearted boys in the world. I can’t tell one of ’em to fetch a pail of water but he’ll burst out a crying.” The man in jail who looked out of the window of his cell and exclaimed. “ This is a prate country,” is now gen erally admitted to have spoken within hounds. For over Fort; Yean this PURELY VEGETABLE. Liver Motlielnt, has proved to he the GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring thereof, to-wit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice, Billious attacks, SICK HEADACHE. Colic, Depression of .Spirits, SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn, CHILLS and FEVER, <*o., Ac. After years of careful experiments, to meet a gient and urgent demand, we now produce from our original Genuine Potrdtrrs, THE PREPARED Snprrintrndrnt*. Ilillrr. ) _ (Jforria and Saroa * Awrnita Railroad, V Auguslu, «•-, Juno 0,1*72. } fAN AND AFTER WLDNE8- V J DAY, June "ilh, lSit, Ik 1‘nv‘rliKer Tialn. on tlie Ueorgla and Macon and Augusta JUailronda will run aafollow*: GEORGIA RAILROAD. ~ . Day 'Passnujcr Timii irPt Leave Augusta at S Leave At iuutaat 8 IS a. m. Arrive at Atlanta at « 4*»|». m. Arrive at Augusta at J5 30 p. m< Sight Passenger Train* Leave Augusta at p. m. Leave Atlanta at t» p. ui. Arrive at Atlanta at 45a. m. Arrive at Augusta at.. 6 00 a. tu. TJ A Liquid form of Simmons’ Liver Regulator, con taining all its wonderful and valuable properties, aud offer it in ONE DOLLAR BOTTLES. The Powder., price as before, ...$1.00 r>er package Sent by moil l.ot “ C-ft--0TI03ST. Buy no Powders or Prepared Simmons' Regula tor unless in our engraved wrojiper, with iin le mark, stamp and signature unbroken, None eth er is genuine. J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Macon, (ia., and Philadelphia SOLD BY ALL DltUOOISTS. jan3-6m 8ED TWICE A WEEK, IT will prevent the Disease among Ponltrv, ot all kinds. One Bottle, worth FIFTY CENTS, makes Two Gallons of Medicine. The use of it will save Thousands of Dollars annually to North east Georgia. vurpared by DR. WM. KING ATHENS, And for sale by Merchants generally, and by BARRETT, LAND A CO., Augusta, Wholesale Agents. fcb*2l-Cin I t) SAMPLES sent by mail for 50 c*ts that retail ^ quick for $10. R. L. Wolcott, J8l Chatham sqviare, New Yvrk. TflMPLOYMKNT, $100 per week, Agcuta4n JJj others to sell a new article, indispensable I merchants and manufacturer*, Address with stamp, E. B. Smith A Co., 05 Libertv-st., N. Y. MAVVV Easily made with our Stencil and !uL"ll Ij X Kev Check outfit. Circulars free. Stafford Man’g Company, 66 Fulton-st, N Y BUIST’S GARDES SEED 1 MAC0XAXD AUGUSTA R. 11; Day Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 11 00 a. tu. Leave Macon at 6 30 a. m. Arrive in Augusta at 2 4.”» p. in. Arrive in Macon at 7 40 p. tu. Night Passenger Train. Leave Augusta at 8 15 p. m.’ Leave Macon at 10 00 p. m* Arrive lit Augusta at <• 00 a. tu. Arrive in Macon at 4 13 a. m. " jngers from Atlanta, Athens, Washington,, ions on Georgia UstLoud, by taking the ■Soger TmfnwTll make connection at C’a- jfc thffTrain for Macon.. ; _ inm.ffi’s(Pffsi-Olas.'OSleeping <>*** on all Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad; First-Glass sleeping Cars on all Night Train* on the MacoMfad Augusta Railroad- JOHNSON, S„pt. -jSKn Legal Notifies. BUIST’S OUIOlsT SETS. Cabbage, Beans, Beets, Lettuce, Radish Seed, <^c r IN GREAT VARIETY AT LONGS & BILLUPS. We offer them Very Cheap to Merchants and Families NEW ,111 IS i' The undersigned having formed a partnership, under the name aud style of mmmmw a? mmmmw, Increased their capital and established themselves at Barry’s old stand, corner Broad and Jackson streets, will he pleased to see their customers aud sell them Goods at the LOWEST PRICES ever before offered in the city. Tlje old “Lamp Man,’’ Mr. J. W. BROWN, superintends the department of Crockery, Glassware, Lamps and Looking Glasses, “ I wouldn’t continue the quota tion,” I said; “it is suggestive, to say the least.” The trio, tired of their loo, begun to look insufferably bored ; and Brown, or Jones, or Robinson was in the act making up the following practical re mark : “Last up train gone; we’re in for the night,” when—how shall I describe what occurred? I am, of course, supplementing my own recol lection with our united ex post faeto work during the rest of the week drove | comparison of experience. The first all ghosts out of my head; so that I j thing that struck us all simultaneously was in the most satisfactorily “unspir- was the sensation of an intensely cold itual” frame of mind when 1 sojourned j draught of air—so we should have ' ‘ termed it under ordinary circumstan- Yr 5 b fA i \y. _°£ C- l it) | w i T | < ii 55 cz « S- 'i* I: ■= »£ £ c --S- -a = 14 s= 2” ' TS i U “ i E : ^ U ^ -j, m » t- ~ s -- 2. ® ““ ^ £*-'-1 - r. Z .£ 'x M *5 si = riblv 2 :T ac = fiC l - - = « 4 i ; x « 3 S5 s l Livery Stable " here llorse? I IIAVE A LIVERY stable 0,1 2hornets Street, ' ill be FKI> anil i-ar.si; for. Also, * WAGON YARD. m 'mm du whi ,',: r ,:3r ,,r i,um * ‘ n ’’ BwlWr J: Z * COOPER. Athens Foundry N. Machine Works. FOUNDERS AND • j 4,lern '»rk, .Snntliing and G L^intrmg. n,,' * atlerngi S.^ I> BRAS!i5 CASTINGS of [r. Stnun K Mining and Mill Machine- } 0 tishterScrcSf'l?*' !,a ? HoUtini} Screw., . ' r< ' s h.Uii„ . 'p.',n" r Mi .jN C.'Uon ScJi Crush! f »»u,ip rs , Ie>». ihre.her.. Fan Mills, Bailie staff, iiirt r5i ll fc* ,, j!‘ ,lc8 ' U«ric-Pow- u>ainOa"';,rL N a " k, '. t urn Shell,>r., Ac. “I'prevwl Turbhii^i'!!~*,5', AK , ent l ror , ‘he most ‘•“smti*, Baiconies/HSI' 1 1 '* ,ldn *> Ur! »e En- R. MCKERSOX, n —Mill Finji,™ K r, Su Perialendenf rcr " pneev. Dugs turnUhu«l ut inanufactu- on the knife board of a city bound j omnibus, to the rendezvous of Satur- | day. j Punctuality is not one of the maoy j virtues, so that I found the whole : jiarty assembled and dinner ordered i when 1 arrived. Brush was present, j and seemed to be wondering what re markable crisis had come to work such a change in the ordinary even tenor of his life. “We had just made up our minds that you lmd funked it,” said Tom. “My hand trembles so with fright," said another, that I have kept the waiters oil jog-trot ever since J have been here and he clattered his knife and fork on the plate, after the accus tomed manner of summoning the gar- con. “Anon, anon, sir,” said number three, as the perplexed waiters answer ed-the appeal. “Francis, bring the dinner.” The dinner came and went; and in <luc course we did the Inttcr also, hav ing previously fortified the innncrnmn, on the hormepathic principle smilia siniilibus, with a modicum of spirit. •Keep the spirits up By ]touring spirit* vlov ».* again remarked our self-elected joke- monger. \Ve had a first-class compartment to ourselves on the railway, and beguiled the time druing the brief journey with talk of “quiet inoffensive ghosts;” se lecting, probably, the quiet inoffensive kind by way of tranquiliziug our minds for the possible rercontre. There was lhis peculiarity about the expected interview—none of us knew what it was we were going to see. We ’ id carefully avoid getting any details of the ghost, lest imagination should fool us. In fact it was next to impos sible to gather what had been seen or heard ; so that the whole world of im agination was before us “where to choose.” itKiniif.ici u- J.H34-1;' ces—rather let me say, a violent cold which chilled us all to the man ow, making our flesh creep and out teeth chatter. Something did I know. Unlike ordinary draughts, however, this came with sufficient force to blow wide the door of the back parlor,which had previously stood half, or perhaps three-quarters, open, with a bang. It was a deep house, though, and the hack parlor door was therefore quite out in the darkness ; so after a prelim inary start, to which none of us need have been ashamed to plead guilty, we sat straining our eyes into the gloom to sec what was coming next. One of the trio very feebly remark ed that the ghost must be the spirit of a departed Esquimaux,and had brought the north wind with him. It may be safely said that none of the party was in the least degree frightened up to this point. Tom Chester’s remark was to the purpose: Somebody has quietly opened a door down stairs, aud let in that draught We’ll soon find out. Hi, Brush !” No need to call Brush. lie was wide awake directly the back door opened ; hut to our astonishment, in stead of rushing at the door, he bolted hastily from it into the extreme opjx> site corner of the room where wc were sitting, and there sat with his face to the wall howling with terror. “Why, Brush, old man, what’s the matter ? At ’em, Brush; pin ’em good dog!” But Brush would not stir. This was not reassuring; for there was nothing mortal, from a Tom eat up to a prize fighter. Brush was not ready to “tackle.” It certainly start led us, for we all knew the old dog’s mettle. Even then, however, I do not think anybody was quite thrown offhis guard, except possibly the “su pers,” who had not calculated what Reaching the haunted house as the I might happen so much as we had. shades of evening were falling, we j Now occurs my great difficulty as found even these were not able to lend faithful chronicler of my own and the an air of romance to the place. It was 1 others’ experiences. What followed A spot almost as terrible as the prophet’s valley of dry bones lies just north of the old Mormon road to Cali fornia, a region thirty-six miles long by thirty broad, and surrounded, ex- cejit at' two points, by inaccessible mountains. It is totally devoid of water and vegetation, and the shadow of bird or wild beast never darkens its white, glaring sands. The Kansas Pacific Railroad engineers discovered it, and also some papers which show the fate of the Montgomery train, which came south from Salt Lake iu 1850, guided by a Mormon, When near Death’s Valley they came to the conclusion that the Mormon knew nothing about the country, so they appointed one of their number a leader and broke off from the party. The leader turned due west; so with the people and wagons and flocks he trav eled three days, and then descended into the broad valley, whose treacher ous mirage promised water. They reached the center, hut only the white sands, hounded by scorching peaks, met their gaze. Around the valley they wandered, and one by one the men died, and the panting Hocks stretched themselves in death under the hot sun. The children, crying for water, died at their mother’s breasts, and with swollen tongues and burning vitals the mothers followed. Wagou af ter wagon was abandoned, aud strong men tottered and raved and died. After a week’s wandering a dozen survivors found some water in the hol lows of a rock in the mountain. It lasted but a short time, when all per ished but two, who escaped out of the valley and followed the trail of their former companions. Eighty-seven families, with hundreds of animals, perished there; and now, after twenty- two years, the wagons still stand com plete, and iron-work and tires are bright, and the shriveled skeletons lay side by side. A tailer was startled the other day, by the return of a bill which he had sent to a magazine editor, with a notice that the “ manuscript was respectfully declined.” In which can Ik* found all the Latest and Best stvies of GoikD, Also, a beautiful assortment of FANCY CHINA, for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. * IN TIIE AUCTION and COMMISSION DEPARTMENT We have received the conaignmcnl (if IlOI-tOVY GOO OS ever received in Athens, ennsistlnir in part of DOLLS, of all sorts and »i*es; MUSICAL INSTIU-'MENTS, and a TOY (o please each and every one. Aud a fine lot of OIL PAIXTIN'OS and CHROMOS. . Will keep constantly on hand, at wholesale and retail, a full line of Candies, Nuts, Raisins, Lemons, Oranges, Crackers, &c. CIGARS A.jsrr> TOBACCO. bdi£ mm Ittii • i» vi» r Con rt. G eorgia, madison co.— Present: Ui* Honor Uaincll Andrews,' Judge of said Court. SAMUEL G. STRICKLAND, Transferee', ▼*. DAVID \YIMPLY. Mortgage iu Madison 8u|>c— rior Court, September Term, 1872. It appearing to the Court, b* the petition of Samuel G. St rick laud, accompanied bv the notes and mortgage deeds that, on the‘28th of J*»ne, 18GG,\ the defendant made to and delivered his two prom issory notes, bearing the dates aioresaid/ wjiefrhjr. lie promised by the first day of October next, aftvf*. the date of said notes, to pay one Joint M. CarroF or bearer, in oueof said notes, msveuty-dve gallon* ol good proof Pcaeh Brandy, for value received, and in the other of said notes to pay John M. Cur- roll or bearer seventy-five gallons of good proof Corn Whiskey, for value received, and on the day and year aforesaid the defendant, the better to secure the payment of said uot:-ft, executed and' delivered to said Joint M. Carrol his deed of mort gage, whereby the said David Whitupey mortga ged to the said John M. Carrol a certain tractor pared of Land iu said county. Adjoining land* of Strickland, Nash, Harris and others, Leginnit g at a po*t-oak, running south 74, and west U3 chains and 50 links to a post-oak, theme north BV] aud west 2*2 chains to the branch; thence down tho creek to a dogwood, thence south 1$ and east 17, chains :»0 links, to a pine; theucc south 4f» and east 9 chains to a pine ; thence north 17 and east 17 chains to a red-oak ; thence south t f 4, east 8 chain* to a red-oak; thence south 7*£, north 36 chain* to a post-oak, the beginning—containing one hundred and forty acres, more or less. Which mortgage have been transferred to this plaintiff, nnd it ap]tears that said notes remain unpaid. It i*, therefore, ordered that said defendant do pay in| > court, on or before the first day of the next term ol tli-s court, the principal interest and costs due on said uotes, or show cause to the contrary, and on failure of the defendant so to do, the Equity of Redemption iu and to said mortgaged premise* ljo forever thereafter barred and f.-rsdosed, and it it further ordered that this Rule be published in the Nouthkast Georgian, (formerly Southern Ban ner), once a month for four months prevh us to the next term of this court, or served on the de fendant. A true extract from the minutes of said f'oftrf. November 11th, 187*2. J. M. &KINNEH, nov 15-1 am4m Oerk Superior Court JAY O. GAILEY. JOSEPH M. BARRY. Curious and Useful Crow.—J Surder, of Yirgiuia, own a crow which serves as a substitute for dogs, cats and all other domestic sentinels. He* destroys every frog about the well; allows a mouse no chance for his life; drives hawks from the poul try, and bids fair to act as the best squirrel dog in the country. He read ily spies the squirrel, either upon the fence or on the trees, and with a natural antipathy to the squirrel tribe, his shrill, keen note is readily detected by his owner accompanied by rap d dart up and down, and the owner si thus led to the game. The most re markable feature about the crow is that he invariably keeps five or six days’ rations ahead of time, well con cealed. Mark Twain, in speaking of canni balism, solemnly declares that, for his own part, he “ would rather go hun grv for two days than eat an old per sonal friend.” A young bachelor in Jersey City was urged to marry, but lie replied, “ I don’t see it. My father was a single man and he always got along well enough.” An Albany gentleman stumbled over a piece of ice on the sidewalk, knocked several teeth out and ran an umbrella down his throat. As it was drawn out before opening he will re cover. Come, don’t be timid,” suid a couple of snobs to two mechanics, “ sit down and make yourselves our equals.” To do tnat we should have to blow our brains out,” replied one of the me chanics. y An Indiana Sunday-school man writes to a Bible firm in New York : “Send inc on some Suuday-school papers and books. Let the hooks bo idxfitt Piiatea and Indians, as far as possible.” “Ihave no luck in fishing; I never could persuade a fish to bite,” said a young exquisite. “Try yer powers on a cross dog,” remarked a rough by stander, “an’ see if you don’t have better luck.” “ Do you think I am a fool ?” a vio lent man asked the late Rev. Dr. Bethune. “ Really,” replied the doc tor, “ I would not have ventured the assertion, but now that you ask my opinion, I must say that I am not pre- pared ? to deny it. This may be a trifle personal, but it is the way they put things out West. A St. Louis editor, in speaking of a brother ink-slinger, says: “ He young yet, but he can sit at his desk and brush the cobwebs from the ceil ing with his ears.” An express company that GRIFFETH & CRANE BEG LEAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT THEY ARE READY TO SERVE THEM AGAIN WITH THE LARGEST STOCK OF Staple Dry Goods, Roots, Shoes Hats and Groceries THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED. Wc are ready to receive all money due us. No customer hall be turned away who wishes to pay his account, as we have plenty of time to serve them • octt-tf NOTICEx TT'OUR WEEKS AFTER DATE, .L* application Will Ik.* made to the Court of Oi- dinary of Jackson county fv*r lt*ave to sell the* Kent F. statuof F. S. Gol**r, deceased, Lite of naul county. JACKSOX HELL, A Jm in it Ira ter. January 10th, 1873. 4 w p EORGIAThART COUNTY?— Whereas, tho estate of Cain Kstcs, late of *a r d county, deceased, i* unrepresented ; this ia, there fore, to cite all pcr*..ns mnrerned to show cause, if any, they have, why C. A. Wcbh, Clerk of the Superior itaurt, or some other fit and proper per son, should not heap{N»iuted administrator to lep- resont said estate at the March Term ut th* court of Ordinary of said count v, to be held on the first Monday in Maxell. This Januarv *27th, 187::. F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary. TTkoRGIA, HART COUNTY^ vJ Wlicrcus, C. A. Wol.l., n.inmii trnl. r .f F, G. Stonier*, lat;* of said county, deceased, petition* for a discharge from said administration. Therefore, all persons concerned ar** hereby re quired to show cause, if any they -jave, wh\ said a Iministr.itor should not, at the ir^utar term of the court of Ordinary of said county, to l»e held oil the (list Monday in May next, be discharged from said .ad ministration. Given under my band, this 27th nr of January F. C STEPHENSON, OrdlitarjL Adininlstrator’s Sale. A GREEABLE TO AN ORDER iY ol the Court of Ordinary of Jackson < •ninty will be sold, before, the Court House <16ot. m thn town «f Jefferson, on the first TUESDAY iu March next, l*etween ti:e lawful hours of sole, the fallow ing property, to-wit: One Iiousc and lot in town of Jefferson, eontalri- ing Two Acres, more or less, with necessary out buildings, g«K»d well of water, Ac. To t»e *<>ld rt* the properly of F. S. Gobcr, deceased, for the ben efit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.' * Terms—One-lmlfcash, balance credit until 1st of January, 1874, with interest from date. jau‘24-td JACKSON BELL, Administrator. - express company “ from the Mississippi westward,” in the contract printed on its recepts, dis- claims responsibility as carrier “ for any loss or damage by fire, the acts of God, Indians, or any other public enemies of the government.” A lady with an unmusical voice listened ’upon singing at a party. “ What does she call that!” inquired a guest. “The Tempest, I think,” answered another. “ Dou’t be alarm ed,” said a sea-captain present. “ That’s no tempest; it is only a squall, and will soon be over.” ALAKGK AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF HARDWARE, CUTLERY, STOVES and. TIN-WARE. Which we are offering at very low prices. We will alsi. keep during tlieseason a full stock of those famous Summey & Newton AXES, at reduced prices. JACKSON WAGON Jl SPECIALITY*. SUMMEY & NEWTON. BRIGGS & BBOTIIER’S ILLUSTRATED Floral Work! For January, 1873, Now Out. Issued a* a Quarter ly. The four number* *o»t to any add re-*, by mail, for ‘25 Ceuta. The richest and most instruc tive Illustrated and De.stviplivc Floral Gui 'eever published. Those of our ptitrons who ordered .Seeds la.-t year and wore credited with 25 cents, will receive* the lour Quarterlies for 18771. Th«M who order Seed* this year will Ik; credited with » subscription for 1874. ’ The January number con tains nearly 490 Engravings Two Superb Colored Plate*, suitable fur framing, A alw* Tinted Plates of our gorgeous Floral Chronm** Information re lative t«» Flower*, Vegetable*, ete.. aud their culti vation, and all such matter as was formerly found in our Annual Catalogue. ^’ ou y° u order Seed* t»efore seeing Briggs A Brother’s Quar terly. We challege comparison on quality of Seed and* prices and titans'of packets. Gur “Calendar Advance Sheet af!H*Price List f»r 1873,” sent free. 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