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Citation for Letters of <f**nlian*hip $5 00 Citatioii for Lcttors of Ada*' niatration 4 00 Application lor Letters of ll*«niiMio» Adm’r.. 4 00 Application for Letters of liiani'nii Guard..... 5 00 Application for Leave to Sell Land* 5 00 Notice t» Debton and Creditors .. 3 05 Sales of Land, Ac., pur 3 juare 3 0J Sales Perishable Pro; eriy. 10 days, persq 1 50 Citrar Notice*, 30 -lava - 3 00 Sheriff Sales, per levy of 10 lines or leas 2 50 Sheri If Mortgage ft. fa. Sales per square ft 00 Tax Collector'a Sales, per square 5 00 Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00 Exemption Notices (in advance) .. 2 00 Rule Niai’s, per square, each time 1 00 Business & Profes’n’l Cards. D U A C. FOX OFFERS HIS PROFESSION- al Services to the citizeus of Athens and vicinity. Office at the Drug Store U. T. Brumby A Co., College Avenue, Athens, Ga. 21-tf S, M. HERRINGTOX, Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Pence. Office U.cr I„ J. l.iMPKiyV .tore. March 31-6m. A MAP OF BUSY LIFE. No. 30.( Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, May 26, 1876. Poetical. P G. THOMPSON, • Attorney at Law, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For refereucc apply to Kx. Gov. T. II. Walts and lion. David Clopt n, Montgomery Ala. Office over Firry's Store, Atheus, Georgia. Feb.3.tf. Asa M. Jackson L. W. Thomas, JACKS0F& THOMSS, Attorneys at Law Athens, Georgui. / '10BB, ERWIN & COBB ^ .VHorners at Lair, ATHENS, GA. Office in the Deupree Building. TXT R. LITTLE, * * * Attorney at Lair, CARSLSVILLE, GA. I* ATHF.ft THEM L-P. BY PATHa.R RYAN. Gather the sacred dust Of the warriors tried and true, Who bore the flag of our nation's trust, And ft»ll in the cause, though lost, still just, And died for me and yeu. Gather them one and all. From the private to the chief! Come they from hovel or princely hall. They fell f.>r us. and for them should fall The ienrs of a nation’s grief. Gather the corpses stewn O’er many a battle plain *, v From many a grave that lira so lone, Without a name and without a stone, Gather the Southern slain. We care not whence they came; Dear is their lifeless clay; Whether unknown, or known, to tame, Their cause and country still the same, They died—and wore the gray. Wherever the brave have died They should not rest apart ; Living they struggled side by side— Why should the hand of death divide A single heart from heart ? Gather their scattered clay, Wherever it may rest; Just as they marched to the bloody fray, Just as they fell on the battle day, Bury them breast to breast. The foe man need not dread This gathering of the brave; Without sword or flag, and with soundless tread. We mnater once more our deathless dead, Out of each lonely grave. The focman need not frown— They are all powerless now ; We gather them here, and we lay them down, And tears and prayers are the only crown We bTiDg, to deck each brow. And the dead thus meet the dead. While the living o’w them w**ep ; And toe men whom Lee and Stonewall led, And the hearts that once together bled. Together •'« ill shall slt.ep. "WHISPER 4 BLESSING FOK MlTT The shadows of twilight arc creeping Soft over the brightness of day, The flowers of the wildwood are weeping Farewell to the sun’s parting ray ! My spirit is wandering to thee, Jove, In visions all glorious and bright! Then whisper a blessing for mo, love, A blessing, a kiss and good night! In heaven now the pure stars are smiling, Like angel-eyes watching me here. And music, the lone heart beguiling, Steals gently and low on my earl My spirit is smiling on thee, love, And murmuring a song of delight! Then whisper a blessing lor me. love, A blessing, a kiss and gotd night! Young voices, in earnest tones blending, Rise e’ear through the st ill evening air, And angels their pinions :re bending .To catch the low l»»i uii ug of prayer! My spirit is praying f*r ibci, lo\c: Heaven clothe a)! thy pithway in light! Then whisper a blessing for me, love, A bk-ssir. , . i;i -9 and good night! written at the time to complaining Confederates and others, that show the strength and poise of his char acter. 3Vc find him at Vicksburg, shipped, brought U profit of 3® 63 ’ « !rv *"R under Grant, o the Western and Atlantic McClernand All the cotton shipped from Selma by way of Rome and Augusta last year, was 2.341 bales, giving freights of $3,38i .62 to t lie Georgia Road. From this route, the total eotton, merchan- di-e, etc $769.18 to the Western "and Atlantic | McGlernand was a troublesome Road. quantity in Grant’s army. Then, The new idea wn= to cut loose from there is a story of McClernand.*^ the Western and Atfanti-; Road, by j leading to a bloody attack on the, which S200.000 of ii:o best paving j works at Vicksburg, by improper freights were received over the Geor» j j n fo miat j on . The' rebel position •jin Rond. Now under the lessees'.ci • ' through freights were divided pro rata i. . **j c ’.‘ 101 m * u * col J4 as 171 is to 138, while formerly by |J° ll: ! ve h, ‘ en Granger than bebas- nrbitrarv action, the State Road got an i"»P 0 ‘* equal freight. I Grant tells Sherman that General Cairo is 483 miles, all rail, from At- ' Joseph E. Johnston was about the' lanta. Vicksburg to Cairo is 600 * only General on the Confedralo miles, and it is only nine miles longer, j side whom he feared.’ As for the by all rail, from Cairo to Atlanta, j campaign at Vicksburg, Sherman —' Its conception and cxe- than from Vicksburg to Atlanta. Frmi Louisville conies three-fifths of this Western freight, and the dis tances are the same—474 miles—from Louisville to Atlanta and from Vicks burg to Atlanta. Last yenr $15,000 constituted the proportion of the Georgia Road from the earnings of the Montgomery and Selma; and vet, it was proposed to striUli it to Cairo and make it $1,800. All the railroads had suspended div idends—the Georgia was the last to do so; and perhaps it may be that the Georgia will he the first to resume. MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM T. SHERMAN. JOHN T. OSBORN, Attorncy-at-Law ELBERTON, GA. Will practice in *ho count io* ->f the Northern Circuit, Rink's Franklin ami Habersham of the Western Circuit; will give special attention to all claims entruMcl to hiii care. Jan. 10, 1874—ly. is T S. DORTCH, ^ * Attorney at Lair, CAUSES VILLI', GA. E. A. WILLIAMSON, PBACT1CAL WATCHM 'KER and JEWELLER At Dr. King’s Drug Store, BROAD STREET ATHENS. GA. All work tlone In a superior manner, anil *r*rrauidd to live sati.'Jjction. jan3-tf WILEY CHILDERS, T OCATED in this city, is prepared -1—J to do all kin,1* of Carpenters’ Work in the best stylo, an 1 at re ison.thle rates, with dispatch. Shop in the rear oj the City Clerk's Office. June 3. 1874. Mtsccll ancons Select: ons. ISY HIMSELF. 4Vc make the following extracts from a review of the Life of Wm. T. Sherman, in the New Yoik Herald: After Shiloh, General Hallcck came and took the field, and Gen eral Grant, after winning this bat tle, was 'substantially left.out and was named second in command, L. - j u j , q, according to some French notion, I J b “ l ^ iJe d with no clear, well denned com- ■ cution belong exclusively to Gen eral Grant, not only in the grand whole, but in the thousands of its details. 1 still retain many of his letters and notes, in his own hand writing, proscribing the routes of march for divisions and detach ments. and specifying even the amount of food and tools to be carried along. Many persons g ive Rawlins the credit for these things, but they were in error; for no Commanding General of an army ever gave more of hi* personal at tention +o dcbiib. or wrote so many his ov.n «.rd<. reports and letters, as (- .oral Grant. His success at Vicksburg, justly gave him fame at home and abroad. There is a long letter from Sherman to Halieek, written on the 17t'n of September, 1863, in 5 OLD SERIES—Volume LIII. £ NEW SERIES—Volume III. he hastened up to Lon- n, and laid open the cause and i|li its circumstances. The Judge, who was a great lover of justice, heard the case attentively, and promised him all the assistance in Ms power. The lawyer having taken leave, the Judge contrived matters so us to finish all his busi ness at the King’s Bench before the assizes began at Chelmsford. When within a short distance of the place, lie dismissed his man Vbout this time, General, find horses, and sought out for a gifa^le house. He found one oc cupied by a miller. After some eefiversation, and making himself quite agreeable, he proposed to the laiMcr to chaugc clothes with him. As the Judge had a very good suit on, the man lmd no rea son to object. Accordingly, the Judge shifted himself from top to too, and put on a complete suit of the miller’s best. Armed with a miller’s hat, shoes and stick, away lie marched to Chclmford, and procured good lodging, suitable for the assizes that should come on the i.ext day. When the trials came on, he walked like an ignorant country fellow, backwards and forwards along the county hall. lie had a thousand eyes within him. and when the Court began to fill, he found out the poor fellow who was the plaintiff. As soon as lie caino into the hall, the miller drew up to him : Honest friend, said he, how is your case likely to go to-day? Why, replied tli which he gives his ideas about the j plaintiff, my cause is ‘in a very rebellion and its possible future, i precarious situation, and if I lose Lincoln was anxious to publish Jit, lam mired for life. Well, man would said the miller, will you take my , the revival of Cbaie governments mand o. authority. l'or >»<yc ;in tho 8olltb . Tvvo i 110 re battles than a month, Grant thus remain advice? I will let you into a se cret, which perhaps, you do not know ; cv< ry Englishman has the right and privilege to except aga •nst any one juryman through the whole twelve ; now .do you in- s st upon your privilege, without giving a rea.-o i why, and if possi- | ole, get me chosen in his room, and I will do you all the service J in my power. Accordingly, when i the Clerk had called over the and manly eloquence, that aston ished the Judge and the whole Court. As he was going on with his powerful demonstrations, the Judge, in a surprise of soul, stop ped him. Where did you conic iroin, and who are von? I came from Westminster Hall, replied the miller; my name is Matthew Hale ; I am Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. I have observed the iniquity ot your proceedings this day; therefore, come down from a seat which you are no ways worthy to hold, You are one of the corrupt parties in this iniquitous business. I will come up this moment, and try the cause When they were sitting in the same room, the husband would tell one of the children to say so and so to the mother. The mother would answer directly, which, if it required a further answer, would lie done through the child, as before. But it was only when he was in particularly happy moods that lie would even com municate in this way. His most usual mode of communicating to his wife what lie wanted to say, was tor him to retire into a sepa rate room, and thence issv.e his mandates through one of the chil dren. Two days before the wife died, alter she had been sick for all over again. Accordingly, Sir | some weeks, her condition Matthew went up with his miller’s dress and hat on, began the trial from its very commencement, and searched every circumstance of truth and falsehood. He evinced the eldest brother’s title to the, estate, from the contradictory ev idence of the witnesses, and the false reasonings of the pleaders, unravelled all the sophistry to the very bottom, and gained a com plete victory in favor of truth and justice. GEO. 3V. COOPER, Carriage and Buggy ThomM Strrd, opposite Cooper'* Liter} Stable. iLAR attention given to l JOBS. Order* left with A. A. Bell, aiuoy A Newton'#, will receive prompt at- tivu. June 17 tf ■pARTICUI ' JL UKFAIRJO at Snmiuty A Net A.. A. AVIN 1ST, WITH GROOVER, STUBBS & CO. Cotton Factors, —AND- General Commission Merchants Savannah, Ga.' Bur&tai; 1 Tl«», Hop*. »H*I other Supplies fur- dUheo. -Alto, Liberal C*sh Advances made on oneignraeiu for .ale orahipiuent to Liverpool Northern |-ort». m,:i0-tf Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, ATHENS, -A. GANN & REAVES....PROPRIETORS •^yiLL BE FOUND AT THEIR 1 nan 1, rear Ir'rniiltiiu House building, Thoiuwitreet. Keep a!wa>» on baud good Turn outs and care ul drivers. Slock well earsu for when emru.ted to our car.'. Stock on hand for sate si all times. dcclU-ii GEORGIA RAILROAD. AV’e make the following extracts from the remarks of Cel. Cole, Super intendent of the Ge iriiia Railroad, at iheir convention, hold in Augusta, on the 13th instant: The Western and Atlantic Railroad a trunk line, only 138 miles lonjr, nn<l led by three roads from tiie South and three roads from the North. The Georgia Road was pressed by rivals on all side-—the Air-Lme to wards Charlotte. North Carolina, and the Central southward and eastward. The earnings of the Western and Atlantic Railroad over this line of 138 miles for a year, amount to $1,344,- 932.76. The earnings of the Georga Railroad over its main and branch lines of 229 miles, for the same period, were $i, 281,907.24; showing the sum of $63, 025.52 iess earnings over a line ot 229 miles for the Georgia than over tin- shorter line of 138 miles of the State Rond. The average gross earnings per mile of the State Road were $9,746. The average gross earnings per mile of the Georgia Road were 85,594. The expenses of the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the year were $810,284.99, or $5,871.63 per mile. The expenst'3 of the Georgia Road for the year were $931,818.09 or $4.- 069 |ter mile, and in these expenses were included $105,000 for extra cars and rolling stock. From this, it is seen that the expenses of the Georgia Road are $1,802.63 less per operated mile than those of the State Road. The gross earnings of the Georgia Road per mile are only $274.63 less than the gross expenses per mile of the Western and Atlantic Road The President of the State Road re-* ceived a salary of $7,000 per annum, while the salary of the President of the Georgia Road was much less. On the State Road, the Superintend ent was paid $5,000; on the Georgia, the same officer received $4,300. On the Western and Atlantic, the Roadmaster received $3,000 per year; on the Georgia, $1,750. The Atlanta Agent o r the State Road receives $3,609 a yea: ; the Ao mori: , . .would havA to be fought lief ore ed without any apparent anthon-, there C1H|1( , , )e civi | OI ? (k . r , 'one ty frequently visiting me and near Meridimit in November, and others, but rarely complaining; onp npar Shreveport, in the but I could see how deeply he < s , As fol . thc farming and felt the indignity it not the insult, fartisxm class in the South, they heaped upon him I bis over- \ the m ,, tilinl estate and shadowing oi Grant continued for ' u , d move with the politicians, a short time and evidently moved ; As {ol . the Union meil of lhc So „th, commander.* One evonin- «“"»'• tl “ ! ers, lawyers, they were good bil- liard players and sportsmen, but they never did any work and never I j 0 you mean, says'he, by except- w i!L M ar suits them and thej^r |° this gentleman? I mean, rascals are brave, fine riders, lit- J ,j,y Lord, to assert my privilege feilv reckless who must all be 1 as & u Englishman, without a rea- His c imi) i ki,,e(1 or e,,, P lo .Vod before there | so n why. The Judge, who had ■ • L 1 lean be peace.’ ’ Civil government j | Jceu highly bribed, in order to would be ridiculous.’ There j co neeal ‘it by show of candor, and confub'iicc in thc supe- ; of his party, said : learned that Grant had asked for thirty days’ leave, and was going \ to depart the next, morning. 'Of! course, we all knew,’ says Slier- I man, 'that Grant was chafing un- i dcr the slights of his anomalous j position, and I determined to see ! him on my way back, was a short distance off the Mon- til!" excepted to one of them. The Judge on the bench was highly offended with this liberty. What and Hillycr were in trout | ^ompromise, and thc war must be! l mv ‘ U lf ou * 1 s s l cc ’ 1 w ‘ camp, aiid piled up near f ^ out to the eml . if this I f a . nt U ’. '' rcre the usual effects and i. , . .. ... . ! to have in the room ot th;u mat . t . - .... 1 1 letter had been published at that i . ciuiui chcsts ready for startmg m J u wou „ fi;lve made a pro- j Xm sir, as you claim vour r w»n isli ill After a short time the morning. 1 inquired for tho j l ,lu I taken ill consideration—My Lord, . P , 1 , . . i found impression, out Sherman i • T • a* i i * General and was shown to hi; tent, ■ ‘ says he, I wish to have an honest , , ... . , V was resolute in his determination, J , ■ ., , ■ . where I found him seated upon a I , , , . ... . • .... mau chosen m ; and looking around . , ... 1 i not to take any part in politics. ., ,, . • i xt , i i *i camp stool, with some papers on 1 , the Court, said : My Lord, there *. . -i* 1 ,i x rum this point, tne work pro- . . ,, • ,, ,, , a rude camp tabJn. He seemed' • if , .,, , T i • 13 that millci in the Gouit, \\c . , ii- . , . i ceeds rapidly toward Lookout .,, , ... , , to be employed in assorting let- . , , ,, . ; will have him it you please. Ae- . , * ..r , Mountain, and closes with tne ap- ... , . , ters and tying them up with red .... , . . } eordmgly, the millei was chosen J e ,ii pomtment ot General Gnmt to bo - . .i ei , . bundles. ,, ,. .. in. As soon as thc Clerk ot the tape into After eonvon the ent usual THE Enterprise Long Looked For! at mi: FRANKLIN HOUSE , McaU can bi: liaJ at all hours, for riFTY CENTS EACH, Thi» Hotel lias been llnrau^'.i!} reminlid and nawly furnuhed. Th* TraTclIni; 1'uMlc will be aecomiaodaled with Board an t Lodging for TWO HOLLA ICS PKR DAY. A FINE OYSTER SALOON lulu connected with thl« Hotel. Till* la the place to get Ojaton, KUh, Beef Stako, Haw and Reg'. Ac. Oyatera wlllbeaold by the <|iiurt and gallon, to those who with then. Oito ua n trial and wa will ploaa* you. W. A. JESTER, 1 ^ ■ ■ j, TURELKELP, 1 1 foprietora. Oit.tUL Pocket Telegraph Instrument. qT)y the aid of one of these little in» JL) alramaate, any one can learn telegraphing without difficulty. Fall direction* accompany each laatramaat. Price » cent*. For sale at _ April H-lMf BUKKE’S Bo-.k Store “ passing tne usual compli-, • , , k . l . . . -7 . .„ . * (iirmies and Gen ral bherman in ments, 1 inquired it it were true . , ,, ... • . . , 1 - , T command ot toe .Military Division that lie was going awav. He said. I ■ . ... , T ., e •• . ot the Mississippi, les. 1 then inquired the reason. 11 He saitl:—'Sherman, you know, t *** You know that I am in the way , THE JUST JUDGE; OR, VIL- here. I have stood it as long as j J.A1NF EXPOSED. I can, and can endure it no longer.’ I A gentleman who possessed an I inquired where he was going to. ] estate" worth about five hundred He said, ’ St. Louis.’ I liieu asked a year, in the eastern part of if he had any business there. He J England, had two sons. The said, ' Not a bit.’ I then begged eldest being of a rambling dispo- him to stay, illustrating bis case J silion, went abroad. After seve- by inv own. Before tho battle of j ml years, his father died ; when Shiloh, I had been cast down by [the younger, destroying his will, a mere newspaper assertion of ’crazy.’ But that single battle had given me new life, and now I was in high feather. I argued with him that if lie went away, events would go right along and he would be left out; whereas, if he remained, some happy accident might restore him to favor and his true place.’ Thc result was that General Grant remained, and in a short time, by the removal of Hallcck to Washington, became the Commander of the army. We wish we could follow Gen eral Sherman through the interest ing details of thc campaign in the West. They arc matters of his tory, however, and it would be gusta Agent of the Georgia Road gets repeating a twice-told tale to dwell $1,400 per annum Engineers ou the State Road are paid $4 per day lor running 138 miles, while Engineers on the Georgia re ceive $3.50 per day for running 171 miles. Track hands on the Western and Atlantic receive $1 per day, while the same laborers on the Georgia get 874 cents per day. The track foreman on the State Road is paid $45 per month, and the track foreman on the Georgia gets $35 per month. > The basis of the whole thing was the difference in the gross incomes of the two Roads, that of the Western and Atlantic being $9,746 per mile, and that of the Georgia $5,597 per ope rated mile. The mileage of engines on the West ern and Atlantic Road is 1,053,287, and on the Georgia Rond 1,140,269, the mileage on the Georgia Railroad being 86,982 miles more than that of the State Rond, with 91 miles of road to maintain. upon them now. There is a tresli- uess of style, however, in these pages that will give new light to the events of that tremendous time. As we pass along from page to page, we gather here and there a glimpse of Sherman’s orig inality of mind, and bits of infor mation that come to us with pe culiar freshness. We find him at one time writing to Chase on the Cotton question, saying: ’ If Englaud ever threatens war be cause we do not furnish her cot ton, tell her plainly, if she cannot feed her own people to send them here, where they can not ouly earn an honest living, but soon secure an independence by mode rate lalior.’ Ho had hoped that France and Germany 'would be friendly to our country' in the event of war. There are some brilliant letters of tlra General seized upon the estate. Ho gave out that his eldest brother was tie.al, and bribed false witnesses to attest the truth of it. in the course of time the eldest brother returned, but came home in mis erable circumstances. His young brother repulsed him with scorn, and told him that fie was an im posts ami a cheat. : to ascertained that Id- real brother was uead long ago, and he could bring witnesses to prove it. The poor follow hav ing neither money noi triends, was iii a most dismal situation. He went around the parish malting complaints, and at last to a law yer, who, when he heard thc pool- man’s story, replied, 'you have nothing to give; if I undertake your cause and lose it, it will bring me into disgrace, as all the wealth and ovidence is on your brother's side. But. however, I will undertake your cause on this condition : You shall enter into an obligation to pay’ me one thou sand guineas, if 1 gain the cause for you. If I Ipse it, I know the consequences, and I veuture with my eyes open.’ Accordingly, lie entered an action against the younger brother, which was to be tried ar the next general assizes at Chelmsford, m Essex. The lawyer, having engaged in the cause of tho young man, and stini-* ulated by the prospect uf a thou sand guineas, set his wits to work to contrive the be methods to gain Ibis end. At iast be hit upon this happy thought, that he would Court had given them all their oaths, a little dextrous fellow came into thc apartment, and j slipped ten golden caroluscs into the hands of eleven jurymen, and gave the miller but five. He ob served they were all bribed, and said to his next neighbor, in a soft whisper, how much have you got? Ten pieces, sai l he. But he concealed what he had got himself. The cause was opened by the plaintiffs counsel, and all the scraps of evidence they could pick up were adduced in his favor. The younger brother was pro vided with a great number of witnesses and pleaders, all plenti fully bribed, as well as the Judge. The evidence deposed that they were in the self-same country when the brother died, and saw him NINE YEARS WITHOUT A WORD. The Troy Prestt tells the follow ing strange story concerning the husband of a lady who died recent ly in West Troy: The lady and gentleman refer red to, were married about twenty- years ago, and came to West Troy shortly after, and lived there to gether until the death of the wife. Thedatter was a most industrious, highly respectable, and woman. For the first ten years of her married life, during which period live children were born, she did everything possible for a woman to do in order to please her husband, but to no purpose. When she did her 1 est, her hus band was sure to make out that she had done her worst. He grumbled continually', but at times he would break out and pour upon liis wife the most unmerited abuse, Continuing it for several days to gether. Then would intervene a silence broken only by his seeking an opportunity to give his wife beating when nobody was in sight, and when she least expected it. After he had abused her, he would bring in the neighbors and say to them that his wife had fallen and hurt herself, poor creature ; how sorry he was for it, and he would address her as 'My dear,’ and ask if she was badly hurt, and he would run for a doctor. lie was so plausible and kind and affec tionate, that nobody would be lieve his wife when she told that it was her husband who caused her the injuries. The neighbors thought her crazy, or at least hys terical, when she made any state ments of this kind. For a long time he managed to beat his wife, a;iu coneeal it in this way. In deed, it had reached a point, the wife taking those fits so often, that t!i: arrangements were all but completed to send the poor woman to an insane asylum. One day, however, the broken-hearted wife was sitting by the cradle, in which was her youngest child, a baby, rocking it and attending to some sewing at the same time. Her husband entered and passed through the house into the yard, lie returned within a few minutes, but in the interim a neighboring lady' had entered and gone into an adjoining bedroom. This lady observed him walking up quietly behind his wife, and, without utter ing a word or giving the least warn ing, doubled his fist and struck her a tremendous blow on the back of thc head, leaving her sprawling on thc floor insensible. This done, he at once van out to bring was made known to him, when he was working in the garden, by the doctor in attendance and tho cler gyman who had been called in. He was told that his wife was on the verge of death, and that he must make his peace with her while she was yet conscious. Thc idea of death seemed to stagger him. He was silent for a mo ment, and then bursting into tears, repaired to t he death-bed of his wife. He bent over her and begged her forgiveness in bitter plaints and tears. 'l'he dying woman grasped iiis hand, and calling him by name, said she freely forgave him all, and added that she was now prepared to die, being at peace with ttic whole ;vorld. A few hours before death the wife said—and they were the last words she was heard to utter—that the last two days, with her husband [ never away from her bedside but j when lie left it to serve her, had ’‘“V"''’ i been the happiest days of her life, , religious i , , , 1 i * • t i ,i uuence and that she only wished they wpn .mum PUBLICATION OFFICE: A~o. Ty GjRA*Y12'1? Jto V, (Un-Stair#,) ATHENS, GEORGIA. .• Kates of Advertising; Transient advertisements, of one square or merer Si 00 per square for the first in*urt;oft,imd 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. AH advertisements considered transient except where special contracts are made. Twelve lines sp.ice of this type (or one inch) make one square. *"i:“ ®ETFor contract prices, see schedule. the other side of tho railroad track in a hurry. The raft floated pret tily for a moment, a curl of white smoke ascended from the burning fuse—a fitful sputter—allash—and the charge exploded with ii ring ing report that echoed and re echoed, causing the waters ti> surge, the trees to shake and the*, hill upon which we stood, a quar ter of a mile away, to tremble as with the effect of an earthquake. IVc are convinced that when liitlo-glvcerinc was estimated to havp fourteen times more force than powder, no mistake was made. . . THE THE tht b the beginning of happy s to him. buried. The counsellors I the neighbors in as usual, and af- pleaded upon this accumulated footed thc greatest concern about evidence,' and everything went with a full, tide in favor of thc younger brother. The Judge summed up tho evidence with great gravity and deliberation; and now, gentlemen of tho jury, said he, lay your heads together, aud bring in your verdict, as you shall deem most just. : - ' They waited but a few minutes, before they determined in favor of the youngest brother., The Judge said, Gentlemen, arc you agreed, and who shall speak for you ? \Yoarc all agreed, my Lord, replied one, our foreman shall speak for~us. Hold, m3' Lord, replied the trdller, wo ’ are not all agreed. the Judge, in a very : surly maimer, what’s the matter with you ? What reasons have you for disagreeing? I have several, reasons, my Lord, replied tiie miller; the.,first.is, they have given aft. thc$e gentlemen of the jury ten broad pieces of gold, and to me but.five, which you know, is not fair. Besides, I have many objections to make to the false reasonings of the pleaders, and the contradictory evidenoe of the witnesses. Upon this, the miller began a discourse that discovered his with, wondered how much she was hurt, and fiually proposed fo go for the doctor. The huly who had secreted herself in the bed room accused him of thc assault, and when he was gone for the doctor, she went for thc police and had him arrested. His wife appeared iii Court and told thc whole stor3' of her husband’s cru elty toward licr, but woman-like begged the Court to forgive him. Her request, however, was denied, and the cruel husband had to languish several mouths in jail. On leaviug the dock after receiv ing sentence, lie turned to his wife and said that she had wronged him l>3' what she had testified to, but to remember, that I10 would never speak to her again on earth This scene occurred nine 3'ears EXPERIMENTS WITH NITRO- GL VVER INE. Thc manner in which nilro-gly- ecriiie is used to raise bodies to the surface of the water, is de scribed by lilt* Dubuque (Iowa) Times in chronicling a recent ex periment in the Mississippi River at that point, as follows : Thc friends of the drowned man sent to Hazel Green, Wis., for John Brawcr, a skillful manipula tor of thc dreadful fluid known as nilro-glyccrine, and the only man in this part of the country who can be prevailed upon to handle it. Mr. Brawcr came, and was upon the ground with his can of fluid, tin tubes and fuses. The preparation for a discharge is very simple, hut the liafiility of the tr.aehcrous mixture blowing the the handler up into the skies when he grows in tiie least care less in handling it, is great. A lire was built and a wash-boiler, half full of water, heated, and thc cm of nitro-gU'ccriuc set into it to bring it to the right tempera ture, so that it would do its work well. A pieee of fuse three feet long was then cut and a percus sion cap placed upon each end, pasted over with common yellow soap as a protection from the fluid or water. A tin tube, about as large around as a hoc-handle and nearly a yard long, was then filled with the dangerous fluid, by pour ing it in just as j'oii would water. Both cuds of the fuse were now placed into thc tube and run down into the fluid a little. Then a wooden plug, cut to accommodate tlic fuse, was forced in and soaped over to keep the water out. A good oarsman and Mr. Briwer to >k possession of the skill - ai d moved out on the river a rod or two, then the double fuse was lighted, the tube dropped over board, aud then the skiff *.is pull ed away from tliat spot with ali speed possible, while half a dozen men and our reporter disappeared up thc side ot the hill, making frantic efforts to secure tho pro-, tection of some giant boulder or substantial oak. We had hardly secured protection when thc charge exploded with a loud, rumbling noise, shaking thc trees, rocks and hills. The sand and rock from the river, bottom flew in ev ery direction, while volume after volume of boiling, hissing and foaming water rolled up and sport ed in tho air. The charge was but a pound and a half, and the result was both wonderful and let- rihle. The second, fourth and fifth charges were let off in thc same WU3’ at different points along the bank with the same terrifying effect, ploughing up the river bottom and at one time, sending a large volume of water all of u hundred feet high in the air. The third and sixth charges were pre pared in the same waj-, hut instead BOUQUET AND it 1 RLE. 0:> a line summer day mi un expected shower drove two or three little parties into a cottage for temporaiy shelter. A Bible and bouquet of flowers hx^ upon the table. A shrewd looking man, one of the company, -approached the table. Ho was an infidel. He opened the Bible, then closed it witu a smile that was mingled with derision. He then took up the bouquet. ' This suits me best.* slid lie with an exultant"aSr, ’for it has no mystery ; I can under stand it. Its colors are fair, and its scent delightful.’ Saying this, he pulled a flower from the bou quet and stuck it in his bosom. A pause . succeeded ; but it was soon broken by an old gentleman, whose meek and mercy-loving face was grateful to look-upon, and whose grey hairs entitled him to respect. lie hail heard the observations of the infidel, and felt anxious to counteract its in- Advaneing to the table, he also took up the bouquet, 'flow beautioiis in His gifts,’ said he, 'is the father of mercies! How delicately formed are these flow ers ! how rich are their varied tints, and how sweet is the fra grance they exhale ! but slipll we. forego tiie joy of iuhaiing their fragrance, and the delight of gaz ing upon their licaiitj*, because we cannot explain the hidden mysteries of their existence? We know not how the dry, husk}’, unsightly seed, when set in tho ground, could start up into such glorious forms; wc oaiuiut tell liyw it is, that from the same soil such different stems should spring, a id on the same flower, such va ried tints appear; nor know wc why some of thc fairest and sweet est of flowers should lie thick!}* pointed with thorns. These tilings aiv mysteries; but if we wait un til we can comprehend them the flowers will fade away, for tlu ir life is short.. Aral why should wc,’ said he, putting down tho bouquet and taking up the Bible, ’ why should we not use the. Word of G<>d in the. same way? Myste ries it has, which its almighty Author alone can explain. But shall we waste our short lives in brooding over them, and neglect the greater part, which is quite plain, and overlook the manifold mercies it proffers for our accept ance? Let us leave, than, all mysteries, both of nature and grace, till it shall please God to unravel them to our understand ing ; and in the uieantTnjrq let its, while rejoicing that Gbifs'works and Word both show that he is 'the Wonderful,’ grateful!}’ place the flowers of the bouquet in our bosoms, and thc gracious consola tion of tho Bible in our hearts.*' ago. The man served out his sen-! of being sunk, were placed upon consult the first'Judge at his age, j such extensive knowledge of law, tenco and returned to his family From the day of his return until two days before her death, which took place recently, lie never ex changed a word with her directly. It was necessatv, living together a small raft made of heavy plank nailed together. In order to have a good view and lie secure, our reporter, in company with two others, proceeded down the rail road track a quarter of a mile aud as they were, husband and wife, j climbed to the tap of a high point the parents of the same children,. of rook* From this point, we to have an intercourse of seoti-J could readily see Mons. Brawer as ! hjs properties in an illuminated meats regarding the affairs of the he went down to the river bauk, i missal of the time of Edward I., household occasionally. This was lit the fuse aud pushed the raft 1 aud in engraving of th<S« ' Com- Okkun of tub Bai:uek\s Folk.. —To tho curious in small mat tors, a trifle of antiquarian research re lating to thc ancient and hogorablo guild of the barbers may, he Worth noticing. Those who tliink that a barber’s pole is pahiled red, white and blue in respect fo t!u nilioi al colors, will plea o find themselves corrected. In Mr. J. Curdy Jefferson's “ Book A taut Doctors, ’wc find the following ; Lord Tlmrlow, in a speech de livered in thc house of peers, July 17, 1797, opposing the sur geons’ incorporation bill, said that, “ By a statute still in force, lie harbors and surgeons were each to use a pole. The barliers were to have theirs blue and white striped, with no other appendage; but the surgeons', which was ihc same in other respects, was like wise to have a gallipot and a red rag todeuote the particular nature of their vocation. The reason why the surgeons’ pole was adorned with ii line ot bine, red and white, winding around its length in regular serpentine progression, was this: The blue represented the veinous blood, the more brilliant color the arterial, and the white was symbolic of tiie bandage used in tying up the arm after withdrawing the ligature. The stick itself is a sign thiit the operator possesses 11 stout stall" for his patients to hold, accelera ting thc flow of blood by the mus cular notion of the arm/ The phlebatamUt’s staff is ot groat an tiquity. Itis to lie found amongst COuauib luo mot uuu^u ux nw v ##we. v .. v — o . I ^ . ’ .... r , • , 4* • w ' 4 1,1 ’© — Lord Chief Justice Hale, Ac- n«d expressed with such energetic (done in the following manner; out into the river, and then hunted menu Oybis Pictns,* ’

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Northeast Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1872-1875, May 26, 1875, Image 1