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tv; - ... ■ - ‘v. " ' Oumtitvillo, Qu. j_) jACKHON & THOM AM. attorneys AT tAW, (i Athens, (■«, Oibm 5uut<i West Comer of College Avenue nuil l'Uyto:i Street, also at the Court House. All lautNoMri^rrifukiMjmMnts, .-an jtet liHun way time by apply in* w ih« County it xU\% oilce. dccl6~l*74»tf fTSTiniio " ’ ■ !** ATTORNEY AT UW, Athens, Ga. ft 1 Prompt attention given to all tmsineH. anti the same reapectfully solicited. jnnll-ly~ Po.ru Harrow. * tl. C. Barrow, Jr. JJurrow Itros., ^ ATTORNEYSi^lj j^YY; m Athene, Ga. Offlec over Talmadge, Hodgson <te Co. jaut'ly - 1 "■ ■ . 'v* J3 K. THHAHlIKIt, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wntkiusvillc, Go. « d j ■ •! .»!; {» Office iu former Ordinary’s Hfficc- janSS-lSTS-ly p G. TIIOM MOIY, * ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special attention |whI to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. IL Watts and lion. 1 •iviu Clojdon, Montgomery, Ala. Office over Po-l OlRce Athens, Gn. tel*;;, is;.'.-: r JO IIX W. OWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Timor. City, Go. Till practice in all the counties, of the West- t’iro.ii.. Hurt and Mn.lisou uf the Northern Will urn Circuit. Will give special ultoakm to all claims entrusted to liis care. «oUKMS75-ly, L. Lamar Cobh. IIowkli. Com;. it ii. comv; t < j y§i o. y - - L -f niiifjffas - v A gamzed./ %iee« : Sr Atiicns, .a ! empress of India. jijlfi ivj jl .. .... oim- in us (ijp .»eek miner the iibov ii? **, which ,nci^ to the writi-r ! >•' tin- ^ililin |Mt.a. Ilf t*oiii- iiictieedliis newspaper work on t i* /fcnti;er iu 1H«T, wlnn it wji* owned ;ti* l publish, djtn* tin* Inti* Janies A nit to set* dice ulil name n**ttSectcd. \Ve cmdially wi>li lor Mil F. Cothba, tlic pro ot prosperity.. As in Tne JH^ToM.'ihe 1 'Banker will sustain the faith of its founders ami staunch friends, among whom we jjiygnl jo Vecall the names of HtMVlJ^CobhfWtfiiain Hope Hull, Junius Hillyer, Jatues Jackson, Ii op- kins Holsey, amt others. It was a power in tljc Jau«l in those days, mid knew no variableness nor shadow of turning in iu 8t$nnch and victorious Htlvoeacy of Democratic principles. We salute the old Banner, and trust it may long wave as of old in victory and pi*nsjlerinrtiver the old battle' groinnl of Northeast Georgia. 1877. Under the abo^fr bending the At' lanta Constitution of the 1st, devotes nearly an entire page to a ClivottO' logical History ofr the events of the old year, livthi general anil local. From the general heading we copy till* following historical events of Jan- uary: 1. The Louisian Undeclared Oconee Hi Oconee Oconee Hi Oconee Uf Ocone** Middle Middle Middle ise plaW passes the i<irty.seven j|o l ehtdeihciulfadgi* Ditvid Davis M&1 Uniteti States senator from Illinois by •tW® of * *Hjl «£ftinst 94 lor Judge Lawrence, of Chicago. id Th« comprnmUe plan passes the house by a vote of 191 to 86,68 of the nays being republicans: 32 of the re- publicans vote in- favor of the measure. Hen Hill is elected to the senate from Getmtia, and Senator Davis is re-elected for the It mg term from West Virginia, and Congressman Hereford Tor the short term. 28. The senate elects its members ot the commission on the couut, Messers. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, re publican, and Messers. Bayard and Thurman, democrats. The house sel ected Messers. Payne, Ilunton, and Abbott, democrats, ard Garfield and Hoar, republicans. The Judicial beuclt consists of Judges Miller und Strong, republicans, and Clifford ard Field, democrats. 29. Judge Bradley is chosen the fifth judge of the commission. Stmuf : Lo«Mty Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle River. Middle ~ Midde Barbours Barbours Barbours Barbours Barbours Trail Cl Sandy Sandy Sandy Phinisy Niceley' McNutt’s McNutt’s McNutt’s McNutt's (handler’s Creek at.-. Briar Creel Creek at Cedar X Carlton’s Forks ....... Above Low Water. ... Factory... Fsc’. to Fork r’sSlioalk.—; aKsli. ! ihcns Factory ..... jr Factory ! last combined ton’s Bridge. Shoals. ... Shoals ... & I’atman.. lee Milts... inceton Factory- " above P’11* shoal above P’n. Shoal.. .. .. a Saw Mill Ul 1. burnt mill 1. burnt mill: above mill...! m. above Gin....' Armory. i j?*o ts,» if «l!£l Ifi *3 fr 18- SS j|s j| ~ -4 ( Sri P- 1 774.0! 83.2! 61 7: I CtO.O; 37.6 20.7 19.0 714.9 ■137.0 37.8‘ 80.0, 18 0 690.4 328.li! 37 4 29.5 20.0 748.0 128-0! 37 4 29.5' 9.0 3:S6.f, 312.0 85 6 28.1 13.5 480.6 31*2.0 35.6 78.11 J .0 640.8 312.0; 35.6, VS.I 31.5 1121.4 440.0! 60.2; 6 0 6.0. 301.2 390.0; 44 6! 35.6, 36.0il 03.0 390.0 St.S 35.6 25:0 1*I2*5 — . 390.0, 44.5; 35.6 61.0 2^16 5'2171 6! 39!.0 ( 44.8 35-7, 16.0 7 16.8 571.2;Use 13 Feet. 402.0; 45.8j 36.2- 17.0 778.6! 615 4! 4O2.0, 45.8 86.21 5.0 229.0 i81.0j 402*01 45.8! 36 2 10.0 138.0 ‘ 564.3 540.0! 590.0 285.5 Bi low Athens 37y,5 ! sboals. .,05.8' 885.1J 240.0 : Dam included 1281.6: 890.0 400.0 45.6! 36.0 396.0 ing M Miii.3Z ’s Gin ing’s Milt. loii’M Mill...... *s Old Mill Our New Heading. There having been some naisunder- stniuling between the engraver and ourselves with reference to the Design of our New Heading, its arrival has, in consequence thereof, been some what delayed. Readers will please he lcliicnt until it* arrival. ’ / ' -3? • »v »L tMor’s Inn rnct's Mill Shoals FT- 28-0 12.0 12.0 11.0 11.0 26.0; 14.0 28.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 12 0 12.0 13.0 14.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 1.5; 8.0 44.0, 35.3 6.0 3 2! 2.5! 18.0 1.4; 1*11 10.0 M! 1.1 18.0 1.2; 1.0! 6 8 1*2 1 0. 15.0 2.7; i-2 26.0 1.6 1-2 20.0 8.2 2.51 15.0 0 7; 0.6 12.0 0.2[ 0 16 20.0 0.2: 0-11, 16.5 14! 1.1 12.0 1.4 . 1-2! 15.0 1.5 »•«! 10.0 1.6! 1*3: 15.0 0.17| 0-16 22.0 0.17, 0*13; 32.0 0.2> 0.16! 10.0 0.7; 0.56, 11.0 0.9! 0.7 15 0 0.7 0.56 13.0 0.17 O.I3I 11.5 361.8 264.6 57.6 14.0 25.2 7.2 18.0 64.8 32.0 48.0 8.4 4.0 3.3 16-8 21.0 15.0 24.0" 3.7 5.4 2.0 7.7 13.5 9.1 362.5:with 6 ft dans 288 0, First Share 211.8'iabove Prince 45 Oiton. 11.0 19.8 Inclu lea a d.O.higher dam. 15.0 Includes dam 51 8| 24.0 37.5! 7.2! 3.2; 2.6 13.2 16.5 This pond 12.0 can be bad. ' 19.5 2.8 4.2| '1.6 6.1 IO.5! 6.3! l.s! . , Uncle Moses* Lesson. ishunro' uor- ; .... .2} * A* ',7 . w - -Manufacturing Advantages j the estimates given. For instance, Of eftarke Comity. I if the machinery runs twelve hours Some wL n^7 _ we learned that mid the pond acemnlales water with* Dr. Georgf Little, State Geologist, 0,11 waste d " rill g the otllcr tweIve > was about send one of his parties the power would be doubled. If the Into our wwfAo moke the survey P«nd acciunttlate.l for only one-tl.ird or' the wauf-powe. s of this section, of lhe ni S ht * or four hours, then the Uncle Moses is the chief executive j Moss, Davit! C. Barrow, E. K. Lump-1 ’ lilict in Dcupo- Iel>j2-ls76-ly Ai.kx S. Erwin. ,’RWIN & COB' ibul.imjr, Axdhkw J. Cobb. ATTOUNKYS AT LAW. AtliciiK, G:-. Office <111 Corner of ltiunit mu! Thomas street!, over t'iiiliia, Nieker!-<*n «fc Co. fel>2*2-is7'!-ty ^ M. COCHRAN, ‘.aTTortinsrs: ast i-aw, G imoHvillc, (ia. ii E-tate mi I G-neriil J.nnd Aifent fort lie r 1, ;i.-e an-1 Mite of Mineral uu.l Fnrminp i, ;!!.!. in Hall, mnl tin- other enunticrof North* .■; t (i oi-ri.i. Mineral ores tented amt titles to pr;|>-rt\ iin-ostij;iiteil. Special attention (fiven to too p,i.-eh:is.' suul sale of eitv property, nia . — inn .1 N. tlOnsEV. Attorney. Mi-CUItUV, y.SIlUItV Attsrnoy a-fc X*a-cxr, IIaktwkll, Gkoroia, Will pivot ice in the Superior Courts of North* f i»i (j - >1 oi.t and Supreme Court ut Atlanta. Anjf 8. 1ST-! tf Alkx. S. Ekwin, Athens. ■Iaoilb K. I.vi.k, Watkinsville. J YI-i: cSt EHWIN, A T/’HUSKY'S A T LA IF. ice in partnership in the Superior ■in-e County, and attend promptly iM hiisiiiuss intriisted to their earc. jiut'-din. Will pi STT3XSTE3S CAlRIDS- rjt t. 11.FB, TWa-fcalitaaTOsor Se Jovrolor, \t Miehael’store, nextdoorto Reaves A Nicli- •isoti’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All work warranted 12 months. septl2-tl'. p St'U AKKtdt, COTTOST STJTTEI^ Toooa City, Ga. lliulicHt. price paid for cotton. Ajreut ■ or Winship’s Gins and Press. oc20-la75-tf ijy lt. LITTLE, uplS-187S-tf ATTORNEY AT LAW, Oaruosville, Ga. ciiA«. c. tonrs, m. r. x. rtk. JONES <Sc EVE, ATTOKilYS AND t;OU\SKLL«RS AT LAW SIBLEY’S NEW BUILDING. »U RlttlAU STIIKKT, AI'BI'S I A, LKORUIA. 06-rtm _ _ j^IVKRY ANII SALK STABLE. Cari’lnn<»s, ltuxjles& horses tor hire. 'Cerius reasonable. _ E. M. WIHTEII- AD, \V ■shiin'toi', Wilkes e-muty, Ga. ov46-18T5-tf 2. Tim Louisiana legislature an* nomtees the election of Packard Tlrnl Aii’oiue. Wade Hampton cjills for money to maintain the government of South Carolina. Tlic Constantinople conference to bring about {peace be tween Russia and Turkey. o. Gov. Drew, of Florida, is ittait' gnra'ed. 4. Concnodr.rs Vanderbilt dies at New York, aged 80. lie leaves a ib.tntc of $1(10,000,000. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New Y ork Herald is horse-whipped by Fred May. He challenges May to fight a due!. 8. The Bennett-May duel look place n Delaware. Fred May being wound wd A large Russian fleet appears off Charleston, 8. C. 9. The people assemble in New Or leans, capture tlie police stations, the arsenal, and the supreme court room, patrol the streets, ^tirrunni the state house, and hold Packard and the !eg- i-lature prisoners Chailes Fox, an eccentric New Yorker, dies and leaves the gove.ninent $150,009. 11. Trains on the Virginia Midland railroad and on the Chesapeake anti Ohio railroad are wrecked, and fifteen persons injured. News is received from Ecuador, South America, that a b tile was fought December 13 be tween the constitutional and revolu tionary forces ; 400 men were killed. 13. A heavy earthquake occurs in southern California. 14. A great faiuige prevails in India. Immense numbers of steamboats, tugs, barges, etc, on the Ohio anil M monga- helu rivers are swept away by the run- ning ice; loss over $2,000,000. 10. A shower of serpents fell at .Memphis Teun 1*5. To decide the presidency ques tion the senate and the house decided to meet in joint session, with acting Vice Piesident Ferry in the chair, and ail points of disagreement are to be re ferred to a tribunal, compos, d of five members from the supiciue court, five irom toe senate, and five from the 1 house i of a suburban colored Sunday School, j Last Sunday, raising Ids black face with its snowy fringe, he peered over bis ante-bellum “stock” and collar at the little nigs, who were buzzing like bees iu a hive just under bis nose. “ Ordah! children, ordah ! Don’t ycr lieah me, children ? Leetle Jim Lumpkins, dere, hesh dat talkin’ like a cunstcrble on ’lection day ” When Jimmie < eased liis con versa-1 tion, tlic chief executive resumed ; 11 1 i;i!is do (ij-tcnsliiin o!» de school i ter de w ay v.mse been a carrvii.’ on j dis I tressed day. i\ r ot ver bin a doin’ ? j Y er knows! An’ <1.* \.av ver tongues , is bin a carruscalin’ is scaii’ioos.’’ kin and il)r. Ilenrv II. Carlton bad and omitting those wli'.eh are csti' fi.mishedl.im many' interesting data; ,n j‘ ted uvic0 ’ wo find ar ’; ,, « d / Uhu '*» 75.97 liorse-posver; this, after de* ducting tlic loss increased by best turbines. This mechanical measure is equal to tlic work of 1500 of our A covrisjioiident writes froin Men ton, in France, to Nature: “Last winter we occupied the moms we now do at Menton. Early in February we heard, as wu thought, •lie song of a canary, and fmcied it .was outside our balcony; however, we soon discovered that, the singing was in our salon, and that the song ster was a mouse ; at t hat time the weather was rather cold, and we had a little fire, and the mouse spent most of the day under the fender, where we kept it supplied w ith hit' of bis cuit ; iu a tew days it became quitg tame, and would come 011 the hearth in an c veiling and sing for several hours ; sometimes it would climb up the chiffonier and ascend a vase of flowers to drink at the water, amt then sit and sing on the edge of' thii table ai d allow us to go quite neat' to it willio.at ceasing its warble ; one of its favorite haunts was the wood basket, and i. would often sit and sing on the edge of it. On Februa’ y Pith, the Inst night of the carnival, we had a number of friends in our salon, mid the little mouse sang most vigorously, much to their delight and astoiilsment, and w r as no*, in the least disturbed by the talking. In the evening the mouse would often run about the room and under the door into, the corridor and adjoining rooms, aud then return to its own hearth ; month - was the. smal' .■tijj mutTvery Targe ears, wj I in regard to our water-powers, and that .‘is sojii as the report could be prepared, it would be sent them with the request to publish the results in our paper. We have received a full report from the Engineer of the Sur vey, Mr. C. A. L ickc, and tru-t that * . ! H may give a new impetus to 0:11* J manufacturing interests. REPORT. Engineer’s Office, Y State Geological Survey, :- Decemiier 27iit, 1877. j Messrs. Mo-*, Barrow. Nickerson, Lumpkin, Carlton, u.kI others *. Gentlemen—L ist November, the Tile black lingers pushed the tall physical survey of Georgia had been collar back, and pulled the black chin f n* ward. “Now, I puts it ter ycr, >: ver all lisscn, tin’ you, km, Millies; I ax ycr dis question—IIow memiy ev« s you cnilicns got Chorus—*‘ Two.’’ *• IIow memiy motives ycr got Uiitiniiuoiislv—“One.’’ “ Wat docs dal mean ? Il means yer mils’ see twice es much es ycr tells. Noiv, how iiiciiuy yetvs yer goi ?” Chorus—“ Two.” “ An’ how meniiy mouves ?” “ One.” “Dat means yer intis’ lieah twice es much es yer talks. Now, ’iiiciuher dis lesson, an’ yon, Henry Gills, con tribute de papers ’roun’ Tore we jines in prar.”—Memphis Avalanche. carried up the Oconee river to a point ;ib. ve Fouteiioy Mills, at SenII Shoals, 1’do j where it was interrupted by high Lize | watets and bad wctillier. The volume of water is based upon the measurements made above Fonte- noy Mills. The volume passing that point, lias been Ji-mbilled out to the varolls streams aoovc, ii. proportion to the area drained ny each, a s iglit deviariou being made in some cases where geological format ions indicate —A tall, lank couutryin 111 stepped into a Federal street store, and sr. d he; “ I want a dollar’s worth of ci gars; just do them lip and send them aronud to the house.” As lie said this he routed out ninety-two cent', slapped the specie on a counter and started for the door “ Hold on there!” exclaimed the tobacconist, who is a well-known advocate of the silver hill, “there is only ninety-two cents here.” “I know there is, trie id , b it I haven’t goi one of ■ n 'itver dollars about me. Send i ii ir uiii : as >0011 as possible.”— Ci mien Cost. average horses, working twenty-four hours of each day, or 3,000 working twelve hours of each day. Taking no advantage of reservoir accumulations, this sum will drive j 759,700 spindles with preparations,! or 455,820 with accompanying looms. I The t-sti nate for spin tics is a mean between the “cap” and the “ ring,’» and is only intended as a rough esii mate, these figures varying much in different factories. 1 have o uittcd the water-powers .■utside ofClarke county. The coun try tributary to Atneus, would double this estimate n it lain 1 eii mill miles of tile railroad, are said to have sixty-lwo feet fall. From walking up 1 lie banks, 1 think, tins probable. Assuming this the case, wc have there 4310 horse-power, u-iu as hciorc. only ilie run 01 the stream aud allow ot per cent, for l>cst moVo*l about much while singing ; the song was- not unlike that of tlic canary in many of its trills, and it sang quite as beautifully as any cana ry, but it had more variety, and some of its notes were much lower, more like those of the bullfinch. One great peculiarity was a sort of double song, which wo had now and then—an air with an aecompaninent; the air was loud and fn I, the notes being low and the accnmpnuiincnt quite sub dued. Some of our party woie sure t hat there was more than one mouse until we had the performance from the edge of the wood basket and were within a yard or two of it. My soil has suggested that many oral! mice may have the same power, but that the note- are usually so much higher in the scale that, like the cry a more abundant water* bearing area Y r uu wnl notice tlic stage of water is given as “above low wat?r.’’ This is a stage of water slightly above the average low water of summer, which latter is again above the minimum low water of late summer or early fall. Tiie stage of water, however, as given in the table, is below the aver age low water ot the entire year, and much ’below the average low water ot winter and spring. I hai e inserted in the table two columns, giving respectively the theo retical and ; rail thlc horse-power obtainable from one foot of tall. These figures multiplied by the pro posed head at the mill, will give the power. Il iiiust lie remembered that tliu'e daia apply to ilu* constant flow <>f the stream, or work is considered as going 011 uninterruptedly night and day. 'Should a mill pond be used which tores water over night, this accumulation must b.* a Ided to Lartu-it’s Shoals, j t|u» dormouse and the hat, they »t Athens and eight , ;1 ,- e jj,,. verge of the pitch to wh ch ill • hum 111 ear is sensitive ; this may be so, but tin* uoies m our mouse were so low, and even the highest so tilt* within the limits of tlic human ear. that. I am inclined to think the gift ot singing in mice but ot very rare occurrence ” turbines Tin* pr ncipal, and in fact, the only material o jectnm to water powers is our inability to mov • them to con venient points lbr transportation. With many of your water-powers, this does not. apply, nor are any of 1 hem very remote from rail communi cation. Another feature which im pressed me favorably during my 9hort saay in your county was the universal disposition among citizens to have the water-powers improved, disregardless of >niinediui<* remunera tion. I believe your water-powers uan be bought at a fair valuation, and iu many eases, if owners were assured ot substantial improvements being made, they would he p.u led with tor less than their value, 1 tic owners expecting to realize benfit -— Mr. Sydney Smirke, R. A, the architect cl tlic Royal Academy, the Carlton Club, the reading-room ot the British Museum aud a 'urge number < f other public buildings in London, died on December 8th. at the age of 78 years. lie was a brother of the late Sir Robert Smirke, the architect of the British Museum and the Lou don Postoflicc, and a son of the well- known painter who illustrated so many books in tin* early part of this century. —An orange tree in the Azores in one year produced 20,000 oranges* which were exported in perfect con dition to England. In those islands tin* exportation ul oranges has In— i»re«e„t I come a v< ry imp itant industry, i During the past year, they It ve I yielded to Great Britain alone 209.- fiom the genera' prosperity of t; e ! clM . 8 „f tin* fruit, worth ab*-ut ceiituitimly. $-ulO.L00. The branches and trunks Yours ivspeoiiuliv die Me s ir« tended t m. sea - Ella ■ecu 111 iy »>. A. Logkk. meet* Pliy.-ie.il dnrvi Ulhii.lv, t e I III! tin pin nr<in v usually attain