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ti SOUTHERN BANNER: JANUARY 22, 1$78. Th .5 Arlington Estate. It is well known to our read* rs that C«en* r;»l Custis Lint, the lirir-sit- law of the Arlington estate, now in possession of the United S ate*, and partial v used as a went-.* ery for dead 1 shoulders, a few of wVmi were Con J federates is sum" tor th • reeovery of j his rightful |>fo{»eii v. A deei^ion in the mi itter is expe-ted very s •.'»•» A speeial ilis|latelf t • tile ; Wntiif. tv. Mil Wiishiiijf under date of the 81I1 in-t.s *»:iys* ’’'A *'•“ •‘ 1 *’A de’e sioo*'• f iuiiio'taone. heaf- tie.; on tiiis ca of has' j isi h<H>ti ‘nVfdh in tins D-trc!, and • GetJeml Lee’s friends ore eonfident that* it w 11 he sustained an 1 ill it. Arl n rMn will b • j restored to him. Tue Ciri tiil'heiVs cntereil shit agaiilst ihe Stiperloton- j dent of the O't/ft aniith 7 B .taiiie ’l; Ga*'doti here. whirs\ no salt j c mid i»e eoteieil against the Uniiod j S it. s, and, as is oomthoU in ojeet- nient suits, the person in possession was made the deteu lant. The vl<*- le i unit tiled a suggestion that he occupies only as agent of the United Stales, and that the United States is in p asses- ion of the prope tjM Upon this showing the United States At torney filed a motion that the Court dismiss the suit tor want of jurisdic tion, and this motion was argued «»n Saturday last. Chief Justice Carter overruled the motion to dismiss, and liehl that no Court could deny tiro plaintiffs the right to prove a title against any persons holding land claimed by them. This case is iden tical with the ,Ar£ngton case.. In the latter case the Attorney-General of the United Stales lias tiled a sugges tion informing the Court that the United States :s in possession of the property through its officers and agents, the only possession that it is capable of having and in using it in tin? execut on ot its s^verigu and con stitutional powers, lie ba$ sugg fr ied to the Court that it has not juris diction to take any action which will tend to disturb the possession of the United States, and has filed a motion to dismiss the suit. This motion re mains undecided, but it Judgc Ilughes follows the precedent of Judge Carter’s decision, he must overrule the motion and jiermit Gen eral Lee to proceed. The discretion and history of this estate are graphically given: It cov ers over a thousand acres, and the Arlington House from 1802 was the residence, until his death, of George Washington Parke Custis, the adop ted son of George Washington, when his daughter, the wife of General Robert E. Lee, occupied it till 1861. Gi-neral Lee then left it, with his family, to go South and join ti.cCon- ^ federacy. It was soon after taken as the millitary headquarters of General McDowell, of the United States Army, and was held by the millitary till 1863, when it was sold by the Government, under the Direct Tax act for 865 of overdue taxes. The money was tendered by General Lee’s friends, bat refused. It be longed to Mrs. Lee, and was not con fiscated, as is generally suppo-ed. General Lee never had any interest in it whatever, and that of Mrs. Lee was only a life estate, so at her her death it reverted to General Custis Lee, who brings the suit at ejecl-neiit. In 1867 a national ceme tery was formally established by the Government upon two hundred acres of land, in which there are hurried nearly sixteen thousand soldiers, in cluding a few hundred of the Con federate army. Over the arch of the carriage entrance is this inscription: *‘ Here rest 15,585 of the 315,558 citizens who died in defense of their country from 1861 to 1865.” As some thirty-sis different nation- afitiee are represented there and in oth^r Fedora) soldier oemctcrics, it Ia » slight disregard of what Carlyle calls** eternal verities’’ to term these dead man, in the wnse, “citizens,” sod it Bay he ohjealedlihat most of them died, not in defending their countryrbut in invading a country •that know, them not. ’But, whether Ibis be true or not, General Lee’s olaitu. befog . , and righteous ' one, ehoujd Ifao, we dan wUl- ipgtoteU the United States that pari wine i dcvotol to ini-, i.u pur pose*. At any rate. Uiis Govern ment can affor 1 to lie Simply j .st. as th** law diiec.i-; u» even an ex.Rebel, aiul eanii.it aiTord to violate its own .-ti.iutes lieeause,nf a dyiii-j prejndiee wniuli should tiave no place upon the H ’lieli. Chronicle nA(l Conslitutiuh- ttlist. , ; ;)i< ; , ' ,,, *-iif A Noble xViimvraucd Martyr ■ •' "'! - 1 *•: r Mil b**HBM| Nine o’chwk' a. . ift;—*T‘Tity v .'Hty hand on niy hefirt and 'foref.-f f'dr- swear llie tWt* Af iatoxic:i(ing hevpf- -dui *’•» n • -n**j.ha*-'; n«**.i'» Teii a m.—‘‘N», tliank ynii. *1 lay Uiv It'iWii i mV 1n*4rt Hir^fhri*v**r 1 n-swear the MS'? of intoxicating bev erages ” KK-ven a in.—“Nnek, driiik, drink. D.iiil ; niv ban’on mi bean’s morning an’ iorever for.-sw<.r- the use of in- toxiealion heveraies.’’ High noon. “ N irrahit. Laid mi ban’ on mi heari’sh iivirniiur and frever forswore th’ u-e of intoxicating bevemgesh.’’ Two p. m.—“ Firsh lime doeslni’t count. Rut ’sh momling laid m—hie— hand nmmy heart, and ( frev.-r fur- sh wore use of intoxicating bevahage*.’ Four p. m.—“ Setteumdpagain! Thisli lasht time. Lay my Inin imininy hie—heart, and fnllcver foshwear age , V 1 . * ? ’ * r > »' /1 .' 1 . i ^ ot intoxicated Uelluva^eH* t Ten p. m.—“ Latnrod, fill th’ fuf— fuf hie!—fuf-—flowing lio—Ida!— owl!—He’sh jolly goo’ fuf—feller! Lesh fellover t’shwear uge of lock* sehicadel hevageler.’’ Eleven p. in.—“ Whoop pec! I’m ql’ rt’! ‘Smatter ’th you.? Nev’ m'nd boolsb; alius phleep ’ith ’em on. Leali Fever fftwejir hie!— lockslt—f sh wear tochshv —tocksfi,— , , v r - i- i • / toeksi.ead!—*” The bell strikes twelve, Mr. Duffy * , • i -1 : '. Kill 1>. takes no note of time. - am ^ m - FABSSC MEAT®. J. J. Head iW. F.Hood, Cork eb Forooir ixp Oconee s?tkki:tc. FRESH BEKF, MUTTON, POKK, mid'SAU- Fresh and l’olo^na Sansasc). Our So licitor ia always on the street ready to supply lee wan s of llie citizens of Athens. Please irlve us yuur orders and we will jziiurautee per- i .ec» satiMVctiOi.. The highest market prices paid for Heaves, Sheep, Coals and lloils. juue20.W6.ly. J. J. HEAD & CO. A. K.HOBEEITSOIT, ■ l i M b -n .„f hi ; / A NPTOMRS rpNES, CRADLE TOOMBf?, i 1V Murtile and Granite Box Toombs. . A Ci^ ltedqciiQn in Prices. SmanuiMSor tVorkalwavson band uijd- for sale, i'riees ai.d dcsijnis furmslied on application at : the Marti!*- Yard, adjouiiuz. Reaves & Nich- : olsou's cotton warehouse, Athens, Ga. juneSO-tf. Kentucky Horses gnd Mules Look out! On or alsiut the lStli of Septem ber, 1 will be in ihe market with u fln«- lot of horses and mules. All in waul, i an find me at Gann & Reaves’ stable, aeptlt tf. XV. 8. HOLMAN. W. U. COX. W. R. HILL. JOS. THOMPSON, jr. COX, HILL & THOMPSON, Wholesale Dealers is Foreign and domestic liquors &g,, No 29 PEACHTREE ST., ATLANTA GA. And Distillers rt t! i Stone' Mountain I’orn ... Whiskeyi it , r oem-U bargains nr New and Second-handed Articles. ~, 14II. P. Port. Entire, Book waiter, good order. 1 12 it. P. Port. Engine, W*=od & Man. 1 Sll. P. Port. Eng., tint little used. 1 40 il. P. Stationery Engine. 2 3 inch x 36 feet Cylinder Boilers, with trout. 1 6 11. P., Schofield patent, Portable, new. 1 Eelinse W*Er Wheci, g-od order. 1 Iieffelc Water Wheel 4 Tyler Water Wheel*, now rrjming. I Geatlng Shutting, Pulleys, etc. I One 13 ins. x 14 ins. Cuue Mill, .be’izontal, good aa new. -'i I Horse Powers, Threshers, Fan Mills, Caue I Mills, Evaporators, at the| ATIIKVS FOL'.NOHV A X.VCUINE tTOBKS.^. june26-lm. T HE INTEREST on Clarke count y Bonds, due January 1st, 1318, will be promptly paid at tne National Bank, in coin, dectl—lm 8. 0. REE8B, Treas. XKE.XEW^VpUK WEEKLY HERALD JAXKS GOItllON BKNNKTT, Proprietor.: The Best aud Cheapest Newspaper Published. POSTAGE IB’IR.EirH:. ' OWE DOXJLAB put ;veap, 50 CEKTS 6 MONTH An Extra Copy to carry Club of Ten. The N. Y. Daily Herald. Published eiery day iu tb<£yea>tC ZPos*biLge Fr«e. $ 10 pays for oue year, nundaya included. $8 pays for one yeai, without Sundays. $3 pays lor aix months, Sundays included S4 pays far aix moaths. without Sundays. S2 pays for one year for any speeitad day o: ta week. $1 pays for six months for any speatAed day o< weak. % 1 pays for one month, Sundays included. NEWSDEALERS SUPPLIED. Postage Free. Daily edition, 8)4 cents per copy. Sunday edi tion 4 coats per ropy. Weekly edition 2 cento per copy. Address SKW VOKK Ut.KlLI*, [on 23-4 k. Broad war and Ann street N Y. MARTIN JNSTITUTE. :POSTS»OITBMElTT! Fall Term of 1877, . ' ■ Will <ipan on th* 29th of August. The price of Board, with Tuition in the highest clast«, will be ukout >52, a-xordiud to Dividend. t^*frend.ior Circular to J. W. pLEf*^. Principal, or J. E RANDOLPH, Secnetary ol Board. . sept4-4w. CITY MILLS. Having made arrangements for a steady a* rival (of pure Kektugiy md Tennessee Wheat, I guarantee to the public the following brand* of flour, equal or superior to any in the market, at corresponding prices: Saow Flake, White Rose, Family, Double Extra, Graham Flour, Bolted Meal, Unbolted Meal, Grits, Horae F< ed, Cow Feed, Chicken Feed, etc., etc. Shorts aud Bren. Oifea ty'it l C. mbs’ Win kiSMett*. ,4*e1l*av W. CKEMP&m 1-3IP - , "it Boots a^nd-Slioo^ TOOBDISR* • w w. W. JSsLUdirvip, ... .* s kirwtil.' li Hu e Avenb* guaranteed. tug, on flnt-class jane X, 18T6-M-U FOR SALE. O NE GOOD I'HAETON, WITH POLE AND Shafts complete, in perfect cinder. - Also one gjd II W , J-UjpIg^-^.fW o6-tf ; i i , So. 7 Broad street. We have sold out our entire stock of Hard ware to T. Flxhing & Son, who will carry on the business at the old stand, Dupree Building. Thmikfnl for jetst fitvonqwe hope the same liberality will be extended to our successors. Very Respectfully,- * , • u . , ■ BELLifeCO. jj and BEI.I., FUtMINltA CD. By strict attention to business and low prices we hope to share a good portion of your trade. Respectfully, t. fLeming* bon, Oft2f tf. Successors tafBell ft Co. Athens Wool Factory. 1 am now turning out daily a large quantity of Rot's in the best of style. Having secured the services of n No. 1 Carder, 1 am lietter than ever prepared to give satisfaction to fill. Bring on your wool. ATI carding done on short no tice. Also, a good lot of wool bats kept oo hand. HEDGE FOWLER, Foot of Broad Street. ocl3-u'. .Athens, Ga. PLANTERS’ HOTEL,’ A.TJ Q-TTST.A., Gr-A.. •tf The Leading Hotel of the City. Noted for its cleanliness, and the excellence of its table. KATES—>S 00 PER DAY. The Proprietor solicits from the citisensof Athens a continuance of that liberal patronage they have heretofore given him. S. 7. SXIO'WIT, octl6 lm. Proprietor. T*He Copaarbziersbip llentofore existing under the name and style of Dorough A Osborn, in the lumber business, ia this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business iu the future will be continued under the name and sty le of J. W. PRUITT A CO., to whern ail orders tor lumber inuat be addrtas- ed. All orders for 'umber or laths left wi’b Wiley F. llood or W. B. Pruitt will be punc tually filled. Orders addressed to Harmony Grovo will be delivered any where on the Northeast Railroad. Thankful for past favors we respectfully solicit the patronage of the public t*« want of lumber or laths to tlie new firm. Apri. 12* 1877. spl7-S «i. w . PRUITT & GO Scientific Agricnltiare, —BY— 333%. 3EL 2£. PEXT3D3bST02T, Profi Agriculture, University ofOa. StCJND ElUTlOK, EilLAROKD AND RxVMBp. Published by A. 8. Barues & Co., New York irsale by Burks & Hancock, Atlanta, Ga id T. A. Burke, Athens, Ga Price >2.5 ». For and ».n»8-tf 3ST OTlCBl! S !OM AND AFTER THIS DATE ALL peraona are hereby forbidden to bunt with or Gun on my plantation, situated in the of the Oconee Riv«r. Arty one disregard ing tbia notice will be prosecuted. OctS-2m. JOHN B. WHITE. -Erase and Lot for Sale- IjtWiI acre lot—one ot the most desirable in tbe —situate on Hancock street. The bouse han aix fxrf Pwtyrad allnecesatny. out-buUd- rtnge. A weU of very superior water on said >I*pe. For price and tomia, apply to- d*o2—2ra L. c.. MATTHEWS. WGOLCARSm The upderaiped, haring newly fitted : ^ ^ »«ar IlMmony Grove, ia non prepared to ehM Wool in h r«ry superior mann*. He I t ftfrT»ij^oBj|t>..ltPd.«ordrtV)5Xint»|Or pottnd. Wool left anywhere tit Harmony MfOTe will be taken to toe carder and returned tree of charge. Country produce take n in pav meat for carding. B. C. WUJH1TE. edlfln. AEXHtJE BVAXT , Practical Watchmaker. H AS removed to his old stand at the New Drug Stgrf,. where he, will be glad to ece his customers,' old and now, who wish fine work don® on Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry All work warranted. feb2'>-6m. ARTHUR EVANS. ' Important to Cotton Planters, Wo have oft hand a large lot of first-class Cotton Gins, made up iu the best style «nd ot good material, which we will sell at the lowest market prices. All planters wishing to buy a clicup und good Gin, will find it to their interest to correspond with «»,_ as we mean business to suit the times. Wo have over twenty years’ experience in the Munn uelory of Gins. Write for price.*, terms, etc., end we feel cer tain we can satisfy you. By ordering direct from ns and giving satis- f.ictory reference, you cun thereby save your selves Ageut’a Commission. J. II. A II. T. ItAMMAfK, , uty24-1ni. t I'rawlhnlrillr. Ga. The Kennesaw Gazette, , A Monthly Paper, Publisued at ATLANTA, G- . Devoted to KaUroad interests, Literature Wit aud Humor. Fillv cents a year. Cliromo to everv subscrilier. Address KENMESAW GAZETTE, mch27-U Atlanta, Ga. ISiaag Maries’ < I Exchange Saloon COLLEG E: AVENUE. The best Cincinnul’.i Ijiger Beer, Cigars and all kinds oi 1,'muurs sold cheap decl9-ly. ,j FOR CASH. ow Goods CASS FOIL WOOL, i . ■ 4 i* in t ia in: r?..iT'°**“hn CLOTH FOE WOOL* •'tiiTitit ena Manufteturing Company Brie tii making a much larger variety of Woolen Goo than ever before, and propose to 1 - - <• ... - -1 Exchange them for Wool, believing it to.be more to tbe interest of tbe Planter to Exchange the Wool for Cloth, rather than have it Carded iod Spun at home. Call for Samples and Terms ot Exchange. B. L. BLOOMFIELD, Agent. may 19,18T5-29-tf Miss €. Potts, Fashionable Dessmaker, (Over University Bank.) Sroad S-tracit, Atbw, Gau Would respectfnllv intonn the 1 Julies and her triends generally, of Athens and vicinity, that she is now prepared to do Dressmaking in the Neatest and most fashionable styles. With her experience iu the business, sbe feels sure ot giving satisfaction. may 14, IS~5—23-tf. CHARLES F. STUBBS, (Successor to Groover, Stubbs.& Co.,) OOfTO» FACTOR —AND- General Commission Merchant, AGENT, FOR THE Quitman Factory Yanis, 94 BAY STREET, Savannah, (Georgia. Bogging, Ties, Hope and other supplies fur nished. Also, liberal cash advances made on consignments for sale or shipment to Liverpool or Northern porta. Mr. A. A. WInx, Cashier and Correspondent of the late firm of Groover, Stubbs & Co., has an interest in he business. aug-21-tf. BLACKSMITHING. Having rented the Blacksmith Shop so 1< .. occupied by the late William P. Talmadge and employed competent workmen from the North, I am prepared to do any and all work in tbe 0Lin© at the shortest notice and at the loweat prices ot any shop in the city. 1 have a Shrilled. E<lgo--fcool 2&a3aeer and make specialty of Axes, Mill Picks. Mat tocks, Picks, Garden Iloee and tools of ail des cription and of the llpest temper, wagons and buggies Ironed and Repaired, Tire Shrunk, Etc. Plows of all kinds made and repaired at low prices. Abo First Class Horse-Shoeing done by a . northern sheer, Trotting Plates. Concave Shoeing Etc., in a manner unsurpassed by any. All new work warranted and satisfac tion guaranteed. Guns and Pistols repaired. John M. Bassett. trarchSO-ly. 3STOTI03B3. A fter this date, county adver tiaements which have heretofore been pub- lished in this paper, vrill hereafter bo published in the 6'w*, a Gazette published in Hartwell, Hart county, Ga. f. C.STKPHKNSON, Ordinary, ang.29.tL ’t*rt county. Ga G. R. DVZS’S Sine Whiskyani Brandy. Parties.deairiwj to purchase, by wholesale, pur* Brandy or Whiiky, will find it to thalr iu- Urekt to tmrtdtkM Horn th* nadmiaMd, sol* agent of tl. 8. DokfoAo «*U by wholesale hi* E l S^Sh h, S:n. B SSi'wf£j. ,, !K3 Brandy are disLded, lire mad* of woo-i. Every gallon warnuited pvtfn.. Addwaj, 0. R. DUKE, Agt-ul, d*e5*tf JtSbraon, Ga. h SFlt#e V B BPPmWMTY ,\. t Atlanta and Augusta Undersold. 5 ■}■ ' * fi.-niut 'IVu-: I ‘T™ a’*,*.’.-'® ! . . :•» ~ ! ■ J . THE T REiMEPJdOUS STOCK OF „ .• ti A / faf*. * if I T-*. .. J -.u or AND WAGONS, OF THE OT.D RELIABLE FIRM OF — HODGSON BROS • * .-)**» » ’* i 'i* r < * vVti: - ; * vtl J \ •- ' “ ! L* ' *;• 4. MARKED DOWN. • -: • --Md fr ' 9 -- - ' 8 /,. PRICES P I A1ZTZ REDUCED. k i) :! v* r I. r >v ' i / •> . (' ■ f . 7 . III”. . ; / . , ■ ■ * ■ . ■ ! ’ . : I Wc have on hand the lairgest SKK K SOUTH OF BALTIMORE, and it most and will br sold without delay/ Good Buggies, IIDLt SON MAKE for 8NE 06UARS. 11!- •><v0 ili The Celebrated Hodgson Wagon, Known-all over the StateWtheir durability and strength, and ate beyond question tho Lett * Vi AGONS ever sold in this section of the Country. Parties wishing auy sort of (Vehicles are respectfully invited to look through cur stock. •’ t ALLWOBK GUARANTEED. * i:j «t • >1 T ...»; • . /»:!. uT ■ ’ : . u, 4i i; ■ r . M&p&mf'YG Job Wq^b ■ *• **'*Mfc*4H** > WUti'* ifl ir-’U- ff i • - -v 'C** 5 ■•JA'SPF.CIA'M’YtS fn l. ’ H>Vt A 1 A I,,til- .. . ( , r : I j . .. Skilled and^Finished Wert men in Every department. t ■ ' ' ' ’ T ' : ' . . ' • IT: /' 1: r ■ . ■' ( i' i' Special attention will be given to. REPAIR \V01.K,i:i*l tlie scale of prices in this brand have been reduced fully one-fourth, No LOTClI v.uU tilt wed in cur t*Voj —all Fir?t-el.w| WORK AND" AT' B01T0M PRICES. julyS-6m PLANTERS’ HOTEL, ........ . >•:! • i - .. v AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. NEW ARRANGBSMENT. • I «*»*• 7 * V ti'* / ■ h 7 Hates Rod-need to $3 per Say*. HAVING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter . ~ I . ■ .1 .4 -i-i': ■. upou its management by Reducing Rates, and asking ol cbe Travel ing Public, especially niy friends of Carolina aud Georgia, a continu ance ot that liberal support they have always given it. B. F. BROWN, jan23-5m FORMERLY OF CHARLESTON, PROPRIETOR W. T. RICHABDS & SON., BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, ;WHOLESAl.E AND RETAIL DEALERS IN STAKBAIB AID SCHOOL BOOKS, MICELLANEOUS ROOKS. „ BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY. ENVELOPES, FOOLSCAP, LETTER AND NOTE PAPER. Fancy Parser in Ecxes, Fancy Gccds, Etc;., 263 Broatl Street, AUGUTTA* GA, t^*t:roqu. l. lh.se Ball, end B»rv, at *!■»• I.t.cnt Merkel Prieca. ocl2-3in. I Li IIEAD-S AND LETTRE J OB WORK OF \L? I»K • \ ■ ♦ |>ILl HEADS A tior - “ti' ♦>»>«*'»! t' . Dlli...Ur «■ iionotirt ce.