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HORSES and MULES Call and see ns or write t.r> ns before buying. GEORGIA SEED CO., Macon, Ga. (SUCCESSORS TO SOUTHERN SEED COMPANY.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IK FARM AND GARDEN SEED. We are strictly in the seed business and nothing else. We handle only the be*t. Can furnish any quantity South Georgia, Rye, Bariev, Seed Wheat Red Rust-proof Seed Oats, California Burr Clover, New Cron Turnip Seed, Cabbage Spinach, and all varieties Clover and grasses, Onion Sets, etc. We pay strict at tention to freight rates. We advertise no goods which we do not keep'in to -k. the past. To those e he is- to-day, he r gentleman and same determined 1 have on hand now, and wilt keep, con stantly during the season, iTarge stock o HORSES and MULES of all kinds and to suit ali classes of customers. TALMAGE & Brooks’ Cotton Planters, Clark’s Harrow’s, . AMONG MEN, A NOBLE I- VTRIOT, AND A OH IV- Vl.llIC CHIEFTAIN. «•* •*»«'»*** K, »* in Ail»« »»i»» llt«- Uwivcr- ’ Bil y «■l»»p« ,, .-<' l »»ncr* or BO««,«rv. W. ». A»- tlrn-o*) «»»«• Hob. t*opo Bar row. NS . tribute to the great chieftain. in menioriani! i',i words are these to any heart, im- Kinir from their very naaire that. I"; one dear has gone to join the great lioiit v, ami yet they must be written « time to time as along the path of {!} the travellers drop away from the 0 f those who love them, It is an inexorable law of God, and the bright- "!. iif e buoyant and joyous In the „ i,,,,-tide of youth, must have its wiu- £ s0 nie day, when the chilling' blasts ^ill wither it, and its' most brilliant prospects fade. And so it is with us U> "\hjiig the rolling Potomac,where the rim of Northern Virgiuia so often kept s watch fires burning, by the side of pouring its gol die Father of waters, ,jot. waters into the Gulf; and far out on the Kio Grande, which divides our own proud land from the heritage of the Montezuma*; in all Uie|Sunny|bouth to-day the voices of her people * are hu«heil, and in the silenee ami all per tiling gloom, the memories of her de- voted^ehioftain and leader, Jefferson Pavia, are enshrined in the hearts of the people he loved and served so well. \,„ lips could speak a fitting eulogy v ,,ici<i;iy to the memory of this illus trious nian, but in ali the different .i;,t<o mrades, friends and admirers (.I the dbtinguislted dead laid their last, | ttil.ut*• dow i), and in their humble way t,. t niiteved the many virtues and noble ] nrii' el character which stamp him , M ,1 iia* wcilii’s gieatyst statesmen an.I leaders. ’ll e proud and historic old State of (icorgiii, with her glorious traditions a;;.! tier unsullied record, paid her trib ute yesterday to his memory ucd with loving words solemnized the occasion of hi., burial in a distant eity. Nowhere in Georgia was Mr. Davis held in great er love and admiration than among the people of Athens, and the tribute paid him yesterday was but an evidence of ths great sorrow they have over his death. Oldandyoung, rich and poor, gentlemen and ladies, all repaired to the chapel to have the memorial exer cises which had been arranged for the occasion. They were such as were cal ls; laird to inspire the love of truth and right in every listener’s heart, and a spirit of emulation of the many virtues of tin- great, chieftain. at tub cnurix. The University chapel was very ap- prcpriately draped, and the stage was arranged for the memorial occasion. At the rear of the stage was the pictu e of the President of the Confederacy, heavily draped in black. On either side of the stage were stacks of guns, from which hung the inuilled drums. On the 1< ft. hand side of the stage was a large llag, with a single star of pink in the renter, and on the other side was planted the stars and barsof the gallant Troup Artillery. Torn and tattered remnants of a* glorious flag, riddled with bullets, yet unsullied and un tarnished, it were indeed a fitting place for thee, at. memorial exercises over him who championed the cause you represented so well The chapel was filled to overflowing. Nearly a thousand people had crowded into the auditorium, when the sweet and solemn notes of the choir opened the exercises of the day. A large choir made up of most exquisite voices sang the beautiful song: “It is well with my soul.” After the singing Judge Young L.G. Harris, the presiding offi cer, in a few appropriate remarks,open ed the exercises, and prayer was offered im by Rev. W. Lane. Judge Harris then presented to the audience CJJAXCKLI.OR W. K. BOGGS. Dr. Boggs spoke as follows: “I desire my address to be to the young i coplb especially, who have assembled with us to pay respect to the memory of Jeffer son Davis. I am an humble representa tive of a generation, of which the most illustrious member is to be buried to day. Looking on my fellow soldiers as the rear guard of a great army soon to slumber with the diiBt, I make a solemn appeal to the young people whose muf fled tread is slowly pushing us from the stage of existence. Representing the men who fought for the Confederacy in that great struggle, I charge you in the presence of history, before whose bar we have taken our'Lost Cause for final arbitration; I charge you by the honor of our fair and beautiful land, in the name of trutli ana right to cherish the memory of the Ola South. Facts are now abroad and questions are now aris ing which will test to the core your loy alty to the proud memories of your country. I warn you against that deceitful feeling of that phrase, the New South. God forbid that I should say one word to dissuade the young people from meet ing all the great issues now before them. In the race for pre eminence and glory, I would not have the South for one moment lag behind. But I beseech you, as you would lead your country In a proud and glorious career to stand and look back upon the memories of the past, and carry into that new field of action all that is love ly and pure. I beg you for your own sake, your own honor, and your own safety, not to allow yourselves to be swerved for one moment from allegi ance to truth and right for which Jef ferson Davis gave the work of his im- mortul genius, and for which Robert F. Lee drew his stainless sword. Car- *7 into that new life a love for the South of Washington and Lee and Jackson and Davis by allegiance to truth down-trodden beneath the iron heel of war. Blind passion and feeling in regard to the Southern cause will not stand. « the confederate llag was unfurled to Protect tyrannical home government, and to uphold oppression, no amount of genius, heroism, or sorrow can ever atone to the world for the wrong done. It has pleased God to allow our ban- tho front. rFroiujldefeAt wirh- shonor, we have taken our appeal the bar of history, and w« beseech you to retain vour loyalty undiniiuish- ' ed to the past glories of your country The pens of your own immortal Davis and Stephens make it easy for anyone to inform himself as to the justice' am! right of that linal appeal. Do your duty and as you move torv'nrd'iuco thin bright future, remembering that on the sky are dark spots of danger and the tremendous problems freighted with the fates of unborn millions, in vestigate fully, dispassionately, and fearless the problem, which contained the v ugio-Saxon principles of liberty and independence embodied in the great document of 1770. I, for one, do not fear the result of the examination. If there be any who shall deem us wrong and side with our late enemies, so be it. For most of you, aye, for all of you, I may say, that after investi gating the principles underlying the confederate government you will carry into the New South a deep and holy reverence for the’ honor of your ances tors. Such observations and study will not make a man narrow-minded. \V as Alexander H. Stephens made a bigot because he had convictions of his own? Did all the years lie spent at Liberty Hall in preparing bisable books on the war make him narrow-minded? Robert E. Leu was firm and immovable in bis convictions to the last breath, but he charged his followers to re-enter the Union and to accept the decision of the sword on the political questioa. No mortal ear ever heard our great general utter one single epithet against his enemies. Did not Jefferson Davis put up the most splendid defence ever made fora government or a people when he gave to the world his “Rise and Downfall of the-Confederate States of America?” lie always advised his people to go hack to the Union, cease to hate, and with energy and devotion tcv upbuild the great Union of States. To show that he cherished no hatred, be it said to his I lasting honor, that when the man who lirst took him prisoner came a short while since to sec him at his home in Beauvoir, he gave him gold to supply his wants, tints illustrating the grand eur of Lite divine command, ‘ Love thy Enemies.” 1 he people of the South have no ill- feeling to the North. When'Garfield was dying the Legislature of Georgia offered a special prayer for his recovery, arid the whole South unveiled her head at the grave of U. S. Grant. With a desire to promote the welfare of everyone, let us seek for truth, and when we find it let us anchor to it. live by it and die by it. We are not going to cast away the great moral principles of the Confederacy. Tho day will yet come when the historians of the North will say that, truth was not all on their side, but that the South was trying to defend what she believed was truth and what was truth. My young friends, let me beg you to cherish the memories of the old South. I have heard the greatest English schol ars say that they knew where gentle courtesy and knightly bearing of man hood and womanhood were cherished. Ic was my fortune to know Mr. Davis in his private home. I have read of the courtesy of Washington anil Lee: I saw that of Mr. Davis. 1 saw in him ti e em bodiment of the maxim : “True courte sy is kindness in little things.” To his colored servant, to the honored guest, to his faithful wife, to his living chil dren, to every human being who came in contact with him, he was the embod iment of social kindness. True courtesy is not guilt or veneer ing which covers a rotten interior. As you are courtly and noble to your sister anil mother and those around the fire side, so through the whole of your na ture 3*011 will bo a gentleman.” Throughout his entire speech Dr. Boggs held the close attention of the large audience and was frequently ap plauded. The next speaker was ItF.V. W. D. ANDEKSGX. He said: “There-come times when there is a holy hush, a silence of voices in the streets, when men guided as if by instinct congregate together, bow their heads and pass under the stroke of a great and common sorrow, it calls us together today—Jefferson Davis is dead. From Maryland to Texas a great sorrow is uttering its voice, and that voice shall be heard by millions yet unborn; fathers will talk it to their children, and this day’s history with what it embalms, will become a priee- Jess heritage to those in far off years who shall bear our names. It is a unique case in all history. Not an office of the government from the State of Maine to the Rio Grande is draped; not one flag dips its folds; and I say in this presence that such is meet. In the capitols of the nations of the earth no bells are tolling; no State dispatches come with messages of condolence; we have no right to expect it. But, fellow-comrades, the fame of our c ief- tain Is secure. Today ten thousand voices speak out his praises and millions of hearts enter upon the loving office of eherishiug his memory. Jefferson Davis took a high stand in the world. He lived a life of eminence and trust. More than once was his hand crowded with civil and military "power. We can say to the world that he came to his grave without a stain and above reproach. True; but none save the thoughtless measure merit by success. Some of the world’s greatest benefactors have gone down under ap parent defeat. But men generally come at last to the right judgment. He did not fail. Mr. Anderson’s remarks struck a sym pathetic cord in the hearts of his hear ers and were loudly applauded. The choir sang sweetly the hymh, Safe in the arms of Jesus,” after which the chairman introduced as the last speaker of the day, the HON. POPE BARROW. no more; now ana then a witu «vail whitened and feeble steps, pauses and totters and lays his burden down under the shade of the trees and is at rest. Every man who journeys along tiiis path knows that somewhere ahead is his resting place. Near or far, soon or late; he knows not when or where, he, too, will drop out of ranks »ml lie down to rest. The toil, the sickness, the pain, the hunger, the thirst, the beat, the cold, the turmoils and the conflicts all are ended, and rest ana peace and silence have come. This is death, and from the standpoint of the living it is all wc see. The rest is si lent. The significance of the death which has assembled yoiwtogether con sists chiefly in what is represented to the living. Whether he follow the cross or the cre-scent, when he dies it is simply a loss of a follower to one side or the other. A few days ago an old man, whose head was whitened by the snows of eighty winters, breathed his last in the city of New Orleans. From the Po- tomac to the Rio Grande people assem ble to-day to honor the name and mem- , orv of Jefferson Davis. On the plains 'of Texas; in the forests of Arkansas; in the smiling valleys of Kentucy, by the side of Virginia’s rivers, and on old red hills of Georgia, the Confedera cy is assembled, and its great heart of hearts is with its leader as he lies still in death by the side of the Father of Waters. What does this represent to us ?! What i.-|it that enshrines his name with undying sentiment in our hearts? Twenty-five years ago the people of die South, believing their rights in fringed by the North, determined to sever the tics which bound them to gether politically. It is not the place for me to discuss its expediency; not the time to discuss its right. It may have been an error, but it is an error which we love, and which wc will fol low to his grave without repudiating it. I endorse in word, letter and spirit. A EOMB. A STARTLINGEA’LOSION CAUSES A PANIC ON SIXTH STREET. A “ Blind Vault” Long Forgotten Be came Filled With Gas Which Sud denly Ignited and Blew Out the Sidewalk- Everyone Thought an Earthquake had Occurred. wli it lias been said here to-day. Let no man say a new South is here which knows better and can do better than the old; let no man east dishonor on Iris father’s name and disgrace upon himself by disowning it. If there be one to deride or si-ofi', let him go tram ple on his father’s grave, "brow oil’his name, and speak the recreant words. Let some one be imported to do the dirty work. In organizing the new government they called Jefferson Davis to the lead ership. From that time to the last he was yours. A great struggle ensued, two sections resisted each other anil for lour years locked in fierce and desolate straggle, which brought death and mis ery into nearly every home. Vain it is for me to dwell upon the war; it is a part of the history of the century. But, comrades, of him, the centre figure of all, it is the time to speak, and to speak justice. In the hour of victory and defeat he was the same. His sublime fidelity to the cause never wavered, ire was the same at the end as at the beginning. There came but one note from him. The same intrepid man who witnessed the grand triumph of arms at Manassas, four years later stood unmoved among the shattered remnants of Lee’s immor tal army as its staggering lines left Pe tersburg. Con rage auil devotion shone as brightly in him at the last as it did at first, ilestood at the cradle of the Confederacy and looked into the future without fear; he leaned four years later over its coffin and gazed back into the past without shame. When all was end cd,und for two years he was held a pris oner at Fortress Monroe in a dark and damp dungeon, whenever a chance terancc reached the outside world came to the ears of lri< people, it was the same clarion peal of high and ed courage. He is now a part of who mourn him where is the same knighM chivalria spirit, the character to us. Ho has ceased to play his part upon this stage. His strong personality is engaged in active duties no doubt on another, lie is out of the ranks here, but is employed in a broad er field of action. There Is no dca'li. Tae sfars go down to riee upon some fairer shoie, And bright in heaven's jewelled crown, They shine forevermore. There is no death. An angel form walks o'er the earth with silent tread And l.-eara our best beloved away, And then we call them dead. Mr. Barrow was applauded with a vim for his forcible anil manly senti ments. The choir sang “Rock of Ages,” the song which was sung at the burial of Mr. Davis in New Orleans. The choir was composed of elegant voices and fur nished very sweet music. Rev. C. D. Campbell pronounced the benediction. “On Fame's eternal camping ground His silent tent is spread. And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.” New York, Dec. 10—[Special]—The residents on Sixth street, between Ave nue B and C, last evening thought the world had come to an end, and the wildest excitement attended what was at first supposed to be an earthquake. It was about 7:30 o’clock, during a gen tle fall of rain, that the ground over an area of nearly an entire block trembled visibly, and the next instant there was a terrible explosion that shook the buildings to their foundations. Simultaneously with the explosion the air was filled with debris, com pletely obscuring from sight the front of No. G19 Sixth street, a five-story brick tenement house. Nine families live in this one house, while a like number inhabit similar buildings on either side. Tumbling down flights of stairs pell-mell, panic-stricken and with blanched faces, came women and children by scores, followed by men, and as they reached the sidewalk their consternation seemed to increase rather than diminish. There, before their eyes* was a yawning chasm that mo mentarily threatened to swallow them. This chasm, or abyss, was the result of the rumbling earthquake noise and sub sequent explosion a few minutes before The whole siilewalk from the house line to the curb, a distance of about fourteen feet and five or six feet in width, was scattered in every direction one-half the block, leaving a deep black hole. This hole had been a secret or blind vault, the existence of which had not been dreamed of for years. The house, like those on either side of No. 1513, is built on the site of the old .Tones lie brewrv, which for many 3-ears had various subterranean passages or tun nels used as ale vaults. In the conver sion of the brewry into tunnels, some of ise vaults were closed and left u 11- ? I Have for 0 Glp’istmas: A Car-Load (60,000) Oranges. 200 Barrels .Northern App'es. 200 Bushels Mountain Apples. 1 Car-Load (10,000) Coacoanuts. 200 Boxes Raisins. ^ -v.? JL 100 Bunches Fancy Bananas. 1,000 pounds Malaga Grapes. 500 pounds Catawba and Concord Grapes. 500 pounds Stick Candy. 3,000 Baskets Mixed Candies. 5,000 pounds French Candies. 5,000 pounds Assorted Nuts. 5,000 pounds Pea-nuts 50 Kegs Peach and Apple Cider. 300 Boxes Fire Crackers Large Assortment Fire-works. 30,000 Cigars. Large lot of Knife and Prize Package. Large assort ment 5 and 10 cent Prize Goods, Musical Albums, Etc. I can iurnish the merchants all the above goods against any competi tion. Come to see me and make the little folks glad. ecS-wim. W. A. JESTER. MUSIC HOUSE 57 CLAYTON STREET, ATHENS, GEORGIA. A Can be found Pianos, Organs, Guitars, Violins, Banjos, Sheet Music, and all kinds of Musical Instruments, at the LOWEST PRICES. Picture Framing a specialty. A large lot of frames now on hand at astonishingly o. 619 is now used as a bakery by Henry Klipple, who occupies the ground floor as a sales-room and living apartments, while the baking is done in the cellar. The oven is under the sidewalk in one of the old vaults, and the fires heating the oven are in another vault adjoining. Adjacent to the fur nace vault was a blind vault that had been hermetically sealed, and was not known to exist until last night. For several da3 r s past, Klipple and his assist ants have noticed an escape of gas, but the leak could not be discovered. At 7 o’clock last evening, the fires were started to bake Moud&} r ’s bread, and Klipple’s sons, Jacob and George, aged twenty-four and twenty-six years re- speetiyely, together with Frank Sieken- ger and John Diehl, the foreman, were bus} r on the dough. Half an hour later they were startled Ivy a rumbling noise, and the nex instant thi*3* thought their end had come. The explosion blew out tho whole sidewalk and the dividing wall between the vaults, anil threw the men to the ground. THE ATHENS FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Manufactures Iron and Bras' Castings, Mill and Gin Gearing and Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, &c., Circular Saw Mills, Hand and Power Presses, Cane Millsaud Evaporators. We sell Disston’s Saws, Rubber Belting, Packing of al! kinds, In> spirators, Injectors, Valves, Piping, Fittings, Steam and Water Guages, &e. We ore now making Portable Steam Engines, which we sell with an absolute guarantee as to quality and workmanship, and at prices that defy competition. We also sell Atlas and Ames Engines, Turbine Water Wheels, Mill Stores, Bolting Cloth, and everything needed about a mill He spoke as follows “In the great thoroughfare of life, over which the throng of humanity is ceaselessly mov ing, now and then some mother steps aside and lays her infant in her arms among the flowers by the wayside, leaves her tears and her heart there and passes oni now and then a laughing child will separate from his compan ions, stray aside, lay down his little head on the cool grass, close his won dering eyes and drop to sleep; now and then some lusty youth, strong of heart and full of life, reels and staggers in tho march and falls; now and then a THE OLD, OLD STORY. How the Guiltless “Fence” Men Lost the Day in a Habersham District. Toccoa,Ga., Dec. 7.—[Special.]—One hundred and one vote against the Stock Law. Thirty vote for Stock Law. Yet thirty claim the victory, and that hereafter Stock Law rules in the Dis trict of Currahee. People outside wonder how this can be; how' thirty votes count more than a hundred. - It came about in this way: The day the electors met to cast theu votes, two sets of printed tickets were distributed, one read: “Stock Law,” the other: “Against Stock Law.” Of the latter 101 votes were cast, of the former only 30. But unfortunately for the majority, the tickets were worded wrong; they should have been “For Fence;” the tickets as printed are ille gal, and cannot be counted, so the thir ty claim the election. Yery strong sus picions are entertained that getting the tickets printed with the illegal word ing was a trick by some designing per son or persons, for the very purpose of bringing about the unhappy results, well' knowing that the average voter would not be ablo to discover the fraud. Great indignation is felt by the one hundred and they have appealed the esse to the Ordinary for his decision. Tuesday, the 10th rust., is the day set for the trial. For Paints and nishes, etc., -YOU WILL FIND THEM AT J. L. ARNOLD’S Rock Bottom See him before you and save money. JOHN L. ARNOLD, 405 BROAD feT. dec-10-1 m-w MONEY TO LOAN AT SIX PER CENT. V X ATLANTA TRUST "BANKING [CO. C. C. Chandler, Agent, Jefferson, Ga. The firm of Mitchell andChandler has disolved by mutual consent. I will con tinue to negotiate loans on farm inort- guages in . 1 *• • > 1 1 »* of Jacks Banks, Oconee, Madison and other pla ces by special contract. An extension of five years will be allowed, but the borrower can pay back the money at any time. Partial payments can also be made at any time. Money can be secured at very short notice. Don’t fail to see me before borrowing. .1 Wood ST COMPLETE -LINE OF- soars & shoes STORE, tar - isatisiactwm guaranteed with every pair.