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24,1877.
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2LAW XTOTXCES.
J t a DOBTCH,
ATTORNEY AT UW,
Carneeville, Ga.
oplS-1673-tf
JACKSON & T1IOMAH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Office South West Corner of College Avenue
»ud Clayton Street, also at the Court House.
All parties deairing Criminal Warrants, can.get
them a*, any time by applying to the County
Solicitor at this office. deel«-1874-tf
(J D. IHLL,
ATTORNEY
AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Prompt attention given to all business aud
the same respectfully solicited. janll-ly
INTEROCEANIO CANAL
The Prqlerled Couurrtlon of the Atlantir and Pa
cific Ocean*.
\Nightof HorroR ^i! ':
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The Earthquake aad Tidal Ware at Aatuihgasla,
Bolivia, it Reported by aa Eje Wttaesa of the
Seea». i< !
[Translated ror St. Louia Globe-Democrat from !
Cologne Gazette.]
D. C. Barrow, Ju.
Porn Barrow.
Jjurrotv Itros.,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW',
Athens, Ga.
Offiee over Talmadge, Hodgson & Co.
jani-ly
]]E. TUHAHIIEH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, i
Watkinsville, Gu.
Otlico in former Ordinary’s Office.'
jauSa-1876-ly
p^G. TH O 2M KON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Special attention paid to criminal practice.
For retbrenco apply to Ex-Gov. T. II. Watts
•ml Hon. David Cloptoii, Montgomery, Ain.
Oifico over l‘o-VOflle# Athens, Q*. ' .
iVkQ IL9.T .r
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JOHN W
OAVKX,
ATTOUXKY AT LAW,
Tocoa City, Ga.
Wilj practice in nil the counties of the West-
urn Circuit, llart and Madison of the Northern
Circuit. Will give special uttoniou to all claims
ontrnstud to his care. oct20-1875-ly.
Lamar Cobb. Howell Cobb.
The following is a part of a report I
submitted by the Secretary of the j
Geographic Society at Cairo,:
A plan occupying the mind ot 31.
de Lesseps has regard to the open
ing of a direct route by sea between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
A railroad may perform that service,
but it is not sufficient. A canal must
be built to complete the work of the
Suez canal by permitting ships to
travel round the world in a straight,
line and everywhere receive and dis
charge iherchaudise. ’A' geogrhph'ic
commission has been appointed in
Franco Jto examine all plans submit*
ted.. The great significance of this
undertaking has been fully compre
hended in the United'States, and life
government lias appropriated 40,-
000,000 francs for preliminary stuv
dies and grading. Ah English-French
society, in possession of a concession
for the construction of tie canal of
Darien have instituted an exploring
expedition, to being preliminary
studies in ihose parts To infer front
the labors thus far effected, that out
of seven or eight routes, from that of
the isthmus of Tehuantepec to that
of Darien, the latter, or that of N i-
caragua, has been selected. The
place of Darien would have had pre
cedence, as* a canal could be con
I —With the disappearance of the
carpet-bag politicians in the South the
United States troops have nearly dis
appeared, there being only about 1,200
there at pr&ent. Packard, Chamber-
lain and Antes could never have man
aged without, as many thousands.
—Near York’s last week’s death roll
i Correspondent San Francisco Horning Call.]
It was Wednesday evening, May
9, 1877. The day had been exces
sively close and foggy. The night [ shows an alarming increase over that
was dark; lights were lit in the pub-1 of the week before, reaching the total
The Discovery of Ansesthe-
; H1 - . a sia.
By J. Marlon Sim*. M. D., Sew York-
U. GOHI1,
ATTOUXKYS
of 831. .The same remark that has
applied to all previous reckonings
since the.summer mortality set in ap
plies to this, The greater part of this
destruction is among children under
five years of ago. r :,a // a
*
—The can-makers of Baltimore
have- undertaken to worry the fruit-
packers into paying them ten cents
more-per hubdred. They took advan-
ont ^mournful notes ot tage ot the opening of the fruit season,
• the tivnbws nf the build- united in a demand for increased
lie and private plaoes, and the streets
were remarkable quiet. At 9:30,
without noise or warning, the first
perceptible shock of rfn earthquake
was noticed, coming from the" north
and traveling southward. Gradually
the force increased, with an oscHliJ-
liig mjbvehiiint of the daYth, arid dur-
'ngtbe three mihiifes the first shock
lnsted tin; s'centi trhs appalling. The
beWs rang
themselves; the titnbers of ihe build
ings crushed against each other'with
a horrible grinding sound; walls
tumbled down, and with the horrible
din men and women rushed forth
from their habitations screaming with
terror, and occasionally a loud prater
1’or merev would be beard. It vfts
scarcely possible to keep one’s feet
The mind was bewildered, and the
darkness added to l he awful effects
of the surrounding. Othe r small
shocks followed, but gradually the
people began to recover their senses,
and with pallid, ghastly countenances,
began to busy themselves in discov
ering their losses and the whereabouts
of their friends, when suddenly flames
structed there, locks., asoufc. -brake ifcfth fi»/n_th
AT LAW,
Athens, On
'•trice in Dennrcc Building,
IcbaC-lSTS-ly
^LKX. !-i. EHYVIN,
ATTORXKY AT LAW,
Athens, Ga.
Olfiee on Broad Street, between Center & Nich
olson and Orr <fc Co.. up-stairn.
feb22-187tl-ly
^ t M. COCUHAN,
A-TTORlTETr wElT LAW,
Gainesville, Ga.
Real Estate and General Land Agent tor the
purchase and s-ile of Mineral und Farming
Lands in Ilall, i.nd I he other counties of North-
i-t Georgia. Mineral ores tested und titles to
property investigated. Special attention given
lathe purchase and s-le of city property.’
mav2—fini .1 N. DORSEY. Attorney.
A’
IRVIIYG. MeCUKUY.
^L-fcfcorxioy a-fc Lav.-,
Hartwell, Groroia,
Will prnetiee in the Superior Courts of North-
.•nst (lootgill and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
\ng IsTO tf
•Tanks K. I.vlf.,
Watkinsville.
Alex. S. Erwin,
Athen-.
YI.E & 11HWIN,
A TTORSETS A T LA IP.
Will practice in partnership in the Superior
i oitrt of Oconee County, and attend promptly
to all business intrusted to their care.
jun9-3m.
BUSINESS
Y A. WINN.
CiLHDS.
—WITH—
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO..
i ,11011 Factors and General Cum mission Mi irlimits.
j been stated. A • large number' of
j locks retard the passage very tuateri-
j ally. At each leek a vessel i* dc
j tained half and hour at least. Wiiat
I would be the result if thirty-seven
j vessels are to pass through on the
I same day, as was the case lately in
I the Suez canal ? Let it. be as it may,
j this much is certain, that in ease the
l plan of the canal of Darien, which,
| according to M. de Lessees, is to bo
j preferred, is not accepted, none but
1 the canal of Nicaragua can be men
tioned. A small space separata* tin-
broad surface of the Lake of Nicara
gua from the Pacific Ocean, while at
the entrance, as well ns at the outlet
of the canal, there would be two
harbors—San Juan del Norte (Grey-
town) and Sail Juan del Stir (Rivas).
As regards the canal through the
Isthmus of Darien, the question,
according to the plan before us,
would be the digging of a canal
which, fed l>v the river . trato, would
see its natural route marked on
iween the cordilleras of the No
orn and Southern continent of Amer
ica. It would run out in the marshes
of Cacarica and flow into liie Tuira
creek on the Yon declivity. How
ever, it is the same road proposed by
A. Yon Humbolt. Tire main ques
tion touching the prospective Nic
aragua canal is that of the construe*
Savannah, Ga.
H.iggiiig, Tics, Rope ami other supplies fur
nished. Also, liberal cash advances. made on
eoiisiimtnents for. sale or shipment to Liverpool
or Noil hern ports. may .30-lS75*tf
rjt A. ILEK,
"UVaLCclimaJxor Zt Ofo-wolcr,
At MielmelVtore, next door to Reaves Ai.Nieh-
olson's, Broad street, Athens, Georgia, All
work warranted 12 months.
septl2-tf.
j,’ St ilVKFKlt.
COTTOXT
■Bvrrsn,
Tocoa City, Ga.
Highest cash price paid for ootton. Agent
dPi
tion of the locks there to he required.
or WiusIUp’a Gius and l'ress. oc20-1876-tf
yy IX. LITTLE,
ATTORNEY A I" LAW,
Carnesville, Ga.
vpl 8-187S-tf
Wanted.
EMPLOYMENT either as a Tanner, Engi
neer, at Carpenter. Good references given, and
wsgea reasonable. Address, J. H. R„ ears of
Athena Georgian, Athens, Ga myM-tf
To day locks for navigable canals are
calculated to be from ten to eleven
metres The point then is to con
struct locks, which will raise and low
er the ships at once from twenty four
to twenty-five metres. If that result
is effected, the whole valley of the
Ran Juan del Norte river will be put
under watei by lengthening out the
Lake of Nicaragua. The further ex
ecution of the c terp ise would not
meet, with any difficulty worthy of
mention. The society of the pro
jected inter-oceanic canal entertained
the wish that M. dc Lesseps would
put himself at the head. However,
he believe* himself entil ed to leisure
and recreation after a work like that
ot" the Snez canal, in order to afford
further moral aid to that class of en
terprises.
high in the sky. The alarm of fire
was given, and men hurried to the
spot to prevent a spread of conflagra
tion. While thus engaged, the sea,
which had been turbulent, was no
ticed to recede from the shore and
the cries of “ tidal wave!” “resounded
fiom all quarters. Then a perfi e
panic took place Over six thousand
men, women and children rushed
screaming up the hillsides; mothers
became separated from their children;
husbands from wives, and even the
lover forgot his betrothed in thoughts
of self-preservation.. Sooif were
heard in the distance inntterings on
I the mighty deep, which swelled into
; terrific thundering, rolling sounds
| and as the wave rushed on i’ gathered
j force with resistance, until it reached j
forty feet high. Dashing headlong
j upon the beach it rose and swept the
! oitv, tearing all before it. In rctrac-
, innrits path it carried with it dwell-
„ , i in<’s. merchandise, and all obstruc-
ust be- ’ ■ . . .
j^.-i. 'ti->ij-s in its course, twice was tins
repeated—trie last time with lesser
force; and for many days after the
sea rose and fell in less proportions
W’lien morning broke what a scene
presented itself of devastation. That
which the earthquake and fire- had
not destroyed, had succumbed to the
tidal wave. The beach was strewn
with broken timbers of buildings;
launches and boats bad disappeared,
goods were floating about, provisions
had been carried away, and the wa
ter distilleries were useless.
Famine awl thirst stared the peo
pie in face, and what had been a
happy population twelve hours since
were teduced to misery, want and
suffering. Fortunately the Chili
man-ol-war hastened to the scene and
supplied the place with water aud
provisions; and otherst earners, thanks
j to the prompt action of the govern
ment of Chili, came in time to pre
vent further disasters.
This wuh bnt one of the many
heart-rendering scenes which occurred
on the coast from the effect of the
er iption of the volcano San Pedro.
Fruit Jars!
Jonll!
Fruit Jars!! Fruit
J. H. Huggins.
wages The packers declined to pay
them what they asked, and a general
strike was ordered. Nearly 800 men
have left the shops. The bosses say
that they Jaav not he able to can much
fruit this season, but yield to the men
they will not.
—The 4 Congregationalist, Baptist
and Methodist preachers of Massach
usetts, haifie petitioned tor the ap
pointment of a teacher of morality in
the State Prison, in plaee of the cus
tomary prison chaplain. It is intend
ed that the State shall pay for no
religions instruction. A stir was cre
ated at^tbe meeting by a statement
ioapgctqrs had begun
e erectfmoTofo'c!
tion with the new prison at Concord,
one to be occupied exclusively bv -the
Catholics and the other by the Protest
ants
—Stonewall Jacksou used to say
that he believed he was fonder liquor
than any man in his force, but he nev
er tasted it. Ho was profoundly ig
norant of music, and cared nothing
for it. but the “ rebel yell’’ of his troops
always interested him and delighted
him, and whenever he was greeted I
with it he would wave his old gray j
cap, and his war-horse, knowing his
habit, would break into a gallop, nor
I’nlt til! the shout had ceased. “That
was the sweetest music I ever heard,”
was his remark on one such occasion.
The Constitution says “a curious
story is told of one of the counties in
Northeastern Georgia. It is said that
there is only one man in the county
worth more than the homestead, and
that it is hence impossible to make the
bonds ot the county officers in tie
county We learn that Judge Rice
complained that he had to accept i
worthless bonds in that county fre
quently just because the homestead
was so large that a good bond could
not he made.”
The same paper “ learns that Gen
eral Toombs has taken a novel posi
tion on this question. lie is in favor
of a liberal homestead, and ho says
that is impossible to amend the pres
ent homestead, except by making it
larger; and for the reason that the
bankrupt law, in the < ’oiistitution of
the United States (a higher authority
than the Constitution of Georgia can
be,) provides that a bankrupt shall
have as exemption what ever home
stead was set apart by the Stale law
when the baukrupt act was passed.
General Toombs says that if the home
stead is so reduced that a Georg’a
debtor, in the future iustead of taking
tbe homestead, will just go into bank
ruptcy, aud claim, under tbe United
States bankrupt law, the old $3,000
exemption. General Toombs may Le
set down as the champion of a liberal
homestead, and his most earnest ellbrts
will oe used to prevent its reduc
tion.
Dr. Crawford W. Long, now of
Athens, Georgia, was born in Dan-
ielsville, Madison county, Georgia, on
the 1st of November, 1815. He grad
uated at the University of Georgia
(then the Franklin College) in 1835.
He studied medicine and graduated at
the Medical Department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in 1839. He
then went to Jefferson, Jackson coun
ty, Georgia, where he practiced medi
cine for many years. In 1842 he had
four studenf iu his office, viz.: P. A.
Wilhite, John S. Groves, D. I. Long
and II. R. P. Long. The two last
were relatives of Dr. Long, and they,
are both dead. Wilhite and Groves
are still living (1877). Dr. Long was
27 years old. His pupils were all from
19 to 21; they were on the best of
terms with each other, the Doctor en
tering into all the sports of his pupils
with a hearty good will, while he nev
er neglected his duties as their teacher.
On one occasion they were all talking
about the inhalation of nitrous oxide
gas, when one of Ins pupils asked him
to make some for them. He said he
did not have suitable apparatus for it,
but that the inhalation of sulphuric
either would produce precisely the
same exhilarating effect. One of the
young men present said he had in
haled either while at school, and was
willing to do it asaiu. They were all
anxious tn. witness its effects..
atottW
gave it to the young - man who had
previously inhaled it. He then in
haled it himself, and afterwards gave
it to all present. After this the young
Doctor and his pupils indulged occa
sionally in ether frolics. On several
occasions Dr. Long became furiously
excited and could not be controlled.
On recovering from the ether intoxi
cation he frequently noticed that his
arms and hands were badly bruised,
and yet he was not conscious of having
felt anv pain at the time he was under
the influence of the ether. lie also
noticed the same thing in his pupil?.
They were often badly hurt by falls
and blows, and were not conscious of
pain at the time. These facts, re
peatedly observed, suggested to his
mind the idea of using ether to pre
vent the pain of surgical operations.
He frequently spoke of this to his
students, and at last he determined to
give it a trial. Wilhite encouraged
him hv relating the case of the negro
hnv he had playfully and unintention
ally put undei the influence of ether
for an hour or more in the Fall of
1839.
Dr. Long having made up his mind
to try the experiment with ether on
the first favorable opportunity, says
(“Southern Medical and Surgical
Journal,” December, 1819):
“ The first patient to whom I ad
ministered ether in a surgical opera
tion was Mr. James M. Venable, who
then resided within two miles of Jef
ferson. Mr. Venable consulted me
on several occasions with regard to
the propriety of removing two small
tumors situated on the back part of
hi* neck, but would postpone from
time to time having the operations
performed, from dread of pain. At
length I mentioned to him the fact
of my recieving bruises while under
the influence of the vapor of ether
without suffering, and, as I knew him
to be fond of aud accustomed to inhale
ether, I suggested to him the proba
bility that the operations might be
{•ertormed without |>aio, and proposed
operating on him while under its in
fluence. He consented to have one
tumor removed, and the operation was
performed the same day. The ether
was given to Mr. Venable on a tow
el ; and when fully under its influence
I extirpated the tumor. It was en
cysted, and about half an inch in di
ameter. The patient continued to
inhale ether during the time of the
operation, and when informed it was
over, seemed incredulous till the tu
mor was shown him. He gave no
evidence of suffering during the oper
ation, and assured me, after it was
over, that he did not experience the
slightest degree of pain from its per
formance.”
This operation was performed on
the 30th of March, 1842.
“ The second operation I performed
upon a patient etherized was on the
6th of June, 1842, and was on the
same person (Mr, Venable) for the
removal of another small tumor.. This
operation required more time than the
first, from the cyst of the tumor hav
ing formed adhesions to the surround
ing parts. The patient was insensi
ble to pain during the operation, until
the last attachment of the cyst was
separated, when ho exhibited signs of
slight suffering, but asserted after the
operation was over that the sensation
of pain was so slight as scarcely to ho
perceived In this operation the in
halation of ether ceased before the
first incision was made.”
t In a certificate sworn to by James
M. Venable on the 23d of July, 1849,
he says; “In the early part of the
year (1842) the young men of Jeffer
son and the country adjoining were
jit. the habit of inhaling ether for its
myself freqnentlyTor that purpose, ’
aud was very fond of i’s use. While
attending the Academy I was ties
qiiently in the office of Dr. C. W.
Long, and having two tumors on the
side and rather back on my nock, I
several times spoke to him about the
propriety of cutting them out, bnt
postponed the operation from time to
time. On one occasion we had some
conversation about the probability
that tiic tumors might he cut out
while I was under the infiuonce of
sulphuric ether without my experi
encing pain, and he proposod opera
ting on me while under its influence.
I agreed to have one tumor cut out,
and lnd the operation performed that
evening (afternoon) after school was
dismissed. This was in the early
part ofthe Sprir.g ot 1842 % I com
menced inhaling the ether before the
operation was commenced, and con
tinued it until the operation was over.
I did not feel the slightest pain from
the operation, and could not believe
tbe tumor was removed until it was
shown to me A month or two after
this time Dr. C. W. Long cut out the
other tumor, situated on the same
side of my neck. In this operation I
did not feel the least pain until the
last cut was made, when I felt a lit le
pain. In tins operation I stopped
inhaling the ether before the opera
tion was finished. I inhaled the ether
in both instances from a towel, which
was the common method of taking
it.”
(To be coi tinued.)
The full capacity of the salmon-
curing factories in Oregon, on the (Jol-
lumbia river, for one season, is 54,810,
00(i cans. This amount will not bd
reached this summer. If hatching
stations are not established this set son,
says the Oregon Astorian, will be the
last profitable one.
The big crop of strawberries and
the fine yield of early vegetables with
good prices has relieved the stringency
of the times in New Jersey.
Do not fail to call on J. H. Hug
gins for Fruit Jars,
